Reunited
Omi's POV
"Master Fung . . . what exactly are you doing?" I questioned.
"Waiting patiently," He replied.
"For how long and for what reason? You've been waiting for the past two days."
"Do not worry young monk, as we are expecting some old visitors arriving very soon."
I looked to Master Fund very confused, but then decided to not question him and resume my training in the court yard. Ever since Master Fung had mentioned the vision he had for told, I have been training harder each and every day with testing my new abilities and strength. As I trained though, I found myself to feeling more and more . . . lonely. I have no one to practice my incredible skills on other than these lifeless dummies. Sometimes though I would think back at all the training I used to do with my friends . . .
I had truly missed them over the years and I have felt we have all drifted apart from each other. As I stopped punching the dummy I laid on the ground out of boredom and stared at the sky. I really did miss my friends, especially at times like now. It had ben three years since, I last saw them and now I feel even lonelier than ever. Suddenly something began to block the light out of my face and thought it was just Master Fung.
"Why do you look so blue little feller?" A familiar voice said.
My eyes widen and I quickly sat up and turned around to see none other than my good friend Clay who was grinning at me
"Clay!" I shouted greeting him as he gave a big bear hug to me which nearly suffocated me, until he let go.
"It's good to see you to partner, it's been way to long." He spoke.
"I couldn't agree more," Another familiar voice spoke.
We both turned our heads to see none other than Raimundo as he began to walk toward us and greet us. Clay then gave Raimundo the bear hug too and I could see Raimundo hurting a bit from it.
Raimundo's POV
"You are all back! I cannot believe it!" Omi shouted with joy.
"Believe it cheese ball . . . we're back." I replied.
"I would take offense to that last comment, but I am just so glad to see you guys!"
"I guess we have a lot of catching up to do." Clay said as we headed back inside and began to sit down in the little living room.
Once we got settled with some drinks and food, we then began to talk.
"So when did you arrive here Clay?" I asked.
"I actually showed up today, just like you." He replied.
"Speaking of which my friends, what exactly brings you two here?" Omi questioned.
"Well a couple of days ago, I had sort of . . . a vision." Clay explained and my eyes widen along with Omi's.
"You saw the vision too!" Omi and I exclaimed at the same time.
"Wait Omi you saw the vision as well!?" I asked.
"Actually Master Fung first had the vision and told me about it and then shortly after I had the vision." He explained.
"So then you all saw the fire, screaming, and the dead bodies lying around too then . . ." Clay asked and we both nodded.
"So then the vision must be true, than . . . That might actually all happen . . ." I said and no one said a word, until Omi spoke up.
"Do you think Kimiko saw the vision as well?" Omi asked my hearted ached hearing her name.
Kimiko . . . I had almost forgotten about her. The last time I saw her was when she said our good-byes at the dock and that she kissed me and had a single tear fall from her eye. That image still stuck with me, as I didn't want to leave her side . . . I knew I'd regret not saying anything after she kissed me, because after all this time I still think back to that kiss and how . . . right it felt . . . I never stopped thinking about her and she was sometimes always on my mind even back then when I . . . No . . . I don't want to remember any part of that past . . . This is me and I'll never be that person I was once back then . . . again . . .
"I'm not sure little buddy, but I think we all miss her." Clay spoke snapping me back to reality.
"Miss who?" Dojo said appearing into the room to where Clay and I greeted him.
"We were just talking about Kimiko and how we miss her." Omi explained and then Dojo looked at me as he spoke.
"I'm sure you did," He winked at me and then I gave a slight blush, as Clay and Omi looked at me.
"Am I missing something here, or is there a reason why you are as red as a tomato Rai?" Clay spoke and I quickly took a sip of my tea.
"I have no idea what you're talking about." I responded.
"Are we talking about how Kimiko kissed Raimundo good-bye?" Omi stated and I almost spited my whole drink out and almost choked on it.
"How do you know that!?" I shouted and then I looked to Dojo and glared at him as he gave an apologetic smile.
"It may have slipped," He replied.
"I always knew you two had a thing for each other." Clay smirked and I could hear Omi chuckling in the background.
"It's not funny you guys!" I exclaimed and started to attack all of them as they laughed as I felt embarrassed.
As I started to get them, I started to hear Clay start speaking again.
"A guys . . ." Clay spoke.
"He's so cute when he's blushing." Dojo laughed along with Omi as I started to get angry.
"Hey fellers!" Clay exclaimed.
"Come back here you two!" I shouted.
"GUYS!" Clay yelled and we all stopped to look at him.
"What!?" We all exclaimed.
"Looks like we've got another visitor." Clay smiled.
We looked in his general direction and then noticed what he meant and my eyes went wide with surprise. There stood outside the Temple court yard was a beautiful young lady with her raven black hair and her gorgeous sapphire eyes. She was walking with Master Fung and was coming inside the Temple and headed our way. I noticed now all the guys staring at me with smirks on their face and I just ignored them and sat back down and sipped my drink. Suddenly when she entered the room, I watched as her eyes first made contact with mine and how she slowly began to give a small smile at me.
