Omi was just waking up as he heard something coming from outside.
"Ewwww, Rai! Cut it out!" cried Kimiko as she tried to run away from Raimundo. Raimundo was showing her a huge cut that was his leg he had gotten while he was in his circus days.
"You believe me now?" asked Rai.
"Yes! Okay, I believe you got it while trying to wrestle an alligator!" huffed Kimiko as she tried to catch her breath.
Omi heard Kimiko's voice and looked out his window. There he saw Clay sitting against a tree, napping, he guessed. Raimundo was standing there, rolling down his pants leg. Omi noticed both boys wore black suits instead of their usual clothes. There was Kimiko, wearing a long sleeve, dark blue dress that went past her knees. She had her hands on her knees and catching her breath. She noticed Omi and went over to his window.
"Come on, Omi, or you'll be late!" Kimiko sang.
"Yeah, come on!" a now awake Clay and Raimundo said.
"Late for what?" Omi asked.
" For my funeral, silly." Kimiko replied. She raised an eyebrow. "Did you forget?"
"Huh?" asked Omi.
"Remember? I died last week!" replied Kimiko.
Suddenly Omi woke up. 'It was just a dream. Or are my tiger instincts trying to tell me something?' Omi thought to himself.
He looked outside his window and saw Clay and Raimundo talking and wearing the exact same suits they were wearing in Omi's dream. They were not smiling. Omi remember that today was Kimiko's funeral. Omi still remembered how he found her. He remembered he also needed to speak with her there.
(Flashback)
"Kimiko! We have returned and we are victorious! We have the Disk of the Elements!" Omi shouted as soon as he was inside the temple, holding the disk. There was no reply, only silence. Omi thought that Kimiko was in her room playing video games. He went there, but she wasn't there.
"Dojo, have you seen Kimiko?" Omi asked waking up the dragon.
"Huh? Oh, hello Omi! Kimiko? She was here a minute ago." Dojo replied sleepily.
"Thank you for your not helping information." said Omi.
"Anytime." was the last thing Dojo said before falling asleep again. Omi searched the temple, but could not find Kimiko. He thought he would need the help of his fellow dragons, so he asked them.
"My friends, I cannot find Kimiko anywhere! I wish for you to help me!" Omi asked Clay and Raimundo.
"Sure, I'm just afraid that whoever wrote the note didn't get to her first." Clay said.
"Okay, I'll show her the cut I got when there was an alligator in the family tent." Raimundo agreed.
"I have looked all over the temple, so she must be outside!" Omi finally for once saying something smart.
"Rai, you look over by the gate. Omi, you look by the garden. I will look by the trainin' yard." Clay said.
Omi went by the garden. There was a garden all around the fountain, and a sand garden. He went over to the rose bush. Kimiko loved the roses. 'Kimiko will thank me if I get her a rose' Omi thought. He went to pull out a rose, but saw something under the bush. He looked under there. He found Kimiko!
"Kimiko! I have found you!" Omi said realising that Kimiko was not awake.
"My friends! I found Kimiko! But she is not awaking!" Omi yelled. Clay and Raimundo ran to where Omi was by the rosebush. Raimundo removed the brush with his hand.
"Oh no." Raimundo said. Clay took a look too and took off his hat.
"What is wrong? Is not Kimiko well?" Omi asked.
"Omi, she's, she's, she's dead!" Rai answered.
"Should not she be well soon?" questioned Omi, obviously showing off that no one ever told him the 'what happens when people die' speech.
"No, feller" Clay answered.
"We must get Master Fung!" Omi shouted. With that, Omi hurried inside to get him. He came out a minute later with Master Fung.
Raimundo was too busy staring at Kimiko. The murderer had left the dagger, just standing there on her chest. He noticed there were initials carved on the blade. The initials were D. F. He thought about who he knew with the initials of D. F. No one came up. He saw a note pinned to the blade. He grabbed the note, careful not to get his fingerprints on the daggar. He accidently touched her arm and felt her skin. It was not at all cold and pale. Well, paler than normal. She was warm. He even swore he saw her twitch, but brushed it off as his imagination. He read the note and gave it to Clay. Clay read it and his face was pale.
"We must call the proper authorities and Kimiko's parents." Master Fung said calmly.
"Poor Kimiko. That must have hurt more than sitting on a needle in a haystack." said the blond cowboy sadly.
