A/N: Second chapter! Woohoo! Slight KxR in this chapter, though not excatly intentional wink wink

Kimiko's fingernails dug through the back of his shirt as she sought for something – anything to hold onto for comfort. Her eyes were wide with fear, her body trembling as she pressed her right cheek to Raimundo's tensed abdomen. Of course, he had found such close physical contact rather weird, but if this was what his friend needed, he would gladly oblige.

"S-s-save me, Rai! Don't let it eat me! Don'tttt!!" she yelped, shaking her head wildly while hugging Raimundo tighter, cutting whatever air supply he had left.

Hesitantly, Raimundo put his hand softly on the black tousle of hair on her head and raked it softly with his fingers. "Ssh, ssh," he breathed quietly, his free hand rubbing her shoulder softly. Almost immediately, she calmed down save for a few sobs. Her grip on him loosened slightly.

"It's just a dream, Kim, just a dream…" Raimundo assured rather unconvincingly.

"But Rai, it's real. It's really coming to get me!" she cried, clutching him tightly again.

"What is?"

"The Black Wolf. It's going to shred me apart. It's gonna devour me, Rai!!"

"Wha? There's no black wolf here! It's just a dream!"

At this Kimiko pushed Raimundo out of her arms forcefully and hid under the covers. Feverishly, she muttered "If Raimundo's not going to save me, nobody will. Nobody believes me. Nobody's gonna save me."

Raimundo scratched his head in confusion but after hearing her hasty mutters, he felt guilty. He sat down next to her on the bed and sighed. "Okay, Kimiko. I'm sorry. I believe you. You want to talk about the Black Wolf? I can't save you if you won't tell me, you know."

Kimiko peeked out warily out of the bed sheets and nodded numbly. Just like a kid, Raimundo thought endearingly, resisting the urge to smile.

With a shaky sigh, Kimiko started.

"Every night, I would be at the same place. The place – I don't know, it looks like Count Dracula's lair. Okay, maybe the outside of it" she stopped for a little chuckle and gravely continued. "There's just loads of trees everywhere in every direction and I feel like I'm trapped with nowhere to go. Then I hear loud howling and as if to confirm my suspicions, I'm suddenly looking up to a full moon."

Raimundo took note of the whitening of her knuckles as she gripped the sides of the bed frame. He placed his one hand on top of hers and smoothed them with his thumb soothingly.

"I swivel around and I'm face to face with my dead brother – except he's not dead. His skin – it's so pale and his eyes are completely black – there's no white…" She gulped. "He opens his mouth widely to reveal sharp fangs coated with blood and then I realize it's my blood cause now he's chewing on me!"

She stopped to whimper a bit as she visualized the scene in her head, oblivious to her surroundings. "And he's suddenly a black wolf, looking at me as though it wants to eat me. No, it promises to devour me like I'd let my brother get bitten by the… the…" she started to stammer and started to flail her legs everywhere.

"DON'T LET IT NEAR ME, RAI! DON'T!! IT'S COMING TO GET ME TOO, RAI!!" She shrieked at an unknown beyond his shoulder, pointing blindly at it.

Raimundo, shocked but prepared for battle, threw a forceful gust of wind behind him to shock his battler. With courage, he swiveled around only to be face to face with nothing but a cracked wall and scattered framed photos. He relaxed his stance and scratched his head. What the hell?

He faced Kimiko whose face was contorted to severe sobs that wracked her body. He rushed over to her side and hugged her comfortingly, smoothing her hair, letting her sob on his shoulder.

"Aw, shh, don't you cry now. It's gone – there's nothing, see?"

"God, I'm sorry, Rai! You must think I'm insane!"

"Naw, you idiot, I…" he paused as he saw a shadow lurch past the window into the darkness of the night. "…I think I'm gonna find out what you're running from."

Just then the entire gang of Xiaolin monks burst into her room, guffawing at the mess Raimundo had made with his attack and the crying Kimiko. Raimundo let go of the weeping damsel in distress and leapt out of the window, in chase of the black entity as he let the rest take care of her.

A/N: Quite some dream, huh. I know, very childish but I did it to portray childhood fears that will stick with you until you grow up. In this chapter, Kimiko is like a little girl, cowering from the Boogeyman. She seeks refuge from Rai, someone she clearly knows canot be trusted to deal with such a matter but her childishness is kicking in and she forgets about who it is who's supposed to save her - as long as someone saves her.

3rd chapter coming up!