Chapter 68: And EVERYONE KNOWS It's Going to Be a Happy Ending.
Kimiko
wasn't tired. She was just... PREGNANT FOR THE SECOND TIME! But this
didn't make Xian the least bit jealous. Confusing, isn't it? Right now
Xian was wandering around, looking for Omi. Which seemed to be a chore
now. You could never tell where that short bald teenager went.
Xian walked past a whispering Raimundo and Kimiko, and that didn't bother her much.
"Have you seen Omi?" she asked Kimiko, knowing Raimundo would make his famous wise crack.
"No, I don't know where he went, why don't you check the training grounds? He's usually over there."
Xian nodded and strode away. How come nobody could keep track of each other? Raimundo and Kimiko were never seen separately, and Jill and Clay barely were ever seen at all! So now it was Xian and her book. Or Xian and her thoughts.
"Oh,"
Xian turned around and stared at Raimundo.
Kimiko
put a hand over her mouth and watched Raimundo and stand up and ask,
"Say Xian, have you ever tested a condom with Omi yet?"
The emotion of bubbling anger and embarrassment filled the room. Then Xian screamed.
"I'M GOING TO KILL YOUR HUSBAND, KIMIKO!"
Raimundo, laughing, dashed out of the door, followed closely by Kimiko. Xian knew she couldn't run after them, they were both speedy Xiaolin Dragons. Finally, Xian gave up on looking for Omi. She opened Jill's door and walked in.
"Nice battle cry Xian." Jill said in between giggles.
"Sis! They... That- He..."
"Cat got your tongue? Never mind Xian. I'm sure you got tricked by Raimundo again."
Those saying were starting to rub off on Jill.
"I think I hear Clay calling." Xian lied.
Bounding through the hallways, Xian thought about Omi. Everyone was having a child except for them...
"Why don't I read you a story?" asked Raimundo, pulling something out of the bookcase in their room.
"You
already read me a book Raimundo. And it probably ended with us making
out again." Smirking, he ran his fingers down the spines of the books.
"There's 'Let Loose the Fire', 'Say Yes Just This Once', 'Never Isn't An Amount of Time'..." (HINT!)
Kimiko rolled her eyes and studied her reflection in the mirror. She
didn't see why Raimundo thought she was so pretty and pale.
"Those stories might be interesting, which would you choose?"
He shrugged and stood back up again.
"So. Think you're pregnant yet?" Raimundo asked.
"Well DUH! Why do you think I've been a bit under the weather? If you didn't notice I've been almost throwing up!"
If you get pregnant, the grumpiness will follow. Sounds like something Master Fung would say.
"I heard that! And I AM NOT GRUMPY!" she huffed.
Yes, very convincing.
Making
sure he didn't make any wise cracks in his head, Raimundo kissed her on
the forehead and opened his drawer, taking out another pair of monk
robes.
"I'm going to take a shower, dear. I know you're going to miss me SO much."
He kissed her again and walked through the door, leaving her pissed.
Her eyes wandered the room. Yes, there were plenty pictures of Raimundo in different posses, usually smirking at her.
Getting off the bed, she tip toed over to the door and opened it. Hm. He was in the shower, and he didn't even hear Kimiko open the door. Definite prank time.
Stifling her giggles, Kimiko pointed her finger
toward the shower. If Raimundo hated the water to be at least regular
hot, then he must be- "Damn. Stupid shower always is hot..."
Perfect. She stole his towel, and his clothes. Then she left the scene of the crime, letting the door close softly behind her.
Joy. Kimiko pulled one of her dastardly tricks again.
"Kimiko, give me back my clothes!"
"Try and make me!" Hide and seek game again, she was getting good at this.
"I don't want to have to swim to the bottom of the waterfall again to get my clothes!"
All
you could hear now were mocking laughs. "Fine Kimiko, you'll have to
see me naked." He twisted the knob and walked over to his clothes
drawer. So she stole the rest of his clothes too.
"Raimundo, I told you. You can't find them, anywhere."
