Disclaimer: I do not own Ninjago, in fact I just got into the series very recently.

Jay Walker, the elemental ninja of lightning, saver of the world, poet, dabbler in the culinary arts, excellent practitioner of spinjitzu, inventor, and in process of becoming an awesome stealth master on top of that! Yes, yes he was all that. The brown haired teen smirked as he silently tread down the hallway. This was one of the busiest hallways, and soon there would be someone he could sneak up and surprise. The quiet murmur of voices reached his ears and the focused ninja smirked as he paused before a corner.

"...sure about that?"

"It's getting to that point."

"If it goes wrong, catching lightning will be the least of-"

"Catching lightning? What for?" The randomness of the conversation distracted Jay from any notion of stealth as he stepped out to stare perplexedly at the pair. Sometimes curiosity just got the better of him it was often a good thing, but other times not so much. When Nya and Kai just stared back at him blankly, it trickled back into his mind that he had done a good job of keeping his presence unknown. "Guess you didn't hear me coming, but seriously. What you mean catching lightning?"

Nya and Kai shared glance before looking back at the blue eavesdropper. Still looking mildly surprised it was the samurai spoke up first. "It's not catching lightning really, it's more like, uh..." Lifting her hands as if to explain something they hung in the air as she trailed off.

"There haven't been any storms recently, so no thunder no lightning." Kai gestured to the windows and shrugged. The weather had been simply beautiful wherever they went, it was as if any kind of bad weather was avoiding the team.

"Suit. My samurai suit. I have rods set up the catch a lightning strike, it helps power my suit." Nya finished with a smile and half hearted shrug. It ran on some fuel to, but that little spark sure went a long way!

"Why didn't you say so, I can help with that." An eyebrow went up as blue energy arced between his outstretched hands. "Ninja of lightning, plenty of juice to spare." Letting the spark die off before it could grow to wild, Jay beamed. He could help, and that would make his beautiful talented girlfriend happy, right?

"If... only we were near one of the stations I have set up." The black haired warrior shook her head sadly. "I'll let you know when pass by one." Seeing the blue ninja deflate Nya paused thoughtfully, glanced over at her sibling, and then smirked before looking at her boyfriend. "Buuut... there is one thing..."

Ignoring the spiky brown haired teen shake his head furiously, the samurai strolled over to rest an elbow on her boyfriend's shoulder and continued on. "Maybe an hour after dinner you could swing by my room. I have a small favour to ask, and no I can't say what it is til then."

Both eyebrows went up at the request, and out of habit Jay glanced over towards the face palming fire ninja. That was good, he almost expected Kai to have drawn his sword and chase him around. It sounded a bit more personal then anything else they had done after all and an older brother was a force to be reckoned with when it came to his only little sister.

Nodding emphatically the blue teen grinned and gave a thumbs up. "Can do. Should I bring anything? What do I need?" Maybe they were going to look over some plans and have a long conversation? Er, model kit? Small interlocking brick system that seemed to be all the rage?

"Nothing, just you." Nya laughed and stepped away. "See you later then. C'mon Kai." Grabbing her reluctant sibling's elbow the pair wandered down the hall from whence the ninja snuck down earlier.

Staring after smitten teen sighed happily. Maybe they were going to watch a movie? Card game with music in the background? Talk technical plans? Maybe she wanted to show something cool? If it was related to Nya it was by default, incredibly awesome just like she was. Huh, wonder why they hadn't asked him to help earlier?

"Why'd you go and do that?!" A furious hiss drifted from around the corner.

"Trust me." Came the even quieter response.

Hearing without really paying attention Jay walked down the hallway to where the video games was. Maybe he could break Kai's high score to pass the time - was it after dinner yet? Why wasn't it after dinner yet?! Oh these few hours were going to be an eternity with his mind turning over all the possibilities!

It seemed like ages and an eternity had passed yet here the blue ninja stood an hour after dinner at his girlfriend's door. No, he would never forget to stop by even if he bad been so... so... so agonizingly close to breaking the high score. It has been far to long since his name graced the coveted first spot. On the other hand... maybe this favor would put him up to Nya's number one? It was a different kind of high score, but even better!

Ignoring the little flutter in his chest the nervous teen knocked three times and waited. He wasn't supposed to bring anything... but should he have? Up in the air far from the ground flowers were hard to come by, or anything from the store. Maybe a book to talk about, like... the latest tech magazine? It mentioned this interesting guy names Borg...

When the door opened Jay smiled and nervously clasped his hands. "Sure you didn't want me to bring anything? I could go get something really quick if you want." Of course the longer he took, the higher the chance he would run into Kai. From that look he got earlier, it seemed like he wanted to talk. Maybe he shouldn't head out to get some conversation boosting object then... but then he would have tried to catch him before he got to the door. Did he imagine that more than normal intense stare? Or glare? It was sometimes hard to tell with Kai.

