Kai's P.O.V.

I moaned, slowly opening my eyes.

"Please, don't move," someone told me.

"Huh, what's going on?" I asked, worried.

"I accidentally shot you with an arrow," she explained, "Now can you let me finish bandaging it."

I lied on the bed, staying as still as I could.

"Ok, can you sit up?" she asked.

"Uh, sure," I replied.

I slowly pulled myself into a sitting position. She stayed behind me and wrapped a long and thin cloth around my chest. She handed me my shirt and I slid it on.

"Here, drink this," she said, handing me a glass of tea.

"What is it?" I asked.

"Healing tea mixed with something special to help with the venge stone," she smiled.

I started drinking it, then stopped.

"How do you know about the venge stone?"

"You're very pale, it's pretty obvious," she chuckled.

"What's your name by the way?" I asked, after drinking a little more tea.

"June. June Lake Vega," she smiled at me. "You're Kai, the red ninja."

I nodded. Then my eyes widened.

"Lloyd!"

"Wait, you can't leave yet, you're too injured," June cried, holding me down so I couldn't get up.

"But Lloyd's in trouble," I cried back. "I have to help him."

"Please, if you go, you'll only hurt yourself more," June begged. "Stay here and rest. I'm sure Lloyd will be fine."

I bit my lip, "I hope your right."

June smiled at me as I calmed back down. She walked over and grabbed two small bowls.

"Here, let's see if I can do this," she sighed.

She opened a rather large book to a certain page. She placed the bowl by my hands then stood at my feet with the book.

"I've never tried this before, but I've seen others do it," she sighed.

"What are you doing?" I asked, concerned.

"It's a spell I learned while travelling and preparing for my adventure here. It's suppose to take venom out of others that it hurting and or killing them," she explained. "This may hurt so try to stay still."

I took a deep breath. If this meant getting the venge stone out of me, I'm in.

She closed her eyes and started chanting something. It was to quiet for me to make out but I noticed the bowls were now glowing a blackish purple, like a dark matter colour. It frightened me. A black liquid flowed from the bowls and started to attach to my hands. I looked up and saw June was moving it up my arms. It stopped just before my shoulders and she moved the bowls to my feet.

"What is this stuff?" I asked, not moving an inch.

"If I told you, you'd freak," June smiled.

"What is that suppose to mean?" I replied.

"I'm not telling you what it is," June said.

She started moving the black stuff up my legs and it continued up to my chest. Once it stopped, she looked to me.

"Hold still," she said.

I felt a gust of wind and the black liquid hardened. I then realized I couldn't move. She walked up and placed a hand on my forehead.

"Temperature is normal," she said.

"What is this?" I asked again.

"I guess I can tell you, since you can't move," she sighed. "It's a special, very rare type of dark matter that is used for healing."

"This is dark matter," I cried, panicking.

"Calm down, it's not going to hurt you. It's infused with the special tea to help with the venge stone. If you stay calm, it will take it out of you."

I looked at her, then to the dark matter on my body.

"I promise, it won't hurt you," she said assuringly.

I took a deep breath in and out. If it was going to hurt me, it would have happened by now.

"It's best if you try to sleep, you're badly injured and this takes a lot of energy from someone," June sighed.

I nodded. Then closed my eyes and fell asleep.


I woke up, it was later and the dark matter was gone. I felt better. More relaxed.

"You're awake!" June cried.

"Yeah, why wouldn't I be?" I asked.

"Uh, no reason," she smiled at me. "Come on, we should find some more food."
I slid off the bed and onto the floor. I stumbled a bit at first but then I caught my balance.

"Are you OK?" June asked.

"Huh," I said. "Oh yeah, I'm fine. Just sore."

She smiled at me then we walked out. I noticed that she lived in a cabin by the base of a large tree. She grabbed a vine and started climbing it.

"Are you coming?" she said.

I nodded and grabbed another vine, following her. We got to a treehouse with berries, fish and a few birds. I stared in awe.

"You did all this," I said.

She smiled at me. Then motioned for me to follow her. We jumped from tree to tree, making our way across the labyrinth. She sat on a branch and slid right off into a lake.

"Come on!" she called to me.

I didn't bother sitting and sliding, I simply jumped right in. I swam back to the top and June grinned at me. I smiled back, only for her to use the element of wind and blow water into my face.

"Hey," I chuckled, splashing her back.

We splashed around, having fun in the surprisingly warm lake. It was when she lost her footing and fell under that things became scary. She slipped on the wet rocks and went under. I waited a couple seconds but she never came back up, so I dove in after her. I swam as fast as I could, and then saw her in a deeper end, her ankle tangled in seaweed. I pulled the seaweed away from her ankle and we swam back to the surface. We were lucky that we made it.

"I think that's enough excitement for one day," I said.

I helped her out of the water and we lied on the beach. Just catching our breath.

"Hey, thanks Kai," she told me. "I don't know what I would have done if it were for you."

"It's just part of being a ninja," I told her.

"I'm just curious about something," she said. "You're element is fire, but you just enjoyed playing in water. Wouldn't the water hurt you."
"Not unless it were freezing cold water," I sighed. "Anyways, Linda stole my powers."

"So you don't have the element of fire anymore," June cried.

"No, unfortunately," I sighed.

I felt a hand on my shoulder. I looked up and saw June looking at me.

"You have a lot on your mind," she said, "I feel it. Why don't we call this your vacation and you just let it go for now. I know you want to save Lloyd, but you do have a team that you can rely on. You're not alone on this one, and never have been." I smiled at her. "Just relax and in a few days, I'll help you find the others."
I nodded, then remembered something. "What about you?" Jay asked. "Don't worry about me, I'll return to you guys when I feel the time is right," I smiled at him.

"Kai, what's up?" June asked me.

"I'm just remembering what I told Jay," I sighed.

"Which is what?" she asked.

"I told him I would return to him when I felt the time was right," I explained. "I don't feel like I'm ready to see him again."

"Then stay here and rest," June smiled.

"I will," I told her.

She helped me up and we started back to her cabin. We walked and talked the whole way, laughing and getting to know each other.