Time Slip (Xiaolin Showdown Fanfic - Original Version)

Big Problems

Kimiko found herself enjoying herself and the time passing very fast with playing with the boy whom the others called Ching. She hadn't had this much fun in a long time. It helped that no one was telling her that she was a girl, or blurting out the little lady statement, or Rai… well, being Rai. But then, she was dresses as a boy.

One thing she had to say too about using boy clothing to play and goof off in was that she didn't have to worry about a certain Dragon of Wind, from her time of course, trying to eye her, just like he did other girls. His mind wasn't perverted, but it did tend to be in the gutter and over zealous about having an awesome date with a girl… perhaps something more.

By the time they were both worn out, the sun was actually setting and both were panting from exertion. Kimiko knew she would want to take a bath, but the fact was… she couldn't with the fact that she couldn't risk being found out. It was then that Tao glanced out, his eyes narrowed and with a look of not really caring. "Supper is ready."

"How come you didn't tell us about mid-meal," the younger boy asked them.

"Because you two were busy… and I didn't want to hassle with it…" the boy said, disappearing into the house.

Kimiko was then surprised when the younger of the three boys bowed to her. "Thank you for playing with me today."

Kimiko bowed to him. "You are welcome." She then followed him into the household and she sat at the table that the two older boys had set up. There was a huge thing of steamed rice in the center and Doan had dished up the food into four bowls. They then dug into their food, the older two eating quite messily.

The youngest boy however, wasn't eating much while Kimiko was gobbling her food down, not making a mess of course. "Are you alright?"

"He's fine," Tao scowled, then turned to Doan. "Who gets to sleep with the baby… Gaun always does…"

Suddenly there was a shattering of glass and two brown eyes glaring at the two older boys. "I am not a baby!"

"Yeah right…" Doan commented. "You still have to sleep with someone at night… for certain reasons…"

"Well… I think the solution is Lian-Li," the other boy said.

"Hold on… the old lady said that Lian-Li was to have his own spot!" the youngest said, nearly lunging at Tao, only to be grabbed and held down by Doan. Kimiko was glad that they didn't see her turn pale and were focused on calming the younger boy down.

"I'm in charge…" the older boy said. "After you eat, the two of you get to bed…"

"May I ask why we have to share a space?" Kimiko asked.

"It's not that we have to… except for the baby there… and don't you throw something at me again!"

Kimiko pushed her bowl away… she was going to have to figure some way to get around this problem.

M

Kimiko's solution came from the fact that she remembered her new friend saying that Tao was the Dragon of the Wind. She figured that if he was that Dragon and as egotistical as she thought he was, he was sure to have the Sword of the Storm in his possession. She was right and decided to borrow it, hiding it under her pad.

The youngest of the boys soon joined her in the room and collapsed down on the pad. She raised an eyebrow as she quickly heard snoring coming from him. She slipped the sword from underneath the pad and placed it between them and then lay down. This was her solution, one that she had read in a Brothers Grim Faerie Tale for school when she was learning English.

She then drifted off into sleep, not worried about anything happening to her. This didn't last long as she suddenly heard the person she was sharing the room with moving about in agitation in his sleep. This caused her eyes to open up and her sleep to be interrupted. She then heard a thunk in the wall located below the two of them and the vibrating of the sword as it shook.

The next thing she knew, she felt the other boy hugging her around the middle and he had his face in the middle of her back. Kimiko's reacted fast and quick, first pushing him away then punching him hard in the face. He woke up quickly, yelping as he did and grabbing his nose with his hands, as it was bleeding yet again, not to mention in pain.

Obviously this was heard from the other rooms as Tao and Doan came from either way, a paper lantern each. Doan shook his head at them. "What the hell are you two doing?"

Tao was however distracted by the fact that his favored Shen Gong Wu was still quivering in the wall. He grabbed it and yanked it out. He glanced over at Kimiko, frowning at her. He then went and grabbed the younger boy by the shoulder. "You're sleeping with me until Gaun gets back. You… don't borrow things without asking…"

Doan shook his head at the one he thought to be a boy. "You know, you're very irritating Lian-Li. Don't mess up again… this was something dumb to do."

"How was I to know what you two meant earlier!" Kimiko glared at him.

Doan opened his mouth then closed it again, then walked off. But before he left, he turned to her. "So what if Ching has nightmares… that's why he has to sleep with someone… if he doesn't, they come… and we all end up being kept up at night."

"How did the sword end up in the wall?" Kimiko said.

"You didn't do that?" Doan asked.

"Duh, no!" Kimiko said, glaring at the boy.

"I don't know this duh word," the boy said, leaving the room.