Wyldfyre stood still, looking at Kai straight in the eyes with a hard but soft look. Kai lowered his eyes. He never wanted to reveal his secret. Especially now, that Daidan's in trouble, they weren't doing anything. They were just standing here. Nya started, "Kai...-" Kai cut his sister short. "Not now, Nya. It's not the time."
The group continued on. But a tension hung in the air. What's so important and secretive that Kai couldn't tell? Fear and Hope were deep in thought. Daidan had told them about a fire warrior that saved her before, and he left for home after about a month. Fear whispered, "Big sis... the story checks out." Hope nodded, and her eyes met her younger brother's. "The ninja need to know the truth. It's destroying their friendship. A single hidden truth or lie could potentially destroy friendships, no matter how close they are."
Wyldfyre, Sora and Arin stayed behind the group a little. Wyldfyre bit her lip. "Kai needs to tell the rest. I don't care if he doesn't, if he doesn't, I will. And you two are not stopping me." She gestured to Arin and Sora. The pink haired girl rolled her eyes. "Dream on, if you want us to stop you. We want Kai to tell the truth too."
Arin spoke up. "But... what if revealing the truth is just revealing Kai's trauma of this place? I can see why he hates it here so much."
"It's not hate, it's... desperation." Wyldfyre looked at Kai, who was walking in front, with a creased forehead. "Kai never wanted us to know. And now he knows we all know he's been here before. Now he's desperate to push it off. Ughhh, I really wanna punch his face! He shouldn't hide it!"
Wyldfyre's fists went up into flames of anger. Sora and Arin stared, half terrified, half awed.
Meanwhile, Kai was leading the group through the dark jungle. Nya gripped her spear tighter as the sound of bushes rustling could be heard. Kai paused. "Why're we stopping?" Cole asked, worried. Zane scanned Kai's face and signs of worry, familiarity and frustration appeared on his screen. Kai was indeed worried. And he found the sound too familiar. He was also frustrated because he revealed he'd been here before. Kai was no ordinary person. Usually most people would seek help to control the trauma of a place like this. Kai kept it bottled up.
The rustling got louder. The ninja readied their weapons. Hope, Fear and Riyu stood behind, Hope and Fear because they knew sometimes more monsters would appear behind them, and Riyu because he wanted to be with the two older dragons. Suddenly, a fuzzy insect-like creature jumped out and onto the nearest ninja's face- in which was Lloyd. "Gahhhhhhh! What is this thing??!"
The creature stood up on Lloyd's head and happily announced, "Wow! More visitors! Fuzz hasn't seen anyone here ever since that traitor." He said the last part like he was announcing something disgusting. Cole hesitantly asked, "Uhh, what are you and who's the traitor?"
Fuzz stood proudly on Lloyd's head, much to the green ninja's dismay. "Well, since you asked, Fuzz will tell you! My name is Fuzz, and that traitor is-" Fuzz had been looking at all the ninja while saying this, and stopped short at Kai. Kai too, froze when Fuzz had come out of the bushes. "THERE! THAT'S THE TRAITOR! YOU DARE COME BACK TO THIS LAND?" Fuzz yelled angrily, pointing a short finger at Kai. The ninja slowly moved their attention towards where Fuzz was pointing, and realised it was Kai. "Kai...?" Sora started. Kai clenched his fists and looked at Fuzz straight in the eyes, saying, "You betrayed me, not me!" Fuzz yelled angrily back, "Fuzz did not betray you! You fight me!" Kai frowned and raised his voice, "I trusted you, and you wanted to eat me!" The ninja were taken aback by this.
Lloyd took Fuzz of his head and said, "Uhh, guys, can we not fight?" However, Fuzz and Kai seemed to be in their own world, hurling insults at one another. Cole stepped in. "Guys, guys! Let's not fight!" Fuzz turned to Cole first.
"Fuzz will come with you then. Fuzz like coal-coloured guy a lot already."
Kai frowned. "Fuzz can't come with us! He's done so much harm!"
"He's just a tiny insect creature. What's so bad about him?" Lloyd shrugged.
Kai cursed under his breath. "Fine, but don't say I didn't warn you."
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Yay, done with this chapter! Idk why I wrote this lying in bed, but since my computer makes me want to crash out, I decided to just use my phone...
-Aly
13/9/25
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FanfictionTimeline not same as the show. It's totally different. No one knows what had happened to Kai right after the merge. They mostly just brushed it off as mystery. But occasionally, some of the ninja would ask him what happened, and he would just brush...
