Chapter 4

(No one's POV)

"Here's a lesson for you all," said Chen, "Never bight the hands that feed you, Master Chen's delicious noodles!" Most of the fighters were still in shock from watching Karloff fall to his doom. One of Chen's guards rang a gong, which split open, revealing a bracket. It must have been put together while the search for blades was on, because it already showed the sixteen of them that had moved on.

"Good, it looks like we're each in our own bracket!" Kai said to the other ninja. They looked relived, and looked to find out who their opponent would be. Lloyd shrugged; he was against Camille, the master of form. He didn't know too much about her. Cole looked nervous; after all he was going to fight the master of gravity, Gravis. Kai was against Ash, the master of smoke, and his expression was unreadable.

"Hey guys!" said Jay excitedly, "Good news! I know I'll be moving on because I'm going against the music girl!" The others all commented, telling Jay how lucky he was.

When Kylie heard them talking about her, she walked over to the bracket. After looking at, she laughed and told Jay she was sorry about his bad luck.

Neuro was one of the last to walk over to the brackets. He was paired up against the master of light. His name was Invizable Pale. Neuro did know how to fight, but he wasn't sure whether or not he would do well against someone he couldn't see half of the time.

The fighters had all seen their first opponents, so Chen spoke again. "I advise you to get some rest; the tournament will recommence this afternoon."

Then Clouse spoke up, "You'll now each be shown to your rooms." A door opened and jesters, kabuki, Garmadon called them, walked in, and each led a fighter to a set of stairs. Garmadon said something to the ninja, but they didn't hear what he said.

"This is your suite, ma'am," said the kabuki that led Kylie to the top floor.

"Please just call me Kylie," said Kylie. She hated being called ma'am by others.

"Master Chen has instructed us all to call his guests by sir or ma'am, ma'am," Chen's servant was really getting on Kylie's nerves now.

"Do not call me by ma'am, okay. If it upsets Chen, tell him I did not wish to be given this title."

"Very well… Kylie" Finally the kabuki left, allowing Kylie looked around the suite. It was quite a nice place. There was a TV in her room, on the opposite wall from a rather large bed. There was a kitchen in her room, which Kylie was really pleased to see. She was amazed at the size of it. Since she loved to cook, it was twice as big as an average kitchen. She threw her bag on the bed and went outside to the balcony. The view was beautiful. She could see the cliff with the waterfall, and a forest. Beyond that, Kylie could see the sea; the water reflecting the sunlight, and the beautiful color. She looked at the balcony below her, to see Neuro. He was also looking at the view. Kylie made a note to drop by some time.

The door next to her opened, and the person who walked out was carrying a large, chocolate cake. The person was none other than Cole; the ninja Kylie hated most.

Cole looked to his right and saw Kylie, "Hey you, music girl!" he yelled, "What makes you so confident that you'll be in the next round?"

"Jay's overconfidence, duh; out of all of you, he's the one that gets cocky the quickest. He'll start making jokes the second the fight begins, and I'll grab the blade," Cole asked Kylie how she knew he would and she said, "That's what he did when he fought the skeleton, serpentine, stone samurai, and nindroids. Why would I be any different?"

"Wait, how do you know all that?"

"Well, you're the famous ninja; everyone knows that," that really wasn't true, but Cole seemed to buy it.

"Thanks, I'll tell Jay to shut up during fights. Now he'll win for sure"

"Nah, I'm still a better fighter. You should know Cole, didn't we both take self-defense classes at Clearview's School for the Arts?" asked Kylie, naming the school Cole attended after leaving Marty Oppenheimer School of Performing Arts. There, the teachers offered, besides academics, classes on art, music, theater, and self-defense. Kylie had taken all four, and Cole took only self-defense.

"Wait, your KJ?" asked Cole.

"Yep, that's my nickname. I'm the girl who you called a list of names. Let see, you called me weak, freak, weak-freak, loser, dork, emo, and many that I will not repeat. I was also the girl you said didn't belong, and you tried to kill once. I still have the scar," Kylie said, brushing back her hair on the left side of her head, revealing a long scar just above her ear, "How did you ever become a ninja after such a rude past. And it's normal, not emo, for someone to be upset after their father dies and her brother ends up having to deal with amnesia, so maybe you should figure out what's making a person act different before you make their life horrible. And you really shouldn't try to kill people' I mean, that's never cool!"

When Cole had gone to that school, he was only 13. That was five years ago, and h had nearly forgotten about it. He was upset too, because his father didn't know he didn't want to follow in his footsteps, but that barely justified him tormenting her. He really didn't think that calling her pathetic names would really affect her. Kylie was an emotional wreck, however, because she was alone in the world, as well as her brother, who was only two years old. No one would expect him to be able to take care of himself at such a young age, but he did. Kylie didn't know that until he started sending her letters three years later. But at the time she went to Clearview's, for all she knew, she was alone in the world.

