Chapter 30
Little Pieces

.:Violet:.

She watched in her invisible form as the plan fell into place. She followed Lloyd silently as he went into the game room. They both saw Kai picking up the remote and Lloyd played his part.

"Hey Kai! Saw Cole beat your high score. You should have seen it, it was pretty spectacular." Lloyd said and walked away. She knew Cole didn't beat Kai's score but Lloyd himself was a pretty talented gamer, took them ten tries but he did it. She stayed back and saw Kai's shocked expression. She placed a hand over her mouth and tried to stiffen her giggles.

That's when she decided to leave him and try to find Lloyd. She found him walking towards the kitchen where Cole had a huge pot over the stove. Using her new tricks, she grabbed the cinnamon jar and it turned invisible.

"Ooh, hey Cole. I saw Jay put in some spices." She heard Lloyd said and she used his distraction to quickly tip in the cinnamon before adding more garlic and chilly. She walked beside Lloyd and tapped his shoulder to tell him the deed was done. "Well, see you later."

They both walked down the stairs and she saw Lloyd held out a hand, signalling for a high-five. She smiled softly and slapped his hand for a high-five.

"What did you add?"

"Cinnamon, more garlic and chilly."

"Great."

Violet, you look like you're having fun.

'It's not what it seems! It's to teach the boys to investigate further into facts they're given.'

I believe you but what I meant was that it looks like you're having fun with Lloyd… maybe you don't need to come over…

'What? Of course I'm ready to come into your paradise.'

Great because I can only take your subconscious this time so tell Lloyd that he needs to do the rest and then inform Wu.

'Alright.'

Violet obeyed and tapped Lloyd's shoulder and he stopped. "I need to go to somewhere so can you do the rest on your own?"

"What? Where are you going?"

"It's hard to explain but I'll tell you later okay kiddo?"

"Alright…" Lloyd muttered but she already took off. Once she arrived in the bridge, she casted her charm off and Wu turned and smiled at her.

"Is there something wrong Violet?"

"I'll be heading off shortly to my training but this time, Scarlet told me that my body will remain in Ninjago."

"That's fine but take it easy alright?"

"Sure Sensei." That parting was rather quick but she dashed to her room.

Okay, getting you over here will be a bit different so I'll need you to calm your mind and just think of nothing. Make sure you're holding your golden weapon, we'll need it.

Violet nodded and she quickly changed into her ninja suit and strapped her daggers to her waist and grabbed two quivers of arrows and her bow. She lay on her bed and closed her eyes and desperately tried to keep her mind blank.

Nothing happened. She was about to open her eyes when the sound of water running was heard and the smell of wildflowers. She opened her eyes to see Scarlet's smiling face over her's.

"You did it, now I got some explaining to do."

"Explaining..? Oh!" Violet sat up and hugged her sister tightly. "Please tell me that is never going to happen again."

"I don't know. It seemed that the venom that's inside the staff travels to the brain, that's where it feasts first. Since I'm merged with you, it affected me too but we're good, you fought the poison!" And at this, Scarlet hugged her sister very tightly.

"I really don't think I did much."

"Oh well, time will be different too. About four hours here is the same as one hour there."

"So how long will I be here for then?"

"Four hours."

"Alright, let's get this thing started."

.:Kai:.

"Pythor is our most dangerous threat. If he finds those tombs then I fear that no one will be able to stop him." Wu sighed tiredly.

"But those tombs could be anyway…" Kai grumbled as he leaned against the wall with his arms folded over his chest. He knew he shouldn't let his beaten game score get to him but it made him mad. He was glad Cole didn't beat him but Lloyd did! The twelve year old managed to beat him!

His head turned towards the door to the bridge to see Violet entering, she looked tired and exhausted. No one else seemed to notice her presence; they all were watched as Nya threw darts at the maps, estimating the whereabouts of the snakes. Violet leaned against the wall as well but not next to him. Her arms folded against her stomach and she was surprisingly wearing her ninja suit.

Her lavender eyes seemed distant but they still looked beautiful. Her caramel hair was tied in a high ponytail and it fell over one shoulder.

"We only have a little bit of time left before Pythor unleashes all tombs… Violet, you're back, good. You, Kai and Jay will head to the Venomari tomb while Zane and Cole will head to the Constrictai. You two may need this." And Wu pulled out the sacred flute and handed it to Cole and Zane.

"How come we don't get the flute?" Kai heard Jay whined.

"Because the constrictai is more likely to squeeze you to death than the venomari." Violet's tired voice ran out.

"Putting that aside, good luck ninja." Wu nodded his head which told them all it's time to go. He and Jay walked outside with Violet trailing behind them.

"Hey Violet, where did you go?"

"I had training…"

"Where?" Kai asked this and she looked at him in the eye.

