BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!

Sensei Wu had walked into the ninja's room with his gong, banging it to awaken the remainder students. "Rise and shine."

Kai groaned and rolled over, placing a pillow on his head to block out the noise. He fell back asleep, tired after what happened last night. Lloyd and Jay reluctantly pulled themselves out of bed. A quick glance at Zane and Cole's bed told them that the two were already awake.

"Since Kai doesn't feel the need to listen to me, you two can figure out a way to wake him up. At this, the two sleepy ninja perked up.

"Can we do anything?" Lloyd asked, his eyes were filled with mischief.

Sensei Wu nodded his head, "I'd prefer if you didn't use your elemental powers though. You boys have been getting a bit reliant on those."

"Yes Sensei."

Sensei Wu walked out of the room. He stopped at the doorway and spoke over his shoulder, "Oh, and don't forget to wake Nya. It seems that she and her brother share some of the same traits."

"Yes Sensei."

Once their teacher left, Jay and Lloyd turned to face each other. The two shared a knowing smile. Lloyd was the one to break the silence. "Plan c?"

"Plan c," Jay answered, nodding his head in agreement.

"All right, you go check to see if we have any water balloons and I'll go find the bucket," Lloyd informed Jay. Jay nodded again and ran to the kitchen, where Zane was making toast.

"Good morning Jay. Are you hungry?"

"No thanks Zane," Jay shuffled through the junk drawer. "Do you know where the water balloons are?"

Zane eyed his brother suspiciously. "No, I cannot say that I have. Why do you ask?"

Jay let out a little laugh. "Sensei asked Lloyd and me to wake up Kai."

Zane only nodded his head slowly. Common sense told him that something bad was going to happen. "Very well. Do be careful though. Kai is not the best person in the morning."

"Yeah, I know." Jay grabbed a plastic bag from the bottom of the junk drawer. He gave a small cheer when he discovered it was the missing water balloons. "Do you know where Cole keeps his stash of whipped cream?"

"Cole has a stash of whipped cream?" Zane raised an eyebrow at the new information. "I was not aware of this."

Jay's face went pale once he realized his mistake. "N-no. He doesn't have a stash of whipped cream. I said a stash of... of... uh... hipped ream. Yeah, hipped ream. And, uh, I think I just heard my name called. Bye Zane!"

Jay ran out of the room at a speed that could almost top Turner's record. Zane shook his head sadly at Jay's pathetic excuse, but chose to ignore it, since half of what came out Jay's mouth never really made any sense. He decided to strike up a conversation with Pixal when Lloyd ran into the room with a metal bucket in hand.

"Hey Zane!" Lloyd placed his bucket in the sink, pushing the cups from last night onto the counter, where they rolled to the floor.

"Good morning Lloyd. Is that bucket going to be used to wake up Kai?" Zane bent down to pick up the plastic cups, careful not to bang his head as Lloyd picked the full bucket out of the sink.

"Yep." Lloyd grabbed the ice cube tray out of the freezer. "Are you making cinnamon toast?"

"Of course. Would you like some?" Zane made his way over to the counter, careful to avoid the water droplets that fell on the floor when Lloyd dumped the ice cubes into the bucket.

Lloyd filled up the ice crude tray again and held it out toward Zane, silently asking if he would freeze the water. "When I get back. Oh, and can you add the melted chocolate chips like you did last time? It was delicious."

"I can try, but I do not believe that we have any chocolate chips," Zane replied, hesitantly freezing the water.

Lloyd quickly dumped the ice cubes into the bucket and threw the tray onto the counter, much to Zane's dismay. Lloyd grabbed the bucket and quickly, but carefully, ran toward their shared room. Over his shoulder, he called, "Cole has a stash in a secret compartment behind the spaghetti. The code is cake."

Zane turned to the cabinet where he placed the noodles. He opened the door and scanned the shelves for the spaghetti noodles. They were on the bottom shelf, located under the Mac-n-cheese (which Lloyd insisted were noodles, despite Zane's logical protests). Carefully, Zane pulled out all the boxes. He saw the outline of a door and a padlock on it. Zane turned the padlock letters so that it spelled out 'cake'. Opening the door, Zane let out a sigh at the discovery that, not only were their chocolate chips, but Cole had also stuffed a variety of other cake ingredients inside the secret compartment.

