Chapter 6: Arrival: Torn

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"Oh!" Xian-Li looked behind her, her eyes going wide.

"Who's that?" Omi asked suspisiously.

"That's him! That's him..." Xian-Li turned around again.

Raimundo looked out the window as they landed in China. He sighed as he got up, grabbing one of his bags.

Kimiko sat there for a minute, watching Raimundo get up and get off the jet. Finally she decided to get up and follow him - afterall, Omi and Clay had been waiting for awhile now.

As she climbed out of the jet, she was kind of suprised to see Raimundo waiting for her with his bags.

"You waited?" She asked, half showing she was shocked.

"We have to go together. Besides, I'm still your fiance," Raimundo smirked, sending Kimiko in a whirl of memories.

"Right..." Kimiko grabbed her bags and looked at Raimundo. "How are we supposed to get the rest of the way there?"

Raimundo extended his hand, which Kimiko took, and threw her into his arms bridal style, making sure she had the bags. Then he began to run, backing himself up with his wind powers. Kimiko let out a squeal of suprise, and a bit of happiness because she remembered how he did this with love before. But she was quickly slipped back into reality when she remembered the fight they had.

Raimundo noticed Kimiko's face fall, "What's wrong?"

Kimiko looked up at him with shock, "You're talking to me?"

Raimundo looked ahead of them and scoffed, "You think I'm going to stay that mad at my fiance? No. I love you too much. But if you think that's the way I am..."

Kimiko looked up at him. She suddenly felt really guilty. "I'm sorry, Rai. For reading your book...and for thinking that."

"I'm sorry I reacted like that. It's just..." They stopped about twenty feet from the temple and Raimundo put Kimiko down. "That book is really special to me. I started writing it when my mother died. It's how I express my feelings because I can't tell anyone...I felt horrible after her death. You probably figured that out, you were open to a pretty metaphor filled page. I really needed you."

Kimiko nodded numbly. "Yeah, I bet you did feel horrible. I'm sorry I invaded that personal space..."

As Kimiko trailed off, they heard an earsplitting scream. They looked at eachother and raced off toward the sound.

Omi lept up, Clay at his side. The man tilted his head in mild confusion and amusement.

"Hn...I think this shall be quite fun..." The man hissed, taking a few steps forward. At this point, they could clearly tell what he looked like. He had a black mask with red swirls leading to his left eye, he was wearing a black cloak that came up to his chin, bandages were seen wrapped around his ankles and he had a pair of sandals on. His hair was blue and wildly messy.

Clay looked curiously at the man. "Who are you?"

"Hn...What's it to you?" The man sneered, preparing himself for a hopeful battle.

"We just want to know!" Omi said defensively, pulling out a shen gong wu.

The man was silent for a minute, as if thinking it over. "Dahera."

Xian-Li got up and turned around, now facing the masked man.

"I came here for the girl, so, if you're going to move, then move..." Dahera prompted, getting ready to lunge.

"Okay, I will..." Omi smirked, pulling out his all famous wu and shouting it's name.

Raimundo looked around, searching for the girl that had supposedly screamed. But he sweatdropped when he saw Emily wrap her arms around Jack's neck who had probably come to greet the trio.

Rebecca and Matt were talking about something with Jack. Raimundo tried to inch closer, muttering, "If only I could get a bit closer..."

Kimiko looked at them, pulling out the Mind Reader Conch.

(when Raimundo and Kimiko heard the scream, then going to the present)

Emily screamed when they arrived in China, upon seeing a tall red-haired boy. "It's Jack!!"

Matt and Rebecca sighed as they watched the other girl giggle and wave out the window.

As soon as they landed, Emily flew off the plane and into Jack's arms. "Jacky!"

Matt and Rebecca climbed off the plane and grabbed their bags. Walking over to Jack and Emily, Matt spoke, "Well, well. Did you really come all this way just to see Emily?"

Jack looked down at his girlfriend, then back up to Matt. "No."

Emily gasped and wrapped her arms around Jack's neck.

"I came here to tell you something," Jack had a business like tone in his voice.

"Really? And what might that be?" Matt slid his arm around Rebecca's waist.

"We have more than just Chase to worry about," Jack looked at Matt and Rebecca seriously.

"Hm...Keep it down, we're being watched," Matt pulled his voice down to a whisper. "How do you know he's a threat?"

"I just do. I keep up on these things. How do you think I knew you were coming?" Jack smirked at the blank expression on Matt's face.

Matt quickly turned his head. "I thought it was a coincidence."

"Well, it wasn't," Jack reverted to his frown.

"What do you want me to do about it?" Matt glared at Jack.

"Just keep your eyes open. We can't loose because of your slip-ups," Jack turned to leave, Emily clinging to his arm now.

Matt ground his teeth. How dare he! My slip-ups? What about him?? "Sure..."

Jack and Emily walked off, leaving Matt and Emily to stand there, stunned.

Kimiko tried to supress a giggle, only half succeeding. "Wow..."

Raimundo grabbed Kimiko's wrist and started back toward the temple. "C'mon, we have to tell Master Fung that Matt, Rebecca and Emily are back."

Kimiko nodded and they began to run toward the Xiaolin Temple.

Dahera sidestepped as water splashed down next to him. "C'mon kid, for me to be able to step out of the way, that's pathetic."

Omi ground his teeth. How did he dodge that?!

Clay looked at Xian-Li, who looked pretty scared.

"Master-" Kimiko and Raimundo stopped at the doorway.

Dahera turned around to look at the two intruders. Looking at Raimundo, one thought crossed his mind: That kid looks strong...

Raimundo looked the man up and down, then smirked.

Clay took the distraction the couple gave them and used his signature move. Clay looked at Dahera's back and yelled, "Wudia Crater, Earth!"

Dahera turned around, looking at the giant crack in the Earth that Clay was making. With a small grunt, he lept up and grabbed a pillar on the ceiling, then quickly climbed out and disappeared.

"Who was that?" Raimundo asked, walking in and trying to avoid the giant hole in the ground.

"Dahera, he's after Xain-Li..." Omi pointed to the green-haired girl beside him.

Raimundo looked at the Chinese girl and nodded in understanding. "Another threat. How wonderful."

Another update!!! I am so proud. Oh, and Dahera, he's based off of a character on a show called Naruto. But with my modifications.

Heylin-Shadow: You're just as impatient as me. Half the stories I read refuse to update! One of the stories hasn't updated in over a month...scowl Ah well, sorry to keep you waiting so long.

I work hard on this. Writers block sucks...And, I kinda like the RaiKim distrust thing too, I'm working so hard on making sure it doesn't turn into something too common, because distrust between them seems common.

I'm so proud this story is perfect in your eyes. I hope I didn't disappoint you this time. I didn't want to put anymore new characters in, really I didn't. But I couldn't find anyone from the show who fit the discription perfectly. I almost put Panda Bubba in instead of Dahera, but decided against it. Hope you still like it...

rAiKiMlOver455673: Ah, sad and good make the perfect combo, don't you think? Don't give me a headache too (jk)!! I just got rid of mine...

Luiz4200: I suppose I'm doing okay if you're still reviewing...T.T

2hyper4life: Yeah, that would be one of the only Soap Operas I'd like...I hate Soap Operas...shudders at the thought of having to sit through one

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