A.N: I am sooooooooooooooo(ect.) sorry that i took so long to update! Busy Busy Busy! I'll do my best to update sooner though, I promise! AND please forgive the typos that I KNOW plague this chapter. Thank you very much reviewers! R&R again, please!

" AAH! YOU WITCH! GET OUT OF MY HEAD!" he screamed, covering his ears. Kim, Omi, Clay, and even Dojo looked at Rai in concern.

" Rai?" Kimi asked, placing a hand on his shoulder.

" What? You were looking for me, and now you've found me Raimundo.RING OF THE PAST!" Wuya screeched in his mind.

Raimundo returned to his state of weakness. Bleeding, crying, covering his ears. He fell to his knees.

" It's Wuya, she's attacking him again!" Kimiko shrieked.

Raimundo's memories flooded into his mind again.All he could see was Kimiko spitting the blood, crying, her eyes...they were so sad and scared of him...And Omi and Clay and Master Fung...Everything.He heard Kimiko's sobs, and his sister, and felt the pain...It was too much...

" Should we take him back to the temple again?' Clay asked. Dojo and Kimiko nodded, gazing sorrowfully at him.

" No...I thought...I thought he was ok..." she thought.

" No." Omi said abruptly. He turned to Kimiko. " Talk to him Kimiko. It is time..."

Kimiko gave Omi a puzzled look, but he insisted. She approached Raimundo and knelt down next to him.

" R-Rai?"

" NO!" Omi said. Kimiko looked at him with a confused and panicky expression on her face. " TALK TO HIM, KIMIKO. You know what to do..."

Kimiko looked back down at the ground. She nodded, and grabbed Raimundo's hand.

" Raimundo? Listen to me..." she started.

Kimikospoke to Raimundo, hoping that he would hear her voice instead of his memories.

" Rai, tune it out, ok? Just listen to the sound of my voice..."

Raimundo was confused. Flashes of all his bad memoreis flew through his mind and then, other ones. Him and Kimiko arguing...Omi and Clay out cold the night he beat them up...

" Raimundo, don't let Wuya win. Listen to me. Don't let her get to you. Remember what I said. Forget the past..."

Then, he shivered, tightening his grip on Kimiko's hand. She began to see things. She gasped, and screamed a little. She saw Makoto falling from the tree...Herself running when she was little...Fire... She tried to make it go away.

" Rai, you can't dwell on your past forever" she stammered, blood trickling down the side of her face. " You know that I wouldn't change anything for the world..."

Kimiko and him fighting flashed in his mind...Him beating her up that night came back again...

She saw him beating her up the night she came to get him from Wuya, and shook her head. " No..." she said. " Forget that, listen to my voice. Over all the noise, just follow my voice..."

Raimundo and Kimiko knelt side by side for a long time. Omi, Clay, and Dojo were getting more worried by the second.

" Come on Rai..." Kimiko said as more flashes of bad things flew throughout her mind. She shook her head. Raimundo heard Kimiko talking overall the noise in his mind. It was just so hard to concentrate. Kimiko was getting worse, but she was determined to at least try to get through to Rai, even if she could barely see or hear or even think of him over all the commotion in her brain.

" Rai...Please..." she tried to say more, but no more words came from her mouth.

Raimundo felt Kimiko grip on his hand loosen. Suddenly, he realized what was going on. He realized that it was affecting Kimiko too.

" I don't know what she's been through...She might not be able to handle. it.." He thought.

" Kimiko hates you anyway..." Wuya spoke to Rai. " After all you've done and now this? She'll never want to see your ugly face again..."

Rai shook his head. " No...She forgave you remember? She said..She said..."

" Oh, she was just trying to make you feel better. She has never forgiven you, and she never will. How could anyone forgive something like what you did to her? Not to mention the others..."

Raimundo shook his head again, an angry expression on his face.

