Chapter 23: Put the Bag on the Hag... I'm Talking Sophia!
Omi carelessly twirled his orb around in circles. What should he do? Shuffling away from the room of the King and Queen, Omi stepped into the hallway.Everyone wasn't coming into the castle, and they were staying outside, in the sunlight. So what could Omi do to sabotage the Wedding? Running out of ideas, he was roused by a screeching voice. Ugh...Who was it? Omi tip toed over toward the sound, which was coming from Sophia's room. What would she be doing? Killing something, or someone?
"La! La la la... Dyris, you are a genius!" Omi, curious; peeked through the door crack. Mysterious. Sophia was busy adjusting her hair, trying to make it as straight as possible. She was singing too, or trying to sing. Grimacing, Omi prevented himself to cover his ears; he wanted to hear what she was talking about.
"Raimundo, you shall be mine! Once I look my best of course." She sounded like she was snickering... "He doesn't know anything. About me, the Kingdom, what's going to happen, and himself. Oh, it'll be fun. I'm not as sweet as I look. Besides, everything about me is a secret." Sophia laughed and smoothed out her Wedding dress.
What was she saying? Everyone knows she isn't as sweet as she looks, but what did she mean she had a secret? Or was it secrets? "Somethings aren't meant to be tampered with, like me. I always get what I want, and no one can stop me. That 'Kimiko' peasant won't know what I'm going to do. Then... I shall be Queen, once the arrangements are done."
Omi
gasped, but covered his mouth a second later. Sophia stopped combing
her hair, and her head slowly turned away from the mirror she was
looking in to. Omi glanced around him for an escape. Oh... He couldn't
even move that fast down the hallway!
Panicking, Omi bounced up to the ceiling. Yes, he could stay there for quite a while.
Foot steps were heard.
"Whoever it was will die eventually." Sophia said. Omi could imagine her flip away her hair and strut back to her vanity. Sighing, Omi waited a while. Sophia opened the door again, and looked around. She was a bit prettier than your average girl; but she was sharp too.
Tossing
her head again, she closed her door. Omi let out his breath and waited.
So did Sophia from the other side of the door. When would she ever give
up? Did she really care if anyone heard her at all? It was like she was
keeping this secret from everyone in the world... Or was she? And who
was Dyris? Omi had heard that name before.
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"What are we going to do? We can't go marching up to the palace doors and expect to be taken out in one piece! Look past those bushes, the guards are everywhere, and no one else is around." Kimiko whispered, ducking into the shrubs along with Raimundo. He shrugged. "I don't know, you're the brains of me. Everyone is gone because they're at the palace, swarming about to get a glimpse of the Princess and Prince. That won't happen. And who said I was going in the palace? It would be better if I stayed right here in these bushes!"
Kimiko put a finger to his
lips and waited. "You're not supposed to speak that loud." Raimundo
took Kimiko's finger of his lips. Trying to be smooth again; I bet.
"You know, I would rather prefer you're lips instead of your finger."
Kimiko blushed madly and avoided his gaze. Well he was willing and available, and hers.
"Not
right now Raimundo, once we're done with messing with the palace. Come
on, you're going whether you like it or not. You have your magic, and I
bet Clay is in the crowd, and we might run into Omi along the way. So
we've got nothing to lose, and if we get caught, then I can always
escape, and so can you. This time you'll actually know where I am..." Kimiko muttered the last part.
Shaking
this off, Raimundo frowned. He couldn't go. But Kimiko was so
persuasive... And she said everything was alright, and when Kimiko said
everything was alright, then it was supposed to be alright... right?
Raimundo confused himself now.
"I don't get it. But..."
"Come
on Rai. We have to go. I don't know why; but I just have a hunch that
Omi is there, waiting for us. I won't let you get married to that twit
Sophia. She won't lay her hands on you, you're mine already. I won't
let the Queen or King catch you either, and the guards; I think they
might even let you through, because they don't care what happens to
you, as long as they are payed. But I think you have a bounty right
now; so let's not risk it." Kimiko said in a hushed voice. Raimundo
really didn't get what she was saying, but he nodded along anyways.
Though parts of her speech were starting to make a tad bit of sense now.
"So...
We're going in, and you're going to try and protect me? Kimiko, you
don't have to. After all, I have these." Raimundo pulled up his shirt
sleeves while he said this, to reveal the Moby Morpher.
"What's that?"
"It's
something you're friend gave me... I don't know where he is now, but he
said it would help me look like someone else. I don't think I'm allowed
to put it on two people, but no one will recognize you except that
bitch Sophia. So we can go,"
Kimiko smiled at Raimundo oddly.
"Uh... What?"
"You just gave your own, and very first lecture, Raimundo."
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"Do you ever think this is going to be weird, because I'm Omi... Right now." Raimundo said, almost complaining. Kimiko rolled her eyes. "You know, I always thought Omi was a little cute..."
