Title: The Apple of Newton
Fandom: Xiaolin Showdown
Characters: Rai, Kim, Omi, Clay, and Dojo
Prompt: 053:Earth
Word Count: 896
Rating: PG
Summary: Thanks to Dojo, Rai and Kim have to go into a unstable cave to retrieve a Shen-Gong-Wu. How will they make it out?
Author's Notes: The title can't get any crappier than that. Earth because caves are made of Earth.

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They closed in on a nearby cave. Weary of its unstable condition, the Dragons of Fire and Wind were hesitant upon entering.

"Is Dojo sure about this?" Kimiko asked.

"As sure as Omi and Clay going into a cave that won't collapse," Raimundo replied. That didn't rest her nerves.

"I guess we have to watch our step then." Kimiko took a hesitant step in. Feeling the ground for loose spots. Rai followed her steps.

"What Shen-Gong-Wu is this anyway?"

"It's the Apple of Newton. It pushes your opponents into the ground until the user releases them."

"Great, a Shen-Gong-Wu that pushes you in a unstable cave," Rai muttered.

They continued watching their steps until they saw something glow. It came from the corner where the ground meets the wall. They cautiously walked over to it and saw a golden object with ancient markings on it concealed into the ground. Kimiko reached out her hand to take it out but Raimundo grabbed it and looked at her.

"Careful, we wouldn't want a sudden cave in."

She nodded and continued to reach out to brush away the dust until the golden object was to be a golden apple. She carefully picked it up and a smiled graced over her lips. Then they heard a propelled sound coming in their direction. They quickly got up and looked to see the familiar unusually pale skin and red eyes that belonged to none other than Jack Spicer.

"All right, Xiaolin losers, hand over the Apple of Newton before I send in my Jack bots to kick your butts!" Jack shouted while Kimiko and Raimundo shushed him.

"Shut up, Jack. Any sudden moves and this cave will collapse," Raimundo hissed. Jack instantly realized that he was right. But then he got to thinking, for once.

"How do I know you're not lying?" he asked. Raimundo slapped his forehead while Kim let out an annoyed sigh.

"Just look around you." Jack did as Raimundo suggested and saw the unstable ground and ceiling. Then, a light bulb appeared over his head. He hovered away, leaving a perplexed pair.

"What's he doing?" Kimiko asked.

"I don't know, but I don't like it." She agreed with him.

Then they heard a whizzing noise coming in their direction. The object causing the noise stopped in front of them. They realized that it was a bomb. They looked at each other and knew that they had to get out of there fast. They started running towards the entrance and heard the bomb explode and the unstable cave started collapsing behind them. The ground peeling away below their feet. It eventually reached underneath Kimiko and she started to fall. She let out a scream and Raimundo stopped and looked back to see Kimiko falling.

"Kimiko!" he yelled and ran back to her and grabbed her hand before she fell down the crevice. She held up the apple to him.

"Take it and go. I'll catch up."

"No way, I'm not leaving you."

"You have to."

"No. If you die, I'll die with you," he said as a smile graced on her lips. "Wudai Star, Wind!"

His element came for him and managed to lift Kimiko up to him. He held her in his arms and dashed with the aid of the wind. He jumped through the entrance and out of the cave with her still in his arms. They opened their eyes and saw the entrance completely blocked. Kimiko looked around frantically.

"Where's Jack?" she asked.

"Probably left and thought that we wouldn't come out alive," he replied.

She smiled up to him.

"Rai?"

"Yeah?"

"Did you mean it?"

"About what?"

"That if I die, you'll die with me?"

He smiled down at her as well.

"Of course. Without you, I'd probably go insane." The familiar glint flashed before his eyes.

They leaned in and their lips almost touched until...

"Raimundo! Kimiko!" They heard Omi's familiar voice shout. They pulled back immediately and saw their friends go toward them.

"We could not find the Apple of Newton so Clay thought we should aid you. Why are you sitting so close like that?" Omi added with question marks hovering over him. Kimiko and Raimundo looked at each other and then back at the others.

"Because... Dojo here nearly sent us to our death bed," Rai said and added a glare to the dragon.

"Me? How was I suppose to know that all the caves look the same?" Dojo said in his defense.

"Oh yeah sure, a cave that looks like it was just about to collapse looks exactly the same as one that isn't," Rai said sarcastically. "Especially when Jack Spicer throws a bomb inside."

"That must mean you got the Wu, right?" Clay asked.

"Yup, right here," Kim replied holding up the apple.

"Excellent, now we shall get back to the temple and, as Raimundo would say, fill," Omi said. The others thought hard as to figure out what he said.

"Uh... lets go with chill," Raimundo finally said as he and Kimiko got up and walked over to the now enlarged dragon. But Kimiko grabbed his arm and stopped him.

"Rai? What happened back there..." she trailed off. He smiled down at her.

"Don't worry, it's our secret."