Hey guys! Sorry it took so long again, recently I came to a kind of hard decision about the status of one of my stories. Anyway that's neither here nor there I'm back now. I really hope y'all enjoy this new chapter ,but first

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ItsyoGreenGirl - Lol yeah Koso is honestly just a trooper if nothing else and I'm glad you like the idea for Lloyd teaching Morro how to read it's something I've kinda wanted to do for a while now. Also sorry this is late ,but great job with your recent uploads! Your hard work inspired me to get off my lazy butt and get back to writing.

GreenNinja429 - Really!? That's so cool. I actually have a cousin named Elizabeth and she's freaking awesome so I decided to use her name just cause. She doesn't know I write fanfics ,but if she did I know she would literally laugh so hard and probably judge me for the rest of eternity :3

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Chapter 24

"Look I don't know how many times I have to say it, We didn't do nothing!"

As Kai stared down the tattooed thief currently handcuffed to the interrogation table, he couldn't resist entertaining the idea of throwing his chair through the two way mirror if for nothing else then to alleviate some of his frustration. The criminal's name was Anthony Casterbrooke, a small time crook guilty of nothing more than the occasional petty theft. Apparently he had grown tired of the small game though and wanted to steal something bigger,something that would make his name known in Ninjago's underground crime syndicate at least according to his 'partners' anyway. The two goons were all too quick to put the blame on him after their arrest, saying he was the one in charge, the one who planned out the entirety of the attempted realm crystal heist.

Kai didn't know if that was entirely true or not and frankly he didn't care. All that mattered was getting answers. For Lloyd.

"I just find it interesting that just two f**king weeks after we got you idiots arrested my brother goes missing."

"Are you f**king serious dude!? We were in Kryptarium the whole time and even if we weren't you really think we could do something like that, to the f**king green ninja?! " The criminal shouted back, tactically abandoning any remaining sense of pride for fear of invoking even more of the fire master's vengeful wrath.

"Oh believe me I don't doubt that for a second, no what I'm thinking is that maybe you have a boss we don't know about, and maybe he got really pissed when his goons couldn't get the job done." Kai theorized his tone of absolute certainty, starkly contrasting to the off the walls hypothesis he was crazily spouting out.

"Hmph."

"Something amusing?"

"Yeah." The thief admitted once he had recovered, his gravelly voice riding on the edge of sarcasm. "Your stupidity is just ...hilarious if I'm being honest. I mean f**king hell dude, you know not everything that happens to your little boys and girls club is the result of some criminal mastermind! Did it even occur to you that maybe the little green b**ch just ran off on his own, f**k maybe he just got tired of all you r*****ed c***-"

Whatever else Anthony had left to spout out would forever be unknown because it's hard to talk when you're being grabbed around the throat and hoisted out of your seat like a rag doll. Kai knew he must have looked murderous - guys like Anthony didn't drop their tough guy act for nothing- ,but he didn't care. He just wanted the dumb f**k to shut up already.

"If you say another f**king word I swear I'll-"

"Kai! Stop!" The sound of Zane's metallic voice filled the small room. Soon accompanying it was the nindroid's arms latching around Kai's shoulders unrelenting in the process of dragging him away from the fearful thief.

Before the fire master could process what was happening he was already being pushed through the door with the sound of Andrew gasping for breath quickly drowned out by Zane's rapid fire questioning.

"Kai, are you okay? Do you know where you are? Do you feel-"

"Why did you do that?! He was just about to..." The red ninja trailed, immediately regretting snapping when he saw the intensity of his brother's urgent stare all ,but triple. "Look I'm sorry it's just I thought if I could just get a lead or something then-"

"It's okay Kai. That's not important right now. There's something I need to tell you." Zane explained cutting the brunette off.

"What is it?"

"This morning after you left, Jay and I found a letter out on the front deck. I decided to analyze handwriting and...it matched Lloyd's at 100%"

"...WHAT!?"

