A/N: Ideas would be greatly appreciated. Credit will be awarded.
The part where he grows wings might be a tad gory...go ahead and skip that part if you want.
"Aw yeah! Ninja air-kick!" Jay sprung into the dummy with the full force of the wind behind him, sending the dummy off its wooden peg.
"Ninja air-roll!" The lightning wielder tumbled under a couple of wooden swords, the air pushing him further and granting his body more speed.
"Ninja air-SLICE!" he took the blade of his current weapon- a wakizashi- and swung it down hard onto another practice dummy, parting the wind so its tip hit quicker, harder and cleaner, practically cutting the dummy in half.
"Cool down their, Air Head," Kai called to the boy while fending off his attacker, who so happened to be Cole.
"You've been practicing air all week and not once handled electricity during that time," Zane pointed out, "Perhaps it would be best to take a break and try some of that?"
"Nah! I've been using lightning since we started! A couple weeks of air won't hurt anything!"
"There is an old saying my father used to tell me: If you do not use it, you lose it."
"Zane's right. At this rate, you'll be flying by the next week but won't know how to light a light bulb," Cole took a swing at Kai and managed to knick his chest, gaining a smirk.
"Don't worry guys! I'll be fine!"
"If you're sure," Kai put his sword back in defeat and Cole followed, but in victory. They both grabbed a towel to wipe off some sweat that beaded their foreheads. Zane placed the katana over with the rest of the practice weapons and caught up with his brothers. Though unable to sweat, he still partook in the dabbing of his skin, mostly out of habit.
"You comin' Jay?" The fire ninja called as they headed inside.
"You guys go ahead. I'm gonna work on some new techniques!"
"Don't fall off the edge!"
Jay chuckled, "I'm not gonna fall off the edge of the Bounty!"
"You say that now, but give it a couple of minutes!" Kai joked and slid the door shut.
"Ninja BOUNCE!" The blue enthusiast exclaimed and twirled several feet in the air.
"This. Is so. COOL!"
LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
It had been, what? Two hours?
Something like that.
The brunette had been right in the middle of trying to have the wind move himself (totally NOT for lazy reasons!) when he began to feel a deep throbbing in his back.
"Ow! Owowow!" Jay stopped the tail wind and painfully made his way over to a bench, "Ow! Quit it! OW!" He rubbed his back, specifically focusing between his shoulder blades. It had little effect, though it did allow him to feel two nubs that were small and rather hard, but definitely were there. In fact, that was where most of the pain seemed to be emanating from. They even seemed to be swelling! But that's not right...they weren't swelling, they were growing!
"What the- OWOWOWOWOW!" he felt his muscles tighten around that spot, only intensifying the pain. Sure the throbbing stopped, but now his back was stiff!
"Owowow! Stop! OW!" Before the ninja toppled over in the feeling, the upper half of his body resting on the wooden seat and the other half kneeling from lack of energy. Not once did the thought call for help cross his mind.
"OWOWOW! Stop it!" He felt some skin crack open and liquid dripping out, though he couldn't look behind him. Reaching back, his fingers grazed over- was that bone?! No, no, no, not possible! Of course, this action only increased his pain, so he almost immediately pulled them back to find them laced with some crimson-colored fluid.
"What is this?!" he thought, struggling to stay conscious. The bones pierced through even more, arching up and tearing even more skin. Jay bit his lip in an attempt to keep himself from screaming. His breathing was fast and heavy. It seemed as if this feeling would never stop as it just kept increasing.
Finally, it reached its climax, and Jay couldn't hold it any longer.
"GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Even though it was loud and high-pitched as he could possibly make it, there was barely any sound for two reasons:
1) His lungs were too busy playing the hyperventilation game.
2) He was almost completely depleted of energy. All the training must've worn him out. Yeah, that was it. Training.
Jay fell to the floor, panting as the pain had finally stopped. Someone was sure to have heard him, right? Probably. He hoped they did.
After his breathing calmed, he felt his heartbeat (which had apparently been near the point of heart attack) slow. Then he felt something else. But wait, what was this? What he felt wasn't inside his body, but protruding out his back! Were they the bones from before? Whatever it was, there were two; both starting somewhere between the shoulder blades and ending at least five feet away, most likely longer.
