Hello everyone! So sorry for the extended wait of this chapter but finally, school is over for the year and I have an 8 week holiday! And now, we'll be proceeding into Rebooted so I hope you enjoy it! :D

Chapter 101
Devil of the Night

.:Violet:.

The power of the ocean's current held her away from the surface, keeping her trapped in its icy cold grasp. Her body screamed for her to claw back to the surface. Panic settled like stones in the bottom of her stomach, bringing her far away from the surface - doesn't matter how hard her frantic limbs were trying to bring her body up. Their movements were harsh, brittle and most of all, useless. She wasn't moving up, just sinking further down into the darkness of the ocean. Her ninja gi skirt was tangled in her flailing legs and each time she kicked to get them free the little oxygen that was within her chest was diminishing; bit by bit. To the female ninja, it felt like her chest was on fire. It was burning, agonisingly burning. Her violet eyes looked to the surface where rays of light penetrated through the waves but faded away once it got deeper into the water. The surface was mocking her, teasing her incapability to swim and to save herself.

When a something latched onto her ankle, Violet immediately looked down only to scream; making her lungs empty of oxygen. To her absolute horror, a sickening grin she knew too well and deathly grey eyes glanced up at her. It made her heart pound against her chest, wanting to get out and run away. Fear slithered into every skin and hair cell. It was Vincent who dragged her deeper into the water. Desperate to get away, she kicked as hard as she could, also trying to kick off Vincent's hands that were getting higher on her leg but she could no longer tell which way was up. She thrashed and flailed her limbs to get up once again but Violet still sank deeper.

Her lungs felt like they were getting torn out by rusted claws that were like icicles; so cold that it burns. Vincent's hands were squeezing her leg so tight that she was sure the bone in her leg had shattered into pieces. Darkness seeped at the edges of her vision as the pain intensifies. The frenzied motions of her arms decelerated and the icy cold water of the sea washed her strength away. Water flooded into her nostrils and throat, threatening to gag her. It didn't help when she felt Vincent's hands claw for her neck.

The blackness spread, tunnelling her vision until there was nothing remaining but the dark watery glimmers. Then the world vanished into nothingness.

.::.

Violet's teary eyes snapped open as she immediately gasped for a breath; the air and oxygen felt like a luxury as it flooded her lungs. She then exhaled and inhaled once again, desperate to reassure it was still there. As her pounding heart calmed down a bit, she took noticed of the way Kai's face was painted with worry.

"You're safe Violet, it's just another bad dream."

As his hands touched her cheek, she knew this was real. Closing her eyes, she continued to calm herself down. At the same time, Kai brought her close to his board chest and rested his head on her's. They stayed like that for a few minutes until she had the courage to speak up.

"They keep getting worse…" Violet whimpered softly as she buried her head further into his chest, feeling the brunette's muscle tense.

"I know Sumire; you stopped breathing this time… I got so worried."

"I-I did?" She gasped and pulled away to meet his amber eyes in the dim light of their bedroom. The solemn look on his face told her that this was no lie. Ever since they had started the school and she had found that Gene's older brother was Vincent, she has been plagued by the same nightmare for the past couple of months but only last week did they become a daily basis. However, this was the first time she had actually held her breath, as if she was drowning for real. "I didn't mean to-"

"I know, I know." Kai softly sigh and she could feel his calloused hand rub her arm in a comforting manner while his other hand wiped her tears away. Looking up to his face, she could see the dark bags that linger under his eyes.

"I'm sorry to keep waking you up like this…" She sighed softly.

"You think I'm tired before of you waking me up? Ptf. You should know you can never make me tired but the students are." Kai groaned in a childish way that brought a smile to her lips.

"Tell me about it." She then laughed and then she kissed the bottom of this chin. "We should just run away, leave our classes for Cole, Jay, Zane and Nya to handle. Just call it our pre-honeymoon."

"That sounds good. We can probably relax in Cryleas, work on your house and maybe just stay there- We can have our wedding there!"

"That isn't a bad idea but unfortunately we can't leave… Sensei Wu may kill us!"

"Ugh… I forgot about him…"

.::.

