One more chapter, and we're done. I'd like to thank anyone who has read this story, and I hope you've enjoyed it. I hope you like this one.

Chapter VII: The End and the Beginning

"Stop!" Jay yelled as he bust through the door of the ruined house, along with everyone else.

Cayden picked up the lamp and looked at Jay.

"What are you doing here?" he asked.

"You are going to get yourself killed!" Jay yelled as he tried to grab the lamp from Cayden, but the earth ninja held on tight, and kicked Jay down.

"I'm going to make my wish, and you aren't going to stop me!" Cayden yelled before he rubbed the lamp. Orange smoke started to come out of it, causing Cayden to drop the lamp. Kiki started to cry, and Cozu and Jay couldn't even move.

"Free at last!" Nadakhan suddenly said as he came out of the lamp. He had an evil smile on his face. It got even bigger when he saw Jay. "We meet again, Junkyard, Boy," Nadakhan said flying over to him.

Jay looked at Nadakhan in surprise and horror. How could he remember him?

"I can see that you can remember me. I was honestly hoping you would," Nadakhan said in his thick accent. "I can also see that I've been in my lamp for much longer than I anticipated," he said as he floated over to Kiki and grabbed her by the throat. "Who might you be, Little Bluejay?" he asked her.

Kiki struggled to breath in the djin's grasp. She kicked her feet and grabbed Nadkhan's hand, trying to get him off of her.

"Let her go!" Cozu yelled as he tried to tackle Nadkhan.

He blocked Cozu's attack by disappearing in his puff of smoke, but he forgot Kiki. He then reappeared right behind Cayden.

Jay ran over to his daughter and helped her up before looking back at Nadkhan, and said, "Nadakhan, I wish you weren't a..."

"I wish that Chuck never killed my father!" Cayden yelled.

Nadakhan looked at the young man in surprise. He desperately wanted to twist his words but couldn't figure out how. Suddenly, he got an idea, and the malicious grin returned to his face.

"Your wish, is your to keep," Nadakhan bowed before he disappeared.

"No!" Nya screamed.

Suddenly, debris came up from the ground. Ignacia was returned to the lively village it once had been. For Alex, the room was beginning to get brighter and brighter, and she could suddenly see. She could finally see for the first time in years! She looked in front of her to see Cayden. She had never actually seen him before, but he was beautiful. He looked a little pale, though. His eyes were such a dark brown, they were almost black. He had black hair with slight curls in them, and he was almost a foot taller than her! Cayden looked at his father, Cole to see that he was no longer a ghost. He looked a lot older too, with a slight stubble and his hair was a little lighter than the last time anyone had seen him.

"Cole?" Jay asked as he looked at his best friend.

Cole groaned as he hugged Jay for the first time in so long.

Kiki looked at Cozu with a small smile before she ran up to Cayden and hugged him as hard as she could, which wasn't as hard as normal.

Once she let go, Cayden walked over to Cole and hugged him.

"Thank you," Cole told him.

Cayden just let go and smiled at him before Alex grabbed him into another hug.

"I love you," he told her. "I will always love you, and nothing will ever change that."

"I know," Alex breathed as she buried her head into her yin's shoulder.

Cayden knew what he had done, and he was happy that he had given his dad his life back. Cayden put his head onto Alex's shoulder and closed his eyes one, last time.

Twenty-three years earlier. The start of an alternative timeline.

Today could be it. Today could be the last day he ever saw his friends again, and he refused to let that happen. He had already lost to his brother once before, and he refused to let that happen again.

"Cole, there's something really important I have to tell you," Anna called to her husband as he was about to open the monastery door.

"Later, Anna. I promise," Cole said as he opened the door, but his wife immediately went in front of him to prevent him from leaving.

Cole looked at Anna in admiration. Her hazel eyes were big with surprise, delight, and...was that fear? Her hair was the shimmering red Cole always remembered and looking at her smile was soothing to him.

"I-I'm afraid I won't get another chance to say this again so I'm just going to tell you," Anna said, looking a little more nervous now.

Yeah?" Cole asked.

Anna took a deep breath before saying, "I'm pregnant."

Cole just looked at Anna for a second. For a little while he couldn't comprehend what she said. Then suddenly, it dawned on him.

"I'm going to be a father?" Cole asked a huge smile began to spread on his face.

Anna just nodded her head enthusiastically.

Cole didn't know what else to do. So he wrapped his arms around her. He couldn't believe it. He was going to be a dad.

"Should we still let him go?" Jay asked as he and the other ninja were eavesdropping from inside.

"The point of a ninja is to protect. Cole knows that," Wu said from behind the ninja.

Anna sighed as the two hugged.

"You know, you still have to fight him," she said.

"Hey," Cole said as they pulled apart. He looked at her comfortingly. "I'm not losin' to him again."

"And if you do?" Anna asked with tears in her eyes.

Cole caressed his hand on her cheek and wiped a tear away.

"You're not alone," he told her.

After a quick kiss, Cole went out of the monastery door, but it wasn't something Anna dreaded anymore. That bad feeling she had been carrying with her was finally gone, and she knew that she'd see her husband again very soon.

Cole walked on foot to the woods near Marty Oppenheimer's. It was the place Cole and his brother were to meet.

"Took you long enough," he heard as he reached the pond his brother had first attacked him at.

Cole looked up to see the familiar fangs and wolf ears of his supernatural brother. Along with the shiny, crystal necklace he always wore. He was standing on top of a giant rock near the pond.

Cole then looked at his watch, and said, "Actually, I'm right on time," Cole smiled.

"You remember the deal?" Chuck asked as he hopped from the rock. His smooth, evil voice gave Cole chills.

"You bring me to your secret hideout, we fight in your little arena, and I get my friend back," Cole replied.

"Uh, correction: You get her back if you win. If I win, I kill both of you," Chuck laughed.

"Yeah, I'm not letting that happen," Cole replied with a smile.

"We will see," Chuck replied before he ran up to his little brother and knocked him out.

Cole woke up a few hours later in a cell just outside of the arena. It was filled with dirt, and their were cells everywhere instead of stands. Apparently most of the werewolves who were watching were in cells as well. Cole looked up at the ceiling and could tell that they were in some sort of cave because there were moon crystals everywhere. He then looked down at his oddly sour leg to see that there was a vengestone ball and chain on him.

"I thought you liked a challenge," Cole told Chuck as he walked past his cell.

"I do. That's why I came to give you this," Chuck replied before he handed Cole his hammer through the bars. He then took some keys out of his pocket and unlocked Cole's cell.

Cole walked into the arena that day with hope and determination, he fought his brother and won, and he went back home with his friend safe and sound. Things were looking up for Cole, but he didn't know that his unborn son had just saved his life.

I hope you all liked the ending. I am working on a few other stories, including a background on the First Spinjitzu Master, Jay, Zane, and Cole's orgin story, and a story revolving around Cole and my OC Anna. So if you're interested in any of those please follow me and review.