Ninjago stories

Kai's return

Everyone dealt with the loss of Kai and Jay differently.

Some meditated in front of their pictures.

Others used their elemental powers to replicate Kai's.

One even went to a Japanese garden to vent out.

And some.... Well, I don't really know.

I mean, what would you call canoeing down a waterfall and jumping halfway and spinning and doing tricks in the air before diving and using water to propel her up and doing a lightning and fire show?

In the water?

Yeah, well, guess who did that.

Our very dear Mia Elizabeth Walker.

Except don't say her middle name.

Or Jay's.

Mia's the only one allowed, and gets ticked off if someone else uses it.

Anyway, today was the same. She had just jumped into the water and did her trick.

" This is the life." She sighed. " Kind of."

Lloyd, who was watching from afar, asked Cole, " what's going on?"

Cole sighed. " The same thing that happened to Jay. During the Sons of Garmadon invasion, Jay lost his senses. He regained them when we were fighting that dragon- dinosaur thing."

" Oh."

Cole sighed as he watched her. " She's really broken."

Nya, who was with them, nodded. " Yeah. Jay and Mia and Kai had a special bond. Of course, Kai and Jay didn't really get along with one another."

Blackie sauntered by. " What have we here?"

Nya sighed. " We're watching Mia."

Blackie, with a mischievous gleam in his eyes, jumped up onto a nearby rock to get a better view. "Ah, our little whirlwind is at it again, huh?"

Mia, now finished with her impromptu water show, swam back to the shore and shook her hair out like a dog, water droplets sparkling in the sunlight. She noticed the group watching her and walked over, dripping wet but unfazed.

"Enjoying the show?" she asked, raising an eyebrow.

Lloyd smiled softly. "Impressive as always, Mia."

Mia shrugged, plopping down on the grass next to them. "It's just something to pass the time. Better than moping around, I guess."

Cole placed a hand on her shoulder. "You know it's okay to miss them, right? We're all feeling it."

Mia looked away, her expression hardening. "Yeah, well, missing them won't bring them back, will it?"

Nya knelt beside Mia, her voice gentle. "No, but it's okay to grieve. You don't have to be strong all the time."

Mia sighed, hugging her knees to her chest. "I just... I don't know what to do without them. Jay was always there, even when he was annoying. And Kai... he always knew how to make me laugh."

Blackie padded over and rubbed his head against Mia's arm. "We'll get them back, Mia. One way or another."

Mia looked down at Blackie and managed a small smile. "Yeah, we will."

Then, she sighed. " But now I have to go read Wu's scrolls. Care to join?"

" Well come in a while." Lloyd said, nodding her off.

When she was out of hearing, Lloyd turned to the others. " We need to find Jay."

" And Kai." Nya added.