"So guys, what do you think about the city huh?" Christa asked with a smile.
"This place is great!" -Jay
"I wish I could've come here sooner." -Nya
"Who knew a place as cool as this existed." -Cole
"It's way bigger than I imagined." -Kai
"There are so many places to venture off to." -Zane
"It's awesome." -Lloyd.
Christa smiled widely, while Auria smiled and said,
"Your opinions are much appreciated, especially by my sister and I."
"Oh thank you so much. Your all very sweet," Christa said.
Flare started to walk around a bit, as she said, "You know guys, it may take awhile for the old people come over here. Why don't we spar a little?"
Kai replied, "Well bring it on. I'm ready."
Flare smirked at Kai and said, "Oh you mean like before when I kicked your butt on the Bounty?"
Kai frowned and said, "Haha Flare. This time it'll be different."
Then Christa said, "That's a splendid idea Flare. Let's fight for fun and see who's the strongest ones among us."
"I agree," Auria said and continued, "Let's test each others' skills in combat."
Then Cole said, "You sure you want to fight us Auria, Christa? I mean, we're pretty awesome you know, and-"
Cole was cut off when Auria flipped out two large fans, and Christa slipped on two gauntlets.
The fans were double the size of a normal chinese fan, and they were platinum colored with a light blue and gray line across the top most part of them.
The gauntlets were platinium colored with a golden-bronze line from each finger tip to the back of the hand that lead to a green circle on the middle of the back of each hand.
Auria and Christa held both their weapons, ready to fight. As surprised as almost everyone was, Jay was able to ask,
"Are t-those your weapons?"
Auria and Christa nodded.
"These are the Platinum Fans of Roaring Winds," Auria replied.
"And these are the Platinum Sound Gauntlets of Power," Christa replied.
The ninja were intrigued by the weapons Christa and Auria possessed.
Then Flare said, "Ok, listen up! If you want to see these platinum weapons in action, then I suggest we begin sparring eh?"
The ninja looked towards one another, and agreed with a nod.
The first two to spar was Cole and Christa:
Everyone cleared the battle ground between them and stood their distances. Cole and Christa were facing one another with their ninja hoods on in fighting stances with their weapons. Christa's hood was like Flare's and Raven's, like an eye mask of armor, and Auria had the same one too.
Then Flare yelled out, "Go ahead! FIGHT!"
Christa ran towards Cole, readying her right gaunlet into a fist. Cole held his Earth sword with both hands and stood ready for Christa's attack.
When Christa ran close enough, she thrusted her clenched fist right at Cole while yelling out, "HII YAA!"
Cole was able to block the punch with his sword, but he ended up skidding back a couple of feet from the power of the impact. Cole was surprised by how strong Christa was, and then he snapped out of it when he saw Christa was going to punch him with her left gaunlet next. Cole was able to jump back, and Christa missed him, but she ended up hitting the floor. The floor cracked where Christa had punched, and it reached towards where Cole was. Cole jumped off to the side of the large crack in the ground.
"What the-" -Cole
"HAA YAA!" -Christa
Cole quickly looked up and saw Christa jumping towards him, about to unleash her fist of fury. He was able to block her attack again, but he still skidded back a couple of feet.
As Cole tried to hold his ground, Christa was adding more pressure to her right fist, which made him skid back even more.
Cole thought, in this moment, ' I like a girl who can punch, but what the heck? She's really strong! What do I do? Wait. I'm the Ninja of Earth! I can take on whatever punchesshe throws, no matter how strong they are! Sorry Christa, but I'm fighting back.'
Cole was able to push Christa away with his sword, which made Christa do two back flips. When she landed, Cole was already in front of her in the air with his sword aiming downward. Christa gasped, as she jumped away to dodge. Cole struck the ground with his sword, which made the Earth beneath Christa softer, and ended up trapping her neck-high in the floor. Christa was surprised by this, but then she started struggling.
Cole started walking over to Christa and said, "Yeah, I gotcha!"
Christa turned to Cole and smirked while saying, "I don't think so."
Cole halted, and then Christa yelled out, "AaaaHHH! YAAH!"
