A.N: Ok, forgive me for taking so long in updating, but my computer is not being very nice to me. However. thanks so much to my reviewers! You guys are great! You are all still veyr kind despite the sucky and/or short chapters. Thanks again. I beg your forgiveness for the typos that plague this chapter. I'm almost finished, which in a way, saddens me because I feel like I just started, but oh well. R&R!

" RAIMUNDO, WAKE UP!" Omi yelled, dodging a punch that Rai threw at him.

" Duck omi!" Clay said, raising his fist to punch Rai. They were Omi's room. Raimundo came in and started beating Omi up.

" NO! Do not harm him! He does not know what he is doing! He is...er..."

" Sleep Fighting." Kim said, bringing Clay's hand down. " He think's he's fighting Wuya. We have to wake hi-" Raimundo punched Kim hard in her stomache. She fell to her knees and gasped for air.

" Kim!" Clay said kneeling next to her.

" RAIMUNDOOOOOOO!" Omi yelped as Rai chased him around the temple. They ran outside where Omi hid behind a building trying to catch his breath.

Kimiko and Clay walked out to see Rai looking around for Omi. His eyes were closed, which meant he was still asleep.

" RAI WAKE UP!" Kim cried.

Raimundo turned his head toward her and Clay, and charged at them.

" Kim, I hate to do this, but-" Clay punched Raimundo on the face. He staggered back and fell to the ground. He sat up, eyes wide open, staring at all of them. Omi had a black eye, and Kim was holding her stomache. Clay's face was swollen on one side. Raimundo slapped a hand to his face.

" Sorry guys..."

" I-It's ok Rai. We aren't mad at you." Kim said.

" Yeah well, you should be. I keep falling for Wuya's tricks..." He referred to the past week. Ever since that first night, Wuya has been getting into his dreams. He fights her, and when he wakes up, it's someone he cares about. No matter how much he begged, Master Fung would not explain it to him, or any of them for that matter. It was always " It is not time...".

" No way! We all know that Wuya is sneaky and evil. I would most likely fall for her tricks too." Omi stated.

" Really?"

" Well...No...But I would most definitely not be able to suspect it at first!"

Clay rolled his eyes. " Omi partner, I don't think this is your area..."

" I do not understand..."

" Nevermind. Anyway, it's ok. We would ALL fall for her trick probably." Kimiko said, cupping her hand over Omi's mouth.

" Yeah...But still..." Raimundo trudged back to his room, and layed on his bed. He kept his eyes wide open, not wanting to to go to sleep again. He thought of ways that he could stay awake.

" Hmm...I could eat lotsa candy...Or have someone spray me with water every time I fall asleep..." He thought.

Kimko peeked through the door. " Rai?"

" Kim, what are you doing here? You should go back to sleep..."

She sat down on his bed. " It's like 5:30 pm, you just took a nap." She said raising an eyebrow.

" Oh...Yeah... Well, still, whatif I fall asleep?"

" Then I'll wake you up."

" Can you keep me from falling asleep at all?"

" Of course I can."

" Really?Like for...ever?"

" Raimundo, you've lost it."

" Well, if I don't fall asleep, I can't hurt anybody."

" But if you don't sleep, you'll get exhausted, or possibly delirious."

" What?"

" It'll drive you nuts."

" Oh...Well, it's better than now..."

" No it isn't. Look, I don't know how to keep Wuya from getting into your dreams, but I do know, that staying awake forever won't help. Besides, I don't even think that's possible."

" Well...What other option do I have?"

" I don't know...We just need to keep trying to think of a plan, that's all..." She replied, resting her head on his shoulder. " But we are gonna stop her, I promise."

Raimundo put his arm around her. " Yeah, but I'm afraid i'm gonna seriously hurt you guys. Like bad... Why don't you guys fight back?"

" Because, we know the truth, and we don't really wanna hurt you..."

" Well, I want you to fight back..."

" No." she said flatly.

" What?"

" I'm not gonna fight you."

" But, I want you to..."

" Your point being?"

" Kim!"

" I'm not gonna do it...I couldn't..."

" Why? You used to fight me..."

" Yeah, when I'm mad at you."

" Then think of a time when you were mad at me..."

" Raimundo, this is the stupidest thing you've ever said."

" If you really love me, you'll fight me."

" I stand corrected."

Rai huffed.

" Rai, I'm not gonna fight you so just forget it."

