(sneaks around)
hi... (shifty eyes)
Me: they arent here yet, are they, Oscar? ... (hides behind Oscar)
Oscar: If they were here, we would know.
Me: You gotta protect me
Oscar: Okay...fine then... But I do not think they will harm you...
Me: (hugs Oscar) So? They still have TEETH.
(SaphireStars' tigers jump into the room)
Me: ooooohhhh nooooooooooooo... they're hhhheeeeeeerrreee!
Oscar: If i had human eyes, i would roll them. Kaisa does not own Xiaolin Showdown, and---
Me: I have to answer the reviewers! (Oscar: (in backround) FINE...)
azure x emerald- thank you verrrry much for your comments
Rave Slave - we've been getting a lot of that 'Omi is such a damn bastard' stuff... lol
Ranma Higurashi- it's pronounced Kai (huh, ryhmes with Rai...) I don't know why i made that the kid's name, maybe it's short for something, or maybe it's a nickname, i really don't know...
Oscar: (protecting me from tigers) On with the story...
Raimundo sank to the ground of his room with a loud groan. How could he let Kye and his gang catch up to him like that? If only he had used his kung fu, or maybe his element.
But no, he had promised Master Fung. And if keeping that promise meant a few…minor…injuries, then so be it.
Raimundo cursed himself for not bringing bandages, or antiseptic. But no, he hadn't thought of that.
His jeans were ripped all over the place, mainly the knees, dry blood around the holes. Raimundo knew that he must have gotten a ton of scrapes all over his legs when Kye threw him really hard so he skidded across the asphalt.
He had gotten a fair amount of bruises and cuts elsewhere, from all of Kye's punches. Raimundo had never realized how strong Armando's former second-in-command was, but he was convinced that Kye was way stronger than Armando ever was.
He had gotten out of the orphanage in the first place to go and get some food. The only things that were working in the place were the toilets and the showers. No use when you're hungry. So he had used the Golden Tiger Claws to get out, and before he knew it, there was Kye.
Raimundo was sure he could have used the Golden Tiger Claws at one point so he could save himself some injuries, but how would the witnesses react? Raimundo knew how they would react. They would be power-hungry, and go hunting after him and his Shen Gong Wu. And that was the last thing he needed at the moment.
But after Kye had let him go, Raimundo had finally been able to get some food, and return to his room.
Raimundo once again laid himself gently down on the cot, finding himself thinking about the Xiaolin Temple. Were the others okay? Were they happy he was gone? Did Master Fung find a replacement for him? What did Kimiko do with his medallion…?
The next morning, Kimiko sat on a chair, awaiting the return of the others and rubbing Raimundo's gold medallion. She had brought it with her because she wanted to give it back to him when they found him.
She looked down at the medallion and wondered how exactly Raimundo got a hold of it.
Just the thought of Raimundo made Kimiko cringe. She was the one who had practically finalized his plans that night when she had yelled at him. Of course, the others had their own part in Raimundo's runaway. Omi was the one who always unintentionally hurting Raimundo. And what was even worse, Omi didn't know that he was doing it. Clay wasn't really the one for words when it came to hurting Raimundo, but his laughter at Omi's and Kimiko's jokes about him was enough. And her? She always listened to Omi hurt Raimundo, but she never stood up for him. She just sat there and did nothing, if not laugh.
Kimiko scolded herself. How could they have been so clueless?
She was now very determined to find Raimundo, but she somehow had the feeling that he wasn't in this town, but the other one. But Master Fung said that they had to be absolutely sure that Raimundo wasn't in that town before moving on.
She just hoped Raimundo was alright.
"We will be arriving in the next town in a few minutes," Master Fung announced to the Xiaolin Apprentices.
"So Rai has to be in this next town, right?" Kimiko asked hopefully.
"It is not certain, but if he is not there, I do not know where else he would go," Master Fung answered. He thought for a moment, and then perked up. "Dojo, remember when you sensed the Serpent's Tail, even though it activated a long time ago, and you followed your sense to find Raimundo and Wuya?"
Dojo got it. "So you want me to try and sense the Golden Tiger Claws, even though they activated a really long time ago."
Master Fung gave an affirmative.
"Of course, I can only sense its position if someone is using it… I'll have to tune my senses to the Golden Tiger Claws… And then next time Raimundo uses it, I'm sure I could find it."
"Good. But for now, let us go to the other town that I suspect Raimundo may be hiding. We will search there until Dojo gets a lock on the Golden Tiger Claw's position," Master Fung explained.
Raimundo used the Golden Tiger Claws to once again teleport himself to the outside of the orphanage.
Okay. Sneak…sneak…no one will see you…, Raimundo thought as he crept through the streets. His new plan was not to be oblivious of the things around him, and sneak places so he could get some more food. He hoped that Kye wouldn't notice him. He couldn't see him, but Raimundo could tell that Kye was close…very close…
And if this plan didn't work, there was always tomorrow.
He was sneaking along, minding his own business, when it happened again. Two pairs of familiar feeling hands grabbed him and dragged him to an alleyway.
