It was cold, and they hadn't even hit land yet. Zane didn't seem to notice, though Cole was freezing here. It seemed to chill him all the way to the bone, even in a huge jacket that made him feel like an Eskimo.

Things weren't going any better for the others. Jay had disappeared. Again. Nya ended up yelling at Kai for a few things he said he'd do if he found the blue ninja. Really, it wasn't Jay's fault.

Their eyes were a bright purple, both the snake's and the ninja's. The only difference was, March only had a purple tint to his blood-red eyes while Jay's entire iris was purple.

March had his mind, but only some control over his actions. Cody wasn't about to take any chances with Jay, though, so he couldn't even think. I know he doesn't like me that much, but this? March thought, remembering what happened only a minute ago.

"We're gonna do what an entire army of warrior purebloods never could! Why aren't you excited?"

"Maybe I don't wanna hurt anymore people. And they all went missssing! What if the ninja killed all of them?" he said, glancing over at Jay.

"Remember our conversation yesterday? Well, I'm serious now: Get off the dang fence, and you better come down on my side! Don't make me do things I'll regret."

March's eyes widened as he realized what he was talking about. "You wouldn't!"

"Who's to say I haven't already?"

March's eyes went completely purple and all the emotion drained from his face. Only a moment later Cody realized he needed March. As much as he hated to admit it, March was smarter than him. He relaxed his control a bit, and anger immediately trickled into the snake's face.

March gritted his teeth and spat, "You liar! You big, fuc-"

"You shouldn't say words like that in front of children," Cody interrupted, laughing.

Forcing himself to calm down some, March asked, "Is this about the bug?"

Cody didn't reply.

"You do remember you said you'd never-"

"My fingers were crossed," Cody said calmly.

(Switch)

"It would be nice if we had a better description of this plant," Zane commented as the two ninja stepped off the small boat they had rented. "A petal number would be helpful."

Cole nodded. "How do we tell a white flower from the snow?"

"The stem would not be white. Look for something green."

Cole spotted something, but it wasn't green. It was gold (which was why it caught his eye), as well as too big to be what they were looking for anyway, and... moving?

"What the heck is that?" the earth ninja said, pointing at the thing in the distance.

Zane squinted at it. "That is a Dwarf Shrub."

"A what?"

"A Dwarf Shrub," the ice ninja repeated. "It would be wise to avoid it."

Cole had a feeling he wouldn't like the answer if he asked why.

"This place is huge. It could take forever to find it."

"Do not say that. We've only been here 4 minutes and 26 seconds; we still have the better part of 6 days."

"That's less than a week."

[A/n: I put switch because the line break wasn't working right. Also, ABCSonicKirbyWarrior, thank you for reviewing every chapter so far!]