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[Oneshot 'We're so Happy for you!' Those were the words Kimiko heard. Why couldn't she be happy with who she had? Why was she breaking her father's wish to be with someone else? Why when she rights one thing, another is ruined? Someone must have caused the last mistake... But why blame Raimundo?

Disclaimer: I don't own Xiaolin Showdown... Yeah, I know, no weird saying this time... It's new for me, but I do not enjoy this story, nor do I enjoy this couple.

Dedication: This is a request by 'Rolliepollie44'... I hate the couple, but she decides to torture me lawlz.

Kimiko sigh and looked at the clock. It was a whole nother hour that she had to sit there, with an arm around her shoulder, just sitting there, watching this movie.

"Is it boring you Kim?" The guy next to her asked.

"Umm... No not at all!" She tried to smile, but he saw right through it and sigh.

"You can leave if ya want." He looked down.

It broke Kimiko's heart to do it, but she nonetheless, stood up and stretched. "I'm just tired that's all."

"Okay." He didn't seem convinced.

"Come on," She looked at him. "You know I love you."

"Yeah, I know." He still didnt' seem convinced.

"What's wrong with you?" She snapped, her eyes angry.

"Kim, I know what's been going on." He looked like he began to get angry. "You've been with Raimundo."

"What? No!" She was on an outrage. "How could you even say that!? I'm extremely offended!" She stomped, folded her arms and turned.

"Kim, no, I didn't mean it like that."

"Yes you did!" she huffed.

"I'm sorry, okay... I just... You two have been friends for so long... I was scared you'd leave me for him."

Like I have a choice. The thought made her face confused, but yet, she understood, so she was sure the expression she was giving him was weird. Now... He didn't know that she didn't have a choice, but she wasn't about to tell him and break his heart. Not when she was going to be forced into marrying him. She didn't want her life to be hell.

"Kimiko, I'm sorry okay."

"Yeah whatever."

He sigh and rubbed his temples. "Good night Kimiko."

She walked away, but just as she was going to disappear, she called back. "Good night Clay."

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Kimiko muttered under her breath as she waited upstairs for Clay to walk into the bedroom.

"Kimiko?" Clay asked softly.

"Hmm?"

"You comin out?"

"I'll be out in a minute Clay... I just gotta..."

"You're in the bathroom Kim, not much you can do."

"Girl stuff Clay!" She snapped.

Colour raised to Clay's cheeks as he mumbled something, too covered up by his accent to hear.

Kimiko tried to hold back tears. They were living in Tokyo, and then... after the wedding, they were going back to Texas. Kimiko didn't want to, she knew what she wanted. But her father knew what he wanted more. Of course, she didn't understand how he came up with her marrying Clay.

She thought it was probably the fact that he had looked in her diary of the temple, when she showed it to him... And after he met Raimundo, he picked anyone she knew, as fast as he could, to get her married to that person, before she could run off with a person from a third-world country.

She was only twenty, and she was already having to get married to someone she didn't want to get married to. She loved Clay, no doubt. As a friend, but being forced together... She knew she couldn't ever even think of having feelings for Clay.

Clay didn't put up a fight, which made Kimiko mad. She hated to fuss about marrying him... But, it was Clay. She was in love with someone else.

Shaking her head, she waited until she had finally found the heavy snore, indicating Clay was in a heavy slumber. She was glad... No faking anything tonight... She was home free for a night in the city. She poked her head out of the dark bathroom, and saw sure enough, Clay was fast asleep, his cowboy hat on the post next to the bed.

Kimiko went to a trunk in her separate closet, and pulled out a pillow the size of herself. She put it on the bed, and covered the blanket over it. Clay mumbled something and put his arms around it.

Kimiko shuddered. That would have been her waist if she hadn't known what to do.

She quickly scrambling out of the room, and into the guest room, where she threw open the closet. There was extra clothes, a few different sizes, but she pushed them aside to reveal a door. She opened the door, and it showed a small room. Smirking at the fact her father hadn't remember it, she had put extra clothes for herself in there. She picked out a dancing outfit, of a skirt and halter top with good sturdy shoes. Then, she went to the mirror, quickly brushed and put her hair up in a messy bun with hair hanging down, framing her face, applied lipstick, eyeshadow, eyeliner, mascara, and blush, and grabbed her already ready purse, and rushed downstairs, taking her keys from their hook.

