Forgetting and Recovering
Chapter 3
Raimundo's P.O.V
I groaned and I slowly opened my eyes. I looked around my surrounding and closed my eyes again. I remember, saving Kimiko from Wuya, the battle against Wuya and Chase. I wonder how much I missed during the past 4 years? I opened my eyes again and shifted my body. On the edge of the bed, I saw Kimiko, sleeping soundly. I placed my hands on her shoulders and whispered.
"Kimiko, hey girl, wake up."
She stirred and slowly opened her eyes. I smiled and hugged me.
"Welcome back Raimundo." She said. "We all missed you."
"Good to back." I replied her. Just then, I felt a sting on my back but quickly ignored it. She stopped hugging me and moved away from the bed so I can get out. Just then, there was a knock on the door.
"Kimiko, are you awake?" I knew that voice was Master Fung's. Kimiko went to the door and opened it. She bowed to Master Fung and he bowed back.
"I see Raimundo has awoken." Master Fung said and I quickly bowed to him. "It's good to see you Dragon of Wind and Wood."
"Me too, I'm sorry for what I did in the past, I didn't know what came over me." I said to him.
He held his hands and said:
"You don't need to apologies, we know you were merely controlled by Chase Young, we forgive you. Now, both of you can go and have breakfast, we have training after that." And he left the room.
"Well, I'll see you at the kitchen." Kimiko said and whacked me on the back. I hissed in pain and she looked worriedly at me.
"I'm fine, don't worry. The injuries just haven't fully recovered yet." I replied to her, making sure she doesn't worry too much.
"Alright, I'll see you in the kitchen." And she left the room. I quickly closed the door and took of my sweater and went to a large mirror. I faced my back at the mirror and what I saw surprised me. There, on my back, was a black Heylin sign.
"What the hell?" I whispered and remembered that Kimiko wants me in the kitchen so I quickly put on my black robe, the one Chase Young gave me, and wrapped the red sash around my waist and walked out. Just then, something struck my head and caused me to flinch, where was the kitchen?
"Dumbo, just go straight and take the first right turn, that should take you to the kitchen."
I looked around me and saw nobody. "Who's there!" I yelled.
"I saved you 4 years ago and this is how you repay me." The voice said again. I sighed and knew who it was.
"Okay Rai, so it's straight and the first right turn, okay, got it." I replied and walked the direction he told me. When I got to the kitchen, I saw the others already eating.
"I'm here guys." I said and sat beside Kimiko. She placed a bowl of food in front of me and I started eating. While I was eating, I saw the yellow-headed boy staring at me.
"Hey Rai, who is that yellow-bald headed guy?" I asked him using my mind.
"Oh, that's Omi, he's the Dragon of Water, the cowboy is Clay, Dragon of Earth and the black hair boy is the Dragon of Lightning, Kaz." Rai replied.
"Hey Omi, why are you staring at me?" I asked him. He stood on his chair and said:
"Why aren't you wearing the robe Master Fung provided you?"
"Well, I don't want to, I feel comfortable in this robe." I replied him.
"You are a Xiaolin Warrior, not a Heylin Warrior, so go change your robe." He said and sat back in his chair. I growled at him, how dared he command me like that.
"Well, what if I don't want to, I like this robe." I said back at him. He stood up again and jumped on me. We started to fight while and the others were trying to pull Omi away, without much luck. Luckily Master Fung came and stopped the fight. He picked up Omi by the back of his shirt and placed him on the floor. Kimiko grabbed my arm, preventing me from attacking Omi.
"Omi, what is the meaning of this?" Master Fung asked him.
"Master Fung, it's Raimundo. He won't wear the robe you provided for him, he's wearing the robe Chase Young gave him." Omi replied. I growled at him and tried to attack Omi but Kimiko held me back.
"Raimundo, please don't." Kimiko whispered to me and I gave up the fight. I looked at Omi and then looked at Master Fung.
"Please Master Fung, you have to believe me. I don't feel that I'm a part of the Xiaolin yet so please give me time to get use to it, then I'll change my robe." I said.
Master Fung nodded, understanding my situation.
