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Chapter Nine
Kimiko's Point of View
For a moment, I savored his warm, sweet lips, and then I didn't know what happened. I clenched my left hand into a fist, made it burn into an insufferable inferno of fire, and smashed him right in the face. Wide-eyed, he stared at me with disbelief, and then with undeniable hatred.
"What the hell. What were you doing Raimundo Pedrosa?" I asked in a formidable tone that I really didn't want to make formidable.
Raimundo's Point of View
I was really hurt in two ways – the first was that I got scorched really badly by that flaming punch. The figuring out that I was almost sure that Kimiko didn't like me now, probably not even as a friend was the second, and that pain hurts more than any cut, bruise, or gash that I would ever get.
Well, I was very angry at this point – I had no idea what the hell it was, but it was just infuriating me to the edge. I made up something that I knew wasn't true, but would stir up a fight. "It doesn't matter anymore what I did, because your mouth tastes like crap."
Her arms were burning with fire as she screamed, "DAMN YOU, YOU ING RETARD!"
She threw the conflagration at me. I didn't believe that this would ever happen.
I blew them across my face and smoldered them into nothing. This was the first time I heard her say that word in that way, and I never thought she would say it like that to me. "Damn YOU, YOU ING !" I screamed back.
I used crosswind to pick up a stool nearby, and I was about to throw it at her, but I knew I was not supposed to hit a , and the crosswind I conjured died down, I turned around, kicked the door open – remember, it was already closed shut – left, and slammed the door.
Neither of us saw parts of both of our shadows seeping out, becoming a pitch black liquid-like body, and crawling out of a window.
I was breathing heavily as I ran into my living quarters, and I gave myself the biggest punch in the face to replace the slap that I wanted to give myself earlier.
Kimiko's Point of View
As soon as that jerk left, I immediately tore up, threw myself upon the closest couch and wept hysterically. I blubbered into a pillow for what seemed like forever, and I looked at clock, and an entire hour passed by. I eyed the flat-screen television and looked at my reflection. I was a horrific sight. My eyes were almost crimson red, my hair was just a mess, and there was water everywhere. I needed something to take my chaotic sadness away.
Sprinting to the Shen Gong Wu vault, I found the Hidoku Mouse lower in the staircase. I then ran to my room and took out my white iPod Nano that I received for my birthday one year ago. I rushed back to the Recreation Room while searching for a song. When I reached the Recreation Room once again, I locked the door, placed on my earphones, and set the iPod to "Everything I'm Not" by The Veronicas. As the song came into play, rage and misery filled my heart, and I never thought that it would be so cold.
Oh, no. Don't go changin'. That's what you told me from the start.
Thought you where something different. That's when it all just fell apart.
I started to sob again as I picked up a lamp and threw it onto the ground, shattering it.
Like you're so perfect, and I can't measure up.
Well I'm not perfect, just all messed up.
I was losing myself to somebody else, but now I see.
I don't wanna pretend, so this is the end of you and me.
Cause the that you want, she was tearing us apart.
Thinking about all the times he pulled pranks on me, teased me, I began to rip the couch to shreds.
'Cause she's everything – everything I'm not.
It's not like I need somebody telling me where I should go at night
Don't worry you'll find somebody, someone to tell how to live their life
After the couch was just a platform and scattered satin and fluff, I moved onto the television.
Cause you're so perfect
Clenching my fist…
And no one measures up
I threw it backwards…
Yeah all by yourself
Aimed it at the television…
You're all messed up
And tossed it at the television, causing a hole to break through, glass soaring everywhere.
I was losing myself to somebody else, but now I see
I don't wanna pretend., so this is the end of you and me.
Another punch through the television, causing another hole…
'Cause the that you want, she was tearing us apart.
'Cause she's everything – everything I'm not.
Each punch brought a different thought.
Now wait a minute! Because of you
Punch. It wasn't his fault…
I never knew all the things that I had
Punch. Yes, it is!
Hey don't you get it? I'm not going anywhere with you tonight
Punch, punch, punch. A controversy was taking place in my head.
'Cause this is my life
I was losing myself to somebody else, but now I see.
I don't wanna pretend so this is the end of you and me.
'Cause the that you want, she was tearing us apart.
'Cause she's everything – everything I'm not
Blood was slightly leaking out of my arms.
But now I see
I don't wanna pretend so this is the end of you and me.
'Cause the that you want, she was tearing us apart.
'Cause she's everything – everything I'm not.
The song was over and I got up. Once again, my face was pouring water. I felt it, and it was . I quietly summoned, "Hidoku Mouse", and everything in the room was in a state of order, and I was not bleeding. Yet, I was still crying as I placed myself gently on the couch and quietly shed tears of frustration as I pondered on my pain…
Raimundo's Point of View
I was so angry at Kimiko, but at what cost? After punching myself in the face, I was badly bruised in the jaw, and I tasted my in my mouth for a few minutes. After that horrible fight with Kimiko, I didn't know what to do. 'She probably finds me insufferable by now…' I thought about, back in the day when I was I was the only one not a Xiaolin Apprentice. I didn't let anyone know, but I was really Emo. I thought about it, and I left to get three things – my black iPod Nano, my acoustic – that's wooden – guitar, and a very weak fruit knife.
I didn't tell anyone at the temple, but as a sideshow at my family's circus – aside from the acrobatics that I did – I performed on the guitar. The sideshow brought in many customers, so my father established a show just for my recitals.
I often strummed away at the guitar incessantly about how I felt, and I wrote many songs for my emotions as well. Once, I thought I heard someone pass by my room and hear me play when I was facing the wall, but I turned around, and there was no one there, and footsteps trailed off.
