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They watched as Morro comes up behind Ronin’s back and steals the scroll of Airjitsu from him.
And after he does so, he runs off with it.
“Ah, no! Morro’s got the scroll. We can’t let him get away!” Jay said to the team.
And so he, Kai, Cole and Zane all got up from sitting on the roof, and proceeds to chase after the ghost.
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They chase him throughout the water village of Stiix in the hopes of catching him.
Hopefully to make him get out of their little buddy Lloyd’s body.
And stop him from finding the next clue on what he is planning right now.
“He won’t outrun the four of us.” Cole said.
But then Jay falls off a bit of the roof and into the inside of the house.
Causing the 3 ninjas to look at the hole, and see their teammate in it.
“Don’t worry about me. Just catch him before he gets away.” Jay said while trying to recover from the fall and possibly getting beaten up by the owner of this house.
“Scratch that, guess it’s just the three of us.” Cole said.
And so with three ninjas remaining, they continue to chase after Morro.
But then they see him use a power cord as a jungle rope to swing to the next time.
And while Cole and Kai were able to do so,
that meant that they were going to have to leave the now backwards talking Zane behind.
“.em rof enil eht fo dne eht si siht ekil sseuG” Zane said.
“Looks like it’s just the two of us now.” Cole said to Kai.
And so the two remaining ninjas continues chasing after the ghost.
Until he jumps to a house that is nearly too high for the ninjas.
And even though Kai was able to make it onto the house.
That meant he had to leave Cole behind as he falls back down to the ground.
“Go, Kai!” Cole said to the fire ninja while encouraging him to keep moving forward.
And so with only one ninja left, he continue to chase down Morro.
Hopefully to make him pay for stealing his little buddy’s body.
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After a bit of running, both Kai and Morro made their way to the shipyards, where the dangerous strangleweeds resides in.
And also more water, which Kai is actually afraid of, unbeknownst to his teammates.
“Ah, great, more water.” He said with a annoyed voice.
But nevermind that, as he needs to steal back the scroll of Airjitzu from the ghost.
So he continues forward, despite his Aquaphobia.
And the chase proceeds with the two of them hopping onto a wooden beam to the next. {which actually seems like a fun game to play or even a fun training session to do.}
And even though the two are far away from Stiix, it doesn’t stop Kai from trying to stop Morro from getting away with the scroll.
But just when Kai was about to pounce on the ghost, Morro was able to jump off the wooden beam and use his wind powers to make him propel into the air, while avoiding stepping onto the water.
Until he gets to another wooden beam that is very far away.
And while Kai was struggling to stay on the wooden beam that he’s on, { while also noticing that the strangleweeds is making it’s way to him}
He watches as Morro reads the scroll to use airjitzu for the first time.
“What’s the matter? Can’t swim?” Morro asked while taunting the fire ninja.
Then Kai watches as the ghost uses Airjitzu and proceeds to fly away from here.
And all he could do is watch as the master of wind summons Lloyd’s dragon.
“Looks like the better ninja won.” He said to Kai while claiming victory.
And so he flies off as the dragon picks up some of the ghosts that were in Stiix.
Before he disappears out of Kai’s sight.
But that wasn’t the point now, the point is that those strangleweeds are coming for him.
And if they managed to slither their way to his body, then they’ll do the sam thing that they nearly did to Cole during the day.
Dragging him underwater to drown.
Thankfully though, he sees a airship flying towards him.
And sees that Ronin’s the pilot of it.
“Looks like you could use a lift.” He said to the fire ninja.
But just when Kai was about to grab onto the ladder, the thief just pulls it away from him.
“Uh-uh-uh. Nothing in life is free.” Ronin said with a sassy voice.
“You slimy, money-grubbing thief! I don’t have any money! I don’t even have pockets!” Kai said angrily while the strangleweeds wraps themselves onto his body.
“Everyone’s got something. Cause of you and your 3 ninja buddies, my shop’s destroyed.” Ronin said trying to shift the blame onto the ninjas.
“We didn’t destroy it, you did!” Kai said while trying to defend himself and the ninjas.
“Okay. Your loss.” Ronin siad angrily as he heads back to the pilot’s seat.
Then Kai watches as the ship proceeds to fly off without him.
But that was when he got an idea on how to get Ronin to save himself.
