Holy Cow! This chapter is 12 pages long, wozers! Anyway I hope you enjoy!
"So what you are saying is that you are searching for a magical thingy-magig."
"New friend Jermaine that was the thirteenth time I have explained to you."
Jermaine continued with his train of thought as if he didn't hear Omi. "You're from China, that's why your clothes are whack. Oh and you need to find your friend…Clay, who is a coowwboyy?"
"Why is this so hard to understand? Now will you help me or will you continue with this jumbo of mumbo." Omi demanded.
"First, its mumbo jumbo and second why not, could be interesting."
"Great!" beamed Omi.
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"Do people watch were they are going." An annoyed Raimundo spat.
"No they don't." Kimiko agreed. She then let out an eek as she was forced back by a shoulder to her head. She was effectively getting caught up in the swarm of people, but her anger got the best of her once again.
"WOULD PEOPLE LOOK WERE THEY ARE GOING!" She screamed at the top of her lungs. People stopped and stared at the ill tempered girl, but Raimundo forced his way through the crowd.
He made his way up to Kimiko then stopped in front of her and turned to the crowd. "What ya looking at?" he stated very calmly, causing people to disperse. "Let's not get separated." He firmly stated.
"Fine." Kimiko then looped her arm in his. "Better."
"Yes." Raimundo grinned and they started to walk again.
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"Dojo, are we at least close to the Wu." Clay asked, getting even more worried for Omi.
"It's a tricky Wu. The Serpents' Tail can go through solid objects, and it keeps moving." Dojo announced.
"Then how are we supposed to catch it." Clay groaned.
"Can I get back to you on that?"
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Kimiko was looking at a square piece of glass, slightly larger than an IPod. "Well we are looking for the Serpents' Tail which can go through any solid object."
"I didn't even realize you had the Looking Glass with you." Raimundo spoke.
"I'm not sure why I brought it." Kimiko added. "Must have been intuition."
Raimundo smiled, but grabbed Kimiko's hand bringing her closer to his side as some people ran by who probably would have knocked her over. He still didn't let go as they continued walking, making Kimiko blush.
Raimundo then reached over with his other hand to grab the Looking Glass. He then thought about the Shen Gong Wu, and the screen shifted to the Serpents' Tail flying through a neighborhood.
"Come here." Raimundo ordered pulling Kimiko into an alley way.
"Wha…" Kimiko managed, but she never finished when Rai pulled her in and disappeared into the wind.
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"Little man, do ya know where this thing is." Jermaine questioned, when under Omi's direction caused them to go in a circle.
"Of course!" Omi argued, "I'm going this way." Jermaine rolled his eyes, and ignored the sudden breeze.
"Did you sense that?" Omi spoke, his black eyes scanning the surrounding area.
"Depends, did you sense you're a little messed up in tha head." Jermaine grinned.
"No, someone is here, they just appeared." Omi continued to keep his senses on red alert. He quickly turned around to see something dart behind a building and took off after it.
"Dog, wait up." Jermaine called after him.
When Omi dashed around the corner, he was looking at the basketball court. He didn't see anything, but he could feel himself being watched.
"Dog, what's up?"
"It's clearly the sky, stop asking such silly questions." Omi barked.
"That's so not what he meant cheese ball." A girl's voice rang out.
"Who's there?" Jermaine called.
Kimiko then crept up behind Omi and sent him flying with a kick to the back of his head. Omi collided with the fence surrounding the court, and slowly slid down.
"Yo, that was cold." Jermaine yelled as he turned around, only to freeze upon seeing Kimiko. "Why would a pretty girl like yourself, take out a little weird kid." Jermaine said with a surprised look on his face.
"Flattering." A sarcastic Kimiko spoke.
"Kimiko!" Omi recovered from his face plant. "What's the meaning of this?"
"Call it payback for my dad's door."
"What!" Jermaine breathed.
"Look we just wanted to talk. We just wanted to explain to you that you need to come to the temple so Master Fung and Guan can tell you more in depth why you need to stay at the temple and why you should join the Xiaolin side." Omi blurted out so he wouldn't get interrupted. Then Omi then thought of something else. "I thought you were with Raimundo."
"I am." Kimiko stated with a smile. "Oh, and I'm not really interested in going to a temple."
"Then I must take you by force." Omi said seriously, but turned to Jermaine who started to laugh hysterically.
"You, you, ha, a pipsqueak," Jermaine paused to gain his breath to try to choke out a sentence. "Take out somebody!" Jermaine then broke into more laughter.
"As I was saying, Kimiko, I will take you by force." Omi then leapt at Kimiko, aiming a kick at her stomach.
