And now for the last chapter! Hopefully with the part you've all been looking :)

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Jay wasn't surprised in the slightest to find Cole wasn't in his workshop as agreed, but still in his comfy chair, dozing, head slumped to the side.

It was a shame to wake him, but it needed to be done, Jay reached out and gently shook Coles shoulder.

"Cole? Hey buddy."

"Mmm.."

"Cole, come on, wake up."

"Idunwana.." Cole dug his face further into the chair in protest.

"Come on dude, remember I said I was gonna help ya?"

"Mm..wha?" Cole blinked up at Jay, still clearly exhausted.

Jay smiled sympathetically. "Come on, lemme help you up." Cole winced at having to be pulled out of his comfy position. Jay gently held his arm as Cole slowly stood up, but couldn't help have a chuckle to himself at being reminded of how similar this was to helping his dear old Dad out of a chair.

"Alright, let's take a walk first to wake you up and help loosen you up a bit, can't have you falling asleep while I'm working on you." Jay led Cole slowly out into the garden and training grounds around the outside of the temple, hoping the fresh air would help wake up his friend.

Inevitably they walked past Lloyd and Kai. To Jays utter amusement the tables had somehow turned and Kai was on the ground on his stomach, Lloyd sitting on his back pinning him down, and had both of Kai's legs bent towards him in a head-lock and was scratching his fingers all over the soles of Kai's feet. Lloyd had an evil grin on his face, he was clearly out for revenge from earlier.

And he was loving every second of it.

Kai was in tears with laughter, his fists pounding the ground as Lloyd continued tickling his feet, showing no mercy. Kai tried with all his might to squirm away, roll over, shake Lloyd off somehow, but Lloyd was having none of it, determined to keep his prisoner for as long as possible. Kai had a rather loud, macho-ish laugh, like he was trying to hold onto as much of his dignity as possible while in a very non-macho situation.

Cole looked utterly bemused at the scene before him, whereas Jay found it endearing. Luckily being so preoccupied neither had spotted the two friends walking past, which was good as Jay didn't want to invite questions.


After several more minutes of walking around the temple, and, judging by the way Cole was now almost sprinting ahead by himself without Jay needing to hold him up, Jay seemed satisfied that Cole was fully awake and ready for his therapy.

And so Jay led Cole into his workshop.

"Alright Cole, shirt off and take a seat." Jay demanded, pulling over a small stool for him to sit on.

Still feeling rather uncomfortable, Cole complied and slipped off his hoodie and shirt, revealing his ripped chest.

And promptly sat on the small stool, feeling stiff as a board.

Jay could almost see the tension oozing out of him as he walked up behind him. "You need to relax Cole. If it helps, no-one else knows about this, I've made sure we won't be disturbed, and I promise I know what I'm doing, you don't need to look so nervous."

"I'm sorry Jay I've just…never had this done before." Cole replied a little sheepishly, head down out of embarrassment.

Jay held one hand to his heart and the other straight in the air, a sign of a solemn oath. "Don't worry, I promise it'll help. And who knows? You might actually like it and finally learn to relax for a change. You don't wanna keep being known as the up-tight "party-pooper" right?" Of course Jay would try to lighten the mood with humour, but truth be told Cole just…. didn't know what to expect.

"Well no but-"

"No more buts! This needs done! So, let's start with.." Jay gently placed his hands on Cole's shoulders, only for Cole to immediately recoil.

"I'm sorry! Did I hurt you?" Jay immediately retracted his hands.

"No-no I just…sorry, I guess it just kind of startled me." Cole looked away as he finished talking, feeling silly reacting the way he did.

Breathing a sigh of relief, Jay tried again. "Alright, I'm going to place my hands on your shoulders Cole and see what I'm dealing with, how many knots and stuff you have going on here, okay?" Hopefully warning him this time wouldn't startle him.

"Yeah…go ahead." Came the nervous, almost whispered reply.

This time Jay successfully managed to put his hands on Coles shoulders. To avoid startling Cole again, he took it deliberately slow and gentle to feel around for knots.

But barely got to his neck when Cole stiffened up again.

Jay removed his hands again. "Cole? What's the problem? Is something wrong?" Jay asked, worry now entering his voice as he realised Cole wouldn't turn to look at him.

"It's…it's nothing. Maybe..maybe this wasn't such a good idea." Cole slumped forward a little more, clearly annoyed his embarrassment got the better of him.

"It's only me Cole. You know I'm not going to hurt you." Jay was beginning to sound rather hurt.

"I know you wouldn't Jay, I know you'd never hurt me on purpose."

"Then what's the problem? Please Cole. I only wanna help you, you're clearly in need of it." Jay patted Cole on the shoulder for emphasis.

Cole sighed. He may as well tell Jay the real reason.

"Alright fine. It's just that I can't…I can't get it out of my head that you're not an enemy with his hands around my neck."

"But..you know I'm not. It's only the two of us here."

"I know I know, but, because I can't see you, the moment you put your hands on me my fighting senses kick in and it feels like an enemy trying to attack me from behind."

Jay could understand now he thought about it. They all had such finely tuned reflexes. It reminded Jay of the time Dareth sneaked up behind him, a mere touch to his arm and Jay immediately threw him over his shoulder, mistaking him for an enemy trying to grab him.

But if not seeing him was the problem, what could he do? He needed to stay behind him for the massage to be effective.

"Well how about if I sing? That way you'll be constantly assured that it's me and not an enemy."

"I thought the point was to relax, not kill me slowly." He couldn't help himself with that one, knowing how bad a singer Jay was.

"Hey it was only a suggestion! No need to be rude." Came Jays now mock-hurt reply.

"Sorry Jay, I guess this isn't gonna work out after all." Cole moved to stand up, but Jay gently pushed him back down again.

