#wanted to see if kai would still beat jays ass

[ninjagocrohw]

cpu really does not know how to maxi....

an updated form of this post, where i used soul cal 5 and my ipod :P

[mouwrites]

Hopefully requests are open and if they aren’t then please ignore my ask!! I would like to request if you could write a platonic ninjago x younger sibling!reader where the Reader is basically the crying child from fnaf? A crybaby, easily scared and clingy in a sense that they only feel safe with the ninja or their older brother, if you cant do this then you are free to ignore this ask, Have a very nice day/night or evening where you are!

Here you are my darling! I hope you have a lovely day/night too! :D

Ninjago - Ninjas With a Sensitive Little Sibling

Kai

He's already a protective older brother, but with you being so sensitive, he's ultra-protective

Even when people are being nice to you he's hovering carefully, making sure they don't do anything that might hurt you

Not that he really needs to hover; you usually stick to his side anyway

Maybe that's also why he gets worried when you're on your own, though... he's not used to not having you nearby

Whenever he's forced to leave you, he makes sure you're in good hands (i.e. with the other ninja) first

He knows you're sensitive, but he's still Kai; you're not escaping a little sibling conflict

Sometimes he gets annoyed when you follow him around too much, and he'll get all quiet

He knows why you do it, but that doesn't mean it doesn't irritate him a bit

There have been times during which he'd snap and tell you to go find someone else to follow around

If/when that makes you cry, though, he does a complete 180 turn

He crouches down to your level, smoothing your head and frantically telling you he didn't mean it

"Aw, Y/n, please don't cry! I didn't mean it..! Please don't cry!"

Then he'll give you a piggyback if you want it, entirely forgetting his earlier desire to be alone

Cole

He's also pretty protective, but he's more focused on your character and emotions than actually defending you from the world

What I mean is that he'll watch for when you're upset, and when you do get upset he'll take the opportunity to try and build a little character

He's super gentle and always supportive, of course, but at the same time he wants you to grow

So when you cry, he'll hug you until you're calm but then he'll try and talk it out with you

"What made you upset?" ... "Why do you think that upset you?" ... "How can we make sure that doesn't happen again?"

I think he's just really emotionally mature, and he'd want his little sibling to have that maturity, too

Of course, he doesn't force it on you; you're just a kid after all

But he tries to get you on the right path

He still gives you lots of affection though, and is always checking to make sure you're comfortable

When you have to separate, he does try to leave you with one of the other ninja, but if he can't he'll offer lots of reassurance that he'll be right back

He'll be so proud if you're able to be alone for a bit!!

All in all he's just super supportive regarding your needs, but also wants you to learn and grow

Jay

Out of all the ninjas, he coddles you the most

When someone makes you cry he's on them like a feral cat

Once he's satisfied that they've gotten what they deserved (or when they're done beating his ass 💀) he'll come to check on you

He's a little scatterbrained, so he doesn't always remember that you're fragile

Sometimes he'll accidentally make a backhanded comment or leave you all on your own

When he realizes his mistake he flies into a panic, especially if he's mid-mission and remembers that you're alone

He hates seeing you cry, and just the thought of it makes his stomach churn

He always gives you the tightest hug when he realizes his mistake/gets reunited with you, apologizing a million times

Honestly he's more upset about it than you are

Long after you've stopped crying, he's still apologizing (and probably crying a little himself)

Just call him a crybaby and he'll stop on the dot

He'll just stand up and furrow his brows

"Okay, I see how it is. I was all worried about my little Y/n and now they're making fun of me. I guess that's what I get!"

(You're both able to laugh about it, dw)

Zane

As has been established, he's not the most emotionally intelligent out of all the ninjas

Sometimes he struggles to know what he's feeling himself; your emotions are a whole other realm to him

That doesn't mean he can't tell when you're upset, though

Whenever you start to whimper or cry he's at your side in a second, holding your shoulder affirmingly

He's not always sure what to say, but if you want to hug him he'll hug you back

He'll patiently wait for you to calm down, then he'll try to understand why you were upset

"Um, do you know why... what... made you... cry..?"

Be patient with him, I promise he's trying 😭

He starts to learn after a while which things upset you most, and he starts to look out for them whenever you're with him

Whenever he spots one of those things, he's already hurrying to your side before you even start crying

He feels really proud whenever he's able to catch a fit before it happens :)

Honestly, as protective as he feels towards you, he sometimes wonders if you're better off with the other ninjas

You're just so emotional, and he feels like the other ninjas might understand you better

He actually sometimes looks to them to help calm you down

But ultimately he does prefer to be the one to help you, both because he feels responsible and because he loves you the most

Lloyd

He was a pretty rowdy kid when he was your age, so he has a little trouble understanding you

He was rude where you're sensitive, he was cruel where you're gentle... when he thinks of you compared to his younger self, it's like night and day

So he doesn't always catch things that might make you cry

(makes it a little hard to be protective when you don't know which things to be protective about...)

Only when someone else points them out, or when he hears your high-pitched whine, does he realize that you've been upset

He'll rub your back and try to calm you down, but honestly he's a little apprehensive

Like I said, he can't really relate, so he struggles to empathize

That doesn't mean he won't try, though

He'll give you a hug and tell you everything is fine, but he's not sure if he's actually being helpful

"Hey, hey, it's okay..! Here, give me a hug!"

He just feels really bad for you, especially because of this

He asks the others for advice sometimes, trying to understand what it might've been like to be a kid who spent more time being afraid and gentle than trying to be tough and evil

They always assure him that he's doing a great job, with him being so great at showing kindness already

He still doubts himself, and he probably always will, but he'll never stop trying to be there for you

Nya

If you were anyone else's sibling, or just a random kid, Nya would absolutely coddle you

She'd be the most protective person ever, always at your side, ready to defend you from the world

But since you're a Smith...

Sorry, you're getting none of that

She'll never berate you or anything, but every time you start to have a breakdown, she tries to get you to toughen up a little

"Come on, my Y/n, dry those tears. It's not that bad. I'm here."

She'll still be hugging you anyway while she says this

The way she sees it, Kai can do the babying, and she can do the actual teaching

Though she can't help the distaste she feels whenever Kai treats you like a baby

She's talked to him before about getting you to grow up a little, and he does agree that you can't always be this sensitive

From then on they work together to find the balance between comforting you and toughening you up

(Kai still does most of the comforting and Nya still does most of the toughening)

She knows what it's like to be the "weaker" sibling, and she doesn't want that for you–not now, not ever

She'll even give you fighting lessons if it makes you feel stronger :D (tbh she probably will anyway)

Thank you so much for this request! And thanks for reading, take care sweet duckies <33

(divider by saradika)

[colesluvr]

It's me again here to request some more platonic ninja 🤭

Can I request ninja and male best friend reader headcanons

Pretty please with cherries on top ( I'm so sorry for that ) 💖

Hope you day it amazing as always

Best Friends | All Ninja x Male Reader (Platonic)

hello!! tysm for this request, i would die to be best friends with them !! really hope you enjoy this, sorry if it seems short 💔

KAI ★

dumbass duo

both of you pull all-nighters

they can either end of successful, or a certain master wu doubling your training times because you decided to stay up late, telling him you weren't tired.

you steal his hair gel, and he beats your ass if he catches you in the process of taking it.

when you do take it without him noticing, he just always glares at you because he knows you stole it.

he never understood why?

was it just to piss him off?

cuz what type of friend doesn't piss their other friend off for fun?

karoke nights>>

you and kai verese everyone else.

you decides who solo's that :)

kai starts food fights, but you finish them.

when you both were younger, every thing was a challenge between you both.

guess some people never change

COLE ★

you tried to teach the poor man how to bake :(

ended with you both getting a scolding by zane.

worth it, you were able to have a food fight.

although you lost because cole is basically a master at dodging, it was still fun.

you both go on walks to pastery shops and see who will pay for what.

rock, paper, sisscors, SHOOT ,, cole's paying today.

he helps you train, alothough it ends with you slamming your face into the ground most of the time he tries to help where he can.

sleepovers at your place>> sharing a room with the guys

you and him put on face masks bc cole wanted to.

surpirsinly it helped you both relax :)

tried to cook you lunch bc he was sick and tired of you making fun of him not being able to cook, and the next minute later firefighters were knocking at your front doors bc your nieghbor's could smell the smoke.

you never allow him in the kitchen alone anymore.

gives the best hugs.

it's like hugging a teddy bear, only it's cole.

JAY ★

i see the both of you doing the dumbest of tiktok trends together.

your dating kai, right,, and you snuck into the bathroom durning his shower with a bucket of cold water and poured it over the curtains.

jay was outside the room recording the noise, quickly running away with you hearing your boyfriend's (kai's) girly scream.

you both get scary durning video games.

you both could just be cussing at each other while the others are in the back with zane covering lloyd's ears, and cole covering zane's ears. both kai abd nya don't care, just don't rip each other's throats out.

he likes to go outside with you and chat about your day. it ends with you both laughing because while talking jay ran into a tree and fell onto you, both of you hitting the floor.

ypu both have blackmail photo's of each other you both just like to show the others.

you both go down for midnight snacks, running into lloyd who is just sitting at the kitchen table with a stash of candy. you all have a routine now.

cole sometimes comes down, but kai neevr does because he's not dealing you you four at 12 at night, that's not what he signed up for.

you both like arts and crafts, but jay is always the one to drag you into them.

ZANE ★

you: run's into the road without looking

zane: grabs your collor and pulls you back

thats how all great friendshios start (i should know, ahem)

you both like to take walks,, anywhere! you don't need to be going anywhere you can literally just walk in a straight line and you'll both be lost in conversation.

always asks if you'd eaten, drank water, and got a good nights rest.

he does this for everyone, actually.

you introduced him to ':)' '<3' :0' ':l" texting, and he now does it on a daily basis.

you both cook together, and you start food fights with him.

makes you laugh without even trying <33

you take snapchat photos because he loves them. you snapped a picture of him, and showed him his filtered picture.

makes you go to sleep and wake up at proper times.

loves dancing with you, just dance is something he may be bad at but he loves the time with you.

once you danced straight into a wall, and you both kinda stopped because he's gotten worried about you.

LLOYD ★

you both share a snack stash with your favorite chocolates and candies.

you both stay up late.

plays video games 24/7.

you and him go on midnight runs because you both love the aesthetic of the night.

you both train together, and make bets.

you steal eahc others candies.

sleepovers>>

movie nights>>

you comfort him when he's upset about his father, and he returns the same comfort to you when you need it.

loves you like a brother.

gets angry when you get hurt in battle

single pringles

y/n: he asked for no pickles!

lloyd: y/n...

you both don't really like parties, so you stay home together and have sleepovers.

a/n: guys, i want to start posting my ninjago headcanons ,, do you guys even want to see them?

[drvnkd4zed]

Enhypen reactions to a TXT member having a crush on you

‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾ Jungwon

(Taehyun has a crush on you)

It's lunch time at the Hybe cafeteria and all of you reunited to have a delicious break. You noticed that Taehyun from TXT continuously glances at you from few tables in front of you, he looks at you and smiles shyly, so when you point it out to Jungwon, he moves his chair closer to yours, to claim his space next to you. He leans you a kiss on the cheek, caressing your hair. "I know he has a crush on you and I love to make him jealous".

‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾ Heeseung

(Yeonjun has a crush on you)

Yeonjun and Heeseung are very close and they know everything about each others, so during Yeonjun's birthday vlive, someone asks him in the comments if he had a crush. Heeseung smiles and shows you Yeonjun's cute reaction to the question. "He's never been in love, he's like a stone in the middle of the desert with no feelings but competitiveness" Heeseung says giggling. "Actually, there's something I wanted to tell MOA but was too afraid too. I like Heeseung's girlfriend" Yeonjun states. Heeseung's smile vanishes hearing those words. "He's kidding" he says looking at you. "I have real feelings, it's my first time falling in love and I hope Heeseung won't punch me in the face" Yeonjun continues. "I'm texting him, he must know he has no chances with you".

‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾ Jay

(Huening Kai has a crush on you)

You and Huening Kai have been hanging out together a lot since you two were just kids. You two weekly meet at the local Bubble Tea shop to drink something refreshing before continuing your schedule. But this time is different. Sunghoon perceived something weird about Huening Kai lately, so he told Jay to see what was happening. You two line up to order the drinks, you don't notice Jay taking place right behind Hyuka. "What do you want to order? I'm offering!" you say smiling. "I heard the I fell in love with you when I first saw you but I couldn't tell you is tasty, I'd take that!" Hyuka answers. You look at him in disbelief. "What did you say?" you ask him. "I'm a coward for not telling you before. I like you, or maybe I love you. I just need to be with you" he states. "Haven't you tried the Jay will beat your ass off if you touch her again? That's the most delicious drink here".

‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾ Jake

(Soobin has a crush on you)

It's the new year's eve and you're spending it with Jake, the Txt members and the Enhypen members. All the boys are chatting and there's only one of them who's silent and very quiet. "Are you okay?" you ask him. "I'm fine, everyone looks so happy" Soobin answers. "Yeah, everyone but you" you add. You sit closer to him on the couch. "Tell me" you whisper. "He takes one slice of pizza and puts it in front of you. "You see that slice of pizza? That's the most important one. It has the most cheese and tomato, it is the softest and tastiest one, I know for sure". You look at him very confused. "Everyone here would take that slice because it is delicious and everyone here would be brave enough to take it first" Soobin explains. "I still can't connect the points" you say. "You're the slice of pizza I picked and I fucking want you more than anything else! " he screams. Jake walks closer to you two, putting a hand on Soobin's shoulder. "What did you just say?" Jake asks. "Y/n, I truly love you, we should start this new year together". Jake pushes Soobin further from you, sitting in between. "Hey hey! You're forgetting we're dating" Jake tells Soobin. "I-I think I exaggerated, I'm sorry".

‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾ Sunghoon

(Beomgyu has a crush on you)

It's been few days since you and Beomgyu met each other for the first time. You think Beomgyu's very funny and sweet, so you two decide to meet more often. Since then, you spent way less time at home than before, making Sunghoon very worried. Few days later, he decides to ask Beomgyu about it, since he knew you two were getting close. Beomgyu tells him about his crush for you without any filter. "I really like her, hanging out with her is like breathing fresh air" Beomgyu states. "Sure" Sunghoon replies, walking away. He won't give anyone explanations, he's heading home to face the reality. When you're home, he's probably asking you to have a serious conversation with him about it. He'll feel very insecure. "I know Beomgyu is better than me, he's extroverted and funny, you're probably having more fun with him" Sunghoon says with teary eyes. "This is not a competition, Sunghoon. I'm with you because you're the person I love the most, the others are just... others".

‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾ Sunoo

(Yeonjun has a crush on you)

Because of TXT comeback, Yeonjun asked you if you could appear in the MV with other girls. You are very excited about the idea of being in an official MV, so you say Yes. Yeonjun asks you to come few minutes earlier before the actual shooting and Sunoo accompanies you there. You get there but you feel a bit confused, because the other girls are not here yet. "Where are the other girls?" you ask him. "They... will be here in few minutes" he answers. "Why am I here early then?". "the reason I asked you to be my partner for the MV is..." Sunoo blocks him. "Can't you just shoot already? I sooo hungry" he says. "I love you" Yeonjun says ignoring Sunoo. Even though Sunoo seemed to not pay attention, he immediately stepped in between of the two of you. "Are you crazy??" he shouts. "No, actuall-" Yeonjun starts but Sunoo blocks him again. "I'm so tired of people falling for you, Y/n. You're too gorgeous, luckily you're only mine". Sunoo kisses you softly on the lips and grabs your hand.

‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾ Niki

(Huening Kai has a crush on you)

You and Niki headed to the dance practice room after you got notified that you're taking part of the new studio choom video together. You were so excited to dance with Niki, so when you enter the practice room, you hug him tightly. "I can't wait!" you yell. "You're- suffocating me" he says laughing. In that moment, Huening Kai enters the room as well. "Did you read the script? One of us has a solo part with Y/n" he says. You look at Niki smiling. "We'll work hard on that!" he states. "Actually, I wanted to do that instead" Huening Kai adds. Both you and Niki turn to Hyuka, who's noticeably feeling awkward. "Listen, Y/n. I've always wanted to dance with you on something like this song. I love the way you dance" Huening Kai says. Niki puts a hand on Hyuka's head, making him nervous. "I'm dancing with my girlfriend" Niki replies.

[fires-of-ninjago]

🤖

“Jay, are you sure about this?” Zane asked as he grabbed the passenger handle. Jay grinned as he revved the engine.

“I’m going to beat them this time!” He said. Zane peeked out his window to see Kai and Cole both grinning like mad men as they gave each other a nod.

“HEY” He heard someone call out. Zane and Jay both turned to the other side to see Pixal and Nya had just pulled up next to them. He was about to ask them what they were doing there, when they heard Kai shout out from his car.

“NYA! ARE YOU READY TO HAVE DUST AS YOUR MAIN COURSE?!”

“HA!” Jay laughed as he revved their engine again. “Then you guys better get ready to have your asses handed to ya!” If Zane still had his old body, then his knuckles would be white by now.

“Jay! You promised that we wouldn’t-”

“We have seen your backsides,” Pixal said, “They are not all that impressive.” Nya laughed as Pixal revved their engine. Zane felt something in his algorithm shift as he grabbed Jay’s hand, and gave him a peck on the cheek.

“You’ll have to blow all that hot air out of yours if you want to beat us!” Just as he saw everyone's mouths drop, the light turned green, and Zane didn't waste a beat as he pointed forward.

"STEP ON IT!!!"

[themadauthorshatter]

Time to check back in in Kai.

PG-13 NINJAGO REWRITE PILOT EPISODE 2!

We open on Zane as he ninja flips and parkours ahead of Wu and Kai. Wu's fine, but Kai's tired and asking if they can take a very fast five minute break.

Wu complies and they take a seat on the grass, Kai falling flat on his back, reminding Wu that they had a deal.

Yes, they did. And Wu says Kai can ask whatever he wants.

First question: Why did they take Nya?

Garmadon's doing. Who's that? The guy that ordered Samukai to attack Four Weapons and take Kai's sister. There you go, happy? Next question, please.

What did they want with the map? Wu explains, not as fed up this time, that the map leads to four golden weapons, which Wu is trying to find, so they need to go get it back.

What makes these weapons so special? They're elemental. Fire, earth, lightning, and ice. And they can do some pretty cool stuff, though Wu's never seen it happen, because he helped hide them. Supposedly, though, they have the power to get people in and out of the Underworld, which makes Kai's eyes widen.

Kai jolts off his back and asks what they're waiting for and tells Wu to keep leading the way.

Wu, in a mood, asks what happened to taking a break, but Kai says that can wait becuase they need to go.

Wu obliges and they continue onward, though find Zane standing in front of them, about 10 to 15 feet away. Kai asks him if he could get moving, but Zane doesn't respond. Kai and Wu get closer and see he's trembling and seizing, crumbling to the ground and jerking around as his eyes roll back.

Wu acts quickly and holds onto him until he stops siezing. Kai doesn't see it fully, but does see Wu help up Zane and hold an arm over his shoulder.

They continue, which we see in a time montage, which shows Wu half carrying Zane, until Zane gets better enough to run ahead of them again, until Wu is leading Kai to the monastery, where Kai, quite tiredly, questions, why Wu expects him to fight in a place of peace.

Wu corrects him: he's not fighting, he's TRAINING, and his first lesson is patience.

Wu commands Kai to sit tight and wait while he goes in to grab some things for him.

Kai watches him go inside and has a big brain moment: He turns his heel and spins, continuing until his body burns and he falls down.

Wu returns and shakes his head; LESSON. FAILED.

Kai asks how they're training, if there's nothing there and Wu reveals the training equipment. Kai will train alone in the beginning, and must complete the training course.

Kai gives it a go and gets beaten off by a spinning mini obstacle course.

Kai lies there and asks if this is the only way he can save Nya. Wu replies, beginning that he knows Kai is frustrated and just misses his sister, but must focus. Kai cuts him off and asks again if this is the only way to save Nya.

Wu sighs. Yes. This is the only feasible way Kai can save his sister. He knows because, once upon a time ago, he was Kai. He lost his brother, so he tried getting him back on nothing but his wits and whims. The world beat the EVER LOVING F*CK out of him for it. Wu needed a Wu in that moment of his life. He doesn't have a Wu. He has a Kai, and Kai needs a Wu, so he's got one.

Kai nods and gets back up, ready to try again. He has a question, though: how long does he have to complete the course?

Wu sits cross legged, places a cloth on his lap, and prepares and drinks some tea from a small cup.

Kai's annoyed at this, because Wu did all that in a matter of seconds, and asks how he knows Kai can do all that in the same amount of time. He's a blacksmith, not a gymnast.

Wu picks up the tea, cup, and cloth, and states that Kai is his father's son, and Ray was a man who was nothing, but ambitious to accomplish his goals.

Kai asks if Wu really knew his father and Wu goes inside, telling Kai to keep practicing.

Kai only watches Wu leave and then looks around. TV perspective, we get Kai's perspective as he looks around. The training course and equipment is now bigger and there's more space between them. The only thing we hear is the wind and some bird song, but, out of the perspective, Kai tenses up and hugs himself. Cut to a bird's eye view of Kai in the monastery as he looks around, the empty space more than obvious when we see him on his own.

While still in this shot, we see a couple figures leap over the training equipment, all of them in black. Kai doesn't notice them, but the camera does, focusing on the two. One is much of built and muscular than the other, who is more expressive, giving Muscles a confused glance before turning back to Kai.

They observe the anxious Kai, who stands and does just about nothing until Wu returns.

We cut to this happening and Wu asks why Kai hasn't been training, seeing as he's hell bent on saving his sister.

Kai counters that he can't exactly train properly, if there's no one to give him pointers on what he could improve.

Wu is suspicious, but takes a seat anyway and tells Kai to practice.

Kai nods and takes a breath, running and leapong onto the obstacle course.

Which jumpcuts to him faceplanting on his new bed, fully clothed, bruised, and groaning from the massacre that was training.

Wu, standing at the door, remarks that tripping and getting swept up in the obstacles is not a massacre, but lets Kai be overdramatic just a little longer.

Kai sits up and asks if they're doing this again tomorrow.

Wu nods. They're doing this every day until Kai gets through the training course.

Kai sighs and nods, willing to training even though he's going to be hella sore tomorrow.

Wu commends him for getting here and at least doing training and lets him go to bed, so he can rest.

Once he's gone, Kai changes into some pajamas and lies down in his bed on his back, staring out the window. He then turns on to his back to stare better, and to just reflect.

This is the furthest he's been from home, and the longest he's been alone. And not having Nya with him isn't helping.

He hears the floorboards creak outside his door, and Kya jumps to his feet and throws the door open, looking into the hallway; "Nya!?"

Nope. No one's there, much to Kai's dismay, which we see clearly as he goes back to his room and gies to bed.

TV perspective, the camera pans away from Kai's door to the not-as-muscular ninja as he's on the ceiling, having wedged himself in a corner to avoid detection(so ninja).

We zoom/cut in on him as he's joined by Zane, who swings down to him, hanging upside down by his knees, and silently greets him.

Jay- if this was legit, we wouldn't know by now, but this is for simplicity sake, sorry- almost says, "Hi," but Zane shushes him and points to Kai's door.

Jay nods and Zane points down the hall and gestures, 'outside.'

Jay nods and we cut to Wu in his room, meditating as three figures surround him from behind and kneel down. Wu turns and faces them, greeting them with a head bow, which they return.

Wu asks for what they found and we cut to the Underworld, more specifically Nya being thrown to the ground with her hands tied behind her back as Samukai takes a knee, apologizing for his absence and tardiness to Lord Garmadon himself, who we and Nya see as the camera is panned up.

He's shrouded in smoke and darkness, the smoke because of some dying embers that act as an insense that make him strong, for magic BS reasons I can't come up with other than it just looks cool and would look cool.😅

Garmadon asks if Samukai was just wasting his time on tormenting people like Nya, who looks between them in fear.

Samukai denies wasting time, because he found the map for finding the four golden weapons.

Garmadon chuckles and commends him for finding the map, and then asks why the hell he's standing around and wasting his time, when he should be working and getting his ass and army to the surface, so he can find and retrieve the weapons.

Samukai reports his army got weekend whipped by Sensei Wu and his rag-tag team of ninja, which confuses Nya. Garmadon notices her confusion and politely commands she voice her thoughts, please and thank you.

Nya does so, saying that her brother said ninja weren't around anymore, not a group of them, at least.

Garmadon laughs and approaches and kneels down in front of Nya, telling her that if she's in the Underworld and seeing living skeletons, there are ninja left in the world, and she will bring them right to him.

Nya's confusion returns, along with some fear, and we cut to Kai as he trains, wearing a uniform provided by Wu.

He does well enough, but fails when he notices Zane agility his way to Wu and whisper something to him before leaving.

Kai asks who that was, but Wu tells him to be patient because, for now, that was no one of consequence and Kai will meet him later. Now, however, he'd better be focusing on training.

Kai does so, but in an awesome montage that shows him training and slowly realizing he's not alone, which we see when Jay hand springs behind Kai while Kai's brushing his hair, Cole meditates beside Wu while Kai trains, and, and this is going to freak people out, but trust me on this, Zane crawls across the ceiling as Kai sleeps, at least until Zane falls and Kai races out of bed to see what it is. He finds nothing, because Zane threw himself out the windkw and is caught by Cole, who gets him back inside.

After a week or so, in the early morning, Kai steps out to the training course with Wu next to him. Kai stands resolute, determined and focused before noticing Zane, Cole, and Jay take their places on different points of the roof, though Zane is next to Cole😉. Wu readies a cloth on his lap and barks for Kai to begin.

We see a split screen view as Kai races forward and Wu picks up his little teacup. Cole leans forward a little bit and Jay, who was sitting, hops into a crouch. Kai passes the first two obstacles with almost sheer ease before noticing Wu filling his cup. Thinking fast, he flips and throws a sword at Wu as he reaches the next obstacle. Wu ducks out of the way, which almost gives Jay, Cole, and Zane heart attacks. He's fine, which he shows by taking a sip of tea, but stops as he looks at and shakes his cup, like uppends it. Damn Kai, made him spill his tea😔. Speaking of Kai, he races through the last obstacle and practically launches himself beside Wu, picking up his tea kettle and offering a cup.

Wu stares up at Kai, impressed with him, and a little offended, because you don't touch Sensei Wu's tea, but holds up his cup.

Kai pours him some tea and takes a seat as Wu drinks, asking if this means he passed. Wu, not pausing from his tea, nods. Kai then asks, very excitedly if it also means they're going to save Nya. They lock eyes and Wu gives a, "Mm-mm." and finishes his tea.

Kai, thrown through a loop here, asks what they're doing then, what all that training was for, if it was nothing at all, but enjoyment for Wu, who tricked him into joining.

Wu picks up his cloth, cup, and tea, and explains he gave Kai a choice, and Kai chose the better of the two. He was not manipulated, at keast not in the way Kai thinks, which is, "if you want your sister back, come to my side, which is the dark side." The training wasn't for nothing, either. He's going to need it later.

Kai asks what that means, but Wu leaves, telling Kai to rest for the day, because he's earned it.

Kai gives a look of confusion and that fades/transitions to Kai in a bathroom as he brushes his teeth. He's worrying about Nya again, but he's also thinking about what Wu said, about how he needs his training. Kai wonders what he needs it for, and is too distracted to see Jay, Zane, and Cole sneak up behind him.

Kai finishes up his dental hygiene(keep those cavities away, Kai👍), and stares at himself in the mirror, mentally promising to save Nya, then notices too late that Jay is behind him.

ACTION TIME! Jay pounces and grabs onto Kai from behind with an arm and his neck. Kai tries shaking and throwing Jay off him, but ultimately does so by elbowing him in the ribs and face, which makes Jay let him go.

Before Kai can celebrate or ask who this guy is, he gets his legs swept out from under him by Cole, who also kicks him. Kai turns to fight him, but Cole is joined by Zane. All three glare at him and Kai glares back, readying himself for a fight.

Cut to Wu as he meditates and is in a state if hearing nothing but bird song, leaves ruffling, and wonderful outdoor noises. TV perspective, we stay focused on Wu as Kai is kicked into frame by Zane, who kips up to keep fighting.

Kai more or less pushes himself up and punches Zane away before shouting for Wu. Jay stops that with a tackle. Cole runs by, stops, but continues with Zane following.

Kai is quite literally thrown outside as Jay races around him, no cool visuals other than he's there one second and gone the next in a blur.

No time to worry about that because Cole leaps into the fray with Zane hopping off of any high place he can until he's in a battle stance next to Cole and Jay.

Kai backs up a little, but gives an, "AHA!" as he picks up and draws a katana.

The trio respond accordingly, Jay showing off his nun-chuck skills, Cole unsheathing and twirling a scythe before holding it out to Kai blade first, and Zane holding out his hands and "magic tricking" shurikens in between his fingers.

They all charge toward each other, Cole and Kai going at it for a bit before Kai pushes and kicks him away. Zane throws his shurikens at Kai, who deflects them with his katana, and Jay races forward, which leads Kai to have to ignore Zane for a bit to take care of him.

He dodges the nunchucks and grabs Jay, throwing him down and punching him hard in the face.

Cole spots this and literally throws Kai off of him.

"Enough!" Wu shouts.

All three stop, though Zane helps Jay to his feet and Kai sits up. The three bow and reply, "Yes, Sensei," like before, but this time Zane is completely silent.

Kai stands and asks if these three maniacs are Wu's students as well, and Wu nids, which leads Kai to kick himself.

Jay also has confusion: If Kai's this new kid Sensei told them about, then why didn't Wu tell them sooner? And why four, because last time he checked, there was always three in a group. When Jay starts stuttering and can't form words, Cole puts a hand on his shoulder and carlifies that they're all confused at the new arrival of a fourth ninja, seeing as the three are all close with one another already.

Wu grins and admits hes glad for the question and spinjitsus towards and past all of them, giving them plain gold emblems that are tied around their gis, though Kai gets his own now, too. They're all still in black, but that'll change, trust me. They also have their weapons, as well, so there's that.

And here, Wu introduces the ninja to Kai, and vice versa, and us the audience.

Muscles and strongest of the group, leader of the team, is Cole, who's as grounded and strong as stone. He's been training under Wu the longest and has since become his confidant and right hand; so if Wu's not around, Cole's in charge.

Speedy is Jay, who's as bright, as powerful, and as fast as a lightning strike. Jay removes his hood and first greets Kai and admits he's a little more than all that. He builds too, and dabbles in poetry, from time to time("But, OP, I thought you said Jay doesn't like reading?" I said from time to time, so don't worry about it), has tried and failed at cooking, but did fix the oven in the process, and lots of other things he's about to go into before Wu taps his staff against the ground to politely silence him.

Dropkick is Zane, whose as silent and dangerous as a winter's night. He's the most practically skilled, too, being able to cook, track, see the future, sort of, and be just about anywhere anytime. He's the newest after Kai, having been training for only a year under Wu's wing. And in that time, he's seldom spoken a word.

Kai asks if anything happened to make him mute and Jay stage whispers to him that 'seldom spoken' doesn't mean 'mute.'

