Author's Note: This is word emphasis

This is book, movie, song, anime/manga, and copy written titles

Also this will be taking place in 2003, moving all appropriate things up as necessary.

Prologue

Blonde haired Tsukino Usagi stares listlessly into the mirror above her vanity, her once sapphire eyes now near navy blue in her misery. The poor thirteen year just could not live up to her parents exacting standard. She has no way of knowing that she has been scouted as a Xiaolin Dragon by Master Fung, which will give her, her loyalest, and truest friend ever in Raimundo Pedrosa, Xiaolin Dragon of the Wind.

Chapter 1

Usagi honestly has no problem with moving to the Xiaolin Temple, she packs up everything important to her, what clothes she actually liked, and settles into the room she would be sharing with Tohomiko Kimiko whom would be getting trained as the Dragon of Fire. As luck would have it the Dragon of the Wind in training, Raimundo Pedrosa stumbles upon her first in the meditation garden. " Hey, I'm Raimundo, in training Dragon of the Wind. "

Usagi recognizes the accent, she'd heard enough Spaniards speaking Japanese to know it, and more importantly she could in fact speak Spanish as well, only time she ever made her parents proud of her too, " Un placer conocerte. Me llamo Usagi Tsukino(Pleasure to meet you. I'm Usagi Tsukino). "

Raimundo's green eyes widen upon hearing his mother tongue, " ¿Llegaste hace mucho al templo?(When did you arrive here at the temple)? "

" No hace tanto, sólo tuve tiempo para desempacar, e instalarme antes de que llegara mi compañera (Not that long ago, just long enough to unpack, and get settled in before my roommate arrived). " Usagi admits.

Master Fung is surprised to see Usagi opening up so quickly to Raimundo, " ¿Cuál es tu elemento?(Which element are you)? " Raimundo asks her as they explore.

Usagi normally would clam up by this point, but Raimundo was different. He was asking because he actually wanted to get to know her, " Relámpago(Lightning). " is the reply.

Master Fung had brought her to the Temple because he had seen her spirit dimming, and knew if something wasn't done she may well fall to the Heylin side, or worse. It was his hope she would heal spiritually here. He hadn't thought she'd bond with the wind dragon in training. Normally he would have brought them all there at the same time, but Usagi would do better meeting them one at a time. At least now she might have a buffer, he honestly hadn't expected her to be an empath stuck in such a toxic home environment, " Raimundo, Usagi, time to meet the others. "

Raimundo blinks when Usagi stiffens at this announcement. Master Fung holds him back while Usagi goes on ahead, " Raimundo, there has not been a dragon of Lightning for quite some time. I brought her here to be trained for a reason, she needs real friends, those that will stand by her no matter what, the poor girl is almost broken spiritually. "

The Brazilian understands what isn't being said, she was very close to being suicidal. " I was actually surprised you were actually able to engage her in a conversation, it probably helps that you genuinely wanted to get to know her, and had no ulterior motives. "

Raimundo curses under his breath, " Ella es empática, no?(She's an empath, isn't she)? "

Master Fung blinks, " One of my little sisters is as well, I had to teach one of our other siblings to act as a shield and anchor for her when I got selected to come here. " Raimundo explains in English.

Raimundo catches up to Usagi, and deliberately lets his shields down, letting her sense all of him. The blonde female damn near stumbles for that show of trust, " ¿Por qué?(Why)? " she asks quietly.

" Una de mis hermanas mas chicas tambien es empática y yo era su escudo, su ancla, estoy dispuesto a hacer lo mismo para vos Usagi, pero primero deberías confiar en mi(One of my little sisters is an empath, and I was her shield and anchor, I'd be willing to do the same for you, Usagi, but you would have to really trust me for that). " Raimundo states just as quietly, he knew how to handle empaths. He barely blinks when he can feel her own emotions, all of them, wrap around himself. Master Fung was right, she was almost broken.

