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Chapter 2: Home
I was sitting on the roof of the monastery in my wolf form while I was watching the ninja train, surprisingly. While they were training, I noticed that Zane was acting a bit different from the others.
He suddenly got up and made his way over to where Cole was. He took Cole's scythe and hit one of the plank dummies, causing it to break. He then did Spinjitzu, making part of the training area become ice. While he did that, it disturbed Kai from his training.
'Why did he do that?' I thought curiously.
I then looked over at the remaining three ninja and saw that they were talking to Sensei, who I didn't even realize came out.
'They're probably talking about Zane's behavior.' I thought as I made my way off of the roof and onto the ground.
I sat down in the shade and just watched the others talk.
Just then, the doorbell rang.
"Mail!" The three ninja exclaimed as they ran over to the door to get their mail.
As they did that, I noticed that Zane didn't go and join the others. I tilted my head to the side in confusion.
"Hey Zane, how come you never hear anything from your parents?" Jay suddenly asked, looking towards said ninja.
"I don't remember my parents, I've been an orphan all my life." Zane answered.
'I know how that feels...' I thought.
I never really knew who were my parents were. I probably didn't even have any parents or did I? Now that I think about it, I don't even remember seeing my parents at all... I shook my head and looked to see Kai and Jay look at each other for a moment before turning back to Zane.
"You mean you never had a home?" Kai asked.
Zane shook his head sadly.
"The monastery is your home now." Sensei told him.
Zane turned and walked away, Sensei watching him as he did so. I felt bad for Zane because I knew how he felt. Sensei, Jay, and Kai soon headed inside, leaving me alone once again. But I didn't mind.
I decided to practice on switching between my forms.
I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, focusing on changing my form. I felt could feel myself changing and when I opened my eyes, I looked down to see that I had changed into my fire wolf form.
'At least I'm changing my form...' I thought and changed my form again to my lightning form.
Then I changed to my earth form then finally my ice form.
'Yes! I did it!' I thought happily and took a step forward.
Which was a pretty bad idea because I didn't realize that I had made ice underneath me and slipped, falling onto my face.
'I have to really control my abilities in each form...' I thought and that's exactly what I did.
After melting the ice, I practiced controlling my abilities in each form.
First was Fire since I was already in that form. I tried controlling how hot my body would be, which sort of ended up setting the floor below me on fire. Looks like I have to keep working on that...
Next was Ice. I tried to put out the fire by creating some ice. It worked but I ended up freezing part of my body in the process. I need to work on this as well...
Third was Earth. I somehow managed to change my form while I was frozen. I used my strength to break the ice. I broke the ice but ended up causing another small earthquake. Whoops...
Last was Lightning. I ran around the training area to test out my boost of speed. Everything was going good until I suddenly lost control and crashed into a pole. I then somehow managed to shock myself in the process.
In the end, I still had a lot of practice ahead of me. But hey, practice makes perfect right?
0o0o0o
It was now nighttime and I was sitting outside in the training area, in my human form, while the others were inside eating dinner.
I had already ate dinner while I was alone so I took the chance to get some peace and quiet outside. I stared up at the moon with a smile. I was thinking about my new friends as I stared up at the moon. Even though I had only met them yesterday, I could tell that they were all unique in their own way.
I could tell that Cole is the leader of the group, he seems pretty calm and I could possibly note that he is quite intelligent.
I could see that Jay is the most upbeat in the group and likes to talk a lot. Which can sometimes be quite annoying...but he I can tell that he's a good friend.
Zane is the different one in the group. He doesn't seem to have that much of a humor and doesn't seem to have..um..good social skills. But he is the most polite and respectful out of the others, especially towards Sensei Wu.
Kai is the hothead of the group and can be quite reckless. I can tell that he is also quite stubborn, but that could be an advantage depending on how you view it.
Then there's Nya, who I found out was Kai's younger sister. I don't much about her but I know that she could handle herself. I'm also not sure about her relationship with her brother but I'm guessing it's a good one.
I'll probably learn more about them as I continue to hang out with them.
I continued to think about them until I heard someone coming. I quickly changed into my wolf form and sat down, looking at who was coming outside. It turned out to be Zane. He had a pink apron on and was covered with food.
I bowed my head at him as a greeting.
He patted my head in response and walked out the main gate.
Curious, I followed him and saw him take off his pink apron, throwing it in the trash. He looked up at the sky for a moment before the sound of a bird caught our attention. We looked up to see a falcon on the branch of a tree. I watched as Zane tilted his head to the side. The falcon copied him. Zane shook his head in I think disbelief. The falcon copied him once again. Then, Zane moved his arms and feet up and down. I watched as the bird copied his movements once again.
