Love, War, and Choices
Chapter 9...Leave
..."Kim!" Raimundo called to see her puffy red eyes look at him with surprise.
"Raimundo?"
"Kimiko...what's wrong...?"
Tears escaped her eyes once more. "I...I thought you were dead."...
"What?" He asked with shock.
"It all seemed so real..." she whispered to herself, fresh tears falling down her cheeks.
"Kimiko..."
"Wait." Her head snapped up and looked him in the eye eagerly. "You...you know me?"
"It's a long story."
"I got time..." she urged.
"Master Fung told me everything. Although I don't remember it...I do know it."
"So you don't remember me? But you know me..."
"Mmm...that's funny. Master Fung said it would take longer."
"And why's that?" Anger filled her voice slightly as she put her hands to her hips.
"Well...You just coming back from-"
"KIMIKO!" There was a scream.
Raimundo turned, and seeing who it was, stepped defensivly infront of Kim. "Get out of here!"
"Excuse you... Kimiko, jesus don't scare me like that, you ran me out of breath before I hit the ground!"
"Sorry." she shrugged, not wanting to deal with him at the moment.
"Kim, what's wrong." He took a step closer.
"Stay away from her Spicer!" Raimundo growled the threat.
"Wow, he remembers?" Jack asked Kimiko, completly ignoring Raimundo.
"He knows, but he doesn't remember." she answered simply, also ignoring Raimundo.
"That's lusid..." Jack muttered, taking a few more steps to her.
"I said stay away from her!" He punched Jack in the nose and Kimiko shrieked.
"Raimundo!" he ran to help the surprised Jack back to his feet. Jack only wore a scowl.
"You-"
"Please Jack, he doesn't know..."
"Yes he does!" Jack spat at Kimiko.
(To get this across, the wind power will come natually to Raimundo, so this is showing advantage to Jack... Raimundo is at full power, but this is Jack's change... KK? thanks!)
"Jack!" Kimiko tried to pull him back, but he shrugged her hand off.
Jack filled the gap between Raimundo and himself quickly, but Raimundo showed he wasn't backing down.
Kimiko began to back up, but ran into someone. She spun around to see a confused Omi infront of her.
"What is-"
"Omi, you have to stop this!" Kimiko pleaded.
"But-"
"Please." she begged.
Omi peaked around her shoulder and saw Raimundo use his wind power. It made Jack go back, but he dug his shoes into the ground, and went forward against the wind's will. Once he got close enough, he smacked Raimundo square in the jaw. Everyone heard it crack.
Raimundo fell to the ground, sudden injuries catching up to him.
"Raimundo!" his fellow teammates cried out. Kimiko ran to his side as Omi tried to catch up. (with his leg)
Jack looked at his own hand, stunned.
Jack's PoV
I smacked Raimundo square in the jaw, and I knew everyone heard it crack.
He fell to the ground, obviously sudden injuries, and old ones caught up to him.
"Raimundo!" Kimiko and Omi cried. They both went to his side.
I looked at my own hand, totally stunned.
Why would I do such a thing? Knowing Kimiko cared about him. Is that the reason? I think so... It's because I know Kimiko won't choose me. I'm too much of a freak. She wouldn't ever love me. I'm not greater than that loser I was a few days ago. I thought this had changed me... But I guess not. Chase will never let me back in now. Unless, I redeem myself with something. Or fake it...
Do I really want back in? Knowing I will always get that shock when I throw a punch at one of these four? And when it comes down to me fighting her... Will I be able to? In showdowns, will I let her win? I dunno..
I finally snapped out of my own thoughts to see Kimiko and Omi try to wake Raimundo back up. I guess he slipped out of conscisness again...shame. Really, it's not sarcasm. I feel bad for him, because I'm responsible.
YUCK! These are Xiaolin Losers Spicer, LOSERS!!! Only here cause of Kimiko, but no... I can't see myself victum to good again... I can't.
I turned and ran away from them. As soon as I heard Kimiko call my name, Half of my muscles wanted me to stop and go back, but the other half kept me going. Just keep going you idiot! I kept telling myself...
Sometimes that good part of my mind is such a bastard...
Kimiko's PoV
"Jack!" I called. No good, he left. I wonder why. No, I don't care. Not now, Raimundo's not awake anymore.