Suddenly, an explosion of dust and dirt shot straight up from where Christa was grounded. Cole stood back in amazement, as the dust started to clear. After the dirt rested upon the ground once more, Cole noticed that Christa was no where to be seen.
"Huh?" Cole said, as he looked around, trying to locate Christa. Then he heard a voice from above, as he looked up and saw Christa descending towards him at full speed, readying her fists to attack. Cole charged up his Earth sword, and then he jumped up in the air, using the Earth to make himself jump higher.
As Christa's fists, and Cole's sword collided, Cole was able to use spinjitzu in the air right before the impact. He was able to grab hold of Christa's arm and swing her around, as they descended from the air. When he landed, Cole tossed Christa, in the air, away from him.
As Christa went flying away in the air, she was able to flip and gain her balance. Christa turned in the opposite direction of where Cole was, and then her right gauntlet started to glow a yellow color, as she punched with that fist. Her fist ended up hitting into something that was a variant of colors in a circular, transparent wall. Hitting this wall made Christa rebound towards Cole at a greater speed.
As she went soaring towards Cole, Christa readied her left fist, while Cole looked on in puzzlement, as he gulped when he realized that he wasted time staring instead of running away. When Christa landed her attack, the dirt scattered into the air around Cole and Christa. The others were speechless, as they ran over to where Christa and Cole were.
As the dust cleared, the others gasped in amazment and relief, as they saw that Christa actually attacked the floor in front of Cole, so that he didn't get hit directly. However, Cole had flown back on the floor a few feet away from the impact of the attack. He was trying to stand up, but it was difficult since he was a little dazed. Christa stood up, dusted herself off, and stood before Cole, offering her hand to help him to his feet. Cole accepted her hand, and he finally stood up.
"Wow. That attack was so powerful... and how you were able to bounce back over here was just amazing. How did you do that?" Cole asked, very intrigued, as he removed his ninja hood.
Christa removed her ninja hood and rubbed the back of her head as she said, "Oh, well, yeah. I can control sound waves and vibrations and stuff. The colors in the air that I hit was actually sound waves that I converted into a wall of sound so that I could bounce off of it with my fist. I can also use sound waves to break through stuff by using powerful vibrations that simulate that of an Earthquake. You know, the P waves and S waves. There's actually a lot I can do with sound..."
Cole smiled and said, "That's awesome," which Christa blushed a little.
"You were outstanding too. How you jumped so high and was able to still stand against my attack... your amazing," Christa said, while Cole became a little bashful.
Then Flare said, "Nowthat was a battle."
As the ninja commented on Cole and Christa 's battle, the two would occassionally glance at one another and smile.
The next battle was between Kai and Zane:
Each side fought awesomely, but Zane won from cleverness and wit. Zane made a large ice ball around both of them, so while Kai used his fire against Zane, the ice above them melted into water. Eventually, when Kai would try to attack since Zane would purposely taunt him, the water would shut off his fire. By the time all the ice melted, Zane was the victor, since he froze the water near Kai's feet and held his ice sword near Kai's neck.
"O-Okay Okay! You w-won," Kai said, shivering.
"Thank you Kai. It was fun," Zane said, as he recalled the ice around Kai's feet.
"Yeah, Yeah Zane," Kai said, a little annoyed, as Zane just smiled.
The third battle was between Auria and Raven:
They didn't use their elemental abilities at all in this fight. They just fought with their weapons and tai jutsu (That's right. I got that from Naruto). However, Auria's technique and fighting style was able to combat Raven's just enough to help Auria win the fight.
"Aw man, I lost," Raven said, as she lowered her head.
"Don't feel bad Raven. Your skills have excelled greatly since last time, and I believe you will continue to improve, awesomely," Auria said with a smile, as Raven smiled back with more confidence.
The fourth battle was between Lloyd and Flare:
Flare was glad to have a rematch with Lloyd, as was Lloyd. The fight started.
"Ok Lloyd, let's see what you got. This time I'm ready," Flare said, as she held out her two scimitars in a fighting stance.
Then Lloyd assumed a fighting stance and said, "Alright, show me what'cha got."
