Nya perched on the rock, eyes closed, trying to reverse the flow a water dripping off a rock into the pond.

Ronin watched nearby, knowing that she had been at this for a while.

"Reverse the flow." Nya chanted, "Become the water ninja, be one with the water."

Nya sighed, opening her eyes.

"Giving up already?" Ronin asked, walking by with a bucket of water.

"Of course not," Nya replied.

"Sensei thinks if I get over my fear of failure, I'll be able to control the water. Sure I made it rain when I wasn't even paying attention but, here I can't seem to stop a single drop." Nya ranted.

"To know about failure, you should have asked me." Ronin said, "Heck, I made a career out of it. Word of advice, don't try so hard. You can't fail if you don't care."

"Don't try!?" Nya said, "What sort of backward advice is that? Of course, I am going to try hard, that is how I excel!"

"Speaking of backward," Ronin said, pointing behind Nya.

The drops of water were pulling out of the surface of the water and sliding back up the rock.

"Oh my gosh!" Nya said excitedly, "I'm doing it! I'm really doing it!"

"Like I said, don't care so much. Usually, when someone wants something too badly, they'll trip over their own feet." Ronin said, turning and scrubbing R.E.X. down.

Nya turned back to the water drops, excitedly watching them fly back up the rock.

Ronin whistled, dipping that sponge back into the bucket.

"Ronin." Ronin heard a voice, whisper in his head.

He froze, dropping the brush back into the soapy water.


"Can he hear you?" Morro asked Bansha.

"Oh, he can hear me," Bansha replied.

"Tell him it's time to pay his debt," Morro said, frustrated that he had to resort to this. "Tell him to bring me the sword."

"Bring me the sword," Ronin heard one of Morro's ghost hiss in his head, "In exchange for your cursed soul."

The ghosts remained quiet as Bansha sent through Morro's request.

"Ok, it's done. Morro accepted the deal." Bansha said.

"We're totally going to double cross him right?" Soul Archer asked, looking at Morro.

"Of course! What kind of question if that?!" Morro asked, "I am going to use Ronin to capture the ninja whether he likes it or not."

"What will you do once you capture them? Will you possess Lloyd and head to the tomb?" Bansha asked, wondering about their next step.

"Lloyd? What? I need Zane, I'm completely useless without him." Morro scowled looking at his transparent hands.

Soul Archer looked at Bansha with a worried glance.

"Master," Soul Archer said, "Might I suggest that you are becoming too reliant on the Nindroid?"

"What?! No! I am the greatest elemental master of all time! I am not reliant on anything!" Morro justified, "Just having Zane is an asset. His many features have proved most useful to me."

"Are you sure?" Bansha pushed.

"Are you sure you want to keep questioning me?" Morro threatened.

"No master." Bansha murmured.

"Good, don't question me on this ever again," Morro said.