A/N: Hey there! Time to fight pirates! Thinking things over…this chapter might lead to interesting conversations between Kai and Nya. Might also be shorter than usual since apparently the episode shows more of the bad guys than Kai… ugh.

Anyways! Hope you all enjoy this adventure that our favorite Ninja are having!

Disclaimer: I own Nothing! Except for any OC name drops that might happen!

Chapter Two: Pirates?!

I watched Jay and Zane work on training Lloyd from where I was cleaning the dinner dishes. The kitchen being in the same room as the living room actually was helpful in that aspect. I flinched as they crashed to the floor, tripping over a box that we still hadn't unpacked yet.

Jay sprung back to his feet, annoyance flaring in his eyes. "Oh come on! This place is too small to train Lloyd in!"

Zane brushed himself off, before helping Lloyd back to his feet. "Indeed. There is no room in here for the maneuvers that our training requires of us."

Murmurs of agreement rippled through the room as Cole finally placed his feet on the floor. Sensei entered the room right then from the bedroom we all shared…you ever tried shoving six beds into a room only big enough for one bed? Yeah, don't. Especially since that doesn't include our six dressers…and closet space. Really annoying trying to figure out that jigsaw puzzle. Sensei hummed to himself, tapping his staff against the worn-out flooring.

"Perchance there is somewhere out in the city we can use for training?" Sensei suggested, looking over the disaster that was the makeshift training center.

Nodding in agreement, we filed out the apartment single file. Time to go looking for some place to train Lloyd, outside the apartment.

…

I slowly arched my eyebrow up; wondering if the so called 'Grand Sensei' Dareth knew he was reminding me of my ex-girlfriend, Livvy. Maybe they were related? I mean, how many people have a weird obsession with animals? Shaking my head, I quickly pulled my hood up over my head. Time to stop the animal impressions; they're starting to get on my nerves. Whipping around, I quickly knocked him down to the ground, pinning him.

Dareth quickly raised his hands in surrender. "Ok! Ok! You can use my dojo to train the kid!"

Snickers escaped my brothers as they clapped their hands over their mouths. Zane moved forward, an apologetic smile in place. "Sorry about that. Kai can get a bit impatient at times."

Dareth grumbled to himself. "No need to apologize, I had it coming. It was only a matter of time someone better than me would come along."

I smiled as I reached out to pull him back up to his feet. "My name's Kai. These are my brothers, Zane is the blonde, and Jay is the blabbermouth." Jay yelped indignantly at that comment. "Cole is the tough guy, and the kid is Little Lloyd."

"I'm not little!" Lloyd squawked, jumping backwards at the slight towards his size.

Cole promptly nudged him, a grin crossing his face. "You look little to me."

…

"Ok, try to break these boards." Cole stacked five boards on top of each other, gesturing for Lloyd to punch them.

Lloyd bit his bottom lip, before quickly punching the boards. I flinched automatically, presuming that he would just bruise his fist. A gasp of surprise escaped me as the boards split...as well as the floorboard beneath the boards. Zane moved to stand next to Lloyd, examining the damage done.

"A bit too strong. You need to learn to restrain yourself." Zane paused glancing towards the rest of us. "Lloyd has the potential to become the greatest ninja to ever live, since he appears to be able to control all the elements."

"I can break fifty boards!" Dareth strolled up to us, his faithful students right behind him with the said fifty boards.

I arched my eyebrow, not entirely sure if that was true. "Oh really?"

Dareth folded his arms as he looked straight at me. "Yes really. If I break these boards right now, I want to be the Brown Ninja."

My eyebrows quickly knitted together in confusion. I don't think there was such a thing as a brown ninja. Cole rolled his eyes has he nodded his head. "Sure thing. You break fifty boards, and then you can be the Brown Ninja." Sarcasm dripped from his voice.

"Really?!" Ok, someone doesn't understand sarcasm.

Dareth quickly punches the boards, only to hurt his hand. I rubbed my forehead, wondering vaguely why I wasn't surprised. I walked over to see if I couldn't help him get something to help with his hand. Stepping into the back room, I quickly found a first aid kit and the materials needed to make an ice pack. I quickly made an ice pack, figuring that it would do to help numb the pain.

Walking over to where Dareth was sitting, I grasped his hand, pressing the ice pack against the swollen knuckles. "There you go. You can thank Zane for insisting that we all learn basic first aid."

Dareth glanced up at me, surprise flickering in his eyes. "You said earlier that you're all brothers… but you sometimes talk as if your just friends. What's the truth?"

I blinked, surprised by his question. The prophesy stated that we were all brothers, something that still didn't quite made any sense to me. "We're brothers by bond, not blood."

"Oh." Dareth glanced to the ice pack pressed against his hand.

I opened my mouth to ask if something else was bugging him, when I suddenly felt it. A double whammer. Blinking rapidly, I tried to figure out what was going on. My head was throbbing from the pain of the double whammer, but the room wasn't spinning. Reaching out, I contacted Nya quickly, hoping to figure out what's going on.

Pirates! Everywhere! I don't really know what to do! Kai! Help! Pirates!