ForgottenFamily

1 day prior

'Ok ok, deep breaths. C'mon Lloyd you can do this! You have to!'

Lloyd's eyes could have bulged out of his sockets with the intensity in which he was trying to concentrate.

Varied mantras of self assurance were set on repeat within the blonde's mind as he focused the rest of his dwindling energy supply on sitting perfectly still against the trunk of the tree he had chosen to meditate under.

He channeled all of his effort into sparring, especially passionate that day. Koso said he needed to be tired, well he was definitely f**king tired right now.

Any doubt still left within his mind about the validity of Koso's many less than believable claims had all but been shoved to the back of his mind, as the central goal of getting something to happen took priority.

If he could just do that then he could send his letters and maybe just maybe they could figure out some miraculous way to find him. Most importantly though, his mom, Kai, everyone would know he was alright, that he was alive and not being subjugated to horrific tortures. Lloyd felt no knew, that he needed to do this, if for no other reason than to soothe the mental anguish he knows he selfishly puts them through everytime he lets his stupid idiotic self get captured.

'C'mon Lloyd you've moved a f**king mountain. This should be easy compared to that. C'mon in and out,in and out-'

"Alright then, times up. That will be all for today."

ForgottenFamily

Koso had never considered himself especially sympathetic. How anyone who lived a life similar to his own could be would always be one of the great mysteries forever lost to him.

However he would have in his possession the silver tongue of the greatest courtesan to have ever lived if he claimed the way Lloyd refused to so much acknowledge the cooked rabbit in front of him didn't at the very least cause him to feel a little concerned. Tonight his ongoing hunch about Lloyd sneaking food to Jasper under the table had finally been confirmed when he caught the blonde trying to feed the dog the entirety of his dinner.

"You do realize that ogling at your food like a simpleton will not make it suddenly disappear."

For a moment- while it was clear the brat had heard him- it appeared Lloyd had yet to realize Koso was speaking to him.

Despite his agitation, the teal eyed man could somewhat understand. Most of his scolding was usually directed at his other ungrateful charge.

"You are also aware that the same applies to me as well? Lloyd?" Koso prompted again. If the blonde ignored him a second time at least he wouldn't be able to excuse his rudeness on mere confusion.

"I'm not hungry." The green ninja softly replied, his declaration soon followed by the act of pushing his plate towards the other end of the table. Jasper looked as if he could have cried at how easy it would be for him to knock the food to the floor, the only thing halting him from doing so a sharp glare from Koso letting the wolf know his actions would bring nothing ,but brutal retaliation (most likely in the form of being locked outside a couple nights).

"Is that so?" Koso asked once he had turned his attention back to his young relative.

The blonde's somber nod would have broken the heart of any woman, but of course Koso with his stone heart was completely and utterly unmoved. That's why he didn't even hesitate to continue badging the boy.

"Well perhaps I sho-"

"Can I be excused?"

"No." The teal eyed man responded without thinking whilst unknowingly narrowing his eyes. " You can't. In fact you can sit here all night if you want because you're not leaving until you eat." The straw hat wearing man explained whilst effortlessly pushing Lloyd's discarded plate back towards him.

The blonde's green eyes widened almost immediately as a dark red hue began to bloom across his pale face, whether it was due to embarrassment, anger, or a mixture of the two only the brat himself would ever know.

"Are you serious?!" Lloyd asked incredulously, his angered tone now drawing Morro's attention as well. Sparing a brief glance at the ravenette, Koso was almost surprised when he saw a hint of what appeared to be worry flash within the wind master's grey-green irises.

"Yes." Came the straw hat wearing man's blunt reply. "Have I ever not been thus far?" Koso mockingly asked.

"This is ridiculous. You're ridiculous." Something within Koso's vast intuition told him the energy master was referring to more than just this specific instance.

"If you're going to do nothing but throw pointless insults around then there isn't really a purpose to this conversation is there?" Koso quickly retorted, ignoring the irony behind him of all people stating that.