Flare slashed at Lloyd which released a dark energy wave in his direction. He was able to dodge the attack, as Flare ran up to him, and attacked him with her white scimitar. Lloyd was able to catch the sword with his hand that was encased in golden energy. After a moment of struggle, Flare grabbed Lloyd's wrist and gripped it tight. Lloyd was confused, until he heard Flare yell out,
"Ninja GO!"
Flare suddenly started to spin rapidly into a small orange tornado with light and dark energy circling around it, while holding onto Lloyd's wrist. Then Flare stopped spinning, which sent Lloyd flying a couple of feet away from Flare.
"Hey, wait! How do you know spinjitzu? We didn't show you yet," Lloyd asked, as he picked himself up off the floor.
Flare smirked and said, "Well, if you really want to know, a certain samurai warrior showed us some of her moves."
Lloyd's eyes widened, as he looked towards Nya, which made her smile and rub the back of her head. Lloyd turned back to Flare, as she started running towards him.
"Let's see what you can do now Spinjitzu Master!" Flare yelled out.
Lloyd smirked at that comment, and then he ran towards Flare. They both used spinjitzu as they collided.
The fifth battle... oh sorry... you want to know what happened in Flare and Lloyd's battle right?.
Well, they both clashed and stood spinning for awhile. They kept pushing each other back and forth, until finally Lloyd was able to push Flare back further, and send her off balance on the floor. Flare glared at Lloyd from the floor. as he extended his hand to help her up. Instead getting up herself, the Fire princess gave in, and she accepted his hand.
"Well, I guess your still the Spinjitzu Master huh? I'm gonna have to train more," Flare said, and Lloyd replied,
"Your still pretty tough to beat Flare, even now."
Flare smirked while closing her eyes, and Lloyd just smiled.
Ok, back to the fifth battle. This fight was between Auria and Zane:
They stood staring each other down for awhile. Then Auria whipped out her Wind fans and Zane his Ice sword. They both charged at each other at the same time. Auria was able to block Zane's first attack, and then she pushed him back and started to swip her fans at him in quick movements and a few spins. Zane was able to dodge and block all of her attacks, but then Auria did an upper-cut wave of her fan that sent a gust of wind blowing up that hit Zane up into the air for a moment. Zane was able to quickly get up, but then he immediately did a barrel roll, as Auria jumped up and slashed her fans down to hit him.
After dodging this, Zane was able to quickly use his ice on the floor beneath Auria. The ice spreaded up to Auria's knees as she struggled to break free. Zane ran up to Auria, but he was slapped away by Auria's fan with the wind, which sent Zane back a couple of feet. He was able to do a back flip and land on his feet. Then Zane ran fast over to Auria, while dodging her wind attacks with spinjitzu.
As Zane came closer, Auria was able to break free from the ice after slashing at it with one of her fans. Zane kept running towards Auria, and she smirked. Zane noticed that Auria wasn't retreating, but before he could try to stop running, Auria yelled out,
"Ninja GO! Tornado Spiral!"
Zane was taken by surprise when he saw Auria spinning, with the power of wind, in a grey and white tornado. However, Zane's eyes widened as the tornado grew bigger and taller, almost four times larger than a regular spinjitzu tornado. Zane tried to move away, but the tornado bended over and sucked him up. The other ninja gasped, as Zane went spiraling into the tornado's vortex. The tornado stood upright, as Zane descended the depths of the tornado while spinning around faster and faster. Then when Zane reached the bottom, he saw Auria standing there waiting for him. She attached using both of her fans together as one, and swipped at Zane, which sent him flying away, as the power of the tornado passed through Auria's fans and out towards him.
Zane flew a pretty long distance away from where Auria was, and he hit right into the floor. Dust and wind gathered around him, as the others, including Auria, rushed to his aid.
After the dust cleared, everyone signed in relief, as they saw Zane standing up while holding his head and walking weird from being dizzy.
"Zane! Are you alright?" -Kai
"Are you ok?" -Cole
"You went flying." -Jay
"I'm surprised your not hurt that bad." -Flare
Auria stepped closer towards Zane and held him steady.
"I'm sorry Zane. I didn't mean to hit you so hard. I should've been more careful," Auria said, concerned.
Zane shook off the dizziness and he replied, "It's quite alright Auria, I'm fine. The skill and power you have displayed was very impressive."