"In a spirit realm. Come on, we need to deal with these snakes now. My training isn't the important thing right here." She told them sternly and with a bright flash of light, her weapon turned into a vehicle. It was incredible her vehicle. It was nothing like he had even seen before. He looked like a mixture of a jet and a car. The body structure of the vehicle was a jet except there were two car tires at the front of two little ones at the wings which sat at the back.

( . )

"Whoa, sweet ride." Jay whistled but she shook her head and lifted the hatch.

"Well come on!" Both he and Jay sighed and changed their weapons into vehicles and she flew off leaving him and Jay to chase her. He thought Jay's vehicle was fast but jolly was he wrong. Her's was faster.

.:Violet:.

She was glad for her training with Scarlet even though it made her extremely tired. She managed to unlock her weapon and do other tricks like thinning out fogs and mist, creating a breeze in an area that doesn't have any. She can give someone oxygen or take it away, creating a warm or cool breeze and move heavier objects this time.

Once they entered into the Toxic Bogs, she opened her hatch and waved a hand outwards towards the thick, green fog and she thinned it out. If she didn't, it was more likely for Kai and Jay to smash into a tree or drive or fly into the toxic lake. She knew where the Venomari tomb was, she stumbled across it on her first mission here. Once it was in view, she dismounted her vehicle onto the ground and she turned around to see Kai and Jay doing the same.

"Are we here?"

"Yes, we are." She answered Kai and she stared at the lake between them. It would have been better to do it here otherwise they would have alerted the snakes of her presence.

Hey, what about the tip about silencing sound?

'Didn't think of it.'

"What stinks?" She then heard Jay asked.

"The toxic, it'll eat through anything. Human flesh, metal and gold."

"You're not that much on the bright side are you?" She heard Kai asked but she shrugged her shoulders and grabbed a log and dipped it into the acid. When she pulled it back out, the log she dipped in was gone.

"Come on." She told them and she walked over to a tree and jumped onto the lower branches before hoisting herself higher into the tree. She then jumped tree to tree like a monkey towards the other side. When she looked back, Jay and Kai were still following her.

Once they made it, she notched an arrow into her bow and carefully looked around. Fortunately, there wasn't a snake in plain sight but unfortunately the tomb had already been open.

"Damn…" She sighed and she heard two thuds behind her, she turned around in a flash and aimed her bow. She could see alarm and panic in Kai's and Jay's eyes and she aimed her bow downwards. "The tomb had already been open but there are not snakes…"

"That's just great…" Jay groaned and his voice echoed in the tomb. The said ninja then laughed and it echoed once again. She sighed and she heard Kai sigh as well and he left to look around.

"They say you're the green ninja but I am!" Jay then shouted into the tomb and it echoed back at him. "No, I am!"

"Jay, shut up!" Violet hissed and she made sure her voice didn't echo back.

"No, I'm the green ninja!" Jay shouted, completely ignoring her. She cut off the sound before it echoed back. "Huh? Did you do that?"

"Yes, I did."

"You take the fun out of everything."

"I rather be safe than sorry." She replied coolly and she turned around to look at her surroundings. By this point, Kai was gone. "Kai?"

She called out and was answered by a scream of fright belonging to Kai.

"Jay! Violet! Help!" Kai's voice echoed out and she grabbed Jay by the collar and she dragged him to the other side of the tomb. Kai was backed against a tree with venomari and constrictai snakes surrounding him. Then she noticed his bright green eyes.

"Oh no…" She sighed.

"Please stop! I don't like elves or gingerbread men! Ah! They're so many!"

Is Kai really that much of a girl?

'I guess so.'

Violet replied to her sister and she placed her weapon on her back and took out her twin daggers and jumped in front of Kai who was now sitting on the ground with his legs tucked into his chest and his arms hugging them close. He then started to rock back on forward.

"Kai, stop being a baby and fight! You're a ninja for crying out loud!" She shouted and she instantly pounced into action, not bothering to check if Jay was alright or if Kai got his common sense back. She focused on these snakes. Both tribes were here and they were clearly outnumbered.

She fought off the Constrictai's tails and got her blades to protect her eyes when a Venomari would spray their acid.

"Jay, don't get the Venomari's acid in your eyes! Otherwise you would end up like Kai!" She shouted, and she placed her twin daggers onto her waist and took out her bow and started to fire. She didn't care if she killed these snakes. Sure she should knock them out but if she kills them now, less she'll have to deal with in the future.

"A-Are you my guardian angel?" She heard Kai's voice piped up and she groaned in frustration.

"Not again!" She hated that Jay called her that but now that Kai is, it was worse.

"Y-You're so pretty… so beautiful…" She then realised he was having hallucinations and probably doesn't release he was speaking to her.

You'll definitely shock him if you told him that when he recovers.

