The phoenix rested on Borg's soldier. "I'll tell you, but here is not the place to talk." Borg quickly led the group away from the old Borg Industries Tower. Borg then entered a coffee shop. They took a table for six. "So you gonna tell us?" Z pressed on. "It all started 4 months ago. I had a client in my office named Imay Kurosaki. He was presenting a new idea for New Ninjago City." Borg whispered. "What was it for?" Sian asked. "Let the man talk, Sian." said Orochi. "Anyway, as I was saying, he presented a new idea for NNC. It was to produce new advanced Susanoo armor for his army of samurai. See, i didn't have an army, because there was no need for violence, I didn't believe in violence. So, with that, I denied the request and sent security to take him out."
The month after, while i was filling out paperwork in my office someone suddenly busted down the door. It was Imay." The ninja all looked stern. Borg continued, "He said he had a new proposition for me. he then knocked me out and when I woke up, I had a ball and chain on my leg, and my hands were locked in metal bands. My computer was in front of me. That's when I realized where I was. The assembly room. He had several samurai guards around me. I was forced to produce more armors for samurai, or a citizen of NNC would be killed. Every 5 suits took about 10 minutes to make. So a lot of them have it now. They fed me nothing, but thick black coffee. After a month passed, he told me he took on the role of NNC's new dictator, that's when people started noticing my absence. The element masters started working for him, because the believed in his cause: to gather all legendary artifacts and control all of Ninjago. Then after that month had gone, you guys came and rescued me."
Orochi thought long and hard. "I'll send a message to the others that we found Borg." Hikari wrote a small letter and sent a phoenix to go deliver it. "Why does he need all the artifacts?" Asked Kaz. "According to my research once all artifacts are retrieved, they will draw out a map to locate the First Spinjitsu Master's God Khakkhara. Right now he knows you have most of the weapons. He plans to steal the map from you, once you've retrieved them all." Z had an angry look on his face. "Then we can't let him get the map!" "Even if he were t find it, he'd never be able to harness it. The God Khakkhara is meant for the next God of Spinjitsu." Borg explained.
"God of spinjitsu?" Orochi asked. "Yes, it's the ninja chosen to harness all the elements that any other spinjitsu master couldn't do. I used to think it was Lloyd, but then my speculations turned to Hikari, who is Lloyd's son." Hikari flipped back his hair. "So you think i'm the God of Spinjitsu?" Hikari asked. "That's only my speculation, but no matter who it is he is the only one who can carry the Khakkhara." Brog finished. "We better get back to the shrine." Orochi said to the others. "But I can't go out, and have people recognize me." Borg said quietly. "Why?" Asked Sian. "People think i've abandoned them for my own selfish reasons and they don't accept me anymore." "I'll take care of it." Hikari rubbed his hands together and hovered them in front of Borg. When the light cleared, Borg looked 20 years younger. His hair was a slick jet black, and he was able to walk again.
"Guys I won't need these anymore." Borg folded his glasses and kept them in his pocket. He left his wheel chair behind, and together all six of them walked out. It was true because no one noticed who Borg was. Behind a tall building Orochi made a dragon out of wind, and they secretly took off into the forest. Once they reached the shrine they spotted the others together waiting for was the first to speak. "We got your message. Where's my father?" The five ninja parted to make way for Borg. "Dad is that... you?" Borg opened his arms and Pixal hugged him. "Is that actually Borg?" Kai whispered to Z. "I know dad. Z was surprised at what Hikari could do." Z turned to face Skylor. "Mom are you gonna be staying?" Z asked with a desperate look on his face. "I don't know yet, Z. It just depends on how things work out."
Orochi walked over to have a talk with his mother while Sian and Kaz headed to Jay, Nya, and Danz. "Are you guys okay?" Nya asked them both. "Yah, we're fine mom." Sian replied. "Danz really missed you guys." Said Jay. Sian walked inside to get some water. Inugami rushed up to him and started licking him. "Hey boy! Missed me too, huh?" Sian smiled. Sian heard Orochi outside. "I'd like to call a meeting." Soon everyone came to the living room. Once they were all settled, Orochi began to speak. "Borg here told us the real reason Imay wants the weapons. Borg, go ahead." Borg cleared his throat. "While working under Imay, I found out some valuable information to tell you. Imay, who's real name is Yami wants to take control of all of Ninjago." After Borg finished everyone was silent. "So, if Hikari is the God of Spinjitsu, then he's the one who can hold the Khakkhara?" Jay repeated."Correct." Answered Borg.
