Wind Blows Fire Away

Chapter 21...Heading Back to Brazil

..."Jack, say good-bye to Clay, Omi, Dojo and Master Fung for me. Tell them to say good-bye to my father for me, and Kieko too. And...And make sure, someone tells Raimundo, even if he can't hear...That I love him, and he will be with me soon enough..." Her eyes filled with tears as she picked up the medal and moved it closer to her neck...

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Words...Words coming from a voice...A voice...A voice that was not his...

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..."Jack! I know that if I talk to you, as though this isn't a dream, my voice will echo inside your actual head! Stop Kimiko, tell her that we will get through this together. Even if it's not true, reassure her, make sure she doesn't do what she's going to now! Please Jack, I'm begging you!" he screamed, hearing Wuya returning from around the corner. She was laughing now, and Raimundo had to start running again, but he did notice that Jack disappeared from his dream...

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"Kimiko! Before you do anything, hear me out!"

Kimiko's eyes had been filled with tears, her mind was clouded from the fact that Raimundo was going to die, no matter how much Kimiko begged our pleaded or showed how much she needed him, but she stopped and waiting for Jack to say the last words she would every hear.

"Kimiko...Raimundo-" he got interrupted by a scream so terrible...It was as though all the warmth was being drained from his blood.

"Don't you dare! I don't want to hear it anymore Jack! My one love is going to be dead! I mise well not even listen to it! You are going to make it, so I die in vain! You're going to make me suffer through all the decisions I've been making throughout this whole vacation. Running away from Nick when that stupid gang ganged up on us! Trusting Raimundo! Going to that dance! Running out in the cold rain, and going back again, just to make sure Raimundo did not come and talk to me! Finding the roses, and considering giving Raimundo another chance! Playing hard to get! Giving him another chance, but him not taking it! And every other stupid thing that's happened on this vacation! And you know Spicer, it's all your fault!"

"Kimiko! Think of what you're saying! Do you really want to give the world away! I was going to say he's fighting it! I don't know how, but he's in his mind! Whatever is going on in there, I'm included in! He was telling me to tell you that it's going to be okay! He wanted me to tell you to stop what you're doing. He knows!"

Kimiko dropped the medal object and once more fell to her knees. Jack walked over and pulled her up, handing her all the Shen-gong-Wu except for the golden tiger claws. He slipped them on, yelled, "Golden Tiger Claws!" and then slipped them onto Kimiko's hand, nudging her to go through. She smiled sadly and walked through slowly, mouthing the words thank you.

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As the gash opened, Kimiko didn't feel like getting ready to land. She ended up flipping out onto her back and landed with a thud. As her back and neck throbbed she was bombarded with questions.

"Kimiko! Where were you?"

"Kimiko! What happened?"

"Kimiko! Are you alright?"

She closed her eyes, and waited for them to stop. As the voiced haulted almost immediatly after she closed her eyes, Omi pulled her into a sitting position.

"I was getting answers from Jack, I took some Shen-Gong-Wu to make sure I got to challenge him to a showdown, and I challenged him to Truth or Lies. We asked questions, than I asked if Raimundo...was going to die." her voice cracked, but she still continued to attempt to explain. "He said no matter what happened, there was no way to stop the effect, unless there was a mircle. The balloon turned to truth, then he ended the game. Then I yelled at him for a few minutes, and he opened the gash to put me back here," she sigh. She knew they wouldn't ask any more questions, and she decided it was best if she left out the whole metal part.

After they talked for a bit, they decided it would be best if they got back to Brazil as soon as they could. In the morning they would leave.

With Jack and an oncoming Wuya...

Jack sigh, his parents mansion coming into sight. As he went, he couldn't help thinking about what had happened with Kimiko in the showdown. When he landed he said nothing to Wuya, but boy was Wuya saying something to him.

"Jack, where have you been? What was about just leaving? I was in the middle of talking! And now...you can't hear what I had to say, because I forgot!"

"If you forgot it must have not been important!" Jack snarled.

"Did you get this Shen-Gong-Wu?"

"No..."

"WHAT? YOU MEAN YOU LOST ONE! WAS THE NOTE EVEN FROM KATNAPPE?"

"No it wasn't! And relax Wuya, it was just the Mantis Flip Coin!"

"Every Shen-Gong-Wu is valued...or at least was. Kids these days can't apprieciate things!"

"Were you even ever a kid?"

"...I don't have a memory of 1500some years ago Jack!"

"Well then shut your pie hole!"

Wuya was taken back. She didn't expect Jack to be so grumpy, but she had to ask one more thing. "Who was the note from?"

"Kimiko..." with that Jack walked upstairs and left Wuya dumbstruck.

Back with Raimundo's Mind...lol...

Raimundo finally lost Wuya, and Jack had disappeared. He hoped that Jack gave the message to Kimiko...and nothing happened to her.

Little did Raimundo know...He thought he could fight it, and win...but if he was wrong or right...no one could tell...

