What You Think Can't Hurt You Does

Plot: The worst is all there is for everyone.

And dealing with the worst was what they never wanted to do.

Rated: M (violence, rape, sexual situations, blood, gore, death, insanity, self harm - mental and phyisical)

There will be 7 parts. One for each main character.

Cole, Jay, Zane, Kai, Lloyd, Sensei Wu, and Nya.

I do not own Ninjago.

Enjoy.

Part 6: Sensei Wu: Old Age

It's been almost 6 months since the death of Kai's sister. The poor lad only rocks in a corner now and trembles. Cole and Jay are silent together and no one can help Cole yet. Zane tries to get Lloyd to understand that he is not a waste of space, but my nephew refuses to accept it. I cannot forgive my brother for this tragedy. I can not forgive anyone for what they have done to my wonderful students. I sighed shakily and sat down in my own room, legs crossed. I tried to relax.

I'll have had 100 and 35 years of good life so far. I'm old, brittle, and have a hard time keeping up lately. I won't tell the boys about how weak I've been feeling. I won't let them try to stop the process of nature. I'd been starting to relax, listening to the calming sound of the passing wind, the distant rustling of the higher up trees, when the was a loud thump then several more resonating from inside the ship. I stood up as quickly as I could, grabbing my cane and making my way towards the commotion. I only captured a glimpse of Cole running off before I saw Jay on the ground with a hand over his eye. I went to him and kneeled down carefully, asking him to remove his hand and of course he had a black eye. "How did this happen?" I questioned in a soft raspy voice and Jay signed something complicated at me, but I heard Zane speak up, "He said, 'I walked up behind Cole and forgot for a moment. And I put my hand on his shoulder. He spun around and punched me in the eye then ran off after looking sorry."

I sighed again and leaned down my head. "Please, you must be more careful, Jay." He nodded and I gave the mute male a smile. He showed off his teeth in a returning smile and then helped me stand up. Immediately, I thanked him and he signed back 'you're welcome', which I understood. My feet sluggishly moved me back to my meditation spot and I slipped back down to sit. A sigh left me and I set down my cane beside myself. Getting old was hard. I'd always been quite the strong, healthy young lad. