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Cole woke up pretty happy the next morning. He was happy, yet still a little worried. He was always the paranoid type, his father had told him this when he would double check every lock in there house at night. He had always thought it was OCD but his father constantly insisted it was paranoia. After he had grown , he realizing it was both. He went to breakfast and sat next to Kai. He could see Kai stiffen lightly then relax beside him. He brushed it off and began to eat. Sensei was smiling, knowing Cole as okay after what had happened the night before. Cole smiled back at him and continued to eat. It was quite at first then Nya turned to look at Sensei Wu, who was sitting at the head of the table.
"Sensei, have you figured out what to do with the fang blade so that Pythor can't get a hold of it?" She asked him. He stroke his beard in thought, but before he could say anything Cole jumped in the conversation.
"I take it to the Vision Realm." he spoke, knowing his friends would be curious on what he was talking but they would have to be left in the dark for a moment. Sensei seemed to be thinking about. Then he nodded and stood, Cole standing with. Everyone else followed in curiosity. The seven of them climbed down the long chain and walked to the cave. Hallucination Kai met them on the outside of the cave.
"Welcome back Cole. I missed you. I hate it when you leave. It's so lonely without you, can you please stay here with me. Please." He spoke. Cole was not surprised by the constant rambling of the fake Kai, while the others expect Sensei Wu, were frozen in their tracks. They were staring wide eyed at the projection of Kai and were completely silent it surprise. Cole brushed off the fake Kai's comments and his friends shocked expressions and handed over the fang blade to the fake Kai.
"Can you take this for me?" He asked the fake Kai. The projection looked down at the blade, then back up at Cole. He nodded. Cole, then, explained the whole situation to hallucination, what the Fang Blade could do if the serpentine get a hold of it, and who the Serpentine are and their greatest strengths and weaknesses. The fake Kai took the Fang Blade to the Vision Realm and returned outside once he knew it was safe.
The other's, expect for Kai, were calmed down once Sensei Wu explained what the Vision Realm was, and that Cole was the one who created the Vision world by accident. Kai was still pretty shocked to see a version of him being projected onto the cave walls. It didn't make sense to him, how could Cole create an entire Realm, all by himself. Sensei informed him that it was unknown how the Realm came to be. All he knew is that the Fang Blade would be safe there, since the Serpentine had no idea where the Vision Realm was, or even if it existed. Cole said goodbye to the fake Kai as well as everyone else and they left. Little did they know, a certain invisible snake watched the whole thing from a far. He laughed quietly as he watched the ninja and friends walk away from the caves.
~~~(Time Skip: The Next Day)~~~
Cole had been trying to figure out all night how he was going to seal the portal to the Vision Realm. He knew it would be harder than it seemed considering he doesn't even know how he made the Realm in the first place. He knew the Fang Blade would be safe there, but he couldn't stop himself from worrying. Not to mention he was still having a little inwardly battle with himself over Kai. The real Kai. The one who had a wet dream about him two days ago. Cole knew that Kai still thought about the dream. He knew this because Kai would get stiff when Cole was near him. To the Earth ninja, it was sweet. Still, he was unsure how Kai really felt. Sure, the Fire ninja did have a dream about him, but maybe Cole heard him wrong. He hated to be unsure and knew he would have to confront Kai about eventually. Plus there was that dream… Oh wait. The dream!
That's right, his dream! He dreamed about Kai becoming the Green ninja. Cole was surprised he had forgotten this long. He had to tell Kai. Maybe that could start the relationship up. Cole stood up from his bed and sped walked to the door, the second he opened, he saw Kai waiting on the other side for him. Both of them blushed lightly. Cole stepped aside for Kai to walk in. It was awkward for the two of them at first. No one spoke even though they had something to talk about. Cole decided he would speak first.
"Kai, I have something important to tell you." Cole told him and Kai nodded.
"Me too Cole. It can't wait either," Kai spoke calmly, in a almost whisper. Cole was going to interrupt and tell Kai his was more important but Kai continued. "I love you Cole. More than just a brother. I want to be with you."
No words came from either of their mouths after that. Maybe it was because their mouths were otherwise occupied with each other. Kai lips dominated the kiss. They were rough yet gentle as he pushed and pulled against Cole's more softer and feminine ones. A moan here and a groan there latter, Kai had Cole pushed down on the bed. Before it went to far, Kai pulled back, remembering Cole also had something important to talk about. Cole groaned as the contact left his lips, making them feel cold and empty. Kai chuckled.
"What was it you had to say to me?" Kai asked him and watched Cole bite his lips in thought. To Kai it was cute, but then of course it was make Cole's soft lips rough, so he kissed Cole again to get the other to stop. Cole did.
"It's not that important anymore, I don't want to ruin the moment." Cole told him and pulled Kai back down onto him, their bodies, even though they were clothes, seemed to melt with one and another's. Receiving moans from both of them. They sat like that for a while, just kissing like lovers would. After a while Cole had to pull back to get some air into his desperately empty lungs. His breathing was heavy along with Kai's. They sat there like that. Panting heavily, sweating the slightest, both pink in the face. Cole blushed incredibly dark and Kai laughed. Kai could tell Cole was exhausted, so he pushed himself off of Cole, and pushed him to the side lightly. He slipped the two of them under the covers and grabbed Cole, pulling the Earth ninja close to his chest while making it comfortable for both of them to sleep in the small bed. After Kai was comfortable, he looked down to ask Cole if was comfortable only to find the other already asleep. He smiled and kissed Cole one last time that night before he fell asleep himself.
