Music, Metal, Water, Air
A/N: Okay, hi. This is my very first fanfiction so I'm nervous beyond your wildest imaginations! Heh heh. Anyway, the computer's acting like crap so I have no idea how this will actually turn out. *Gulp* I think I'll be able to update once a week if I do at all. And the whole thing about fingers and hands, I'm just attempting to picture them as humans, and failing. Maybe you can do better. Also, the timeline thing isn't really in between episodes. All I can say is that the ninja have no idea that Lord Garmadon has a son, they have Destiny's Bounty, their dragons, and their golden weapons. If you have questions PM me or review. Well, here goes nothin'!
Chapter 1: The New Kids
"Sensei Yoshi, where are you going?" A teenage girl's voice sounded throughout the dark and almost empty dojo.
"Do not worry for me, child. I will return shortly after my leave. I am also putting you in charge, Tabatha," A gruff yet gentle male's voice answered, yet avoided the question.
"But teacher-!" The girl, Tabatha apparently, protested.
"Shh! I must go now. Please do not worry for me child," Sensei Yoshi's voice burned with urgency, so Tabatha gave in with a bow to her sensei.
"Are you sure I should lead?" Tabatha asked, worry and anxiety rushing through her in waves.
"Yes. Now I must go. Goodbye, my student."
Meanwhile, on Destiny's Bounty…
"Wow! New students! I've got so many things to teach them and-!" Jay said running around the deck in his ninja suit with his hood up and checking off things he could do with the new group with his fingers. The other ninja were wearing their ninja suits with their hoods pulled up, too.
"Alright, alright! Sheesh, could you be any more excited?" Kai laughed, watching him run around as if he was on a sugar high. But for all Kai knew, Jay was.
"I highly doubt that probability," Zane answered. Everyone burst out laughing.
"But seriously guys," Cole stated after they'd gotten over most of their giggles. "We have lots to teach them. All of us," he added with a glare at Jay.
Sensei Wu and Nya came out onto the deck then, Nya with pages of info about the new students. Having overheard their conversation, she said, "You guys don't need to worry about teaching them anything. This team has learned Spinjitzu, retrieved their golden weapons, and even gone up against Lord Garmadon himself."
"Really? Who won?" Jay asked eagerly.
"No one really. Lord Garmadon retreated after almost all of his skeleton army had been taken down. So, I guess you could say the girls won," Nya answered, but slapped both hands over her mouth after the end of the sentence, dropping the information-filled papers in the process.
"Oh sensei, I'm so sorry. I wasn't supposed to say that they were girls!" Nya babbled nervously.
"That is fine Nya. You did not mean to tell them," Sensei spoke to her calmly.
Three of the ninja just stood there, mouths hanging wide open in shock. But Zane had recovered the quickest and was now holding the papers Nya had dropped in his hands. He stared at it in shock, but kept his mouth shut. The other boys, however, had just recovered from the initial shock and were trying to take the papers from Zane. There were four papers total, each of the ninja held one in their hands. Cole looked half-sympathetic, half-curious, Jay looked surprised, Kai looked just plain shocked, even a little horrified, and Zane was trying to hide his betrayed feelings, but was failing.
"Wow," Cole breathed.
"Who knew…?" Jay said quietly, shaking his head.
"No," Kai whispered.
Zane didn't say a word, just dropped the paper and ran to his room the four ninja shared.
Sensei bowed his head in understanding, Nya gasped, and the boys just stared after their nindroid brother.
"What was that about?" Jay asked.
"Zane just needs time. Soon, he will recover enough to return to us. Until then, we must give him space, and time,"
"Well, what'd you guys learn about the new girls?" Cole asked, his leader personality taking over all other emotions for a second.
"Well, here's what mine says," Jay started reading first because he thought that his was the easiest to take in, hopefully.
"Katara Wu," Just at that the other three boys immediately gasped and looked at Sensei Wu who nodded and said "Continue."
"Katara Wu is a young teen, age 15, and is the Turquoise Ninja of Water. Her weapon is the Bo Staff of Waves. She has been trained by Sensei Wu and Lord Gamadon's brother, Sensei Yoshi. Also trained with her, are Tabatha Wilkinson, Faith Howards, and June Nakadai. Known relatives, Sensei Wu, Lord Garmadon, and Sensei Yoshi. She has a clean record and is a star student. Currently, she lives with her teammates, but will soon join the ninja trained by Sensei Wu," Jay finished, feeling everyone's gaze on him.
