synopsis: with no idea how or why they ended up here, reader has made it they're mission to get back to their loved ones. no matter the cause.
reader has no elemental power. they're self-trained in karate, and have some anger issues lol.
pairing: lloyd x reader
" elemental powers are overrated, i much rather fight with my words n fists...or maybe yk, an old rusty pipe? "
"let me get this straight──"
reader watched as a kid, around their age, walk back n forth around them. he had brown, messy hair, a black turtle necked shirt, dusty green cargos and a busted baseball ball over his shoulder.
he rubs the bridge of his nose with his two fingers as he spoke to reader.
"you've been out here, all by yourself for almost 4 months now- you've barely eaten anything──" the reader picks at the rock their sitting on, both listening and zoning out while listening to the boy. "── i find you injured on the side of a mountain, after getting chased by a "dragon", your telling me your looking for the ninja, who are probably dead in my-"
he froze suddenly.
feeling the breeze of the metal knife swift pass his cheek, stabbing the tree trunk close to him...he looks back at reader, locking eyes with their cold, [eye colored], eyes.
"sorry, i forgot you don't like──" he stopped talking. reader cross back their legs and sat comfortably on the rocks again.
"have you not heard of the ninja? you act like this is their first time in a situation like this."
the boy just stared at reader.
"this is ALL of our first time being in a "situation" like this!"
you grunt as you hopped off the rock, making your way to the knife stabbed in the bark of the trunk. with a grunt, reader manages to pull the weapon out and roll their eyes, "whatever── uh, what's your name again?"
the boys eye twitched as he watched reader walk by, back to their previous spot by the rock.
"adam...my name is adam...for the 24th time-"
reader hummed happily, cutting the boy off. "oh yeah! now i remember!"
the boy, named adam, exhaled loudly, however before he could respond, a loud thud was heard a short distance away. reader and adam locked eyes almost immediately after haaring it, worry and fear written all over them.
they thought they lost the dragons, could they have smelt them out? not the point right now, reader. gotta get out of this situation first.
reader grabbed adam by the wrist and pulls them both behind the rock, squatting to hide themselves better.
they two of them peek their head out to see two earth dragons circle around the area not too far from them. they looked more bigger then before.
"what do we do?" adam asked, the two still watching the dragons carefully.
"we fight- duh!"
"excuse me?" adam whisper yells, causing reader to slam their hand over his mouth and duck back down behind the rock. the dragons heads moved to their direction.
adam pulls their hand away harshly, "you cannot be serious, you'll get ripped to shreads and become those beasts tonights dinner!"
reader didn't respond. angry at the point adam could be right. their still injured from their last incounter with the dragons; falling from a mountain top and surprisingly not dead; reader's ankle took a nasty hit.
hurts to walk. nightmare to run.
"you don't even have powers and your ankle is sore, your in no condition to fight two massive beats like dragons!"
"and you have a half broke baseball bat, and a stupid nose ring- your no help either. unless the dragons want a nose piercing!"
"why are you being snappy with me!?"
"you started it!"
"did not!"
"did too!"
"didn't!"
"did!-"
adam now slammed his palm over reader's mouth, hearing the breathing of one of the dragons right behind the rock they were hiding behind.
reader and adam locked widened eyes, unsure what to do right now. is this really how they both die? injured and reader hasn't even completed their mission in finding their friends.
.
.
"hey, nasty!!"
all three, readers, adams, and the earth dragons head spun behind them, seeing a boy dressed in orange and black hair and a girl with pink hair and cat ear headphones.
each of them had marks on, so reader couldn't see how they looked. the boy sounded 14, while the girl sounded 15.
"pick on someone your own size!!"
"arin, that's not the best line to use in this kind of situation!" the girl yelled, seeing the dragon now charge toward the two.
adam and reader watched as the two kids dodged and fought the dragon. standing in their spot dumbfounded; "where did those kids even come from?" adam asked and reader shrugged, "do-do we thank them after? i'm not su-"
reader froze in realization as they watched the fight.