"Yes, I believe it is wise that you stay in that robe. I do understand that you are not very comfortable with us and I well agree with you. You may stay in that robe until you are ready." And he left the room. I looked at Omi and saw him had wide eyes and mouth. I snickered at him and said to the others:
"We should go train now, Master Fung is expecting us."
The others nodded and followed me to the training area. For Omi, well, he's still standing there.
When we got to the training area, I awed at the equipment they have. Kimiko hled my arm and pulled me to the middle of the training area. There stood Master Fung, waiting for us.
"I see that Omi has decided to join us." Master Fung said and we turned around to see Omi running to us.
"I'm sorry Master Fung for being late." Omi said and stood beside Kimiko.
"Well, since Omi is here, we may begin. We are starting a normal Showdown, using your own elemental powers to fight each other. This will test your powers and to see if you need improvement, no Shen Gong Wu are allowed." Master Fung explained. "Omi and Raimundo, take your places."
I stood in front of Omi and he smiled. "I don't need improvement, I'm already strong."
"Don't get too confident, it will be your downfall." I said. "Chase Young told me that when I first started this whole Heylin against Xiaolin thing."
"Begin." Master Fung said and Omi started to showdown.
"Wudai Neptune Water." Omi yelled and shot a stream of water towards me. I smiled and stood there. Omi looked happy that he was about to win in one hit.
"Shadow Clash Wood." I whispered and roots came out of the ground and soaked up all the water. Omi looked shocked and I smiled. "Darkness Typhoon Wind!"
I sent strong wind at him and he held the ground to prevent himself from blown away.
"How about I help you." I said to Omi. "Shadow Clash Wood." Vines appeared under Omi and wrapped around him. The wind stopped and the others saw Omi wrapped up by my vines.
Just then, Omi spun in circles and the vines broke away from him. "Ha, I am better then you, even though you have two elements."
I was about to continue the fight until I sense something. I looked away from Omi and looked around the training ground. On the corner of my eye, I saw Omi saying something but all I could think of is the sense I found. I jumped to the tallest tree in the temple and stood there.
Back on the ground, Omi was still yelling at me to continue the showdown but still I ignored him.
"Omi, that's enough." Master Fung said and jumped beside me. "Raimundo, what is it?" he asked me.
"I…I sense a key." I said to him. He nodded and went back to the ground.
"We will stop the showdown, something came up." Master Fung said. "Each of you will follow Raimundo, he sensed a key."
The others nodded and went in the vault while I stayed up on the tree. When they came back out, I jumped down and took the Blade of the Nebula from Kimiko. Master Fung came and handed me a gold object to the others and me.
"These are your Elemental Shen Gong Wu's. Omi, you have the Kaijin Charm, Kimiko, you have the Cat's Eye Draco, the Crest of Condor is Raimundo's, the Longhorn Taurus is Clay's and the Spark Tiger is Kaz. You will use these to combine with your Wudai weapons or your Wudai elements. Now go, get the key before the Heylin does."
We all nodded and Dojo enlarged. I sat in front so I can easily tell where the key was. While gliding through the sky, Omi was really impatient but I ignored it. Just then, I felt a strong energy in the woods under me.
"There, down there." I quickly said to Dojo and he swoop down to the forest. Once he turned small, we started to walk. For every step we take, the energy was getting stronger.
"Stop." I said and the others stopped. "It's here, Wudai Moon Wood." Vines came out of the earth and started to dig in the ground like worms, but faster
"Wow, guess we don't need to do anything." Clay said.
"No, you have to. Kimiko and Kaz, I want both of you to burn the trees that are around here. Omi then uses his water to vaporize the fire. Clay would use his earth element to break the ground so my vines can go deeper. Depending on the key element, the user of the element has to go retrieve it." I replied.
They all looked at my shocked and I stared at them confused. "What?"
"You want us to burn the trees?" Kaz asked.
"Yes, if you don't want the trees to cover up the hole, then you should. Anyways, I can use my element Wood to make them grow again." I replied. "Now do it."
"Wudai Mars Fire." Kimiko cried and threw fire around.
"Wudai Spark Lightning!" Kaz yelled and lighting hit some of the trees, causing them to burn.
"No, I will not follow your plan Raimundo, I knew it, and you are still evil. Let's just look for the key my way." Omi said.
