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-From the other point of view…Kimiko's POV.-

"Get in the car!" Jim screamed as he rounded the corner of a busy Manhattan street.

"What, why?" I asked. We had followed Rai and Ember here to New York. After Jim traced the hotel, we all piled into a police car and drove a few blocks ahead of their hotel. Jim jumped out and had been on a wild chase ever since, trusting us to stay by the car. The only thing I could assume now was that Ember and Rai were going too fast to catch on foot. Or something like that.

"Just get in!" Jim bellowed. Well that did it. Me and my fellow monks piled into the car once more, and Jim took off driving like a mad women.

We rocketed through the streets, narrowly avoiding traffic and pedestrians. Each sharp turn became a real challenge as I tried to suppress a scream.

Soon we were on highway, going so fast I could barely see anything before it whizzed by. And Jim wasn't making any of us feel any safer; he was leaning out the window shooting at them!

"Jim, you're going to hit them!" I screamed.

"That's the point!" He barked back.

"You can't hit Rai, he's our friend!" Omi butted in, helping to prove my point.

"Well right now he's a wanted criminal!"

"Don't you DARE hit him!" I yelled, losing control of my temper.

"Kimiko." Clay said quickly, and putting a hand on my shoulder. He shot me look that said don't-make-any-trouble. I suppose he was right, picking a fight with a police officer wasn't a good idea…even though I could SO take him!

I kept quite as we sped through the highway. Ember's car wasn't doing so well. The entire right door had fallen away, and she just couldn't drive. I expected us to catch them. I expected us to stop them. I…I don't know what I expected, but it wasn't what happened.

Ember's car crashed through the railing, flipped off the highway, and rolled down a steep hill.

"RAI!" I screamed. No! He couldn't die! Rai was my best friend at the temple! He wasn't suppose to betray us like this…he was suppose to come back…he couldn't die….he couldn't…

Jim slowed down considerably, and drove towards the accident sight. He pulled up and stopped the car, and we all came out slowly. Nobody spoke; we all feared the worst.

I started for the hill, but Jim stuck out his hand, stopping me. I looked up at him shooting a "what" look.

"If you find them, don't do anything. Come get us, don't make a sound. If she's up…be careful." He put his hand down and I marched down the hill.

After several minutes I still didn't see anything. I just kept following the tracks from the car. Omi and Clay were following me from behind and Jim was off somewhere on his own.

"I can't believe Rai betrayed us…AGAIN." Clay muttered.

"I can!" I practically screamed, and turned to face him. "Rai doesn't care about good or evil. He goes to whoever offers him the best deal!"

"Kimiko, I don't think you should say such mean things about our friend." Omi commented.

"Friend?" I nearly exploded. "Friends don't betray each other, TWICE!" The were silent for a moment, and then Clay spoke again,

"I don't know what in tarnation made Rai go off with Ember, but he did. I still think he is out friend."

"If he's even alive." Omi said dismayed.

My shoulders drooped at the words. But then I perked up a bit. "He better be alive so I can KILL him!"

"Kimiko just drop it!" Clay yelled.

"No! I will never drop it! Rai is gone and we're falling apart, and you want me to act like everything is fine? I don't think so!" I couldn't help it; I was so angry.

"Kimiko I think you should listen to Clay." Omi said.

"Figures you would say that!" I started. "After all, this IS all your fault!"

"Now, just how is this Omi's fault?" Clay asked.

"It just is!" I argued back weakly, and turned on my heals. I trudged down the path still searching.

"I still don't see how this is my fault." Omi said quietly to Clay, tears in his eyes.

After a few minutes of searching, I found it; the car. The car was just sitting there.

"Rai!" I yelled and bolted for the car. Not a person was in sight, but the car was a total wreck. "Go get Jim!" I screamed at Omi and Clay.

"You go get him!" Clay yelled. "I'm not your slave!"

"Fine, Omi, you get him!" I retorted.

"Please stop yelling!" Omi sobbed.

This was turning into a nightmare. We NEEDED Raimundo back!

-A few hours later-

Unable to find any bodies, we headed back to the hotel Ember was at, and got three rooms. One for Jim, one for Clay and Omi, and since I was the only girl I got my own as well.

