Yes, I know. I had to add Morro in there somehow. I love Morro, he's one of my favorite villains, besides Lord Garmadon, so I really wanted him to add in there. This wil be second-to-last chapter in this series. I want your opinions if you want me to do any other stories. I don't normally live in America, I just am for this year, and I'm not sure that the country I live in is able to use the fanfiction website. I will be leaving back to that country at the end of May. If I can use it, though, then no problem! I'll see you guys more often. But if not, I probably won't add any fanfictions until my first year of college starting in 2019 when I go back to America. I still have a while till then, but I want to know if you guys want me to do more fanfictions before I leave. So thanks, everyone, for the support! I love you all!
(Btw, who is enjoying more sons of garmadon? I know I am! If you want me to write any oneshots on that, let me know. I haven't been doing many oneshots of season 8 since Llorumi got smashed :P [both my sister and I are really upset about that, my sister especially 'cause it was her fav ship]. Maybe y'all can help me get motivated again)
He was my brother, not my biological one, but one I could trust. One that I could call family. He always saw the best in me. He was the only one I had. So when he was found by Wu, I had no one. So I came to Birchwood, to try and hide from the world. I didn't want to trust anyone ever again. Now, I'm not so sure.
"Morro!" Skylor called after her brother. "Get back, before he sees you!" He didn't seem to hear her, just kept digging through the can. "Morro!" she yelled louder, but it was too late. She ran away as she saw the man coming towards him.
Skylor ran for a long time, wiping her eyes on her sleeve. She knew he was gone. She had had a dream about this, so long ago. She didn't think it would turn real, and she had just thought it was deja vu until she saw him, the blonde-haired man with the staff. Morro had tried to tell her that it would be fine, that she was only dreaming, but it had happened before her eyes, and there had been nothing she could do about it.
He was gone. Those three words played in her head like a broken record player, the kind that keeps repeating things. Who could she go to now when she needed someone to comfort her from her nightmares? Who could she go to when she was crazy enough to steal something, and he would get her out of it, then scold her like a true brother about morals and not stealing? (She regretted it now, stealing to make him so upset.) Who could she go to when she needed to just cry into someone's shoulder when her wanting her parents made her breathless and made her feel like she wanted to sleep forever? There was no one now.
"I lost everything I could have wanted that day: a family, a home, happiness. Don't get me wrong, I've been great these years, but it's just not the same," Skylor said, quickly wiping a tear from her cheek as she finished her story. Kai wasn't sure if he wanted to tell Skylor what Morro had done, how much trouble he had caused for Ninjago. Was it better for people to know the painful truth, or was it better for her to stay in the dark? For all he knew, Skylor didn't even know that Morro had been taken in as a student and raised as a future ninja, but had gotten obsessed with becoming the Green Ninja, like Kai was years ago, before Lloyd was revealed to be the Green Ninja. He now saw the Master of Wind in a whole new light. What had he felt like when he had unintentionally left Skylor behind to fend for herself? Maybe one day Kai could bring himself to tell her what happened.
He didn't know why, but he felt like he had to do this. He slowly reached for her hand and held it in his own. "You don't have to be alone anymore, Skylor," he said, looking into her beautiful brown eyes. "The ninja are a family. We take care of each other, make sure that each one of us is on the right path. You can always be a part of that. We…" He looked away, blushing. "I want you to be with us."
For the second time in her life, Skylor felt a feeling she was unfamiliar with. Acceptance. It's amazing what a simple act of kindness can do to a person. You can have no idea how much it could impact them. It was unconditional love, the kind that embraced you no matter who you were, no matter what you had done. It believed in you, strengthened you, loved you. "I- I want that," she breathed, letting herself draw closer to him. He did the same, leaning down to her slowly. Skylor closed her eyes, waiting.
"Kai!" a voice rang out. Skylor opened her eyes again to see a girl with short black hair and a maroon ninja gi jump out from behind a tree. Kai's face broke out in a relieved grin. "Nya!" he called after his sister, walking to her and giving her a long hug. He winced when she squeezed him.
"You're hurt," the Water Ninja said, noticing his blood-stained gi. "I'm fine," Kai objected. If he wasn't injured, she would have given him a punch. "You are not," she argued. "You are coming back with us, and you are going to the hospital to get things straightened out."
"I don't need to go anywhere, Nya. Skylor took care of me," Kai said, motioning to where Skylor was before, but she was nowhere to be seen. "Skylor?" he called out. That's weird. She was just here a second ago, he thought. "Hey, you can come out. She doesn't bite," he playfully joked. Skylor poked her head out from behind a tree. Kai was amazed at how shy she looked. She probably hadn't seen another girl for years.
Nya saw the red-haired girl probably the same age as her step out from behind the tree trunk and smiled involuntarily, trying to comfort the girl a bit as if she were a small dog. She was a human, but in this case, she was a little too shy than a normal person was. "Hey," she said, not entirely sure of what to say. "Thanks for taking care of my brother." The girl nodded but didn't say a word.
"You can follow us back to the Bounty if you feel like it," Nya said. "You don't have to be afraid." Skylor smiled and followed the two through her woods.
There you have it, folks. There will be an epilogue coming out soon, possibly tomorrow or maybe even tonight. Keep that in mind, and I'll see you there again! Please review to let me know how you liked this chapter. Good romance, good angst, anything? Thanks again for reading! Ardhoniel out!