Royalty

Chapter 28

3rd POV

Kit charged with his newfound strength and agility, slashing his sword every which way; hoping to land a hit in some way. Aspiksar was having trouble trying to deflect the attacks as they just kept coming in a flurry of motion. If she blocks one, she leaves herself open to another attack.

Raising her spear, the snake queen blocked a head driven strike but left her side open for Kit to drive knuckle tekkō into her exposed flesh. She let out a pained hiss as the boy pulled it back out. As she stumbled from the force, Kit jumped and round house kicked her in the side of the head and knocked her down.

All the elemental masters and allies, from where they stood of imprisoning the snakes they had, finally, managed to defeat. They saw Kit and Aspiksar's silhouettes; Kit with his raised Blade and Aspiksar, defenseless, on the ground.

The Fire Master stood above her and, with the blade of his golden sword pointed downwards, he prepared to drive it into her chest. But it all happened in a split second. As Kit lowered his blade, the sound of squelching flesh and blood sounded but it wasnt from Aspiksar.

The hero let out a chocked gasp as blood sprayed from his lips. Dropping his sword, Aspiksar rose and threw the boy off the raised area they both tirelessly fought from.

"NOOOO!" Came the pained scream of Skylor and the others as they watched the entire scene playout.

Cole was furious and, with the aid of his powers, made a large chunk of debris rise before crashing down onto the snake. The entire group raced over and saw Kit lying on the ground in a pool of blood; Aspiksar's hand being the only thing seen from the rubble. Bloodied footsteps moved away from Aspiksar and over to where Kit was lying.

"Nooo!" Nya cried as her hands flew to her mouth.

"Kit...!" Skylor sobbed as she dropped to her knees and cradled the latter.

The fire master had a large blood stain, turning his red Gi into a dark crimson. Blood flecked his lip and pooled from the corner of his mouth. He was drained of colour and his eyes were heavy.

"S-S-Skylor...?" He whispered; hand clenched by his chest and concealing something.

"It's Me...!" she sobbed. "Stay Awake And We'll Get You The Medical Attention You Need!"

"Sky..."

"We'll Help You! W-We Can Get You B-B-Back To N-Nin-j-jago a-a-a-and you'll be all better...!"

"Skylor...!" The girl stopped her rambling. "There's no point... I would die before we get there... This was part of the prophecy... both leaders will fall... H-How is unknown... Nya...? I want you to... have these..."

Kit then placed his biological parents' rings in her hands as she kneeled by his side.

"I wont be there to see you and Jay get married so I want you to have my parents' rings..." Nya nodded with hesitation; clutching them in her hands. Kit then turned back to Skylor and placed a weak, blood cacked hand on her tear stain cheek. "Skylor...? I.... love... you......"

Kit's body went limp in an instant and his hand slipped from her face.

"Kit...?! Kit?! KIT?!"

No response.
He was gone.
He had slipped from her touch.
A king had fallen, protecting his kingdom.
Nothing was left.

A Pained scream echoed through the eery quite of the fallen kingdom. Kean's people had their heads down in mourning. The Elemental Masters wore looks of sorrow as tears fell. Jay cradled Nya as Morro held Lloyd back from pure revengful rage as Wu was silent and numb. Zane held a sobbing Pixal as Cole hugged a shaking Varian. Skylor didn't let go of her boyfriend as she lowered her head and cried into his shoulder.

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The return to Ninjago was a silent one. Kit's body was held in Cole's arms, with respect and one of Kean's flags concealing his wound, as the EMs and Ninja wandered the streets of Ninjago City. Everyone they passed had hands flown to their mouths, tears tracing their cheeks and sobs shaking their bodies.

For once, a Ninja wouldn't be returning like the others.
No second chances.
No ressurection.

Maya, although she wasn't biologically related to the fallen king, screamed in pain upon seeing the deceased boy. Her hands shakily hovered over his face as tears blurred her vision. Nya ran into the arms of her parents before the three of them collapsed to the ground.

Dareth, Ronin and every other ally the ninja had made, kept their heads low. Gale Gossip was doing a segment for the news as tears fell from her cheeks. Anyone watching the news could hear the crying from the people and even the sobs of the cameraman; Vinny.

There was silence as a fallen hero was mourned.

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The city was at a stand-still.
Zero traffic.
Disappearance of citizens.
Shops closed.

Where was everyone?
Well, I can tell you this; they were all at a memorial. A new statue replaced Zane's old one. Cyrus Borg, seated in his wheel chair eith Ronin by his side stood next to the concealed structure.

"In Honour Of The Sacrifice And Passing," Borg began. "We Would Like To Honour Our Fallen Hero."

Ronin removed the cloth to reveal the stone structure of a figure with spikey hair, a sword, lion ears and tail and a crown. A face that radiated confidence. A bronze plaque sat at the base of the memorial.

"A Statue For The Fallen Hero." Borg continued. "He Had Many Names; Kai, Master of Fire and recently; The Hidden Prince, The Beast Master, Prince Kearin and Kit. He Will Be Greatly Missed. From This Day Forward, on April 25th, it'll be known as Fall Of The Fire King."

Skylor stood before Kai's statue; his red jacket on her slender frame. (The jacket movie Kai wears) Tears pricked her eyes as her eyes scanned over the plaque. August 5th 2004- April 25th 2023. She whipped her eyes. He was only 18. He wasn't even able to turn 19 and yet his life was already taken.

She felt a hand on her shoulder but when she turned around... There was no one there. She shook the feeling off but when she felt a kiss on her cheek, and found no one there, she fell to her knees as a sob wracked her body.

"Why...?!" she screamed at the statue as tears flooded for m her eyes. "Why Did You Have To Leave?! Why Did You Leave Us?! Leave Me?!"

She lowered her head and gripped the material of her pale orange leggins. She was still in her Beastjitzu and her fox features emerged. A week before the memorial, and a week after returning to Ninjago, the team had learnt how to call on these features and had met their physical spirit forms of their animals.

There were small triggers that would call on the animal features and Skylor's had merged with strong emotions. Standing up, she raced to the Wu's Teashop, where the group were at the moment, and ran inside.

As soon as she got there, she threw herself in Cole's arms. The boy didn't fight it but instead wrapped his arms around the shaking girl. More arms and bodies melded into one as the ninja team fell to their knees with tears and aching hearts.