Chapter Five:

"LLOYD!" "JAY!" A loud howl tore through the air, right before an auburn werewolf slammed into the werewolf that was attacking the green ninja, bowling it over.

Lloyd pushed himself into a sitting position even as a black werewolf joined the fight alongside the auburn colored one, in fact it was snapping at the werewolves that had Jay pinned. Yelps filled the air as the werewolves scrambled backwards, bolting out of the courtyard with their tails tucked under their legs. Well, not all of them. The large werewolf that had attacked Lloyd lunged forward, snapping at the much smaller auburn werewolf. Snarling, the auburn one lunged forward, sinking its teeth into the larger one's foreleg. A loud yelp of pain escaped it, before it snapped its mouth shut over the auburn one's left ear. This caused a great deal of yelping from the small werewolf as he, Lloyd had a very funny feeling that it was a male, scrambled backwards, jerking his head every which way to lose the larger wolf. Lifting his right forepaw, he swiped at the larger one's nose, causing it to anger even more and lunge forward, a loud snarl escaping it.

Lloyd turned his attention away from the fighting werewolves to watch the other werewolf leap up the tree, nearly reaching Jay. It's mouth snapped shut on something...with an earsplitting howl a third werewolf slid into view, the black werewolf's jaw clamped tightly around its leg as it dragged the slightly bigger werewolf out of the tree. Jay opened and closed his mouth multiple times in shock, before finally finding his voice. "Wolves don't climb trees!"

The black werewolf shook its head, even as it stood up on its hind paws, its rival already running for it, its fur shrinking rapidly as it changed back into a human... Nya planted her hands on her hips, one eyebrow raised. "Next thing I know, you're gonna tell me that girls can't do spinjitzu!"

"NYA?!" Jay yelped loudly, right before he fell out of the tree.

Nya lunged forward, frantically trying to catch her boyfriend before he could hit his head. "Jay! Careful!"

Lloyd blinked rapidly, before turning his head back to watching the fight. He had to have imagined that. There is no way that his best friend and almost sister was a werewolf! He turned just in time to see Cole and Zane team up together to bash the larger werewolf's head to the side with a large, heavy branch. Snarling, the werewolf released the auburn werewolf's left hindleg, backing its way out of the courtyard finally. The second his opponent was gone, the auburn wolf turned to face Lloyd, pushing himself up onto his hindlegs. Immediately, his bloody left hindleg crumbled under his weight...even as he turned back into Kai. Kai grunted as he collapsed to the ground, a sheen of sweat already dripping down his forehead.

Reaching down, Kai clasped his still bloody, really not good at all, left leg. "Cole... Zane. Help me out here."

Zane grasped his best friend silently by the arm, hoisting him up carefully. Cole hurriedly ripped a strip of fabric off of his gi, using it to slow the flow of blood coming from Kai. "We need to get you to the Monastery's medical wing."

Kai merely grunted, trying his hardest not to faint from the blood loss. Nya hurried over to where they were gathered, concern dancing on her features. Of course her concern was slightly abated at the sight of her carrying a spluttering Jay. Finding out one's girlfriend is a werewolf is one thing, being carried by her within the same hour was just plain humiliating for the Lightning ninja.

"Kai!" Nya skidded to a halt, this time nearly throwing Jay at their friends.

Kai rolled his eyes, a hiss escaping him as pain throbbed in his leg. "I know... I know. That big werewolf smelled like Mountain Pack while the others were a mixture of the other packs. None of them were from Volcano Pack or Seashore Pack though."

"Actually... I was gonna tell you that looks painful." Nya pointed to his leg, one eyebrow raised.

"Oh..." Kai turned red as he realized that his sister didn't care about what Packs the different werewolves came from, but instead was worried about his wellbeing.

Lloyd stood up shakily, quickly wiping his sweaty hands onto his pants. "So Kai...what just happened just now?" Lloyd somehow barely managed to keep his voice under control so as not to betray the fact that he was rather shaken up by this turn of events.

Kai blinked slowly, then mumbled out a reply. "I really hope Misako is wrong about the whole Great Alpha bedtime story being part of a prophesy cause if so... that means we already got the Young cub. Now please excuse me. But I'm gonna faint now." With that said, Kai rolled his eyes to the back of his head and passed out.

"Well...at least when he says he's gonna do something, he means it." Cole managed to shakily joke out, still pressing the now pretty bloody strip of fabric against Kai's leg.

Wu wasn't sure what to think when he went looking for his nephew and students, and found them crowded around Kai in the medwing, Zane and Nya working steadily to wrap tight clean bandaged around Kai's leg which had multiple stitches in it. Misako moved quickly into the room, placing a hand on Lloyd's shoulder. "What happened? We were only gone for a few short hours."

"Uh...so werewolves can transform during the day as well as the night...and um we were attacked...oh! Kai got bit on the leg. He'll be fine though. Zane and Nya are finishing up now with treating it." Lloyd shifted uncomfortably, uncertain how to explain to the adults that two of the ninjas were apparently werewolves.

Misako paled at that, her breath catching slightly. "Kai was bit!? We're gonna be down a ninja each full moon then."

"Stereotype." Kai somehow managed to mumble out despite the fact that he was unconscious.

Wu frowned, turning to face his only female student. "Does your brother not understand the seriousness of him getting bit?"

Nya raised an eyebrow upwards, her expression otherwise blank. "Seeing as if he hadn't tackled that particular werewolf, Lloyd would be dead right now. Yeah, he's aware of how serious it is."

"That's not what I meant!"

"Uncle. Kai was in wolf form when he got bit." Lloyd took a deep breath, before turning to face the two adults in the room. "He was already a werewolf..."