Lucky for the ninja, there were no classes for that day but unfortunately –with Sensei Wu's Academy being a boarding school- they still have to monitor the students to make sure they didn't get into any mischief or trouble. The ninja of air found herself sitting down on the bench in the gardens, keeping an eye of the students that were in her field of vision. A slight breeze blew, rustling the leaves from the trees and making them fall to the ground, one by one. With only a couple clouds in the sky, the sunlight shone onto the school, making the air warm. The green grass was always short and cut and flowers of different kinds and types lined the inner side of the wall-fence and the around the building.

Looking back to the students play, her eyes kept a particular close look to the group of boys that were currently playing tag, the trouble makers of the school. As expected Gene is the leader. She should have known that he and Vincent were related. No one else had ginger hair as bright of theirs or eyes that were like the steel of the gun that Vincent shot her with. Just thinking about that night already caused her body to stiffen with the memories swarming into her mind. Violet was fortunate enough that the young ginger wasn't in her class but whenever she's on monitoring duties in the gardens, he always made sure to be in her field of range and she knew why. Gene never liked her since she killed his older brother and it was like he was rubbing it into her face that she killed the boy's older brother and along with a whole lot of other people on that night. In a way, it helped Violet when Gene rubs the death of Vincent in her face; it reassures her that he isn't alive and can't harm her anymore.

But all her thoughts disappeared like smoke vanishing into air when she heard cries of pain. Instantly, Violet got up and dashed over to the gathered circle that chanted 'fight' over and over again. Immediately, she pushed her way through the crowd to see the ginger kid sitting on another boy's chest and punching his face nonstop.

"Stop this madness!" She yelled and grabbed Gene under his arms and pulled him away from the boy who now had blood dripping down his nose and was groaning in pain.

She was relieved at the fact that two other boys helped to get the injured one off the ground and back into the school but Gene wouldn't cease thrashing in her arms. He kept trying to run after his target.

"Gene, stop it!"

"No!" He roared as he tried to punch her, in hopes that she would let go but Violet knew better than that.

"Stop it or else-!"

"Or else what?!" The ginger shrieked and he tore away from her arms and took a step back, only to glare at her, his grey eyes like a gun ready to pull the trigger at any moment. "You're going to kill me like you killed my brother?!"

Immediately at this, the kids surrounding them started to whisper causing panic to settle once again in her stomach. Already, Violet felt weak in a situation like this but the gears in her mind didn't cease. Instead, they were pulling the pieces together and realised this was all part of Gene's plan; a way to spill her doings of that night to everyone. All of this for revenge…

"Gene-"

"Don't deny it you filthy cold-blooded killer! You killed him!"

"He was killing so many innocent people Gene." She tried to speak calmly but her voice shook. Images of the burning bodies and the smell hit her like a bullet.

"That doesn't change the fact that you killed him! Aren't you a ninja who fights with honour? Or are you a fraud?! You're nothing but a killer! An assassin!" The ginger continued to yell.

"Hey hey hey, break it up!" Violet's eyes found Cole, Jay and Kai running up to them. Knowing they can handle the situation better that her, she quickly fled the scene.

.:Kai:.

"Violet!" Her name slipped through his lips and within seconds, he was chasing after her and left Jay and Cole to deal with the students. But with each passing second he chased her, she was only getting further and further away from him with the speed she ran at. He tried not to lose her in the winding corridors within the school building but with every turn he took, he could only see her just turning around the next corner.

For the past year and a half he has known her, Kai had learnt many things about the ninja in purple – even when she was the reporter. No matter what, she would always act tough and strong - trying to keep up with the pride she has built up. He knew why. He wasn't that stupid. He knew Violet had enough of the empathic looks from being on the street and appearing weak and vulnerable and therefore the need of building this new façade but no matter how strong Violet was, Kai knew she was easy to break down when faced with her fears. Fears such as drowning, unable to save innocent lives that look up to her, losing loved ones and a new one: Vincent. Other than that, the brunette can't recall any other times that Violet's stone façade she had broken down. It's like there's two sides of her, the sweet, weak and vulnerable girl or the strong, stubborn yet independent one. It's not that Kai had a preference on which side of Violet he liked. He loves her all the same.

Once the girl was completely out of sight, Kai slowed down to a jog and sighed. How come she was pushing him away again? Kai always knew he was stubborn but if he had to name a person who was as equally stubborn as him it would be Violet with Nya coming in close with second. As he turned around the corner, he saw four girls whispering among themselves next to the lockers.

