Kai had dropped the whole 'suspicious' act after we lost the monastery, but I can tell he wanted answers. I'm right now in my room, drawing… I sigh, and frown… I realize I drew Jack… I shake my head, and go onto another page. I seriously don't need to be reminded of my little brother…
"Wow, this place looks amazing!" I hear Nya compliment.
I hear a horn honking outside. I look to the window and grin, but it falls off… PEOPLE I DO NOT KNOW ARE HERE! I walk to the games-room, as I call it, and see the guys walking out.
"Save me… There is people here…" I say quietly, pointing to the window. I know of them, and had really liked their characters, but I don't know them… Why do I have to be an introvert?!
"Jay's parents," Cole tells me.
We all walk to the deck, and I hide behind Cole.
"Mom! Dad!" Jay greets warily, "What are you doing here?"
"Oh, look! It's my baby boy!" She exclaims. Naw! "It's been so long since we've heard from you!"
Jay shakes his head, "Ma, I called you two days ago," I look out from behind Cole, but hide once again… Calm down!
"Well, it's not enough, Son," Ed tells him, "When are you coming out to the junkyard? You say you're coming, and then ya don't."
Jay looks uncomfortable, and annoyed, "Dad, do we have to talk about the junkyard in front of my friends?"
"He hates it when we tell people he was born in a junkyard," Edna explain to us, then turns to Nya, "Oh, and who are you? You are so cute and just my son's type!"
"Mom!" Jay hisses again.
"It's a pleasure meeting you," Nya says, smiling warmly, "I'm sure, if you want, Jay can give you the tour. He worked very hard on it."
"We'd love a tour!" They both exclaim.
"But first, tell us the names of all your friends, Son," Ed says.
"The one with spikey hair's Kai. That's Sensei. That's Zane. That Cole, and behind him is Skyler." I look out from behind Cole and see the two looking at me. I hide again. "She's shy," Jay says after a moment's pause.
"Oh, that makes sense. Now show us the ins and outs of this place."
After a bit of the tour, Edna suddenly speaks, "Oh! Did we tell you all about Jay's first potty time? It's a great story-"
"Mom!" Jay gasps, and I bite my tongue to stop from laughing.
After a bit, we come to the bridge. He tells them about the periscope and the cappuccino machine.
"Why don't you tell them about the button?" Cole asks, pointing to the button.
"Hehehe," Jay's tone sharpens, "It's not ready yet…"
"Ooh, what's the button?" Edna asks.
"He's working on a special defense system," Zane explains.
"Something every ninja headquarters needs," Kai adds. Yes, ever ninja headquarters needs to fly! Fly… Harry flies in a Kitpla- Stop thinking of them! Do not ruin the happiness!
"Oh, really? What does it do? Can I help?" Ed offers, but Jay shakes him off.
"No, it's okay. I don't need your help, Dad. Let's just leave it alone," Then he looks at a non-existent watch, "Hey, look at the time. Don't you need to get back before dark?" Wait! Breeze's flying away tomorrow!
Suddenly I hear another line, forgetting about everything else, "Oh, we have many stories about Jay, like that one time I caught him kissing his pillow!" Edna laughs slightly, "Aw, what a funny one."
"Snakes, Ma. Snakes," Jay insists.
"Alright, we're going, we're going," They start to leave.
We wait outside as Edna makes him promise to visit the junkyard. They leave at last.
"Now that they have left, perhaps Jay can teach us the art of… Kissing pillows!" Sensei Wu snickers, which makes the others laugh and me giggle.
The ninja headed back inside, but I waited at the doorway leading inside. I stared at the bright sunset, wondering if I'd ever see a not-animated one again… How did I get here? Why am I here? Wh-
"You coming in?" Cole's voice comes from behind me, and I nod. I walk inside, and Cole brings Kai and Zane over, "Alright, guys. Tomorrow we convince Jay to visit his parents."
~Time Skip~
"Sure got a lot of junk piling up, if only there was a place we could get rid of it," Kai and Zane pass by Jay, while I listen in.
"If you don't mind, I'm trying to focus," Jay growls.
Cole heads in, on a fake phone call, "Of course, Mom and Dad, I'd love to visit! What kind of son would I be if I didn't want to?"
"Hehehehe, I know what you're trying to do."
I walk into the room, "Jay, why don't you want to visit your parent? If my mom was here, I'd visit her with every chance I had!"
"I have a lot of stuff on my plate. I'll visit them once it's clear."
I sit down next to him, "Then let me help you out."
I hear Cole growl, which makes me frown. Jay grins at me, and winks, "Thanks, but Mr. Jealous over here will kill me."
"What…?" I frown in confusion, "Who's jealous? And, why are they jealous?"
He gives me a disbelieving look, "Are you blind? And deaf?"