Don't these jerks have anything better to do other than beat me up! Raimundo thought to himself before he saw Kye. He sighed inwardly. Well, I can devise another plan while they beat me up… If I'm not in too much pain to think, that is.
"Ooohh! There they are!" Dojo called back to his four passengers as shivers went up and down his spine. "The Golden Tiger Claws are definitely down there!" He pointed one of his fingers to the town that they were heading to. "Ah! Raimundo must have just used the Golden Tiger Claws… He's down there all right…"
Dojo quickly landed and shrunk to his smaller size before anyone else would notice.
The five looked around, but they didn't see any Raimundo.
"We will ask around," Master Fung said, and they hurried off, knowing that they were hot on Raimundo's tail.
Raimundo felt a sharp pain in his lower right leg and upper right arm as Kye threw him to the asphalt again.
He glanced down and saw a sharp piece of glass protruding from his leg. He winced, pulled it out quickly, and tried to get back up. Someone must have broken a window nearby, because there was glass everywhere.
Raimundo could tell that his arm had a deep slice in it from another piece of glass. He could feel the blood from both glass wounds oozing out. He looked to Kye, who was about five feet away from him, and decided that it was time to put Plan B into action.
Raimundo started to run as fast as he could away from Kye, ignoring the pain from the numerous cuts and bruises. Down this street, up that street, got to lose Kye… Left, right, right, right! Raimundo said each direction in his mind as he turned a corner. He knew this town like the back of his hand, and he was determined to lose Kye and his two stupid thugs. But as he rounded another corner, he ran into someone that he thought he would never see again…
"Yes. I just saw him a few minutes ago… Looked like your friend was in trouble," said a storekeeper.
Kimiko thanked him for this information and walked away. She had asked everyone she had run into if they had seen Raimundo. She wondered what kind of trouble Raimundo was in…
She was coming up to a corner, but before she could turn it, someone ran right smack-dab into her, leaving something sticky on her hand. "Ew!" she exclaimed once she felt the stuff.
The boy that had run into her had just given her a glance, got up and kept running. He wore a white but blood and dirt stained T-shirt, along with torn up jeans with similar stains. His hair was a muddy brown, but Kimiko could barely notice it because he went by so fast. She watched as the boy skidded to a stop and turned sharply left.
She looked at the sticky stuff that was left on her hand, and freaked out when she saw it was blood. She took out a paper towel from her pocket, cleaned her hand off, and discarded the now red paper towel.
Kimiko was about to keep looking for Raimundo, but another person almost smashed into her.
"Where'd he go!" he shouted. This young man was around the age of seventeen, extremely muscular and had dark hair. He stared at her and waited for an answer.
"Who?" she asked.
"Raimundo! You know, that dumb kid that just ran past you? Where'd he go?"
Kimiko almost gasped at the name. That was Rai? She finally pointed away from where Raimundo went and the young man sprinted off.
Kimiko then ran off in the direction that she had seen Raimundo run off in. She passed Omi, Clay and Master Fung on her way to catch up with Raimundo, and the other three figured that she had found something and followed her.
Kimiko turned left at the exact point that Raimundo did, and spotted him in the front of an old looking building. She saw him use the Golden Tiger Claws, and like that, he was gone.
"He's in that building!" Dojo said from Master Fung's shoulder. "I can sense the Golden Tiger Claws…they're in there…"
But they realized that everything was locked up tight.
"There is only one way we can get in there," Omi said, drawing out the Serpent's Tail. "I shall go in and talk sense into Raimundo."
Kimiko laughed slightly. "Um, no offense, Omi, but I don't think you're the right one for the job…"
The other three nodded in agreement, leaving Omi looking a little surprised.
"And I don't think I will be able to do it," Clay said evenly. "How 'bout you, Kimi?"
Kimiko shook her head. "No, I don't think Rai will be very overjoyed to see me… Master Fung, will you go?"
"I see we do not have any other choice," Master Fung replied as he took the Serpent's Tail from Omi.
After Master Fung had left, Kimiko took out a Shen Gong Wu out of her own pocket — the Falcon's Eye. She held it up to her eye and whispered the Wu's name, activating it and looking into the abandoned orphanage.
She then saw Raimundo. He looked like such a wreck, blood and mud everywhere. Kimiko noticed that he was limping slightly, due to a deep cut in his lower right leg, and Kimiko wondered how he could have run so fast with such a cut.
She couldn't stand seeing Raimundo anymore, so she finally handed the Wu to Clay, who had asked to see.
Me: Okay.
Oscar: They're catching up to you, you know.
Me: Of course I know!
Oscar: Review if you wish, and if you don't like it, don't review, and there are much better stories out there that you could be reading.
Me: Also, if Mom lets me go on tonight, I'll put another chapter on.
Oscar: WHAT!
Me: I'm feeling really nice today.
Oscar: O...kay...
-Oscar
(Me: HEY! That's where i'm supposed to put '-Kaisa'!)
-Kaisa