Chapter 6: Regrouping

Xavier seemed to look surprised when he noticed Zane. Then his expression went back to his usual faint smirk. "I've seen you before, haven't I?"

He answered himself before the white ninja could respond. "Oh yeah, aren't you one of Ian's friends? Um… Zane, right?"

Zane nodded. When we had to obtain one of the Fang Blades, Ian had decided to stop at Skypoint and visit his brother, Xavier. Yes, I remember him now. Suddenly, Crystal caught Xavier off guard and tackled him. "Yay! Xavier, you're back!"

As the bronze ninja attempted to pry Crystal off him, he said to her, in an annoyed manner, "Crystal, why do you always act like this? Pulling us into unnecessary situations!"

She scowled. "I just wanted to make sure that Kai, Jay, Cole, and Zane were okay. That's the only reason why I pulled you and the others into that portal."

Xavier rolled his eyes. "They could've managed to get back to the present by themselves."

Now Crystal was even angrier. "Not without me telling them what to do!"

"So? They'd figure it out soon enough!"

Zane was having enough of this. He walked in between the two that were fighting and said, "This is not the time to argue. We must find the others first."

"Yeah, I guess," Crystal admitted.

Xavier crossed his arms and looked away. "Fine."

"I suggest that we head towards the forest nearby," Zane told them.

The silver ninja nodded cheerfully. "Right!"

Xavier brushed off himself and started to follow Zane and Crystal. He shook his head. She never knows when to stop, does she?

Meanwhile in the forest, Shaun had met up with Kai and Cole. "So," Shaun pointed at the black ninja, "You're Cole…," then he pointed at the red ninja, "…And you're Kai."

"You got that right," Cole then smiled.

"Yeah, well, since you know our names now, shouldn't you tell us yours?" Kai asked.

"I should. Anyways, name's Shaun. But enough with the introductions, we've got teammates to find," the aqua-green ninja replied.

Trying to ignore the pain in his leg, Shaun managed to stand up. "Wait, aren't you forgetting something?"

Shaun turned around to face Cole. "Like what?"

Kai walked up to him, pointing to a bag lying on the ground, "Like your bag?"

Shaun had a look of embarrassment on his face. "Oh yeah, thanks for telling me."

Kai shrugged. "No problem."

Shaun knelt down on one knee, so he wouldn't hurt the other, and opened the bag. When he did, his eyes widened and he gasped. The other two ran other. "What is it?"

"Y-your Golden Weapons," Shaun stammered.

"What? Let me see!" Kai then looked over Shaun's shoulder.

Shaun moved so that they could see the inside of the bag better. And there they were, the Golden Weapons of Spinjutzu. "Honestly, I have no idea how they got there," he told them.

It seemed pretty impossible by how it looked to believe Shaun. Just then, a voice rang out. "Please don't think Shaun is a thief. He would never steal the Golden Weapons. If he did, then who would be the leader?"

Shaun was slightly puzzled. "That sounds like Mystia, but how would she get here so fast?"

A girl in a dark purple ninja outfit jumped down from a tree. "It's called teleportation, obviously."

Then a familiar voice was heard. "Hey! Wait up, Mystia! You know I can't teleport like you can!"

Mystia snickered, and said sarcastically, "Huh. I didn't know that."

A blue clothed figure came into view and answered with, "Just had to use the sarcasm, didn't you?"

She laughed. "You were the one to teach me that!"

The person caught up with her and then slightly smiled at Mystia. "Well, you are right about that."

And now guess who the person was. It was none other than Jay! When he finally caught his breath, Jay turned to Kai and Cole. "There you guys are! I was wondering where you were!"

Suddenly, it occurred to him that that the white ninja of ice wasn't there. "Where's Zane?"

Cole frowned. "We haven't found him yet."

They heard a shout from Shaun, who had apparently slipped away when they weren't looking, that was good news. "Guys! Hurry, I found Zane, Crystal, and Xavier!"

A/N: Yay! They all have found each other! Now all they must do is find the thugs' base, reassemble the Shard Crystal, and return to the present! And all before dinnertime! Okay, just kidding, I wanted to say that for fun. Anyways, they must make it by sunset- or else!