She then began to walk swiftly on the sidewalk, knowing she was going to be late, and a little down the street was a red sports car that she crawled into and put the keys into. Starting the car didn't make a sound in the busy streets of Tokyo, and she was quickly off to her favorite club.

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Jumping out of the car, knowing very well he was extremely late, he showed his pass to the gaurd and he let him in.

Raimundo slipped passed the crowd of dancers, into one of the back rooms.

"Kim? What's wrong?"

"Raimundo..." She breathed, pulling him into a hug.

"I got your message, you seemed pretty upset... Anything wrong?"

"I needed to see you."

"You know we can't keep doing this. Clay's already suspicious."

"Do I look like a care?" She snapped, tears forming in her eyes. "I don't want to be forced into a marrage I don't wanna be in, Rai, why can't you understand that!?"

"Kimiko... It's your father - "

"No! I won't go with what my father says... He said he was always happy for me, until he actually met you! It's not fair... and, especially pulling Clay into all of this... It's ruining our friendship! Clay is in love with me Raimundo!" She was practically pulling her hair out.

Raimundo thought for a moment and sat down, on the bed, bringing Kimiko with him.

They looked at each other for a few moments, and leaned in to kiss.

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Clay woke up next morning to see Kimiko's body pillow wrapped in his arms. He stared in disbelief. How could she do this to him... again? No... It wasn't again... This is just the first time you're gunna catch her in the act!

Throwing the blankets off of him, he grabbed his hat and went grudging downstairs to see Kimiko asleep on the sofa, a blanket put over her, looking the same as he had just seen her before they went to bed last night.

He shook his head. He wouldn't wake her up... But, he'd confront her about it.

An hour later, when Kimiko woke up, she looked around to see Clay in the kitchen making breakfast.

"Hey Clay!" She said, cheer in her voice.

"Kimiko... We need to talk."

"About what?" She poured herself a cup of coffee and sitting at the table across from him.

"Where you were last night."

Her face fell confused. "Home."

"Don't lie Kimiko... You weren't in bed and your body pillow was there."

"Clay, you know that I pull that out when my back hurts."

Clay shuddered at the thought. He remember when it happened to Kimiko, close to when they were about to leave the temple.

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Flashback

"Just remember, don't let them swipe you!" Raimundo called, summoning his wind power.

His teammates nodded, and brought their element heavily.

They fought and fought this strange new last attempt from Chase. They must have formed when Raimundo had killed him. Something about what he had mumbled... It had to do with it.

They were getting ready to do their last training sessions... For the need of fighting evil had gone... And it was time to train new monks. Not, for say any evil, but... Master Fung knew that there would be some cases, where something came up with the Shen Gong Wu, he couldn't count on his old students... Even if they persisted they would be able to come. He said family was more important. He knew that we'd all have family at one point.

These creatures... They were thin, and could slip right through your fingers, into the ground, or maybe even disappear. They could float, or get lower to the ground than a medium sized log. But, when it came to their tentical looking hands, that shined platnium (as, they were all over, not even looking creature like... More like an item, brought to life by twisted magic, making them move the way they did, and have the abilities like that) you didn't want them to touch you. Not at all.

When they swiped, they swiped hard. It could, depending on the angle, crack a bone if the force was strong enough.

The fight had been going extremely well for Raimundo, as he could do the motions the creatures could, mimic them, confusing their small, if even, minds.

Omi was the next, as his element could do the motions, rather than himself. It amused them, even though it wasn't a human, so it wasn't as good as Raimundo, the element distracted them enough to lead away from Omi a little bit, so if one took a swipe it would miss with the 'safe' distance of a foot.

Kimiko was next. Of course, niether her, nor her element could move like that, as fire spread with a mind of it's own, and she did not have the care free motions like the wind dragon, but her petite body allowed her swiftness, and blocking their blows with difficulty, yet ease, but at least it was getting done.

Now their left Clay. He was doing a good job, because the stone he could now produce after being taught for four and a half years, the tenticals could barely break. And, he could conjur them fast enough so that he didn't have trouble.

They were fighting a distance from each other now, but... It was an advantage for them... Because, to everyone's surprise they did have a scheming mind. They were backing them away from each other, and soon everyone else was out of earshot from each other, even though, the monks didn't know it.

"Kimiko! Help!" Raimundo called out to her.

Kimiko spun quickly. "Rai?" But, it had been a trap, only a creature was there, and although, it didn't have much of a mouth, it had a smug and sly smile on it.

Only when she didn't have time to move, dodge, or block had their plan hit her... Literally.

