A/N: Hello! Just so you all know, from now on, it will be extreme AU in this series. Sorry, it can't be helped. Ya see….well, you'll understand once you've read this chapter. I really don't want to spoil anything for you, so yeah…

Disclaimer: I own Nothing! Except for my OCs!

Chapter One: Um, about our little secret….

I really wished that Dr. Saunders hadn't waited a year before dragging us back here to help clean things up after our battle from a year ago. Rolling my eyes skyward, I shifted through the paintings until I came upon something that didn't make any sense at all for a museum. An old painting of my parents, dressed for battle. Mother held her katana in her hands, raised for battle while Father held his twin swords, his expression grim. Nya…come look at this. Soft footsteps immediately filled the air as she walked across the museum to join me.

"What is it Kai?" I didn't need to glance up to tell that she wasn't alone. I could hear the gentle breathing of the others.

"Remember that painting of our parents that disappeared when we were eleven?" I questioned her as I turned to look at her, ignoring the others completely.

Nya settled down next to me, a tiny smile on her face. "Well, yeah. Why are you asking?"

I shrugged, before handing the painting to her. "Cause I just found it in this crate of old things to be put up in the new exhibit."

Nya gasped as she ran her fingers near reverently along the edge of the dusty old frame. "I almost forgot that Father had those twin swords of his."

"Of course you would forget about that. They disappeared with him." I gently nudged her, wishing that I knew what had happened to our parents.

Jay quirked his eyebrow upwards as he bent over to look at the painting. "Ok…remind me to if your folks are ever found, remind me to avoid your old man."

"Why?" We spoke in perfect unison, turning our attention to our confused brothers.

Zane cleared his throat, worry shining in his eyes. "Um, he looks like he is ready to kill someone."

Nya rolled her eyes at that, not really seeing it since that was how he looked every time someone suggested that he put Grandma's pet donkey down. "Zane…someone probably just suggested that he put Grandma's pet donkey down. Father really is a nice guy, MOST people who meet him like him right away."

"Oh… you look a lot like your mother Nya." Lloyd tried to change the subject.

"Whoa! Guys! Come check this out!" Cole suddenly hollered, drawing all of our attention away from the rather personal painting to where he was standing.

I felt my heart clench as I looked at a giant painting of how my home village was founded. A young man with bright red hair was shooting flames at two, other figures in the painting, a young woman fighting beside him. Several men and women crowded them from the back, lending their strengths. Zane titled his head, amazement crossing his face. "Dr. Saunders? What is this painting of?"

Dr. Saunders suddenly appeared next to us, his lips pressed in a thin line. "That is not important. It is just a silly myth." Nya and I glared at him, having recognized our ancestors leading the battle. Sitting a tray of tea down next to us, he beamed happily towards all of us. "Anyone up to a tea break? It's pickled beetroot."

"No thanks." "Sure, I'll have some." We all turned to stare at Jay as if he were crazy.

Zane cleared his throat as he nodded to the painting. "If it is just a silly myth, then you would know what is going on here. Who the people are and what they are fighting for."

Dr. Saunders frowned as he looked at the painting. "The two by themselves discovered a plot by the others to conquer Ninjago and fought them all by themselves…."

"WHAT!?" Nya screeched loudly, gawking at him. "That isn't how it goes from what I was told going up! Those two were after Ninjago and the others stopped them!" Fuming, she stormed off to who knows where.

I cleared my throat, nervously looking around, not wanting to look Dr. Saunders in the eye. "Umm, she has a point there. We were told it was the other way around." And you saying otherwise tells me that you might be one of them…possibly even Krux since he loves his history.

Standing up, I left the others, figuring that they figured I was going to check on Nya.

I glanced up at the darkening sky, breathing a sigh of relief. "Done…that wasn't too bad."

Zane smiled to himself as Jay and Lloyd both turned to face me. "Wasn't too bad?! Come on! He had us reorganize the ENTIRE Hall of Villainy! And then we had to help him get that new exhibit on that weird myth set up…I really don't get how a painting of your parents is connected to an old myth."

Cole frowned as he knocked their heads together. "You mean an old myth that not even Zane knows about?"

