Chapter 6: Please Stop Everything!
Kimiko walked, or more stomped over to the throne room.
"Where is that Prince?" Good thing she was okay at acting.
"Oh he should be here any minute."
The girl from the banquet stood there, a malicious smile on her face.
"That's nice. And who are you?" asked Keiko, who didn't seem to manage her anger.
"Sophia, Raimundo's WIFE."
She held out a Wedding ring and laughed.
"He would never marry you!" Kimiko had lost all her patience.
Raimundo, meanwhile was confused, he thought he saw Kimiko enter the palace, but that would be impossible!
He stopped thinking about this when he heard a blood curling scream from down stairs, and the noise sounded awfully familiar.
"Omi! Don't follow me this time."
Raimundo hesitated and made up his mind.
"Aren't you going Prince?" Omi mumbled.
"Yes Omi, maybe I should call off that stupid execution." Omi didn't look at all pleased.
"It is already taking place..."
He ran down several marble stair cases, and finally reached the throne room."Raimundo! This peasant just started to attack me!"
Kimiko pinned Sophia to the ground with her foot, and she wasn't even tired!
"The Prince comes to the rescue of the Princess?" asked Kimiko, annoyed.
"Yes I will come and save you." Raimundo grabbed Kimiko's waist, and practically flew out the door.
"Where
are you taking me? Put me down!" She thrashed around and gasped when
she saw a huge crowd of people around town square. "You wanted to take
me to this place to see my friends die?"
Her usually strong voice was weak.
"No, I brought you here to stop it." Raimundo pushed through people and Kimiko watched eagerly.
"Executioner! There won't be a blood bath today."
The executioner had a black hood over his face, but still; everyone could tell he was frowning.
"I was getting to the good part!" he whined.
"Jack! Down this instance!" Raimundo ordered.
Kimiko rushed up to where Raimundo was standing and hugged him.
HUGGED HIM.
In front all the villagers, and Sophia possibly.
He turned a bright red. "Get off me! This is in front of people!" Raimundo whispered so that she could only hear him.
"I am still going to be payed? I'm going to buy a new axe."
The
executioner removed his black hood, revealing spiked red hair, and
blood red eyes. "Jack, I'll still pay you. Go home." Raimundo shooed
him away and slipped out of Kimiko's hug.
"Thank you Rai. Thanks for stopping everything."
She fluttered about, and this bothered Raimundo. "Are you going to go home now?" asked Raimundo.
"Why should I? You saved everyone! Now everyone will know you have a good heart!" Kimiko gushed.
"Don't make such a big deal out of it, I didn't do anything. It was just my guilt."
Her face dropped.
"Kimiko. I don't get why suddenly you're nice to me, and then you hate me. What's wrong? Is it your past?"
She didn't answer. "I need to go now."
Raimundo reached for her but she dodged him.
"Sorry
Rai, maybe I'll tell you sometime. But not now." Kimiko kissed his
cheek and left his room, where no one else ever went to before...
"Raimundo!" sang Omi.
"Don't tell me you were..."
"Yes I was watching! She gave you a girl hug! And she bit your cheek too!" Omi skipped around in circles and snickered.
"Leave me alone Omi!" He pushed the servant out of his room again and sighed.
Why did she always get so touchy about her past?
Somebody
must have not asked her that question before... Kimiko always told him
things! She did make him soften up a bit today... Raimundo noticed he
still had his medallion on, and on that medallion was a piece of fire
fern.
Raimundo decided he could ask her about her past if they had some privacy. So he followed her.
Kimiko
didn't turn to right, where the Temple was. Instead, she went walked
over to the forest. He hid behind a wall and stalled.
She might have sensed someone following her... Kimiko shook it off and kept glancing around her.
"Go already..." Raimundo muttered. Finally, her pace quickened.
The
crazy girl was probably going to go pick some more fire ferns or
something like that, there's nothing that important in that forest.
Jack did mention something about wanting an axe. "Hey!" Kimiko yelled.
