Hey, guys! This story is on a roll! I never thought that I would be able to post this story as fast as I have been since, what, last Friday? Anyways, I've been writing some more stories lately, so I may post them, but they never really get completed once I start them. Can't say for sure. Now, how did you guys like the last chapter? Usually, one would not post a cliffhanger one day, only to post the next chapter the next day, but Chosen is the only part of my day that I look forward to, which probably goes to you guys as well. And now, without further ado, I present to you Chapter 7!

Disclaimer: I do not own Ninjago

Chapter 7

I cannot believe this, Cole thought grouchily as he slumped down in a chair. I have to stay for an hour and a half watching Lloyd jump around. Just great.

"Alright, kids!" the instructor called. "Positions!" The kids scrambled to their assigned spots while Lloyd was standing up at the front. "This is Lloyd. And since this is his first day, don't give him a hard time if he messes something up. Okay?"

"Yes, Zane," they all replied.

"I thought you were gonna tell us how to be good fighters for today's lesson!" one of the kids called.

"Yeah!" the other kids joined in. Cole slumped further down, feeling even grouchier. Zane sighed. Lloyd perked up and became more interested.

"There are two lessons for a good warrior to know," Zane said.

"Is one of them kick butt?" the kid from earlier asked.

"That's the second lesson. The first and most important lesson is to be gentle. While at the same time, we're being tough." Zane closed his eyes, made a fist with one hand and smacked it against the palm of his other hand. He opened one eye.

"How can you be tough and gentle?" Lloyd asked.

"Yeah! I wanna be tough!" one of the girls said, punching the air in front of her with her right fist, and then her left.

"Yeah!" the other kids joined in.

"I know it does seem a little strange," Zane admitted, "but the world is full of opposites. Think of it as a scale. When both sides are even, the scale is straight. If one side has too much, that side will fall"-his right hand fell down-"and the other side will rise." His left hand rose. "You can't have one thing; you must have both. The earth and the sky are two complete opposites, yet without them we cannot survive. Is it starting to make sense now?"

"So in order for us to have one, we must have the other?" Lloyd asked. Zane nodded. His gaze flickered to Cole, back to the kids, and then back to Cole. Cole would have fallen backwards in his chair if there hadn't been a wall behind him. Zane's eyes were startlingly pale icy blue. Cole's mind immediately flickered back to the dream that he had last night. Zane gave the smallest of nods to Cole, as if he knew what he was thinking.

"Okay," Zane said, looking back at the kids. "Who can remember the routine that I taught you two weeks ago. I hope you have been practicing."

One of the girls immediately launched herself into a complicated routine that made Cole feel dizzy. The other kids backed away from her as she launched herself into the air, doing a triple flip. Zane's mouth dropped open in surprise, his eyes wide.

"You have been practicing," he said, "because no one has been able to perform it that accurately at the speed that you did. That was good." She blew some hair out of her face.

"Thanks," she said.

After that, Cole had zoned out into his own world, thinking of what he would do whenever he got back to the castle. He was probably going to go to the library and read, or ride Night, or practice using his scythe. He liked the second and third option better than the first. Thinking about what he was going to do made time speed up, because Cole was snapped back to the present and saw the other kids leaving.

"Have we met?" Cole asked suspiciously as Zane neared him.

"No, but you recognize my eyes from a dream you had last night, correct?" Zane said.

"Yes. You wouldn't happen to have a dragon tattoo on your back, would you?"

"White outlined red. You?"

"Black outlined in white. Why?"

"I know the one with the blue eyes," Zane said, "and his is blue outlined in black."

"So three have been found, but not the other two," Cole answered. "And I've got a hunch on which one of the two will be."

"Who would that be?"

"The maid of Wu's Manor, Emily."

You guys are probably screaming at me right now for posting yet another cliffhanger, the day right after I posted the first cliffhanger. You are screaming at, aren't you? Well, just calm down, guys! Don't worry; I'll get the next chapter up ASAP (which will probably be Monday, can't say for sure).

Okay. So, let's do a quick review of what happened so far, shall we?

1) Introduction of all the characters (minus Emily)

2) The tattoos plus golden weapons dream

3) Zane and Jay meet for the first time

4) Zane and Cole meet for the first time

Hey, I did say 'quick review,' didn't I? ;)

Have a happy Friday, a good day/night, and check back tomorrow, Sunday, or Monday for Chapter 8!