Chapter 21: Forgiveness

Nya stared down at her hands as they were slowly shaking nervously. She had had to lift her brown eyes back up to stare at the spot that once had a girl, but all there was in place was a red flannel shirt. She couldn't believe herself to what she had done. She had killed someone. But yet, she had to as someone was a mass manaic with the ability to control plants, using pheromones to control the males of Ninjago, controlling the male ninja, making a monstrious creation in both plants and a person. She had to do what had to be done though.

The samurai sighed to herself to remove her mask to stare into the broken eye holes and chipped ear to ponder to herself. Was it the ethical way for her to do to another person? And yet, if she did stop Ivy to hand her over to the police, she would've escaped fairly easily with her powers. But still, Nya wondered if it was the right way as a samurai and even Catwoman. If only her brother wasn't in the hospital and he could tell her if it was the moral way or not. She sighed again to set the mask on the roof ledge to stare at the city.

The large plants that Ivy conjured remained in place without the hint of decaying or the plants disappearing. They remained in place and weren't causing harm to the citizens or destroying property. All they done bloomed large flowers to make Nya smile a little. She had to wonder if she fulfilled one of Ivy's wishes that was locked away from the world. Being freed from the world and from her powers that she was killed to have. Redemption for all to have. Her smile remained on her lips, but they disappeared as she remembered about Jay to donned her mask on and turned to head for the stairs.

The lobby of the musuem was quiet to the samurai as she walked in cautiously to ensure her friends might ambush her. But when entering the lobby, she couldn't hear any sound of the earth, water, or ice ninja. And Lloyd and Laurie were still unconscious and tied to a tree. She felt relieved to know the conditions of her friends for the time being. But her chocolate brown eyes were rested upon the limp body of the lightning ninja to quickly rush over to him and knelt next to him.

She stared down at his slumbering face to carefully lift his head onto her knees and caressed the long hair he had obtained from his transformation to gently brush it from his face. All was silent to the girl to feel worried for him as he wasn't responding to her gentle touch. But she knew he was still alive as he was still breathing; raggy though. A few minutes passed and the samurai finally heard a groan escape from the blue ninja to gasp quietly as he stirred and his eyes cracked open slowly. "N-Nya?" he groaned tiredly. He tried to move, but felt sore to not move at all.

A smile escaped from the girl's lips to stare down at him to rub his head gently. She felt relieved to know he was well and awake, but knows he would be sore for the time being. May have some broken bones or dislocation, but what did she know right now. All she cared for now was that he was awake. "Hey," she purred to him softly. "How are you feeling?"

A small smile plastered on his lips as he stared at the girl lovingly. "I'm alright," he said with a creaky voice. "Just sore here and there. And not really a fan of this long hair at the moment, that's more of Cole's style. Maybe with it this long, you can style it like Kai's even." He let out a small laugh to get a small giggle out of the girl. "Other than that, I feel like I've went through a huge lightning storm and gotten zapped one too many times to barely stand. I'll be fine though."

"I'm glad then." said Nya. "And I'm glad you're safe."

The smile on his face slowly disappeared as he stared at her masked face to feel regret tug his heart. The stuff he said to her on the Bounty made him feel like a jerk and an idiot. How he was able to Ivy from controlling him because it was true he said had his strong feelings for her. And he even regretted for harming her from his monstrious form. But the way he treated her before made him slap himself internally. "I'm sorry," he sighed. Nya's smile had to disappear to stare at him worriedly. "I'm sorry for the way I yelled at you and kicked you out of the Bounty. I was an idiot and didn't mean to." He sighed through his nose to look away from her.

Frowning, the samurai remained quietly for a moment to feel pity for the Ninja of Lightning. She knew though that he was mad at her for being Catwoman and also betraying him. But it was who she became and will always be. She also knew that Jay wasn't an idiot. To her though. "Hey don't be down," she said softly. "I forgive you. It's my fault really. It was my destiny and fate to become this and will always be as this. I'm really sorry for keeping this secret from everyone, even you." She rubbed his head gently to see him look up at her. "So if you still need me to leave the Bounty, I'll never come back."

A frown appeared on the auburn teen's face to shake his head softly. "Don't leave," he pleaded. "I was idiot to yell and kick you out and I don't want you to go." A small smile appeared on his lips to make her look confused. "It wouldn't be the same on the Bounty without the well known samurai and I'd be lost without my favorite girl."

A smile appeared on the girl's face to make his smile even larger to lean her face closer to his and locked her lips with his. The samurai could feel electricity running through her veins as she and the blue ninja kept their lips connected for a long kiss until a minute has passed and the two finally parted away to smile at each other. But the sound of the sirens alerted the two make look at each other concerned. "What's going to happen to you?" Jay asked. "You're both a hero and a thief, the gang will never stop to catch you and when they do catch you, you're done for."

A smirk formed on the girl's face to make her purr in her throat. And a smile grew on his face. "Well then, I guess they'll have to keep trying." she challenged. She leaned and gave him a quick peck on the lips. "I'll come visit you at the hospital later. Take care, Tiger." She gently set his head back on the floor and quickly gotten to her feet as she heard police cars pull near the museum and ran. She quickly leaped onto the columns to perch herself on the overhead lights.

His smile remained plastered to his face as he watched her leave to turn his head as the squadron of police rushed into the jungle covered musuem. He watched as they surrounded the area to search for the girl who created the greenery, but not one had found her. A group of paramedics had rushed over to him to check on his well being while some went to Laurie and Lloyd and the remaining squadron went to find his friends. But the blue ninja kept his eyes trained to the ceiling to see the girl in the black unitard as he was loaded onto a gurney.

Nya kept smiling down at Jay as he was being carried away and knew he'll keep her secret safe from everyone. With everything now calm and cleared, Ninjago was safe, the samurai found the vent she used to sneak into before and exited herself onto the roof to disappear into the city.