Last, but not least, is Kai, who burns hot as a flame and just as quick to act.

With the meet and greet over, Wu gets to the point: Samukai and his army are on the move, and they need to act NOW because if that bonehead gets his hands on the weapon, there'll be hell to pay.

Kai asks about saving Nya, which gets Jay curious. Wu tells Kai to cool it because they'll save her soon enough, for now they need to catch up with Samukai.

Wu tells them all to go to sleep, so they're all rested for tomorrow, and retires for the night, leaving the boys alone.

Jay wonders if Wu was being serious about tomorrw, but Cole removes his hood and tells Jay not to worry. They've all fought the skeleton army before, so this will be a cake walk.

Zane and Jay exchange a galnce, Zane giving a shrug, and Jay asks if there are really dragons guarding the weapons, like Sensei said, correct him if he's wrong.

Cole shrugs it off. Kai asks if he's got a problem with dragons, but Cole simply says he has a team, a new kid, an army of bastard skellies, and four weapons on his plate, no room for dragons, thank you very much.

To change to subject, Jay inquires about who this Nya girl is, and Kai snarls that it's none of his business. Cole barks at Kai to be nice, because Wu never had to ask Kai to come along.

Kai sighs and states that if this is voing to help him save Nya, then so be it before he leaves to get some sleep.

The other three watch him go. Jay gives a, "huh," and wonders if this is an 'Orpheus and Eurydice' situation or if this is a family matter, but Cole tells both Zane and Jay to keep an eye on Kai; as much as he trusts Wu's judgement, he isn't ready to trust Kai, who's settling into bed.

The episode ends with match cuts of Kai in the monastery and Nya in the Underworld. Both are lying flat in a bed, but Kai is in his room while Nya is in a cell, guarded by a pair of skeletons.

[blackypanther9]

Part 1 - Hate and Pain...

Okay...I will be honest here...I didn't change much in this part, I just added 2 - 4 more sentences. But let's be a little more honest...

Your name will be Destiny Andrea Dust, you have dark blue eyes which can turn into red or even black when you are angry, pale skin and black hair which have dark blue color in the ends in front of your face. There is more than just Morro x Reader love. Some characters will find love too, which are my characters. So here is now the thing...Because my phone always writes 'Do, be, gone' or something like that, when I wrote Y/N or E/C etc... I gave you a name and all that... If you don't like it, change it to your liking ! That's all ! Enjoy !

No one’s POV.....

It was dark and raining outside, she went home from her 'work', completely done for today. All she wanted was getting home and throw herself into her best friend....the bed. She hated to admit it, but she needed to sleep. She had nightmares about a little boy, who died many years ago...They hunt her every time, no matter what.

They appeared everywhere. In her sleep, by day dreaming, taking naps...just everywhere ! She tried to avoid sleep and all that as much as she can. And then there was something that fills the top of her cask. She lived with the ninja and their Sensei ! Great...just fan - FUCKING - GREAT !! She hated them all, even Sensei Wu. He is the most she hates !

And it has reasons why she does, a very good ones ! She clenched her hands into fists of anger and hate as she thought about the reasons again. Wu showed her, in the past, how much he cared, oh HELL he DID !! He didn't saw, what she saw ! He never liked her ! He and the Ninja think she were heartless, because she never cared about wounds or others' deaths, banished ones and whatever, which were 'close' to them and her. She didn't even cry about Garmadon as he got banished into the Cursed Realm.

The reason is, she can't cry.

She lost feelings. Her soul is breaking. The dark, evil psychopath would break out, if her soul changes into blackness. All the colors her soul had....are gone... She could only feel hate, thirst for revenge, disappointment, and...she misses....them... she misses everything from the past she had...

"IT'S ALL WU’S FAULT !!", she screamed into the night.

She went insane, after she lost everything what meant something to her. No matter...guess she still has to walk to the, not - yet - opened tea shop, called 'Steep Wisdom'. He wanted to open it tomorrow. She growled at the thought of it, helping HIM OF ALL PEOPLE having a tea shop !!

She rather dies painfully and slowly. Kai is the worst of all people, even Jay is now better than anyone. He talks much..yeah, but he left her alone. Kai didn't. He flirts with her, annoys her, calls her 'cute' names she hated, he stalks her and he even forced her to kiss him 6 days ago !!! It was enough. Time for a change...

'NO ! I won't kill him !!'

'Why not ?'

'He will get his punishment soon enough and that not from my hands.'

She smiled at that thought. With that she went into the shop, in her room and climbed out of her window to the roof. She laid there and looked at the clouds, they were blocking her way to see the stars. She sighed. It stopped raining and she thought about what Garmadon had said to her, before she and the Ninja went on Master - Ass - Chen's - kindergarten - island.

Chen took Garmadon away from her. her only hope to be stable with her soul.

She isn't even from Ninjago, she ran there because her Mom ran here to safe herself. She was 400 years old in her realm. The realm is called: Transylvania. Yes ! She is a vampire, but just half, so nothing can hurt or kill her...almost.

In Ninjago, when she came there, she was 4 years old...now she is almost 90 and she still looked like 18 or 15 and it will stay like that for a looooong time. No matter what Wu says or thinks. He doesn't believe in Vampires. And he doesn't even know that he and Garmadon are half Vampires too. HA ! GAAAAY !!

But still....that doesn't fill her hole in Her not beating heart. She wanted to be with someone, until she lost that feeling of being lost. She now was lonely and she takes it as okay. She is about to lose the fight.

Garmadon is gone. And the boy she loved so much...is long gone...he is dead and she knows that...

'Oh brothers...why didn't you just listen to me as I said this will happen ?'

She fell into the painful memories of the past again. She didn't want to remember it ! But her head made her see it all again. .....her dead friends,....her dead Mother,.....her brother getting banished,......the boy she loved.......

In your memories....

"Destiny ! I love you !"

She stared at the boy, turned around and walked away, acting like she never heard him say these 3 words.

Other flashback.....

"You are such a useless, dumb, little girl Destiny. You disappoint me. Just like your pathetic Mother.", her Father whipped you the whole time and says these words.

But not just her, he even whipped her Sister for that.

"You are such a failure on this Kingdom and family. And that's why you, Destiny will marry Victor Vipes."

That was the reason why she ran away. She didn't find her Sister as she had the plan to escape, so she needed to leave her behind.

Next flashback....

"Mom, where are we going ?"

She and Garmadon went with their Mom somewhere.

"We go search a way to heal Garmadon, dear."

She smiled at Garmadon, he smiled too, but it went quickly away as they heard someone talking and rustling in the bushes. Garmadon held onto her.

"Destiny, hide with Garmadon in the trees. Try to follow me in that way."

They did as they got told. Then they saw HIM. Her Father. He found their Mother. A fight broke out, but as always, her Father played dirty. He called Zombies and these held her in place, until the sun rose up. She screamed in pain and her Father disappeared. In the end their Mother was a statue with the Zombies, out of pure stone. Garmadon cried and she just looked at her shocked. The two went home and told the First Spinjizu Master what happened. He cried too and started to hate her.

Another flashback.....

"Dest ?"

"Yes, Andre ?"

"Truth or dare ?"

"Dare me, Motherfucker.", she told him, playfully.

"I dare you to kiss *****."

She stared at him and then at all the others around herself. Her cheeks went red of embarrassment. She did the dare anyways.

Another flashback again....

She read the newspaper and gasped shocked.

"GARMADON !!!"

She heard fast footsteps. Suddenly the door swung open.

"What is it Destiny ?! What happened ?!"

She gave him the newspaper. He looked at it and read it, his eyes widened in shock.

"No...No ! NO !"

In the newspaper stood:

Yesterday was a very strong storm. 4 people died. One was identified as Andre, better known as **** ******. He got shot in the heart by an Archer who hunted foxes. The other person was identified as ********. He got run over by a truck and his brain is missing... The next person was identified as ******. She was on her way to her house in the forest, but got catched and buried alive by a landslide. She had many broken bones and her body was twisted in all directions. And the last person was identified as ******. His death is unknown...

Garmadon went pale and cried. He then called Wu.

"WU !!"

Wu ran inside and got the newspaper thrown into his face. He took it and read it. He was shocked. As he looked up, she and Garmadon looked at him with angered and disgusted faces. He threw them out and let this happen to them.

Next flashback....

"DESTINY !! HELP ME PLEASE !!! I AM SCARED !!"

"HOLD UP I WILL GET YOU OUT OF THERE !!"

With time she realized, that she couldn't safe him and he didn't know it. She didn't had the guts to tell him.

"I DON'T WANNA DIE DESTINY !! PLEASE HELP ME !!"

"I PROMISE I WILL GET YOU OUT THERE !!!"

She tried in vain to dig a hole in the ground. Now he knew that she can't safe him.

"DON'T PROMISE SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN'T KEEP !!!"

"Dest...if this is my end...I want you to know that....I love you..."

"I LOVE YOU TOO YOU DUMB LITTLE MORON !! I WILL GET YOU OUT THERE !!"

"No...stay there and go...it's over for me...I can't breathe much anymore..."

"GO NOW !!! I DON'T WANNA LET YOU SEE THAT !! I DON'T WANT YOU TO SUFFER LIKE ME !!!" (*****)

"WHY ARE YOU SO STUBBORN ?!" (*****)

"BECAUSE I LOVE YOU !!!" (Destiny)

"...." (*****)

"***** ?"

He was unconscious. Lava ran in his direction.

"NOOO !!! ***** YOU NEED TO MOVE !!! WAKE UP PLEASE !!! I BEG YOU !!!"

He didn't wake up, the lava burned his legs, he awoke and screamed in pain. She teared up and called his name over and over again. She stretched her arm in a hole to his direction out, to heal him and safe him, but nothing happened. She lost him for ever. All she could do was watch him burn and die.

"I will wait for you and you for me ! I come back ! I promise !"

He screamed with his last strength at her. She just kept saying 'no'. And then she screamed....

"MORRO !!!!"

MASTERLIST !!!

[dershloop]

Get Well Soon

Cole sniffed loudly, letting out a long, loud groan afterwards for good measure, just in case there was someone within a 10-mile radius who didn’t know he was in fact very unwell.

“Cole you haven’t eaten anything all day, you have to eat something,” Kai said from his position next to the bed, holding a granola bar and a honey and lemon tea out towards his boyfriend

“I am,” He said, taking a large pause for effect to emphasize his point further, “Not going to eat a granola bar. Firefly, I am so drained I can barely open my mouth, let alone chew, and honey lemon tea is gross I’m not drinking that.” He closed his eyes again, blocking out the blinding light being emitted by the light bulb.

“Dude come on, what will you eat then?” Kai put the granola bar in his pocket and placed th mug of tea on a mat.

“I don’t know, nothing. I’m not hungry,” He replied, fiddling with the frayed end of one of his many blankets.

“I know you aren’t Kitten but the only way you’re gonna feel better is if you have something to eat,” Kai said pleadingly, moving the chair he was sat on nearer to Cole’s bed.

“I’m not hungry, I’m not going to eat.”

“Please dude, I don’t want to fight with you over this. How about just a cup of tea? Might give you a bit more energy too,” Kai begged, resting his hand on top of Cole’s, trying anything he could to just get his stubborn boyfriend to consume something, at this point he didn’t care what it was. Cole was a big dude, tall, muscular, chubby. He couldn’t live off of just air and his own saliva. No matter how much he proclaimed he wasn’t hungry, it wouldn’t change the fact that if he didn’t eat anything, he’d feel worse.

Cole just grunted in response, his eyes fully shutting and his limbs beginning to hang looser. All clear signs of falling asleep. Kai carefully stood up and snook out of Cole’s room, quietly shutting the door, walking downstairs in defeat. He wanted to help Cole, but how could you help someone who didn’t want to be helped?

“Kai? Are you alright?” A voice snapped him out of his thoughts. Zane. He was the smartest person he knew, he had to know what to do.

“Yeah no I’m fine but Cole isn’t. He’s really sick and won’t eat or drink anything I try to give him. I know if he eats something it’ll make him feel better but he just… won’t,” Kai said, his hands flying around in stress.

“Ok. So you’d like some help with getting him to eat something or at least have a drink?” Kai nodded enthusiastically, making Zane smile.

“Well, what have you tried giving him?” Zane said, walking towards the kitchen and turning on the kettle, pulling multiple coloured mugs out of it and placing them on the counter. His robotic mind had memorised how everyone took their tea: Jay had some milk and 3 sugars, Kai had a lot of milk and 2 sugars, while Cole and himself preferred a more traditional take on tea; they had no milk and 1 sugar, just for taste.

“I tried honey and lemon tea, a granola bar and I asked him what he would eat and he just said ‘nothing,’ and closed his eyes,” Kai huffed as his watch Zane’s hands move methodically over the mugs, putting the exact amount of everything everyone liked.

“Here’s some tea for you both. Tell Cole you made the tea and added a special ingredient to make him feel better. It might make him more inclined to drink it if he thinks you made it especially for him.” Zane said with a smile, handing 2 warm mugs to Kai.

“Special ingredient? Z, please tell me you didn’t spike it with something,” Kai said with a sigh, sniffing Cole’s mug for any sign of additions but… it just smelt like tea. Zane laughed.

“No, no,” Zane said with a laugh, shaking his head, “It’s a lot simpler than that. I added love,” Zane said proudly.

“Are… are you being serious?” Kai said in disbelief, looking at Zane as if he’d just told him the earth was flat.

“Yes.”

“So you didn’t add anything.”

“Yes and no. I made the tea because you would find a way to set fire to the tea if you could, but if he thinks you made it then he’ll definitely drink it,” Zane said with a smile.

“Zane, that’s lying.”

“Well, yes it is, but you came down here looking worried sick, he is evidently unwell so probably won’t notice. And he was being a pain in the ass by the sounds of things so this is simply a white lie. No one gets hurt.”

“Zane, I could kiss you, you beautiful nindroid! You’re a genius!” Kai exclaimed excitedly, trying not to spill any of the tea.

“I don’t think Jay or Cole would be very happy with  that, Besides, It works with Jay so it probably will with him too, they were certainly cut from the same cloth with everything else.” Zane finished with a chuckle, before taking his own and Jay’s cups of still-warm tea back to the living room where they were watching TV.

Kai walked up the stairs and opened the door slowly so as to not disturb his sleeping boyfriend, moving the honey and lemon tea to a separate, more distant cabinet, putting his own mug of tea down where it had once sat. Pulling up a chair next to Cole’s bed, he whispered his name, stroking his hair in an attempt to keep him calm when he did wake up.

“Hmm?” Cole mumbled, cracking his eyes open to see Kai smiling down at him, a brown mug in his hands.

“I made you a drink. Tea, just how you like it but with an extra special ingredient to help you feel better,” He smiled. Kai had multiple smiles. The one he showed everyone else, a cocky, arrogant grin that knew just how attractive his stupid face was. The one he showed his friends; a more genuine, awkward smile that was slightly lopsided but still just as adorable. Then, lastly, there’s the one he had plastered on his face right now. So genuine and lopsided, tilting quite a little bit too far up the right side of his face, making both his good eye and bad eye crinkle at the corners. The cute little dimples that Cole just wanted to kiss every time they made an appearance shone through. Cole felt his heart flutter and dive around his chest as he looked at the beautiful boy in front of him. If he weren’t so ill and so exhausted? He’d kiss every inch of him until he knew just how much he loved him.

“A special ingredient huh?” Cole said groggily, smiling a little and pushing himself up. If it were anyone else, he’d roll his eyes and go back to sleep but Kai? Kai was different. He’d been trying so hard to make him feel better but all he’d done was refuse to comply so, to make it up to him, he’d drink the tea he made specially.

