Wind Blows Fire Away

Chapter 12...Surprises

...Suddenly someone burst into the kitchen of the hotel, and everyone stared in horror...

The person that shot into the kitchen was Sam. Everyone got up and Omi and Clay stepped out infront of Kimiko a little, just in case.

"Kimiko, I know you don't trust me anymore,butwereallyneedtotalk!" she sputtered out quickly.

"And why should I talk to you, come to now finish the job and murder me?"

"No! Just come on!" she ran quickly, and it caught everyone off guard. She grabbed Kimiko by the hand and shot out of the kitchen before anyone could say anything.

"Where are we going!" Kimiko yelled at Sam.

"You'll see when we get there!" Sam yelled back. They both didn't know why they were screaming, but it just seemed like a thing to do after they tried to kill each other over a guy.

'I don't understand. Why in the world am I going with her! Kim, come on, I think you're losing it. You're going to cave and let Sam have Raimundo! No, you can't do that! Raimundo is suppose to be yours!' Kimiko tried to answer all these questions that swirled, but it kept going back to Raimundo, Raimundo, Raimundo.

Suddenly Sam stopped. They were in a different park than the one they had been in at their last encounter. They were on a bridge going across the small lake that went though, and to Kimiko's surprise, Sam sat down. Kimiko looked at her with a confused expression, but Sam did nothing, so Kimiko dared to sit down.

"Look, I know, you don't want to be here with supposivly a jerk like me," she paused.

'Supposivly? She's got more eago than Omi!' Kimiko smiled to herself.

"But, I found out, that there are better guys out there. Better than Raimundo."

"I'm not going for another guy!" Kimiko turned as her rage started to build.

"I'm not saying you were. I'm saying, I am. I now realize that Raimundo isn't the one for me, but he is for you. Which is why I brought you here, I need to explain something to you about Raimundo." She sigh waiting for the raven-haired girl to reply.

"Why?"

"Why what?" Sam was now confused. (idiot)

"Why are you doing this."

"I still want to be friends with Raimundo, but I can't do it if he still hates me. So, you want to hear this or not?"

'Suck up!' Kimiko thought of saying, but instead said, "Okay, fine. Just tell me."

"Raimundo has these sort of cold snaps. He'll be perfectly fine, and then a minute later he could totally change his mood. That's most likely what he did to you, like he did to me. I made the mistake of breaking up with him, but now, I'm giving you the second chance like the angel I am! Uhh, well anyways, don't give up on him, he'll get over it. You just got to wait for him." With that Sam got up, but didn't move.

When Kimiko got up, Sam punched her in the arm. "Hey!"

"I still don't like you!" Sam said in a snotty and evil voice.

Kimiko's eyes narrowed as Sam started to walk away. 'Such a spoiled brat!' she walking quietly up behind Sam and flipped pushed her into the water. "Well, I don't like you either!" Kimiko walked away smiling to herself. She was now ready to wait for Raimundo.

"God, that chick is such a spoiled brat!" Sam huffed getting up then shrieking. "Ahhh! My new outfit! That twit!" Her lavender and black skirt with the same colored tanktop along with black cowgirl boots were soaked in mud. She touched her hair, hoping it wasn't muddy as well. She felt something strange on it. She pulled whatever it was out of her hair and looked at it. "Eww! Fish!" she jumped up and down, then got out of the water, slipping back down a couple times. She shrieked again as people pointed at her and started to whisper. She then ran off looking for Katie.

Kimiko ran walked back to the hotel, mad but happy. She was mad because Raimundo wouldn't hurry up, but happy because she knew she now didn't have to fight for him. 'Kim, if it takes you three more months, you're still going to wait for Raimundo. Right?' 'Right!' she said back and forth to herself. 'Then again, Raimundo had his chance. Well, I'll think about this later.' She sigh and kept walking.

With Jack...(long time no see)

Jack smirked as he ran up the street. It was now or never. He then saw Kimiko.

Back with Kimiko...

Kimiko came to the pond where she first found Raimundo, and got the first part of his 'cold snap'. She sat down on a rock and sigh. Then she started to sing a lullaby to herself quietly that her father used to sing to her when she had just woke up from a nightmare, or had been really upset.

Golden slumper kiss your eyes,

Smiles await you when you rise.

