The results are in…and the winning letter is…
'C' AND 'D' !!!!!
XD it was a tie and I decided to use both instead of flipping a coin.
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Chapter 3
"Kimiko? Raimundo?" Master Fung asked the two in a rather calm but interested voice. Kimiko and Rai looked over at Master Fung almost instantly as they saw him raising an eyebrow at them. They gasped.
"Master Fung!" Kimiko said as backed away from the wall, and Raimundo. "This is not what it looks like! Honest!"
"Oh?" Master Fung folded his arms. "Then would you care to tell me what it does look like?"
Dojo slithered up his arm. "Whoa. Umm…this is awkward. You know, if you two want to be 'alone' you can just say so-"
"DOJO!" Kimiko yelled as she glared at him. Raimundo was too afraid to say anything.
"Well, Kimiko?" Master Fung asked. "I'm waiting."
Kimiko looked back at Master Fung who looked as if you said something wrong he would be in trouble. There was a pause of silence.
"W-why don't you ask Rai? I mean, he is the leader!" Kimiko said pointing at Raimundo.
"He wasn't pinning anyone to a wall." Dojo said shrugging.
Master Fung continued to wait.
"Well," Kimiko began. "Rai stole my laptop."
Silence.
"And, and…" Kimiko was sort of panicking. It's not like she was trying to do anything to Raimundo. She just didn't' want him to escape. She was just angry and was making sure that he didn't get away with taking her stuff.
"It's my fault." Raimundo said, stepping forwards. Kimiko turned to him and her eyes widened. He was backing her up?
"Oh?" Master Fung asked.
"Yeah," Raimundo began while rubbing the back of his neck. "I stole Kimiko's laptop and wouldn't give it back. So we got into a little fight and I backed her into a wall. She was just fighting back and did the same to me. I should have just given it back. Sorry Master Fung."
Master Fung relaxed his arms to his sides. "You two got into a fight?"
Kimiko looked over at Rai as if looking for an answer.
"Yes, Master Fung." Raimundo admitted. "All my fault."
"Well then," Master Fung began. "Raimundo tonight you will wash all of the dishes. Alone." Master Fung then left the vault. But Dojo had jumped off of his shoulder and looked at the two.
"Liars." Dojo snickered as he left the vault as well.
When they were absolutely sure that they were gone, Kimiko turned to Raimundo.
She stared at him for a while trying to think of what to say.
"Rai," she began. He looked at her. "you didn't have to lie to Master Fung. I could have handled it on my own."
He smiled.
"I know. But I felt like I should take the blame."
"Rai-"
"No. Kimiko, chill. This whole thing was all my fault and you didn't deserve to get into any trouble." He walked out of the vault leaving Kimiko alone to think.
She paced herself over to where Raimundo had put her laptop. She picked it up and held it against her chest. She stood there for a while starring at the ground until she realized that she should get back to packing.
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"So I heard about your little incident earlier." Clay said chomping down on his food. It was dinner time and Kimiko hadn't seen Raimundo since. He was busy packing and so was she. When Rai was done he went to hang out with Clay and Omi. Kimiko, of course, wasn't done with her packing.
"What incident?" Omi questioned sitting next to Kimiko who was drinking a glass of milk.
Raimundo didn't look up, but he moved his eyes to Kimiko to see if she was going to say anything. Kimiko was silent.
"Well, according to Dojo," Clay began. "those two got into a 'fight.'"
"Again?" Omi asked. Kimiko was looking down at her plate but Raimundo had brought his head up.
"But I think Raimundo has a better view on the situation. Right, partner?" Clay and Omi both looked over to him but Kimiko just looked at her plate.
"Clay, it's none of your business." Raimundo finally said.
Clay shrugged and returned to his food.
Omi sat there rather uncomfortable. Kimiko was staring at her food and not talking. Raimundo was moving his food around with his fork. Clay was eating, but slower than usual and continued to glance and Raimundo and Kimiko.
"WHAT IS DOWN WITH YOU PEOPLE?!" Omi shouted. That made all three of them jump.
"You mean, 'what's up with you people?'" Raimundo suggested.
"That too!" Omi said. Now he was standing up on his chair.
"What are you talking about, Omi?" Kimiko asked.
"You are silent, Raimundo is being most shy acting and Clay is being freaky!" Omi said. He rubbed his head. "I am most confused."
Kimiko patted Omi's back. "I guess we're all just having an off day, Omi. It's nothing to worry about."
"But why are you and Raimundo not talking about your fight? Normally, you love to talk about what Raimundo did to make you hurt him!"
Kimiko sighed. "Omi, he stole my laptop. That's all I'm saying about the subject."
"You missed the part where you pinned Raimundo to the wall!" Clay pointed out. But he regretted it when both Kimiko and Raimundo sent him glares.
Omi sat there, confused as ever. "I have no idea what is going on."
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"Finally done!" Kimiko said quietly to herself as she sat in her cubicle with two suitcases in front of her. It was after dinner and Clay and Omi were both asleep. She and Raimundo had almost lost it at dinner and yelled at Clay, but they held back. Raimundo was most likely washing the dishes. Kimiko had stayed up longer to finish her packing. Rai, Clay and her were really the only ones that had to pack anything. Omi didn't have much and anything his did bring he put in either Raimundo's or Clay's suitcase. Yeah, like Kimiko had any free room.
