"Hey, Lloyd." You prodded his arm, snapping him out of whatever daze he was in. The blond boy leaned away from the railing of the Bounty.
"Yeah." Lloyd turned around. The other ninja approached you and him. After a moment, he looked back over the ship at Jamanakai Village which the ship was flying over. In one section of the village, a bunch of kids were playing a ball game.
"Lloyd? Lloyd! Concentrate!" Kai yelled. You cover your left ear. He yells real loudly. Lloyd glanced at him with a sigh.
"Now that the Bounty is in our possession again, we can train you more effectively." Zane said from beside Kai. "But you'll have to focus. One more time."
"Oh, but we've been training all day." Lloyd whined. You were about to say that you trained for hours without end everyday, weekends too of course, but you figured the ninja would give you a side-eye and Lloyd would get more depressed.
"It's all to get you ready to face your father." Cole spoke up. "Now, in position." He gestured to the center-front of the upper deck. Lloyd slumped, tired already, and walked to the spot Cole pointed to.
You put your hood on and stood behind the ninja as they got into fighting stands. Lloyd copied them with a yawn and sighed.
"Whatever."
Kai charged at him first with a downwards kick from the air, but Lloyd punched him in the stomach, pushing him back to the other ninja on his butt. He yawned again. You thought Lloyd's attitude was a little bit too much.
Zane and Jay went next. They did the same as Kai, which was stupid, and came at Lloyd from the air. Lloyd did Spinjitzu and knocked them both back to the ground.
If Cole didn't put Lloyd in his place, you would after him. Cole slide-kicked at Lloyd from behind and caught him by surprise. The impact of the attack made Lloyd fly in the air, straight up, and land on his stomach with a thump.
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"You okay, Lloyd?" You asked, pulling him onto his back. Good thing he didn't have a nose bleed. The ninja took their hoods off, concerned for Lloyd.
"That was fun. Are we done?" Lloyd half-sat up, smiling slightly.
"Oh, come on. You're better than this. What's on your mind?" Jay questioned.
Lloyd stood up. "Well... the latest issue of Starfarer just came in at Doomsday Comix and it's a limited run, so if I don't go out and get it, it's going to sell out. Last they left off, intergalactic rogue Fritz Donnegan was surrounded by the Imperial Sludge, and if I don't find out if he gets out alright, I think I might have my own doomsday." Lloyd threw his hands up in the air.
