Chapter Three: Teams
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Bang bang, "Cole, Jay, Kai, Lloyd! wake up. The rest of us are waiting for you to begin training," Sensei Wu said obviously irritated that he had to tell them for the fourth time.
"Ugh, what time is it. It's practically dark outside," Kai said still half asleep.
"It's only 5:30 in the morning! Good grief, I think training keeps getting earlier and earlier, Lloyd replied as he slowly crawled out of bed. Everyone else, but Kai, also crawled out of their beds. It took a few whacks of their pillows to get Kai up.
"Alright, alright I'm up," Kai said to stop the pillow whacking. When the ninja came stumbling from their room, they saw standing outside their door Zane, Blair, Lydia, and a very irate Sensei Wu.
"So, uh what did Zane whip up for breakfast? I think I can smell blueberry pancakes," Jay said.
"Yes Jay, you're exactly right. Oh, and by the way, they were very delicious pancakes. Too bad you boys decided to sleep in instead of have breakfast," Blair replied with a smirk.
"What! We missed a pancake breakfast!" Cole said dreading to hear the answer.
"I'm sorry, but that is your punishment for not getting up when you were told," Sensei sternly said. He didn't want to argue any further with the ninja so he just turned around and started to walk toward the deck. He was followed by Zane and then the twins who both had an evil looking smile. They were pretty proud of themselves because the ninja's punishment had been their idea. These four were then followed by a very sad looking Cole, Jay, Kai, and Lloyd.
When everyone had arrived at the training deck, Sensei said, "For the past year while you guys (he was looking at the boy ninja) were training Lloyd and everything else, I have been secretly training Blair and Lydia to become ninja as well. I never told you about them because you never were in great need of help. If you had been, then these girls would have been ready and prepared to help. They have had the same training as you and a little extra because of their different powers. I know that you guys can fight as a team of five boys and I know that Blair and Lydia can fight as a team of two girls. Today, you need to work on fighting as a team of seven girls and boys. Find out what each other can do and learn how to work in sync together," after Wu said this he went back into the ship.
"Why did Wu secretly train you? And why did he now join us as a team?" Zane asked.
"I don't know. I had asked him that before but he would always be unresponsive or he would just say that it was for the best," Blair replied.
"I'm sure he has a good reason, my Uncle always does. Anyway, let's start training. So Cole, what should we do first?" Lloyd said.
"Hmmm, well Sensei said to find out what each other can do so let's see how the girls can do on the training course. I doubt that you can beat my time record of 21.3 seconds," Cole said to Blair and Lydia.
"Oh really now, is that a challenge I hear?" Blair said.
"Yes it is. If both ofyou girls can beat my time, then I will let you pick the next challenge. Deal?"
"Deal. Ok, I'll go first," Blair said to Lydia.
Cole then continued, "Ready..set..Ninja-Go!" Blair was then off and made her way to the course. She was not moving with just sped but also with swiftness. She didn't move in any jerky way; it was all very smooth. Her longer legs probably helped in being able to do some of the jumps. She didn't even seem to be out of breath or tired towards the end of the course.
Once she was done Cole began to worry. He was wondering if she really had beaten his time. He was dreading to ask but he finally did, "So, Zane, how long did it take Blair?"
"It took her 19.2 seconds. That's a new record."
Blair just gave an I told you so look to Cole and told Lydia that she was next. All of the ninja looked upset at Cole for making such a dumb deal. They were also hoping that maybe, just maybe Lydia would not be as quick. They were soon proven wrong. They may as well have just watched a video of Blair doing the course again but in a dark purple suit. Lydia and Blair seemed to move and complete the course precisely the same way. Zane confirmed it when he said that it took her 19.2 seconds as well.
"Looks like we get to pick the next challenge, doesn't it?" Blair said putting her hands on her hips. "You know that we did train on the same course with Wu. I did it so many times I could do it in my sleep."
"Yeah, whatever," Cole half mumbled.
"Ok, just give me and my sis a minute," Blair took Lydia by the arm and walked a little bit away so that the ninja would not hear her. Lydia started to open her mouth to suggest something to her sister but was cut off by Blair who proceeded to tell Lydia the plan. Lydia just nodded her head in agreement and sighed quietly to herself.
"Ok ninja, so here's the challenge. It will be just a simple fight to see what ninja team is really the best. No weapons, just your own powers."
"Teams?" Lloyd asked with a hint of dread in his voice from remembering the last time teams were picked for something. It was at Darkley's and he was always picked last for everything.
"But don't worry, we are just going to do a simple boys vs. girls team. Do you need a minute for planning?" Blair said.
"Nope, we are always ready," Cole said confidentially.