Whoa there! Calm down sis! You're sending me a double whammer, you're so upset about this…did you say PIRATES?!

Yes! Wait…if I'm sending you a double whammer, why aren't you unconscious?

Good question. Must be because I have that new ability, the one to send you images. Back to the reason we're talking to each other. Did you, or did you not say pirates? Like in the reason why Father had to make so many weapons, pirates?

Yes. Oh dear. What do we do?! I don't think Father's rule of hiding in the barn during pirate attacks counts.

Nya…we're in the middle of a city, there are no barns to hide in! Now then, please recall that you are the Samurai X…I'll get the rest of the guys.

I snapped out of it to find a confused looking Dareth and Cole staring at me. "What? Do I have something on my nose?" I reached up and poked my nose, pretending to be confused about why they were staring at me.

"Uh…no. Pirates, actual pirates not characters in a movie, are attacking right outside. Dareth is gonna watch the kid for us while we protect the citizens."

Remember back when I was all like there is nothing easy about being a ninja? Yeah, this is what I was talking about. "Let's go then!" I charged off to find Zane and Jay already tackling several of the pirate crew.

I quickly threw myself into the fray, not really registering the fact that I spent an entire childhood being drilled that you don't attack pirates, and here I was throwing myself at them. Nya eventually arrived in her Samurai X suit, blasters blazing. Captain Soto, the pirate captain, punched me in the face, annoyance flaring in his eyes.

"Arr! What be with all the pajama men?" He growled as he jumped back onto his ship.

Wait a minute…that was the Destiny Bounty! Only, it now read the Black Bounty. Wonderful. Dodging another attack, I quickly jabbed at one of the pirates. This should be but a minute.

…

I really need to stop being optimistic. Apparently Dareth somehow got it in his head that he could be the so called brown ninja if he defeats the pirates. Now we have to rescue him before the pirates throw him overboard. Thankfully, they don't realize we're on board…yet. I readjusted my pirate costume, narrowing my eyes as they marched Dareth onto the plank. No way we can get there fast enough to stop them.

"Ok! Ok! I admit it! All of my trophies are fakes! And I painted my belt brown!" Dareth sobbed as he stumbled onto the gangplank. I just about gave myself away when he fell off, only for Lloyd to show up with the UltraDragon. I am going to kill that kid. This was soo not staying behind.

"Look men! A pajama boy!" Captain Soto cried out as he pointed at Lloyd.

Cole took that time to dislodge his pirate costume. The rest of us were quick to follow. Leaping into action, we began to battle the pirates full-heartedly. Grabbing Lloyd by the scruff of his collar, I dropped him into a barrel sitting out on the deck. "Stay here. It's too dangerous for you to fight."

Lloyd tried to climb out of the barrel, but couldn't quite make it. "But Kai!"

"No buts!" I yelled as I rejoined the fighting.

Several minutes later the sound of splintering wood filled the air. Alarmed, I spun around in time to see Lloyd spinjitzu out of the barrel, shattering it in the process. How did he figure that out so quickly!? When he stopped spinning, he landed on his face. Biting back a groan, I hurried over to him to check how he was doing. As in, he better not have any broken bones! As I neared him, the kid scrambled back up to his feet, with a broken nose…but it didn't look nearly as bad as the one I had received during the battle for the third fangblade. Sparks flew from the kid as he attempted to use his elemental powers.

I lunged forward, my heart pounding wildly. "Kid! No! You can't use your powers yet! They're out of control!" Next thing I knew I was lying on my stomach, the mast down and pinning me in place.

Nya quickly flew her suit over, lifting the mast off of us, yes us. Lloyd had pinned all of us down. By the time she had the mast in place; the police had arrived and were taking the pirates away.

As we stood in a small cluster, talking to the police chief, Garmadon showed up and reclaimed the Bounty for his own evil use.

"Son! You will never be strong enough to defeat me! Join me, and be on the winning side!" Garmadon attempted to tempt Lloyd to join him.

My heart clenched tightly at the thought that the kid would actually leave us for his evil father.

"No. I belong here. With the ninja. I am sorry…Dad." The last part was a whisper as Lloyd stepped back so he was brushing up against us.

Garmadon then left, not without our noticing the serpentine helping him, leaving us alone in the city. Sort of alone. I rolled my eyes skyward as my ears picked up the sound of someone, I mean Dareth, who else would it be really?, sneaking up on us. Jay casually reached behind him, and flipped Dareth onto his back in front of us. We immediately burst out laughing, relaxing now that the battle was over.

Dareth rolled onto his side, a plea clearly written in his eyes. "Can you guys find it in your hearts to forgive me?"

Shaking my head at him, I quickly pulled him back to his feet. "Dareth, friends don't need to ask for forgiveness. We already forgave you the minute you were safe from harm."

Dareth blinked, looking first to Cole, then to Jay, then Zane, followed by me. We all quickly nodded our heads in agreement. We were friends, whether we like it or not, with Dareth.

I wonder what our next adventure has in store for us?

A/N: Done! Ok…let's see here. Uh, Kai and Nya are from somewhere that apparently labels pirate attacks as normal. Hmm, no barns to hide in though. See ya next time!

SkyTalon