Chapter 9: Retrace my steps... and Cry My Heart Out.
Raimundo's P.O.V.
I followed Kimiko to the sleeping quarters , what did Charon want to tell Lucia! Everything was just so confusing... Why has my fate got to do with it anyway? I walked down the hallway, but then heard something from Kimiko's room. It's was a PDA or cellphone conversation; I didn't mean to be nosy but I just had to listen! (On phone.) Kimiko: Hi mom, what did you want? Kim's Mom (Or just mom...): Yes, I wanted to ask if you have settled in and found a boyfriend yet. Kimiko: Yes I did Mom, Raimundo; he is the Brazilian one, remember? Mom: Kimiko... I didn't think that you would have already found one. I wanted you to marry someone Japanese. Kimiko: Mom! How could you do that! I will only marry the one I love, you said I could marry anyone only if I loved them, and I love him! Mom: If you marry him, then consider yourself not a Tohomiko anymore. Goodbye Kimiko. (End Call.) I could hear her sobbing into her pillow, how could her mom be so harsh? I had to go comfort Kimiko, that is what boyfriends do right? I cautiously knocked on her door, I wasn't sure if she would be mad, or sad.
I didn't hear her answer to my knock, so I just opened the door. "Go away Raimundo." "Kimiko, are you all right?" I was really worried about her. "I'm fine, it's just you that's the problem, leave me alone." "But Kimiko..." "Leave at once Rai, and I don't like you anymore!" She was screaming at me. I slowly got out of her room... The thing I loved most on Earth hated me. I ran down the hall, to my room. I ran into Omi, who was skipping along. "Anything wrong Raimundo? Some food will cheer you up, and maybe if you hear me say Omi is the best Xiaolin Dragon ever 10 times then you will feel happy! Omi is the best Xiaolin Dragon-" I didn't even hear him finish, voices in my head were too loud, I ran to my room and slammed the door. I didn't bother doing anything, I felt as if I had no heart anymore, I felt as if I had no more air to breath... I hadn't felt this pain in such a long time.
Kimiko's P.O.V.
It's ALL Raimundo's fault! He wasn't supposed to fall in love with me, he's Brazilian; he's supposed to fall in love with a Brazilian girl! That way she could actually talk to him in Portuguese... A second voice entered her mind "It's not his fault Kimiko." "Shut up!" I probably looked really stupid, I was screaming at someone that didn't exist. "You know Kimiko, I'm Lucia." I stopped crying. Lucia was there, and she was talking to ME. "Why are you talking to me! Go away!" I was screaming every word. "Charon and I were fighting once, for five days. Let me show you a memory:
I felt myself turn into a ghost, I looked around, Charon and Lucia were near the willow tree. "How could you do this Charon? I thought you loved me!" Lucia was weeping into her hands; she looked really dumb, couldn't she just forgive him and love each other and live happily ever after? "I do love you Lucia! I didn't mean what I said back there..." "Didn't mean! What do you mean by that? I asked what else you thought about me was good and you said I was pretty, and then you couldn't think of anymore to say!" Tears still sparkled on her face. "Because there are so many! Like your intelligence, strength, craft, and most of all, your love." I saw Lucia's face soften. "Charon, darling, I've been such a fool. Why did I ever get mad at you? All that matters is that you love me, and that it never stops. Please forgive me." "I already did Lucia." He pulled her into a long embrace.
They background around me started to fade, and I was back in my room. "What did you think?" "I thought that you were too emotional Lucia. You believed everything the second it came from their mouth." "Kimiko, if someone was stuck in that position right now, what would you tell them?" "I would tell them to now dwell in the house of the past, and all that matters is that you have that love, and that you can continue to make it grow. It doesn't matter what others say on your relationship, it your love, and your life." "Very good Kimiko. Now say that to yourself." Her voice disappeared from my head and I quickly fell asleep.
Raimundo's P.O.V.
I was quietly crying into my pillow, was she breaking up with me? I didn't know. I was flooded with questions. "Raimundo." I looked around, who was saying my name? I wiped away my tears in case it was one of my friends, they shouldn't see me cry. "Don't worry Raimundo. It's me... Charon." "I thought you were dead! How are you still talking to me!" "Raimundo, when you are in love you never die. You are always alive in their heart. Anyways, it wasn't your fault." "What do you mean by that? You don't know anything!" "I had a girlfriend too you know... Lucia." I was flabbergasted, how could this dead guy know all this stuff, and why was he trying to help me? I looked on his finger, and there was the Soul Mate ring, gleaming from the moonlight that was coming through my window.
