Meeting The Pedrosas'

Kimiko's POV

Once we finally arrived at Raimundo's house, I felt a little uneasy and nervous all of a sudden. I wasn't exactly sure why, but I just was. Once we were at the front door Rai turned to me and spoke.

"It's not too late to turn back and go to a hotel instead." Rai joked and I slightly punched him.

"Don't be such a baby, we'll be fine." I spoke and he only sighed and rang the doorbell.

Once he did we waited a moment, until someone opened the door and began. There stood at the door three brothers very excited to see Raimundo.

"Raimundo!" They shouted.

They rushed right at him and I moved out of the way as they all hugged him tightly and speaking in Spanish for a while saying greetings and stuff. I knew a little Spanish, but it still needs work. I could tell they were very excited to see him and that he I watched as then one brother's eyes fell on mine and stared at me in surprise and then spoke.

"So who's the chica you've brought home, Raimundo?" He said and Rai then went next to me and introduced me.

"This is my friend Kimiko, the Dragon of Fire." Rai introduced and then turned to me.

"These are my brothers Cris and-." Rai introduced, but was quickly cut off by his one brother who came up to me.

"I'm Carlos and it is truly a pleasure to meet you Kimiko." He said flirtatiously and I watched as Rai smacked him and I laughed.

"I'm Brazil the oldest of these three idiots." He explained and I gave a small laugh as he extended his hand and I shook it.

"It's a pleasure to meet all of you." I replied with a smile.

I watched as Carlos then whispered to Raimundo, thinking I couldn't hear them.

"Dude there's no way this chica is your girlfriend, because she is smoking hot!" Carlos exclaimed and I grinned a little.

"Hey lay off man I'm already trying." Rai whispered back and I smiled even more.

"But she's still single and available." Carlos winked.

"So how about we all go inside so that they can get settled." Brazil spoke and we all nodded in agreement.

I was just about to pick up my luggage, until I saw Cris take them from me and give a small smile to me and said he could take it and to which I thanked him for. Once we got inside, I was amazed in how actually clean and neat it was.

"We had just cleaned the place knowing there would be a chica coming, so we wanted to make everything nice." Cris explained and I smiled.

"Thank you, but you didn't have to go through the trouble." I said politely.

"Well the house was already messing, so we eventually had to clean it." Carlos explained.

"Rai, you'll be sleeping in your old room and Kimiko you can take our older sister's room." Brazil explained as he led me to the room.

The room was small, but it was just the way I liked it. It was beautiful and the bed looked really soft. I turned to the boys and thanked them and said I was going to unpack my stuff and then come out later. As I packed a few of my things, I felt still a little nervous being with a house full of boys, but then I remembered Rai mentioning he had a little sister who I had yet to see.

"Who are you and why are you staying in my sister's room?" A voice said and I turned around to see an adorable little girl who had a stuff animal in her hand.

She seemed kind of shy as she only stayed by the door frame. I gave a warm smile to her and stood up and walked over to her and then kneeled down to her. I extended my hand to her and she stared at it.

"Hi I'm Kimiko . . . you must be Elicia. Your brother Raimundo told me about you and how he adores you." I greeted and she gave a small smile and slowly reached for my hand and shook it softly.

"That's a cute stuff animal you got there." I said gesturing to her toy and she smiled.

"My brother got it for me at a carnival! He was able to knock down all the cans without even throwing any of the base balls!" She exclaimed hugging her stuff animal turtle.

I smiled to her and could only imagine Rai using his wind powers to win. I laughed a little and then turned my attention back to Elicia.

"So Elicia, is it nice living with all your brothers?' I asked and she smiled.

"Yes! They are really caring and help me with my school work sometimes like Rai. He used to read to me every night my favorite book!" She exclaimed and left for a moment, until coming back with a book in her hand.

"The Princess and the Frog" I remember reading that when I was a kid." I replied as she handed me the book.

"It was my favorite book too back then." I smiled and she smiled.

Suddenly Raimundo came in and smiled to us and walked over to Elicia and I in the room that I was staying in.

"I see you two finally met." He grinned.

"Brother! Kimiko knows this book too!" Elicia exclaimed running over to him as he picked her up and took the book from her hand.

"The Princess and the Frog?" He questioned staring at me now.

"Yeah, my father used to read it to me when I was little." I replied and he smiled and turne back to Elicia.

"It's getting late and you should already be in bed." Rai said.

"Can you read Kimiko and I a bed time story?" She asked and then Rai turned to me.

