Zane took the Shurikens from Ember.
"You place a lot of faith in your instincts don't you?" he asked. Ember looked him in the eye
"My instincts helped me survive ten years. I follow my instincts and gut feelings. I often act on an impulse. What has killed many kept me alive." Ember turned away "I trust what keeps me alive and free. Next question?"
"No, just not many have instincts like you." Ember shrugged
"I spent ten years learning to survive. When you do that you end up with sharp senses and instincts"
"Yet it is only know you fight back?"
"What do you mean?"
"You have spent ten years learning to survive, learning to fight. Yet it is only when you have something to gain that you fight back. Why now? Why not before?" Ember sighed
"I haven't fought back before because" She sighed "Because before there was nothing to fight for. No one to rule once Pythor fell. In my eyes it was pointless. Who would listen to me? Who would follow me? In the end what good could one girl do? I'd have been leading all those people to their deaths. I couldn't see a reason to fight. To me it seemed smarter to wait. Wait until I could face him. Now I realise that it is time to fight."
"You have grown wise Ember" Ember turned around, Wu stood in the doorway with Kai, Nya and Jay. "I see you have found the fourth ninja"
"Wait ninja? Who are ninja?" Kai asked
"You, Jay, Cole and Zane are the ninja Kai." Ember stated
"How do you know that?" Cole asked
"You hold the golden weapons don't you?"
"Which you gave us!" Jay pointed
"Think about it Jay. When I stole the nunchucks YOU got arrested. I was seen. The guards knew that a girl stole the weapon yet they arrested a boy. Why?"
"Yeah and when the scythe and shurikens got stolen Pythor was going on about it 'happening again' and how he had to 'find them all'" Lloyd added
"Okay I can understand why you'd give us the weapons but NINJA? Seriously they're just a myth." Jay pointed out
"Yeah, according to Pythor" Cole argued "We all know that Pythor would get rid of anything that could overthrow him"
"How come the boys get to be Ninja but we don't?" Jade asked
"Yeah, it's not like we can't fight" Nya joined in
"This is not your fight girls. This fight is for the boys only" Wu stated
"So after all I did to get the weapons I shoved to one side. How nice"
"Your time will come but not today"
"Why not today?" Jade argued
"The prophecy speaks of boys not girls. The first four ninja are boys."
"What prophecy?" Nya asked
"It is an ancient prophecy which speaks of the red ninja of fire, the black ninja of earth, the white ninja of ice and the blue ninja of lightning."
"Ok so who is who?" Cole asked
"Zane, wielder of the shurikens, is the white ninja, master of ice."
"How can I be master Ice. Nature is a force that cannot be controlled"
"Kai, wielder of the sword, is the red ninja, master of fire"
"Fire? Nice"
"Jay, wielder of the nunchucks, is the blue ninja, master of lightning"
"Okay. How?"
"Cole, wielder of the scythe, is the black ninja, master of earth"
"Earth powers? Sweet"
"What do we get?" Ember gestured to herself, Jade, Nya and Lloyd
"Your time will come. Patience-"
"-Is a virtue. I know"
"Now we must teach you four to fight. We have about a week before Pythor finds us."
The next few days were spent training. Though Ember wasn't a ninja she still joined in. Using the excuse "The boys need a challenge". Unfortunately for them Ember had a habit of darting of into the woods during a fight, forcing whoever she was sparing with to go chasing after her into the woods. Ember would always win when that happened. After a week Wu set them all a challenge. The group were split up into pairs and had to find an item Wu had hidden in the woods.
Ember and Lloyd were a pair
Jade and Jay were a pair
Nya and Kai were a pair
Cole and Zane were a pair
The other groups all had a five minute head start on Ember and Lloyd.
"Not fair! How come we have top wait?" Lloyd complained
"Quit whining Lloyd! I know this place inside out. We'll win for sure"
"How do you know? You have no idea where the item is!"
"Well duh. It's no fun if you know where it is"
"You two may set off now" Wu stated simply before walking back inside the tree house.
"Come on" Ember set off towards the edge of the woods.
"Why are we going this way?"
"Wu said it was just in the forest. That means that it's near the edge of the forest. Ergo we go to the edge of the forest"
"I really don't understand your logic Ember"
"Doesn't matter. I know where we're going that's what-" Ember froze
"What is it?" Lloyd asked as Ember crouched down behind a bush
"Palace guards. The appear to be looking for something." Ember replied whispering. Her eyes widened "Or someone!" She grabbed Lloyds hand and raced as fast as she could away from the guards.
"And where do you think you're going?" Ember stopped. A line of guards blocking her path. She didn't bother turning around. She could hear footsteps from all directions. They were surrounded!