Lloyd's response came in the form of slouching back into his chair and continuing to ignore his dinner whilst continuously mumbling what the sorcerer could only assume was a long list of the aforementioned pointless insults.

For a moment Koso could only watch the irritating display in silent awe before the need to verbalize his visible annoyance was just too immensely powerful to resist.

"You know mumbling to yourself isn't really the alternative I had in mind."

Logically the teal eyed man knew he should have expected another petulant form of retaliation, however he couldn't quite deny the fact he was a little taken aback

when Lloyd slowly lifted his head back up to glare at him. It wasn't so much the blatant vexation in his expression that caught Koso off guard -Departed Realm knows he's more than used to seeing that emotion flared up around his presence (mostly whenever he comes across a reflective surface)- so much as the underlying despair accompanying it.

"Would you just-can't you just leave me alone!?"

"-Why couldn't you have just left me dead?!"

'Why do I keep getting into these situations with them? Am I truly so horrible? Tera if you can hear my pleas won't you please take mercy on an old soul and help me out a little down here?'

Without realizing it, the ravenette had unintentionally allowed his mental sigh to cross over from the realm of imagination into reality causing Lloyd to arch a sweaty brow in confusion.

"..uh...Koso?"

"That's enough. Finish your dinner." Koso snapped, hoping his firmness was intimidating enough to disguise the subtle embarrassment that had only briefly made an appearance upon his customary stern visage.

The energy master looked nowhere done with the argument and in fact fully prepared to continue uselessly bickering. However before he could act on such obvious desires, something seemed to have abruptly dawned on him. Koso had no clue as to what it was, but whatever was now on the green ninja's mind it was apparently important enough for him to suddenly turn to Morro, who had been quietly staring at the pair up until now.

The pair shared a moment of eye contact so brief it would have made the master of speed green with envy before Lloyd hastily turned back to his food and to Koso's mild bemusement began to sloppily shuffle the sustenance into his mouth whilst doing a very good impression of Jasper in the process (not that Koso voiced such commentary, he was positive he had belittled the boy enough for one night).

And so the rest of the meal commenced under a strange yet peaceful blanket of silence until everyone had all but licked their plate clean-Koso was feeling generous so he decided he would let Jasper do the honors- then before the raven haired man had even been able to dismiss them his young relatives had already vacated their seats, leaving him completely and utterly alone at the kitchen table with Jasper as his only remaining companion.

"I suppose you find this amusing?" Koso spitefully asked, sparing a glance at the wolf who was too engrossed in scraping every last bit of food he could from the abandoned dinner plates to care. "Oh shut up." The sorcerer spat anyway.

ForgottenFamily

Morro didn't know why ,but he couldn't stop fidgeting as he stared at Lloyd. The blonde sat cross legged across from him on the floor whilst taking out several sheets of unused parchment and a charcoal pencil.

So this was actually happening, he was about to be taught how to read by his most scorned enemy.

Life was just full of f**king surprises wasn't it.

Truthfully Morro had no idea what unusual force had prompted him to ask the energy master such an odd favor last night. All he knew at the time was that he didn't want to have to ask Koso (he had already embarrassed himself enough in front of the man) and so naturally Lloyd was his only other viable option.

Whatever had made the green ninja actually say yes to his proposal Morro also had no clue. Maybe it was pity, maybe it was a misplaced sense of guilt or hell, maybe the blonde was simply thrilled to have something to lord over the wind master's head (though if Morro were being honest he doubted that).

All the former ghost knew for sure was that they were in fact going ahead with this, and Morro was not looking forward to it in the slightest- he could already see the smug look that would no doubt be present upon the energy master's features as he repeatedly talked down to him- ,but none of that mattered now. He had made the decision to ask, now he had to deal with the consequences like a man.

"Okay so, real quick do you uh, know the alphabet?"

