Chapter 6 - On Someone's Mind
Kimiko began to pour milk in her cereal when she heard a crack followed by a howl. Sol and her burst out laughing. Raimundo ran out of the room holding his hand. "Kimiko, your room is possessed!" he yelled. "What do you mean, Rai?" she said holding back her laughter. Sol scoffed back a laugh and put his head on the table. Master Fung came in. "What is the matter, Raimundo?" "Kimiko's room has an evil spirit or something!" Master Fung looked at the two snickering monks and then at Raimundo. "Show me."
Raimundo led the three to the room. "Right there," he said pointing to the cabinet with his good arm. "What do you mean?" "I tried to open it and it shocked me! Bad!" Master Fung's eyes narrowed. "What were you doing in Kimiko's room, trying to open her cabinet?" "I, uh, I, well-" The two burst out laughing again. "Yeah Rai, what?" Kimiko barely managed to say. Sol was laughing too hard to say anything. "What did? You? What?" "Just a little security measure." Sol replied holding his sides. Master Fung put a hand on Raimundo's shoulder. "You violated Kimiko's privacy. I am disappointed in you." "I'm sorry, Master." "You may clean the dishes alone and think about what you have done."
Master Fung accompanied Raimundo out. Sol took the electronics out and returned them to his room. Kimiko followed him. "Sol?" "Yeah," "Thanks for helping catch him." He laughed. "No problem. That's what friends are for." "I forgot to ask," she started. "what do you do with all that stuff?" "The electronics?" She nodded. He shrugged. "Anything really. You can do alot with parts like that." "How'd you learn all this?" "My parent's were both pretty good with electronics but it was mainly my dad. He sure knew his way around a circuit board." "Why haven't you ever told me more about them?" Kimiko asked. "I don't exactly like to talk about it. Anyway, I prefer bugging people." He said chuckling. They both laughed for a while. "So, wanna go help Rai out with the dishes?" "Do we have to?" she groaned. "Yeah. He's our friend." Raimundo was grateful for the help and the three went off to there rooms. Kimiko got into her bed clothes and was about to shut her door when she saw Sol going to his room. "Goodnight, Sol." "Night." "Thanks again." He smiled and closed his door.
She tried to sleep but couldn't. Too much was on her mind. What happened to Sol's parents? Why did he live in Tokyo? Why is his so quiet about them? She got out of her bed and crept out through her window. Watching the moon usually put her mind at peace enough to sleep.
She walked to the temple garden's tree and sat down at it's trunk. The full moon rose over the temple wall. Her focus on it ended as she heard a sound. Her eye's darted across the temple to find the culprit. It was Sol, kicking and punching a practice dummy. She didn't know whether to call out to him. Does he want to be alone? He paused for a moment and glanced in her direction. He had a sad face, covered with sweat. Something was wrong. He went back to his practice. She was frozen. Not knowing to comfort him or leave him be. She began to cough and tried to hold it back. He whirled around ready for anything. She coughed again. He began to walk over.