Hello people, I'm back, and publishing on the 19th as promised. I am just exhausted from my drama rehearsals and show weekend. It was so much more emotional, the last few days. At the end of the cast party, I admit my friends and I were bawling our eyes out.
Shorter chapter than usual, but a decent length. It was once part of the next chapter, but it occurred to me that it would be incredibly long, so I went with two shorter chapters instead of one long one. This is all Kai's dream, and there is no dialogue. Yeah, sometimes my brain is just weird, and won't put dialogue in a chapter. Eh, doesn't really matter. Please enjoy. :)
Nightmares
Kai and Melissa sat at a bench in the park. The glistening blue green lake in sight. The sky was clear and cloudless. A gentle breeze was blowing, smelling of sweet flowers
Children around the park flew their kites high, filling the sky with vibrantly colored clouds. They laughed and cheered as the kites danced around, flipping a twirling on the breeze.
Kai and Melissa were talking, and laughing. This is perfect, he thought. Just how I imagined it.
As they talked more, the wind began to pick up, more crisp than the original breeze. Over his shoulder, Kai saw little children crying as the wind carried their kites away. As the kites floated up into the sky, they turned a shade of gray, and began to grow larger. Before long, the sky was filled with giant storm clouds.
The wind continued to blow harder, and more violently. The trees began to sway and bend like acrobats. The sound of thunder rolled in, making a horrendous sound. Following the thunder, a bolt of lightening hit right in the center of their picnic bench. Kai jumped back in surprise. Melissa's woven basket which was right at the table's center had been reduced to soot and ashes.
From the sky, lightening continued to strike around the park. One strike occurred right above the lake, electrifying the suddenly electric blue water. From the water emerged a figure wrapped in an electric blue and black gi. The lightening continued to strike around them as they walked up the footpath that lead away from the lake.
Out of nowhere, a blue commit collided with them, creating a massive explosion of electricity. As the dust cleared, a figure identical to the one that emerged from the lake was deep in battle with its twin.
They looked just like Jay. Or maybe they where the lightening ninja from the party. Or were they neither?
As their fighting continued, the ground began to shake violently. A crack in the ground opened up just below the picnic bench. As it widened into a chasm, the table broke in half, separating Kai and Melissa.
"Melissa!" Kai shouted across the gap.
Melissa didn't respond, for she only stood there, shaking in fear. Kai thought he might cry at the sight of her trembling. The way the wind blew at her blonde and red hair, wrapping it around her face like a net. She looked mortally terrified.
As panic and fear began to grip him, Kai took a step back, and leaped across the chasm. As the chasm widened, he only made it to the edge, managing to grab a hold of the other half of the picnic bench. With a struggle, he hauled himself over the chasm's lip, onto solid ground.
Once on his feet, Kai rushed over to Melissa, wrapping his arms around her, holding her close to his chest. He felt her uneven sobs and gasps for breath, immediately knowing she was crying. Her face looked sunken with fear. Her tears left crisscross patterns on her cheeks from the way the wind blew.
And to think minutes ago, this was the cheery girl he was having lunch with.
As the wind blew harder, the ground continued to shake once more. From one end of the chasm erupted a spinning whirlwind of dirt and rock. An identical whirlwind soon appeared from the other end. The two began to battle one another, just as the lightening ninja had done. But these ones looked like Cole.
Kai was utterly confused by everything that was happening around him. As if it couldn't get worse, the wind sent a freezing chill down his back. As he let go of Melissa, the temperature of the air around them began to drop dramatically.
The gray storm clouds turned a lighter white color, and started dropping tiny flakes of snow. Everything around him seemed to be coated in a layer of frost. Even Melissa. The sight scared him a little. A shivering girl, glazed in snow white crystals.
The wind caught the little hexagonal ice crystals, and began to dance around with them. Blowing them directly at The red ninja's face. It started softly, like a gentle breeze. As the wind blew harder, it felt more like shards of freezing glass were blowing at his face.
Ducking behind his arm in a desperate hope to avoid the wind, Kai winced at the snow's sharp sting. Moving his arm away from his line of vision, but keeping it near enough he could easily cover his face again if the wind began to pick up again. He noticed the wind was beginning to blow around in a circle around one main focal point.
The wind continued to blow the snow in this tornado like shape, becoming tighter and stronger with each passing heartbeat. Within moments, the winds formed a spinning whirlwind of ice. Across the park, Kai saw a similar whirlwind forming.