Damn you Jack!
"Come on Rai, wake up... please..." I whispered softly.
"Raimundo, do wake up!" Omi called loudly.
Two totally different tactics. And they both weren't working.
"Bastard Jack..." I aimed a small link of swear words to him, but he wouldn't hear me anyways.
"I shall go get Master Fung!" Omi said knowingly, that I had tactics that I didn't want to use infront of him.
I smalled and kissed his cheek. "Thank you Omi..."
He smiled viciously and hobble off. I smiled in sort of a pity way. I felt bad that Omi already knew I wouldn't be choosing him. Everyone knew already. It'd be Raimundo, Jack... Or Chase. That's what was sad. They still faught for it... But why?
I shooed the thoughts away with a shake of my head. "Rai baby, come on, wake up!" I thought I'd use everyone's absence to my advantage, as Omi almost bluntly pointed out.
I leaned down next to him. "Raimundo, if you wake up, I'll love you... And if you wake up with memory, I'll love you forever..." I whispered to him, water filling my eyes.
There was no stir.
I screamed in rage and threw a fire ball at the wall. "Oops..." I giggled to myself despite the situation.
Then, I found a stir. He peeked open one eye, and I know a blush came to my face, because, I almost knew what I expected to come next.
It would be a Raimundo says 'You better live up to that!' and I'll say, 'hey it worked! And nope I just did that to wake up up!' and he'll say 'Then I should go back to faking my coma.' then I'd punch him.
But I knew what would come next. A Raimundo I didn't know... Without his memory, he wasn't the Raimundo everybody knew and loved.
"Do you honestly mean that Kim?" he asked, getting up slowly with pain.
My eyes widened first. My face light up. And then a huge grin came to my face. I lunged myself at him, knowing for sure...
It was the Raimundo I loved.
"You remember then?" I cried into his chest.
"Yeah...Thank god Jack punched me, eh?" he laughed.
"Oh Rai..." I cried harder and harder. But, I found myself laughing too.
"Why're you laughing?" he asked in a confused tone.
"I missed you!" I cried, almost answering his question.
"You're away from Chase?"
"For now!" I cried, still laughing.
He pulled me back to see my red puffy eyes, from crying, and my pink cheeks from laughing. A smile danced upon his lips as that old spark darted around his eyes, just like it used to.
I know that spark that had been unknowingly (by everyone else) gone had found its way back to my eyes as well.
The tears stopped, my eyes became less puffy, and my cheeks went back to the natual and soft shade of pink, like always.
"Do I pass...?" he asked.
"You're back..." I whispered back to him.
"I am back. I'm home!" He wrapped his arms around my neck once more, and I sat thinking for a moment.
"Yes...Home..." I then pulled my arms around his waist carefully.
"Where is Jack?" He blurted out.
"I...I dunno. He ran off..." I suddenly remembered and jumped up.
"Kim-"
"I gotta go get him!" I yelled, leaving Raimundo there, knowing he wouldn't follow.
Normal PoV
Kimiko ran down the hall, and stopped when he heard a number of continuous sighs. She peeked her head into Raimundo's room to see Jack sitting on the bed with his head in his hands.
"Jack?"
"Kim!" he stood up, looking scared she was going to do something to him for punching Raimundo.
"I'm not mad Jack... You actually helped..."
"Huh?"
"Raimundo's awake now... And he has his memory back."
"He does... That's great!" Jack smiled fakely, but Kimiko was too concerned about what she had to say next to notice. That bastard... why'd I have to punch him. He would have still been so incredibly lost!
"Jack..."
"What?" He asked, going to her, ready to give a warm hug.
As he began to wrap around her, she pushed away. "Jack, now that Raimundo..."
Jack's eyes widened.
"... Is awake..."
"Kim-"
"I've made my choice!" she blurted out.
Jack was speachless. He thought she was going to say something more on the lines of 'I can't see you anymore.' Not pretty much saying, 'I've decided to stay with the Xiaolin Losers, and choose one of them.' Cause he sure as hell knew she wouldn't pick Chase. Lemme refrase... She pretty much said, 'Raimundo is my choice...'
"I'm sorry..." she turned and burried her head in her hands, crying hard, but quietly.
