Second Wind

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Prepare for some fluffy romance! Well, it actually ties into the plot this time. And no, it's not Greenflame today...

Warning: Contains some 'suggestive' comments...all joking though. If you're not into that, I do apologize! It's really funny though. Well, I was laughing...

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Chapter Seven

"Morro, could you come in here?" Jay called from the kitchen.

Morro ran into the room. "Yeah, Jay?"

Jay handed him a list. "I need these ingredients to make dinner tonight. Can you pick them up for me?"

He nodded. "Sure thing. Only, I thought it was Cole's night to cook."

Jay raised an eyebrow. "Are you really going to question that?"

Morro laughed. "Nope." He looked over the list. "Okay, where should I get these?"

"There's a NinjaMart right here…" He circled a building on a paper map. "You can pick them up there. Just get 'em back here by five, kay?"

He glanced at the clock, which read 1:00 pm, and nodded. "Sounds good." He turned on his heel and left the kitchen.

Jay went to work getting out everything else he would use to make his signature dinner: chicken pizza. A few minutes later, the earth ninja strolled in.

Kai was staring out the window, sighing as he listened to Jay and Cole in the kitchen.

"It's my turn to cook tonight!"

"Oh heck no, Cole! We're not eating your cooking. Not tonight, not ever."

"Is your cooking any better?"

"Um, yeah. And you know how I know that? It isn't going to kill us!"

"My cooking hasn't -"

"Will you two shut up?" Kai snapped.

Jay snorted. "Well, someone's in a mood."

"He's just upset 'cause Lloyd broke up with him," Cole said quietly.

"He didn't break up with me!" The red ninja argued defensively. "We were never dating in the first place."

"Oh, okay," Jay said mischievously. "So you were just experimenting?"

Kai glared at him. "I would never do that to Lloyd!"

"Well, you were head-over-heels for Skylor just, like, three months ago," Cole reminded him. "She was into you too. Why don't you go out with her?"

"Because," the brunette explained, "I'm into guys. Not you two, though. Just Lloyd."

Jay nodded. "I get what you mean. If I liked guys, I'd totally -"

"Don't even think about it," Kai growled. "I'm not surprised, though. You're dating my little sister, so it makes sense that you'd wanna date Lloyd, because he's like my brother."

Jay smirked. "You'd bang your brother? That's inbreeding, Kai."

Kai gave him the death stare. "Screw you, Jay."

"Your sister already did," Cole joked.

Kai jumped up. "Oh, no, you didn't!"

"Run!" Jay whispered.

The blue and black ninjas bolted down the hallway, Kai close behind them.

. . .

"Now, where did Jay say this store was?" Morro wondered out loud, looking over a map. He turned it around, glaring at all the tiny words and lines. "Ugh, how do people read these things?" He turned the map on its side. "Looks like I have to...take the subway...?"

He looked up to see a bright yellow sign that read 'subway'. Morro stumbled down a flight of stairs, bumping into various people as he did so.

"Sorry!"

"My bad!"

"Pardon me!"

He finally ended up at the bottom, where he purchased a subway pass and waited for the car. He glanced to his left and noticed a black-clad man with a mask singing Heroes in a deep, raspy voice. Morro walked over and put five studs in the man's hat, which was lying on the ground.

The man nodded at Morro. "Thanks, kid," he said. "What's your name?"

Morro tilted his head uncertainly. "My name's Morro," he replied.

"Well, thank you, Morro," the man responded. "I'm Batman."

Morro realized he wasn't lying. "You're the real Batman?" He exclaimed. "But, don't you have, like, a lot of money?"

"I don't do it for the money," Batman told him. "I do it for the performance."

Morro smiled before returning to his seat. After about ten minutes, the subway car arrived. The former ghost strolled into the car, getting slightly lost in the throng of people. He pushed his way through and sat down in the only empty seat he could find.

"Can I sit here?" He asked the person in the seat next to him.

"Of course," she replied.

Morro looked up at her, and his jaw dropped slightly. Wow, he thought admiringly. She had long blonde hair, brown eyes, and light skin. She was probably the prettiest girl he had ever seen.

"H-hi," he stuttered.

The girl laughed sweetly. "Hello," she replied. "I haven't seen you around before." She blinked. "Or, maybe I have. I feel like I have, but I don't remember when or where." The girl laughed again, shaking her head. "I'm sorry. I get kinda weird sometimes."

Morro smiled at her. "Hey, don't we all?" He remarked, regaining his composure. "I'm Morro." She's not wrong. I remember her...I think. This girl definitely seemed familiar.

"Nice to meet you, Morro," she said. "I'm Bansha."

Morro's eyes widened. Bansha. I definitely know her from somewhere. "But where?"

"What was that?"

The young man realized he had spoken the last part out loud. "Uh, nothing," he said. "Where...have we met before?"

"I don't know," Bansha replied. "I think somewhere, but I really can't remember." She changed the subject. "So, are you new to the area?"

He nodded. "Yeah," he responded. "Well, to be honest, I don't remember most of my life, up until a couple weeks ago. Sometimes I get flashbacks, but I could just be imagining them. I don't remember where I came from, what I've done, or anything." He laughed slightly. "I'm not sure why I'm telling you all this. You don't have to listen -"

"No," she cut him off. "I want to listen. Besides, as crazy as it might sound, the same thing happened to me."

"Really?"

"Yeah. I woke up one day and didn't remember anything about my earlier life," she explained. "I get flashbacks every now and then, too. At least, I think they're flashbacks. They seem so...realistic. I hope they're not what really happened - things like ghosts, monsters, being burned by water…"

Morro blinked his wide grey eyes. "M-me too!" He gasped.

"No way!" Bansha said. She sighed and was silent for a few moments. "I wonder what happened?"

He shrugged. "Beats me. I've been trying to figure that out for weeks."

"Huh," she replied. "Same."

"So, uh, where are you from?" Morro asked awkwardly.

Bansha laughed. "I told you, I don't remember," she said. She realized immediately why he was acting strange. Does he...like me? She wondered. Well, might as well try my luck."Hey, you wanna grab some lunch?" She asked. "I know this really great restaurant in the city."

Morro blushed. "Y-yeah," he replied. "Yeah, that would be great."

"Sweet," she remarked. "It's a relatively cheap restaurant, but the view is really pretty."

"You're really pretty," he replied without thinking, blushing as he realized what he said.

She smiled. "Why, thank you," she said. "You're not so bad yourself."

. . .

What? I ship 'em XD

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