He soon came to a large door that looked like Kimiko's father's office doors. They slid open to reveal Mr. Tohomiko sitting at his desk. As the door opened he looked up and smiled at Raimundo's face.

"Raimundo! Come in, come in!"

"Hey Mr. Tohomiko!"

"Who is this Tohomiko you speak of?"

"Umm...that's your last name..."

"Ahh haha funny Raimundo, for a second you really had me fooled!"

On the desk, there sat a gold plate that said Mr. Blare on it. Raimundo studied it for a moment, then looked up at what now looked nothing like Kimiko's father. His hair was a brick brown color and his eyes were a deep blue. He was taller, and looked obviously American. He didn't have glasses and he wore different clothes. Suddenly Raimundo shot questions at him, but he did it in a way, so he was playing along.

"Why...Mr. Blare...Don't you inform me what's been going on in the past...months..."

He looked confused at Raimundo at first, but then laughed again. "Haha! Okay, if you insist! Well...Six months ago, I sent my daughter, Cassidy Blare to a school in China, that ended up to be an ancient temple for the four 'chosen ones'. Six months ago, you got a letter excepting you into a school in China, which was also the Xiaolin temple. Cassidy and you became good friends, and started to date! You are going to get married in a week!"

Raimundo's eyes widened in horror and he took a step back. "Does...Tohomiko, Kimiko, Tohomiko Electronics, Toshiro...any of that sound familiar?"

"...No, why do you ask Raimundo?"

"Just curious. Well okay that's all, kay thanks bye!" he said quite fast, walking out quickly, but after the door shut he sprinted down the hallway. All his mind was saying was 'Kimiko!' but soon that all changed when he rounded a corner...

With Kimiko, Clay, Omi and Dojo...

"Judallet flip, fire!" Kimiko yelled, making a chain of ringed fire and jumping through it. She did this just before a spring of sharp water, forming into ice was about to hit her.

"Kimiko, are you insisted on training this way?"

"Yes!" she snapped as Clay and Omi kept their attacks strong on Kimiko.

"Tornado strike, water!" Omi once again snapped water at her, again missing. "Kimiko, this is not a good idea!"

Kimiko, who had fire held in her hands as though she were going to through a ball, totally dropped the fire, and it spread around her in a circle. Omi quickly swirled water onto it, and it made a steamy mist all around Kimiko. As Kimiko tried to walk out of the huge cloud, she swore she saw Raimundo's face smiling, but not at her...she glanced behind her and saw another girl.

The girl had brick brown hair down a bit below her shoulders, and the sides were brought up and braided to the back of her head, and infront, hair stayed down, along with her long bangs that went passed her eyes. Her lips were glossed over with a light pink, and she wore a slight bit of blush, plus a little pink eye shadow. Cassidy smiled tenderly at Raimundo. She wore blue caprees, a jean skirt (blue) over that, and a white long sleeve shirt with the sleeves not attached, but still on her arms. She also wore tan boots, that from the look of the bottom of them, Kimiko could tell they haulted just below her knees. She could hear the slight mutter of people talking, obviously Raimundo and this girl, but for some reason she couldn't hear them. No matter how loud they spoke in Raimundo's head, Kimiko would never hear anything more than a mutter. Then the idea struck her. She couldn't listen in on Raimundo, otherwhise she would be in the dream aswell.

As the steam cleared Kimiko gave a small cry, as seeing Raimundo's emerald eyes made her addicted, but the way he looked at the other girl stung more than if someone hit her in the head with a chunck of wood. She blinked quickly at the new sight around her. Omi and Clay walked over to her and asked, "Are you alright?" at the same exact time. She smiled and nodded, still glancing backwards to see if she could see Raimundo's face one more time. As she knew that it wouldn't be there, with her luck, she turned back quickly, walking now at the same speed as her friends.

They decided to go in and check out all the Wu they still had after the numerous uses they used them for.

With (omg bad!) Raimundo...

"Hey Raimundo!" Cassidy said through her glazed lips.

"H-Hey." he said smoothly. His mind was now saying, 'Wow, this is Cassidy? She is HOT!'

She giggled and walked over to kiss him passionatly on the lips, but to her surprise he hesitated before pecking her quickly and trying to scurry along the hallway as though a cat was chasing a mouse. Raimundo was the mouse, and Cassidy was the cat.

Raimundo's mind was spinning. He had just realized, he just kissed a girl, and it wasn't Kimiko! He swore after she took him back that he would never do it again, but the resistance wasn't strong enough, although he did manage to break the kiss, no matter how much he wanted to hang on. He tried to consintrate on Kimiko, but it was hard, because in his mind, as of right now, Kimiko didn't exsist. It was Cassidy, and they were getting married in a week! Kimiko would be heart broken even if Raimundo go married in his mind. But maybe she would understand because she wasn't there. No no...no excuse, but he couldn't control his mind scenes. He didn't know what to do. Even after Cassidy called his names about five times, he still kept running, even when he knew she had stopped and probably went off to think or cry or whatever girls do when their boyfriend runs from them. (I am a girl, but I seriously haven't gone through that before soo :P)

As he pushed open the front door, he closed his eyes from brightness. The scene was changing, but it wasn't an earth scene. He was in a totally white room with a girl dressed in white. "Raimundo...I've been waiting for you to come!" she smiled, which was the only thing Raimundo saw on her face.