“Are you gonna drink it? Like actually drink it or are you just gonna stare at me all sappy fo the rest of the day,” Kai said, holding out the mug which Cole then took and wrapped his hands around, absorbing all the warmth from the tea.

“Oh teddy bear, you know full well I’m going to stare at that beautiful little face of yours until the day I die,” Cole said hoarsely, a wide knowing grin plastered over his face. Kai blushed and rolled his eyes, crossing his arms.

“Just drink the tea, smartass.” Cole laughed croakily, hesitantly raising the mug to his lips before taking a sip of the warm liquid, feeling it flow down his throat and land in his stomach, warming him from the inside out.

“Woah, Kai that tastes amazing!” Cole said, drinking some more, a wide grin spreading across his face.

“Why thank you,” Kai said smugly, leaning back in his chair and crossing one leg over the other, watching as Cole drunk the rest of his tea quietly. The look on his face was pure joy; Kai didn’t realise a cup of tea could do that to a man. He smiled as he watched Cole take the mug away from his mouth and exhale happily, leaning over and putting the mug on the floor next to his bed, careful to tuck it away enough so that neither of them would kick it over.

“Why’re you looking at me like that?” Cole croaked, using the back of his hand to get rid of any tea remnants around his lips.

“I dunno. Have I ever told you that you’re beautiful?” Kai said, leaning forward so his head was resting in his hands.

“Funnily enough you have,” Cole said with a smile, knowing exactly where this was going.

“Can I tell you again?” Kai said, leaning in closer.

“If you don’t want me to kiss you until you’re redder than your gi, then I wouldn’t recommend it.”

“Well then, Cole, you. Are. Beautiful!” Kai proclaimed.

“Sorry man, but I warned you,” Cole said, swinging his legs over the side of his bed and standing, shortly before using all his strength to hoist his boyfriend into the air. Kai quickly wrapped his legs around Cole’s waist in an attempt to hold himself steady.

“Cole put me down!” Kai yelled, only making Cole laughed.

“I tried to warn you firefly!” He said hoarsely, planting kisses all over Kai’s face. All Kai could do was laugh and take it, knowing there was no way he could fight this.

“Get back in bed you fool! You’re not helping yourself,” Kai said breathlessly, resting his forehead on Cole’s, smalling giggles still slipping out of both of their mouths.

“Not without my teddy bear,” Cole said softly, sitting down on his bed and lying back, pulling Kai down with him so he was lying on top of him.

“Get in bed properly, Kitten! If we’re going to cuddle, we are going to do it right! And I’m really tired so I want to take a nap with my comfy pillow boyfriend!”

“That sounds delightful firefly,” Cole said, planting a small kiss on his forehead before spinning them both around pulling the sheets up over Kai’s shoulders, wrapping one arm around his waist and walking his other hand up to his hair, fiddling with the fluffy, messy strands.

“I hope you feel better soon dude,” Kai said, closing his eyes and listening to the soft, rhythmic beat of his heart as his chest rose and fell in a similar pattern.

“Thank you, baby, sleep well,” Cole whispered and, not long after Kai, dozed off into a peaceful sleep.

[spinchip]

Hey so I really like your Hometown Glory au and the image of the elemental masters interacting with Lloyd is just in my mind so I written some drabble

(Submitted by @sombrerokiwi)

When Griffen bumped into the kid on the boat ride to the island he thought that the kid was one of the worker’s sons or something. A bit odd that their boss would let him run around in a boat but considering that he literally is in a boat full of elemental masters, it wouldn’t exactly be the strangest thing to see. A little concerning but nothing dangerous exactly happened to them so far besides some warnings and taunts all between them.

So it was shocking to find out that this kid is apparently the master of energy.

What Griffen was focused on was the fact that Chen let them compete in the tournament.

Don’t get him wrong, he was totally going to sweep the competition away and beat all the competitors at their own game. However, letting a kid into this? That’s just wrong.

All the other champions are already older than twenty and then they have to fight this kid who clearly has very limited training? Yeah no that’s not happening. He isn’t going to beat up a kid because he was caught up in this mess.

  If ever he is going to face him, he is going lose. Winning is great and all but he isn’t going to beat up a kid.

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  Kai wasn’t here for the tournament at all, he was here for Nya. All he wanted was to bring Nya home and forget all this tournament of elements BS.

  That all ended when the ship left and when they were basically stranded here once Zane left.

  He wasn’t sure what he was expecting in the tournament. Fights obviously of course. But other than that he doesn’t really know. And everyone else was an elemental master so who knows if he truly has the advantage or not.

  A thirteen year old being announced as one of those masters wasn’t something he would have ever expected. I mean who lets a thirteen year old into what basically is an illegal fight club?

  When the first event rolled around he went and last saw the kid being helped by the invisible guy. To be fair it was more like the guy purposefully dropped his blade in front of him and then stole another one from Cole if he remembers correctly.

  Kai just barely got through by beating the metal elemental master Karlof.

  It was clear to everyone that Karlof was the loser here. What was not expected however was for him to fall down a trap door to who knows where!

  Kai thought that the losers just kind of just either get sent home or are benched somewhere in the area, not dropped down below!

  “Hey hey Chen what exactly is under the trap door?! Do we get thrown to out deaths or something or do we just get thrown into cells?!” shouted Jay

  Chen looked at him with some annoyance. “Well why should I tell you? If you keep winning and not lose then you would never need to know what exactly happens!”

  No one liked that answer. There were murmerings all about and some are glancing at the kid with worry.

  Kai may not want to participate in this tournament but right now it looks like he has three goals in mind. First he needs to find a way off this island if things ever go to hell. Second is to protect Nya and make sure she doesn’t get disqualified. And third is to find out more about the kid and protect him.

  Nya can protect herself and Kai knows but he isn’t about to turn a blind eye at her and now that there is a kid in the mix, he isn’t going to let a thirteen year old get hurt in this place.

  He may not like the kid but he is still just a kid. No one really in this place feels great about the idea of beating up a spunky overconfident kid.

  Later he finds out his name is Lloyd and it turns out that underneath his spunky persona, he is actually a really good kid. Cole and Jay sooned joined him, Nya, and Lloyd at their table. During their time eating Jay talked about how he would tinker with some electronics when he was young, how Cole would basically be the strongest person anyone would have met, and how Lloyd would talk about how his training lessons and something about how his uncle and mom know almost everything about Ninjago.

  At that short time the group seemed to have decided to protect the kid at all times. Kai isn’t sure about the others but like hell is he going to let this kid get hurt.

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  Chamille wasn’t sure what to make of this Lloyd kid.

  On one hand he’s a kid and beating up children is generally frowned upon.

  On the other hand she really wants to win

  When first meeting him she thought he would immediately be disqualified first round through and through. Of course then Paleman pitied him and nudged him towards a jade blade and he advanced.

  Then Karlof fell down the trap door and that puts a new perspective in things.

  For one this means that the losers would be either given death or worse and now everyone is just being real paranoid with each other and making allies with each other and waiting to backstab the other when the time is right.

  This also means that if the squirt loses it means that they are probably sending him to his death.

  Chamille wants to go and teach him that he isn’t that much of a hotshot as he thinks he is but at the same time she doesn’t think death is the best method to teach him.

  As the rounds went by and more and more people get disqualified, everyone just sort of held their breath and hoped to not fight the kid. There is even some talk of finding a way off this island after some rumors fly around that this competition isn’t what it seems. And to be honest, after hearing that the kid is actually competing with them, she is starting to believe that. 

  Lloyd may be the so called Master of Energy but it took Chamille years to fully master her element. Lloyd is no older than thirteen and she doubts he even scratched a surface of his power. Maybe he is as powerful as everyone else but he obviously doesn’t have control over it.

  Of course Chamille was the unlucky one and has to be the one to be pitted against him.

  Chen says that they have to beat each other at Thunderblade and if he thinks that situation makes it better that she is competing with a literal kid then it really doesn’t.

  Everyone took their respective teams however there is some more people at Lloyd’s side than hers and really, she can’t blame them. It’s a rigged fight. I mean pitting a child against an adult is something that isn’t exactly considered fair.

  So she slows down a bit and everyone on her team seem to go a little easier on him. She wants to win of course but she still wants to give him fair chance at least.

  Then one of them starts talking about how Chen is planning to steal their powers for his own goals.

  At first she thought really it’s just something to get her to lose. She wants to win first and foremost and she already gave Lloyd a fighting chance when he had it and if he couldn’t catch up then shame on him. She’s in it for the glory.

  They kept trying to convince the others still and now her own teammates seem to try to sabotage her as well.

  She would have still called it BS if it weren’t for the fact that the kid started to beg to listen to them and to stop the tornament for the sake of surviving and keeping their powers and stopping Chen.

  There was some desperation in his eyes that made Chamille realise that Lloyd was not lying and was telling the honest truth. They both decided to win together and stop Chen once and for all.

  Chen tried to rigged the competition but luckily she is a master of Forme, and as such she can trick Chen into believing that she herself is Lloyd.

  The moment they realised that she wasn’t Lloyd, Clouse started to do some weird magic stuff on Lloyd holding him back. And then Tox decided to just tackle Clouse to stop it. Stupid move if you ask her but if it works, it works.

  At one point both she and Lloyd got the buggy and started to get the same amount of points. Chen of course kept trying to rig the competition but she doubts that at this pace, there is anything able to stop them.

  The moment the race finished they both won. Everyone started to gain up on Chen and take him down and let them go home and stop his plans.

  Chen of course was quick and presses one of the trap door buttons.

  Griffen however is quicker. Especially since he is the elemental master of speed.

  He pushes both Lloyd and her out of the way and falls into the abyss down below.

  Chamille’s not sure what Chen is planning but by god she is going to kick that guys ass for thinking that he can steal all their powers and get away with it.

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WOW! Thank you so much for writing this little fic, I’m so glad you like my AU enough to write for it! i was so excited to read this when i opened my inbox! Thanks again, i love this :]

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If you could take creative control of ninjago what would you change

Christ...

WELL

Actually no idk where to start with this there’s so much anon there’S SO M U C H I guess I’ll do a run of MINIMAL changes tho (for as long as I can)

I don’t think I have to change much in the first two seasons, thankfully, since the writers actually sat down to think about what they were writing at the time but g o d did it go to hell afterwards

Season 3 - This Zane focused season is going to be ZANE FOCUSED DAMN IT. We’re focusing on his loss over his Father, having salt rubbed in the wound by having his father’s work turned into an evil army, and being faced with the fact he’s obsolete compared to it all. He keeps trying to stack up numbers to win, recalculate things, and it’s why his line at the ending ACTUALLY has impact. The thing that sets him apart from the nindroids, his ability to love, is what allows him to defeat the Overlord.

Jay, Cole and Nya love triangle is DESTROYED. Pixal, Zane and Cole is the new love triangle and later OT3

Season 4 - The explanation for the other EMs being around is far less stupid. Garmadon establishes that oh yeah all of your parents had elemental powers and even talks about a few of them because holy SHIT. Cole mentions his mom because he should have done that a g e s ago. Is this supposed to be a Kai season doesn’t feel like it. Open the season with better explanations of why the ninja split. Emphasis the fact that Kai blames himself for what happened to Zane, and continues to do so throughout the season. Add that to why he’s so desperate to save Skylor from her dad (not willing to lose someone else). We still lose Garmadon, Kai and Lloyd have a talk at the end of the season. Also ZANE IMMEDIATELY GOES TO GET PIXAL A NEW BODY WTHHH????

Season 5 - Idk this season was pretty good over all I think. A bit better lore established into the cloud kingdom, hints that they don’t actually control fate they just think they do. Explain where the FUCK NIMBUS CAME FROM?? Water can still beat up ghosts but idk feel like there should be some other factors involved, some magic. Kai and Zane figure out they can make water a LOT sooner. Also why doesn’t Kai just set the preeminent’s house armor on fire??? Should have. OH I did forget since this season is supposed to be for NYA GETTING HER WATER ELEMENT how about she actually GO WITH THE NINJA AND DO SOME SHIT SOMETIMES??? I don’t mind her training, specially Ronin helping her but like??? Wtf why not have her ENGAGE, idiots.

Season 6 - I’m the weirdo who actually likes season 6 but that doesn’t mean it’s not without its issues. I don’t mind Jay wondering about where he stands with Nya but his behavior throughout the season has to stay consistent. When he agrees with Nya he needs to let it go he needs to LET IT GO. IT LITERALLY SHOULDN’T BE BROUGHT UP AGAIN UNTIL THE LIGHTHOUSE. He also needs to linger more on his birth father (and besides he should have suspected he’s adopted since season 4 cause he knows neither of his parents had lightning powers). Zane doesn’t ignore Pixal’s warning about Nadakhan but if she’s off somewhere else idk how she gets threatened I’m sure Nadakhan could figure it out. OH and time can still reset and stuff idc but like, Jay and Nya need to talk about it and they need to GO BACK FOR ECHO. EVEN IF THEY DON’T FIND HIM THERE.

Day of the Departed - just wish it was longer tbh, but major changes: Why do the ninja not seem to care that cole is FADING OUT OF EXISTENCE and Lou should be a lot more worried about his son.

Season 7 - I mean, it’s mostly a trash fire, but I think it’d be a lot more enjoyable if they actually had good sibling dynamics going on. Acronix following his brother because he always has, but starts questioning their plans as things go. At first their relationship is much better, which is why they best Kai and Nya, but by the end that flips over. Actually have Kai and Nya having an ISSUE. Kai thinks their parents could have been traitors, Nya seemingly doesn’t care because she’s so wrapped up with her samurai x stuff being stolen. They end up fighting and don’t make up until the boiling sea. ALSO GIVE RAY AND MAYA A BETTER FUCKING EXCUSE FOR BEING GONE THEY COULD HAVE FUCKING SHANKED KRUX WHEN HIS BACK WAS TURNED GET OUT OF HERE HE HAD NO LEVERAGE.

Also Machia isn’t dead okay she’s just in the past she WILL COME BACK

Seasons 8 and 9 I’d say are pretty solid honestly? My minor changes: Garmadon isn’t Garmadon he’s a fucking fake get out of here with that shit THE REAL GARMADON WOULD NEVER. We actually learn where Mr. E came from I don’t even care if it’s just Harumi and UV talking about how they found him in a scrap heap and got him fixed just give me something. Stop treating Dareth like SHIT. Ronin and The Commissioner plan a jail break long before they’re let out in season 9. Teen Wu is a lot less... air headed. Like seriously he seems to have more logic when he’s a child it doesn’t add up. I’m not saying he has to remember everything but wth?? Oh, and Mistaké isn’t dead fuck you.

Season 10 - ............................................ delete it and start over. Literally, hate all of it, get it out of here. Four episodes for villains you built up like FUCK in the last two seasons??? All of them fucking as big as people???????? cowardly, weak, uninspired, I don’t want it I’m just going to have to redo this whole gd season. A) Oni leader is a QUEEN now and she can be up to 30 feet tall no I do not give a FUCK B) Fake ass Garmadon is revealed to be a different oni entirely he was an agent for the queen the whole time but never finished his mission C) She can still paralyze a bunch of people but man Lloyd you’re going to need more than a shiny tornado to fight her off. D) In fact you need to summon your other great grandma so the two of them can get over their divorce spat. E) Where’s the mask of vengeance bring that back into play. F) Mistaké shows back up to help. I suppose plot wise it can?? Mostly run the same but I think they’re going to have to run much farther than the city with how fast she spreads her reach. Also she’s weak for Lloyd because he’s the smol great grandson and he has to use that to his advantage to slow her down. Mistaké makes something that can unparalyze people and they get some of their allies back before the finale thank god. Faith isn’t just in a coma the whole GD time.