Auria smiled in relief and bashfulness, as she said, "Thank you Zane... Though my skills aren't the best, they're just adequate I guess."
Then Zane said, "Your skills are more formidable than any opponent I have faced thus far."
Auria was surprised by Zane's words, and was even more surprised that his expression was so sincere. Before she could say another word, the other ninja gathered around and were complementing Zane and Auria from the battle they had witnessed.
The sixth battle was between Lloyd and Christa:
They stood staring each other down while the others looked on in excitement.
Lloyd thought, 'Ok. Christa is very powerful. Those gauntlets use sound and power to overwhelm her opponents. But she's sharp. I'll have to be careful.'
Christa thought, 'Well, Lloyd was strong enough to handle Flare, and she can be a handful... I should be careful with him. Especially since he isthe Golden Spinjitzu Master.'
Then the fight began after Flare yelled out, "Are you gonna fight, or stand there?!"
Lloyd and Christa snapped out of their thoughts, and they both charged at one another at the same time. Christa readied her fist, as well as Lloyd, who charged his power into his own fists. Both attacks collided. Christa rebounded, as well as Lloyd.
A large thundering noise was heard from the impact, that even reached towards the main land of Aeroplane.
Christa and Lloyd rose up from being pushed back. Christa ran towards Lloyd, as he stood his ground. When Christa was close enough to Lloyd, she skidded as she clapped her hands together. A sound wave was released from the clap, which sent Lloyd flying back a couple of feet.
Lloyd was able to shake it off, but when he looked up, Christa was in the air coming down, ready to strike him. Lloyd jumped away quick, as Christa punched the floor and made a large dent within the floor around her. She looked up to see where Lloyd was, but she didn't see him. She tilted her head in confusion and stood straight up. Then Christa spun around quick when she heard Lloyd yell out, "Ninja Go!" Lloyd was spinning towards Christa, and she stood back not knowing what to do. Then Christa charged her fist and striked at Lloyd, while he was using his spinjitzu.
After a moment of struggle, Lloyd was slowing down, while Christa stood her ground. Then Christa's hand got pushed back, as Lloyd got pushed back after both attacks were cancelled. Then Christa ran up to Lloyd and kicked him while doing a back flip. Lloyd went flying back, but then he was able to do a back flip the same time Christa did her back flip.
As they both landed, Lloyd sent out a small fire ball under Christa's feet.
"Ow ow ow! That's hot! Ouch!" Christa yelled out, as she was hopping up and down on the fire beneath her feet before it went out.
Christa signed in relief, but then she looked up and saw Lloyd standing in front of her with lightening in his hand towards her direction. Christa stood frozen for a moment, but then she put her hands up in surrender.
"Well, you got me Golden ninja," Christa said.
Lloyd put his hand down and said, "Yeah, sorry about that."
Then Christa put her hands down, bowed, and smiled at Lloyd saying, "It's alright man. I concede my defeat. I have to say though, your really strong."
Lloyd also bowed and said, "Thanks. Your really strong too, and faster than I thought."
The other ninja came over and commented on the fight.
"Christa almost gotcha you there, huh Lloyd?" -Kai
"Wow. Your both really strong." -Nya
"That was pretty fast." -Flare
"Whoa. Christa, you were able to take on Lloyd's spinjitzu with one fist..." -Cole
"Perfect timing with the fire Lloyd." -Zane
"That was cool guys." -Raven
Auria walked up Christa and put her hand on her shoulder and smiled, while Christa smiled back.
Then Raven walked up to Lloyd and said, "Wow Lloyd, your really strong. Even your mind is very sharp."
Lloyd smiled while rubbing the back of his head.
"Oh, um, yeah. I guess so. Coming from you that means a lot." Lloyd said, and Raven tilted her head slightly while smiling at Lloyd.
The final battle was between Lloyd and Auria:
The other ninja stood a little farther back.
"Oh man, this is going to be awesome! They're both like, the best fighters so far," Jay said.
Flare replied, "Oh yes, they are... but Auria is going to beat Lloyd."
Kai turned towards Flare and said, "Uh, I believe you are mistaken. I mean, Lloyd is the Master of Spinjitzu."