"SHUTUP WUYA!" he said, feeling his strength return. The images that he had seen passed through his head, along with many more, good memories, not bad, and then he saw somethings that he didn't remember at all. He gasped as the visions abruptly disappeared. His wounds returned to old scars and his bood evaporated. His pain was gone, and he opened his eyes. He stood, up, pulling Kimiko up with him.

Before Kimiko was pulled up, she saw some things. Thing she didn't remember ever happening. They shocked her completely, so much, that she didn't even realize that the effect of the Ring was gone, and she was now just standing with her eyes closed.

"Kim?" Rai asked.

She opened her eyes to see Raimundo looking on her. She smiled, and he grinned triumphantly.

"You did it!" she exclaimed.

" Well of course. There was no way I could let an old witch like her beat me."

" Way to go Kid!" Dojo said growing in size and letting them all climb onto him.

" Yeah Rai, way to go!" Clay said.

" You have conquered the Ring of the Past! I am most proud!" Omi said, smiling.

Raimundo looked at Kim, thinking about what he saw. He didn't understand it. He didn't remember any of that stuff happening before, but it was supposed to be the Ring of The PAST!

Kimiko looked out at the scenery, dwelling on those last few visions, just like Rai was. It was all so...weird. She had never ever done what the vision showed.

" NO!" Wuya screamed, standing on top of a mountain, staring at Rai and the others and cursing.

" YES!" they all said, flying away. It was indeed a very long awaited victory.

" You have done well, Raimundo. Overcoming your past is a very difficult task, and you retrived the Spear of Ember.."

" I couldn't have done it without Kim, Master Fung." Rai said, smiling at her. Kim blushed.

" Yes, Kimiko, you too have done well in helping your friend Raimundo. All of you have done well not to fall under Wuya's evil hand. You may rest tomorrow, if you'd like. It is your reward." Master Fung said smiling.

The four dragons cheered.

" Finally! A day OFF!" Raimundo said the next morning.

" Let us go and eat, for I hungry to the point of dying!" Omi said, pointing his finger in the air.

" You mean starving to death partner.."

" Yes, that too..."

The four of them sat around the table, eating.

" So, now what do we do about that witch?" Clay asked.

" Well, we know one thing: She's after me."

" Yeah, but I don't think that's it. I think there's a bigger picture here you guys.

" I'm afraid I do not understand you Kimiko." Omi said.

" There's a bigger one?" Clay asked.

" Of course. We all know that Wuya wants revenge on Rai, but there is one other thing that she's always been Hell bent on,-"

" World Domination." The other three finished.

" And nagging.." Raimundo added.

" Right. I doubt that she's gonna get Rai and then just go away and leave us alone, especially what with us wanting good and all. Wuya is up to something, it's not just about Raimundo.."

" Well, I dunno if you guys have noticed, besides me and Kim, but there is definitely something up with Spicer." Rai said.

" That is true. I have seen him. He looks very dull and unenthusiastic like he used to." Omi said.

" Why on earth would Wuya get back with him? She always said he was useless and pathetic and stuff." Clay asked.

" I know, but then again, Jack is an idiot, so he probably got tricked or something. Wuya is a crafty little b-"

"Yeah, I know Jack is a complete baka, but I think he's under some sort of spell or something.." Kimiko said.

Raimundo stayed silent. He looked at the floor.

" Anyway, I think she is up to something, something awful. I dunno what it is, but we gotta be ready for anything she throws at us." She said.

They all nodded in agreement.

" Of course, today we relax! It's our day off!" Clay said.

" Yeah!" they all cheered. Kimiko wore a magenta shirt underneath a jean jacket, a matching jean skirt, and magenta flip flops. Her hair was still black, but with magenta streaks in it in a high ponytail. Shefinished her food quickly, not talking anymore, to any of them, and avoiding Rai's gaze alot of the time. Raimundo was beginning to wonder if she had seen exactly what he had. Kimiko got up, and rinsed her dish. then, she walked quickly outside, and sat up on the branch of a tree. She crossed her legs and began to think. Shortly after,Raimundo came after her, wondering what was bothering her.

