Ah! Sorry for the late chapter, like I said, it's the heat so I deeply apologise.

Chapter 37
A Close Moment

.:Violet:.

Violet cut a strip of sticky tape from the dispenser and she stuck the missing Fang Blade sign onto a pole in Jamanakai Village. Today was their second day of hanging up the signs but there hasn't been any notice from the townsfolk. Violet looked around to see Jay attempting to flirt with Nya, Cole handing a piece of sticky tape to Zane yet… Kai and Scarlett were nowhere to be seen.

Violet's lavender eyes searched the town's square but she found them asking people near a stall of toys. Violet casted her eyes back to her sign. She really hoped that they would find the Fang Blades but in her opinion, the signs are a bit stupid. It would alert the Serpentine that they are looking for the Fang Blades as well. She slowly made her way into a tavern and she posted a sign on the corkboard they had in there. The smell of alcohol was strong in the air and she wanted to leave quickly.

She walked through the wooden tables in the musky room and dodging each drunken body. She was near the door when she felt two hands on her waist. She shot around to see a man holding her. He was quite a good-looking man, probably two years older than her. His blonde hair was in a style like Zane's except it wasn't that long and the side were slightly shorter. His starry blue eyes were slightly drowsy. Instantly she knew he was drunk. She could smell the strong scent of vodka on his breath.

"Why is a pretty and young lady like you doing here?" He asked, his speech was slightly slurred and she saw him sway for a second but he recovered his composure quickly.

"I was hanging signs." She answered simply and she knew if she pushed him away, a big fight would start out in the tavern and it would be her against fifty drunken men. So she placed her hands on his hands and softly pried them away from her waist.

"Are you on the market?"

"Excuse me?" She asked and she stepped away from him when his hands reached for her waist again.

"Come on, you must be on the market. Such a pretty lady with a perfect body." Once she realized what he meant, a deep scowl entered her face.

"I don't waste myself on drunken men." She snapped and she turned away sharply and headed straight for the exit. An annoyed groan exited her lips when she felt his hand captured her's. "Leave me alone!"

"Awww, come on babe." And that did it. She turned around with a fist raised high but someone already beaten her to the drunken man's face. She turned around to see Kai.

"You shouldn't be in here." He said quietly as he used his foot to roll the unconscious man to the side of the hallway.

"What do you mean?"

"You shouldn't be in a tavern especially when there are idiots in here." And Kai's hand gripped her wrist and he dragged her out of the tavern.

"I could have handled him."

"Still, what happens if there's more than one guy? You were lucky the others were too drunk to even notice you." He didn't sound happy. He sounded beyond mad. She peered up at his face to see a thunderous look on it.

"Why were you in there?"

"I saw you enter in and I knew what would happen so I went in after you." Kai replied and he stopped. There weren't in the market square, they were in a small valley.

"Why are we here?"

"To hang some signs, isn't that what we're supposed to be doing?" He asked. She nodded and she passed small strips of tape to Kai who would hang the signs up.

"This is sort of stupid if you ask me." She said softly and she got a hum back from Kai as a response. "I mean what happens if the Serpentine knows that we're searching for the Fang Blade."

"I'm pretty sure they know already." He answered back and he looked at her. She nervously casted her eyes down.

When did she felt nervous around Kai? She never did yet she is now. Her true potential changed her way too much. She isn't quick to anger –thankfully- and she's now more 'on the bright side of things' according to Cole and Jay.

She shivered when she felt Kai's hand caressing her cheek. She looked up to see his exquisite amber eyes looking into her purple ones. She stomach started to do flips ad immediately she knew something was wrong yet… she didn't want this feeling to go away. She studied Kai's face and took in every detail, the light tan that adored his skin, how curved his jaw was and how his brows would creased whenever he looked at her. The way his eyes soften whenever they lock eyes, how his bangs would fall over his forehead. She then could feel his hot breath along her forehead.

A sigh left her lips and she closed her eyes and looked away from Kai, therefor his hand fell from her cheek. What was she doing? She doesn't like Kai like this; she doesn't even want a love interest. She knew if she did, it would distract her too much and she would be likely to hurt them from her new strong powers. She already knocked Scarlett off the Bounty and into the sea when she was practicing her new powers.

"I'm sorry… I just wanted to make sure that bastard didn't hurt you." She heard Kai's warm voice muttered and she felt touched that he cared.

"It's alright. I just…" She trailed off and avoided his eyes. "I'm sorry."

And like that, she turned around and walked away. She didn't know what to do. She can see that Kai is developing feelings for her but she couldn't return them even if she wanted to, there's a possibility of her hurting him…

What does she see Kai as; obviously a friend and a potential brother but anything else? She'll admit that he's handsome and caring, concerning but he does tend to be hot-headed and impatient. But the way he had just touched her, it was warm and nice whereas that drunken man made her feel… she didn't know the word but it was on the tip of her tongue.

She heard footsteps behind but she didn't need to look around to know that it's Kai. They both entered the market square where see saw Zane looking at a tree. She saw a falcon on the branch; then she realized that it was the same falcon that led her and Zane to the Serpentine Treehouse.

"Violet!" Violet didn't have time to turn around when her sister dragged her off to the side.

"Scarlett, what's wrong."