Nya rolled her eyes as she punched him in the arm. "Come on. Kai and I know about it…and I'm pretty sure that it isn't a myth."

Zane tilted his head as he looked towards us. "You are referring to how everyone's belief that the serpentine were just a myth was proven false, aren't you?"

Nya shook her head fiercely, walking down the steps to the parking lot. "No…I meant that as in our ancestors fought in that battle."

I glanced over at Zane, interest tugging at me. "You did realize that the guy leading the fighting looks a lot like me, right?"

Jay stopped walking, staring at me as if I were crazy. "Wait…your ancestors tried to conquer Ninjago?"

Thud. I wasn't sure which one of us punched him first, Nya or me. We did knock him flat on his back though. Glaring at him, I placed my hands on my hips. "Jay…that is incorrect. We have already been over this! The two that were by themselves were trying to conquer Ninjago! Not our ancestors, they were protecting Ninjago from disaster!"

Jay looked at us with surprise on his face for two seconds before lifting his hand up and rubbing his jaw. "Ow. You really have good aim there, Kai."

Oh, I punched him first. "Please don't talk about my family like that…especially seeing as you're…" I never finished my sentence, the entire world suddenly vibrated, shaking us fiercely. When it stopped shaking, we were standing on the plank to the Bounty.

"What just happened?" Our teammates asked even as Nya and I charged straight to the bridge where one of the many alarms was going off. "They're back!"

"Wait? Who's back?!" Lloyd charged after us, confused.

I ignored him as I turned the special alarm that Nya and I had secretly added to the ship ages ago. "We lost a whole minute. The Forward Time Blade must be involved. Any guesses who would use that?"

Nya navigated the computer screen as she tried to locate the location where the time blast came from. "Found it! Where the old monastery used to be at."

Lloyd immediately stepped forward, worry creasing his brow. "Wait…Sensei went there today for some unknown reason."

Nya and I glanced at each other, horror filling us before Nya rushed off to the steering wheel. I whipped around and began to punch in the coordinates, panic building up. "We have to get there now, before we lose Sensei forever."

I didn't even wait for Zane to park the ship before jumping off, swinging my sword down to block the man that was attacking Sensei from dealing a deadly blow. He was oddly dressed in a strange red and black gi of sorts, a green cloak flapping in the breeze behind him. His face was hidden behind his gi's hood, which was black with a symbol of a clock on the top. His chest sported the same symbol. His eyes were a pale glowing pink, with dark red makeup above, and dark green makeup below.

Shifting so as to shield Sensei, who was already gasping for breath and in need of medical attention, I concentrated on my opponent…one that I thought I would never see again. "Did you miss me Acronix?"

"Impossible!" He took an involuntary step back even as Zane crouched over Sensei, checking him while the others fell in step next to me.

"Make that doubly impossible, I get the feeling that you weren't expecting me to show up either!" Nya pulled out two daggers, ready to fight.

Acronix frowned, looking between us, worry creasing his brow. "You two are too late… I already have the Forward Time Blade! The Hands of Time will return…and Ninjago will be ours!" With a bright flash, he disappeared, taking the glowing green blade with him.

Lowering my sword, I went to check on Sensei, helping Zane lift him up. "You're going to be ok Sensei."

Sensei groaned as he turned to look at me. "Who was that?"

Nya placed a hand on my shoulder, her face pale. "Kai? I think we need to get back home and gather everyone around. It's time."

Lloyd nudged me out of the way, grasping his uncle firmly. "Time for what?"

"Time for us to come clean about what it is we're hiding." I responded as I stepped back, glancing around the place as if to make sure that there was no one else there to ambush us.

Jay started, surprise flooding him. "Wait…what?! Mystery man just attacks…and overpowers Sensei and you want to admit your big secret!?"

Nya stepped back, fury dancing in her eyes. "Jay…we have to tell now cause, long story short…our past just tried to kill Sensei."

Everyone's eyes widened with horror even as Sensei passed out from exhaustion. This was going to be fun…really really fun.

A/N: Done! Hmm, anyone noticed Kai's sarcasm there at the end? Yeah, as I have said, this is going mega AU on us. Also, apparently Kai and Nya have a lot to explain. And if you are still confused about what their secret is…then we have problems.

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