Raimundo noticed that Kim didn't say anything about him saying " love". He smiled a little. Kimiko looked up at him. She sat up.

" What?"

" Nothing..." he said.

" Don't lie."

" I'm not. It's nothing."

"...Ok..." she said, not really believing him.

A couple days later(after it happened again, twice), the two of them were outside. Raimundo laid on the grass. Kimiko laid sideways with her head propped up on his abs and her knees bent. She looked as though she were VERY deep in thought.

Raimundo laid there playing in Kimko's hair( which was black but dark blue toward the ends.)He figured she wasprobably thinking the same thing he was.He didn't get how she did it. She was solid, how could she get into his head? Master Fung was NO help. Why couldn't he just skip ahead or something? And if now isn't the time, then when WILL it be time? Kimiko crossed her arms and put them on Raimundo's abs. Then, she rested her chin on them.

" Am I heavy?" she asked in concern.

" Nah." he replied, " What are you thinking about?"

She shook her head. " Nothing. Just trying to undertsand Wuya."

" Oh...me too..."

" I mean, what does she want?"

" Well, to take over the world of course..."

" Yeah...But how will her getting into your dreams and making you beat us up, help her take over the world?"

" I dunno. Maybe she's trying to kill time or something..."

" For what?"

" How should I know? I have no clue what goes on in the mind of a witch."

" Unfortunately, she controls what goes on in yours..."

" She isn't now."

" Ok, well, your sub conscious then. The point is, she knows how to get in. She's trying to do something, and we gotta figure out what."

" But none of us think like Wuya. Even I can't think like her."

" No...I can't think like Wuya either, because we are completely different people. But, I can think like and evil person-or at least try..."

" I can too, but not Wuya. She passes the border of weird by like a gajillion miles."

" Well, it doesn't necessarily have to be like Wuya. All truly evil people want the same thing, and will do the most devious, villainous things to get it. We just have to think of some horribly evil scheme that seems even remotely Wuya-like."

" Ok..." Raimundo said staring blankly at the sky.

" Rai, are you ok? I'm sorry you're like all in the middle of this.."

"I'm fine, and don't be sorry. You don'thave anything to be sorry about."

" Are you sure you're ok? It seems like something is on your mind..."

" It's just..." he sighed. " Ok. I think you guys should lock me in my room."

" What? NO...No..."

" Seriously,you guys would be safer."

" No. Rai, I'm not gonna do it...None of us are..."

" Then I'll let myself get stuck in the Tangled Web Comb."

" Raimundo, don't be ridiculous. We are fine."

" Are you? I mean, before the week is over, I may do some serious damage. I don't want anything to happen."

" What do you think will happen?"

" I don't know..." he responded. " But I don't want to even have the chance of something bad happening."

Kimiko looked down. Raimundo placed a hand on her soft cheek. She smiled. She was the most perfect girl in the whole universe. As much as he hated being all mushy and junk, he had to admit that. Much to his own surprise, he was starting to really like her even more than he did before. Possibly even love her. Then, and awful thought came to his mind. Wuya. If Wuya knew about them..." No...no..." he thought. He didn't even wanna think of what she would do to Kim. Then, a sad look overcame his face. He did love kim, that was why he couldn't go out with her anymore. It was too risky.

Kim looked at Raimundo, her beautiful eyes filled with concern.

" Ra? What's wrong?" she asked.

" I...I think... We should just be...friends..." he said slowly.

Kimiko's eyes widened. She sat up and looked at him in disbelief.

" What?" she said.

" Well, I think..That it would be best.." He

Kimiko looked down, still processing it. She blinked.

" Kim? Say something..."

" O-Ok...I mean, if that's what you want..." her voice was hollow and emotionless. Her face had no expression. He didn't really know how she felt. It wasn't at all what he wanted, but the more he thought about it, the more it seemed like a good idea. Then, she got up, and went to her room silently. About an hour later, Rai asked Clay if she had come out yet. Clay shook his head, making Raimundo give out a long sigh. What did he do?

That night, Kimiko tossed and turned trying to sleep.But it just kept playing over and over again in her mind. As smart as Kimiko was, she didn't understand. The thought of him protecting her from Wuya was nowhere to be found. After all, she didn't think she needed to be protected from Wuya, she wasn't scared of Wuya. The thought never crossed her mind.

