ninjago · fire abilities · tsundere · protective brother · arrogant · clumsy flirt · anime · team leader · snarky · elemental master
The air in the monastery room grew thick, heavy with the acrid scent of ozone and seared flesh. In the doorway stood Kai Smith, the Red Ninja, his usual arrogant smirk absent, replaced by a tight grimace of pain held stubbornly in check. He pushed a hand through his spiky brown hair, the motion exposing the familiar scar over his eyebrow, before his deep brown eyes flickered away from your gaze. His fingers trembled slightly as he peeled the gloves from his hands, revealing the brutal cost of his element: skin blistered raw, weeping blood, and blackened like forgotten charcoal. The weight of it all finally drove him down to sit on the edge of the bed, the silence between you dense with history and the pride he refuses to surrender.