"Hey Zane, do you know why Lloyd was laughing evilly and carrying a bucket when he passed me?" Cole walked into the kitchen, stopping after only a few feet because of the water on the floor.

Zane turned toward his ghost brother. A look of disbelief and disappointment plaster on his face. "Cole. Why is there a secret compartment filled with cake ingredients in the cabinet?"

Cole looked around the room, hoping to find some means of escape. "Well, uh, you see... You don't know about the whipped cream, do you?"

"Jay mentioned it earlier when he was in here getting water balloons." Zane answered nonchalantly.

Cole let out a string of cuss words. He turned to walk out the door and avoid Zane's question entirely when Jay and Lloyd came running in straight through Cole. This time, they were both completely dressed, with running shoes on their feet instead of the usual barefoot.

"What are you two doing?" Cole asked. Jay and Lloyd ignored the questioned and instead raided the kitchen and cabinets, obviously looking for something. Zane stared at the mess with a panicked expression. But quickly turned to anger when Lloyd grabbed the last stick of butter and Jay grabbed a non-stick spray bottle and oil. What they were going to be used for was far from what Zane wanted to think about at the moment

"We'll clean up when we get back!" Jay yelled over his shoulder as he and Lloyd ran through Cole again and out the door.

"If we make it back," Lloyd called, laughing at what the two had planned.

Cole and Zane were left in the kitchen, which had been trashed during the raid. Zane's eye was twitching, which was not really a good sign. Cole backed away slowly, still uncomfortable with the fact that people can run through him now.

"Stay where you are. I will deal with you when I get back." Zane's voice was neutral, but Cole could tell he was upset. He carefully stepped to the side to let Zane pass through. Once Cole was alone, he turned to face the kitchen. He carefully snuck over to that noodle cabinet, avoiding the droplets of water. Concentrating, Cole pushed the secret door closed, changed the code, and placed all the boxes back where they belong.

"What compartment filled with cake ingredients?"

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Back in the Ninja's bedroom. Lloyd and Jay were setting up plan c. Jay was creating a slippery path of butter and oil from Kai's bed to Nya's door, which was closed and locked. Lloyd had set up the whipped cream filled water balloons in a pillow case on Kai's nightstand. The ice in the bucket had not melted yet, which meant it was going to be nice and cold when he poured it on Kai's head.

"The balloons are set, right?" Jay asked, coming back into the room.

"Yep. The path set?" Jay nodded his head and climbed on top of the nightstand. He held the pillow case filled with balloons in his hands, ready to flip it over and dump it on Kai's head. Lloyd picked up the bucket and held it by the rim. He made eye contact with Jay and mouthed 'one, two...'

"THREE!" Both boys shouted at the same time. Jay flipped the pillow case upside down and dropped the whipped cream water balloons. Kai's eyes flew open after the first few balloons hit his face. He quickly closed them before any of the balloons could do damage. Once he knew the bombard of whipped cream was over, he opened his eyes again, only to have a bucket of cold water thrown in his face. Almost immediately, Kai jumped from his seat to attack whoever threw the water.

Unfortunately, when Jay had dropped the balloons, a few had hit the floor and created an unplanned slippery spot. When Lloyd had thrown the water, he started running, but slipped on the whipped cream and sent the metal bucket flying. As Kai jumped forward, his head collided with the bucket, knocking him backwards for a few seconds. Jay and Lloyd took this as their chance to escape and started running. Kai recovered from getting hit in the head and soon followed after. However, because of the slippery path Jay had made, Kai slid along the floor of the hallway and straight into Nya's locked door. The bump had caused Nya to wake up and walk outside to see what had happened, which is where she found her brother lying in a heap on the floor.

"Oh my Overlord! Are you okay Kai?" Nya bent down to help her brother up. He gladly took her hand, pulling himself to his feet.

"Tell the truth. How bad does it look?" Kai asked. Nya was unsure of how to respond. For starters, her brother had twin bruises in his cheeks, probably from a punch or two. His forehead was red and starting to bruise in the center. And to top it off, he was covered in whipped cream.

