A/N: What's up? It's finally the weekend and I updated on this story and my other one "Taking My Brother's Place". God, I'm glad. Anyway, read on!
Chapter 10: She broke me
Everyone went silent, Scarlet nor did Cole know what to do. "Lloyd-" Cole began to talk while walking up to The Green Ninja.
"Don't come near me." Lloyd warned backing away. "You're supposed to be my friend, Cole."
"We didn't mean it." Scarlet jumped out of bed, but winced when she put weight on her ankle. She hobbled over to the two. "Lloyd…I…We…" she wasn't sure what to say.
Lloyd started to breathe a bit heavily as everything around him started to blur from his tears. "What…Why would…Why would you do that to me?!" he yelled at Scarlet. "Are you serious?!" He then looked at Cole. "And you…I knew you'd try something like this." Lloyd suddenly pulled back his fist and punched the earth master right in the face, making his nose turn purple and bleed rapidly.
Scarlet's jaw dropped slightly as she looked to her emotional boyfriend. "We're done." Lloyd almost screamed, running out of the room. She stood for a moment, putting weight on her other leg, thinking what to do. Cole lay in the corner, unconscious but she didn't care. She followed the distraught ninja.
On the deck with Kai and Jay…
"Dude, if you're going to make out with my sister, do it when I'm not around!" Kai threw his arms up. "I do not want to see you going down Nya's throat!"
"You should've knocked before busting into the room!"
"Well EXCUSE me if I didn't expect to find you and my little sister half-naked!"
A light pink color took over the blue ninja's cheeks. "S-shut up, it's the middle of summer and this God damn ship has no air conditioning, what? Do you expect us to make out with our fucking rain coats on?!"
"Bullshit, that's bullshit and we both know it! It's not that hot!" Kai shot back.
"Dude, you're the master of fire, summer is your favorite season! Of course you wouldn't notice how hot it is!"
Suddenly Lloyd ran out onto the deck with tears in his eyes. Both the master of lightning and fire stopped their pointless argument and ran over to see what was wrong. "Lloyd, are you okay?" Jay asked.
"Yeah man, you're crying."
The Green Ninja didn't answer; he lifted two fingers to his mouth and let out a loud whistle. The Ultra Dragon flew onto the deck and he jumped on. "Where are you going?" Kai called after him as the dragon flew into a random direction.
A few seconds later Scarlet came out hobbling. "Lloyd!" she yelled after him, but it was no use, he had flown far so he couldn't hear her even if he wanted to. She sighed and sat on the floor, burying her face in her hands while she cursed at herself repeatedly. "Scarlet, what's going on?" Kai touched her shoulder. She looked up and pushed back her hair in frustration. "I…Kissed Cole…" she said simply, not wanting to go into details.
Kai and Jay's eyes widened. "Well…Where's Cole?" Jay asked, not sure what else to say.
"Lloyd punched him; he's unconscious in my room."
They ran for her room to go and help the black ninja.
Meanwhile with Lloyd…
Lloyd held the reins of his dragon tightly as he continued crying. "Is something wrong with me? What does Cole have that I don't? Maybe it's my hair, being a blonde might make me look weak and dumb…" he reached up and touched his blonde hair. "Cole has dark hair and eyes, me on the other hand…I'm a plain blonde, blue eyed guy who probably just blends in with other retarded blondes…" (A/N: No offence to blondes! Remember, Lloyd is insecure at this point so he's thinking badly about himself). "Maybe Cole's a bit worsebehaved than me, girls like the tough, bad boy thing right? The hair, the clothes…"
Lloyd sighed, knowing something must've have been wrong with him if his girlfriend got so bored that she kissed his friend. When an idea popped into his head, he ordered his dragon to fly to Ninjago City.
Later with Cole and the guys…
"I swear it was a stupid move!" Cole repeated for the eighth time as he held an ice pack to his nose. "I wasn't thinking!"
"Dude you're damn right it was a stupid move!" Jay shouted. "Now Lloyd probably won't be able to focus properly,"
Kai put his hand up to stop the others from saying anything else. "Look, guys I'm sure Lloyd will be fine if we give him time…"
Just as that was said, Lloyd walked into the room, or at least…what everyone thought was Lloyd. The boy had abandoned his green ninja suit for a black tee shirt that said Punk Rock My Worldwritten in green,baggy, dark denim jeans that had countless chains and spikes hanging off the belt which made a clinging sound with every step he took, black boots and his hair…It was no longer blonde, it had been dyed pitch black and the tips had been dyed green and the boy had gotten one piercing in either of his ears. "Hey," Lloyd mumbled, jumping onto his bunk and pulling out a book which he read casually. Though, on the cover it said big and bold: Nya's Personal Journal.
That was code word for diary. "Dude, you're reading Nya's diary?!" Kai scolded.
"Its five bucks for me to read three pages aloud, Kai." Lloyd said casually putting out his hand, waiting for the money to roll in. He continued to read and smirked. "Uh, oh…Jay you might wanna' run." He said.
"Why?" the blue ninja asked.
"Nya's two weeks late on her period, bro." he laughed.
Kai's eyes widened as his glare set on Jay. "You are so dead!" he yelled as Jay ran with Kai and Zane following behind.
Cole turned to Lloyd once they were alone. "Lloyd, what did you do to yourself?"
"I don't know what you mean." He said defiantly as he continued to read Nya's journal.
"Look, I'm sorry I kissed Scarlet-"
"Stop talking about it before I punch you again." His fist began to glow green. "You're not sorry, I heard you say you weren't going to tell me! You're sorry because I found out." He threw Nya's journal down in anger. "I saw her first, Cole. She's my girlfriend, or thanks to you…Ex-girlfriend, out of all other girls in the world you could get, you choose mine. What the fuck is wrong with you?! Technically she's still only eleven, I've loved her since we were both kids, and what about you? You got horny so you kiss her." Lloyd's nose started to burn as he felt like crying again, but he shook himself out of it. He didn't want to cry in front of anyone.
"Stay the hell away from her, she may not be my girlfriend anymore, but I still love her and if you try anything else ever again…" He allowed his eyes to glow green as a threat. "I'll kill you."
Cole's eyes widened slightly as he backed down a bit. "Lloyd…It was just a kiss, you love her and I don't."
"But thanks to your stupid kiss, she might love you."
"She doesn't love me."
"How do you know?" That made the black ninja fall into silence. "Just…Go away, Cole." Lloyd mumbled, turning his back to him and throwing his head onto his pillow.
Finally, Cole did leave the room and Lloyd allowed himself to cry again, though he kept himself quiet so nobody would hear him.
Without Lloyd knowing, Scarlet was leaning against the wall outside the room, listening to every word. She lowered her gaze in shame, wanting to go talk to him, but he'd probably threaten her until she ran off too. She peered through the door and saw how he had changed himself, obviously trying to get her attention. "I do love you…" she said under her breath, walking away, careful not to hear anyone hear her injured leg make its thump sound.
She walked into the bathroom and noticed a bottle of black and royal blue hair dye. A smile tugged at Scarlet's lips. "I know just how to say I'm sorry."
