Demonwolf: This chapter is for you too xxFireWarriorxx. Thanks for the song. Again. At first I couldn't get what mistake you've ment so I made my own. Hope you like it. So enjoy.

4.Learn to live again

(Raimundo's OPV)

I sat in my "room". Alone. My face's hidden in my crossed arms.

"I…I'm sorry Omi."

That's all I could say.

"I'm sorry."

'Why? For what am I sorry? For not being strong enough to rescue you? For letting you down? For destroing my own pride?'

"Without you nothing'll be like it was before."

'Of course not' said a voice in my head. Guilt. 'He'll never come back and that's just your fault. You'll never be able to protect the world. You can't even protect one people. The best is you give up and leave.'

'Maybe the voice's right? I'm a total looser.'

Before I could cotuine my self-pity, someone knocked on the door.

"Rai? It's time for training. Master Fung said we should train in the hall because it's raining outside."

I raised my head to look outside the small window that's in my room. Kimiko's right. It's raining. Usally I noticed when it started to rain. That's part of the soul connection of wind and water.

Staring out at the rain with a heavy heart
It's the end of the world in my mind
Then your voice pulls me back
Like a wake-up call

After my mistake I seemed to lost all of my good feelings. Just two weeks ago I would've be one of the happiest boys on the whole world just because Kimiko talked to me.

I went to the hall but didn't talked to anyone on my way. Kimiko and Clay had already started to train with their Wudai weapons.

During the training Kimiko looked serveral times into my direction. Her face's a mirror of my own feelings.


I've been looking for the answer
Somewhere
I couldn't see that it was right there
But now I know, what I didn't know

After the training everyone of us went back to his room to sleep. When I closed the door behind me, I was alone with my thoughts again, like four hours ago.

'I'm nothing. I am not strong enough to protect them. I'm their leader, I must…What? What do I have to do as a leader?'

After 2 hours of laying awaken and getting lost in my thoughts I stood up and went to the bathroom. When I passed the door to Kimiko's room, I could hear her singing quietly.


"Because you live and breathe
Because you make me believe in myself
When nobody else can help
Because you live, girl
My world has twice as many stars in the sky

It's all right, I survived, I'm alive again
Cause of you, made it through every storm
What is life? What's the use?
If you're killing time

I'm so glad I found an angel
Someone who...
Was there when all my hopes fell
I wanna fly, looking in your eyes"

Then she stopped. I cotinued my walk to the toilet. When I passed her door again, it was wied open. A littl bit curious I entered the room. Kimiko wasn't there. The walls were a very light orange where no posters and book shelves were covering up them. Next to her bed stood a table with a stereo and lots of cds on it. I walked over to the table and looked at the cds.

"Groove Coverage, Cascada, Kelly Clarkson, Avril Lavigne, Shakira, Jesse McCartney…"

I remebered the song…Kimiko…

Without thinking I put the cd in the stereo and pressed the play button.

"Because you live and breathe
Because you make me believe in myself
When nobody else can help
Because you live, girl
My world has twice as many stars in the sky

Because you live, I live"

"I didn't know you like pop." said a voice behind me. Kimiko.

"Sometimes. " I replied. "When I'm totally bored."

She smiled the soft smile I used to love.

"A new Wu has activated. Let's go."

"What is it Dojo?" asked the American boy.

"The Candle of Kimura. With the candle you can turn into nothing. Like the Shroud of Shadows but also noone can touch you. It's hidden it in a forest in France."

I walked through the forest and searched the Wu. The birds were singing and the sun's shining but even in this harmony the guilt won't leave me alone.

'He's dead. That's only your fault…Your fault…Your faul...Your fault.'

"Shut up!!!"

I began to run without taking care in which direction. When I couldn't hear the voice in my head anymore, I stopped.

"Hello Raimundo."

I turned around and faced Hannibal.

"What do you want?" I snapped.

He just giggled evilly.

Then I saw it. A black candle's jammed between two branchs of an oak.

I dashed to the tree and reached out to grap the Wu but Bean's voice made me stop.

"Why you're here? Why you're here alone?"

I tried to ignore him but I couldn't. His words flew directly into my mind.

"Stop trying to deny your past, Raimundo. He's dead and that's just your fault. You weren't strong enough. You're a bad leader and a lousy friend."

