A/N: Hello! I'm back! Ok… Disneyland was fun. Now it's time to watch Kai and Lloyd be sick. Oops. Not. Really not. I want them to be ill for this battle….that way I can say Kai is a bad role model. Hmm, thinking that the next book should be called Lloyd kidnaps Koko…kidding! I should work on that title though…

Disclaimer: I own Nothing! Except for my OCs!

Chapter Nine: Lloyd pulls a Kai…

I groaned loudly as I rolled over, sweat dripping down my forehead. The door to the bathroom was open and I could hear Lloyd emptying his stomach into the toilet. Burying my head into my pillow, I promptly yelled. "Nya! Lloyd's throwing up again!"

"Seriously? I'll go get her…" I snapped my head up to see a disgusted Cole standing in the door way.

"Hi Cole. Can I have something to drink please? My throat's dry." I rubbed my throat so as to make a point.

Cole groaned, before turning and walking out if the room. "Nya! Sensei! Why do we have to have two sick teammates at the same time?!"

I closed my eyes, wishing he was a little quieter even as Lloyd flushed the toilet and walked back to his bed. The mattress creaked loudly as he flopped onto it, a loud groan escaping him. "Kai… Morro has the Realm Crystal. I can't stay in bed."

I clapped my hand to my forehead, "I know Lloyd. I know. Ugh. My throat is really dry right now." I doubled over as a coughing fit took over me.

"Hi Kai. Here's some water for you. And some saltine crackers and Sprite for Lloyd for when he feels up to it." Nya placed a tray full of the mentioned supplies down next to my bed.

I frowned as I pushed myself upright, reaching up to pick my glass of water up. "Why are you acting as if we're going to be by ourselves?"

"Because Dareth is taking Koko and the rest of us are leaving to fight Morro. And you two are staying here in bed. Understood?" Nya shot me a pointed look.

I arched my eyebrow upwards, surprise flickering inside of me. "I wasn't planning on leaving my bed sis. I have learnt my lesson about fighting crime while sick."

Nya nodded her head firmly, relief flooding her face. "Good. We'll see you when we get back." She then left the room, closing the door quietly behind her.

With a sigh, I pulled my blanket up to my chin, ready to get some much needed rest. Rest that apparently Lloyd thought I didn't need. "Wait…you were just joking, right Kai? I mean, you're not gonna let anyone fight Morro without you, right?"

"Lloyd…go to sleep. Trust me when I say that is the best thing for us right now. We'll be useless on the battlefield." I murmured quietly as my eyelids slid shut…

I woke up some time later to Roadkill pawing at my face while yowling as if something was wrong. Growling, I picked her up by the scruff of her neck and sat up. "Roadkill, why can't you go annoy Lloyd? The kid is..." I turned to face my youngest brother's bed, and immediately felt all color leave my face. "Not here. Please tell me that he is in the bathroom." I dropped the kitten onto my bed while I rushed over to the bathroom to check on Lloyd.

Upon opening the bathroom door to find the bathroom empty except for I don't know, a note and an open window. I didn't bother reading the note. I already knew what it said. Grabbing some clothes out of the closet, I turned to face Roadkill. "Looks like we get to chase down the kid together. And by we; I mean I need you to come with to make sure I don't fall asleep while getting him back."

Roadkill merely mewed calmly, before leaping up and leading the way out of the room. This was going to be fun.

…

I ducked and rolled away from the bandit that was for some reason attacking me. Rolling my eyes skyward, I quickly punched him in the face, before suddenly realizing I lost Roadkill. An earsplitting yowl told me where she was as she tackled the bandit, digging her claws into his leg. A loud yelp escaped him as he fell to the ground.

Groaning, I rubbed my forehead, wondering how this day could get any worse. "May I ask why you thought it a good idea to attack a…I don't know? Fully trained ninja?" I questioned my attacker.

Surprise flickered across his face as he looked up at me in full panic. "Ninja? I thought you were just some passer-by. Why are you here? All of the other ninjas are in Stiix were the siege is at."