He lets Master Fung run the introductions learning that Clay Bailey, an American, is the Earth Dragon in training, Kimiko Tohomiko, another Japanese native is the Fire Dragon in training, and then there was Omi, the orphan Water Dragon in training, along with Usagi, Lightning Dragon in training. Clay was the only one to notice that Raimundo stood slightly in front of Usagi, and held himself in such a way that he could shift fully in front of her immediately. Clay also saw the misery in the blonde Lightning Dragon in training's eyes, barely, but he saw it. He nods slightly to Raimundo, and Raimundo nods back, he had someone else that would help him heal Usagi then.

He did note that he was the only one Usagi spoke to though, and it was to be expected. Emotionally abused empaths, and he had dealt with one, had severe trust issues. He earned her trust by bringing down his shields entirely. Master Fung leaves them all on their own, and Raimundo sticks close to Usagi while observing his surroundings as well. Those whom had lived in the outside world have the fun of watching Omi be fascinated by technology while Kimiko explains it to him. Omi was giving them a tour, that was when Dojo Kanojo Cho the shapeshifting dragon informs them that a Shen Gong Wu has activated. Usagi face palms, Grandmaster Dashi may have been before her time as the Moon Princess, but even she had heard of the Mystical Objects. Yes, Usagi did in fact remember her last life, but could care less about that. She giggles when Raimundo calls Dojo a gecko though. Dojo takes offense even as he transforms into his larger state, breathing fire as he says, " Never call me a gecko! "

Raimundo nods, terrified, " My mistake. "

Usagi is still giggling, and Dojo looks at her, " Why aren't you scared of me? "

" Heiress to a long line of demon hunters/huntresses, fully licensed and accredited too. " Usagi says blandly, " I let demons feed off of me for my blood since I heal so fast, you are barely a footnote in the things I've fought, and gotten paid for doing it too. "

They all climb on Dojo, and he flies them to San Francisco, Usagi takes advantage of the flight to take a nap, using Raimundo as her personal teddy bear, and pillow. Raimundo bears with it, having as many siblings as he happened to have he was well used to having someone sleep on him anyhow. This would keep him from messing with Omi like his Prime counterpart, and several other versions would as well. This Raimundo has an actual purpose, yes, he could act self-centered, but he would do anything for his friends. This, others would find out, went triple for Usagi. The Lightning Dragon in training was actually sleeping peacefully for once, and she was also a Cosmic Curveball in the gathering of the Shen Gong Wu.

Raimundo shakes her awake when they arrive in San Francisco, and Usagi almost flinches from the sheer amount of emotion swirling in the air around her until Raimundo slams the gates shut, shielding her from the worst of it. They both rolled their eyes at how naive Omi happened to be, but go back to back when Jack Spicer unleashes his Jack bots. The Wind and Lightning Dragons manage to destroy the bot Kimiko inadvertently sends their way, " Presiento que tendremos lecciones de trabajo en equipo en nuestro futuro(I presume that we will have teamwork lessons in our future). " Usagi murmurs to Raimundo.

The Brazilian can only nod at this as another bot causes Clay to land on top of Omi allowing Jack Spicer to get away with the Mantis Flip Coin. Dojo senses another Shen Gong Wu, and the Scroll reveals it to be the Eye of Dashi. Usagi pays attention to this one, as it happened to be her element. In the Prime verse for the Xiaolin Dragons Raimundo, Kimiko, and Clay's elements aren't revealed until after they go Wu hunting, with Usagi in the mix Master Fung reveals this information sooner. It was Usagi whom reached the Eye of Dashi at the same time as Jack, only she kicks him in the groin to get him to let go while also lifting the Mantis Flip Coin off of him as well, turns a backflip, and lands facing him, set in a very loose fighting stance, one that was for the Tsukino/Albarn School of Anything Goes Martial Arts, her paternal grandmother had gotten the creation of the speed and evasion based style approved by the Grandmaster, and Usagi happened to be a Master of this style, one that she could tell would suit Raimundo quite well.

