As If You'd Loved Me Again {Ninjago fanfic/Llorumi}

Chapter 6: Emotional Exhaustion

~|Lloyd's POV|~

Ugh... Morning already?

My alarm clock went off: reading at 5:30am. I tend to get up early. Usually to train. I got used to waking up before everyone else. Ever since I found out I was the Green Ninja, the guys pushes me to be ready to face my father. It basically turned into a habit. Hitting my alarm clock to stop, I hopped out of bed.

I pulled on my GI, ran to the bathroom to comb my hair, and made my way outside to the courtyard. Maybe I should work on my skills with my sword. I haven't practiced with it in a while.

I pressed a button on the monastery wall. An automatic drawer popped out of the wall, revealing multiple training swords, nunchucks throwing stars; anything a ninja needs. Some of the swords were wood for beginners, and other ones were just normal swords and katanas.

I took the first sword I saw, and pressed another button beside the one I pressed before. This time a door opened, revealing multiple training dummies. The dummies were robotic, meaning, they'd fight back. I pressed the two buttons again after pulling out a dummy, to close both the door and the drawer. I placed it in the middle of the courtyard and turned it on; beginning to train.

✨~|time skip cuz I don't want to write Kenjutsu|~✨

I flipped over the robotic dummy and switched it off. A half an hour of training was good for today. I usually do an hour and a half to two hours, but I felt like I needed a break. Even after the whole break through with the Overlord.

"Lloyd...." I heard in a cold tone.

I turned to be met with Nya. She was standing with her hand on her hip, and an iritated expression on her face. Nya didn't like it when I got up earlier than the others, just to train. She always told me it was unhealthy to be pushing yourself all the time. Even though I don't listen to her.

"Oh! Hey Nya. Heh.... Lovely morning isn't it." I greeted her nervously.

"Lloyd I've told you time and time again to stop getting up this early! Your body can't take the constant training you do!" She yelled.

I chuckled out of nervousness; scratching the back of my head.

"What's going on? Why do I hear yelling?" I heard from behind Nya.

"Ah! Harumi, great timing. Help me tell Lloyd that it's unhealthy to overwork yourself all the time." Nya ordered her.

"Lloyd's overworking himself?" The whitette asked.

"Yes. He's been doing it since the Resurrection of his father." Nya said, pinching the rim of her nose.

Harumi sighed. "Lloyd if you keep doing this, you'll end up harming your mental health. Emotional exhaustion isn't what you need."

Huh... I never thought of that... My mental state isn't the best; when I had to face my father, the Overlord, me thinking Harumi was dead for 3 years. It did harm me. Not physically, mentally. Well.. it did harm me physically, apart from Harumi's "death." I might as well do something other than training for once in a while, maybe get myself a hobby.

I sighed. "Fine. Only for now though. I want to train with my father sometime to learn to control my oni side." I told them
"And maybe overcome my fear of my reflection when I'm transformed." I also muttered under my breath, out of ear shot.

Nya smiled at the whitette beside her. "Thanks for convincing him Harumi. Lloyd seems to have a soft spot for you."

I blushed a little at that last sentence. Did I really have a soft spot for Rumi? I did have feelings for her in the past, but that was then.... No.. I'm just overthinking it. Those feelings are dead.

Rumi giggled. "So, Nya, when are we going to the Ninjago City Mall to find new outfits of our own?"

I'm sure glad none of them saw my face. Quietly, I made my way into the bathroom, in the monastery. I looked at myself in the mirror. Why is my face still red? Do I tend to get this red easily? I splashed some water on my face to cool it down.

I sighed of relief when the tint of red faded away. Why did I react like that anyway? I don't usually flush red when the guys and Nya tease me.

~|Harumi's POV|~

Huh? Where did Lloyd go? I turned away from him to ask Nya when we were going to the Ninjago City Mall to buy some clothes, then he disappeared. When I knew him three years ago, he never did that. Well... That was then. People's personalities can change.

Nya told me we could leave with Skylor after breakfast. Ninjago is big, and would have a lot of traffic and construction being done. It would be best to leave after we eat so we'd have lots of time to get there and shop.

I went inside to the guest room I'm staying in, and changed into the clothing I was wearing yesterday. I'm grateful I was able to get them cleaned last night. No one wants to go in public with paint and dirt all over your clothes.

~|Time Skip|~

After breakfast, Skylor Nya and I left for the City. The vehicle we were going to use was down at the bottom of the mountain; it would take us a while to get down. There was a little elevator just outside the monastery walls we could go down with. The blast from the explosion was thankfully contained, keeping the lift untouched. I feel bad blowing up their home...

We hopped into the vehicle. It was a red sports car; hopefully we couldn't get recongized in. It took us around 15-25 minutes to get to Ninjago City. I'm surprised that the ninja didn't live farther away from the city. I mean, being hero's, they wouldn't want the paparazzi or NGTV to randomly come to their door step. It's also kinda crazy some stan didn't arrive. The level of respect the City has for them. Why didn't I see it sooner?

We finally drove into the Mall parking lot. It took us a bit longer than expected since of all the traffic. Nya positioned the car into a free spot, and hopped out.

Time to find and buy my new wardrobe.

~|1068 words|~