Well, same rules apply. I hope you enjoy! Please R&R.

Chapter Two

Raimundo's Point of View

"The Doll of Domachi," explained Dojo, "is a very dangerous Shen Gong Wu. It gives the user the ability to make another's bones numb, making them collapse." The scroll showed a person shooting a beam of neon blue energy at another person, who just fell over like a rag doll. "It looks like Kimiko doesn't need this one," I smirked. She started to become vexed. I continued, "She can fall over and stay there for as long as her dumb ass wants." It was then when she looked like she was about to explode.

I loved to harry her; it was one of my favorite things to do. But I always have my reasons. Before I became Shoku Warrior, I had innate need to be impudent to others due to my fears and past. I always picked on Kim, but that was always because I had a slight feeling for her…more than just a friend, but did that mean I was flirting with her?

We all landed near a pagoda on a rock in the middle of the Sea of Japan, where an ominous ambience was in the air. The pagoda had apparently been here for several centuries, for it was completely deserted and covered by a thick lair of dust. The tranquil garden that was planted around the castle was black and lifeless with dark vines growing in replacement of the morning glories.

"The Shen Gong Wu is – OW! In there," cried Dojo with a jump. A mysterious, humid breeze swept past us. Omi yelled out loud, "Let us box this Wu!" Clay rolled his eyes and moaned, "I think you mean to say let us bag this Wu." "Forget it," I chimed in. "Let's find this thing quickly and get out of here." "What?" Kimiko grinned wilily. "Is the big bad Rai scared?" I just glared and entered the pagoda.

The inside of the Pagoda was your average Asian-style haunted mansion. With no lighting inside, we entered into almost complete darkness. The walls were painted with beautiful designs of cherry blossoms, but since it was dark, they had a look of deep red mixed with gray. Sliding doors were everywhere, and wherever there were sliding doors, there were rooms – with no windows. The higher we got up the haunted pagoda, the darker it was. "Hm…" pondered Dojo. "You'd think Grandmaster Dashi and I'd hide it in a place less – what's the word...?" "Creepy?" whispered Clay. "Woo-whee! This place is darker than a shark's digestive system." We all stared at Clay in some sort of disgust. "What!" he yelled irately.

The closer we got to the top, though, the louder a menacing sound arose. The sound was a wooden flute and two-string violin found in China. In a regular situation, these sounds were beautiful and popular. Now they were just beautifully death-awaiting. Finally, after climbing ten staircases of doom, we finally saw a glowing light. We thought it was from the sun, but it wasn't yellow. It wasn't red nor orange. It was blue.

After seeing the glowing get stronger and the music getting louder, we reached the top floor – the twelfth. The blue glowing was almost in our faces, and the music sounded like it was amplified. We noticed that both the azure blaze and the music were coming from another slide-in room. The glowing streamed through the papyrus or whatever the doors were covered by. 'God, this is really freaky," I thought to myself. But still, I couldn't show my fear, so I slowly slid open the door.

When the door was completely open, the music stopped. There was absolutely no sound – probably not in the entire pagoda. And the luminous blue luster that we saw two floors under was coming from the Doll of Domachi.

Me: Okay…how was that?

Rai: Kinda cheesy and short.

Me: Oh just be quiet.

Rai: R&R.