Well I'm at lunch with these great reviewers and I figured why not give them a chapter? So here you go! Enjoy:) oh and warning, Kai may seem a little OOC in this one. And there is some KaixAlex fluff in here. You've been warned. Dang it! Right when I think I'm done I think of something else I need to say! Ugh! This is an in between seasons episode! and sorry I haven't updated in a while. I've been focused on my other stories. Enjoy!
Chapter 6
Words that should have never been said.
Alex's POV
I woke up bright and early to train. Peace might have been restored, but I still got to keep my strength up for when Garmadon returns. The guys were either still asleep or have been playing video games for 15 hours straight, again. Of course I wouldn't know because I share a room with Nya. I walked out to the training yard and heard the guys playing video games. I walked to game room.
"You guy are playing video games again! I know ninjago returned to peace, but that doesn't mean you can slack off," I said and Kai looked up at me.
"Come on! We did the tornado of creation! We deserve a little vacation (no rhyme intended)!" Jay said and went back to the game.
"If you want to do that tornado again without disastrous consequences, then you'd train!" I said. I was getting pretty annoyed at how big these guys egos are.
"Jeez, Alex, when did you become such a hard case?" Kai asked me still looking at the game. I rolled my eyes at him.
"When did you're ego become bigger than your hothead?" I asked him with a smirk. He looked mad now.
"Yeah! Well at least I'm no the one keeping secrets from the team!" Kai said. Everyone had paused the game and looked at us. I wasn't backing down any time soon.
"Everyone has secrets Kai! You, Zane, Jay, Cole, Nya, and even Sensei have secrets! We all have them for a reason!" I said. He was starting to tick me off and that can lead to disastrous consequences.
"Then what's your reason?!" He was now standing with his arms crossed and glaring daggers at me.
"That's none of your business!" I shouted and had to close my eyes so no one could see what color they were. I stormed out of the room to take my anger out on the training course. I started punching and dodging anything I could.
"We're not done!" Kai shouted as he walked through the door.
"Yes we are!" I shouted back and punched a hole in the punching bag.
"What is your problem?!" Kai shouted. His fist were clenched.
"What is your problem? Why can't you just drop it?!" I shouted back and turned to face him.
"Because I'm tired of all the secrecy!" He shouted and I could hold it back. My eyes turned blood red. Kai didn't look frightened, but he did look mad and confused.
"I told you I keep my secrets for a reason!" I shouted and punched the punching bag so hard that it flew off its hinges and hit the wall with a thud.
"What is that reason?! What is your secret?!" Kai shouted and I was about to punch him.
"A secret is a secret!" I shouted. I was glaring daggers at him.
"What's yours?! What are you? some freak?" He shouted and my eyes changed back to blue for a second. I was hurt by his words. Memories flooded back to me and a tear slid down my cheek. All of this hurt and grief was soon replaced by anger. My eyes went back to red, but a much darker shade than last time. My instincts and anger took over and I slammed Kai against the wall, holding him there.
"Do you know how many times I've been called that? How many years I've suffered pain and unhappiness because of that word and many others?!" I shouted at him, memories flooding my mind and tears began to fall down my cheeks. "7 YEARS KAI! 7 YEARS! I don't need it from you!" I yelled and threw him into one of the training courses obstacles before storming of to ride my dragon and clear my head. Nya was walking in the monasteries front door with Sensei.
"Hi Alex! How's-"
"Move!" I cut Nya off shoving her and Sensei out of the way. I made it to the dragon stables, got on Ashes and took off.
Kai's POV
I felt really bad now. I shouldn't have let my anger get the better of me. I was starting to black out.
"Man she can throw hard!" I thought and saw Sensei walk over to me, but I couldn't tell what he was saying. I groaned and let the darkness consume my vision.
Cole's POV
I'm pretty sure Alex was so mad she could burn an entire village with a glance. What did she mean by seven years? Has she been treated poorly before? Why did that word hurt her so much? What was up with her eyes turning red?! All these questions raced through my mind as I watched Alex shove Sensei and Nya out of the way. Sensei looked at Kai, then at the broken sand bag and then to me.
