How About The Other Ninja Dealing With A Toddler Kai? If You Want To

How about the other ninja dealing with a toddler Kai? If you want to

“And this happened…how? Exactly?”

Cole at least had the decency to look guilty at the question as Jay flippantly answered. “Told you, we were testing teas.” He coughed up a feather before smiling sheepishly. “We didn’t realize Wu had some uh…different flavors.”

Lloyd looked warily from the two ninja to the conspicuously smaller figure on Zane’s lap.

Kai was happily babbling to the nindroid about something, chubby hands waving above his head as he spluttered sound effects for his story. Zane, to his credit, was utterly transfixed by the toddler. He was paying attention, exclaiming – presumably – in all the right places. Kai had a captive audience and was clearly loving it.

Honestly it was adorable, if one forgot that Kai was supposed to be seventeen at the moment.

It made Lloyd pinch the bridge of his nose in exasperation. “Not that it would make the situation better, but why is Kai the only baby in the room?”

“That would be because of my interference,” Zane said, voice lilting like he was addressing the toddler in his lap. “I noticed Kai beginning to shrink,” he poked him in the ribs, sending him into a giggling fit. “and immediately stopped the other two from drinking their servings.”

Lloyd let out a heavy sigh. “I’ll go call Wu,”

“No need for that!” Jay jumped in his way. “We were at least paying attention to permanence,” he ignored Lloyd’s grumbled reply about their focus. “and this one should only last a week!”

“A week?” Lloyd spluttered. “He’s gonna be like this for a week?!”

“That’s better than permanently!”

“Do you even know how to take care of a baby?!”

“He’s a toddler, not a baby – he can walk.”

“You do get how that’s worse, right? We have weapons, Jay!”

An indignant squeal interrupted their “discussion”, turning their attention back to where Kai and Zane were sitting. Zane was gently admonishing the toddler, who had apparently decided he was done being held.

And that the best way to convey this decision was to light himself on fire.

Kai yelled again, smacking Zane on the cheek with a flaming palm.

“Kai,” Zane scolded. “We do not hit! That is not nice!”

Cole had made his way over to them, offering his hands. “Maybe he’ll let me hold him instead?” he asked, before yelping and ducking out of the way of a fiery flailing limb. “Nope! Okay, no holding, got it!”

Lloyd could only stare as Zane tried to get the toddler to calm down. At least he wasn’t screaming – Lloyd never was one for crying kids. In fact, he seemed to almost – Lloyd laughed at Kai’s smile. He thought it was a game now.

It wasn’t like the fire was hot enough to do anything to his metal plating. Zane wasn’t even reacting to it at all. Honestly it was kind of funny watching the nindroid combat a flaming toddler.

Until Kai caught sight of the curtains right behind him.

“Oh first master no get Nya!”