Aww…I guess this is the price I pay for not putting up the last part of this trilogy up sooner. Lol. I'm talking about reviews ppl! AHH! Cmon! Reviews help me get through the day…XD. Oh well.

Chapter 3: Reunion

Kimiko's P.O.V

It was…

I couldn't speak. "Raimundo?" Omi asked in disbelief. "Yo." was all he said. "Raimundo, partner! You're alive!" Clay exclaimed. "Barely." he said with his trademark smirk. "Well, if it ain't my dawg, Omi." exclaimed the young man. "Jermaine?" Omi again asked in disbelief. "The one and only!" He said. "STUPID!"

WACK!

Raimundo's P.O.V

"Ow! Stop doing that!" I yelled. "Well, maybe if you weren't such a creep!" Kimiko yelled out. She started to cry and bang on my chest. "OW! OW!" I yelled in pain. "Kim! Stop it, you're reopening his wounds." the young girl exclaimed. "Keiko?" Kimiko looked around frantically. "Yep." She jumped out of my arm and hugged her. I just smiled. "So, I'd love to chat in the middle of nowhere but let's go back to the temple." I said bluntly.

Once we were inside, Omi prepared some tea for all of us. "So why appear to us in cloaks?" Clay asked. "Well, if we were in plain view we would've been attacked in an instant." Jermaine stated. "Another question, why are you two here?" Kimiko asked. "Well, funny story." Keiko said. "Yeah, I was on my way to pay you guys a visit when I saw this huge explosion. I ran as fast as I could to see Rai badly hurt. After I left the Xiaolin ways, I studied to become a surgeon." Jermaine explained. "Jermaine was an apprentice of Daddy's!" Keiko exclaimed. "Oh that's right! You're dad is a top notch surgeon isn't he?" Kimiko said. "Boy, am I lucky or what?" I said. The room became dead silent.

Jermaine's P.O.V

"What? Did someone die in here?" Raimundo asked irritably. Obviously, Raimundo failed to see the irony in this. "Raimundo, let me see your bandages." I asked. "Okay." He took of his monk robe to reveal that his entire body was wrapped n bandages and that a red blotch had appeared on his side. "Oww…" he moaned in anguish. "Alright, I'll fix you up." After redoing the bandages, I saw that he wasn't too happy with the reaction of his friends. "So, don't I at least get a hug?" he asked. Kimiko came over to his out stretched arms. She walked very unstably and I could see tears starting to well. She was about ready to slap him again but she stopped as he flinched. She stood there with her head hung low. It was almost as if she were lifeless.

It shook. Her head bobbed, she was crying. Raimundo finally saw this and hugged her. "Why?! Why did you have to disappear for three years!? Why'd you have to make me worry and believe you were dead for three long years! I couldn't even bear to live without you. How cou-" "That's quite enough now." he said cutting her off. "At least, I'm here now, right?" He asked. She lifted her head to look at his face and they kissed.

Keiko's P.O.V

'OHHH! How romantic!' I thought to myself. It was just so cute! It was almost as if this was a love story. "Kimiko brings up a good point. Why'd Raimundo leave for so long?" Clay asked. "Well, I took him to Tokyo. For surgery. Then there was a healing and resting stage. When he asked to go back, I refused and trained with him instead." Jermaine explained. Rai broke off for a second, "He kicked my can all around." Then went back to his own reunion. I laughed. "Wow!" Omi exclaimed suddenly. "What? You've seen them kiss before." I said to him. "No, not that. Raimundo actually wanted to train? Unbelievable!" He started to laugh hysterically. Raimundo broke off again, "I don't get what's so funny, seeing as we three saved your guys' butts!" "Well, I guess this is 'Thank you!!' then?" Kimiko said.

Raimundo's P.O.V

Ah! It's good to be back. But I was glad that I rose from those ashes. Even so, it was Jermaine who really saved my butt.

Flashback…

"Raimundo! You shouldn't even move in that condition!" Jermaine shouted. "I don't care!" I yelled, "I need to be back with the others. With Kim. Ugh." I slumped to the floor. "See? Don't be a hero or rather, in your case, a fool." Jermaine helped me up. "Stop trying to stop me!" I pushed him off. "Unhh!" I felt numbness throughout my body. Yet I still walked over put on my stuff. "Raimundo!" He put a hand on my shoulder. "Back off!" I shouted and a gust of wind blew him back a bit. "Kimiko…" was all I could remember after hurting Jermaine. Then I blacked out.

I remember the doctors saying that my injuries had started to close and that within the next two years I could leave. 'Fat chance of that!' I got up and gimped my way back to the two blades of wind and the Crest of the Condor. "Yo, hotshot!" Keiko yelled, "Jermaine says that he knows you well." I laughed. "Yeah, monk stuff." "You know, I've been learning from Jermaine some martial arts." Keiko said proudly. "Great…" I said sarcastically and left.

Jermaine stopped me in the hallway of the hospital. "Alright, see that empty lot? Prove to me that you can really stand up, that you're 'okay' fight Wuya or Hannibal Roy Bean, let alone, Chase Young." "Fine" I replied. We walked over to the lot and Jermaine started stretching. I tried to but it hurt so I faked it. "Alright, tough guy, give me your best shot!" He said. "Unh, right. Wudai Star, Wind!" I shot a blast of violent torrents and yet he just stood there. "Crap." "Is that the best you got?" "No, Typhoon Boom, Wind!" I shot a more concentrated blast and he waved it away. "What?!" He pretended to yawn. "That's it! Don't Mess Around with ME!" I did the unthinkable…

"Crest of the Condor! Blade of the Nebula! Sword of the Storm!" They all glowed. "HAH!" Razor sharp winds violently cut everything in sight. Spotting Jermaine, I ran and swung with all my might. I yelled. I saw red liquid. It was blood. However, Jermaine stood there holding the Blade of the Nebula in one hand and his other hand in my stomach. I knew it wasn't a strong punch. In fact, it was gentle. It was later I realized that I reopened my wound in my rage, trying to strike Jermaine. Later, in the hospital bed, Jermaine came into my room. He said something about training with him to fight Chase. I had no idea at the time, training with Jermaine was intense. He was stricter than Master Monk Guan. He had perfected what he had learned with Chase as his physical exercise. Training with him daily had increased my stamina, strength, and courage. It was almost life changing. Keiko also had changed. We became apprentices, in a sense.

I'm glad that training paid off as Keiko and I became training partners.

End Flashback…

"Excuse me but this is an emergency!" a monk cried out. "What is it?" Omi asked. "Jason has appeared with Jack and…and…" "And what?" asked Keiko. "Wuya…"

This might have appealed to you as boring but the entire war isn't going to be the story. It'll end probably in a good 5 chaps. More or less. Then comes the… review if you want to know the other half. Though it could be a waste of time…lol. Just review so I'm not sad.

--xxAngelofDethxx