Jack couldn't speak, he couldn't move. He simply shuffled a step to her, to try to comfort her, and tell her he understood, but she spoke at his movement.
Her voice was strong, with no tears, and with no regret. "I think you should leave."
"Kim-"
"Stop calling me Kim..." She whispered fiercly.
"Fine... Kimiko-"
"You need to leave."
"But-"
"Leave Jack..."
"B-"
"go!" she raised her voice
He narrowed his eyes as walked past her. "I don't know what I saw in you... You're nothing than a cheat. Once the one you want comes back, you let loose the others."
"GET THE HELL OUT...LEAVE!!" she screamed, throwing some fireballs at him. He shook his head as he was out of her range, and flew back to Chase. Ready to get down to business with this war.
When everyone knew that Raimundo's memory was back. Clay and Omi knew she'd chosen. And they seemed utterly alright with it. A mere school crush... they both had said (after Clay had explained it to him), but they did see that Kimiko plus Raimundo... Fire plus Wind... meant true love.
Kimiko smiled at Clay and Omi's understanding as she supported Raimundo.
Looking up into those emerald eyes, she remembered her dreams, which sent shivers up and down her spine. She hoped the rest of it didn't come true.
Suddenly, she realized she had a long overdue girlchat, so she smiled at the boys, and let them talk stragity for when Chase came crawling back, if he did, and Kimiko went to go call Kieko.
Picking up her cell phone, she saw she had about fifteen missed calls. She flipped open her phone, and saaw they were all from her father or Kieko.
Pressing the call botton, she waited until her friend picked up. Surely she wouldn't pass up a call from Kimiko when she herself had tried to call fifteen times.
(Italic - Kimiko Itlaic bold - Kieko)
Hello?
Kieko!
Kimi?
Yes!
Oh my god! Kimi! How are you? What's up? Why haven't you called? What's up with all of these boys I've heard too much about? What's up with your secret luver Raimundo!? What's training like? What's flyin on a dragon been like? How's that fire power? The wu?-
Kieko?
Yeah?
Have a spaz.
Sorry... I'm just so excited you actually returned one of my fifteen calls!
Heh. To answer your questions in order, peachy, nothing really, trouble, nothing really, accept they all gave me notes that said they love me (the baddies included), we're going out now, it's okay, but hard, Dojo's cool, pretty fun love shooting fire at people when I'm mad, and I can't complain, but there hasn't really been any active lately.
I see, I see... Well- Wait! So you're saying Chase, Jack, Raimundo, Clay, AND Omi said they loved you. And in the end... You're going out with Raimundo?!!? Congrats girl!!
Jack is pissed.
Whiney?
No just pissed. He has matured since they launched the attack on the temple. It's weird...
Prolly just some gimick to get you to like him...
So smart Kieko.
I take pride... and I've been doing my studying!
Well... I don't think the baddies aren't quite finished with us yet.
I bet you can take them...!
With how hurt everyone is, I seriously doubt that.
Ye of little faith!
Hey!
What?
By the way, how's everything there?
Just great. I miss you tones! But I got a boyfriend!!!!
Oh my god! No way! Who is he?!?!
You should know him, his name is Charlie!
That... That one really hot exchange student?!?
Yes! He came back after you left, and he said he was to stay! He also started talking to me a bounch, and we started hanging out, and then he asked me out!
That's great Kieko!
I know...
He look the same?
Umm... No actually, a tone different.
Really? What's he look like?
Well, he must have been going to American, but I think he got the wrong style. Course, everyone thinks he looks hot like this, but...
Just tell me, it can't be all that bad.
Well, he wears these black short boot type things, black pants, a black long jacket, umm black fingerless really short glove things, black mascara under his eyes...
Kimiko's brow furried. Mascara under the eyes...
Red flaming hair, goggles on his head, and red eyes...That's him!
Kimiko's eyes widened as she dropped the phone into her lap. She could hear her friend call out her name, but she didn't bother moving... She was petrified...
Dun dun dun! haha, surprising twist at the end. I dunno about this chapter, it seems like crap... But it should have made every RaixKim fan happy haha... Okay well please review, otherwhise the updates will keep coming slow! Hope you liked it, pie for everyone who reviews and keeps reading... I still think this is a very craptastic chapter! review: D