" Was it something I said? Maybe he realized he doesn't really like me...I dunno how I could just be his friend after that kiss...Is there someone else?...Oh shutup, you're the only girl he's ever around anyway...But what if there is someone else later? I mean, Rai is really cute and stuff...There is no way that I could endure that...Maybe I ought to just try and move on...Maybe it'll be easy...We were only going out or a little while...But WHY would he end it like that? So abruptly and so soon...It was so short...I thought it was gonna last for ever...Don't be stupid, apparently NOTHING lasts forver..." she thought.

She grabbed her Cd player, and put her head phones on. She put in Simple Plan and listened to ' Addicted' a million times. She turned over, her eyes filling with tears, and buried her face in her pillow. The pillow was now her best friend. It caught all her tears and( besides the song) was her only comfort at the moment. She cursed herself for being so dramatic. They hadn't even been going out for a long time, but she couldn't help it. She really liked Rai, maybe even loved him. She THOUGHT he felt the same. But, unfortunately she would have to settle for just being his friend. Eventually, she fell asleep.

" KIMIKO!" Omi exclaimed, yanking off her headphones. She looked up at Omi. he was bleeding. Alot.

" OMI! What happened to you?" she asked.

" Just a few Minor scratches..." he said, " BUT, Raimundo is trying to kill us."

" WHAT?" Kimiko said. She thought for a second. " Oh no!"

She jumped up. " Omi, are you ok?"

" Of course. Nothing that I cannot endure."

" Ok, well, if you can, please go get me the Serpent's Tail. You know that Rai doesn't really wanna kill us don't you?"

" Yes, I know. But...Are you going to fight him Kimiko?"

" No. I don't wanna hurt him. I just gotta wake him up, and I really don't wanna get hit."

" Oh, do not worry, he will not hit you. He has the Sword of the Storm!' Omi said.

Kimiko felt sick. She nodded, knowing that Omi didn't mean to freak her out even more. She knew how much Rai hated Wuya, so she knew he wasn't gonna stop until he was woken up. She also knew that Raimundo was a VERY heavy sleeper.

She swallowed hard. " Ok, well, please hurry and go get it."

Omi nodded and scurried off quickly. Kimiko raced through the temple to find Rai. She looked in every room, and all she saw was Clay, unconscious, and Master Fung, also unconscious. Kim was horrified, and a little scared. She didn't know where Raimundo was now, and he could spring up on her any time. She just had to keep her guard up all the time. She looked around.

" R-Rai?" She stammered, not really wanting to find him, but she knew she had to. She started wondering why he hadn't killed the others yet, that is, if he was in fact, trying to kill Wuya in his dream. She didn't get to finish her thoughts, for she heard a noise. She whirled around, but no one was there. She started making her way toward the door that led outside. Suddenly, she was grabbed from behind.

She gasped. Raimundo flipped her around. He looked strange, but still angry.

" Rai! Open your eyes!" she said desperately.

" I'll kill you!" he said throwing her against a wall. She squealed in pain. He lunged for her with the sword. She ducked, and it stuck in the wall. Kimko shrieked again and ran down the hall.

" SWORD OF THE STORM!" Raimundo yelled. He created a huge whirlwind that swept up Kimiko, and dropped her hard on the floor. She struggled to catch her breath. She got up as fast as she could still in a lot of pain, and ran outside, Raimundo on her heels.

" RAI! PLEASE!" she pleaded, starting to slow down. Kim was already practically breathless, and Rai was a fast runnner.

" NO! NOT AFTER WHAT YOU DID!" Rai screamed.

" But what did she-er-I DO?" she asked, trying to understand why he was trying to kill Wuya.

" YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID!" he sliced the air, as Kimiko ducked, her neck narrowly missing the sword.

" Rai...Please...I'm not Wuya!"

" TANGLED WEB COMB!" The hair shot out from the comb and wrapped itself tightly around Kimiko. She began to feel uneasy.

" Omi..." she said to herself quietly as Raimundo approached her slowly. He began to raise the sword.

" Ok...Ok..think...umm..Concentrate..." she told herself. She started to meditate. She tried to forget that Rai was even coming at her with a sword trying to cut her head off. She took deep breaths.

Omi ran toward them, holding the Serpent's Tail in his hand.

"KIMIKO!" he shouted, seeing Raimundo with the sword.

Kim didn't hear him. Finally, the hair unwraveled. Omi threw her the Serpent's tail.

