Mayhemb; Due to the New Seasons of Ninjago, I am afraid that the old ending of "A New Beginning" is now obsolete a bit...So without further ado, here is "Their Next Journey". (from feb. 15)
Mayhemb; Greetings people of the present April 6th, and my apologies.
So, here is the lay-down over what has transpired in my recent absence. My parents decided to take off Cox for about a month and a half due to bills being too high, and since my school doesn't have those laptops like some schools did, I was sort of in a dead zone.
But then two weeks back I was derping around on my monitor and clicked Google Chrome and guess what?
BOOM! Internet. I raced down stairs and said "'fo-shizzle' (- filling in for curse word) we have internet!"...Aaaaand I was promptly grounded for saying a curse word.
Back it up a week of my grounding, and I've been racing to get back in the zone, and now...It's time.
The Ultimate Battle...The Battle that would end all Battles...It feels like ages ago..After the Golden Ninja defeated both the Overlord and the Moon Princess, much of Ninjago City was in ruin. It was a time to reflect on our past, and build for our future. Ninjago City soon became New Ninjago City...And it became the center of great technological advancement. But without an enemy to fight, the Age of the Ninja came to an end.
Kim-Ly sighed as she worked along-side Bunny, the two of them having actually quit their Ninja careers to pursue their new mission.
Finding their Water Ninja.
However that also meant that along with their Ninja Suits, they gave up their hearts as well. The two of them couldn't stay, knowing that somewhere out there Grace was awaiting them. That she was still learning to become better and stronger...
"I'm sorry Kai...But...This has to be done.."
"Please forgive me Zane, but we must go..."
Both boys hadn't taken their departure and the two girl's disappearances well, but they accepted it. Just as they were forced to accept that what they all once had was gone for the moment.
"Hey Bun-Bun?" The Metal Master softly spoke up as they took a small break, sitting on a couple of rocks.
"...Yeah Kimmy?"
... "Do you ever think we're gonna find her?"
Bunny looked to Kim-Ly, taking in how the months they had traveled had taken it's toll on them. Kim-Ly looked so much thinner and less hearty than she used to, she looked...Cold, even...
The Nature Master herself had actually become a bit unkept during their long mission, there were no hair salons in the woods after all. Her hair was curled to to the extreme, giving her a small ball of blonde and brown atop her head...
Geez, she needed some conditioner or something...
"We got company." Kim-Ly forced her out of her thoughts as a mini-copter flew down, a letter tapped to it's front. Slowly the Asher girl took the letter, and the electronically device zoomed away.
"Odd...There's no name..."
"Well go on, open it up then Bun-Bun."
The envelope was carefully opened, and the two girls read the black ink.
Dear Bunny Asher and Kim-Ly Thuy, I am Cyrus Borg of Borg Industries in New Ninjago City. I would like to invite you to the factory and see if you both approve of what we do there. Thank you for your consideration, and I hope I see you both soon.
-Cyrus
P.S. If you can, please bring Charlotte and Kyle.
"Well, he'll be sad, huh?" Kim-Ly chuckled out as the two thought of their 'Younger' siblings...
Charlotte was going all around Ninjago and the country with Lloyd as the Ninja-Power-Couple of the century it seemed. While Kyle was off someplace with Sensei Garmadon, who after being brought back to good, had opened up a Monastery or something someplace else...
"Soooo~ Wanna go see the sights, Bun-Bun?"
...Bunny slowly nodded her head, folding the envelope up and putting it in her backpack. "Yet I wish to go to a hair salon first..."
"Fiiiiine."
Charlotte shyly smiled as she and Lloyd walked through yet another ceremony in the "Gold" Ninja's honor...Even though she was originally the gold ninja, but of course, they couldn't talk about that...That would be 'rude'.
"Charlotte! Charlotte who are you wearing?" One of the reporters asked her.
"My mother's line, thank you for asking."
It was the same questions day in and out it seemed, life on repeat. Geez...She missed those days when she and the others could just go out and battle people. Punch a few Serpentine, kick some pirates, have those outrageous kissing moments during fights.
Yeah...Those were the good ol' days...
Yet now they were here, Lloyd accepting another Medal of Honor as the Gold Ninja, while the Gold Ninja stood behind him.
Where did the time go?
Kyle smiled as he worked with a few of the younger students, a rather cool scar across his cheek. After everything had went down, he had come to re-build with Garmadon, try to teach the new generation.
"That's it Rosa, keep your balance." He smiled, aiding one of the younger members of their little Monastery. It was a nice little gig, yet...
There were days when he would pause his own little speeches or instructions, and lose himself for a moment. Either to the darkness of his own mind from that horrid moment or captivity under The Moon Princess, or to the sense that this just didn't feel right.
Back in the old days, how he would fight left and right against the Serpentine or Pirates, and joke around with the guys...Flirt a bit with Charlotte...Be with his best buddy Lloyd...
Where did the time go?
(DUN-DUN-DUUUUUHN WHAT"S THIS?! THE WATER NINJA?! OH MYYYY~!)
Grace smiled as she stood before a room of Serpentine Children. After the Moon Princess had been destroyed within her, she had decided to make things right. She freed the Serpentine, and helped them re-start their lives.
"Alright Class, now, who can tell me what this is...?" The ex-Water Ninja questioned as she brought up a model ship. Many of the students eagerly raised their hands, hissing to be called on. "Hmmm...Skales Junior?"
"Awwwww." The other children pouted as they lowered their hands.