She quickly stepped to the side, but Omi recovered, and shot a blast of water that took her out, washing her to the other side of the court. Omi then was ready to freeze the water around her, so she wouldn't be able to move as he could talk to her, but he had to dodge out of the way of a laser blast.
"What the hell is goin' on dog?" Jermaine screamed as he dodged Jack-bots.
"Ha ha ha! It is I, Jack Spicer, evil boy genius!"
"You got to be pulling my hair!" Omi yelled in aggravation.
"Its pulling my leg, and Jack-bots attack! Jack cried.
Jermaine dodged his way out of some robots, and kicked one in its chest. "Great thing I learned karate!"
Omi was leaping on top of Jack- bots heads, then leaped off the last one and shot frozen icicles from the palm of his hand, blasting through the Jack-bots.
"Hey Kimiko, that's a good look for you. Would you like me to be your prince charming?" Jack grinned as he flew over to Kimiko.
Kimiko rolled her eyes and stood up. She formed fire in her hands and flipped into the air and grabbed the sides of his heli-pack, melting them, and breaking the device. When she landed she turned to see Jack fall to the ground, and grinned.
When Jack stood back up he looked at Kimiko. "Hey! That wasn't very nice." He whined.
"Good, I wasn't trying to be nice." Kimiko glared.
"Hey, where's Raimundo, or did you just come here to see me." Kimiko rolled her eyes, and started to walk away, she was wondering if Raimundo was able to catch the Wu.
Jermaine and Omi finished off the robots, and turned towards Jack and the retreating Kimiko.
"Stop her!" Omi screamed, and he and Jermaine took off towards Kimiko.
Kimiko turned to see Omi and Jermaine running at her. Omi was the first to attempt to reach for her, but once again she stepped to the side, but wasn't ready when Jermaine tackled her. They fell down in a heap, Jermaine pinning her down.
"Let go of me!" Kimiko screeched. She didn't want to use her fire because Chase told her it wasn't honorable to use her powers against someone who wasn't trained properly or some crap like that.
"Well the little guy just wants to talk; I don't see why you can't." Jermaine replied. "Oh, and the name is Jermaine, in case you were interested." He smiled.
Kimiko looked at the African American boy, with a glare. He had brown hair that was curly and brown that was trimmed closer to his head. He had on jeans, and had a basketball jersey on with a white shirt underneath. His eyes were brown, and she would admit, he had a charm to him, but not her type. Rather she had her eyes on someone else.
"Just get off of me!" she yelled again.
Jermaine then looked up to see if Omi was coming soon. He didn't know how he felt about having a girl that could bend fire underneath him. When he looked up, he didn't see Omi. He then heard an oof. He turned to the noise, and saw that Omi was up against the fence. He then realized that his feet weren't touching the ground.
"What the hell." Jermaine then looked down at Kimiko who was smirking. Jermaine was wondering what the heck was going on, until he was sent through the air, landing by Omi, and also being pinned to the wall by…
"Wind?" He looked back over at Kimiko, who was being helped up by a guy with tan skin and brown hair. He then recalled Omi mentioning a Raimundo, and figured that was him.
"I'm gonna need your help to catch the damn Wu." Raimundo spoke.
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"The Wu is really close!" Dojo spoke from Clay's hat.
"Where?" Clay asked standing in a small neighborhood. "I don't see it."
Dojo then looked down to the ground staring at the manhole cover below Clay. "Down there." Dojo pointed.
"Ya got to be kidding me." Clay asked as he started to bend down for the manhole cover.
When Clay got the cover off he reluctantly jumped in. Raimundo and Kimiko stepped out from the building they were behind watching Clay.
"The sewers. You are giving me a piggy back ride." Kimiko replied grossed out.
"I'd prefer the piggy back." Raimundo groaned.
They walked to the sewer and Raimundo went down first, followed by Kimiko. When they were both down in the hole, Raimundo put a finger to his lips, indicating for her to be quiet as to not alert Clay.
"Quick Jermaine, we must follow them." Omi yelled coming out from the building behind the one Raimundo and Kimiko were hiding behind.
"Down the hole, dog, this is crazy!" Jermaine cried.
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Down in the whole Clay kept hearing something behind him, but didn't want to let whoever it was know he knew. He walked until he suddenly saw the Serpents' Tail in front of him. He slowly approached it, not wanting to scare it. Dojo had warned him about the tendency of the Wu to freak out.
Raimundo was close enough to see the tail in front of Clay. Omi was then close enough to Raimundo and Kimiko to see Raimundo run up.
