For the next few weeks until the Secret evil meeting, the Ninja crew all trained together at Fountain Falls. They trained in combat, sneaking, acting, and reacting. Also, they were able to get to know each other better. Let's peer into some times between the Ninja crew. It'll be broken into a few chapters for convenience:

After the next training session had ended for the day, the ninja and kunoichi decided to just hang around Fountain falls. Particularly, Auria was in the forest of Fountian Falls on a tree. The tree had wooden planks that stuck out of it and spiraled around the tree like stairs, to a tree house that was a small room with a balcony.

On that specific day, Auria was much quieter than usual. She wasn't very into the training, and Christa already knew the reason why. Christa was also uneasy and distant from the others as well. Zane and Cole took notice to the sisters' behaviors and wondered what was on their minds. Cole decided to ask Raven what was wrong with Christa, and Raven said,

"Well, something happened years ago from today, and it makes Auria kind of sad to think about it, which makes Christa sad too... I'm sure if you ask Christa she might tell you the whole story."

Cole was a little confused, but after training, he went to talk to Christa on one of the rooftops. She was looking up at the crystals on the cave ceiling, when Cole jumped onto the roof to speak with her.

"Hey Christa," Cole said, as she turned towards him and gave a half-hearted smile.

"Hey," was all Christa said, as she looked away.

"What's the matter? You seemed out of it during training, and even now," Cole asked, and Christa looked up at him, but then she looked away again, and said,

"It's just... something happened before, and it's just hard to think about."

Cole walked closer to Christa, as he placed his hand gently on her shoulder and said,

"Well, I'm sure if you talk about it, you might feel better."

Christa looked up at Cole, and she signed and said, "Okay. Let's sit."

Then Christa sat on the floor, as did Cole, and began,

"Years ago, when I was young, my parents, Auria, and I went down from Aeroplane to land below so that we could see the world below us. Well, they were mostly showing me because Auria was older, and she was already taken down. So after we traveled around for awhile, we were returning home, which was a mountainous path. You would have seen it if Pearl didn't lead us another way. Any hoo, I was standing about a foot away from the cliff, looking over at the land and beyond. My mother told me to be careful, so I made sure I didn't take another step forward. However, I felt a shift in the ground, so I put my hand to floor, trying to feel what it was. Suddenly I heard a loud crack. Before I knew it, the part of the cliff I was standing on broke away from the rest of it. I was scared because I didn't know what was happening..."

Christa didn't speak for a little bit, and then she continued,

"Then I felt someone grab me, and when I looked, it was Auria. She jumped down to where I was as the cliff part we were on started to crumble. She threw me up towards our parents so that I wouldn't fall... but then... she ended up falling instead..."

Christa started to tear up, as she continued,

"She fell... My dad slid down the wall to get Auria, while my mom called Aeroplane paramedics. I screamed out for Auria, and started to cry while my mom tried to keep me calm. Then the paramedics came and drove a medic aerocar down and then up the cliff, with my sister and dad inside..."

"How far down was that the cliff?" Cole asked, almost fearing the answer.

"More then ten stories at least, but it was hard to tell since there was a natural fog below," Christa replied.

Cole nodded slowly, and then Christa continued,

"She was brought to the hospital, and the doctor said -sniffle- that Auria w-wasn't going to make it..."

Tears began to flow from Christa's eyes the more she thought about it, as Cole placed his arm around her shoulders.

'Aw man... should I have asked? I didn't think it was thisdeep...' Cole thought, and then he said,

"Christa, you don't have to say anymore if it hurts too mu-"

"No. I must. I can't hold it in any longer," Christa said, as she wiped the tears from her eyes and continued,

"So, my mother called Queen Malentha and Queen Reine to see what they thought about Auria's condition. She was in critcal condition, but Sensei Reine thought of an idea..."

"Raven's mom?" Cole asked, as Christa nodded and continued,

"Yes, Raven's mother. She thought of an idea of how to save my sister's life. Malentha thought about it, as well as the Viporeon leaders since they came with Sensei Reine, and they realized that there was no other alternative. They went right to work on the surgery and procedure."

Cole looked questionably at Christa.

"What kind of procedure?" he asked, and Christa replied with a question,

"Cole, how old do you think Auria is?"

Cole thought about it, and he replied, "She looks around your age."

Christa tilted her head to the side, with one eye-brow raised, which made Cole think more about it,

'Why is she looking at me like that? Auria and Christa look around the same age... wait, hold on...Christa was a kid when that happened, and Auria was older becauseshe already saw the land below Aeroplane. Wait a minute...'

Cole looked firmly at Christa and asked, "How old is she?"

Christa replied, "Auria looks the same age now, as she did back then when she fell. Her appearance hasn't changed since then."

Cole's eyes widened, as he asked, "Whoa what?! If she looks exactly the same then and now, then what did Raven's mother do?"

Christa replied, "My sister's body was heavily damaged from the fall so, Sensei Reine decided that they had to engineer and replace a lot of her living tissue with mechanical parts. So, in fact, Auria became-"

"A NINDROID?!" Cole yelled out, as Christa's eyes widened in surprise.

Cole noticed Christa's confusion, which made him realize that she didn't know what a nindroid was.

Cole rubbed the back of his head and said, "Oh, um, sorry. The thing is, Zane is actually a nindroid and since you said that Auria was 'engineered' and all. But I guess if Auria was already alive then that makes her more of a cyborg, I think."

