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Also real quick before this chapter I just want to say thank you guys for all the support of this story I honestly don't deserve it and also this probably won't interest anyone ,but I'd figured there's no harm in mentioning it, see I have an original story on Wattpad by the name of Persephone's Chain, if you perhaps happen to really like my style of writing or something like that I would encourage you to give it a look ,but if you're not interested in that, that's fine as well anyway I hope you guys enjoy the new chapter
Chapter 11
"Look my point is, if we can find a way to get the sword from him, we'll be able to defeat him and get out of here."
Lloyd didn't regret a lot of things in his life ,but he sure did regret saying those words two weeks ago.
The green ninja was stunned in place from shock as he surveyed the scene before him. Morro laid sprawled out on the ground clutching his arms and knees as close to his chest as he could. Thankfully for him it was a lot easier since their chain broke on the impact. A few feet away stood one surprised and angry Koso, seemingly trying to process the events that had just transpired.
Lloyd really thought it would work, if they could play nice for a little while and go along with the training Koso had them do that included, climbing, trees,rock formations, and even swimming together to learn valuable lessons about teamwork , eventually the opportunity would present itself and they could snatch the sword away and cut their chain loose and then pumble this joke of an imposter into the ground.
But…... that's not what happened at all. Instead when Lloyd had tried to grab the sword off Koso's back when he was bent over tying his boot during training, the older man had reacted too quickly and what ended up happening were two things that stunned the green ninja to his very core.
First was as the snake eyed man turned around Lloyd could see plain as day a ball of light charged in his palm?!
The second thing was that as Koso was about to clearly retaliate against the blonde on impulse, Morro had suddenly grabbed Lloyd's unchained arm and spun him around, away from the attack.
And that was how they ended up here, with Morro writhing on the ground and Koso looking ready to murder someone. Lloyd had to make himself hold back a gulp as the long black haired male approached him.
Within seconds his left cheek was burning from the pain of a slap.
"You idiots! Do you have any idea what I could have-If one of you weren't critically injured right now I'd be beating some sense into both of you neanderthals!"
Lloyd did not reply and instead opted to step aside to allow him entry as Koso gave the green ninja a one eyed glare, clearly warning him not to try and run for it.
Without a word, Koso knelt down on the ground next to the writhing teenager and gave him a quick check over before gently lifting Morro into his arms bridal style and standing up. This elicited something between a whimper and grunt from the wind master. Koso paid Morro little mind though as he began walking down the path they had taken out to the woods. Lloyd might have debating following were it not for the death glare Koso side eyed him.
They walked in tense silence the whole way back to the cottage. When the pair stepped inside,Koso was quick to make his way to Lloyd and Morro's room and then gingerly lay the writhing wind master down on his bed. Lloyd stood silently in the doorway, definitely not worried about Morro though, just curious.
Morro seemed too preoccupied with the pain he was feeling to notice any fear he might have had at the moment, as Koso carefully knelt down in front of him and reached out boney hand to briefly touch areas around his arms,legs,and neck.
"This isn't good." Koso stated aloud," In my impulsive state I'm I afraid I accidentally hit him full force without realizing, he must have at least several bone fractures at this moment."
After a pregnant pause of tense silence, Lloyd found a bit of courage to ask quietly,"Ca-Can't you use that stuff you gave us the first day you brought us here?"
Koso turned his attention towards the green ninja and narrowed his eyes harshly at the blond before responding.
"Unfortunately I'm afraid that healing potion you are referring to was not easy to brew, it required special ingredients that I had to collect miles from here, and it just so happens we're out."
"Oh well,...is he….gonna be ok still."
Koso sighed agitatedly, "I have no idea, my power has killed thousands of men thrice his size before, I have no idea if his fractures will even be able to heal correctly."
Lloyd considered his words carefully. While he was not happy his plan didn't work apart of him felt happy that at the very least it was not him in unimaginable pain at the moment. So maybe it was stupid to say this,but he didn't want to be in Morro's debt for anything so….
"But, if you were able to make another one of those healing potions he'd be fine right?"
Koso's eyes if possible managed to narrow even further than they already had.
"What are you getting at?"
"All I'm saying is that it looks like our only option is for you to get the ingredients you need for the pot-"
"I'm sorry, are you suggesting what I think you are?!"
"Well, look if you leave us here and go get the stuff for another potion I could make sure he-"
"Are you jesting with me right now?!" Koso demanded."Why would I leave you two, who tried to attack me earlier alone for lord knows how long it will take me to gather all the ingredients I need!"
"It can't take you that long. I mean you're the brother of the first spinjitzu master aren't you?" Lloyd didn't know if he was even joking when he said that.
"You would try to escape the second I wasn't in ear shot!"