"Well I'm glad I picked up another punching bag," Sensei said. I servade the damage. There was an imprint of Kai on the wall and part of the training course was cracked and threatened to fall on Kai. Sensei walked over to Kai.
"What happened here?" He asked. Kai just groaned and closed his eyes. I ran over to him followed by the other guys.
"Kai? You ok?" I asked. He didn't answer.
"Wow. Alex must have thrown him pretty hard," Jay commented and I shot him a glare.
"Alex did this?" Sensei said. He looked shocked and so did Nya when I nodded.
"Jeez what happened that made her want to beat up Kai?" Nya asked.
"Let's get Kai to his room first," I said. After the we got Kai to his room and Sensei looked him over to make sure he had no broken bones, we sat down and I told them what happened sparing the fact that it started because we were playing video games.
"Wow. That's just- Wow," Nya said and I nodded.
"So what's the deal with Kai? Any broken bones?" I asked.
"He has a fractured wrist and a broken ankle, but that's all," Sensei said.
"Well at least it's not a ton of damage," I said.
Alex's POV
Over Jamanikai village
I felt the wind flying through my hair. I felt great to be flying again, even if I was on a dragon this time. I had been flying for an hour and I noticed Ashes was getting tired. I landed in a clearing in a forest just outside Jamanikai village.
"We'll rest here for a little while girl," I said jumping off Ashes. I walked in front of her and rubbed her nose as she laid down tiredly. I noticed a pure spring of water behind her. I went over to it, flipped off my ninja hood, and drank some. It felt refreshing, especially after that long ride. I looked at my reflection and noticed my eyes were green now. "Well at least I'm calming down," I said with a sigh. My reflection rippled in the water when my dragon took a drink. I sighed again and sat under a tree near the water. I loved water. It brought back good memories and it was a lot like my life. My life can be peaceful at times and then it becomes hectic. The water is peaceful in some parts and stormy in others. Water is just like my life. One minute you having fun and relaxing and the next minute your in rushing rapids. My life is...is water.
"Alex!" I was startled by Sparky's voice in my head.
"What Sparky!" I yelled back.
"Why did you do that to Kai?" He asked. I could tell he was mad.
"Sparky he pushed me to the point to where I could hardly control myself! It took all my will power not to snap his neck!" I shouted.
"Whatever, where are you?"
"I'm in a forest near a spring why?" *sarcasm*
"Because you need to come back and apologize!"
"I will as soon as my eyes turn blue and stay that way!" I shouted in my head and clenched my fists.
"What color are they now?" Sparky asked a little calmer.
"Green, but thanks to you they're getting darker, now please just leave me be," I said.
"Rakule taknukgaog," I heard Sparky mutter.
"What did you just call me?!" I yelled in my head.
"Nothing!" Sparky said and that ended our conversation. I sighed and continued to stare at the water. I started to get tired and walked over to my sleeping dragon and settled down with its body curled around me. I continued to stare at the river until I fell into a peaceful sleep.
Kai's POV
Three hours later
Everything hurt like crazy and I felt like I had been thrown into a brick wall. Oh wait, I was thrown into a brick wall and part of the training course. I groaned as I opened my eyes. I looked around and found that I was in my room and Nya was sitting in a chair asleep. Jay was obviously on the top bunk on the bed. He was snoring so loud I'm surprised Nya hadn't woke up yet. I looked down and saw my left foot was in a cast and my right wrist was bandaged. I groaned again and Nya woke up.
"Kai! You're awake!" she shouted and I covered my ears, or at least tried to. My wrist was killing me. "Oh, sorry," she said quietly. Jay woke up and fell off of the bunk.
"Ow!" He said and rubbed his head. I snickered and he glared at me before running to tell the guys I was up.
"So how long was I out?" I asked Nya.
"About three hours, Alex must have thrown you hard. She fractured your wrist and broke your ankle," she replied.
"Well that explains why they both hurt like heck," I said. I stared at my wrist and ankle. "Although I gotta say I kind of deserved it."
"Yeah, we heard what happened. You really shouldn't let your anger get the best of you," she said.
"I know," I said and sighed. "Where's Alex?"
