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Chapter 3: Find the nightmares to be too much?

Master Fung looked at the strange girl before him. This was very odd indeed.

Omi looked at both his teacher and Xain-Li. He was not the only one with an odd feeling.

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"Rai, something seems strange about this. I dunno about that girl Omi was talking about," Kimiko looked at Raimundo.

"Yeah, well. Omi seems to have the same feeling. But, who's countin'? I have this feeling we'll be seeing Matt again," Raimundo returned the gaze.

Kimiko sighed and went back to messing with her food. "I hope not. Last time, he almost killed you."

Raimundo looked at his plate, fiddling with his chopsticks. How is it that he'd been living in China for over three years now and he still didn't know how to use chopsticks? "I know. But I couldn't help it. I had to fight him, you know that."

Kimiko looked at him, a very hurt expression on her face. "It was how you went about it that scared me, Rai."

"I was trying to protect you, the world. It was a last resort, Kimiko!" Raimundo returned the look with a more frustrated expression, finally dropping the chopsticks.

"I don't care! It was scary and I didn't like the fact that you fought like that. That ancient Dragon almost took over you!" Kimiko's blue eyes reflected pain, fear.

Raimundo sighed, about to respond when he noticed Kimiko's parents giving them very odd looks. Out of embarresment, his cheeks turned red. He converted to a hushed whisper. "I know that. I'm planning on being more careful next time."

"You're planning on using it again!?" Kimiko yelled. "Rai!!"

Raimundo placed his head in his hand as a furious Kimiko stood up, ready to storm out. "If I have to!"

Raimundo's stern tone kind of scared Kimiko. He'd been close to death twice. She didn't want to see him in that position again.

Kimiko turned and ran out of the dinning hall, tears falling from her eyes.

Raimundo sighed as he stood up. "I'm sorry for the disturbance."

Kimiko's parents looked at eachother as Raimundo walked out an opposite exit.

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Clay walked over to Omi and Master Fung, who were standing by a strange girl.

"Clay, my friend!!" Omi ran up to him.

"Hi, partner," Clay lifted his hat slightly. "Who's that?"

"That is Xain-Li. The girl I told you about," Omi glanced at the girl.

"Oh, right," Clay walked up to Master Fung and Xian-Li.

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Raimundo lay in his bed, staring at the ceiling. He ussually didn't sleep much anyway due to all the reaccuring nightmares he had, but tonight, he couldn't sleep because of a feeling. He felt so guilty. Kimiko really loved him, cared about him. And he had done it again. Set aside her feelings for his own. He felt guilty about it, yes. But he didn't really know how to aproach her and tell her he was sorry.

Raimundo cursed slightly as he thought about how horrible it was that he couldn't get over his fear of talking about his feelings. He had never been good at it, never. He could never talk to anyone about how he felt. When he was scared, when he was young, he would curl up under the covers and pray that the feeling would go away instead of going to talk about it. Maybe that was his reason for being so closed.

Kimiko had tried so hard to try and open him, when they were younger and then now. But no matter how hard she tried, Raimundo wouldn't let her in. It was something he regretted fully. He didn't want to fix it. He knew he could, but it just didn't seem like something he could really do.

Raimundo turned over, muffling a cry as his elbow hit the corner of the bedside table. Instead, he sighed. Maybe this feeling would pass. Maybe he could sleep tonight...

-------Raimundo's dream--------

Raimundo's dad looked at the knife on the counter. His eyes reflecting how he was craving the pain. He wanted the pain.

Raimundo's dad reached for the knife, his wife was heard walking down the steps.

The only thought that was running through his mind was how he wanted the pain...pain.

A scream of pleassure and pain could be heard from the kitchen as Raimundo's mom ran in and tried to muffle a scream.

Blood. The only thing that could be seen besides Raimundo's father.

-------Reality---------

Raimundo woke with a start. The feeling of guilt was gone for now, but what took it's place was worse, the nightmares were back. And to top that off, he was pretty scared. He hadn't been there when his dad killed himself. He just saw something he didn't want to see.

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Uh...sorry for the vivid nightmare. There's a reason this story is rated T. It's T for a lot of violence. But, unfortunatly, it was nessasary. Raimundo's nightmares are somewhat important in this story now. Um...sorry for underage viewers who thought that it was a bit much. Once again, nessasary.

One more thing: Sorry for it being so short. It was supposed to be based more on RaiKim, a bit more of Raimundo though. Sorry for not having so much of everyone else. I'll make up for that in the next chapter.

Well, I have a few more things to say to my reviewers:

rAiKiMlOver455673: You also seem to love all my Xiaolin Showdown Stories too. Thanks so much for the support.

XiaolinFireGirl: Yeah, I was talking about the one before that: 'Raimundo and Kimiko 4ever'. It's okay, I was just worried you might not know what I was talking about with some of the stuff.

I'm so horrible with long chapters!! Esspecially when I run out of ideas!! T-T I hate writers block.

2hyper4life:OH NO!!! Run away!!! Maybe you could give him some bbq ribs and he'll leave you alone. lol. Hurry! Don't let him see you! sees the headless Clay, screams and faints.

Thanks for da funny review!! I'll update if you keep reviewing.

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