Cole X Kai

Are you the hunter? Or hunted?

Everyone was inside a old building eating the noodles they had acquired. Well Mistake and Maya were the rest were too shocked by this turn of events to eat or drink anything. "So your a oni?" Skylar asks. "*sip* yes I am I can transform into anything I wish. Gotten me a lot of discounts at the arcades that's for sure hehe," Mistake laughs. "But we were told oni were dangerous and only desired destruction," Dareth said. "We are, you don't want me on your bad side," Mistake warns. "When did you get here?" Nya asks. "During the time of the spinjitzu master when you crossed over in pursuit of him," Lloyd answers. "You pay attention," Maya smiles. "Wait how does mum know?" Nya asks. "Me and Amelia saw Mistake turn into a little girl to get free tokens at the arcade," Maya asked. "Amelia? Wait you knew my mother?" Skylar asks wide eyed. "Yes we were close friends she was one of my bridesmaids at my wedding you have her eyes, but you look so much like your father," Maya said with a cheery attitude but when the words left her mouth everyone's mood darkens. "What?" Maya asks. "My father was a selfish man who I am more than happy to leave rotting in jail forever," Skylar said clutching her tea cup so tight she cracked it. "But Rook was always such a nice man when I last saw him. He was the exact opposite of his brother Chen I was so devastated when Rook died in the serpentine war he was indeed a mighty warrior," Maya said and Skylar's ears perked and all heads shot up.

"Maya dear you were gone so long. When Amelia passed, something I think Chen was involved with, he was the only blood family Skylar had left being her uncle so she was given to Chen to raise and he raised her to believe he was her father not uncle," Mistake explains to Maya. Maya looked at Skylar who was shocked and pale and Maya covers her mouth. "Oh I'm so sorry dear I thought you knew he was your uncle," Maya said putting a hand on Skylar's. "Chen isn't my father?" Skylar asks. "No dear," Maya said. Skylar smiles it felt like a pressure or weight had been lifted off her shoulders. Her fear of eventually becoming like Chen was gone.

(This does not really move the plot along I just always felt sorry for Skylar this will not affect the story in anyway)

"Lloyd," Mistake said turning to Lloyd. "That other oni version of father possesses a power of destruction I have never seen before. Remember the first move your father taught you once he was purified of the venom?" Mistake asks Lloyd. "The art of the silent fist?" Lloyd asks remembering his father said the way to defeat a enemy is sometimes not fighting at all. Mistake nods. "You will need to remember it in the coming battle," She sips her tea. It was quiet before Skylar spoke up. "I think it's time we try and end this," She said with a determined expression.

First realm

"How do you even know where the dragon armour is? You've never been to this realm your going to need to tell her eventually," Cole said to the still teenage Garmadon. "Because I had a dream or memory? I saw my father drawing a map that had a X on it. I just know," Garmadon answers as he keeps scanning the dessert. They were trudging behind Faith's hovercraft that was filled with supplies while Faith rode with them. Kai had taken a break from driving and left it to Zane. He got bored and started lighting little candle flames on his hand and flicking them back forth over his fingers and thumb. It was honestly helping since he had kinda over used his water powers in general and needed a break from them no matter how much Jay complains he was thirsty. "Jay would you zip it about the water please?" Kai snaps at the lightning elemental. "Ugh why couldn't we find our own water dragon? Better yet use it to get back too...wait! I nearly forgot dragons can travel between realms if we find first-borne she can get us Whisp, Shard, Flame, and Rocky to take us home," Jay realizes. "Oh yeah we completely forgot about that," Cole said and for once everyone had hope they would get home.

"So why did you dress up as a boy?" Kai asks to make conversation. "Iron-Baron did not want everyone to know his best hunter was a woman so he forced me to conceal my face. If I did not do as he wanted he would not give me my ration of water," Faith explains. "How long have you're people been in drought?" Zane asks. "It has not rained for years and we have not found any cactus in months we were close to running out of water when you showed up. Now we have enough water to last a year and a half if used wisely," Faith said and Kai grimaces remembering how that got that water in the first place. "You know if you all had just asked I would have given it," Kai said. Faith looked up at him. "Iron-Baron asked you and you said no," She replies. "No he never asked me. You guys just hooked me up to some chains and forced it out of me," Kai said as matter of fact. "Iron-Baron is a liar it is hard to know what his best interests really are. I am sorry for believing his lie," Faith said. Kai nodded, but stayed silent. They soon stopped at sunset to make camp. Kai made the fire, Faith and Zane looked around for food, Jay made sure they did not run out of fuel for the crafts, and Cole having nothing better to do was annoying the heck out of Kai and doing it by flirting.