It had been days since Nya had gone to the ocean, the city of Ninjago was now undergoing numerous repairs everywhere, the flood caused by the Wojira snake left serious damage, but at least no one was injured, since the evacuation I managed to remove most of it. far enough away from citizens to stay safe.

The entire city paid their respects to Nya at his memorial and their condolences to the ninjas. This would be a challenge for the ninjas, but especially for Kai and Jay. Kai was Nya's older brother, he was practically the one who raised her when Krux took her parents away, and Jay was hers, Ying, hers, he was the man who loved Nya more than anyone else in Ninjago.

Of course, the others also suffered the loss of him, Lloyd lost his best friend and honorary older sister, Zane lost his research partner, Pixal, whom he considered his best friend, and Cole, the person who could support him from anywhere. way. difficulty.

And Sensei Wu, he lost a valuable student.

Everyone tried to move on, Benthomaar stayed with the ninjas since Commander Flu returned to Merlopia and knowing that they did not have a good relationship and with the disposition of the entire royal guard of the kingdom by his side, they thought it would be like that. a danger for Bentho to return to what he once called his home. But honestly, Bentho stopped believing that Merlopia was at home after Kalmaar murdered her father, King Trimaar.

The ninjas gladly accepted Benthomaar into his monastery, but when a few days passed, Jay and Kai's situation did not improve, especially for Kai.

Jay spent hours looking at portraits of Nya and sometimes stayed late outside the monastery looking at the stars. He sometimes he even he would go to some docks to be near the ocean and at least he felt that Nya was still somewhere and that someday he would see her again.

The wound was big on Jay's heart, but thanks to Cole's intervention, he was able to move on.

- I know she sounds selfish, but I really wish I could stop her if she had the chance - Jay commented as he and Cole sat on the edge of the Ninjago Pier.

- She made friends, I was there, and I would have loved to stop her too, but she did it to save you, not just to save Ninjago, what she did, she did for you. And that's the bravest thing he would have done for one of us -

- But I still miss her...a lot -he sobbed as he took a hand to wipe the tears from her eyes- I just wish she were still here -

- Me too - Cole mentions as she places her hand on Jay's shoulder, a way of comforting him - But if she were still here, do you think she'd like to see you like this? Sad? And do nothing for others? -

At that, Jay shook his head.

- So friend, it's time for you to get out of bed, stop crying and live for her, it's what she would have wanted for you, and you know it -

- You're right - Jay said firmly as he stood up. "I won't let this get to me, she may not be here, but I'll move on for her."

- This is how they speak, friend - said Cole, sounding proud for Jay, who showed him a sincere smile of appreciation - Come on, let's go back to the monastery -

- Cole? -

- Yes? -

- Do you think...that we will see Nya again one day? - The question sounded so sharp that Cole thought Jay looked vulnerable and small again.

- I do not know. But I sincerely hope to have the opportunity to see her even if she is one more time -

- Yes, I say the same -

After that heartwarming moment, Jay kept his promise, he stopped crying over his pillow and over Nya's photos and set out to move on, it will be difficult and he knew it, but at least it will make Nya's sacrifice to save him be worth it.

Now the big challenge was Kai, after Nya's memorial he began to isolate himself from everyone, including her parents and Skylor. Kai was someone who didn't show her emotions or feelings to the public, but by strongly suppressing his urge to cry for her sister they finally broke it completely.

She locked herself in her room and didn't let anyone in, not even the sensei or one of her parents. Lloyd tried to talk to him but it didn't seem to work as Kai didn't want to let all of her frustration over her little brother get out of her. She feared that if she let everything she depressed out of her she would hurt Lloyd.

She didn't even go out to eat, train, or at least take a shower anymore. Even one day when everyone was helping with the repairs of the city Kai left his room and staggered towards the training area, there he stared blankly at the mural depicting all his adventures and gloomily saw the vessel that was built in honor of Nya, picking up an old training sword lying there, let all her frustration combine with her blows and mercilessly attacked a training dummy.