When Clay got the Serpents' Tail, he grabbed a hold of it, only to see it start to glow. When he looked up, he saw Raimundo, and Omi holding it as well.
"Omi partner, your okay!"
"Why wouldn't I be?" Omi questioned.
"Lovely reunion, but I challenge you to a Xiaolin Showdown." Raimundo spoke. "My Looking Glass, against your Third Arm Sash, and your mantis flip coin. The game is finding your respective partner in the maze."
"Excuse me!" Kimiko, Jermaine, and Dojo said in unison, but they were ignored.
The scenery changed to aqueducts holding the sewer water, and buildings rising below them. Omi and Clay and Raimundo stood in the front of a few cars, and a red light in front of them. Omi and Clay were wearing their traditional temple robes, and Raimundo was wearing his as well.
"Gong Yi Tempi." The three yelled, beginning the showdown, the light turning green.
On the other side, stood Jermaine, Kimiko and Dojo.
"This is unfair." Kimiko started. "Omi and Clay are practically the same team."
"No…" started Dojo, "wait, that is true."
Raimundo walked calmly as Omi and Clay ran off. He pulled out the Looking Glass, and saw Kimiko; he was going to disappear into the wind, when letters appeared on the Wu, spelling cheating. He sighed then went straight and turned left, into rows and rows of buildings.
Clay knew that he and Omi had the upper hand. If Omi made, the temple got the Wu, if he made it, the temple still got the Wu. But he also knew Raimundo still had tricks up his sleeve. He turned and ran into a dead end.
"Darnit!"
Omi was running down a long street, then decided to turn left, then took an immediate right. He was relieved when the path only continued. When he came into a clearing in the middle of cars parked randomly. There was only one option to leave, and was about to when Raimundo came from where he did. He looked up from the glass and grinned at Omi.
Omi then had a grin of his own as Raimundo was trapped in the Third Arm Sash. He struggled a little bit as Clay came closer, with the sash around his waist.
"Well this has to be unfair." Raimundo spoke.
"Omi run ahead to get the Wu, I'll make sure he doesn't interfere."
"Great idea Clay! I will run ahead and win the showdown. Maybe I could convince Kimiko to come to the temple with us!" Omi smiled as he skipped ahead.
"What makes you think she will go?" Raimundo yelled, his anger rising.
Omi turned around, "As I told her before, I will use force if I have to do."
Wind started to pick up around them and cars blocked the only way to go. Omi looked at Raimundo, and he saw the anger on his face. Omi would never openly admit it, but he was scared.
Kimiko was currently sitting on the ground, running her finger across the dirt on the ground. Dojo was asleep, and Jermaine was watching Kimiko.
Kimiko then jerked her head up as the wind became really strong. It blew her hair wildly around her, making the ponytail come loose. When she looked over at Jermaine and Dojo, she saw Dojo was holding onto Jermaine's pants, to keep him from going splat against the wall.
Raimundo became free of the sash when he had a gust of wind blast into Clay, making him loose his concentration. He then went after Omi. They dodged each other's attacks until Omi was able to kick Raimundo in the jaw. Raimundo staggered back, and nearly avoided an attack from Clay.
Raimundo then dodged another attack by Clay, and gave an uppercut to Clays jaw, knocking him into a wall. Clay then called out to Omi.
"Omi just go!"
Omi nodded as Clay tackled Raimundo, but was blown in the air, and Raimundo took off after Omi, getting madder by the minute.
Clay landed on top of a car, causing the alarm to go off. He slowly peeled himself up from the car, but the adrenaline running through his body blocked most of the pain for now. He then took off after Omi and Raimundo.
As he ran and caught up to them he began to wonder why Rai was so defensive about Kimiko. Clay shook his mind of those thoughts when he realized that Raimundo was catching up to Omi. He then used the earth under his feet to move him faster by the rocks sliding under his feet. When he got close enough, he jumped to tackle Raimundo, but unfortunately at the same time Raimundo leapt at Omi.
They ended up in a heap, landing in front of a black iron gate, with a not attached. When they all stood up, to continue the race they saw the blockage.
"This can't seriously be a dead end." Clay groaned.
"There is a note here ya dumb blonde." Raimundo sneered, and reached for the note. Clay and Omi also looked at the note in his hand, also curious.
The note read:
You have reached the end together
But to win you must touch your partner.
Whatever means to win, you may use.
As they finished reading the short note, the gates opened, revealing Dojo, Jermaine, and Kimiko.
They all took off, but Omi and Clay both saw that Raimundo was clearly faster. Omi then thought back to the letter. He then called upon his element, and sent a tidal wave at Raimundo, wiping him across the area that resembled a grungy Grand Central station.
