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Legends of Ninjago 4: Chronicles of the Anacondrai

Chapter 1 – Resurrection

There was nothing but darkness everywhere, but there was something in the black void. It was obviously a beast of some sort because there was growling echoing off the walls. And the creature was right to growl because not five seconds later did a huge patch of ice suddenly fall from above. A lot of powdery snow fell with the icy-platform, and the snow covered the human-shaped figure that originally caused the ice to fall. And from above where the figure fell, was a pale moonlight shining through the hole, illuminating the snow, the ice, and the figure's shiny, metal skin as his eyes glowed blue. When the figure stood, he heard the growling…

Out on the coast of Ninjago, when the sun was hot, high and bright, where a jungle would've met the ocean if not for a sandy beach to divide them…but the jungle was not lifeless, as an old enemy had returned.

Nindroids. The said evil robot army was in a small fleet in a clearing in the jungle, but they were not alone. And they knew they weren't alone as they searched for their target, who they sensed was very close by, but they knew he'd be hard to find because of who he is.

A Nindroid with a loaded, high-tech gun was skimming an area of tall, fresh, green grass because he saw movement, quick as a snake, in the patch. And the Nindroid stayed there for quite a while until another Nindroids nearby beeped, asking for the first one's assistance. The Nindroid reluctantly walked to aid its other droid while giving the patch the death glare before looking away. Unbeknownst to the Nindroid, it was so close to finding their target.

When the target knew the time was right, the large green figure zipped from the patch of grass, but he didn't go undetected because he raised the Nindroids' awareness as they became alert and they all raised their guns.

One by one, the target moved throughout the fleet like Predator; dragging them and destroying them in the cover of the jungle, kicking them and throwing ninja-stars at them. Eventually the outside-fleet was defeated.

The whole time, the Nindroids were hunting Lloyd the Green Ninja…but now he knew he had the indoor-fleet of Nindroids to face, and so he pressed on in the mission.

Lloyd walking through a dark tunnel, but it wouldn't be dark for long when he snagged a trip wire with his foot, and suddenly many intimidating red lasers, running from wall-to-wall, ceiling-to-floor, appeared out of thin-air.

But being a ninja, Lloyd had it in the bag as he effortlessly dodged the lasers by jumping, ducking and barrel-rolling them all. But the mission was not over yet. When he reached the other side, there was the indoor-Nindroids fleet right in front of him.

But even when the Nindroids began to fire, Lloyd just started using his green-colored Spinjitzu to attack them all. But when he was left with the last Nindroid, the droid had a plan to get Lloyd as he fired a laser from his gun, and right after Lloyd destroyed the last Nindroid, he noticed that the Nindroid's fired laser had struck a thick chain…and that chain was connected to more chains that were wrapped around a huge boulder. And now that those chains were broken, the boulder started rolling towards Lloyd, pushing the Green Ninja towards his objective as he turned and sprinted for the hole in the ground, grabbed the chain on the ground and wrapped it tightly around his waist.

At the last second, Lloyd made it to the hole and dove in. and the chain was to keep him from landing on the spiked floor below. But he needed to be in this chamber because sitting on a lonesome pedestal was a small, plastic prototype of the Over Lord's golden armor and mech.

Since Lloyd clearly couldn't use the floor to get to the pedestal in front of him, he began to jerk his body, making him swing back in forth; him getting closer with each forward swing…but then the mission was failed when the prototype was actually a hollow-gram, and it disappeared, and even the spikes disappeared beneath the floor, then becoming a spike-less floor.

"For your first try, you got surprisingly far, Lloyd," Cyrus Borg kindly commented.

Lloyd continued to hang from the chain around his torso, he looked up and saw Sensei Wu, who was pushing Cyrus in on his wheel-chair, and he also saw Kate…and his two twin, preteen daughters.

The twin with short brown hair that only reached her shoulders and purple eyes, like her mom, seemed more joyful and confident, while the girl who also had purple eyes like her mom, but her dad's long blonde hair that ran down to her waist, seemed shy as she hid behind Kate, but both of them had Kate's sparkling purple eyes…but they were not blind.

"Jeez, Dad, I thought you were the legendary, all-powerful Green Ninja," the girl with the brown hair scoffed.

"Sororal," Kate said angrily.

"Sorry…you were pretty good…I guess," Sororal mumbled under her breath.

"I think you did absolutely wonderful, Father," the blonde said in a voice softer than Fluttershy's as she barely stepped out from behind Kate and smiled.

"Aw, that was very sweet of you to say, Niveous," Kate said softly to her shy daughter, and then she smiled back at her dangling husband, "let me get you down, Hon," Kate said, and fired some ice at the chain, the cold element soon engulfing and instantly freezing a small spot on the links, and then that's when Lloyd struggled as he knew the ice would make it easier for the chain to break, and it soon did as he fell landed face-first onto the floor.

"Kate, what did I say about using ice?" Lloyd grumbled as he stood up and removed the chains.

"Look, Lloyd, we all miss Zane, but we need to move on…and that includes you because, if he could, I'm sure Zane wouldn't want us to grief over his noble deed. Ok?" Kate said softly, and even gave Lloyd a hug. And he needed it when he hugged back.

But then Cyrus cleared his throat, interrupting the moment.

