Kimiko sat down on her bed and leant over to her wooden chest. For some reason she knew it would be in there. Her lifted the lid and put her hand into it. She pulled out a small black box. She sighed and flicked it open. Inside were two rings. One was small and silver with a diamond set in it. The second was just a plain ring of gold. She smiled slightly and ran her fingers over them. Her engagement ring and wedding ring from Raimundo.

She looked back in the box and pulled out a silver picture frame. The picture inside was of their wedding day. She looked at herself with a smile a lot sadder than he one in the picture. The Kimiko in the picture was dressed in a long white dress with a long veil and her bright blue eyes were shining with happiness. Raimundo next to her was smiling in a similar way, dressed in a black suit with a gold waistcoat and tie. One arm was behind Kimiko, holding onto her. They both looked so happy and loving. Kimiko could see that the building in the background was the temple. They got married at the temple; probably due to the fact Wuya or Chase young could attack at any moment.

Even though she was looking at herself, it felt like she was looking at someone else. Someone who hadn't had to weight of the world on her shoulders for about three years before this picture was taken. Kimiko wished she could remember that day. It was probably the best day of her life and she couldn't remember a damn thing about it.

"Kimiko?" Asked Omi, looking around the door at her.

"Hmm?" Mumbled Kimiko.

"Are you alright?" Asked Omi concernedly.

"I'm fine," Said Kimiko.

"Are you sure?" asked Omi, "You are looking very down."

"Just trying to think," Said Kimiko, frowning at the photograph in her hands.

"Trying to think or trying to remember?" Asked Omi.

Kimiko didn't reply.

"You mustn't dwell on these things Kimiko or you shall not have the strength to change them," Said Omi, looking down at the photograph in her hand.

"I just want to know why, no matter what happens, Raimundo and I never seem to get the chance we need to be together." Said Kimiko, "Maybe … maybe we're not supposed to."

"How do you mean?" Asked Omi, sitting down next to her.

"Maybe we're not supposed to be together." Said Kimiko, "Things just seem to keep getting in the way."

"You and Raimundo are obviously supposed to be together!" Said Omi loudly.

"How do you figure?" Asked Kimiko.

"No matter what happens you always find each other and you always seem to end up together." Said Omi.

"But we get separated!" Said Kimiko, "First by the time rip, me and Yuuji, him and Tammy and now this?"

"But you always find each other through that," Said Omi, "you fell for each other back before Raimundo fell through time, then when he falls out the other side you are the one who happens to be on the surface, when you and Yuuji are together and he and Tammy are together, you two still find each other and in this time, you are married! A bond of love, which cannot even be destroyed through death! You are no longer together, but you still love each other and that drives you to put time right and find each other once again! You have always been destined to love each other."

Kimiko smiled at him.

"I'm not sure it's that simple," Said Kimiko.

"Your determination to find each other no matter what makes it simple!" Said Omi, "Just consider; how you could live your life without Raimundo?"

He had a point, in a weird way it showed Kimiko that she and Raimundo were in fact supposed to be together, but she still felt sure that even if the time stream was put right, something would come up. It always did.

It wasn't until later that they all sat down at the table that Kimiko realised just how much Raimundo changed the world. In this time, things were always discussed openly as a group. There were no leaders. This wasn't exactly a good thing because the conversations seemed to just go in circles. By about ten that night, Kimiko felt fit to rip her hair out and poke out her eye.

"So, are we going to get the sands of time tomorrow or not?" She asked, trying to be patient and speaking very slowly.

"We do not think it is a good idea," Said Master Fung, "We are still injured from the last attack."

"But we don't know how much time we have left." Said Kimiko, "Wuya could do any number of things with the sands of time unless we get them back."

"True, but it doesn't seem to be a good idea to attack while we're still healing." Said one of the monks.

"I know!" Said Kimiko, breathing heavily, "But how long is it going to take before just he four dragons heal."

"I feel alright," Said Clay.

"My arm should be better by tomorrow," Said Omi, plucking at a lose thread in his bandages.

