(A/N:) Well...if your wondering why I'm updating faster than I used to, it's 'cause I had this big project that we had months to work on, and I'm done with it. So, yeah...and XI2 still isn't updated, because some people are kinda helping me with it. Even the famous authors had help with their stories form friends and family! READ & ENJOY!
That night, after training, Raimundo lied under the stars with a large smile on his face. Annie lied next to him. He looked at the stars and pointed out constellations to Annie. She knew them all, but she felt so happy to hear them said by a living person. Annie rested her head on Raimundo's chest. Raimundo paused for a minute, then went back to pointing out the stars. Annie fell asleep listening to his heart beat. Raimundo smiled. He stopped naming the stars and planets and shut up. He picked Annie up and quietly carried her to his room. When he passed Kimiko's, with the door wide open, he noticed it was still the way it was before Kimiko had died. He smiled to himself, knowing that she was in a better place. He laid Annie on his bed and kissed her on the forehead. He laid himself on the floor and fell asleep.
The next morning he woke up on his bed and saw Annie sitting in a near by chair reading his journal. He hadn't written in it since Kimiko had died. He got up from his bed and snatched the book from Annie's hands. Annie had a shocked look on her face. She just shrugged it off and left the room.
Raimundo followed her out and noticed she was going to the new room. She sat down in front of the piano and placed her fingers on some keys. Her fingers didn't press down on the keys, but a melody played into his head. He sat down next to her the bench. She just stared at the keyboard. This time, instead of the angelic melody of a caring guardian angel, he heard the melody of an angel of love. He smiled and looked at her serious expression. She continued to play the melody, and Raimundo got even more hypnotized. Raimundo leaned more towards her and then all of a sudden, her melody came to an end and Raimundo forgot what he was doing. He stood up and began to leave.
Annie followed him to the dinning hall. Raimundo smiled to Omi and Clay. They looked at each other with confusion. Raimundo had a sadder smile than he had the day before. Raimundo sat in a seat with an empty one next to him, where Kimiko used to sit. Annie sat there and tried to run her fingers through his hair. His hair didn't budge, but Raimundo felt like it did. Omi and Clay ate their breakfast quietly. Raimundo didn't even reach for his silverware. Annie hugged her knees against her chest. She began to hum a happy melody. Raimundo reached for his silverware and ate quietly. Her melody kept flowing through Raimundo's head, and he became a little happier. His smile had changed from a sad one to a happy one. His friends were surprised. Her melody sounded like it would never end, mostly because he didn't want it to end. But, it did end, beautifully.
Raimundo left for the garden after breakfast. He began to meditate until he heard Annie say, "You haven't said anything since last night."
"Neither have you," he said.
"Well, I'm not used to having people being able to see me. I remember when I wasn't used to people not being able to see me. I was a mess, trying to tell people which way to go, but the thing is, I have to do it myself," she smiled.
"It must be hard," Raimundo whispered.
"What's so hard?" she asked.
"Being dead. Unable to be seen or heard by most humans. Unable to tell your true feelings to the ones you loved. That's what's hard," he whipped a tear from his eye.
"I'm just glad you can hear and see me," she said. He blushed at this comment. They looked into each other's eyes. Annie blinked a few times before she figured out why Raimundo was leaning towards her. She had begun to lean back when Clay and Omi came out side of the temple shouting, "Raimundo! Master Fung needs us inside!"
Raimundo turned away embarrassed about how he almost kissed somebody only he could see and got up and left Annie to finish figuring out what was happening. After a moment she got up and ran after him, into the temple.
"Raimundo, training today is a way to strengthen your abilities to defeat Chase Young," Master Fung said as Annie entered the room.
"What are we doing?" Raimundo asked.
"We are mastering our abilities in being able to sneak around, and to sense when somebody else is sneaking around," Master Fung said.
"I can walk through people, so it doesn't matter," Annie laughed.
Raimundo tried his hardest not to laugh along.
"So, Master Fung, what's first, partner?" Clay asked.
"Trying to blow out a candle in front of me," Master Fung said.
Most of the lights in the room turned off and a small candle was lit in the middle of the room. Raimundo, Clay, and Omi hid in the shadows, while Annie stood in front of the candle and tried to blow it out, failing every time.
Omi quietly snuck to behind Master Fung and tried to flip over him and blow out the candle. Master Fung stood up and turned around and pushed Omi to the ground.
Clay was in front of Master Fung and looked right through Annie and jumped towards the candle and got hit in the face by Master Fung's fist.
Raimundo watched Annie's movements. How she could never be noticed, no matter how obvious it looked. He got an idea. He moved in one direction and then another. He repeatedly did this and then he back flipped against the wall and pushed himself off and spun. Master Fung didn't notice him and he was right facing at the candle when he was passing it. He blew it out and the room was dark.
The lights turned back on and Master Fung had a bright smile on his face. Omi and Clay gave Raimundo a hug. Raimundo thought about how Kimiko could have just used her fire powers to shrink it to be so small, it didn't submit that much light.
"You did it," Annie said with a smile.
Raimundo went back outside, with Annie on his tail. It was dark outside now and the clouds in the sky looked like snow clouds. Raimundo sat on the roof of the temple. Annie sat next to him. They looked each other in the eyes and leaned towards each other. Raimundo couldn't fell her breath on his lips and he felt a little uncomfortable. He pulled away as the first snowflake fell into his hair. Annie sighed. She jumped off the roof and went back inside. Raimundo just sat there, watching the snow slowly coat the ground with a white blanket.
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