Chapter 7. HOORAY! dances in the air because she finally, finally, finished it

This took me a long time. Usually chapters take me from half an hour to one hour, but this one took me one and a half. Grrr…

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Chapter 7- Broken

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Kimiko closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She felt a strange, swirling sensation through her body. What was happening? She felt a wind and she was dizzy. She was being pulled…further and further… drowsiness overcame her.

The next thing she knew was that she was suddenly awake. Where was she? She was in a light purple dimension full of strange swirly objects. Her head hurt, and she moaned. How did she get here?

Suddenly, she remembered it. The woman with the red hair had told her to go in here for a final test. If this was it, forget it. She had to get out of this horrible place! She had the strangest feeling that she was fading away. Everything was blurring and coming back into focus in this strange realm. And she was stranded here. Maybe she was lost for all of eternity.

Kimiko pounded her fists in frustration. She was floating in space, somehow. And all she wanted now was to get back.

Kimiko gasped. She just realized it! That woman with the red hair, who had seemed so familiar…it was Wuya! But she probably forgot because Wuya did alter her form quite a bit, although she still did look somewhat like Wuya. How could she have forgotten how Wuya looked when Raimundo returned her to human form? Raimundo… Kimiko suddenly had a headache. She knew it had been a long time ago since Raimundo had turned to the Heylin side, but she still felt a little sad for her friend. Poor Rai… she suspected he probably was still guilty about that time.

She suddenly felt faint again. What was wrong with her? Did it have something to do with this place? She couldn't move her arms or legs anymore and she felt weak and helpless. WHAT is going on? Kimiko looked around her.

In a flash of mysterious light, a shadow appeared. It was huge and covered everything in sight with a thick, smoky gray. The blue looked even more drab as it began turning into a dark shade of grayish black.

"Hahaha," came the voice of… Chase Young!

"Ch-Chase?" Kimiko called out weakly. "G-g-get ready t-to be defeated!" She was attempting to shout it, but she didn't have enough energy and she couldn't even hear what she was saying. Chase had done something to her body to make it like this… but what?

"You are in no position to fight me, Kimiko. I have drained all of your life energy and you are but a helpless child waiting for doom." Chase laughed cruelly. His yellowish eyes seemed to glow as he floated above her. "Now I can finally finish my plan. I could, of course, simply kill you. Don't think I've gotten any weaker from our last encounter. But I have a better idea. I knew that you and Raimundo were indeed in love with each other, and it was a perfect time to strike your little playgroup. After all, the plan with Omi did fail quite miserably because you fiddled in with it."

"Omi would have never, ever joined an evil person like you, Chase!" Kimiko shouted angrily. At this moment, she hated Chase very much. What did he want to do to her and her friends? Whatever his plan was, she would do her best to annihilate it.

"Actually, he did for a short period of time before you interfered."

"So? It was against his will!" Kimiko shouted back. She was in a rage right now, even though her hands were shaking and her knees were buckling in weakness.

Kimiko summoned her strength together on an attempt for her Judo Lee Flip. She knew she only had one chance, and her energy would definitely run out soon. She gathered all her emotions- anger, sadness, hurt, and love… and flipped up into the air. "JUDO LEE FLIP-FIRE!"

The force she created was stronger than any she had ever. It was almost like her move had suddenly changed and improved. She fell back on her knees, too exhausted to even move. She had used too much of her strength and she couldn't do any more. She felt too weak to even open her eyes…

Chase saw the beam coming right before it hit. "Fool!" He yelled. With his armor he stopped it, but the force of it pushed him back and he stepped aside to keep his balance.

"Now, for the extent of my plan," Chase said, still a little shocked from Kimiko's attack. "As I said, I could just kill you. But that doesn't satisfy me. I need something more evil than just that. And so it will be. Instead of simply murdering you now, I am going to make you become one of us. And then I will watch in pleasure as you kill Raimundo. I've already sent him the note telling of how you're in danger, and he's already on his way. There's nothing you can do to stop me. Now, Kimiko! Let the dark side of you takes over your body!" Chase pointed a metal-covered finger at her, smiling smugly. A black shape came, in the form of Kimiko and entered her body.

"I-in your dreams, Chase!" Kimiko couldn't resist it for much longer. She tried to think of all the things that made her happy and gave her strength… the Xiaolin Temple, her friends, defeating Jack Spicer, the Shen Gong Wu, her element, Master Fung, Raimundo… Raimundo would come to save her. But she would destroy him if she let this spirit take over her mind! Tears came out of her eyes. She had to keep fighting for Raimundo- for her one and only true love. She sunk down to the floor but in her mind was still resisting…

Suddenly a new figure appeared into the portal. It was a boy… brown hair, green eyes. Raimundo! "Rai?" Kimiko said weakly, lifting her head up.

"Kimiko! Hold on! I've got you!" Raimundo's face shone bright in the darkness surrounding her.

Suddenly, a coldness filled Kimiko. "NO! NO!" She cried, but it would not stop. She was beginning…to turn evil. "Raimundo!" She gave one last, desperate cry. Then it was as if a blanket closed over her mind. The true Kimiko drifted away as the evil one took over.

Chase young smiled at Raimundo, who had come seconds too late. "Your friend is now mine," he said. There was no point in trying to revive Kimiko now. She would be an evil creature for all of eternity.

"What do you mean, Chase? Kimiko would never help you!" Raimundo yelled, tears filling his eyes. He knew, from the way Kimiko had fallen, from the way her eyes closed that he was too late to save her. What would Chase do?

"It's simple. She is now…evil," Chase said in a very definite tone. Like there really was no hope for Kimiko at all. The way Chase said this made Raimundo feel cold and small. He really had failed Kimiko, the only one he ever truly loved.

"No…no…," Raimundo sobbed. He dropped to the ground. A tear slipped his eye as he realized that this was probably the first time he had ever cried in his life. Kimiko was gone.

"Oh, Raimundo. Did you think I was going to allow you to simply wallow there in sadness? Of course not. Raimundo, it is time for you to meet…Kimiko. The new Heylin Kimiko, that is…" Chase pointed to where Kimiko was.

Kimiko had suddenly risen from her spot on which she had collapsed on, and now she seemed different, although she looked mostly the same. Her eyes, which had been a beautiful and deep blue, were now an angry red. Her expression, which usually wore warmth and depth in personality, had become cruel and mocking. Her smile she gave Raimundo was cold.

"K-Kim?" Raimundo said. "It's me, Rai! Please… come back to the Xiaolin Temple with me!"

"You will not get through to her," Chase said, simply and plainly. The Kimiko whom you love is now gone, trapped in the deepest depths of her soul."

"Then I'm going to get through to the deepest part of her then," Raimundo said with a renewed hope. "Just watch me."

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Next time there will be a new Shen Gong Wu. Yes, Omi and Clay have a part in this too. Don't worry, there will be more with Chase, Rai, and Kim too.