"New students?!" the Ninja said in unison. They immediately started asking questions.
"Who are they?" said jay.
"What're they like?" asked Kai. Nya then threw a paper on the table in front of her. Cole picked it up, then began to read it.
"The names of the new students are Susanne Tizuko, Kaitlyn Yigari, Lily Anu, and..." he said.
"What?" said Zane.
"... Lauren Wu." All of the boys' faces paled at the statement. They looked at Sensei, and gaped. Kai's face turned into a suspicious frown.
"Who's the mom?" he asked in a dark tone. Wu whacked him in the head with his staff.
"Ow! It was just a question!" Kai grunted. The rest laughed, and Kai grabbed the paper from Cole.
"I had no idea that we would be expecting more girls here," said Zane. Nya just rolled her eyes.
"Gotta problem with it?" she said.
"Absolutely not!" Zane replied. "Anyway, Sensei, when will they be arriving?" Sensei's face went blank for a second, then he gave an embarrassed laugh.
"I, uh, forgot to tell you. They'll be here today!" he said. Everyone in the room was shocked.
"What?!" they yelled.
"Our room's a pig sty!" Jay exclaimed. "Who knows how much time we have to clean it?"
Ding dong! went the doorbell.
"They're here!" shouted Cole. Each ninja rushed to tidy up, and Nya went to the door.
"Hello there!" Nya said as she opened the door. Sure enough, four girls were standing there. One girl stepped forward to take Nya's outstretched hand.
"Hi! You must be Nya, my name's Lauren," she said. Lauren wore a silver shirt with a pair of jeans, and she had a waist length braid of brown hair. Another girl, Susanne, walked over to the door. She had red-brown hair with a yellow sundress on. She was a very happy-go-lucky person, so she smiled ear to ear as Nya gave her a curt nod. The third girl, Kaitlyn, had long blonde hair and had on a blue jacket over a grey shirt and blue skirt. The last girl, Lily, had black hair, and was dressed in a green outfit resembling a school uniform.
"Welcome to the Monestary," Nya said. "The boys should be in here shortly." All of them had sat down in the living room.
"Thank you," said Lauren. "As you may know, this is Susanne, Kaitlyn, and Lily. We are the Ninja of Air, Water, Plant, and Moon." Nya nodded in reply, and sipped a cup of tea she had made. Soon, the boys came back into the room. They all stared at the new students who had arrived. Zane was the first to speak up.
"Hello," he said. "My name is Zane. But, well, you probably already... know that." Kaitlyn looked at Zane for a long time, as if he was a ghost. Susanne elbowed her, and she snapped out of it.
"Oh. Yes," Kaitlyn said. "You all are known very well where we're from."
"Really?" said Cole. "Some recognition!" Everyone laughed, and they were shown around. The girls set up their beds, and went to eat dinner.
Later, after a dinner cooked by Zane, everyone seperated. Lily, Kaitlyn, and Nya went into the living room. Susanne, Jay, Cole and Zane were in the Game Room, and Susanne was actually pretty good at the game. Lauren went to talk to Sensei, and Kai followed, he was suspicious about this father situation.
"Dad!" Lauren shouted. "I wasn't the one who needed help! You can't say that you didn't want me to be here!" Kai was confused, they were here for help? Not just as students?
"I didn't want you to be here!" Wu replied. "The spirits told me to bring you!" Lauren's eyes burned with an intensity that Kai hadn't noticed before. He, actually, thought it was kind've cute.
What? What am I saying? he thought. She is here as a... student, and that's how it will remain. Despite what he had just told himself, he couldn't resist looking back at Lauren. There was just something about her. maybe it was her long hair, maybe it was her eyes, maybe it was her voice. Just, something about her made him smile.
"Oh, so sorry!" Lauren yelled. "Sorry I don't treat you like you're amazing and perfect! Like all of you're little subjects do!" Kai was surprised. He had so much power, and yet his own daughter was showing him up?
"Sorry I'm not made out of sugar, and do all the things you want people to do! That must be such an inconvenience!" she said. Lauren looked down, sadness then covered the fire in her eyes.
"We used to be so close," she said under her breath. "What happened? What made you change?" Lauren began to cry, and ran out of her father's study room, into her own room. Kai didn't know what was happening, but he stepped into her room.
"What's wrong?" he asked. Lauren spun around, shock in her eyes.
"I- I uh," she stuttered. "I'm fine." Kai saw that she was still tearing up, so he walked over, still unaware of the feeling he was experiencing. He sat down next to Lauren, and put his arm around her.
"Father's can be difficult," he said. Lauren looked at Kai, and she too was in the same feeling limbo as Kai was.
"But... When my father died, things got way worse," said Kai. "I couldn't go on for a couple of days, but, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger right?" Lauren smiled, and stood up.
"Thank you."