Sorry this took so long to upload. School stuff is so annoying. I mean-we're being deprived of enjoying our young lives and then the government comes down and decides to take that limited, precious time away. Totally unfair.

So, here's the next chapter. Plus a warning: Cole and Nya moment and a cuss word.

The smell of food called to all as everyone made their way to the dining room, the first being Cole. The food was set along with everyone but her brother when Nya arrived, taking her seat across from the Earth Master. Jay sat beside him to his left. Misako sat to her right. Sensei Wu took the head of the table Lloyd in the other with Zane to his right and an empty seat for the current fire wielder to take his seat.

Nya's heart fluttered as she faced a pouting Cole, eyes fixed hungrily and longingly at the warm expense of food that lied in the middle of the table. Mouth watering roasted chicken, steaming noodles, sweet buns of bread, a tray of carefully fixed sushi, and a mountain of mashed potato's. Yep, Cole must be suffering. The thought made Nya giggle.

All around her, her family talked, but her hazel eyes remained on the black clad ninja. She watched silently as he turned his head both ways before his eyes zeroed in on the food once more, licking his lips in a way that reminded Nya of a lion to a gazelle, and she honestly thought if she could be that gazelle if there was no food on the table. She shivered as an odd emotion flared within her before she pushed it down, focusing back on Cole.

A hand was reaching towards the buns, silently inching its way to the treat before a small hit on his knuckles snapped Cole's attention to across the table, catching Nya's smirk as she held her pair of chop sticks.

"Ah-ah-ah," Nya chided, shaking her finger from side to side. She smiled genuinely at him. "No eating before anyone else." She giggled behind her hand as a pout set itself on Cole's lips. For a guy with hard skin and manly, gorgeous feature's Cole certainly knew how to pull of a pout.

"Just let me eat, woman!" he exclaimed in an exasperated tone, loud enough for both of them to hear.

Nya composed herself together. She shook her head playfully. "No, you have to wait. Like a mountain, have patience."

Cole groaned, slumping back on his chair dramatically. "But then I'll die of starvation! And Zane said he had cake! So I want to finish so I can be the first to try it!"

"We still have to wait for Kai."

Cole dropped his head back before calling out. "KAI! GET YOUR FAT ASS DOWN HERE BEFORE I DRAG IT MYSELF!"

The younger generation erupted in laughter, as to the older adults frowning and shaking their heads.

The quiet steady thumps of ninja footsteps arrived along with the last remaining ninja. Kai was smirking as he sat beside Lloyd, turning his head to Cole. "Who are you calling fat?" he playfully asked, poking Cole's stomach. "I'M not fat." Cole smacked it away. For emphasis, Nya was gifted with Cole rolling his shirt up, showing off his obvious six-pack. The room seemed to grow hot as she stared.

"As you can see, I've got a lot more going on than you!" he added, rolling his shirt back down. He turned to the food, eyes predatorial as he exclaimed "Finally!" before reaching for the noodles. Another smack on the back of his hand stopped him. He faked an angry pout at Nya. "What do you want from me, woman!?"

"Ladies first," was Nya's smug answer as she helped herself to the food. She laughed as Cole's mouth dropped.

All to fast to see (unless you were a ninja) Cole had taken his napkins and evenly distributed them on his chest, were two small bumps lied were his nipples were. "I'm a lady too!" he called. Once more the residents of the family laughed at his antics.

In the midst of it all, Nya caught at Cole's eyes, seeing a twinkle in them as he openly laughed along with their family. A twinkle that was similar like Jay's but one that she doesn't see from the black ninja. And that twinkle made her heart skip a beat.