"He'll need more than spinjitzu to beat Auria. She's not one to underestimate," Flare said.
Then Cole cut in, "Uh guys, they're waiting for us to tell them to start."
Flare and Kai turned their attention to the battle field. Then Christa cupped her hands together, with her gauntlets on, and her voice projected like a mega phone,
"OKAY, BEGIN!"
The other ninja and samurai were surprised by this besides Raven and Flare.
Lloyd and Auria stared each other down for a few seconds. Then Auria spinned around and unleashed a wind attack similar to Flare's energy attacks. Lloyd was able to dodge it while charging his hands with fire. He shot fire balls in Auria's direction, and she responded by spinning around after saying, "Ninja GO!" The fire balls were absorbed into Auria's whirlwind and she started moving closer to Lloyd. Lloyd jumped back, and then Auria unleashed another wind attack that was enhanced by Lloyd's earlier fire attack.
As the flaming wind pursued him, Lloyd was able to protect himself with a glowing Golden-Green shield around his body.
After the flaming wind was dispelled, Lloyd looked around and didn't see Auria in sight. Then Lloyd quickly looked up and saw Auria was in the air with both fans clasped together as one. Auria swipped her fan across where Lloyd was, and unleashed a powerful wind slash that was rapidly proceeding towards the Gold ninja. Lloyd stood his ground and punched into the floor, which made the Earth beneath him lift up and act as a shield against the wind slash. However, Lloyd saw that the wind slash was too powerful for the Earth shield to hold up.
As the Earth shield cracked, Lloyd stood back and noticed that Auria was on the ground, holding her two fans in each hand and was charging them. Then she unleashed another powerful wind strike that would surely break Lloyd's Earth shield and damage him in the process. Lloyd only had a few seconds to think, which helped him to figure out what he had to do.
After Auria's wind strike broke through the Earth shield, she was shocked to see that Lloyd wasn't there anymore. Then Auria felt a movement of wind above her, as she looked up and saw Lloyd descending down to where she was, with Golden energy encasing his right hand. Auria jumped back, as Lloyd made contact with the ground, and a large amount of dust and dirt rose among the two of them.
The ninja were baffled, and stared in silence, as the dust started to fade. The ninja and samurai decided to run over and see what happened to the two fighters.
As the dust cleared and the others stood a few feet away, they gasped at what they saw: Lloyd and Auria were facing each other, with Lloyd's left hand charged with Golden power in front of Auria's face, and Auria holding her charged up Wind fan near Lloyd's neck. The two stood still, staring each other down.
The battle was, indeed, a draw. No one on either side could make a move that wouldn't result in anything but that.
Then Lloyd's charged hand and Auria's charged fan returned to their normal states. The two drew back from one another and removed their ninja hoods.
"Man, I can't believe you caught me there," Lloyd said.
"Yes, and I didn't expect you to do the same to me," Auria said.
Then Auria asked Lloyd, "How did you end up above me anyway?"
Lloyd smirked and said, "Well, let's just say I saw a certain vampire use a jumping technique, that I thought would be useful in the last moment."
Auria's eyes widened in surprise, as did the others.
Then Auria said, "You figured out how to use the Spinning High Jump on your own. That is-"
"Exemplary," Another voice had finished Auria's sentence.
The ninja and samurai turned and saw a man walking up to them, as well as Sensei Wu, Garmadon, Misako, Dr. Julien, and Queen Kani. Christa ran up to the man and gave him a hug, while Auria did the same.
"Father!" Both girls said at the same time, which surprised the ninja and samurai, as they tried to straighten up from their previous battles.
"So, these are the ninja I've heard so much about. Even Flare and Raven have arrived here as well. That's wonderful," The King said, as he stepped towards the ninja and samurai, and they bowed to him in respect, as he did the same.
"My name is Shou. King Shou as my people address me," King Shou said. He had blonde hair that was spiked up on the left and right side of his head, and bangs that stood just above his eyes. He wore a long white cape with fur at the end of it, and the clothes under was a dark grey shirt and black pants, with three belts angled around his waist of gold, white, and black. His pants had two strapes of black and white wrapped around the ankles.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, your Majesty. My name is Cole," Cole said.
