Ninjago: This is Only the Beginning

My Brother in Arms

The tears dropped from my eyes, I couldn't stop the pain...it hurts!

" Lloyd?"

I looked up and saw Nya. I quickly wipe the tears from my eyes and looked at her. " I'm sorry I didn't see you there."

" Hey, it's okay." Nya sat down next to me. She was in her red dress, and had her hair down with a clip to hold it. She placed her arms around me and tried to comfort me.

" How is this okay? Zane's gone now, and there's no way he could cheat death twice!" I cried, the tears falling harder down my cheek. I could hear Nya trying to keep herself from crying, trying to stay strong because I couldn't.

" I know it hurts..I know, but Zane..at least he died a noble death." she said, but her crying broke the words. I couldn't say anything, for it would be just consumed in my tears. Finally Nya, wiped her tears and looked at me. " Come on we better hurry if we're going to make it for the funeral."

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" Today, we remember a hero! A fallen brother in arms, our brother!" Kai's voice rang through the field where the white sakura flowers bloomed. This place was special to Zane, this was where he came to find his way back to peace. He told me that it was home to him...but also to someone else.. " Zane gave everything he had to protect us and this city! I know that we all can hope that he will come back to us, like last time, but......but I don't think he can do that this time." his voice sadden.

I turned towards Jay, who couldn't keep his eyes from watering. The others also began to cry. I began to cry a bit too, the fact that I will never get to see him again angered me, the fact that I felt that this was my fault!

" His heart..his power source...powered by his love and his faith in Ninjago and us kept us safe from Morro! I can only say that he...he will never be forgotten, and now he can only pray that he's in a better place now and can be reunited with his loved ones." Kai nodded his head, but he too felt the pain that I did in my heart.

Many others left, but we stayed behind and looked upon his grave. The memories of the battle rang through my head. The black blood that spilt onto the ground, and how I was too late to save him..no! How I was too late to take control of my body!

" Lloyd? Are you ok?" I heard Kai's voice awaken me from my dream. I didn't realize that I had my fist clenching next to me.

" Yeah, I'm ok." I couldn't lie, it hurts too much. " No! No! I'm not ok! I don't have the right to stand in front of his grave!" I backed away, yelling. The others looked at me wide eyed.

" Lloyd, what do you mean!?" Cole asked.

I shook my head. " You don't understand! This whole mess happened because I wasn't strong enough to defeat Morro!" I yelled. " This all happened because I couldn't stop him, and then I brought all of you into this mess! Then the fact that Zane jumped into the way to stop him from killing me! It should had been me to die!" I start to cry again, but I couldn't stay in from of his grave. Instead out of sheer anger and regret I run away.

" Lloyd!"

" No." Cole holds Kai's shoulder, stopping him from chasing him. " Lloyd needs some space, and time. He'll come back to us when he's ready."

Kai shrugged off his hand and glanced at him. " He'll never get over it. Zane being gone will always remind him." he whispered. The wind began to pick up and the smell of rain filled the air. " We better head home. A storm's coming."

I kept running no matter what. The rain pierced my eyes like bees, and the wind was against me, but I fought back. I wanted to get away from here, I wanted to get lost in the woods, far away. I keep running, but then I trip on a piece of log, and face plant into the muddy ground. Tears still falling, and get to my feet, and wipe the mud off my face and clothes.

" Argh!!!!" I yell in complete rage and sadness. " Zane!!! Why did you have to get in the way!!!" I bang my fist onto the ground. " Why!!" Tears fall from my eyes. " I'm sorry!"

The thunder from above cracks, and then Jay appears right in front of me. " Lloyd, you're going to catch a cold being out here."

I looked at him, tear stains on my cheeks. " I couldn't stay."

He smiled slightly, and sits down next to me. " Lloyd..it wasn't your fault. It was no one's fault that he's dead. Zane chose his fate, and he knew what he was getting himself into. You can't do anything about it, and maybe..maybe he wanted it."

" How could you say something like that!? Why would he want to die!!!" I snapped at him angrily. How dare he say that about him. Jay, who didn't flinch, looked towards the forest.

" Zane, had no one left in his life. I mean yeah he had us, but...he lost Pixal not too long ago, and his Father before them. Zane's been there so much pain, and for being a nindroid feeling pain isn't as easy for him to compute. Maybe he was ready to end his suffering, and at least now he can be reunited with them." Jay whispered softly, I looked at him and somewhat understood where he was coming from, but what was he looking at.

Suddenly, a soft breeze blew in and in that breeze were small snowflakes drifting in the wind. A sign that maybe he was watching over us. Jay stands up and smiled at me. " We better get back to the others."

" Okay.." I whisper softly, following after him out of the forest. I take one last look behind me, and to my astonishment I see something. It looked like a cat of some sort, but it had silver black spots and icy blue eyes. A snow leopard?

Stay strong...stay strong, my brothers...