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Chapter Six: Tears

'NO!' I screamed as I heard the dragon roar out of pain.

'Let me go!' I shouted as Kai carried me away from the dragon.

'We gotta escape!' Kai yelled completely ignoring me.

'Come on! We'll use spinjitsu!' Cole shouted pointing at a crack in the roof of the cave.

The boys spun out of the cave but not before I escaped Kai's clutches and ran towards the dragon.

'Rocky!' I shouted as I sprinted towards him.

A huge rock had fallen on his left wing and bruised it.

'Rocky! Are you okay?' I gasped as I hugged his neck.

He whimpered as he lowered his head to hug me back.

'I'm so sorry Rocky. I shouldn't have let father convince me to let you guard the golden weapons.' I said as I rolled the rock off his wing.

'Can you still fly?' I asked, gently caressed his injured wing.

He nudged me gently as if he was saying yes.

'Good.' I let out a sigh in relief. 'I'm sorry but you can't return home yet. There won't be anyone there to take care of you. Just fly around, but stay out of sight at all times.'

Rocky nodded his head as he raised his wing from under me to lift me up to the exit.

'Thank you Rocky. I'll see you soon.' I said with a sad smile before jumping out of the cave.

'Kai! Look what you've done!' Cole shouted, 'You left Y/N in the cave with the dragon!'

'OH NO!' Jay gasped as he realized what was happening. 'We left Y/N! How will we explain to Sensei when he realizes she's gone!? I told you not to use the scythe!'

Little did he know, I was behind them the whole time!

'WHAT?!' Father shouted, eyes wide, 'YOU LEFT Y/N?!'

'Sensei!' The four of them gasped and turned to him, who stood in front of me.

'Wait! Y/N's right behind you!' Jay pointed at me.

'Y/N!' Father turned around and held my shoulder, 'Are you hurt?'

'No, no! I'm fine.' I chuckled.

'Y/N! Why did you run off?!' He shouted at me.

'I was trying to stop this guy here from killing himself!' I pointed at Kai while staring at Father's eyes.

'Hey! This isn't my fault!' He said angrily, stepping forwards.

'Not your fault?' I turned my attention to Kai, 'You were the one who ran off, almost got captured and used the Scythe!'

'What?!' Kai gasped in anger, and walked towards me 'I had no choice! You were unconscious and on the dragon! You were in danger!'

'And what makes you think I was even in danger in the first place? I can handle myself, you know?' I pushed him away from me. Idiot! I was never in danger. Rocky was just following orders from father and protecting the scythe. He even saved me from falling onto the ground after I fainted!

'You are just a kid, Y/N!' Great! Now father has joined the 'chat'! 'You are MY DAUGHTER and it is MY RESPONSIBILITY to protect you!'

'Enough with all this protecting!' I am fed up with everyone thinking of me like a useless kid. I can fight! I DID fight!

'You saw me Jay! I saved Kai from the skeleton using my yo-yo!' I looked at Jay eagerly, hoping he'd take my side.

'Y/N...' I heard Jay sigh. He open his mouth to say something but I knew it wasn't something I'd like to hear.

'You know what? I've had enough!' I yelled, breathing heavily, 'I'm going back home! I have no use being here.' It's not like anyone here wants me to stay...

I turned around to leave as a hand grabbed my arm stopping me. 'Y/N...' It's Kai... 'Y/N, please stay. It's dangerous out there on your own.' He said calmly.

'No...' I sniffled. Oh gosh, I'm crying! And in front of the guys too. Now they're gonna pity me, which is the last thing I want.

I pulled my arm from Kai's hand and started walking home as I felt their eyes trained on me.

I can't believe father didn't even try to stop me from leaving. I mean that is what I want but still... It's like he didn't even want me there. Or maybe he didn't even want me in his life?

Tears continued to pour down my face as I walked. Gosh, I just wanna go home and binge watch Netflix while eating ice cream.

When I arrived home, I immediately went straight into my room with a bunch of junk food, turned on the TV and played my favorite Netflix series that I've rewatched so many times, I can remember every single line.

As I watched the scenes playing on the TV, my thoughts started to drift back to what happened earlier.

What a bunch of idiots... Why don't they believe me when I said I can protect myself? Because I am a kid? Or a girl? I made my own weapon! I figured out spinjitsu! I CAN HANDLE MYSELF!

Suddenly I broke down to tears and sobbed harder then I ever have.

I wish my mom was here... Even though I've always pretended that it doesn't bother me, I've always felt like a part of me was missing. Sometimes, I wonder what would I be like if she was here. Would I still be the independent, mature girl? Or would I be the happy, loved, complete girl? I've never really wanted to grow up so fast... I've never had a normal childhood... I guess I just accepted the fact that I had to grow up in order to take care of myself and father... If my mom was here, would I truly be happy?

Kai's POV

'Y/N...' I said quietly, grabbing her arm, 'Y/N, please stay. It's dangerous out there on your own.' I said trying to stay as calm as possible.

But deep inside, my heart was aching for her... Some how, I understood her. I understood what it's like being forced to grow up at a early age. I understood the need to prove yourself to others. I understood the feeling deep inside her, even if she didn't realize it. No words could describe it but I just understood...

'No' I heard her sniffled as tears spilled out of her eyes. She pulled away from me and walked away.

'Y/N...' I whispered eyes not leaving her back as I walked towards her but was stopped by Cole. He shook his head and turned around to Sensei.

'It's best if she go home. She will be safe there...' Sensei spoke as he stared down at the floor. I could tell he was quite upset but was hiding it behind his calm face. 'Come now. We must keep moving. There is still three weapons left.' He said.

They all started to walk back to the carriage but for some reason, my foot was stuck in it's place.

My heart was still aching as if I could still see her crying.

The few weeks I lived with Y/N, I noticed she never really smiled much, not like a funny laugh or a playful smirk, a REAL smile formed by the real happiness deep inside your heart...

She always looked sad when she was up on her balcony alone, staring at the sky. I've once felt like that as well, when my parents left. The fear, the sadness, the loneliness... I wonder if it's because of her mother...