THE AMAZING STEVE HAS RETURNED! :D Ok I know it's been a while but I hope y'all didn't give up on me! This chapter's longer than the others to make up for the long no-update period :)
Here's the next chapter... ENJOY!
Kruthika's P.O.V.
My eyes widened. Amanda?! I shook off my shock and focused on why I decided to knock a random person's door in the first place. "Hey, um, can I come in? There's a snake over there and he kinda looks like he wants to kill me."
The guy who answered the door glanced between Amanda and I suspiciously and said "Sure..."
Inside, I saw there were four guys in ninja suits (no wonder they looked so familiar: they're the ninja! But where's the blue one...?), Amanda, Julia, and - uh oh - Kevin. Amanda looked like she was having trouble walking, and was leaning on the white ninja, and Julia and Kevin were curled up on the couch together. To be honest, I never supported their relationship; something about them being together just seemed off.
Then I saw the red ninja staring at Julia with this love-sick smile on his face. "Hey, hot-head! Stop staring at Julia!" Heehee. I love making things awkward...
His head snapped in my direction and he and Julia started blushing. Kevin looked like he was gonna punch him in the face.
"Wait - did you say snake?" one of my best friends asked. I nodded, and she got up from Kevin's arms and opened the door. My eyes widened as blue sparks flew from her fingertips, seeming to aim for the snake, but instead frying a nearby tree.
The green ninja laughed (OMG WHY IS HE SO GOOD-LOOKING?!). "Let me show you how it's done." With that, he did the same thing Julia did, only he zapped the snake across the sky.
Julia rolled her eyes. "Show off..." Then she turned to me. "I should probably explain that..."
"Um, YEA," I stated.
"But first, let me introduce you." She gestured to the ninja. "This is Lloyd, Kai, Zane, and Cole. You already know me, Amanda, and Kevin, obviously. There's also Jay and Nya, but their in another room right now. Everyone, this is Kruthika. Speaking of Jay and Nya, should someone go check on them?"
Cole sighed like he was annoyed. "Zane, can you go?"
"Dude, Amanda can barely hold herself up and you want her boyfriend - the person helping her - to go check on them?! Why don't you go, jerk-off? God, it's a good thing I broke up with you." Wait - what?!
"Ok fine. Jesus Christ, you don't gotta be such a bitch about it..." And he left.
"Ok, that's it. Girl talk! Zane, we're stealing Amanda for a minute," I said, Julia and I gathered at both her sides.
Julia led us to her room (cool! She lives with ninja!), where we sat Amanda down. "Ok, tell me everything I missed while at college." They decided not to go to college, but I did.
**After They Finish Explaining...
Julia's P.O.V.
Kruthika was deep in thought, then suddenly said, "Wait, so you have powers" pointing at me "and you're, um... half robot?"
"Yep," Amanda answered. "Still adjusting, though."
Kru nodded. "And at what point in time did you fall in love with the red ninja?"
"You mean Kai," I answered a little too quickly. Then my brain fully processed her question. "Wait - what?! I never loved him... sure, I had a crush on him earlier but... I love Kevin!" I protested.
"You used to love Kevin. Then you joined the ninja school and never thought about him again. If my memory is correct, you said you wanted Kai to 'hold you in his arms and kiss you until the sun came up'."
I giggled. "You sound SO much like Zane!"
"Shut up. He's my boyfriend, deal with it." Amanda was trying to sound angry, but I could see her holding back a smile.
"ANYWAY," Kru interrupted, "I think you and Kai were meant to be -" Maybe... WAIT NO! I meant me and Kevin... "whether YOU LIKE IT OR NOT!"
I rolled my eyes and was about to respond when there was a knock at the door. "Come in!"
Lloyd poked his head in the door, and I saw Kru trying to hide a blush. Oh yeah, he was her favorite ninja...
"Um, Sensei wants to talk with everyone in the TV room," the green ninja nervously said. The three of us got up and followed him into the TV room. Jay and Nya were now present.
"I am going on a journey," Sensei Wu said. "I won't be back for many days. Remember to keep training. I hope you get well soon, Amanda. Stay as long as you wish." Then, he looked at Kruthika and Kevin. "You two also may stay here, if you need a place to live." Addressing the ninja: "Make sure our guests feel welcome. I am off."
After he left, Cole spoke up. "Ok, we have six rooms and ten people. Only two of us can have our own rooms. Anyone willing to share?"
"Jay and I are already sharing a room, so that doesn't change anything," Nya said.
"Amanda can stay with me, if that is ok," Zane said, smiling at his girlfriend.
Amanda smiled back. "Ok, that makes two pairs."
"I think Kruthika should have her own room," Lloyd blurted out. Then quickly adding, "I mean... since she's new and all..."
"Ok," I said. "I'll share with Kevin." I looked at Kai, Cole, and Lloyd. "So who's sharing the last room?"
They looked so awkward for a moment, but then decided to get in a huddle. Finally, they reached a decision.
"Lloyd and I'll share," Kai said.
We all went to move out stuff into our new rooms. Zane and Amanda got Zane's room, Jay and Nya kept their room, Cole kept his room, Kevin and I took my old room, Kai and Lloyd chose Kai's room, and Kru got to stay in Lloyd's old room. During all this, I pulled Kai aside.