The blank look Morro shot Lloyd's way must have given him the answer he was looking for because he didn't even wait for the wind master to speak before continuing.

"Alright, so that's where we'll begin then." The blonde explained, laying down a piece of parchment paper down flat for Morro to see.

On the paper was a long list of characters. All of them the wind master could remember seeing at least one point and time during his lifetime in different words and phrases he could never understand.

"So, I'm supposed to memorize all of these?" The former spirit questioned looking up to Lloyd for confirmation.

The blonde quickly nodded in affirmation ,but not without supplying. "Well yeah, but there's actually a pretty easy way to remember them all."

"How?"

"Well It's a song. It goes like thi-"

"A song?!" The ravenette beseeched, keeping his volume down so as not to alert Koso of their current activities.

"Uh yeah." Lloyd dumbly replied. "We're all taught it as children..." It could have been his own imagination ,but Morro could have sworn he saw the blonde flinch as he trailed off. As if in realization that in fact not every child had the luxury of education growing up.

"I am not singing." The wind master stubbornly stated. He'd rather memorize the characters the hard way than damage his already battered pride any further than by singing of all things.

Lloyd didn't seem to agree with the sentiment though. "Oh c'mon, it's not even really a song, just like a..uh..melody."

"That's still a song." The wind master immediately rebutted matter of factly.

"No it's- Look it's gonna take you forever to remember all those letters if you try to do it without the song."

"You're wrong." Morro retorted defensively. "I have a great memory."

"Oh really?" Lloyd sarcastically asked before swiftly turning the parchment over and grabbing a fresh sheet.

"Show me what the first letter looked like." The blonde ordered, casually dropping his charcoal pencil into the wind master's unsteady grasp.

Never one to back down from a challenge, Morro shot the green ninja a quick glare before looking back down to the blank paper in front of him.

'Okay, c'mon what did it look like, what did it look like.'

The wind master concentrated all of his efforts into recreating the image of the first character.

As anyone ,but Morro himself could have predicted the efforts were in vain and he honestly couldn't remember a single detail about the character.

Still he would rather face another one of Koso's attacks head on before admitting defeat and so, with a (only slightly) shaky grip he carefully began to bring the pencil down in contact with the parchment. However just when he was about to begin 'writing' , Lloyd apparently felt the need to say something.

"Wait so you're left handed?"

'Huh?' Morro mentally questioned as he looked up to see that yes he had in fact switched the pencil holding hand over to his left without even thinking about it. Come to think of it while the wind master had never actually written anything up until now he had attempted

painting before, way back when he had still lived with Wu - the old man had told him it would help him with his nerves- and he did most often use his left hand. Old habits die hard he supposed.

"Yeah so?"

"Uh, no it's cool. I was just surprised that's all. I actually am too" The blonde explained, lifting up his left hand before going silent once more.

With that conversation dropped, Morro was once again left to flounder as he continued to stare at the daunting paper below him. After releasing a sigh, that he refused to admit meant defeat, the former ghost resigned himself to his fate like a criminal about to be hanged and quickly got through the task as quickly as possible.

Refusing to look up at Lloyd, he carefully slid his paper over to the green ninja without a word.

"Well that's wrong." At least the blonde didn't beat about the bush. "It's actually supposed to look like this." Lloyd elaborated before quickly drawing the correct letter structure and showing Morro.

Side by side, their handwriting was night and day, with the wind master's a complete sloppy mess of random lines and dots and Lloyd's straight, focused, and clean.

'Just like everything else.' Morro bitterly thought as he continued to uselessly stare down at the paper.

Lloyd must have felt some semblance of sympathy because he was quick to say, "Look, everyone has to work to learn these things, okay. I'm just saying that by using the song we'll be able to progress a lot faster." Morro must have not looked convinced because Lloyd was quick to add, "I mean isn't that something you've always been passionate about, improving as fast as possible?"

'F**k when did I become so easy to manipulate?' The wind master mentally sighed before slowly nodding his head in agreement.