The one she had been fighting moved its tentical, but she had turned, so, no perminate damage was done, but it had it her in the back, giving her excrushaiting pain.

Her scream pierced the coutyard, the sound echoing off of everything and everybody, making everyone shake.

Raimundo's head whipped to his teammate. There was Kimiko on the ground, struggling to push herself up with her forarm. He twisted his way into free line and made a dash for Kimiko. Despite the fact that swipes were being made at him, and only hitting the air at the closest of a half an inch from him, giving him a bee sting sting at whereever it had almost hit. He rushed to her side, and used all of his poer and consintration to move them back with his wind. He protected Kimiko.

He heard her sobs. "Rai..."

"Kim... It's okay... shh... don't waist engergy."

"It hurts Rai..." She whimpered, breaking his heart.

"It's okay Kimiko, we're going to get you help... It won't hurt soon..." He whispered, trying to consintrate on the attack, and not the girl before him.

He was trying to protect an innocent person. A girl. A teammate. A friend. A fiance...

"Raimundo... no matter what happens... I love you..."

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That's all Clay needed to remember, because, he hadn't liked the rest of it.

Raimundo and her had been engaged. He had engaged to her about a week before that attack, and she happily accepted. But, when she told her father... He had broken them up immediately, and called upon Clay's family... And there Clay was... a week from getting married to Kimiko Tohomiko.

He knew she still loved Raimundo. He knew it for sure. But he wanted to hold onto her... He wanted to try and change her feelings.

Thus, the movie last night... She had always boasted how it was her favorite romance, and had always made her cry. So, he bought it, and persuaded her to watch it. Of course... Raimundo had introduced her to the movie... And she didn't like it anymore... Because, they had watched it so much... Clay could figure that, but he kept her there, until he really knew she was annoyed.

"Why'd you go to the living room without it then?"

"I couldn't sleep." she said flatly sipping her coffee.

"Kimiko... If you l - "

"Clay, I don't want to go into this with you. It's probably just your nerve from getting married in a week." She said, reassuringly. Then she got up and walked to the sink, pouring the cup out.

"What are you doing? I made you breakfast."

"You made me lose my appitiete." She said bitterly with a sigh. Then she smiled. It was faint... Like... almost forced, but then again... There was small happiness in it. "Besides, you only made it to butter me up after that talk... That didn't work, now did it?" Her smile turned smug as she kissed Clay's cheek and skipped upstairs to get ready for work.

Clay simply shook his head... Maybe it was just him.

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Kimiko was sitting in her office when a sudden lurch made her move. It felt like she was going to throw up. She tried to think back... What'd she eat? Ignoring it, she went back to the business meeting, and tried to consintrate. There was a second lurch, and she was sure she was going to throw up. Not wanting to wait, she wrote something quickly on a piece of paper, and passed it to the person next to her, got up and rushed to the room.

Everyone looked at the guy, and he unfolded the piece of paper.

"What's it say?" A person said (sorta like a scary movie, when they find a mysterious note lol) in an almost feared awe.

"Excuse me." The man simply stated, shrugged, and went back to trying to get on with the meeting.

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Kimiko's mood didn't lighten after she excused herself. She went into the bathroom, and not a moment to soon, because she threw up in the toilet right when she got there.

She stayed in the bathroom and splashed some water on her face. She hadn't eaten anything today, and nothing unusual last night at the club, or even during the day, and she needed to get back. Thinking for a bit, she tried to look at all possibilities.Then, it suddenly hit her.

She quickly called up her doctor and set up an appointment right away.

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Clay waited for Kimiko to get home, but instead of her coming in quietly like she usually did, she burst in the door, tears streaming down her face.

He jumped up to her. "Kimiko! What's wrong? What happened?"

She wouldn't answer, she just threw herself on the couch and cried.

Before Clay could sit down, he noticed she was in a pink tank top and sweat pants... Not her normal work close. He sat down next to her and stroked her hair.

She cried for a good half an hour before she finally looked up at him. He put his full attention to her small voice.

"Clay... I'm pregnate..." She burst out in a new set of tears as Clay just sat there, dumbfounded.

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"I'll be fine Clay." She smiled lightly at him.

"I'm happy about this! I know you think I'm mad, but I'm not!" He promised. "I can come with you!"

"No." She said hastily. "I'm only going to see my boss, Kieko, and the doctor again... That's it... I'll be home in a few hours... Just, go to work Clay." She ended with a sigh.

