Chapter 7
When Rai woke up the next morning, he felt like he was floating on air. Quite literally, in fact. Rai looked at his feet, he realized that he had summoned an air cushion under his feet.
He checked Kimiko's room, and noted that she was still sleeping. He smiled to himself, then went outside.
It was nice and cool today, and Rai felt there was nothing he couldn't do. Keeping that in mind...
"Typhoon Boom! Wind!" Rai shot straight up into the sky, leaving Xiaolin Temple a dot on the ground. Rai hovered in the clouds for a moment, then began to "surf" downwards back to Xiaolin Temple.
"That was fun." he muttered to himself with a grin. But now to more serious matters...
Rai balanced the tray (stacked with pancakes, juice and whatnot) in his hand and he walked towards Kimiko's room.
He struggled to keep the tray on his hand as he opened the door. Keeping the door open, he pushed the tray inside with his Wind power, and lowered safely on Kimiko's bed just as she woke up.
"Huh?" she asked sleepily, rubbing her eyes.
Rai smiled from the doorway, then bonded into the room, skidding on the floor. "Good morning." he hummed, giving her a kiss.
Kimiko smiled as she picked up her juice glass. "Why are you in a good mood?" she asked.
"Do you really need to ask?" smirked Rai, raising an eyebrow.
"I get the point." She set her glass down. "Ya know, Rai, I think we can't let anyone know..."
"About us? Kimiko, Omi won't understand! Well, maybe, but I doubt it. Our only real worry at the moment is..."
"Clay!"
"Oh, yeah, him. I think..."
"No, Rai." Kimiko hissed, her voice at a whisper. "Clay is here. Now."
Rai turned to the door to find Clay leaning against the wall. He was also, to Rai's disgust, smirking.
"How long have you been standing there!" demanded Kimiko.
"Long enough to know what's goin' on between you two lovebirds." came the simple reply.
"Clay, this is none of your business!" said Rai, now standing, in case he needed to blast his friend with a Typhoon Boom.
"I know it's not, Rai. I just like the idea of you two gettin' together." Clay grinned. "Well, that's all. See you." He walk out, leaving Rai and Kimiko to stare after him.
"He's bluffing." said Rai instantly while Kimiko frowned.
"We can't make any assumptions now, Rai." she reminded him. "After all..."
"You two are madly in love." came a sly voice from the hallway. The Xiaolin Dragons turned to find Dojo the dragon.
"DOJO!" they cried in unison.
"Yeah, I have that effect on you guys. Listen, I know about you two, and...URK!" Dojo's sentence was cut short as Rai had grabbed the dragon's throat in his fist. "Hey, hey, hey! Easy! I won't tell, honest!"
Rai looked at Kimiko as if to say; "I dunno. Wanna burn him?"
Kimiko walked over and freed Dojo from Rai's grip.
"Listen, Dojo. We said the same thing to Clay..."
"I've heard..." Dojo said sourly.
"So don't tell, got it?" added Rai.
"Alright, alright! I won't tell! Geez, you two can be nice to each other, but no to me..." Dojo slithered out of the room, muttering under his breath.
There was an awkward silence.
"We better watch ourselves." Rai said finally, as Kimiko nodded in agreement.