"Despite how good you did, Lloyd…I-I didn't expect you to be so 'rough' on my security-droids," Cyrus said as he knew that Lloyd nearly destroyed all of the Nindroids that he had apparently re-programed to guard the chambers underground.

"Any other way, Cyrus, I don't think anyone could get to the Over Lord's golden armor and mech if I couldn't," Lloyd said as he began to wheel the said cripple out of the room, everyone else following him.

"Where did you even truly hide the armor and mech anyway, Cyrus?" Kate questioned.

"Wouldn't you agree that it is quite common-sense to keep a secret like that best left uncovered?" Cyrus asked with a grin, "but I thought all of you ninja were supposed to show up to this drill."

"Yes, Lloyd, why didn't the others show up?" Wu added.

"U-uh…" Lloyd tried to find the right words to sound kind.

"T-they couldn't really make it," Kate cut-in for Lloyd's sake, "they all…got distracted."

Then they all just continued to walk further through the huge room.

"Zane's sacrifice was truly devastating, even if it was noble…I can't even recall the last time I spoke with P.I.X.A.L. since Zane's memorial," Cyrus sighed sadly.

"When we focus on what is missing from within our lives, it blinds us from seeing what we already possess…if you will. You can all either let Zane's absence drive you apart from each other…or you can let it bring you closer; it is your choice," Wu said firmly.

In what sounded like a game-show(like The Price is Right), there was a dark room with an absolutely huge crowd as they cheered and all clapped rhythmically. But then when a man in blue…and clearly wearing too much make-up on his face…stepped out into the spot-light, the crowd's cheering and clapping only got louder and out of order.

"HEEEELLOOOOOOO, PEOPLE OF NINJAAAAAGOOOOO!"

Jay was excited to hear the cheering and clapping love of the crowd that loved the game-show he was hosting, as he was dressed in blue pants and a blue tuxedo.

Suddenly more spot-lights turned on, and it revealed an obstacle course(think Wipe-Out)that was behind Jay.

"IN THIS HERE COURSE, WE'LL FIND OUT WHO WILL EITHER BECOME NINJAGO'S GREATEST HERO—LIKE ME—OR IF THEY'LL BECOME ABOSUTELY HUMLIATED! AND HOW FAST WILL IT ALL HAPPEN?!"

"IN. A. FLAAAAAASH!" the crowd answered Jay's questioned, and then the said blue Lightning Ninja threw away his mic and created strands of lightning in his hands, in which he used to literally boost him into the air and onto the platform where the show's contestant waited.

"Today's contestant is a tiring mother of four! Give it up for Kathy, folks! Now, Kathy, if I remember correctly, you're a returning contestant, AND you were defeated by The Gauntlet the last time, so what makes you think this time will by different?!" Jay asked happily as an assistant came up and gave Jay a new mic, and he held it up to Kathy.

"BECAUSE, JAY, NINJA NEVER QUIIIIIIIIT!"

And then the crowd cheered to Kathy's reply.

"Uh-huh! Alright, go, Kathy, GOOOO!" Jay called, and then the music in the studio picked up, and Kathy stood in a stance to get ready to jump.

Kathy jumped towards the pink and white striped ropes, and swung from each; having a little trouble when getting to the last. When she made it past the ropes, she was now on a giant pink roller, and it started to roll as soon as she stepped onto it. But it only got worse when punching-gloves came out of the wall with mechanical limbs, and tried to punch Kathy off. She managed to didge the first two gloves on the first roller…but her luck ran out on the second when she was finally hit by a glove when she didn't pay attention.

When Kathy fell a few good way down to the floor, the crowd gasped, and Jay didn't want to be sued so he rushed to Kathy's aid, and he helped her up.

"THAT…was better than last time!" Kathy said, and then her legs suddenly gave out, but she remained conscious and continued to laugh hysterically.

After the show was over, Jay was in his dressing room, sitting in front of his lit-up, vanity mirror…but the said Lightning Ninja didn't look so happy as he stared at a framed photo of him and the other Ninja…and that included Zane.

"Ninja never quit…huh, Zane," Jay sighed matter-of-factly, and then he eventually put the photo down, and hid his face in his arms on his desk…and then he actually started to sob.

And not many seconds later, he suddenly jerked his head up and screamed and wept as there was black eye-liner running down his face. And then he gave up and suddenly banged his head back onto his desk.

"We knew you'd probably be the first to break…out of the team, at least."

Jay was startled so bad that he jumped out of his seat, but he turned that it was only Kate who spoke to him, and Lloyd was with her.

"Ok, I know we're all ninja, but still, how did you get in here?!"

"I think the more important question is why are you wearing make-up?" Lloyd asked with a grin.

"Ah-ah-ah! It is NOT make-up! How many times do I have to say it?! It's concealer…and what are you talking about 'team'?! I am NEVER fighting along-side Cole! That girl-stealing, back-stabbing, black-hearted, SON OF A-!"

But then Lloyd put a reassuring hand on Jay's shoulder, making him snap out of his rage.

"Jay, look me in the eye. We're like brothers, right…and so is Cole," Lloyd said softly as he looked Jay in the eyes.

"I highly doubt it," Jay scoffed as he smacked Lloyd's hand away.

