Chapter 23
Burning Hatred

.:Violet:.

Violet waited paced in the halls of the monastery with her daggers strapped to her waist and a quiver of arrows on her back. Her bow was held tightly in her hands. Every little sound was starting to scare her or make her jump. She had also tried countless of times to speak to her sister but there were no replies. At least an hour passed and nothing has happened.

"Might as well take a shower…" She grumbled unhappily and walked to her room, she left her weapons on her bed and she quickly took a shower. After she was done, she was changed into a pair of dark blue shorts with a white, halter neck top. She walked to the mirror and grabbed out the hair dryer and started to dry her hair.

But her nose could smell smoke. She turned off her hair dryer and brought a group of caramel hair to her nose. It smelt of strawberries which was her favourite scent. She then smelt the dryer. She was just about to turn it on again when she heard a crackle of wood falling. Violet quickly dashed to her bed and grabbed her weapons before walking out of her room.

The halls were covered in flames with thick black clouds of smoke rising. Instantly she choked on the smoke and her eyes watered. She looked around to see no one was around.

Oh my… Violet what happened?

'About bloody time you decided to show up.' Violet thought angrily and she ran, trying to escape the flames and look for the culprit.

Forget about who done it but save the scrolls! They're more important right now!

The purple ninja agreed and ran to her Sensei's room. She ran in and she was relieved that the room was left untouched by the fire. She quickly ran to the box in the small room and she picked it up. She groaned as her stomach protested the idea of her carrying the big and heavy box but she managed.

Violet then ran out and placed the box in the courtyard. She was just about to go into the monastery to see if she needs to save anything else when she saw two snakes running. She quickly loaded an arrow and aimed but just before she could let it go, a burning sensation run across her back and a hiss left her lips. She quickly craned her left to see that her back have caught on fire.

She quickly summoned her wind element and blew it out. Luckily, it didn't eat her hair but her shirt wasn't that ruined. But her back ached.

"Hey! There's a human girl!" She heard a voice hiss loudly and she turned around to see the two snakes walking towards her. She took out her blades and got into a fighting stance but her back flared up with pain and her stomach churned painfully.

"You started this fire didn't you?" She snapped as she glared at the snakes. They slowly got closer on either side of her and her head kept flicking back and forward.

"Why don't you put down the daggers little girl?"

"So you can kill me?" She snapped and she kept looking between the two snakes. She decided to take the risk and threw one dagger at the closest snake. He fell with a hiss and she looked to the other snake whom seemed scared. "Now, why did you set this fire? If you tell me, I'll let you go."

"So you can kill me later?" He shot back and she laughed.

"No, it's to show the others that you lost to a girl and fell to her simple commands."

"I would rather burn to death than tell anything to a little girl!" And at this, she flicked her arm towards the snake and the dagger left her hand. The dagger planted itself in the snake's chest and he fell. She groaned in pain when the ache in her back doubled. She walked slowly to the snake and pulled out her dagger before rolling him into the fire. An awful smell filled her nose and she went to do the same with the other.

But he wasn't dead. He pulled out her dagger and stood up shakily. She sighed and she threw her arrow at him, she couldn't be bothered to load her bow. This did the trick and he fell down. She took back her dagger and rolled him into the fire like she did with his friend. She wobbled back to the chest and she opened it to see the scrolls laying there untouched. She knew the others will be back soon and she placed her bow and daggers into big box. She was lucky that they fit. She then quickly covered them with the scrolls and she closed it back up.

Her eyes looked at the monastery forlornly. This was where she lived when Wu took her from the streets. This was her home and now she was watching burn with her very own eyes. Tears spilled and she couldn't tell if it was from the smoke or because she was really upset.

She felt a change in the air around her and she looked up to see Kai's dragon flying towards her with Wu, Nya and the other four boys on its back. She quickly wiped her tears away just before the dragon touched the ground. Cole instantly went to release the dragons from the dragon pen while Wu and Zane went to check on her.

"I-I'm so sorry… I couldn't stop the snakes…" She said shamefully and she bowed her head but she lifted it up when the ice dragon appeared and blew ice to put out the flames. She was about to say something when she felt a finger touching her back, making her hiss. She turned around to see Zane inspecting her back.

"It's alright Violet, your element couldn't help you in this situation." Wu told her but she sighed.

"I managed to save the scrolls… my weapons are in there too." She said quietly before hissing again when she felt something cold against her back.

"S-Sorry." She heard Zane mumbled. She looked to the other boys and girl. She saw Cole tending to the dragons, making sure they're alright while Jay was in what would have been the TV room. Kai was just walking around with a deep scowl on his face.

"But everything's gone… My home is gone…" She whispered but she could tell Zane and Wu caught it.

"And the training equipment is gone." Zane muttered before Jay cried out.

"Our video games are gone!" He wailed out before sitting on the ground with his arms and legs crossed with a pout on his lips making look like a toddler.

"And they stole their staff back…" She heard Wu said quietly.

"You had their staff?" She asked softly but she could feel her energy fading away. But she did kill the two snakes unless there was a third who escaped.

Don't fall asleep little sister. Keep up.

"So what do we do now?" She heard Cole asked. She looked at the boys again and her eyes caught on Kai who looked like he was about to blow.

