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Part 2 people of my Valentine's special, and of course, I'll post another on Valentine's Day itself. Also, since HoT is coming soon, I'm going to transition in slowly with some references, including the Ninja getting new suits, along with Maria. Her HoT suit is on my tumblr page. Check it out!

Now on with the story!

Chapter 25: Valentine's Special (Part 2)

It was about afternoon when Kai had reached the noodle house. Before entering, he quickly removed his hat to fix his hair once more, along with straightening out his jacket of any wrinkles. For the final touch, he reached in his pocket and pulled out a bottle of his favorite cologne; Burning Passions. He gave himself a spritz, slipped it back in, and opened the doors to the restaurant while walking in with pride, just as he had rehearsed for three hours.

And there she was, wiping down the counter she stood behind. Skyler, his date…or yet-to-be date.

Kai walked over and leaned on the counter while flashing her a smile. "Hey, Skyler. Did you miss me?"

She arched an eyebrow and said with a chuckle, "Missed you? Everyday since last week, you ordered something and insisted on picking it up here. And this morning you called to wish me a 'Happy Valentine's Day.'"

"Well..yeah," he said flustered. "But it's been some time since then, so you must've missed me a little."

"Maybe a little," she said while turning her back towards him. "And maybe I know why you're here, and maybe I'll say yes."

That was his cue, better not keep her waiting. Kai cleared his throat and started to ask, "Skyler, will you be my Valentine and go on a date with me this evening?"

She turned to face him once more, her eyes locked with his. She opened her mouth and answered, "Sorry, I'm busy."

"Well..I walked into that," Kai said with a huff.

"But I have a lunch break in about 10 minutes."

He immediately perked up with a blush on his face, which gave Skyler a little chuckle. She winked and said, "I'll be yours then. Just wait outside and I'll meet up with you." She walked away leaving behind a speechless Kai.

He walked out of the noodle house, and when he was sure no one was watching, he pumped a fist and let out a loud, "YES!" There was one thing he was sure of now.

This would be the best day ever.

This would be the best day ever if Skyler wasn't 10 minutes late.

Maybe she was messing with him? No, it couldn't be, although doing evil acts did run in her family considering Chen was her father. Still, he waited…and waited..waited..

RING, RING!

His phone went off, causing him to snap out of his trance. Kai pulled it out and gave a slight frown when he didn't recognize the number. Annoyed, he answered it. "Hello?"

"Kai, it's Maria. Can you hear me?"

"Yes, I can hear you," he said with a roll of his eyes. "What do you want?"

"First off, I wanna apologize for interrupting the date you may or may not be having. I'm not sure where you are with this Skyler girl, but the guys told me some things, so I'm sorry if I'm being a bother and-"

"Get to the point, already!"

"O-okay…well, I need your help. The scanners went off, but I don't know how to see what's causing them to go all crazy. I didn't want to bother Lloyd since he doesn't feel good, but it's a lot harder to do this on my own. I need you to walk me through the steps so I can-"

"It's a monster!"

"Call the Ninja!"

"Call the fire department!"

The screams from inside made Kai quickly use his spinjitzu to change into his gi. "Sorry, Maria! I gotta go! Bye!"

"Kai, wait! I need-!"

But Kai had already turned off his phone and barged in the restaurant. Some people had ran past him to get to safety, others hid behind tables and booths from the deadly hair of Harionago. She was on a table and was flinging her hair at the walls and ceiling, chipping away pieces of the building. The screams of the civilians made her give out a cackle.

"Hey, ugly!" Kai shouted, gaining her attention. "Why don't you pick on someone your own size?"

"Maybe I will," she coyly said. "Why don't you come over here and try to take me down?"

"Gladly!" He lit up his fist with flames, jumped and aimed a punch at her, just as she held up a weak Skyler as a shield.

Kai quickly realized what she was doing, and at the last second he stopped his attack. He ran back, giving them some distance, and shouted, "Let her go!"

"Oh, don't worry your ugly little head. I'm only going to take her to my base and show her my beloved beasts."

"I mean it!" he screamed with his fists clenched. "You better let her go or I'll-"

"Destroy me over some girl, right?" Harionago chuckled, but quickly changed her expression to a surprised one as she spoke in a mocking tone. "Oh, but she's not just some girl, is she? Oh my, she's your lover!"

"N-no! I never…I didn't-" Kai started to protest.

"You can't fool me, you practically told me you love her with that stutter of yours. Well, it's the day of love, so I could spare her for you. That is, if she is your lover. Convince me, and I might let her go."

