Raimundo POV
"It's been a while since a new Shen Gong Wu revealed itself…" Kimiko started, looking up from her game at the rest of us.
Omi was training as usual, and Clay was practicing his roping tricks while I was working on my soccer moves.
"Yeah, and we haven't heard much from Jack lately either…" I added.
"That no-good dirty snake is always scheming up something new… but what?" Clay asked, walking over to the rest of us.
"You are most correct Clay. Jack Spicer is probably going to try to steal our Shen Gong Wu sometime soon! We must be prepared!" Omi lectured, striking the air with his fists.
"Hey guys… How about we beat Jack to it?" I said grinning, thinking up a great idea.
"What do you mean Rai?" Kimiko asked.
"I mean… We could go spy on Jack and see what he's up to! Make sure he doesn't get to us first." I went on, explaining to my friends.
"Yeah… If we're quicker on the draw, we'll be ready for anything Spicer has in store!" Clay agreed with a nod.
"Good idea Raimundo! Let us go while the sun is still a baby!" Omi replied excitedly.
"While the day is still young?'" Kimiko presumed.
"That too!" He grinned.
As we snuck over to the Spicer mansion, we noticed that there were no guard robots as usual.
"Why do you think all the robots are gone?" Clay asked, lifting Kimiko over the wall.
"It looks deserted over here guys." Kimiko commented from the top, and reached down to help all of us up. When we all got up there, we heard noise coming from the backyard.
"Let's go check it out." I suggested, and crept on the ledge over to the back of the house. When we all looked over at the yard, we gasped at what we saw.
Jack and Cyra were… playing in the pool. No evil, just fun. It was way too weird. Over at the tables, the robots were preparing food in aprons, and it looked like a regular party.
"Well I'll be darned…" Clay whispered, surprised as the rest of us.
As Omi, Kimiko, and Clay started arguing among themselves, I could only stare… Cyra was wearing a stunning jade green bikini that took my breath away. Her tan wet skin gleamed in the sunlight and her hair flowed, making her look ridiculously beautiful. I couldn't tear my eyes away from her perfect curves and unrealistically hot body, and I found myself day-dreaming in a second… If only I could just…
"Raimundo! Are you alright?" Omi asked, breaking me out of my daze.
"What? Huh?" I said shocked, shaking my head to wake myself up.
"You were acting most peculiar…" He continued, giving me a look like I was crazy.
"No I'm fine." I said quickly, and turned back to the gang.
"Well it doesn't look like they're planning anything…" Kimiko frowned at the scene.
"I feel a little dirty… Maybe we should just lea…" Clay started, feeling bad like we were spying on something we shouldn't have seen.
"No way! We've come this far, we should at least take a look to make sure." I interrupted, half-way having my own reasons for staying.
"Raimundo is right. I suggest one of us stays here to keep an eye on them, and the others go inside and look around!" Omi agreed, coming up with a plan quickly.
"Alright, who's going to stay?" Kimiko asked.
"I will!" All of us guys said at once.
Kimiko glared at us and crossed her arms, obviously annoyed at our reasons.
"Alright Kimiko… I will go with you…" Omi said, sounding a bit disappointed.
"Me too." Clay sighed, being too much of a gentleman to admit anything.
"Good luck guys!" I encouraged, and smiled triumphantly.
I didn't bother watching them crawl down the wall because my eyes stayed glued where they were. I started daydreaming of myself down there with her… The two of us splashing each other in slow-motion. "Oh Raimundo… I'm so happy." She smiled. "I'm glad." I replied, holding her in my arms, spinning her in the water… Drawing her closer and closer…
"Alright let's eat!" The sound of Jack's voice broke me out of my fantasy, and I watched both of them get out of the pool and rush to the table to dig in.
There was one thing that ruined this whole situation… Jack.
Just the thought of them spending time together… especially like this was enough to annoy me. What if they did this all the time? What if he put the moves on her? What would she say? These questions built up until I felt my face getting hot… Was I... jealous? No way! I mean… It's not like she would actually like someone like Jack. Not even worth thinking about.
I watched them eat, and then they started playing basketball, laughing the whole time. Just like during that one showdown, both of them were pretty good, but especially Jack. He had to be cheating somehow… Jack wasn't good at anything! I could do better.
"Oh gosh it's hot… Want to swim some more?" Cyra asked him, laughing.
"Last one in the pool's a rotten egg!" Jack shouted, and sprinted towards the water.
They jumped in at about the same time, and surfaced to the top laughing and lightly arguing about which one of them got there first… It was driving me insane. I knew I had to do something… before something happened. I slipped down the wall and into some bushes nearby, collecting some clumps of dirt on my way.
I grinned maliciously as I tossed one straight at Jack, hitting him square in the cheek.
"Ow! What was that?" He cried, rubbing his cheek and looking in the direction it came from. I held both of my hands over my mouth to keep from bursting out laughing.
"I think someone's here." Cyra commented, looking around.
"Grill-Bots! Scout out!" He ordered, getting out of the pool and drying off his hair so it returned to its normal crazy position.
"Crap!" I thought, not expecting to get caught, but kind of annoyed I didn't remember how intuitive Cyra was… If she wasn't there, I could have thrown things at Jack until he ran into the house crying.
I knew I couldn't risk moving yet, as the robots in aprons passed by where I was hiding. When I saw most of them had scattered enough for me to get away, I jumped up and turned towards the wall, only to be screeched to a halt by someone standing in my way.
"Raimundo?" Cyra asked, puzzled that I was there. My heart took off like crazy from her being this close… and so…
"It's one of the Xiaolin losers!" Jack yelled. "Grill-Bots! Attack!"
I turned around and ran towards the robots, knowing I could handle them on my own. I swiftly grabbed one by the apron and hurled it at another, causing the two to collide and explode.
"Raimundo!" Omi yelled from the wall, the team obviously finished with their spying.
"Sorry I can't stay." I smirked, and winked at Cyra before flipping over the wall to join my friends. She just stared after me, awestruck, and I wished I knew what she was thinking.
"What did you do?" Kimiko questioned angrily, mad I had exposed myself and almost ruined the mission. "
Nothing! Sorry." I responded quietly, and ran alongside them back to the temple with a lot on my mind.