Rivals {Ninjago AU}

Chapter 3

***Just as a disclaimer, this song is the best Zoomer song about fighting I could think of. No, no one kisses or breaks up in this chapter. This song is used platonically.

Another disclaimer: No, I don't ship Lloya. I used to a little, but now that we have S15, I know there is absolutely no one for Nya but JAY - *steps down from pulpit*

I'm done LOL***

***(Jay's POV)***

I gawk at the TV screen, then burst into laughter. "Kai...I think you accidentally put in an old family video DVD, not Austin Powers! None of us needed to know you used to run around diaper-less!"

Cole, my best friend, frowns. "Yeah. And who's the baby in the background your mom is holding?"

Kai's tanned face turns sheet-white, and he leaps off the couch in front of the TV. "Uh, everyone, avert your eyes! No need to see – uh – a naked two-year-old!" He punches a button on the bottom of the television with his thumb, and the screen goes dark.

I double over and clutch my stomach. "Kai, you...what the heck did we just witness?" My hair falls in front of my eyes, and I lift one trembling hand to push it away.

Kai's face begins to turn from pale to red. "Um...uh...my mom...must've been watching that. Yeah, she's been upset all day because school started, and she's really sappy about all that, so..." He modulates his expression and reaches for the bag of potato chips he dropped on the floor. "Who's hungry?"

As a celebration of our first day back to school, the guys and I all headed over to Kai's bio-parents' house. He's never introduced us to them, so we kind of coerced him into letting us meet them today. Until this summer, he's always lived with his adopted family, the Garmadons.

Lloyd, Kai's adopted brother, raises an amused eyebrow. "So you weren't a big fan of Pull-Ups back in the day, huh?"

"No one is!" Kai defends himself.

Cole stifles a snort. "Except Jay. He wasn't potty-trained until he was five and a half –,"

"Five and a half months!" I shout, trying to interrupt him. "Um, yeah, I was five and a half months old."

Lloyd turns to me, his forehead furrowed. "You were five and a half months old when you learned to use the bathroom on your own?"

Zane, the genius among us all, raises a finger in the air. "It's not entirely unheard of to be toilet-trained at that age, Lloyd. Many experts recommend against it, but toilet-training as a reflex can be accomplished within the first six months of life."

Kai crosses his arms. "We all know from our last visit with Jay's parents that you didn't even have your 'first time on the potty' until you were three, Jay. Your mom told us that story in wonderful detail."

I scoff. "You ran around buck-naked at that age! Which would you rather do, flash everyone on camera or complete toilet-training a year later than average? I bet your mom didn't even try potty-training you until you were the same age as I was!"

Kai rolls his eyes. "I wouldn't know. My bio-mom doesn't tell the story whenever we have company over."

I sputter, but Cole just stretches back on the couch and yawns. "Say, Kai, when are you going to introduce us to your parents? They're the reason we all decided to come over to your house."

Kai hitches a shoulder, not looking any of us in the eye. "My mom's at work right now, and my dad's finishing up something for one of his online classes. They're kind of busy."