Prologue: A Ninja must Respect His Elders…
This is Ninjago, where a school for ninjas sits atop of a mountain, looking over the entire country. Our story begins at this school during a rainy night in the middle of fall…
The stern looking, grey haired woman that stood out in the rain glanced briefly down at her clipboard, before pushing the doorbell on the large, formidable building. A loud gong sound trilled through the air, making her jump back in surprise. Pushing her wire rim glasses up her nose she straightened her back as the door creaked open. A young man with bright orange hair and dark brown eyes was on the other side, wearing a simple gray janitor outfit. "Yes? Do you have a recommendation letter?"
She tightened her grip on the clipboard, silently reminding herself to remain professional…especially since this was just an employee here and not one of the masters or students. "Actually…I have a meeting with Grand Sensei Wu. May I come in?"
The employee blinked slowly, before ducking back inside. A minute later he reappeared. "Follow me right this way miss. He's in his office."
Her high heels clicked loudly against the marble flooring, her gaze flickering to the elaborate decorations. Apparently only the employees were awake, since she could only see people wearing gray janitorial jumpers. There were no white or black gis darting about the place going from class to class, or hurrying to training. There definitely was no sign of the famous green gi, a stab of disappointment surged through her, before she managed to push it back down. The employee stopped in front of a thick door that had gold lettering written on its sign.
"He's waiting for you, so please just go right on in." He then fled from her side, disappearing down the long hall.
Swallowing down the last of her doubts, she pushed the heavy door open and walked into the command central for all of the country's ninjas. A large antique wooden desk almost filled the entire room, though she barely noticed, her gaze landing on the man behind the desk. Anyone looking at him could understand why she felt the disappointment that now surged through her. The man in front of her was nowhere near as amazing as the Grand Sensei was supposed to be. He was old, clearly an elder, a long white beard and mustache covering his face while a straw hat covered the top of his head.
Taking a long sip at a mug of hot tea, he peered over at her, his legendary forest green eyes burning into her. "Come in, come in. I've been waiting for you, Miss Crystalla Kirstene."
Crystalla sucked in a breath, shocked that he remembered her name. "Thank you Grand Sensei Wu. It is my honor to meet you." She did a half bow to the great leader of the ninjas.
"Please, the pleasure is all mine, now then I believe that you said something about working for the Child Services?" The Grand Sensei clasped his hands together as he rested his arms on his desk.
Crystalla swallowed hard, before nodding. "Yes, I do. Which is why I came here. You see, I have been placed in charge of finding a home for a set of siblings…only they keep running away. I was wondering if you could hire them and keep them here. I highly doubt that with how many ninjas are here, both fully trained and in training, that they will be able to run away from you… I am sorry. I really shouldn't be asking this of you." She stood up quickly, distressed flooding her immediately.
The Grand Sensei waved his hand at her, interest dancing in his eyes. "No no, no need to get up. How old are the children?"
"The eldest is fifteen and the other is thirteen. It is just the two of them sir." Crystalla slowly sank back in her seat.
"I see. Typically we don't hire anyone till they are at least fifteen…"
"She's smart for her age! In the same grade as her brother, she is!" She blurted out suddenly, interrupting the well-respected and referred man in the entire country.
The Grand Sensei arched his left eyebrow up at that, before turning his attention to something on his computer screen. "Very well. Make sure that those two understand that we do provide classes for all of our employees and there will be consequences if they miss a single class."
"Yes sir. Thank you sir…you have no idea how much this is going to help me out." She bowed to him one last time.
"Yes yes, do you need someone take you to the door? I would hate for you to get lost." He turned his attention back to whatever was on his screen that was so interesting.
"I am sure I can manage sir. If not, I can ask one of the employees to show me the way." Crystalla could feel that her face was about to split open, she was smiling so widely.
"Very well then. You are dismissed." He waved her off as if she didn't just give him two extra employees.
Crystalla slipped out of the room and hurried to the large, heavy, double doors that lead to the outside….
I know what you are thinking. You were told that this was going to be about the heroes of Ninjago. Not a couple of employees at the school for ninjas. Well, sometimes the biggest heroes are the unsung heroes…
A/N: Hello! So…yeah. Another Ninjago story! Yay me! So far we have met… a bunch of OCs that I own and Sensei Wu. Though I guess you probably can guess who the siblings are… till next time!
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