"What?! But Sensei, how is my twin sister a ninja?!" Cole cried, and I could tell he was annoyed.
"I've just always been better at you at everything," I told him, smirking. I started to mark the activities off on my fingers. "Cooking, speed, strength-"
"No way! I'm stronger than you!" Cole argued.
"Why not have a contest then?" Kai asked.
"Winner gets brag rights!" Jay exclaimed.
"Brag rights?" Zane asked. I gave a slight giggle. His obliviousness was cute.
Cole lifted me with one hand. My eyes widened. I wasn't that strong! "When did you get so strong?!" I cried, as he placed me back onto the deck. He just shrugged. "I think you win the brag rights," I murmured.
"Ava, you will bunk with Nya," Sensei told me, making me jump. I forgot he was still there. I had no idea who Nya was, but he pointed to a door at the end of the hall and I knocked.
A girl about my age opened the door. She had short black hair, amber irises, and a pretty red dress. She obviously had no idea who I was either, from the look on her face.
I gave a small smile. "Hey. I'm Ava Brookstone. Cole's twin sister. Amateur sleuth and Ninja of Wind." I paused. "Well, I just found out I was the ninja of wind today. And Sensei said I was bunking with you, so yeah."
Nya nodded, processing the information. "Well, I'm Nya Flamey. Kai's younger sister. Come on in. You can take that bed over there." She pointed to an empty bed on the other side of the room.
I nodded, sitting on the bed. I looked around the room and noticed a large half-finished exosuit hidden behind a folding screen. I gave a sly smile. "What's that?"
Nya's eyes went wide. "N-nothing?" I raised an eyebrow. She sighed. "Fine. You caught me. I'm working on an exosuit. I want to help, but my brother won't let me, so I'm going to find my own way of helping." She gave me a pleading look. "Please don't tell."
I made a motion of crossing my heart. "Cross my heart." Then I smiled. If that was a mystery, this must've been a new record of solving it!