Raimundo spit out some water, and glared at Omi. He quickly realized what Omi had done, and responded with a tornado appearing in front of Clay and Omi sucking them in. They landed against the wall, bits of the wall coming down to the ground with them.
Clay looked from under the brim of his hat, and saw Raimundo running to Kimiko. Without putting much thought in it he put his hands on the ground, and sent a rock up from the ground. He thought he had hit Raimundo, until it was girls scream that rang out. When he looked again, it was Kimiko flying through the air.
Raimundo looked over at Clay and Omi with a glare then jumped into the sky to catch her, but neither Omi nor Clay were willing to loose, and also propelled themselves into the sky with assistance from their elements.
Omi flew into Raimundo, and flew into a staircase that collapsed under the weight of the fall. Clay then grabbed for Kimiko, not wanting her to land hard on the ground. He grabbed her around the waist, and called the ground up to meet him.
When Clay landed, Kimiko immediately started to scream, not only because Clay was holding her, but the fact she couldn't fight back, it was like she was a rag doll or something.
Raimundo and Omi were exchanging it hits in the broken staircase, when Kimiko's scream rang out. Raimundo then turned to Omi, and sent a hurricane force wind at Omi, blasting him out of the hole. Raimundo then climbed out of the hole seeing Clay holding Kimiko, who was strangely not fighting, only screaming her head off in Japanese. He then registered his direction, and he was walking towards Jermaine and Dojo. He wasn't sure who his partner was, and sent a wind at both Jermaine and Dojo.
When Clay saw Dojo and the new kid fly backwards, landing against the wall, about twenty yards from him. He looked to his right and saw Raimundo walking toward him. For some reason the look on his face sent chills through Clay's system and held the screaming Kimiko in front of him.
Raimundo let out a scoff at Clay's fearfulness, but still sent daggers at Clay for using Kimiko as his shield. Kimiko was clearly angry, but he couldn't figure out why she wasn't melting Clay with her fire. Even though Clay had her arms in his grip, that shouldn't have mattered, she could probably explode like a bomb.
Kimiko then saw Jermaine and Dojo were in a heap. She figured they were pretty much ragdolls as well because Jermaine's position looked less then comfortably. She then saw Omi running up, and could guess that couldn't be anything good.
"Raimundo!" Kimiko yelled. "Look at Omi!"
Raimundo, glanced out of the side of his eye, and saw Omi running up to Jermaine and Dojo.
"Merda."
He then sent a wind at Omi, slowing him down, then conjured another, sending Jermaine and Omi behind him, so he was between Omi and Clay's targets.
Omi then came up by Clay, as he was setting Kimiko down behind him, copying what Raimundo had done.
"I think it's time for this rodeo to end." Said a stern Clay.
Raimundo only continued to stare, taking in Omi and Clay's injuries. Clay's uniform was tattered, and had some blood stains around a few holes. He also was bleeding on his leg, and had bruises forming from what he could tell. Omi had a small cut on his forehead that had dried blood below it. His clothes were also tattered with dirt, and had bruises. He seemed in better shape than Clay, but Raimundo was faring better then the both.
"Why don't you clowns just surrender?" Raimundo spoke, keeping his face serious.
Clay and Omi glanced at each other before sending rocks and icicles soaring at him. Raimundo dropped to the ground, spread eagle, and then did a push up that lifted his whole body off the ground to avoid spikes of earth, and propelled himself in to the air.
Clay was getting tired and loosing focus. He wasn't sure how long he could keep this up. He knew Omi would work himself to death, and Raimundo, well he looked very determined. Clay then thought back to his earlier thought.
Did Raimundo really want this Wu that badly, or did it have to do with Kimiko.
'Come to think of it, this was just a joke to him until Omi mentioned taking Kimiko back to the temple.' Clay mused to himself. He turned to see Kimiko on the ground, propped up with her elbow, but otherwise still lying on the ground. She was staring at Raimundo, worry evident on her face.
Omi then came flying, landing at Clay's feet. "Ya' okay partner."
"This really does need to end. He is hatter than a mad." Omi spoke exasperated.
"That's madder than a hatter." Clay corrected.
"Does it matter?"
"No."
Omi then shot up. "You should attempt the new technique Master Guan taught you!"
Clay grimaced but nodded. He knew he was tired, but it couldn't hurt to try. He then closed his eyes, and slammed his hands on the ground, spikes coming out of the ground behind him. Clay then stood straight, the spikes flying into the air. Clay felt himself quiver, he knew he shouldn't have attempted this, as he became dizzy, and week. He then fell to his knees, causing the spikes to turn, and start to fall.
