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Chapter Ten: Bath for a Ghost
"Cole, it's been over a year since you've had a bath, ghost or not you need to get clean!" said Nya
"But Nya I can't touch water or I die" replied Cole.
"Who said anything about water? Wouldn't LAVA burn off any ghostly gunk clinging to you?" said Nya smugly. The bounty was floating over Torch Fire Mountain and the sight gave everyone deja vu but then Cole jumped in. The warm feeling of the burning magma felt good to the ghost ninja and he swam a few laps in the crater before swimming down to the magma chamber of the mountain then he swam back up. With his Ninja skills he scaled the volcano's edge and got back onto the bounty. His ghostly aura was now a much brighter green and his hair was a darker black.
"Once again Nya, you are brilliant" said Cole then gave Nya a quick peck on the lips. Nya blushed terribly and Kai as well as Jay scowled.
Zane awoke the next morning and though he still remembered the nightmare, that had terrified him to the point of waking up screaming, he felt much less on edge than one might have guessed. He knew it was because moments after the dream had awoken him, he had someone comforting him. He had remained in his parents room the rest of the night and was glad it had only been a dream. It wasn't death that scared him, no, it was the thought that the humans he once called friends could have turned on him at any moment and killed him in body, and not just spirit. Zane and his parents walked down the hall to the dining room where breakfast was waiting. Zane's mother had insisted that he tell her about the dream because it would help him feel far less scared. At breakfast the daily notices and schedule had arrived and Zane was looking it over with his father while eating rabbit patties and scrambled eggs. When Zane saw an observation notice about the ninja he couldn't help but laugh. The title of the paper was " Ghost takes a dip" and it was complete with a photo of Cole jumping into Torch Fire Mountain. Today was going to be just fine. He knew that the ninja could never hurt him. They didn't eve know he was still alive. And it seems that they didn't even care. 'Well who needs them?' He thinks as he gets his meal together. 'they never cared about me, Why should I care about them?' For the first tim e in a long time, the ninja had a feeling of dread.