Chapter One: The "Intruder"

"I'm back!" Nya yelled as she came into the Bounty after having gone to pick up a few things for herself at the store.

"Hey, Nya," Jay said as he passed her in the hall. "Did you— Wait a minute, is that . . is that a kitten?"

"Maybe . ."

It was true, before Jay was a white kitten with a black ear, like a drop of paint had been splashed on it, wrapped up in the female ninja's arms.

"Why in Ninjago did you get a kitten, Nya?"

"Well I didn't mean to," Nya explained, "I just saw it on the streets and it looked so pitiful and sweet that I couldn't just leave it there. A ninja protects those who cannot protect themselves and that includes kittens."

"Do you think Sensei will let you keep him?" Jay asked.

"Her," Nya said.

"What?"

"The kitten, she's a girl and I don't know what Sensei will have to say about her. So just don't say anything until the perfect time. I'll figure something out."

"Okay. Do you need any help?"

"I think I will manage," Nya said before walking off into her room, kitten in tow.

Later that day when the Ninja and their Sensei were all sat down for dinner, Nya still was not quite sure what to say because she was certain her Sensei would not be too thrilled about the kitten.

"You're awfully quiet today, Sis," Kai said, shoving another bite of noodles into his mouth.

"Hmm? Oh, am I? I was just, uh, thinking about stuff," Nya said with a smile.

The fire ninja continued to eat his dinner without any further questions although he suspected that something was up. Kai's suspicions proved to be true when a small "mew" was heard. Eyes wide with realization, Jay and Nya look at each other and then slowly turned their heads back to see Nya's little kitten roaming around the dining room floor. As soon as the pair saw the kitten, they whipped their heads back around, hoping it would wander off back to Nya's room where she had left it.

"Mew."

"Okay," Cole said, "does anyone else hear that 'mewing' sound?"

"Yeah, I thought I heard something too," Lloyd said.

"I did as well. Did you hear anything, Nya?" the nindroid said.

"Uhh, what? Nope, I didn't hear a thing. You're probably just imagining things," said Nya with a nervous chuckle, praying the kitten would stop making sounds.

"Mew."

Nya cringed.

"There it is again!" Kai said.

"Oh that? That was . . that was just me practicing my, uh, animal noises?" Jay said, sounding more like he was questioning what he had said more than he meant.

"Jay," Kai began, "I think you are a little bit passed the stage— Ahh! Something fuzzy just touched my leg! Something just touched my leg!"

The red ninja had jumped up from his spot at the table and stood on top of the bench. The rest of the ninja, other than Jay and Nya, followed Kai's example of standing on their seats and frantically searched around for whatever fuzzy thing it was creating these odd sounds, spilling a few bowls and drinks in the process. As Jay and Nya knew all this commotion was over a tiny kitten, they remained seated with their head shaking back and forth in their hands. Sensei Wu, upon noticing the couple's non-panicky behaviour, looked down by his chair at the end of the table and saw the kitten. Sighing, he picked her up and cleared his throat.

"I do believe I have found your intruder."

"Mew."

The ninja awkwardly say back down, realizing how ridiculous the four of them must look.

"Now I would like to know just how this 'intruder' got here," Wu said, looking towards Jay and Nya for an answer.

"Well you see, Sensei, when I was out earlier picking up some things at the store, I came across Splash and—" Nya began before she was interrupted by her brother.

"Wait what is Splash?"

"Splash is what I've decided to name the cat," Nya said.

"You've named it? When you name something, you start getting attached to it!" Kai said.

Nya just rolled her eyes.

"Anyways," she continued, "Splash was all alone and I was hoping that it would be alright if she could stay."

"I am afraid that this is no home for a cat," Sensei Wu said.

Reaching over and holding up the kitten, Nya said, "But look, Splash has no home and no family like many of us did when you first found us. Can't I give this kitten the same opportunity you gave each of us?"

It was like the kitten knew that Wu needed just one last bit of persuasion as she wriggled out of Nya's grasp, walked over to the old Sensei, rubbed affectionately against his arm, and fell asleep, purring contently.

"Well, I suppose she is pretty cute," Wu said, and after a short pause, added, "Alright, you may keep your cat, Nya."

"Thank you, Sensei!"

So new story, what do you think? If you have any sort of constructive criticism, I'd love and appreciate to hear it. :) I am not sure how soon I will be able to update, but I will aim for next week.

God bless!