Wind Blows Away Fire Chapter 22: Turn Arounds, a xiaolin showdown fanfic

Wind Blows Fire Away

Chapter 22...Turn Arounds

...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...

Sam glared at her slightly, and Katie smiled nervously.

"You know, I still have mud in that outfit I was wearing when you pushed me into the lake!" Sam shot angerly.

"Oh really? I bet it looks better than it did before I helped it out!" Kimiko's words were like a snake's venom.

"Oh please, is that the best you can do?" Sam's eyes turned to slits and her mouth curved into a wicked smiled.

"No...but, no need waisting my comebacks on you." Kimiko smiled proudly as she walked by the both of them, with Omi at her side. Sam was about to attack Kimiko, but Katie held her back.

"Not now." she muttered.

With Nick and Clay...

"WHAT!" Nick was shocked from what happened. "Is, is he going to live?" he demanded out of Clay.

"Kimiko went after Jack for answers. He said there was only one way...A miricle." Clay sigh, thinking of what Kimiko's reaction could have been when she heard.

"Man...How's Kim takin' it?" Nick was also thinking the same thing.

"Horrible."

"Well that's no surprise."

"She's actually doing better...She's stronger than most girls would be...So, probably not as bad as it would be."

"Right. Well, anything you want me to do?"

"Go find Kimiko and Omi, try to cheer Kimiko up."

"Aight, I'll try it."

"Thanks Nick. I'm sure that would mean a lot to Kimiko and Raimundo both."

"Well, I wish there was more I could do. I mean, he is my best friend, and she is his girlfriend."

"Yeah."

"See ya."

"Bye." Clay sigh once more after Nick closed the door. "Rai...for everyones sake...I really hope there is a miricle."

With Omi and Kimiko...

Kimiko and Omi walked out of a store laughing. Omi tried to put a hat onto his head, but unfortunatly it ripped. The storekeeper was furious with them, and told them to leave after paying for it. Kimiko was happy to pay for it, as she thought it was quite funny. She confessed that she was surprised she could laugh that hard at something so stupid.

As Kimiko got over her laughing spasm, she saw Nick heading towards them. As he came up to them, Kimiko and Omi turned the opposite direction, but still glancing back at him. He never stopped walking, but came up beside Kimiko and put a comforting arm around her as they walked. They roamed around Rio for a while laughing almost the whole time. Nick brought them to a really good resturant because it showed costomary food from Brazil. Soon Kimiko found herself on the most beautiful beach she had ever seen. She hadn't noticed, as she got caught up in all the other sights and in talking/laughing. The sun was setting, to everyone's surprise, so it lounged behind the waves, making them silvery and glitter. They rolled ontop of eachother, crashing down gracefuly for the other to continue. It was like a link of friendship, at least...That's the way Kimiko pictured it. She tilted her head as she gazed upon the ocean. In Tokyo, she hadn't seen an ocean so clear, as she didn't wonder the ends of Tokyo. The waves helped eachother, by sacrificing themselfs, but soon the chain began again, far to the sun. She swore that if you looked ever so hard, you would be able to see the farthest off wave take the chain from whatever was behind. It was a beautiful sight, but then...a thought came to her head, she didn't dare let go, although at the time...she wanted to.

'Ohh It's so beautiful!' she thought peacefuly, as though she was in a trance.

'Yeah...sort of like the willow tree-river that Raimundo showed you, oh I don't know how long ago.' the other voice in her head sigh, as though it said nothing wrong. She mentaly kicked, as her eyes glazed over with a watery sheeth.

"Raimundo..." she mumbled closely to herself, as the tears began to roll down her cheeks. She put a hand slowly to her face to catch one, then thought of the link of the waves, and how...It wasn't too much different. The waves just rolled into eachother more, as her tears stopped eachother from falling even more, or at least...not let them fall alone. From that point on she kept relating things to eachother, in a random order. She then chuckled inside her head.

'It's funny...How this all started with a sunset, and ended with the same thought.'

As Kimiko was deep her her thoughts, and just as she said 'Raimundo...' Nick and Omi looked at her then eachother sadly. They wanted to help Kimiko more than anything, but then saw her smiled on and off, and decided to just watch the sun float too far beyond the waves to see.

