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Chapters: 8/? Fandom: Xiaolin Showdown (Cartoon) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Raimundo Pedrosa & Jack Spicer, Clay Bailey & Omi & Raimundo Pedrosa & Kimiko Tohomiko, Raimundo Pedrosa & Wuya Characters: Raimundo Pedrosa, Kimiko Tohomiko, Omi (Xiaolin Showdown), Wuya (Xiaolin Showdown), Clay Bailey, Dojo Kanojo Cho, Jack Spicer Additional Tags: Wuya Wins, Heylin Raimundo, Evil Raimundo, Smart Jack Spicer, Jack Spicer is a bro, Ignores Xiaolin Chronicles, Takes place afer Wuya kills Raimundos friends, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, Panic Attacks, Hopeful Ending, Alternative Univers, Enemies to Friends, Unhealthy Relationships, Canonical Character Death, Not Really Character Death, Sad, Ex-Villain, No Sex, Raimundo is just very abusively protective of his friends, Minor Violence, Blood and Injury Series: Part 1 of Hope Summary:
"You're worried, I understand, really, but splitting up isn't the best idea." Jack let him go. "Your friends are not weaklings, they will manage without you, and running like an idiot will only waste too much energy, and you will be useless in a possible fight."
Raimundo blinked. He didn't notice that he started walking faster and faster and almost left the genius behind. He rubbed his face with his hand and nodded.
"You're right, I'm sorry... I just don't want anything to happen to them if the enemy attacks."
"Is that why you treated Katnappe so bloodily and sent her to the hospital?" Jack asked after a moment of silence. Raimundo looked at him out of the corner of his eye. "Yeah, I saw the whole situation. Brutal and bloody, which, now that I think about it, was predictable." He snorted and shook his head. "You spent several good years in the company of an old witch, and if she's fucked up as a ghost, who's to say that she's not five times worse with a body..."
"I'm trying to protect people close to me, that's all." He muttered, walking again. "I won't let history come full circle again. Now, when I have my family back, I will defend them at all costs."
"Pursuing the goal over the dead body is not a good option."
Raimundo turned around abruptly, and a violent wind rose around them.
"I didn't kill anyone here!" He growled.