Raimundo nearly jumped a foot in the air.
"Yeah you! Jack! What are you going with that axe! Gimme that!"
She snatched it out of his hands and snapped it in half.
"I was going to use that!" Jack took back the broken axe and frowned slightly at Kimiko.
"You're that witch thing, aren't you?" asked Jack Spicer.
"I'm no witch! I'm a ma- I mean Temple girl!" she stammered.
Jack scratched his head.
"You should hear those rumors about you in the bar sometimes!" He picked up his staff from the ground, and leaned on it.
"What's that? Don't tell me you're going to try and chop down one of these precious trees with a stick!"
"It's
a Monkey Staff, I got it from my grandma or something... Anyways, I
have to go, see you later Xiaolin peasant." Jack waved to Kimiko and
wandered away with his staff and broken axe. Somehow that staff looked
kind of like something that Raimundo had seen before...
"I'm here." Kimiko called through the cave. Curious, Raimundo tip toed behind her. "Dojo, I'm here"
Who was Dojo? A boy?
Raimundo's stomach churned. "Dojo! I brought you some bread." Kimiko walked over to a bush and searched for something.
"Here it is! Don't worry, nobody else is here but me."
A sleek, graceful, elegant DRAGON slithered out of the cave.
"Kimiko. You've come."
It's scales shined beautifully... So this was what Kimiko talked to when she was staying in that cave during the night.
"I couldn't resist," she replied, "You make very good company for a Dragon."
Raimundo raised an eyebrow when the Dragon or 'Dojo' shrunk to the size of a gecko.
A little green gecko. "So where's that bread?" asked Dojo.
Kimiko handed him the bread and narrowed her eyes.
"Do you sense that?" she asked. "Someone is following me."
Raimundo took off.
They might not have heard the just rustle of leaves or not, but he had to get away from that Dragon!
A word that caught his ear, the word was "Prince."
Raimundo knew there were bound to be rumors in the tavern, if he'd heard correctly from Spicer.He went into the bar, and reluctantly sat down on one of the stools.
"What can I get ye?" The blond bartender asked.
"Nothing." Raimundo responded. "Then why are you sitting down? Need something else?"
This form of speech coming from his mouth aggravated Raimundo.
"Have you heard any rumors about witches?" he asked through gritted teeth.
"I don't know, aren't you going to ask my name or at least be polite?"
Raimundo rolled his eyes at request and muttered "What's your name then stranger?"
"Bailey, Clay. I don't understand why someone royal like you would be here though."
Clay stared at the crown on Raimundo's head.
"Yeah I get that a lot. So have you any knowledge of witches?"
"Nope. Not even a yip about it. You should ask the King."
Wind picked up in the room.
"I don't need to ask the dumb King. You don't know any rumors and that's final. I'll be leaving now."
The bartender tipped his hat and drank out of a mug. "You come back soon too, Prince"
Clay smiled, but Raimundo didn't even make an effort to.
"I still do not know why are you so interested in thinking about this Kimiko girl!"
Omi scuttled around Raimundo's room, picking up the mess on the floor.
"Omi! Kimiko isn't that interesting. It's just... Have you ever had a fluttery feeling before?" asked Raimundo.
"Yes, many times!" Raimundo seemed relieved.
"Like
when you kicked me in the butt, I got a so called fluttery feeling! And
when everyone calls me a stupid git! I think another definition for
fluttery thing is pain." Omi added.
"That's just great. You have no idea what I'm talking about. Have you ever been hugged by a girl then?"
"They slap me sometimes-"
Raimundo shook his head and snapped his fingers.
"My main question is: Do you know anything about girls?" Raimundo asked.
"I do not Raimundo, but if you will tell me I will be most pleased!" Omi crossed his fingers and smiled.
"Sorry
Omi. I need to get my sleep. What did you say about yesterday? When
something would help me if I did something? Well, the Wind will guide
me. The Water to you. The Earth to... And the Fire to... " He fell
asleep before he could finish his sentence.