"We thought you were the Master of Lightning…not the Master of Lighting…and I think you should know that Nya speaks about you to me all the time," Kate tried to reassure, but it didn't work as Jay only ignored them by sitting back down at his mirror.

And that made Lloyd and Kate look at each other, and then they shook their heads in sorrow and disappointment.

"Ok, Jay…we won't force you. But if you were to actually change your mind, then come find us; you know where we'll be," Kate said softly, and then she and her husband departed from Jay's dressing-room.

Jay sighed sadly again, and grabbed a wipe to clean off his face from running eye-liner. But after he looked back in the mirror to check if his face was completely, which it was, he only glared at his reflection, and suddenly punched the mirror, easily shattering it.

Clouds covered what looked like a dead part of the land in the snowy mountains because there were loggers cutting down and logging trees…and one of the loggers was Cole as the said Master of Earth was high up in a tree, using nothing but a mere axe to cut off limbs. He was also not wearing ninja attire, like Jay, but rather he was wearing torn jeans, a winter hat and an unbuttoned lumber-jack shirt that showed off his six-pack.

"Ya know, Cole, I thought being the Master of Earth meant you were close with nature…not against it!"

Cole heard Kate's voice…from above? So he looked up to see Kate and Lloyd sitting on two separate branches above him.

"Maybe I should've gotten a golden axe instead of a scythe. Who knew I was so good with one?" Cole ask with a smile and jammed his axe into another limb, making the cut in it deeper.

"Ya know, we're all still a team here, Cole!" Lloyd called down…and that made Cole frown and stop.

"Well, I'm tired of what we had to fight as ninja. Tired of Serpentine, dark lords, Nindroids…and Jay. No one out here knows who you are OR what you've done in the past…and that's why I want to stay here."

"But Kate's right, you're destroying lives that grow from the earth that YOU control…and who ever heard of an Earth Master working high up in trees anyway?" Lloyd asked, getting a little annoyed with Cole's stubbornness.

"Look, guys, I'm sorry…but you need to get it through your heads that THIS is my life now," Cole said sadly and gripped his axe.

But from below, where they were loading a huge tree trunk onto a truck's trailer(say that five or ten times fast)…but there was an error when the chain holding up the trunk from the crane suddenly snapped. And when the trunk fell, it bumped and caused all the other loaded logs to fall, and the all rolled towards the other lumber-jacks as they ran away.

But when Cole noticed this, he jumped into action and pounded the ground with his bare fists. Seconds later, huge rocks instantly rose from the earth, stopping the logs and saving the other lumber-jacks as they cheered for Cole…but Cole wasn't taking pride in what he just did as he sneered and turned to leave to go home.

"When you actually change your mind, Cole, you know where we'll be!" Cole heard Kate call, but when he looked up, Kate and Lloyd were no longer up in the trees, or visible anywhere for that matter.

"WELCOME TO THE SSSSSLITHER PIT!"

A Hypnobrai was standing in the middle of a large room(just picture a bar)as there were Skullkin(the remaining Skullkin from the first story; no, they were not all killed off)citizens of Ninjago City and Serpentine as they all acted drunk and cheered.

"In the left corner, we have our undefeated champion: Kai the Flaming Show-Gun!" the Hypnobrai announced, and the drunk Serpentine, people and Skullkin, and they all looked into the left corner to find the said Master of Fire…except he looked WAY different. Kai was literally wearing ridiculous, red wrestling attire, and that included a stupid mask.

Kai was trying to look all cool as he leaned against a support-beam in his corner, and slowly looked up.

"And in the right corner, we have…Kruncha, a Sssskullkin," the Hypnobrai announced with A LOT less enthusiasm than with Kai.

In the right corner, Kruncha was having his bony shoulders messaged by his pal Knuckles, and then Kruncha stood up, and he and Kai entered the ring.

But the fight didn't last even ten seconds when Kai used his fiery Spinjitzu, and instantly and effortlessly defeated Kruncha; the said idiot Skullkin even fell apart(because he's already dead).

"You dick-head! I said not to go down in the first round, NOT to go down first!" Knuckles yelled angrily as he picked up some of his friend's bony body parts, and kicked Kruncha's head away.

"And our champion remainsss: Kai the Flaming Show-Gun!" the Hypnorbrai cheered, along with the crowd, as he lifted Kai's arm into the air.

"It's not the 'Flaming' Show-Gun! It's the FUCKING RED Show-Gun, for the last fucking time!" Kai shouted angrilly into the Hypnobrai's face and yanked his arm away; eventually trudging over to the bar.

"Gimme the usual," Kai growled at the bar-tender…who was apparently a Fangpyre.

The Fangpyre bar-tender said nothing, and just poured Kai his drink, then sliding it across the counter, in which Kai grabbed it before it flew off the corner he was sitting at. And he lifted the drink to his mouth, and took a sip.

"Drinking doesn't solve problems, Kai, it only creates them."

Kai nearly did a spit-take when he heard Kate's voice, and then he immediately spun around in his seat, and found none other than Lloyd and Kate standing there.

"Why the hell are you guys here in a place like this? Don't you have kids to look after now?!" Kai asked angrily and turned back around to look away from them.

"We left them with Wu, but that's not important, Kai. We get the fact that the fire inside still tells you to fight bad guys, and so you come to places like this…but the team still needs the Fire Ninja," Lloyd said softly as he and Kate sat on both sides of him.

