Cyra POV

"I've called in help from some old friends." Wuya explained to Jack, sitting on his chair in front of his map of the world.

She had just sensed about four different Shen Gong Wu revealing themselves, and knew there were only two of us that could grab things. In order to get them all quickly, she found two of our old ally's.

"Katnappe!" She introduced, as a girl in black pounced in, complete with ears, tail, and claws of a cat.

"Meow." She purred.

I had never seen Ashley before, but I was told she had taken the Golden Tiger Claws Shen Gong Wu and left their alliance.

"and Tubbimura!" Wuya continued, as an extremely fat ninja squeezed through the door saying, "Hai."

I had seen him once, here for an interview shortly after I had come. Of course the job was filled, but Jack put him on call back in case he needed someone.

"We don't need these losers! I can so handle this on my own." Jack said confidently. I gave him a questioning look and he quickly added apologetically, "Well except you Cyra… I still need you… Hehe…"

Wuya rolled her eyes and said, "You can so not handle this."

"You see, Shen Gong Wu are not the only things I plan to capture…" She remarked, floating past Jack.

"Eww…" Jack muttered, holding his hand in front of his nose and shaking his fist as if Wuya smelled disgusting.

"I have determined there is only one way you will be successful Jack Spicer." She went on, floating above Katnappe, Tubbimura, and myself. "And that's if your competition is eliminated! Once and for all…" She finished, revealing her newest plan. I tried to not my worry show… but I really hoped this scheme would fail.

I took a boat to the island where the Longi Kite was supposed to be hidden, and I stepped out and started looking around, hoping that out of all the monks… I wouldn't have to be competing with Raimundo. And yet… there was another part of me that hoped I would. It was maddening. What was happening to my focus..? I had, however, shamefully decided to try flirting again…Normally I would have taken the Kite and left, but because of Wuya's new plan, I had to wait to see at least one of them here, and capture them.

After looking some more, I took off my jacket to resist the heat and by doing so revealing a lot more skin and my sleeveless top. I finally saw someone running in the distance. I hid until I noticed that it was indeed Raimundo here on this island with me… And I smiled without thinking.

Just as I found him, he bent over to pick up something… and it was the Longi Kite we were looking for. I took this as my cue, and walked towards him. He heard my footsteps and looked up, his sunglasses falling almost off his face as he saw me, saying, "Whoa…" His mouth dropped open as I got closer, and I felt myself blushing fiercely,"Hi again Raimundo." I greeted him sweetly, and watched him close his mouth with his hand, but still staring.

"You okay?" I asked kind of worried, and took another step towards him.

"Ah!" He jumped, and accidently toppled over onto the sand.

"Oh sorry!" I said, and took his hand to help him up.

"Um… no I'm fine! Just tripped that's all…" He stuttered, turning red.

"I didn't mean to surprise you." I apologized, and glanced away embarrassed.

"No problem! So were you chilling here?" He asked a little edgy.

"Um, yeah I guess so. The beach is my favorite vacation spot." I admitted, smiling.

"Mine too…" He responded shyly.

"Oh, the Shen Gong Wu…" I said, ruining this moment with serious talk. There was nothing I wanted more then to just take this day off and spend it here with him, but I knew that both of our sides wouldn't want that.

While he was still a bit distracted, I touched the Longi Kite, and forced one of us to call a Xiaolin Showdown. He sighed and knew what this meant from the glowing Shen Gong Wu, but looked at me kind of hopefully as he challenged me.

He wagered the Falcon's Eye while I offered my Two-Ton Tunic, and we had to find the Longi Kite before the other did. We both then shook off our feelings and focused on the showdown.

"This is going to be cake! The Falcon's Eye gives me the edge." He said, holding it to his right eye and looking in, just as a giant wave crashed down on the island.

"Ahh!" We both yelled, swept away by the water. Then we gasped up for breath, and I dove back down quickly to look for the Shen Gong Wu. Raimundo found it faster than me by using his Falcon's Eye, and began diving towards it as fast as he could. All's I had to do was position myself in the right place and drop. "

Two-Ton Tunic!" I thought, and let the tunic weigh me down quicker than I could ever swim, dropping me to the bottom right by the Shen Gong Wu. Raimundo looked stunned, as I picked it up triumphantly, and everything went back to normal on the island.

"Ugh…" He gasped, landing on the sand with a thud.

"Well on the bright side, I'm glad I took off my jacket" I laughed, trying to lighten the mood.

He looked down, disappointed, but then said, "Hey so now that we finished the showdown, you wanna hang out here for a while?"

I smiled, but then felt tightness in my chest, knowing that I had to take him back with me.

"I wish I could." I said, and walked up close to him, our faces almost touching. He stared at me wide-eyed, wondering what I was doing, and I just stared back looking sad. Finally I reached up and held his face in my hands, wishing more than anything that it didn't have to be this way… That we could be friends or even…

He didn't make a move as we stood there motionless, until finally I whispered, "I'm sorry." And swiftly hit him with the side of my hand on the back of his neck, knocking him out in an instant.

In the end, Jack was the only one who failed to capture a Xiaolin warrior, and despite the odds, Omi used the Sun Chi Lantern to overpower all of us using his friend's chi, and he saved them.

I was glad we didn't have to kill the chosen ones… and yet a part of me felt very unsettled. I knew I was getting in too deep with Raimundo. The way I was feeling was affecting my goal… my purpose, but I couldn't stop. I only wanted more and more contact with him, like an addiction of sorts. Despite my greater judgment, I was changing; and I desperately hoped that good would come of this, and everything would be fine. I clung to that with all of my energy, diving unto an unknown world feeling unimaginably fragile.