Title: The World is Black

Summary: Jack is the main character. its an angsty telling of Jack's past and present. bad at summaries. It's older. And its Jakrai. rated M

Disclaimer: i don't own Xiaolin Showdown

Gomen Nesai! Sorry for the LONG wait...

Chapter 5: Love

Without warning Jack lifted up his shirt just enough to reveal one long white horizontal scar across his stomach, it stretched from one side to the other.

Raimundo and Kimiko gasped in shock eyes wide.

"Oh my god!" she shrieked finally finding her voice.

Jack dropped his shirt and let it fall back over his stomach. The odd look in his eyes gone now. He dropped his head and in one smooth movement slid past the two Dragons.

It wasn't until dinner time until they saw him again. Clay had hauled him in from where ever he was sulking.

"Hey look we're having spaghetti," Kimiko said with a smile and took a big mouthful of the stuff.

"Remind me to cut CB's power cord," Jack sighed, when he realized exactly what was going on, the robot had told them what his favorite food was.

Clay dropped him unceremoniously into a chair and walked over to the last empty chair beside Omi and Kimiko

"Oh, c'mon, he's just worried about you," Raimundo said trying to defend the robot, as he twirled some his food onto his fork.

"Doesn't matter," Jack sighed staring at the food showing no interest in it.

"Well, someone has to say somethin'," Clay shrugged as drank some juice, "you don't say a word to us."

Jack stared at him slightly, had Kimiko and Raimundo really not told Clay or Omi what had happen that afternoon.

"So, I haven't," Jack fished, wanting to know the answer.

"Unless, someone's not telling us something," Clay said, quickly picking up Jack's motives, he wasn't a stupid as most people thought he was. Clay eyed Kimiko, "Right, Kim?"

"What?" Kimiko asked innocently.

"Jack's talked to you?" Omi asked interestedly, glancing at her from his food.

"No," Kimiko said quickly.

Maybe she's just good at lying, Clay thought and then caught the look Raimundo had on his face. Raimundo was a bad liar.

Raimundo sat there ignoring the conversation and tried to look innocent.

"Or maybe it was Rai," Clay said staring at him.

Upon hearing his name called Raimundo stopped dazing off stared back at Clay.

"What did you say again?" Raimundo asked casually not being able to make a crack at the cowboy, "I don't speak cow."

"What do you mean cow?" Clay growled trying not to lose his temper.

"Cowboy, cow, you know," Raimundo said raising his fork making a gesture with it before popping it in his mouth. This idea was working much better than the ignore Clay and maybe he won't suspect idea.

"No, I don't know," Clay said fiercely biting back the anger his fists clenched.

"Oh, of course you don't," Raimundo sighed and continued to eat his food, he knew exactly how to get on people's nerves and it was easy.

That worked perfectly Clay turned red air seemed to his as it escaped his head.

"Now, you've done it!" Clay yelled at him angrily and got up.

Jack laughed and all four of them whirled their heads towards him to look at him.

He was still sitting and still hadn't eaten a bite. His head was in his lap and a little amused smile played across his lips.

"Oh, I'm sorry our bickering is so amusing," Clay growled at him.

Jack said nothing just stared.

"Not gonna say anything?" Clay growled now starting to make his way over to the red head.

"No, it's just you were right," Jack sighed as Raimundo got up to head Clay off.

"Clay, leave him alone!" Raimundo said, putting himself between Jack and Clay.

"And why should I?" Clay said angrily, and motioned to Jack, "he ain't nothin' but low down dirty snake! Always has and always will be! Now, he just taking advantage of us!"

"That's not true!" Kimiko shouted and ran to Raimundo's side to help stave off Clay's rampaging

"How do you know!" Clay shouted at her.

Jack decided it was a good time to slip out of the room to go to bed.

At breakfast the next morning the whole kitchen was unusually quite. Jack silently wondered exactly what had been said.

Clay glared at him angrily as Jack looked at him. Did they still not tell him?

Kimiko broke the silence by sliding over to him with a big plate of left over spaghetti, "You missed dinner last night now you have to eat this."

Jack shook his head and rested it on the table knowing full well what would happen next.

It took Kimiko and Raimundo well over a half an hour to make him eat all the food and by the end all three of them were dirty and tired.

The three went out onto the front lawn and sat down.

"Rai, I'll see you later I have to get these spaghetti splotches out of my clothes before they stain," Kimiko sighed, and went to leave and then turned back to him, "watch Jack 'til I get back."

"Why I have spots too!" Raimundo complained, turning away from Jack to face her.

"Please!" Kimiko begged in her best sad voice.

"Fine, I'll do it later," Raimundo sighed, he guessed he was stuck looking like this for a couple more hours, he sighed and yelled after her, "Just try and hurry!"

Jack watched her go too.

"Do you like her?" Jack asked once she was out of sight.

Raimundo was surprised by the question, "You like as in a girlfriend or something?"

Jack nodded his head resting in his arms but said nothing.

