Kimiko turned to Omi and Clay who were both staring off randomly into space.
"We're not going to sit here feeling guilty anymore!" She said firmly.
"Why not?" Asked Omi.
"We've got to go and get the sands of time back!" Said Kimiko.
"It's our fault that they're in Wuya's hands," Said Clay.
"No it's not! It's Raimundo's fault!" Said Kimiko.
"Blaming a dead guy?" Asked Clay.
"He's not dead … well he is … but he won't be if we can get those sands of time back and stop Raimundo from going back in time to stop himself from going forward in time and then we've got to stop himself from going … back … in … time … is this even making sense anymore?" Asked Kimiko.
"Nope," Said Clay.
"She is right!" Said Omi, "We need to get to Wuya's centre of evil and defeat the witch once and for all and then we can get the sands of time and go back and stop Chase Young … go back and stop Raimundo so we can go forward and stop Chase Young … or something like that."
"Something like that," Said Kimiko.
They all blinked blankly, trying to figure out what they needed to do. So far the only thing they had figured out was that time travel was bad and confusing. It was also a waste of time trying to figure out. All three sighed in unison and looked back at each other.
"We need Raimundo," Said Omi, "He always seemed to be able to figure this sort of thing out."
"You think?" Asked Clay, "Because it seems to me that all he did was cause more trouble."
"Yes but he understood the idea behind it," Said Omi.
"Well if we get the sands of time back we can sort it all out and put time back on the right track." Said Kimiko.
"That reminds me, why aren't we beating the hell out of Wuya yet?" Asked Clay.
"Master Fung, Jermaine and the other monks want to get some followers together first," Said Omi.
"So we're stuck here for a while," Said Kimiko.
Kimiko looked around the temple and smiled slightly.
"We're going to rebuild it," She said.
"It's not destroyed." Said Clay.
"Not here, but in our time," Said Kimiko smiling slightly, "I'm going to repair it perfectly and we can start training new monks. We'll give Master Fung and the monks their home back and we'll have somewhere to hang out again."
"We can put in extra bedrooms to stop Raimundo from complaining again," Said Clay enthusiastically.
"Or perhaps he would like to share with you Kimiko," Laughed Omi, who quickly dodged to hit aimed at him.
"We can each get our own rooms," Said Clay.
"We can customise them ourselves and the monks and the new students." Said Kimiko.
"We can writing loads of metaphors on the walls of Master Fung's!" Laughed Clay.
"We'll make one for Jack and Ashley and for Jermaine," Said Kimiko.
"We can make a bigger kitchen, with a dishwasher!" Said Clay.
"One less chore!" Said Omi.
"They'll be the new monks jobs anyway," Said Kimiko.
"We can have a Shen gong wu vault that people won't be able to keep breaking into!" Laughed Clay.
"Though I guess with Wuya out of the way and Jack and Ashley on our side we won't need to protect them anyway." Said Kimiko.
"New evils will rise, but we will always be able to stop them!" Laughed Omi.
"It wouldn't be the same without us fighting for one reason or another." Said Kimiko.
"Maybe we can turn Jack 'evil' again so we'll have something to do," Said Clay, "It'll be no fun without him to beat up."
Kimiko and Omi looked at him.
"Just a suggestion." Said Clay, laughing.
They all sighed and looked around at the temple.
"I never realised just how much I missed this place," Said Clay, "All the fighting and thinking about everyone else sort of takes your mind off of it."
"I wasn't exactly conscious to my loss," Said Omi.
"I did miss it," Said Kimiko, "But it mostly because I was right underneath it. I always knew it was still up there, but I was never able to be in it again. It was … depressing."
"Well what hasn't been depressing recently?" Asked Clay, "Everything's been going wrong."
It was then that Jermaine walked into the room.
"Kim, you've got a visitor," He said, gesturing to the courtyard.
"Who?" Asked Kimiko.
"Don't know him, he wants to talk to you though," Said Jermaine.
Kimiko stood up and walked through the temple and into the courtyard. She was a figure standing in a pinstripe suit, but he was wearing white Converse All Stars and had his hands in his pockets. Kimiko hardly recognised him in a suit. She couldn't believe her eyes as she took in the black hair with copper highlights falling into his eyes, the eyebrow piercing, the deep dark eyes and the calm, kind expression.
"Miss Tohomiko," he said, holding out a hand, "My name is Yuuji Kinnara, I'm here to discuss … I'm sorry is something wrong?"
Kimiko suddenly realised she had been staring at him.
"What? No! No, sorry." She said, smiling, "It's been a long day."
She took his hand and squeezed it tightly.
"Do you want to come in?" She asked.
"Please," Said Yuuji, giving her that smile she knew so well.
As Kimiko lead Yuuji to the table, Clay and Omi gaped at him in disbelief.
"Clay, Omi, this is Yuuji Kinnara." Said Kimiko, standing a bit behind him and signalling for them to stop staring at him.
"Right, you want some tea?" Asked Clay.
"Sure, thanks," Said Yuuji.
Clay left for the kitchen with Omi and Kimiko sat on the cushion opposite from Yuuji at the low table.
"So, what do you want to speak to me about?" Asked Kimiko, smiling at him.
"Well, as you know Wuya's empire has been slowly spreading, starting from here in China and each day covering more and more of the world." Explained Yuuji, "My father is the owner of the Kinnara building company. We do supplies and we cover all the building work etc, and we have offered to do a charity job."