"I don't know. She flew off on her dragon after the fight," Nya answered.
"She hasn't come back yet?" I asked. I was a little worried about her.
"No," Nya said. I wanted to get up so badly and look for her. I don't know why I did. Probably just because I hurt her feelings. Stupid anger, stupid cast, stupid everything!
Alex's POV
Dream
I was in a meadow like the one me and my brothers and sister used to play in. There was laughing children down by a brook. I walked over where they were and found...my dad. He-he was playing with a five year old girl, eight year old boy, two year old boy, and another five year old girl.
"Your dads the best Alex!" The second girl said. That-that was me! This was a week before-before my dad left for work that day and-and never come back.
"I know! Isn't he great Kiki?" mini me said.
"Yeah!" My dad crept up behind mini me, grabbed her, and threw her in the shallow water.
"Ahhahahaha" mini me yelled. She was laughing and she splashed her brothers, friend, and dad. My dad jumped in and started splashing her. Soon everyone was in the water, splashing and enjoying themselves. I smiled at the memory. I hadn't had a moment of peace in a long time, minus the temple thing. It felt good to be able to sleep without nightmares again. I heard voices and the memory faded. Who's here? I groaned at the loudest voice. I couldn't tell what he was saying though. I groaned again and drifted back into my peaceful sleepworld.
Third person POV
When Alex didn't show up the next day, they started to get worried. They went to look for her at about noon. Kai came along in a wheel chair. He shouldn't of come along, but he wouldn't take no for an answer. They were walking in the forest, well in Kai's case, wheeling in the forest.
"Alex!" Kai called.
"Alex!" Jay shouted and Kai covered his ears. It was louder for him because Jay was the one pushing the wheel chair.
"Jay, can you not yell so loud? I'm right here and it's hard to cover my ears," Kai said. Cole laughed and Kai shot him a glare. Cole stopped laughing and continued looking for their missing team member. They heard a small muffled groan and ran to the source, well in Kai's case, rolled to the source.
"Alex!" Kai shouted when they came to a clearing. Ashes was snuggled calmly around a sleeping Alex. "Wow, I'm surprised Alex hasn't woken up because of her dragons snore." The dragon woke up and moved her head so she could glare at Kai. If Kai could take a step back, he would've. Cole walked closer and picked her up. Kai looked mad about that. The dragon pushed Cole and made Alex fly out of his arms and into Kai's arms. Lucky for him she landed softly. Alex curled up on Kai's lap and put her head on his chest.
"Well, if she's been sleeping for 24 hours, then she must really be tired," Jay said.
"She looks so-"
"Peaceful," Kai finished Cole's sentence. He wouldn't stop staring at her smiling form.
Kai's POV
Alex landed in my lap and that did nothing for my wrist and ankle. I was at first mad, but the she laid her head on my chest and curled up. She looked kind of cute.
"We'll, if she's been sleeping for 24 hours, then she must really be tired," Jay said. I thought about sending Jay a glare or making a come back, but I couldn't look away from Alex. She was...beautiful.
"She looks so-"Cole started.
"Peaceful," I finished. I stared at Alex's brown hair. It was soft and slightly wavy. Her smile was something that could brighten up the darkest of souls. I couldn't help but smile as I moved some of the hair out of her face. She opened her eyes a little. Those bright blue eyes. You could see them from a mile away. I stared deeply into them and was a little sad when she closed them again and went back to sleep, but I kept smiling. She was so beautiful.
"So, shouldn't we head back to the monastery?" Cole asked, bring me from my thoughts and making me look away from Alex.
"Uh, yeah. We should. Sensei and Nya are probably wondering where we are," I replied. Cole was going to take Alex back, but I stopped him. "It's alright, I've got her." Alex snuggled closer to me. She kind of reminded my of a little pup when you first bring her back from the pound. We all headed back to the monastery and I continued to stare at her sleeping form. Her dragon was following us and Jay kept babbling on about something, but I just tuned him out. I started to feel myself drift away. My eyes were getting heavier and heavier, until I fell asleep to.
Cole's POV
As we walked to the monastery I noticed Kai's head droop a bit. Eventually he just fell asleep. Jay was babbling and I was trying to tune him out.
