Wind Blows Fire Away
Chapter 25...Back to Normal
Kimiko woke up the next morning to the soothing and soft, yet strong and ferm arm of Raimundo wrapped around her waist. She smiled slightly, ajusting his arm just right, so she could squeeze out. That was the good thing about if you have Raimundo's death grip around you, you can move his arm, to squeeze out, yet not wake him up. She giggled and opened the door, only to stop and turn softly. She smiled at the sight of Raimundo sitting up, dazed and still half alseep in the bed. Omi and Dojo moved to Clay and Raimundo's room, giving Raimundo and Kimiko a room, so they could have a night alone.
"Hey Kim...how long you been awake?" Raimundo climbed out of bed.
"Just woke up..sorry."
"For?"
"Waking you up."
"Oh no...I have been awake for a while. Just didn't want to bother you."
"I see." She smiled. "Thanks."
"You're welcome!" he walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her waist, and she wrapped her arms around his neck, and they kissed passionatly on the lips. The lip-lock held for about two minutes until they heard a knock at the door.
Raimundo opened the door slowly and saw Nick standing in the doorway smirking.
Kimiko laughed stupidly, "I'll be in the bathroom." She took her bag and dragged it through the doorway quickly.
"Welcome back Rai..."
"Thanks Man. I heard that you really helped Kimiko out. I appreciate it."
"Heh, well I only took her out for a day along with Omi to get her mind off of things."
"You gave her hope...that she could be happy...even with out me." Raimundo sigh looking down and rubbing the back of his neck.
"Well you're here now. That's all that matters."
"Hey...Umm, I'm pretty sure-" he laughed for a second, but went back to his sentence, "we need to be back at the temple soon...soo if you want to spend the last...how ever much time we have, with us...you're welcome to."
Nick hesitated...Raimundo changed the subject before he said anything back. But Nick decided to shrug it off. "Aight...I'll consider it." he looked serious for a moment, killing Raimundo's generous mood.
"Well okay then...I won't offer anything else." Raimundo turned, pretending also to be serious. After a moment he turned back around and looked at Nick for a second, then they both burst out laughing.
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Kimiko had just turned off the water to the shower (wow quick shower :P), and heard Raimundo's laugh. She had been longing to hear him purely laugh without any anger, or upsetness (not sure if it's a word, but sorry) or heck, even having his mind fully on the subject.
She picked out what she wore the first day of their vacation on the plane to wear. Her hair was straight and red under a skate board helment. It fit perfectly with her red top and a black unzipped jacket, red wristband and light blue skirt with shoes that turned into rollarblades (as seen in "In the Flesh" and sorry, I worded this exactly the same as last time, but it seemed easier lol) When she opened the bathroom door, there was Raimundo waiting for her patiently.
"Ready?"
"Yeah...Let's go!"
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Everyone was out in Rio having a good time. Omi found himself a hat, Clay found a nice cowboy hat surprisingly, because he was very picky about what hats he would wear, Dojo found himself some very good cat treats (Dojo and his eating habbits :P) Kimiko found herself a nice locket, and Raimundo and Nick got a bit of a joke from when they were younger. It was a fake little palm tree that had 'Amor De Palma' carved on the trunk. They both laughed when they found one. Everyone looked at the two confused.
"'Amor De Palma' means 'Palm Love' in English." They laughed again, and the others laughed pathedicly. None of them got what was so funny about it, especially Omi.
They went out to eat, then Omi, Clay, Dojo, and Nick went wondering off somehwere, leaving Kimiko and Raimundo alone once again. They roamed the streets until they came to a beautiful beach. The same one Raimundo spend so much time at when he was a kid, and the one he spent a lot of time with Sam. It was also the same one Nick took Omi and Kimiko too the other night, so they both reconized it.
"You've seen this?"
"Yep. Nick...yeah...couple nights ago I think."
Kimiko wrapped her arms around one of Raimundo's and smiled, leaning her head on his arm. They stayed like that for a while until they moved closer to the water. Then Kimiko let go and unexpectedly pushed Raimundo, so he went head first into the water. She giggled until he lifted her up, despite her struggled and put her into the cold water. She screamed playfully, and there they began splashing and dunking eachother. When night rolled into the city, they decided that since they were leaving the next day...They should go back to the hotel. When walking back, They met up with everyone else, but before they went back, they decided to take a picture with a view of the beach. They asked a young couple to take a picture. One with Kimiko's cell phone, and the other with Nick's camera. They said their thanks, then walked back to the hotel.
On their way, Dojo started twitching feriously.
"Dojo? What is it?"
"It-its...a...Sh-Shen-Go...Gong-Wu!...Th-the Ring of Illusions (I know I used it before...but sorry, I had nothing else in my mind at the moment, and the is a pretty cool Shen-Gong-Wu you have to admit :) lol)...The wearor...has the ability to make any illusion that looks fake to only them, but real to anyone else."
"Where?" Kimiko asked.
"Right here in Rio."
Everyone looked at eachother, and Dojo super sized. Flying close to the water line, Kimiko, and her great sense of fashion :P, Saw something shining in the sand ever so slightly.
"Down there!"
They swooped down and Kimiko went to grab it, but her hand landed ontop of Jack Spicers.
Jack looked like he was in shock to see Raimundo behind Kimiko, but he smirked when he saw the sly but thankful grin on Kimiko's face.
"Kimiko...I challenge you to a Xiaolin Showdown!"
"Name your game Jack!"