"Have you girls seen Miss Violet?"

"Yeah," one of them piped up, "we saw her running a few seconds ago towards to the stairs to the top floor… Did you two get into a fight? She had tears."

"No but thanks." And he darted towards the top floor of the school. If Kai could trust any of the students for true information, it would be all the girls. They seem to be especially loyal to Violet and Nya, always asking her questions about their relationship and so on. Then again, three of those girls just now are in her class.

He didn't bother taking elevator; he made a direct line to the stairs. He didn't even take a step at the time, instead, he took three at a time. Once he got to the very top floor, he could hear sniffles. Immediately, Kai took light steps and slowly walked around, trying to listen for Violet. But it seemed he wasn't quiet enough because her sniffles stopped and it became silent.

"Violet…?" He asked softly and he walked around the square room that was filled with old furniture. Everything in the room was covered head to toe in dust. He knew Violet wasn't going to let herself be seen that easily if she wasn't going to reply. Kai knew she turned invisible.

He knew he was at a disadvantage of trying to find her but he also had the dust as an advantage. Amber eyes sought out for a small place that have been recently been wiped. But it seemed Violet knew what he was trying to do and a small breeze entered the room, stirring the dust particles.

"Violet, you aren't making this easy for me…" He sighed and stopped in his tracks and looked for a new tactic. Then, with the corner of his eyes, he saw the dust particles moved in a weird way. Instead of flowing through the air in a smooth flight, these dust particles had a sharp movement as if they were going around an object. Slowly, he turned around and walked towards the small spot next to the old grandfather clock. When his hand stretched out to feel her, he believed he grabbed her shoulder. "No matter how hard you try to hide away from me, I'll always find you Sumire."

He spoke these words softly, not wanting to upset the girl anymore. Kai next heard a defeated sigh and Violet appeared under his hand, tears glistening in her eyes and the breeze vanished, making the dust fall. The brunette then sat down next to her and wrapped his arms around her small figure and brought her close. After that, Violet rested her head on his chest.

"What happened?" He asked gently, leaning his head onto hers. He knew this position they were currently in always calmed her down.

"Gene started a fight just to get back at me for killing Vincent…" Violet muttered quietly with occasional sniffs here and there.

"Oh…" Kai said that could be close to almost whispering. He should have known Gene would do this… He just didn't expect it to be today.

"Now he's probably telling everyone of my murders and telling half the story…"

"No, Jay and Cole are handling the situation as we speak." He told her and his lips pressed against her temple.

"I don't even want to go to the field trip today…" Yesterday, Nya delivered the news of the Cyrus Borg personally inviting the whole school for a tour of his industries. Being the teachers, they have to keep an eye on the students – of course. But Kai didn't get what's so special about it, Jay makes Cyrus sound like he's a god. The city wasn't too badly in shape but Cyrus Borg came up with a proposition in changing Ninjago City to be more… advance. "I don't even think I can ever show my face to any of them…"

"Don't say that. I'm sure that's what Gene wants and it'll just show the other students that he's true and that you're feeling guilty for it."

"But I am! I mean I don't really feel guilty for killing Vincent… he would have killed you… but I feel guilty for letting all those other people die!"

"You couldn't control that Violet remember?" He said softly, hoping to calm her down more which it did. "Come, let's get out of this place and to the teacher's lounge and get you a cup of tea. All this dust is making my nose go funny."

So I tweaked the beginning of Rebooted just a bit and so on. But in this chapter, I just wanted to go over Violet's personality just a little bit more since I've reread this story two weeks ago and her personality is out of her place; like she's weak but strong and I just wanted to clean that up a bit. And I'm also sorry for the slight short chapter. But massive thanks to everyone that review, you're all amazing!: The Pink Ninja, bebe fou5, Jayla Fire Gal, Dark Yugi, FlameNinjaofDarkFire, CarlyShi208, ElementalGirl, MilesPrower22, LucinaGamer, Mihoshi 2.0, Kai4Ever, ALookIntoMyWorld, ElementzGirl7 and all my fantastic silent readers!

I'll catch you all soon with a new chapter :) Xoxox – ZaneLoverFan88