Chapter 70
A Bad Start To The Day

.:Violet:.

When Violet opened her eyes, she expected to see warm light in the room and Kai's face but instead, she found herself in water, drowning deeper and deeper in it. As an instinct, the purple ninja went to scream but this caused the salty water to flood her mouth. Panicking, she tried swimming to the surface of the water but it seemed like the surface was getting further and further away. Violet wanted to summon her elemental powers to help her but fear consumed her. She kicked harder and ripped her arms through the water and at last, Violet broke the surface and coughs racked through her body.

At first she thought she was out on sea but instead, she found herself surrounded by wood. When Violet spun around in the water, she saw she was in a room of the Bounty. Immediately, she recognised it as the room she and Kai slept in last night.

"K-Kai?!" She screamed but the response she got back was the groan and creaking of the Bounty. Quickly, she ducked her head underwater to see the rose petals and candles were floating everywhere and the furniture. But there were no signs of Kai. Violet quickly went back up to get air before ducking down again and swam out of the door. She didn't understand; did the Bounty sink last night? But they were harboured on the beach…

Violet swam a little bit more but felt her chest burn for air but the whole corridor was in water. Just a little longer… She encouraged herself. She busted into Nathan's rose and saw the room wasn't fully full of water. She paddled hard to the surface and calmed herself down.

"Kai?! Sensei Wu?!" The female ninja screamed but it was followed by more coughs.

If she wasn't in a life and death situation, Violet would have used her element to allow her to carry more oxygen underwater but… she was too afraid. Calming herself down, Violet swam out of the room and into the guys' room to see no one was in there. She checked her's and Nya's room and got the same results. Once Violet reached the decks, she was surprised to see it was just slightly underneath the water line; only an inch of water covered the decks. Violet dragged herself up the stairs and gasped her air as well as coughing up the water that leaked into her lungs.

"Violet…"

"Huh?" She looked around and saw someone clad in red resting on the decks with thick, crimson water around him. Once it registered in her mind, Violet was already up and running towards Kai.

"Kai!" She cried as she went to his aid but he just laid there, back on the ground and his arms by his side. He didn't even move his head to acknowledge her. Nevertheless, she cupped his face with her hand. His amber eyes didn't move though, they looked lifeless and scarred. "K-Kai..?"

When she looked down, she realised why the water was red. It was his blood. A surprised cry escaped her lips and her eyes looked for the wound. She found it on his stomach and already, her hand was on it to apply pressure.

"Look at me Kai; you're going to be alright!" She reassured him but his head softly shook side to side, his wet spikes flopping down. "Stay with me Kai, please!"

"I-It hurts…" He mumbled, barely audible and at this, Violet felt her eyes burn and something she never felt before buried deep into her stomach.

It was like the same feeling she had when Scarlett was in her arms on the day of the attack of the Great Devourer except this felt worse. It was like a diseases, eating away her body and making her feel worse. Her stomach recoiled tightly as her heart quickened its pace and constricted so agonisingly firm.

"No, no, no, no, no. You have to hold on!" Violet cried as she held Kai's face in both of her hands but his eyelids stared to close. Her eyes burn like never before and her throat felt dry with dread. "KAI!"

.:Kai:.

The ninja of fire woke up with a jolt when he felt something hit his face rather painfully. Amber eyes looked down only to see Violet thrashing around in his arms. Her eyes were squeezed tight with tears spilling, her hands were balled up in fists, beads of sweat were found on her forehead and she was trembling like a leaf. Instantly, Kai kicked the blanket off them seeing how Violet was fighting to get it off and he quickly pinned down her wrists to prevent her from hurting both of them.

"Violet wake up!"

But she didn't. Instead she was withering underneath his grasps and fear started to settle in his stomach. The last time he saw her like this was when she had a dose of the venom the Serpentine General's staff provided. The serpentine didn't sneak in did they?

"Violet please!" He pleaded as he shook her lightly but she didn't wake up. Kai quickly shuffled over her by putting his knees gently on her wrists and grabbed her face between his hands, ignoring her thrashing legs that were kicking his lower back. "Wake up, it's just a nightmare!"

And when he brushed his thumbs underneath Violet's eyes to clear the tears, her eyes snapped wide open and he could see fear swimming in her lavender orbs. Her thrashings ceased but her breaths suddenly became heavy, unstable and harsh.

"K-Kai..?" Her voice cracked and wavered. Kai softly released her wrists and climbed off her before gathering her into his arms.

"It's okay, it was just a nightmare." He whispered softly as his arms tighten around her and he gently rocked them both back and forward. "You're safe and sound."

"B-But you weren't." She stammered and he felt her face burry into his bare chest – their clothes were still scattered around the room from last night's activity but before they fell asleep, Violet threw his shirt on and he put his shorts on. His shirt is slightly big… well really big for her that one of her shoulders were visible through the neck hole.

However, this got him concerned but he knew better than to force her to tell her dream. Kai just cradled her back and forward softly until she calmed down but he never loosened his arms from around her small frame. He would often mutter some comforting words but the ninja of fire wasn't sure if it was reaching to Violet's ears or has an effect on her. After a couple of minutes, Kai felt the head on his shoulder lift a little bit and when he looked down, Violet's teary eyes weren't peering into his but staring at the wall as if in a trance.

