Clay jumped in fright,"I'm um just...um"Clay couldnt think of a lie,and even if he could he didnt think Omi would belive him,with a sigh he spoke"look Omi,I just need to go home until my head is cleared of this mess,okay?"

Omi frowned and said carefully, "A true Xiaolin warrior does not run away from his problems."  He paused, then added more quietly, "I feel that it will only make things more difficult if you leave.  Raimundo will be most upset.  And so will I; you are a most excellent friend to all of us."

(Thank you- I try very hard. ^^)

Omi sighed and said sadly, "I know I cannot force you to stay if you wish to leave...I can only beg of you to reconsider."  He glanced back at the room where the four of them slept, and he could feel Raimundo's presence; he knew that Raimundo was hearing every bit of their conversation. When he spoke again, his voice was completely devoid of pride or vanity. "If not for your own sake, then for ours.  ...We need you here."

Omi made no attempt to stop him; he knew he would be unable to do so, but more importantly, it would be disrespectful to the Earth warrior's decision.  With another quiet sigh, he pattered back toward the sleeping room, wondering what he would say to Raimundo.

As he re-entered the sleeping quarters, he made a move to place a comforting hand on the Wind warrior's shoulder, but stopped cold at the expression on the other boy's face. "...Raimundo?" He inquired softly, extremely worried.

-- Edited by avi17 at 00:09, 2006-08-29

Taken aback by the other boy's touchiness, he stammered, "D-do you wish...to be left alone?"

In a surprise move, Omi moved forward and enveloped Raimundo as best he could in a warm hug.  He exhaled deeply, but said nothing- he didn't know what to say.

Since this sort of dies momentarily, and I can only get on my parent's computer fo rlike 30 minutes, I'm going to start it up again by saying it's been a few weeks, and Dojo burst in saying there was a new Shen Gong Wu.

If there aren't any takers, I'll volunteer to being Dojo. ^^

Raimundo was only half-paying attention, his zoning out seemed to be happening more and more often. He blinked.

"Did you hear me, Raimundo? We need to get going going!" Dojo exclaimed.

Raimundo yawned and nodded before following everyone out of the temple.

Dojo turned large as Kimiko (who I guess I'll be or whatever O_o) pulled the scroll out from her backpack.

"The Gender-Bender..." Kimiko rose an eyebrow as everyone got onto Dojo. She explain it's magical ability of changing the user's gender and stuff and rosie is getting lazy so let's get to the part where they're flying in the air...to...TEXAS. Because Dojo conviently placed it near where the Star Hanabi was. PLOT DEVICE! YAAAY!

"huh? What?" Raimundo turned, still slightly out of it. "Yeah, sure. Whatever you say..." he mumbled before going back into his trance like state.

Raimundo looked down and stared blankly at the passing scenery. It was nice to drift into thought as he saw the large plains zoom by, the little bits of desert foliage scattered sporadically here and there, the catuses...

Wait...

Raimundo's head shot up.

"Uh..where did you guys say this Wu was again?" He asked.

Raimundo nearly fell over and off of Dojo.

T-texas?!

He gulped, straightening himself.

Texas was a big place...most likely they wouldn't run into...

Dojo landed on the large dry plains before reverting back to his smaller self. Raimundo recognised these exact cacti in the pattern they were in from the last time they were here. He swallowed and pulled at his collar. He was hoping they would be able to find it quickly and leave just as fast.

Ouch.

Raimundo's throat went dry and he laughed nervously.

"N-nah, he's probably busy, and we're in a rush to find the ShenGongWu and stuff." he said, rubbing the back of his head. "I mean, we should hurry, afer all, Jack could be on his way like usual..."

Raimundo didn't want to admit how right she was. He turned his head.

"First thing is first, Kim." he said, trying to sound firm. "We got to find the Shen-Gong-Wu."

"Actually," Dojo piped up. "If my sences are correct, it should be very close to Clay's ranch."

Raimundo almost fell over.

Raimundo sighed.

"I really....really don't wan't to go, you guys." he mumbled, though it was clear that they hadn't heard him.

Sh*t...what was he supposed to do?

"Hi! Sorry for coming on to you and confessing my love to you, but I'll just be aking this Wu and going now!"

(Sailor Avi and her Omi-Magic have arrived! XD)

Omi offered an extremely wide and obviously fake grin, saying, "Raimundo is talking out of sense.  We must find the Shen Gong Wu, and if that means a visit to Clay's home, than that is what we must do."  Leaning over to whisper in Raimundo's ear, he muttered seriously, "This must be made right."

Clay sat on his porch whitting on a piece wood,when he could see a green blur in the distance drawing closer to his house.

Dojo sratched his head then sighed. he rmebered when he and Master Fung had hit a snag like this before. Only, they never made it better. Master fung broke his heart, but Dojo still hoped. Dojo's eyes filled with tears and he silently thought, Please. i can't stand to watch this again. Please Clay, please make this better. Off at the temple, Master Fung pulled out some forgotten photos.....

(meanwhile)

Clay was racking his brain for something to say, he couldn't avoid them now, not when they were practicly out side his door.Not only did he not know what he'd say to kimiko or Omi, or even if he'd speak to Rai out of shame and,guilt.He chewed his nails in frustration.

-- Edited by cyborg buffi at 05:00, 2006-09-13

As Omi was greeting Clay, Raimundo felt his face grow hot. Shoving his hands in his pockets, he tried his best to avert his gaze in any direction other than Clay's.

Damn this was awkward...

Still not looking at Clay's eyes directly, Raimundo cleared his throat.

"Um...heya. I've been okay I guess."

Raimundo continued to stand there awkwardly with his hands shoved in his pockets. As much as he tried not to, he couldn't help but flash a glance at the cowboy's face every second or so; he felt his face begin to heat up.

'God I hate this...'