Soon afterwards, the police came. They took her body, and search the area for clues. The cops looked at the note and told Clay not to worry. The murderer would have a tough time getting through the police security, but Clay didn't relax.
"Alright, people, Miss Tohomiko was murdered early tonight. She was murdered around here, because the body wasn't moved much." said the detective. "We don't have any clues right now, so everyone is a suspect. You will all be questioned. Although the murderer might have escaped, we must check if any of you guys are the murderer or are in cahoots with him."
"But what if we have an alibi?" asked Raimundo.
"It depends."
After the questioning, everybody went back to the temple. Raimundo never told the cops about the knife. They would see it themselves. Kimiko's parents decided to have her funeral a week later.
(End Flashback)
Omi got ready by putting on his suit. Master Fung had gotten suits for Rai, Clay, Omi, as well as himself. Omi went outside to the fountain. He looked at his reflection. He looked like the businessman he saw talking on a cellphone in New York.
He went over by Rai and Clay and said he was ready. Master Fung came out in a suit as well.
Dojo, was over his cold, grew to 40 feet tall , and Master Fung and the rest of the dragons jumped on. Dojo flew to Kimiko's little hometown, known as Tokyo, Japan.
They arrived at her funeral on time, and Mrs. and Mr. Tohomiko, greeted the dragons and Master Fung. They saw Kimiko's coffin. The coffin was closed. Her parents said they couldn't bare to see her like this.
Omi thought the funeral was quite boring. When the minister was saying prayers, Omi thought to himself. 'Hmmmmmm, I wonder if there will be cake afterwards! Mmmmmmm, me like cake! Me! Me! O-Me! O-Me! Hmmmmmmmm, Omi! Omi!'
The minister asked for a moment of silence. After the moment people still stayed silent. All Raimundo thought was how he was going to miss her. Suddenly, who else would break the silence except for a short, bald monk.
"O-me! O-me! Omi! Omi! Omi! Omi!" Omi yelled at the power of his name.
Raimundo was getting ticked off. Come on, what would you do if a little kid was being annoying and saying his name over and over again at your best friend's funeral?
"Omi! Stop!" whispered Raimundo.
"Huh? Why?"
"Because you're annoying!"
"But I wish to delight all these sad people!"
"You can't Omi!"
"Why not?"
"Because they're sad for Kimiko!"
"Speaking of Kimiko, I have not seen her yet! Where is she?"
"She's never coming back ever again, alright!"
"Oh, don't be silly, man."
"Omi. . ."
"You said that this is Kimiko's funeral! She must be here!"
"Don't you get it? She's D-E-A-D! Dead! Never coming back again!"
"What?"
"That's what happens when people die, Omi. They will never come back."
"So that means Kimiko will never talk to me again?"
"Yes."
"But we need her!"
"Too bad, Omi."
Everyone at the funeral was listening because Raimundo and Omi were screaming. Afterwards, there was a reception. Kimiko's parents asked the dragons if they can pack up Kimiko's stuff and send it to Tokyo, since it was too painful for them to go through her things.
Raimundo and Clay already had Kimiko's clothes packed, and it took five days straight, since she had so much clothes. After they finished packing clothes, they let Omi help them pack the rest of Kimiko's things, because you know Omi would ask all sorts of stuff if he helped with the clothes.
Clay and Omi had a break after they finished packing up half of the rest of her stuff. Raimundo just kept packing.
When Raimundo found Kim's PDA, he saw that she had an email and it was a replied email. He wanted to play with her like they used to and check all the emails that had started with the original message that was named 'keiko!'.
To: 'Hey Keiko,
I need your help like you used to help me! There's a guy here, and he's always playing tricks on me, and his name is Rai, and I can't get him out of my head! What do you think? Email me soon!
xoxo -Kimiko From: thought for a moment, 'She liked me, too?'. He then checked the new message which was the reply.
To: 'Yo Kim!
Sounds like you're in love! Rai and Kimi in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G! You know how the rest goes! Be sure to send me an invite to your wedding! LOL! J/K! Usagi and Rei say hi!
xoxo -Keiko From: thought for a second, then heard Clay and Omi coming. He quickly erased these messages and packed up the PDA.
(Meanwhile Far Away)
"Heh, wonder if I can take down two at once." said the person covered by the shadows, but this time, holding a daggar that had the initials of D. F.
TBC