Sleep,

Pretty baby,

Do not cry,

And I'll sing you a lullaby.

Care you know not,

Therefore sleep,

While I o'er you watch do keep.

Sleep,

Pretty darling,

Do not cry,

And I will sing you a lullaby.

She smiled and looked at the sky. It was a light blue, and almost clear. Except for a couple whispy clouds.

Clay and Omi watched from a little distance, then went back inside to go play some sort of card game with Dojo.

As soon as they left, although Kimiko didn't know they were there, she looked down to the pond. Looking at her reflection, she saw someone else. So she turned rapidly and gasped.

With Raimundo...

'You don't want Sam. You don't need Sam! You don't want Kimiko. You don't need Kimiko!' His mind was playing that same line over and over again like a broken record. He walked around the hotel trying to get his mind off the two. He was terribly bored as his mood started to lift. 'You don't want Sam. You don't need Sam! You do want Kimiko. You do need Kimiko!' he didn't catch his mind told him something different with Kimiko. Instead he just kept walking around. Raimundo had passed everywhere probably around five times when something hit him. He stopped and consintrated at what was being said in his head. 'You don't want Sam. You don't need Sam! You do want Kimiko. You do need Kimiko!' He looked around fiercly trying to find anyone who might know where she is.

Then he heard voices and attempted to follow them. It led him to Omi, Clay and Dojo.

Clay, Omi and Dojo were all having a good time. Clay and Dojo were trying to teach Omi how to play 'Go-Fish,' but Omi didn't even get why they called it what they did. As they were trying to get over laughing from Omi thinking there were actual fish involved in the game, Raimundo just about knocked down the door of his and Clay's room trying to open it. As soon as he came in, they all stopped laughing.

"Raimundo?" Omi tilted his head when he saw Raimundo's eyes.

"Guys, where's Kim?"

"Don't know. Last time I saw her, she was outside by that pond," Clay sigh. "I recon she looked like a combination of mad, sad and happy."

"Why kid?" Dojo didn't want to be left out of the conversation.

"I need to talk to her!" he breathed out heavily, as he whirled around and ran for the nearest exit.

"That was most odd. I was thinking Raimundo was mad at our female friend!"

"So did I," Dojo and Clay said together. They then started trying to play again and immediatly started laughing again.

Raimundo tripped out the door and raced to the pond, but when he got there. There was no Kimiko. "Kim?" Raimundo looked around the hotel hoping she was around. "Kimiko!" He yelled out her name. Then Raimundo went back to the pond and looked around again. 'There must be something that can show me where she went!' Then he found it. Two rocks covered it, so he moved them and picked it up. It was a note, and he read it quickly, took one last look at the pond, then dashed back to the hotel.

With Clay, Dojo and Omi...

"Well that concludes Omi's first game of Go-Fish!" Dojo said while laughing.

"Omi, I don't think anyone has not gotten the object of the game before!" Clay laughed at Omi's expression.

"How am I to know this game has nothingtodowithfish!" He yelled while grinning. Then he started to laugh, "I am most thankful to the person who came up with this game!"

"I'm so glad we actually got Omi to try and play it!" Clay took a deep breathe.

"Who would have thought, the Xiaolin Dragon of Water attempted to play Go-Fish and failed!" Dojo was finally started to calm down, but when Clay and him looked at Omi's face they burst out laughing again. Omi crossed his arms and slumped. Then he heard something and perked up.

"Put a foot in your mouth!" Omi whispered.

"I think you mean 'put a sock in it'." Omi glared at him, so Dojo and Clay were quiet for a second then started to snicker.

"I fear it is Raimundo and he could be very upset!" Omi whispered covering his ears.

"Three, Two, One," Dojo snapped his fingers just as the door flew open.

"Okay guys look, I'm sorry for the way I have been acting, but look!" he flung the note at the three of them then said, "Kimiko's gone!" Omi's eyes widened, Clay's jaw dropped and Dojo fell over. No one was expecting what the note said.

And there is your chapter! That was actually pretty easy to write! Cheesy how Kimiko trusted Sam so easily, but I needed Sam to explain the cold snaps to Kimiko, sorry if it was a little rushed. Review and tell me how you like it! And yes, short chapter, but the next will be longer...Promise! Thanks for reading. :)