"Oh yeah? Well, he's gone…and so's the Ice Ninja…i-it just…should've been me," Kai sighed sadly, and hung his head low in sorrow.

"You thought the same thing when we still didn't know who was destined to be the Green Ninja. First it was that, and now this. If you keep pulling yourself down like this, then you'll never be able to move on," Kate explained.

Kai then thought he'd protest, but when he looked up, Lloyd and Kate were gone.

"You know where we are if you change your mind," Kate said.

In the park in the middle of Ninjago City(no longer very technological)…and the titanium statue of Zane still stood, but it was covered in moss and rust from all the time. And Kai was walking towards the shrine, and sadly looked up.

And when he did look up after resting his hand on it, he noticed Zane's falcon once again sitting on its shoulder…just like it did when Zane was still alive.

There was a huge, bright and rainbow-colored sign that made Chen's Noodle House well known when you passed by it.

"There's only ONE Chen's Noodle Shop!" the animated sign of a man with a black goatee, obviously the owner of the restaurant, said every few minutes as it lifted a bowl of neon-noodles.

And Kai shook his head in embarrassment as he walked into the kiddy restaurant. And when he got in, he looked around for Lloyd and/or Kate.

"Over here, Uncle Kai!"

Kai heard Sororal's energetic voice, and he looked over to the last sets of booths. And there he saw Kate sitting in one booth with her daughters, and then he saw Lloyd sitting at the edge of a bigger, round booth that was just across Kate and the kids' as the said Green Ninja leaned out for Kai to find him.

But when Kai got to Lloyd's booth, he was shocked to see Cole and Jay sitting at the same booth, but the two crossed their arms and wouldn't look at each other from across the table…but it wasn't surprising that Star was there too because she needed a job and she worked at the restaurant as a cashier.

"Star? Cole? Jay? You're ALL here?" Kai asked with surprise.

"Meh, I needed something to do since my shift already ended," Star shrugged.

"Kai, you're a bitch. You know how long we had to wait for you, and at the same time, could NOT get any food because Green Machine here said no?!" Cole asked angrily, but Kai ignored him.

"What's this about, Lloyd?" Kai sighed as he took a seat.

"Look, I know you all don't wanna be here in this place…but I had to compromise for my kids, alright? Anyway, I gathered you all here because…I-I thought it would be best for us all to…get a new teammate," Lloyd sighed, and NO ONE liked what Lloyd suggested.

"Are you fucking kidding me?!" Star yelled angrily.

"No way!" Jay shouted in rage.

"What the actual-hell is wrong with you?!" "Kai shouted.

"Zane is irreplaceable!" Cole added angrily.

"We know, we know, and we miss and care about him too…but what other way can we build this team back up?" Kate asked from across the tables.

"Ya know, I think there isn't and should NOT be a team without Zane," Kai said angrily, but there was still sorrow in his voice.

And Kai's statement made everyone, even Kate, Sororal and Niveous sulk their heads in sadness.

But then the sad moment was ruined when a trio of bad-ass men with purple, white and black, snake-like tattoos running up their arms, legs and necks; their teeth were even sharper than most…like snake fangs. And they would either have dark hair with dark purple streaks, or a giant, black Mo-Hawk…which was the apparent leader of the trio had…and they caught Jay's attention first.

"Uh, guys, hate to ruin the moment, but we've got trouble," Jay said in a hushed voice.

The gang walked up to the line to the cash-register and pushed through the very short line of people, and the elderly man for the cashier was scared when the leader removed his sun glasses, revealing not only purple snake eyes, but also his missing left eye, and that had a shiny, silver orb as a replacement.

The cashier knew what they wanted, and so he opened the register, and they immediately snatched all of the money out of it. And then they pulled the old man out from behind the counter, and smashed him against a table, leaving him defenseless…but not while the ninja were around.

"Oh, that is it! No one comes into my restaurant without my say-so!" Star yelled angrily and stood up from the booth.

"Excuse me, sir," Star said, and they trio looked up, allowing the old man-cahier to escape, "didn't Mommy ever teach you that it's very rude to TOUCH OTHER PEOPLE'S FOOD?!"

And that was when it told the snake-trio that it was time for a fight, but the ninja already knew that as they were no longer sitting back at their booth…except for Kate as she stayed back to watch the kids.

Cole grabbed a pair of chop-sticks, clicked them together, and then comically beckoned the snake-trio to fight him. And they gladly went into a small fight…and the ninja were winning.

But Kai and a member of the snake-trio were on the conveyer belt that brought the food to the tables, and one of the other trio members pushed the acceleration button, hoping to knock Kai off his feet. But, being a ninja, Kai was still able to fight as he karate kicked a bowl of hot noodles up into the air, and it landed into the man's tattooed face, burning his flesh and he lost his balance and fell, and was also unfortunate enough to fall onto and break his left arm.

"Ok, I admit it: we've still got it," Kai admitted in the midst of the fight.

The leader was still facing Cole, but a flying bowl of little rice-cakes came flying off the fast conveyer belt, and Cole managed to pluck a cake with his chop-sticks and popped in his mouth.

"Mm! It IS true what they say: everything is better on a full stomach!" Cole said, surprisingly happy since they're technically still fighting.

