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Chapter 7

Greta watched from afar on a hilltop as her dear grandchild cried his little heart out to the ninja. Guilt seized through her entire being, as she watched the pitiful scene.

'forgive me Nathan, Grandma just has some things to take care of, things the ninja didn't need to know about, not yet'

Forgottenfamily

Lloyd raised an eyebrow at the scene before him in complete perplexedness. Koso, using the hilt of his blade, drew a large circle in the dirt around him and Morro, who seemed equally confused as well, though only slightly, since he seemed to have given up on caring about anything for the time being. Once the circle was complete, Koso stepped in as well. Lloyd decided now be a good time to actually ask what they were going to do exactly, "so….what do you want us to do?" He asked.

Koso looked at Lloyd, with a sinister glint in his eyes as he smiled wickedly.

"Glad you asked, for today we are going to do a simple exercise, you two are to stay inside the circle till I tell you to get out, if you decide to disobey me, well we wouldn't want a repeat of yesterday now would we ... ?" Koso asked innocently as he stepped outside the drawn barriers of the dirt circle.

Lloyd and Morro both eyed the crazy man strangely. However once again the green ninja was the first and only to speak up,

"Is this a joke? That's it? I don't understand, how is this supposed to make us summon some, hidden elemental power we somehow never knew we had?" Lloyd asked skeptically.

"Oh my apologies, then I guess I was wrong this whole time and everything I did up till now including rising from the grave was for nothing." Koso remarked sarcastically as he tilted his head to the side mockingly. "Yes I suppose I should just send you two brats on your way- oh ,but I'm afraid I can't do that, and you know why?" The sorcerer paused to look both teenagers in the eye forebodingly, before continuing. "If my clever great nephew had let me finish, I would have been able to inform him that it doesn't matter if you didn't know you had possession of my old element in the past because, at the time it was sealed in that cursed little crystal my brother had stored away in his tomb."

Lloyd sighed, clearly annoyed. "Are you done?"

"Yes!, now if there are no more questions we can begin now." Koso explained sarcastically happily as he began to walk off.

"Wait you're just gonna leave us here!"

Looking over his shoulder at the shouting green ninja, Koso smirked.

"Yes ,but remember, step outside that circle and you'll be crashing into another tree."

Lloyd was basically fuming as he watched the crazy man walk away and disappear into the shrubbery they had emerged from earlier.

Morro, on the other hand simply slouched down a little more than he already was and let out a loud sigh.

Hearing it, Lloyd spun back around and watched as the former ghost did nothing ,but stare at the ground uselessly

"Okay, I'll bite what's going on with you?"

"..."

"Not gonna say anything, really?"

"..."

"Ok fine, nevermind."

Despite that, Lloyd had to admit seeing the wind master like this, looking so defeated and uncaring did creep him…..just a little though. After all, anything was better than the maniacal spirit ,who had taken control of his body,his mind, and made him fight against the people he loved most with the intent to kill them. Not to mention his fath-no! No no no! He shouldn't think about that right now, that didn't matter! The loving dad he had known before was gone and there was no getting him back no matter how much he wanted to. Lloyd then decided it was most likely best if he focused on trying to find an escape rather than seethe on old painful memories.

Eyeing the circle, Lloyd briefly wondered if Koso had put a magic barrier of sorts to keep them in, he certainly seemed powerful enough. However he also made it clear, if either of them were to step out of the circle, they would be on the business end of his sword again. The green ninja also considered that perhaps it was just a farce to scare them.

Eyeing the line in the dirt, Lloyd decided to test a theory and kneeled down before very carefully stretched his pinky finger over the line.

When at first nothing happened the green ninja considered making a run for it ,but before he could so much as stand up, a long shadow looked over him and Lloyd looked up he was met with the menacing narrowed eyes of his kidnapper.

"Ahem, dear great nephew I hope you weren't trying anything foolish just now."

Swallowing both his fear and pride Lloyd responded in a timid voice. "Sorry I was just doing some stretching I didn't even realize my hand came over the line."

Koso's eyes narrowed as he regarded the blond boy.

"Hmm likewise, well do be more careful next time please." With that the dark haired male once again walked off.

Once he was out of sight, Lloyd stood back up, before turning around to find Morro staring at him, the ghost of a smirk still present on his lips.

Slightly embarrassed and a little angry at having to be around his former tormenter in a small space, Lloyd couldn't stop himself from lashing out via walking up to the former ghost and giving him a light shove to the side, showing the wind master he wasn't in control anymore than Lloyd was.

The former ghost narrowed his eyes at the blond, as he quickly caught his footing before he accidentally fell over the line. Then he did something that kind of surprised the green ninja, he spoke.

"Well isn't surprising, the green ninja isn't so immune to anger as he pretends to be."

Lloyd rolled his eyes at the comment. "Well look at that, he speaks! Are you finally done sulking?"

"I wasn't sulking!"

"Yeah ok, sure."

"I wasn't, I just didn't see the point in talking, you certainly didn't seem to mind."

"Oh I'm sorry,did you want me just act like you were somebody I'd never met before, you, the person who possessed me, kept me locked in a cage, almost starved me a couple times, oh and let's not forget was also responsible for trying all of Ninjago into the cursed realm all because he wasn't given some stupid green gi!"

Morro's eyes squeezed themselves shut, as Lloyd finished his rant. The wind around them started to pick up slightly. It looked as if they were both about to be swept up in a newly created tornado ,but then as suddenly as the wind picked up it died down again and Morro opened his eyes again whilst taking several deep breaths.

"I…I.." it was clear the wind master was struggling to speak, as if words were like lead on his tongue "...it doesn't….. matter anymore anyway, I'm not angry anymore about that, I've moved on."

Lloyd couldn't stop the fury bubbling up inside him at those words, after everything Morro had put him through, even being responsible for his dad's death, he still had the f*cking nerve to act like he was the victim! Like he was the one who had to fight to move on, to live with himself everyday and pray and beg that he doesn't screw up and loose even more family than he already had, or wonder if he had any real family to begin with, anyone who didn't just stick around him, because he was the f*cking green ninja!

Lloyd became so lost in his angry thoughts he didn't realize his fist was raised, until suddenly it came crashing down onto Morro's face.

Sorry it's a cliffhanger :)