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Chapter 4: Lock away my heart so no one can find it

Xian-Li turned her head. "So, there's only two of you? Better than just me."

Her voice carried a somewhat rude tone.

"No, there are two more, but they are on their way," Omi replied softly.

"Really?" Xian-Li's voice seemed a bit happier.

"Yep," Clay sighed.

"Okay, that doesn't seem too bad," Xian-Li looked at the ground.

"Is something troubling you?" Master Fung seemingly walked out of the shadows.

Xian-Li caught her breath, wishing they hadn't asked that. "No. I-I'm just a bit tired from running so much."

Omi looked at her curiously, but decided not to mention anything.

------------Tokyo, Japan---------------

"RAIMUNDO PEDROSA!!!" Kimiko yelled.

"REMEMBER THAT NAME!! YOU MAY NEVER HEAR IT AGAIN!!" Raimundo slammed his door shut and flopped down onto his bed. Maybe he had been too rushed in asking Kimiko to marry him, not really thinking it through. If he had thought it all the way through, he would have known that they might not have gotten along that well once they were together-without Clay or Omi.

---Kimiko's room---

Kimiko sighed as she walked into her room. Pulling her pillow up to her face, she began to cry softly. It wasn't fair. They were supposed to be perfect. Perfect. No. As close to perfect as they could get. But now, they were far from perfect. They were closer to hell's version of perfect.

A knock on her door snapped Kimiko from her thoughts. "Kimiko?"

"Mom?" Kimiko opened the door. "Do you really think Rai and I can be okay?"

"It'll take some work. You're so open, and Raimundo isn't. He needs you, no matter what you both may think," Kimiko's mother smiled.

"I guess..." Kimiko smiled back at her mother. "Do you remember what we were fighting about?"

Kimiko's mother laughed. "No. I couldn't understand your yelling."

-----Rai's room------

"Dang, this sucks," Raimundo went to his desk, looking through all of his papers and books. "HEY!"

Raimundo began frantically searching. "Did I pack it? I packed everything in my room! I brought everything!!"

"SO WHY CAN'T I FIND IT?!?!?!"

----------Matt---------

"Dangit!" Matt walked over to his drummer.

Rebecca was leaning up against a wall, watching in amusement as Matt harassed his band, looking for...his mike.

Emily suddenly went into histerics, causing everyone on stage to give her odd looks.

"Here," Emily held up Matt's "lucky mike".

"Theif," He snatched the mike and walked back over to his band.

"Sorry, jeez, jack-" Emily muttered.

"Ah!" Rebecca slapped her hand over her sister's mouth to keep her from finishing her sentence. "EW!!!"

"Hehehehe..." Emily sucked her tounge back in.

------After performance---------

"Wow, Matt! You're great," Rebecca attempted to flirt...a bit.

"Yeah, sure, Ow!" Emily rubbed her arm, muttering curses.

"Well, now that that's over, c'mon, we're going back to China," Matt turned, grabbing his bag.

"Wait, dude, you just got back!" The band's guitarist, Miku, walked over to him.

"So?" Matt looked at him.

"So, you write the songs. We barely memorized that song once you got back; considering you only gave us a week to do so. You leave, you come back, give us a week to memorize your songs, we perform, and then you leave again. What's so important about China anyway?" When Miku ranted, you'd be lucky if you could stop him.

"It's just important, okay?" Matt turned to leave.

"Uh-uh. Not okay, try staying here for awhile and relaxing, or helping us memorize your songs," Miku shook his head.

Matt sighed. "What, are you gunna break up the band if I don't?"

"I'll find a new lead singer. Whatever's in China must be better than this, right?" Miku suggested.

Matt glared at him. "Fine. Find a new singer."

"What?!" Rebecca, who had been listening to the whole conversation, almost screamed.

"Dude, you came up with the band, you're really gunna quit like that?" Miku stared blankly at him.

