Love, War, and Choices
Chapter 12...Please Don't Cry
Kimiko's PoV
Okay. I can so do this. I know I can... I mean, I have to. It's not gunna be that hard. I just have to tell them that their son died. Saving me.
Aww who am I kidding. This isn't going to be easy! They're going to hate me! I know Raimundo has sent them pictures of all of us, and he's said I was his best friend... But that's not going to change that Raimundo is dead!
From the point I landed in Rio, I was crying. But I knew I had to go. I knew it.
I breathed as she got out of the cab carefully and walked up to the door. I shifted the diary to my other hand, and lifted the other to knock.
An older woman opened the door, her smile that glowed stabbed me like a thousand knifes.
The smiled turned confused, as though she was trying to remember. "Who are you?"
I could only look down.
"No wait... I remember!" Her voice sounded extremely happy. "How are you... Kimiko, is it not?"
I couldn't smile. I couldn't even force it. "Yes."
"Come on in!" She welcomed me in with open arms, and I about burst into tears. "So, what's up Ms. Tohomiko? Did you come with Raimundo?"
I then could not contain myself any longer. Tears began to roll. "Ms. Pedrosa. I know your son went to a circus instead of living here. But I believe you may want to read this... To know what happened."
We sat in the living room, and I gave her my diary. It was already unlocked.
"Oh, are you sure? This is your diary, I couldn't..."
"Please. I'd never be able to tell you the whole story." I managed to choke out.
She nodded and took the small black book made from leather now worn from me and opened it.
Kimiko Tohomiko.
Keep out... Means you Raimundo!
His mother smiled at those words, and I know what she had just read.
I stopped her occationally to see where she was. "Where now?"
"You've just found out who had which element. You, fire. Raimundo, wind. Clay, earth. And Omi, water."
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It's funny. The look on Omi's face was hysteric. He was so surprised that he wasn't the only chosen one. I cannot believe it though. I've always wondered why I was such a hot head. I've always tried to believe it was because of my mother, but... Something... Some part of me has always thought it was something else.
Well... My teammates.
Omi's so cute, and funny. Although, he's not quite understanding of normal kids... Probably just because he only grew up with calm monks who don't do anything. I know that sounds rude, but hey what can I say?
Clay... He's totally cool, although his metaphores get a little confusing... He's so sweet, and he sticks up for Omi good.
Then ... Then there's Raimundo. I knew from the start he was mischievious, thus the name spot at the front of this book. He's also pretty sweet. But god he thinks he can score me so fast... Such a jerk at the same time.
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She went on reading the diary, and I kept asking about it. At one point, it'd be La Mime's magic box, my 'absolute focus', Raimundo's study on the Shen-Gong-Wu, and Shen Yi Bu dares. Back to Omi and his slang, To Raimundo's betrayal, to his great comback,to me intruducing everyone to my father. To Jack Spicer screaming like a girl. To Raimundo's betrayal, to his great comback, to the meeting of Chase Young, to Omi's Xiaolin Promise. To getting Omi back, becoming Wudai Warriors, to the quest of leadership coming in. To Omi's quest, to Omi's time travel, to the future where I became leader and completely sucked at the job. To Raimundo being made leader, to Omi and Raimundo's fight, to where I became conscious again after that. To Master Fung telling us about the fight, to where I made my deal with Chase. To Jack and mine's make out, to Raimundo waking up and not remembering anyone accept partially me. To Jack punching him and him getting his memory back, to where I make my choice. To the fight... and to his death... Then, to me explaining my visions to Jack... To the years to come, to Raimundo's revealage of purposing to me that night...
By the end of the diary, Mrs. Pedrosa was in silent tears. She looked up to me.
"Oh dear Kimiko!" She dropped the small leather book and hugged me tight. Tears threatened to sting my eyes, but I kept strong... For her sake.
"I... I just thought I'd let you know about this..."
