Ch. 1- Jake

"Ow, Joseph! That hurt!" I yelled

"If you want to be a ninja it can't hurt."

"I don't care! It did!"

I kept on walking while fidgeting with the button Suki had given me five years ago. My brother, Joseph, and I we're now fifteen and I'm guessing Suki and Jasmine are around… nineteen, I'm guessing.

"Aw, don't be like that. You just want to see Suki."

"Shut up." I pushed him and he stumbled. It was true, I kind of do like Suki. But will she even remember us? And what about Jasmine?

The gates came into view along with two figures.

"I really think we should go find Jake and Joseph, Jasmine"

"I wish we could but, Suki, get real. Our Sensei needs us. HE'S ON THE VERGE OF DEATH!"

"YOU DON"T THINK I KNOW THAT? IT'S PRACTICALY MY FAULT! I'M THE ONE THAT LEFT HIM ALONE!"

Suki choked up and I could tell she was crying.

"No, Suki. It's not your fault."

A boy came up and put a hand on her shoulder.

"Yes it is! No one ever tells me the truth!"

She ran away and the boy ran after her.

Jasmine squinted in our direction.

"Jake? Joseph?"

She ran over with a smile on her face.

"Jake! Joseph!"

She pulled us into a hug.

Joseph and I smiled a huge smile.

"You'll want to see Suki, right? Come on!"

She ran through her village asking people if they had seen Suki. Most said no but others gave us some conflicting answers. All of asuden a section of the road burst into flame. I looked around and saw Suki sitting in an ally.

"Hi, Suki."

"Huh? JAKE!" She jumped up and started crying again. She hugged me and started crying into my shoulder.

"Uh… it's okay…uh."

Joseph came up to us and gave me the thumbs up knowing the reason she was crying. She lifted her head off my shoulder and sputtered, "J-joseph?" She started crying again and Jasmine came running into our ally. Jasmine pulled us into a group hug and she started crying too.

Suki's head lifted up a bit and landed on my button.

"Y-you kept i-it?"

I nodded and she gave me a big hug.

"You want to come see our Sensei?"

We nodded and they led us to a small hospital.

The nurse looked at Suki and nodded.

She motioned us down a hallway and into a room.

"Sensei Joshen? I brought Joseph and Jake," she whispered

"Ah, the boy's you talked so frequently about?"

She blushed a deep crimson and nodded.

"Come here boys."

We came forward.

"Ah, Suki and Jasmine were right. You would make good ninjas. Well, as soon as I get out I will-" he cut himself off by breaking into a round of coughing. A tear ran down Suki and Jasmine's cheek.

"Girls, don't cry. I will get out."

"Come potete essere così sicuro?" Asked Suki.

I ran through the different languages I knew.

"So appena." Replied their Sensei

" Suki, I didn' la t sa che avete conosciuto l'italiano." I asked finally figuring out that they were speaking in Italian.

"Sì."

"Would you mind speaking in English?" Asked Joseph and Jasmine at the same time.

"I asked our Sensei how he knew that. He replied, I just know. Jake said he didn't know I spoke Italian and I replied, yes"

"Well, thanks for includeing us," Said Jasmine.

Sensei Joshen started coughing again and nurses hurried us out of the room, Jasmine and Suki putting up a good fight.

All four of us walked to the training arena to train. Suki emediately started takeing her anger out on dummies.

I looked around and my eyes landed on some sort of gate. I pushed on it but it wouldn't budge.

I ran my hand over the figure of a lion first the eyes then the pointy teeth.

"I wonder why it won't open?" I thought out loud while placing my hand on the head. The door slid open to reveal a dark room, I think. I looked back and stepped in.

Wow, that beginning is REALLY emotional. Well... bye