Title: Day Two
Fandom: Xiaolin Showdown
Characters: Rai, Kim, Omi, Clay, Toshiro, a few guards (my ocs), the receptionist (my oc), Jack, May (my oc), Jesse
Prompt: 021:Friends
Word Count: 1,942
Rating: PG-13
Summary: AU Kimiko stayed in the hotel all her life until one day she snuck out and ran into someone who helps her understand the world better.
Author's Note: By the way, I forgot to say on the last update a welcome to all my new readers. Your comments brightened me up and I do hope that you stick with me towards the end. So, with that said, here's Part 2 of 7. Enjoy. :D

Day Two

Raimundo walked down the street towards the hotel. He looked up and thought that he couldn't believe he was going to do this, over a girl! He walked through the rotating doors and was amazed to see the high quality marble covering the floors and walls and the biggest diamond chandelier that he has ever seen. He steadily walked over to the reception desk and stood before a woman in a top notch suit.

"Can I help you?" she asked.

"Uh... yeah. Could you direct me to the Tohomikos'?" She looked at him with suspicion.

"And what, may I ask, is for?"

"Uh... Kimiko forgot her cell phone," he said as he took out her pink phone and showed it to the woman.

"How do I know it's not yours?" He looked at her rather annoyed.

"Why would I have a pink phone?" She tilted her head one side and picked up the desk phone and dialed some numbers. He then took another look around the lobby and saw the many rich people that were squandering around and taking a clear advantage of their greed. Never once in his whole life did he feel out of place.

"Sir?" He turned back to the woman. "As it turns out, Miss Kimiko is missing her cell phone and a guard has been sent to pick it up." He looked a little disappointed.

"Uh... Actually I was hoping I could bring this to her myself. Y'know, you can't really trust these guards nowadays, right? I mean, I'm sure she would be upset if these so called 'guards' would just go and steal her phone. And correct me if I'm wrong but isn't that a felony?" She gave him a look and went back to her desk phone. He smiled at his achievement as he waited. Then he saw a man in a suit walking over to him. He raised an eyebrow as the man approached.

"This man will escort you to the pent house," he heard the woman say and turned rapidly to her.

"The pent house?" he asked rather surprised as the guard lead him to the elevator. Which had to be the most awkward he has ever experienced. He glanced over at the guard what seemed like every five seconds. "So... uh... How long have you been guarding Kimiko?"

"Ever since her mother passed away," the guard said at once.

"Her mom died? That's gotta suck. How long has it been?"

"Twelve years next March."

"Wow. And she's roughly my age so she had to be... at least three or four years old."

"Three years."

"... OK then..." The awkward silence once again resided in the small space. The elevator came to a final stop and the doors opened to reveal a long corridor leading to a single double door at the end and two more guards outside them. They walked down the hall way and he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. The guard escorting him showed the two guards his badge. The two guards opened the doors and Raimundo's eyes widened even more. He stepped into the threshold and surprised to see how big everything was. The windows, the couch, the TV, even the fridge. He glanced outside the wall covered window and saw the city from above instead of below. Then he heard footsteps going towards him and he turned around and saw Kimiko's smiling face. He let on a smile as well and somehow, his worries went away. She walked over to him and stood before him.

"Hi," she said.

"Hey," he said back. He stuck his hand inside his pocket and took out her cell phone. "Here, you dropped this." He handed her phone and she took it only to linger on his hand.

"Thanks."

"So..." he said cutting the awkward silence that followed. "What happened last night? With the cops and all." She looked down to her feet.

"I... sorta... snuck out." He raised his eyebrows at her.

"You? Snuck out? I gotta say, Kimiko, you just keep on surprising me."

"Yeah well, you would too if you were stuck up here all your life." He averted his gaze back out the window.

"How could anybody get sick of this?" he asked not really thinking.

"You just do." He looked back down at her and saw the misery in her eyes and the pity resurfaced. He placed his hand on her shoulder and she looked up and saw his reassuring eyes. She gave a smile. Then, unexpectedly, she wrapped her arms around his neck.

"I never said thanks for yesterday," she whispered in his ear and, understandingly, he hugged her back.

"Kimiko?" They pulled away and turned to see Toshiro come in. Then she grabbed his hand and dragged him over to her father.

"Papa, this is Raimundo. The guy I told you about." Toshiro eyed Raimundo carefully.

"This is the boy that took you out to the arcade?"

"Uh... yes sir," he said sheepishly. "And I gotta tell ya, she left most of the guys there crying because she beat everybody's scores."

"Yeah, including yours," she added with a laugh.