"Uh, Mom, I'm scared!" Niveous cried, and it got the attention of the snake-trio's leader, and he grinned as he sneakily passed the ninja and headed towards Kate and the kids' table.

"Stay back, Savage!" Kate roared as she stood in front of her daughters to protect them. But the man only ginned and chuckled darkly as he licked his lips, and then he started to walk up to Kate, but she held her ground.

And he would've gotten closer if a sharp table-knife hadn't suddenly come up from behind him and was held up to his neck, so he stopped and froze.

"Step away from my family," Lloyd growled darkly as he continued to hold the knife to the man's neck…but then the snake-fanged man grinned evilly.

And before anyone knew it, the man viciously grabbed Lloyd's arm, and flipped him; his back hitting the floor it sounded like it nearly broke.

"Daddy!" both Sororal and Niveous cried in unison with worry, and Kate helped Lloyd back to his feet as he held the back of his head in pain.

"I'm fine, don't worry about me," Lloyd grunted, but then he remembered the snake-trio and looked to find them retreating out the back door, and the Mo-Hawked leader grinned evilly back at them before going out the door.

"Get back here, mother-fuckers!" Star called angrily, and she, along with the other ninja and even the kids, ran after them. But when they got out to the other side of the door, they saw nothing but a dark, empty ally.

"Dammit, they got away," Cole growled angrily.

"Maybe…but what's that?" Lloyd said as he pointed to a faint light at the end of the ally. They all walked towards the light in confusion, and sitting there was a table, with two lit candles, a small pedestal with four fortune-cookies…and a paper with indistinct writing on it, as the paper was held to the wall by a knife above the fortune-cookies.

"What is this? Did they set it up?" Kai questioned.

"What's the note say?" Cole asked, and Lloyd reached for the paper, and ripped it from the knife. And after the said Green Ninja re-read the letters on the paper many times, his eyes went wide with amazement.

"It's about Zane…i-it says he's…alive," Lloyd finally read aloud, and everyone gasped.

"The thugs weren't trying to deliver a message to the people in the restaurant…they were trying to send us a message…to us," Kate pointed out.

"What…how does it say Zane's a live?" Jay questioned.

"In words, genies," Lloyd replied dryly.

"But why would the thugs want us here?" Kai suddenly asked.

"If this is a joke, it's NOT FUNNY!" Cole grunted.

"This is not a setup, Cole," Kate reassured.

"But, hey, look: fortune cookies!" Jay said happily, and grabbed a cookie from his mouth, only for Kai smack it from his hands, and it broke in two when it hit the ground.

"Don't just eat it!" Lloyd snapped.

"Well, what supposed to do, dance with it?!"

But then everyone froze when they heard crunching and munching. Turns out, it was Cole who was chewing…and one of the four cookies was gone.

"What? I was starving since you didn't let me eat anything," Cole protested after swallowing.

"Uh…there are little pieces of paper inside of the cookies called fortunes, Uncle Cole; you're not supposed to eat those," Sororal said flatly.

"Oh…is that why they're called that?" Cole asked with confusion.

"Uh, yeah, ok…" Jay said as he leaned down and picked up his fortune cookie, and wasn't really surprised to see the fortune. But when the said Blue Ninja read his fortune, he gasped.

"What is it, Jay?" Kai asked.

"You're not gonna believe me if I told you. Read your fortunes!" Jay said with surprise and reread his fortune over and over.

Kai and Lloyd then reluctantly and confusedly grabbed the last two cookies, and cracked them open to read the little papers.

"What the-? It says 'Master Chen has invited you to his Tournament of Elements'," Lloyd read aloud, and Kai's fortune said the same thing.

"Wait, Chen, the same Chen that runs this famous noodle shop, is a master?!" Cole asked in surprise.

"Hold on, it has more. 'It is of utmost importance that you make an appearance at the loading docks before midnight tonight, that you tell no one, and bring no weapons with you…if you want to ever see your friend again," Kai read aloud.

But then something odd happened: the little papers just exploded and turned into little purple clouds. And then they all slowly looked at Cole.

But they didn't hear anything, but they did see Cole flinch and grab his stomach, and he then belched out a little purple cloud.

"Looks like I was invited too," Cole said with a grin, but everyone ignored his joke since it was not the time to be horsing around.

"Do you think this is a scam?" Lloyd questioned.

"It all does sound too good to be true," Kai added.

"But what if it's not? What if they're telling the truth, and they can help bring Zane back to us?" Jay pointed out.

"This whole 'Tournament of Elements' event makes me think that there's a lot about this 'Chen' guy we don't know," Lloyd growled.

"Mom? Mom, are you ok?" Niveous asked softly, and that got everyone's attention, but when they turned, they saw how scared Kate looked. But then Kate shook her head.

"Y-yeah, I just…never knew that a noodle guy like Chen would be a master. But the point is, I think we should trust them. If it means we'll get Zane back, it's worth it," Kate said firmly.

The sun was setting over the forest in which Sensei Garmadon's monastery still stood.

The said sensei walked into the main room, but there were no students, instead, he found Nya and Wu as they were going over some blueprints on a computer monitor.

"You said you were planning on fixing Destiny's Bounty, correct Nya?" Garmadon asked with a smile.

"Sure are…and it would be great if we could get some help," Nya replied.