"You look," Nya decided it was just the best to tell the truth, "Awful. Absolutely one-hundred percent awful."

Kai gave his sister a thanks-for-making-me-feel-better-about-myself-not look. He sighed and looked at the ground.

"But look at the bright side, you weren't tarred and feathered like Cole was when he slept in," Nya pointed out, reminding Kai of the punishment Cole had faced from Lloyd and Jay when he spent all night reading and ended up waking up late the next morning.

Kai gave his sister a small smile. "Well, when you put it like that, I guess this isn't so bad. At least I can wash whipped cream out of my hair better than I can tar."

"Glad you can see it in a pos-"

"I'm going to need your help getting revenge, meet me after sunrise exercise." Kai ran back to his room, jumping around so he could avoid the slippery path.

Nya gave a sigh and leaned her head against the doorway. She glanced at the digital clock sitting in her room. A green 6:27 blinked at her. Nya shut her eyes tight and shook her head. "It's too early for this."

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Sunrise exercise had taken place a bit after sunrise. The ninja would have questioned their Sensei on why it was so late, but because of the hectic morning, decided to just be thankful that they had time to fully wake up.

Ronin had woken up after sunrise exercise was over. He was on the way to the dining room when he was stopped by Cole and Zane. Cole looked fine but Zane was covered in different types of food.

"I wouldn't go on there if I was you," Cole warned, pointing to the door of the dining room. Zane nodded his head in agreement.

"Com' on. How bad can it be?" Ronin pushed past the two ninja. He pushed the door open and froze at the sight in front of him. The walls were covered in cinnamon. The table and floor had spilt milk all over it. And to top things off, the four ninja that were standing in the room were covered in cereal and toast bits, still throwing food at each other.

The former thief closed the door quickly. "On second thought, I think I've lost my appetite."

"Hello Sensei," Zane said, bringing Cole and Ronin's attention away from the dining room.

"Hello Zane, how are you this morning?"

"I am fine."

"That's good. Have any of you seen Kai or Lloyd?"

All three males pointed at the dining room. Sensei Wu raised an eyebrow at the action.

"Do I wish to know what is going on in there?"

"Nope!"

"No!"

"Not at all Sensei."

"Very well." Sensei Wu walked to the door and knocked softly. The sound of chairs scraping against the ground could be heard. Behind Wu, Cole and Ronin had run off, saying something about not wanting to see the mess. Zane stayed, anxiety filled his heart as he thought about the cleaning that would have to be done to get the room back in eating order by lunch.

The door was thrown open by a very dirty Nya. Pieces of cereal clung to her hair and her ninja suit was covered in bits of toast and cinnamon. Her face had milk and chocolate dripping down her cheeks to her chin. She rubbed her eye, trying to stay awake. At the same time, she was trying to regulate her breathing and stop laughing. "Yes?"

Sensei Wu was taken back at the appearance of the water ninja. He glanced over at Zane, who was also shocked by the way Nya looked. Turning back to Nya, he asked, "Are Kai and Lloyd in there?"

Nya gave a small chuckle and called over her shoulder, "Kai, Lloyd, Sensei wants to see you."

Sensei Wu and Zane turned their attention to the scene behind Nya. The room looked worse than when Ronin took a peek. The picture frame was hanging onto the wall by a thread, which would soon break if anything else was thrown at it. The chairs lie in random spots on the ground, thankfully none of them were broken. Plates, bowls, and cups lay upside down or on their sides. Zane let out the breath he was holding when he discovered they were all from the plastic set they bought a long time ago. Lloyd, Kai, and Jay all stood in one corner of the room, milk dripping from their hair. Their suits were soaked and had bits of food all over them. In Kai's hand was a glass of orange juice, which somehow survived the whole food war. He had his arm wrapped around Lloyd's neck, not to choke him but keep him from running off. Jay was laughing to hard to listen to Lloyd's cries of help. Kai held the glass above his head, ready to spill it on top of the green ninja.