Kimiko kissed him sweetly on the lips, then she darted out the door. He couldn't leave the room, and he couldn't do anything. Maybe he could use a towel... Scowling, he looked around for his towel. Another trick. Where could she have put everything?
"Give up yet Raimundo?" Oh. The window was open. And Kimiko was there, smirking that famous smirk.
"Shut
up!" Raimundo shut the window and sat down on the bed. He could at
least make this time worth while. Elinor gurgled from the crib, maybe
it was about time to play with her. Even though she found sucking on
her thumb fascinating.
"Hello Elinor, do you know where your mother
hid all of my clothes." She smirked right back and pointed at the
bathroom. Now you couldn't believe her, could you?
"Sorry Elinor, but I already looked there, have any other ideas?" asked Raimundo, using baby talk.
"No. Blah."
Brilliant. He wasn't going to get anywhere by using directions from a four month year old baby! Raimundo had given up, but he didn't tell Kimiko yet, who was supposedly hanging onto his clothes still. Did he know she hid them in the shower?
"Kimiko, where is Raimundo? He should be here for lunch." Omi asked, not the least bit confused at the smirk on Kimiko's face.
"Oh I'm not sure, he's taking a shower most likely. That's what he said before I went out of the door."
Xian raised an eyebrow. She was more observant than most people, and she knew something was going on.
"Okay, what did you pull this time Kimiko?"
Shaking her head, Kimiko replied, "What are you talking about? He's just in the shower. There's nothing going on"
Just then, Raimundo came through the doorway, fully clothed.
"I see the prankster is here." He nodded toward Kimiko, and then took his seat. Exactly why you couldn't trust those two. After a few minutes, Clay came into the room.
"She done having the baby yet?" asked Raimundo.
"No, he's supposed to come in December you know." Clay wiped sweat off his forehead.
"Now
I didn't know you already knew your baby was a boy! How did you find
out?" Xian asked excitedly. Everyone stared at her. Why was she the
first one to react and be all jittery from this?
"Um... Sorry."
She sat down again and lowered her gaze to the ground. Kimiko made
another note in her head: Talk to Xian again to make sure she doesn't
go mad. That note was next to: Make out with Raimundo somewhere.
"We went to the doctor again, and Jack Spicer was there, for some reason he acted a bit different."
"That's just Jack Spicer, the weirdo happy thing. Let it slide past." Raimundo said breezily. No worries on Raimundo's mind.
But something made Kimiko think about that subject.
"Anything wrong Kimiko?" Raimundo had sensed her tense up.
It's probably nothing, anyways; have any ideas for your baby's name?"
While they were chattering away, evil was starting to get back off the ground.
"You sure everything is okay? I'm your husband by the way, so you can't hide anything." He was right this time.
"You... Wait, we need to go to a more private place."
She
had caught Xian staring at them, with wide eyes, literally as big as
saucers. Raimundo took her hand and walked her out of the Temple.
"How about the roof?"
"Fine."
Raimundo put his hand around her waist and flew up, no one was following.
"Raimundo... I think I know why Jack Spicer might have been so weird. You're not going to like the answer."
He was silent for a few seconds, letting it all soak in.
"So? Not like anything is going to happen. Right now everything is perfect, we defeated evil, and we're married. Could anything go wrong?"
"Yes I think they could Raimundo. But not now. I mean look... Jack could have used the Ying Yo-Yo to bring back his bad side. We need to ask Clay if he saw anything else a bit out of place." Raimundo shrugged and looked into the sky.
"I still don't think we will be in deep trouble. We're going to have another child. Nothing could possibly go wrong."
Still
not believing him, Kimiko hugged him and brought her head to his chest.
Raimundo stroked her hair while she snuggled deeper into his warmth.
"I hope you're right Rai."
She kissed him, not using her tongue this time.
The sun was beginning to set when Kimiko and Raimundo finally jumped off the roof.
"Hey, if evil comes; I'm going to protect you from everything, no matter what happens."
"That wasn't one of my worries, but I'll take that as a promise." They kissed again.
When the sun set, something moved in the shadows. It was Jack Spicer and someone else.