"I think you need to talk to Lloyd about feelings," I said to him.
"Yeah, I've noticed. What about Kruthika? Does she like him?"
"I shall never tell!" I proclaimed. "But seriously, Lloyd really needs, um, the talk." Kai's eyes widened and his face went pale, and I burst out laughing. "Ok, not that talk!" I said between giggles. I noticed some of the others staring, and I composed myself. "What? You never see someone laugh before?" They went back to what they were doing. Kai just rolled his eyes smiling and walked off.
Lloyd's P.O.V.
I flopped down on my bed in my new room when Kai came in. "Lloyd, we need to talk." Uh-oh...
"Ok, um, what's up?" I said nervously.
"I know you're still... adjusting to being older and all, and there might be some new, um, feelings..."
"Look, Kai, I already know about puberty -"
"No, it's not even that." I could tell this was difficult for him. "I saw you staring at the new girl."
"Kruthika," I answered immediately. Then I understood what he meant by "feelings". "You think I like her?"
"Yup," Kai responded, clearly satisfied.
"Wha - no, um, I mean... uh, she's, um..."
"Exactly."
"What's that supposed to mean?!"
"You like her. It's so obvious." Crap. He got me... I think...
"Well, you like Julia!"
"DO NOT CHANGE THE SUBJECT!" Haha... got ya! "You have a crush on Kruthika and you just don't want to admit it!"
"UGH, fine!" I shouted, giving up the fight. There's no point in hiding anything from your best friend. "It's just that... she's... beautiful. And ya know how I used to think kissing was disgusting? It's like, when I see her, I... want to kiss her. She gives me this... this warm feeling or something... I don't know how to explain it."
"You're not supposed to understand it. It's just there, and there's nothing you can do about it. It's called love." Kai suddenly looked depressed.
"And... you love Julia, right?" He nodded. "But she's with Kevin... that sucks. How are you supposed to deal with that?"
Kai just shrugged, and I could tell he didn't want to talk about this anymore.
Julia's P.O.V.
Later, Jay suggested another game of laser tag.
"You sure that's a good idea? I mean, with your leg and all," Nya said.
"Eh, I'll be fine. I'm just soooo bored and laser tag is fun!"
"How about you, Amanda?" Zane asked his girlfriend. "Do you think you will be able to participate?"
"Sure, I think I'm getting the hang of walking again."
"Ok, it's settled! We're all playing laser tag!" Jay proclaimed, without asking for anyone else's opinion. Anyway, we all went to play laser tag.
**At the Laser Tag Place Thingy...
When we were about to pick teams, an evil smile crept across Kruthika's face. "GIRLS VERSUS BOYS!" she shouted.
"But that's uneven! We're gonna have to take one boy..." Nya looked at me questioning me, but I just winked.
She smiled, then said "We pick Lloyd!" Looks like she got the message. Kru and Lloyd's faces went slightly red, but no one objected. I think the guys understood what was happening, too.
Our teams got into huddles. "Ok, we should stay in partners, one on each side of the arena, and the one person to attack the middle," I whispered to the group.
"I'll take the middle," Nya said.
"You wanna go left?" Amanda asked me.
"Sure. Lloyd and Kruthika, you take the right. Let's do this!" Amanda, Nya and I walked away, preparing for battle, and the other two stood there in shock. Then, Kru came up to me.
"What the hell?!" she whisper-yelled.
"You like Lloyd, right?"
"Well, yeah, but -"
"Then there shouldn't be a problem." The buzzer went off, and I went with Amanda into the arena.
Lloyd's P.O.V.
In the arena, we found a wall to hide behind, and since we were both kind of small, we fit perfectly.
I felt her leg accidentally touch mine, and a rush of energy shot through my body. "Um, Kruthika?" I asked.
"Yes?" she asked. I felt her eyes on me, but I was too nervous to return the stare.
"Do you, um, want to, you know..." I was trying to take Kai's advice, but the words didn't want to come out right.
"Go out with you?" she finished for me. I nodded, and waited for her answer.
I'm sure it only took like two seconds, but it felt like two hours. "Yes."
My head snapped up. "Really?"
She put her arms around me. "What do you think?" Suddenly, our vests made a strange sound. Crap. We were dead.
I looked up to see Kai and Jay smiling at us. "Get a room!" Jay said before running off. I turned to Kruthika, and we laughed quietly as we got up to recharge.
Kai's P.O.V.
After running away from Lloyd and his new girlfriend, I lost Jay. "Crap..." I muttered to myself. I heard footsteps behind me and whipped around in time to see Kevin.
"Hey, fire shit," he said.
"That doesn't even make sense," I replied.
"Oh well. Bet you're pretty jealous, of me, though. Can you imagine how pissed Garmadon is because I'm dating his worst enemy? It's a pretty fuckin awesome feeling." That caught my attention. I remembered that Julia told me he was a former snake...
"Why does he hate her so much?" I asked him.
"Who gives a fuck anymore? It pisses him off, that's all that makes me happy."
"What about Julia? Don't you love her for who she is?"
"Who cares about her? I'm just happy to finally get back at the bastard who made my life a living hell."
CLIFFHANGER! Sort of... But Kevin... SOMEONE got some issues! But how will Kai handle this information?
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