Hmm... This is getting interesting... Oh well! So here are the reviews! I will still reply, even a chapter or so late. I do realize that this is called 'The OVERLORD Origins', yet the demon himself has only made one cameo so far. On the contrary, it is only Chapter 4. I MAY COME OUT WITH 4-5 CHAPTERS PER WEEK!

TheAmberShadow: Yeah, I know the feeling of those dang guest accounts. I used to have one for awhile, and it was very frustrating. Also, thanks for your review! I do plan to upload more frequently, so you don't have to worry. I have the next three chapters already written up, but I can't get too far ahead of schedule. Thanks again! :D

Erio99: Yeah, I see where you're coming from with the whole 'mourning' ordeal, but Zane wouldn't want them to feel this way, now would he? Sadly, as of now, I do not know if Zane will play a major role in this fanfiction. Ideas appreciated! And thanks for your review! Pls reply!

Rosalinawysteria92: I have MANY of my own OCs that will make cameos soon enough, but I could probably fit a few others in somewhere. Keep in mind that they may not play very important roles, or will they? Try sending me some of their personality traits and attributes. Oh, and can't forget the appearance. I may accept. :O ;)But you will find out soon enough who was talking.

KRR: Glad you enjoy, and you can certainly expect more from Ronin. He's a recurring character, my 6th favorite Ninjago character, to be precise, so yeah.

CrazyNinjagoFan1: Thank you! Glad you like! :D

Anyways, ENJOY!


The master of fire flew through the pale orange clouds, wind whipping past his face and stinging his eyes. He had no idea where his former dragon friend was taking him, and it's not like he could just ask a dragon. He looked down to see the small world below, rushing by through the clear expanse of open sky. His heart dipped as the dragon plummeted a few feet, gliding at a much lower altitude. The red ninja could see the familiar landscape of his homeland flying by; his father's blacksmith shop, the several neighboring farming plantations abustle with residents trading crops and other goods. He smiled as he saw the famers in their straw hats waving up to him, which he returned their gestures gladly. Kai saw one of his parents old friends-Candice Ming, grinning a toothy grin at him, waving slowly. She had taken care of Kai and Nya after their parents had passed on. She was a very sympathetic, condoling woman that had cared for the two as if they were her own children, despite being an elderly lady herself. The old woman could have no children of her own, so she was more than happy to raise the youngster pair.

As Kai was returning the favor, the Ultra Dragon grunted, increasing its speed as it flew overhead of the small farming village.

"Woah!" The master of fire flailed, trying to grab ahold of the dragon as he began sliding horizontally on the reptile's slippery scales. The dragon abruptly rightened itself, preventing its rider from falling off its back and into the grassy plains below. He gulped as the four-headed beast reentered the clouds, soaring high above into the atmosphere. The dragon cried out once more as it twirled, creating wispy trails with its wings, the velocity the only thing keeping the passenger aboard.

It's a good thing I'm not like Cole... Kai clutched a hand to his stomach as it rumbled, Otherwise, nothing would stay airborne...

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"Tell the story faster..." The blue ninja of lightning complained to himself as he watched his ex-girlfriend pace around the room nervously, eyes distant and distraught. She had just paused explaining to him and Cole what Misako had told her about Lloyd's strange and abrupt departure, then his disappearance. He was gradually getting more bits and pieces out of her, but she was now avoiding any further questioning until her brother arrived so that she wouldn't have to repeat herself.

"Shut up, Jay! Be patient for once! It's a virtue that all ninja need to possess..." Cole kicked Jay in the shin from under the mahogany countertop.

"Ow! Heyheyhey! I am!" Jay whisper-screamed, attempting to kick him back, but instead stubbing his toes on a table leg. "OW!"

"Why did I have to get stuck with you two?!" The Samurai whipped around, face streaked with tears.

Cole and Jay froze at her sudden outcry, exchanging glances with one another before turning back to their stricken counterpart.

"Because we're the awesom-" Jay began commenting, but Nya stormed out of the room, face hidden in her hands

"Jay, I think that's enough..." The ninja of earth crossed his arms, leaning back in his chair, a solemn expression on his face. His features were calm, but his chocolate eyes showed concern for the Nya and his missing teammates. The rock ninja slowly exhaled, locking eyes with the confused, red-headed man seated across from him.