"No, of course not…" Kai and Jay both laugh at my words… "Am I missing something?"
"Yeah! C-"
"No, you're not," Cole cuts off Kai, and helps me up, "Let's go take Rocky and Breeze for a ride."
"That's a good idea! I haven't flown in a while!" I say excitedly.
He smiles, "I'll meet you out there. I just need to talk to the guys for a moment…"
"Sure!" I say, and smile. I walk off to the stables.
When I get there, I pat Breeze's head, "Hey Bree girl!" I pat her snout, and she quietly roars a greeting, "Wanna go for a ride?" She shakes her head, and I frown, "Are you feeling okay?" She gives me a sad look, and looks off into the distance. Then I remember they migrate today, "Need to migrate East, huh?" She nods, and I sigh, "Wait here…" I run off inside, and come back out with a flower necklace I made for her when this happens, "To remember me by?" She nuzzles me happily.
"Hey, Sky," Cole says, and walks up to me, "What's up?"
"She's not doing too well…" I inform, patting Breeze's snout, "Poor girl…"
"Maybe we should get Sensei?" He asks, and I nod.
"Let's check on the other dragons first," I call to him as he races off.
We check up on the other dragons, and they are all acting strangely. I go to the bridge, and see Kai and Zane still trying to convince Jay to visit his parents. I walk back in, and Kai smirks at me.
"Did you ditch Cole?" The Fire Ninja laughs, and Jay joins in.
"No… I came to t-"
"Poor Cole," Jay teases, "Can't even keep his girl from ditching him."
"What?" I ask, confused, "His girl? Who are you talking about?"
They all look at me weirdly, even Zane is giving me a disbelieving look. He speaks up, "I sense she doesn't know any of it…"
"I thought she knew from the start!" Jay laughs.
"Know what?" I ask.
"Anyways, Jay," Kai says, ignoring my question, "Can you just visit your parents?"
Nya walks into the room, and I start shipping it, "Heh, heh… Hi, Nya…" 'Lover-Boy' says calmly as soon as his electric eyes landed on her. I have to admit, for a Lego, she's very pretty.
"You gonna visit your parents today?" She asks.
"Uh… Sure am! Just about to leave."
"Tell them I say, 'hi'!" She leaves the room, and I have my 'I ship it' smirk on, while Kai and Zane looks annoyed.
"What?" Jay asks defensively, "So my plate's not that full," He glances at me, looks away, then looks back, noticing my expression, "Hey, hey… What's with that face you're giving me?"
I try to hold back laughter, but fail… Miserably, "Oh, nothing… Just my 'ship it' face," Kai laughs while Jay glares at me.
"Whoa, w-"
"Ooh, Jay, I ship it!"
"Stop that!"
"I must say, you two are fairly compatible," Zane said and Jay groaned.
"Oh!" I gasp, remembering the dragons, "Anyone seen Sensei?"
"He's in his room, why?" Kai asks.
"The dragons are acting weird."
"Well why didn't you say anything?!"
~Time Skip~
I enjoy walks, but not on gravel! I keep on slipping.
"Why didn't you mention that we'd be walking along a grav- Whoa!" I slip again, and groan when I land on the stone-covered ground.
"I don't get it," Cole says holding out a hand to help me up, "You can walk, no run, on snow, sand, through undergrowth, in forests and jump from building to building in the city… But you can't even walk at normal human speed on gravel!"
I groan, "Why did I agree to come?"
"Because Cole came, and you two are 'fairly compatible'," Jay says, earning a punch in the arm from the raven-haired ninja.
"Quit it!"
"Jay, shut up. I don't like anyone like that," I hiss. Lilly's gone! She died less than a year ago! I can't just move on! She deserved someone better…
"Ooh, Skyler, look," Kai points to a billboard, "You should enter in that."
It has a few pictures, all of art stuff. I looked to the writing. What the keck? Everything here is written in chicken-scratch!
"Kai!" Cole growls, "I told you not to tell her that I told you that she sings."
"I didn't, you did!" I punch Kai in the arm, but not Cole… Even though he did screw up, "What did I do? It's Cole you should be punching… Ugh! Why are you so strong?"
"I'm not punching Cole… He's the strongest and can catch me if I fall." I inform. Smart thinking. That's something Ja- Do. Not. Think. Of. Him!
"Well I thi-"
We suddenly move onto sand!
"Sand! Sand! Glorious sand!"
"Seriously?" Jay asks and I realize what had happened.
"I said that out-loud?"
"Yes, you weird-o!" Suddenly Jay's face falls and he stopped.
"What is it?" Nya asks, and I look to Ed and Edna's junkyard.
"It's quiet… My family's never quiet!" He pulls on his hood and we ran to check out what happened…
Okay. Let's do this thing!
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