“Wait! there is some-.”
But before he could tell him, suddenly another strangleweed appeared and covers his mouth.
Preventing him from talking or calling out for help.
And as he struggles to get out, it didn’t take long before those things pull him from out of the wooden beam.
And drags him underwater into the black and cold abyss.
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The other ninjas watched while sitting on a table at a little restaurant in Stiix as they see the fire ninja get dragged into the water by those strangleweeds.
And that’s when they come to a conclusion upon seeing this.
“If it weren’t for Kai and that lifter. Then i would've been drowned by those things.” Cole said upon realising that.
And with that information in full, they see that the only thing that resurfaced was Kai’s mask
And then they begin to panic about what to do now and how they can save their friend.
“Maybe we can ask Ronin for help.” Jay said.
“.won yawa raf ,raf si ninoR tuB” Zane said.
“Argh! I don’t understand what you mean by that Zane! And i already told you that once we convinced Ronin to help us, then I’ll fix your backwards speaking problem.” Jay said to the ice ninja annoyed.
“.ereh tseb ym od ot gniyrt m’i .Yaj, em ta lley t’noD” Zane said.
“I still don’t understand what you are saying!” Jay yelled.
And so the two ninjas begin to have an arguement about what they should do.
With Zane’s backwards talking making the arguement worse somehow.
But Cole was too busy looking at the mask just floating on the surface of the ocean where Kai is.
So despite being the earth ninja, he jumps into the water much to Jay and Zane’s shock.
“?gniod ouy tahw ,eloC” Zane said worriedly.
“Yeah! What are you doing?” Jay also asked worriedly.
“You guys stay here. I’m gonna go save Kai before it’s too late.” The earth ninja said.
But not before he dives underwater out of the two ninjas’ sight.
“Great. Now what are we supposed to do about Ronin?” Jay asked.
After hearing that question, Zane hands him a megaphone to use.
“.kcab ninoR teg ot siht esu ,ereH” Zane replied after grabbing the megaphone out of his stomach hatchet.
“Oh, thanks.” Jay said.
“.emoclew er’uoY” Zane said.
And so the lighting ninja uses the megaphone to get Ronin’s attention.
“Wait, Ronin! There is something we want to tell you!” Jay yelled into it.
Thankfully, this was able to get Ronin’s attention.
As he parallel parks the airship to where Jay and Zane are.
“Ha! Like i said to your fire buddy, everyone’s got something.” Ronin tells the two ninjas.
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Even though the area where Kai is a bit far away from Stiix.
Cole was a really good and fast swimmer to get to the spot where the mask is.
And even though the water is a bit murky, dark and hard to see,
By a stroke of luck, Cole was able to see Kai getting tangled in those strangleweeds.
And appears to have already accepted his fate just by seeing that he has his eyes closed.
But why?
Doesn’t matter right now, as he still needs to get the fire ninja out of here before the both of them drowns.
So he swims towards his friend, and tries his best to untangle the vines and hopefully free his body from it.
Because he could already tell that Kai is tarting to lose a lot of oxygen due to one of the vines covering his mouth.
So once the vines managed to drag him all the way into the bottom of the ocean, this gives Cole the chance to untangle them out in a faster pace.
And even though it is quite hard to do so without his elemental powers, hes\’s not gonna let himself or his friend die underwater.
Then once he gets the vine out from covering the fire ninja’s mouth, Kai proceeds to panic by tossing and turning while trying to get strangleweeds off of his body.
While Cole tries to calm him down because panicking can lead someone to drown faster.
Thankfully though, he was able to remove all of the strangleweeds from Kai’s body and proceeds to grab him.
Because he sees that the fire ninja is starting to go limp,
His eyes were starting to become dull and was also beginning to close,
And is also starting to inhale water because his lungs couldn’t handle it anymore.
And while the earth ninja’s not panicking about it, it did made him scared about it.
So he puts his hand onto Kai’s mouth to prevent more water from going into his lungs.
And starts to swim back to the surface while carrying his teammate.
And luckily, just before another strangleweed can grab onto his legs,
Cole reached out his scythe from his back and was able to chop the vine with it.
But not before he starts to lose air too.
So he pushes the meddle to the pedals, and swims to the surface faster.
