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Xiaolin Showdown: The Legend of the Thunder Child
55: The Return of Peace
"Dojo!" gasped Omi "What are you doing here!"
"I found the Golden Tiger Claws!" said Dojo "I'd thought you might need them"
Dojo took a moment to look around the room.
"Uh, what happened here?" said Dojo as he looked at the large piles of rubble, "Had Chase been redecorating?"
There was a loud crash as a stalactite fell to the floor right in front of him.
"Come on, guys!" called Raimundo as he shoved Dojo back through the vortex, "Let's get out of here!"
Raimundo was knocked out of the way by Omi, who sped past him at light speed and dived through the portal. He was closely followed Clay, and then Raimundo as he got to his feet.
"Hurry up, you two!" called Raimundo as he looked back through the vortex.
"Let's go!" said Kimiko as she grabbed Ryan by the arm and pulled him across the collapsing room, dodging the last remains of the roof. Just as the entire place caved in, they leapt through hole.
Kimiko came out of the other end of the vortex and landed on her feet, Ryan however was pulled through by Kimiko, so he fell out the other end and landed in a pile on the ground. Ryan groaned as he looked up from the floor, he and the others were now on a cliff top, over looking Chase's lair. A huge cloud of dust was flowing out of the eyes and mouth of the evil face on the mountain side.
"What are we doing here?" said Raimundo as he looked at Chase's lair crumble.
"I tracked the Shen Ga Roo and the Silver Manta Ray to here" said Dojo "After arriving here, I teleported into the lair and found you guys!"
There was another loud bang as the lair exploded, reducing the mountain into a large pile of smoking rubble. They all cheered as they watched the odd bits of rubble fall from the sky.
"We did it!" cheered Omi "We have defeated Chase!"
"He won't be bothering us for sometime" said Raimundo.
"You said it, partner!" said Clay. Ryan sighed as he walked to the edge of the cliff and looked at the ruins of the lair.
"Come on guys!" said Raimundo as he got the Silver Manta Ray out, "Let's go home"
The Silver Manta Ray's cockpit opened and Raimundo, Dojo, Clay and Omi jumped in, leaving Kimiko and Ryan on the cliff top.
"Ryan?" called Kimiko as she walked towards the Silver Manta Ray, "You coming?"
Ryan sighed again as he looked away from the ruins.
"Yeah…" said Ryan quietly, "I'm coming…"
He looked back at the ruins, even though he had escaped from the man who wanted them all dead, he felt slightly empty on the inside.
"Goodbye…Dad" sighed Ryan quietly as he walked away from the cliff top and climbed into the Silver Manta Ray. The Silver Manta Ray took off and flew off into the horizon; the sun was just rising on a new day.
Later that evening…
Kimiko stepped out into the cool evening air. The wind blew gently through her hair as she looked up onto the temple roof.
"I see you're in your usual place" said Kimiko.
"Yep" said a voice from the roof. She jumped up to the roof and found Ryan, who was lying on the roof staring up at the starry sky.
"How are the others?" said Ryan as he turned his head towards her.
"They're fine" said Kimiko as she sat beside him, "They've all recovered from…when you beat them up, what about you?"
Ryan gave a small grunt as he looked back up at the sky.
"I don't know…" sighed Ryan "I've just been thinking about what has happened…"
"Ryan" sighed Kimiko "You no longer need to live in the past…"
"Yeah…" said Ryan "I know, but I still worried…"
He sat up and turned towards Kimiko.
"Soon Chase will have a new body, and he will come for revenge" said Ryan.
"So?" said Kimiko "We've beaten him many times before, and he has no control over you now"
"He won't show any mercy next time…" said Ryan "But the worst part of all…is that he is my father"
He sighed as he lied back down and shuddered.
"Being killed by your own father…" he said in a quite voice.
"Ryan" said Kimiko as she mover over towards him, "Chase will never kill us, because no matter what he will do, we will get through it together"
Ryan smiled as he looked at her.
"Yeah, your right" aid Ryan "I'm just being paranoid…You know, with all that has happened…"
Kimiko smiled as Ryan took her hand into his, she moved closer to Ryan and rested her head on his chest. She gave a relaxed sigh as she listened to his heart beat and felt Ryan run his fingers through her hair.
"Just like old times…" she said as she moved her arms around Ryan and felt the soothing warmth of his body. Ryan looked at her and smiled.
"Well…" said Ryan "Not really…"
Kimiko looked up from Ryan's chest.
"What do you mean?" said Kimiko as she gave him a kind of hurt look, "What about…"
Their lips connected, cutting off her sentence. As they went deeper into the kiss, Kimiko felt Ryan's arms around him tighten, slightly cutting off her breath, which was hard because she wasn't exactly breathing to begin with. But before she fainted due to the lack of air to the brain, they broke out of the kiss. Ryan smiled as he looked down at Kimiko, who had a slightly surprised look on her face.
"Now that was like old times…" said Ryan as he put his arm around her.
"Oh Ryan…" giggled Kimiko as she gave him a playful punch, "What am I going to do with you…"
"Well…" said Ryan with a mischievous grin on his face, "I have one idea..."
Kimiko looked up at Ryan with a more surprised look on her face; she then began to laugh at him because Ryan couldn't keep a straight face, which made him laugh.
Kimiko eventually managed to stop laughing, she snuggled into Ryan's arms, who was still chucking to himself. He eventually stopped and went back to running his fingers through her hair and looking up at the stars.
"Hey Kimiko?" said Ryan "Remember sometime ago when we were up here, what did you wish for on the shooting star?"
Kimiko grinned to herself as she thought for a moment.
"It hasn't come true yet" she said as she moved her head up towards Ryan's, "But as long as we're together, it will come true"
A huge smile spread across Ryan's face as he looked back down at her.
"If that is what you wished for" said Ryan as he hugged Kimiko tightly, "Then I'll do anything for it to come true"
A single tear managed to escape from Kimiko's eye as she nestled into his arms again.
"Sometime ago, I met a boy" muttered Kimiko under her breath, "He has brought me lots of joy, His is kind, gorgeous and wild, Ryan Young…You are my Thunder Child…"
"What was that, Kimiko?" said Ryan "Did you say something?"
Kimiko looked up at Ryan, her sapphire eyes sparkled in the moon light.
"I love you Ryan…" she said as she kissed him, "Always have, always will…"
Ryan rested his head against hers as he lent near her ear.
"I love you too…" he whispered as he hugged her. The moment felt absolutely magical, but it was sort of ruined when Kimiko yawned quite loudly.
"Bed time, Sleepyhead…" whispered Ryan, as he let the sleepy Kimiko roll into his lap. He picked her up bridal style and jumped down from the roof. He smiled as he felt her move her head towards his chest, making herself comfortable in his arms. He quietly carrying her through the temple, all the way to her room. By then she had fallen asleep in his arms, so he gently lowered her into her bed and tucked her in.
"Goodnight Kimiko" whispered Ryan as he kissed her on the cheek, she sighed happily in her sleep as she turned over. Ryan smiled again as he got up and moved towards her curtain, before he walked out of her room he looked back and said, "Sweet dreams…"
UXD: This is not the end, there are three more chapters, and I think you will enjoy them. R&R everyone! Peace in!
Hanbags: Err…Peace out, UXD
UXD: Whatever…
Kosmic: We have Omi to do that UXD, we don't need another one