"I know." She said it out loud this time because she really needed to concentrate. At least ten snakes surrounded her and six of them were constrictai. Then she danced with her daggers, skilfully and gracefully spinning around, defeating the snakes around her. Her arms moved in sync with her legs and her daggers met their targets.

"Wow, you look busy." She suddenly heard Zane's voice and she gasped to see him in a pink ninja suit.

"What happened to you? Wait, I know." And she grinned. Zane looked adorable in pink. She looked around to see Kai started to swing his sword but he was wobbly on his feet. Zane was already covering her back and Cole was with Jay. She quickly ducked between the snakes' arms and went to Kai's side.

"You look more gorgeous up close."

"I'm close enough to knock you out." She hissed and she replaced her daggers with her bow once again and shot any snake that were too close for her likings.

Suddenly, something heavy crashed against her and she fell down with it on top of her. Air was knocked out of her lungs and she looked up to see Kai was smiling at her.

"Let me give you a kiss."

"No."

"Why my guardian angel?"

"I'm Violet for crying out loud!"

"You look nothing like her." And he leaned down but his lips missed her head and kissed the ground. She gasped and tossed his body off her and she quickly pushed the incoming snakes away.

I think he's drugged or drunk. This can't be the effects of the venom from the Venomari.

'Those were my thoughts as well.'

But then something purple caught her eyes and before she knew it, it went invisible. Then she released that he was an Anacondrai snake. Then something blurry was in front of her.

"I can see you. I'm not that stupid like the rest of these boys." She snapped and she snapped her head around to see three snakes coming towards Kai. She sighed and flipped back and kicked the snakes. She then turned around to the blurred figure. "You're the leader of the Anacondrai, the tribe that can turn invisible. Almost like me."

"Except I'm not a girl." The snake sneered and she threw her dagger towards the invisible snake but she missed, it went passed and hit another snake. Now, she was one dagger down.

"Fight like a snake and not a cat." She stood in front of Kai protectively.

"What about your lover?"

"What the heck? He's nothing more than a stupid boy."

"So why and protect him if he's stupid?"

"Quit stalling!" And she charged at the invisible snake but his blurriness disappeared and something hard hit her back. She then realise that he moved. She grabbed Kai by the arm and fled towards the others who were grouped up.

"What happened to Kai?"

"He went stupid." She told Cole and let go of Kai.

"Don't leave me…" He pouted.

"I'll be back." She told the four and she fought her way towards the place where she last saw the Anacondrai snake but he was gone.

"Looking for me?" She turned face to face with the general and his purple skin was the same shade as her uniform.

"Yeah, you're the snake I'm looking for."

"Well not anymore, you have bigger problems on your plate."

"You mean yours?"

"No, I mean theirs." And his head tilted towards her teammates and she saw that they were slowly sinking in the toxic lake on a large fallen tree.

"Stupid boys." She sighed and she flew onto the log with them. "How did you guys get yourself into this situation?"

"We're outnumbered you know." Jay told her but she sighed.

"But now we're sinking." Cole muttered.

Remember our training today.

Violet focused her senses on the breeze around her and she tried to lift their log but it wouldn't work. They were too heavy for her to lift.

Just really focus on it.

Violet did try but nothing.

"Violet, what do we do?"

"We're drifting out, it would be hard for you guys to jump back and you're too heavy to carry." She answered Cole and paced on the log.

"You smell really yummy. Like strawberries, apples and candy." She heard Kai slurred and she turned around and punched him in the cheek.

"Hey, no need for violence here!" Cole shouted but she shrugged her shoulders.

"It's a good thing I didn't punch him over board." She then tried using her element to push her closer to the shore but something caught the log and it refused to move. "Dammit."

"Hey, do you see that magical rope?" Kai's voice asked dreamily.

"There's no rope… I think you hit him really hard." Jay muttered and she didn't reply.

Honestly, you didn't have to hit him.

'Well he called me too many things, tried kissing me and then sticking his nose into my neck so of course I have too."

Wow, aren't you a little bit hot-headed? I think Kai is rubbing it on you… Pythor's right, you two would look cute together.

'What the hell Scarlet?!'

I'm just speaking my mind.

Violet sighed but when she paid attention to the other boys, she saw a rope lowered. Then she felt the wind increase, picking up leaves, and she looked to see a robot samurai descending from the sky. She looked closely at the face and saw Nya's amber eyes looking at her through the red lenses of the glasses that covered her face. Nya is really full of surprises isn't she?

So Violet discovered Nya first! Because the last chapter was short, I made this one longer. And I had to make Kai make some advances sooner or later so this was the perfect scenery. Not that romantic but oh well. In case if you didn't open it, the hyperlink earlier in the chapter is basically Violet's vehicle's picture.

So thanks to: Ninjagofangirls, LightningDanino23, FadingDreams101, mystery girl and the two guests for reviewing!

Oh, mystery girl, I think your plan would be great! I'll make sure to do it later. ;)