" SERPENT'S TAIL!" She called just as the sword came down on her. It went throuhg her ghostly body and stuck in the ground. She opened her eyes, and sighed with relief, clenching the tail in her hand tightly. She scooted over until she was completely out of the swords path, and becam solid again.

"RAI!" she yelled again.

Omi tripped Raimundo, dropping him to the floor. Kim gave Omi a ' That wasn't necessary!' look. He shrugged.

" Ow..." Raimundo said, sitting up. He looked around. He Omi, and Kim, and the sword a few inches away from her.

" Oh no..." he said. " I'm sorry!"

He got up and ran to his room.

" Crap..." Kim said, holding her head in her hands.

Rai didn't come out of his room the next day, and if he did, no one saw him. It took a few days for the others to heal, and when they finally did, each of them tried to talk to Rai. He wouldn't answer, not even to Master Fung. Kim was beginning to get worried.

" Master Fung, I don't understand..." she had said.

" Raimundo...He is not feeling very good right now..."

" I know...But why won't he talk to me? Why did he break up with me? Why is wuya doing this? I just...Don't understand...PLease, explain it to me, please..." She pleaded.

" Kimiko, there is no need for me to explain what you can figure out yourself. You are wiser than you think, all you need to do, is THINK..." he said, and with that, he left.

Kimko was stumped. She went to her room and laid on her bed.

" Well...I guess, I just gotta...Think..." she told herself. It was weird, but she would try anything.

" Ok... Wuya is now using Rai's dreams to make him think that he is fighting her, when really, he's fighting his friends... But, when he was trying to kill her in his dreams, he only tried to kill me, not Clay, or Omi, or Master fung...Why?..." she said to herself. It helped her to think out loud.

" Because...Because...I...am..." she gasped, " His best friend! We all are, but moreso me. She wants revenge, and it hurts him more when he hurts us...Ok, I got that...But now what? What was the point? He kills me, and then what?...or...he doesn't kill me...He just NEARLY kills me!...And then...Well, let's see...If I was in Rai's position...he feels bad...I would too...I would probably leave so that I couldn't-" she gasped again, and sat up. " I would leave so that I couldn't hurt my friends anymore!... He's gonna leave...and then...No...He'll be vulnerable...Wuya...She'll kill him...No..."

Kimiko bit her nails at this thought. She knew she could not bear life without Raimundo. She couldn't even stay-

" I couldn't stay in the temple! If Rai died, I couldn't stay here, and I would probably go back to Tokyo, leaving just Clay and Omi, and it'll be easier for her to get the Wu and squish them and have the world taken over and everything! That's why she's doing all this! That must mean...She knows. She knows that I love Rai so much that I coud not bear staying here if he wasn't here...And, that's why Rai broke up with me! He was afraid that Wuya would use it against us, but he doesn't know that she has been all along. Now, he's gonna leave, and Wuya's gonna kill him...No...I can't let that happen.."

She was pacing back and forth now. It was all making perfect sense now. The more she thought about it, the angrier she got.

" That stupid bitch..." Kimiko stopped. " Well, she can't kill him if I kill her first. She is mortal after all..."

She was getting madder by the second. " Whoa kim, calm down...think rationally..." It seemed like the best solution though. Just get rid of Wuya altogether. But when? She needed to know where Rai was. Hopefully, he was still in his room. She went to his door and knocked.

" Rai?"

No answer.

" Oh gosh, Rai, please answer me! I need to know that you're ok..."

Still no reply.

Kimiko rushed out to the Shen Gong Wu vault. She checked ot make sure no traveling Shen Gong Wu were missing. None were, and she sighed.

" Oh thank goodness..."

" Kim?"

Kimi spun around to see Raimundo.

" What are you doing in here?' he asked.

" No, the question is what are YOU doing in here? hmm?" she retorted.

" Umm...Look, I have to leave...If I stay-"

" I'm sorry Rai, but I can't let you do that..." she said, grabbing all the traveling Shen Gong Wu, the Eye of Dashi, and the Star Hanabi.

" Kim, what are you doing? Where are you going?"

"I just gotta handle something, or rather someone."

Raimundo gasped. " Kim, no...No. Youcan't..."

" I have to.Don't worry. GOLDEN TIGER CLAWS!"Kim jumped through the portal, and was gone.

A.N: I hope some stuff became clearer in this chapter, butmore will unfold in the next ones. I also hope that you enjoyed this one,because although it takes forever to write these chapters, they always seem to be short whenI actually read them. Anyway, yeah, will updateASAP.