ANNA'S POV

I woke up the next day in Raimundo's arms, and I smiled to myself. His mother was nowhere in sight, and I now had full liberty to be with my amazing fiancé. I leaned in closer and brushed my lips against his in a gentle kiss. I felt his body move next to mine, and I broke apart to see that Raimundo was awake.

"Hey there cutie." He said with a sly tone of voice that made me shiver a little. "Were you trying to get some action in while I was asleep? That wouldn't be any fun." I smirked a little at his comment and brought myself even closer to him.

"Just consider it your wake up call." I said with a purr.

"Then maybe I should let you wake me up more often." And with that, Raimundo brought his lips crashing down on mine, and we started to kiss each other with fiery passion. His hands slipped down to my hips and he rolled me over to where he was on top. I pouted a little and pulled away from his soft lips. "What's wrong?" he asked.

"I want to be on top." I said with a cute little pout on my face. Raimundo smirked a bit and rolled over to his back and allowed me to straddle him. I let my emotions guide me into another warm kiss, and my hips started to grind against my fiancé's crotch. He smirked into the kiss only to be interrupted by the loud feminine voice of his mother.

"Oh Raimundito! I have a surprise for you!" she called, and the two of us sighed.

"Please, ignore her." I said pleadingly, but Raimundo shook his head.

"I can't." he said, and he reluctantly got out from under me to go to his calling mother. I watched his retreating back leave the room, and only when I was sure he wasn't in earshot, I started to cry. Kimiko was walking by the door and she heard me and walked in.

"Hey, what's wrong Anna? Where's Raimundo?" she asked with genuine concern. I stifled a sob and told Kimiko what was going on, and she grew furious. "I can't believe him!" she yelled.

"But Kimiko, it's not his-"

"Of course it's his fault! If Raimundo loves you as much as he says he does, then he would tell his mom to back off! I don't know what his deal is, but you better say something to him." I thought about what Kimiko said and nodded my head weakly.

"I guess you're right." I said with a meek smile, and she gave me a triumphant smile and left to go find Clay. I remained on my bead for a little while longer, and then decided to go find Raimundo. I made my way to the kitchen, and I saw him there talking to his mom. He had an upset look to him, and his mother was happily chatting away. I couldn't help but feel like something was going to go terribly wrong. After a few more moments, Raimundo came my way with a saddened look.

"Hey." He half whispered half growled.

"What's wrong Rai-Rai?" I asked with a slight purr, hoping that it may make him a little happier. Unfortunately, it didn't work.

"My mother has invited someone from my past to stay here for a while." He said with the same melancholy tone. "Someone, I hoped to forget."

"What, did she invite your worst enemy?" I asked, and he replied with one simple word.

"Worse." He was suddenly tackled to the ground by something, or rather someone. A girl was straddling his backside and squealing in delight. She had blonde hair that was pulled back into two long pigtails. Her brown eyes shown vibrantly as she giggled at the boy beneath her.

"Oh Raimundo! How I've missed you my love! I can't wait until our wedding!" she said, and my blood froze. Wedding? THEIR wedding? Tears started to tug at my eyes, and I could feel someone's icy gaze on me. I looked up to see Mrs. Pedrosa glaring at me with a triumphant smirk that made the sting of everything hurt even more.

"Manuela, get OFF of me! We aren't dating!" Raimundo tried to say, but he was being showered with kisses. I then found my voice and decided to ask what was going on.

"Ahem." I said, and the girl looked up at me. Her tan complexion was spread nicely across her body which made her look like the perfect girl for Raimundo, and it tore at my heart just thinking like that.

"Oh! Are you the servant around here? If you are, then this place is a complete mess. You should really learn how to fix this place up. I can't have my fiancé living in a dump all the time!" The girl called Manuela said to me. I couldn't believe my ears. Was this little prissy witch calling me the help? I don't think so!