"Thank you. I'll be sure to inform the circus about this aswell... He did spend most of his life there."
I nodded and got up to leave.
"Oh and Kimiko?"
"Yeah?"
"I knew about Raimundo's purposal."
"You... You did?"
"He came to me a week before this tragic thing happened. And said he needed a ring."
"Really?"
"He said, and I quote 'You remember the girl I train with... Kimiko. Yeah... Kimiko Tohomiko. I wanna purpose to her... The day we all four met, the day I met her, and the day we began to date after a month. After knowing her for so long, I believe we're ready for this. Our love is more pure than water itself! And no, I'm not talking about muck water either mom!' Oh, it was so sweet!" She sigh heavily and turned her sparkling emerald gaze to me.
I had no answer to give her.
"Now... Out of odd conviniance, he told me right where he'd put it to keep it safe. You see... It was the ring his father gave me. Although, we aren't together anymore, my ex husband and I both agreed I should give it to him. The wedding bands, and the engagement ring. Since you should know what I'm talking about... You're free to go and keep it... As though he did purpose to you. I know for a fact my son would have wanted you to keep it, even if it didn't mean the real thing."
Once again, I was speachless. "Are you-"
"Positive!" She smiled and hugged me again. After minutes of embrace, she pulled back, "Now shoo shoo!" she smiled a grateful smile, and I returned it.
Turning to leave, I heard her whisper something, that I don't think she knew I heard.
"He'll love her... Always and Forever."
I shut the door slowly behind me, and put my back up against it. Fresh tears formed in my eyes, and I slid down the door, my hair trailing behind me, but only clinging to the door by the top.
I managed to dig out the Golden Tiger Claws, which I knew I would need afterwards... But it just seemed right to fly into Rio.
I slipped them on and opened my mouth. "Golden Tiger Claws."
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Normal PoV
Clay shook his head at the mess. "We're never gunna fix this place up. This sounds so stupid now!" Clay muttered through his now light accent. Glancing around, he saw Jack pacing around, looking awfully worried, Dojo was trying to pick up some rocks for what Clay thought only god knew, and Omi was sitting on a fallen stone, watching out into the fading stars.
He decided on Jack first. Walking over, it's like Jack didn't even know he was there.
"Hey Jack..." Clay started, but got cut off.
"Where's Kimiko?" He demanded.
"Why?"
"I need to find her! If Raimundo died... who knows what she'll do!" He went back to pacing and mumbling, this time not even acting like Clay was right next to him. Clay just chuckled, because he knew Kimiko wouldn't do anything to harm herself, no matter the cercomstances.
"Okay... Bye." He wasn't expecting a reply, by the way Jack was staring off, quite spacy, he knew it was a fact.
While he walked over to Dojo he thought, Where is Kim anyways?
But instead, "Hey Dojo!" Came out of his mouth.
"Hey cowboy!" He didn't look up.
"Wha'cha doin' par'ner?" He asked, trying not to laugh at the small dragon's struggle.
"Trrying... Tooooo get these rooocks offff of the grouuuund!" He let his heavy weight drop down, and began breathing deep.
"Why?" Clay was confused.
"Well, we're giving people a proper place... It'd just feel nice to have the body... Ya know... He was the leader, and everyone's hardcrushing friend... I can't just leave the kid there..." Dojo trailed off.
Clay was surprised that Dojo wasn't feeling more pain over Master Fung. But then again, Dojo was the one who was showing the most sympathy to Raimundo, besides Kimiko, mostlikely, but who knew what she was thinking... because, who knew where she was?
The dragon of earth was questioning why he didn't feel a bigger pang of guilt for Raimundo.
"Have you talked to Omi yet?"
"No..." Dojo sigh. "I guess I'm trying to put it off... I don't like to see the kid like that."
"Do you want me to do it?"
"No, it's fine... I gotta. We... all three of us, we were a tight family for 14 years..." Clay could hear the pain in Dojo's voice of losing someone that close.
