PT: Hi everybody! ;) I hope you like this chapter! I am hoping to be able to start a pairing in this chapter. You may already know what the pairing is…or not… Anyways, enjoy and please review!

Disclaimer: I have no ambition to own Xiaolin Showdown, but if it were up to me, I'd own it to have more seasons.

Kimiko crawled over to Raimundo. Wuya had taken them to a giant birdcage about as tall as Jack Spicer's house, with a diameter of 10 feet. She had left them with their hands tied behind their backs before she left, sniggering. Kimiko and Raimundo could see outside the cage, but there wasn't much to see. They were in a grassy field. All they could see was grass, in every direction. Kimiko doubted that they could get away easily. Wuya would definitely be watching and in this field, it won't be hard to catch the monks. The only thing they could do was untie themselves.

Kimiko nudged Raimundo. "Wake up!" she whispered fiercely. She wasn't going to sound desperate in front of him. It might give away how worried she was about him.

The Brazilian teen opened his eyes. They stared at Kimiko a moment before closing them again.

"Don't." he moaned wearily.

"Raimundo!"

Raimundo's eyes snapped open. His olive green eyes stared at the Japanese warrior. Huh. Now that I think of it, I never really told her how nice her eyes are. I've never seen a more brilliant blue color.

"Raimundo!" Kimiko snapped, "Stay awake and help me think of how to escape!"

She's cute when she's angry.

"How do we get out of here?" Raimundo asked, deciding to go along. It's not like he could go to sleep again. Kimiko would keep prodding him and even resort to beating him up if he won't heed her. Raimundo cringed at the thought. Well, if she does, we'll be touching each other at the very least. He shook his head. Huh? He had really just thought that?

He was so distracted by his thoughts that he didn't notice when Kimiko slapped him.

"Earth to Raimudo!"

"Whuh?"

Kimiko glared at the Xiaolin leader.

"You are our leader! We need to escape to help the others! Who knows what'll happen to the other monks if we aren't there? Master Fung always taught us about teamwork!"

Raimundo nodded, a numb feeling in his chest.

"Right."

Teamwork. It seemed to Raimundo that that was what stood in the way of having a relationship with Kimiko. He always cared for his friends. It felt wrong to have feelings for one of them. That would mean he favored one.

Raimundo stood up, the numb feeling still in his chest.

"What do you have in mind?" he asked.

Kimiko stared at him for a long time. The only sound was the wind blowing through the grass.

Finally, Raimundo broke the silence. "You were the one worried about escaping!" he accused, "Answer me!"

That seemed to do the trick. Kimiko snapped out of whatever had kept her silent and staring.

"Oh! Right." She seemed embarrassed.

Hey, did she just turn red?

"Alright, here's the plan. It's what I can think of at the moment. You probably won't like it, but here's a plan I'll suggest for now." Kimiko leaned forward.

"You'll never believe this, but…"

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PT: Yeah, hope this was good. It's short, but I'm slightly busy now. My mom's making me decide when to go to Paris. Yay! Paris! Anyway, that nagging is kind of annoying and I hate my mom. Sorry, did I say mom? I mean disowned mom. Forget it. As soon as I turn 18, I'm not having her in my life again. I wish I could actually disown now. For now, I'm not speaking to her. Anyway, I need to double check my homework. I'm in a bit of a cranky mood now. I'm sorry! ;(