"A charity job?" Asked Kimiko.
"Re-building the houses destroyed during the war." Said Yuuji, "However, we don't want to re-build them in a place where they are just going to be destroyed again."
"Right, so what do you need me for?" Asked Kimiko.
"We were told that you and your friends would be the most likely to know the future actions of Wuya and so we would like you help us decide where the best places for re-building the buildings," Said Yuuji.
Kimiko bit her lip. The truth was she couldn't help him with this at all.
"I'm sorry Yu … Mr Kinnara," Said Kimiko.
"Yuuji is fine," Said Yuuji.
"Well, I'm sorry Yuuji, but to tell you the truth I don't have to slightest clue as to where Wuya will strike next." Said Kimiko, "I'm not even sure how much land she's already taken."
"We're not talking about industrial buildings here," Said Yuuji, "We're talking about people's homes, hospitals and schools."
"I understand that Yuuji," Said Kimiko, "But I don't … it's complicated to explain but as of yesterday I've got no idea what the hell's been going on in the world."
"Seriously?" Asked Yuuji, "You have amnesia?"
"Even more strange than that," Said Kimiko, "you wouldn't believe me."
Yuuji leant across the table.
"A 1500 year old witch is taking over the world using magic, I've seen people selling items that have the power to do … strange things including jump through portals, shoot lightening and create tornados and I'm currently sitting in a temple with people to use the elements to defeat evil," He smiled at her, "There's very little I wouldn't believe at a time like this."
Kimiko looked at him closely.
"I used to be in a time where Wuya is dead and Chase young rules the world, my friend Raimundo fell through time to the present and ended up eight years older than he used to be, I only have one eye because Omi stabbed me in the eye while he was still evil, we're all currently living in homes underground (built by your father's company) to hide from Chase Young's forces and we're each leaders of different areas and are known as 'The Rebellion'. In the mean time you're my second in command and fiancé, but you left me because you knew that I'm in love with Raimundo, but seeing you now I'm not convinced. I did cheat on you with him as well however, but he cheated on his girlfriend Tammy as well. She was a spy though so we don't really care if she's hurt. Anyway, Raimundo came up with a plan to stop himself from falling through time by going back in time to stop himself and stop all this from happening. So we went through time to stop him, but when we returned to the present it turned out he was sent forward in time because he dies if he stays in the time stream and now Wuya's in control of the world not Chase Young and we have to get the sands of time back to stop Raimundo from stopping himself through falling through time and dying so we can come back to the present and set the time stream back to normal."
There was a moment's silence.
"I said you wouldn't believe it." Said Kimiko, shrugging.
"It's not that I don't believe you," Said Yuuji.
"Then why are you staring at me like that?" Asked Kimiko.
Yuuji frowned.
"You cheated on me?" He asked.
"You knew before you asked me to marry you," Said Kimiko.
"And that makes it better?" He asked.
"No … you know you're a lot more understanding in my time." Said Kimiko, frowning.
"I guess you have to be there," Said Yuuji, smiling, "So it's your fault that the world's being taken over?"
"Trust me, this is nothing to our time." Said Kimiko.
"So why do you want to put it back?" Asked Yuuji.
"Because we're all still alive," Said Kimiko, "We might be in the middle of a horrible war, but at least we're all still alive. We'll all be back together at some point too, if you decide to come back."
"Would you blame me if I didn't?" Asked Yuuji.
"Not really," Said Kimiko, staring at the wooden table.
"But now you're not sure you love … what's-his-name more than me?" Asked Yuuji.
"It might just be that you're sat in front of me and I'm still depressed that you left me and that what's-his … Raimundo is dead." Said Kimiko, "But we're gonna put it right and then I'm going to find you and tell you I'm sorry, but I might just stay with Raimundo because I think I do love him."
Kimiko blinked. Did she just really say that she loved Raimundo? It was pretty strange having that feeling.
"Anything else you want to just throw at me?" Asked Yuuji.
"I have no idea where you can re-build your houses." Said Kimiko simply.
"Fair enough," Said Yuuji, "But anything else?"
"Yeah," Said Kimiko, "Do you know any martial arts in this time?"
"I'm more or less an expert," Said Yuuji.
"Good, you can help us take on Wuya," Said Kimiko, smiling brightly.
"What?" Asked Yuuji in disbelief.
"Please!" Whined Kimiko, "We need all the help we can get!"
"I'm sure you can manage without me!" Said Yuuji.
"How about I agree to find someone who can help you out with your buildings and then you can help us out?" Asked Kimiko, "We need to recruit as many people as possible!"
"Tempting, but not a good idea," Said Yuuji, "I'm not used to fighting magic."
"We can help!" Said Kimiko.
"I'd still rather not." Said Yuuji.
Yuuji stood up and turned back to her.
"But I'll let you know if I change my mind." He said, smiling at her.
(A/N) Yay! I got to write Yuuji's character again! I missed him and he's not even been gone that long. This Yuuji isn't quite used to Kimiko's forceful nature and he's not exactly prepared for action either in this time. I still wanted to just throw him in here for the hell of it. It also gave me a chance to try and re-think everything that's happened and try and put it in one paragraph. It's a pretty long paragraph, but I managed it!
Tell me what you think,
Lots of luv,
Becky.
xxx