My enemy or my secret?
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Kai sat in the dark shadows of the cave, eyeing the fire as thoughts of Lloyd's wellbeing plagued his mind. His sword was discarded at the entrance, the silver glimmer reflecting the setting sun. His aeroblade was still by his side though, just in case…
The swirling symbol on his arm started glowing, he glanced down at it, scoffing as soon as the green dragon entered through the mouth of the cave. Only, it wasn't the green ninja on its back, not the real one anyway. The boy dropped off the back, making the beast disappear with a burst of green mist, and walked over to where Kai idly sat and waited. He took a seat next to the red ninja and brushed the black hair out of his eyes.
"Are you planning to mop around here all day?" he asked while his hand reached for the glowing mark. Kai flinched at the contact but didn't move away. He stared at the pale hand, watching as it lifted his arm and traced its fingers along the thick green line.
"Get out of Lloyd's body." Kai all but growled out at the possessed boy.
He shook his head at the impatient ninja, "Don't you like this body? I thought I'd keep it on, just for the fun of it." he said and set the arm down before turning away and looking straight ahead.
"I want you out of his body Morro, that's the only reason I'm here. Now hold up your end of the deal." The red ninja turned with narrowed eyes to look at the possessed version of Lloyd. It broke his heart to see the green ninja this way, so he made a deal with the enemy to free the blonde boy from his misery even if it was only for a little while.
Morro found it fun to toy with the red ninja's feelings, sometimes prancing around in Lloyd's body or putting it in life-threatening situations. He'd sometimes mimic Lloyd and laugh his ass off when he got any sort of reaction out of Kai. The brunette found it highly annoying and just barely restrained himself from lashing out at the evil ghost.
One night while Kai and Morro were sitting adjacent around the fire, the ghost filled the silence for once. Lloyd was chained and unconscious, left further at the back of the cave. "Why do you hate me?" his voice was softer than most times when Kai had heard the vengeful ghost speak.
He looked up confused, "What do you mean 'why'? You stole Lloyd's body and you're using me as your personal play thing." He spat, the flames flickering and making the shadows dance on the cave walls.
Morro let a quiet laugh escape his lips before he replied. He'd rather not anger the fire ninja more than he already had, it was nice having some company aside from the other cursed souls that he'd summoned. "That's only because I'm jealous. Ever heard that saying, jealousy makes you nasty?" he's darker green eyes looked up at Kai's and was met with burning, wordless venom. He laughed again, softer, "Never mind." He murmured and poked the fire.
Kai's glare softened. Slightly. "Sensei told us about you wanting to be the green ninja, how you ran away. He really cared for you, and he wasn't exactly overjoyed when he found out you were banished to the cursed realm." He pulled at his sleeve having nothing else to do except stare at the fire and Morro's transparent body. "He sent us to stop you and rescue Lloyd but… I know he wants you back." His finger's grazed over the darkened green mark on his arm.
The ghost flinched, it almost went unnoticed but Kai had been watching his movements, trying to figure this complicated ninja out. "Why would he want me back?" Morro asked, mostly to himself. "I was such an idiot." He shook his head and smiled, a sad and regretful smile. "I was so focused on trying to prove myself that I hardly live my life like a normal person. Too busy training or looking for that stupid tomb… I didn't even have a friend." The last part was barely heard before the room fell into the same silence again, Morro lost in his own thoughts as he mindlessly poked the fire.
Kai looked to the back of the cave, looking to catch a glimpse of Lloyd but it was too dark and no sound came. He then turned his attention to the ghost sitting in front of him, shoulders sagged and hair failing over his face.
The fire suddenly died out, sucked in on itself and left the cave in complete darkness aside from the eerie green glow coming from Morro. "What are you doing?" the ghost asked and looked to the red ninja, stick held tightly in his grip. Kai looked around the room before going on his knees and crawling over the scorched wood of where the fire used to be. Morro raised an eyebrow as well as a hand when he saw the slowly approaching boy.
As soon as Kai was in front of the ghost he hesitantly reached out and lowered the defensive hand of the other. "Just, hold still and try not to kill me, okay?" Kai said and looked up at the confused greens, waiting for a sign of agreement. Morro nodded and relaxed himself.
The red ninja breathed out placed his hand on Morro's shoulder, hoping that the ghost would solidify at his touch, he did. He placed his other hand on the sandy ground beneath them and leaned forward a little. "What are you doing?" Morro asked, eye's going a little wide.
"Just hold still." Kai whispered softly.
His face was inches from the ghosts, and his eyes were locked with confused and curious forests. He could almost see the younger, innocent child from his past. Yearning to be accepted and needed, and the burning hate that hid just behind that, the jealousy and cold vengeance. Morro's hand lifted to rest on Kai's waist lightly, making the red ninja blush. The tint of pink covered his tanned skin, traveling up to his ears.
Amber eyes quickly glanced at Morro's mouth before looking back up. The air seemed to freeze around them, it only made the task of breathing all that much harder for Kai. For the first time, Kai found himself flustered at being so close to someone else's face.
His fingers tightened around the ghost's shoulder, Morro's hand aided in holding him steady as he leaned further forward. He glanced down at the green lips, his breath hitching as his own lips phased through them the first time. It felt like trying to move through misty air, there was some resistance, just not enough to hold you back.
Kai looked back up at Morro with almost pleading eyes. It was the master of wind who moved next. He gently brushed his solid lips over Kai's and made the ninja further tighten the grip on his shoulder.
Kai's mouth was slightly parted, his heart hammering in his throat, as he hesitantly gazed up at Morro and saw the widened green orbs searching his.
And with a small tilt of the head, Kai connected his lips to Morro's.
The red ninja felt like his breath was being stolen from him, which it probably was, but that wasn't necessarily a bad thing. His eyelids dropped close as he leaned fully on Morro and brought his hand from the shoulder up to his neck.
He didn't breathe, or move, his mind was too hazy to focus on anything besides the feel of cold lips on his own. Morro circled his other hand around Kai's torso, causing the ninja in inhale sharply. They stayed like that, Kai was lightheaded from riding the high for so long and he felt as if he was floating. It was a dark, soft, heavenly warm feeling.
They pulled away. Kai inhaled deeply when oxygen was finally given back to him and he opened his eyes to see Morro looking back at him with those dark emeralds. Their faces were still very close and the ghost could feel every breath of hot air from Kai as the ninja tried to breathe normally again. Morro had been so lost in the kiss that he hadn't realised he'd been emptying Kai's lungs of air, an unfortunate but sometimes helpful defence mechanism.
"Why… why did you do that?" the ghost whispered, curiosity flooding his expression. Kai bit his lip, savouring the taste that still rested on them.
"I don't know." No reason presented itself, he just did. Morro's mouth stretched up in a grin and he laughed at the ninja. Kai couldn't help but join him as returned to sitting in front of Morro.
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This is still greenflame right? Right?! Because Kai was in a relationship with Lloyd, that's why he made the deal with Morro, only it turned out he got more out of the deal than he expected.
This was AWESOME to write, I poured my heart and soul out into that kiss. I was so sad because I'd just read an unhappy ending fanfic before I typed this out XD I guess I just like a cheating Kai.
BAD KAI! You don't cheat on Lloyd again!