"Zane is going to unlock his true potential, I know it." Violet gasped and she looked back to Zane. She knew what this meant too. He would have his memories back but also find out that he's a robot.

"Ooh! It's the falcon! Whenever we follow it, it always leads us to good fortune! The Treehouse and the Bounty!" She heard Jay exclaimed and she watched as he tugged on Zane's arm to follow it. Violet quickly dumped her signs in Scarlett's arms and in the corner of her eye she saw Kai did the same to Nya.

"Don't worry about me but keep an eye on Zane alright and don't give him any hints or clue."

"I know." Violet replied and she ran after the four boys who were following the falcon.

.::.

It was just her, Kai and Zane. Cole and Jay got too tired to continue running so they're going to catch up later. Violet was unimpressed how long the boys' endurance was. She made a mental note to improve that. She didn't felt tired at all and she knew Zane wasn't going to give in anytime soon. She looked behind to see Kai whizzing.

"Are you alright Kai?" She asked and she wiped her face when she felt something cold touch her face. She then realized that they were in a snowy terrain and it had started to snow.

"Yeah." She heard him reply and she went to catch up with Zane but he collided right into his back and she stumbled backwards into the cold snow. A small squeak exited her lips as she fell in with ease and she felt herself sinking in with the snow covering her face. A cold and violent shudder shook her body. She felt two pairs of hands grabbed her's before hauling her onto her feet.

"Thanks…" She whispered to Zane and Kai and she shook her head to get rid of the snow that got stuck on her hair.

"Violet, do you know anything about Treehorns?"

"Why?" She asked when Zane asked her this and she saw him point to a small sign reading: BEWARE OF TREEHORNS.

"That's why."

"They're creatures that are fairly large, almost insect like except it can disguise itself pretty well with the trees since their skin are pretty much wood." She replied with a shrug of her shoulders.

"Oh… I thought they were squirrels." She heard Kai muttered and then a squawk was heard over head, to see the falcon circling around them before heading deeper into the forest. "Don't lose him. I'll wait for the other guys to catch up."

"Alright Kai." Zane answered for both for them and he turned around to run. She quickly followed.

Layers of frost covered the trees, there were only a couple without frost and she was high alert. It was either that they were Treehorns or they're just special. The forest started to become dense and the trees became thicker. She looked up at the falcon to see it surrounded by leafless trees. Then suddenly, it hovered in the air and it twitched. She halted to a stop and grabbed Zane's arm to prevent him from running otherwise the bird would land on his head.

They both watched as it fell onto the snow. She couldn't hold Zane back anymore; he ran towards the falcon and she walked after them. She was close enough to hear him muttered three words that made her heart drop.

"He's… A robot."

She wanted to tell him that he's one too but she's dead afraid for his reaction if he found out for himself. She slowly crouched down next to Zane who was carefully picking up the robotic bird and the clog that fell out. She looked around and she saw a spur of movement. Her eyes narrowed down on one tree which had a golden object behind it. She poked Zane in the shoulder and quickly placed her finger onto her mouth. He nodded and she pointed to the object which turned out to be another robot but big and golden.

It moved from behind the tree and at each step, the ground beneath their feet trembled and the gears constricted inside the robot. Blue rays of light came from the robot's eyes and each beam landed on her and Zane.

"Intruder!" A monotone voice that beat Zane's own voice boomed from the robot and bullets were hurdling towards them. As an instinct, she pushed Zane to the ground and rolled along the snow before standing up. She quickly brushed her uniform to get rid of the snow. When she looked back, the robot was shooting at Zane who was now in his Snowmobile.

"Oi! Pick on someone your own size!" She shouted and she quickly reached down to pick a small rock and she threw it at the head of the robot. A clank was heard the head turned towards her. With a swift movement from her hand, the chilly air blew stronger and the snow started to pick up in her small tornado that surrounded her.

Unlike the time in the tunnels with the snake, this tornado felt stronger and it formed rather quickly. She couldn't see anything past her windy shield but she could hear the robot's constricting gears. She thrust her hands out towards the sound source and her tornados swept past her and collide into the robot. It stumbled backwards and crashed into a tree and piles of snow fell upon it. It didn't move but she watched as Zane walked over to it –with the falcon this in his arms- and he ripped out a few cords from the back of the neck.

"Just to make sure it won't bother us again."

She nodded but something else caught her attention. It was a certain tree. It wasn't thin like the others, it was rather thick. She walked past Zane and she could see an outline of a door.

"I think this is where the falcon was leading us."

Sorry for the short chapter but AH! 42 REVIEWS! Including all the ones that Doodabug did. So massive thanks to: xXSpinjitzuPurpleElementsXx, LightningDanino23, Mystery girl, Doodabug (37 reviews there), Mihoshi 2.0, KaiRulesSucker, CarlyShi208, FlameNinjaofDarkFire, legolover 101, NinjaForever5, Freddie4153 and the guest for reviewing. So that's 12 people who have reviewed!

And to answer some questions: Scarlet win be joining them but she'll be in the bridge most of the time with Nya since they're not ninja but they do fight. I think season 3 will be included in this story but after that season is done, I'll probably do another story focusing on Violet's, Kai's and Scarlett's life after all of that.

I'll try to make the next chapter longer so bear with me guys!