Connection Lost – Chapter Six
Tinder; brittle and dry.
AN: This is written from Kai's perspective. Eventually. It starts off in the third person though. I'll notify you when it shifts.
As Lloyd drifted around the Bounty, as he always did before training, he felt a shudder; a sense of foreboding, and imminent danger. Shocked, he spun around, and nearly collided with Cole.
"Where's the fire, Lloyd?" Cole joked.
"Uh… What fire?" Lloyd responded, confused.
"…It was a joke, Lloyd. You seemed-" Cole/s face lit up suddenly, "You know what always calms me down, Lloyd?"
"Sensei's tea?" Lloyd replied hesitantly.
"Dance practice!" Cole proclaimed.
"…why would I want to dance?" Lloyd questioned.
Flabbergasted, Cole stuttered "Wh… Wh… Why? You want to know WHY!"
"Yeah. Why would I waste my time dancing, when I could do something useful!" Lloyd argued.
"I just… I just don't…" Cole started, "I can't imagine why anyone wouldn't want to dance."
"So you thought you'd ask me to waste my valuable time, just so I can learn some ways to walk pretty!" Lloyd yelled.
"Ways to walk pretty? Is that what you think dancing is? How about I teach you a lesson, Chosen One?" Cole yelled menacingly.
While their argument broke out, Kai was walking to Cole's room, to investigate Cole and Lloyd's argument, which he hadn't been able to make out.
Is Cole… yelling at Lloyd? Why would anyone yell at- Was that a punch? I need to get in there, now!
Kai drew his Elemental blade, and incinerated the door, rushing in to protect Lloyd.
"How about I teach you a lesson, Chosen One?" He heard Cole yell.
Before he knew what he was doing, Kai had sheathed his sword, and punched Cole squarely in the jaw, resulting in a disgusting cracking noise.
"Kai! What are you doing?" Lloyd screamed.
"I'm protecting you!" Kai yelled back.
"Protecting me from what? I could take this pansy! It only took you one punch!" Lloyd retorted, gesturing at Cole, now on the ground.
Lloyd and I argued for several more minutes, during which Cole remained on the floor, and was the subject of many more derogatory terms, up until I noticed Sensei standing in the doorway.
"Gah! Sensei…" I started.
"What is going on here?" Sensei asked immediately.
What Sensei received was far from typical. Kai and Lloyd both talked louder and louder to be heard over each other, and Cole was starting to go white from loss of blood. "ENOUGH!" Sensei yelled, and the entire ship fell silent immediately. "Kai, find your sister and tell her to report here with a medical kit; Lloyd… Go to your room. I will tend to you shortly.
AN: I'm very interested to hear your opinions of this chapter. If you can find the time to review, I'd be appreciative. Otherwise, I'll assume it was just fine.
There appears to have been a problem with my formatting. I fixed it.