"So, was that an empty threat then?" Matt tested.

"It was. 'Course, I thought you came up with the band for a reason. Now, you can leave, we'll hold auditions as soon as you're gone," Miku closed his eyes.

"Look, it's just important, okay? My grandfather lives in China and he's having some issues, I need to go help him," Matt made himself looked concerned.

Nice act, Matt. Rebecca glared at her boyfriend. And really, you can make the lies sound real.

Miku blinked a few times, trying to register everything. "Um...okay?"

"Don't hold those auditions quite yet. It shouldn't take me that long this time, and I'll give you more time to work with the songs, okay?" Matt started walking away, Rebecca and Emily behind him.

"Fine," Miku turned his back.

-----Chase/Wuya------

"Why can't he just let this go?! Just leave?!" Chase hissed.

"He's your grandson, stubborn, like you," Wuya croaked. (A/N: Makes her sound like a frog...)

Chase sighed. "He's just asking for death. He can go down with the rest of the Xiaolin warriors."

-------Tokyo, Japan--------

Raimundo screamed. "Where is it?! I need to find it!!"

"Find what?" Kimiko walked in.

"A book. A very important book. I really need it," Raimundo turned to Kimiko, looking worried.

"What's it called?" Kimiko asked, starting to worry herself.

"No, I'll find it. I know I can," Raimundo began looking through some unpacked boxes. "Those poems meant everything to me."

Kimiko froze. The poem book. The book she'd been reading. The book she thought she'd given back. "Your poems?"

Raimundo looked up at her. "Yeah, my...book of poems...I've been...writing."

"It was on your bed!" Kimiko cried.

"I know, I packed it, but I can't find it!" Raimundo went back to looking through boxes.

"I wonder where it is," Kimiko slipped out of the room and went to her room. She began to search through her papers and books.

"I found it..." Kimiko whispered to herself. "Now getting it to him without him knowing I read it is harder..."

--------China---------

"So, you're an orphan, huh?" Xian-Li sat beside Omi.

"Yes," Omi said sadly.

"You might not believe it, but so am I. My family didn't want me because of my secret," Xian-Li smiled.

"What is the secret?" Omi looked up at her.

"If I told you, it wouldn't be a secret anymore, silly!!" Xian-Li giggled.

Omi looked back down at the ground. "Right."

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I hope that's long enough for you guys. You really like the long chapters...

Well, to my wonderful reviewers:

Luiz4200: Yep, yep, and huh? Very nice review, I suppose. Here's the chapter. I just wasn't sure if you were still reading the story or not. Glad you still are.

Heylin-Shadow: You're good at ranting. Well, I hope this chapter is long enough. Sorry I put so much of Matt and his band in, hope you don't mind too much.

Um...Well, I would go through all this in their PROV but for the fact that everyone else's stuff is just as important, I can't. Sorry.

9.9 out of 10? I must be doing pretty good.

rAiKiMlOver455673: Oh, how I wish making him so much more open was easy!! Unfortunatly, it's not. I'm still trying to keep them somewhat in character, make them out of character at the same time and still have a good story. Which makes that very difficult.

Uh...I kinda mentioned his dad commited suiside in the first story in Raimundo's past. Maybe it didn't stand out quite well enough. Hm...Just wait for his next dream! And yes, it is VERY disturbing. But I guess he was having some stress or mental issues. Maybe I'll elaborate on that...

2hyper4life: Eh, just playin' up some drama. Come to think of it, this story and the last story could make a very good Soap Opera. That disturbs me a bit...

Wow! It's alright, you're okay now, right? And sure, I'm not some selfish person though.

Lol. Glad, they make writing this story a bit easier. And thanks for sticking to the story!!!

XiaolinFireGirl: Everyone seems to feel bad for Rai...Yay! I did my job!!

Ah. Okay. Well, understood...I think...

Well, thanks so much guys!! You rock!! Please review!!