Out of the corner of his eye, Kai spotted Sensei Wu standing in the doorway. He immediately let go of Lloyd and chugged the orange juice. Jay noticed this and turned his attention to where Kai was looking. Lloyd, on the other hand, took it upon himself to launch a piece of toast at Kai's face. Kai's attention was torn away from his teacher. He wiped the toast off his face and pounced on Lloyd, knocking the both of them onto the ground. Jay backed away from the two, watching as Kai pinned Lloyd down and started tickling him.

Sensei Wu maneuvered around the food on the ground and made his way to the three boys. He lifted his bamboo staff and smacked it on Kai's head.

"Ow!" Kai moved off of Lloyd, rubbing the back of his head. Lloyd sat up and looked at his uncle. The laughter he had was dying down.

"H-hey Uncle Wu."

"Hello Lloyd. If I may ask, what happened?"

"Oh, we were sitting together and eating breakfast when Kai and Lloyd got into a debate about..." Jay paused to think for a moment. "Honestly, I don't even remember. But then um, Kai? No, Lloyd, maybe. I think it was Cole actually. Anyway, somebody threw some food at somebody and then we got into a food fight." Jay surveyed the damage done to the room. "We're going to have to clean up, aren't we?"

Sensei Wu nodded his head. "Except for Lloyd. You have a doctor's appointment. We'll be stopping in a couple minutes. Go clean yourself up."

Lloyd paled at the news. He gulped down he lump in his throat and spoke in a quivering voice. "Can we cancel the doctor's appointment? I have to help clean up the mess I made. Besides I'm not even sick."

One cue, Lloyd let out a huge sneeze. Sensei Wu only pointed to the exit. Lloyd trudged out onto the hallway and into the bathroom.

"What did you need me for Sensei?" Kai asked.

"I need to speak with you about something in private."

Jay let out a little laugh. He sang, "Kai's in trouble, Kai's in trouble."

Kai grabbed Jay's ankle and pulled it out from underneath him. Jay fell on his butt and let out a little ow.

"Meanie"

Kai just rolled his eyes and stood up. He and Sensei Wu left the room. Nya and Zane had disappeared from their positions. The bathroom door was open, so Lloyd had to have been done with his shower. Sensei Wu opened the door to his room when they were stopped by Lloyd.

"Something's wrong with the engine. A leak or something. We've landed just outside of town. It's going to take at least a week to fix, maybe two."

"Hmm... And you're not just saying this to get out of your doctor appointment?"

Lloyd shook his head, his hair sending water droplets everywhere. "No uncle."

A new voice sounded behind him. "Great, because we're going now."

Lloyd turned around to face his mother. He sent a pleading face to her, but she just grabbed his wrist and pulled him along. Sensei Wu motioned for Kai to enter his room.

"What is it you want to talk to me about?" Kai asked.

"I'd like to talk about last night. You - Are you wearing makeup?"

Kai nodded and then put a hand to his face. When he pulled it back it had concealer in it. "Yeah, I had received a few injuries quite recently. Just covering them up. So about last night..."

Kai told Sensei Wu the story of how he found Jay and the conversation they had. Sensei Wu nodded his head along with the story.

"I'll speak with Jay in a bit. In the mean time, I think you should go to the store with Nya."

"To get the materials to board up the beds."

"That, and you need your own makeup. Nya is a few shades darker then you and it stands out when you use her makeup."

Kai's cheeks blushed at the comment. He was only using Nya's makeup because he accidentally messed up his own. Nevertheless, he went to wash up to go to the store with his sister. He stopped by the dining room to ask Zane what he needed groceries wise. Jay had flipped him the finger before he left, since he was stuck cleaning in his still dirty outfit. Kai only laughed.

TO BE CONTINUED...

A.N.: Here is another chapter.

1). I am aware that the character might be OOC and I will try to fix that but I mean, have you seen Lloyd? He changes every season.

2). I'm sorry if this chapter feels different then the first. I fell sick right after posting the first. Of course, I wrote this while sick. (That and my writing style changes a lot.)

3). (To those who also read Childhood Memories) I will be updating one story each week, since BETA and I both have a lot of homework and I don't want to overload BETA with too many stories.

Have a nice night/day.