"How can he even sleep with Jay talking so much and so loud," I whispered to Zane and pointed to Kai. He nodded in agreement. An hour passed and we were getting close to the monastery. Jay was still talking and I was beyond annoyed. In fact, Jays talking is so annoying that Alex's dragon flew back to the monastery already. I pulled out some duck tape and taped his hands to Kai's wheel chair and slapped tape over his mouth before he could blink. He glared at me as he tried to get his hands free of the tape. I made sure to make it tight enough so he couldn't escape. I smiled at the blissful silence.
1 hour later
We finally reached the monastery. Kai woke up, Nya chided me out for duck taping Jay, and Jay attacked me as soon as his hands were free. Kai let out a drowsy laugh at the fact that I was being pined down by Jay. Nya took Alex and carried her back to her room and Kai sat there watching me and Jay fight while eating popcorn. I kicked Jay off me and jump onto the roof where I continuously ran from Jay. I was starting to get dizzy from running in circles so much. I thought of something. I flipped over Jay and pushed down on a pressure point Alex showed me. Jay fell over K.O'd. I caught him before he could fall off the roof and jumped down handing him to Nya. She glared and I shrugged. This was going to be a long rest of the day.
Alex's POV
Two days later
I woke up and it took me a minute to realize where I was. When I did I sat up.
"Woah," I said and laid back down. "Head rush." I put my hand to my dizzy head. I turned on my side facing the wall. I stayed like this for a while and was was about to go back to sleep when I heard the door creek open slowly. I smirked.
"I think I'll have a little fun with this," I thought and closed my eyes pretending to be asleep. I used my senses to figure out who it was. Kai. It was Kai and he was in a...wheelchair? "Oh my gosh! Did I do that to him?!" I wondered. I knew I did and I feel awful for it. He wheeled next to my bed and tapped me on the shoulder. I turned to my other side, but continued to pretend to be asleep. He sighed.
"At least I got a response out of her this time," he said. I held back a grin and a confused face.
"How long was I even out?" I wondered. Right now I was using a wildmut (from ben 10) type sense to tell what he's doing. He was staring at me. I allowed some hair to fall in my face an he brushed it out of the way. I grinned and I knew he did to.
"Why won't she wake up?" He wondered out loud, even though he was happy that I was responding. The door creaked open again.
"Hey Kai. How's she doing?" Jay said. I was surprised. He was actually wispering. I guess me leaving affected all of them.
"I actually got a response out of her," Kai answered.
"Really?" Jay said surprised. Stepping into the room and walking over.
"Sorta. She turned over when I tapped her on the shoulder," Kai responded.
"Well at least it's something," Jay said. He saw the sad look on Kai's face. "Kai. You can't expect to much, even if she was asleep for three days." Three days! I had been asleep for three days! Wow. I guess a year of nightmares and waking up fearing for you life will do that to you.
"I know, but-" he didn't finish. Jay patted his friend on the shoulder and left the room, closing the door behind him. Kai sighed and brushed the hair out of my face again. I didn't even know it fell there. I started to turn over again, but he grabbed my hand and I stopped. I was surprised and I could tell he was to. He looked at his hand that was holding mine. We stayed that way for a long time.
1hour later
I woke up again. I didn't even realize I had fallen back asleep. I opened my eyes and looked around. Kai had fallen asleep in his wheel chair. I looked down and saw we were still holding hands. I blushed and started to take my hand out of his, but he started stirring. Out of instincts I closed my eyes and pretended to be asleep again. He woke up and looked at our hands, then at me. He brushed the hair out of my face and smiled. Then he frowned.
"Alex, why won't you wake up?" He asked and squeezed my hand. "Look, I know-I know-I know. Look I'm sorry, ok? I-I never meant what I said. I don't think you're a freak. You-your unlike anybody I've ever seen. You're a great ninja. You're smart and-and funny and-and beautiful." I was shocked. I never expected the hothead to say sorry! Let alone call me beautiful! "You're-you've been by my side since I starts being a ninja, and now you're stuck like this because of me. I'm so sorry. I'm so-" I cut him off by kissing him. He was shocked, but didn't pull away, instead he kissed me back. When we pulled away; I was smiling and so was he. Then he screamed,"You're awake!"