Though the wind continued to blow hard, both whirlwinds stopped at the same time, two white ninja replaced them, their gazes fixed on each other. Oblivious to the lightening, earthquakes, and snow all around them, the two engaged in a fight, deeply focused on destroying one another.
Kai couldn't wrap his head around all this. It was incredibly overwhelming, all the action. Something that did come to his attention was the way these ninja were effecting the bazaar weather, and natural disasters occurring.
The lightening seemed to be striking most around the two electric blue ninja. Striking in sync with each move of the ninja. Same for the earth ninja. Most of the shaking in the ground was centered around their battle. The icy wind seemed to blow mainly around the two ice ninja. As odd as that seemed, it made sense to Kai.
Each pair of ninja was effecting their element. When one earth ninja landed a blow on the other, the ground shook more violently. As one lightening ninja made a hit on the other, the lightening around struck harder, and more uncontrollably. The same seemed true with for the ice ninja.
Almost as if the element didn't approve of one master using it against the other. If elements even had the ability to feel such things. Was that what was really happening? What if the same sort of principal was true at the bank.
Maybe that's why he couldn't control his fire. That must be why his broomstick flamed out like that. Well, it was a broomstick after all. They are made of wood. An incredibly flammable material.
Almost as if the thought of fire provoked it, the sky above Kai turned a fiery orange, giving the clouds a flaming appearance. As the freezing cold feeling around him melted away, the red ninja felt as sweat began to coat his skin I'm the sudden immense heat. Panting now, he glanced around in search of Melissa. The heat was starting to mess with his head, creating illusions, and false senses of danger.
Kai took a step backwards, his foot snapping a little twig behind him. The sudden tiny split of wood caused the delusional red ninja to jump out of his skin. Heart pounding in his chest, Kai relaxed slightly when his eyes fell upon Melissa. She too was panting, coated with sweat. Her eyes however seemed to be fixed on a horror around them.
A feeling of dread filled Kai as he too noticed what seemed to have Melissa petrified with fear. In the heat, the trees around them had completely dried up. The dehydrated branch tips began to curl back towards the tree before emitting a small glow.
With no moister left in the tree to keep in alive, the whole thing was up in flames within seconds. All around, the different trees across the park that weren't currently being effected by one of the other elements were ablaze. It was a truly horrifying sight.
As if things couldn't get any more terrorizing, a flaming comet fell out of the sky, crashing not more than ten feet in front of him. From the remains of the crash emerged a fiery whirlwind, glowing bright, and hot. It collided with Melissa, plucking her off her feet, and throwing her around in the whirlwind.
Kai couldn't tell wether he was crying now, or if it was just all the sweat. Trying to hide his ever growing fear, he stepped back into a defensive position. Every muscle in his body tried to fight against his will, the heat tiring draining them of every last drop of strength.
The whirlwind stopped abruptly, revealing a red ninja. Elemental sword pinned to Melissa's throat. Tears streamed down the girl's cheeks. Not sweat - Kai was certain of it this time - tears. Kai felt his sudden energy burst depleted as fast as it came.
Kai collapsed to his knees in defeat. He felt the sweat pour off his face, and soak his skin. Wait. Those where tears. He glanced up at the fire ninja in defeat, trying his best to avoid Melissa's expression. It was heartbreaking. To much for him to look at.
Almost as if the heat was too much, the crimson streak in Melissa's hair began to melt, engulfing her face. It took Kai a moment to comprehend this, but within seconds he had a new horrifying image engraved in his head. As the red streak covered her whole body, it began to soften, gaining more if a fabricy appearance. Within moments, Melissa had transformed into another fire ninja.
This time however, instead of attacking the fire ninja next to her, she pulled out a sword, and pointed it at Kai. Kai tried to pull himself to his feet, but his muscles were still weak from the heat, and he fell to the ground.
Resorting to crawling, Kai began backing away from the two fire ninja. Around him, the other ninja ceased fighting one another, and began to walk towards Kai as well. As they entered the section of the park that had been effected by the fire element, their different colored gis changed to black and red.
It came to Kai's attention that now he was surrounded by eight fire ninja. As they began to close in around him, he could do nothing. The heat had worn him out. He was to hot and tired to do anything.
As his vision began to waver, Kai couldn't even keep track of the fire ninja. It seemed that the number had grown from eight, but it was impossible to tell. He watched as one ninja raised their sword high. As they slashed it down, everything turned black.
Oo, suspense! Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it. It's sick how much fun I had writing this. It really is. :/
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