Long Time No See (Ninjago post-Rebooted AU)

Chapter 46

Apologies for the slight delay in getting this chapter posted. Had a deadline at work - that I had completely forgotten about 😅...

A few people were asking to see Kai's POV again, so here you are. [It's only a little filler, but I promise there will be more focus on Kailor (also in the flashbacks) when their baby boy is born.]

And I've just realised that Sensei Wu hasn't really appeared in many chapters...

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Chapter 46 (Kai)

Five years ago, 24th December 2013 (between Possession and Skybound), Destiny's Bounty

Me and my friends, plus a couple of visitors, are gathered in the Bounty's sitting room – which seems to be getting smaller and smaller each year – when a happy squeal interrupts our conversation.

I turn my head to the door, just in time to see my little niece speed-crawling around the corner, followed by her mother – on foot, obviously.

Considering the seven-months-old's parentage – her father must be one of the fastest and most energetic people in all of Ninjago, while her mother is the most 'determined' (i.e. stubborn) person I know (okay, only surpassed by myself, I guess) – it's no surprise that Abby has so far hit all her developmental milestones early. And I will be very surprised if she does not start talking very soon.

Abby briefly stops in the doorway to take a look around the room. And a big toothless smile appears on her cute face when she spots her favourite uncle.

I smile back as I crouch down, while Abby comes crawling towards me – or so I think. Just before she's reached my open arms, she turns slightly to arrive at the person next to me instead.

"Hey, sweetie." Skylor beams at the little girl as she picks her up. "Oof, you've grown again since I've last seen you. Have you missed me?"

I certainly have.

Although Skylor has now become an official member of our team, she is still living in her apartment in Ninjago City and splitting her time between being a Ninja and running a noodle empire.

And just as she's hesitant to become a full time Ninja, she's still refusing all my advances. Well, not all of them. We've been on a few dates, and we've had quite a bit of fun together, but she just doesn't want us to become official.

And while I'm trying not to push her too much, I'm not giving up hope either. I strongly believe that I will eventually convince her that I'm serious – honestly, I haven't even looked at anyone else in the last year – and that the future reflection I've seen in the First Spinjitzu Master's tomb will come true eventually.

Unfortunately, Skylor has never seen it herself. She wasn't with us on that particular mission, as she was training with Nya instead.

While we were fighting Morro and his army of cursed ghosts, my sister was still recovering from Abby's birth just a few weeks previously. As not only was she adjusting to being a new mum, but also an Elemental Master... and as much as I admire my baby sis, I don't think she would have been strong enough to create that tsunami on her own.

My thoughts are interrupted by Abby's excited babbling as she reaches for Skylor's long red hair.

"No no, Abby." The Master of Amber tells her softly. "I know you love pulling your godmother's hair, but I don't like it as much, and – ouch! – your little handies are getting really strong."