"Who are you?"

"That's not important. What is is that you see what is going on in life without you there."

Raimundo was puzzled at first, but then curiousity took over and he went over to the girl. The girl slashed the air slowly with her finger and a circle formed, showing Kimiko in hers and Raimundo's room. She was sitting by his limp body crying historicly.

"Kimiko..." Raimundo whispered.

"She misses you Raimundo..." The girl sigh and slashed the air once again. "This is what happened earlier..."

It showed Kimiko standing in a cloud of steam looking back and forth. And though faded, he could see himself and the Cassidy girl talking. Kimiko had to look away when she saw the smile he gave Cassidy. As the steam faded, he heard Kimiko's small whimper.

As he looked on at things that had been happening, Raimundo suddenly hoped he could fight harder. (this is such a stupid idea, but i need more detail to make it longer)

'Kim...I wish, I could be back with you. Or if I can't have that, at least say good-bye, and that I'll always be with you in the heart. I want you to be happy, and find someone that loves you as much as I did.'

"Raimundo...you wish to go back yes?"

"Of course I do! Kimiko is suffering! I want nothing more than to be the one to stop that pain! Because if I'm not, who will?" He started the sentence off in a screaming voice, but by the end, it was a whisper. "Will I make it back?" he asked calmly.

"That is for you to decide Raimundo. If you truly do, you most likely will, if you do not wish to go as much as you say, you most likely won't. Fate will decide." With that she made another gash with her finger and slowly walked through it. "Good-bye Raimundo. May you're wishes be fufulled."

Suddenly, the whiteness of the room started to swirl into different colors, changing to an outside scene. He looked around and knew he was in America. "I have to find Kimiko!" he said to himself. He dug around in pockets to soon find The Golden Tiger Claws. He didn't care how he found them, or if he went to America with Cassidy, he just wanted out. She could find her own way back to the temple. "Golden Tiger Claws!" he yelled and gashed the air, then jumped through. He soon came to the center of Tokyo. And in the center was where he wanted to be. Right behind him was a place called Tohomiko Electronics. He rushed in, and went through scan, although the guards were confused, they just let him through.

As he ran through the halls, he came to the office he thought he was in the last time. As the door opened a man looked up quickly, then got up.

"Uh-" Raimundo started.

"No, no...my daughter isn't here, now leave!"

Raimundo was confused, but then tried to tag answers off of him. "Where is your daughter? I would really love to speak to her."

"She is...at home..."

"Where might that be?"

Mr. Tohomiko sigh, and said, "I don't have a clue where she is."

"Okay, thank you." he walked back out and sigh. I need to get somewhere where no one knows me...at all.

With Kimiko, Omi, Dojo and Clay...

Kimiko sigh, picking up her bag and looking into the mirror. She had a sense of happiness leaving Alaska, but then...Brazil could be just as bad.

"Kimiko, are you ready!"

"Yeah!" she yelled back to Clay. Taking one last look at the room, she stepped out and walked silently down the corridors until they came to the heavy metal door to the outside cold. Clay pulled it open with one hand, and had Raimundo in the other. Everyone noticed Kimiko wouldn't even look in Clay's direction because she would see Raimundo. Dojo super sized and they headed back to Brazil.

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When they landed back at the hotel, everyone went inside, smelling the fresh Brazilian air. "It is good to be back!" Omi smiled widly, making Kimiko giggle.

"Yeah it is..." Dojo said chuckling. "I'll be in the kitchen!" He slithered across the hall and pushed a door open a small bit. Clay took Raimundo upstairs, and after they were out of sight, Nick came running into the hotel.

"Guys, wow! Where have you been?"

"Hello Nick! We have been in Alaska!"

Confused, Nick changed the subject, "Aight, cool...Where's Rai, I got some major news for him!"

Kimiko turned slightly, but then answered. "Go to Clay's room, I'm sure he'll tell you."

As Nick walked by, Omi hugged Kimiko tightly, making her giggled just slightly again. Omi pulled her out the door to do something fun.

As they got out, there was Katie, waiting for Nick, and Sam waiting on Katie. "Oh great...this is just what I need!" Kimiko laughed angerly.

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Sorry, long time to update, I seriously am. I'll try and go faster, and well sorry I skipped my update on Foreign exchange, but I thought you guys seeing if Kimiko died was more important than Raimundo meeting everyone for the first time lol. Well thanks soo much for reading, keep going with that, updates should be coming sooner, next week i only have 3 day's of school, but it's my b-day too soo we'll have to see what's going on! Please Review, and thanks! Tell me if that whole Idea of Raimundo lookin' at what happened was stupid, I need to know lol. I think the whole idea might just be stupid...but that's not for me to decide, it's for you guys too:) Thanks soo much, once again lol...Talk to you laterz!