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Xiaolin Showdown: The Legend of the Thunder Child

24: Goodbye Kimiko…Forever

Back at the Temple…

"Ugh…" groaned Ryan as he moved slightly.

"Ryan?" said Kimiko, looking up at him, "Ryan!"

"Kimiko…" groaned Ryan as he looked up at her, "Are…you…okay?"

"I'm fine!" said Kimiko jumping to her feet and hugging him, "What about you?"

"All this…Putting you…and the others…in danger…" groaned Ryan "My…fault…"

"No!" said Kimiko "It isn't your fault!"

"As long…as I'm…here…" groaned Ryan "You are…in danger…"

"Don't worry…" said Kimiko as she ran her hand down his face, "No one can keep us apart, now get some rest…"

Ryan sighed as he turned his head towards Kimiko.

"Kimiko…You'll love me no mater what…Right?"

Kimiko moved towards Ryan and kissed him, she smiled as she moved back, "Does that answer your question?"

"I guess…" sighed Ryan as he turned over. She smiled as she walked out of the room.

"I'm sorry Kimiko…" sighed Ryan to himself, "I have no choice…"

Later…

Ryan was up and out of bed before dinner, and Kimiko thought she would visit him before hand to see how he was.

"Ryan? Are you okay?" said Kimiko as she walked into his room, Ryan wasn't there. She sighed as shook her head, "Where could he be?"

She was about to leave when she noticed that his bag was lying on his bed. It was open and half full with his stuff.

"What's he up to?" said Kimiko as she walked back into his room.

She looked up on his desk, there was a note.

"Dear Kimiko

Because of what has happened recently, I have decided that it is no longer safe for me to be around the temple. Until I find a way to stop Chase Young from making me evil, I can't no longer risk your life. I will have left the temple by 10:00, with a chance that you may never see me again. I just want you to know that the past few days have been the best ever; I could never love any one as much as I loved you. This is why I'm leaving, if something was to happen to you because of me, I'd don't know what I'd do…Goodbye…

Ryan

P.S. I love you, nothing could ever change that"

Kimiko placed the note back on the desk and fell back onto Ryan's bed; her body was frozen with shock.

"He's leaving…" said Kimiko, a tear rolled down her cheek. She heard footsteps coming in to the dormitory, so she quickly darted out of the room and ducked behind the corner. She saw Ryan walk into his room; his face was full of sadness. Kimiko began to run; she wanted to get away, anywhere where she could be alone. She managed to get out of the temple grounds without attracting the attention of any of the monks in the temple. She ran into the woods that surrounded the temple, and under a large tree, she sat and cried.

Later…

Dinner time was very quiet; Omi, Raimundo and Clay were eating their food, looking up at Ryan and Kimiko. Both of them had gloomy expressions on their faces.

"Ryan?" said Omi "Are you okay?"

"Fine…" mumbled Ryan quietly.

"What about you, partner?" said Clay looking over to Kimiko.

"Fine…" mumbled Kimiko quietly.

"Err…You doing anything later on Ryan?" said Raimundo.

Kimiko suddenly felt like she was going to be sick, each word felt like a dagger in her heart.

"No…" sighed Ryan, "I will turn in early tonight…"

Tears began to build up in Kimiko's eyes; she lowered her head trying to hide it.

"What's happening tomorrow than?" said Raimundo as he looked over at Omi. Kimiko couldn't take any more; she got up from the table and ran out of the kitchen.

"What was that about?" said Omi with a confused look on his face.

"Yeah" said Raimundo "What did you do to her?"

Ryan sighed as he got up from his chair and walked out of the kitchen.

"She knows…" said Ryan "She will tell you when she's ready…"

Later…

Kimiko looked at her clock as she lay in her bed, 9:58, she heard Ryan enter his room. She lent over and reached her hand into a small wooden box that was beside her bed, she opened it and pulled out an assortment of photos. She saw pictures of Omi showing off; Raimundo was pulling faces and Clay being camera shy. A small smile spread across her face when she saw pictures of her with the others, she could tell when Omi was taking the photo because it was at a strange angle. She flipped through more of the photos and stopped, there was Ryan; he was standing with Raimundo and Omi, another one he was standing with Clay, trying to get him to look at the camera. The last photo, Ryan had Kimiko around the waist, pulling her towards him trying to hold her still for the shot. She sighed as she put them away back in her box; those photos were only taken a week ago, a few days later they had fallen in love with each other and now, their relationship could end…forever.

There was a zipping noise as Ryan closed his bag, and walked out of his room, Kimiko got up and looked around the corner, she waited for him to go around the corner towards the Wu vault, then she walked off towards the front gate. She sat down on the steps and looked up at the sky,

"I'd thought you would be here…" said a voice behind her. She looked around; Ryan was walking towards her, the Sword of the Tempest in one hand and the Wing's of Huricun in the other and his bag on his back. She looked back up in the sky and sighed.

"Looking up at the stars…" said Kimiko "Takes us back to when we first got together…"

Ryan sat next to her and looked up as well.

"Yeah…" sighed Ryan "My life was complete back then…Well, apart from my amnesia…"

Kimiko looked down at the ground and tears began to fall from her eyes, she tried to hold them back but they flowed out of her eyes like a waterfall.

"Why Ryan?" sobbed Kimiko "Why do you have to leave?"

Ryan put his arm around Kimiko and pulled her towards him.

"I don't want to leave you Kimiko…" said Ryan "But I don't want to end up hurting you…"

"Please stay with me" cried Kimiko "I can help you"

"I'm sorry Kimiko" said Ryan as he got up and walked out the front gate "Lying in that bed gave me time to think…You mean too much to me…I can't take any risks"

"Then take me with you!" cried Kimiko as she leaped forward, grabbing him by the wrist.

"Kimiko, please…" said Ryan

"No!" cried Kimiko as she tried to pull him back, "I won't let you go!"

Her tears were streaming from her eyes even faster now. Ryan pulled her into a hug; he felt Kimiko's tears soak into his t-shirt as she wept in his arms.

"Kimiko…" said Ryan as he lifted her head up and looked into her eyes, "I love you…"

"I love you too…" said Kimiko "Please…Promise me you will return…"

"I promise…"

He kissed her. In that moment, Kimiko hoped that the moment of passion would last forever; she savoured each and every movement of Ryan's lips. He eventually broke away and walked off into the night.

"Wing's of Huricun!"

With that, Ryan flew off into the darkness, leaving Kimiko alone on the steps.

Kimiko's legs gave way as she fell to her knees; she clawed at the darkness where Ryan disappeared into.

"No!" wailed Kimiko as she collapsed onto the floor, burying her head in her hands.

"Ryan…" cried Kimiko "You will return to me…I know you will…"

She stood up and looked up into the sky, her eyes were red and her face was drenched in tears. Her sadness was suddenly drained from her and was replaced by pure anger.

"Chase…" growled Kimiko as she wiped the tears from her eyes, "It's your fault that I can't be with the man I love…I swear…I will have my revenge!"

"I don't think so…" said a voice behind her. Kimiko spun on the spot and looked around, no one was there. She suddenly felt a sharp pain erupt from her head, making her collapse onto the floor.

"What the…" groaned Kimiko as her eyes went fuzzy, "What's…going…on? Who…are…you?"

A figure stepped up to her and looked down at her.

"It's a shame that a pretty face like yours may soon lose her life…"

"But Ryan's left!" said another voice as a second figure stepped next to the first figure.

"As soon he has heard that Kimiko has been kidnapped, he will come running…"

Kimiko heard no more as she fell unconscious.

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