It hardly seemed like a half hour before the dark clouds had covered the entire sky and the four older dragons stood tall, preparing to put Raimundo's plan into action, even if they had their doubts.

"Everyone get into positions," said Raimundo, "Remember your parts in the plan and don't do anything except those parts, no matter what happens."

"But …"Began Omi.

"No matter what happens!" Said Raimundo firmly.

Omi frowned and nodded. Raimundo felt a little harsh, but he could risk altering something too vital other than his trip to the future.

Omi's place was on top of the mountain, covering the others. Kimiko's task was to subdue Wuya and so was set right behind where she remembered Wuya fighting. The second she let her guard down; she was going to knock her out. Clay's task was to distract Omi, and was station at the base of one of the mountains on the other side of the passage to create a landslide large enough to keep him busy. Raimundo was going to watch for when his younger self blew the others to safety and was then going to blast him out of the passage of the rip in time as well. Simple, but effective.

As Chase's army approached and the dragons and monks came out of the temple, armed and ready. They each focused on their own particular targets, tuning out all distractions. Raimundo glanced around and took in the faces of each of the older dragons, making sure they were all focused as well.

The battle broke out in front of them. For about an hour they all just sat and watched the violence and bloodshed unfold in front of them. Raimundo watched himself carefully. He was so fast! He never realised how fast his wind powers made him. He watched his younger self blast an entire group of soldiers apart. He then span around and kicked one coming up behind him in the face. He looked around and saw Kimiko struggling to fight and ran towards her, using his wind advantage to spread her fire further and then catching her before she hit the ground. He smiled at her briefly before giving her support to jump up and over another crowd of soldiers so she could take them from behind.

The older Raimundo blinked and took in a breath. For him, this battle hadn't been more than a couple of months ago. He could remember it so vividly. It was like he was still in that young body down there fighting them. He wasn't worried because he knew that he'd always catch them.

It wasn't for a long while that chase young stood tall and channelled a large amount of magic into creating that large, swirling vortex. A rip in time that made the younger Raimundo freeze on the spot. Raimundo saw his younger self stare transfixed at the opening rip, as it grew larger and larger …

Kimiko saw the rip in time and knew it was her queue. She suddenly jumped down silently behind Wuya who was watching Chase Young admiringly. She must have sensed someone because she turned around, a look of amazement on her face, which was instantly punched out by Kimiko.

"You like him now, you'll rebel later anyway." Said Kimiko, shrugging as she dragged Wuya off to one side.

Omi saw a few soldiers turn and go for Kimiko who was now of the field. He glared down and looked around. His younger self was ripping through the Xiaolin forces like paper, but Clay would take care of him. He drew in his power and sent a wave, sweeping the soldiers away from Kimiko.

"You will thank me for this one day," Said Omi, looking at his younger self.

Clay saw younger Omi come running past him and stamped his foot into the side of the soft earth on the mountainside. It collapsed, and mud swept down. Younger Omi turned and started trying to redirect it. That was all Clay had to do because it would distract him for a while yet. Raimundo could get his part done.

"You'll get over it," Said Clay, shrugging.

Raimundo watched his younger self stare into that rip in time for seconds while the battle retreated behind him. All of a sudden he saw Dojo sweep him and the other up. They were lifted high into the air and he could just make out Kimiko and his younger self talking. The older Kimiko and the other came over to join him.

He watched as they both laughed and then slowly leant in. He felt Kimiko's grip on his arm beside him. A well aimed short fired at Dojo and hit him. He began to plummet and all of them were falling for the time rip!

"Now!" Said Kimiko.

"Not yet!" Said Raimundo.

He saw his younger self, summon his energy and blast the others to safety. Raimundo took a breath and sent out a blast of energy …

As he blasted his younger self clear of the time rip, Raimundo felt a strange sensation. Like falling through air and slowly … very slowly … drifting into nothingness …

Kimiko looked around. The blast of light she had seen was strange. She looked around and down. At the base of the mountains, Raimundo was helping the other to their feet.

"Raimundo it worked … Raimundo?" She looked around for the older Raimundo.

He was nowhere to be seen. On the ground, were the sands of time.

"Where did he go?" Asked Kimiko urgently.

"I dunno, maybe he went back too soon or something." Said Clay, "Or maybe in this time he just didn't come back with us. Anything is possible!"

"I know, I …" Kimiko stopped and looked suddenly taken aback.

"Kimiko, what is it?" Asked Omi.

Kimiko turned around and slowly raised a hand. She ran it along the edge of the black eye patch. She took a breath and lifted it off. She blinked … and both eyes came into focus. She let out a small scream and turned around.

"Kimiko!" Said Clay, "Your eye!"

"I know!" She said, scrabbling for a pocket mirror.

She pulled it out and looked into it. Both of her startlingly blue eyes gazed back.

"We've got to go back to our own time," Said Clay, "We've gotta find Raimundo."

"Right," Kimiko, picking up the sands of time and admiring her reflection in the glass.

"Come on beauty queen!" Said Clay.

"Sands of time!" called Kimiko.

They appeared in their own time … but was it? It didn't look right. The skies were blue, which was good, there was grass, which was good and there was …

"The temple!" Said Omi.

"It's still here!" Laughed Kimiko.

They ran towards it and suddenly flung the doors open. It was just as they remembered it.

"Master Fung?" Called Clay.

"Dragons," Said Master Fung, "Where have you been?"

"That's … a very good question …" Said Kimiko.

Master Fung looked around and his eyes focused on each of them.

"You are all here, good." Said Master Fung, "And the fourth dragon will be joining us shortly."

"Told you he'd be alright," Whispered Clay.

However, to their surprise, it was not Raimundo who joined them in the main hall. It was Jermaine.

"Jermaine," Said Clay, "you good?"

"Well … nothing bad's happened since this morning." Said Jermaine.

"We're all here," Said Master Fung, "good. Now, Wuya's empire is spreading …"

"Wait!" Said Kimiko, "Where's Raimundo?"

Master Fung, Jermaine and the monks all fell into a deadly silence looking at her.

"Kimiko? Are you alright?" Asked Jermaine.

"What's going on?" Asked Clay.

"Well … where is he?" Asked Kimiko.

"Have you suffered memory loss?" Asked Master Fung.

"Something like that obviously," Said Kimiko.

"We do not understand," Said Omi.

Master Fung turned to the door that opened up onto the courtyard and pointed a finger. Kimiko walked out, not believing what she was seeing.

"No …" whispered Clay.

"This cannot be!" Said Omi.

Kimiko knelt down, reading the inscription on the base of a statue of a familiar figure:

Here lies the mighty dragon who gave his life to kill Chase Young

Rest in peace

Raimundo Pedrosa

(A/N) Dun dun duuuun. Now what have we learnt? NEVER MEDDLE IN TIME! You think Raimundo would've picked up on the 'everything happens for a reason' hints everyone was giving him.

I'm sorry to say that I'm slightly annoyed. People keep asking me why it's taking me so long to update and I keep telling you: I'VE GOT MY GCSE'S. These are the most important exams of my life and I've got like two for every subject I take. Once they're over I'll be updating more regularly. Please be patient!

Tell me what you think. Lots of luv, Becky.