Cole POV

Of all the things I was expecting, it certainly wasn't this. Not only was the mysterious ninja a girl, but she was also really hot. Wait, forget I said that.

"You're a girl," I said, more dubiously than I meant to.

"So what?" she retorted, obviously annoyed. "You're being blatantly sexist, Cole Stone."

"I didn't mean it like th —" I stopped mid-sentence, processing what she had just said. I spoke slowly, asking, "How did you know my name?"

"Oh, I know much more than just that," she said foxily, gently pulling of my mask so she could see my face. "For example, you ran away from home when your father wanted you to follow in his footsteps. You had thought you couldn't sing or dance, until you mastered the Triple Tiger Sashay in order to gain one of four silver Fang Blades. And who could forget how you promptly lost it minutes later." She let out a tinkling laugh at the confusion etched on my face. "I know all about you, Cole. And I'm not the only one."

My hands were at her neck before I knew what I was doing. I demanded answers, but as I heard her choking and saw the fear in her purple eyes, I realized what I was doing. I dropped her, letting her fall to her knees as I tried to justify my actions in my head.

"Temper, temper," she coughed, with a smirk on her face.

"I'm sorry, I just —"

"Don't try to apologize, I was being a bit invidious," she said, with a dismissive wave of her hand, sitting cross-legged. "But now I see nothing will help me more than the truth."

I sat hesitantly next to her. Close enough to not make her feel uncomfortable, but also close enough to stop her from trying anything stupid.

"Alright. So, tell me the truth," I said. "Who are you?"

"My name's Sabrina Moon, I'm nineteen, I've been an orphan for as long as I can remember, I've been raised in a dojo that's a little ways from here, I'm ninja, and my element is plants," she sighed, ticking off things on her fingers as she listed them. She looked up at me, head tilted. "Satisfied?"

I furrowed my eyebrows. "No, not really. Why are you here? How are you here?"

She didn't answer right away, her eyes darting nervously to focus anywhere but myself. Was she trying to think up a lie?

Sabrina POV

I couldn't tell him the truth obviously. Because "Oh, I'm here on a mission from my boss to steal your golden weapon," would surely make him trust me.

He was staring at me oddly, he knew I was going to lie. But there are ways I can use this to my advantage.

I hung my head, sighing. "Look, I know I'm not supposed to be here, but I need to! My dojo was burned to the ground by the serpentine, my sensei is dead, and so are the rest of his students! I need a new sensei and a place to stay and — and —" I burst into fake tears. "I just thought that you guys were the famous ninja and you could help me figure out my full potential and elemental powers and everything! I'm sorry I was being stupid —!"

"No, no," Cole said quickly, averting his eyes, as if looking at me while I was in tears would make me cry more. "I'm sure that Sensei Wu will let you stay here with us. Just, please, calm down."

I flung my arms around him, catching him off guard. "Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you!"

I watched as his face flooded crimson. "N-No problem." He turned to look at the sun barely peaking over the water (maybe to hide his blush). "The others will probably be awake in a couple hours. You could ask Sensei Wu then."

I nearly smirked, but hid it just in time. I knew that pulling the crying card would work. Girls crying always made boys uncomfortable. My stupid made-up sob story had him convinced. Now I just had to make sure I fooled the rest of them as well.


As you can see, I don't have a set number of words for each chapter haha I just stop it at good stopping places XD I hope you're enjoying this fanfic so far! Hugs, Moon