The black haired teen chuckled and shook her head. "No, just come on in." Gesturing into her room Nya waited for a couple of seconds before she noticed the slight glaze in her boyfriend's stare. Rolling her eyes the samurai grabbed his wrist and gently tugged him inside. It was usually pretty amusing when Jay's mental gears spun too quickly and he zoned out. Sometimes the most random things popped out of his mouth, good, bad, or just plain weird.

Grounded back to reality the nervous ninja laughed quietly, things were fine, right? "So.. what was it that you," the door closed behind him and Jay stood a little straighter, "uh, wanted me for?" Nothing like this had happened in the months they've been dating. Sure they hung out, but not like this. What if there was an alert, or Kai came barging in... or... or some other airborne enemy suddenly dropped in?! Oh that would just be his luck.

"Remember back when you guys didn't know who Samurai X was?" Walking away from the door Nya sat down on a wooden chest and stared at her kicking feet nervously. There wasn't going to be an easy way to bring this up, but she had to try.

"Yea." The smile faded from the blue ninja's face. To think he had insulted someone he liked so much, and she had been so much cooler than he thought originally. Maybe this wasn't going to be such a good thing after all...

"And you were all running around crazy trying to find out?" Waving her arms around the samurai smirked as memories floated through her mind. That had been some good times showing up the ninja.

"Yea." Clasping his hands behind his back the blue ninja sighed.

"Then what you did." This time Nya looked over at her boyfriend expectantly.

"Well, you helped people who needed helping and it was a classic needing help situation." Jay scratched his head and looked up pleadingly at the black haired girl. Damsel in distress on train tracks was something just about everyone knew about. Samurai X had flown in and laid down more train tracks to divert the incoming train from the pink dress wearing 'blonde'. On top of that the giant mech striking a pose before taking off had been so infuriating at the time. There had been no refunds on the wig and dress either. It had turned out a horrible, awful, no good day at all.

"Well... you know how I promised not to tell anyone else?" Twiddling her hands together the black haired teen looked down at the floor. Oh, he was not going to be pleased, even with that good nature of his.

"No." Eyes widening the boy clasped his face in horror. If everyone had laughed at Zane in a pink apron... and again in a pink gi... how would they take his foray into the pink?! Well, pink crossdressing no less! Oh man he would never, ever, live it down. He had purposely kept it so secret even that shop owner didn't know who he sold the item to, and it was his secret stash of money so Sensei Wu would have no idea!

"Well, I had written a letter back home before I promised that." Biting her lip Nya crossed her arms and shrugged. "It only popped up again recently when she found out I was dating the 'crossdressing one' and then we sort of had an argument." The samurai risked another look at her boyfriend to see how he was taking this.

"The crossdressing one? It was a one time thing!" Still clasping his face in horror the lightning ninja shook his head. There was no way short of world saving he'd want to do that sort of thing again! Well, okay maybe a couple of other situations if it was dire enough preferably the other ninja would have to join in, and lastly not be in pink!

"Ehehe... well, you're going to love this argument then." Nya cleared her throat and stood up straight, "She said it must have been an awful sight, and I disagreed. No guy would ever look good in a dress, and I said lose the wig and a better dress it would have been different... and she said prove it." Smoothing out the wrinkles from her dress gave the samurai something else to do than look at her boyfriend. No, he wasn't taking this too well... she had hoped it would go better, but it could still go very wrong.

"..." Mouth hanging open Jay processed the information for a few seconds. "So you had an argument. With your friend. About how good I'd look in a dress?" Hands dropped to his side as the split eyebrow went up in disbelief, why was this even a thing? Why would this even... just... why?

Opening the chest to rummage inside, she answered, "Pretty much, but I couldn't let her insult you like that. Besides I think it's true." No, red, red, red... man she needed to branch out in different shades soon. Reddish purple? Orange red?

"...over me in a dress." Not bothering to hid the incredulity in his voice the stunned ninja carried on, "Ignoring the world saving thing I've done... but a dress. Me. In a dress." Still trying to wrap his head around the concept the brown haired boy shook his head. "Well, that thing is out in far desert abandoned somewhere." Crossing his arms, the blue ninja glared at the floor as he recalled having changed clothes and then kicking sand over it in his frustration. (So much sand everywhere, it'd taken a whole two days to get sandfree!) Besides there was no real record of pink gown, so the argument was invalid without a direct comparison.

Then, it entered his vision ever so slightly. A pale blue ruffle, a few shades lighter than his own gi's color. Looking up slowly the simple short sleeved dress was... a dress. It looked a little to big for his girlfriend and she was looking at him with hopeful eyes and... and... oh no.