Season 11 - Fire half? Good. I need a much better reason why the ninja go to the never realm tho because wow did they just make everyone out of character in that last episode. The ninja have no reason to just ignore Wu and shove him out like that. Wu has no reason to NOT NOTICE LLOYD IS BREAKING INTO HIS ROOM WHEN HE WAS KICKING THE NINJAS ASSES IN THE FIRST EPISODE. Ice half?? ... h Yeah no they should have known Zane was the emperor from the start LMAO. Or at least suspected the possibility. The decades of time passing??? Deleted. Maybe give it a year. Idk why it’s just Lloyd snapping Zane out if why aren’t the other ninja involved like p l e a s e. Also kill Vex with an ice spike, thanks.

Season 12 - Over all I liked what this season had going but there... should have been more. And that ending felt so crunched together like damn... Unagami was a p cool villain at least BUT idk, despite all the focus on the plot so much of it didn’t feel tangible enough. Even if we’re going to focus more on the video game world I want to see more of what these NPCs are up to. Should have tossed in a couple of filler episodes. Also can someone just kill the Mechanic too SMH (and they should have tied Wu up in something sturdier how did he not just break out of that WHATEVER)

Suppose I’ll stop there I haven’t season season 13 yet.

Oh, the timeline itself needs some fucking work too. At least establish Wu and Garmadon’s sudden aging. At least establish how old Zane is (I’d believe he was built 40 years ago but I find it hard to believe he was active for all of it). Establish that yeah the FSM really did basically fuck off like idk 14 years ago and idk why the show acts like it was so long ago it couldn’t have been based on the other facts we know have Wu learn that his dad is a bitch ass motherfucker and he needs to ditch.

Honestly there’s more but like................. this is the simple version

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Under the Stars

Written for @ninjaneverquit-zine

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summary: Jay and Zane have their first official date after regaining the bounty from Garmadon.

Jay is happy that they finally got the bounty back from Garmadon and those snakes. Now they can properly start training Lloyd! Not in Dareths dojo, as... interesting as Dareth is. Or in that dingy old apartment, they were staying in for the time being.

Something he’s going to miss is sharing a bed with Zane, though. 

“We can still always share one,” he says with a shrug. Waiting for the milk to boil in the kettle so they can have hot chocolate.

“I know.” Jay leans against the counter, it’s their first official date, and they’re going to spend it under the stars in the sky on the deck of the bounty. “At least the beds will be more comfortable.”

Zane chuckles, “yes, they will be.” 

They spent a while cleaning it up and refurbishing it back to its former glory after Garmadon and the serpentine have been living in it for a while. The mess wasn’t too bad, but there still was some mess left behind from the snakes. 

Zane gets down a couple of mugs out of the cabinet for the two of them. “I don’t think I’ve ever had hot chocolate with milk before?”

Jay gasps, “a travesty. A crime.” 

“Oh no, I hope I can pay for my crimes.” 

“You will, one day.” 

“Gross! Stop flirting!” Lloyd whines at the kitchen door.

“Hey kiddo, what’s up? Need anything?” Jay asks.

“I was just coming to maybe get a snack, and you two are in here being gross!” the young green ninja says with disgust in his voice.

“You can have some crackers. Don’t want you staying up too late,” Zane tells the young boy. 

This makes Lloyd whine again. “Fine.” he mumbles, watching as the white ninja gets down a bowl and the box of Tritz crackers, putting a few in the bowl and handing it to him, “thank you.”

“You’re welcome. Now go bother Kai.”

Lloyd cackles, “if he complains about it, I’m going to tell him you sent me.” he says as he walks out the door. 

“That’s fine.”

“Gotta love the kid, even if he can be a little pain in the ass.” Jay grins and gets the hot chocolate packets out of the cabinet. 

“Thats true, It’s really hard not to love him now.” Zane smiles back and pulls Jay into a hug, who hums happily.

Wiggling out of Zane’s hold, Jay pours the hot chocolate mixture into the mugs, he grabs a couple of spoons. “Do we have whipped cream?” he asks Zane. 

“We should.” the nindroid says and looks into the fridge, “yes, we do.” he puts the whipped cream on the counter. “What else do you want on your hot chocolate?”

“Chocolate syrup? Sprinkles?” 

“Now this just sounds like ice cream.” Zane teases. “We have both.” 

“We don’t have to use sprinkles. But chocolate syrup is a must.” Jay says taking the chocolate syrup out of his boyfriend’s hands and puts it next to the whipped cream. 

“You’re the hot chocolate expert here, so I will follow your lead,” he says, taking the pot off the burner as steam starts to come out of it and pours the milk into the hot chocolate mixture. Jay takes his mug and mixes the hot chocolate and milk together.

Zane watches as Jay puts an ungodly amount of whipped cream on top of his hot chocolate with a raised eyebrow, “that’s a lot of whipped cream.” he says plainly.

Jay shrugs, and before Zane can react, he reaches up and sprays a small amount onto the nindroids nose and cackles. 

He blinks, “you’re funny.” he says and wipes it off of his nose with a smile.

Jay laughs again, “do you want some on yours?”

Zane hums, “sure, please don’t put as much whipped cream onto mine as you did to yours.” 

“I won’t!” he says and puts a reasonable amount onto Zanes before grabbing the chocolate sauce and putting some onto the whipped cream on both of theirs. “Okay, maybe I put a little too much whipped cream on mine.” he says with a nervous laugh as some whipped cream drips down the sides of his mug.

“I said it was a lot.” Zane says as Jay grumbles and licks some whipped cream off the top. “Would you like a paper towel?” he offers a sheet to his boyfriend, who takes it and wipes the dripping whipped cream off the mug.

“Anyway. Let’s go out onto the deck! I missed just looking up at the sky and seeing the stars! It’s not the same in the city.” 

“It isn’t. You can barely see them there.” 

“Yeah! And it sucks!” Jay takes his mug and takes a sip and smiles widely. 

“I’m assuming its good?” 

“Mhm!” 

“I am glad.” he takes a sip of his own. “I believe I prefer hot chocolate this way now.” he declares

Jay gives him a wide grin. “Let’s go!” he takes Zanes hand in his and leads him out to the deck of the bounty and sits in the middle of the deck.

“Would you like me to get some blankets and pillows?” Zane asks.

“Sure! It’s a little chilly.” 

Zane sets his mug on the ground next to Jay and heads below deck to grab what he needs. Grabbing a couple of pillows from the linen closet along with a couple of blankets. He turns and almost walks directly into Cole.

“Oh- I apologize.” 

“It’s cool, things are going well?”

Zane nods, a blush creeping up onto his face, and Cole laughs “I’m taking that as a yes.” 

“Y-yeah. I think I might love him. Like a lot.” 

“Are you going to tell him tonight? Isn’t it like your first official date or something?” 

“I was thinking about it. I don’t know if I should since we have not been dating for very long, and yes, it is our first.” he wants to bury his face into the pillows.

“I mean, I don’t know a lot about romance, it’s not really my strong point being ace, but you can take as long as you want to. I think he would feel the same if you said it.” cole says with a smile, clapping the nindroid on the shoulder.

“Thank you, cole. I must go now. He is waiting for me and my hot chocolate is getting cold.” 

He returns to find Jay sitting at the same spot he was before, and even though it’s dark, he can clearly see the look of wonder on his face as he stares up at the night sky. How it lights up when he sees him with pillows and blankets. How much he… loves the blue ninja. He loves him. He loves Jay. He loves Jay with all of his being, his core. 

“I was wondering when you were going to appear again,” he says, standing up and putting his hot chocolate on the ground, which he suspects is mostly gone now. “What took you so long?” he takes the pillows and puts them on the ground. 

“I got distracted in choosing which blankets would be the most optimal for tonight,” he says, half lying. 

Jay snorts, “hopefully your hot chocolate didn’t get too cold.”

“Yes. I hope it didn’t either,” he says a bit stiffly and nervously. He so desperately wants to tell Jay he loves him right this moment, but it doesn’t seem like it’s the right moment.

Jay gives him a worried look but shakes it off as soon as they both sit down with blankets wrapped around themselves. Comfortably protected against the wind and the cool air. 

“My parents would tell me about the stars a lot, we would look at constellations and they would tell me what they knew about them. It was really fun.” 

“I was not allowed to leave the tree at night. My father said it was too dangerous.” 

“Oh yeah, because of the Tree Horns?” 

“Correct.” he takes a sip of his hot chocolate. Still warm, but noticeably colder. “Did you know that the three stars at the top of the sky form a triangle?” he says, “it is called the summer triangle as it is most visible during the summer.” Zane points up to the sky, pointing out the shape and the stars.

“Woah.” jays eyes sparkle, much like the stars do, like lightning during a storm does. “I didn’t know that, that’s cool.”

“Yes, I suppose it is.” he smiles, his power source beats within him a bit faster. 

Jay shivers, wrapping the blanket tighter around him. The wind is picking up, making the already cool air turn chilly. Zane wraps an arm around Jay's shoulders, the blanket hanging over the blue ninja too.

“It’s really pretty, but man is it cold,” he says shivering again, but pressing up against Zane anyway, who probably doesn’t help because he is the ice ninja, and that he himself is also cold. Aside from the fact that he is a robot. But Jay doesn’t seem to mind.

“It… it truly is.”

“You okay?” Jay asks after a moment of silence between the two. “You’ve been acting a little funny since you got back with the blankets.”

“I am fine,” he says, looking away, a blush rising to his face. Is it time to say it?

“Seriously. Is something wrong? Are you not enjoying this? Do you have something wrong with your systems?” jay beings to ramble.

“No, no, no, none of that. I- I don’t know how to-” he pauses, looking back at jay with all the love he can muster, takes a deep breath he doesn’t really need, and ignoring the look of concern on his boyfriends face “I love you.” he says finally. 

“Oh- oh! I love you too! I-” he squeaks out in surprise. “Is that why you’ve been acting nervous?”

Zane nods, “I’ve been wanting to say it all day.” his smile returns, pulling jay in for an actual hug. 

“I’ve been wanting to do something too, actually. For a while now,” he says, facing Zane and sitting on his knees.

“What is it?”

“Um- close your eyes.” 

“Okay.” he closes his eyes.

Suddenly a pair of lips are on his, soft and warm, and a pair of hands cup his face. He opens his eyes just as jay releases him from the kiss. His eyes are wide. 

“I’ve been wanting to do that, too.” he laughs. 

Jay snorts and leans in for another one, an actual kiss this time.

He tastes like hot chocolate.

It’s nice.

He likes it.

Suddenly the two of them hear somebody whoop behind them and somebody shushing. Turning around, Zane sees the rest of the team watching the two of them. Lloyd looks disgusted while Cole sheepishly gives them the thumbs up.

“Kai!” Nya scolds, “you interrupted them!”

“Gross!” Lloyd whines, “why did you drag me out here?” 

“Kai wanted to spy on the two lovebirds, that’s why.” Cole says, leading the kid back inside. “I didn’t tell him to do this, by the way!” the earth ninja says as he walks down the stairs. 

Zane feels like he should be mad, but he isn’t. He’s just happy that he’s finally told Jay he loves him. Along with the fact that they have had their first kiss. 

Though, Jay must’ve looked unhappy because Nya drags Kai below deck, saying that he should apologize later.

Turning his attention back to his boyfriend, he pulls him for a hug.

“Well, that was ruined.” Jay grumbles into Zane’s chest. Listening to the subtle beat of his power core.

“I am sure Nya will have some words with Kai.” Zane says, “and besides, we can always have more.” 

“More what?” 

He puts a hand under Jay's chin and gives him another kiss, “more of those.”

Jay laughs, “I love you so much.” 

“I love you more.”

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Cole Wants a Refund, Pt 2

Part 1 is here

1219 Words; Redemption AU

Zane had a bad feeling. A feeling that something terrible had happened.

The storm had cleared, yes, and he and Kai had managed to stay relatively dry during, but Zane couldn’t shake the feeling. Perhaps it was because Jay and Cole had gotten separated from Zane and Kai before the storm? It was certainly likely.

“I think I see him over there!” Kai ran off, Zane quick to follow.

But while Kai rushed forwards to their shivering brother, Zane stopped. Where was Cole? Why wasn’t he with Jay?

Jay made for a miserable sight, curled up against the remains of what must have been a bus stop, shivering violently. He was absolutely soaked, stuck staring at one specific spot on the ground in front of him.

Zane had a really bad feeling.

“It’s okay, we’ve got you buddy,” Kai summoned fire into his hands, using the heat to try and warm Jay up, “You’re absolutely freezing, dude. Let’s get you warmed up before you get sick.”

Zane stepped forwards, knowing that his powers would be counterproductive in this situation. But just standing there and watching was making him so very, very anxious. And with that anxiety came a plethora of potential explanations, none of which Zane wanted to think about.

“Jay…” Zane ventured. Jay finally met his gaze, staring at Zane with glassy eyes. With a start, Zane realized Jay had been crying.

No.

“Jay.” Zane began again, his voice more urgent now, “Where is Cole?”

Jay stiffened. “Cole…” He trembled, mouth opening and closing as though he couldn’t find the words.

“No…” Zane said softly. Kai gasped as he realized.

“Cole’s—he’s—Cole’s gone!” Jay wailed. He quieted, staring at the ground. “If I hadn’t insisted on this outing, if we hadn’t gotten separated—” He trailed off, going quiet again.

“Oh my—nono no no—” Kai grabbed Jay’s shoulders frantically. “You’re joking, right? This is just a prank—it’s gotta be. Cole’s going to come around the corner any minute now, and we’ll all laugh and go home, and, Jay, please tell me you’re joking.”

Jay said nothing, looking at Kai as though he wasn’t there. Slowly, Kai’s hysteria melted into anger. He decked Jay.

“Jay you fuck! What the hell!”

Zane stepped in before things could escalate further, pulling Kai off of Jay. “Enough. What’s done is done.” He swallowed thickly. “We need to tell the others.”

Kai had the decency to look somewhat guilty.

Jay nodded. “Maybe Wu knows something…” He added quietly.

Zane nodded stiffly. Mayhaps Wu did know something, something useful, because Cole couldn’t be gone—he couldn’t. There had to be something.

If there wasn’t…

It was better not to dwell on that.

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“I’m sorry, but there’s nothing that can be done for now.”

Jay grumbled, aimlessly pushing the buttons on his controller, contemplating taking it apart for the seventh time. It’d give him something to do other than sitting here, sitting here and doing jack shit.

“‘Nothing to be done’ my ass.” Kai muttered, taking a seat beside Jay, his hair matted to his forehead with sweat. The moment they’d returned, Kai had headed straight to the deck to take his anger out on the training dummies. If the tightness of his jaw and the slight scent of smoke was any indication, it hadn’t done much.

Kai tossed his head back and growled. “Fuck this. Fuck that. Fuck everything.”

Jay nodded listlessly. Wu had told them to wait three hours ago. Three hours of just sitting around waiting for something to happen. They were ninja, for master’s sake! They should be doing something, but no, they were sitting around, useless, because there was nothing to be done.

Jay and Kai weren’t alone in their frustration. Zane was probably still cleaning the already spotless kitchen, Nya had yet to come out of the workshop, and Lloyd—

The less said about the overheated console, the better.

Jay was contemplating the pros and cons of throwing the controller across the room—it wouldn’t be that hard to fix, but it’s not like doing so would bring Cole back—

“Hey.”

Jay shrieked, launching himself a considerable distance off of the couch. The couch that was now burning, Kai flailing to put out the flames. The couch behind which stood someone Jay never thought he’d see again.

Jay opened his mouth, only to close it. Again, he tried to speak, to yell, to say anything, but his brain had shut off—for maybe the third time in his life, Jay could not find his voice. Kai continued to beat the couch with a cushion, frantically glancing back and forth between the fire and Cole.

There was an awkward silence.

Fortunately, it was at that moment that Nya appeared in the door, water in hand, grease still smudged on her face and clothes. But instead of dousing the couch with water, she froze.

