A/N: Two updates in one day. I hope you'll accept this apology.

On another note, this one-shot takes place pre-Child's Play.

"Breakfast!" Alicia called. The boys stampeded into the dining room faster than a herd of horses. Of course poor Lloyd was in the back of the pack.

But you never want to get in between teenage boys and food. That's just asking for trouble.

Alicia presented omelets to the gang and they all dug in. Though the Master of Wind herself waited to see the effects of…

Lloyd gagged and drowned his glass of water. "You all right?" Kai asked. "Spicy," Lloyd panted. Kai reached out with his fork to sample Lloyd's omelet. He looked surprised for a minute, then turned to Alicia. "What did you put in there, jalapenos?" he asked. Alicia only laughed.

"This has gone too far!" Lloyd yelled. "I understand that you're a prankster, but you're going too far. Alicia, I declare war. Prank war."

Everyone went quiet. Alicia was the Queen of Pranks, and it was an unspoken rule that no one challenged her to her throne.

And a prank war was doing just that.

"Challenge accepted," Alicia replied. "Though we need to set a couple of boundaries. First, there is no 'safe zone.' You can play pranks anywhere on the bounty. Second, nothing illegal. We don't want the police involved in this. They wouldn't be amused and, ninja or not, we'd get in trouble with the law." Lloyd nodded in agreement. "Then let the Great Ninja Prank War commence!" Alicia exclaimed.

The first couple of days, nothing happened, and the ninja thought the two had dropped the whole thing. Boy were they wrong.

They knew the two were at it when Jay triggered a tripwire and got him and Cole stuck in a net. It was at that moment Lloyd walked in and apologized, saying he meant to catch Alicia.

Things only snowballed from there.

Wu got a bucket of glue meant for Lloyd. Zane slipped on a bar of soap meant for Alicia. Kai got a bag of flour dumped on his head that was meant for Lloyd. Nya screamed when a bucket of mud meant for Alicia fell on her head.

"THIS HAS GONE TOO FAR!" Jay roared when he and Cole got stuck in another net, this time made from rolled-up tubes of flypaper. "We definitely need to something before the Bounty becomes an all-out war zone," Zane agreed. "So what do we do?" Kai asked. "Prank them?"

"Kai's right," Nya sighed. "We really can't do much right now. Not unless we want to challenge Alicia's throne." It felt weird saying it out loud, but she was right. They really couldn't prank them. None of them were pranksters, for one thing.

"So what do we do?" Cole asked as he struggled to get the net off of himself (Jay was already free).

Jay suddenly got an idea. An Alicia idea. "What if we were to trigger all their pranks before they hit each other," he suggested. "Once they find out that their not hitting each other's traps, they'll figure we got involved someway…"

"And will get the message that we don't like their pranks," Kai finished. "Brilliant!" "Will it work, though?" Nya asked. "I mean, if they find out, they'll probably team up to catch the culprits." No one wanted to admit it, but the samurai had a point. "They'll get the message either way," Jay pointed. "Fine," Nya sighed. "But if they get mad, I'm blaming you."

So Jay's plan was put into action. They found and set off most of the pranks meant for the Wind and not-quite-yet Green Ninjas. Though Nya's prediction came true as well.

True to her word, when the pranksters got mad, she blamed Jay for coming up with the idea.

The ninja stayed out of the way and the Lightning Ninja got bombarded with pranks left, right, and center.

"So, did we ever find out who won the Great Ninja Prank War?" Nya asked. "Frankly, I don't care at this point," Kai replied. "They aren't turning the Bounty into a war zone, Jay's actually been quiet, and I don't remember a time since I became a ninja when I didn't worry about falling victim to one of Alicia's pranks."

All the others agreed.

A/N: So Lloyd and Alicia are really getting at poor Jay, and the ninja can finally relax. That meaning they aren't worried about Alicia's pranks for once.