Mountain had fallen asleep beside the breeding grounds, the baby terrain dragons all deciding to catch a few weeks in his presence. Sooner or later, everyone else on Destiny's Bounty began to fall to sleeps lullaby, except for Lloyd, who needed to be read a bedtime story by Andrea.

"...and so, the snakes all were banished from sight, never to be seen again, and young Kanai was forever known as hero of the valley, the end," she finished. Lloyd smiled excitingly at the story, "That was-(yawn)-awesome..." Andrea chuckled at the young boys weariness, she tucked the green ninja into bed as his eyes fluttered to a close, she bid him goodnight right before leaving his room to fall asleep as well.

Things were quiet for a bit, until Jay began to hear slight noises creak about. The blue ninja shot up in bed to the slight disturb in his slumber, his ears picking up the sounds. What is that? he thought, curious. The noises grew fainter and fainter as they passed by his door, but to this Jay silently rose from his bed, tiptoeing towards the door, hoping he hadn't made any noises that just might awaken his sleeping brothers. Luckily, his moves were silent enough to pass, he then quietly opened the door to have a peek around the corner to catch the maker of the noise. Unfortunately, whatever it was, it was gone, the blue ninja cursed to himself, then went forth to open the door wide enough for him to leave the room, and therefore, closing it behind him again. He let out a sigh of relief, but that only lead to more noises to which reached his ears. Jay silently snuck out of the Bounty and into the deck, where he spotted a silhouette slipping away into the night, to him it looked like a foe.

He took out his Nunchuks of Lightning, ready for anything that just might surprise him, and moved in, his footing careful and sneaky. The shadow was sinking away from the walls and moving gradually into the darkness, Jay wasn't about to lose this intruder, he would catch this creep and report to Sensei Wu, also, this was one of the first things to keep his mind off of his own problems. His pursuit after the stranger led him off the deck and onto the islands grounds, he followed the stranger into the deepest and dense jungle and Jay might as well have cornered him if it weren't for-

"Jay?" the blue ninja stopped dead in his tracks to realize what he had come to. When he knew he was just about to catch the fiend he had found himself back at the breeding grounds, and much to his surprise, Nya had turned out to be there. Now the samurai was staring at him as if he had two heads, Jay felt so embarrassed he almost had the urge to dig a hole in the ground, crawl into it and hide for the rest of his life. But alas, he knew he couldn't do that, so instead his cheeks turned bright red, his mouth moved but no words came out, "U-Uh...I-I...uh..."

Nya just couldn't help but silently chuckle, but also she felt bad for Jay to find her like this, she was just glad she didn't ask instantly what she was doing out her. Her first answer, which is an all-time classic, would be that she couldn't sleep, but Jay would probably nag on her until she told the real truth, she really didn't want that. Lucky for her, Jay never brought it up, considering he was stuck being a nervous wreck, Nya had to excuse his mistake for him to calm down. "Jay, its ok, really," Nya reassured, for the hundredth time.

"Yeah, yeah...sorry," he stated, rubbing the side of arms. Nya went back to observing the sleeping dragons on Mountains back, she decided to break the silence for it was making her uncomfortable, "So, what were you doing out here anyway?"

Jay was hesitant before answering, "Well, I was trying to stop an intruder that I heard snuffling around in the Bounty." Jay said it in a way for it to be a joke, however, Nya kind of believed the person Jay was chasing was just her snooping around at night, but she couldn't tell Jay that, that would make him suspicious as to why she had come out here. So Nya kept quiet, continuing to look over the sleeping dragons that just happened to melt her heart. "Their so adorable," she said wistfully. Jay saw her eyeing the slumbering wyverns, he too observed with interest and couldn't help but find them heart-whelming. Nya noticed his appreciation for the creatures, she grinned, "You think their cute don't you?"

Jay suddenly broke his view away from the dragons and instead eyed the sky, while stuttering, "U-Uh, no, I don't, who t-told you that?"

Nya chuckled, "Jay, its ok, they are kind of cute..."

The blue ninja just avoided her gaze, his nervousness turning to anxiousness. The samurai realized, and her smiled faded, "Jay?" The blue ninja just ignored her, not wanting to cause tension, but that only made Nya more concerned, "Jay, whats wrong."

Jay caught his breath, the words caught in his throat, he didn't want to discuss this with her, but he could tell she already knew. So why did she want to know more? This only concerned Jay further, maybe Nya thought there was something else he was stressed about...if she found out it was her she might be put under more stress, Jay didn't want that for her. But, seeing that Nya wasn't going to let this pass, he went ahead and said it, "It...just reminds me of..."

His tongue tied at the last few bits of words, but Nya could tell what he was about to say, she finished, "Your transformation..." Jay rubbed his arms, closing his eyes, "Yeah..."

Nya frowned, she had never seen Jay so depressed, he never looked this way before he reached his true potential, why now did he all of sudden seem so, grim? However, she did not want to trouble him any further with this, and she certainly did not want him to go to bed feeling stressed and anxious. But right now, Jay needed someone to comfort him through this, and Nya had to be the one to do that, so...

She gave him a kiss.

Jay blushed, his eyes wide as pie plates at the sudden gesture, although it was only a small peck on the cheek. Nya didn't care for his reaction, she only knew that it would wash the angst away. When she finally broke away from his face, she just stared at him for a long time, Jay stared back. Nya didn't say anything, all she did was walk away, vanishing into the night like a shadow. Jay just stayed there, still in shock, he slowly rose his hand to his cheek, the kiss still warm against his cheek. One man would've been a bit cross considering the woman only gave him a small peck, another would just stay still in confusion. But Jay, who has been worried about their relationship for the past few months, only smiled, as if he were the happiest man alive.

Meanwhile, Lasha broke through the tree branches to where Spitta was sitting high above from peering eyes, he looked satisfied. "Did it work?" Lasha asked, hopefully.

"I'll ssssay," Spitta hissed, grinning, "but you'll have to do better than getting her to kisssss him on the cheek."

"Oh don't worry," Lasha stated, rubbing his hands together, as he watched the happy lightning ninja skip back towards Destiny's Bounty, "I have a few more tricks up my ssssleevesss."