"Kim, I can take the - "

"Go to fricken work!" She snapped. She looked at his face, that showed a little shock, anger, and saddness. "I'm going to be moody for a while. I didn't exactly plan on getting pregnate!"

"Yeah, it's fine." He laughed nervously, and tipped his hat, heading out the door.

Kimiko shook her head and followed him out to her car. She got in, took a deep breath, started it, and headed towards the doctor's office.

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"Thanks for letting me crash here while we wait." Raimundo stated, a cheeky grin on his face.

"Well Kimi's knews sounded important, I thought maybe we should let her get on with it pretty quick."

"You think her dad knows what she's gunna tell us."

"I dunno... But, ya know... Knowing how much he's planned Kimi's life away from you..." She gave him a sideways glance. "He probably does."

He nodded slowly and they waited, until there was rapid knocking on the door.

It made them both jump, but Kieko hurried to it. She thrust it open to see Kimiko's bloodshot eyes.

"Kimi!" She gasped as she embraced her friend in her arms. Kimiko's sobs were muffled as Raimundo decided to get up.

He saw Kimiko's eyes open at shuffling in a panic. Then Kieko pulled back and let Kimiko see Raimundo. He expected her to cry into his shoulder, and hug him, but she didn't. Her cries only became worse.

"Kimiko!" He snapped softly, putting his hands on her shoulders. "Tell us." He said more gently.

"I'm... Pregnate!" She cried out.

Kieko and Raimundo blinked with confusion. "Well... Clay will never suspect now." Kieko shrugged.

"It's not that!" She wailed.

"What is it then!" Raimundo pleaded.

"It's not Clay's child!" This could barely be heard, but then she straighted up. "It's yours..." She whispered, now hugging him and crying into him.

Kieko and Raimundo were shocked. They couldn't believe it... That wasn't suppose to happen...

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There was no hope... The wedding was today... And she had lost the battle for sure now. She'd been fighting for two months, and now... She really did lose.

Looking at herself in the mirror, she saw a girl she didn't know.

Her dress was actually a white kimono. It was glistening, and the sleeves were long, just as the end dragged behind her. In parts of the stitches, someone had somehow sewn in some sort of cyrstal, although, it was like accent, or shavings, because the kimono was as heavy as when the base was made. Her hair was held up with chopsticks, also a crystalish white, and some hair coming down from the bun, framing her face, and in the back of her head were curled to perfection in the best spiral ever. A small tiara held Kimiko's veil, and her boquet consisted of white and pink roses, chrysanthamums, lilies, and other soft flowers like that.

"This is something I'm going to regret not running away from." She whispered as her best friend came up behind her. She smiled brightly at Kimiko.

"You look dawling!" She giggled, and that made Kimiko giggle aswell.

"How'm I suppose to get out of this?"

"You'll think of something before you ever have to tell Clay it wasn't his." She whispered, hugging her friend from behind.

"Let's Hope it doesn't have emerald eyes."

"Do you think it's gunna take you nine months to get out of this marrage?" Kieko gasped.

"I don't know. I need to as soon as possible."

"Then you should probably think about leaving today." Whispered Kieko, her voice shaky.

Kimiko smiled. Kieko had never had the adrenalin rush she had before in her life. She voiced exactly that.

"Well, what do you mean by that?"

"Do you want to?"

"Wh... No! It's too scary."

"Come on Kieko... this wouldn't be half of what I experianced sometimes."

"You cannot simply ditch your wedding!" She pointed out, exasperated.

"I know it seems bad." Kimiko bit her lip. "But..." She wanted to say to Kieko... More than anything in the world. That she was willing to risk everything just to leave.

"You want to risk it... Don't you?" Kieko asked. "Because, you cannot even run out... Raimundo wasn't invited."

"Was banned!" Kimiko's anger bubbled.

"Do what you wish Kimiko, but I suggest you don't stall this wedding longer to think about your options." With that she went out to the aisle, as the wedding was going to start in about two minutes.

Kimiko stared long and hard at the mirror, thinking about what she should do. Then, there was a knock at her door. She opened it, and saw her father in awe.

"You look beautiful!" He breathed.

"I would have looked better if I were smiling!" She snapped.

Her father didn't know... And she intended on keeping it that way. She hated to, because she loved her father, and blamed herself for not being strong enough...

"He knows you at least..." Toshiro muttered.

She gripped her fathers arm. "Before we go Papa."

"What is it Kimiko?" He looked thoughtfully at her.