"Then there's only one way to find out." Kai stood up. "We need to split up and find all the weapons fast." "But how? We don't know the locations for the rest." Asked Pixal. "We don't, but maybe Imay, I mean Yami, might." Replied Borg. "He should have the locations hidden away in a secret department inside my old building. "So we have to go back there?" Asked Z. "Not now, we need to train more." Replied Orochi. "Agreed, the last time we were there, things didn't go so well." Said Kaz. "Then it's settled, training starts tomorrow, we go get the locations in a week. Everyone get some rest." said Kai.
After breakfast the next morning the ninja began training. This time Kai was supervising the training for the week. "For training today we'll be doing a tournament. First match will be Z vs Kaz." Z and Kaz got up and faced each other. They shook hands. "May the best ninja win." They both said. "Fight!" Kai backed away. Z and Kaz both got into their stances. Z was the first to attack. He threw a series of punches, and Kaz blocked them all. Kaz then counterattacked with a roundhouse kick. Z dodged by backflipping away. Z then jumped in the air and brought down a punch. Kaz dashed backwards, and uppercutted Z away. Z fell on the ground. Kaz began to walk closer. Z did a back handspring to get back up. He cracked his knuckles. "Time to get serious." Z threw many more punches. Again Kaz managed to block them all, but didn't anticipate Z to do a high kick to Kaz's face.
Kaz fell backwards. Kai counted how many seconds Kaz was on the floor. "The winner of this round is Z." Z helped Kaz up and they both sat down. "Next match is Hikari vs Sian." Hikari and Sian shook hands. "May the best ninja win." They both backed up. "Fight!" Kai sat down and watched. Hikari got into his phoenix stance, while Sian got into his. Sian charged with a kick. Hikari cartwheeled and flipped away. He then counterattacked with a kick to Sian's stomach area. Sian quickly blocked. Hikari and Sian stared at each other. They both jumped into the air. Sian kicked, Hikari blocked it with one arm, and used his free arm to punch his face. Sian crashed to the ground. Hikari landed cleanly on his feet, still in his stance.
Sian was about to get up, but Hikari did a spin kick to knock him back down. "Winner of this round, Hikari! Next match Z vs Hikari!" Z and Hikari faced each other. "May the best ninja win." They both shook hands. "Fight!" Kai sat back down. Z and Hikari stared long and hard at each other. They both charged at the same time. Hikari punched Z in the face, and Z punched him back. They both kicked, but they ended up hitting each other's leg. They both then tried to punch, but ended up hitting each other's forearm. Z then used spinjitsu to kick Hikari back. Hikari did a backflip and skidded to a stop. Hikari then charged back and did a jump kick. Z blocked, but still got blasted back by force.
Then Hikari started throwing a series of punches. Z responded by blocking all of the hits. Z then attacked an opening and punched Hikari. Hikari stumbled backwards, and before recovering, Z did a sweeping low kick and knocked Hikari down. "Winner, Z! Final match, Z vs Orochi." Z and Orochi shook hands. "May the best ninja win." "Fight!" Once more Kai sat down. Orochi waited for Z to attack. Then Z charged. He threw a punch at Orochi. Orochi grabbed his arm, and swiftly spun behind him delivering a kick to his back. Z stumbled a bit, then turned around. Z charged again delivering a kick this time. Orochi used both hands to grab his leg. He spun him around and threw him against a pole to the shrine. Z was upside-down slumped at the pole.
"That was too easy for you, huh Orochi?" Asked Kai. Orochi did not reply. "How about you fight me instead?" Kai stepped onto the field. Orochi grinned. "Finally, a worthy foe." "Whenever you're ready." said Kai. Orochi charged first throwing swift punches. Kai dodged them all without breaking a sweat. Kai did a backflip, kicking Orochi's chin at the same time. "Come on, Orochi. You're better than that." Taunted Kai. Orochi disappeared and reappeared in the air, bringing down a tornado kick. Before it hit, Kai appeared behind Orochi in the air and kicked him down hard. Kai landed, and Orochi quickly got up. Scales formed around his eyes, and his irises turned yellow. In a split second he appeared in front of Kai, and kicked him back.
