Title: Opposites Over The Same
Fandom: Xiaolin Showdown
Characters: Rai, Kim, Jack
Prompt: 098:Writer's Choice
Word Count: 1,535
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Have you ever wondered why opposites attract? She'll tell you why.
Author's Note: Once again, I looked through my writing file and found this lying around. As I reread, I realized how much I hated it and completely revised it. It was originally a one-sided JackxKim and all RaixKim so that much hasn't changed. Also, they were in their 14-15 year old and now this was bumped up to 17-19 year range. So now you have this satisfying story. PG-13/T just to be safe. Oh! I almost forgot! I can't believe nobody got the reference from the last chapter. Anybody who watches Lost would know the famous peanut butter jar scene between Charlie and Claire from season one. Tsk tsk. Oh well. Enjoy the one shot. :D

"NOOOOOO!" Jack screamed at the top of his lungs as he was plummeting to his defeat. The scenery went back to normal and he landed on his front. Looking up at Raimundo's triumphant face while he was holding all the Shen-Gong-Wu. He looked up at him angrily.

"Way to go, Raimundo!" Rai turned around and saw his girl running up to him and jumped into his arms. Making him drop all the Wu. She gave him several kisses from his cheeks to his lip. Jack watched anger rupturing in his stomach. The others came not too long after and congratulated Raimundo for his winning Xiaolin Showdown. He thanked them of course and soon boarded Dojo to fly back to the Temple. Leaving Jack with nothing. No Shen-Gong-Wu. No Kimiko. Nothing.

He activated his helibot and flew back home. Where he sulked some more. Hanging his coat on a nearby chair and slumped into his chair. Looking at the blue prints before him for another Yes-bot. He groaned in frustration. He couldn't get anything he wanted. None of his robots worked to their precision and with Wuya gone, he had no one to talk about conquering the world or Shen-Gong-Wu. But what really got his mind whirling was Kimiko. Oh how he wants her. But she wasn't his. She was Raimundo's. He couldn't deny that. But he hated that it was Raimundo. There was no other he hated more than Raimundo. He always gets everything. Friends, leadership, and love. Jack hated him so much.

He slammed his fists on the desk making everything jump. Including a jar filled with pens and pencils. Even a couple of marbles rolled out. Rolling towards his clenched fists. One stopped in between them and he stared at it. And idea formed.

The next evening came and he waited outside the gate. He looked around to see if any monks were near as he crept through the grounds and made sure that he wasn't seen. He then managed to walk into the building and crept silently through. When a monk came around the corner, he would either hide behind an over sized vase or hide up in the rafters. Soon, he reached his destination which the monks four separate rooms (Raimundo made sure that they would get their own rooms for privacy purposes) and went into one that was marked 'Fire' on the door. He went through and saw nobody was in there except a mat lying on the floor and Tokyo and techno posters plaster the walls. A desk holding her computer, printer, MP3 player, and anything that's electronic. He let on a smile and thought how much they had in common. He stepped through the threshold and waited by the desk.

It was getting close to dusk when Kimiko stepped through the door after she kissed Raimundo goodnight. With a big smile on her face as she thought how about perfect her life was going now. And it was thanks to Rai that made it so wonderful. She stripped off her robe only to reveal her bra. She picked up her tee shirt that Raimundo lent her and slowly put it on.

"Geez, I didn't know you were easy, Kimiko." Her eyes widened as her heart raced. She turned around to see Jack sitting at her desk with a satisfied look on him. She let out a scream and jumped nearly three feet.

"JACK! YOU SICK BASTARD! GET OUT!" she screamed at the top of her lungs as her hands lit up on fire. He let out a scream and held up his hands in defeat.

"Relax, I just want to talk," he said in a small voice. If possible, her angry face just got even more angrier.

"You?! Talk?! I find that hard to believe!" She advanced to him and he coward into the chair.

"No really, I-I just want to talk."

"Why?" Sensing she eased up a bit, he lowered his hands but remained in a coward state.

"What do you think?" She let out a groan.

"For the last time, I don't like you. And besides, I'm with Raimundo now."

"I know, I know. That's what I want to talk about," he said, a little braver (and yet, a little sadder) than before. She raised an eyebrow.

"About Rai? What about him?" she asked, her hands now extinguished.

"I was just wandering." He rubbed the back of his neck and stared down at the floor. "U-um... Why do you like him so much?" Both her eyebrows lifted as she stared in shock. Nobody has dreamed to ask her such a question. Nor did she find it necessary to ask. But then she got into thinking that maybe he asked her that was to find some sort of diabolical plan based on what she tells him. Either way, she found it to be very suspicious.

"Why do you want to know."

"Because I'm curious. Is it that whole 'leadership' thing he's got going or that whole tall, dark, and handsome thing or-"

"Just stop there, Jack. You're going nowhere with this," she said, interrupting him. He stared at like he was getting mad himself.

"Than what is it?" She let out a frustrated growled. Not just from thinking up reasons why she loved him (she didn't need to think about that), but from who it was coming from.

"I don't need to dignify that with a response," she said, slumping down onto her mat but keeping her straight composure. Jack let on a sly smile as he watched her.

"You don't know, do you?" She sent him a frightening death glare.

"Of course I know."

"Than why don't you tell me?" She let out a breath of air that she didn't know she was holding.

"Because it's you." It was his turn to send her a glare as she smirked.

"Com'on, Kimiko. Work with me here."

"Why do you want to know so badly? For all I know, you could use what I say against us." He looked surprising at her. He didn't think it that far, but it was good prospect for later. But now, he just wanted to settle things.

"I only ask because," he sighed. "What does he have that I don't?" Her eyes widened for the second time that night. "I mean, we have a lot in common. We both come from rich families and have a love for technology. As far as I can see, Raimundo doesn't have any of that." She stared at his crest fallen face. She couldn't help but pity him as she watched him tell her this. It was finally then that she decided to cooperate.

"It's because of that that I love him." He stared back to her again.

"Huh?" he asked. Clearly confused by what she said.

"I love that we don't have anything in common. That way, it gives us a lot to talk about. He tells me story's about his life in Brazil and I'm always interested on how he can manage to come back with a smile on his face. Sure we argue every once in awhile, but they always end with us laughing or kissing. Keeps our relationship interesting and fresh." He blinked as she finished with a dazed look on her face. It was clear that she was in love with Raimundo. And Jack knew that he loved her back just the same. He knew that he was fighting a losing battle, but now he knew that the battle was already lost. To that, he got and she got out of her daze and stared at him. He slumped his shoulders as he walked over to her window. She noticed his sad face as he opened it.

"Jack?" He turned back to her with no change to his expression. "I'm sure that there's a girl out there that wants to be with you." She gave him an uncharacteristic smile. He blinked and then let on a smile as well.

"You think?" She nodded and for the first time in a long while, he actually felt good. He bid her farewell and said that they were enemies again until the next showdown. And she thought she wouldn't have it any other way. But since he got her to think about Raimundo for a little while, she thought she should pay him a visit. She got up and opened the door a tiny bit to see it anybody was out in the hallway. She let out a sigh to see nobody was there. She tip toed to Raimundo's door to see it marked with "Wind". She knocked on it and waited for a little bit to hear him groan on the other side. She watched the door open to see his tired eyes look down on her.

"Kim? What's up?" he asked while stifling a yawn.

"I was wandering if I could come in," she said with a slight seductive voice. His eyes widened and then reflected her very smile.

"Well of course you can," he said as he stepped out of the way to let her in and closed the door behind him.