Raimundo's eyes widened, the spikes were all above Kimiko. He then did the only thing he could think of, he disappeared into the wind.
Kimiko stared up at the spikes which were starting to fall. She froze, she couldn't do anything. The showdown prevented her powers from working. She closed her eyes, the only thing she could do. Her eyes then shot open, when she felt arms wrap around her. She then brought her hands up, to cling to Raimundo. She didn't have to see his face to know it was him.
When Raimundo started to pull back, Kimiko moved with him.
"Were back in reality Kimi." He whispered into her hair.
Kimiko pulled back, and looked at Raimundo, then saw the Wu on the side of the ledge, where they were sitting. She looked over at Clay, Omi and Jermaine.
She then glared at Clay, and started yelling again. "Anata wa jāku. Ima made dare mo shōjo o chiryō suru hōhō o shiji shinakatta, anata wa o shiri!"
Raimundo couldn't help but grin. He then realizes she had walked up to the three other boys, still yelling. When she stood in front of the three, she promptly slapped Omi and Clay. Who looked confused, and angry.
"That was for my papa's door." She then kicked Clay where it counts. "That was for the rock spikes." And turned back to Raimundo, who had already collected the Shen Gong Wu.
"Hey, we just can't let them take that!" Jermaine yelled.
"We lost the showdown, they won it. We cannot do anything." A sad Omi explained.
"Well you dorks may respect the rules, I don't!" Jack yelled just walking up from the darkness. "Jack-bots get the Wu!"
Bots came out from behind Jack, flying towards Raimundo and Kimiko. Lasers started to rain down on them, they both dodged out of the way. Kimiko put a wall of flames in front of her, melting and burning the robots that approached her.
Raimundo punched a head of a bot off, and sent the body of it flying into three others, destroying them. He then sent sharp blades of wind at the remaining bots coming at him. He then made his way over to Kimiko, a grin on his face.
Jermaine, and the two warriors stood there staring, wondering what was going to happen next, well Jack was whining about his robots. When Raimundo stopped behind Kimiko, he stuck his tongue out, and wrapped his arms around Kimiko's shoulders, and disappeared in a breeze.
"I really don't like when they do that." Omi stated.
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Raimundo was playing tug-of-war with Candida. He kept repeating the day in his head, from Kimiko's dad asking to take of his daughter, to the moments when the spikes were falling from the sky above Kimiko.
His thoughts were interrupted when a knock came to his door.
"Come in." Rai answered knowing it was Kimiko, Chase never knocked.
"Hey, um, I guess I wanted to say thanks for earlier in the showdown." Kimiko spoke from his doorway. She had just got out of the shower, and was wearing, once again, a pair of his pants, and a long sleeved black underarmor shirt.
"Hey, it's no problem. I didn't really feel like breaking the promise to your dad." Rai replied.
Kimiko moved further into the room, stopping on the opposite side of the bed from him and Candida. "You don't have to take that seriously, he is just a worry wart." Kimiko smiled slightly, and turned her eyes downward.
Raimundo let go of the rope, and walked in front of Kimiko. "What if I do want to take it seriously?"
Kimiko looked up at him, trying to read his face, but couldn't, she was never good at that. She then turned her head down again. "You don't have to."
"But I want to." Raimundo whispered once again reaching his hand out to push her hair behind her ear.
She froze again, and looked up at him. She then relaxed when he started to rub his thumb across her cheek. Kimiko then found her vocal chords, "Why?" she whispered.
He brought his other hand up to the other side of her face, cupping it. As he bent down, Kimiko's eyes fluttered closed, and she stood on her toes.
Raimundo kissed her. It was a short, yet demanding kiss. He rested his head on her forehead, before kissing her more fiercely, liking his first taste of her lips. He ran his tongue along her lips, pleading for entrance. When she timidly parted her lips, Raimundo, felt male pride well up inside him.
He moved one hand to her waist, slipping it behind to her lower back, pushing her against him, as his other hand moved into her hair. When her tongue responded, he pulled back grinning, before picking her up, so he didn't have to bend, and she didn't have to stretch, and kissed her again.
Kimiko put her arms around his neck, digging her fingers into his scalp. She herself was ecstatic. He had kissed her. When they drew back, for airs sake, they looked at each other, their foreheads still touching. Rai then decided to actually answer her question.
"Because, I kinda like you, a lot." He grinned.
"I like too. A lot." She breathed.
Raimundo crushed his lips to hers once again, loving holding her in his arms.
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