"Why didn't you stop it?!" He yelled at her and he stormed towards her. Since she was kneeling on the ground and Kai was standing, she felt intimated and her heart was caught in her throat and no words came out. She felt Wu and Zane tense on either side of her. She cleared her throat and spoke in a steady voice.

"What could I do Kai? Either let myself be killed by those stupid snakes that set this place on fire? Yeah, that would have killed me and the place would still be burning! I'm sorry; I'm not a ninja like you four! I was a simple reporter; I wasn't trained for this junk! So tell me, what could I do? I'm not the one with ice element or fire! I risked my life trying to save the scrolls and then I had to fight against those two bloody snakes there!" She shouted back and pointed to where she disposed the snakes' bodies. They were half burnt but they were now frozen in the ice.

"Well, you could have released the dragons and get Zane's dragon to put out the fire!" He shouted back at her before turning his attention to Zane who looked like his was going to blow as well. "And you! If you haven't followed that stupid bird, none of this would have happen!"

"Kai!" Wu shouted but she stood up and forcefully pushed him on the chest and he stumbled back. Shock spread across his face.

"You can't blame us for everything that had happen! The past is the past alright? There's no changing it back. You're telling me how I should have put out the fire but guess what? It can't help us now because everything is gone! And don't go blaming Zane on this! You have already insulted him and I think this is enough. You would have to destroy the treehouse otherwise it'll destroy us and who will save Ninjago city?!" She shouted glaring at Kai with pure hatred in them.

"No, Kai's right you two!" She heard Jay growled from behind. "Because of you two, this all happened! Everything is gone, especially my new score!"

"Jay! Who bloody cares about video games?! Is it better than your life? I'm pretty sure that you can survive without it! You're a ninja, not a kid so grow up!" She hissed trying to stare Jay down but it didn't work.

"Stop it, this is a teaching moment. We should learn from this." Zane was trying to calm everyone down but it didn't work. She was still boiling with rage while Jay and Kai glared at her and him.

"A teaching moment? What's wrong with you?! Our home is burned down and every memory we did have here is gone! Don't you get it you two?! Everything is gone!" Cole finally yelled at them and she could feel her hands clenching by her sides and the breeze around her getting stronger. She wanted to punch the three of them in the face. She felt Zane's hand on her shoulder but it didn't calm her down, only the voice of her Sensei.

"That is enough!" He yelled. She looked back to Zane and his expression made her sad. He looked broken and absolutely distraught. His eyes were cast down and she could tell he was close to crying. He didn't say anything but indicated his head to his dragon. She nodded and followed him onto his dragon. "Zane and Violet are now your brother and sister."

She managed to hear Wu say but Zane's dragon already took off. She couldn't handle being near those boys and she could tell Zane couldn't either. She just also hopes that Sensei Wu could keep her weapons safe. She wrapped her arms around Zane's chest and rested her head on his back.

"I'm sorry Zane…"

"No, it's not your fault…" She heard him say above a whisper. She decided to keep quiet and she closed her eyes. When she did open them again, the dragon had just landed in front of the bounty. She must have fallen asleep.

"You don't mind do you?"

"Of course not." She muttered and she hopped off the dragon and walked towards the ship with Zane closely behind her. They both made their way to the dining room and she went to the kitchen. Some of the stuff had already expired but she got out her tea pot and filled it with hot water before putting in some tea leaves. She grabbed two cup and she brought them to the table before bring the pot.

"Thank you." He thanked her as she poured him a cup.

"Don't let their words get to you. They were angry and whenever people are angry, they say words they don't mean to say. Like I've accidently let it slipped that I killed those two snakes." She tried confronting him but he continued to frown.

"Thank you Violet and I really do mean thank you. You stood up for me even when the others were yelling at you… It really was my fault."

"Whoa, no it isn't. We would have to destroy that tree house sooner or later and we were just lucky we have a friend in the sky. Although I'm not sure if the snakes were planning to set fire to the monastery at the time…" She sighed and she slowly drank from the tea cup. It reminded her of the tea that Wu gave to her when they first met. Guilt started to claw at her stomach. How stupid was she to leave her sensei to those awful and stupid boys?

"But we can't leave them forever can we?" Zane's question snapped her out of her thoughts.

"Sadly no… I would personally love to leave Kai but I guess we have to bring them here."

"Here?!"

"Yes, where else can you guys stay?"

"But this is your home Violet."

"It's alright. I'll stay in my room and exit out of the window at night. This way you can still check up on my wounds and I'll just put in a microwave in my room so if there are any leftovers I'll have it for breakfast, lunch or dinner."

"You'll starve; you don't have to hide yourself."

"I don't think Kai would like me hanging around anymore. I really do think he was angry at me. Plus when I was on the streets I had a small portion of food every couple days so I think I can survive without food for half of the day if you're that concern about me. Plus this place you guys can train. It's big enough as well to hold everyone. Just say to them that the falcon led you here and I went back to Jamanakai Village because you didn't want me to be in trouble again because you're a caring cousin."

"Are you sure?"

"I'm positive. Come on, we need to prepare a feast and I'm sure they'll forgive you."

Big thanks to: Himeno Kazehito, Someone and the guest for reviewing. And to answer some questions: No, Violet doesn't admit her feelings to Kai to unlock her True Potential. Remember, the true potential can be unlocked when they realise what have been holding them back. I'm pretty sure her feelings won't have much to do with this.

But Please review!