" Kim?" he asked, looking up into the tree.

" Oh...Yeah?" she said a bit startled.

" Umm...You ok?" He looked away, not even being able to look her in the face and talk to her.

" I'm fine, why do you ask?"

" I dunno...It just seems like something is bothering you..."

" Well, nope, nothing! I'm fine, great, perfect, wonderful! Why wouldn't I be? i mean we pissed Wuya off and-"

" Kim. You're yapping on and on and acting like I don't know that you're lying." Raimundo said, crossing his arms and raising an eyebrow.

She rolled her eyes. " I'M FINE! ok?"

Raimundo stared at her blankly.

" Look, I'm just...thinking..." she looked down at the floor.

" You saw it too didn't you?" he said after a few seconds.

Kimiko looked up at him wide eyed at first, and then she looked away.

" Saw what?' she asked.

" You know..."

" N-No I don't..." She bit her lip.

" Kim!" Rai said with an annoyed tone of voice.

" WHAT? I have no idea what you're talking about!"

" Oh really? WIND!" he said. Huge gusts of wind blew against the tree. shaking it hard and knocking her out of it into the pond. She came up and glared at him.

" YES, REALLY! Now run before I beat you to ANEMIA!" she said getting out.

" You don't remember seeing this?" he said. Kimiko didn't even have time to think before she felt Raimundo's lips meet hers. She gasped a little in shock, her eyes wide open. She didn't know exactly what to do. Then, she felt him slip his tongue into her mouth, and roll it like spanish people sometimes roll their " R's". A tingling sensation so powerful it made her tremble spread throughout her entire body. It was like...Magic. It was the most perfect kiss she had ever gotten. She was so shocked by it that she didn't even do anything but let it happen.Raimundo pulled away.

" THAT." he stated, looking at her seriously. " I know you saw it too, didn't you?"

Kimiko looked up at him, and nodded stupidly. She even forgotten that she was soaking wet.

" So...What do you think it means?" he asked, wiping a little lipstick off of his mouth.

" I..." Kimiko started. She grabbed Raimundo's face and pressed her lips to his. This time,she wasn't as shocked, so it was easier. She curled and rolled and twisted her tongue skillfully, giving Raimundo the same sensation she had when he kissed her. He wrapped his arms around her waist, and in turn, she wrapped her arms around his neck. It seemed to last forever, but just like that, it was over, and broke away for air.

"...Wow..." was all Raimundo could say.

" I know..." Kim said.

" But...I still don't get it...I mean...We..."

" I don't either..."

" You're good at that...You must've had better kisses than with that Ryu dude." he said, raising an eyebrow and smiling.

Kimiko laughed. " A couple. But hey, you seem pretty experienced yourself."

" Well, of course. I told you, there are just so many chicks-"

" Oh shutup."

They were quiet for a moment, letting what just happened sink in. They both finally realized how much they really liked eachother all along. Why they had denied was a mystery to both of them, now that they had kissed. They also realized that everything had changed now. Despite that, wide grins still spread across their faces.

" Finally smacked ya'll in the faces, did it?" Clay asked, looking at the two of them. Omi stared wide eyed, unable to process it all.

" Umm..." Kim and Rai both said in unison. They started to laugh.

Clay rolled his eyes. " Took you two long enough. Ya'll are slower than one legged mule."

They turned back to eachother and kissed again.

" WHAT? I DO NOT UNDERSTAND!" Omi cried. Clay started to laugh.

Far off on her filthy moutain, Wuya sat, staring down into some pot or something grinning evilly.

" This is just going to be far too easy! They're practically giving me the world on a silver platter!" She cackled. Her laughter echoed through the cave as she began to plot again. As we all know, Wuya is not easily defeated...

A.N: Jeeze, is it just me, or are the chapters getting worse? Ah well, on with the story. hope at least YOU GUYS like this chapter.