Kai's face turned as red as his gi, which was luckily hidden behind his hood. He couldn't express his feelings, he wasn't really good at doing that sort of thing. Not since his parents…

"This is getting bor-ing!" Harionago jumped off the table with Skyler in tow, and started to walk away.

"Wait! I do like her!" Kai shouted.

Harionago stopped, she locked one of her icy blue eyes with him as she glanced over her shoulder. "You just like her? Not love?"

"I-I…" he struggled to speak, but glanced over at Skyler, all helpless and weak. He took a deep breath, his eyes full of seriousness as he confessed. "I love her, Harionago. She's the reason I'm alive; she helped me get my brother back, she's brave and strong, and I will do anything for her."

Had it not been for the people who were observing the whole scene and gave out a few "awws," it was almost silent. The thorn-haired demon look back at the doors and spoke. "Okay, so you love her. If only I didn't swear to myself to cause pain to Seraphina's followers through their loved ones."

She began to raise her fingers to her lips, but Kai was quick to yell out, "Ninjagooo!" He caught her in his spinjitzu and knocked her out the doors. He tried pinning her to the ground, but she kicked him in the gut and whipped him to the side, while remaining to a tight grip on Skyler. While he was caught off guard, she grabbed him with her hair and began to squeeze.

"Don't worry," she said sweetly, "I'll take care of her. In fact, I could take her to meet the King. He's always delighted to eat-oh, I mean meet humans."

The anger inside of Kai just started to overwhelm him. He could feel every ounce of him begin to burn, hotter and hotter as he tried to break free of the tight grasp once more. "You're…not…taking her anywhere!" In a flash of red light, his armor appeared, having that section of her rip off and become a shoulder length.

"MY HAIR!" she shrieked at the top of her lungs. She set Skyler down, and, with her remaining hair, she jumped onto Kai's armor. "YOU…" she growled, "YOU WILL PAY!"

She formed her hair into a drill and aimed where Kai's gem was, but he was quick to swat her off with his sword. It enraged her more; she grabbed ahold of his leg and pulled it enough for him to fall. Harionago lunged it once more and made contact, sparks flying as it was drilling away at its tough exterior.

"Say goodbye, Levi!" she held her hair above her head and charged it down, but he grabbed it and slammed her into the road. Harionago practically peeled her head off the pavement, just in time to see Kai ready to stomp on her.

"How about you say goodbye, Harionago?" He thrusted his foot down, but the blow didn't reach her.

He couldn't move it, so he looked and saw a cloaked figure holding it with just one hand. As though it was so simple, the figure tossed him aside as he was, making Kai loose focus and his armor shatter. He quickly got back on his feet to see the figure holding Harionago bridal style in his muscular arms. "Harionago.." the figure said, "you really need to control that temper of yours."

"Hey, you!" Kai shouted. "Show your face, you coward!"

The figure turned to leave. "Fool, cowards act like they're strong by living off those who are weaker than them. That is what you just did to my comrade here. Just wait until you and I fight, then I'll show you I'm no coward."

In a puff of smoke, he vanished.

"Kai!" Said Ninja turned to Skyler, who, was running towards him. "Are you okay? I couldn't stop her, she just surprised me and was too powerful."

"That doesn't matter," he said. "Are you okay?"

"Very. Especially since I heard what you said about me." Kai began to blush, but his hood was taken off by Skyler herself as she gave him a kiss on his cheek. "I'll admit that was the sweetest thing anyone's ever said about me."

He quickly cleared his throat and tried to speak. "So..since that's over with, you wanna go on that date with me?"

"I'd love to, but the restaurant is destroyed and full of possibly traumatized customers. I think I need to skip my break and clean up the mess."

"Oh, right," he sadly said. That's when she linked his arm with hers and smiled.

"But it won't be so bad if you're there with me."

"O-okay!" he quickly said. "Let's head back!"

As they walked back together, Kai looked up and silently whispered, "Thank you!"

Today really was the best day ever.

This chapter's a little short…hm. Hope you guys enjoyed it though! This Valentine's Day is when I put a new chapter and the poll to vote for your favorite villain from my series. Remember that the winner will have their finalized art posted on my tumblr! Next chapter, we finally see Lloyd and Maria's crazy adventure!

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Next chapter on Ninjago: Legend Reborn….

Valentine's Special (Part 3)

Until then, God is good, all the time. All the time, God is good.