Tadaaa Chapter 2!

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Was this a dream? Kimiko was there in front of his eyes, wide eyed and a blush forming her cheeks. Raimundo snapped out of his dream-like state. Why in the world was she in his arms?

The two awkwardly laid like that for a few seconds, each looking into the others round eyes. Then Kimiko tried to disengage herself, quickly followed by her counterpart. They stood up, both fire-engine red. Kimiko was the first to speak. "Ummm Dojo wants us to find another sheng-gong-wu…"

Raimundo shook his head, returning to his old joking self. "Couldn't get enough of me in the day? But really, a sheng-gong-wu at 2 in the morning? Dojo probably wants us to see him clipping the fungmesters toenails again."

"Whatever Rai, c'mon everyone's waiting." Kimiko said, dusting herself off.

"This sheng-gong-wu is called power leech, the power leech allows the person to steal small portions of power from another person continuously as long as they are in the same room. A pretty dangerous wu if put in the wrong hands." Dojo explained as they flew through the night.

"Hey partner, "Clay said to Raimundo slyly, "What took yall so long to get out of yer room?" Kimiko turned her head so no one could see the blush rising on her cheeks. Raimundo just cleared his throat and looked at anywhere but the girl sitting in front of her.

"OH," Clay said knowingly.

"What do you mean, Clay-" Omi was about to ask when a long shudder went through Dojo.

"Its here!" He shouted taking a nose dive into the city below.

"Ahhhhh, the city of Venice….my kind of place!" Dojo sighed as he twisted his small figure over the front of the taxi boat they were riding. "Its nice to be the passenger once in a while."

Omi was looking around at the beautifully lit city of Venice with sparkly yes. "Ooooooh, these lights are mooooost pretty."

"You can awe later, right now, we have a sheng-gong-wu to find," Raimundo told the others as he hopped off onto the dock leading towards a building.

"Ahem. Actually, the sheng-gong-wu is underneath the building, in the water." Dojo said, now on top of Clay's blonde head.

"Ugh, I just got this outfit though…" Kimiko complained, looking at the water below her in defeat.

"Let us get the wu before we throw away an more time!" Jumping into the cold water, Omi beckoned the others.

" You mean before we waste time," Kimiko answered, before jumping in with the others.

As they swam deeper and deeper into the dark waters, Kimiko felt something cold grip her chest. Darkness clouded her vision. Then she felt a fire inside her body, trying to envelope her. This wasn't the type of fire that she was used to. It was untamed and uncontrollable and threatened to overwhelm her. Struggling to keep whatever was inside of her in, she stopped swimming and flailed in the water. Then, as sudden as the fire came, it disappeared, leaving her confused. Swimming rapidly to catch up with the others, she caught Rai looking at her with a worried look. Unable to speak underwater, she gave him an exasperated look followed by a quick shake of the head. It was nothing; just the cold water…Kimiko assured herself.

Finally reaching what looked like underwater caves, they found an entrance and quickly swam towards it. Gasping for breath, they looked around their new surroundings. It was dark, really dark.

"Kimiko, some assistance if you please," Omi whispered.

She created a small blaze with her hand, lighting up the walls of the caves. They saw small crude stairs that took them deeper within the caves. They found themselves in a small, damp, circular room where the wu stood on a pedestal, giving off a sickish aura of green.

Raimundo, grabbing the wu, looked sides and above him, clearly expecting something. "What? No Spicer? Maybe he chickened out…"

"OR he's just running late. C'mon lets get outta here before he shows. I'm so not in the mood to fight robots right now." Kimiko urged everyone into the water. Swimming back up to the awaiting dragon of the taxi boat, the xiaolin dragons quickly boarded the dragon taking off for the temple.

Wet hair whipping around her face, Kimiko looked down at the sea below. Naturally, she dislike water. She WAS fire after all…but she had never been paralyzed or momentarily blinded by it….she sat through the whole trip back home. So caught up in her thoughts, that she did not bother to notice the concerned looks from Raimundo or the strange but familiar black crow that was flying away from them.

"So, the young fire dragon has finally shown signs of what she is to become," Chase said to himself, "Good, that means I don't have to wait any further for the plan to proceed."

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