Garmadon stepped into the room, silently putting his stuff on the floor. The soft moonlight dripped into the room, sending a pale blue light onto the furniture. Garmadon sighed, sitting himself on the couch, next to the pile of blankets next to him. He twitched his ears at the sudden noise.
"Hello Master of Fire." He bellowed, his voice loud and clear. Kai put a finger to his lips before pointing to the pile of blankets.
"He's sleeping. And he doesn't know you're here." He whispered. Garmadon turned and put his hand gently on the fabric, rubbing Lloyd's body. A soft purr echoed, probably coming from Lloyd. Or was it Garmadon?
"Is he going be ok?"
"He should be. I'm guessing hiding all of his features took a lot of effort, so his body is probably just trying to save up energy. Plus, he's still growing, he's still experiencing growth pains so his body will need to heal from that as well. He can't go on any missions, not for a while."
The room was quiet, before Garmadon started rubbing Lloyd and the purring continued.
"But why?"
"Why can't he go?"
"No why is he… you know."
"He's still young. Once he grows and gets whatever features are in stall for him, he'll be able to shift and change and do all that wonderful stuff."
"…I don't think he's gonna show off anything."
"Why not?"
"I think he's afraid. He didn't tell anyone about… his other form until it was too late. And then he did go into Oni form, about two days ago and Sora and Arin saw."
"Are those his students?"
"Yup. He's doing a great job teaching them."
"I'm sure."
The purring was the only thing omitting sound before Kai spoke up.
"I was gonna say that you could sleep on the couch, but I think that's a little booked right now." Kai joked, starting up the game system. "Wanna play? And no cheating this time!" Garmadon smiled and picked up the controller.
"No promises."
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Lloyd awoke, his chest screaming and his eyes stinging. He stretched and got up, his tail drooping onto the floor. He yawned before looking around, making sure that no one was near by. He grabbed his blankets and trusted off to his room slowly, rubbing his eyes and turning to get used to the light. When was the sun that bright? ARGH Lloyd dumped the blankets on his bed, trying desperately to move the hair out his face without it drooping back. He growled and looked around for anything to tie his hair; String, a piece of clothe, an actual hair tie-
"Thought you might have trouble." Kai stood by his doorway.
"Hey Kai."
"Nya has some if you need."
"…has she seen me yet?"
"Well no but she definitely wants to."
Lloyd sighed.
"Let's go."
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Nya made her bed and leaned on the windowsill, her mind elsewhere. They had found almost everyone expect for PIXAL, Wu and Jay. Maybe this was karma, when she was turned into the sea Jay had missed her so very much, and now it was her turn to feel that pain. She pondered where Jay could be, what realm he could of woken up in and what he was doing right now. A knock on her door broke her from her daydreams.
"Nya? Lloyd wants to say hi." Kai whispered. Nya rushed to the door and flung it open. Kai stood in front of Lloyd, who looked very anxious. You would be too though, but he's trying. He's still your brother.
"Come in Lloyd." She pushed out Kai out the way and tried not to gasp. Lloyd was taller, and looked even more like a Oni/Dragon/Human hybrid. He smiled sheepishly, the fangs in his mouth glinting in the light. She immediately frowned at the state of matter that his hair was in. "Kai, you go do something useful. Lloyd, I'm gonna do your hair." Lloyd looked to Kai, who nodded. Lloyd stepped into Nya's room.
"That is certainly a big clump of hair you got there." Nya commented, shutting the door.
"Y-yeah."
"You don't have to be nervous. I'm not gonna change."
"What?"
"Lloyd, you're my little brother. It doesn't matter what the hell you look like, as long as it's not something as stupid as Kai's hair, I'm still gonna be friends with you. And you look sick, those fangs are so cool!"
"T-thanks."
"Now sit down. This is gonna take a while"
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