"I'm afraid I might take a little while longer," Said Jermaine supporting his broken arm.

"Ditto," Said Dojo.

"Well we can use other transportation," Said Kimiko.

"But we'll still be going in one monk short." Said Clay.

"Which would give us a pretty bad disadvantage against Wuya's army," Said Kimiko, "But in all fairness, none of us are used to fighting with Jermaine, we're used to fighting with Raimundo and since he can't be here we'll probably just have to get used to managing without him for the time being."

"It is still too risky," Said Master Fung, "We cannot risk losing the four of you at this moment in time."

"Well you're going to have to risk it sooner or later." Said Kimiko, "If not now then when Wuya next attacks."

"That's a good point," Said Jermaine, "But I'd still be happier going with them."

"You're not in condition Jermaine," Said Kimiko.

"And neither are you!" Said Jermaine, gesturing to the bandage around her head, "From the way you're talking it sounds like you've go brain damage."

Kimiko stood up and slammed at a hand down on the desk. Everyone fell perfectly silent and watched her as she breathed heavily.

"No matter what happens, we're going to have to cope one monk short and I'm sorry Jermaine," Said Kimiko as Jermaine opened his mouth, "But without Raimundo we're always going to be one monks short. We're used to his fighting techniques at lot more than yours and we don't have the extra couple of years we need to train with you so we can know you as well as him."

"You're still going to need someone's help," Said Jermaine.

Kimiko sat down and they all thought for a moment.

"Jack," Said Omi.

"No, Jermaine," Said Clay.

"No! Jack Spicer!" Said Omi, "He is still on the inside! We could use him to help us! We must have basic martial arts skills and he's on the inside still in perfect health! He can help us!"

No one said anything for a moment or two. Then a small buzz sounded.

"That might just work." Said one of the monks.

"He's on the inside and can get us in!" Said Clay.

"He can guide us around to help us find the sands of time." Said Kimiko.

"He can even steal it for us and then come and meet us." Said Jermaine.

"We won't even have to fight!" Said Omi.

As the positive buzz spread through out the room, a tiny glimmer of hope appeared in the back of Kimiko's mind. They might have actually found the plan to help them! This might be their one chance at getting this right and for once, Jack Spicer might actually be of some use to them from being on the inside!

"So!" She said, smiling, "What are we going to need?"

"We're going to need a way of communicating with Jack Spicer," Said Omi.

"We can do that," Said Jermaine.

"We're going to need Shen-Gong-Wu," Said Clay.

"We've still got some down in the vault," Said Master Fung, "they have not all been stolen yet."

"We're going to need to keep this totally secret until further notice," Said Kimiko, "We can't let any of it leak out."

"So we use codes and stuff until we're ready," Said Jermaine, "No one speaks about it directly out loud and anything written down or anything must be deleted or destroyed as soon as possible."

"Nothing for Wuya to get her hands on." Said Clay.

Kimiko ran her hands through her hair and smiled. They might actually be finally getting somewhere. She twisted her wedding ring round. She had decided that for her remaining time in this time, she was going to wear this ring to remind herself what she was going through all this trouble for. She was doing it to get Raimundo back, so she could finally fell him that she really did love him and that she wanted to be with him and that nothing was going to get in the way this time. Omi had given her that strength to believe that it was possible for them to be happy and the rest was up to her. No Yuuji, no Tammy and no war was going to get in her way. They still had about a year to prepare in their time before the war with Chase young began all over again. In that time, she and Raimundo could have that one last chance to be together and be honest with each other.

(A/N) Hello people! It's nice to finally be writing again. Sorry it's late, the computer would't let me upload. Very annoying. There's only going to be about another nine chapters of this book. I think I'm still ready for book three … I think. This book isn't as full as the last one and it's more difficult to write because I need to space it out more like I did with the last one. Unfortunately most of the characters are in one place in this book and so I can't do the thing where I go and see what the other characters are doing for a chapter.

Tell me what you think.

Lots of luv,

Becky.

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