"Ok then, Ninja-Go!" The boy ninja thought that this would be a piece of cake. The girls were outnumbered and the boys were clearly stronger. This was all true but it turned out not to be as easy-peasy as the boys originally thought. Lloyd, Jay, and Zane went towards Blair on one end of the ship while Kai and Cole went towards Lydia on the other end. If they had thought a plan, they would have realized that they were being split up. As Kai and Cole got near to Lydia, she didn't look like she would do anything. So, they just kept on charging until they got really close. They stopped when Lydia started to slowly lift her hands and a strange thick dark cloud like thing surrounded them and they could hardly see at all.
"Kai, what are you waiting for? Light us a fire so we can see," Cole said but before Kai got his flame lit the whole way, Lydia came from behind them and tied a rope around them. She then pushed her hands away from each other as if she were parting something, and the thick dark cloud disappeared.
Back at Jay, Lloyd, Zane, and Blair, the boys were running towards Blair who was standing stationary like Lydia had been. They got closer and closer and still no movement. When they were close enough, Lloyd went to trip her but his leg went through her and she disappeared. They stood still for a few seconds, mostly from shock, but were then tied up from an almost invisible looking Blair. Blair looked over and saw that Lydia had also already won, so she untied the ninja.
When all 7 ninja joined together again Cole finally admitted that the twins most definitely won.
Jay then said, "Your powers are the coolest! How did you do all that Blair?"
"I'm the ninja of light so I could bend the light to make an illusion that looked like I was standing there. To make myself almost invisible, I reduced the light that was near me so that you can't really see me. I can't make myself completely invisible, just sort of blurry."
"Ninja! I thought I told you to figure out how to work together, not to work against each other," Sensei Wu said looking very angry. He must have seen the end of their last competition.
"We're sorry, Uncle. We were just having a little competition to see who was better. Besides, you did tell us to find out what each others powers were and we did do that," Lloyd said with a smile hoping that they wouldn't get into too much trouble.
"Alright, just practice with your weapons until lunch. I will have it made in about an hour." By now it was nearly noon. Lloyd, Zane, Jay, Kai, and Cole went to the newly added weapon wall and grabbed their usual weapons. Lydia and Blair left the deck but shortly came back with weapons in hand. Blair had a bow and arrows and Lydia had a bundle of throwing knives. Zane, Blair, and Lydia practiced with targets while the other four practiced wth each other.
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After everyone had finished eating the sandwiches that were made for lunch, Wu said, "Tomorrow, Garmadon and Misako will arrive and will stay with us for two weeks."
"My mom and dad are coming and you never told me!" Lloyd said as he slammed both hands on the table not very hard.
"Yes, I didn't tell you because you all will be going on a little trip these next few days. Don't look so sad Lloyd. You will be able see your father and mother when you leave in the morning and when you return
"So where exactly are we going?" Blair excitedly said.
"First, you will be going to the Temple of Light and then to the Temple of Darkness," Wu then gave the ninja a map and showed them the temples. The Temple of Light was at the top of the map on top of a mountain. The Temple of Darkness was as the bottom of the map and looked to be in a mountain. "I think that this trip will be beneficial for everyone, not just Blair and Lydia."
"Sounds great but if we're not taking the bounty, how do expect us to get there? I mean, you don't expect us to walk, do you?" Kai said.
"Just you guys wait, getting there will be half the fun with what I made you guys," Nya said with a smirk on her face knowing that the ninja would just die of waiting.
"Ar..aren't you coming to, Nya?" Jay asked hoping she would say yes and that she would ride with him.
"I'd love to come, especially to hand out with Lydia and Blair, but I'm going to stay and visit Garmadon and Misako. Besides, Blair and Lydia will be with us for a long time and they will only be here for two weeks."
For the rest of the day, everyone got ready for their upcoming visit, trained, played video games, and above all prayed that dinner that night wouldn't kill them because it was Cole's turn to cook. Before everyone went to their rooms Sensei Wu told everyone, "You will need to wake up at 7:00 sharp." When he said sharp he looked directly at Cole, Jay, Kai, and his nephew. Most everyone then promptly went to bed and fell asleep. The one person that couldn't sleep was Lydia. She didn't know why, she just couldn't sleep. She was feeling very strange for some odd reason...
Thank you so much for reading! I hope you like this chapter. I tried to make it longer than my first two. I know, I said that I was going to update on Sundays but then I thought that Friday would be a better day. I promise that this will be the last time I change my update date to.
I would like to thank ZaneLoverFan88 and legolover101 for your reviews. In answer to your question ZaneLoverFan88, I got Jay's name Motor Mouth from the first episode of rebooted. Cole refers to him as that and I just added on the Mr. because I liked it on.