Kai was able to contain the kick, and keep his balance. He then got into his stance. He threw a punch at Orochi, but he reappeared behind Kai. There's no way to block this attack. Kai thought. When Orochi was about to kick Kai, he used airjitsu to blast Orochi back, and fly into the air. He landed a few feet away from where Orochi was crouching. Orochi sped at him with great speed. Kai stepped to the side, grabbed Orochi's hand and threw him in the air. Kai used airjutsu to fly up and throw him back down. Kai landed first in time to catch Orochi. "Had enough?" Kai asked. "Yah." Orochi's eyes turned back to normal. "That was a good sparring session guys, now get into something comfortable, you'll be running 20 laps through the forest and back carrying 10 iron weights on your back."What!?" Cried Sian. "Damn!" Said Kaz. "Really dad?" Z complained to Kai. "I love you son." Kai tussled his hair.
"Now the first one back gets to do 100 pushups, the second one back does 200 pushups, the third one back does 300 pushups, and the last two do 500 push-ups. Understood?" Explained Kai. They all nodded. "Good, now 3...2...1...NinjaGo!" They all began with light jogs. Orochi was in the lead by a few feet. Z was following behind, and then Hikari. Kaz and Sian were trying to get ahead of each other as fast as they could. Orochi had already finished his first lap. Z came in second, and Hikari cam in third. Kaz came in fourth, and Sian came in fifth.
On the way to finishing the second lap Z was at least 2 feet away from Orochi. Noting that he could get in the lead, Z upped his speed, and finally became tied with Orochi. Z smirked, but all Orochi did was glance at him. Z then began to pick up more speed, getting ahead of Orochi. Z looked back expecting to see a surprised Orochi, but instead all he could see was Kaz, Sian, and Hikari in the distance. Where did Orochi go? He turned back to face forwerd and saw Orochi several feet ahead. "What the?!" Z was so surprised he lost his focus, tripped, and dropped all of his weights.
After Z finished his 500 push-ups, Kai began to address the ninja for their next training. "This time, we will be playing capture the flag." He said walking back and forth. "Cool, what are the teams?" Asked Sian. Kai stopped walking and faced him. "There are no teams." Everyone suddenly looked serious. "This is an free for all capture the flag. The first one to capture the flag, and return it back here, is the winner. Understood?" Asked Kai. "Yes, sensei." The ninja all replied in harmony. "Good, I expect you're best work from all of you. Now go!"
The ninja all split up into separate parts of the forest, each looking for the flag. Sian was trotting along the ground slowly making sure he wasn't being followed. He heard a rustling in the trees above him. He looked up, but nothing was there. He kept on going, then finally found the flag. Before he took it, he made sure no one else was around. Then quickly, he dashed as fast as he could swiftly picking up the flag. YES! He said in his head as he ran back to the direction of camp. Before he was halfway there, he was suddenly kicked to the side by a mysterious person he didn't get to see. On the ground all he could make out, was a gold gi running away with the flag.
Hikari was steadily approaching the shrine. He then heard rustling above him. He looked up, and saw Kaz leaping down. Kaz landed on him, knocking him down, and stole the flag. Z then seemed to come out of no where and stole the flag from Kaz. Noticing the other three ninja chasing after him, he was about 5 feet away from the shrine. Before he could to a step in, a hand came up from the ground, and pulled him down. All that was left was the flag. The others stopped in fear and took a couple steps back. Then quickly, Orochi zoomed out of the ground with the flag in his hand, and made it to the shrine. He dropped the flag at Kai's feet and stood there with his arms crossed, waiting for his next orders.
The other three gathered around the spot where Z got stuck in. Then two hands reached out. "It's Z!" exclaimed Hikari. Together all three of them pulled him out, and fell back as they let go. Then weakly they went to join Orochi and Kai. "Nice job Orochi. I admire your tactics." He nodded to Orochi, then glanced at the others. "You four could have done much better. Now you must do 500 one-armed push-ups." z ran up to Kai. "Seriously dad, 500!?" Z looked nervous. Kai rubbed his head. "I love you son." He said again with a smile. Z groaned and went over to join the others.