Clay, Raimundo, and Omi all wince in male sympathy, no guy liked getting kicked there. Jack, flying thanks to one of his inventions, is cupping himself as he recovers from the brutal kick. Kimiko is laughing her ass off, " I thought you Xiaolin types were honorable. " Jack manages to gasp out.

" I rate as a Chaotic Neutral bordering on Chaotic Evil, Jack. Besides, I've been cornered in too damned many dark alleys, I fight dirty, or not at all. No one ever fights fair in real life. " Usagi states.

Raimundo smirks, " La niña(The girl), has a point, Spicer. "

Raimundo steps up behind her, subtly backing her up, and warning Jack off at the same time. Jack's eyes narrow as he takes in Raimundo, and his body language. Jack spoke fluent body language, and Raimundo was telling him without words he'd kick his ass if he messed with the blonde whom had groin kicked him.

That was interesting, and very telling for two people whom had just met. He could have fun with that with the right planning. He could tell just from their accents that they were from different parts of the world. They had to have just clicked together. If there was one thing Jack prided himself on, other than his mechanical engineering genius, it was picking up subtle cues. They may not even know it yet, but they were attracted to one another. He would use his Jack bots again, but they weren't designed to handle something like the Eye of Dashi, which Jack knew the blonde that had groin kicked him would use. " They get this one, Wuya. " Jack says. It would only be when he got back home that he realized that he no longer had the Mantis Flip Coin, and he starts to feel a grudging respect for groin kick girl.

Wuya would have argued, except for the fact that she could feel the power residing in the girl holding the Eye of Dashi. Challenging her would not be wise, at this time. Usagi only lets her guard down when she can no longer sense them, and tosses the Eye of Dashi up, only for it to disappear. Dojo blinks, " Dear Dashi, don't tell me you have a direct connection to planetary magic. "

Usagi smirks, while tossing the Mantis Flip Coin up and down, before tossing it to Raimundo, out of all of them he alone had seen her lift the coin from Jack, " Top of the food chain, so to speak, Dojo, reincarnated, but I really don't want dragged into that mess my darling mother from my last life left me to clean up. "

Raimundo and the others are confused, but Dojo understands, " How was little Sera before it all came crashing down? "

" Kicking herself for putting my bitch mother at the top of the food chain instead of waiting for me to be old enough to handle it once she realized why the Wand and Ginzuishou reacted the way they did to the bitch. " Usagi answers immediately.

" ¿Podrias explicar(Care to explain)? " Raimundo asks her.

Usagi cocks her head to the side, " ¿Alguna vez has oído hablar de la Leyenda de la Luna Luna de Plata(You ever heard of the Legend of the Silver Moon Queendom)? " she asks him in return.

Green eyes narrow as their owner thinks on everything he had learned about that legend, mostly because he hated the fact that the Princess had been trapped in a gilded crystalline cage, and was being forced to marry a damned manwhore, " ¿Sos la princesa, no?(You're the princess, aren't you)? " Raimundo asks her.

Usagi nods wearily, " Nunca quise serlo. Yo sé perfectamente bien que esas idiotas protectoras van a tratar de fozar mi cassamiento con Endymion esta vez sin tomar en cuenta lo que quiero(I never wanted to be. I know damned well those idiot protectors of mine will try to force me to marry Endymion this time around without once taking into consideration what I want). "

" May we be filled in please? " Omi asks.

" That's at Usagi's discretion, Omi. Remember when Master Fung taught you about empaths? " Dojo asks the young monk.

" Yes, why is this important? " Omi inquires.

" Usagi is an empath, an emotionally abused empath. The only reason she's told Raimundo is because he knows how to deal with empaths, he opened himself up to her fully. That is the only reason why she trusts him with what she has just shared. " Dojo states.