"You'll understand one day Raimundo, and I will be watching. If you excuse me, I need to go back to my wife Lucia, I can hear her calling right now. I raised my eyebrows in confusion, that was the most weirdest thing that ever happened to me. I mean, talking to a ghost? I laughed, it sounded weird to me, I was now used to the usual sound of sobbing. Before I knew it, I was asleep and dreaming about the time when I had my first kiss with Kimiko, under that willow tree, which was planted 1500 years ago.
Kimiko's P.O.V.
I woke up the morning feeling very dizzy. What the heck happened? I remembered falling asleep, and Lucia was talking to me about forgive and forget. I remembered that fight I had with Raimundo... I couldn't forgive him today! Lucia forgave Charon in five days, and I was just going to forgive HIM? No way. I didn't even have to think twice, I ran to the kitchen to see Clay staring at me. "What?" I snapped, I was REALLY grumpy about last night. "I heard you yelling at yourself at night, in fact, everyone in the Temple heard you yelling to yourself. Raimundo was doing the same." "RAIMUNDO WAS DOING THE SAME! WHO'S HE TALKING TO! Clay seemed very small now. "I don't know Kimiko, and please don't hurt me!"
I saw Raimundo walk into the room, I could tell he didn't sleep to well because he had bags under his eyes, and you could tell that he was crying because of the color of his eyes. My first reaction was to go over and comfort him, but then my stubbornness stopped me. Instead I scoffed, grabbed my toast, and ran away. Nothing in the world seemed to matter now! I just ran to where my feet could take me, suddenly I opened my eyes and saw Master Fung looking at me, with an eyebrow raised. "Anything wrong Kimiko?" He asked. "Nothing Master... are we doing any training today?"
"Kimiko, I think that you and Raimundo should fight each other under my supervision; I want to see your improvement. Fetch Raimundo and tell him he is to fight you, I will be waiting" I ran back to the kitchen and said "Rai, come down to the training grounds at once. Master Fung's orders." I didn't even look at him. I rushed back to Master Fung. "He'll be here any moment Master Fung." I saw Raimundo zoom around the corner, he looked happy to see me for a split second, and then his face dropped.
"Raimundo, you will be fighting Kimiko. I want to see improvement." I saw that Raimundo was hesitant to fight me. He stuttered "I have to fight... Kimiko?" Master Fung didn't answer, I took this moment to attack Raimundo, I used my element to surround him in fire. I then looked into his eyes, dislike flashed in them. He put out my flames with his wind, and threw a tornado at me. I felt like I really was going to loose my breakfast, the he let go, and I fell to the ground. The last thing I saw were forest green eyes filled with worry looking down at me.
Raimundo's P.O.V.
I can't believe I just hurt Kimiko... When I started to attack her and put out her flames, I saw fear in her eyes... She looked so helpless, I had to help her. But I was too late, wind was already hurting her, and she fainted. Kim is going to hate me even more... I always sat by her bed in the Medical room, holding her hand like I did about a month ago. I barely ate, I always stayed at her side... I heard her whisper something... she wasn't awake but she was saying something, I listened "I still love Raimundo, but I am too stubborn to admit it, I hope he is in love with me still... He means the world to me, and I don't care what anyone else thinks... I am his soul mate, nothing can change that."
I felt my heart leaped at her words, I could still win her back! She didn't stop talking though "Eu ta amo, Nao me deixe sempre. Voce significa-me mundo e sim..." I listened, she actually remembered some Portuguese! I kissed her on the lips, and then suddenly I felt her kiss back, and her hands run through my hair... She had awakened!
I felt a bliss that hadn't run through me in a long time flow back into me, my heart was beating as fast as ever, and I think she just forgave me for being a jerk... She broke the kiss.
"Raimundo, I need to tell you something; and first of all..." She stopped talking and glanced at her hands. "Yes Kimiko?" Then she slapped me hard on my left cheek.