Knowing that there was no one to hear him, he let out a great cry of anger that did not last long, tears came out of his eyes without stopping, and as soon as he lost his grip on the sword, which was already quite damaged, he began to strike without pity the poor mannequin with his fists, he smashed him so much that his fists began to hit the ground. Kai didn't even feel the pain in his knuckles once they started bleeding because Kai wasn't wearing his protective gloves.

He stopped hitting the mannequin and began to breathe heavily, abruptly wiped the tears from his eyes, and when he finished he noticed how suddenly the door of the monastery opened to reveal everyone, who when entering the monastery and seeing Kai outside left them stunned, and even more to see how Kai had left the monastery mannequin.

- Kai? - Sensei Wu started trying to get to Kai - What happened? These...? -

- Not now, sensei - he snapped as he walked away from Wu and staggered back into the monastery.

He was going to lock himself in his room again.

Sadly, sensei Wu sighed in defeat and saw from the deteriorated way Kai put down the training mannequin, he guessed that he was beating himself up on the poor training object.

- Sensei? - Lloyd says as he approaches him - Do you think Kai is really going to be okay? - He had that worried look that sometimes made anyone feel bad.

- I don't know, Lloyd - Wu says sadly as he places a comforting hand on his nephew's shoulder - The loss of Nya may have affected us a lot, but Kai, who was his brother, may suffer more than any of us. We need to give him time to see how he gets over it, it will be difficult, but you have to have faith in him -

Lloyd nodded heavily at his uncle's reply. Kai, his older brother, had never seen himself so defeated in his entire life, he even looked worse than when they thought they lost Zane, it was a miracle that at least Kai had not returned to go out and fight in bars, canteens and fighting pits clandestine in the city, but that didn't stop him from worrying him about their status.

Jay looked in the direction Kai was going and kept wondering if he could do something about it for his girlfriend's brother. He knew that Kai was someone who found it difficult to show his feelings and emotions, and who always kept his frustration and sadness behind a calm and strong mask. But he knew that that mask was getting more and more unraveling because Kai still has not overcome the departure of his little sister.

Maybe if she finds the right time, she can talk to him.

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A few days had passed after the ninjas saw Kai leave his room for the first time in days, and things were not going very well for the red ninja, now everyone saw him more furious, sometimes they heard screams of rage inside His room, when they tried to enter to see if he was okay, he just yelled at them to go away and never come in, not wanting to bother him more than he already was, they had no choice but to leave him alone.

They even came to see that he had not slept in several days, his appearance was very scary, and even his hair looked quite ruined. Now Lloyd seemed to be scared to approach his older brother.

Until one day, they did not notice that Kai had left his room again, that was because sensei Wu entered his room one day and did not see him anywhere, but he was saddened to see how his student's room was flaming. Made a mess, the floors were unkempt and full of burns and bumps, the bed was ripped and smashed, the furniture was broken and nowhere to be found, and the single mirror was completely smashed. The room was a disaster.

Immediately Wu ordered everyone to go looking for Kai, they searched all the areas of the monastery but they did not find him, until Jay thought to search the city, without any objection everyone went to the city to look for Kai. As soon as Jay reached the docks, he saw in the distance a red figure sitting on the edge of a lonely dock. As he got closer, he saw that that figure was Kai.

The red ninja looked even more terrible outside than in the monastery.

Calmly, Jay approached Kai from behind, and kept a good distance to at least give him his space.

- Kai? -

-She must be...very disappointed in me, don't you think? - His voice sounded broken and hoarse, it is as if he had completely used his voice in those screams of anger. His physical appearance was not quite good, his almost tanned skin looked almost pale and lifeless, and he looked thinner than ever, his person no longer had that glow, now he looked more gloomy and switched off.

This made Jay feel bad, how did his girlfriend's brother end up like this?

- What are you talking about? He - he said as he got a little closer to Kai.

