Chapter 7: The Waterfall of Dreams and My Party!
Kimiko's P.O.V.
The Waterfall! But that was just in my dreams, I didn't think it existed... My feet had a life of their own, and they started running through the forest, which I had never been through. Somewhere in the heart of the Forest, I heard water, I kept straight; and I saw a clearing. Raimundo was standing near the waterfall, deep in thought. "Rai..." I whispered. "Kimiko... Happy Birthday." I ran over to him, and planted a kiss on Raimundo. "Did you set up this whole Scavenger Hunt?" I asked softly. "Yes Kimiko, and I did it all for you, everyone just needed a little persuading." Raimundo walked over to a rock, and picked up a bouquet of roses, and a little box.
"That's just so creative and sweet Rai! You are so charming..." I took the roses, through them on the ground; and pulled him by his shirt collar into a sweet kiss. Raimundo pulled away from the kiss, and said "Here, I got you something... I hope you like it." He was looking at me with those dazzling green eyes, I slowly opened the box; then I did a girl squeal! In the small box were absolutely gorgeous ruby earrings, and a ruby and diamond necklace; I looked at Raimundo, and I hugged him, and at the same time I said "Thank you Rai, and I love you more than earth itself." He gazed intently at me and whispered "I love you, and nothing change that."
Raimundo's P.O.V.
After I was overloaded with kisses and hugs, Kimiko and I decided to do a little swimming. She stripped down to her panties and bra and I did to my boxers. I took her hand and lead her underwater, it was beautiful. So many different colors were here, rocks and sometimes fish. I went up to the surface and took a deep breath with Kimiko, then we plunged into the water; and under the waterfall. I found that it was a sparkling cavern, I heard Kimiko gasp... "It's so pretty." "Not as pretty as you, Kim." She sighed with happiness and then said "Look, the cavern keeps going, what's back there?" I had walked to the end of the cave with Kimiko. "Kim, it's a dead end." Her hands caught on fire; and pointed "There's writing on the wall..." (On the wall.) Two Soul Mates touch the wall and make a wish; and pass on the prophecy... take the rings. 505. "Kimiko, put your hand on the tablet... I'll do the same. What do they mean by 505? That was... 1500 years ago!" I put my hand on the stone and made a wish, I could see Kim doing the same. The writing on the wall lit up; and Kimiko clutched to my arm.
I could hear stone move, and the tablet slid back; and I saw a painting, and two rings. The painting was of a teenage boy and girl, smiling. I picked up the painting, and looked at the back. By: Lucia and Charon. Soul Mates forever. Age 17 and 17. April 13th, 505. "Kim, have a look at this." Her eyes widened. "That was today, 1500 years ago!" I examined the painting closely. The girl had raven black hair with blue eyes and the boy had brown hair and green eyes, it was like looking at a picture of them selves! In fact, they were standing in front of the willow tree, which was only a little sapling. Also, the Xiaolin Temple was behind them, but it wasn't built all the way. Finally, I looked at the rings, they were made out of gold, and ingraved in them were "Soul Mates forever." Kimiko took her ring and so did I. When I was about to exit the cave I heard in my head "This is Charon. Take care of the ring; it means true love... don't worry about returning it, when you die it fades back to this place, and don't forget to paint a new painting!" I shook my head, the voice was gone, and it sounded so close to mine. "Kimiko, did you hear that?" "Yes, what was it? A girl called Lucia was talking to me in my head, and she said that Charon was telling you to paint a picture of... us."
I slipped her ring on her finger and mine onto my own finger; it fit perfectly. Kimiko and I swam back outside, and slipped back on our clothes. "Kimiko, do you think we are Soul Mates?" "Yes Raimundo, and we get to carry on the prophecy..." She picked up the roses, and the box. Also, she put the earrings on and told me to help with the necklace. They looked so... Natural on Kimiko, maybe because she was a fire element. I kissed her delicately, and took her hand, we walked back to the Temple.
Kimiko's P.O.V.
I opened he door to the kitchen when I heard "SURPRISE!" I saw that everyone knew about my Birthday, I was so happy! "Kimiko, we all baked you a cake!" I did another girl squeal, today was just so cool! It was a round cake with little statues of everyone, except made eatable! "Look at my art and craft Kimiko! I have made my self... good!" Omi said, I looked at his model of himself... He had everything perfect except his head, it wasn't as round as it was now but I didn't want to say anything bad about it "That's really neat Omi!" I was delighted. The cake was made out of Cookie dough, Dojo said he baked it, and made the mini version of him, and then everyone decorated it.