Kimiko put her head on her pillow and laid there for a bit on her left side thinking. She reached forwards with one hand to pull the bottom on Raimundo's curtain to his cubicle up. She peeked under to see if he was there. He wasn't. Kimiko looked at her watch and saw that it was close to midnight.
"He can't still be doing the dishes," Kimiko began whispering to herself again. "can he?"
Kimiko got up and tiptoed outside of the rooms. She walked through the temple until she came to the dining hall. She peaked through into the doorway and saw Raimundo washing dishes. Then she just stared. That's all. Raimundo didn't really look any different than normal besides his clothes being a little damp from washing dishes.
He looks so… Kimiko thought. Cute. Like always.
Kimiko had decided that she might as well go talk to him. She looked like an idiot standing at the doorway stalking him. (a/n: that sounds like my friend jane xD) Quietly she walked in and stood behind him for a while until she tapped his back.
"Ah!" Raimundo said as he jumped and turned around. "Kimiko! Don't scare me like that!"
Kimiko smiled and stood next to him.
"So, why are you still up?" Raimundo asked as he washed a dish with the sponge. He set it on the counter next to him.
"I was packing." Kimiko said as she grabbed a dish rag and began to dry the dish.
"Kim, you don't have to help me." Raimundo said.
Kimiko was silent.
"And you were still packing?" Kimiko shot him a look. "Typical Kimiko." She hit him with the dishrag. "Oh come on! What'd the rag ever do to you?"
"Thanks." Kimiko said without looking at him.
"Thanks for what?" Raimundo said as he set another plate on the counter.
Kimiko looked down into the plate she dried and looked deeply into her own reflection. "F-for taking the blame earlier."
Raimundo opened his mouth as if he was going to say something but couldn't think of anything.
"A-and, I'm sorry." She added. She set the plate down gently.
"Kimiko, I said that you-"
"Shut it, Raimundo." Kimiko said as she smiled at him. He smiled back. "I'm sorry that I pinned you to the wall." She couldn't help but to let a tiny blush escape.
"It's okay. I was probably just going to run out of the vault if you hadn't done that." He laughed and began to wash another dish. "Like I said, 'you were just protecting yourself.'"
Silence.
"Rai?"
"Yes?"
"I hope you know that, that makes no sense what so ever."
"I know."
They both laughed and continued to wash and dry the dishes. As time passed, they talked less and less. Until they were in silence for about five minutes. Then Raimundo decided to talk.
He blushed. "H-hey, Kimiko?"
"Hmm?" she responded without looking at him.
"Do you think that over the vacation thing, w-we could…" his voice trailed off. Kimiko's eyes widened and she set the dry dish down. She looked over to him immediately and they started at each other for a while.
"We could…what?" Kimiko asked eagerly.
"You know, hang out?" Raimundo said feeling a bit stupid with how he phrased the question.
Is he asking me out? Kimiko thought. I can't say that! If I'm wrong I'll sound like an idiot!
"Aren't we hanging out right now?"
"W-well, yeah…" his voice trailed off again.
But if I'm right… Kimiko thought with her own thoughts trailing off as well.
"But I meant, you know, together…"
"We are together." Kimiko said feeling quite pleased with herself for making Raimundo get into more detail about his question.
…if I'm right, I'll feel so good for saying it first… she thought.
Raimundo swallowed hard before handing another dish over to Kimiko.
"Like, maybe we could go somewhere." He said finally.
…and then if I am right… she thought.
Kimiko wanted him to just spit it out. She was still too afraid to say it. "Well, I guess so." Raimundo smiled. "But we'll have to ask Omi and Clay if they're interested." His smile frowned. Man, she loved this conversation.
…say it, Rai. Please just say it… Kimiko thought eagerly.
"I meant 'we' as in you and me." Raimundo said looked straight at her this time.
She's messing with me. Raimundo thought.
Say it. Kimiko thought.
Say it. Raimundo thought.
"Like, you and me, maybe going for a walk sometime." Raimundo said with a bit of fear in his voice.
I guess that's good enough. Kimiko thought. Say it.
WHY CAN'T KIMIKO JUST ASK ME!! IT WOULD BE A HECK OF A LOT EASIER! Raimundo thought.
"Rai?" Kimiko asked after five minutes of silence.
"Yeah?" he responded almost immediately.
"Can you just spit out whatever you're trying to say?" Kimiko commanded.
…what if I'm right? Kimiko asked herself. That would so rock!
Why is she torturing me? Rai asked himself.
Rai swallowed hard. Okay, he thought. you can do this.
There was an extremely large pause of silence.
Okay, that's it. Kimiko told herself. He knew exactly what to say.
"Raimundo," Kimiko began. He looked at her immediately. "during our vacation you and me will go out for lunch together. No Omi or Clay. I mean, it's the least I could do for you after what you did for me earlier. Sound good?"
Raimundo smiled happily. He didn't exactly want it to be said that way. But either way, he technically had a date with Kimiko. "Sounds great!"
She just couldn't help but to smile.
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Kimiko slept rather peacefully that night. When she and Rai had finally finished the dishes it was about ten to one. Raimundo had finished packing in about ten minutes, and then he crashed.
When Kimiko woke up, she had to refresh herself on what happened last night. You know, so she made sure it wasn't a dream.
She walked out of her cubicle to see if she was the only one awake. She was. But not for long! The other three were awakened by a small green dragon banging on a gong…
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