"I'm Jay."
"Kai."
"Nya, sir."
"Lloyd."
"Zane, your highness."
King Shou smiled and said, "I'm pleased to make your acquaintance. Welcome to Aeroplane. Though I suspect you've already had a look around the city, yes?"
The ninja and samurai nodded.
"This place is totally awesome," Jay said.
King Shou nodded and said, "I'm happy to here that, thank you."
Then Shou turned to Lloyd and said, "So your the Golden Spinjitzu Master and the Green ninja hm? Well after seeing your performance when sparring with my daughter, I can see why you are the Defender of Ninjago."
Lloyd smiled and said, "Thank you your Highness. It was nothing really. I was just doing what's right."
The King smiled at Lloyd's humbleness.
Then Shou turned towards Raven and said, "I heard about what's going on. So Silva is after you for an unknown reason correct?"
Raven nodded and the King said, "Hm... I wonder why she would show herself now?"
Then Cole asked, "Excuse me, King Shou, your highness, do you know Silva?"
The King looked towards Cole and said, "Yes. My wife and I used to know Silva. She was pretty mysterious, and a little cold blooded sometimes. But all in all she was pretty calm, collective, and easy to get along with. Kani and I use to see her a sometimes when we were younger and traveling below ground to see the world below us. We would run into Silva, and she would show us passageways and shortcuts across the land. We knew she lived somewhere near a mountain, but she never gave us anymore details than that. Then one day, she just vanished, and we haven't seen her since then."
Then Kani said, "I think she used to go to a certain school that your mother went to, Raven. It was a special school though like Bellicose, but not only for the evilly gifted of course. I think it was called... Tokemi's School of Hidden Arts. Yes that's it. Silva went there, and I heard she was an ace student. Then she left, and no one's seen her since. I don't have anymore knowledge to offer besides what I already told you. I'm sorry."
Sensei Wu replied, "It's quite alright, your highness. You and your husband have given us plenty of information to work with, thank you."
The King and Queen nodded.
Then Jay said, "So all we need to do is ask Raven's mom what she knows about Silva."
Suddenly the atmosphere shifted to a sadness between Shou, Kani, Flare, Auria, Christa, and Raven especially. The others noticed this, and they stood quiet, until Cole asked,
"Uh, hey guys, what's wrong?"
The four princesses and the King and Queen snapped out of their thoughts.
"Well, um, it's best to go inside now it's getting late anyway," King Shou said.
As the King and Queen started to leave, the others followed. There was a tension in the air that wasn't threatening, but more sorrowful. The ninja and samurai didn't speak, as well as the parents and Sensei Wu. They all just looked at each other, wondering what was going on and trying to find an answer. However, no answer was given. The only person who knew other then the princesses and the King and Queen was Nya, but she didn't feel it was her place to say anything.
After darkness had come, and the full moon was clearly visible in the sky, the Ninja crew decided to turn in for the night.
"What do you think that was about?" Cole asked the other guys, as they were brushing their teeth in five separate sinks in a bathroom of a guest room.
"They all started acting strange when Jay asked about Raven's mother," Kai said.
"Do you think something happened to Raven's mother?" Zane asked.
Jay turned to Lloyd and said, "Hey Lloyd, Raven's your girlfriend right? You should ask her what's up."
Lloyd blushed and said, "Wha- no! She's not my girlfriend. I already said that we're just friends."
Then Kai looked towards Lloyd with a smirk and said, "I'm sure she is. And you wouldn't want to bemore than that?"
Lloyd stood quiet with his eyes widened while looking at Kai. Lloyd blushed even more, and then he quickly exited the bathroom.
"Aw how cute," Cole said, as he finished brushing and was gathering his stuff to go to his bed.
"He totally likes her," Jay said.
"Raven's mother must have had quite an impact on the girls lives, and even the King and Queen. Do you think her mother is..." Zane trailed off.
The three ninja looked at each other in realization of what Zane was getting at.
"She's not dead."
The boys in the bathroom turned towards the door when they heard a voice outside. They looked out and saw Lloyd standing near the opened front door, and the person standing in the doorway was Auria.