"Yeah yeah okay, just….tell me how it f**king goes." Morro snapped, pretending he did not see the small victory smile that graced Lloyd's pale features.

ForgottenFamily

'Looks like I'll have to make another trip to the well soon. I only have four buckets left' Koso noted as he carefully drained a pale of fresh water into the sink before dumping in his sparse kitchenware and grabbing a nearby bar of soap.

After he had forcefully pried the plates from Jasper who was still somehow delusional enough to believe there was some hidden scrap of food he hadn't snathced up yet, the wolf of course had no reason to stay and so Koso was left alone with nothing but the tedious task of washing dishes to distract his intellect.

'I wonder what those brats are up to now.' Koso thoughtfully pondered as he listened closely for the irking sound of arguing and or general rowdiness that he had come to expect over their short time spent living together. Surprisingly enough though, tonight the man was graced with nothing more than utter silence.

As the ravenette's mind began to wander aimlessly it wasn't long before he began thinking back to Lloyd.

Why did the boy have that look in his eyes? Koso knew it was very possible Lloyd was simply feeling homesick for the upteenth time ,but something about the way the brat acted tonight seemed different.

'Of course this is my luck as soon as I'm done dealing with the runaway, the other one decides to give me trouble. I wonder if they planned this.' The sorcerer mused as he was once again reminded of his little escapade two nights ago.

"For f**k's sakes give me a break. I can count at least a dozen more fancy titles such as that on my hand alone, cause you know what? That's all they are, vapid labels that mean nothing I mean, LOOK AROUND YOU!"

Koso couldn't help ,but shudder as he thought back to his sanctimonious speech that night.

'To curse at a child, how uncouth of me.' And yet, for some strange reason Koso couldn't bring himself to regret what he said that night.

"You can do this and you still think you need to possess some meaningless title to prove yourself!"

What the sedge hat wearing man was shameful of though, was his young relatives' lack of progress. Koso was never one to doubt himself, he was hardly ever allowed to with the crushing weight of responsibility bestowed upon him since before he was even born and yet now…..he hadn't even gotten them to summon so much as a fraction of his-their elemental.

'Don't be upset with me Tera, but I truly have no idea what it is I am doing wrong.' The teal eyed man uselessly admitted, sensing that tonight sadly he would most likely not be granted with a premonition of his dead wife to give him answers.

'Perhaps I'm simply not being cruel enough?' Koso humorlessly joked as he finally finished drying the last dish before putting it on the adjacent counter with the others for tomorrow's use.

After draining the sink, the magic wielder realized he now had nothing aside from sleep to look forward to for the night. However Koso couldn't imagine laying himself to rest at least for now, he was simply far too awake. He considered writing another entry in his written account, but that idea did not appeal to him, what would he say that he hadn't already?

'I do wonder what those idiots are up to at the moment.' Koso pondered as his gaze slowly strayed to their bedroom door down the hall. Surely they wouldn't mind too much, if nothing else he could simply bark at them to go to sleep.

Deciding to firmly stick with that course of logic, Koso silently made his way to their room, only pausing when he approached the closed wooden door.

Ever the gentleman, the sedge hat wearing man gave them quick three knocks as warning before he gracefully swung the wooden barrier open.

Upon entering Koso was mildly surprised when he saw the two teenagers both fast asleep, with his abrupt appearance doing very little to rouse them from the realm of slumber.

Jasper seemed to be the only other one awake as evidenced by the wide unblinking bright blue eyes illuminating the darkness around him as he sat atop Morro's sleeping form.

Despite himself, Koso couldn't help smirking (not smiling) at the comical sight.

'Comfortable are we?" The sedge hat wearing man softly quipped before quietly treading over to Lloyd's side of the room.

The green ninja lay precariously on his side, facing the wall. His blonde hair was an untamable mess as it rested against the pillow. Koso might have laughed at the display were he not afraid to wake the boy up.