"Kimiko! You have arrived as well!" Omi exclaimed going over to her as she gave him a hug.
"It's nice to see you again to Omi." She replied with a smile.
"Don't forget about me little lady." Clay said as he gave her a big bear hug.
"You're hurting . . . me . . . Clay." She breathed and he let her down.
"Sorry about that,"
"It's ok . . . It actually was nice having your bear hugs again." She smirked and he gave a small laugh.
She then turned to me and I got up from my seat and walked toward her. She looked a little different, but she was still the same Kimiko the last time I saw her. Only now she seemed a bit more mature. Once we were face to face, she smiled to me as I smiled back and we immediately hugged each other. Her in my arms right now, never felt so right . . . I never wanted to let her go, not ever again . . .
"It's really good to see you again Kim." I whispered to her.
"It's really good to see you too Rai." She replied.
"I've missed you . . ."
"I bet you have," Dojo remarked and we both turned to him and felt slightly embarrassed that we both quickly pulled away from each other.
"So what have I missed?" Kimiko asked and we all looked at her with sad expressions to which she looked confused.
"We've got a lot of grasping up to do." Omi spoke and we all laughed as he looked confused.
"It's catching up to do little dude." I replied patting his head.
"Still the same Omi," Kimiko smiled.
"Looks like the little feller hasn't changed a bit." Clay grinned.
. . . . .
"Wow . . . that is a lot to wrap my head around . . . I can't believe you guys saw the same vision I had." Kimiko spoke first.
"Is what we saw really going to happen Master Fung?" Clay asked and he sighed deeply.
"The future is always changing young monks . . . nothing is certain." Master Fung replied.
"So what happens from here, Master?" Omi asked and we all turned to him waiting for an answer.
"It is up to you, young monks what you decide to do. The Temple will always be your home and you may stay as long as you like, until you decide what to do." Master Fung spoke before leaving us.
We all kind of sat around in silence thinking what to do. Even though what we all saw could possibly true how long will it actually be, until it actually happens. I can't stay here at the Xiaolin Temples forever as much as I'd like to. I've got a family waiting back home that needs me to be there and help support them. Suddenly Clay stood up and left the room telling us he needed to make a call. Omi decided to mediate and clear his mind. That only left Kimiko and I in the room together alone.
We didn't really make eye contact with one another, as it was a little awkward since she did kiss me the last time we saw each other. I would glance over to here and notice her thinking in deep thought about everything. She then suddenly began to speak.
"I'm sorry about your mother Rai. .. I had no idea that she-." She spoke.
"It's fine! I'm sorry I just don't really want to talk about the past . . ." I exclaimed and she nodded.
Kimiko's POV
I watched as his expression changed a little and that he had his hands clasped together tightly. I looked at him and saw anger in his eyes a little, but he soon relaxed and looked less tense. It seemed like he was keeping something in, but I didn't want to ask as it seemed like none of my business. Soon he looked at me with those green eyes and gave a small smile as he began to talk.
"So Kimiko, how has your life been in the past three years?" He asked.
"If you mean filing paper behind my father's desk to keep the company from falling into bankruptcy, then yeah it was totally fun." I joked and we both laughed.
"Seriously Kimi, how have you been? Anything new happen with you?" He asked and for a moment, I froze as I didn't know what to say.
The only thing I could think of was what had happen to me two years ago and how much pain I was in. Fear had overcome me and there was no one there to help me. I remember the screams all too well and I shuddered at the memory and almost spilled my tea.
"Kimiko?" Rai spoke; breaking my train of thought and quickly came up with something.
"Oh nothing really new or worth talking about . . . Besides the past is the past right?" I answered and he looked at me surprised, but then nodded.
"Yeah . . . right . . ." He spoke and then I got up from my seat along with him to my surprise and then gave a small smile to him.
"I'm going to go talk to Master Fung for a little bit and clear my mind and figure out what I plan to do . . ." I explained and he gave a slight nod.
"Yeah . . . I need to make some decisions on my own as well . . ." He smiled and then I turned and left.
Clay's POV
"I'm not so sure what to do Anabelle . . ." I sighed.
"Clay they're your friends . . ." She replied.
"I know they are Anabelle, but my family comes first and I can't just walk out on the life I started after Daddy left the ranch to me."
"Clay they are your family too and don't you forget that. Now listen here cowboy, we can take care of ourselves and the ranch while you're gone. They need you more than ever, so you stay as long as you need to in order to prevent this world from ending and no buts do you understand me." She spoke and even though she couldn't see my grinning face, that was exactly what I needed to here from my little lady.
"Thank you Anabelle . . . you have no idea what all this means to me . . . I love you."
"And I love you . . . So hurry and save the world and come back to me."
"I will, take care."
I hung up the phone and went back to the living room and noticed everyone was gone. I only shrugged and decided to go unpack some of my stuff in my old room and then maybe go and find the others and tell them what I've decided.