A Change of Life
Chapter 6
Xiaolin Temple Kimiko's P.O.V
While on our way back to the temple, all I could think of is Raimundo. Raimundo, the name kept on popping back in my head when I tried to forget about him. Raimundo, Raimundo, Raimundo, geez, that name just won't get out of my head.
"Kimiko, hey Kimiko, you okay?"
I blinked my eyes to see Kaz waving his hands in front of my face.
"Huh, what's up Kaz?" I asked like nothing happened.
"Well, you kept on ignoring me for 5 minutes. What do you have in that head of yours?" Kaz asked.
"Nothing, just thinking." I said quietly and he just shook it off.
Well, I was glad he didn't ask me anymore questions or I could have bit his head off. He is a really loyal friend when it comes to this. If he knew something was up, he didn't want to discuss it more. He told me it was something he had to do it at home so the people he was talking to won't be mad at him.
"Raimundo..." I whispered and I just realised we were back at the temple.
We jumped off Dojo and went to the vault to put away the Shen Gong Wu's. Then we met up with Master Fung in the training grounds.
"Congratulations once again Kimiko, you have really made us very proud." Master Fung said.
"Thank you." I replied and continued with his training session while thinking about the boy with his green eyes.
Chase's castle Raimundo's P.O.V
"Heylin Wood!" I yelled and tried to wrap Chase up. He quickly jumped away and I fired my 'Darkness Typhoon' attack at him. He once again jumped away and escaped from danger.
"Raimundo, why aren't you concentrating!" yelled Chase and landed beside me.
"I am concentrating!" I cried trying to defend myself.
"No you are not; you weren't even looking at me when we were training." Chase said.
"Well, I have a lot on my mind today." I said while turning away from Chase.
"Listen, if you were to get the Shen Gong Wu's from the Xiaolin Monks, then you need to train." Chase said.
"Then how about you get the Shen Gong Wu's by yourself! Why do I have to do your dirty work?" I yelled while staring at him face to face.
"You should be thankful that I saved you from Bernardo. If I wasn't there, then you would have been killed." Chase said.
"Whatever, I quit." I said and started to walk out but was stopped by his wild cats. I turned my head to stare at him snickering.
"Who said anything about leaving Raimundo? You will stay here and you did swear loyalty to me." Chase said.
"Well, I'm not the type of person to keep my words so forget about the deal." I said and started to walk but once again was stopped by his jungle cats. "Listen, find someone else to help you, I'm not in your group anymore."
"Is it because all you can think of is Kimiko from the Xiaolin Monks?" Chase asked.
I gasped and stood there. "How did he know?" I thought.
"Yes, I believe it's the Kimiko girl you're interested in. Am I right Raimundo?"
I quickly turned around and glared at him.
"How did you know?" I asked.
"I know everything about you and what happens around you. You can't hide anything from me." said Chase.
"Fine, you win. So what do you want me to do?" I said, defeated.
"Go steal the Shen Gong Wu from the Xiaolin Temple. Try not to get caught." Chase said.
Kage came beside me and I hopped on him and headed towards the temple, the Xiaolin Temple.
Xiaolin Temple
"What a peaceful night to be sleeping but I get stuck guarding the vault!" Kimiko cried.
She continued to walk in circle inside the vault, watching for any intruders.
"Man, this is so boring." Kimiko said and continued to walk then suddenly, she heard a crack sound.
She ran to where the sound was to see a boy and a tiger. Kimiko hid behind a bush close to the vault.
"Raimundo!" thought Kimiko.
"Shhh, Kage, please be more careful. We don't want anybody finding out that we're here or Chase will have my head." I whispered to Kage and walked in the vault.
The vault was tall, but not as big as Chase's castle and I didn't see place where they would place the Shen Gong Wu's.
"Man, where do they keep the Shen Gong Wu's?" I whispered and looked around the vault, until my head hit some chimes. They rung in a pattern and the red circle in the middle of the vault went down and created a stairway, down to the Shen Gong Wu's.
"Bingo." I thought and started to go down until:
"Stop Raimundo!"
I gasped and turned around to see the girl I loved, Kimiko.
"Raimundo, what are you doing here?" she asked me.
"It's none of your business Kimiko, I'm here doing what Chase wants me to do." I said, still looking at her blue eyes.
"So you work for this guy called Chase but why?" Kimiko asked.
"I did say it was none of your business." I said and Kage jumped between us.
She backed off and away from Kage but not out of the vault.
"Listen Kimiko, I don't want to hurt you. Just let me take the Shen Gong Wu so no one will get hurt." I said.
"No way, if you want the Shen Gong Wu, you have to get past me." she said and jumped in front of the stairway.
"Please Kimiko, just listen to me." I begged her.
She continued to stand where she was and looked at me.
"Why should I listen to you Raimundo, you're a Heylin and I'm a Xiaolin. How can I trust you?" Kimiko asked.
I backed away from her. She didn't like me just because I'm a Heylin. Chase did say Heylin and Xiaolin don't mix. But I can't quit because I swore loyalty to Chase, but I can't hurt Kimiko too. What should I do? I knew nothing of my family, how they died. All I heard from the doctors in the hospital was that my parents died and left the pendent with me. My sisters and brothers disappeared from my life and have no clue who they are.