"I was d-drowning…" She started and this caused him to hold her closer to his body. "I woke up drowning; the surface was getting further away… I couldn't b-breathe." And with a sad heart, Kai watched as tears escaped her eyes. "But I've just managed to get to the surface and I s-saw I was in the Bounty. When I went around, I c-couldn't find a-anybody."

And Violet buried her face into his chest.

"I called for you guys but n-no one return my calls." And by now, she was crying into his chest. Kai didn't know how to react anymore. He remembered the countless nights he would cradle Nya to sleep after she wakes up from a nightmare but they were about their parents. That topic was sort of easy to reassure about but he didn't know how to reassure Violet about her nightmare. It made him feel useless. "When I got onto the decks, I saw you lying down, bleeding."

The ninja of air then wrapped her arms around him and she hugged him tightly. Not knowing what to do, Kai just rested his head on top of her's and stroked her hair gently.

"Y-You were dying and I didn't k-know what… what… what to do!"

"But Violet, I'm here and perfectly fine. It was just a nightmare." He soothed her but she shook her head.

"B-But it help so real. I told y-you to hold on but you kept s-slipping through m-my g-g-grasp." And she started to splutter violently. Kai softly kissed her forehead and pulled away so he could see her eyes.

"Look at me." He coaxed and placed his fingers underneath her chin and gently turned her head so she was looking at him. "I'm perfectly fine and alive. I promise you that I won't be dying anytime soon okay? I promise."

"Y-You really promise?"

"I promise Sumire." He reassured her. When he looked outside of the small window that was in the room, he saw the sun has crept over the horizon. "It's still early, get some more sleep."

"I don't want to… Everything I close my eyes, I see you dying." Kai heard her whisper. "Can we stay like this for a while?"

"Of course." He smiled gently before laying them down on the bed without letting go of her. But with one hand, he grabbed a blanket and threw it over them.

.:Nya:.

When the morning light filtered through the window and onto Nya's pillow, the samurai stretched with a yawn escaping her lips. When he amber eyes open, they wondered over to her roommate's bed but to Nya's utter surprise, it was empty and looked like it hasn't been slept in all night. With this, Nya sat up in her bed and looked around and the room looked exactly the same as it did when Nya went to sleep and she was positive that she went to bed before Violet did.

The Samurai X jumped out of bed and threw on a nightgown and walked out of the room. She crept to the boys' room and opened the door silently, only to be bombed by loud snores. She saw that it was Jay and Cole snoring whereas Lloyd was breathing deeply and Zane was silent. But Kai wasn't in the room either. Nya closed the door and was thrown deep in thought.

'If Violet isn't sleeping with Kai… then where are they?'

She wondered before jogging towards the decks to see they weren't on there either. After checking the rest of the Bounty, she couldn't seem to find them. As she exited the lower training room, she heard a warm hum enter the air. It was a lullaby she knew too well. It was a cradlesong Kai used to hum to her whenever she would wake up from a nightmare about their parents. Nya followed it to a rather large tapestry. If Kai was true to his word, this was the same tapestry that covered Violet's bedroom. The female samurai lifted the tapestry and saw a door. She quietly opened it to see her brother cradling a sleeping and tear-stained Violet in his arms. Her brother looked up and looked startled before sighing.

"Nightmare." He mouthed to her and Nya nodded. The other sibling stepped back and closed the door quietly and the gently sent the tapestry in place.

In a way, Nya was glad Violet was sleeping with her brother when the nightmare happened. If the purple ninja was sleeping in their room, Nya would be clueless on what to do. As the samurai walked back to her room, she heard a door swing open and when she looked, she saw Sensei Wu, Jay, Cole, Zane and Lloyd walking out of their room, looking worried.

"Nya, do you know where Kai and Violet are? They're going to miss sunrise exercise."

"Sensei Wu, I don't think it's wise for them to do anything today." Nya advised and she saw her friends looking smug.

"You mean Kai knocked Violet up?" Cole asked and at this, Nya felt her face burn. After all, this is her brother and best friend they're talking about. She saw Lloyd looking confused at the term, Jay smiling sheepishly at her, Cole looking smug, Zane was looking at the other way and Wu sighed softly.

"Well- Wait, that's not the point. It seemed Violet experienced a really bad nightmare so Kai's soothing her at the moment."

"How bad are we speaking?"

"On a scaled of one to ten, I'll rate it a ten from the looks of it." Nya informed and saw pity flash through their eyes.

"That's fine. I'll let them skip this training then."

"But Sensei!"

"Butts are for sitting." Their sensei interjected before heading up the stairs. Nya watched with a laugh threatening to come loose as the four ninja dragged their feet and followed their sensei.

I may as well prepare breakfast.

Like I've mentioned in the previous chapter, chapters are now going to be around 2000 words instead of 3000. Sorry for the longish delay, one of my closest friends was involved in a bad car accident and came out with a couple minor injuries with a blow to the head… T.T But thanks to those who reviewed, it really made me happy (and a happy me means frequent updates *wink wink*) So mega thanks to: LightningDanino23, ShadowNinja27, Skyfur02, ALookIntoMyWorld, CarlyShi208, ElementzGirl7 and the guest.

Guest: No, Violet won't be pregnant. At this point in my plan for this story, Violet being pregnant will sort of… stuff a couple things up. Plus it's a little bit… unrealistic is the character gets pregnant on the first go.

So thanks for reading and please review.