A/N: Hello! Ok, my puppy recently decided that while I'm swinging, she needs to jump into my lap. This is not a porch swing which she can do that, it is a normal swing and I have a tendency to go up high enough that I turn upside down.

On to the Story! All Cole fans will be furious at me by the end of this chapter…

Disclaimer: I own Nothing!

Chapter Five: Hide-n-Seek, Ninja Style

~Dareth's Dojo, early evening~

"Hey Kai! I was wondering if you could stay for a bit. Garmadon and another friend of ours is coming over to visit." Dareth flipped the open sign over to read close.

"Oh! Umm, I guess I can stay for a bit. My, err, aunt and uncle are coming to visit?" Kai phased his answer like a question, as if he wasn't sure about his relatives coming to visit.

"Hmm, a few minutes shouldn't hurt anyone." Dareth handed Kai an old falling apart broom.

"I guess. I probably should tell Mouth of Lighting that I'll be running late… seeing has Nindriod won't really care too much." Kai muttered the last part under his breath, alerting Dareth that he wasn't supposed to hear that.

After a few minutes of cleaning up the dojo, a loud knock came from the back. Startled, Kai turned to face the back, surprise filling his face.

"Do your friends usually go through the back?" Kai knitted his eyebrows together.

"Yeah. If you'll stay long enough, they'll explain everything…" Dareth headed into the backroom to let them in, completely oblivious to the look of pure understanding on Kai's face.

Kai tilted his head as he listened to Dareth greet his guests. One of them sounded feminine, a fact Kai immediately brushed to the side. It only took them a few seconds to come back into the Dojo's main room. Garmadon flashed him a grin upon seeing him there. Kai started nodding in silent acknowledgement, when a young lady about his age walked in. She had amber-orange hair, and soft brown eyes. Her outfit was simple, skinny jeans, a pink tye dye shirt, and pink sneakers. Her hair was long and pulled back into a ponytail.

"Umm, Kai? Any reason you're staring at Skylor?" Dareth waved his hand in front of him.

"Wha…No! I..I…I'm n..n…not st…st..st…staring!" Kai stuttered out, turning the same shade of red as his sweater.

"Ok. Hey Kai, we were wondering if you would like to jo…" Garmadon didn't get to finish his sentence, due to Kai quickly muttering something about having to go, and bolting out the door.

"Well that didn't work! I guess he must be eager to his aunt and uncle." Dareth commented as he watched the door bang shut behind him.

~Junkyard~

Jay grabbed a nearby monkey wrench, his eyes glued to the…thing? that he was working on. Zane was standing near the entrance, watching for Kai. An elderly couple wandered out of the old camper to check on them.

"Why, where are the others? This don't make no sense, just the two of ya." The elderly lady spoke up, her graying hair done up in a bun, gray-blue eyes sparkling with life.

"Taking it that Jay didn't tell you. We're hiding from Cole, Edna." Kai sprinted into the yard.

"Why would you three be hidin' from Cole. He's a nice guy." The elderly man, with short cropped graying hair, and baby blue eyes, spoke up, confusion evident in his facial expression.

"We are hiding from Cole because he has signed us up for another dance competition, Ed." Zane calmly stated, no emotions dancing in his eyes.

"Oh. Well if you don't want him to find you, then you may want to hide. He's headed this way." Edna was staring of into the distance.

The three friends quickly scattered, slipping into various hiding spots. Jay hid behind his most recent project, while Zane dove into an old fridge that someone threw out. Kai jumped onto a large statue of Jay that was in the middle of the yard. Ed and Edna merely stood there watching all of this. A few minutes later, Cole, Nya, and Lloyd rushed into the yard.

"Ed, Edna! Have you seen any of the others today?" Cole demanded, frustration gleaming in his eyes.

"Of course! We see Jay every day." Edna chirped up pleasantly.

"No, I mean, recently. Like in the past half hour." Cole glanced over at his companions, as if to ask them to help.

"Oh! They told me that today's training exercise is Hide-n-Seek. Their already hiding." Edna giggled, as she watched his expression.

Turning around, Cole went to complain to Nya and Lloyd, only to realize that they were gone. Spinning around to face the junkyard, he ran straight to Jay's statue. (Play the Scooby-Doo song that they always play when chasing the monsters all over the place…) Leaping up onto it, he peered into Kai's hiding spot, only for the old falling apart car on the other side of the yard to swing open, revealing Kai hidden safely in there. Springing up, Kai disappeared behind a large stack of junk. And thus it continued. All of them would rush to hide somewhere, only when Cole checked there, for them to pop out elsewhere. It wasn't long until laughter rang out as they rushed everywhere. After what felt like a few minutes, all six of them ended up on top of the old camper that Jay and his parents lived in. Laughing, they quickly jumped down, and turned to notice that it was getting dark.

"Yikes! We've been at this for hours!" Nya exclaimed as she looked up at the few stars that could be seen in the night sky.

"Nonononononono…I'm late for curfew!" Lloyd yelped as he noticed how late it was.

"Come on Kid, let's get you home before the rebellion starts worrying about your whereabouts." Kai tilted his head to the now closed gate.

Mumbles of bye could be heard as everyone rushed off to their respective homes. Jay towards the old camper, Zane towards the woods. Cole headed to the suburbans, while Kai, Nya and Lloyd headed into the city.

~Rebel HQ, same time that Kai arrived at the Junkyard~

"Hold up, Kai left when Garamdon started to ask him to join us? That seems a bit suspicious. Did he mention anyone?" Misako rubbed her forehead.

"Yeah. His aunt and uncle are visiting today. He also said something about contacting someone because uh, something about a nindroid won't care about him being late." Dareth rubbed the back of his neck.

"Nindroid!? Dareth, that means Kai has some kind of tie to the Overlord! No wonder he leaves before you can ask. He is trying to get evidence against you!" Mr. Borg exclaimed, alarm flashing across his face.

"Oh no, I didn't realize. He knows about Skylor! And her father, Master Chen, is the Overlord's second in command! This is bad, really, really, bad!" Dareth interjected quickly, realizing that introducing her was a bad idea.

"Let's just stay calm. Brother, do you have any suggestions on what we should do?" Garmadon tried to calm everyone down.

"I do not know. For now, let's keep a close eye on him." Wu spoke sagely, worry shining in his eyes.

A/N: Phew! This chap is done. I believe Kai has a crush on Skylor. I'm not sure if I got her looks down correctly or not. Then again, I'm not sure if pink is her color. From now on, the various rebels will be trying to follow Kai. Should be interesting…

In case you were wondering, Kai and Nya live on the Destiny Bounty, and they were walking Lloyd home since it was so late.

Oh! Before I forget, yes Cheesepuff, they don't know that it is Lloyd.

Bye!

SkyTalon