Reach for the light Rai!
Disclaimer: I do not own Xiaolin Showdown I am only using it for my own twisted Fan-Fic…so don't sue me!
Warnings: My First XS, Fan-Fic so don't hurt me!
Other Notes: not sure what to rate this so be warned about violence and um…yeah other stuff…DW no romantic bed scenes just hintings of Rai/Kim coz there everyone's fav!
Raimundo; no we're not.
ElementalZero; yeah you are!
Rai: no we're not! –blushes-
Zero; awww he's blushing:D
Rai; am not… ¬ ¬;
Chapter One; Why?
"Gong Yi Tampai!"
Two bodies moved into battle and fought with a sword and a shield dodging large spikes that threw themselves up out of the small circular platform that stood as the battle field.
"Why?" Kimiko asked as she stared deep into Raimundo's eyes, wielding her sword like a spear ready for the launch. He just glared back at her, dodging a random spike that threw itself up from underneath him. He grinned, that Un-Raimundo-like, grin and flicked his eyes at hers. He crouched in a battle ready stance as the two stopped moving waiting for the other to strike out.
It was then that Kimiko realised what had happened. She watched as Raimundo's eyes flashed again with a hidden purple light behind them but had to quickly dodge an attack he threw at her. She glanced over to where WuYa was stood thoroughly enjoying every second of torture that was sent Kimiko's way. Then she saw the same thing in WuYa's eyes, they pulsated with her purple aura, and they both flashed in sync with Raimundo's eyes.
She quickly dodged another attack and caught a glimpse of a metal object attached to the base of Raimundo's neck.
'She's controlling him!' she thought to herself and almost broke down right there for having so little faith in her friend, then quickly wielded her shield to stop Raimundo's sword from hitting her head.
"Raimundo! Fight it!" she yelled at him but he showed no signs of hearing her. He spun around and swung his blade at her head which she quickly ducked and rolled to the left to get her perception clearer; she needed a plan! But what would make Raimundo see?
Her eyes slowly lit up as she recalled a certain talk she and Raimundo had shared and voila her plan was already set.
Dodging a random spiky ball that bounced off the floor, she stood to face him and threw down her sword and shield then stood open to any attack he or the field threw at her ready to die if that was what Raimundo truly wanted.
"Whatcha doin' Kimi? He'll killya!" Clay yelled from where he was perched on the edge of a rather large stone coliseum, unable to take part in the Xiaolin Showdown that was taking place.
"No he won't." Kimiko said looking straight into Raimundo's eyes, not letting him lose her gaze. He looked back with slight confusion, then the purple flashed again and he growled at her. But before he looked away, she saw something else inside him too.
There was a glimpse of hope…
A whispered prayer on the wind…
And fright. The real Raimundo was trapped inside somewhere and he was scared and alone.
Omi saw this too and finally realised the errors of his earlier thoughts of his friend's actions.
"He's gonna kill her!" Clay yelled out preparing to jump off the coliseum to Kimiko's aid but Omi stopped him with a little help from Dojo.
"No. I do not believe he will. This is not the Raimundo we know but a different one. The Raimundo we know is trapped inside, this may be what he needs to break free and come back to us. Have faith in him, he needs us now more than he ever has before." Omi lectured. And finally Clay understood; the cowboy reflected on the earlier fighting he'd witnessed.
In his minds eye Clay remembered
"Raimundo! Fight it!" she yelled at him but he showed no signs of hearing her. He spun around and swung his blade at her head which she quickly ducked and rolled to the left.
Then something popped into Clay's head, something that he'd forgotten up until this point; Raimundo didn't know how to sword fight.
'Omi's right! Rai is trapped in there.'
"Whoa. Who'd o' thunk it?" he said as he came back to the present and willed Raimundo to break the spell soon, before someone got hurt. He winced and closed his eyes in anticipation for Kimiko's heart wrenching scream.
Raimundo raised his sword running towards Kimiko, who opened her arms wide and gave him a perfect target, one he couldn't miss…
…but he did.
Kimiko opened her eyes and saw the turmoil in his eyes as he held the sword inches away from her chest, the purple light fighting to push the sword forward, but the real Raimundo fighting to drop the sword and begging Kimiko with his eyes to move to safety.
"Rai…fight it..." she said calmly, placing her hand over his quivering one. She gave it a slight squeeze and he let his hand drop the sword as he suddenly crumbled to the floor exhausted from the inner fight he had just won…barely.
"Rai?" Kimiko asked as she knelt down next to him, placing her hand under his chin and lifting it to meet her eyes. His eyes were wet and he had big bags under them where he was so tired but they were Raimundo's again and that was all that mattered.
"Kim...is it over?" he asked breathlessly as he tried to stand but found he couldn't. Kimiko pulled him in to her embrace and held him close,
"It's over Rai…you won." She said soothingly as the Shen Gong Wu gave out a bright light and everything turned back to the dark grassy field they had originated in.
The light faded and the Shen Gong Wu floated over to the two huddled figures. Each raised their hands and grasped one side of the Star of Yon; the fifth and final Star in the Star series of the Shen Gong Wu; it was a draw.
Now the temple had all five stars;
Star of Hanabi
Star of Hural
Star of Antigua
Star of Sib Khan
And Star of Yong
But just when they thought they were finally a team again, Raimundo clutched the back of his neck and cried out in pain. Kimiko was startled to life and suddenly remembered WuYa. She levelled her fiery gaze at the Heylin Witch.
"Leave him alone!" she yelled holding Raimundo tighter as the waves of pain wracked his body once again.
"Kim!" he cried out, "Kimi…get away!" he tried to yell but the pain was too much…
'No! I have to warn her!'
"Kim… please, get away from me…I…cant control it…I don't want to hurt you…not again…" he whispered as the blackening pain bit down on his very soul and rendered him semi conscious.
"No, I'm not leaving you alone again!" Kimiko said with determination, but Omi saw what Raimundo was trying to warn her of and with Clay's help, they dragged her away, leaving the Dragon of the Wind on the grass watching them move away to safety.
"No! Raimundo!" Kimiko yelled struggling to break free.
"I love you Kimi…" Raimundo whispered hoarsely before he finally succumbed to unconsciousness.
Kimiko, not having heard Raimundo's last few words to her, intensified her struggle 10 fold, but stopped in shock when she saw what happened next. Raimundo's body took on a purplish glow then WuYa cackled her evil cackle.
"Come my boy, we have much work to do." She said. And much to Kimiko's horror Raimundo stood up and moved over to where WuYa was stood. She sliced the air in front of her and motioned for Raimundo to walk through, but just before he disappeared he looked back one last time and a dark, evil grin pulled at his lips.
"Rai…no…" Kimiko gasped, falling to her knees in despair as her love disappeared through the rip with him…
…WuYa was back in control.
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