"So... when I saw this I thought of you and picked it up." Nya bit her lip trying to gauge her boyfriends reaction. Currently it was set on shock (haha, if she said that out loud Jay might've enjoyed that), or maybe deer in headlights? It could be going worse right now, but it could be going better too. It was hard to tell which way the proverbial stick would fall, maybe, just maybe it would be in her favor...

The brown haired teen stared. One one hand... it was a dress, on the other hand it had been picked up for him by the person he liked a lot. It was not pink, but wearing a dress? It was... it... i-it...

"No one else will come in since I locked the door. It doesn't have to be for long Jay." Hesitantly handing over the garment and feeling relieved when her boyfriend automatically took it, the samurai rocked on her heels. Oh please or please oh pleeeeease...

"Seriously an argument over me in a dress?" Holding the outfit out at arms reach just to look at it again, the blue ninja shook his head. Well, if it... if it made her happy to... defend his... uh, honor in such a weird way... was there a such thing as crossdressing honor? "Of course I'd look better in this one. Promise no one else comes in?" Clutching the gown close and glancing around the room suspiciously the blue ninja felt like the wall had eyes. Strangely enough tt really did feel like there was someone else watching, but that was just nerves, right?

"No one else comes in the room that's already here, promise." Nya sat back down on the chest and smiled widely. Yay!

"And not for long." Jay sighed and walked over to the folding wall and pulled it out. Of anything he could have imagined, this was definitely not something he would've come up with. It took a few minutes to change (hey unbuckling his sleeve armor could be a pain) and make sure the gown was facing the right way. Why yes, great gods of thunder, electricity and lightning or whatever other name for energy currents there were - he felt silly.

"...couldn't your friend just take your word on this and we could skip this?" The brown haired teen stuck his head out from the folding wall and shot a worried glance at his girlfriend. Yea he said he would, but this was not going to cultivate the manly image he wanted to portray to Nya.

Why yes he helped save the world, wield multiple weapons effectively, was training Llyod the destined to save the world again, expert inventor, maybe not so much the poet in this case but did all of this... nope. Nope. Nope. Only wearing a smock... even if it was a nice shade of blue he had to admit, was the most important thing right now to the only other person in this room. Okay, maybe he was exaggerating, but c'mon, it was a swooshy skirt. It felt funny. He probably looked funny. Maybe even ridiculous. Maybe he should have let Nya accept the tarnish on his reputation that he did not look good in such attire.

"Please?" A small hopeful smile, a small bat of the eyes, and the blue ninja knew he was done for. With a defeated sigh the brown haired boy shut his eyes and stepped out, hands clenched at his side as he waited for judgement. Laughter? Stony silence at looking funny? Disgusted snort?

"I knew that blue was your color." Nya said warmly and clapped her hands together. The lack of wig helped a lot, and the gown was long enough to reach his ankles instead of the strange shin length the pink one was at. Yes, although her favourite would have to be the hint of muscle from the loose sleeve... hm, possibilities to take to the tailor if she could get a few areas tightened up and... oh she was getting ahead of herself a little.

Jay cracked an eye open, then looked down at himself. Rolling his eyes he daintily lifted some of the fabric and raised an eyebrow. Yes, blue was his color but this still seemed... absurd. "Well, what's the verdict?" Gesturing at himself with his free hand the resigned teen shrugged. Ridiculous was his third middle name, came with being an inventor. Or maybe parents who kept picking things up and adding to their junkyard.

"Improvement for sure." The not-Nya's voice came from the other side of the room where Nya most definitely was not. The voice carried the same slight accent, and a quick look showed someone who held a fondness for dressing in red. Nya sibling. Kai. In the locked room. Oh he was hooped since he couldn't make a break for it in his current get up... and the fact the door was locked.

A strangled squeak worked it's way out of the wide eyed boy's throat as he stared in horrified shock before glancing back to Nya, then back to Kai, and then accusingly resting on his girlfriend before pointing at her sibling. "No one else!" Oh man oh man he was never going to live this down, the spiky haired kid would go tell everyone what he saw and it would ruin everything and-

"He... kind of was already in here Jay." The samurai bowed her head and kicked her feet feeling ashamed. "I sorta said no one else would come in..." It had been sneaky she admitted, but there was a reason.

"B-b-but why?! And... wait did you say improvement?" Forgetting his garment in his spark of anger, this time the spiky haired boy got a glare. If this was some crack at the dress being better than his gi... it was not practical fighting clothes... it... it was too swishy with extra fabric to get caught or trip over! And other stuff. Unnecessary. Frill fighting was never going to be a thing.

"Well, compared to last one that..." The fire ninja shrugged as he leaned against the wall. Hiding in the closet had been easy, picking the best timing to announce his presence... worth every moment of ninja training. Seeing the rare red faced full force embarrassed. angry, shamed dater of his little sister... priceless.

