Kai led Skylor into the cabin of the Bounty. The Master of Amber was confused and asked, "Why'd you bring me here, Kai?" She looked at her boyfriend and saw his distressed face, "You seem down. What's wrong?"
Kai just shook his head and sat down on his bed, "I don't really know, Sky. It's kind of about Harumi." He sighed.
Skylor raised a brow, "'Kind of'?" She questioned, not believing that it was only 'kind of' about Harumi.
"Okay, it's definitely about Harumi. But you can't blame me, Sky. She... How do I put this?" He paused to exhale, "She's a villain. A manipulative one at that. I was only trying to be nice to her for Lloyd's sake. She tricked us once in the past, so how can we trust here again?" He bit his lip, "You know the saying, 'Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me'."
"First of all, Kai, how do you know she's still a villain? Maybe she really did change. Second of all, when we first met, I manipulated you into thinking I was trustworthy when in reality, I was working for my dad. But look at us now," She sat down beside him and took his hand, "We're happy together. If you had never came to my dad's island and competed in the Tournament of Elements, we would've never met. Everything happens for a reason. You can't really say that Lloyd only met Harumi to get heartbroken by her, right? Maybe there was another reason that we just don't know about yet."
Kai looked at Skylor's hand, the one that was holding his hand, and smiled. "I want to say that you're right but..." He trailed off.
"But?" She asked while cocking her brow.
"But what if she'll just use us again? What if this is all just a ruse? What if she was the one that released the oni? What if she was telling lies all this time? What if-" Kai rambled on and on about what if's but Skylor smacked a hand over his mouth to make him be quiet.
"Enough with the 'what if's', Kai." She took her hand away from his mouth, "When have I ever known you to be the one to think negative? I always thought that that was Jay's thing." She joked which got a small laugh out of Kai. She smiled again, "If she is lying about all this, then we can just turn her in. She can't beat all of us. I'm pretty sure she knows that."
Kai looked down and nodded his head with a small smile, "I guess so." He took a deep breath and looked at Skylor, "Thanks, Sky. You always know what to say when I'm feeling down." He turned his body around to face her and he hugged her. Skylor hugged back and closed her eyes.
"Hey, I'm just saying what I've learned. But thank you for the compliment, I guess." She replied, "It feels nice." She opened her eyes.
Kai chuckled, "The compliment or the hug?" He asked jokingly.
"Both, Kai. Both." She responded gently. Kai nodded in satisfaction before Skylor added, "Then again, maybe the compliment was better but the hug also feels nice." She made a witty remark.
Kai broke the hug and gave Skylor a light, playful slap to the shoulder while laughing. The redhead laughed along and elbowed his side playfully, "I'm just joking. Geez, Kai." She snickered.
He raised his hands up in defense, "I know, I know. I was just testing you," He then turned to her with a smirk while stroking his hair, "And anyway, I'm way too fetching to resist." He leered at her.
She scoffed, "Says the person checking me out." She smirked back. She then looked at him from the top of his head and down to his shoes.
"Ha!" He suddenly shouted, startling Skylor, "You checked me out too. That means we're even." He smiled smugly.
"Fine. I guess we're even." She then got up to his face, "But you did do it first, so it means I still won." She teased while smiling back.
Kai waved a hand at her, "Okay, okay. I admit defeat. You won." He said in a dramatic way.
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A Second Chance
Adventure「COMPLETED / UNDER REWRITE」 She arrives and befriends the five remaining Ninja. Though who would've known that she would lead them through a series of unexpected events that would change their life for the better... [Takes...