Lloyd looked over at Morro on the bed who looked absolutely miserable, and the small pang of guilt in his chest urged him to argue on,
"Look can't you just, I don't know cast a spell on me or something so I can't leave!?"
"I-...Oh my, for once you're not entirely wrong….Yes that's exactly what I can do, I can cast a barrier spell around the cottage so you can't get out. Perfect!" Koso congratulated himself. "Although,...can I really trust you not to get in any more trouble than you already have."
Lloyd swallowed green eyes once again darting back to Morro who was still clutching his arms and legs together in pain.
"I'll give you my word as a ninja, I won't try anything while you're gone."
"...very well then"
Forgottenfamily
After wrapping Morro's arms and legs in thick bandages in order to ease his pain, and casting the barrier spell, Koso now stood in the doorway of his small cottage giving Lloyd some much needed instructions.
"I've cast the barrier around the entirety of the cottage, and don't worry I've given enough space for you to be able to make it to the backyard as you refer to it, so you should have no problem getting to those wild chickens we caught yesterday, the female's eggs and male's meat should last you food wise at least a month, though I doubt I'll be gone that long." Koso said casually as he began stepping out the door.
"Ok" Lloyd replied tersely.
"Make sure that whenever you're cooking you put the fire out when you're done."
"Ok" Lloyd replied again.
"Alright, I expect everything to be in the order I left it, if not we are going to have a serious talk understood."
"Yes…...sir"
Once the words left the blonde's mouth he looked up slightly to find that the straw hat wearing male was already out of sight completely.
Lloyd sighed quietly before closing the door shut.
Forgottenfamily
It didn't even take a full minute before Koso was out of earshot of the cottage as he quickly darted through the woods. It would take at least three days for him to find all the ingredients he needed for the healing potion luckily, he knew exactly where they were so it at least wouldn't take long to find them.
However, as the black haired male was running, he couldn't help ,but feel all sorts of angry thoughts and worries begin to surface their way into his mind.
Why did those brats have to be so stupid, if they hadn't had tried that, the green haired one wouldn't be in so much pain right now! And to think they had been doing so well these past two weeks!
As Koso was lost in his thoughts though, he failed to notice, a lurking presence hidden in the treetops.
Forgottenfamily
It was now five minutes that Koso had been gone and Lloyd had never felt so bored in his life. Save for, maybe when he fell asleep during a biology lecture Zane was giving that one time.
The green ninja just had no idea what to do, he had given his word to Koso he wouldn't try anything funny while he was gone, but…...there was nothing else to do besides that! It almost wasn't fair.
Lloyd had kind of hoped that now would be a good time to go to and reason out his options from this point on,but he just couldn't focus. Maybe that was the inner thirteen years old child in him.
It was at this moment he considered maybe checking on Morro, though he knew that that probably wasn't a good idea,because there was nothing he could do except maybe try and talk to him, but based on what he had witnessed earlier, Morro was not exactly in a state to chit chat.
Lloyd kind of hoped the wind master was able to fall asleep on his own, since he protested vehemently when Koso explained he was about to cast a long term sleeping spell on him, saying over and over again through clenched teeth, "N-no, no, no, I'm f-fine d-don't you fuc-f-freaking th-that!" It was enough, for the older male to shake his head and simply walk away without casting the spell.
"*Grrrr*"
Lloyd was suddenly interrupted from his thoughts when he heard his stomach grumbling loudly. Knowing that it was probably around dinner time Lloyd could easily figure out why.
Standing up from the couch he had been lounging on, the green ninja quickly made his way to the front door, before a thought crossed his mind.
'Is Morro hungry? He could probably use some food to at least get his mind off the pain, right?' Lloyd considered asking him ,but decided against it because he was sure the arrogant wind master would try to act tough and refuse just out of pride. The green ninja figured if he was gonna try that sh** it would probably be harder when food was already presented and prepared in front of him.
With his mind made up, the green ninja quickly slipped out the front door and made his way around to the new chicken coup in the backyard while carefully maneuvering his way along the edges of the clear as day purple magic barrier Koso had cast.
Forgottenfamily
This was nothing.
Nothing at all.
He had been through pain ten times worse than this.
A hundred times worse
A thousand-
"Aarghhhh" Morro moaned aloud. "F**kf**kf**kf**kF**K!"
The wind master banged his head repeatedly onto his pillow. The rough motion brought him at least some distraction from the monumental pain he felt right now. His bones ached and his skin felt like it had been dipped in boiling lava.
All because he thought it was a good f**king idea to get that stupid idiot out of the way.
Why had he done it? It wasn't like they had suddenly become best friends these past two weeks. It was all for show, so that maybe, Koso would relax enough to give them an opportunity to steal his sword and cut their chain.
Look at how well that turned out. He should have never listened to that f**king little sh**! How big of an idiot did that make himself though.