"Here... Lemme at least help with this." He lifted the weight of the rocks to his own, lifting them to a levitate.
Under the rocks they saw...
Suddenly Clay dropped the rocks. A gash appeared in the air as Kimiko stumbled out, into a not so graceful landing.
"Kimiko!" Jack sigh, trying to come up and talked to her. But she quickly pulled herself up and rushed over to where Raimundo's fallen room was. Jack just stood there, confused at why she didn't want to talk.
Clay had to stop himself from laughing at Jack's confusion. Kimiko had just lost the one dearest to her... What did Jack expect? For her to come crawling to him and say 'Jack, I love you now!' No, not gunna happen... He could picture Kimiko saying the same thing, in her old fourteen year old rich voice she used to tell Raimundo when he asked for a kiss.
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I have to find it... I just have to!
Kimiko pulled a rock off of the spot she knew Raimundo's room was.
When she removed the rock, she saw the remains of a small dresser nightstand beside a torn and ripped mattress.. Taking big chuncks of wood off of the pile, she saw a medium sized wooden box. She opened the box, to see another wooden box with a lock on it. She saw there was no key, so Kimiko scrummaged the pile.
Thinking for a moment, a switch clicked inside her mind. Raimundo... Even with something this important, could not keep that key unlost even if his life depended on it... So, there's another way to open this.
Kimiko took a bobby pin out of her hair and stuck it into the lock. It clicked, and she yanked it off to see a silver box inside. It had no openings, no rough parts. Completly smooth, no telling what it was made of... and it looked solid, as though it wasn't put together as a box.
This is Raimundo... He can't be that challenging!
That's when Kimiko remembered his mothers words. 'He talked about making a box for it with his element... That only himself, or the element could open...'
She held still to try and feel a breeze. She found it faint, as though it were dying, and missing apart of it. She held it up, but even as stronger gusts came to try and help open it... It's as though the wind couldn't do it, unless Raimundo wasn't there to support it through mind thoughts, that floated upon the wind's thin and always shattering surface. The words lucky that they reached the wind that they did, unless it boomed... But that would make it more dangerous for the fragile air to crumble.
Nodding to nothing at all, but just to have her hair blow in the wind, she heated up her hands until sparks of gentle flames emerged, helping the box to disinigrate. Since Raimundo was not here, Kimiko, since he made this box to hold something that would soon becoming also her's, her power would be able to help it along. As the wind rippled harder, but still soft, Kimiko could have sworn she heard someone whispering something in her ear.
"Don't cry Kimiko... Please... Do not weep... Please move on, but don't forget..." That's what it repeated only three times... And then the skies went dead silent... No wind came at all.
"It was Raimundo..." Kimiko sigh to no one in particular. The box came open, and there inside stood a velvet blue small box... A ring box.
She took it out and opened it, gasping at the sight. It held four diamonds on the center. the two on the top went sapphire blue, to emerald green, and then on the bottom, emerald green to sapphire blue. Then, there was a slightly smaller clear (or white) diamond to both sides, and they kept getting smaller until there wasn't a diamond you could see on there. On the inside it said Always and Forever. Those words engraved lightly into the silver iron, but engraved deeply in Kimiko's heart.
"Please don't cry..." She smiled to herself as she slipped the ring on her left ring finger. "Don't cry... Please, Don't weep... Please move on, but don't forget..." She looked up at the fading stars turning into light. "Count on that Raimundo..."
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There's your chapter. Sorry for the long update, busy, last week of school cheer but groan cause there's a whole 4 more days okay, so umm yeah, hope you liked it muhahaha... I personally think Kimiko didn't cry as much as I thought, but Kimiko don't look like one to cry a lot, even over a love one lost... Course she did cry a lot, but she didn't bawl her eyes out like I expected her to lawlz. But I liked where this story went... although NOTE it ain't over people:D so please review and keep reading, the update will come soon!