Chapter 10

"Please!" I begged. I need to know who I am. "Just answer my question!"

"Sakaya, where are you?!" I heard Zane's voice yelled from outside of the cave as well as the sounds of his falcon. I'm sorry Zane but this comes first.

"You really don't know anything do you…? There's no point in taking you back into my base…" I heard him sigh. I was about to open my mount but he quickly left the cave as fast as the wind. I was by myself with no clues about my memories. Why couldn't he tell me who I was and what kind of object he was looking for? And what about my parents? He stayed quiet… could it possibly be that they're dead?! And my sister… he was quiet shock when I said that… Maybe he knew where she was. I have a hunch that she isn't dead. I got up slowly and walked to the front of the cave.

"Zane, I'm right here!" I shouted but I felt weak. I slowly let myself go onto my knees as I leaned against the cave's frame.

"Sakaya!" I heard Zane's voice shouted and I saw a small white figure running towards me with another black figure circling high above his head. I closed my eyes for a second and when I opened them, Zane had his arms around my body and he pulled me close.

"Thank goodness you're safe." I heard him say softly as he stroked my brown hair which had knots but his fingers gently untangled them. "You looked unwell."

"I think I have a fever…" I muttered, unable to keep my eyes open. I'm just tired. "I wasn't feeling well since the banquet."

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"I didn't want to cause trouble but instead I ended up causing much more trouble…" I sighed and I rested my head on his chest. "I'm sorry…"

"It's fine, trust me it is. As long as you're safe, everything's fine." He reassured me with a gentle smile. Slowly tears welled up in my eyes. I tried keeping them in but they fell. "You must have been scared."

"No… Not really, the man who took me didn't want to hurt me."

"So it wasn't a stone warrior?"

"No, it wasn't one of them…"

"He didn't hurt you right?"

"He didn't. He actually took care of me while I was unconscious." I've replied softly.

"Took care of you?"

"Zane!" I heard someone's voice yelled through the night sky. "You found Sakaya."

I think that's Kai… So he searched for me?

"I did but I don't know who her kidnapper was…" I heard Zane sigh.

"I know what he looked like. He wasn't human. He was skin as black as the night sky and 4 arms with blazing red eyes." I informed. I felt Zane's grip tighten around my body.

"T-That's Garmadon, the Stone army general." I heard Kai sputter. So Garmadon leads the army and the Overlord is their overall lord? Ha, that makes a lot of sense. But he's one of the enemy? What happen if he had gave me poison when I was unconscious?

"But why would he kidnap you and actually took care of you?"

"Wait, Garmadon took care of her?!"

"Kai, not now."

"I don't know Zane but… he wanted me to tell him …" I managed to say before my eyelids dropped.

…

I opened my eyes slowly and looked around in my surrounding. I was in my room in the village we were staying in.

"Sakaya." I heard Zane said as he caressed my cheek lightly.

"I'm sorry…" I muttered.

"Don't apologize please. This isn't your fault." He told me gently as he went to change the now dried cloth on my forehead. "Did he ask you where you hid 'it' as well?"

"Yes… I'm sorry I didn't deliver it-"

"Sakaya, all of this isn't your fault. I understand you were tired last night." He replied but with a frown.

"I-I just can't remember anything. I really got no idea what they want!" I ranted but he placed his fingers on my lips.

"It's alright. I'm not blaming you on anything but… Garmadon seems like he knows who you are." I heard him mutter to himself. "… Including your family." Once he said this, my eyes filled with tears.

"Zane… I don't think my parents are alive anymore." I whisper as tears fell.

"Sakaya…" I heard him say as he pulled me into an embrace. "Why do you think so?"

"W-When I asked him about my p-parents… he had a hard time trying to t-talk about them." I said and I buried my face into his shoulder. "He had a face of pity…" My voice was muffled in his shirt but I'm pretty sure he knew what I was saying.

"You mean he got to tell you who you are or anything else?"

"N-no, he kept silent." I said as I tried to stop my tears.

"Let them flow Sakaya. If you want to cry, then do it. I'm not here you judge you."

"But I don't want to cry. I hate it, it just make me look weak."

"You really are a stubborn girl aren't you?" he asked with a smile. I knew he didn't mean it as an insult. "But you're a strong girl."

"I'm just pretending…"

"I can see it through you and you have the potential." He said as he once again combed his fingers through my hair. "But I was the same as you for a long time."

And he rested his forehead against mine. But his true feelings hidden under the amour of the Ninjago General and Prince…

"I give up." I heard him whisper in my ear and a soft pink color crept onto that pale skin of his. What does he mean by he give up? "It's so difficult to be away from you. When I was searching for you, I was so worried that I could go mad. The thought of you being hurt or worse… I just couldn't sit still while thinking about it. This is the first time in my life that I wasn't able to keep my usual calmness."

"Zane… Please don't leave me… I want to be by your side forever…" Uh oh, did I just say that to him? What have I done?

"I-I can't do that." He frowned. I knew that was a sign of rejection and he made it clear but… we're so close right now... His face hardens a bit. "I have responsibility as Ninjago heir… I cannot act upon my own desires…"

"No matter what?" I asked in a tiny voice.

"Yes… No matter what. This is what I've promised myself once I've found out I was Ninjago's heir. I would devote my life to Ninjago just to keep it in harmony. I'm sorry…"

"Please don't apologize…" I sighed. I have to accept this. All this time I knew that we could never been together but still I allowed myself to fall for Ninjago's heir and general. Our fate is never to be together… This is a love that can't be fulfilled. This must be what they call a forbidden love.

Sorry everyone, I left my laptop at my grandma's a couple days ago but I'm back! Please review! ;)