- Look at me, Jay, I'm useless. Without her here...I'm lost. I don't know what to do without my sister here. I do not know what to do... -

-Kai - Jay begins as he approaches him and sits next to her - I miss her too. Every day that has passed since we defeated Wojira. Sometimes I come here and I want to imagine that I will see her here on the pier -

Kai looks at him carefully, not taking his eyes off the blue ninja.

- But I know that she will not because she is now literally the ocean itself - in that she stares at the ocean, on the horizon - I want to imagine that she is happy and free in her element. That she no longer has to face any danger, and that she now she is safe -

- As I wish ... to be strong like you ... - Kai says suddenly, looking down at his hands, which had numerous cuts and scrapes - Unlike you ... I still can't get over it, I just ... I just want my sister to come back small - she let out a weak sob while hiding her face with her hands.

- I know, I know how much you loved her, and I know that she loved you - I try to console him, but it didn't seem to work.

- You know? When we hid in the news building and discussed your condition, I saw how Nya asked Bentho about how Nyad worked with the sea, at first I found it confusing, but looking at the way he said goodbye to me before her falling asleep made me realize what she was doing, and I would have really liked to stop her and beg her not to. She could have told him that there were other ways to stop Kalmaar and Wojira together, and that we would find a way to save you. Heavens ... I might even have been able to wax her in a closet until we found a way to defeat that stupid squid -

- I know -

- You tried to stop her, you and Wu. Instead I ... I just stayed there ... frozen and doing nothing to tell her to stay. I did not do anything ... she was not even able to face Kalmaar or Wojira as you did, I am all useless - her voice sounded embarrassed, it was as if she regretted not having been able to tell Nya that she stay with they.

- You are not useless, Kai, nobody believes it, not me, the boys, the sensei, not your parents. Rather, we are concerned about you -

Saying that, Kai didn't show any reaction, and he just fell silent.
-You know that if she were here, she wouldn't want to see you like this. She would be sad - she says trying to make him feel better.

"More like she'd yell at me and she'll give me a good blow for seeing me like that," Kai admits as he lets out a weak snort.

- Yes I think you are right. She has always been nagging at all of us, even me - Jay admits gracefully as he looks back at the ocean.

-Since the day she was born, she promised that she would always protect her, I think lately I have not been very good keeping that promise of her. After recovering our parents, I tried to make us become a family again, but Nya seemed to mature and said that she was no longer willing to be treated like a girl again, at first she liked being with our parents but, mature, at least I visited them with me, but I could see that she has matured a lot, on the other hand I... I keep acting stupid, I started acting like a fool, don't you think? -

- Well, you were stupid, but stupid is something else -

"Ouch, that hurts, brother," says Kai, showing a weak smile.

- I am sorry. At least I made you laugh a little -

- With or without it, your sense of humor never changes. I was afraid that you would never smile again if she was not by your side -

- It hurts me too, Kai. But I know she wouldn't have wanted this for us, or for you. Let's not let the same thing happen to us as when we thought we lost Zane, this time we have to be together, and support each other. Besides, I know that one day we will see it again, I don't know when or how, but we will see it. You just don't give up -

- But I know it won't because now it is literally the ocean itself, in the sense that it looks at the ocean, on the horizon, I want to imagine that it is happy and free in its element. That you no longer have to face any danger and that you are now safe.

-As I wish...to be strong like you... - Kai says suddenly, looking at his hands, which had numerous cuts and scrapes - Unlike you...I still can't get over it, alone...I just want my little sister to come back - she let out a weak sob as he hid her face with his hands.

- I know, I know how much you loved her, and I know that she loved you - I try to comfort him, but it didn't seem to work.