'...As to here, I think of the sunset, and my thoughts end with the sunset. This vacation started with Raimundo and I happy, and alive for that matter. And I'm determaned to make it end that way too!' With a renewed strength of fighting the fact that Raimundo was in danger of dying, she turned slightly and sigh.

"Come on guys...let's go back." They began walking with her, and Kimiko glanced back at the sun. Although it was fading, she wouldn't forget how it helped her. And she would make sure of it.

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As Nick left the hotel room, it was already pitch black outside. Clay and him talked before Kimiko was allowed upstairs.

"Nick, if you need some light..." she giggled at her own stupidity.

"Ahh no. You're staying here Missy."

"I know...Omi?"

Omi nodded and walked over to Kimiko, getting ready for his queue. Clay, Dojo and Nick watched carfully at what would be done, because they themselves, also didn't have a clue.

"Judallet Flip, Fire," as a ball of fire, about the size of a softball, formed in her hand, she threw it into the air. Glancing behind her shoulder for a split second, she grinned, because the person at the desk almost fell off her chair.

"Tornado Strike, Ice!" he wrapped his water around the fire, and before freezing it, let it get a little warm. This way...One, it didn't freeze Nick's hand while he carried it, and two, it wouldn't melt because it froze so quick. Kimiko caught a blue ball with an orangish glow. She looked at Omi, who nodded at her, so she also nodded.

Dropping it into Nick's hand she spoke, "It should give off enough light to light infront of you, but it's only the second time we did it. Actually, only the first, because the first time, we did it, but the ice sort of melted after about fifteen seconds." She laughed nervously as Nick waved good-bye with his free hand and started out of the hotel. As he stepped out of the door, he heard someone calling his name from behind.

"Nick!" Kimiko called running to him. He turned and immidiatly was embraced in a hug. "Thanks..." she whispered. She let go and waved, stumbling backwards akwardly towards the others.

(Cheezy, I know. But, I wanted to fit that in, I think it's sooo cool :P)

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Everyone ate their dinner in silence, besides Dojo who was mumbling to himself that finally he's not hungry anymore (because of the food he didn't stop eating earlier...no one ever got him away from it all) but it's at the wrong time. Everyone could hear the occational sigh of one another and hoped someoen would elave, so they all had an excuse.

Kimiko slid out of her seat quietly, so no one heard or saw her get up. Although she really wished she didn't have to, she left her food at the table and stealthed across the room, smirking proudly to herself that she got by everyone. As soon as she got far enough away that her footsteps would not be heard, she stampieded towards the stairs, and tripped up weirdly. As she came to Clay's room it seemed to be locked. 'Clay must have thought I'd sneek up hear sometime, but...What he didn't know is that I don't just hack tech.' She dug in her purse, she forgot she had with her to find a stable credit card. With it she carefully slid it through the crack, and it went from above the lock to below where it had just been.

Again, quietly she opened the door and smiled to see Raimundo on the bed, even if he was still limp. For some reason, after her evening in town, she had a good feeling everytime she was in the same room with 'him.'

"Raimundo...Rai...I really do hope you've been okay. Umm, everything has been great here, although...I do dearly miss you. I miss you more than anything, no amount of anything else could change that! Just please...Hang in there a little longer." She crawled carefuly onto the bed and positioned herself, so she wasn't hurting Raimundo...but her head rested on his chest. It was then that she closed her eyes and listen the beat of his heart. She smiled at how steady it was, and how well it kept up.

With 'Raimundo,'

Remember people, he's still in his head!...

Raimundo felt a sudden light shock to his body. It wasn't hard, and it didn't hurt, it was just...a shock. "Kimiko...I know that feeling...It's you isn't it?" he breathed outloud to no one in particular. He closed his eyes, but they shot right back open. What he didn't know is that after his little meeting with the girl in white...When ever he held his eyes shut and consintrated on one person, he could see what they were doing. He did the same thing again, and focused now on Kimiko.

