Hello loyal fans (Well, I assume you're a loyal fan if you're reading the second book)! I hope you read the first book first. Welcome to the second novel in the _ series! Still working on a series name haha... but anyway! Before we start, I think I'll just copy/paste some stuff from the first chapter of the first book. Oops, I can't. Well, I'll just repeat it then.

1. Like in the last book, there will be lots of OCs. There were a total of 14 in the first book (Including minor characters such as Supergem who only appeared in one chapter), and quite a few of them will return this book. I'll probably be needing a couple more, though. So if anyone has an OC they want me to put in, give me their basic info in a review or PM. If I like them, I'll use them. If not, I won't. I won't write gay/lesbian people, so don't give me any of those characters or I'll just ignore them. Also, if a character is overpowered (i.e. has fire, water, ice, lightning, earth, and shapeshifting powers and can fly and breath underwater) I will either A. Ignore them or B. Tone their powers down. Oh! And I forgot to add this earlier. If you already have an OC in/had one in the last book, please don't submit another okay thanks

2. I probably won't ship many OCs with canon characters. If you want to ship your character with someone else's OC (doesn't seem likely but hey might as well) you'll have to ask them. I will be shipping a few canon couples, which are Jaya, Kailor, and Garsako. I hope you know what those mean.

3. This story contains MAJOR spoilers for Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu. If you haven't watched the show, you probably shouldn't read this. Though if you read the first book you probably know that.

That seems to be all, so... on to the chapter!

Chapter 1

Kai Smith was the Red Ninja.

It was pretty much awesome. He was a ninja, for starters. He could control FI-YAAH, do Spinjitzu (and Airjitzu), had awesome hair, and a whole bunch of other cool things. The best thing by far, though, was his family. Though the number of people who were actually related to him was small, he considered his fellow ninja his brothers as well. He loved them all so much, he couldn't imagine life without them. Out of all of them, though, he was probably the closest with Lloyd. Ever since he rescued the younger boy from the fire temple so long ago, he had felt a need to protect him. He needed it, what with everyone wanting to kill/kidnap him because he was the green ninja. Occasionally something bad would happen to them, like they would get pummelled by bad guys or something, but they always got through it. They were ninja. It was pretty rare that they found a problem they couldn't solve. Well, screaming fangirls could be an issue sometimes. But who could blame them? He was so hot, after all. Fangirls didn't compare to a real girlfriend, though. Which was the reason he was running through these alleys in the first place. He had just gone on a date with Skylor, the beautiful red-haired master of Amber he had met at the Tournament of Elements. They had been stargazing and he had completely lost track of time. Now he was late getting home- and yes, he had a curfew. Not that it made any sense that he should have one. He was a ninja. Sheesh. So he was taking a shortcut through the worst part of the city. Not that it mattered what people here were like. If any punks tried to attack him, well, tough luck for them. Speaking of punks... Kai stopped short as he heard the clatter of a trash can falling on its side. He heard angry whispers a moment later and rolled his eyes. Whoever that was, they were seriously failing at being stealthy. He stepped into a shadow with a smirk. If they showed themselves, they would get quite a surprise. Suddenly, a black net flew out of an adjoining alley and fell on him, the sudden weight making his lose his balence and fall.

"...what?" he said out loud, struggling under the net. Trying to summon a fireball confirmed what he was afraid of: Venge-net. As he tried to get out from underneath it, two figures floated out from the alley the net had come from, Soul Archer and Wrayth.

"That was surprisingly easy." the chain master remarked as Kai struggled to find words.

"What- how are you here?!" the fire master sputtered. "You're supposed to be trapped in the Cursed Realm!"

"So was Morro." Soul Archer replied calmly, snapping a pair of Vengestone cuffs over Kai's wrists. "And he got out."

"Yeah, but he has an elemental dragon. Hey!" the fire ninja exclaimed as the net was pulled off him and Wrayth yanked him to his feet. "What are you doing with me?!"

"I don't think we should bother telling you." Soul Archer grabbed his arm and pulled him into the alley the two ghosts had emerged from. "Now will you come with us, or will we have to drag you?" Kai opened his mouth to give them a snarky retort, but Soul Archer interrupted by saying, "And don't forget that you can't touch either of us and your elemental powers are useless." Kai paused for a few moments before sighing and settling for glaring at them silently instead. "Good. And remember this as well." the bow master nocked an arrow to his bow, holding it there but not stretching it tight to fire. "I will shoot you if I have too, though I think our master would prefer you human."

""Master"?" Kai smirked. "The high-and-mighty Soul Archer has a master?"

"Shut up." was the ghost's only reply. Kai rolled his eyes but didn't speak as Wrayth grabbed his arm and began to lead/drag him down the alley. In truth, the fire master was a bit worried. He didn't see any way out of this, and there didn't seem to be a way for him to contact the other ninja for help. After about a minute of walking, the two ghosts pulled him into a building. Once inside the large room – it looked like some sort of warehouse – Kai blinked in the dim light for a few moments before he saw a figure he recognised.

"Chen?!" he blinked a couple times to make sure he was seeing correctly. "H-how did you all get out?!" Turning to the ghosts holding him, the fire ninja asked with a frown, "So your master is Chen, huh? Should'a guessed."

"Actually no." Chen answered his question, standing up from the table he had been sitting on underneath the lone light in the building. "We all work for him." the former noodle tycoon gestured to a figure standing in the darkness behind him and Kai squinted to try and make them out. When the figure stepped into the circle of light cast by the light on the ceiling, Kai's mouth dropped open and his eyes widened in shock.

"Oh no."

It really shouldn't be too hard to guess who that is.

Okay! So, the ninja are up to doing question answers again. But if you have any questions for Kai, you better hurry up. I think he's in trouble...

also HAPPY VALENTINES DAY and ENJOY THE KAI VALENTINE THAT'S THE COVER OF THE BOOK!

~FFF