- You know? When we hid in the news building and discussed your condition, I saw how Nya asked Bentho how Nyad worked with the sea, at first I found it confusing, but looking at the way she said goodbye to me before she fell asleep made me wonder. made me realize. her what she was doing, and I really would have liked to stop her and beg her not to. She could have told him that there were other ways to stop Kalmaar and Wojira together, and that we would find a way to save you. Heavens...she might even have been able to wax it in a closet until we found a way to defeat that stupid squid -

- He -

- You tried to stop her, you and Wu. Instead, I...just stood there... frozen and doing nothing to tell her to stay. I didn't do anything...she couldn't even face Kalmaar or Wojira like you did, I'm useless - her voice sounded embarrassed, it was as if she regretted not being able to tell Nya that she was staying with them.

- You are not useless, Kai, nobody believes it, not me, the boys, the sensei, not your parents. Rather, we are concerned about you -

Saying that, Kai didn't show any reaction and fell silent.
- You know if she were here, she wouldn't want to see you like this. She would be sad - she says trying to make him feel better.

- It's more like she yelled at me and she'd give me a good punch for seeing me like this - Kai admits as she lets out a weak snort.

- Yes I think you are right. She's always been scolding us all, even me - Jay admits gracefully as he looks out over the ocean.

- Since the day she was born she promised me that she would always protect her from her, I think lately I have not been very good of her fulfilling that promise of her. After getting our parents back, I tried to make us become a family again, but Nya seemed to mature and said that she was no longer willing to be treated like a girl again, at first she liked being with our parents but, mature, at least. I visited them with me, but I could see that she has matured a lot, on the other hand I...I keep acting like a fool, I started to act like a fool, don't you think? -

- Well, you were stupid, but stupid is something else -

- Oh, that hurts bro - Kai says, showing a weak smile.

- I am sorry. At least I made you laugh a little -

- With or without she, you sense of humor never changes. I was afraid you would never smile again if she weren't by your side -

- It hurts me too, Kai. But I know she wouldn't have wanted this for us or for you. Let's not let the same thing happen to us as when we thought we had lost Zane, this time we have to be together and support each other. Also, I know that one day we will see it again, I do not know when or how, but the will see it. Just don't give up -

- He is going to do something difficult for me, I just hope and you are right - he said as he looked down and saw his reflection on the sea water.

- Don't worry, whatever happens, we'll wait for her - Jay assures him as he places his hand on Kai's shoulder - I promise you -

-Thank you, Jay - Kai smiles as he embraces him fraternally, Jay for the part of him hugged him back without hesitation. And when they did that, they could both feel a gentle tidal breeze running through their entire being, it was a soft and pleasant breeze that made them feel comfortable and safe.

- Now that we talk, and that I have found you, we should go back to the monastery, since everyone is very worried about you -

Kai groaned and buried his face more on Jay's chest - I'm sorry...I shouldn't have left like that... -

- Don't worry - Jay assures him - I'm sure they'll be happy to see you, but first you have to go with Skylor so you can eat something, you're so skinny -

When Jay got up, he helped Kai up from the edge of the pier, and fearing that he might actually pass out Jay put Kai's arm around his neck and they both headed to Skylor's restaurant.

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After Jay told everyone that he found Kai they were happy and also agreed to take Kai to Skylor's restaurant, who had welcomed them warmly, after hugging Kai, Skylor gave him a little sermon of take better care of his health, Kai swore for a second to see Nya reflected in Skylor. The food he gave Skylor was free, compensation for all the events that had happened recently.
It was at least good to see Skylor and Jay seeing Kai eating for the first time in days.

After arriving at the monastery, Kai apologized to everyone, the boys did nothing but hug him, they seriously missed him.

Kai hugged them with all of his strength, as if not wanting any of them to leave like Nya did.

After that, they all together helped to fix and clean his room, Zane and Pixal made sure to take care of his health and see that he ate well again. Sensei Wu helped calm his mind. After feeling a little better in a few days, Kai saw his parents again and stayed with them for a weekend, just so they could at least get over the loss of Nya as a real family. Maya did not object to hugging her son most of the day, and Ray also did not deny giving all his fatherly support to her son, since now, for the moment, he was her only child.

But no matter how much time passed, Nya's family would be waiting for her, they will always be waiting for her.