Cole smiled sheepishly. “Sorry for the wait. I lost track of time.”

Nya stood there for only a moment longer before running at Cole with a shout, water still in her hands. In his panic, Cole forgot he could go intangible, and quickly found himself tackled to the floor. They flailed about, and somehow, Cole managed to avoid being soaked.

From where she had Cole pinned, Nya turned towards the couch, dousing the fire Kai was failing to smother on his own. Then she turned to the ghost pinned beneath her.

“You hare-brained idiot,” She seethed, “Where do you get off disappearing on all of us like that, only to show up hours later like nothing ever happened?”

Cole, for his part, looked sufficiently sheepish. He briefly considered phasing through the floorboards to at least move to somewhere more comfortable—comfortable being a relative term—but Nya fixed him with a look.

“You dumbass.” She muttered, her expression softening. “What were you even thinking?”

Cole glanced to where Jay was still sitting, noting how dumbfounded he looked, realizing that Jay hadn’t actually spoken. Cole’s gaze drifted to the dark-toasted couch, where Kai was perched, watching the proceedings like a confused hawk.

Then Cole looked back to Nya, at the grease still staining her face and clothes. At the way she worried her lip, wanting to say something but giving Cole the chance to speak.

Cole glanced away, phasing through the floor so that he was sitting beside Nya. “I guess I wasn’t thinking.” He said numbly.

Jay chose that moment to finally find his voice, standing as he pointed a finger at Cole. “I saw you get doused Cole, I watched you disappear! How the hell are you back?”

Cole blinked owlishly. “Wu didn’t tell you?”

“Tell us what?” The group looked up to see Lloyd and Zane standing in the doorway. At their questioning glances, Lloyd spoke up again. “We heard Jay and Nya yelling and came to investigate.” His eyes found Cole, and there was a pause as the ghost and green ninja stared each other down. “But now that we’re all here, maybe Cole can explain what even happened. But first...”

Cole found himself suddenly mobbed by the pair, with Jay, Kai, and Nya quickly joining the pile. Even though all he could feel was the ever-present chill and the vague impression of his siblings, Cole found himself relaxing into the sensation, feeling oddly at peace. He smiled.

He was home.

[mcfanely]

Nightowls

With suspicions about Cole’s well-being becoming apparent during an awkward conversation with Kai, to Chamille trying to convince him to do more than just stand around and watch other dancers at the studio; Cole finds has a lot to think about.

Chapter 03 - Lack of Sleep and Reluctant Ideas, 3093 words

Cole was usually good at pacing himself. 

He was good at knowing his limits, knowing when he was getting too tired or too worn down. 

He knew if he was pushing training too hard, or if he was doing too much during the day and needed a rest. It hadn't really occurred to him that having a busy day and then spending most of the night out at a dance studio would catch up on him, but it did. 

He'd slept solidly through a full night for once, something which had been happening more and more lately. No interruptions, no jarring awake at a god-awful time in the morning with heart palpitations and a cold sweat. For once when his eyes opened and were met with a beam of sunlight drifting directly through his window, he was wide awake. No drifting between sleep, no 'five more minutes'. Cole was up and ready to go with his day. 

Only, when he got dressed and headed out for training, fastening his gi a little tighter around his waist as he left his room, he passed by Kai heading the opposite way to the training area. 

He received a raised eyebrow from the fire ninja when he said, "Morning, who else is up?" 

"Try everyone." Kai replied, stopping in his walk and leaning against the wall on the other side of the hallway. "You're the last one up, which is probably a first."

Cole's eyes widened a fraction, "Jay got up before me?"

"Yeah, like, two hours ago."

"I- what?" His confusion shifted into more of a frown, which only served to draw out a slight laugh from the other. 

"Dude, it's past noon. You slept through the whole morning."

"I--" Cole faltered, then looked around the hallway. There was a clock on the wall, he knew there was. There was an alarm clock in his room too, had he really not checked it? Had he just woken up, gone through the motions and not looked at the time? 

How had he not checked it? 

Cole eventually located the wall clock. 

13:43.

"My alarm--" 

"Went off." 

Cole turned to Kai with a look of confusion, "Then why--?" 

"We were all training and it was ringing for like, ten minutes. So we got Zane to go into your room and turn it off."

"And you didn't wake me?" 

Kai held his hands up in mock surrender, but there was something measured about his expression, his eyes searching over Cole's face as if he was seeing more than he was deciding to let on. 

Or maybe he was willing to talk about it, "We thought you'd need the sleep. We didn't wake you because we know you haven't been sleeping."

There it was. Clear as day. So apparently he hadn't been very good at hiding his gradually declining amount of sleep, but that didn't mean he needed to bother anyone with the situation. He did sleep, he had slept. He'd managed to sleep through the night, along with half the following day. No sleep deprivation there, he'd slept enough for a week. 

Kai seemed to pick up on his thoughts. Or at least where his mind was going. 

“Listen, if you're not getting enough sleep for some reason--" 

"I'm fine, Kai." Cole interrupted after a moment and ran a hand through his hair. Though his argument soon fell apart as a yawn surfaced, jaw cracking and long, it even made his eyes water slightly. 

Then when he refocused, Kai was just watching with his arms crossed over his chest as if his point had been proven, "You're fine? Right. Sure."

Cole glared, then sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose, "Don't you have someone else to interrogate? I'm fine, okay? Am I not allowed to be tired?" 

"It's not that. You're allowed to be tired, it's just," Kai faltered briefly and moved his hands around in front of him, as if he was trying to pick the correct words out of thin air. It was ironic, really. Cole wasn't open about his possible issues, and Kai wasn't the one to usually breach the topic. But there they were, standing on opposing sides of the hallway, trying to figure their way around a conversation that neither of them were really prepared for. "Just know that whatever's going on, you can talk to anyone here--" 

"Kai," 

"And I get it, it's not easy to talk about things--" 

"Kai," Cole sighed. 

"But whenever you want to--" 

Cole placed a hand onto Kai's shoulder and gave it a slight squeeze. "Kai, I'm fine. There's nothing wrong, just a few late nights."

Even still, he didn't look convinced, though the red ninja took that moment of the conversation as a small and offered out, nodding slowly, "Right, late nights." He didn't sound reassured. "Okay."

There was a short nod, and Cole released his hold. "I'm going to go and train, want to join me?" 

Kai huffed and shook his head, "No way. I already got my ass handed to me by Zane this morning. You can train yourself."

Cole smirked, "I'm not surprised."

There was a scoff, "Wow, dirt-clod, tell me what you really think."

_____

Cole had laid himself down on the stage at Nightowls, and the sky had only just begun to darken outside. This time, he'd snuck away just after dinner had ended. It wasn't hard to weasel his way out of the general games night that happened every night, consisting of Jay hogging the console and trying to beat whatever high scores Cole had set a few days prior. He was definitely getting close, but he hadn't succeeded just yet. 

All Cole had to do was tell Jay that he had no hope of ever beating his high scores, since he hadn't been able to and it had already been days. That resulted in a very focused Jay and everyone else sitting in the living room egging him on and trying to get him to prove Cole's words wrong. 

Then a brief, "Yeah, I'm turning in for the night. Going to try and get a few more hours in," And an absent and acknowledged: "Uh huh, g'night." later and Cole was pushing his bedroom door to, climbing out his window and making his now regular trip into the city. 

Chamille had apparently had the same idea of arriving early, since other than the two of them and Tyler who had been nice enough to let them both in before official opening times, the place was empty and for once, lit up normally. 

Cole could see the sheet amount of wires snaking over the ceiling from where he laid, all connecting to different lighting systems attached to a metal frame. It was professionally done, and completely inconspicuous when the lights were at their general low setting and the beating music made it hard to focus on anything else. 

Chamille nudged his foot to get his attention and Cole lifted his head to see a paintbrush held in his face. 

He tilted his head, but took the brush into his hand, "What do you expect me to do with this?"

There was a deadpan stare in return, "I don't know, play it like a flute." She said, then gestured down to an assortment of different pots of paint beside her, each one with a vibrant pigment inside, "Help me get ready. I'm dancing tonight and I gotta look good." She explained as if it was obvious, and it wasn't like Cole could say no. 

So he shifted over to the edge of the stage, picked up a pot of pink paint and started painting careful swirls over Chamille's left forearm. He must have gotten her approval, because she didn't tell him to stop. 

"Don't you usually do this before you come here?" Cole questioned after a few minutes of focused silence. 

Chamille gave a short nod, her gaze set on painting the tips of her fingers a deep purple, "Normally. But I just decided to get ready here," She looked at where he was sitting, and smiled at his look of concentration. "You have the same idea too?" 

"What, getting ready? I don't really get ready, I just come here in whatever I put on in the morning."

There was a sigh, "No, like performing. You actually going to dance tonight, or just stand in the crowd?" 

Cole paused, then shook his head. Sure, he liked watching all the performances. All the differing styles, they shifted daily and he honestly never knew what to expect. There had been ballet a few days ago, and street dance, and when some fairly bass heavy music had come on the studio had delved into a fray of jumping up and down and headbanging for a good few minutes. He never knew what to expect, but whenever he left after a night he was always grinning widely. 

But him, actually dancing? That was a whole other thing, a whole other thing that would literally never happen in a million years. 

Sure, maybe he'd thought about it. 

How couldn't he? Watching all these different people with different talents, of course it got him thinking about what he was able to do. He saw all these routines, all these moves and he could stand there and tell just by looking if he could do the same thing or not, and the answer was always a solid yes. Yes, he could do body isolation; yes, he could do ballroom, he could do street and hip-hop and pointe. 

His dad was a singer and dancer, but Cole was the one who'd been accepted into Marty Oppenheimers. Not because of his dad's previous history there, but because he'd gone and auditioned, he's aced the entry exam and he'd been good enough to get into a private school on his own. 

But that was all in the past, it was history and it had been years since he'd properly done anything to do with dance; or done anything even remotely related to dancing. The idea of trying again, even in front of strangers and like minded people, it made his stomach turn just thinking about it. 

Cole shook his head lightly, "I don't dance." 

Chamille didn't seem to take that as an answer, and she set her paintbrush into a paint pot; then she turned fully in his direction so Cole had to shift his brush away too. "Come on," She rolled her eyes in exasperation, "you don't come here because you can't dance. You're fooling no one, man, I see you. A dancer can see another dancer a mile off."

He watched her for a moment, twiddling the brush between his fingers. "I just don't dance, Cham."

"Any reason why?" 

Cole sat back a little, and decided on the general excuse of, "Because I can't."

She laughed as if the statement was a joke in its own right, before giving a light punch to his shoulder. A punch that left small neon marks from the wet paint still coating her fingers, Cole didn't make a move to try and rub it off. 

"Sure." She nodded, "Sure, right, you can't dance."

"That's what I said."

She hummed quietly, lifting a freshly opened pot of orange paint and stuck her fingers into it, then after a moment of brushing the paint over the palm of her hand, she brought it up to her face and left a solid vibrant hand print over her left cheek. 

Cole just watched. 

She repeated the process, but this time using rudimentary finger-painting to mark down rough spiral designs onto what had been a once clean t-shirt. 

Eventually, after a minute of quiet painting, Cole took it as the end of the conversation and got back to his own artwork. A line of Ninjagoan moving down Chamille's bicep, starting at her shoulder and stretching to her elbow. It read as 'light', which he thought was ironic. 

"Just saying though," she began. "If you did happen to dance,"

Cole groaned in exasperation, "Cham, I said--" 

"I know, I know, but if you did," She said, using gestures to enunciate the words, as if the actions would cause the current impossible to become possible. As if by her being enigmatic about the situation, it might come true. "If you did, I know everyone here would enjoy it."

He was taken aback by that turn of statement, his mouth moving around unspoken words before he let out a heavy breath, "Doesn't change the fact that I won't dance."

The loud laugh that followed made Cole jar, and a paint line go in completely the wrong direction. He stared up at his friend, mainly in confusion at what had caused the outburst. 

She was just staring back in what looked like victory, "So you can dance!" 

"... What?" 

"You said you 'won't dance'."

Cole nodded, his brows creasing, "Because I won't."

"Won't and can't are two different things."

Understanding descended, "Cham," He started, his free hand moving to his hair as he shifted the strands around lightly, "You know what I mean."

Honestly, she probably knew exactly what he meant, if the look she proceeded to give him was anything to go by. A raised eyebrow, then a quiet sigh escaped her nose after a short second. Her smile was still there, just a little smaller. 

"Yeah, I do." She agreed, then in the next second she reached forwards and wiped a hand directly over Cole's face. 

He didn't realise what she'd done initially, before he noticed a spec of colour clinging to his eyelashes and when he wiped his sleeve the sleeve of his hoodie, and the once black material came back with a smudged mix of bright orange and hot pink. 

His mouth dropped open, and he picked up his own paintbrush to arm himself, "I know you didn't do that." 

Chamille smirked, but he could see one of her hands skirting towards the opened purple paint. "Do what?" she questioned with feigned innocence. 

Cole kept his attention shifting between her hand and her face, "You know what you did."

In the next moment, they both moved at the same time. Cole bent the loaded paintbrush bristles back with his thumb in an attempt to spray her with it, and Chamille suddenly dove forwards with a hand freshly covered with paint. 

The next few seconds were sheer chaos, and neither party had really come out the winner. Cole was sitting, though nearly on his back and heaving with building laughter. He could feel the fresh paint on him, and he could see it too. Coloured streaks haphazardly strewn down the front of his jacket, the sheer amount already dripping onto his jeans. Then he could feel it running down his face too, enough that he had to close one eye. It was in his hair too. 

Chamille was a little better off, but she hadn't fully evaded his wrath. She had an upturned pot of neon orange on the front of her shirt, and the design they'd both spent the past half an hour painting onto her arms and face was now dotted and tarnished with a random affray of splattered marks. So Cole's shot had hit home. 

They both had a large distance between them now, but that didn't stop them from sharing a glance, and then proceeding to buckle over again. Full shoulder laughs, eyes closed. Cole was curled over his chest, a wide grin on his face with no noise coming out; but he was heaving for breath around near tears. Chamille's laugh echoed, and it just made the situation worse. It was loud, nasally, and generally one that would draw looks from any passing groups were they in a public place. It only served to make Cole laugh harder, until he had to force himself to stop in favour of taking in air. 

Even then, catching each other's eye, a small smile, and they were close to hysterics again.

They properly started to calm down when they realised that they'd gotten paint everywhere, and began to clean before they were caught in the act of causing the mess in the first place. 

They still giggled, though. Shoulders shaking briefly, a laugh disguised as a cough.

Cole was screwing the lids on the paints when the first few dancers walked through the doors, and the lights dimmed down. The music would start up soon, and the night would begin. 

Chamille stood up and stretched her back, wiping her hand down the dried paint on her arms as if she could remove the splatter. Which made Cole realise that he was probably covered in dried paint too. 

"I guess I'm going for a different style today." She said. Then she paused, as if she'd had a sudden thought. Looking between the paint on her arms, and where Cole was sitting, she said, "You could do this."

Cole just watched bewilderment, "Do what?" 

"This!" She pointed to the paint, "Or something like this. You know, what me and my team do." 

Chamille was talking like her point was obvious, but Cole was definitely not following, "Uh…" 

"You could hide behind paint."

Yep, totally lost, "What?" 

"It's what we did the first time we danced as a group. We fully covered ourselves in paint, colours everywhere, I had a kabuki mask painted on my face." She grinned, "We did it to hide who we were."

The point to her previously incandescent rambling made sense. 

"Cham," 

"Hiding who you are, wearing a mask, it's just like you being a ninja."

Cole shook his head, "People know I'm a Ninja."