"Stiix?" I felt dismay flood me, wondering how this day could get any worse. I glanced over at Roadkill, my resolve hardening. "Siege, eh? How does a visit to Skylor sound to you Roadkill?"

Roadkill mewed in agreement, leisurely loping her way back over to me. I can do this; I mean what could go wrong with getting her to help me get Lloyd back without anyone noticing that he was with them.

…

Roadkill jumped onto the restaurant's bar, landing close to Ronin. Skylor blinked as she looked first at the fluffy kitten, then back up at my pale face. "You don't look too good, Kai."

I groaned as I grabbed one of her stools and sank into it gratefully. "I'm sick. Lloyd's sicker than me and he kind of snuck out of the house to go help the others. I need your help getting him out of Stiix without anyone noticing."

Skylor rubbed her forehead, before looking at something behind me. "What do you think Gravis?"

Startled, I spun around to find the Master of Gravity standing right behind me. Folding his arms, he glanced back behind him to a rather large booth. "I guess we can put our New Year celebrations on hold to help you out."

Before I could ask him what he meant by that, all of the Elemental Masters stood up suddenly. I groaned again as I banged my head against the table. Someone patted me on the back sympathetically. "Karlof help. Friends help too."

I merely groaned in response, wondering how I was supposed to sneak into a battlefield with an army of elemental masters. Another hand inched across the bar to rest on my hand. "Come on Kai. I think I have something that can help you."

I looked up, exhaustion flooding me. "Thanks Skylor."

Skylor flashed me her beautiful smile, already heading back towards the kitchen. "No problem Kai."

…

I nodded in relief as Ronin dumped all of his coins…which was a lot, on top the ghosts, knocking them out of the sky. Turning to face my fellow elemental masters. "Ok. Since none of you have Aeroblades, or buckets of water, push all of the ghosts either towards Nya or the body of water. Ronin and I will go after Lloyd…and you better not betray me." I glared at the bounty hunter, not trusting him to do his end of the deal.

Ronin scoffed as he rolled his eyes skyward. "Right… look, it's an easy job. Swoop in, grab the kid, fly you both back to Steep Wisdom. And stand guard to ensure the kid doesn't sneak out again. I've got it."

Skylor folded her arms, worry creasing her brow. "Ronin…you do know we are talking about ninja here, right?"

Ronin waved her off, boredom crossing his face. "Yeah, yeah. I get it. He's sneaky. Luckily, my middle name just happens to be sneaky."

I promptly arched my eyebrow up, a smirk crossing my face. "I thought your middle name was Claire-Anne?"

Ronin turned beet red, fuming. "How did you know that!?"

I sniggered as I leaned back; glad my job was just to direct everyone without leaving my seat. "My grandfather was…is a pirate. As in steal from people for a living. Figuring out embarrassing facts about others is kind of easy for us." I paused before muttering darkly under my breath. "Same thing with being targets of anyone that just happens to be angry with him that has a criminal background…" I looked up to notice everyone staring at me. "What? It's true! You should have seen the time when Derick and I blew up this one crime lord's private dungeons up…we weren't aiming for that though…"

"Ok…we're going now. Kai… I am double-checking with Nya about that." Skylor pinched the bridge of her nose, before leading the rest of the elemental masters out to battle the ghosts.

…

Ronin shook me awake roughly, alarm flashing in his eyes. "Umm…I found the kid…"

"Good. Is he in the back?" I rubbed sleep out of my eyes.

"Umm, no. We kind of have a problem. You might wanna look out your window." Ronin pointed to my window.

Puzzled, I turned to look out of my window. Horror flooded through me. "No!"

The Preeminent tentacles were curled around the realm crystal…and Lloyd. Dragging the later into the Cursed realm.

This wasn't good. Really really not good.

"Kai!? What are you doing here!?" Mega oh no. Nya has spotted me.

A/N: Done! Oh dear. The one time Kai tries to stay in bed while sick, Lloyd runs off. It's technically Kai's fault for all the times he ended up fighting while sick. Oh! And Ronin has an embarrassing middle name!

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