Chapter 1: A New Problem

This be da sequel to da story All For One! What what what what!

I suggest you read All For One before reading this, but if you don't, that's chill.

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She let out a sigh, hoping he would ask her something. She held her hand out in hopes that he'd get the hint. But of course he didn't. He never did. She retracted her hand, and again she let out a sigh. They were on a date, so wouldn't it be right for him to hold her hand? They were a couple after all.

But no.

He was there with his hands behind his head as he walked along side of her. And she was now holding her purse close to her with both hands.

She shivered slightly, it wasn't too cold, but she did wear a sleeveless dress. She glanced at him, she still hoped he would offer his jacket or something, but yet again she received nothing.

They had been together for five months. Five months! And they have only been on three dates, because quite frankly, she did not count trying alone and then having pizza together afterwards, or watching a movie with everyone there; as dates. They had only kissed four times, if you counted the one they shared before they fought Overlord.

So it was ok for her to want a little more romance in her life, right? Not that she wasn't happy with her boyfriend, but she did want a little more romance than hunting a criminal down together, or working on their fighting skills together. She was a girl, and she did want a more romantic date.

Wasn't he suppose to hold her close when she even seemed the slightest bit cold?

Hold her hand and hug her tightly?

Talk to her and whisper things that would make her blush and deny what he said about her?

Sweep her off her feet and share a passionate kiss at the end?

She read the sappy romance novels, and watched all the crappy chickflicks with Mitsuki, that is how it is suppose to roll, right? Then why wasn't it happening to her! She clenched her purse strap tightly and sighed once again.

Kai was by far the least romantic guy on the planet! She bet that even Zane had a better sense of romance than Kai. And that said a lot!

She looked away from her boyfriend and sighed yet again. She knew that if people saw them from a far, they probably looked like a nervous couple on a first date, but if you were walking by, they looked like friends who ran out of things to say.

Lily hated this. It was by far worse than not going on a date. Way worse, the least he could do was act like he was enjoying himself, right? Didn't he like being with her?

Kai seemed to notice her sudden mood change. He looked over at his girlfriend who was looking away from him and staring at the ground, was she not having fun? Kai couldn't tell, but he took a chance.

"How'd ya like the movie?"

"It was funny." Lily cracked a smile.

Kai loved her smile, "Really? I thought it was pretty good, the jokes were better than Jay's for a fact."

Lily giggled, "Yea, I guess so." Her smile faded and there she was staring at the ground as they walked.

Kai looked up at the sky and sighed, "Lils?"

"Hmmm?"

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing. I'm just thinking."

"What about?"

"Us."

"Don't tell me you're planning on dumping me, because it won't end well. I mean we live in the same household."

Lily smiled and let out a laugh, "No, I was just thinking about our first date." She looked up at him. That date was much better, he looked like he wanted to be with her.

Kai grinned, "You really like that day, huh?"

"Well of course I do! It was our very first date, I loved it." She smiled again, it was a warm smile. Kai loved her warm, kind smiles.

Kai twirled her for a moment and then sighed contently, "Well I liked it too. You were smiling all day long."

"So were you." Lily muttered.

Kai nodded, "Yea I was."

The couple stared at each other, despite the doubts they once had, they just smiled. Both leaned in for a kiss, but their communicators went off.

Kai rolled his eyes, and muttered, "I'll ignore it." He then leaned down to claim his kiss, but Lily turned away.

"Hello?" She muttered into the communicator.

"Hey Lily! It's Jay here! I was just wondering if you guys could come back here, we just got something to discuss, so will ya? That's unless you guys are still busy." His voice lingered a teasing tone.

Kai growled lowly, "Actually we are still bus-"

"We are on our way, see you in the briefing room." Lily responded before shutting off her communicator.

Kai stared in disbelief, "What? But Lils!"

Lily turned and sighed, "It must be important, so let's go."

Kai pouted, "Fine, whatever." He then started to stomp off in anger, Lily sighed as she picked her pace up in order to catch up.

