First Plan Of Attack

Kimiko's POV

These last two weeks have been very different from the last two weeks since we've all return. Eventually Raimundo and I confessed our little secrets to everyone to which they were very understanding and caring. As for Chase and his group they've attack us yet again and I was still powerless. I still felt useless to the team and even worse Rai is being way too protective over me. Oh yeah and now I've got a whole other problem with Raimundo.

Ever since our last talk, things have been pretty awkward at times between us. As much as I do like Raimundo our friendship is just way to important and I don't want anything to happen between us. Besides it would never work . . . Raimundo and I have both changed over the past three years. I've still got a lot to figure out with myself and I'm just not ready to move on from the past just yet.

Once I finished breakfast, I decided to go and clear my mind again by the cherry blossom tree. I just needed space from everyone still. I thought telling them would make me feel at easy, but now I just feel uneasy with myself. Suddenly I felt a change in the wind and I already knew he was here. I didn't even have to turn to see who it was, that sat next to me.

"What do you want Rai?" I asked a little annoyed.

"So is being distant and cold to me the new you now?" He asked jokingly and I just sighed.

"Rai I know what you're doing, but I already gave you my answer . . . I'm not ready to take the next step with you in our relationship. You're my friend and I don't want to end up hurting you . . . Plus the last thing I want is to be hurt as well . . . Especially since I was-." I explained and Raimundo suddenly placed a hand on mine and spoke.

"I know . . . I know it still has an effect on you and I promise you that it will never happen again. Look I know we can never truly go back to the way things were between us, but . . . we can start over." He explained as I looked at him confused.

"Start all over?" I questioned and he grinned.

"Like two people meeting for the first time." He smiled, but I still looked at him confused.

"What I'm saying is if you just want to be friends, then will be friends. I'll pretend like that one conversation we had about us . . . never happened. If you don't want to be with me because you're not ready because of what happened to you then fine, or even if it's because you don't have the same feelings as I do then that's ok too. All I want is for us to go back to being friends again . . ." Raimundo explained to me.

To be honest I was quite shocked to hear him say that to me. It was very unexpected for me. In truth I felt for some reason . . . disappointed in his answer. In my heart I knew I wanted to be with him, but mentally I and physically I just wasn't ready. I feel weak and useless . . . Maybe once I regain my powers and feel like my old self again . . . maybe I could give Rai and I . . . a chance.

Raimundo's POV

"So what's our plan leader?" Clay asked me as I thought for a moment.

"Honestly . . . I have no idea where to even start. We have no leads to go by or any idea where to start." I sighed.

"Well we know one thing. That your little friend Marcel works with them now and has new powers. Only we don't know much about him other then what you told us." Kimiko stated.

"My question is why would Chase Young choose Raimundo's old friend to help him? What part does he play in Chase's plan?" Omi questioned.

For a while we all sat there thinking in silence what are next plan should be. We have nothing to go by other than our visions. This sucked a lot, until Kimiko spoke up.

"I have one idea, but it could be hit or miss." She spoke up as we all faced her.

"What is it?" I asked curious now.

"Well we don't know a lot about Marcel other then you Raimundo . . . You were in a gang once with him right?"

"Yeah a long time ago though with my brother why?"

"Well there must be someone else he trusted besides you two right? I mean what if someone else closer to him could answer our questions. Maybe then will know all little more about Marcel and why Chase choose him. It's not a great lead, but it could be a start." She explained.

For I a while I thought about her suggestion. I thought hard and tried to remember one other person Marcel was close to and after some time it hit me!

"There's only one other person I know that was close to Marcel. Pack your bag guys . . . We're going to Rio, Brazil." I announced.

. . . . .

"Here we are ladies and gentlemen! I present to you Rio, Brazil!" Dojo announced as we got off him and feeling lightheaded and dizzy.

"Thank you for riding Dojo express!" He exclaimed again.

I watched everyone trying to catch their breath. I guess it's been a while since we last rode on Dojo. It did bring back a few memories with all of us together again. We had some pretty good adventures back then.

"So where do we start partner?" Clay asked.

"Well first we're going to-." I spoke, but suddenly Clay's cell went off.

"Hey Anabelle is everything alright?" Clay asked and there was a moment of silence, but then his eyes grew wide.

"Where are you!?" He questioned and then he waited for an answer and spoke again.

"That bastard! Ok you just stay at the ranch and I'll be there as fast as I can!" Clay exclaimed and hung up.

"What is wrong my friend?" Omi asked and he looked to us looking angry.

"Apparently your friend Marcel paid a visit at my ranch and left behind something important. He apparently went toe to toe with my friends Billy and Trevor to send a message to us!" Clay exclaimed and we could all tell he was worried and angry.

I walked over to him and placed my hand on his shoulder to which he looked at me as I gave him a warm smile and spoke.

"You do what you need to do Clay. We'll handle things here . . . Besides it seems like he left something there, that might be of some use to us." I said to him and he gave a small nod and a smile.

"Thank you Raimundo," Clay thanked and turned to Dojo.

"Think you can make one more stop?" Clay asked and Dojo smiled.

"Dojo express is always traveling." Dojo joked.

"Do you have room for one more person?" Omi questioned and we all turned to face him.

I watched as Omi looked to me and I nodded to him as it seemed like he was asking permission to leave. Then he turned to Clay who smiled and then patted his round yellow head.

"The more the merry Omi," Clay responded.

"We shall go and see what he has left behind and make sure Clay's friends are safe." Omi explained.

"Alright, while you guys do that Kimiko and I will handle things here and see if we can get more info." I explained and we all nodded into agreement.

Kimiko and I waved good-bye to Clay and Omi as they took off yet again on Dojo. Once they were out of sight, we headed down to my family's house where we all were originally going to stay. On the way, I began to talk to Kimiko and explain what my family's like.

"Ok so my brothers aren't so bad when you get to know them, I mean there pretty cool guys. The only problem is they can be very obnoxious like my brother Carlos at times. Cris is the youngest of my brothers and Brazil is the oldest out of all of us and is more mature. They can be over excited at time, but hopefully they won't be like that when we arrive. Also another thing, when it all comes down to soccer it can be pretty crazy in the house." I explained and she only laughed and smiled at me.

"I'm sure I'll be able to handle a bunch of boys Raimundo, I mean I've lived you, Clay, and Omi before remember?" She replied.

"Yeah only you'll be with four people that are just like me." I grinned and she sighed.

"That could be a bit of a problem then, since you're already hard to deal with." She joked and we both laughed.

"Seriously though Rai, I'm sure everything will be fine and you're worrying about me for nothing." She explained.

"Oh no! My brothers are going to flip when they see I brought a girl to our house. I've never brought a girl home before." I explained and she looked at me surprised.

"Really? I find that hard to believe since I've seen the way you used to flirt with girls." She commented.

"Jealous are we?" I grinned and she only laughed and then changed the subject.

"What about your sister?" She asked and I smiled.

"Elicia is the youngest of all my siblings and is only six years old. She's a very smart, sweet, and caring girl. However, she can be a little mischievous like her big brothers at times, but she's a good girl overall. After our mother passed away, she wouldn't talk to any of us for a whole year and became distant. That all changed after I started to come back to the house more and finally left Marcel to take care of her. It was only then did she start to talk to all of us again." I explained and Kimiko smiled to me.

"I'm sure you were a great brother Rai and it's probably since you were a good brother that she was able to talk to you all again." She spoke and I nodded.

"Thanks," I replied.