Chapter 1: What to do… What to do?
I sighed and plopped down in front of my favorite sitting tree. I felt at peace with the river flowing near me and the wind softly blowing my dirty blonde hair.
I took out my sketch pad and continued my drawing of the red ninja who had saved my sister. He must be a handsome and brave man to perform such a courageous act. I daydreamed about the black haired man with a chiseled chest who had saved my sister.
I adjusted my thick rimmed glasses and went back to work on the picture of the red ninja. I jumped as I heard a voice.
"Look Cole, she's right there why can't you go?" a voice asked from the distance.
"Kai, you are the one who saved her sister." Another voice said sounding more proper than the first.
I became curious and looked behind me to see 4 boys around my age arguing over who should come and do something. I wonder what it was. I guess two of the boys were apparently named Kai and Cole. I decided to pack up my art supplies and move over to my mother, father, and brother's grave.
-Kai POV-
"Look now you took too long and she left." I grumbled. I looked over at Cole and Jay who were arguing whether some supermodel was hotter than Nya. As angry as I was I really wasn't in the mood to argue anymore. Anyone who heard this would of course be shocked. I had already argued with Sensei Wu about having four girls join us and masters of spinjutsu. I decided I would go and blow off some steam.
"Momma, I saw him! In a dream he came to me and we lived happily ever after."
Who was that?
I looked to my right and saw the dirty blonde with her thick curly messy hair talking to a grave. I remember sometimes I would go to my mother's grave and tell her stories about Nya and Dad. That was when I was ten though. She's sixteen.
"Hey blondie!" I called to her snapping her out of her trance.
Her hair swished behind her as she turned to face me. "What do you want?" she asked.
"Have you heard of spinjutsu?" I asked her teetering from side to side.
"No." She said and started to leave.
"Wait!" I called. She spun around and glared at me. "I mean- do you want to- become a ninja?" I asked her hopefully.
Her eyes seemed to light up. "I'll go ask Benjamin." She said and ran.
"YES!" I cheered and ran off to find my brothers.
-Axelle POV-
I ran all the way back to Benjamin's. I was so excited that when I got there I blurted it all out. Benjamin told me it was okay to become a ninja. He told me to follow to where ever my heart led me. I love that old guy.
"Flame head!" I called to the brown haired boy.
"Blondie's here boys! Let's go!" He announced. We all hopped onto a ship.
An older man approached me. He has a very long beard. He took a sip of tea and said, "You are the air ninja. For now we will train you in spinjutsu."
I was distracted from his words and ended up looking at his tea; the sad memory of my mother arose.
"Momma, why do you always drink that tea?"I would ask her.
"Why not?"she would always say.
My mother would drink it every day. The only day she forgot was the day my father died.
"Axelle?" the old man asked.
"What is it, Sensei?" I asked.
He looked down at the ground, "Never mind."
I sighed and walked off into a room where it was seemingly silent. I took out my sketch pad and continued my drawing now adding a picture of the blue, black, and white ninjas. I got lost in my thoughts until I heard a voice.
"That's a nice drawing of my brother."
I jumped and looked over to see a girl my age with black hair in a red Chinese dress. She also looked familiar… I just couldn't place it.
"Kai's my brother." She said looking onto the window. I looked at her weirdly and realized now. Flame head was the red ninja.
"Flame head's your brother? I feel bad for you." I said and looked down at my picture.
She looked at me and smiled, "He can be a butt if he wants to but, thanks to him, I met Jay."
Jay huh? Jay must be the black one. He seems to have all the looks. Cole must be the blue one. That name sounds pathetic. The girl left the room. I decided to never work on that picture again. I got up and started walking. Then, I crashed into a person.
"Hey! Watch where you're- oh it's you." I looked up to see Flamy.
"Hello, what a pleasant day it is today." I said to Flamy as I got up hoping I wouldn't embarrass myself in front of him.
"Hey blondie- forget it." He said then started to walk away.
Damn. He's pretty good looking. What am I saying? Even if I do fall in love… all of my family ends up dying. So far the only ones who have survived are my sister and Benjamin. It's self-proclaimed that the devil hates me. People say I'm crazy or I need to stop doing drugs. Off topic…
"Hey Axelle? Are you just gonna stand there and stare at the door to Kai's room?" I jumped and turned around to see the blue ninja.
"Hi." I said. Choosing not to answer his question about Flamy.
"Sensei said I should show you the ropes. First of all, I'm Jay, ninja of lighting. I love to build and take long walks on the beach with my girlfriend Nya. I also like the color blue. Cole is the black ninja. Not to be rude or anything," He leaned really close to my face and said,"but he and Zane, the white ninja, are pretty boring." He led me through the hall to another room, "This is Zane's room. I would go in there, but I don't think he wants you to know quite yet."
Know what? I wondered as we walked down the hall to Cole's room. Cole was standing at his doorway, grinning, looking like he did something great.
"If I didn't know any better I'd say he just had se-"Jay said jokingly when before Cole pounded him in the back of the head.
"You dummy! I just found out who the next ninja is. It's a girl named Hikami. Apparently her affinity is life." Cole said and then quickly added, "She's also really pretty. Zane was lost for words."
Jay gasped as if Zane was a motor mouth like he is. I grinned and turned to Cole, "What, you think I'm not pretty?" I asked.
"No! I didn't mean that…" he said. Then he started to ramble and mumble.
"Well, we better get going if we're gonna see Kai, Nya, and I's rooms." Jay said starting to leave.
"That's okay, Jay. I just wanna know where to train and where I can put my art stuff." I said to him and offered a smile.
We walked down the hall and Jay led us to a room with a boy with a bowl haircut and Flamy.
"I got it Kai! Watch!" The green clad boy announced while holding a ball of green energy.
"Lloyd! Don't do that… she's here." Flamy said, his voice slowly fading to a mumble.
The two boys turned and the green boy waved. "Jay, who's that?" The boy asked innocently as he walked over to us.
"I'm Axelle. Who are you little guy?" I asked as I ruffled his hair.
He tried to straighten his hair while he said," I'm Lloyd Montgomery Garmadon, the green ninja! Someday I'm gonna face my dad in a battle to save the world." He looked sad after he mentioned the last fact, so I decided not to push it.
"It was nice meeting you Lloyd. Later Flame Head." I said leaving the room.
I heard multiple voices yelling, "Wait!" I turned to see Flamy, Lloyd, and Jay all asking me to stay.
"Why?" I asked turning to Flamy.
"So I can train you, blondie." He said, walking closer to me.
"You ain't teachin' me anything." I said, now right in front of him and jabbing my finger into his chest with each word I said. Jay and Lloyd must have left because when I looked around they were gone.
"I will. I don't care if it takes me all day. You wanna know how I know that? Nobody's allowed to give you food until you finish. Also, you won't have a room 'cuz I have to show it to you!" Kai said with a smirk.
Why does Satan love me so? I sighed and walked over to the training course. "What's the deal Flamy?" I asked, dreading the answer.
"Finish the course before I beat the first level of Super Mario Bros." He said going over to turn on his gaming system.
What? I walked over and started to try when… WHAM! I was thrown off. Again, I tried, SLAM! I was thrown off.
"I beat the level. Let's try again." Flamy said and smirked.
That was all I needed to get my game face on.
Yea... that's the first chapter. Tell me what you think. BTW thanks violetassasin for betaing (if that's a word)
- Akatsuki FTW