"If Kimiko would like to join us while I put you to bed." He replied and then Elicia turned to me and I gave a small smile.

"Sure," I replied.

Raimundo then led me to Elicia's room with her still in his arms. He then tucked her into bed and then began to read to her. I watched from a distance and how grown up Rai had really became. He really did change . . . I hugged myself and then watched as he glanced to me as he read and I gave a small smile and then continued reading. I felt a little jealous now of him . . . He had nice a nice life compared to the one I had after the incident.

After I was rapped, I was left on the streets for dead, until Papa's people found me and took me to the hospital. Lucky nothing to bad happened and I thankfully didn't become pregnant . . . I had a few broken rips and one arm broken. Although they all healed over time, the pain always stayed within me . . . Wounds heals, but scars never fade. What had happened to me has happen to other people as well, but unlike them they didn't lose something important to them like I did. I looked at my hand and clenched it into a fist.

My powers are gone and may or may never come back. Fear is still taking over me and I just don't have the courage I once had. I'm too afraid and weak . . . I'm useless and I know it. I looked over to Raimundo as he stared at a sleeping Elicia and kissed her good-night on the forehead. He has a family which is something I never want to take him away from. He deserves better than me. He was able to move on from his mistakes, but I'm still in the process of trying to move on.

"She's sound asleep now." Rai spoke breaking my train of thought and I nodded.

"I guess it is pretty late now, so I guess it's best we get to bed and continue our work tomorrow." I replied about to leave, until I feel his hand grab mine.

I turned back to face him and noticed those green eyes of his again and quickly looked away as he spoke to me.

"I'll be right next door if you need me, good-night." Rai spoke and the slowly let go of my hand.

I looked to him and gave a small nod and then quickly made it to my room. I closed the door behind me and then sighed deeply. I stared at the hand he held it in his and then looked away. I quickly got changed and went to bed. As I laid in the soft warm bed all I could think about now was him . . .

Raimundo's POV

I went out into the living room where I saw my bothers just watching TV and talking. When they saw me come in they all looked up at me as I sat down on the couch and spoke.

"Did Kimiko go to bed?" Brazil asked and I nodded.

"To bad, I really wanted to get to know her more." Carlos teased me and I glared at him.

"She seems pretty cool, I like her." Cris said and we all turned to him.

"Sorry Cris, but maybe when you're a little older." Carlos said.

"Oh and like you have a shot?" I asked and he grinned.

"You never know bro." Carlos replied and I just shook my head.

"She must be pretty special for you to bring her here to stay over." Brazil spoke and I gave a small smile.

"She is," I replied.

"Do you think she's the one this time?" He asked and for a while I thought about it, but then I already knew my answer before even thinking about it.

"Yeah," I answered and he smiled.

"All the best luck to you three idiots." Brazil spoke and we all laughed.

Kimiko's POV

"AHHHHH!" I screamed.

I jolted up in my bed and was covered in sweat and I kept taking deep breaths to calm myself down. I quickly rubbed my eyes to make that this wasn't a dream either. No . . . No . . . It's happening again . . . Those same terrible haunting dreams . . . Suddenly someone rushed into my room surprising me as I grabbed the covers to shield myself. However, I realized it was Raimundo and I sighed in relief.

"Are you alright!?" He exclaimed and I nodded slowly.

"I'm fine . . . just a bad dream." I replied.

I watched as he stood there, unsure of what to say or do. I was glad though because somehow I felt better with him here in the room with me.

"Well at least it was just a dream. Anyway, good-night." He spoke about to leave, until I spoke.

"Wait!" I exclaimed.

He then turned back toward me with a look of concern on his face as his hand was still on the door knob.

"Can you . . . stay with me just for tonight . . . until I fall asleep?" I asked still in shock of the whole dream.

"Yeah . . . Sure," He replied shutting the door.

I watched as he walked over to me and to his surprise I moved a little so he had room to lay on the bed with me. He didn't even hesitate to lay beside me, slipping underneath the covers. I felt his arm wrap around my neck as I leaned closer to rest my head on his chest. I felt his other hand lay on top on my arm. The funny thing was, I wasn't embarrassed or even nervous with Rai holding me like this. In fact I felt safe and warm in his arms. It all just felt right . . . As I started to drift asleep I said something that surprised me, but it was even more surprising what he said back.

"Stay with me," I spoke softly, almost like a whisper.

I felt him lean closer to me and I felt his gaze on me even though my eyes were starting to close. He leaned to my ear and then whispered one word to me before I fell asleep.

"Always," He whispered.