"Then, what happened to her? And how did you know what we were talking about?" Lloyd asked.
Auria signed and said, "Well, I know her mother is not dead, but I think it's best if Raven tells you about it when she's ready. Also, I just figured you guys were talking about it, especially from our behavior from earlier."
Before Lloyd could ask another question, Auria lightly bowed and said, "Well, goodnight gentlemen. Until tomorrow."
Auria left. as she pulled the door close. The ninja stood standing there for a while until Jay said,
"Ok, am I the only one who found that weird?"
The other guys looked at Jay and said 'Mmhm'. Then the ninja jumped in their five separate beds of white each positioned near a head-board opposite of the door with a window between each one.
"We'll figure that out tomorrow. Let's just get some sleep," Kai said, as the ninja laid to rest.
Zane was finding a difficult time to sleep, since he was concerned about Auria.
'By the look in her eyes, she is in more distress than she is letting on. The way her eyes are... theyseem similar to how my brothers and I looked when Sensei Wu was eaten- Wait a minute! Could Raven's mother be... Sensei Reine?' After pondering this for a bit longer, Zane decided to ask Auria tomorrow, and he went to sleep.
The next morning, everyone was wide awake on the heli pad from when they first rode on the aerocars. Sensei Wu was sitting down, drinking his tea with Garmadon, Misako, and Dr. Julien, while the other ninja and samurai were looking at the majestic world above the clouds.
"I'm tired," Flare said as she yawned.
Then Kai asked, "What's the matter? Couldn't sleep last night?"
Flare replied, "Of course I couldn't sleep well. Why else would I be tired?"
Kai pouted, and then he asked, "Okay, why couldn't you sleep then?"
Flare looked out towards the city, and then she replied, "I'm... I'm just concerned for my friends. Well, Raven especially, you know."
Kai looked down, and then he looked at Flare and asked, "Flare, what happened to Raven's mother?"
Flare shot a look at Kai, which made him move his head back when he saw how serious she instantly became.
Then Flare signed and said, "I'm sorry Kai. I was told not to say anything. Only Raven should."
Kai was a little surprised, but then he gave in and said nothing more about it.
"-sign- I'll never get tired of this view," Cole said, and Christa replied,
"You too, huh?"
Cole turned towards Christa and smiled, as she smiled back.
Auria saw this exchange between Cole and Christa, and she smiled slightly.
"Auria."
Auria turned and saw that Zane was the one who called her name.
"Yes, Zane?" Auria replied.
Zane thought for a moment, and then he said, "Auria. I don't wish to distress you in anyway, but may I ask... Is Raven's mother also Sensei Reine?"
Auria lightly gasped, but she replied by nodding slowly.
"Yes. Raven's mother is our sensei. She is the most kind and caring sensei I've ever had. That's all I will wish to reveal. If Raven wants to tell you more, then she will when she is ready."
Zane nodded and said, "I understand."
Auria nodded back, and then she looked back towards the others. Then Zane thought to ask Auria a question.
"Auria. I've been meaning to ask you, do you know what a nin-"
Zane immediately stopped talking when he realized that his falcon was sending him a signal.
"Zane? What's the matter?" Auria turned to him and asked.
Zane turned his head slightly and said, "My falcon has spotted something. I have to see... Falcon vision."
Zane's eyes started to glow blue, since he was now seeing through the Falcon's eyes. Auria was very surprised to see this.
'What? Zane... What are you?' Auria thought, as Zane continued looking through the Falcon's eyes.
Raven stood closer to the edge, looking out beyond the city. Lloyd stood next to her and asked,
"Hey Raven. How are you feeling today?"
Raven looked towards Lloyd and smiled.
"Hello Lloyd. I'm doing good. How about you?" Raven asked.
Lloyd nodded and said, "I'm good."
They both turned to look beyond the city. Then they both noticed something in the distance, a black thing heading towards the Aeroplane. Lloyd and Raven sqwinted, but they couldn't quite see what it was.
Then they heard Zane gasp and say, "She's coming!"
"Who's coming?" Kai asked.
Zane replied, "It's Silva! She's coming here!"
Don't you just love cliffhangers. ;) Yeah me neither...