a.n. well i get 2 finally update! the days are getting longer, free time so much shorter and problems stay forever. gosh so much goin on...i wont delay much longer...r&r

Living a lie

Chapter 3

A fading truth

By animeang3l7

I woke up to the clear dark blue sky mixture of stars and the moon. I saw something twinkle from the corner of my eye. I turned my head to see a bright star just about fade away. The mountain tops were now in the darkness, silhouette completely. My one leg down swinging while the other one up on the branch I was sitting on. The wind blew hastily and my brown hair went all over the place. I didn't care about those stupid little things, my hair, my appearance, anything for a matter of fact.

You never know what you might miss till its gone; I know the true meaning of that now. I never thought in a million years would I be in this position, I never even thought it was possible-but she's gone and no one even cares. How can they just let it be, how can they accept it...Why can't I...

"Young one."

"Master Fung." I turned around in utter surprise but remained calm and kept those stupid weak emotions hidden inside.

"It is time to go in and rest, a full day lies ahead."

"I just can't let go..." I said sadly, but even though i said aloud it came back to me, ringing silently in my head. "Master Fung, why can't I accept it like you, or Omi or even Clay?" I asked staring at the wide range trying to avoid his eyes.

"No one ever lets go, but they strive to accept and move on." Thats a lot of help... "There are some things that have to be accepted and some that cannot. This is simply one you cannot yet accept." I turned around swiftly and saw no one, I looked over to the temple and saw him walking in the hall through the window. He is so strange.

"I want to, I want to accept you're gone. But why? Why can't I frikkin move on." I shouted in the valley.

"Because...I'm still here..." I felt a presence beside me, a long soft whisper in my ear; it had such a familiar voice...tone...I felt breathe on the side of my face, so warm yet chills ran down my spine...

"Kim" no one answered. I didn't bother to look for any one, for I would only be deceiving myself. I wasn't that stupid. But for one second I actually thought she was there, here, I mean beside me. Alive...

"Yo, kid. A new shen-gong-wu has just been activated!" I ignored the faint voice, almost regretting it. I couldn't just go on and pretend that everythings alright when everythings not. I actually wouldn't be able to.

"Raimundo, you get your butt here right this instant and sit it here on my be-hind." he said while enlarging himself to a forty foot dragon. I didn't take much notice but none the less I dropped from the tree and blankly walked over and hopped on him. I remained quiet still thinking what had just about happened. Maybe she is alive, maybe I was only fooling myself that shes dead because she couldn't have just left. She couldn't just have left me. She couldn't.

"Kid, I know its hard to um you know-let go and I know how hard it is." You have no idea. "To like loose a really close friend." She wasn't just that, she was more. Much more. "I felt just the same when old Dashi left. But it does get better. I promise, just hold on kiddo." But shes still here, I can feel it.

"I can feel her." I muttered,

"You say something?" I didn't bother to reply, what was I supposed to say? Explain my stupid theory of Kim still being alive?

But she is alive...

I looked to the side to see the two surprisingly happy friends of mine. They seemed not at all sad, or scared or even sympathetic. They were happy...Freaks. Don't even care that Kim's gone, thats just cold...ice cold.

"What is the shen-gong-wu we seek Dojo?"

"Its the, um you know, I forgot the scroll so well I have no clue."

"Thats a Dojo,"

"Why do you keep saying that?"

"Cause its mighty funny," as both of them laughed and Dojo muttered and shouted at them to stop; I quietly just sat at the back, wishing we could get this over and done with.

"Raimundo my friend, why do you not wish to participate in the group?"

"Join the crowd Omi-and yeah, you okay there Rai? You awfully quiet, too quiet to be normal." I blanked them, ignored them. What was the use of wasting my breathe, I didn't see the use of anything now.

"Rai..." the wind whispered as we turned south east. The wind blew some what calmly, whispering words that I could only hear, words from a voice that I wish was still here just to even yell at me.

"We're here."

"Oh joy," I sarcastically remarked. "Wheres the freaking wu already!"

"Calm down 'Mundo old buddy, we just got here."