"Sure. I may not have four hands anymore, but I'll help in any way I can," Garmadon said kindly, and then walked off.

Inside a room with a queen-sized bed, Lloyd was packing some necessities(clothes, etc.), and he then reached for some swords that were mounted on the wall, but then he stopped.

"No weapons, right," Lloyd sighed. So he decided he had what he needed, zipped up his suit-case, and headed out of his room.

And as Lloyd walked down the hall, he walked by his daughters' room, and stopped to look in at Kate as she was tucking them in; she was at the edge of Niveous' bed, as Sororal was already passed out.

"Mommy?"

Yes, Sweetie?"

"The paper Daddy read said that they have a friend…did they really mean Uncle Zane?"

"Oh, Honey, I honestly don't know…but your Uncle Zane was a good…'man'…he knew what he had to do, and if he hadn't sacrificed himself…you and Sororal might not have been able to live the good life you have now…or not have been born."

"I hope you find him," Niveous yawned after Kate leaned down and kissed her forehead, and then she turned onto her side, and closed her eyes.

"Me too, my little snow flake. Good night," Kate said in a voice like silk.

Lloyd couldn't help but smile softly at the family he had successfully created, but then he remembered his original objective, and continued down the hall.

But then he was stopped by his own dad.

"All hands on deck, Son," Garmadon joked.

"W-what?"

"I'm going to go and help Wu and Nya with fixing The Bounty, and I was wondering if you wanted to join me."

"O-oh, uh, yeah…sorry, Dad, but I can't. The guys and I actually had a fishing trip planned for this evening…yeah. You understand that I can't just rain-check on them, right? Great! G'night, Dad!" Lloyd lied as he wore a fake smile and then ran off.

But Garmadon smelled something fishy about this, and he growled in suspicion.

"Never thought Chen would rise again," Garmadon said under his breath.

The night was young as it blanketed over the coast of Ninjago, as Lloyd was hauling his suit-case across a pier, and he heard a fog-horn blow a few times in the distance. But when he looked out in front of him, he saw that he and the ninja weren't alone.

Like Lloyd, the other ninja were all wearing a ninja gi of their respective colors. Even Star was there, as she was wearing a dark purple gi.

"I told you we shouldn't have worn our gis; we look ridicules!" Jay whined as he and the other ninja pulled down their ninja masks from their faces.

The ninja then looked around at the strangers around them.

"The only reason to show up to a Tournament of Elements is if you have elemental powers…ya think they also have powers like us?" Kai asked quietly.

"Why else would they be here?"

The ninja heard a familiar voice, and were shocked to see Kate AND Garmadon walking out onto the pier towards them.

"Kate? Dad? What are you doing here?" Lloyd questioned.

"The fortunes said not to tell anyone, Lloyd," Cole reminded Lloyd angrily.

"I didn't!" Lloyd protested.

"I figured it out when I smelled Chen's Noodle Shop on you," Garmadon said flatly.

"B-but, Kate, why are you coming along? You didn't get an invitation, and we're not connected by the Anacondrai's Curse anymore," Lloyd asked his wife with worry.

"I know, I know…look, I haven't been completely honest. Chen and I have some unfinished business, so I have to go with you, and you're not stopping me," Kate explained firmly, "and don't worry about the kids, Misako is looking after them."

"OK, ok…but you're always staying right by my side," Lloyd sighed in defeat, but was then caught off guard when Kate pecked his lips.

"Where would I be?" Kate joked softly.

"Guys, look," Jay interrupted, as he was pointing out at a huge, three story boat(lower deck included)boat that was powered by a giant water-wheel at the back.

The boat then slowed and stopped at the pier, as a couple of men, with tattoos and hair-dos the same as the thugs at the restaurant, unloaded a walk-board from the boat, and stretched it out to the pier.

A tall man with sleek, charcoal hair, dark eyes, and blood-red clothes with dark purple and golden snake designs, walked out onto the walk-board, getting everyone; attention.

"Watch your step across the walk-board, Madame," the man said after he stepped onto the pier, and everyone lined up in a single file.

The woman he was talking to was the first one in line, but she decided to look back and see how long the line behind her was. Strands of her dark red hair fell from her orange, sun-burst colored jacket hood, and her bright green eyes sparkled…at least in Kai's mind.

Thee said fire ninja was making googly eyes at the red-head.

"Let's not get too distracted, Kai. Got it?" Lloyd growled, but Kai barely paid any attention.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah…sure," Kai sighed as he brushed Lloyd off, and just kept walking as the line moved.

"Oh, I know that face anywhere," Kate whispered to Lloyd.

"What do you mean?" Lloyd questioned.

"You made that exact same face towards me when we were younger. There's no pulling Kai out of his mind now," Kate replied.

The man with the sleek, black hair, grinned even more when the ninja were the last ones to the load the boat.

"Ah, if it isn't Ninjago's greatest hero's. my master will be most pleased that you have accepted his invitation…and I'm sure Spinjitzu will give you quite the upper-hand in his tournament," the man growled happily.

"Well, you should know that we're not going to fight; we're just going to get a friend back," Jay said firmly.

"I wouldn't be so petty, Master Jay," the man said as he suddenly snatched a pair of nun chucks from Jay's bag, "everyone you see here on this boat has something they want."