There was Raimundo's limp form, but next to it lay a petite body with the head laying on his chest. Kimiko was the first thing that came to mind. He smiled, still keeping the picture totally perfect in his head. There was now, strangly a voice. It was echoing words, and the voice was very familiar. It was a girls...Soft, but strong...Kimiko had spoken to him, and now her words were reflecting into Raimundo's mind inside his body inside his mind (wow that made sense!)

"No Kimiko...Everything is not great. You tried to kill yourself, you feel horrible and slightly guilty about what happened. You also think it was your fault. It wasn't Kim! I was the one who's brain couldn't calculate what it might be fast enough...it was my fault. Not yours. Kim...you have to be happy, because I'm not going anywhere at the moment...But I will be soon. Just please, you hang in there a little longer too. I miss you too, and I love you." he had been saying everything outloud, muttering it to himself, but it also echoed inside his head, as though reaching out to Kimiko.

He closed his eyes again, to see her position had moved and she was looking at the door. She tilted her head. She knew no one was there, but oddly, she got up and checked. Raimundo could sense she already know...then it struck her. He also felt that too.

"Rai...he was trying to talk to me!" she whispered, worriedly, but also excitedly. She didn't want to know that he wasn't coming back soon, but she was also happy to hear the voice she knew and loved.

Raimundo heard the words spoken by Kimiko...The words made him happy, but the tone stung him even more than if he'd been hit with a frying pan on the side of the head.

"Kim...please, don't talk like that..." that's the last thing he said to her, and he knew she heard it, but was confused. He was broken away from his thoughts by a sudden call. The voice sounded soo familiar, but he couldn't pin it.

With Kimiko...

"Kim...please, don't talk like that..." She waited for more...but it never came. The only time she had spoken to Raimundo in days...and she got cut off! She felt like exploding on the next person that talked to her, and yet...crying to them too. There was a knock on the door, that made Kimiko snap her head to one side.

She hissed, then snarled, "Who is it?"

"Omi..." Omi was reluctant to answer as he heard her voice.

"Oh...sorry Omi...thought it was Clay or Dojo...Come in!" her voice totally changed.

"Why would it have been different if it was Clay or Dojo?"

"Well, not so much of Dojo, but he would just mumble, and Clay..well he doesn't want me in here. Thinks I'll get all emotional. She rolled her eyes at the thought, but then smiled at her friend.

"Are you alright Kimiko?"

"Omi...this may sound crazy. But I came in here, and yeah I was thinking Raimundo couldn't hear what I said, but I sensed it Omi...He could hear it, I know..."

"I believe you Kimiko, but how?"

"I don't know, it must have been something that happened inside his mind. And...The best part is, since he heard it, he got to reply. Omi, I heard his voice!" She squealed for the first time in a long time, and it surprised Omi a bit.

"Oh, I wish to hear Raimundo's voice...Please, how do I do it?"

"I'm sorry Omi...I don't know." Omi looked down a little sadly, but then looked back at Kimiko when she spoke again. "He talked to me first. Next time he talks to me, I'll be sure to find you...Okay?"

He grinned and nodded, soon to become embraced in a hug by Kimiko.

"Thank you Kimiko! It would be mooost wonderful to hear Raimundo's voice."

"Yeah...It would." Kimiko looked down at Raimundo with a surprised expression on her face. He had a small, cocky smiled on his lips, which made Kimiko happy.

'At least he's happy...for now." She smiled at the thought. She led Omi out of the room and over to their room.

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As Kimiko drifted to sleep, she heard whispers, and their door open and close, but decided to ignore it.

Dojo had come in and woken up Omi on accident. Omi crept to Kimiko's bed with Dojo wrapped around his head to see her lips curved into a slight smile. Omi and Dojo then both smiled and went to sleep.

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Holy flip I'm soo sorry I haven't updated. And sorry that chapter didn't have much detail. I don't think a lot of people are reading this anymore because it's taking too long for me to update. cry please review to tell me I still got some fans out there. So sorry! I've been really busy, but I'm going to finish up this fanfiction, and focus of Foreign Exchange so please don't expect an update from that for a bit, unless I get major writers block on this one. Thanks to all who still read/review. I won't talk cause I gotta get started on the next chapter, thanks so very much guys! Tell me what you think:)