Kai joined the others after finishing the dishes. His mind buzzed with what he'd just heard. Cole had faced a kaiden, an evil ghost sworn on vengeance. Zane hadn't needed to face a creature, but had almost drowned after falling into a very fast river. Kai himself had fought his share of course, but something about the other's stories just amazed him.

"Okay Jay," he said as he reentered the group, "Your turn. What did you have to learn before I came along?"

"Limits," Jay replied, "What mine were and a safe way to test them and push them. Though I guess I could also say what it was like to be-"

"Don't give away the story before you tell it," Cole said cutting him off.

"Just start from the beginning," Zane agreed.

Jay stood at the top of the dojo. fastened to his back was a frame. stretched across said from was a strong yet light material. It looks very much like Jay had grown a set of dragon's wings.

Taking a deep breath he jumped from the roof. His wings caught the air around him and, with a great deal of unintended spinning he glided down safely.

Jay frowned. Better than many previous attempts, as well as less painful but not the results he wanted. Perhaps he needed to...

His thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the Dojo door opening. Zane stepped out looked at Jay and called in, "It's okay Cole. Jay's just got...something on his back."

"Wings," Jay said turning around so Zane could have a better look. "Been working on them for months. This is the first time I've been able to try out this design though."

"Incredible!" Zane said touching them gently, "They look just like a real dragon's wings!"

"I'll say they do!" Cole said stepping out to see for himself, "I thought you were a real dragon when you went past my window! You scared me right out of tabi boots!"

"Sorry," Jay said folding them back, "I didn't know you were afraid of dragons Cole. I mean you faced that kaiden without a hint of fear, well until it started throwing everything in the room at you and hurt your ankle. You were probably a little nervous then."

"Normal excitement," said Cole defensively, "There's nothing else that scares me."

"If I may change the topic slightly," Zane put in, "Why are you working on dragon wings, Jay?"

"To help me fly of course. Imagine what distance we could travel if we could fly! People from another country could need a ninja's help and we'd be there in no time. The only problems is they can't fly yet. I only just managed to get them to glide,0 even that's not very good,"

"How much time have you had to work on them?" Zane asked.

"Not a lot what with all the training. Not that I'm complaining. We're ninja's what's not to like?" Jay answered.

At that moment Sensei Wu stepped out. The ninja quickly got into position to start their training for the day. But Sensei Wu did not set down his tea set.

"I must leave for a while," he announced, "An oni has been spotted in the area. Apparently a few of them don't think they lost fairly to Momotaro. He must be dealt with. Please stay out of trouble. I don't want to return early," with that he starts down the mountain.

The 3 ninjas stared after him. Onis were Japanese demons. In the legend of Momotaro they had lost to a great hero an hadn't troubled the earth for centuries. Why would one suddenly appear now?

"I sense trouble," said Zane, "Sensei knows what ever mode the oni come is bad news...to much for us to handle yet."

A thought then struck Jay.

"Who cares! We have the dojo to ourselves! Think of the opportunities! We can work out new systems to beet the training equipment! We can stay up late and have fun! And I can spend even more time figuring out how to make us fly!" He exclaimed.

"Jay's right! Who knows when this will happen again! lets make the best of this!" Cole smiled.

"I agree." Zane nodded.