Chapter Seven: Conversations all Around...

Yoda paused, turning to face Anakin. "Trust these two, we can."

"Are you sure about that, Master?" Anakin frowned, crossing his arms in disbelief. "The one called Kai is already filled with Darkness."

A soft hum escaped Yoda as he tapped his staff against the floor. "Listen to the Force...have you?"

"Well...um... sorry Master." Anakin bowed to the elderly Jedi, embarrassed as he realized that he hadn't listened to the Force concerning the two strangers.

Yoda chuckled softly to himself, before noticing the brown bird that was perched nearby, watching them. "Hmm, of bird what type is?"

Anakin scratched the back of his neck as he eyed the bird. "Not entirely sure. I recommend asking Zane. Apparently it is his pet and it got captured with them."

Yoda hummed again, before turning to face Anakin again. "Normal, they are not."

~Swap over to Zane and Kai~

Zane blinked, before glancing over at Kai. "General Yoda just said that we aren't normal."

Kai glanced up from his fist that was on fire that he had been causally examining while Zane used Falcon to spy on the generals. "What's not normal about us?"

Zane lifted his left shoulder up in a half-shrug. "I have no idea. We appear to be two completely normal teens to me." Pausing, he eyed the lit fist. "Kai? Can you please put your fire out? I rather not have to deal with smoke alarms again."

"For the last time...that was Ash! Not me!" Kai protested weakly as he flicked his wrist, the flame disappearing instantly.

Zane rolled his eyes, amusement dancing in his eyes. "Sure it was..."

Kai reached over, whacking him on the back of the head. The two of them looked at each other, before bursting into hysterical laughter. The door to the barracks opened as Rex stuck his head in. "Am I interrupting something..?"

"No. Do you need something?" Zane and Kai spoke in perfect unison.

"Uh...no...I was just wondering if you would like to come spar with us or something? Maybe show us some more sparring moves between the two of you?" Rex tried to ignore how they spoke in unison.

Kai tilted his head to the side as he peered at him. "I would love to spar some more with you Zane. Only this time...with our Chikara. If that is alright with you?"

Zane nodded, a small smile crossing his features. "May I collect Falcon first? I have not trained with him in a while."

"Sure." Kai jumped up from the bunk he was lying on, his feet landing softly on the metal floor of the ship.

Rex frowned, suddenly realizing that he has never heard either of them make any noise when moving before...which he noted was highly disconcerting. "Great. I'll meet you there." With that, he turned and left the room.

Kai rolled his shoulders as he waited patiently for Zane to stand up. "How long till the generals realize that Falcon is spying on them?"

Zane rolled his eyes, moving to leave the room. "Careful Kai. I rather keep that particular fact about him a secret while we are trapped out here."

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Rex crossed his arms across his chest, as he watched as the two teens stretched. Zane rolled his shoulders, relieving some tension out of it. "Kai...I know that you want us to use Chikara, but you haven't used yours in a few days. You best be careful and cautious this time around."

Kai scoffed as he curled his hand into a fist. "I'll be fine. You just worry about getting your icy wings whipped."

The term wings startled Rex, as he quickly glanced over at Zane. Not seeing any signs of wings, he relaxed immediately. Zane nodded in understanding to Kai, before starting the spar the exact same way they did last time. Fascinated, Rex watched as they basically danced around each other, noting their skill levels...and the chuckles and teasing escaping them. With how many battles he has been in, Rex could easily tell that they were messing around with each other and not really putting their all in the battle. It was a time for them to show off...and they were showing off alright.

Zane gave a wry smile, lightly spreading his fingers on his left hand out on the metal floor. Immediately the temperature dropped below freezing and a thin layer of ice spread out across the floor. Kai smirked as he flipped over the ice, landing behind Zane where the ice wasn't spreading to. Rex wondered at where the ice came from...and if it had anything to do with the mysterious Chikara that they had mentioned. Kai smirked, as he raised his hand, clearly about to do something...only to suddenly double over backwards, a loud gasp of pain tearing from his lips.

"Kai!" The usual emotionless, monotone voice of Zane cried out, this time choked full of horror.

Rex launched himself across the room, quickly catching up with them. Dropping next to Kai, who was now curled up in a ball on the floor, he pressed a hand against his forehead...and just about cursed himself. "Someone get Kix! He needs medical attention stat!"

Rex stared mortified at the still form lying in front of him, wondering exactly what was going on here. One second Kai was running a fever so high that he burned Rex's hand within three inches above his flushed skin...the next second his temperature plummeted down too low for it to be healthy. Zane knelt down on the other side of Kai, worry creasing his brow. "He knows that his Chikara is unstable, I know that his Chikara is unstable! I shouldn't have agreed to it..." Zane hung his head down, tears threatening to spill.

Rex narrowed his eyes, suddenly not sure he liked where this was going. "Zane...what is Chikara?"

Zane wrung his hands, his features pinched with worry. "Chikara is a genetic...deformity, that can be used in battle. Depends on the bloodline on what exactly it is...no two are the same outside of your own bloodline...and um... well...Kai technically has two chikara instead of one. According to the doctor the one is dormant, useless, while the other one is activated. However, it is unstable. His body will at times try to reject the chikara, at least we think that is what is going on with him."

Rex felt horror flood him even as Kix and a whole lot of others came charging in. "What do you mean...that his body is trying to reject some gene he has!? That'll kill him!"

"It hasn't yet. He'll be fine in a few minutes..." A loud pitiful groan escaped Kai as he started to burn up again. Zane glanced at him, appeared to rethink what it was he just said, then looked up at Rex. "Ok, make that a few hours."

Kix glanced over at Zane, looking extremely ill. "You're kidding...right?"

"I do not kid around." Zane went back to his usual monotone self, giving Kix a blank look.

A/N: Wow...said I would avoid these and yet I seem to use them a bit in this story. Last chapter the Japanese words were basically them talking about how they are pretty much stuck until they figure out where Ninjago is compared to their location...and Zane pointing out the fact that Yoda has a staff so that MUST mean he is the top guy (No one is above him) At least...I think that is what they were saying.

Chikara is the Japanese word for powers. In my mind, since Kai and Nya have two different elements in their genes, that should cause some kind of side effect on them. In this case, their powers aren't exactly stable. As long as Kai practices using his powers at least once a day, nothing bad will happen. However, the longer he goes without using them, the more drastic it is. All that it affects is their temperature. Pretty much as you probably realized upon reading what just happened...they loose the ability to control their body temperature. At least Kai does. I'm thinking for Nya...it'll be a little different. Since she rarely uses her powers, they haven't really seen how the unstable powers affect her.

Ella