When life gives you lemons, don't listen to a fat guy dressed in brown pjs.


Chapter 4 – Why, just-just why?

It was mid-day for Ninjago City, and the ninja, Wu, Nya and Kate were strolling down a sidewalk and were a building that was rather smaller than most and had a sign in the front saying GRAND SENSEI DARRETH'S DOJO in all caps.

"Here we are," Nya said as she and the others stopped in front of the dojo, "the sensei here may not be a good teacher, but his dojo has all the equipment we'll need for training," Nya continued as she and the others walked through the door and into the building. They walked into a room that was at least larger than their crappy apartment. There was carpeting, a few training dummies, a slug buddy, and a ceiling fan that was spinning.

They walked into the room and looked around to find that the room was empty and there was a door way with a bead door on the other side of the room.

"Uh, hello? Sensei, uh, Darreth, is it?" Kai called out, but no one answered. But a sudden figure emerged from the beaded doorway.

The figure was a six foot tall man. He wore an outfit that looked like a poorly conceived version of a brown ninja suit. The man had blue eyes, and a lop-sided smile. His hair was almost as big as his head as he had a come over that made him look like Elvis Presley. And he was a little bit chunky too.

"Well, hello. I am the grand Sensei Darreth: expert of animal martial arts," Darreth babbled on.

"He's pea cocking more than Jay and Kai put together," Cole whispered to Nya, and she nodded in agreement.

"…and I can even do the art of penguin—the emperor penguin," Darreth continued and to prove his point, he stood on his tip-toes, put his arms flat against his sides, and began to make squawking bird noises as he waddled like a penguin.

Everyone looked at each other with concern before looking back at Darreth as he stopped being a penguin, but then he gasped.

"Wait a minute. Now I know who you all are, you're the ninja team, and their teacher, and—and the other two girls I don't know," Darreth began with a smile, but Nya and Kate were angry for not being known by this guy, "who knew I would have you guys here at my dojo?" Darreth continued, but then he stopped smiling, "but, heroines or not, I'm afraid this dojo is only for the best of people who are worthy of training in my dojo. So take your brightly colored pajamas out of here and don't come back," Darreth said with a sneer. But Kate snapped when she heard the word 'pajamas.'

"Pajamas?" Kate repeated angrily as anger was shown in her eyes.

"Oh boy," Lloyd sighed as he face palmed.

"PAJAMAS?!" Kate exclaimed as she stepped closer and towered over Darreth, and this made the fat man scared.

"Now you've gone and said it," Lloyd said with a sigh again. Lloyd wasn't joking; Kate made a fire ball flare up in her balled up fist; she had obviously absorbed Kai's fire power.

Darreth shrieked and ran around the room while Kate was close behind him. Lloyd couldn't take the embarrassment his girlfriend was causing him, so he reached for Kate and grabbed her to hold her back from chasing Darreth anymore. Darreth saw this and cowered in a corner as he whimpered.

"He can also whimper better than Jay," Cole pointed out.

"W-what is wrong with that slut?" Darreth managed to say.

"The 'p' word is a touchy thing for her," Lloyd said as Kate calmed down by putting out the fire on her fist and he let her go but was still scowling at Darreth.

"What h-happened?" Darreth asked as he slowly stood up. Everyone's eyes shot wide as they looked away not wanting o bring up the story.

"Uh, it involved a goat," Lloyd said quietly.

"What did the goat do?" asked Darreth.

"Don't talk about what the goat did!" Kate snapped before Lloyd could reply. Darreth was confused, but he shook his head and smiled.

"W-well, ahem, you obviously all have the potential. I will let you train here at my dojo anytime," said Darreth. This made everyone smile.


Garmadon and the Serpentine were gathered at the base of the Golden peaks, where the Mega Weapon was just recently made. Not very may pieces of the Destiny's Bounty was now sitting in a pile in front of Garmadon, and he grinned.

"Witness the power of the Mega Weapon, as I corrupt what used to be the ninjas' home!" Garmadon yelled as he wielded the Mega Weapon, and it began to let off a golden and purple glow. The Serpentine watched with awe as the pieces of the ship's wood began to rise and come together, and no sooner did the pieces become a new ship.

This ship was different because it had an evil appearance. The once brown wood was as black as the night, and the ships mast had turned a dark purple. It may have seemed impossible, but even the computer system in the main computer room on the ship was even resurrected.

"Serpentine, I give you the Black Bounty!" Garmadon exclaimed and he broke into his dramatic evil laughter.


A penguin, Darreth? A penguin?