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Chapter 3- Surprising visit

A blast of electricity sparked inches from my head. I held up my crystal shurikens and shot a stream of ice towards the electric wielder, freezing him solid. I gave a small smile and tapped his forehead with my shuriken. The ice broke and fell to the ground. Jay grumbled and shivered.

"You could let me win once." He said as rubbed his arms.

"But I have allowed you to win five times, Jay." I answered with a smirk.

"Out of over forty battles…"

"Actually that was our fifty-third battle."

He gave a sigh of frustration. "Whatever."

"Jay, do you want me to tell you the problem to why you cannot beat me?" I asked and a frown. He glanced at me and slightly nodded. "Your footwork is sloppy, and though you are fast, you do not have perfect balance."

"Not true!" Jay turned to Sensei Wu who was meditating nearby. "Sensei is that true?"

Sensei opened one of his eyes then closed it. "Yes, your footwork is sloppy, but every opponent has flaws of their own as well. Zane's is that he plans before he acts."

I crooked my head. "How can thinking be bad?"

"If you plan too much your opponent has the chance to strike."

"Understood Sensei." I said with a bow, earning a shake of the head from Jay. He seemed startled as his stomach grumbled. I shook my head. How rude of him to show his hunger. We still have an hour before dinner time.

"Seems I'm hungry," he said with a chuckle.

"We still have an hour to train Jay." I shrugged.

"Perhaps you can rest early today. Maybe we can find the emerald necklace holder tomorrow." Sensei said as he stood. Jay smiled and ran to his room, leaving me to cook. Typical of him, he loves my food.

"Dinner!"

In seconds Jay was at his spot at the table. Sensei was at a normal pace when he walked in. I set down three plates of my usual dish and sat at my desired spot. Jay bit his first bite and his manners vanished as usual. He started devouring his food and licking his plate. I rolled my eyes and glanced at Sensei Wu, who didn't seem impressed either.

"Seconds?" Jay asked with his mouth full. I sighed and nodded towards the bowl. At least he asked.

We finished eating and Sensei smiled and acknowledged me for another great dinner. Jay snuck to his room, once again, escaping his chore of washing the dishes. With an annoyed sigh I did his chore.

I walked into his room and stared at him. He was studying countless wires, and taking sloppy notes with his usual untidy hand writing. He turned his head to me.

"Oh, hey Zane."

"How long are you going to escape your chores Jay?" I growled. He bit his lip.

"I'll do it tomorrow I promise!"

"That's what you sai-"I stopped and whirled around, shifting my gaze to both sides of the hallway.

"Zane?" Jay asked.

I glared at him. He stood and walked to me. "I heard something… I think someone is in the Monastery." I whispered. Jay nodded. "I'll go left you go right."

As soon as we exited his room something jumped from the ceiling and fell on Jay. I summoned my shurikens and held them up. "Who is there?"

The slim figure only jumped up the ceiling again and into the shadows. Why didn't we have lights in the hallways?

I helped Jay up. He summoned his nunchucks and walked to where I saw the figure climb. His nunchucks lit the way with the lightning's glow. I tapped his shoulder and he turned. I lightly shifted my eyes above us. The figure was right above my head. It was a girl. She was slim; her blond hair was short and straight. Eyes where bluer than mine, but not by much. She was so beautiful.

She realized we discovered her location and she dropped on me. Jay twirled his nunchucks and glared at her. My shurikens struck the ground and formed ice over me and the girl, sticking her to my back. She gasped as she saw our weapons.

"Stop!" She shouted and ducked under Jay's nunchucks. She held up a diamond water drop necklace.