"But they didn't always. Having a barrier; something to hide behind makes it easier to do your thing. You're just a Ninja, no one knows who you are." She continued. He knew she was talking about him being a ninja, but he also knew the other meaning behind what she was saying. "You just do your thing, do what you enjoy, and then at the end of the day you go back to being Cole."

"We’re talking about me being a ninja, right?" He asked, and Chamille just rolled her eyes. 

Then she fixed him with a knowing look. "Yes. Definitely. You being a ninja. That's it."

She smiled, then jumped off the stage. 

Cole watched her go, blending into the growing crowd better than anyone should be able to when covered in neon paint. 

Hiding behind being a ninja, behind a mask. A secret identity. It made things easier.

_

From the beginning

Ch 02 > Ch 03 > Ch 04

AO3

[themadauthorshatter]

PG-13 NINJAGO REWRITE/UNIVERSE ALTERATIONS!

This is basically if the show was meant for a more teenaged and mature audience. I don't know how long this will be, but I'll just start with the characters first, because I can

Because he's my favorite, and I love him, Zane's first: Instead of being a robot, how about something more tragic? DECADES remotely close to the series beginning, Zane was in a very nice family. An adopted, blended family, but a nice family nonetheless. So, what happened? A storm? A fire? A natural disaster? Worse. A war. A raid made by the opposing side, more specifically. Zane protected his siblings and villagers from attackers, but was grabbed and lined up for execution. When they grabbed and injured an elderly man, Zane attacked the officer and punched him. A lot. Another officer muzzle bumped him off and beat him to death in front of his family. The ally side arrive and save everyone. Too bad they're too late to save Zane. All, but one. A scientist who's been reformed and is skilled in mechanics and artificial organs; synthetics. He's also lost his own son. He deserts into the woods with Zane and gets to work, replacing Zane's skin with a stretchy material close to what you find in the legs of old barbie dolls, where the legs and heads were soft, his hair with- well, wig hair, his bones and joints with metal and clock work, his normal eyes with porcelain doll eyes, and his heart with a core that keeps him running and alive. Think Tony Stark's arc reactor, but if it's removed, Zane has 15 minutes to put it back or else he'll die and stay dead. It took FOREVER, but Zane eventually awoke up. The doctor, fuck it, was so relieved and helped Zane sit up and get used to being alive again-and half metal, but let's focus on his motor skills first. He lived with this doctor for a VERY, VERY long time. For context, if we were to set this in 2021, Zane would have died in around 1923 and been brought back in 1944 and saw the doctor that worked on him die in 2010. He's OLD. Back on track, Zane learned all he does, reading, talking, cooking, and whatnot, until the master of ice pays a visit and spends the day with Zane, asking him who he is, how old he is, and how long he's been with the doctor. After his visit, and Wu's, the doctor starts to see Zane slowly realize what's happened to him, but also question where his family is. Turns out the war wasn't easily won because the doctor shows Zane a family in a graveyard, near where they live. HIS FAMILY. And his name is there too. After this, Zane is traumatized, refusing to eat, drink, sleep, and talk, even ignoring his companion in the form of the Falcon. When the doctor sees Zane shaking sporadically, and sees him drooling a lot, he realizes the toll this is all taking on his son, who breaks down emotionally and mentally in his arms.

"F-father?"

"Yes? What is it, Zane?"

"I'm supposed to be dead, right? The tombstone in the graveyard, I should be under it, right?"

Cue silence from the doctor.

"Do you love me?"

"More than life itself."

"And... you would do anything for me?"

"Anything. Why?"

"I want to die. I want you to destroy me!"

The doctor gasps and hugs Zane close.

"I can't! You're my son, Zane! I can't lose you!"

"Am I your son, or your prized possession built from scrap parts and a corpse?"

"Zane-"

"I had a sister!" Zane snaps. "A mother! A father! And three brothers and a cousin and an uncle! I died protecting them and here I am while they rest beneath the ground!"

"You're my son, Zane!" The doctor holds Zane's shoulders to steady him. "You're my son, and I do love you. You're all that I have now, son."

Zane, broken and miserable, apologizes to his father as he drives a screwdriver into his own head, forcing his father to catch him as he falls down.

When Zane comes to, he's resting in his bed and feels worse than ever, as in he's sad and guilty for going off on his father the way he did.

The doctor apologizes for not telling him sooner, admitting that Zane's recovery took so long that resurrecting his whole family would be impossible, even if he'd taught Zane how to do it, no one in his family had the same blood type and some were even allergic to the medicine used to keep Zane's body fresh.

When Zane feels a poke in his head and notices his foot twitches at random, he gets curious. "What are you working on now?"

"You've been having seizures recently. I want to make sure the small cables and wires in your brain are all set correctly, so I know none of them are causing it."

"I see."

"Can you say your name?"

"Zane."

"Can you spell it?"

Cue some focused humming as Zane struggles a little bit. "Z... A...I-"

"Wrong. Try again."

"Z... A..." Long pause. "N... E."

"Good."

"Can... Can you change things from your position? Effect my movements and mind?"

"I can try."

"Can you make me forget?"

The doctor tells Zane it would be better if he remembered his family, but Zane weeps as he admits he'll tey to destroy himself again, if he remembers his family; it's not just grief, it's also a huge amount of guilt over the fact that he's alive while his family is dead.

The doctor agrees and hides his memories of his family.

He also rigs the same wiring to his heart rate monitor; when he dies, Zane will leave and forget him, and the fact that he is supposed to be dead. He'll forget just about everything, except for his name, how to read, breathe, eat, and take care of himself.

AND THAT HAPPENS.

Zane wanders through the woods, mute and silent until some villagers take him in and give him shelter. It takes a village to raise a child, so the village pitches in. Some children try getting him to play with them, but he only stands and stares, even when a little girl tells him she thinks he's cute.

Wu finds him again, and takes him to the monastery, where Jay and Cole are.

They do not like Zane. He stands, he stares, and he barely pays attention to what they have to say, though he does stare at Wu a lot.

They also think he's creepy because, well... remember that one stance Arthur does in the movie Joker, where he stands holding himself between the door frames and looks really creepy? Zane does that. A lot. In the morning when they wake him up and at night when they're about to go to sleep.

They sort of got what was wrong when he had a seizure while cooking; Cole was talking and explaining why he and Jay were keeping their diatance from him, and then heard Zane fall and the pot OF BOILING SOUP tumble on top of him. He shouted for Wu amd Jay and held Zane until the seizure stopped and Zane just stared at him tiredly and almost like he was about to cry.

"Are you... okay, Zane?"

"... Co... Cole?"

"Yeah? What is it?"

"... I'm sorry. Dinner is... going to have to wait." Zane tries to stand, but Jay holds his shoulder.

"Dude, are you sure? We can just order takeout for the night, if you're not up for cooking."

"I'm... I'm fine... J... J..."

Jay holds Zane in front of him by the shoulders. "I'm Jay. Remember?" Zane repeats Jay's name and Jay and Cole help him to sit down at the table.

"Perhaps you should rest for the evening and allow one of your brothers to prepare dinner tonight?" Wu highly recommends as he holds a hand on Zane's shoulder, in case he has another seizure.

Zane reluctantly agrees and Jay and Cole order a pizza; Zane offered to pay, but they told him to sit the hell down.

Upon meetung Kai, Zane is back at square one, except he has Cole and Jay to keep him in check and to help Kai gor when he gets weirded out.

They all get scared when they hear and see Zane banging his head against the wall, like bending his back and head back and curling into the wall as hard as he can and when he had a really bad seizure while sleeping, but don't bring it up because he stares off into space and stops cooking.

YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW THEY REACTED WHEN THEY ALL GOIND OIT ZANE HAS BEEN DEAD ALL THIS TIME!!!!!!!

Personality wise, Zane is still smart, funny on accident, and very brave with a sixth sense, he's just the most "ninja" out of all the ninja because he's surprisingly light on his feet and quiet as a shadow. When he meets someone new, he doesn't talk. At all. It's a trust thing, so he'll whisper to anyone he does trust to talk back to the new person.

Still the ice ninja, but Kai made the mistake of interrupting a staring contest between Zane and his mirror reflection by tapping on his shoulder.

Zane spun around to face him with terrifying speed, but Kai backed up and held his hands up.

"Sorry, Zane. I just... You're... really cold."

Zane checked his outfit, which was long sleeved.

"I don't know, maybe... take a bath to warm up? Eat a little more? Get sime sunshine?"

Their one sided conversation ended with Zane staring at him before patting Kai on the head, and trying to make his spiky ass hair stay down, and returning to the mirror.

I should note:

ZANE AND MIRRORS DO NOT MIX.

He hates them. They freak him out. It has nothing to do with memories, he just gets scares that there's another him in another bathroom in another monastery in another Ninjago in another world, where it's all the same, but backwards. Sort of doesn't get that all reflective surfaces like ceramic plates, cutlery, and anyhting else of the sort are just reflecting light.

He doesn't get movies or video games, either. The other three tried teaching him, but he quickly became the player they had to look out for, because he'd get lost exploring the game's map rather than actually playing, which he found boring. Usually he'll just sit back and watch them play, ever the passive observer.

His seizures are due to immense stress and his memories trying to come back, but the little feat of tinkering his father did keeps fighting back, so whenever he's cooking and reminded of the doctor that saves him, he has a seizure.

He can take a lot of damage, but he's not good with getting electrocuted; if he's hit, he's down and useless for fifteen minutes, at least. Remember that cinstricti that almost killed him and Cole? Zane was more annoyed at the snake and concerned for Cole's safety rather than his. AND THE SNAKE DIDN'T FEEL ZANE'S RIBS. AT ALL.

The area around the core that keeps Zane alive is made if a similar material as those squishy slime balls that you sqeeze and the slime spews out of the little holes in the net, but a little more durable. Now that I think about it, it's made of a sort of ooblek substance, but it's a different matieral than cornstarche added. I don't know what, but it's made to keep the core, and Zane, from getting hurt.

Zane actually hides from Nya during her first few months of joining the team. Again, nothing to do with memory, he just got freaked out because she got kidnapped by the skeleton army. She keeps her distance, too, giving him glances and smiles while he stares at her, and Jay even switched seats with Nya to try and help Zane warm up to her, as in he'd sit next to her. He did so and got Nya to talk about something that had been eating her up inside, leading to her hugging him and crying in his shoulder. Kai and Jay were extremely close to yelling at him until Nya pulled away and thanked Zane, because she needed to cry.

When they go off on him for what happened to the monastery, Zane has a mini seizure until he sees the falcon and leaves just as the seizure starts.

Cole and Jay know what to do with these seizures, but when Kai first saw Zane having one, he held Zane and shouted for help until Zane put a hand over Kai's mouth and rubbed his eyes with the other; "I hate when that happens."

For any TLDR people: Zane's basically a reanimated corpse running on robot energy who doesn't remember his past because he asked to not remember. He can talk, he just doesn't much because it's a trust thing. Cooking is his therapeutic thing, he sleeps fine, but he has a hard time going to sleep. Still has his sixth sense and ice powers, he's just more mute and out of tune with the others; guy killed in 1923 is in 2021. Great asset to the team, even though he's the guy they keep an eye on so he doesn't get to badly hurt.

I'll write more about the other ninja, this is just to show how mature this universe alteration is going to be

Oh, yeah, here's Cole's alterations. I didn't change too much of his character, but I hope you guys still like it😅

[ninja-go-to-therapy]

The Ninja as Things My Friends and I Have Said

My friend keeps a quote-book and I thought y’all would enjoy this lol

Jay: say your last words to me, I’m about to be smited

Jay: I am so bright, I am star

Kai: Pickles and Dick Jay: Pickle my dick? Kai: PICKLE AND DICK! Lloyd: TICKLE MY DICK?

Kai: I want to play hot potato with a hand grenade

Lloyd: this chocolate milk mocks me

Kai: Can we all agree that when Jay walks he looks like a flamboyant gay drag-queen toddler

Lloyd, looking at a tampon: is that a cheese stick?

Kai: Where you at you little hoe?

Cole: Don’t do gay it’s not healthy 

Jay: I live life as a pirate. Because a pirate is free

Jay: The sun's only up for half the year in Alaska Cole: We have that too. It's called nighttime

Morro: Lick his nuts, they have a sorta Mexican flavor

Kai: I need to be surrounded with seven beautiful naked women in order to sleep at night

Lloyd: You know how there's like a line between bravery and stupidity? Nya: Jay is that line

Jay: Disclaimer: I am an anxious bean

Wu: It’s not your fault but it is your problem

Cole: I can't keep a straight face anymore. It's gay now.

Lloyd: That was such a late reaction it could've been my dad coming back

Zane: DISCO PENIS

Kai: I wanna stand around and look GORGEOUS

Kai: I'm outrageously good-looking Zane: No you’re not

Lloyd: I admit when I'm wrong! Kai: Oh yeah. But I'm like never wrong!

All of the ninja, always: It would be so much fun to hurt a bad person

Zane: what state do I live in? Jay: depression

Kai: cool onesie... can I get inside it?

Lloyd: They call me Santa. I bring snow to the children.

Kai: Don't fucking giggle you little shit.

Nya: I will beat you with a meat stick

Cole: You moan more than the dumpster out back

Wu: Don't stick the plungers on your foreheads!

Garmadon: whY are you SMelLING the plungers?

Zane: How does one piss in a watermelon?

Lloyd: When I become 99 pounds I'm going to eat a pound of chicken nuggets so I can be 1% chicken nugget. It's indisputable.

Cole: It smells like SHIT. Like it smells kinda okay now, but it still smells like shit. So it's like. Perfumeshit

Jay: Your socks are untied

Lloyd: Morro can just molest himself

Jay: Can you please not get a fucking locker smaller than my self esteem

Zane: You be smellin your own shit soon Jay: I already do Zane: Get it? Cause your mom gay. Everyone: ...what?

Lloyd: My name's Lloyd and I wear shoes sometimes

Nya: Unlike Skylor, they actually like balls

Kai: Fuck fuck fucking fuck fucking fucktown

Jay. I’m about to go commit space heater in bathtub

Kai: Vaccines make you gay

Lloyd: It’s not because I’m Asian, its because I eat rice so much

Zane: Hi. I’m Zane. ... my dick fell off

Kai, to Lloyd: Your dad is my fuckbuddy. ... wait. Shit.

Lloyd: You didn’t miss. You hit me right in the fucking nipple.

Kai: Eat my dick

Nya. Bite off your own dick

Cole: Your face looks like you're trying to make your dick fall off

Lloyd: So we were sitting watching TV eating macaroni with a fruit roll-up soaking my feet in a trashcan

Jay: I’m gonna go commit visit Pompeii in time machine

Jay: How can spiders fall from the ceiling and just skrrrrt away

Kai: Because none of us can speak proper sentences

Kai: Hold on. I'm sending a meme. I can't fight.

Jay: Engulf your own dick

Jay: Please don’t have a Boston tea party in my back yard

Kai: Still it felt like I committed a minor crime in Iran with all the water in my nose

Jay: Sensei Wu, please throw scissors... I kinda wanna die

Kai: I got royally fucked

Jay: Get your meaty luscious legs

Jay: The fuck you mean take my pants off? They're always on! Cause no one wants me to take them off!

Lloyd, picking up a napkin and seeing food fall out: IT’S BIRTHING 

Zane, threateningly: Give me your kidneys 

The Overlord: Where is your technology stored?

Zane: I can balance my body on my boner and spin like a beyblade

Kai: My balls are not a muscle

Cole: So apparently I'm not the only one with asymmetrical balls. Lloyd: Wait actually? Cole: Well yesterday Kai gave us a very descriptive description of his balls

Zane, sarcastically: Gosh darn don’t you hate it when you're not allowed to bring your 5 dollar footlong subway to training

Lloyd: So he poked me in the back with a pencil and my third grade self was like, "BLASPHEMY"

Kai: You.... dickmuncher

Jay: We're playing infinity Life. It's like Life but the cars are infinity stones.