"Last one?! But... Nyaaaa..." Jay's voice turned plaintive as he turned his attention once again, "You said you wouldn't tell!" How did things go south so bad so fast?! This all happened because of a stupid dress. Important lesson of the day - never wear anything remotely dresslike ever again.

Slipping off the chest to walk over and put a hand on her boyfriend's shoulder the black haired girl managed a wan smile. "Well, it was more of a... show. I was clearing data off my suit, I keep a backup video in case something important gets recorded. Kai just managed to walk in at the right time and see." She wouldn't tell him her older brother had laughed for ten minutes straight and couldn't even stay standing.

The distraught teen just threw his hands in the air, left the samurai with her hand held out as he stalked over to the couch and sat on it in a huff. Great, so already almost half the people on the Bounty knew! Okay not half, just one third which was almost a half! Good enough to be half and... oh his reputation of awesome was now hooped. If a third knew and tell the rest it would tip the scales to one hundred percent! So very hooped. No one would let him live this down! Burying his face in his hands the teenager couldn't bring himself to look at anyone. He should have stayed for that other high scoooooore.

Feeling someone sat on his left, and then someone else sat to his right Jay just shook his head not bothering to even look. "C'mon I think you guys did enough for one day." Oh man he could already hear everyone laughing at him... the thought was so mortifying he'd either die of embarrassment or stay a permanent shade of red. Well, then they'd joke about being a stand in fire ninja and it would never. Ever. End. Jokes were well and good long as he wasn't the one at the receiving end all the time.

Person on the right leaned on his shoulder, and the one on the left gently pried one hand away from shielding his face. His just freed hand was loosely clasped in another before the blue ninja dared peek to the left. Was this going to be more salt in the wound? This was not his day.

"I... just wanted to see if you were serious." The black haired teen sighed and leaned her head on her boyfriend's shoulder. Mmn, silk.

"Of course I'm serious and... wait there's no bet?" Dropping the other hand from his face, Jay's eyes widened. So this had just been some sort of weird test...? It would make sense not to tell someone they were being tested, but she didn't believe how serious he was? Ouch.

"Oh there is." Nya looked up. Well, it was now or never. "Its just if you are serious, there is something you need to know." Fiddling with the brown haired boy's hand nervously (not that he usually minded), the samurai scooted closer and leaned her head on her boyfriend's shoulder. "You know how Kai and I come from a small village right?"

Glancing between siblings, curiosity began to bubble up from his humiliation. Both siblings were looking serious, what could the big secret be? Why did they both feel a need to be on his shoulder in some way? It kind of felt like he was trapped a little.

"We never had much, and early on we learned how to share things. Other people were nice enough, but Dad always said not to trust them. Having a blacksmith owe to many favours is one of the quickest ways to lose everything." The black haired girl gazed at the floor and sighed. She never liked talking about this.

Uh huh... so were they on the run from a massive debt? Growing up in the junkyard he never had those sorts of problems, but it didn't seem like something they should be hiding. Was there more to this?

"When dad died we were all alone, and we carried on the best we could. We did alright... and then... we discovered one day that we have the same... taste." Sitting back up to look at the blue ninja Nya bit her lip and waited.

Same taste? In food? The unbroken eyebrow went up as the baffled teen tried to figure this out. At least they weren't leaning on his shoulders anymore. Wait... same taste in clothes? Kai was a crossdresser?! Was that how he could so easily voice his opinion on dress? Maybe that would make sense? When did his other hand get grabbed too?

"It was a small village, and we... shared." Nya finished and looked back up. (((Before y'all freak out, nope, no incest.)))

Shared food? Shared clothes? Shared debts from a mob of sorts? The samurai wasn't being very clear. Brows furrowed Jay looked down at his lap. Sharing food was no big deal... and everyone would have helped with debts... the clothes thing he could understand keeping underwraps and... hold on his girlfriend wasn't... holding both... of his hands.

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...

...

No that wasn't it.

The brown haired boy chuckled nervously and felt his heart beat faster. Okay, so he was sitting between the firey pair, with each one holding his hand. No that couldn't be it... could it? No just his imagination that was... was... going haywire.

"Do you get what I'm saying?" A worried look flitted across Nya's face as she leaned closer, reaching up to turn her boyfriend's face towards her. Leaning away the wide eyed blue ninja manged his second undignified squeak of the night as he felt a hand rest on his leg. Well, look at that, his heart can beat faster!

"I think he does Nya." Kai couldn't help but smirk at the rare speechless moment, and the chagrined look the other ninja sent up when he realized who he was leaning into.

And with that Jay finished his not quite so great night with faint.

Author Notes: Yeah... surprise! I've a few ideas running around but I figured I'd get one of the shorter ones out of the way. That being said... I kind of fail at short, and thus take a little while to actually get each chapter out. Like it, hate it, leave a review. :D Especially since I have't written anything in awhile, please and thank you!