Tiny Troubles

Part 9

Previously on Tiny Troubles...

He vaguely remembered walking to where Zane was standing in the hall and sitting on the floor next to him, suddenly too tired to even entertain the thought of walking. He thought he remembered Zane picking him up and starting to walk somewhere. He was about to ask where Zane was taking him but ultimately decided that he didn't care and closed his eyes.

It didn't take him long to drift off to sleep.

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Part 9

When Cole woke up from his impromptu nap, he was lying in his bed with the blankets tangled around his legs and drool trickling out of the corner of his mouth and onto his pillow.

Groaning, Cole sat up and stretched, wiping the drool from his cheek. It took him a few minutes to convince his brain to wake up, and a few more minutes to remember what had caused him to be so sleepy.

Cole groaned again and buried his face in his pillow. "I hate being a kid," he whined, his voice muffled by the pillow. I really hope Sensei got that tea...

Deciding not to wait any longer, Cole kicked off his blankets and got out of the bed. He walked out of the bedroom and down the hall, occasionally tripping over the baggy ends of his pants(thankfully, he didn't faceplant).

Hearing loud voices coming from the game room area, Cole made his way over there. He poked his head into the room and noticed that at some point while he was napping, the others had come back. Now Kai, Jay, and Lloyd were in the middle of an intense game of Mario Kart. And, from the sounds of it, someone had just sent a blue shell after Kai.

"Come on, go faster ya stupid car!" The red ninja shouted, furiously tilting his controller side-to-side.

"Kai, lower your voice," Zane scolded. "You risk the chance of waking up Cole. And yelling is pointless since you cannot avoid the blue shell."

"Can it Frosty! I didn't ask for a backseat driver!" Kai snapped back, only curse as his kart was hit by the blue shell. "Gosh dang it!!! Now I'm in third!"

"Haha, sucks to be you, Kai," Lloyd teased, lightly elbowing the red ninja. "Now watch as I throw this green shell at first place."

"Ha! Green shells suck, Lloyd!" Jay jeered as he raced to the finish line. "There's no way you can hit me!"

Just then, a green shell hit Jay's cart, causing it (and Jay)to flip.

"You were saying?" Lloyd said smugly as he crossed the finish line. "Oh yeah. Who's the best at Mario Kart? This guy, that's who."

"Shut up," Jay groaned, slumping. "And I was so close..."

"Rematch! I demand a rematch!" Kai exclaimed. "I refuse to take this lying down!"

"Are you sure about that?" Lloyd asked, smirking. "You haven't done very well in the past three races."

"That's cause the random one was biased, you intentionally chose your favorite course, and Jay's choice sucked."

"Hey!" Jay protested. "What was wrong with my choice?!"

"Rainbow Road, Jay. You chose freaking Rainbow Road!"

"Cause it's fun!"

"I fell off a dozen times!!!"

"Well, then it's a good thing you didn't choose it huh?"

Kai let out a frustrated scream and tackled Jay to the ground. "Take that back!" He growled.

"Never!" Jay declared, squirming out of Kai's grasp long drought to grab a pillow and smack the red ninja in the face with it.