~~~(Time Skip: The Next Morning)~~~
Cole was glad to wake up and find Kai still there. He was glad he didn't imagine last night or dream it. He was happy it happened. Any doubt he had for himself and Kai was now gone. He slide his way out of Kai's arms and walked over to his dresser. Ever since his injury he was forced to wear some extra clothes given to him by Sensei. His clothes would hug his body to much and make him uncomfortable, but since he was feeling better, and most of the pain was gone, he decided he would go back to his clothes. Still he was cautious on what he wore, so that he wouldn't cause himself anymore pain, he changed into a black sweatshirt and some sweatpants, also black. He flipped his hair lightly out of his eyes and looked back at Kai, who was now wide awake, with the slightest amount of blood dripping down his nose. Cole half-glared at the Fire ninja but decided to ignored him instead.
Eventually, Kai had wiped of his nose, and had brushed himself off. Once they were ready, Kai took Cole's hand in his and led the Earth ninja toward the dining room. When they walked into the room everyone stared at them blankly for a moment. That was till Lloyd burst out laughing. Nya smiled and congratulated them along with Jay and Zane. Sensei Wu sent Cole a smile, nodded toward the new couple, then proceeded to try to calm Lloyd down. Once Lloyd settled down Sensei Wu had announced that they had another mission. They were going to go to the Mountain of a Million steps and finally seal the snake tribes up for good. Sensei asked Cole if he wanted to go and as much as he really wanted to, someone needed to baby-sit Lloyd so he won't get into more trouble. Kai offered to stay with him, but Cole insisted that the others would need him more. Kai only nodded and they left.
Now, yet again, Cole was stuck at headquarters with Lloyd. Again. Lloyd began complaining a lot and left, he decided he would become a ninja and went and found himself a plain gray ninja suit. Cole asked him where he had got it, Lloyd only replied with 'somewhere'. Cole tried to explain to Lloyd he can't just become a ninja to which Lloyd disagreed with multiple times. Lloyd disappeared into the training room.
Cole could hear him yell in frustration as he dried so desperately to become a ninja himself. Cole was making an inwardly bet to himself. He was betting how long it would take for Lloyd to finally give up. But when the yelling had stopped and Cole could no longer hear Lloyd bounce around in frustration. He thought it was odd at first but then he just decided Lloyd had gotten tired of falling and stumbling and just plain out embarrassing himself, and decided instead to play a prank on the Earth ninja.
"Lloyd?" He called out and received no reply. He starred at the door, preparing himself for what the young Garmadon had in store for him. It was quiet for several minutes. There was faint shuffling behind the door then more silence.
The door to the training room opened wide, yet nothing was there. No sigh of Lloyd or anything that could possibly be holding the door open. It stayed open for a while then closed again. Cole could feel it, there was something in the room with him. He reached and grabbed his golden Scythe. He pulled it close and prepared for attack. He began circling the room, keeping his back against the wall. Before Cole knew what was happening his Scythe was wrenched from his hands.
He froze in shock, leaving him unable to dodge as the hilt of his Scythe coming straight back only to hit him directly where he was stabbed early that week, he gasped out in pain and fell to his knees. His jaw clenched shut unintentionally as his right hand flew to grasp the injured scar on his ribcage. The other hand supported him off of the ground. His eyes darted around the room to find his golden weapon had been discarded on the ground not to far from him. He reached to grab only to have something fling down onto his arm. He hissed and pulled his arm back and investigated to injury to find he had a long red mark on his arm. Like he was attacked by a whip or something. He decided not to go for his Scythe again. Not until he had a plan, or at least an idea of what was attacking him. He felt the whip like thing attack him again, this time on the leg. He hissed again in pain.
He searched again, this time for a shadow. He may just be able to fight what he can't see. Before he could make one out he felt exhilarating pain in his back. He screamed out loudly, he was pretty sure even Sensei and them could hear him. He looked back fast to catch Pythor. He had a sly smile on his slimly snake-like face. Sticking out of Cole's back, exactly parallel to the other injury, was the exact same Fang Blade he had handed off to the fake Kai. How did Pythor get it? Before Cole got the chance to ask the snake he slipped into black. The last thing he saw was Pythor slitter through the door.
~~~(Sort of Lloyd's P.O.V but not really)~~~
Lloyd was trying as hard as he could to get free from his restraints. He knew Sensei should've trained him in material arts so he could have fought Pythor off. But no! He was curious. How did Pythor get in the headquarters, and more importantly how did he get the Fang Blade. Lloyd could've swore he saw Cole give it to fake Kai. Had Pythor followed them and found the portal to the Vision Realm? It didn't matter as he heard Cole let out a blood curdling scream. He winced as it sounded exactly like how Kai had describe it to him. He hadn't been there when Cole was stabbed the first time. Kai told him how it was like, experiencing someone close to be stabbed ruthlessly in front of you. Lloyd was glad he did not understand how it felt. He continued to squirm till he was freed from the ropes, he gave a slight victory smile, then remembered Cole. He ran out of the room to see Cole unconscious on the ground bleeding from his back. He ran up to communicator and contacted Nya.
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Done~ I hoped you enjoyed it!
My sister helped me come up with another name for the KaixCole pairing. It shall be called… LAVA SHIPPING!