Author's Note: Sorry that it took a little while to upload! ^^ Sorry this one is short, I'll try to make the next one longer.
Chapter Ten: Surprise Visit
Raimundo woke up and thought about the previous events that happened the previous day. 'I hope that all was a dream.' he thought looking over at his surroundings. He saw a burnt out fire and across from him on the other side of the fire a curled up girl and a dragon sleeping on her head. 'So, it wasn't a dream.' deep down inside he felt a little bit grateful that it wasn't a dream. 'Why should I care? It's not like I'm actually growing attached to her or anything.' he told himself. Even though he thought it was a dream, one thing sure wasn't. He looked up and saw two figures starring down at him. When he saw who it was he replied smugly, "Well I hope you came to apologize. AHHHH!"
Kimiko woke up with a start when she heard Raimundo screaming. She held her pan in front of her when she shot up sending Dojo flying off of her head. She saw Omi and Clay dragging Raimundo by the feet. "Hey!" she shouted dropping her pan, ran over and grabbed his arms and started pulling. "Let… Go… OF…. HIM!" she shouted.
"Never!" the other two shouted pulling harder.
"Not until he gives us the scroll!" shouted Omi.
"I don't have it!" shouted Raimundo starting to feel pain in both his feet and arms.
Omi and Clay let go of him, but instead of backing off, like Kimiko kind of expected, they instantly pounced on Raimundo and tried to look for the scroll. "Hey! What do you think you're doing?" he shouted trying to get away from them.
"You're at the top of your rope! Arm over the scroll!" everyone stopped at looked over at Omi with confused expressions.
"What did he say?" asked Dojo on top of Kimiko's head.
"Oh, 'you're at the end of your rope', and 'hand over the scroll'." replied Raimundo. Everyone shrugged and turned back to what they were they doing before Omi's episode.
Clay grabbed Raimundo by the shirt and said in a threatening tone, "You'd better give us the scroll or you'll be crying like a cow in a room full of steaks."
"Ok, first off, what? Second, let me go and I'll tell you." Clay let go of Raimundo and he brushed himself off, took a deep breath and, "I DON'T HAVE IT!" Raimundo exploded. The other two looked at each other then back at Raimundo with a questioning look. "I'm not lying!" he said.
"He's telling the truth." Kimiko stood next to Raimundo, Omi and Clay looked at her suspiciously. Raimundo looked at her too, but with shock. He was more surprised that she was actually defending him. "You see, I took the scroll away from him because we've made a deal and if he isn't getting the scroll then you aren't either until the deal is over." she said putting her hands on her hips.
Omi looked up at Clay who looked at him as well. They both nodded. "Ok, but just to make you don't act like no good snake's in the grass, we'll accompany you."
Kimiko, Raimundo, and Dojo looked at each other, they all nodded. "All right." replied Kimiko.
"I believe a proper introduction is in order." said Omi, "I am Omi." he gave them a polite smile.
"I'm Clay." Clay tipped his cowboy hat.
"I'm Kimiko." she said giving them a smile.
"Raimundo." he put his hands in his pockets.
"And I'm Dojo." he slithered onto Kimiko's shoulder.
"What exactly is your deal?" asked Omi.
"Oh, Raimundo's going to take me to see these lights that appear in the sky." replied Kimiko.
"That doesn't seem like much." commented Clay.
"Well maybe to you, but to me it means something to me." she said.
"Well, should we get a move on?" asked Clay. "After all, he has a deal to finish and we have a scroll to get back." the others agreed and they started for their direction with Kimiko and Raimundo leading the way, more Raimundo than Kimiko.
Kimiko, having remembered to grab her pan, clenched it in her hand while pondering, 'Clay and Omi don't seem that tough.' she thought. She kept thinking about her new companions.
Raimundo was thinking too, but not about the other two. No, he was thinking about the deal. 'What am I going to do when this deal is over?' he thought, 'I can't just leave, it's obvious that Kim will need help with Wuya if- hold up, did I just call her 'Kim'?' he shook that thought out of his head and continued, 'And I can't just show up at home. Jack will certainly get back at me for taking the scroll.'
Clay was thinking about this new venture, 'Wonder why she needs to see those lights so badly?' he asked himself.
Omi was too busy thinking about the scroll, 'I must have it back! Master will not be pleased with us.'
'Wonder what Kimiko will do when this deal is over.' thought Dojo. They were all too distracted by their own thoughts that they didn't even notice the shadows in deep in the forest watching their every move.
Author's note: I am so sorry for Omi's miss use of slang. I tried to think of something good back no luck. So I just used one line from the episode Oil in the Family. And sorry for Clay's metaphor thing. ^^*