He sounded like my inner voice. Everything he said, was in my head for over two weeks now.

"Come on Raimundo. Give me the Wu and I won't harm your friends. You can protect them when you give me the candle."

'I can protect them?'

Without really thinking about my actions I gave him the candle.

"Good boy." With that Hannibal vanished.

'What I've done? Was it the right thing?'

An angry scream disturbed my thoughts.

"Raaiimuuuundoooo!!!!"

Before I could react Kimiko slapped my face and again.

Before she could do this once more, Clay pulled her away from me.

"Stop Kimiko. He's not himself anymore. He doesn't know what he's doing."

Because you live, there's a reason why
I carry on when I lose the fight
I want to give what you've given me
Always

Back at the temple I walked straight into my room, closed my eyes and fell asleep.

When I awoke again, Clay stood in front of my bed.

"Morning Rai. Hurry up. Dojo can sence a new Wu."

This time the Sheng Gong Wu, the Flame of Jun Han, was somewhere in Denmark.

We searched at the beach now for half the day.

"Here's nothing. Maybe it's somewhere different." I said to the others.

Dojo shaked his head.

"No no, I'm sure it's here. We have to keep on searching. We'll find it. Sooner or later."

"I guess later."

I looked over to Kimiko. When she noticed, I was watching her, she turned around. She hadn't spoken with me till we arrived at the temple.

I walked towards the sea. I used to love the water and I still do. I rolled up my sleeves and dipped my right arm into the cold salt water. It felt good at my scratched arms. I glanced back to my friends and there it was - the Wu. It lay between serveral rocks, so near that I could grap it.

But I didn't grapped it alone.

"Hannibal…"

"So here we go again, Raimundo. Just give me the Wu and –"

"Raimundo!!!"

Kimiko and Cloay run towards us.

"Don't trust him! He's a liar! It was not your fault!! Please fight!!" Kimiko yelled.

I didn't know why, but I belived her. All the time I was lost in self-pity but now from one moment to another it was gone.

"You've heard her, Hannibal. I'll fight. We'll dive for the Wu. Who graps it first wins."

"Hanibal nodded.

"Okay. Your Orb of Tornami against my Candle of Kimura."

Then we both yelled "Let's go! Xiaolin Showdown!"

The earth began to shake, everywhere appeared many different rock formations and few hills. On one of them stood my friends. Then a huge wave filled the rock maze with water.

"Gong Yi Tan Pai!"(Did I spell that right?)

I dived into the water after I'd created an air filled ball around my head.

The water was extremly cold and soon I began to shiver. On the walls were shining orbs which where as bright as stars and so I could see where I was.

I tried to find the Wu and began to create a map of the maze in my mind.

When I passed a rock with the form of an eagle skull, something tackled me. Hannibal. I wondered why he didn't use his own Wu.

I held my hands in front of me. 'Wudai Star – Wind!'

Hannibal was too slow to dodge the attack and was slammed against a sharp rock.

I swam as fast as I could. I could feel Hannibal's right behind me. 'Wudai Star – Wind'

I tried again to knock out my enemy. This time he just lost a little bit speed.

'I'm not strong enough.'

Then I heard a voice.

"Maybe you're not, but I am."

Omi.

"Wudai Neptun – Water!!!"

The attack hit Hannibal directly and it also destroied the rocks around me and so I could see it.

'The Wu!'

I swam faster than ever before. I could fell Omi helping me to get there.

When I touched it, the area changed back to normal.

"Thanks Omi." I wispered quietly.

"It's not your fault." he said.

"I know."

"Raimundo!!!"

I turned around and saw Kimiko running towards me.


Because you live and breathe
Because you make me believe in myself
When nobody else can help
Because you live, girl
My world has twice as many stars in the sky

"Thanks for not giving me up, Kimiko."

She smiled at me.

"You're welcome."

I pulled her close and kissed her.

"I love you. My world has everything I need to survive. Just because of you, Kim. You give me the strengh to move on. Because you live, I can live."


Because you live and breathe
Because you make me believe in myself
When nobody else can help
Because you live, girl (Cuz you live)
My world has everything I need to survive
Because you live, I live, I live

Demonwolf: Here we go again. Another story with a sad background. I reeeaaally need a happy story with happy lyrics. Okay guys, please r&r! See ya!!