Cole was pale in the face, and he nearly dropped the cake. "KJ, I'm sorry; I really shouldn't have done that to you." Kylie just rolled her eyes, making Cole sigh. He turned around and walked back into his room. Kylie had nothing better to do, so she decided to see what Neuro was up to. She called out to him, and when she got his attention, she slid over the edge of the balcony, and landed on his. "Hi!" she said, "Just decided to drop by!"

"No kidding," said Neuro, a smile forming on his face. He turned his attention to something on his left, and Kylie realized he was painting. It was a forest, similar to the one on the island, but it was obvious that he had changed a few things.

"I take it you like art," Kylie said before realizing that was almost exactly what she said to him when he was reading on the boat.

"Yeah, that's why I have a painting that's halfway done sitting on my balcony," Neuro said, as Kylie blushed.

The two of them sat there for a while, neither of them really knowing the time that passed. Kylie turned her head to look at the layout of Neuro's room. It was really nice, just like hers. The suite didn't have any sort of kitchen, so Kylie assumed that there was some sort of cafeteria here at the island. It had a room that was perfectly set up for art, so Kylie assumed it was one of his hobbies. There was a second room that appeared to basically be a library; all the walls had full bookshelves on them, with a couch in the center of the room. Despite all of that, the room did have a lot of space in it.

Neuro had finished his forest painting and although Kylie hadn't realized it yet, he had started a second one. It was a portrait of Kylie. One of his favorite art styles was portraits, and he found himself making them before he had even realized he was creating art. It the painting, she was fighting Jay. The ninja of lightning was holding nun-chucks in his hands, but Kylie had blocked it by grabbing Jay's wrists and kicking him in the stomach. The background wasn't clear, just swirls of light blue and white. He was then aware of Kylie looking at the painting.

"Do you like it? This is what's going to happen during your first fight," he said. Kylie smiled.

"I hope so," she said.

"I know so."

"Why? As the master of mind, can you like read the future?"

"No, I just really doubt that Jay has any sort of chance against you."

Kylie blushed, "You'll probably win your fight too, but do you know when it is?"

"Today in… fifteen minutes."

Kylie's eyes widened, "How do you know that; I thought you couldn't predict the future."

"I can't," said Neuro, "But I can read minds. My power comes in three ways. First, I can read other people's minds. With each person, it's hard to read minds at first, but eventually it gets quicker and easier, but each person's mind is different. I could read your mind a million times, but if I tried to read a new person's mind, it would be quite difficult. I call those read waves, because I'm reading the thoughts of others. I read Chen's mind, so I know my fight is soon. The second way I use my power, is by what I call suggestion waves. I can send a thought or action into a person's head, and they'll do it, or think it. It's similar to my read waves, because the more I send them into a specific person, the easier it gets. That's what I did to the thug in the alleyway the night we first met."

"So you basically have telepathy?" asked Kylie. Neuro nodded, and then continued.

"The third way I use my gift is through force waves, which I basically use to push someone or something back, away from me."

"How strong of something can you push back?"

"It depends on how relaxed I am. For other people, their elements work better when they aren't tired. The same goes for me, but with my mind. If I'm stressed out, my element will be weak. That's why I'm painting right now. Art, especially portraits are relaxing, so my mind should be stronger for the battle."

"Good luck," said Kylie.

"What does luck have to do with the battle?"

"Nothing; huh, I guess you have a point. Oh, by the way, when he turns invisible, he gets louder. If you can't hear him, you just need to read his mind. The waves should point you in the right direction."

"Thanks KJ, that's a good idea."

The two of them smiled at each other, both noticing the light blush tinting the other's cheeks; then of course, a kabuki knocked and told Neuro that he had a battle in five minutes and that she'd escort to his arena. Neuro told her he was on his way, and said goodbye to Kylie.

"Hey Neuro," she said.

"Yeah?"

"Um… if you don't end up winning, I just want to thank you for coming with me for my brother."

"No problem," Neuro said smiling. The Kylie did the last thing he expected. She hugged him, and Neuro returned it. It was short, and Kylie had a very deep blush on her face.

"Yeah, um… thanks. I kinda needed that. It's just hard, 'cause I have a feeling it's a trap, so um… thanks." Neuro smiled, and walked into his suite. Kylie jumped up to her balcony and out the door, where one of her kabuki led her to the place where the other fighters would watch to see the fights. Kylie's sixth sense told her that Neuro had a fifty percent chance of winning.

The master of music took one last glance at Neuro as he followed his kabuki outside and wondered, "I wonder if he feels the same way towards me as I do towards him."

(A/N) Hi! That chapter was up a lot quicker that I expected it to be :) I appreciate all the reviews, and I'd like to have some more. By the way:

Guest that reviewed and said they wanted to see Kylie's brother in action, you already have, I'm just not saying when.

Fangirl101, I've given some clues as to Kylie's brother in the story, I wonder if you'll figure out whether or not you know him.

Darkrainbow, Thanks for the cookies!

Until next time

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