Six.
Kai's POV
I bumped into Jay when I went to the training room. He was fiddling with one of his fight robots. "Yo, Kai!", he yelled.
"Wha-at?", I yelled back.
"What time is it?"
"Five!"
"Shucks! Nya and I are going out tonight!"
"Jay! You can't go tonight! You're supposed to cook tonight, remember? If you leave, we'll all be stuck eating Cole's infamous chili!"
"Yeah..." He walked over to me. "Can't you do it?" But I had already walked off. I banged loudly on Nya's door.
"Come in!"
I did. "Nya!", I yelled. "Why did you not get with Sensei before trying to get Jay off his chores?"
"What?" She looked closely at me. "Oh, I think I know what you really mean."
"What?"
"Why didn't I ask you before I went out with Jay?" I was quiet. I can't deny that was what I really meant. Even if I wasn't too happy about being stuck with Jay's jobs, either... "Look, Kai", Nya continued, "I know you just want to keep me close to you and all, but Jay's your friend. He's a good guy. You don't have to be scared of him."
"But you're my sister, Nya. I don't want to lose you!"
"Kai! It's Jay! You are not going to 'lose' me to Jay! You need to get off his back and stop being so protective of me! I'm a grown-up woman, I can marry who I want!"
I stepped back. Whoa. Ouch. I had not been anticipating that reaction. "Nya, I just...you know how it's been ever since Dad died. You're all I have left, Nya."
That seemed to soften her a little. "I know, Kai. I know. But you're being really overprotective. You just need to...look, Kai, you were all I had too, for a really long time. But now I have Jay. Really, it's what's best for me if I can be with him."
I didn't say anything. I just walked out.
(A/N: Heads-up: We're nearing the end of Kai's portion of the story. Conflicts will be resolved - each character's story will end in exchanged apologies, hence the title, "I'm Sorry".)
(Next chapter: Back to Lloyd, asking for advice from his Uncle Sensei on how to handle things with Natalia.)