"Omi, there's no time for this nonsense. Either you follow my plan or this whole forest will burn." I quickly said.
"Wudai Neptune Water." Omi said. Since we only burned a small part of the forest, the water quickly vaporized it and the trees turned to ashes.
"Wudai Crater Earth!" Clay cried and slammed his foot on the floor. It cracked and my vines dug deeper in the ground. Soon, there was a red light coming from the hole we made.
"So the first elemental key is fire, well, that's your part girl. Go get it." I said to her. She came over and took my hand.
"Is it okay if both of us went down?" she asked me.
I shook my head no and she frowned. "Why not?"
"It's not my elemental key, it won't allow anybody else to take it except the element user." I replied to her. "But this should help."
I gave her a peck on the cheek and she smiled. "Alright." And she went down the hole. Minutes passed, she still hasn't come out.
"Why is it taking such a long time for her to retrieve the key?" Omi asked.
"The key is deep, she'll have to go really deep to get it." I replied, still staring at the hole.
"Why couldn't we just use Shen Gong Wu's to get it?" Kaz asked.
"The key can be only found by using our elements. It will not respond to Shen Gong Wu that are digging for it." I replied. We continued to stare at the hole until we saw Kimiko's black hair.
"Well, here it is." Kimiko said after getting out of the hole. The key was red, at the top of the key; there was a fire symbol on it.
"Well, since we got the first key, let's go back." Clay said but we heard a laugh up a tree. We looked up and saw Wuya and Chase.
"We must thank you for getting the key for us." Wuya said. "Now hand it over."
"We don't have to listen to a hag." Kaz said. "Come on, we can take them."
Wuya was angered by that comment but quickly turned to look at me.
"My my, isn't Raimundo sweet, he's wearing the robe that Chase gave him, so he does want to return to the side of evil again."
"Never, not after what you've done to Kimiko and the people of the temple." I replied. "Wudai Star Wind."
The wind lifted me off the ground and I took out the Blade of Nebula. "Crest of the Condor, Blade of the Nebula." I cried and swung my sword at them. I sent a wind blade at them, which they easily dodged. I landed back on the floor to see the others taking out their Wudai weapons.
"Cat's Eye Draco, Arrow Sparrow." Kimiko yelled and took out golden sparrows out of her bag. She threw them at Chase, who easily caught them and threw it back at them. Kimiko rolled out of the way but the fire sparrows hit the floor and caused an explosion. She landed on the floor and I went beside her.
"Here Raimundo, take the key, keep it safe." She said.
"I will, I'll promise you that." I replied and she fell unconscious. I clutch the key close to my chest and put it in my pocket.
"Tiger Gale Wind." I cried and I sent large tornadoes at them. After Chase and Wuya dodged the tornadoes, I sent gales of wind at them. They were blown back and landed on top of a tree. Chase smiled at me and disappeared with the rest of his cats.
"Woah, what was that about?" Kaz asked me.
"I don't know but they have a plan." I said. "A plan that involves more then the keys."
I went to Kimiko and shook her lightly.
"Hey Kimiko, we have to go." I whispered in her ears.
She moaned and opened her eyes. She rubbed her aching head and I helped her up.
"Do you still have the key?" she asked me. I took out the red key and showed it to her. "Good, let's go back. Master Fung must be worried about us."
We went to the enlarged Dojo and we flew back to the temple. Once we got there, we saw Master Fung waiting for us out in the training ground. Dojo landed on the floor and I took out the key.
"Good, so the first key was fire, I believed Kimiko retrieved it." Master Fung said.
We all nodded and Master Fung said:
"Raimundo, please keep the key safe."
They all looked at me confused and I replied Master Fung:
"Leave that to me, I'll keep it safe." I put the key back in my pocket and bowed to Master Fung, which he bowed back to me.
"Sir, how come you're not keeping the key?" Clay asked him.
"I cannot touch the key, only Dragons can." He replied and went back in the temple. "You should go rest, all of you."
Each of us entered our rooms and lay down in our mat beds. After all this excitement, I knew rest was all we need.
Jenrya282: Hiya! Well, corny ending huh? Anyways, I just found out that my reviews are getting lesser and lesser. I guess my writing has gotten bad huh? Thanks for reading this, please review! All is welcome!