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"So another village has been hit? And all that was taken was metal?" Jay asked as calmly as possible.

"Yes, and the chief of police has given us this mission to stop whoever is taking the metal." Zane had stated.

"But it is the fifth village so far!" Jay screeched.

"Afraid so..." Nya sighed while looking on the maps. She pulled one up, it had several red dots on it. "Here is all the villages in Ninjago that have been stolen from."

The ninjas all looked at the screen, all staring intently at the map. "Can you connect a line from the first village to the last? Like a trail in a sense?" Mitsuki asked as she pondered for a moment.

Nya nodded, "Mmmhhhmmmm." She then typed something up quite quickly, and a red dotted line appeared. It was all connected, like a pattern.

"What villages have nice amounts of metal and haven't been hit yet?" Mitsuki asked while she examined the map.

Nya pulled up several green dots which were villages that hadn't been hit. Mitsuki put her finger to her chin, she examined it closely and then pointed at one green dot, "There. That is where are thieves will hit next."

"How can you be so sure?" Lloyd asked. He stared at Mitsuki in wonder.

"It's a pattern." Mitsuki grinned happily. She then explained, "You see how the line goes so far? Well if they kept the course they have so far, they'd end up right here. This is their next target."

Both Kai and Nya stood up and yelled, "That's our village!" The others just stared at the two. Both were wide eyed and fear flooded their faces.

"We haven't accepted the mission yet." Jazmine mumbled.

"We have to accept it!" Kai shouted while slamming his fists on the table.

"We already have a lot on our plate, just because you want to defend your home town does not mean we can just ditch all our other work for this mission." Cole stated bluntly.

"But-" Nya muttered.

"I'm sorry, but I'm tired of having to do all the police work." Cole sighed while looking away.

Kai felt anger boil within him, "What's one new problem? Hmmm? We've dealt with it before!"

Cole stared at the fire ninja, "How badly do you want to do this?"

"Desperately." Kai breathed.

Cole stared at the two pleading eyes before him. He looked away and tapped Zane, "Tell them we're doing the mission."

Zane nodded and left to make the call. Kai and Nya hugged each other and smiled.

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Kai's POV

"So it's where you grew up?" Lily had asked me without looking at me. She stared out into the city. Her eyes fixated on the lights and buzzing cars.

I nodded, turning my attention back to the city as well. "Yea, it is my village." I glanced over at her, she still stared out with a blank face.

"Do you remember when we confessed how we felt for each other?" She mumbled quietly.

I nodded, "Yea, how could I forget?"

Lily looked up to meet my eyes, sorrow filled her ice blue eyes. "At first I thought it was the best day of my life...but then Deliah..." she choked. "I just feel as though we could have done something else."

I pulled her into a hug and sighed, "All of us feel that way. Believe me, we all do."

Lily then muttered, "I know..."

I kissed the top of her head and just held her close. We remained like that till we felt the need to go and sleep.

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For some reason I felt like I was walking into a ghost town. The last time Nya and I were here, in our village, was before I became a ninja.

I felt a hand grip mine, I turned to see a supportive smile on my girlfriend's face. She then leaned closer and whispered, "You ok?"

I only nodded.

It felt so weird for some reason. It felt so strange. But I still pressed on. As I walked through the village, I felt all eyes land upon us as we walked by. It wasn't until I got to our old shop did I stop and stare. My breath got hitched in my throat, my heart started to race, my eyes fixated on the door before me. So many memories flooded my mind, they crowded my head.

Lily must have sensed something was wrong. She squeezed my hand and whispered softly, "What's wrong?"

I was in too much of a trance to answer, then I glanced up to see smoke coming out of the chimney. Panic flooded my body, Nya noticed it too because we both jumped for the door.

Upon opening the door, we were all ready to face the theif. But a bright smile faced us along with a warm welcome, a smile and voice I knew all too well.

"Yumi?!"

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