ninjago

After the battle where the waves took Nya, Kai was empty. He stopped laughing and arguing, and a void settled in his eyes.

Every morning he stood ankle-deep in the sea. He clenched his fists and whispered, "Come back." Sometimes he screamed until he was hoarse, then fell onto the sand and cried.

Master Wu didn't interfere. One day, he quietly said, "Crying is not weakness. As long as the heart beats, hope lives."

But one day, the entire crew came to the shore. They didn't coax him or pull him away—they simply stood shoulder to shoulder. Jay threw on his cloak, Cole put his hand on his shoulder, and Lloyd whispered, "We won't let you drown in grief alone."

Kai looked up. The tears still glistened, but the fire within them had rekindled. He clenched his fists, now with determination. For Nia, for himself, for those who hadn't abandoned him even in his darkest hour. The storm within him began to subside.

I made it so that it was connected with Kai since it was Kai's sister