"Wait, hold on. Zane... is a robotic ninja?" Christa asked in amazement, and Cole explained Zane's story to her.

"Oh my gosh... so he's a nindroid, and Auria is a cyborg. They're both robotic... then, she's not alone," Christa said, as Cole looked at her curiously from her last words.

Then Christa smiled and looked at Cole and said,

"She's not alone!"

Christa hugged Cole and said, "Oh Cole thank you! Thank you!"

She gave him a quick peck on the cheek, as Cole blushed a vivid red. Then Christa stood up and grabbed Cole by his arm, as she dragged him to where she knew Auria was going to be. Cole was still blushing, as he was yelling out to Christa to stop dragging him, but she kept going, so he followed her.

Back to Auria, she stood on the treehouse looking out around the forest since the tree was pretty tall. Then she heard footsteps and turned to see Zane coming up the wooden stairs.

"Do you mind if I join you?" he asked, as Auria replied,

"I don't mind."

Zane walked next to Auria, but he kept a foot distance away to give her some space. Then Zane asked,

"You seem troubled today. Is there something wrong?"

There was silence for a while, until Auria finally said,

"Today was the day I was rebuilt."

Zane's eyes widened, and he asked, "W-What do you mean?"

Auria clarified, "Well, I was born as any other person, but on this day, many years ago, I was turned into something else. I had fallen off a cliff in an attempt to save my sister's life from certain peril. I was able to throw her to our parents' arms in time so that she would be safe, and so that my parents wouldn't try to jump down and end up risking their lives too. I fell down a considerable amount of feet and was nearly crushed by the rocks that had fallen off the cliff after me. I was sent to the Aeroplane hospital, where my life was said to end soon. No one knew that I regained consciousness in the hospital when the doctors said I wouldn't make it, but I felt such... sorrow... to see my family's hearts breaking when they heard the news, my parents especially. But then... Sensei Reine came over, and gave a suggestion that ended up saving my life."

Auria looked down, and Zane asked,

"What did Sensei Reine do?"

Then Auria replied, "Sensei Reine said that it would be better if most of my organic tissue was replaced with mechanical engineering of the sort, since my living tissue was diminishing. In other words, I became..."

"A cyborg," Zane said, as Auria looked at him and nodded.

"Yes. How did you know?" Auria asked.

Zane replied, "Because... you're not the only one who was formed with mechanical parts. Although, you were already a living person constructed into a cyborg, I was created by my father many years ago from scratch. I am what Jay refers to as a nindroid."

Auria's eyes widened, as Zane clarified. "You see, my brothers and I were following a falcon that usually brought us good fortune. I was able to complete the journey first, which led me to a secret lab in the base of a tree. I eventually found the blue prints of my falcon's design, and of my own. After the other guys had come and gone, I realized that I had a memory switch. When I turned it on, that's when I remembered my father and how I came to be."

After Zane finished, he and Auria stood looking at each other. They both never saw another mechanical being before, so they were stunned by this new discovery.

Then Auria said, "So, that's what I felt, what we felt before."

"Yes, that special feeling," Zane said, as he stepped closer to Auria and she stepped closer to him. Then Auria smiled a little and said,

"I always felt so alone. At first, it wasn't so bad because then I could protect my family and my people, but then I realized that I would out-live everyone else... Also, no one can understand how it is to be a cyborg, or similar in anyway... I felt so alone, especially today."

Auria looked away a little sad. Then Zane put his hand under Auria's chin and made her look up at him. Zane smiled and said,

"But Auria, you'll never be alone. Even when everyone passes away, and although it will be sad, they will always live on in your heart, and mind. Also, I'll be with you too at that time, so we both won't feel so lonely."

Auria's eyes lit up after Zane spoke. She smiled, as Zane smiled back. Then Auria hugged Zane, which she doesn't really hug all that much, usually her family and friends hug her. Zane was surprised by her sudden movement, but then he hugged her back, as he felt her tears seep through his shirt. Zane stroked her hair, and Auria held him tighter. Then, after realizing how close they were, Zane and Auria pulled away from one another, as Auria rubbed her arm and Zane rubbed the back of his head. They were both blushing, and Zane said,

"I f-feel heat in my cheeks, l-like if they're on fire."

Auria chuckled and said, "It's called 'blushing,' and it's something I haven't felt in a long time."

Auria and Zane looked at each other and smiled. Then they heard a voice,

"HEY AURIA!"

Zane and Auria looked off the railing of the half tree house, and they saw Christa waving one hand at them, and Cole trying to catch his breath.

Then Christa yelled out, "AURIA, YOU DON'T HAVE TO FEEL ALONE ANYMORE!"

Auria was surprised, but then she smiled and yelled back, "I KNOW SISTER! I UNDERSTAND NOW!"

Then Christa noticed that Zane was standing next to Auria.

"Ohhh... ha ha ha. SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE YOU ZANE!" Christa yelled back.

Zane waved and Christa waved back. Then she turned to Cole.

"Okay, everything's fine. Sorry for dragging you around like that," she said, as she rubbed the back of her head and smiled sheepishly.

Cole raised one hand and used what energy he had left to lift his body up, and said,

"Nah, it's... alright... I'm good. I'm cool, I think... Woo man, you can run."

Christa blushed, as she continued to look at Cole, as he was trying to catch his breath.

Auria and Zane were looking at them and they both laughed, as they slowly reached out and held hands.