Until…{splash!}
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He was able to reach the surface with Kai in no time.
But then after regaining some air in his lungs, Cole sees that there was something wrong with the fire ninja.
“Kai? You ok there?” He asked.
Only to see that behind those dull eyes, that he wasn’t moving.
Was he too late?
Did he fail to save him?
No, no he did not.
“Come on buddy. You’re stronger then this. Wake up for me and cough out all of the water for me ok.” Cole said as he hit his teammate’s back a few times.
Until thankfully this was enough for Kai to wake up with a gasp.
But not before he begins to cough up a lot of water from his lungs, much to Cole’s relief.
And there were a lot of harsh coughs in there,
some of which made Cole feel bad for him.
“It’s ok buddy. Just breathe, your’e ok, your’e alive, your’e fine. Just keep coughing up the waters and breathe for me. Cause i’m here for you.” He said to Kai while keeping his head up from the water by holding him.
And even though it took like a minute or so, the fire ninja was able to cough up all of the water he had in his lungs.
And replace them with sweet, reliable air again.
Then after he starts to breathe again, he looks at Cole and realises what just happened.
“Cole? Is that really you?” He asked.
“Yeah, it’s me.” The earth ninja replied.
“Thanks {cough} for saving me. I thought i was going to die in these water. {cough]” Kai said while still coughing for air.
“Come on, let’s get you back to the others.” Cole said to him.
And so he swims back to where Jay and Zane are.
While Kai holds onto him as because of his aquaphobia, he can’t swim.
But he is glad to see that Cole was there to swim the both of them back to Stiix.
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Meanwhile, Jay and Zane finished having a chat with Ronin about something, just when the lightning ninja starts to talk about what happened a few minutes earlier.
“Ugh, so after all this, Morro gets Airjitzu and we’re left with zip? I hate being leader, but i hate losing even more.” He said with a annoyed tone of voice to Zane and Ronin.
“.aiK dna eloC evah llits ew tsael lleW” Zane said backwardly again while seeing something in the waters.
This causes both Jay and Ronin to also see what’s going on, as they see both Cole and Kai swimming back to where they are.
“You’re right Zane. We didn’t lose everything. As at least Kai is ok and so is Cole.” Jay said.
And so the two ninjas help their teammates up back onto the deck.
As Kai was still shaken up about nearly drowning to death by those strangleweeds.
As both Jay and Zane see how scared the fire ninja was and begins to have a concerned look on their face.
“Kai, are you ok?” Jay asked.
“.elap adnik kool ouy ,haeY” Zane also asked.
“Oh, yeah. I’m am fine. Everything’s A.O.K.” The fire ninja replied while lying to them about his fear of water.
“Hey, just remember what I said about the agreement you two. And I’m gonna hold you all to that deal.” Ronin said to both Jay and Zane
But this makes Cole and Kai a bit confused.
“Ok, well thanks for giving us the location.” Jay said nervously.
“So long, and i hope you get your friend back.” Ronin said as he leaves in his air ship.
Then once he’s gone, both Kai and Cole looks at their teammate with confusion on their face.
“Agreement, what did he mean by that?” Cole asked.
“Yeah, what happened back there?” Kai also asked.
Zane was about to tell them everything, when Jay covers his mouth.
“I’ll tell you everything. {laughs nerovusly} You two see, Ronin told me and Zane that there was another way to learn Airjitzu. Meaning that we can still find a way to fly.” He said to them.
“Whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait a sec, Ronin only makes deals in his favour and like Kai, i think you’re a horrible negotiator Jay.” Cole said.
“Jay? Zane? What did you guys give him?” Kai asked in a angry tone.
“I, sorta give him mine and Zane’s share on the tea farm, along with the both of yours too.” Jay said nervously.
“You what?!” Kai said in anger.
“Wu’s gonna flip!” Cole also said in anger.
“Look, look, we did what we had to, and for Lloyd, I think you’d do it too Kai.” Jay said trying to defend himself and Zane.
“Yeah i guess your right. I can’t stand to see my little brother being possessed by a ghost.” Kai said.
“But i have to ask, if Morro has the only scroll, just where is the place that’s going to teach us Airjitzu?” Cole asked.
“Let’s just say, it’s not gonna be easy. We have a ghost of a chance.” Jay said.