"It'ssss a sssship!"
"Very good! Ships are used a lot on the main-land an-"
She was cut off though by one of the other children. "Misssss Gracccce?"
"Yes Dear?"
"Can you tell ussssss another ssssstory of when you were our Leader?"
"Yeah tell usssss!"
"Pleeeeeasssse?"
Her stories and the Legends were more interesting to the kids it seemed than her lessons on the Surface Culture...But, what was she to do?
"Alright Class, go to the Story Pit and I'll tell you another tale." All of the Serpentine Children cheered as they went over to one of the side rooms, where there was a fire pit. Her job here not only aided in subsiding the darkness that still remained in her, but it helped the new Generation grow.
In the back of her mind though...She knew she would never be able to fight. The memories of the past had scared her deeper than the Moon Princess and the Devourer combined...
Grace only hoped that one day, she could return to the surface, and rekindle with her family once more. Yet for now her time was spent teaching the darling 'children' around her, and she was peaceful and at peace.
Wow...Where did the time go?
"Huh...So this is New Ninjago City..." Kim-Ly hummed out as she and Bunny entered the high-tech area, both of them lost in the new world. What did their old city suddenly become? Were they really gone that long?
"Kimmy...Kimmy...Kimmy, we need to go here." Bunny stated as she tugged Kim-Ly's sleeve, pointing at a plaza for clothing and hairstylists. "We need to go."
"Bunny we-"
"Kimmy, come on."
"Bu-"
"COME ON!"
"BUNNY WE CAN'T-"
"OH YES WE CAN! I HAVE NOT HAD A PROPER HAIRCUT OR BATH IN WEEKS, AND WE ARE GOING IN THERE AND GETTING PRIMPED WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT!"
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"...Wow Bunny...That...Was..Well, a bit frightening..."
"I will unleash the wrath of a thousand demonic high-heels on you if you do not allow me entrance."
"Okay..! Okay, you can go! But I'm going ahead of you.."
"Yay~!" The Nature Ninja chirped, skipping into the salon, leaving Kim-Ly to re-evaluate her opinion on the world...
...With a sigh she ran a hand through her hair and smiled softly. It was actually nice to see Bunny standing up for herself, refreshing even...Well...Maybe not...But it was better than what she had used to be like, anyway.
-Flashback to Chapter 10 of Water Ninja (sorta)-
"Th-Thanks for letting me come along on your h-hike, K-Kim-Ly." Bunny had softly said as the two girls entered a little hotel room, wearing that little old brown woolen sweater and white skirt...Aw the cutie~
"And leave you at Marty Op. to coach newbies with the guys? No way...! It's party-time!"
"Yay.." The blonde smiled as Kim-Ly flopped down onto one of the beds...Before a knocking came to the door. "Wait a moment please...!"
Kim-Ly hummed as she seemed to drift off, yet Bunny...Her eyes widened when she saw who was on the other side of the door. "...Grace?"
Ah~ Good times...Welp, better get a move-on to that Borg-Industries place...
Kim-Ly glanced around a bit, before simply going over to the largest building she could see, scooting past some sort of bus accident. Huh, poor fools, still using wheels in this technologically driven society...
Wait, what was Kim-Ly thinking? She and Bunny walked here...Hypocrites.
Though the Metal Ninja had to admit, walking into the building was definitely a bit new. There were lights and sounds that she only ever heard in movies or in her dreams. Yet...At the same time, there was also a lingering sense of doubt and despair.
Like darkness seemed to be awaiting for her within these simplistic yet almost sum-bionic androids that passed her..
Curiouser and curiouser...
Okay Kim-Ly, seriously, no more reading Bunny's books, you're sounding weird.
"Miss Thuy?" One of the androids finally approached her, making the dark-haired girl reel out of her thoughts.
"Yes?"
"Please follow me, I shall escort you to an elevator that shall lead you to Mr. Borg's office."
"Thanks dude."
"..I am not a dude, I am a Self-Aiding Manual Unit of Electrical Laborer...Or simply Samuel for short." The cyborg of polished silver with glowing green eyes, and spiky short hair reminded her of someone long ago...Man that guy was a hot head...
"Alright, alright...So, to the elevator?"
"Right this way M'am."
Kim-Ly smiled a bit, looking forward to the fact of her actually meeting the man who created all this. She stepped into the elevator, lost in her own thoughts that battled between fascination and suspicion over the darkness...Before the elevator dinged.
Where did the time go?
Bunny hummed happily as she sashayed into the Borg Industries, pausing as she felt...Cold...There was no real nature it seemed in here, leaving her with the sense of emptiness. Ugh, the sooner she was out of here the better.
"Miss Asher?"
That voice...The cold metallic clang of the robotic voice box, that creeped and spiraled into her ear without mercy. Dragging prickled along her skin until she was forced to feel the goosebumps...Man, these cyborgs were not like her old Lover...
"Y-yes?"
"This way, I shall lead you to Mr. Borg's office."
"O-Oh...Thank you." She forced a smile and followed the male robot to the elevator, stepping in and clutching the bar in a secure way. This new technology was frightening to say the least, and malicious at most. It just...
Didn't feel right. Yet as she thought over this un-nerving topic her ride had come to a stop at the top, making her gulp. Wow...
Heh.
Where did the time go?
Mayhemb; Welp~! That's it for the first chapter of Their Next Journey, I hoped you all liked it! I'll be resuming the pattern of working on this one and on New Friends, so I hope to see you all soon! Love you!