A quarter to five, I heard a knock on my door. I sullenly walked over and un-locked it, and got back on my bed. Jim entered, with a tray of food.

"Eat." He instructed, and dropped it on my bed. He started to leave.

"What can you tell me about Ember?" I asked. He turned around and headed back towards me.

"Only that she has the biggest ego ever." He answered. "Even more so then your bald friend."

I giggled, the first time in days. "Nobody has a bigger ego then Omi."

"Oh?" He said. "I beg to differ. One time Ember let me catch her, JUST so she could break out right under my nose!"

"No!" I gasped.

"Oh yes!" He persisted. "She melted right trough the bars. Ah, I hate that girl so much."

"You're not the only one." I sighed. "She's ruined everything! My life is hell now. We're all falling apart, and it keeps getting worse. And now, she's caused Rai's death!"

Jim fell silent. He pitied me, it was obvious. But he didn't know what to say. "He might not be dead…" Jim said slowly.

"We never found any bodies." I said back.

"Does Rai have a cell phone?" Jim asked.

"What?"

"Does he have a cell phone?" Jim said slower.

"Yes…" I wasn't sure where he was going with this.

"Call him." Jim said quietly, and handed me his cell. I took it in silence and dialed Rai's number. As it rang I pulled it slowly to my ear. Rai picked up.

"Hello?" I said uneasily.

"K-Kimiko?" He stuttered. It was defiantly him. He was alive!

"Rai?" I asked back, just to be sure.

"It is you!" Rai said. "Why are you calling me?" The volume was loud and Jim could hear everything. I looked at him, unsure of what to say.

"Tell him, I want to make a deal." Jim whispered to me.

"Jim wants to make a deal…" I said slowly, and looked to Jim.

"Well?" Rai said angrily. I kept starring Jim.

"Tell him, is he tells us where Ember is, I'll let him go free, no strings attached."

"He said, if you tell him where you are then he'll let you go free, no strings attached." I finished.

"What?" Rai said shocked. He had a bit of an attitude with me. Ember must be working her evil magic on him or something.

"He'll let you go free if you tell us where Ember is." I said slowly. There was a huge pause. He didn't say anything. "Rai?"

"Raimundo!" I heard a voice in the distance. It was Ember.

"Rai?" I asked again, frantically. And then the phone went dead.

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The days passed by uneventfully. We still didn't know where Ember and Rai were, we weren't able to trace the call. All we did know was that they were alive. We spent our days searching for them; for all we knew they were still in New York. Even though we knew they had the tiger claws.

One night, Jim came into my room, followed by the boys. He told me to make another call. He wanted to make the call on speaker phone, but I wouldn't let him. I had to do this alone.

And so I dialed.

"What do you want Kimiko?" Rai demanded before I could even say 'hi'.

"Same offer still stands Rai." I said calmly. But just speaking to him, made me choke. I started to tear up. How could Rai betray us like this? "We're falling apart with out you!" I said crying. "Jim will let you free, We'll welcome you back to the temple. Come on! What are you waiting for? Why do you want to be with her anyway?" Now I was just angry.

"Because…Because, because!" He said back. How dare he? A stupid answer like that? I mean, did he really love her? Well even if he did, he still didn't answer my question, and I was really mad,

"Because what? Don't tell me something sappy like…like you love her or something!" There was no answer. "Hello?" I said a little more calmly.

"I'm still here…" He had calmed down to. The others look to me eagerly. I couldn't loose my cool again. I had to get the answer.

"Well tell us where you are! Please Rai!" I said, trying not to sound hysterical. I couldn't help it, I started crying again. "For your friends, for me! For who ever just tell us!"

There was an even longer pause. Was he actually thinking about it. "Rai?" I asked.

"Desert Creek, Texas." He chocked and hung up. I turned off my cell as well. The guys looked to me eagerly.

"I know where they are." I said slowly. "They're in Texas."

I love this chapter. It really gives you a look at how the monks NEED Rai! Sorry if it was a little OOC. Anyway, REVIEW PLEASE! And next chap is the final chapter!