I don't own anything. Thank you for all of your great reviews! They make my day when I read them. I also just finished all my finals for this semester. Enjoy Chapter 4!
-Kai's P.O.V.-
I woke up in a room with metal on the walls and I was on a bed. "Oh, good you're awake," I quickly turned toward the door and saw a man with white hair.
"Who are you?" I asked.
The man smiled gently, "My name is Julian. What about you?"
"Kai-" I stopped talking realizing that no one could know.
"That's an interesting name. I have a son named Zane. I think he's about your age."
"Where is he?"
"He's playing outside. He was waiting in here for you to wake up, but then got bored so he went to play," Julian started heading for the stairs, "I'll just go get him then we'll have dinner."
I sat there not knowing what to do when I heard someone running down the stairs then Julian yelling, "Slow down Zane! He's not going anywhere."
Suddenly a face with white hair and blue eyes was in front of me saying, "Hi! I'm Zane!" He held out his hand while he continued to talk, "My dad told me your name is Kai. Where are your parents? Why were you out there in the cold? Are you ok? Do you know how to hand shake?" Zane finished as he realized I was just staring at his hand.
"What's a hand shake?" I asked, my parents only taught me to bow and to greet people kindly.
Zane looked baffled, then smiled, "I'll teach you. You grab each others hands and shake them like this," Zane grabbed my hand and shook it.
"Thank you for teaching me." I smiled a bit.
"Your welcome," Zane beamed, "So why were you out there in the cold?"
I looked down, "I don't want to talk about it."
Zane nodded, "Alright," Then he grabbed my wrist and started to drag me off, "Come on! Dad make chicken and rice and he makes the best food!"
"So you knew Zane before you become a ninja?" Jay asked. By now the other ninja were sitting on the other beds surrounding mine.
I nodded, "Zane doesn't remember because he wasn't a nindroid then."
"So Zane wasn't always an nindroid?"
"Exactly."
"So then how was he human then a robot?"
"You'll learn about that later. Can I continue?" Everyone nodded.
After dinner I was shown to the guest room and almost immediately fell asleep. I stayed there for a few months, almost completely forgetting what I was supposed to do, and then they came. They worked for my Aunt and called themselves the fire army. No one could beat them no matter how hard they tried. Anyways, they came in the middle of the night. I was up because I just had a nightmare so I was looking outside at the stars, "Mom, Dad. I miss you, a lot, but I will do as you have asked and find the heart when the time is right. I already made one friend that I believe will help me in the future," Then I saw someone walk by the window wearing red pants with leather boots that I would noticed anywhere. My eyes widened and I let out a quiet gasp that was heard from outside. I quickly dove under the bed and waited there until I heard them walking away.
I then quietly started to pack a bag with a few extra clothes. I was about to leave the room when I heard Zane ask, "Kai, where are you going?"
"I'm sorry, but I have to go. I can't stay any longer."
"Can't it wait until morning?" Zane sat up and started stretching.
I opened my mouth to answer when a knock came at the door with a voice saying, "Kaito Flamely come out now and we won't hurt your friends."
Zane's eyes widened as he whispered shouted, "Your the Prince of the fire kingdom?!"
"Yes," I answered, "And if they get me then all of Ninjago will perish. There after the Fire Heart and only I know where it is."
Then Dr. Julian came in, "Hurry and pack a bag. I know a way we can get out of here," I then helped Zane pack a backpack and Dr. Julian led us through the house and into a secret workshop, "We need to be very quiet when we leave and you need to do everything I tell you to without exception." Zane and I both nodded.
Dr. Julian then opened the door quietly and slowly. He looked around then led us to another tree, "Wait here," I grabbed Zanes arm and dragged him behind the tree. We waited there for about five minutes when Julian showed up again and started leading us away.
We walked in silence until Zane screamed, "Watch out!" While pushing me out of the way.
I landed on the ground not to far away, but when I looked back Zane was falling to the ground with a sword wound in his side, "ZANE!" I screamed while going to kneel next to him. I immediately put my hands against the wound and started to whisper, "Come on Zane, don't leave me. Stay with me…"
There was a yell as the soldiers spotted us, "There he is! Get him!" They ran towards us, but I put up a wall of fire around us. It wouldn't hurt us, but it sure would hurt them. Well, if they tried to come near us.
I looked at Dr. Julian and asked, "What should we do?"
Julian pulled out some gauze and started to wrap Zane's wound while saying, "If you can hold the soldiers off then I can get Zane to where we were going and fix him up."
"How far do you want them?"
"As far as possible."
I nodded then made my firewall become solid and made sure that it wouldn't burn anyone. It slowly started to move back and push all of the soldiers along with it. In ten minutes it had them almost back to the fire kingdom castle, and that is when it disappeared, "Lead the way," I replied when the wall disappeared and I could follow.
He nodded and slowly made his way through the Birchwood forest. We were closer to the edge, but still a ways in. We entered another tree and went into a metal room. Julien gently set Zane down on the only bed in the room then got all the medical supplies he could find. We washed and wrapped the wound, then we waited. We waited for days yet there was no improvement. In fact, Zane was getting worse. Two weeks later I noticed the skin around the gash was blue and black, "Julien!" I called.
Dr. Julien came running in, "What's wrong?"
"The blade was poisoned," I showed him the discolored skin, "I'm guessing they used the fire flower."
"That's only deadly when mixed with a snowdrop."
"Which is exactly what they did," I felt the tears start to fall down my face, "And there is no cure,"
"We could save him," My head jerked up, "But I don't know how to capture a soul."
"I do!" I ran to the kitchen, "All I need is a clean jar," I tried to find one, but after five minutes of searching I grabbed a jar and dumped out it's continents, then I washed it out in the sink.
"Are you sure you can handle it?" Julian asked as I walked into the room while drying the jar.
"It may wear me out, but I should be ok."
"Have you done this before?"
"No, but he saved my life. Now it's time for me to save his."
Julian nodded, "What do you need me to do?"
"Just make sure this jar doesn't break when I'm done." I had the lid in one hand and the jar in the other. I started to speak in the ancient language while putting elemental magic into my words, "Save this soul, Into this jar, Until a body is ready, For his life, Is not yet done. Let him live, From this evil!" The last line I yelled and once I finished a white light came out of Zane and into the jar. I quickly closed it and locked the lid into place. Julian came over and supported me before I collapsed on the ground. He gently took the jar and put it on the ground next to the bed with Zane's body.
"Come, you need some rest," Julian started to lead me to my room, "Tomorrow you can help me build Zane's new body."
"Ok," Was all I said and as soon as my head hit the pillow I was asleep.
"Do you still know how to do that?" Zane asked. I nodded my head numbly.
"So, you bacily saved Zane's life after he saved yours?" Jay asked.
"Yes, I couldn't let him die if I could do something about it." I answered.
"Is that why I can feel human emotions?" Zane questioned.
"It's also why you are going to die when you get about 100 years old."
No one said anything for a minute, then Jay asked, "So what happened after that?"
"Not much, I helped Dr. Julian build Zane and was able to make his power source his spirit."
"So, what about his elemental powers?" Sensei asked as he finally came into the room.
"I was able to keep his elemental powers with his spirit so when he started to 'power up' his elemental powers started to go through him."
"So, why don't I remember you then?" Zane asked
I sighed, "I hid when he powered you on…"
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