Raimundo: Ow...my head...
Roni: I guess we aren't going back to that barfor some time.
Raimundo: Yeah...hey, where'd dl-sPirit go? o.0
Ferret: Out with a friend
Roni: Dating. (snickers)
Ferret: O.O DON'T EVEN GET STARTED! (slaps Roni) IT'S NOT TRUE!
Roni: Owww...
Raimundo: Yeah. Even I know better than to make dating jokes about her! Especially if it's not even possible!
Ferret: You're telling everyone where the disclaimer is!
Roni: O.O
Ferret: (growls)
Roni: Jeez...disclaimers on the first chapter.
Raimundo: And here's the chapter!
Roni shot a glare at her ally before delivering one last punch at the Dragon of Water, sending him sprawling next to Clay, bloody but relatively ok.
Raimundo's eyes were wide open as he realized he had shouted her name. He hadn't meant to. The Apprentices would now know for sure, Raimundo had betrayed them.
…Technically, it wasn't his fault, but he doubted that they'd listen to him…
He looked to Roni with pleading eyes, clearly asking for her to explain the entire thing. Roni just replied with a look that said, 'You're on your own, kid'.
"Rai? How that-" Clay stopped as he realized just what had happened. "Oh no…" He pulled his hat over his face. It all made sense. Rai did know the stranger because he was working with her. But, why?
Omi was still trying to put two and two together. Roni? That was the beast's name? How did Raimundo know? Then, it all made sense to the young monk, why she had barely hurt the brazilian. She still needed him.
Kimiko was mad. Mad, as in 'Even-if-I-burst-into-flames-I-won't-show-how-mad-I-am' mad. She glared at the brazilian. How could he do this to them? Again? Raimundo cringed under her glare. Then, she exploded.
"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU! YOU SWORE THIS WOULDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN! YOU SAID YOU CARED!"
"Kim, just-"
'NO, RAIMUNDO PEDROSA! I'M SICK OF YOU GOING BACK ON YOUR WORD! YOU SAID YOU WEREN'T GONNA LEAVE AGAIN! AND ALL THIS TIME, YOU'VE BEEN WITH THIS – THIS THING!"
"Roni. Meh name eesss Roni. I have a name too," the red-eyed beast snarled. Kimiko glared at Roni, who just rolled her eyes. Kimiko concentrated on Raimundo, who had stopped cringing.
"JUST GO AWAY, OK? I HOPE YOU GET WHAT YOU DESERVE!"
With that, she tore off the necklace – the very same necklace Raimundo had given her that morning – and threw it at his feet. He hadn't meant it, what e had ecthed there. He was nothing more than a two-faced liar.
Raimundo, utterly stunned, stared at the necklace that laid by his feet. In less than a week, his entire world had turned upside down, completely beyond his control. He was outcasted, he had to help a deranged weasel destroy his only home, and Kimiko hated him. And none of this was his fault. It was just too much.
A typhoon-strength wind came from the teenager. Everyone, not expecting the sudden gust was blown away from him. Hitting the walls hardest was Roni, her light size and wings making her easy to sweep up. As she slid down the wall, a crack appeared, quickly shooting up the wall like a weed, spreading. A chunk of plaster just missed Clay.
"Ra dammeet, move eet! Da vault'ss comin' down!" Roni shouted, flying upwards. Clay, grabbing Omi, took the bag of shen-gong-wu and pulled out a very important wu, necessary to follow the creature that caused all this.
"Wings of Tinabi!" he yelled. The beige shen-gong-wu expanded and lifted Clay and Omi up out of the vault, flying after the retreating Roni.
Raimundo coughed from the dust that was being raised as he hurriedly picked up the necklace, pulled out the Golden Tiger Claws, and quickly activated the sharp shen-gong-wu.
The walls collapsed, bringing down the centuries-old building.
(---)
Pain. She felt pain.
Kimiko slowly opened her eyes, only to see darkness. She could feel her legs, pinned under something. What had- oh, yeah, that wind.