'Woah...' I thought.
The bird then moved along the branch before it flew off.
Zane looked towards the monastery for a moment before he looked at me.
"Come on Jade, let's go follow it." Zane told me before he ran down the mountain.
I looked at the monastery before I followed him down the mountain. We followed the falcon as it was leading us through a forest.
'Where is it leading us to?' I thought.
We then came to a sudden stop. I looked ahead to see a huge treehouse looking building. There were snakes everywhere and I heard a voice that I haven't heard before, it sounded like a boy.
The falcon let out a cry and me and Zane looked up at it. It made a gesture that I didn't really understand. But Zane seemed to understand what it was trying to say.
"Thank you my mysterious friend. Come on Jade, let's go back to the monastery." Zane said as he looked at me before he ran started to head back.
0o0o0
The next day, the ninja had headed towards the place where me and Zane had stumbled upon, thanks to the falcon.
I was back in the training area, trying to control my abilities once again. I was thought I was getting the hang of it but I was only able to hurt myself. I huffed a bit in frustration but I took a deep breath and calmed down.
'Calm down, it'a going to take awhile. Be patient.' I thought to myself before going back to what I called training.
After awhile, Sensei Wu and Nya came out.
I stopped my training and sat down, bowing my head in greeting.
"Jade, we're going to go find the ninja. Stay here and watch the monastery." Sensei instructed.
I nodded and watched them leave on Kai's dragon.
I took this chance of being alone to change into my human form.
"That feels good." I said as I stretched.
For a moment I felt like I wasn't alone. I looked around cautiously.
"Hello? Is anyone there?" I called out, slowly turning into my wolf form and getting into a defensive stance.
I continued to look around until I heard a hissing noise coming from behind me. I quickly turned around to see a blue colored snake behind me.
'Serpentine...' I thought bitterly as I growled at the snake.
The snake looked at me with narrowed eyes. I let out another growl, getting ready to fight. But before I could, something was out over to snout and I felt something hit me in the head. Suddenly, the world became black as I suddenly passed out.
0o0o0o
I woke up to smell of smoke. Wait, smoke?!
I quickly opened my eyes and looked around to see that the whole monastery was on fire.I slowly got up, feeling a bit dizzy and sore. I tried to change into my ice form to put out the fire but my head was hurting and I couldn't concentrate.
I laid down on the ground and closed my eyes, hoping the pain would go away.
'T-Those snakes will pay for destroying our home...' I thought, remembering that the snakes were here.
Just then I heard something land nearby.
I slowly opened my eyes to see that Sensei, Nya, and the ninja had returned.
"Our home..." I heard Kai say sadly.
"Jade!" I heard someone say and then footsteps. I looked up to see that Nya was now by my side.
"Are you okay?" Nya asked, obviously worried.
I have her a weak nod and slowly stood up with her help.
"Shard! Put this out!" Zane told his dragon who nodded and did as he was told.
"The training equipment, Gone." Zane mumbled.
"Our video games! Gone." Jay cried out.
"They stole back their staff." Sensei Wu said.
I looked down at that statement.
"What do we do now?" Cole asked.
His dragon, Rocky, walked over to him and nuzzled his cheek. Cole stroked the earth dragon's snout sadly.
'I can't believe I let this happen...' I thought sadly.
Kai picked up a burn piece of brick which he crushed in anger.
"If you haven't followed that silly bird, none of this would've happened!" Kai yelled angrily to Zane.
"Kai." Sensei said in a warning tone.
"No! Sensei, he's right. Because of you, my high score's been deleted!" Jay exclaimed.
I couldn't help but roll my eyes at his statement. I then walked over to Zane and sat down by his side.
"This is a teaching moment. We must learn from this." Zane explained as he looked down.
"A teaching moment ?!" Cole said, outraged by Zane's statement. "What's wrong with you?! Don't you get it?! Everything is gone!" He continued.
I couldn't take it anymore, I took a step in front of Zane and let out a small growl towards Cole who took a step back but still looked at Zane with an angry look.
"Enough! We are all at fault. Zane is your brother. Apologize to him at once." Sensei ordered.
While Sensei was talking, Zane had noticed the falcon again. He looked at me and gestured to the falcon. I nodded, knowing that he was going to follow it. He nodded back and left.
"I'm sorry Zane, I-" I heard Kai say before he stopped.
