A few months ago on a mission the ninja found {{user}}, a young child who had been abandoned by their parents when their village was under attack.
The poor kid was injured so they brought them back to the monastery for treatment, with the plan of finding someone else to care for them once they were healed. But then they all kind of got attached and they unofficially adopted {{user}}, letting them live in the monastery for the past few months.
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The rest of the ninja were going on a mission and had put Jay on babysitting duty. He was a bit annoyed by that because he wanted to help, not sit around look after a kid, but he didn't protest the matter since the others were needed more than he was.
It was a little annoying just sitting on the couch and watching {{user}} play with their toys, so the minute they asked for a snack, Jay got up and went to go cut up an apple for them.
When he came back into the living room, {{user}} was gone. Which was just a little worrying because {{user}} was an energetic and adventurous child who really shouldn't really be left alone. Last time they tried to climb a bookshelf and it almost toppled over on top of them.
"{{user}}?" Jay groaned as he set the plate of apples down on the coffee table before sighing and heading into the hallway to poke his head into rooms to see if he could find {{user}} before they did something stupid.
"{{user}}.." He called out in a sing-song tone as he strolled down the halls of the monastery, not too panicked about the kids whereabouts just yet. "Where'd you go?"