The memory quickly directed her focus to Raimundo. He had looked so upset after he blurted Roni's name. And after she gave back the necklace.
That wasn't her problem. He left them, so she left him. It was fair, what she did. So how come she felt so guilty?
Trying to forget Raimundo, Kimiko tried to get up. But her legs were stuck, and whatever was above her was too heavy to be moved.
She was trapped.
(---)
"What do you mean, she didn't get out?" The tone was dangerously low as the other figure shrugged.
"Ain't meh respons'bility. Didn' see 'er leavin', voh." The first one gave an exasperated sigh.
"I hope you're lying."
(---)
Clay and Omi landed near the base of a mountain. They had lost that creature about here, seeing as how she had vanished into the night sky. It was time to go back to the temple-
"Golden Tiger Claws!" The voice echoed as a purple portal opened and, lo and behold, Raimundo came out, looking worried.
"What do you want, you-" Clay started.
"I don't have time for this! Which one of you saw Kimiko leave?" the brazilian shouted. There was no reply. Clay and Omi realized what Raimundo was saying.
"Ugh, the one time she could've lied. Golden Tiger Claws!" Before Clay and Omi could snap out of their stunned states, Raimundo slashed open a portal and jumped through, letting the hole in space close up.
"Do- do ya think Kim's alright?" Clay stammered. Omi was silent. He just hoped that she was ok.
(---)
From a distance away, a person and a dragon looked at the wrecked shen-gong-wu vault. It was quite a mess, truthfully. Except for the cauldron, it looked like someone had dumped their trash there.
"How did that kid do that?" Dojo asked, astonished. He didn't see Raimundo capable of doing so much direct damage. He couldn't focus long enough, normally, to do such a thing.
"When Raimundo could not show himself, the wind did it for him," was Master Fung's cryptic reply. Though he was quite upset, it didn't show on his face. He sensed that there was much more to this than a simple betrayal.
Both watched as a rip in space opened, letting out an echo of 'Golden Tiger Claws!' and a frantic Dragon of the Wind. Stumbling as he fell out, the teenager wasted no time digging through the wreckage. For a second, Dojo didn't understand. Then, he found himself wondering. That creature, Clay, and Omi had flew off. Raimundo had used the Tiger Claws. That meant….
Kimiko…
(---)
The brazilian's frustration mounted as he found nothing after a few minutes. Omi and Clay had yet to return, leaving him to search for Kimiko single-handedly.
I'm getting nowhere! he thought, angry with himself. Why did he have to bring down the vault? Sure, it was an accident. But, still…
A new thought occurred to him. The wind. He had grasped control of it on the night he brought Wuya back…he had used it again just minutes earlier…perhaps…
Closing his eyes, he willed his strength into his element, praying that this would work. This was his only shot. He had to rescue Kimiko…
Snapping his eyes open, Raimundo aimed his hands at the rubble and shouted, "WIND!" A strong gust from the brazilian swept over the ruined vault, sweeping up tiny pieces of rubble and blowing away significantly larger pieces, up to Clay's size.
Exhausted, he forced himself to stand, scanning the remaining rubble. He saw her now, left of the center, under a large piece of drywall. He couldn't collapse now. Running over, he summoned the strength to pull Kimiko out and pick her up.
Bridal-style, Raimundo carried her towards a temple building. He didn't get very far. His energy abandoned him as he stumbled and fell. Twisting his body so he wouldn't land on the Dragon of Fire, a sharp pain erupted in the brazilian's ankle. Hitting the ground brought up another sharp pain as a loud crack filled the air.
Darkness ebbed at his vision, and he blacked out.
Raimundo: Uh-oh...
Roni: Great. If you're hurt really bad, then how can you help me?
Ferret: Um...he won't?
Roni: Not according to dl-sPirit!
Raimundo: Unfortunately. -.-
Ferret: Jeez...well, I'm bored. Since dl-sPirit's not here, wanna throw a party?
Roni: (evil grin)
Raimundo: Of course! (evil laughter)
Ferret: Go review! (pulls out a party hat) WHOOT!