Kimiko was outside in the mediation garden when suddenly a boy around 15 with tan skin, brown, spiky hair, and emerald green eyes came running up to her. When she noticed him she opened her eyes.

"What's up rai?" she asked in a sleepy voice.

"Nothing just seeing what you were doing." He told her "you?"

"I'm just trying to get through another day."

"What do you mean 'trying'?" he ask puzzled.

"Oh it's nothing."" She replied

"No it's not nothing, something is got to be happening." When he looked at her he saw she was holding back tears. "Kimi what's wrong?"

" I heard in Japan my best friend Keiko,"

"The one you talk to on the phone all day long?"

"Yes I heard that she was kidnapped and murdered, because the murderers mistook her for me' she said now full not holding back crying.

Flashback

Kimiko was sitting in her "room" (a/n y'all know how much I like air quotes) watching the news on her pda.

"And our top story today; in Tokyo, Japan a young girl by the name of Keiko Himeshiro was found murdered."

"No!" gasped kimiko. She ran to her cell phone and called her father in Japan

"Hello?" she heard her father say on the other end.

"Papa tell me it's not true! Tell me they're lying! Just say that she's not dead!" she yelled into the phone still crying

"Kimiko slow down. What are you talking about?" her father asked

"Tell me keiko's not dead!" she said still crying.

"Oh, I think you and your friends should come here to hear this." He said and then hung up.

End flashback

Kimiko found raimundo comforting her in his arms.

"at least it's not you." He whispered in her ear.

"DON'T SAY THAT!" she yelled at him starting to cry again. "How could you say that?" she said now whispering.

"I'm sorry. I know what it's like to lose some one you love."

"How?"

"Well… when I was 3 years old I had a great life. My family had enough money and then some. But then it happened, my parents died in a car crash . my dad died a smoke inhalation and my mom was burned alive. The worst part was that the oldest wasn't old enough to take care of us. So we all were put up for adoption. But no one adopted me. When I was 13 I was sent to a mental hospital because I tried to kill myself. A year later I went back to the orphanage and a man named José adopted me. He looked nice but he was a drunk and always went out. a couple of months later he adopted another kid. Her name was felicity. Lissie I called her. She was beaten and sexual abused by José. I guarded her with my life. But I always got hurt in the process. Finally after what seemed like years master fung came and saved us. He brought me here and sent lissie to America. We try and keep in touch"

"wow!' was all kimiko said.

"bottom line is that I love you and I won't let anyone hurt you."

"I love you too." She said pulling him in to a kiss. After they kissed (a/n a.k.a. made out) they slowly drifted to sleep.