Chapter 11

Oopsy, made this chapter 2500 words, double the limits I have for each chapter. Oh well, reward chapter and enjoy!

I opened my eyes slowly. Everything was all burly.

"Shhh, she's waking up!"

Is that Kai's voice? Can't be. I opened again to see 5 heads over mine.

"Morning," I heard Lloyd greeted.

"What happened?" I moaned as I sat up.

"You've been missing for a week," I heard Cole informed me.

"How long had I've been out for?"

"3 weeks, 6 days and 3.5 hours," Zane informed… Okay, a bit too much… I looked around and Sensei Wu, Lloyd, Kai, Cole and Zane were in the room.

"Where's Jay?" I croaked out. I saw them all look at each other.

"He's not be going to join for a while," Sensei told me.

"What you mean?" I asked and rubbed my eyes.

"He… quit," I heard Cole said. I went to get out of bed but Kai pushed me down.

"You still need to stay in bed," he told me.

"but I need to find jay, I need to talk to him," I pleaded tried to get out but Kai and Zane held me down.

"But Jay quit as soon as he found you," Lloyd told me.

"Why?" I asked.

"He never told us. He said something came up and he had to leave," Kai said.

"Where did he go?" I asked.

"We don't know," Cole replied. I went to get out of their grips but they held me down.

"I need to talk to Jay!" I screamed and I wiggled to get out of their grips again.

"Get the nurse, Lloyd!" I heard Wu yelled. I next saw a lady with brown hair tied in a high ponytail and deep brown eyes.

"No! I need to speak to Jay first!" I screamed. But I stopped once I felt a sharp piece of metal inserted into my left upper arm. "No…"

I felt light-headed. I felt the medicine went through my body. It felt weak, my struggles slowly decreased. My eyes started to choose themselves. "Jay…" I muttered before I became unconscious.

I next woke up to see Kai be my side.

"Hey," he said but I didn't say anything. "What's do you need to say to Jay?"

"I can't tell you," I muttered and looked away from him.

"What, you like him?"

"No," I can't tell if that's supposed to be a lie or not. Do I like Jay?

"Come on, I won't tell anyone,"

"I said no!" I almost screamed at him.

"You used to tell me secrets and your problems when we were kids, did I ever told anyone? No, did I break a promise? No,"

"Yeah but… this one isn't like the others," I croaked.

"Nya, to me you're like a little sister. It kills me to see you upset. If you really need Jay, I could try to find him for you… Do you want that?"

"Yes please… I guess the reason I need to talk to him is to say sorry about what happened between us," I replied.

"I can tell him that,"

"No, I need to say that to him in person," I sighed.

"Alright… I'll try and find him. Anything for you Nya," And he kissed me on the forehead and left. I'm fine around Kai but why not Jay? Kai's not my brother but then again… We had been together as best friends since we were babies. Wait… Do I like Jay? That's the main question. I mean… He's sweet, cute, strong, very fast, fit… I wonder if he had abs... Wait? What am I saying? Why do I want to see if he has abs? When you write or read love stories, it seems easy to recognize the character have one but me? I got no idea. Whenever I'm near Jay, my stomach would twist and dance in delight but with Kai I'm fine. Around the other guys, I sometimes blush because I don't know them well but Jay's different. I know I don't like him that way but my body does. That's love right?

Must be… I'm in love with Jay but…

"This applies with you Nya, if Jay dies, you won't be the same, you would take down the role of being the Ninja Princess and then we'll fall,"

Sensei's right, now that Jay's gone, I feel empty like I never did have a life. But you can't help falling in love with someone, it just happens, that how we go. I sighed. What can I do now? Kai really nice but I can't like him like that can I? No I can't, it's weird falling in love with your childhood friend. No, I don't like Kai in that way but I do with Jay. Great, now I'm confusing myself. Ok Nya, just calm down, all you need to do is get some fresh air.

I slowly got up from my bed and walked outside and underneath the cherry blossom tree. It was nice to take in the sweet aroma smell. Getting the spring breeze flowing into your hair. I closed my eyes and enjoyed my moment of freedom. I breathed in through my mouth and breathed out through my nose. I walked over to the tree and climbed in to the top branch and lay there… While climbing, it reminded me of Jay, he's just like a little monkey, climbing tree very fast. I smiled. But what was so important to him that he had to quit? I don't want to sound mean but isn't Ninjago's last hope more important? I closed my eyes and slowly drifted off to sleep.

Once I woke up, it was still day. I looked where the sun was positioned but not at it. Around 3 hours I've been out. I placed my hand on my hair and comb through it but it got stuck with a pink cherry blossom flower was inserted next to my ear. I took it out and saw it was fresh. I looked to the horizon and saw a little blue figure climbing away.

"Jay…" I whispered. I looked down to my laps to find a piece of paper on my laps. I opened it up and read it.

Meet me in the same spot as last time. I need to talk to you. Make sure you're alone and don't run away again.

Junsuke

I smiled and gave a small laugh. Jay is very funny as well but… Why did he used this name instead of his real one? I slowly climbed down the tree and I saw Kai entered the garden.

"Sorry Nya… I can't find him. If you want, I can look for him tomorrow," he told me.

"it's alright, I know where he is,"

"You do?"

"Yeah,"

"You want me to come?"

"No thanks, I'll be fine and I promise I won't go missing… Thanks Kai," I said and I gave him a hug and left for my room. I have to admit, Kai is like an older brother to me. Although it gets really annoying when he goes into super protective mood but now I have to get more of that since I'm a princess… Damn! I have to go back to that stupid lady and continue with my princess lessons. I groaned and fell on my bed. I still have the flower he gave me and I placed it on my dresser. The hours went pass quickly and it was night time. I dressed in something wrong and I snuck out.

