That night, Cole couldn't sleep, nor could he take his mind off dragons for even a second, he wondered what it would be like, soaring in the skies, surely it wouldn't be that...good, right? He tossed and turned in his bed, hoping to distract himself with a dream, but of course his thoughts affected his imagination, and he got the same result. He awoke right after he caught a glimpse of a flying scythe that was nearly at the verge of slicing him to bits, Cole pulled on his dark bangs and kicked the air in frustration, then he saw a shadow of light coming from outside.

His mind broke free of his current situation and he peeked outside to see, what he saw intrigued him, a herd of fire dragons being led to the highest peek of the island, and were all being led by...Kai? Cole side-glanced to the fire ninja's bed to find it empty, how had Kai gone out without him noticing? Maybe he was in a deep sleep...

Right now that didn't matter, he wanted to find out what Kai was doing outside, leading a hoard of dragons to the edge of the island, so silently he climbed out of bed and slipped out of the room as fast as the eye can see. Once reaching the deck, Cole looked back and it seems the herd had disappeared. I cant lose them now he thought. He jumped off the deck and made his way down from the dragon palace below them, landing on both his feet on the solid ground. His eyes picked up a small light in the distance, this being Kai emitting flames from his hands, using the light to lead the herd off to who knows where, but Cole was only thankful that his fiery friend didn't decide to snuff out the light. He followed them according to the flame, and stayed his distance, he didn't want to scare the dragons off, and even more, he did not want to irritate Kai with his nosy tactics. So, to make sure he wasn't caught he traveled quietly behind them, and if a dragon were to take a look behind, he would simply jump into a nearby shrub.

Thankfully, he had followed them til they had stopped at the edge, and he had not been caught from snooping around. Cole sighed a relief and watched through the bushes, his eyes taking everything. Kai lined the dragons up and they spread their wings for takeoff, they then took to the skies, making a sort of, migration formation, heading out towards the horizon. Once the dragons all left, Kai let the flames from his palm die off, and he sat at the edge of the cliff watching the dragons leave. Cole poked his head out to see, but gravity pulled him to the ground, upon some twigs and leaves, making an awful lot of sound. Kai peered behind him to see him, his eyebrows raised, "Cole? What are you doing out here?"

Cole picked himself up and brushed off any leaves and twigs that got stuck on him, and his hair and chuckled nervously, "Uh...well, I was about to ask you the same thing..."

The fire ninja smiled, "Come here." Cole sat himself beside the fire ninja, letting his legs hang on the edge, he gazed down to see the long way to the sea, crashing against the rocks. He gulped, Kai noticed, "and you say I'm the one afraid of heights."

The earth ninja crossed his arms, "Well, not anymore since you can fly." Kai chuckled, "Yeah...I learned to overcame it. So what, your afraid too? Or are you just trying to call attention to yourself?"

"W-What?! No, no, I'm not afraid," Cole sputtered, turning red. Kai shook his head, "Alright, just wondering." There was a long period of silence between them, only the wind broke through the quiet sounds of the night. It was until then, Cole decided to talk, "So...why are you out here?"

Kai's smile faded, he looked after the soaring dragons in the distance, watching them disappear over the horizon, he let out a sigh, "Because I'm remembering..."

Cole seemed puzzled, he stopped himself to ask, not wanting to make Kai feel any worse, but he was curious, "R-Remembering what?"

Kai avoided his gaze, letting a tear escape his eyes, he shook as he spoke, "I'm remembering...her..." Before the earth ninja could ask who, a pang of realization hit him, and he soon knew who Kai was referring to. He looked at Kai in melancholy, as the fire ninja hid his face to silently cry, Cole felt so, very sorry for him, he wished there was something he could do. He stared out to the sky, the moon shone through the sea of stars, the indigo color signalling a late night, they had been out here for almost a few minutes to reach an hour. Kai tried not to shed tears, but Cole could tell it was hard for him, so he put a hand on his friends shoulder, Kai looked his way, finally, his eyes a little red. "I'm so, sorry, I cant describe how much sorrow I feel for you, it looked like you and Inferna were very close," he spoke.

Kai sniffled and wiped away a few tears from his eyes, "We only had three days...together...but yes...we were close."

Cole frowned, he noticed Kai was trying to look away from showing tears, and he understood that, he wouldn't want anybody watching him cry, and the thought of anyone worrying about him just tensed his entire body. But right now, he could tell Kai needed him, so he stuck around, he wrapped one arm around Kai's shoulder, and Kai only stood still. "You know, this stuff, happens to a lot of individuals, and most of the time, they die young, but Inferna, happened to live longer before her time had come, so she's lucky to experience the wonders of life, including meeting you," he stated, trying to find the right words. Kai looked at him, a little flushed, and for a second, Cole thought he might break down into tears. But thankfully, Kai didn't he only smiled weakly and nodded simply, "Yeah...I guess you have a point..."

Cole smiled back, glad he didn't make Kai feel worse, and the two looked back out towards the night sky. "That wasn't...the only reason...I was out here, though," Kai began.

"What was the other reason?" Cole questioned.

Kai pointed to where the rest of the fire dragons had flown off to, "I was helping the fire dragons migrate, so they could lay their eggs." Cole raised his eyebrows in surprise, "Oh, wont that be something."

"Yeah," Kai chuckled, "soon enough, they'll return with a batch of newborns, they'll be cute small dragons, a new generation begins."

Cole laughed, "Oh yeah, soon enough the island will be overrun with them, running around flying, might rename this place to a dragon daycare." Kai laughed, slapping Cole on the back playfully, and one would find it hard to believe just a second ago, he was crying. Cole smiled, happy that Kai had finally cheered up, still the thoughts of being a dragon started to come back to him, and so he asked, "By the way...flying...whats it like?"

Kai smirked, "Oh, you'll love it, its a sensation to die for. Soon enough you'll be soaring the skies, wanting to do it everyday, just you wait and see." Cole chuckled, then let it die out, a thought of concern dawning on him, what if he never reached his dragon status? What if he was the one left behind? He couldn't help but worry, but he didn't dare tell Kai, he didn't want to burden others with his problems, especially with something such as this. So instead, he stayed quiet, laughing along with Kai as the night went by, letting go of his current worries, just like that.

(Oh my gosh I'm so sorry guys, I had a family meeting this afternoon and of course I couldn't take my laptop! So, yeah, heres the second chapter, a little (kind of but not really) lavashipping for ya, for all of you gayshippers out there whos bound to scream it out anyway, oh well, anyway, I hope you all enjoyed this one, I put all effort into it as you can tell, and next chapter, we'll have a little more time with the vengeful snakes, and what their plan might be? All in all, I hope you enjoyed, until next time, have a Splendid Sunday, and good luck tomorrow at school, thanks for reading!)