Then memories started to flood through my mind. My family, my parents, my sisters and brothers. What happened to all of them? How did they die? I dropped down to my knees and held my head. I started to gasp for air and started to thrash around. I didn't even have enough time to realise that the other Xiaolin Monks were at the doorway. Kage rubbed his head nervously at my face but I was sweating like crazy to feel anything.
"Raimundo...Raimundo!" was all I heard before I blacked out.
Chase's castle Normal P.O.V
"Raimundo, how many time must you disappoint me?" yelled Chase.
He saw the whole scene in the vault with the help of his raven.
"Raimundo and Kage, you will be punished severely for your wrong doings." he growled and turned to his dragon form. "Indeed you will deal severely."
Xiaolin Temple Kimiko's P.O.V
After Raimundo fell unconscious, I wanted to help him but his tiger, Kage won't let me get to him. The others tried to get to Raimundo too but Kage also stopped them.
"Please Kage, please let us through. We want to help him as much as you do." I begged Kage.
Kage still growled at us, protecting his master from harm. He knew we were Xiaolins' and the two groups don't mix.
"Please Kage, we won't harm him. I promise you." I said and he finally gave in. He stepped aside so I can get to Raimundo. When I turned him around, his face was pale and was full of sweat. He was breathing and was shaking uncontrollable. I was really worried about him, but I just don't know why.
"Master Fung, we must help him." I said.
The other stared at me with shock and Master Fung just nodded. I smiled at him and gave him a nod. Kage helped me carry Raimundo to the medical room. When we got there, we help him get on bed and I covered him with three sheets of blanket. I placed a cool towel on his forehead and looked like he was better.
"Kage, when he wakes up, can you tell me or Master Fung?" I asked and he nodded.
We left them and closed the door.
"Kimiko, what are you thinking! You are helping a Heylin!" Omi yelled at me.
"I'm sorry Omi but you won't understand." I said with my head looking at the ground.
"Sorry! Kimiko, do you know what you just did? You helped a Heylin! You should be punished, am I right Master Fung?" Omi asked him.
"No Omi, it was the right thing for young Kimiko to do." Master Fung said.
Omi's mouth opened and dropped to the ground. Kaz and Clay were looking at him with shock.
"I reckon we should hit the sack for today and think about it tomorrow." Clay said.
The others agreed and we all went to our rooms.
Three days later
I started to stir and slowly opened my eyes. The first thing I saw was a wood ceiling, all neatly lined up.
"Where am I?" I thought and suddenly, the door opened. I quickly sat up to see Kimiko.
"Oh, you're awake, thank goodness." she said.
She started to walk towards me and I backed away.
"Stay away from me." I said and Kage woke up. He growled at Kimiko but slowly sat back down.
"Don't worry Raimundo, I'm not going to hurt you, you have my word." Kimiko said.
"Why should I? You're a Xiaolin." I said and continued to back away until I hit the wall.
Kage stood up and stood beside me.
"You shouldn't move too much Raimundo, you have been sleeping for 3 days." she told me.
"3 days!" I thought. "Man, if I ever get back to the castle, Chase will surely have my head."
"Listen, I have to go back." I said and hopped on Kage. "Let's go Kage."
Kage bowed his head at Kimiko and ran out of the door. We passed their training ground and out the door.
Chase's castle
When we got to the door, I didn't want to go in. I was afraid what Chase might do to me. Kage urged me to go in and when I went through the gate, his jungle cats were waiting for me.
"Uh...hi Chase." I said.
"Raimundo, how many time must you fail me!" he yelled.
"Hey, I didn't know what happened to me. I was about to steal the Shen Gong Wu then I just fell unconscious. It's not my fault." I said, trying to knock some senses into him.
"I will not tolerate failures. You must be punished." Chase said and ordered his big cats to attack me. I dodge all of them but heard a painful growl. I turned to where the sound was and gasped. Three of his lions had attack Kage and he was bleeding badly.
"Kage!" I cried and ran to him. His eyes were closed from the pain. "How...how could you do this to him, he's apart of this group!"
"While you were unconscious, you have no idea what he did. He didn't attack the Xiaolin Monks when he was supposing to. He has failed us and me so he must be punished like how you are." Chase said with a grin.
"You're...you're just horrible!" I yelled and charged at Chase. I was full of anger that it blocked my view of attacking him. All I could think of is how he treated Kage, how he treated me. I finally released what I was doing after he finished beating the stuffing out of me. I just didn't feel any pain when he was attacking me, my mind was clouded with anger. I felt tired and fell on the ground.
"Now Raimundo, you will become loyal to me from now on. Ying yo-yo." was all I heard before falling into darkness.
Xiaolin Temple Kimiko's P.O.V
I sat up and gasped.
"What was that I felt?" I thought. "A sudden chill, but it's not even winter, it's only summer, how can there be a chill? Could it be..." I gasped.
"Kimiko, is there something wrong?" Master Fung asked me.
I looked at him with fear and said: "I think Raimundo is in trouble."
Jenrya282: Thanks to Angelus-alvus, DeafLizgon, Marie Terensky and Kosmic for reviewing. I'm not trying to brag or anything but I think this is my best story I wrote in years! I'm so happy! Now to answer your question DeafLizgon, I haven't really thought of Kage turning back to a human because I really like tigers and the other wild cats Chase has can turn to a raven or human but I think I'll make Kage a bit different. I'll think about it but thanks for that suggestion. Ciao!