Hey everybody, here's the next chapter where a rather surprising turn of events take place ;)

Jade: Yeah, Kai's been going through a lot of stuff lately :( And I don't think Zuko is Orochimaru, because that would make things wayyyyyyy too complicated -_- And my favorite out of those songs will have to be "Judgment of corruption"

Lya200: I knew someone would think that, but you might be surprised by the time this chapter is over ;)

Suggestor: Thank you for the advice :) And I am planning on doing that later on in the story, and the reason I haven't mentioned Jay's injuries is because if you recall from what I mentioned in my book series it's been over a month and a half since the events from the last book took place, so I just thought that Jays injuries would have healed by now. Although, I'm not an expert on biology, so I might be wrong here :/

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

Chapter 7

The alteration

(Kai's pov)

I basically stayed in the bathroom for who knows how long. I just can't believe what happened back in the bedroom. I beat up Jay, knocked Cole unconscious with the bed frame, and almost killed my sister! What kind of monster am I becoming!?

After a while the others started knocking on the door, asking me to come out.

"Kai, please come out!", I heard Jay beg.

"Were not mad or anything, we just want to talk to you.", Cole assured me, trying to make me open the door.

After what felt like a long time they eventually gave up. I just sat in the center of the floor feeling sorry for myself, I don't know what I'm supposed to do now. If I go out there I might end up killing everyone, but I can't stay in the bathroom forever. I could try running away, but I might kill someone else. Ugh, I just feel so helpless!

After a few minutes I heard someone knock on the door.

"Kai? Are you in there?"

It was Nya. I didn't feel like talking to her after what happened, I almost killed her, along with everyone else.

"Kai please, I just want to talk.", Nya begged me.

Nya did sound pretty upset, but I still didn't want to talk to her.

"Kai, I know your shocked about what happened, but your just making it worse by not saying anything. I'm begging you Kai, please come out and say something to me.", Nya explained, sounding hurt.

I knew she was right, I can't just avoid everyone and leave them clueless. No, it's about time I stopped feeling sorry for myself and came out of the bathroom.

I opened the door and saw Nya standing there with a worried look on her face.

"Kai, what happened to you while we were in the bedroom?", She asked, concerned.

"Nya, I was about to explain why I've been acting weird lately before..."that" happened. I just don't know why it had to happened at that moment.", I explained, sounding guilty.

"Kai, I know you'd never try to hurt any of us intentionally. I know you Kai, your my brother.", Nya told me with deep emotion.

"And your my sister, I'll always try to protect you no matter what.", I assured her with a smile. "But after I left I realized I made a really stupid decision, unfortunately I had to learn the hard way.", I said, turning my head in shame.

I felt Nya place a hand on my shoulder as she said, "Kai, it's okay. We all make mistakes, nobody ever wanted you to leave. Jay didn't mean to do what he did, he just overreacted, we'd all miss you and I know you'd miss all of us too."

It's true, if I just ran away from my problems again I'd miss everyone here. Jay, Cole, Zane, Lloyd, Sensei, even Garmadon. I'll go tell everyone the truth, I know theirs a chance they might be shocked, but it's the only way to fix this.

I turned to face Nya and said, "Your right Nya, I can't just run and hide under my bed like a scared little kid, I have to tell everyone what's wrong."

Nya smiled and gave me a sibling hug, after a few moments hesitation I hugged her back.

After we let go Nya said, "Well, you've been in that bathroom for a pretty long time, it's almost time for dinner."

I didn't even realize how late it was already, I thought I was just in the bathroom for three hours at least. Well, I guess I'll have to tell everyone after dinner, I am pretty hungry.

During dinner everyone kept giving me a bunch of weird looks, as if they thought I'd try to attack them at any moment. Come to think of it, that symbol hasn't taken affect anymore, and I haven't been hearing that voice in my head. I know I should stay alert just in case anything happened.

"Hey Kai.", Jay suddenly spoke up.

"Yeah Jay?", I asked.

"Uh, you said you were going to tell us something before you attacked us in the bedroom right?", Jay asked, trying to sound careful.

"Yes.", I answered nervously.

"Then what was it?"

Should I tell them right now? Well, everyone's here except for Garmadon, Misako, and Dr. Julien. I guess I could tell them, but I just don't know how they'd react. No Kai, you have to tell them now and get it over with or you'll never be able to do it.

I took a deep breath and spoke, "Okay you guys I'll tell you. After I wandered into the forest, looking for the herb Sensei told me to get, I saw-"

I was suddenly cut off when I felt a wave of pain shoot through my body. I started crying out in pain and got down on my hands and knees on the floor. Everyone started gathering around me, trying to see if I was okay. I know what's coming next, I have to get out of here before I hurt any of them.

"Guys, it's okay. I know what to do this time, just let me get up.", I assured them, trying to sound normal

I struggled to get up on my feet, but once I did I quickly rushed to the bathroom with everyone calling my name. After I made it to the bathroom I quickly locked the door and collapsed on the floor in pain, everything hurt! My arms, my legs, my head, everything! It felt like my bones were being rebuilt inside my body.

Once the pain stopped for a few minutes, I shakily got up, leaned over the sink, and looked in the mirror, and I couldn't believe what I saw. My skin was starting to turn red, hard, and scaly, my teeth were turning sharp. I looked at my hands and saw that claws were starting to grow, I wasn't shocked for very long because that's when my body started hurting again/

I started crying out in pain again as I felt my head start to flatten and expand, after that I felt my arms and legs grow longer, along with my waist. After what felt like hours, the pain finally stopped. I was breathing heavily while trembling, I tried getting up, but for some reason whenever I tried to stand up I would just fall back down. All I could do was crouch down on my hands and feet.

After a long time I was able to make my way up to the mirror, and what I saw next horrified me. My face looked just like a deformed snakes head, I had the body of a lizard with sharp black claws. The only thing that looked normal were my eyes. No, no no no no no, this can't be true! I look just like Zuko, except that I'm red instead of black!

"Nooooooooooooo!"

OMG, Kai's become Zuko! D8 What do you guys think will happen next? ;)