"Um, sorry to ruin your fantasy, but I'M Raimundo's fiancé." I said with forced kindness. Manuela's brows furrowed together in mock confusion.

"That's not what Raimundo's mother told me. She gave me full permission to marry her son." She said and with that, she turned to Raimundo and gave him a full on kiss on the lips. I couldn't take it, I ran out of the room with tears forming in my eyes and I ran blindly down the halls until I ran into something…or someONE.

"Hey Anna, where's the fire?" Master Dai said jokingly until he looked at me and saw my tear stained face. "Whoa. Are you okay?" he asked with genuine concern. I tried to shake my head and tell my master otherwise, but he just put his hand on my shoulder and said, "Don't give me that. I've known you long enough to know when there's something wrong." I looked over at the older man for little while longer before I broke down into shuddering sobs again.

"Some stupid little whore came here and said that Raimundo's mom wants HER to marry Raimundo. She hates me Master Dai. Raimundo's mother can't stand me. Ever since she got here, she has been nothing but a bitch to me." I cried, and the temple master continued to console me.

"Don't worry. My guess is that Raimundo's mother just isn't ready to let her child go. All mothers are like that when it comes to their baby boys. My mom was like that when I almost got married to an amazing girl. I tried to break free of my mom, and when I did, I found my dream girl walking off into the distance with some other guy."

"Wow." I said feeling a little sorry for the monk and feeling a little better about myself. "That had to hurt Master Dai."

"It did." The monk answered mournfully. "But, with time I learned that I didn't need her in my life. I still care about her, but she left me for someone else, and I don't need someone like that in my life." The dark haired man smiled at me, and I too couldn't help but let my lips in curl in that contagious manner.

"Thank you Master Dai. I feel a lot better now." I got up and started to walk down the hallways towards my room, leaving the only young monk behind.

MASTER DAI'S POV

I watched as the young Dragon of Lighting made her way down the endless halls to the confines of her room. I then turned to the nearby pillar, my previous look of serenity gone.

"Alright Raimundo, come out." I said, and the young Dragon of Wind revealed himself.

"How did you know I was there?" he asked bluntly.

"Dude, you used the Shroud of Shadows, not the Shroud of Silence." I said and chuckled a little. Silence came between us, and it felt as if a wedge had been place in the middle of us.

"So." Raimundo finally said. "You don't think that Anna will leave me, do you?" he asked with uncertainty. I shook my head from side to side.

"I don't think she will, but you need to remember that you run your own life. Don't let what your mother does ruin that special bond you have with Anna. As I do recall, you were the one who saved her and brought her powers back when the evil Chase Young tried to use her to destroy everything." I said to the young brunette, and he seemed to calm down a bit.

"Yeah, I remember that." He said smiling. "Thanks Master Dai. I need to go talk to Anna now." Raimundo then left my side as well, and I beamed as I watched the younger boy's retreating back. For a while longer, I stayed there before I too left. I knew that there was someone else nearby, but I couldn't care a less.

NOBODY'S POV

Manuela stood behind the same pillar as Raimundo as she watched Master Dai walk away. Her fists were clenched and she was shaking with anger. She wasn't about to let some weird ass girl take her man from her. Especially when Mrs. Pedrosa never approved of her! The young blonde went tearing through the temple and found her way to the record room. Inside, there were countless files on previous endeavors that the Xiaolin Dragons had taken part of when they were younger. She came across a certain file with a red haired boy and a hypnotic looking pendant.

"Jack Spicer and the Window of Hypnosis." She read aloud as a wicked smile crossed her lips. She dug through the papers and found as much info as she could on Jack Spicer before reaching for her cell phone and dialing in his home number.

"Yeah, what do you want?" came a cranky voice from the other end.

"Hello, is this the infamous Jack Spicer?" Manuela asked sweetly.

"Yeah, and who wants to know?"

"Just a friend."

"What the hell is that supposed to mean?"

"Look, let's just say I need some help at getting back at a girl named Anna Rockbell."