Hikari, Sian, Kaz, and Z were doing one armed handstands while doing push-ups with that same arm. After the 500 were done, they all took a break. Z took off his shirt and slumped on the couch with a bottle of water in his hand. "Damn, Z's dad doesn't need to be that harsh. Z's his son for gosh sake!" Orochi sat down to meditate. "Remember, Z, we have a serious mission ahead of us." Orochi closed his eyes. "Orochi, you're only saying that, because you didn't have to work as hard as us. Hiding underground and crap. Who does that!?" Sian complained. "Resourceful people. Now do me a favor and shut up, meditation requires focus." Orochi replied. Kaz took a can of soda and sat next to Hikari. "Soda bro, really?" Hikari asked. "We need to stay fit for our mission." "One can wouldn't hurt." Said Kaz.
Z walked off to his parents' room, where Skylor sat looking into a photo album. Z stood in the doorway for a while before she noticed. "Oh! Hey honey!" She turned to face the album again. "Just looking at some memories from a few years ago." Z scratched the back of his head. "Umm, can Z take a look?" Skylor made room for him. Z walked and sat next to her. "This is a photo of when you were born." Skylor showed it to Z. In the photo was Kai, and Skylor holding a small red haired baby. Next to them was a five years old Orochi, next to Jay and Nya. Zane was standing in the back. Next to that picture, was another one of Z at the beach, five years old with Kaz and Sian. They were all swimming, except for a 10 year old Orochi who was monitoring them from shore.
Below that was a picture of Lloyd and his wife holding a baby Hikari. Next to them was Kaz, Sian, Z, all 6 years old, with Orochi being 11. Kai, Skylor, Jay, and Nya again were there. "Ahh, nice memories, huh?" Skylor said admiring the photos. "Yah," replied Z. Skylor then shut the book, and turned to face Z. She had a serious face on. "Mom, what is it?" Z asked, also concerned. "There's something I need to tell, and it's extremely serious. Okay?" Skylor said looking him in the eyes. "Course, ma." Z returned the stare. "When you were born, your father gave you your powers of fire." said Skylor. "What do you mean mom?" Asked Z. "When you were born, like me and your grandfather, you were born with the ability to absorb people's elements. That's how you became the master of fire." Skylor explained.
Z looked so confused. "I don't.. get it..." Z said weakly. "You have the ability to steal people's elements. Which is much more than Hikari or Lloyd can do." Skylor said simply. "I get it now. So, I can control more than one element?" Z asked. "Basically yah." Skylor said putting away the photo album. "Well thanks for the info, mom." Z walked out. "Love you sweety." Skylor called. "Love you too ma." Z responded. Z joined the others in the living room again. "Z, just in time." said Hikari. Z sat down next to Kaz. "In time for what?" He asked. "We're planning Nissho's birthday." Hikari whispered. "What about Danz, his is in a week. Nissho's is in like two months after that." Z asked.
"His family can deal with that." Hikari replied. "Anyway," Hikari cleared his throat. "I was thinking of gold and green balloons, cuz those are her favorite colors. Who's with me?" "Enough, what we should be discussing is how to get the map from Yami." Orochi said with his usual stern voice. Hikari sat back with his arms crossed. "It should be something simple though, not too elaborate." Said Kaz. "Maybe a business proposal?" Sian suggested. "Yah!" Z agreed. "Kaz and Sian could go in disguises to distract Yami, while we go steal the map." Orochi nodded with his hand on his chin. "But first, they'll need a makeover." "Godammit, Orochi. I thought you were the serious one." Sian complained. "It's for our mission, not our amusement."
Z rubs his hair.
Z: It's getting serious now.
Sian: We have to infiltrate Yami's tower and steal the map.
Kaz: I'm the one who needs a haircut.
Hikari: It shouldn't be too hard though.
Orochi: Why is that?
Hikari: I dunno, I have a feeling my father might show up.
Z: As much as Z would like that to happen, we have to continue training.
Sian walked up to Hikari.
Sian: It's not like any other mission, plus there are only two more left. The Gunbai fan, and the Monkey Wand.
Orochi: Anyway, this has been Secrets of the Weapons and
All: Domo arigatogozaimashita.