Chapter Four: Tension

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A dusty chest was opened by Lydia containing her old daggers, knives, and ninja gi. She hadn't opened it in awhile because she hated those memories and wanted to push them as far away as possible. Nevertheless, she did need her knives and strung them on her weapon's belt.

Lydia then pulled her long hair back into a french braid and slipped on jeans and a plain yellow t-shirt with purple converse. Her belt didn't fit as nice without the gi, but putting that thing on was the last thing she wanted to do.

It was early in the morning and the sun was just peaking its rays over the horizon. The ninja had decided to first hang up missing posters of Lloyd and then fly around, searching for him.

"If we split up, we'll be able to cover more ground," Zane said.

"Good idea," said Cole. "Jay, you can come with me and Kai and Lydia can team up. Zane, why don't you come with Jay and I. We can all meet back here in one hour, ok?"

"Ok," everyone said.

The posters were then passed out and everyone went their separate ways.

"This would all be lots easier if you would just tell us where you're hiding Lloyd," Kai mumbled to himself as he stuck a poster to a wall.

"Excuse me," Lydia said. "What did you say?"

"Oh, nothing."

"Seriously, Kai, what is your problem with me?"

Kai walked away from Lydia. "What? I don't have a problem with you."

"Yes you do. I can tell by that tone in your voice." Lydia ran up to catch Kai. "Don't you dare walk away from me!"

Kai then abruptly faced the black haired girl. "Why not? You ran away from us, remember?"

Lydia's face softened and she took a deep breath to calm herself down. "Listen, Kai, I'm sorry for what I did in the past, really I am, and I want to find Lloyd just as badly as you. Can we at least be friends until we find him?"

"Hmm," Kai said as he folded his arms. "Deal, but just until we find Lloyd."

The two then went off to finish hanging up posters.

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"We better start going back; all our posters are gone and it's been an hour," Kai said.

"Alright," Lydia quietly said.

Lydia and Kai began to walk back to her house when she thought she saw something or someone off in the distance and it appeared to be green.

"Kai, did you see that?"

"See what?"

"There was something, a person I think, way over there," Lydia said as she pointed to the direction.

"I don't see anything. Stop fooling around, it was probably an animal."

The ninja all made it back to Lydia's house, none of them having any luck. In another effort to find Lloyd for that day, Zane called his falcon and sent it off to try and spot Lloyd. They all decided that their next move would be to search for Lloyd from the Bounty.

Everyone began to walk away but Lydia stayed put where she was.

"Aren't you coming, Lydia?" Jay asked.

"I don't know, I'm not really too sure."

"If you want to ask your dad first, that's fine," Cole added.

"No, it's not that," Lydia looked at Kai before adding, "it's just for other reasons." Lydia did know Kai wasn't super fond of her but that wasn't the only reason she wasn't too keen on going. She was also reminded of her sister, Blair, when she saw the ninja and the Bounty.

"Well, I guess it is your choice," Kai said and began walking away.

"Really, Kai?" Cole said.

Lydia did not want to give Kai the satisfaction of her staying behind while they were off looking for Lloyd so she decided to go with them and try to put the past behind her.

"Just let me grab a few things and say bye to my dad."

Lydia ran into her house and was out a few minutes later with a bag of things and her father trailing behind.

"Goodbye, ninja, and I hope you find your friend," Ozias said.

"Thank you, Mr. Haize, for everything," Zane said.

"Oh, just call me Ozias, not Mr. Haize."

Ozias then turned to Lydia. "Be safe, Lydia, and return home to me."

"Don't worry, Dad, I'll be fine." Lydia gave her dad a hug before walking over to the ninja and waving goodbye as her dad went back inside.

"I wonder where Nya parked the Bounty?" Jay asked.

"I believe she was going to down there," Zane said, pointing into the general direction he was referring to.

"As soon as I-" Jay was cut off by Kai.

"Look over there!" Kai pointed to the left. "Serpentine! I bet they kidnapped Lloyd!"

Kai drew his sword and ran off towards the Serpentine.

"Kai, wait!" Cole shouted but Kai didn't listen. "Grrrr, c'mon we have to get him."

As Kai got closer, he saw it was only one snake, a Hypnobrai. He pounced on the snake like a cat going for the kill and placed his sword up against the snake's neck.

"Where is he?"

The snake was completely and utterly baffled. "Who?"

"You know who!" Kai yelled aggressively.

"R..really, I don't know what you're talking about," the snake said.

Kai was beginning to let his anger get the better of him. "Lloyd! That's who!"

At this time, Lydia and the boys reached Kai and ripped him off the innocent Hypnobrai.

"So sorry," Cole said. "He gets like this sometimes."

The snake ran away, screaming with his arms flailing in the air.

Still being held back by his brothers, Kai said, "He's getting away! What are you doing?"

"Kai, dude, you really need to calm down," Jay said.

Kai broke free and said, "I'm completely calm!" as fire was burning on his fists.

"Stop it, right now!" Cole yelled at him. "In and out, breathe."

After a few moments, Kai's fire went away and his shoulders relaxed.

"As the leader, I'm ordering you to your room for a little bit so you can cool off completely and begin thinking rational again," Cole said.

Kai just growled and stormed off to the Bounty muttering under his breath something about Cole being unfair and how much he hates snakes.

Ok, so maybe that wasn't my best chapter but whatever. Do you think I've been getting their personalities alright? I know I said I'd update on Fridays but I will probably be updating sometime sooner than that instead.

Thank you everyone for taking time to read my fanfic and a special thanks to everyone who reviewed: Applejack ninja lover, iluvninjagothenextstepgirl, Bob (Guest), Zane Julien (Guest), Lloyd garmadon (Guest), Windy (Guest), SilverKunoichi1212, Kai's Girlfriend, and Kairocksrainbow (Guest). Nine reviews for a chapter, I think that's a record for me! You guys are the bestXD

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