Hey everybody, here's the next chapter where we find out if Kai lived or not.

Jade: Yeah, things are really starting to look bad for everyone :( And I was able to listen to half of the songs you mentioned to me, and I think I like "Prince of Blue" the best :)

Lya200: Once again, you guessed right

Elephant101: I think pretty much everyone hates Zuko at this point. And Kai wasn't being stupid for leaving, if you were attacked by one of your friends I'm pretty sure you'd leave to, and the reason Kai wasn't mad is because Zuko manipulated Kai to make him think his friends don't care about him. Hope this cleared up any confusion.

Disclaimer: I don't own Ninjago because, well you know why ;)

Chapter 4

We found him

(Zane's pov)

My brothers and I were running in the direction of the forest in pursuit of Kai. All of us were very concerned for him, but I could sense that the one who was the most concerned was Jay. It is true that Jay did act rather rash towards Kai, but I am sure that if he apologizes everything will be fine. That is, if we do manage to find Kai.

We soon made our way into the forest, but none of us knew where Kai could be.

"Well, we made it into the woods, but I don't see Kai anywhere?", Cole observed.

That was when Jay started to panic.

"You guys don't think he's dead do you!? What if something happened to him!? I'll never be able to let him know that I'm sorry, Nya will never forgive me for this!", Jay rambled in dismay.

"Jay, there is no reason to start panicking when we have not even found Kai yet.", I said, in hopes that it would calm him down.

"Zane's right, we can't just start freaking out. If Kai is in danger we have to remain calm, we wont be able to rescue him if were not thinking clearly.", Cole explained to Jay.

Jay seemed to calm down a little, but he still looked troubled.

"Alright you guys, I think the best way for us to find Kai is to split up, we'll be able to cover more ground this way.", Cole informed us.

Jay and I nodded in agreement and we each went into a separate direction. I looked in almost every corner of my segment of the forest. I looked behind bushes, inside hollow tree stumps, and I even resorted to looking in the trees. But Kai was nowhere to be found, I was thinking of going back to report that I had found nothing, but that's when I heard Cole shouting.

"Guys, I think I found him!"

I quickly started running in the direction of Cole's voice, but once I got there what I saw was rather surprising. Cole was standing over Kai, but Kai was lying face down in the grass, not a single injury could be seen on him. I was about to question Cole, but then Jay arrived.

Jay immediately noticed Kai. "Oh my god, is he dead!?", Jay asked us, his voice filled with concern.

"I don't know, I just found him like this.", Cole told him, trying to remain calm.

I leaned down and turned Kai over on his back. Kai's eyes were shut, it is clear that he was unconscious, but what happened to him? Their appear to be no signs of injuries, was he poisoned? I then checked Kai's pulse, but it was normal. If Kai was poisoned his pulse would have been slower than usual.

"Kai is going to be alright.", I told my brothers, my voice filled with releaf.

Jay and Cole both sighed in relief.

"Wait, if Kai's fine, then why was he screaming?", Jay asked, perplexed.

"I don't know, maybe Kai hit his head and freaked out or something.", Cole inquired.

This did seem possible, but if Kai did hit his head he would have passed out before he screamed. But I knew we could not keep on debating this. I picked Kai up and started carrying him towards our home. After a long time of walking, we eventually made it back to the bounty.

Nya was waiting for us on the outer deck, She immediately ran up to us.

"You guys are back, did you find-", Nya cut herself off as soon as she saw Kai.

"What happened to Kai!?", She asked frantically.

"We are not sure, their were no injuries on him, but he is still unconscious.", I explained to her.

"Well, what should we do?", Nya asked me, desperate.

"The only thing that seems possible right now is to wait for him to wake up.", I told her with remorse.

With that said, we quickly made our way into the bedroom we shared and laid Kai down on one of the lower bunks. All we can do now is wait.

(Kai's pov)

I felt my eyes slowly open. I could hear a familiar voice saying, "This is all my fault! Kai, please don't hate me for what I did, I'm so sorry!" After a few minutes I saw that Zane and Cole were both sitting in chairs, watching over me. Jay on the other hand, was pacing around the room muttering things that I couldn't make out. Wait a minute, how did I end up back at the bounty?

"Guys, what am I doing here?", I asked them, confused.

"We found you passed out in the woods, so we brought you back here.", Cole explained.

I was about to ask something else, but that's when Jay ran up to me.

"Kai, I am so sorry that I beat you up like that, I shouldn't have yelled at you and told you 'screw you', I don't know what I was thinking!", Jay chattered, his voice filled with guilt.

"Jay, calm down. I can't understand a word your saying!", I told him, frustrated.

Jay then took a deep breath and said, "Look Kai, I just wanted to say that I'm sorry I beat you up like that, I completely overreacted. I never wanted you to leave, so are we still bros?"

Wow, I actually wasn't expecting Jay to apologize. I mean, that photo means a lot to him, and I thought he would hate me forever.

After a pretty long pause, I finally spoke up, "Of course we are, I realize that I shouldn't have left in the first place."

Jay sighed in relief and said, "Thank goodness, because I thought you would hate me, and never want to speak to me again, and then Nya would-"

Cole quickly slapped his hand over Jay's mouth, "I think he gets it Jay.", Cole said, sounding annoyed.

"Although, we are all curious to know why we found you unconscious in the forest.", Zane brought up.

I suddenly started panicking, what am I supposed to tell them? I can't tell them about what Zuko told me while I was in the forest, who knows what they'll do. I knew I had to think fast, so I decided to tell them the first thing that popped into my head.

"Um, I don't remember."

"You mean you don't remember anything?", Cole asked, sounding concerned.

"All I remember is walking into the forest, and after that I don't remember anything.", I lied.

"Perhaps you will remember after you get some rest.", Zane suggested.

"Yeah, maybe.", I muttered.

After that, everyone left the room, leaving me alone. It's a good thing that Zuko didn't kill me, but why did Zuko keep me alive? Was it just part of his plan? Even if it is, what does he want me for? I looked at my arm where Zuko bit me, but to my surprise, I didn't see any sign of a bite mark. My sleeve was a little torn, but the only thing that's on my skin is a weird looking symbol.

It looked exactly like the quarter moon, except that it was totally black. What does it mean? Am I dying? Was I injected with something? What? I'm probably just thinking too hard, maybe I do need to rest. I then turned over in my bed and tried to get some sleep, but that weird symbol was still bugging me.

So, it turned out that Kai is alive, but what does that weird symbol on his arm mean? R and R everybody ;)