"Hang on Cole." Jay really wanted to help, he didn't want to leave Cole feeling this way. "How about if I just keep talking then? But I'll talk softly, merely a whisper. You'll barely know I'm here. Although…you will know I'm here 'cause that's kind of the point." Jay trailed off sheepishly, hand rubbing the back of his head.

Cole had to admire him, clearly Jay really wanted to help, and he couldn't deny him that.

"You know, that might be alright after all. Alright Jay, I'm all yours." Cole leaned back again, ready for whatever Jay wanted to try.

This time Cole allowed Jay to put his hands on his shoulders and gently feel around for how bad he was. All the while gently explaining what he was doing, and mumbling to himself whenever he found tight areas.

But man did he find a lot of tight spots.

"Geez Cole, you are bad. No wonder you're in pain! This is gonna take a bit of work man." Jay stopped briefly to roll up the sleeves of his blue hoodie to continue.

"Is it really that bad?" Cole craned his neck to look back at Jay.

"Let me put it another way, It's like your back is the *How-to* of knot-tying."

"Is it going to take a while?"

"No no, it's just gonna take more pressure than I thought. But please let me know if it hurts at any point."

"Of course."

As Jay continued massaging his shoulders, mumbling to himself while doing so, Cole had to admit the pressure from Jays hands felt good. It was a dull pain, but a good pain, the kind of pain you know was actually doing you good.

Cole could feel everything Jay was doing; muscles relaxing as knots came undone, tendons snapping back into place, smoothing out the various aches and pains.

Jay wasn't kidding about how bad some of it was. He'd resorted to using an elbow to really push down on his shoulders to loosen up one particularly tight muscle knot and even Cole had to let a small grunt of pain escape his lips, whether Jay had noticed or not he couldn't tell.

But soon Jay let up on his shoulders and let his hands travel down Coles back, easing the aches as he went. Cole felt rather tingly all over, while also feeling warm and fuzzy, and very much relaxed. He couldn't help but let out a pleasurable sigh as Jay started rubbing small circles into his lower back. He even allowed himself to relax fully and let his chin fall to his chest, allowing Jay full access. Not failing to notice Jay had actually stopped talking in favour of concentrating, and Cole found he didn't mind in the slightest. Either Cole had actually gotten over his fear from earlier and could fully trust that it was Jay behind him…or he was too far gone in pure tranquillity to care.

Done with his back, Jay now travelled to Cole's neck, pinching and pressing on certain areas to ease any stiffness, while always being mindful to avoid pressing down on his spine.

Much to Jays amusement, he discovered whenever his fingers lightly brushed the base of Coles neck, it caused him to jerk a little and let out a small giggle. Jay deliberately did this a couple more times just to see Coles reaction, very amused at the idea of his incredibly strong and sometimes stoic friend having a sensitive and rather ticklish neck, before mumbling an amused "sorry" and continuing properly.

Cole could've happily sat there forever. Never before imagining just how good this would feel. Eyes closed, smile on his face, utterly relaxed as ever.

All too soon however, Jay finished up. A quick final rub down over his shoulders and back, before stepping back, patting Coles shoulder while declaring he was all done.

Cole didn't react whatsoever.

With no reaction, Jay peeked to the side to look at Coles face, about to repeat himself thinking Cole hadn't heard..

..and couldn't help but smile warmly at the sight of Coles face, he almost looked in a blissful sleep.

"Hey Cole, you're all done." Jay whispered, tenderly brushing Cole's hair from his eyes.

Cole blinked several times, having been snapped out of his reverie; he looked up at Jay with the face of a kicked puppy.

"Aww it's over already?"

Jay chuckled, "Yeah buddy, how do you feel now?"

Cole reluctantly stood up, and slowly stretched, testing his back and shoulders.

And happily discovered the pain from before was all but gone, he felt like a new ninja.

"I feel…great actually." Cole rolled his shoulders, stretched his arms a little, touched his toes a couple times, testing for stiffness, but there was none. He turned to Jay, grinning. "Man, Jay that felt incredible!"

Jay blushed furiously at the praise, looking away in embarrassment, hands behind his back.

Cole had by now put his shirt back on, and before Jay knew it, Cole had enveloped him in a tight hug, genuinely grateful for his help.

"Thank you Jay, really. I never thought that would feel as wonderful as it did."

Though startled by the sudden hug at first, Jay happily melted against Cole, and returned the hug.

Cole was always the best at hugs. They were warm, soft, and above all, they were genuine. Cole had this way of making you feel safer than you've ever been in your life, nobody ever wanted a Cole-hug to end.

Sadly Jay knew he couldn't stay there forever and gently pulled away, but kept one hand on Cole's shoulder.

"Anytime buddy, and I mean that! Don't let yourself get that bad again." Jay pointed an accusing finger at Cole, telling him off almost like a parent.

Cole chuckled. "I'll do my best."

"You bet you will. Now, I'd better make sure Lloyd and Kai haven't killed each other yet."

Both friends walked out into the gardens of the Temple.

And were met with-

"Say Uncle!"

"No!"

"Say it!"

"Never!"

Kai had wrestled Lloyd into a headlock, playfully ruffling his hair while Lloyd struggled to free himself.

"Say 'Kai is the best while Lloyd snores with the rest'!"

"Neve-wait, you're the loudest snorer of all of us!"

"Dangit Lloyd that's not what I meant!"

Jay and Cole simply chuckled at the sight.

After all: Brother sharpens Brother.


And there we have it! I sincerely hoped you all enjoyed reading :)

I admit I've been thinking of a possible bonus chapter where Cole returns the favour to Jay, think I should? I'd love to know everyone's thoughts on that ^_^

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