Well here we go Chapter Nine enjoy it.
Chapter Nine "Meeting Joey"
Hunter sat on one of the many large boulders that were laid around the small pool of water that held the waterfall that server as the gateway to the Wind Ninja Academy. He sat enjoying the peace that this place held watching the waterfall till a person stepped out. It was Sarah, she was dressed in a light blue hip huger jeans and a light pink tank top. Slowly she walked toward him on the surface on the water.
"I all ways fell like I'm going to fall in" she said as she arrived safely on dry land. She looked over at him he was dressed in jeans and a crimson t-shirt.
He rose and she walked up to him. "How are we getting there, it's almost one" she said checking her watch.
He gave a quick look around and whispered "We Ninja streak, there's a clearing on the far side of the park that no one ever goes to will just streak there and simply walk in like nothings happened"
She stared at him then she decided; "How bout we make it a race" she said giving him an smile "Looser byes ice cream for the three of us"
"Try and keep up" he said giving her a cocky smile.
"ONE"
"TWO"
"THREE"
On three they both streaked of into the trees and off toward the park.
"Come on" Hunter said direction Sarah toward the fountain. "Joey's waiting by the benches. When they reached the fountain Sarah saw a few people. On the far end of the benches there was a girl about 15 or 16 with blond hair in a purple shirt and jeans. She was reading a book with an amused look on her face.
In the middle of the row there was a 12-year-old girl with a blue shirt with the words MOTOCROSS on it. She was sitting with her head back looking up at the sky. And on the end there was a little boy feeding the pidgins, this had to be the one he was the only boy of the group.
They started to walk toward him but to Sarah's surprise they passed him up and walked up to the girl in the blue shirt. As they approached they heard music coming from the headphones that they could now see.
"Hey", Sarah said as they approached her, "I know this song" yes she did it was her Avril Lavigne song, "My happy ending".
The girl, hearing a voice over her music opened one eye to see two people standing over her. She stared up at the two and saw one she recognized, Hunter. But who was the girl with him. She looked her over, she was wearing a pink shirt with jeans with light brown hair with blond highlight that was braided on both of the sides then wrapped around her head and tied in the back.
That's cool she thought, she rarely braded her hair, in fact she hated to, but that was cool it looked like a headband. She pulled off her headphones and sat up strait and cleared her through. The two looked down "Hi, Hunter who's your friend" she asked him.
"Hey Joey," Hunter said as she jumped and hugged him. "This is Sarah a friend of mine." He said as she let go and shook Sarah's hand "Hi, Joey nice to meet you, tell me do you like ice cream"
"Yea, why" Joey asked her. Sarah gave her a small smile and replied "cause Hunter promised that he'd buy us girls some ice cream" as soon as she said this Joey gave a squeal of delight and grabbed her hand and dragged Sarah to the ice cream store with Hunter wondering why he got stuck paying the bill.
Hunter's POV
"20 buck for Ice cream..... errrr I starting to think it was a bad Idea to put those two together. " He muttered to him self as he watched as Sarah was braiding Joey's hair like hers under one of the huge trees that lined the park.
But they do get along so well, I mean Joey hasn't warmed up to anyone since me. He thought Joey didn't even get mad when Sarah asked how she got the name Joey.
Her real name is Josephine but he had gotten in to the habit of calling her Joey and the name stuck. Oh no, there coming over here with smile on there face, better run.
With the girls
"So were did you learn to do this" Joey asked Sarah who was sitting behind her braiding her hair.
"I learned it from a female pro surfer back home in Australia, It keeps the hair out of our eyes," Sarah explained. "And it also looks good." She added as she pulled Joey's hair back and started to braid it.
"So you used to live in Australia." The 12 year old asked.
"Yea, me and my brother did up till about three month's ago." Sarah said as she joined the two braids and start to braid them as one.
"So why did you move" Joey asked her. She felt Sarah stop.
"Sarah" Joey asked but there was no respond. "Sarah what's wrong" Joey asked.
"Well we moved here after our parents die, mostly to get our minds off of it then we met Hunter and the others and decided to stay. Sarah said sorrowfully.
"I know how it feels to loose a parent" Joey said in a gloomy voice. This caused Sarah to turn Joey around and look at her. She saw the pain that came form loosening a parent. It was the same look she saw in Blake and Hunters eyes the same one in her brother's and most likely the same one in her own. The look of emptiness that show through.
Sarah brought her in to a hug. "Does it ever stop hurting, Sarah" Joey asked her. Sarah stared strait in to her eyes and said, "NO it doesn't, but it gets easer"
"It Does, cause of the people left that care abut you, Like my brother, I went through a bad time and my brother pulled be out of it." Sarah told her "just know that I'll be here for you if you ever want to talk and I know Hunter is the same way, we'll be here for you"
"Thanks" Joey said giving her a small smile as Sarah rose. Come on I think if we work charm on Hunter he'll buy us lunch." Sarah said as they both giggled and started to walk over toward Hunter.
"You don't really seem Hunter's type" Joey said as they saw him start to bolt. He knew they were about to ask him for something.
"That's cause I not, I falling for someone else, Hunter's more like an older brother. But what about you, your not what I expected" she said starting to run after him.
After about ten minute's they caught him and had him in there grip walking toward the nearest burger joint.
But before they had made it out of the park an explosion that sent him flying to the ground.
"I'm back" a dark and familiar voice said it was Cuterser.
Well guys I've got to think you for all the reviews and wait for the next installment of The Storms of lighting
Sarah must take on Cuterser all on her own to save her new little friend.