The rest of the day we all sat around talking, then Clay said "Should we all play a game?" "Sure." I said, it probably lassoing a cow or something... "Let's go out side!" Suggested Raimundo, I couldn't refuse to him. I brought my roses with me, and planted them in the ground, I wanted to see them grow. Master Fung was watching in the distance, Dojo perched on his right shoulder. "Hey, let's take this game by surprise!" Raimundo said as he stole my shoes, and started to run away with them. "Rai, come back here!" Soon the game turned into, 'Let's steal every ones shoes and run away!'
I caught up and tackled Rai, and started hitting him with Omi's shoes. "Okay I surrender to Kimiko!" cried Raimundo, he was just teasing me; when I wasn't looking he grabbed me and pinned me to the ground. "I don't surrender Kim, that's one thing you need to learn about me." He then ran away with Omi's shoes too. After hours of mindless stealing, all of us started to rest... We were so tired, that I fell asleep outside, in Raimundo's arms; again. I woke up when someone was poking me with a stick, I looked up and saw Omi, looking at Rai and I, like we were a new kind of species. I got up and yawned, it was 5:45. I shook Raimundo awake, he was the only one who had shoes on. "Here's your shoes Clay and Omi... I'm going back to my room." Raimundo mumbled. I followed the suit, everyone was covered in grass and dirt, so I went to take a nice warm shower.
Once I was done tidying up, I went outside and decided to meditate under the willow tree. I heard Rai come towards me. How did I know? Because I memorized his footsteps... "Kimiko, I'm going to start painting the new picture okay?" "Sure Rai, just don't make me look ugly..." I replied. "There's no way to make you look ugly Kim." After a while, he said he was done, and I had to draw him. I was kind of an artist, but when I went to go see what Raimundo drew, it shocked me. It was SO real, and beautiful. I drew Raimundo standing next to me, and I finished up the painting. "You draw good Kim, and tomorrow we can but the picture in the Cavern, and it's time to go eat!"
I really wasn't that hungry, because that cake really was filling enough! I at a bowl of rice and I was full, then I walked to my room. I thought about the wish I made at the waterfall... Would it come true? I hoped so, when I saw that painting I thought it was me in there, and Raimundo. But actually it was Lucia and Charon... we looked so alike. I have to ask Dojo if he knew any of them, that was 1500 years ago, and that meant that he was alive when they were around... What did Soul Mates mean in the first place? If they did exist, they Raimundo was mine, or else the rings wouldn't fit on our fingers.
I glanced out the window at my roses, to see how they were doing. They were blooming, and then I saw Rai walk over to them, he sat down and stared at them, he pulled a book out of his pocket and began to write... Why was he writing in a book? WHAT was he writing in that book? Then I finally figured it out, he was writing in his diary. I never thought that Raimundo would ever keep a diary, it was usually girls who kept them, not boys...
But I guess it was alright. My diary was not that well hidden, in fact, in was right next to my bed. I began to write (In Diary.) Finally, I admitted my true feelings for Raimundo. I have never felt happier in my life... When I was little I always wondered when I would find true love; I think it's right here. I had the most weirdest dream a night ago (or something) I was at a waterfall, and Rai wanted to ask me something. I know when I went to that waterfall today, it just wasn't the same scene in my dream... I think I will be there more than once... I will always remember this day, Wednesday, April 13th, 2005.
That was enough writing for today, right now I felt like talking to my so called Soul Mate; or Raimundo. He wasn't outside near my roses anymore though, so I thought "He might just be in his room." I opened his door but he wasn't there either... I just decided I should wait for him. I saw a book on Brazilian Portuguese in his room, I opened it up, and it read: Eu te amo- I love you, Nao me deixe sempre- Do not ever leave me. Voce significa-me o mundo e sim... You mean the world to me and yes...
I heard someone behind me clear their throat, it was Raimundo. "Rai, I never new you had such an interesting language..." "Yeah, it's pretty neat... What's Japanese like?" He asked. "Oh it's pretty difficult, with all the dialects and stuff..." "But you sang so lightly in Japanese yesterday." I felt myself blush, no one ever complemented on my singing before... "I could teach you Rai." "Okay Kimiko." I kissed him quickly and left the room for my book.
It was in my desk, so I got it out and looked at it. I really needed a review because hardly ever read anymore Japanese now that I was in China. I went over to his room and saw him in deep thought, I walked over to him and tapped his shoulder, Raimundo looked at my book and said that it didn't make sense. "Well here's a Japanese song that I heard before... yozora wo kakeru nagreboshi wo ima, mitsukerare tara nani wo inoru darou. That means: What would I wish for, if I could find a star dashing across the night sky."
Finally, he got the hang of it, and I had a little bit of Portuguese language in my brain too. I said "Since we got it, can I ask a question?" "Ask away Kim!" "Well we should ask Dojo if he knew Lucia and Charon, then he can tell us who and what they were, you know like actual Soul Mates." Raimundo agreed, and we walked hand in hand to find Dojo.