"Nya, where are you going?" Damn, it's Kai!

"Umm, a bit of fresh air," Well's it not 100% lying.

"right now?"

"Yeah, It's a little bit stuffy in my room,"

"So why not crack the windows open?" he asked. Damn he's really annoying now.

"There's not enough air circulation in my room even with the windows open. Good night," I said and left. Good, he's not following. Ok… which way did jay go last time? Oh great, now I can't remember.

"Nya!" I heard a whispered. I looked in the trees to see Jay. I smiled and he held a hand out. I grabbed it and he pulled me up and onto his back and he left the tree. I snuggled my head into his back, admiring the heat that's going through it. I looked at the lights that were passing by. For some reason, I felt safe when I'm with Jay unlike before when I thought I might fall off but I got no idea if it was me or not but Jay was moving slower than last time.

"I see you're no longer scared of heights," I heard him say, his voice in the gush of wind wiping in my ear.

"I am but I feel safer this time," I replied. Once we stopped at the building, it was quiet as we were taking in the city view.

"Why did you quit?" I asked looking at him into those blue eyes.

"I thought that you didn't want to see me anymore like the last time… But I never did left. I stayed in the tree… Got spotted by Zane a couple of times but when you woke, I wanted to hear what you were going to say… if you were going to tell them what happened that night,"

"Wait you didn't tell them?" I asked. He shook his head.

"Once I heard you saying you want to talk to me and see me, I knew you still wanted to see me so I organized tonight," he said. "I'm really sorry, I shouldn't have kissed you like that. You're the princess and,"

"Just be quiet," I said and kissed him. I wrapped my arms around his neck and wrapped his around my waist but he pulled away. I frowned.

"If sensei finds out, he'll be pretty pissed," Jay said and I laughed. "I'm just glad I found you in time,"

"Yeah, thanks for saving me… Once I left, I felt so guilty… I didn't meant to slap you," I apologized.

"it's alright Princess," he said and leaned in again. "But I wonder, how did you survived for a week?"

"You won't believe it," I said and told him how I traded in my clips and stuff like that.

"Something else happened didn't it?" he asked. I didn't want to tell him about the 2 guards, I'll know he'll be really mad. "Don't worry, you can tell me," I chuckled, just like Kai but can I trust him? I haven't told anyone else yet. Then I told him about the 2 guards, his soft face turned hard. To be honest, I'm glad I haven't got pregnant.

"What did they look like? I need to track them down," he said and gritted his teeth.

"Jay, I'm fine, don't worry about it… I can't remember who or what they look like but once we go into battle, I'm sure whoever you kill would be them," I said to calm him down.

"Yeah… I guess… Ok," Wow, this is much different. Kai would go on forever but Jay let it off quickly.

"You're soooo different to Kai,"

"What? You told him?"

"No, if I tell him bad news, he would go on forever but you let it go easily, thanks," I giggled. "But will you join back into the team?"

"Sure," he said "Because we're out here and kissing and so on… does this mean this is a date?"

"I guess so," I laughed and he leaned down for another.

"Nya, I must not allow you to get into any relationships with these ninja,"

"Relationships? Jay and I are just friends… good friends,"

"Are you sure you're just friends?"

I winched a bit.

"Listen Nya, if you die and you have a serious relationship with one of them, they would never be the same…"

No don't let this ruin the moment

"This applies with you Nya, if Jay dies, you won't be the same, you would take down the role of being the Ninja Princess and then we'll fall,"

Why is life and love so hard for me?

"But if I die… that would give them something to fight for… right?" I asked.

"Once you die, we would be declared defeated. An army cannot operate without a leader to lead them. As a Ninja Princess, your role is to lead us. You also have to make plans and strategies on what we should do. You're the last one of the royal family. If you die, we can't just go and make a random person become Queen or King. Without you, all of Ninjago will fall in chaos. Nya, Love is like a rubber band held at both ends by two people. When one leaves... it hurts the other. And when I say leave, I mean die,"

I pulled away and turned around to let the tears fall. I don't want him to see it.

"Nya? Princess? What's wrong?" he asked me and placed a hand on my shoulder.

"Sensei's words," I whispered. I looked at him and he too had tears. "Sensei said to me that love is a rubber band held at both ends by two people. When one leaves, it hurts the other. When he said leave, he meant on of us killed,"

"He never said that to me… Although that's a pretty good phrase, when you let go of one end of the rubber band, it hits and smacks the other… Pretty smart," he said. I laughed and he held me close. "Nya, I'll be right by your side the whole way, once this war is over, you can go back to leading the country and we won't have to worry about the other dying but I'll tell you now, I'm willing to risk my life you save you… You promise not to get too upset or don't continue your role?"

I nodded my head. And I don't remember what happened next, I must have fallen asleep because when I woke up, I was in my bed. When I went to breakfast, everyone was there.

"Good morning," I greeted as I sat in my chair next to kai and the one next to me empty.

"I have some good news, especially to Nya," I heard Sensei Wu cleared his voice. "This morning I got a letter saying that Jay will be coming back in less an a day or 2,"

I felt myself smile. But Kai leaned over to me and whispered something to me… Something I never wanted anyone to find out.

"I saw you two last night… Sorry I follow but you know Sensei will be mad," he whispered. I sighed.

"I know…I just hope Wu doesn't find out for now…"

So what you guys think? I hope you like it and to answer some people questions, yes I got the start of the story's plot from a game called: 'Shall we date: Ninja Love" Of course, Jay's Sasuke and Zane's Kotaro, but the others I just put them as is. Now I'm starting to go away from the plot of the game and make up my own story. Anyway… Please review, had to type this with a swollen eye and got to stay home the whole day! Yay! So please review! ;)