Feeling a little silly just standing in their bedroom like this, the teal eyed man was about to make his way out the door, however before he could, something suddenly caught his eye.

Lloyd's letters. There they were, in a neat stack on the floor beside his bed (Koso knew they were Lloyd's because one, the top of the first page had a large Dear and two, whose else would they be).

Without really thinking about it, the sedge hat wearing man had already begun to gingerly kneeled down so that he could pick up the numerous pages of parchment. He only paused in his actions when a sudden sense of guilt washed over him. Should he really be reading the boy's words? They weren't written for his eyes….,but then again ...he really couldn't run the risk of the brat flat out telling his little companions everything about his location( not that Koso would have any difficulty defeating them should the need to do so arise ,but he really did not need anymore interference, he already had plenty to deal with at the moment) so surely it would do no one any harm if he were to simply skim through the letter.

Right? Yes, yes of course…..

…

….

…...of course

ForgottenFamily

'Well that was, interesting.' Koso thought as he carefully laid the parchments back down into the neat untouched pile they had been but just a few moments ago.

The teal eyed man hadn't truly known what he expected to get out of reading the content boy's message ,but he still managed to be somewhat intrigued.

His hunch about Lloyd giving away his location had turned out to be true. Though it was surprisingly more subtle than he expected, with only minor hints giving away clues to his setting as opposed to the blatant paragraphs on top of paragraphs detailing every last inch of his surroundings that Koso had expected.

" I guess you're more clever than I first assumed." Koso whispered as he stole a glance at the sleeping brat before thinking back to the other contents that had interested him.

So that pompous old man he had knocked unconscious all those weeks ago, was in fact this great sensei Wu he had been hearing so much about.

From the blonde's letter, it almost seemed as if the old fool was actually not half bad at his profession either.

' and he's had a hand in training both insufferable brat number 1 and 2. Maybe...no,no I couldn't. I took him out so easily, I've fought in wars older than him. How could I possibly benefit by asking him for advice?'

'Because while you may be stronger than he, you don't know how to handle these children.' A voice whispered inside his mind.

'What? That's ridiculous. I can handle them just fine.' Koso uselessly argued (with who he wasn't even sure )

'So fine that one of them tries to run away?'

'Well that's to be expected is it not? It's not as if they agreed to be here. Besides I had nothing to do with the idiot running off like that he did because of his own stupidity.'

'Stupidity or not, the fact is you were unprepared. You're in over your head Koso. It doesn't matter what you went through in your lifetime, these boys have lived different lives from you. You need to understand them if you are to succeed.'

Despite himself Koso couldn't help ,but sigh. It seemed like all anyone was doing nowadays was telling him he was in the wrong. First Greta, then Elizabeth, now even his own mind was against him.

'Well perhaps it couldn't hurt to listen. It seems like fighting has gotten me nowhere.' Koso mused as he slowly stood up.

Koso had never considered himself to be an especially rash decision maker ,but as of this moment right now he was going to have to change that.

'Alright, boy. Since you're sensei's such a genius why don't I go and have a chat with him.' Koso firmly decided as he turned to leave the room so they wouldn't hear him snap his fingers. However before he could make his way out the door, his gaze was once again drawn back to Lloyd's letter.

Breathing a small sigh, Koso silently gathered the stack of parchment ,but not before slowly shaking his head as he stared down at his sleeping relative.

'I must be going soft if I am going as far as to break a deal with you. Oh well you'll just have to forgive me for that, little brat.'

With that, Koso walked out of the room and snapped his fingers ,but not before leaving a small note on the kitchen table.

I went to run some errands. Lloyd don't fret about your letter. I am delivering it as we speak. I'll most likely be back around evening. I casted another barrier around the cottage so you will both be stuck inside today. Do as you wish ,but if I find so much as a speck of dust out of place when I get back... well I'll let your imagination do the work. Oh and one more thing, there's another rabbit kill I caught two days ago in the cabinet above the stove you two can cook that for dinner.

