I'm glad that you've deemed this fic worthy of your returning! This chapter was fun to write.

Cole: For those who've read the original version, you'll notice that it's all different, but slightly the same. It will have the same outcome at least.

Pearl: But the other fic didn't even get halfway through the first season! So this rewrite will obviously get through everything eventually!

Anyways, read on!

Previously, on Masters of Spinjitzu . . .

We were silent again for a moment, until I looked him in the eye and added in a sincere voice, "Seriously though, if Felix were a regular contractor, carpenter guy, I guarantee you, he would not be able to fix the damage that I do as quickly."

Cole burst into peals of laughter with me, and I couldn't help but think how much I enjoyed his company.

Cole POV

The roof became our regular spot to hang out. We would talk and laugh, but we also used it to practice sparring, as it gave an interesting aspect. Today, Pearl and I sat together on the roof, just sitting and watching the clouds.

"That one looks like a duck," Pearl said suddenly, pointing to a rather duck-like cloud.

I laughed. "I can see that! And look, there's a hand!"

"And a dragon!"

"Where?!" I cried, nearly falling off of the roof in fright. I hid behind Pearl and she looked at me strangely.

"Cole . . . I was talking about the cloud. Are you . . . Are you afraid of dragons?" she asked tentatively, turning to face me.

I felt my face heat up and I nodded. I couldn't embarrass myself anymore than I had already anyways.

"Cole, that's nothing to be ashamed of," she said kindly.

"But it's just so stupid," I sighed, voicing my worries. "I mean, it's not like I'll ever see one on real life, and yet if I see a picture of one or something, I freak out!"

"Well, fear is almost never logical," Pearl said wisely. "But it's valid, because you're afraid of it, making it a real fear. If it makes you feel any better, I'm afraid of fire."

I smiled softly. "Thanks."

"You're welcome," Pearl grinned. But her grin faded in a second as she squinted at the courtyard below and asked, "Who's that?"

I turned to face the courtyard and saw that Sensei had returned, but he had returned with an Asian boy who I had never seen before. His brown hair was a complete mess and he seemed to be irritated about something.

Pearl and I watched as the boy and Sensei argued over something, then Sensei demanded the boy went through the course before Sensei finished his tea, just as we all had. But the boy simply stared in disbelief as Sensei made a cup of tea and finished it right then and there. Sensei told the boy he had failed and he would try again the next day.

As the boy continued to stare in disbelief at Sensei Wu, Pearl and I were still up on the roof, trying to stifle our laughter. If he was going to be training to be a ninja too, he was failing.

Pearl POV

Sensei had gathered us in the courtyard the next afternoon, but the mysterious new boy was nowhere in sight. Cole and I exchanged glances, but didn't comment on it because we probably weren't supposed to see him at all.

"Now it is time for your weapons training," Sensei said, passing each person a unique weapon. "For Jay, nunchaku, or nunchucks. For Zane, shurikens, for Cole, a scythe, and for Pearl, a pair of butterfly swords."

"Awesome! How'd you know I loved these?" I exclaimed in excitement, flipping the swords in the air and catching them.

"What are butterfly swords, exactly?" Cole asked.

"A butterfly sword is a short dāo, or single-edged blade. The blade of a butterfly sword is roughly as long as a human forearm, which allows for easy concealment inside loose sleeves or boots, and allows greater maneuverability when spinning and rotating during close-quarters fighting. Butterfly swords are usually wielded in pairs. A pair of swords will often be carried side by side within the same scabbard, so as to give the appearance of a single weapon," I explained rapidly. Everyone stared at me blankly and I shrugged. "Wikipedia."

That earned some laughter. Even Sensei chuckled!

"Now, you will train in pairs. Zane and Jay will train over there, and Pearl and Cole over here," Sensei instructed.

I looked at Cole and grinned. Face off against him? Cool. This would be challenging and fun. So far I hadn't beaten him in any hand to hand combat. But, I thought as I glanced down at my butterfly swords, maybe this would even the odds.

We bowed to each other and the sparring begun. We circled, weapons in hand defensively. But I was pretty tricky, if I did say so myself.

I made a face at him, causing Cole to suppress a laugh. This granted me the opportunity to pounce, flinging one of my swords at him. He dodged quickly, causing the sword to get stuck in the wall behind him.

"So that's the way you wanna play it? I can play that game too," Cole laughed, giving me a mischievous grin.

He reached towards me, and I dodged to the right. But I wasn't fast enough and he pulled out one of my hair ties, causing my hair to fall in my face. I tripped over my own feet and he placed his scythe at my neck.