"And I heard everything you said, hothead," I said still smiling.
"You-you did?" He asked kind of nervous.
"Yes, I did. Did you really mean what you said?" I asked him.
"Yeah I did," he replied.
"So you really think I'm beautiful?" I asked. He began to look around nervously.
"Um...maybe?" He said questioningly, but I could tell he was lying and unsure about his answer. I laughed and playfully punched his shoulder.
"You are such a bad lier!" I said and laughed some more. Then I noticed his leg and wrist. "Oh my gosh! Did-did I do that to you?" He looked at his ankle and wrist.
"Uh, yeah. You can throw pretty hard," Kai replied and I looked down sadly. My blue eyes turned green from sadness. Kai looked confused again. "Why do your eyes change color?" I shrugged and thought about my answer.
"I'm not really sure why," I answered.
"You're a really good lier," I heard Sparky think.
"And you're good at dancing around the room in a fairy prince costume while we're gone. Your point is?" I shot back.
"..."
"Thought so," I thought.
"So when do your eyes usually change color?" Kai asked, pulling me from Sparky and my conversation.
"When I'm really mad, upset, sometimes guilty, and feel sick," I said and shrugged my shoulders.
"So, your eyes will turn green when it's Cole's night to cook?" He joked. I laughed a playfully punched his arm. We just ended up talking and laughing for the next hour or two. Then it all ended when Jay came in.
"Kai! Dinners ready! You don't want to miss Zane's cooking...do...you?" He said and slowed down that last part when he saw I was awake. He stared at us for a while and then at our hands. I looked down and saw we were still holding hands. I blushed and Kai's face turned red as we pulled our hands apart. It took him a minute to register what happened and when he did he screamed at the top of his lungs,
"SHE'S AWAKE!" Me and Kai covered our ears and glared at Jay. He shrunk back as the others ran in.
"Alex! Kai! Why didn't you tell us she was awake!" Cole said.
"When I woke up we started talking. I didn't realize how much time had gone by and I'm pretty sure he didn't either," I said and winked at Kai.
"Yeah, I didn't realize how much time went by," Kai restated.
"Wait. When I walked in, why were you-" Jay started, but I gave him a look that said 'Mention it and I'll rip your arm off and shove it down your throat' and luckily he got the message. He gulped and continued, "laughing when I came in?"
"Oh, Kai was just telling me about something that happened when he was little that was pretty funny," I said. It wasn't a lie. He really was telling me about funny childhood memories.
"What was it?" Cole asked.
"He decided to do an experiment with a wooden barrel, a hill, a ramp, and some large rocks," I replied and Kai glared at me for telling them. They looked at each other and then burst out laughing, minus Zane because he was still setting the table.
"You said you wouldn't tell them!" He was mad, but I could tell he found it funny to.
"And you trusted me on that one? Classic blackmail dude," I said. We stared at each other for a minute before bursting out laughing with the others.
"Well come on! We don't want Zanes' cooking to go to waste do we?" Cole said once we all quieted down.
"He's right. Let's go," Kai said and Jay continued to laugh. They all walked out the door and I turned to Kai. "So, are we going to tell them about the-"
"No way. They'll never let us live it down if they find out," I said and smiled.
"Yeah and then Jay will get onto me about kissing a girl when I won't let him kiss or date my sister," he said with a laugh. I laughed to then started pushing the wheelchair towards the kitchen. One thing plagued my mind throughout dinner. Am I in love with Kai?
Well I had a good lunch what 'bout you guys?
Lightfeather5632: Yep!
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Bluegirl8: Totally!
*Walks on deck with reviewers*
Kai: Ahem!
*Turns to see a very angry Kai and Jay* Oh Crud!
Everyone but Cole, Nya, Sensei, Zane, Kai, and Jay: Run!*Runs away screaming*
Kai and Jay: Oh no you don't!*Runs after us*
Cole: *Sits there and eats popcorn while watching Kai and Jay chase after the girls.* Review!