ForgottenFamily

Lloyd wasn't sure what time it was when he woke up all he knew was that it was still dark outside.

'Oh great I love it when this happens.' The blonde mentally rolled his eyes, as a yawn was torn from him.

Not feeling optimistic to the possibility that he could fall back asleep, Lloyd decided to distract himself by looking over to Morro and Jasper hoping that maybe the dog had done something funny again.

His hopes were quickly dashed over, when oddly enough it appeared that Morro was the only one occupying his bed at the moment.

'Wait, what? Where's Jasper?' The wolf had been with him when they went to bed earlier, why had he left. Ever since the canine meant them, he had basically worshipped the ground Morro walked on.

Feeling curious Lloyd decided what better to do than to investigate and if Koso got mad at him than whatever, it wasn't like he wasn't already used to it.

With his mind firmly set, the blonde slowly edged his way out his bed and carefully tiptoed his way to the door. Looking back at Morro, Lloyd had never been so thankful to have succeeded in not waking someone up.

'Hmph that's weird I could have sworn the door was closed earlier.' The blonde mused before shrugging it off and quietly stepping out of the room.

'Okay Jasper where are yo-'

Lloyd could have broke the sound barrier were he to release the shrill scream clawing its way up his throat as he stared in stunned silence at Jasper who was literally curled up against the wall where the short hallway ended.

"You..you really scared me there." Lloyd confessed to the wolf who had seemingly just now noticed his presence.

What the canine did next astounded (and scared) the blonde even more.

He barked.

Very...very loudly!

Immediately panicked, Lloyd crouched down frantically trying to get the animal to stop.

"Shh! No Jasper, no!"

The wolf paid his commands no heed though and instead almost seemed to be trying to communicate something to him.

"Shhh! What, what is it boy-Jasper!" Lloyd gasped as the wolf grabbed a hold of his sleeve and forcefully pulled him towards the wall.

"What? I don't understand Boy." The blonde admitted ,but the canine remained undeterred in his efforts to push Lloyd up against the wall.

"Would you stop. Jasper please, this is…"

Lloyd trailed off as he suddenly felt something poking into his back. Very confused at this point, the blonde slowly turned around.

Lloyd must have been going crazy. He must have that would be the only way to explain what he was currently experiencing.

How else...HOW ELSE could you explain a big bright red door suddenly appearing in the wall! That was just….insane!

Jasper however didn't seem too fazed and in fact, almost ….ecstatic.

"Wait...was this...is this what you wanted?" The blonde slowly asked, ignoring the very odd fact that Koso hadn't woken up yet.

If the canine could understand him, Lloyd was sure he would be shaking his head yes.

"Wow so..I don't know. Is this like Koso's doing?" The blonde pointlessly asked.

Jasper seemed too thrilled to care about the energy master's confusion though, as evidenced by the way he happily jumped up and down against the door practically trying to break it open with his body weight alone. When that tactic inevitably didn't work however, the wolf was quick to turn his big blue puppy dog eyes to Lloyd whilst whining desperately.

'He wants me to open it…' The blonde dumbly concluded

"I don't know, what if Koso wakes up?" Lloyd reasoned aloud despite the fact he knew Jasper couldn't answer him.

'But wait this could be a good thing!' The green ninja realized. 'Yeah if Koso went through the lengths to hide it, maybe there's something in there that can help defeat him!'

"Okay ,but we'll have to be quiet." Lloyd told the dog before gingerly resting his hand on the knob. It was stone cold and dusty like it hadn't been kept in ages. Looking back down at the excited Jasper, the blonde briefly wondered if this was a mistake.

'Well too late to turn back now anyway.' The green ninja hastily decided before taking in a deep breath and slowly turning the knob.

'Okay, here goes nothing!'

I mean let's be honest hasn't your dog gotten you into trouble before? Lol I know mine has thank you all for reading. I appreciate all your guys' feedback and support! Till next time.