"Uh, those aren't nun chucks," Jay blurted out. But the man ony grinned more as he threw the nun chucks into the ocean.

Then Jay lead the rest of the ninja onto the boat in fear, but when Lloyd and Garmadon were the last ones to get on, Garmadon stopped his son.

"You really shouldn't be going, Son," Garmadon whispered.

"Why not?" Lloyd asked angrily.

"Chen is a man that you cannot trust. No matter what he may tell you, you can never really believe him," Garmadon replied firmly, but then the black-haired man suddenly clutched Lloyd's arm and pulled him up onto the walk-board, pushing him towards the boat.

"From what I've been hearing, you're a sensei now? Gosh, it's been so long," the man sighed and turned away.

"Clouse. Has Chen still chosen you?" Garmadon asked angrily, making the man, who was apparently called Clouse from Garmadon, turn and glare at the old man.

"Dad, I'm sorry, but I gotta go. This is about Zane!" Lloyd called as he walked back onto the boat.

"Good choice, Son," Clouse said darkly, and then beckoned the men to pull the walk-board back onto the boat after he was then on the boat as well.

"You can't get rid of me that easily, Clouse," Garmadon growled, and then bounded off pf the pier, and onto the boat, even accidently knocking one of the tattooed men into the ocean…but no one bothered to help him.

"Hmm…you'd better get ready, Garmadon, because the tournament will be an event you won't soon forget," Clouse sighed in defeat, "NOW LET'S SHIP OUT!"

And with that, the water-wheel began to spin, propelling the boat forward.

The ninja thought they'd take a walk around the boat, and as they did, they saw how each person occupied themselves in very different ways.

There was a buff man, with black a grey Mongolian armor, and huge iron gauntlets on his fists as he repeatedly kept a barrel bouncing in the air with his gauntlets.

There was another man who had his legs crossed…but he wasn't sitting on the floor, oh no, he was levitating as he had his arms lifted and touched his finger-tips together.

Another man with long, dark brown, shaggy hair with a matching beard, was holding a staff with one end that was a little twisted, and a few leaves grew from it. But then a healthy green vine grew long and fast from the staff's edge.

And there was even a man with a huge black afro, had round sun-glasses with stars on them, and played a soft tune on a lute.

"Dad, did you really know this 'Clouse' guy?" Lloyd asked quietly.

"Don't let his attire threw you off. Clouse practices dark arts, and he is Chen's right hand man," Garmadon replied.

"Why haven't you or Sensei Wu us that there are more people like us?" Kai questioned.

"Some things are just best left a secret, Kai. You were lead to believe you were special, yet you never question where your powers originated."

"Are you implying that I'm not special? What am I, chopped liver?" Jay asked angrily.

"Everyone on this ship is a descendant from The Elemental Masters," Garmadon went on.

"The Elemental Masters? Who were they?" Lloyd asked out of curiosity.

"They were The First Spinjitzu Masters' guardians. Each were entrusted by an element that have been passed down, generation to generation," Garmadon explained.

"Well, it's that's true…then what about Nya? She doesn't have any powers," Kai pointed out.

"Oh, but doesn't she? There's power in all of you; it just needs to be awoken. But the contestants here have had no master, yet they have managed to find their true potential. Take this very pale man, for instance," Garmadon explain, and pointed at a pale man, as he said, that wore western attire and a pair of sun-glasses, as he stood at the rope railing at the edge of the boat, "he is a distant descendant of the Master of Light. Keep watching and you'll see how it was so hard to find him all this time."

And as if on cue, the man AND his clothes disappeared into thin air…but his cow-boy had and sun-glasses did not, giving him away.

But then a white flash with a tint of red suddenly whipped by the ninja, grabbing their attention. But then the white flash turned out to be a man with a white jump-suit with red designs…and it was a little too tight on his body. The man adjusted his sun-glasses and smoothed down his brown hair that was dripping with hair-gel.

"Then there's this man: Griffin Turner. He is the grandson of the Master of…well, Speed," Garmadon simply said, and then Griffin dashed towards them.

"Can't touch this," Griffin sang as he ran off again, and in seconds, was on the other side of the boat.

"Uh, last time I checked, speed is not an element," Jay scoffed.

"That's funny, coming from the Master of Lightning," Garmadon chuckled, making everyone else laugh at the burn, but Jay wasn't happy.

The ninja then stopped for a rest from all the walking. But then Kai noticed that the woman with the bright jacket from earlier was at the rope rail near-by.

"And, uh, what about her?" Kai asked, referring to the mysterious red-head.

"I am unaware of who she is…most of these people, I have not heard of. But remember that they will all be gunning for you ninja; being the ninja and Ninjago's greatest heroes, you have much honor…and here, that means very low quantity," Garmadon explained, but at the same time, the huge, Mongolian armor covered, gauntlet wearing man from earlier came walking up to the woman.

"Karloff wanted to be first in line," Karloff, the buff man, grunted like a cave-man as he grabbed the woman's arm with a gauntlet fist.

"Let go of me," the woman grunted.

"But honor means something to me," Kai said angrily as he walked up to Karloff and the red-head, and the two were surprised when they saw Kai step into the fight.

"Please, I'm fine. I can handle it," the woman pleaded softly as Karloff let go and turned his attention towards Kai.