Usagi winces at the emotionally abused part of the explanation though even she couldn't deny that, even to herself, though she had tried. Clay nods, understanding why Raimundo had taken the protector role. Kimiko's blue eyes are wide in horror, psychics were revered in Japan, and for an empath to be emotionally abused…" Who? " Kimiko asks.

Usagi laughs miserably, " There's a reason why I jumped at the opportunity Master Fung provided me, and my paternal grandmother gave her approval to get her heiress out of such a toxic home situation. I have never been able to live up to my parents exacting standards for me, not to mention they never wanted a daughter to begin with, and that thing I have to call a little brother treats me like the dirt beneath his shoes. The only ones that will miss me are my surrogate older brother Furuhata Motoki, and my best friend Naru, and her mother Mayumi. Mayumi-ba-san is the one whom gave me The Talk. "

Kimiko winces, " What is this Talk you speak of? " Omi asks.

The other four human teens all look at Omi, " Dojo, tell Master Fung he needs to have The Talk with Omi. " Clay says firmly. No way was he getting roped into that.

Dojo smirks, " No problem, why don't I drop those of you whom don't need The Talk off somewhere else so Master Fung can't weasel out of it again. "

Usagi perks up, " Disney World? Any objections? "

" I can cover costs for myself and one other. " Kimiko admits.

" I can as well, though I'll be going with my demon hunting ID of Serena Albarn. I make serious money with my job, it's also how I'll be able to continue to feed my manga addiction, you do not want me suffering from manga withdrawals. I'll give you Naru-chan's number, and you can ask her what happened the one, and only time I was banned from manga. " Usagi says flatly.

" Quick question, what is your name translated into English? " Raimundo asks.

" Anata wa watashi o konran sa setakunai, watashi wa kitsunedesu(You do not want to mess with me, I am The Kitsune). " Usagi fires at Kimiko immediately.

The other Japan native clams up with that statement, " Mi nombre se traduce en Conejo Luna del japonés al inglés(My name translates into Rabbit of the Moon from Japanese to English). " Usagi tells Raimundo. The Brazilian winces, no wonder she kept Kimiko from saying anything. Dojo drops Usagi, Raimundo, Kimiko, and Clay off at Disney World while he takes Omi back to get The Talk. Usagi immediately absconds with Raimundo leaving Clay with Kimiko.

Raimundo understands why they were divided the way they were, it was to keep the Idiots from messing with the girls, " Where to first, Usagi? "

The blonde smiles, " Let's just wander. "

Raimundo follows her through the crowds, never once losing sight of her, " ¿Cuánto has endulzado lo que le dijiste a los otros?(How much did you sugarcoat what you told the others)? "

Usagi smiles sadly, " Nunca tuve elogios de mis donadores genéticos. Años de refuerzo negativo tienen que deshacerse, y luego está el hecho de que realmente no me importa si le corte la garganta de alguien o no. Como le dije a Jack, soy un Neutral Caótica que bordeando Maladad Caótica(I never got any praise from the genetic contributors. Years of negative reinforcement have to be undone, and then there's the fact that I really don't care if I slit someone's throat or not. Like I told Jack, I am a Chaotic Neutral bordering on Chaotic Evil). "

" Dejemos las cosas deprimentes por ahora, vamos a divertirnos un poco(Enough depressing stuff for now, let's have some fun). " Raimundo says, and for the first time in a long while Usagi found herself actually having fun. Raimundo even won her a massively sized stuffed Tramp from Lady and the Tramp. It was at about that time that Clay and Kimiko come across their fellow trainees.

" I don't know about you, little lady, but I am not getting in the way of that. " Clay says.

Kimiko understands exactly what he means, outside observers could easily see that Raimundo and Usagi just meshed together. They may have only met that day, but sometimes all it took was one meeting.

Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or Xiaolin Showdown. I also do not own Anything Goes Martial Arts.