I pushed my hair from my face and smiled at him. "Smart move," I complimented. "But next time I'll get you."

"I look forward to it," he said with a smirk, outstretching his hand towards me. I took it graciously, allowing him to yank me to my feet.

I grabbed my hair tie from him and tied my hair back in a pigtail again. "Yep, there is a reason I keep my hair tied up."

He laughed, making me smile. I loved the sound of his laughter.

Zane POV

About a week after our first weapons training, Sensei Wu came to us with our first mission.

"I need you to dispose of a student who has also been living here. I've made sure that he doesn't know any of you are here as well," Sensei said.

"WE HAVE TO KILL SOMEONE?!" Jay cried, causing everyone to shush him.

"No, you will not be killing anyone," Sensei clarified sharply. "You will simply get him out of the monastery."

"Oh, phew. Hehe, I knew that," Jay laughed nervously.

"Why must we force him to leave, Sensei?" I asked. "Does he pose a threat?"

"You'll see," Sensei replied cryptically, walking away calmly.

We exchanged looks. If we didn't know anything about this boy, and we didn't know why we had to get him to leave, then we would be jumping in unprepared. Who knows what would happen.

"Do you think he's a ninja too?" Cole asked.

"Yeah, he must be a good one too, I haven't seen him all week!" Jay said with a laugh. Pearl and Cole laughed weakly, but I just stared.

"It's alright, Zane, that was a really bad joke anyways," Pearl reassured me, patting my shoulder.

I sighed anyways. It seemed that my friends and I had completely different senses of humour, as in I had no humour at all.

Jay POV

That evening, we suited up into our gi and met in the rafters above the boy's room. We had our weapons in hand, ready to jump down and attack him once he entered.

"He's here," I muttered, pointing my nunchuck towards a spiky haired boy dressed in red pajamas. He had just come in and started to brush his teeth. Well, I use the term 'brushing' loosely, as at the moment he was pretending that the toothbrush was a sword and swinging it around.

"Alright, let's roll, guys!" Cole exclaimed in a whispered, pulling his mask on. Pearl shot him a glare and he quickly amended, "And girl," before we all hopped down silently into the room.

"Oh yeah?! Well take this!" the boy was saying as we slunk into positions to surround him. "And this!" He spun around, his gaze just barely missing me. "And this!" He turned to face Cole, toothbrush in hand. I almost snickered when we realized that he was surrounded. "Oops . . ."

I guess we were kind of thinking that it would be simple to defeat him, because he completely caught us off guard by shoving his toothbrush into Zane's mouth. Zane spit it out quickly, unfortunately spitting it out at me. It bounced off of my head and ended up down the back of Cole's gi.

Pearl, the only one who seemed to have her head on her shoulders, did a quick facepalm, then pulled the toothbrush from Cole's back and was following the boy up into the rafters before the rest of us even had time to think.

"Ugh, come on, guys," Cole ordered, and so we hopped up into the ceiling to find Pearl and the mystery boy fighting.

I was surprised to see that he was actually holding up alright. Well, until Zane decided to help Pearl out and jump over to kick the boy. He noticed Zane coming and sidestepped, causing Zane to crash into Pearl and both of them were back on the floor of the room.

The boy laughed at the scene — until Cole kicked him right through the roof. He flew through the air and into the courtyard, with Cole and I in hot pursuit through the hole he had left in the ceiling. Zane and Pearl came to stand with us as well, and we stood, holding our weapons menacingly, in front of the boy.

The boy gulped, but then slammed his fist against the button that made the training course pop up. I had to credit him, he was a quick thinker. The sudden appearance of the training course caught all of us off guard (again!) and the obstacles knocked us over.

Pearl was up the quickest, obviously annoyed as she pounced onto the boy, her butterfly sword making an X at his neck. He managed to wrestle her off, but just as he had, us three boys dogpiled him.

It seemed like we had won the fight when Sensei Wu came out into the courtyard, yelling, "Stop!"

Right, he probably wasn't too happy that ninjas woke him up. I guess we weren't too stealthy yet.

But we climbed off of the boy, standing next to Pearl and bowing respectively. "Yes Sensei."

"Wait a minute! They're your students too?" the boy cried, jumping to his feet and standing with his arms crossed.

Wait, what? He was Sensei's student as well?

I hope that you liked this new chapter, it was fun to write! Anyways, I'd be forever delighted if you'd be so kind as to leave a nice review for me! Thanks, and keep an eye out for the next chapter!