After a minute he answered, "No, she's just a friend. A really good friend but not a girlfriend not anything like that. She reminds me of my sister."

"You have a sister?" Jack asked trying not to sounded interested but failing.

"Had," Raimundo sighed and stared up at the sky.

After a long while Raimundo finally spoke up again, "she died in a car crash."

"I'm sorry," Jack almost whispered, offering up his condolences.

"Yeah, well, it was a while ago," Raimundo said turning to face him.

"Still, I bet it's painful to remember," Jack told him, "my mother died recently."

"Really," Raimundo asked, looking at Jack.

"Yeah," Jack sighed, "she was... well she loved me."

"I'm sorry," Raimundo said, seeing as it was his turn to console the other.

"Don't worry about it," Jack sighed and started to nervously pick blades of grass and chuck them aside.

"What happen to her?" Raimundo asked softly.

Jack went completely rigid and stopped dead in his tracks. He looked up at Raimundo once there was the every eerie look in his eyes.

"I don't think you wanna know," Jack said flatly and stared at him.

Jack really did frighten Raimundo when he got like this. Raimundo gulped and tore his eyes away from Jack's stare.

"You didn't do anything..." Raimundo voice said trailing off.

"ME!" Jack yelled at him furiously, "why would I even dream of hurting the one person who really loved me! No, it was Him! He had to go and take away the only person who loved me, cared about me! He had to make me suffer more! Make me suffer forever! Pull me... the last of me... into the never ending darkness... never to come out again! The police... never knew! They didn't… listen! They... didn't care... I'm just a... stupid kid to... them!"

Jack was sobbing into his arms now and he didn't bother to wipe away his tears. She was gone nothing matter anymore.

Raimundo couldn't take it he scooted over to Jack wrapped an arm around him.

"It's okay," Raimundo said softly hugging Jack, "I won't let him hurt you, again."

Jack stopped crying and looked up Raimundo tears streaks stained his face.

"Rai," Jack gulped, looking at him.

Neither one of them said a word.

When Kimiko finally came back that's how she saw them. Jack curled up in Raimundo's lap.

She smiled softly she knew if she left the two alone they'd see how much they liked each other and her plan had worked.

She snickered as she thought of a certain something she could do. Without warning she ran up to them and pulled out her cell phone and took a picture.

"Hey, what was that for!" Raimundo yelled coming out of his daze quite annoyed.

Jack snapped back from Raimundo and fell to the grass beside him.

"It's just you two are sooo cute!" Kimiko giggled and saved the picture.

"That doesn't mean you can take a picture!" Raimundo growled at her angrily.

"Young monks its time to practice," Master Fung called to them as he came over.

"Oh, man, and I still have speghetti all over my clothes," Raimundo sighed as he looked his clothes over.

"You can go change," Master Fung said to Raimundo, "but don't take too long."

"Thank you, Master Fung," Raimundo said getting up and bowing to his sensei, before running back to his sleeping quarters to change.

"Jack, will you be watching again today?" Master Fung asked turning to Jack who was still lying on the grass.

"Hmmm?" Jack said turning his attention to Master Fung, he had been too busy staring off into space to hear what Master Fung had been saying, he looked around, "Where'd Raimundo go?"

"To go change," Master Fung answered him patiently, "will you be coming to watch the others spar?"

Jack inclined his head thinking for a moment.

"Raimundo will be there," Kimiko said, hoping that would sway his decision.

He stared at her for a moment longer.

"I suppose," Jack sighed getting up off the ground and lightly dusting himself off.

"C'mon," Kimiko said and took his hand leading him to where they went and practiced.

After a couple of rounds it was quite apparent to Jack that Clay and Omi were still mad at Raimundo and Kimiko for last night.

Raimundo actually beat Omi. Omi, being Omi, ran off grumbling at how someone like Raimundo could beat him.

"Good job," Jack commented as Raimundo sat near him.

"Thanks," Raimundo said happily and then sighed, "It's almost dinner time. Man, practice takes up a lot of time."

"Dinner, goody," Jack sighed sarcastically.

"Please, don't mess up my clothes again," Raimundo pleaded with him, "Just eat."
Jack looked at crossly and folded his arms, he had no intention eating.

"Pleeaassee," Raimundo begged.

Jack decided he liked it when Raimundo begged. He looked so adorable. He also decided that he didn't care if he liked Raimundo or not. You can't choose who you love.

"Weelll?" Raimundo continued to beg when he didn't get any answer out of Jack.

"You know you're pretty cute when you beg," Jack told him, off handedly.

"What!" Raimundo asked shocked, he had definitely been shocked and surprise... and scare a lot more than he like to have been lately.

"You heard me," Jack said and started to get up and go inside.

"You called me cute?" Raimundo stuttered as he ran after Jack.

"Yeah, and you held me, remember?" Jack asked amused again.

"Yeah so?" Raimundo said as if suddenly remembering their embrace earlier.

Jack didn't reply he just went into the kitchen and sat down in usual spot and waited for dinner, Raimundo following after him.

End Chapter 5