"Dear Kimiko,
Meet me at the cherry trees tonight.
Love, Spack"
"Who's Spack?" Kimiko frowned, deep in thought. "Only one way to find out..." Kimiko grabbed an overcoat and slipped out of the temple unnoticed. She ran swiftly through the trees, seaching for any sign of life. Unknowingly, she bumped into someone and they tumbled to the ground. Their breathing suddenly quickened as Kimiko squinted through the darkness to see who it was...
"Jack? Why do you keep 'visiting'?! If you're trying to get Wu, go try and get it so I can beat you to a pulp!" Kimiko stood up and dusted herself off, glaring condencendingly upon Jack's sissy face. Jack stood up shakily and ran a hand through his hair.
"But..I'm Spack." Kimiko scowled and smacked Jack upside the face.
"Stop stalking me, you freak." Kimiko sauntered away from Jack and his pitifulness.
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The next day, Master Fung gave the monks the whole day off. Raimundo continued to teach Clay and Omi to play soccer, and Kimiko sat outside playing (it just arrived in the mail the hour before) Goo Zombies 15 and watching the boys at their sport. Kimiko had just finished level 8 when an email popped up.
"Sorry. Spack" Kimiko scowled and deleted the message, before closing her laptop and joining the boys.
"Hey, guys. I'm in. Me and Rai versus you two."
"Fair enough! I will punch your heads!" Omi shouted, grabbing the ball and throwing it down on center field. (Punch your headskick your butts). The small round-headed orphan called out to his power. "Wudai Neptune Water!" A giant wave came and crashed down on the makeshift field and the other three monks fought to stay afloat in the fake tsunami. Kimiko rose above the water and summoned her element.
"Wudai Mars Fire!" The ensuming blaze evaporated the water and threw the ball to the other side. Raimundo flipped after the ball, sticking his foot out and slamming the ball into the other team's goal.
"Whoo! First score!" Rai grabbed Kimiko around the waist and swung her around in glee. Her face colored and Rai placed Kimiko back down on the ground. Omi pouted and reset the ball. Clay and Rai faced off. Clay got in first kick, using his element to send in right next to the goal.
"Wudai Crater Earth!" Omi jumped into a follow-up with his 'Repel the Monkey' move. The ball missed by a inch, and bounced back to mid-court. Raimundo dribbled the ball to 3/4 field and passed it to Kimiko, who missed it. Clay caught the ball and dribbled it toward the other side, unaware that Rai was about to ambush him.
"Wudai Star Wind!" A whirling North Wind hit Clay and the ball head-on and whisked them away to the goal. Kimiko tipped the ball just a bit, and the ball had officially scored.
"Yes! Two to nothing! Still gonna 'punch our heads', Omi?" Kimiko taunted, laughing through their obvious victory. Omi stared up and Kimiko in a small rage.
"YESIWILLISHALLHAVEVICTORYVICTORYISMINENOONECANDEFEATME!!!!" Omi flew into a fury of victory demands.
"Guys, y'all are obviously gonna win, so how 'bout we forfeit and we can all relax, pard'ner?" Clay offered, tipping his hat.
"Sure, why not. You guys were gonna lose anyhow." Raimundo shrugged and sat back against a tree. Omi sat down right where he was and pouted. Clay grabbed a rope and started practicing his lassoing. Kimiko booted up her laptop and resumed her game of Goo Zombies 15.
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"I have got to stop being so stupid! If she's ever going to like me, I have to show her I'm better than Raimundo!" Jack glared at his soccer-loving rival as he hovered in the trees where he'd been spying on the dragons.
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Kimiko sat alone in her room, as she did every evening. She booted up her PlayPod(Seventh Generation) and loaded Goo Zombies 15.
"Load game, single player, level twenty-seven...start game." Kimiko's eyes glazed over as she immersed herself in the game, mumbling out commands as she selected them. A second player joined the game and started obliterating zombies left and right. "Wow, you're good..." Kimiko paused the game to see who second player was: Raimundo.
"I used to play it back in Brazil, when they first started selling Goo Zombies down there." The two finally got to the boss level and started to slash at the giant goo-covered zombie dinosaur. About three minutes later, goo-dino was down for good.
"What's it like, in Brazil?" Kimiko questioned.
"It's...home, you know? Like when you back to visit Japan, you always feel at home, no matter where you are." Raimundo ran a hand through his hair. "We-my family and I-lived in the better part of Rio de Janeiro, but it was still kind of...ghetto."
"What's your family like?"
"They're different, my sisters were always very bossy and had a temper(kind of like you, Kimiko), and two of my three brothers were very shy. My third brother was very tough and really...a big jock. But we were all still family...I can't believe I haven't talked to them since Chinese New Year." Raimundo looked mildly downcast as he reminisced about his family. Kimiko put a hand on his shoulder.
"I'm sorry I was prying..it's just, I wanted to know more about you. I mean, we've been training together for nearly four years and I still know almost nothing about you." Kimiko looked up into Raimundo's eyes, wondering what really went through his head. Rai broke their gaze and restarted the game, beginning level twenty-nine. They talked and laughed their way to level forty-six, when Raimundo finally glanced at the clock.
"OMG it's already midnight! I'd better go...Master Fung is going to kill us when he sees how tired we are in the morning. Bye, Kim." Raimundo winked and began to stride out of Kimiko's room.
"Wait." Kimiko stood up and caught Raimundo, who turned around and gave her a quizzical face. Kimiko pulled his arms around her and leaned on his chest, her ears ringing with the sound of his heartbeat. "Thanks...I don't usually get much one-on-one time with any of my friends out here in China..." Raimundo studied the small girl that had enfolded herself in his embrace...he liked it. Kimiko stared up at Raimundo and kissed him sweetly, thanking him for their time together. Raimundo was surprised, but didn't break the kiss, enjoying her lips against his. Kimiko smiled and let go of Raimundo, who stumbled out of the room, holding the kiss next to his heart.
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A/N: Fluff! A chappie full of FLUFF! I luff FLUFF!...this chapter really had no point...except to have more FLUFF!(And make poor Jack madder.) FLUFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(Marshmallows, anyone? They're free...why, you ask? Because they're FLUFFY!!!!!!!!!!!!)(I'll stop with the FLUFF!!!!!! outbursts now...FLUFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)