"Well I'm hoping we can just get out of here. And I'm not your old buddy. As far as things go we're just partners in this Xiaolin thing which I don't give two shits about anymore."

"Sorry, just saying thats all."

"Raimundo! You have just spoken the evil language of the...um EVIL! And how could you 'dis' the Xiaolin temple!"

"Omi, I dun't think this is the right time for this-"

"-Though our dear friend Kimiko is gone you do not have to act as if the world is just a piece of 'shit' as you call it."

"She wasn't just our friend, she was more much more than you could imagine! And what do you expect me to act like, like I don't give a damn that she's gone like you or Clay! Huh? Well if thats how I should maybe I shouldn't be here at all!"

"You know we do care that she's gone, we do care more than you know. Its just that we don't go round acting as if everyone on the surface of earth died. We suck it in. We have to just live it up, Kimiko would have wanted that!"

3rd Person POV

"Yes that is what she would have wanted..." Omi drifted off, tears formed from his dark eyes. Clay's too were now watery, he hated crying. His dad always said that only a boy cries and a man lives it up. But this was a time where his dad's sayings were nothing. No matter how much respect he held for him, it was nothing. Not now at this hard moment.

Raimundo stood dead blank and pale, he began slowly edging his way backwards. "She..." He didn't know what to say, but although his mouth stayed slightly open and paralyzed, his muscles down his calf and feet still made movement until,

"Owh," he tripped over what seemed to be some sort of strange object.

"The shen-gong-wu!" a scaly green stick hand pointed to.

"Thanks for pointing it out Xiaolin idiots." There in the midst of the foggy London air was a hovering so called evil boy genius; Raimundo quickly picked it up before he swooped down to get it narrowingly dodging his razor propellers.

"Wait theres only three of you!" He mockingly pointed; at the three figures, one dragon who then slid behind Clay and the Big Ben monument.

"Wow, you can count. Took you long enough but I guess it always has." shouted an angered Raimundo.

"Hey! Shut up! Wheres Kimiko anyways."

"Don't you dare talk about her as if shes just some next person. Wait, you did it to her you bastard!"

"What the fuck are you chatting about?"

After about a second from his reply he whispered, "You didn't..."

"Huh?"

"Jack, you better run. Just run."

"Why?"

"You better run faster than a cheetah running from lightning, cause if you don't...I ain't even gonna say what we'll do to you." said Clay warningly. But it just left Jack even more confused.

"Yes, I advise you to run for the mountains!" no one bothered to correct Omi, which showed even more tension between everyone.

"No chance O-baldy. I came for the shen-gong-wu, and I ain't leaving until i get it."

"You want it? YOU can have it" He jumped up and whacked Jack with it. it all happened slowly for Jack, he din't even see this coming. He didn't even know Raimundo would even in his entire life do that. He looked up and Raimundo just stared at him mockingly; he couldn't help but chuckle at the seething Jack who was laying on the floor. His laugh died down slowly and his strange grin dropped immediately to a frown.

"Cheap shot." Jack muttered. Dojo, meanwhiles slithered off from behind Clay to the ends of the bridge.

"Lets go," He said to the two stunned monks who stood side by side in terror as he walked off to Dojo. He grew to his 40 feet figure, they got on and flew away leaving a stunned Jack. He got up cursing him and his damn friends and walked off with nothing. No Jack bots, no Wuya, absolutely nothing.

As they flew off, it started to heat up-and that was pretty unusual considering they were high up in the sky over the atlantic.

"Its startin to warm up quicker than Texas during summer mornin" the blond said as he loosened his collar. From the side of his face a drop of sweat dropped onto his hand, he shook it off and turned his attention towards his broken friend. He looked blank now, no emotions surfaced. He had gotton better at hiding his emotions now. he stared on at the clouds revealing hints of blue, but all of that just reminded him of her eyes. Those gorgeous sea blue eyes.

"This is most strange," sighed a half energized (and half the average sized) monk.

Suddenly seven burning spheres of red were hurdled at them...Fireballs...

a.n.

Kinda short but short n simple as i like to say. it was my birthday a couple of days ago! so i thought i should update! and sorry! it took me longer to finish this chapter than i expected!