"what?"
"...weren't there two of them?"
feeling hot breath shiver down their backs, the two elder teenagers turned around slowly only to come face to face with the dragons brother.
"dont...move.." adam whispered and reader's eyebrows furrowed; "we're about to get mauled by a giant dragon, and your telling us to not move??"
"don't be stupid. this dragon is blind.." reader locked eyes with the dragon. adam was right. "then what do we do?"
adam paused before speaking up quietly, "slowly...we step away from its face. i don't think it can smell us, so if we move away ever so slowly we will be okay."
and they did just that. the dragons snout got closer n closer to readers face when they began to move to the left slowly. the hot breath of the dragon caused the to cringe.
just as they thought they were in the clear, reader stepped on a twig causing it to snap. they froze hearing the dragon roar and turn its body to reader's direction.
"reader, MOVE!"
not needing to be told twice, reader jumped out of the way as the dragon suddenly attacked with his giant claw. adam got his baseball bat out, picking up a small rock and tossing it in the air, hitting it with the bat, watching it go flying towards the dragons head.
time froze as the rock bounced off the dragons head, adam felt beads of sweat droop down his forehead, and he chuckled nervously.
the dragon's attention was now drawn to adam...who attempted to grab another rock, but he ended up falling backwards, twisting his ankle and he yelped in pain, falling to the floor.
"great." reader spoke to themself, looking around to see if they can find something, anything, to help adam but their mind was scattered left and right.
adam could actually die right in front of their eyes.
do they run? they're ankle hurts like he'll now because of all this movement. fight? with what, adam was right, they don't have any powers. it's a being of great size, they have nothing to fight back with.
"what do you do, what do you do!?"
suddenly a bright, green flash of light caused reader to duck down as a energy ball blasts te dragon off its feet.
"woah!!" both adam and the pink haired girl shouts as adam crawled toward reader and the girl jumped out of the way of the dragon who crashed into his brother the two were currently fighting off.
"awh man, there was a party and nobody invited me?" reader turned their head toward a familair voice. seeing a boy dressed in green land on top of a rock after throwing the energy ball.
"i'm hurt, you guys!" reader couldn't see, but the boy in green had a playful smile under his mask. the two now injured dragons, flee away from the scene to recover...the boy named arin and the pink haired girl watched them fly off.
"yeah, that's right! fly away while you still have wings!"
arin pants has he falls to his knees, catching his breath. his friend, who he called sora during the fight, caught him and smiled fondly.
reader was still looking at the green figure, who's eyes locked with theirs. Adam felt a small tension between this stare off. "reader...are you──"
reader stood up, letting go of adam who watched them walk slowly toward the green boy.
"reader.." the boy in green spoke softly...removing his mask to revel his face.
reader's breath hitched...recognizing the boy immediately.
"reader!" he laughed, sprinting towards them. he dropped his sword mid running and engulfes reader in a tight hug, his hands gently grabbing their hair and his head in the crook of their neck.
"i thought....i'd never see you again!!" his voice cracked as he spoke, tears spilling out of his eyes and down his cheeks.
"lloyd.. is that really-"
the blonde boy pulled away and looked at reader with a sad smile, placeing his forward on theirs and pushed a piece of hair behind their ear.
he nods, humming happily; "it is.."
readers eyes widened, feeling tears form in their eyes buy they buried their face in their long lost lovers shoulder.
while the two had their small reunion, arin and sora walked over to adam who watched the scene unfold. "is your ankle okay?" sora asked the brunette, who looked up at the girl and the boy.
however, arin was smiling at the two ninjas in front of him.
"uh, yeah; just a lil' bit sore.."
"i think i can wrap it up for you, if you want. you can come back with us. looks like lloyd wouldn't be too upset with that idea..." she smiled softly, helping adam up to his feet, wrapping his arm around her shoulder and followed arin who ran toward the two lovers with a happy smile.
