Kai & Zane
Kai's head was still hurting, so now he and Zane were sitting in the park, Zane holding his cold hand to Kai's head.
"Why did he have to hit me over the head with the staff?" Kai moaned.
Zane shook his head solemnly as an elderly woman scurried by. "I don't know. Perhaps he was just in a bad mood."
Kai made a sound similar to a wounded animal.
"Perhaps we should take you to a hospital to see if you have a concussion," Zane suggested.
Kai made another wounded animal sound. "Not so l-ow-ow-ow-owd."
Kai managed to stand up by himself, which was actually pretty impressive, considering that he was hit pretty hard. Zane had to stand up too, seeing as he had the duty of being a living ice-pack for Kai.
"Are you able to walk?"
Kai didn't answer, but he did walk into a nearby streetlamp, so he could, technically, walk. Just not very well. And not in a straight line.
"Let's get you to the car." Zane had to help Kai, because of the previously mentioned problem.
"My head hurts, Zane," Kai groaned. "And everything's moving…"
Upon entering the car, it suddenly stuck Zane that they had a minor problem or two.
Zane needed both his hands to drive, but Kai didn't want to give him his hand back.
Kai certainly couldn't drive, he could barely even walk. "Your hand is judging me…" Kai groaned.
"We should take the bus." It was safer that way.
Jay and Lloyd
"That was weird, wasn't it? Kai barking at us. I know it was Junior making him do that, but it was weird. Can I drive?"
"No."
"Why not? I'm the one who picked the lock!"
"You're twelve, Lloyd."
"You didn't mind when I had to fight my dad."
Jay hit the brakes so suddenly that Lloyd almost flew out through the windshield. That'll teach him not to wear his seatbelt. He didn't say anything. He just sat there, staring out in front of him, with no readable expression.
"Jay…?"
Nothing. The cars that were behind them moved by.
"Jay, are you okay?"
"If you want to drive so badly, then drive." Jay got out of the car and waited for Lloyd to scoot over to the driver's seat. When he was back in the car, Lloyd started driving.
"I'm sorry…" Lloyd started, but Jay interrupted him.
"Lloyd, I know that you've been through a lot. But you have to remember that you're not alone. You can talk to us whenever you feel like you need to. Did anybody ever tell you how Wu found us?"
Lloyd shook his head. "Not really. I know Kai joined to save Nya and that Cole ran away from home at some point, but I don't know much otherwise."
"Okay, first of all, those mirrors on the sides and over here, they're not just to see of your hair looks good. They're there so you can see if there are any cars behind you."
This was going to be fun, if Lloyd was finally going to learn how to drive.
Cole & Nya
They had to take the bus.
"How could he?!" Nya hissed at Cole. "I'm his girlfriend, and he betrayed me!"
"You're the one who sabotaged his car," Cole reasoned. "He worked so hard on building it, and he had to abandon it because of it."
A woman old enough to be Sensei's grandmother gave the two a strange look.
Nya sighed. "I know I get a little crazy when I'm in a competition."
Several people, including the old lady sitting across Cole and Nya, snickered.
"Is this really any of your business?" Cole asked the old lady.
"I'm sorry, dearie, but this is better than my soaps." The lady giggled some more. "Even Under the Belt doesn't have this much drama!"
Everybody turned to stare at the little old lady.
"What? I like the show and that Marko character is such a hunk!"
"You watch it too?" Cole ignored the indignant stares from Nya. "Can you believe that Kimmy broke up with him for Daniel? He's such an idiot, and Kimmy knows that!"
"Personally, I think Kimmy's just trying to get Loco's attention," the old lady said.
"Excuse me, but isn't Loco her long-lost half-brother?" Nya asked. The old lady smacked her in the face with her purse.
"Spoilers, dearie!" The old lady squinted a little in Nya's direction, then her entire face brightened. "You're that Jay boy's girlfriend, aren't you?"
"Yeah, why?"
"I used to watch his show on my television!" The old lady frowned. "I don't think he liked it very much. Good thing it was stopped. He seems much happier on the news!"
"Well, he was missing Zane." Nya struggled to make herself comfortable in her seat. "We all were, and now he's back."
"Well, it's nice that your friend came back," the old lady sighed. "Is he the one who turned into the ghost or the one who exploded?"
"The one who exploded," Nya answered as the bus stopped. "This is our stop. Come on, Cole, let's go. I think we're the first ones here."
Dareth & Misako
Misako didn't know what to think of Dareth.
He was loud, and a little strange. Okay, very strange.
This was, after all, a man who licked another person for no good reason.
"So, do you have a… somebody?" Misako asked.
"A somebody?"
"You know, a girlfriend, or something like that."
"Nah, I don't have a girlfriend or something like that. I did go on a date with one of the Elemental Masters that one time, but it didn't go anywhere that wasn't weird."
Ronin stopped in front of the Hypnobrai tomb right as Cole and Nya came out.
"Hi guys!" Dareth waved at them. "If you don't have a ride back, you can come with us! We have the extra seats, after all."
Misako had to go in the tomb again.
There was a scroll stuck in the ice, waiting for her to take it.
When she unrolled it, there was a map leading to the other tombs, marked 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Okay, so they had to go to the other tombs. But why?
Not to be mean, but Misako didn't quite trust Ronin all that much.