Hey! I'm glad so many people liked the last chapter, despite all the romanticalness ( one of my made up words ). Thanks for the reviews! Okay, well I'm gonna try to make this chapter a little more of a funny one, and you'll see that Rai's cunning plans dont always work as great as he thinks. Okay here goes!

Disclaimer: The half crazy person at the computer typing this right now does not own Xiaolin Showdown whatsoever!

I'v Been Meaning to Tell You

chapter 4: Constant Interuptions

It was 10:00 the next morning when Raimundo woke up. He would have slept in later, but there was just to much going through his mind. After he got dressed he dropped onto his wheeled desk chair and launched off the wall with a kick, making the chair roll over to his desk in the corner. He was saticefied with how yesterday's surfboard performance went. Today Raimundo was planning to actualy tell her. The only problem with that was... he could'nt think of a way to do it!

About 15 minutes later, the floor around Rai's desk was almost no longer visible. It was littered with crumpled paper and was being added to every passing minute. Raimundo rested his head in one hand while his elbow rested on the desk. He stopped his pencil mid-sentence and let his forehead fall on the desk with a thud.

" Why cant I think of just one good way to do this? " he sighed, slightly moving his head to rest his chin on the desk.

" Raimundo! Come my friend, it is a beautiful day! Let us make the best of it! " Omi called appearing in the doorway to Rai's room. Rai lifted his head and said " Yeah I know, I'm coming".

Omi walked out of the room and Raimundo tryed to kick him self off the wall to make the chair slide again. As it wheeled him across the room one of his shirts got stuck in the wheel, causing it to stop suddenly and make him go flying and crash into the ground in front of his window.

" Ouch " he said dulley as he layed there on the floor. He then picked himself up and leaned one arm against the wall and looked outside the window to see Kimiko and Clay setting up a grill to get ready for lunch.

" Wudai Mars Fire!" Kimiko said as her hands made contact to the grill and got it to light. The fire started up and Clay threw some hamburger patties on it.

" Thanks pardner " he said tipping his hat to Kimiko.

" No problem " she replied, then turned to see Raimundo in the window. She smiled and shyly waved to him and he did the same. After a few seconds Kimiko noticed that she was stareing and quickly turned away to return to setting up lunch.

Raimundo walked over to the door to his room and grabbed the knob. He turned his head to see the pile of papers with his bad approach plans written on them.

" Today's the day. I'll just have to wing it" he said before leaving his room.

OUTSIDE...

Raimundo stepped outside in his regular tic-tac colored shirt with the green and orange sleeves and cream colored cargo pants. He spotted Clay flipping the burgers on the grill andwearing an apron that said " Loves to cook Texas style ". Dojo was stuffing his face with the food on the picnic table, and Omi's face was turning blue as he unsuccesfully tried to blow up a beach ball. He chuckled a little and rolled his eyes a bit, bringing who he was looking for into view.

Kimiko was off in the distance sitting on her beach chair reading a magazine. A palm tree cast a small shadow over her, but in the light you could see a pink and blue two piece bathing suit. She dyed her hair brown with a pink steak along the side all put in a ponytail, letting the hair in front go across her forehead like Katnappe's does.

" Okay, here goes. Simple and easy ". Rai began to walk towards her. In his mind he was ready, but his legs disagreed. He stopped mid-stride, now starting to re-think his approach.

" Mabey I should try this with some style " he reasoned with himself.

He looked up at the palm tree who'sfaint shadow overcast Kimiko. He thought for a second, then his face lit up with the perfect ( or not so perfect... ) idea. He would silently climb up the tree and onto the branch that hung in the air next to Kimiko's chair. Then he would make a dramatic entrance by using his Wind element to help him swoop down beside her.

" Well here goes everything "

Raimundo began moving behind objects on the way to the tree so fast that he was just a white, green and orange flash. He hid from rock to rock, palm tree to palm tree until he was behind the tree that Kimiko was under. He climbed up the tree very stelthily, and slowly inched his way onto the branch that hung over the spot next to Kimiko.

Kimiko sighed and whispered " I wonder what Rai's doing right now ", before pulling her sunglasses over her eyes and leaning back in her chair. Raimundo did'nt hear her though, due to the sound of his heart pounding and the racing thoughts echoing through his mind. He was so nervous. This was the moment of truth. Or so he thought...

Just as he was about to drop from the branch, Dojo slithered over toKimiko's side and said lunch was ready. Raimundo quicklyflailed his arms around a little a grabbedback onto the branchbefore he fell off. Hewas now clinging to the branch upside down as Kimiko ran off with Dojo. He glared after them as they left, but mostly Dojo.

" Nice timing Dojo, not " he growled while trying to climb back over the branch. Then he froze and his eyes shrank as he heard the branch start making a snapping noise.

" Uh oh... uhhh hey tree I'll make a deal with ya! Please dont break, and I'll put in a good word for ya with the lumber factories! Eh eh? "

" kkkkkkkkkk... kkkk... kkkk... "

" Oh boy... "

" Kkkkkkk... SNAP! "

" Aaaaaggghhhhhhh! Ooof! "

The branch broke and Raimundo fell head first into Kimko's beach chair. He broke right through the bottom of it with a huge crash, getting a mouthful of sand, andto top it all offthe chair snapped closed on him! All that could be seen of him were his arms and legs hanging limply in the air until he toppled over onto the sand.

" Owww... " he squeaked in a weak voice while his eyes were replaced with swirling green orbs of pure pain.

" Raimundo! It's time fer lunch, come'n get it! " Clay called across the beach.

" Comeing... " Rai said very woozily, trying to stand up straight and tossing the destroyed beach chair behind a boulder. Mabey he'd have better luck at his next attempt...

He staggered half way across the beach before he could walk the last half normaly again. When he arrived at the table to get his lunch, he was greeted with some stares and surprised faces.

" Rai, what in the world happened to you? " Kimiko asked when she saw him walk up to the table.

Rai stopped and looked himself over, and relised that he did look like he'd been dragged under a truck. His hair was a mess and looked like it had somesand in it, he had some little scratch and dirt patches on his face and arms, and his shirt was slightly torn in some places. Raimundo looked back up to his friends awaiting faces and blinked a few times.

" Uh... just playing in the sand? " he replied, not so convincingly, as he raised his hands up in a shrug and sand poured out of his sleeves. " Heheh... "

The others just shrugged it off and went on with eating their lunch. Raimundo took this oppertunity to let the whole situation slide, so he did and took a seat next to Kimiko. He was already thinkingof getting back to trying to tell her tomarrow... right after he found some ointment and an asprin... ouch...

And there ya go! Chapter four done! Well it was kinda pointless, but I tryed to get some humor going there. The next chapter will be similar to this one, but then it's right back to all the sweet RaiKim goodness. BTW there'll be 6 chapters for this story, and a 7th as a little alternate ending. Okay last time I left I tryed flying out the window, and today my next daring feat will be... Going into the woods to feed a wild bear! Yeah! Well here I go! See ya!

-Ash-mei