"Wha...what…?" There was something growing off of them, something soft and light and-
He slowly stood back up, a tad sore but not anywhere near as bad as before, and stretched the bones out.
-feathers?!
It was hard to get a good look from his angle. Jay's neck did not agree to twisting how he wanted it to twist. Instead, he took a look into one of the newly-shined suits of armor.
WINGS?!
"Jay?"
The wings instantly folded down and Jay spun around to find none other than Lloyd standing in the doorway.
"He-hey Lloyd!" the blue ninja nervously brought a hand to his head and smiled.
The green, in return, gave him an odd look, "We heard something up here...everything okay?"
"Yup! Everything's alright! Nothing wrong here!"
"What's behind your back?"
"Behind my back?" Jay turned his head- only his head- to imitate looking behind him, "I don't see anything!"
"I thought I saw something white and red on you."
"Lloyd, I should know if there was something on my back."
The green ninja suspiciously raised an eyebrow, "Okay…"
"I was just heading in now, so if you'll excuse me," Jay sidestepped around his friend to avoid showing anything he'd regret, then continued to walk with his back against the wall. He did this until reaching the bathroom, at which point he slammed the door shut. He then turned toward the mirror.
With his wings folded, nothing could be seen. Not looking straight at him, anyway. A peek from the side showed one that extended down to his knee, mainly white but with a few spots of sticky blood here and there. The other side revealed pretty much the same thing, so he faced the mirror again and spread them, knocking over a few bottles of shampoo with one and hitting the wall with the other, which still hurt a little from them being sore. He tried to angle them in a comfortable position, and with much effort, was able to.
The nina smiled, his eyes wide in awe.
"I have...angel wings…"
"Woah…"
Jay turned and his smile faded in horror, realizing he forgot to lock the door.
"Lloyd!" His wings folded up and tried to hide themselves once more, but it was much too late for that.
"How did you do that?"
"Why did you follow me?!"
"You were acting weird. Something seemed wrong."
The blue ninja stood there for a moment in shock and terror. He may not know how or why he got them, but he did know that the others couldn't find out.
"Lloyd, please don't tell anyone!"
"Why not? That's so cool! Do they work?"
"Please Lloyd, this is very important!"
The blonde frowned, "Okay, I promise I won't tell anyone."
"Thank you so much," Jay sighed in relief.
"But if you really don't want people knowing, you're gonna need to hide them better than that."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean you can't have your back to the wall the whole time!" he stated matter-of-factly, "You're gonna need a disguise."
"Well, what do ya suggest?"
I have a poll set up for what pairing(s) (if any) should be in this fic. I'm not taking any suggestions for pairings (unless they're with minor characters and can be thrown into the background), but go ahead and vote. If no one votes...I think I'm gonna end up doing Jay/Lloyd, or GreenWisp because I haven't tried it yet and it kinda makes sense for this fic...at least to me it does.
Anyway, some info:
This fic is gonna have drama at some parts and humor at some and romance when a and b aren't applicable, but the mood probably won't stay the same for too long. The main plot is that Jay tries to hide his wings while finding why he grew them in the first place (which I already have in mind) and Lloyd tries to help him.
Please only chose ONE pairing with Jay while voting; other than that, feel free to vote whatever. There IS a "none" option (boooooring but doable). Any pairings that are tied when the polls close will either co-exist or add some love-drama-triangle-thing. For instance, if Jay/Lloyd and Zane x Pixal are at a tie, they will both be in the fic (they would've been anyway if they were the highest-rated pairings for Jay, Lloyd, Zane and Pixal), but if Jay/Lloyd and Jay/Kai end in a tie, there will be some kind of drama going on and I'll have another poll to see where you guys want THAT to go.
I do not know when I will close the poles as of now.
Here are the choices:
-PlasmaShipping (Jay/Kai)
-TechnoShipping (Jay/Zane)
-BruiseShipping (Jay/Cole)
-GreenWispShipping (Jay/Lloyd)
-Pixane (Zane x Pixal)
-GlacierShipping (Zane/Cole)
-PopsicleShipping (Zane/Lloyd)
-GreenFlameShipping (Kai/Lloyd)
-Nyxal (Nya/Pixal)
-None!
Again, you can vote on the poll on my profile.