Chapter 13

A Turn for the Worst?

Raimundo felt his mouth fall open as he stared into the face of Grand Master Dashi. He couldn't believe that Dashi was still alive. He stared at him for what seemed like an eternity before finally saying hoarsely under his breath, "Dashi!"

"Hello Raimundo." Dashi said in a calm voice.

"Wh...What are you doing here?" Raimundo asked in shock.

"I was merely here to observe." The grand master dragon replied.

"You mean watch over him." Chase corrected.

Dashi glared at him before saying, "But as I was doing so I found out something very interesting."

"We both did." Chase said

"Really," Raimundo said, "What?"

"Yeah, what did you two discover?" Selina asked getting very interesting.

"Well..." Dashi started but hesitated.

"Looks it's complicated. Ok?" Chase said.

"Complicated!" Raimundo exclaimed. "How could it be complicated?"

Dashi sighed, "Trust me it's complicated."

"How!" Selina demanded.

"It just is." Chase said.

"Well perhaps you two should just explain it to us now." Raimundo said.

"We could, but we aren't sure whether you will believe us." Dashi replied.

"And why wouldn't we believe you?" Selina asked.

"Because it's complicated." Chase said.

Raimundo groaned, "Look just tell us already, okay?"

Dashi sighed, "Fine, I guess we'll tell you, since you probably would have found out eventually."

Raimundo and Selina leaned forward eager to hear what Dashi and Chase were going to tell them.

Dashi looked into Raimundo's eyes and said, "Raimundo, I adopted you."

Chase looked Selina in the eyes and said, "Selina, I adopted you too."

Selina and Raimundo looked at each other before Raimundo said, "Go on."

Dashi looked at Selina and said, "Selina, the element of lightning has been in my family since the dawn of time and will continue to stay in my family. Because you possess the element of lightning, Selina, I am your father."

Chase looked at Raimundo and said, "Raimundo, the medallion that you wear around your neck represents the lineage of the Young family. Because you have it around your neck, Raimundo, I am your father."

Selina and Raimundo looked at each other before exclaiming, "What?"

"You're kidding us, right?" Selina asked.

"No," Dashi said, "We aren't.'

Everyone was silent for a few minutes before Raimundo exclaimed, "Then what happened?"

"What do you mean, what happened?" Dashi asked.

"I mean, if Chase is my father, then how come you adopted me."

"Oh, well you see a hurricane swept through the land when you were a baby. The hurricane demolished everything in sight. The only people who were above ground and survived it were you and Selina. I believe what happened was that the wind was so strong it picked you up and sent you over to my place. I believe the same thing happened to Selina.

"Are you serious?" Selina asked shocked.

"Yeah, he's serious." Chase replied.

"So I landed on your doorstep during a hurricane!" Selina asked.

"Yeah," Chase said.

"So would anything have changed if the hurricane hadn't come?" Raimundo asked.

Dashi was silent for a moment before he quietly said, "Yes, many things would have changed."

"Really? Like what? Raimundo asked.

"Well, for one I would be ruling the world with you by my side." Chase said crossing his arms.

"Oh." Raimundo said in an uneasy voice.

"Also, the world would have fallen into ten thousand years of darkness." Chase said.

"Which is why, I'm glad that the hurricane came by." Dashi said.

"What about me? Would I have had any impact on the world if that hurricane hadn't gone by?" Selina asked.

"Yes, you would have," Dashi, said.

"How?" Selina asked.

"Well," Dashi said, "You would have been the only person who would have been able to stop Raimundo."

"You serious?" Selina said standing up straighter with a sense of pride.

"Yeah." Dashi replied.

There was a moment of silence as Raimundo and Selina took in everything they heard.

Chase looked at Selina and said, "Let's go."

Selina looked at him and said, "Huh?"

"Let's go." Chase said a bit more forceful.

"Go?" Selina said.

Chase sighed, "Yes, let's go home."

"But I..." Selina hesitated.

Chase narrowed his eyes. "But you what? Want to stay?"

Selina gulped. "I...I don't know."

"Selina, please don't go." Raimundo's soothing voice pleaded to her next to her ear. Selina jumped slightly at the sound of Raimundo's voice but slowly she let herself relax. She turned to face him and saw genuine concern on his face. She took a deep breath and turned around with a cold expression on her face. She looked Chase straight in the eyes and said, "No."

"Excuse me." Chase asked with disbelief.

"No, I won't go back with you." Selina said defiantly.

"What?" Chase exclaimed.

"I'm staying with Raimundo and there is nothing you can do about it." Selina replied.

Chase narrowed his eyes at her and snarled, "Fine, stay with Raimundo. But you will regret it. I promise you that I will have my revenge on you two when you least suspect it." After he said that he turned around and left.

Selina shivered after Chase had said that and had turned around to hug Raimundo. She felt him hug her back. She whispered in his ear, "I'm scared."

"So am I," Raimundo whispered back, "But don't worry about a thing because we'll be perfectly safe at the temple. Ok?"

"Ok." Selina whispered back.

They held each other for a few more minutes until Raimundo felt a finger tap his shoulder. He let go of Selina and turned around to see Dashi.

"It's time to go." Dashi said. Raimundo nodded his head and he and Selina made their way towards Dojo. They climbed on after Dashi, then felt Dojo take off.

After Dojo left Jack, Wuya, and Hannibal left too.

Can you believe it Raimundo's father is Chase and Selina's father is Dashi! How exactly is Selina going to cope with her father being Dashi? How will Raimundo cope? Does Chase's threat mean anything? R&R