"Sad enough as it is, yeah." He looked at her father and saw he still had his stern look and immediately deflated. "Uh... I know it's a little unorthodox and all... but with your permission, I would like to take out your daughter to maybe a movie or something." She turned to him with a questioning look. He looked at her and smiled. She smiled back.

"Well..." They turned back to him and saw his features soften. "My daughter seems to like you, let alone trust, fine. But only if you don't let her out of your sight."

"I wouldn't worry." She continued to smile as she hugged her father for doing such, for her, a wonderful thing. Then she grabbed his hand and dragged him out.

"Have her home by ten!"

A couple of hours later, they came out of the theater with sodas in their hands.

"That was so awesome!" she exclaimed. He let out a laugh.

"You really have been stuck up there, haven't you?"

"Well, yeah. But what can you do with an overprotective dad."

"All right you got me there. Hey what's that over there?" he asked while pointing in one direction.

"Where?" She turned around to where he was pointing and immediately, he felt a cool sensation run down her back. She let out a yelp as she reached down her back trying to reach the stray ice. She turned to him to find him laughing. She then had a mischievous face as she reached inside her cup and took out her ice and threw it at him. He looked at her with a playful smile.

"Girl, you're going down." He threw his ice at her and she retaliated back. When they were out of ice, they resorted for the drinks. Laughing hysterically. Seeing as he ran out before she did, he approached her and wrapped his arms around reaching for her drink. Then she dumped the remaining onto his face. She stepped away from him as he rubbed his face. Trying his best to removing as much as possible.

"You look so stupid!" she laughed.

"You don't look so good yourself!" he retorted. They managed regain control to look themselves over.

"Oh my gosh, we're gonna be sticky," she said as she swiped her arms.

"Don't worry about it, I know the perfect place."

They walked along the beach with her boots in her hand. She couldn't help but look at the beauty of the sun setting into the water. He looked down at her as she gazed. He couldn't believe that a girl like her was stuck in one place almost her entire life and yet he knows her for two days and already he feels as if he has known her all his life.

"So, what are you thinking about?" he asked.

"Huh? Oh I was thinking about yesterday and today. And I was also wandering what would happen if I never ran into you."

"Heh, you'd probably still be running around the city until you eventually got lost."

"What makes you say that?"

"Well... When me and my family moved here when I was a kid, I wandered off into the city. Man, my parents were so worried about me. They called in a couple of cops to look for me and my older brothers searched everywhere. I never been more scared than anything in my life. I mean I was alone. And I didn't know anybody then. So, it was getting dark and I needed someplace to sleep so I just stopped by this random stoop and slept on it. Then somebody poked me and that's when I met Clay. Really, his parents were great. They took me in until the cops came and ever since, Clay has been my best friend." She looked at him with intent.

"Wow. It's a good thing I had you then, huh?" she said with a smile. He smiled as well and managed to fumble on his step but did catch himself.

"So... what about Omi?" she asked.

"What about him?"

"How did you meet him?"

"Oh, funny story actually. Clay and I found him digging through a garbage can one day."

"That's not funny."

"Yeah I know, but you gotta understand. Omi's an orphan." Her eyes widened.

"Really?"

"Oh yeah, his dead beat parents abandoned him at the orphanage when he was born. The little guy was a mess until we found him."

"That's awful."

"You're telling me. He's still a little touchy about it so we swore not to mention any bit of it. And now it includes you."

"Oh well, don't worry about me. Secrets safe."

"Well, I wasn't worried to begin with." They stopped and faced each other.

"You're not worried about me?"

"Why should I? You're a big girl and as far as I can see, you can handle yourself." She gave him a smile. For her, those words meant a lot. At last, someone who didn't treat her like a baby but a person. She got closer to him and stood on her toes to give him a kiss on the cheek. He blushed as she pulled away. And for a second, he wasn't aware of his actions when he got closer to her.

"Hey Raimundo!" He pulled away quickly and turned to see his friends running down the beach towards them. "Hey there Kimiko! Didn't see you there!"

It was getting close to ten when they finally came back to the hotel. They both had big smiles on them as they reminisced on the game of Frisbee that they shared with Clay and Omi. They split into teams: Clay and Rai vs Omi and Kimiko. Omi and Kimiko won. But all the while, Raimundo couldn't help but flirt with her as he tossed her around.

They stopped in front of the rotating doors and they faced each other. She gave him another hug and pulled away.

"Thank you, Raimundo. I had a great time today," she said.

"Yeah, so did I." She stuck her hand inside her pocket and took out her cell phone.

"Here. Put in your number." He took it and saved his number in it and gave it back to her. Then she turned to enter the hotel, but then she turned around. "Y'know, I don't know what I'd do without you." She stepped through the doors and left him to contemplate. He then swiped his hair with his hand.

"I must be going insane," he muttered.