After a moment of uncomfortable silence, the black ninja spoke up. "Well..." He let his chair slam onto the wooden floor, causing Jay to jump. He scooted back in his chair, wood grating against wood, lips thin in a grim line. "I should probably go see what's up..." And with that, Cole left his spot at the dining table in the Garmadon's monastery, stalking towards the door and closing it softly with a faint click.

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Jay was left alone in the room's dim candlelight, thoughts tumbling throughout his brain like a load of clothes in a washing machine. He couldn't believe that Lloyd would just get into an argument with his parents and storm out in the middle of a family dinner. Lloyd just wasn't like that. He wasn't as hot-headed as Kai, as headstrong as Cole, comedic like Jay or as intelligent as... Lloyd was calm-mannered, perceptive, kind, strong-willed, not cold or bitter.

No, it just wasn't like the green ninja to get angry. From the way Nya described it, it made it sound as if Lloyd was enraged; nothing like himself.

But there was evidence of his very outburst within that very room; shards of broken chinaware scattered across the floor, Lloyd's placemat with his elemental symbol strew out on the centerpiece of the table, chopsticks stuck in the wall- Wait, that's a new one.

But it was still nowhere near normal for the ninja of energy (formerly light until dispersing his powers among his friends) to just get up, throw a tantrum, and leave. Though Lloyd was younger than the rest of the ninja, his mental age was almost fourteen, and it didn't seem likely for him to throw a fit. A mental breakdown?

Jay gnawed on the inside of his cheek as he fiddled with a loose thread on his placemat laid before him. He sighed and stood up, slid the chair across the dining room, and went over to examine the utensils lodged into the mahogany beam. Strangely, they seemed to have been thrown with such a high velocity, that they penetrated the wood about two inches.

Weird, Jay thought as he plucked out a chopstick, turning it over in his palms. The way Nya had said Lloyd left, is peculiar enough... She said that he had got angry, thrown his table mat at his parents, the China flung with it, and just got up and left, not before stabbing the chopsticks into the wall...

Jay himself was no physicist, but he knew that Lloyd would not put himself through the efforts of embedding his chopsticks into the door frame, not to mention two inches. He was strong, but only that strong when he needed to be. Maybe anger heightened his senses?

The lightning ninja had no clue what to think about his friend's disappearance. To him it just sounded like Lloyd ran away from home to catch a breather, but the true question was, why? The green ninja didn't show many signs of emotion after Zane's death and the Overlord's destruction, so could that be a connection? Lloyd was to overwhelmed to talk to anyone about his feelings? Perhaps one of the Garmadon's had mentioned something of the white ninja's bravery, or heroism and his sacrifice and Lloyd blew a fuse?

Okay, Jay... Enough theorizing... We've got to find Lloyd - And then he noticed it, underneath the windowsill; Lloyd's green ninja hood, lying in a heap. The blue ninja stuck the chopstick back into the wall and ran for the window, sliding on his knees until coming to a halt before the ninja hood resting on the paneled floor. He reached out, shaky fingers brushing across the surface of the silky, green fabric. Why would Lloyd leave his ninja hood here? Jay wondered, carefully scooping up the precious cloth. It felt so sacred, the green ninja's hood, in his own bare hands. It was as if the goodness from within the material seeped into his body, cleansing his soul, forcing the darkness and hate from within his heart.

"No wonder Kai wanted to be the green ninja..." Jay unconsciously whispered, inspecting the hood as warmth traveled throughout his body. Once Jay realized what he'd said, it was too late to take it back. No wonder Kai was jealous... No wonder we were all so selfish...

Maybe that's why Lloyd left... Because of us...


I am aware that most of you have been telling me (2 people) that I should go into more detail with the other ninja's feelings about Zane's death, but as of right now their minds are preoccupied with the predicament of Lloyd's disappearance. I'm sorry that I could not incorporate their feelings into this chapter, but I promise that I will when another situation similar to this arises. I thank those of you that have supplied me with this constructive criticism. It is greatly appreciated. But for now, as usual, cue outro: NinjaChief547...

OUT!