"Kimiko!"
"Okay, fine. He's not as gorgeous as you. Now, you can come out of the bushes."
Raimundo did come out, looking quite different indeed.
"This is ridiculous."
Kimiko
snorted and lead the way. In her head were the words of, "I don't think
you're ever going to make it out in the world if you rely on your good
looks!"
Giving him a side ways glance, Kimiko quickened her pace.
"If
we want to get in without being seen, we'll have to fly up to your
secret balcony... You know where we did... stuff." The unusual thing
was that Raimundo had already known what she was talking about when she
said her first sentence. "I remember perfectly. How could I forget any
memory with you?" Corny... Kimiko again felt the blood rush to her
head. "Um... Well... Thank you." Raimundo waved this away and looked
down at his body. "I think I should be someone else instead of Omi. How
about Dojo?"
"No." Kimiko hissed.
"How about Master Fung?"
"No."
"How about..."
"Just stay Omi." Kimiko finished for him, glaring slightly. Raimundo took this as a warning and took her by the waist.
"I don't know how he lives with this body, but the only you can tell us apart are the voices... I still sound like me." Raimundo said, boosting himself off the ground.
With the Wind rushing through Kimiko's face, she looked around. If there weren't some many things wrong. She would have wanted to live here again.
The tree tops were a
healthy, leafy green, and everything was fresh. Though Xiaolin was
mostly cloudy all day; today the sunlight was peeking through the
clouds for a small change. One of the most lovely things was... The
breeze. It was crisp and sharp during the Autumn and Winter, and when
it was Spring or Summer, the wind blew fragrances of flowers everywhere.
Xiaolin
castle was one view to behold. Grand was one way to describe it.
Sunlight shone across the walls, making it seem even more important.
Banners flew everywhere; in a series of different colors. The mote was
always drawn, but today it was a special occasion, but not a joyous
one. You could sense all the commotion in the air.
Kimiko breathing in the air; tried to look for where Raimundo's secret balcony was.
"Remember
Kimiko? It was somewhere near an ivy wall, and parts are blocked away
with tree branches. That way no one can find it." Raimundo, in Omi's
body; flew closer to the castle. A tiny balcony came into sight.
"I see it! I don't remember the last time we went there..."
Sighing, Kimiko went over her thoughts. She had to right everything down. It was starting to get confusing.
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The place was the same as they left it, empty. Switching back to himself, Raimundo listened to what Kimiko had to say.
"I guess we weren't being watched. This place is actually kind of nice..." Kimiko ran her fingers along the walls, counting how many inches the porch was up and down, and how it was horizontally. "It's about twelve middle fingers horizontal... "
Raimundo absentmindedly nodded
along with her, while he thought of the last time he was with her here.
It was magic, back then... "Anything wrong Raimundo?"
"No, nothing.
It has been a few days... When we were last here. I can't remember
though. Everything went so fast. We hated each other, then we loved,
and then we were separated. Then we're back together again. What
happens next?"
Kimiko opened her mouth to speak, but his was already one hers. Sharing an open mouth kiss is so romantic...
Kimiko
moved her hand up to his head, playing with his hair while his tongue
danced with hers. His hands roamed her back, occasionally slipping into
her shirt. Raimundo broke away and began sucking on her neck, giving
her goose bumps.
"Raimundo..." Taking this as a signal to go
further, he let his hand wander around under her shirt, but he still
avoided her chest area. There were reasons.
He took her by the
shoulders and pushed her against the wall; pinning her. "Kimiko, we
aren't going to do it, but I think we could go a little further this
time."
"Bring it,"
Kimiko lunged for his lips, wrapped her legs
loosely around his waist. Licking her bottom lip, Raimundo used his
hands to go under her bra.
Surprised, Kimiko opened her eyes and
stared at him. "I know you don't want to do this. But... I know you had
a reason for last time for not doing it with me last time... So I
won't." Kimiko didn't back away though. "But... We can still do this,"
Kimiko added, playing with his hair again.
"I was thinking the
same." With that reply, Kimiko went back to his lips, writing this down
mentally down in her head. She wouldn't forget this. Getting back into
his place, Raimundo felt around with his foot for his crown. It was
there. Smiling into Kimiko's lips, he kicked.
Down it plummeted to the ground. Landing with a satisfying 'clank.'
Writing that down in her head too, Kimiko deepened the kiss.
She
was loving him for who he was. He wasn't just some Prince that was made
spoiled. He was a headstrong, person; that was more than a good looking
guy, who was rich. Raimundo... Didn't fit that description. He was
different, and he might be a disgrace to all the Kings and Queens
before him; but none of them were truly in love. Kimiko released his
lips and said, "We're together. I love you, Xiaolin, meant to be;
commoner"
"I love you, Xiaolin, meant to be; Princess." Aw...