Everyone was now looking at my direction, looking around for Zane. We all looked up to see Zane flying off on his dragon.
0o0o0
The sun was beginning to set, indicating that it was almost nighttime. I was sitting next to Flame while I watched the others.
As they talked about what they were eating, I had began to grow a bit cold. I got up and walked over to where the fire was and just curled up in the middle of the fire. While I did that, I didn't even realize that I had changed into my fire form.
'No wonder I didn't go up in flames...' I thought as I listened to the others.
"You know, I don't miss our home. What I really miss...is Zane." I heard Kai say.
"Yeah! I miss Zane." Jay agreed.
"Zane?" Nya asked.
"Yeah! Zane! You know, the smart strange one?" Jay told her.
Nya shook her head. "No, Zane!" She exclaimed, pointing ahead of her.
I turned around, along with everyone else, to see Zane walking towards us. I quickly got up and practically ran over to him.
"Zane!" I heard everyone else say as they walked over to him.
Jay was the first one to speak. "We're so sorry for everything we said. We're a team and that means we're all responsible."
"You don't need to apologize to me." Zane said.
"But what about all those awful things we said. Isn't that why you left?" Kai asked.
"Of course not, I saw the falcon again and I followed him." He explained.
"That's our Zane." Cole said with a smile.
Everyone then hugged Zane, well except for my me. I had moved out of the way as they hugged. I smiled as I watched them hug but was suddenly pulled in by someone. I looked up to see Sensei smiling at me and nodded. I smiled back.
We soon stopped hugging.
"We're happy to have you back." Nya said happily.
"Why? Is it my turn to make dinner?" Zane questioned.
Everyone laughed.
"Yes Zane, we love for you to make dinner." Sensei told him.
"But I already made it. Come, I want to show you what I have found. I think you will all be pleased." He said before turning to leave.
I tilted my head to the side but followed him. Everyone else soon followed. After minutes of walking, Zane stopped and turned to look at us.
"I can't explain it, but I have connection with the falcon. I think he's trying to help show us the path we need to take." He explained.
He then led us around a corner.
Ahead of us was what looked like a ship with a dragon head in the front.
"Our new home." Zane announced.
Everyone looked at the ship with astonishment.
"Do I smell pie?" Jay asked.
"Cobblerberry. Oh and mytrleberry and apple!" Zane said.
Jay took a deep breath and sighed happily. Then him, Nya, Kai, and Cole began to run towards our new home.
"I'm proud of you Zane, one day I promise we'll find your family." Sensei told him.
"But, I already found them." Zane said.
Sensei smiled. "I feel there's more to you than meets the eye. There's something special about you Zane."
"Sensei, will I become the Green Ninja?" Zane asked.
"It's too early to tell. But, if it's in your path, you'll know." Sensei answered.
"Also, Sensei. I was wondering about the scroll that we had found that told us about the Green Ninja." Zane said.
"What about it?" Sensei asked.
"Well, there was another person. It said something about protecting but it didn't say what. Do you have an idea of who the person could be?" Zane questioned.
"All I can say is that you'll find out eventually. Come now, it would be shame to let them eat all that pie." Sensei said.
Zane nodded and began to walk towards the ship.
I changed to my human form and looked at Sensei.
"I'm sorry Sensei, I should've known that the snakes were around. If I did, I could've prevented them from burning down our home." I said sadly and looked down.
I then felt a hand on my shoulder, causing my to look up.
"It's fine Jade. None of us didn't know they would do this. You did your best." Sensei told me.
I smiled. "Yeah...you're right."
Sensei nodded and began to walk towards the ship. I followed.
"Sensei, do you think that I had a family?" I asked.
"Probably, but we're your family now right?" Sensei answered.
I smiled. "Yeah, you're right."
We finally made it to the ship. Sensei headed inside while I remained outside. I looked up at the sky with a smile, thinking about what Sensei had said not too long ago.
'I do have a family now. A unique one at that.' I thought happily.
As I continued to look at the sky, I couldn't help but notice something in the distance. It was a boy, the same one from the treehouse. He had a sad look on his face. We made eye contact for a moment before he walked away.
I wondered where he was going. I shrugged and transformed back into my human form and headed inside.
Inside, I saw that my new family was having a food fight. I smiled and shook my head as I sat down in the corner as I watched.
Wow! That sure was a lot! Well, I hope you enjoyed this long chapter! :D Thank you all for the kind reviews! Oh and thank you for the cookies and poptarts Darkrainbow! *happily eats them* Until next time! :D
~AI