What, did he think Lloyd might feel grateful that he saved him. That he would forgive him. Tell Sensei, he changed and was all better now and could come bac-
'No!' Morro scolded himself. 'Don't even think about, him , it's not worth it,... it ….won't change anything thinking about him, all it will do is bring up some stupid f**king wounds you stupid f**ker!'
Morro was so lost in his thoughts he didn't hear the subtle sound of a door opening and closing, or it doing so again ten minutes later, followed by the sound of a knife chopping meat and water boiling.
He was only broken from his thoughts when he heard footsteps entering the room and opening the door.
When Morro looked up slightly, he was surprised to see Lloyd standing there with a sturdy cutting board and two wooden bowls filled to the brim with what appeared to be some kind of meat stew. The wind master raised an eyebrow as Lloyd carefully sat down on his side of the squished together twin beds and carefully sat down the board between him and Morro before gently setting the bowls on the far ends, one right in front of him and one next of the wind master. He then neatly set a spoon in his soup before depositing one in Morro's.
The former ghost eyed the meal skeptically, seemingly confused. Noticing this Lloyd quickly explained.
"I decided to make a meat stew from one of the male chickens we caught yesterday, it was hard to cut his head off, but I just wasn't in the mood for eggs so…...bon appetit I guess."
"Why….Why would you care if I eat, it's not like Koso's around to see."
Lloyd coughed slightly as he swallowed his first spoonful silently wishing he had let it cool more.
"I- Well why did you let yourself get hit by him instead of me? It was my own stupid fault I got caught."
"I-Just shut up and leave me alone." Morro spat.
"Are, are you feeling any better ?"
"What do you f**king think?!"
Morro snapped.
Lloyd almost considered pointing out that if he had just let Koso cast that sleeping spell on him he wouldn't be feeling any pain at all right now, but for some reason he could not identify decided against it.
"Ok sorry I asked…,but you know you might feel better if you try to eat something."
"I'd rather go hungry than kill myself trying to lift up a f**king spoon" Morro explained crudely.
"Oh…." Lloyd hated himself so much right now. "Ummmm, ok…..I can help with that." Lloyd said awkwardly reaching over and grasping Morro's spoon.
Morro eyes immediately blazed a light with indignant fury. "No, f**king do what I think you're about to do and I will make your life a living he-!" The wind master was cut off when his mouth was assaulted in the form of a spoon of now cooled off chicken stew being shoved into his mouth.
Morro considered screaming, ,but as the warm soup glided down his throat and fell into his empty belly, he couldn't find it in him to do more than glare angrily at Lloyd as he gently removed the utensil once its contents were emptied.
"Did that….taste ok?"
"I-you-, don't you EVER do that again!" Morro yelled, though he soon regretted it for it caused a deafening pain in his cracked ribs.
After taking a long minute to recover the wind master turned his head away from the green ninja and stared dejectedly at the wall, feeling nothing more than completely embarrassed.
After a few minutes of awkward silence Lloyd spoke. "Look I,...I'm sorry I did that ok, it's just I think it would be best for you to have a full stomach tonight, dealing with pain from not only injuries,but hinge as well isn't easy believe me I know and you should as well."
Morro's face scrunched up in anger, though Lloyd couldn't see it because he still hadn't turned his face away from the wall. For the next few minutes Morro listened with jealousy as Lloyd quietly ate his soup.
As much as the wind master hated to admit it, Lloyd was kind of right, he didn't really want to go hungry tonight either ,but he just didn't know if his pride could take f**king Lloyd feeding him. That would be more humiliating than getting defeated by that stupid water girl was.
Of course it's not like he wasn't already pretty humbled already considering thus far he had been, captured, chained,beat, and now this. Did it really matter anymore if his self worth dropped just a few more inches.
His stomach was definitely saying no it didn't, and Morro decided he might as well listen to it. So dragging his wounded ego, Morro slowly turning his head away from the wall and let his eyes fall on the warm bowl of soup before him.
Taking the clear invitation, Lloyd quickly, although still awkwardly used Morro's spoon to scoop up another serving of chicken stew and after adjusting the former ghost's head slightly with his hand much to Morro's chagrin, carefully began feeding the wind master. It didn't take long until the bowl was empty and Lloyd was able to take everything back to the kitchen.
Once that was done, Morro heard the sound of Lloyd walking back to the room. The wind master expected the green ninja to lie down on his bed, but was soon surprised when all that happened was Lloyd blew out the candle light that had been keeping the room from being submerged into complete darkness save for the moonlight coming from the window.
"I'll sleep on the couch so you can rest easier." The blonde explained before making his way towards the door and shutting it, leaving Morro completely alone in the dark.
The wind master stared at the door for several minutes with one thought remaining constant in his mind.
'I don't need your pity'