Kai: I could have divine gay sex and it would still be nohomo.

Cole, during some super serious training: Bake me into a pie daddy

Kai: a compliment sandwich, like this: I like your shoes, YOU SUCK, your eyes are pretty

Zane, to Lloyd: Don't KILL her! Too much paperwork!

Jay: Stop moving your butt. It's uncomfortable when you clench it

Cole: The STICK.. will be UP YOU! Kai: My ASS is your spot!

Jay, teaching Kai to roller skate: First, we master walking  

Kai: I know I’m beautiful and perfect and amazing and huMBLE

Lloyd: I'm here for a good time, not a long time.

Cole: I'm allergic to emotions!

Zane: Yeet is not a valid Scrabble word

Kai: I love myself 3000. And you should, too. Love yourself, that is. Unless you wanna love me as well, cause that’s cool too.

Zane: Is doing drugs illegal

Lloyd: Post-traumatic stress? More like spicy memories

Jay: Be quiet so I can see

Cole: Why is my wallaber grinding its ass on the floor?

Kai: Whatever, my ass cheeks are balanced ... just as all things should be

Garmadon: IT WOULD BE SO MUCH FUN TO MAKE SOMEBODY THINK YOU WERE GONNA HIT THEM WITH YOUR CAR!

Sensei Garmadon: First of all, nobody says they're fine when they're good

Lloyd, getting himself a donut: A chocolate frosted donut for a chocolate frosted child

Nya, about Harumi: I just loathed her at first sight. Like your dad!

Morro, about Lloyd: He reminds me of a cucumber.

Cole, after becoming human again: I’m like Jesus... I thirst

Lloyd, sipping apple juice out of a shot glass: I'm just... done, ya know

Jay: Zane was eating my popcorn and I was like "hey that's my popcorn!" And he looks me dead in the eye and goes "surprise communism!"

Lloyd: I consumed a spatula

Jay: I almost burned down my house making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich

Zane, after Jay climbs on his back: Unmount me you heathen.

Kai: Yeah it's been such a dick-licking long time

Karlof: In Metalonia we do not have sister, we have brother with pussy

Zane: I want to delete my meatsack

Little Lloyd: At about 10 I was so hungry so I went to the med tent and pretended to be fainting so I got crackers

Garmadon: Before we leave I'm gonna sing a Disney song to attract all the females. Especially Misako

Jay, about to get sunburned: I know right, sunscreen is gross, you look like a glazed donut after you put it on

Cole: I like nuts but not that much. ... both kinds... I like my own nuts.

Zane: Hi I’m Zane and I’m the only one in this group with any form of common sense

Lloyd: Oh there's just someone throwing up over there! Kai: That’s hot

Cole, having a cashew thrown at him: I don’t want to swallow your nut ... I DON’T WANT YOUR NUT

Lloyd: My uncle is  going to sacrifice my body

Kai: Okay. You ALL can eat MY ass

Lloyd: A picture will last longer than your family will

Garmadon: That last rep was like a hydroflask and this one was like a kleankanteen

Kai: I bet for a second he was like "oh my God they care about me"

Kai: Because no one would be ballsy enough, no pun intended, to whip his dick out and piss on a crowded bus

Jay: Fuck a duck Lloyd: Please just dont ..ff... a duck Jay: But the duck likes it. It goes quackquackquackQUACKAFLACK.

Lloyd: Digiorno? More like I'm fucking hungry

Lloyd: My socks are so wet tis but a small price to pay for salvation

Kai: No means no muchacho

Dareth after failing at spinjitzu: Now I'm just dizzy and my ass hurts

Zane: I said, Cole, don’t orgasm in public, it’s rude, and Cole started moaning as loud as humanly possible

Lloyd: Say cheese! Kai: Whiskey!

Jay: Who the fucking dammit

Jay: Spongebob square-nuts

Jay: Actual- ACTUALLY it WOULDN’T make me more of a smartass because my SMART has yet to be caught up with my ASS

Lloyd: I hate it when my foot becomes the itch

Kai: STDs are like pokemon, you gotta catch em all

Kai: Here y’all are like "I like them 'cause of how they hold themselves and whatnot" and I’m just like “GIRL PRETTY"

Cole: I hate it whenever my foot becomes the gay.

Kai: I’m shit at being a person, not a shit person.

Zane: Buses turn me on

Jay: No pissing in our VSCO hangout!

Lloyd: Are y’all on high?

Kai: Its gotta warm up to start lavaing, now it’s just lamping.

Kai, crying: When I was crawling through the sewer my hair got stuck in my knee pit and ripped out a chunk

Lloyd, deepthroating a plastic recorder: I’m blonde so naturally, I'm good at this

Kai: I’m depressed. I’m stressed. But at least I’m well-dressed.

Lloyd: Nom nom milk carton

Cole, playing Life: Give me children

Jay, on a Thursday: If Friday was a Tuesday, it would be today

Kai: We're eating lotion and calling it spicy butter ... it’s spiritually spicy

Kai: I don’t fucking know! I'm not a cheese wheel!

Zane: Beepbeep bitch what's that? My lie detector smells a lie

Lloyd: I aced two tests today! The PSAT and the rice purity test!

Pixal: I don't really get the phrase "dry as bones" because your bones are in fact, wet

Cole: Kai, Kai, we can draw you as one of those anime girls. With humungous eyes. Actually no, it doesn't matter what the size of your eyes are. But your boobs are HUGE.

Lloyd: Jay wants to become the Alpha hoe

Cole: STOP TOUCHING MY HEAD AND SAYING IT FEELS GOOD

Jay: Deli sandwich equals cold hamburger

Lloyd: How was your day? Cole: Good. I have pie dough in my water bottle

Jay: If we do that we can reach our minimum requirement which is our goal

Kai: You can taste the freedom in that nacho cheese

Lloyd: I lust for the crust

Garmadon: You dirty-minded fools!

Anyone, to Skylor: You sucked the fire

Lloyd: OHMYGOD WE GET TO COLOR WITH CRAYONS!

Nya: Not to be lesbian or anything... but DAMN

Jay: No means no in Spanish

Kai: Bro saxophone is literally the sexiest instrument alive

Wu: The only wrong answers are the ones I don’t agree with

Kai: Look, why do you need to be a bottom to suck someone else's cock?

Cole: Jay, you suck Jay: More so than you do? Kai: Wait... wait you mean like you suck at the game or you’re better at sucking than he is?

Kai: WE CAN WANT YOU SEXUALLY TOO

Cole: That's not kinky, that's just abusive

Lloyd: CAN WE STOP USING THE TERM “BLONDE BITCH”

Cole: That’s not how you do it! Straddle me HO!

Kai: I didn’t mean to kick you in the coochie! Jay, I’m the distance: Be genital with her!

Cole: Yeah, also Jay tackled me and then grabbed me in between his legs and Kai jumped on top and Jay smacked his ass and I tried to record so Kai tried to smack my phone out of my hand and missed and his finger went right in my eye so I rolled over screaming and they got up and threw pebbles at me

Cole: It sounds naked! Music!

Kai, to anyone after they say Wu seems chill: He looks like a big soft squishy man but he is not

Zane: On average, in order to feel happy, you need to be touched, (pokes Jay) 8 times a day Kai raises two fingers on each hand: I’m about to make you ALL happy" *every person at the table in unison scoots away*

Zane: You looked like lord farquad but in a cute way!

Jay, after getting a pizza shoved at him. The pepperoni sanitized my facehole

Kai: I am the WITNESS! VICTIM! And I will play ... the e x e c u t i o n e r .

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NYA! KAI FORGOT TO DEFROST THE CHICKEN! Chapter 6: wisdom should come swift with a hot chocolate and not tea *cough* wu *cough*

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Summary: Lloyd questions his life choices as a 16 year old, runaway dropout. Kai is pulling ideas out his ass for his Buzzfeed articles, which means he’s doing great. Nya is getting sick and tired of how incompetent her mentor is.

Chapter Summary: Cole and Pixal together are 10 ten times more wise than Wu and Nya will stand by that.

AN: Swearing again woo! There’s the tiniest bit of alcohol in this chapter and a heck of a lot of sex talk. No actual sex though. I really regret not making this a Cole, Pixal and Zane centric fic.

AO3 | FF

Nya doesn’t speak to Jay during the whole car ride. She’s already exploded at her brother, she doesn’t need to explode at Jay too. Besides, Jay’s not her responsibility. Jay has two perfectly good parents at home to yell at him. It helps that Nya can also feel the guilty anxiety radiating off of Jay in waves. She doesn’t say goodbye or thank him for the ride. She simply gets out and slams the door behind her.

She knocks on Pixal’s door and tugs on her hair while she waits. Cole’s the one to answer and god had Nya hoped Pixal was home alone. Cole takes in her appearance for a minute before waving her inside. He leads her straight to the living room where Pixal’s wrapped in a blanket. Pixal immediately rises when she spots Nya.

“Nya?” Pixal rushes forward. “What’s wrong?” And seeing the concern of Pixal’s face becomes Nya’s breaking point. “Oh god, Nya? What happened?” Pixal hesitantly raises a hand to Nya’s cheek.

“I’ll go make some hot chocolate.” Cole suggests, leaving the two girls to talk. He pauses as he hears Nya release another sob. “I’ll make that hot chocolate with rum.”

Once Cole’s gone, Pixal guides Nya to the sofa. “What happened, Nya?” Pixal resists the urge to bounce her foot on the floor. Skylor is usually better when it comes to this sort of thing. 

“Kai’s a fucking idiot.” Nya sobs.

“Well that much is obvious.” Pixal smirks. “What’d he do this time?”

Nya scowls. “He nearly set the flat on fire for what? Some stupid article?”

“What a dick.” Pixal leans back resting an arm along the back of the sofa. “You know my offer still stands?”

“Thanks, Pix, but I can’t do that to Kai.” Nya looks up at Pixal and grins through the tears. “Besides, I wouldn’t feel right living in this mansion.” 

Pixal scoffs. “How many times do I say that this isn’t a mansion? This might as well be a cottage.”

“Pix, have you ever seen a cottage?” Cole cuts in as he returns with 3 mugs of hot chocolate. He passes one to Pixal and one to Nya.

“Yes!” Pixal replies indignantly.

“Right.” Cole nods as he sits in the arm chair. “Let me rephrase that. Have you ever seen a cottage in person?”

“I fucking hate you.” Pixal scowls.

“Sure. Love you too.” Cole blows a kiss at Pixal. “Anyway, have you given any thought on why Kai’s suddenly become Jay version 2.0?”

Nya frowns. “He’s an idiot?”

“Yeah, but this is Kai we’re talking about. Mr. I’m gonna bottle my feelings until they explode and then get angry at everyone for not noticing my feelings.” Cole raises his voice to imitate Kai.

“A+ Kai impression.” Pixal gives a thumbs up, her mouth barely leaving her mug.

“What are you trying to say?” Nya leans forward.

Cole shifts in his seat. “Well neither of you really got a childhood and working at Buzzfeed? That’s essentially childhood on speed. So Kai’s probably just picked a god awful time to decide he wants a childhood.”

“Most kids don’t nearly burn down their home.” Nya states.

“Most kids aren’t friends with Jay.” Cole points out. “Besides, I never said Kai was aiming for the average childhood experience. He’s aiming for that Buzzfeed manufactured shit.”

She groans. “Oh great, so I’ve just gotta wait for my brother to decide he wants to be an adult?”

“I didn’t say that.” Cole frowns. “It’s more ya gotta remind him there’s better ways to go about it. Like remind him he can be an idiot, but there should still be a couple brain cells at work.”

“How the fuck do I do that?” Nya loves Cole very dearly, but sometimes he sounds like a remixed Wu.

Cole shrugs. “I dunno.” And Cole’s wisdom again fails him at the most crucial point.

“Through sibling bonding.” Pixal suggests, picking up Cole’s slack. “Think about it, when was the last time you and Kai did anything together for fun?”

Nya goes to answer, but Cole cuts her off. “And hangouts with all of us don’t count.”

“Ok, you got me there. But what would we do?” Nya tilts her head.

Pixal furrows her brows. “Something dumb like…” She furrows them further, before relaxing them. “Nope. Sorry. I’m not dumb enough to plan this bit.”

“Go to an arcade or something. Go to maccies. I dunno. Just don’t put too much thought into it.” Cole suggests.

“Arcade and maccies could work.” Nya sips her hot chocolate. “It would be fun to annihilate him at air hockey again.”

Pixal leans forward and places her hands on Nya’s shoulders. “Destroy him.”

Nya nervously laughs. “Ok?” She looks to Cole for help.

Cole rolls his eyes. “Ignore her. Pixal’s just mad that last time we went, Zane beat her.”

Nya smiles. “Ah. I see.”

“Zane cheated.” Pixal states.

“They didn’t.” Cole corrects. “You can’t blame Zane for you being a horny bitch.”

“They were wearing a fitted crop top!” Pixal cries. “How was I meant to focus when they looked that fuckable?”

Cole looks at Nya. “I’ll never forget her face when I owned up to telling Zane to wear that top.”

Pixal scowls. “You also told them to wear those leather jeans!”

“Well yeah. If I’m gonna commit sabotage, I might as well go all out.” Cole shrugs.

Pixal straightens. “That’s it! No sex for a week!”

Cole leans back. “That’s fine by me. I’ll just jerk off in the shower.” Cole smirks. “Or did you forget that sort of thing will only hurt you more than me?”

“I hate you.” Pixal deflates, but rises again. “Ok fine. No kisses for a week.”

Cole jumps up. “No! No! Don’t do this to me! Please, I’ll do anything!”

Pixal looks at Nya. “Men. They’re all idiots.”

Nya smiles. “Amen.” And they clink mugs.

Pixal turns back to Cole. “Beg bitch.”

“Oh hell no!” Nya jumps up. “No! I do not need to see this!”

Pixal laughs. “Your loss.”

Cole sits back down and whispers, “Thank you, Nya.”

Pixal scoffs. “Don’t think you got out of it. We’ll continue this later.”

Nya seems to reach a realisation as she sits back down. “Oh god! I’ve totally intruded on your night. I’m so-”

“Apologise and I will punch you in the face.” Pixal states. “Cole and I were waiting for Zane to finish work.”

Cole nods. “Yeah, besides that all we were gonna do was order Chinese.”

“But this is your date night.” Nya protests.

“So?” Pixal shrugs. “We literally do these every few days and no matter who’s here, Zane and I will end up fucking, and Cole will spoon us afterwards.”

Cole sighs. “What she’s trying to say is that this is probably more awkward for you than us.”

Nya quirks her head. “You two are so weird.”

Cole chuckles. “Believe me. We know.”

“News flash. You’re weird too.” Pixal adds.

“But in all honesty, if you and Zane are gonna be fucking, I’m gone.” Nya states.

Pixal nods. “That’s fair.”

Cole gets up. “Come on. We’ll take you home.”

Pixal frowns. “Wait, I have to come too?”

“Yes. Now get up.” Cole smirks.

“You’re a villain, Cole Brookstone.” Pixal gets up and points at Cole. “You hear me? A villain.”

Nya laughs. “You two are so cute.”

Pixal tilts her head. “Geez Cole, how much rum did you put in her hot chocolate? It’s almost like Nya just laughed.”

“You’re a little shit, you know that right?” Cole ruffles Pixal’s hair, before pulling her into her side. They look into each other’s eyes and Cole leans down so they can touch heads.

Nya resists the urge to melt into a puddle. “That was fucking adorable!”

“Right, home time, Nya.” Cole guides her to the door.