"This none of Red Man's business. Bitch budded in line, and now Karloff was revenge," Karloff grunted, clearly having no sense of grammar.

"Well, it not a big deal, Mittens. Just leave the lass alone, will you?" Kai said firmly, and with that, the woman couldn't watch anymore, so she turned and looked out to the ocean.

"I not Mittens, and these not mittens. These crush ninja!" Karloff roared as he shoved a gauntlet into Kai's face, but Kai pushed it away.

"Prove it," Kai growled.

"Save your wrath for the actual tournament, Kai!" Garmadon called.

"You think Karloff is scared by you?"

"Nope. Is there really no brain in the Mongolian hat of yours?" Kai asked, getting a little too cocky.

But then Karloff grabbed Kai's neck, and would've easily choked him, but thought it'd be more fun to scare him.

"Uh, guy? Pals? Amigos? A little help?" Kai said in a strained voice.

"You say Karloff is a jack-ass?" Karloff growled as he pulled Kai's face towards his own.

"Karloff wouldn't be ass enough to start something he can't finish!" Lloyd called.

But then everyone was thrown off guard when Karloff decided to punch Kai's torso, sending the said red ninja flying.

"Woopsie. Guess Karloff IS jack-ass," Karloff said sarcastically.

And when the others went to run off to help Kai, Garmadon only stopped them.

"This is something Kai started on his own, so he must also stop it on his own," Garmadon pointed out.

Karloff thought he was victorious, but he wasn't happy when he saw Kai stand back up, and got into a fighting stance while facing him.

"FIRE!"

Kai shouted something he hasn't in a while as he produced balls of fire in his hands, and he threw them at Karloff, but Karloff blocked them all with his gauntlets. And what Karloff did next was very unexpected.

Karloff smashed his iron gauntlets together, and when he did, it seemed to trigger his powers as he grew twice his size, and his entire body became the iron his gauntlets were made of.

Now Kai knew he was fucked.

Karloff ran towards Kai, and tried to pound him with his fists, but missed when Kai barrel-rolled to dodge his attacks. But Kai eventually slipped up and Karloff hit him, and sent him flying towards a window, and though it wasn't enough to break the window, it created many cracks, and it gained the people's attention inside.

The other ninja watched the fight safely from around a corner, hoping Kai wouldn't get too hurt.

Karloff then punched and once again sent Kai flying, but Kai flew farther this time, and he landed on the roof of the boat. When Kai picked himself up in pain, he looked up and saw Karloff's iron body lunging towards him. But Kai managed to roll out of the way in time before Karloff's gauntlets could punch through him faster than the roof.

But it wasn't over when Karloff sprinted and rammed into Kai, falling off the roof, and taking Kai with him. And when they landed back down, and Karloff stood up and looked down at helpless Kai underneath him, he raised back a gauntlet to get ready to end Kai, and the said fire ninja covered his head with his arms.

"ENOUGH!"

Karloff's smile went away as he huffed at Clouse's command. Karloff then deactivated his iron powers, and his skin turned back to flesh, and he grumbled as he stomped away.

"I'm really sorry about that whole thing," the red-head said softly as she walked up to Kai, and she even offered a hand to help him up. But when Kai grabbed her hand and stood back up, he was too lost in her eyes to notice the very odd, buzzing sensation in his hand, wrist and arm.

"We're here!" Clouse announced to the people of the boat, as he pointed out at an island that was silhouetted by the morning sun.

As everyone was distracted by the island ahead, Clouse sneakily went off into hiding, and pulled out and switched on a walkie-talkie.

"Master, Garmadon has rudely invited himself. But he doesn't seem to want to join in your tournament; seems to just want to look after his son," Clouse said in a hushed voice.

On the other line, a man sat in a huge room in his thrown as he held his walkie-talkie close to his face.

"Intriguing…don't be such a pussy, Clouse; everything will be just fine," the man on the other lone said darkly, but his voice was high and scratchy, making it very annoying.

He then hung up.

Clouse wasn't exactly happy that his master wasn't really listening.

"I swore that I would never stoop down to the likes of the dark side again," Garmadon grunted.

"Ya know, you shouldn't really swear; it's a sign of meek verbal skills," Jay added.

"If Zane is actually on that island, we will find him…we have to," Lloyd cut in firmly.

But on the island that they were fast approaching had something in its dark chambers.

The man who was talking with Clouse was at the door to a certain chamber.

"I have all the spades and aces in this card game; there's no way I can lose!" the man cackled as he looked at who he had locked up in the chamber, but then he walked off as he continued to cackle.

Inside the chamber the man was looking into, a human-shaped figure was sitting on the cold. Stone grounds of its cell, as heavy chains were shackled around its wrists.

But the man's cackling woke it from its sleep, and so he opened his eyes as they glowed blue, and the sunlight that seeped through the stone illuminated his titanium skin and stiff hair.


Awwww. Ain't it sweet? Lloyd and Kate's little family? So cute and fluffy!

Oh, and one more thing before I go. I watched an exclusive clip for season 6 of Ninjago, and HOLY FREE-HOLY, you guys will not believe what the plot has in store for season 6. BUT if you guys want, just tell me in your reviews if you want to know more about the newest season, and I will gladly tell you what I know.

Until the next chapter, I'm TRikiD, bye-bye!