Today, I would play to the song of "How to Save a Life", by one of my favorite alternative rock bands, The Fray. The song really told me about how I felt, and I put on my headphones and started the song. Before I started to strum at my guitar, I took the knife, opened up my palm and, from the palm, slid the metal of the knife down to the tip of my index finger. I closed my eyes, and for a while I let the inner pain escape with the seeping out of my hand. At this precise moment, it felt good, and I d being Emo, but it seemed like the right time to be.
I played the first chord as the song began.
Step one you say, "We need to talk." He walks you say, "Sit down it's just a talk."
As I sung and played to the music, I didn't leave the thought of Kimiko and my fight.
He smiles politely back at you. You stare politely right on through.
The fingers that were strumming the guitar, don't forget, are from the hand that I cut.
Some sort of window to your right as he goes left and you stay right.
Between the lines of fear and blame, and you begin to wonder why you came.
I winced. That part of the song reminded me most of the curse words that Kimiko and I screamed at each other just about an hour ago.
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend somewhere along in the bitterness.
And I would have stayed up with you all night had I known how to save a life.
I shouldn't have been so angry at her in the first place. What did she do?
Let him know that you know best 'cause, after all, you do know best.
But she was just looking for my comfort, so she purposely messed up! Was that right in a showdown? No!
Try to slip past his defense without granting innocence.
But still, I should've caught her.
Lay down a list of what is wrong – the things you've told him all along
And pray to God he hears you
And pray to God he hears you
Blood was smeared all over the strings now.
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend somewhere along in the bitterness.
And I would have stayed up with you all night had I known how to save a life.
Every strum was a beat of my heart, and every drop of that dripped onto the wood was a mistake I made to Kimiko.
As he begins to raise his voice, you lower yours and grant him one last choice.
I needed to apologize.
Drive until you lose the road or break with the ones you've followed.
He will do one of two things:
He will admit to everything
I really did.
Or he'll say he's just not the same, and you'll begin to wonder why you came.
But then again, I have a right to be angry!
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend somewhere along in the bitterness.
And I would have stayed up with you all night had I known how to save a life.
How to save a life
How to save a life
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend somewhere along in the bitterness.
And I would have stayed up with you all night had I known how to save a life. How to save a life
I lay on my bamboo mat, and I just let the flow with no stop. After a while, though, the gush ended, and I felt like I had to talk to someone about my problems. I didn't know what it was about, or why I wanted to, but I just did.
Third Person Limited Point of View
Omi and Clay were just sitting around the hallways. They listened in on the fight between Raimundo and Kimiko, and they heard things that they wish they didn't. Finally, Clay sighed and got up.
"Clay, my friend. We must assist Raimundo and Kimiko. They need mediation from a friend."
Clay thought for a moment, the replied, "You're right, li'l pardner; they need some real advice. I'll go give a little talk to Rai, and you talk to Kim, 'kay?"
Omi pouted. "I always have to talk to Kimiko! For a monk of my stature, I must be the one to talk to our Shoku Warrior!" He struck a pose in vain, and neither he nor Clay saw a black haze expanding off from Omi's shadow – the same kind that appeared from Kimiko and Raimundo – and percolating into a in the wall.
Clay rolled his eyes, and after a while he said, "Well, like we say back in Texas, the tighter the bark on the tree, the better the tree suits the bark."
Omi waved his arms in the air quickly and bawled, "But my bark is closely fitting to Raimundo's trunk!"
Flashback
Raimundo is seemingly captured by Pandabubba's henchmen, and Omi said, not helping much, "We were captured most shamefully while you tried your best to defend the Xiaolin Temple...and failed." Kimiko gave Omi a very angry look. Omi continued, "But at least you tried your best...and failed?" No one saw Raimundo stick up his middle finger when his hands were still tied behind his back.
End of Flashback
Omi blushed slightly at the thought of that. But then, taking advantage of Clay's weakness, he said, "I get Raimundo."
"No, pardner, I do."
"I get Raimundo."
"No, Clay, I get Raimundo."
"I get Raimundo."
"I get Kimiko, Clay!"
"You get Rai, and that's final."
"Okay!"
Clay closed his eyes with satisfaction, then noticed himself getting tricked once again, frowned.
"I captured you, Clay!"
Sighing, Clay retorted quietly, "I think what you're tryin' to say there is 'I gotcha,' pardner."
With that, Omi ran off, cheering.
With that, Clay set off for Kimiko's room, but part of his shadow was left behind, and it leached its way through the split in the wall as well.
Chase's Point of View
'At last, my plan has blossomed yet,' I thought to myself with a sneer, shutting my eyes. By using a silent and invisible wave of distortion, I cheated into making both Kimiko and Raimundo think about each other for a split second – more than enough time to win the showdown…and pitting one another against each other. Ever since their Wudai Chi Configurations have been able to be summoned, the negative chi of each Xiaolin Warrior has been way too easy to obtain.
"Chase!"
Wuya entered the room I was in, and I did not bother to lift my eyelids. "What is it, Wuya?"
In a split second of silence, I opened my eyes, for I sensed a presence, smiled, and then closed them again. I perceived four shadows entering my lair, and then asked, "Are you ready for the pandemonium to cover the earth, my new minions?"
I could feel Wuya's confusion as four very familiar voices answered in unison, "Yes, Master Chase."
Me: Ugh, that took way too long to write…
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Me: Oh, yeah. Chase and Wuya are at their lair, Omi went to talk to Rai, and Clay went to Kim. So I'm alone. Okaay. Uh, I REALLY like to see reviews, and if my viewers don't like the story, then there's no point in continuing it, so…please, I love reviews, so please take a little more time to write them over the time it takes to read them. Thank you!