The Ninja Quilt

by The Night Ninja

When Zane gets the idea to cut up all his old uniforms and turn them into a quilt the other ninja become intrigued and want him to add their old suits to the quilt. Zane teaches them the art of sewing and soon the quilt becomes symbolic of their team in many ways. And in trying times a bond of brotherhood is shown by more than needle and thread.

1. The Idea

Hi I know I should update my other stories but this idea I had has been nagging me and I just had to write it.

Disclaimer: I own nothing!

Cole walked into the living room trying to decide what to do,the others had banned him from entering the kitchen,so cooking was out of the question,he thought about training but he did that this morning. He looked around the living room and spotted Zane on the couch with something in his lap.

"Hey Zane,what are you doing" asked Cole

"I found all my old ninja uniforms and figured I'd put them to better use than collecting dust so I cut them up into squares and am stitching a quilt out of them" replied Zane still keeping an eye on his stitching.

"Needs another color other than white and silver" said Lloyd walking into the room then his face lit up and he went back into his room. Moments later he came out with a pile of green uniforms "Use my old suits" said Lloyd.

"Tell you what,I can teach all of you how to sew and we can all contribute to this quilt" said Zane with a smile. All the ninja went to go retrieve all their old outfits,including Nya. Zane taught them the basics of sewing and helped them cut up their old Gi's into squares,preserving any symbols or designs. Jay lay them out in a pattern on the floor.

"Hey I have an Idea,on all the blank squares we can embroider pictures and scenes from all of our adventures together" suggested Cole

"And Jay can use his inventor knowledge to make the quilt heated" said Kai. The ninja were embroidering little pictures onto the plain squares when Wu walked in the door.

"Ninja,what are you doing" asked Wu

"Were making a quilt out of all our old uniforms" piped Jay

"We plan to work on the quilt whenever we have nothing else to do" said Cole

"Much more productive than video games" said Lloyd. Wu was surprised that his students had taken up quilting as a new hobby,much less that they had the brilliance to do something with all their old uniforms other than let them collect dust.

"Zane my thread got tangled,can you help me?" asked Lloyd

" Sure" said Zane as he carefully placed his sewing next to him and got up to help Lloyd

"Ouch! I poked myself with the needle." exclaimed Kai

"I think we have some thimbles in the thread box" said Zane. Kai got up and placed one on each finger. All the ninja laughed.

"Kai you only need one." said Cole

"Needles and pins are poky" argued Kai

"How are you going to handle the needle when you can't use the tips of your fingers" asked Lloyd

"Sewing is a lot like being a ninja,it takes patience and dedication" said Zane "And Jay you need to rip out all those stitches,they're far too large"

"But bigger ones hold it together better" complained Jay

"Actually it's the opposite,the further and larger they are,the harder it is for the whole thing to stay together" said Zane

"Like our team" said Lloyd "The more we grow apart the less of a team we are"

"Exactly" said Zane. Jay looked back at the squares in his lap and ripped out all the huge stitches and stared over.

"Hey why don't we add on new squares each time we get a new gi" suggested Lloyd

"And the quilt will keep on growing just Like our bond,Lloyd you're a genius" said Cole

"That's why I'm the green ninja" said Lloyd smugly. All the ninja laughed. They continued sewing until Zane said that he had to start dinner. The ninja put the quilt into a basket and waited patiently at the table for Zane to be finished cooking.