AN: This one is written for the prompt "comfort/healing," focuses on all the ninja, and takes place between seasons five and six. Thank you all for reading this story!

It had been a rough fight. The ninja had been patrolling, searching for trouble and occasionally waving at and taking pictures with fans, when Cole had spotted a woman stealing a man's wallet. They given chase and the pickpocket had lead them away from the main streets, which the ninja had first presumed was because she was scared, but that presumption had soon been proven wrong. It had turned out that while the pickpocket was just one person, the gang that she worked for and whose headquarters she was running for had quite the amount of members. The numbers were definitely in the gang members' favor. The ninja had subdued them for long enough for the police to arrive, but it wasn't easy. All of the ninja had sustained injuries if only to their pride, setting them on edge, and they bickered heatedly as they made their way back to the Destiny's Bounty 2.0.

"Maybe if you hadn't been yelling stupid battle cries the whole time, the other gang members wouldn't have realized there was a fight going on and we could've taken down the first group before the rest of them rushed us," Kai was saying crossly as they boarded the flying ship.

"You were yelling too!" Jay defended himself, gesturing emphatically. "And besides, if you hadn't taken the time to Chirp that we were fighting a gang, you wouldn't have gotten caught by surprise by that guy with the sword."

"My Chirp was how the police knew to come help!" Kai replied.

"Actually, I believe the fact that I sent them a message as the fight became more difficult was what alerted them, given that the Commissioner thanked me for doing so when he arrived," Zane piped up.

Kai scowled, turning his leftover fight adrenaline from Jay to Zane. "Yeah, well, if you weren't calculating and calling out the number of gang members that were still fighting every fifteen seconds, maybe you would've been more help to-"

"Hey, you're one to talk about help, Kai, given you never stayed with the same opponent and just kept them occupied long enough for one of the rest of us to knock them unconscious or take over for you," Cole interrupted.

"That was actually helpful!" Kai protested.

Cole shook his head "no" exaggeratedly.

"No, Kai was helpful, you're just mad because you lost your concentration that one time and forget to stay solid so your weapon fell right out of your hands," Nya said flippantly, stepping between Kai and Cole.

"It's not my fault I'm a ghost! Besides, Lloyd was the one who distracted me by running right through me," Cole insisted.

"Hey!" Lloyd objected hotly, frowning. "I only did that because Jay-"

"Enough!" A voice called out above the squabbling.

The ninja looked as one to see Wu standing in the doorway.

"You are all on edge from what was obviously a difficult battle and are not thinking clearly. Your enemy is not each other. It never should be," Wu explained. "You should know this by now."

The ninja looked between Wu and each other, recognizing the truth in his words.

"Now, most of you appear wounded. Go to the living room and wait for me. I will bring the medical kits," Wu ordered before turning on his heel and exiting the room.

Trudging to the living room, the ninja exchanged remorseful glances, not sure of how to mend the emotional gashes they had just tried to tear in each other.

Kai was the first to speak. Looking at his feet as he leaned against the wall, he stated, "Sorry for picking on your battle cries, Jay."

"It's okay. I should've realized you were trying to alert the police and defended you while you were busy," Jay replied.

Shaking his head, Kai admitted, "I was mostly just trying to get a bunch of likes. Zane was probably the one who really alerted the police. Speaking of you, Zane, sorry for accusing you of not being helpful."

"You are forgiven. Do you want me to not calculate the number of enemies we have to fight still?" Zane asked.

"Nah, it's actually pretty helpful to know how many we still have to defeat," Kai dismissed before turning to look at Cole. "Was I being unhelpful by just keeping the gang members occupied?"

Cole shook his head. "It was helpful. It kept a large number of them busy until the rest of us could defeat the other gang members. Nya was right, I was mostly upset I lost my concentration and dropped my weapon."

"But you were right too," Nya added. "It's not your fault you have to spend some of your attention on staying solid. I shouldn't have spoken so lightly; I know being a ghost is still new to you and a sore subject. I'm sorry."

"It's fine," Cole stated.

"And I'm sorry my path took me right through you," Lloyd apologized to Cole. "I didn't even see you with how dark the alley was, but that doesn't make it much better."

Shrugging, Cole responded, "It actually doesn't hurt me or anything, it's just really weird."

"I can't even imagine how weird that must be," Lloyd said, then, with a little laugh, he asked, "Is it weirder than that gang's theme?"

"Definitely not," Cole answered. He made a face. "What would you even call that kind of theme?"

"Clowns crossed with cattle," Zane said immediately, as if it was obvious.

The other ninja looked at him.

"They had the garish rainbow color hues and large shoes often associated with comic performers such as clowns, added to the spotted pattern typically found on cows as well as imitation bull's horns on their helmets," Zane explained.

"I mean, you're right, but there's no quick, punchy way of saying that," Jay said slowly.

Kai nodded. "Normally we fight people with themes that are easy to describe."

"Zane described the gang's theme easily enough," Nya pointed out.

Kai gestured at her playfully. "But could you?"

Nya paused and thought about it for a moment, before saying triumphantly, "Oxentertainers. Like oxen and entertainers at the same time."

"Cowing and clowning," Jay suggested.

"Bulls and buffoons," Lloyd said with a laugh.

"A herd of harlequins," Cole added.

Kai frowned. "I'm pretty sure you just made that last one up."

"Harlequin is a synonym for clown," Zane offered.

"Well, you learn something new every day," Kai said with a straight face. "Like that one gang member learned that you can't hit a ghost who doesn't want to be hit without special equipment."

"Yeah, his face was priceless. Being a ghost is almost worth it just for that look of surprise," Cole said, chuckling, and the others joined him in laughing.

It was at that moment that Wu came into the room bearing a first-aid kit. Setting the kit down on the coffee table, he looked around at the giggling ninja and smiled, stating, "I came here with the medical supplies to heal your physical wounds, uncertain of how to get you to heal each others' emotional wounds. It would appear I did not need to worry, as you seem to have already done that healing on your own."