Summary: After finding Morro still in Ninjago, long after the Day of the Departed, Kai makes a deal with him: he'll allow Morro to possess him for two weeks, and borrow his body to do all the things the dead teenager didn't get to do when he was alive. On the way, Kai finds out some unsettling things about his missing sensei, and that he and Morro have more in common than they'd like to admit.
Warnings: Themes of depression & mental health issues, swearing.
Notes: Originally posted on archive of our own on May 22nd, 2019.
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CHAPTER ONE: THE RULES
Kai is having a shit day.
He hasn't gotten a good night sleep in weeks. He's been too busy searching Ninjago for Wu. He split from Zane temporarily just because they've been each other's only company for months, and they both need some time with others, so Kai figured he'd go visit Lloyd. They made plans to hang out for a day or two, then get back to their search.
Except that's not what happens. What happens is that Lloyd has to cancel, Kai can't get in touch with Nya, and he's left with nothing to do in NInjago City while the sun is setting. He scores a free bed at the second motel he pulls the ninja card at – they are heroes, after all, so he has no idea why it didn't work at the first motel.
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