Ninjago-The Journey

Chapter 18

I woke surrounded in warmth, and heavy. Looking down as memories of the night previous filtering in. Nya had removed her disguise and joining in. It had ended with everyone climbing in to the bed and falling asleep. Though most had just wanted to sit near me.
‘It’s late morning, you should be training.’ I jolted up, sitting up. There where a few murmured and sounds of complaining. ‘Have you forgotten already?’
“No, I haven't forgotten.” I hissed.
‘Quiet, else they will think you are losing your sanity.” shadow cautioned. I groaned softly rubbing my temples.
“You are no help…”
‘Think and project your thoughts.’ she ordered
‘better,” I hissed.
‘No need to be a grump about it.’
‘I’m going back to sleep.” I groaned laying back on the mattress.
‘But… what about training?’ she actually sounded upset.
‘I have the odd feeling that this is how the boys felt for eight months.’ I deadpanned.
‘whaaaaaa!?’ actually become distressed over this.
‘If you want to train so bad then how do I get out of this?’ looking back down to the mess of limbs and a sleeping Lloyd. There was silence for a good minute.
‘I concede.’ I leaned back against a still sleeping Cole. He still felt warmer than me. It was irritating, but also pleasant. Sleep soon took me once more.

When Sensei came to get us waking the others. They all left with groans and went about their days. Mine was a rather bad one, reasons are as so.
One Almost everyone wanted me to stay in bed. With my high temperature not coming back others were worried over my health.
Two, Garmadon had a look in his eyes. One that suggested planning and it seemed every time I was in the same room with him he was watching me.
Three, was a denial of information. From Nya and from Shadow. Nya always looked pained and guilty in the end.
The Forth was a kick in the gut, The Golden Sword of Flames, would no longer accept me. Burns forming on my hands unless I forced power into the sword itself. Then it all felt wrong.
I went to the meditation room as soon as Lloyd was sent to bed. Holding the blade in my hands brought forth a great pain but I had grown used to it in the course of the day.
I let my mind drift back to the place that held Shadow, and there she was waiting.
‘So you finally come to visit me, Kaia. I’m honored.’’ She beamed. The place was full of darkness and two flames. One of a very dark quality. The other a bright fire. Shining almost a brilliant white. The darker fire much larger and blazed far hotter.
“Now is not the time for your jokes Shadow, I need to find out what’s wrong.” I growled.
‘Well congratulations, you entered the heart of the problem.” She smiled before pointing to him.
“When you last wielded the Sword of Flames You purged your systems of my powers. Wielding only the power to create. This split your fire into two.” Two balls of flames came forward. One from the dark fire and a second from the white. they circled us and it formed images of me and Lloyd in the Lava flow.
‘The problem you are now dealing with is simple.’ She answered. ‘You burned out.’ She answered. ‘You are now relying purely on the destructive power of creation while your flames recover. The Sword is rejecting you while you recover.’ She finished. ‘Once you regain the power you used you must combine it once more.’
“Sounds easy enough.” I answered softly. Taking up the two balls.
‘Try then and see if you can regain even a portion of your strength.’ Shadow hissed at me. I sighed and held the two and then brought them together trying to force them. the two were like magnets and fought back against me.
“Damn it,” I cursed releasing the two balls. They went flying back to their respective places.
‘Harder than it looks isn’t it.’ She teased.
“Oh shut up,” I hissed.
‘Go before you burn your hands off. You will need to meditate to fix this.’ She disappeared at this leaving me with the two bodies of fire. I looked back at the fire before opening my eyes. The sword was glowing in my hands. While it’s power was blocked to me it wasn’t burning me any longer.
“So, what brings you to the room of Meditation?” Sensei Wu asked from behind me. I glanced back to him.
“Seems I did some damage to my fire when I saved myself and Lloyd.” I answered. I put down my sword and concentrated on the two balls of flames. In my left came the small burst of white flames and in my right the dark ball of flames.
“You have seperated your fire into the most basic of principles.” Sensei Wu nodded. “I can see were the problem now lies. I ask that you attempt to avoid the use of the black fire. It is quite destructive.”
“Then what of the white flame,” I questioned. Looking up to him. He sighed sitting down across from me.
“White flame is a very potent, said to fuel life itself. This you can use to heal or cause unimaginable damage.” I nodded at this. “You should be proud, not even my father could split the fire to be this pure.” Sensei Wu praised. I sighed putting out the flames.
“Off to bed with you, you have quite the mental challenge to overcome.” with that I stood and left Sensei to his own meditations. Sleep did not find me. Instead I found myself on the highest point of the ship holding the two fires and trying to mix them. This was going to be a long tedious task.
(Days Later)
The flames had started to bond back together, only barely. The longer the two flames went unbonded the more they grew separately. I was almost none stop meditating and I was ready to break something.
‘You could always take a mission from the Ninjago underworld.’
“The only reason I am even letting you talk right now is cause you might be helpful, Shadow.” I muttered standing up. It was late, everyone in their beds. I growled softly . The urge to hit something even greater.
I looked over to the Golden Sword and wondered if I had enough in me to go for a drive. It might be calming, but it would waste the reserves I had only started in building.
“Planning an escapade now are we?” I turned to see Lord Garmadon standing on the steps to the bridge.  
“How long have you been standing there?” i questioned him in a growl.
“Do not growl at me you impotent welp.” He hissed back.
“I think I have more reason to be pissed off than you do to be up.” I continued to growl.
“Shadow, you will obey my orders, Fanger.” The word had me stumble back it brought pain, and Shadow seemed to be clawing for control for the first time since her birth. The pain centered around my left eye.
“Aw, so the words still hold their meaning.” he grinned. I called on my flames in my free hand and sent it flying at him. It was a deep purple. He dodged I clenched my fist closed and the fire went out. A greater control I once had.
“Now don’t be like that.” he grinned a sinister edge to it. “You must be so angry with yourself, that not only your team has surpassed you but a mere boy.”
The pain in my left eye seemed to pulse. My mouth opened, it felt as if my lungs weren't getting enough oxygen at all. He lunged forward and it pulled a reacting. the golden sword flared to life in my right hand. My left over my eye.
It felt as if my mind was tearing itself apart.
‘Let me out, Kaia!’ Shadow demanded. ‘Lower the sword, do not harm him.’ she continued. The sword no longer felt comfortable in my hand but heavy. He laughed at my state before him.
“Damn Bastard,” i hissed out my hand was shaking as control slipped. Shadow was desperate at this point.
“What is going on out here?!” Someone called out a bang the door flying backwards. My only open eye was watering at the pain Shadow was putting me through. I couldn’t concentrate much.
“Get away from her!” The sword slipped from my hand and clattered to the ground. Knees giving out I fell against something warm. Shadow seemed to seice her attack.
‘Kaia?” my name was spoke by two tongues. One in sorrow, and the other in concern. I let my consciousness drift to the white flame. Warmth being the last thing I felt.