Reconciled hearts: a season9(Lloyrumi story)

Chapter 93: The realm crystal

Opening a single eye was enough for the white Pomeranian to realize that she has awoken from her morning nap. Yawning and crawling out of her foggy bed, Cloud instantly hopped onto her owner's bed to wake her up. Except, Harumi wasn't there.

That wasn't really a big shocker for the puppy but in terms of prediction, she wasn't at all surprised. Harumi has been acting funny lately and Cloud would be mad if the other resistance members didn't notice it. All because of that Collin guy who interferes in their lives, whoever he is.

It was no surprise either that she was missing, had she been kidnapped again? Cloud wasn't too sure.....that is, until she spotted a torn up piece of fabric on the side of her bed. Cloud jumped off to examine it further, instantly taking in the scent as she only got closer. Aha, she recognized that scent, who would have thought, that it'll belong to Collin. Was he involved in Harumi's disappearance from her room?

Not feeling too amused with whatever happened while she was a sleeping, Cloud growled and pushed the bedroom room open in order to make her way to the Ninjas' quarters and inform them on the situation.
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Ninjago city was oddly calm this fine morning as the skies showed no sign of rain interrupting the summer day. Anyone could be out there doing whatever they wanted, play in the parks or hang out with a couple of friends that they haven't seen in so long. However, standing on top of a building and admiring Borg Tower from afar wasn't one of them.

Nervously, the white haired girl along with her friend Collin was seen on the rooftops of a nearby building, they were looking at Borg Tower, that's for sure. But not directly at the walls, their eyes darted down at the front entrance of said place. "Collin....you don't look too good." Harumi finally spoke after blinking for the tenth time this second.

Sighing and crouching down a little, Collin rolled his eyes at her. "I'm fine, Rumi. It's just a scratch." He reassured her, judging by his sheer annoyance, it could be easily deciphered that Harumi had been worried about him the entire trip to be where they were. Then, taking a deep breath to find the right words, she inquired him a simple question: "What even happened?"

It didn't take long for Collin to fix her with a dismissive glare and show a sign that he was about to snarl at her. "Nothing important." He responded very quietly.

That answer meant rejection and a slight tone of ignorance to it. It was clear that Collin didn't want to talk about it and Harumi shouldn't ask too much about it. It was his privacy and she should respect that. That's what she did, she turned away from the boy and bit her lips. "O-Okay and...are you really sure that we should be doing this? It looks dangerous enough." She changed topics upon noticing two oni guards guarding the entrance.

"We'll be fine, trust me." Collin reassured the girl before sitting down and dangling his legs from the roof. He was planning to jump down and Harumi couldn't help but be nervous for all of this after noticing the oni guards. Yet once upon a time, Killow and other SOG members would be the ones guarding that place. She had felt utterly powerless the last few months.

"You didn't tell me why we're here. Come on, tell me." Harumi insisted, getting down at the same level as him except she didn't dangle her feet from the ledge. It was true though, she demanded answers from him.
She wanted to know why she was suddenly called out form her bedroom and asked to come with him. She was a bit appalled honestly to see that they've came back to Borg Tower.

Collin glanced at her for a second then spoke. "We're going to retrieve the realm crystal from the oni." He declared the reason behind their little promenade of theirs much to the shock of the Jade princess. She gasped and shook her head at him. "What? Are you crazy? They're gonna kill us!!" She snapped, even bringing her hand to nudge at his shoulder.