"Hmm...The first to swim to the Ring of Illusions wins! You're Star Hanabi against my Orb of Tornami. Omi was confused...last time he checked, he had the Orb...but wait, he brought it to find Kimiko in Alaska...Jack must have took it along with the other Shen-Gong-Wu.
"I accept your challenge Jack! Besides...I'm already wet."
"Let's go, Xiaolin showdown!" They both called together.
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The scenery changed, and a little sand platform formed to carry Raimundo, Omi, Clay, Nick and sort of Dojo and Wuya. The water got deep, and the ring was floating in the air about a mile away. (maybe a little more, but not less.) Everyone gaped at the distance, but knew that Kimiko and Jack were both determined. It was a VERY useful Shen-Gong-Wu, not to mention powerful.
"Gong Yi Tan Pie!" They both again called together.
Jack began to swim full speed towards the Shen-Gong-Wu. He was a surprisingly good swimming, and he was probably half a mile farther than Kimiko.
Kimiko was swimming slowly, but keeping the same speed the whole way. When she finally got to quarter distance, she closed half the gap between her and Jack. He slowed down a lot, and now she was getting closer and closer...
Jack was struggling to find his fastest pace, and he never really liked to swim, so he wanted to get this over with. He glanced backwards to see Kimiko closing in fast. If she was still going the same pace she was when it started, she had to be nuts and he must have been going really slow. He kept pushing but it wasn't enough.
"Kimiko...I let you win the Mantis Flip Coin, Time to give me my Wu back!"
"No way, you can have the stupid coin. This is playing for a NEW Shen-Gong-Wu, so I'm NOT giving up."
'Then I'll have to make you!' Jack grinned to himself, and stopped. "Orb of Tornami!"
Kimiko, who was frozen in an ice ball struggled. She was totally stuck, besides her head, being able to move a little under the water. "Fire!" she called, melting all the ice around her into water. It was now like she was in a little egg filled with water, because she hadn't melted ALL the ice. "Star Hanabi!" Soon she shot out of the water and onto the strip of ice Jack had made for her on accident. She speed skated down the strip, until it got thinner and thinner. Soon she had to flip, and land with one foot infront of her.
'Grr, Jack! Time to cheat! Please work!' "Weapon of Wielding!"
"Hey, that wasn't wagered!"
"I'm evil! That's what I do!" He aimed the sword at the ice, and luckily for him, fire came out and melted the ice faster than Kimiko's sharp mind could accumulate. She flipped into the water, and made everyone nervous because she didn't come up for a while. Jack was about a quarter distance away from the Shen-Gong-Wu, when Kimiko flipped into the water at half...He was going to win!
Soon everyone saw bubbled, which made them still a little more nervous, but then Kimiko popped up and yelled, "Orb of Tornami!"
"WHAT?!" Jack stopped dead in his tracks to see what happened behind him.
"When you used the Weapon of Weilding you dropped the Orb!" Kimiko jumped back up on the ice, and this time, she made it thicker, and also wider. She went as fast as she could, and Jack was still tired from his speed swim at the first point in the race. Finally she was neck and neck with Jack, but that soon changed when she passed him up. She flipped in the air once again, and while flipping she knabbed the ring.
The scenery changed back to normal and Kimiko now had three Shen-gong-Wu. She smiled at Jack as he flew back to the hotel rather quickly, flying out of everyones sight in a matter of minutes.
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When they all got back to the hotel, they went to their original rooms, Kimiko with Omi and Dojo and Clay and Raimundo together.
They all slept perfect that night, knowing for the probably only the second or third normal night of their vacation the whole time. But what seemed like seconds, but had really been hours, they had to get up and leave for the airport. They checked in and got their tickets, and said good-bye to Nick.
Everyone boarded the plane, Everyone sitting pretty close together this time. They chatted and laughed until the flight took off, then they all watched a movie.
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When the plane took off Nick left the airport happily. He got to see his best friend, his girlfriend wasn't friends with some evil witch, and his best friend was happy, along with Raimundo's girlfriend. Some pretty amazing things had happened to him in the last however long they'd all been there, but he knew, that it was definatly something he wouldn't forget.
Walking back to the hotel just for the moment...He saw Katie talking to one of her good friends that she spend time with whenever she wasn't with Sam. Now, Nick had a strong feeling this other girl would become best friends with Katie, and it wouldn't be a fake friendship. Opening the hotel door he saw Sam hugging this...Jack Spicer guy. After he let her down from his arms, they kissed.
It took all of Nick's willpower not to burst out laughing, but instead he just chuckled, walking up to the counter and making sure, in the rush of this morning, that Kimiko checked out of her and Omi's room and Raimundo or Clay checked out of their room.
With the dragons and Dojo...
As Dojo landed in the training area of the temple, Master Fung went out to greet them. He waited for one of them to say something as they all got off of Dojo.
When everyone stood in a line, Omi to the right on the very end, to his left was Kimiko, to her left was Raimundo and to his left was Clay and Dojo was curled around Omi's head.
Raimundo sigh and then chuckled, "Well...That was one HECK of a vacation!"
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Well, there's the end of Wind Blows Away Fire! Wooterness! I hope everyone enjoyed the fanfiction! I loved the end line especially planned. I had the whole part planned ever since I wrote the chapter of Kimiko dreaming she killed Raimundo. cough Anyways, please review...final review for this fanfiction, so put some thought into it people. Thanks for reading! A new fanfiction will start from me in maybe the next one-five days. Thanks again, I really had fun writing this fic. Well, happy hunting in the fanfiction sight to you all, hope to get some reviews from you in later stories!
-Zestychicken2-