"Alright," Cole nodded. He was the first one to speak after a long, awkward, silent moment.
"Ya know, we never did have a Ninja of Water. We kinda needed one, now that I think about it," Kai thought aloud.
Sensei Wu and Nya just stood there; they already knew this information, but were going to listen anyway.
"I, uh, guess I'll go next," Cole volunteered uneasily.
"Tabatha Wilkinson is a young teen, age 16, and is the Violet Ninja of Music. Her weapon is the Whip of Sound. She has been trained by Sensei Wu and Lord Garmadon's brother, Sensei Yoshi. Also trained with her, are Katara Wu, Faith Howards, and June Nakadai. Known relatives," Cole swallowed nervously, but continued. "None." Looking around, he noticed a flash of white by the doorway to the deck and choked out, "She was raised at the orphanage, often getting into trouble, but she learned better than other students. Currently, she lives with her teammates, but will soon join the ninja trained by Sensei Wu," Cole gulped and looked around, noticing that Zane had returned silently while he had been reading.
"I, I can't believe that," Jay said.
Kai only nodded in acknowledgement of his statement.
"But we must also remember that she has her teammates to carry her through," Said a quiet voice.
"Zane!" Everyone except for Zane, of course, yelled happily.
"I am sorry for leaving on such short notice. I am now ready to continue," Zane apologized.
"Don't apologize buddy! We're just glad you're okay," Cole reassured him.
"I think, um, I'll go now," Kai said, reluctant to break the happy moment but he wanted to get this over with.
"June Nadakai is a young teen, age 15, and is the Silver Ninja of Metal. Her weapons are the Sai of Steel. She has been trained by Sensei Wu and Lord Garmadon's brother, Sensei Yoshi. Also trained with her, are Katara Wu, Faith Howards, and Tabatha Wilkinson. Known relatives, none." This time everyone was prepared for that piece of info, but not this. "She was raised at the asylum, claiming that her f-father, Lord G-Garmadon was going t-to take over N-Ninjago." He didn't stop, didn't see his brothers' shocked faces, because he knew that they would react like that. "She was an average student and got into trouble constantly. Currently, she lives with her teammates, but will soon join the ninja trained by Sensei Wu," Kai took a deep breath and looked at his ninja brethren. They all, even Zane, looked like they had just been told that Garmadon had taken over all of Ninjago and they hadn't found out for years.
"G-Garmadon has a, daughter?" Jay, Cole and Zane asked simultaneously.
Sensei Wu nodded, "I am sorry for not telling you sooner, my students, but I was not aware that she was the Ninja of Metal. I was also unaware that my brother had been training more ninja. Had I known, you would also."
"I believe it is my turn to share," Zane said, maybe even more eager than Kai to get this over with.
"Go ahead," Cole nodded an affirmative, as did the others.
"Faith Howards is a young teen, age 15, and is the Pink Ninja of Air. Her weapon is the Bow of Gusts. She is also a Seer with the Sixth Sense. She has been trained by Sensei Wu and Lord Garmadon's brother, Sensei Yoshi. Also trained with her, are Katara Wu, June Nadakai, and Tabatha Wilkinson. Known relative, Jacob Howards. She was raised by her father, also known as her creator. Her creator is Zane's creator's son. She is also a "nindroid" as well as a slightly modified, female version of Zane. The two are not related in any way other than their mechanical similarities. She was homeschooled and was a perfect student with a perfectly clean record. Currently, she lives with her teammates, but will soon join the ninja trained by Sensei Wu," Zane looked around to faces surprised beyond even what his robotic mind pictured.
"Whoa. My mind has officially been blown," Jay said, trying to put some humor into all this chaos and confusion.
"Zane, I'm so sorry, I didn't know-"Kai started babbling.
"It is okay, brother," Zane reassured Kai, while Cole stood speechless.
"Cole?" Zane asked curiously.
"Huh? Oh, yeah. Um, let's just say I am shocked beyond words, 'k?" Cole replied, still very, very confused.
"Now that you all know what is going on, boys, meet the girls…"
A/N: Cliffhanger! Anyway, review pwease! It probably sucks, but constructive criticism is always nice to hear, er, read. Eh, you know what I mean. Also, I was listening to music while typing which helped. The whole "she has teammates to carry her through" part came from the song Crawl (Carry Me Through) by Superchic(k). I recommend her to everyone. She's AWESOME! Well, 26 OUT!