"No matter what happens." She breathed. "I love you." she hugged him tightly, and no doubt he was confused, but... She knew it meant the world to both of them... even if her father didn't know it yet.

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As they walked out and onto the aisle, Kimiko saw Clay looking agaped at her, Kieko beaming next to him and Omi standing next to Clay, about ready to heave. She knew what he was thinking. What happened to the oh so great couple of her and Raimundo... Wind and Fire? Omi didn't know, but Clay didn't care.

As Kimiko stopped infront of Clay, the priest started, but Kimiko needed to tell Clay, so she spoke in a low whisper, no one else could here.

"Clay."

"Kim, we aren't suppose to be talking." He whispered back, panic coming to his voice.

"You know how I'm pregnate right?"

"Now how could I forget?" He had to try and surpress a laugh.

She bit her lip, and Clay's face dropped. "Clay..."

"It's not mine, is it?"

"Clay... You know we're friends... No matter what."

"No, Kim... You promised you wouldn't do this... And you fath - "

"My father, does not choose my life. I'm sorry Clay, but you should know that."

"We had a perfect life planned out." Now he had to stop himself from stomping his foot.

"Correction." She snapped. "You had a perfect life planned out. You know how much I wanted to be with Raimundo."

"Tell me... What did he have, that I didn't?"

"Raimundo always cared for me."

"I didn't?"

"In a different way." She almost had to look away. "Clay... He was there for me through everything, as was I for him, we knew each other better than Kieko knew me, and I'm sure Raimundo's best friend knew him... we had a bond right from the start." Tears were in her eyes now.

"You can't do this to me." He shook his head ever so slightly.

"I'm sorry."

"Kimiko Tohomiko, do you take Clay Bailey to be your lawfly wedded husband, in sickness or in health, (some other stuff), until death do you apart?"

"You know?" She laughed. This was it... She was going to risk it. It was this easy all along. She couldn't believe all she had to do was wait for this moment.

Everyone gasped at her words.

"I don't." She now smirked at Clay's anger stuck face. "I should be standing here... with someone else!" With that, she picked up her kimono and began to run down the aisle, but before she left, she did one thing that the bride loved to do at a wedding. She threw the boquet, and people, too stunned to go after he, no one even moved for it. Only Kieko who easily caught it and smiled at her desicion.

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Kimiko, looking as odd as ever, ran through the streets of Tokyo in a pure white kimono amoung most who were wearing black suits (haha, think of how odd that would look). Soon, it began to ran as she ran past a little bit of a deader road, scaring up a dozen doves, fluttering out of her way as she moved. Then, she saw him.

He looked surprised to see her there, but she jumped into his arms anyways.

"Kim?"

"Raimundo... " He knew what she wanted him to ask, so, with a smug expression, he got out the old ring, the same box, same knee, same expression.

She nodded, knowing, and half not, what was coming next.

"Kimiko Tohomiko..."

"Raimundo Pedrosa..." She repeated, just as she did when she was just as confused.

"Will you marry me?"

"Yes!" she hugged him long and tight, until someone interrupted.

"Raimundo Pedrosa?"

"Yes?" He asked, a smile plastered on his face.

"You are under arrest."

"What?!?!" The newly engaged couple burst.

"Why?" Kimiko cried out.

"You have to right to remain silent, anything said can and will be used against you in court." He cuffed Raimundo, despite his bewilded look.

"Raimundo!" Kimiko screamed, as another guy in black held her back. "I know, whatever they're accusing you of, you didn't do! I'll do everything in my power to get you out!" She screamed. "I'll wait for you, no matter what anyone says!" She screamed as he disappeared through the crowding area.

"I promise..." she whispered.

"Miss... miss, are you alright?" Someone asked her, trying to rip her from the black suited man's grasp.

"I do..." she whispered to nothing more than herself.

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Nothing really works for Kimiko in this story, does it?

Wow, what a weird way to end this. It was just an all out weird and crappy oneshot, but... I needed to do this... A request and all, and it does say I take them so... Anyways, yes, as you all may know, I hate Clay/Kim stories, but Rolliepollie44 had to be (she's a real life friend) stupid and make me write one... Sorry if it sucks, but bare with me, I haven't exactly had much experiance with the whole request, Clay/kim, etc. thing... And, as for the sucky story, Rolliepollie44 haha... You got what you wanted... it was her idea, but she wanted me to write it. :D Well, please review lol, hope you liked it, even though it probably sucked :D Trust me, if someone asked me to do a Rai/Kim request, much much better :P :)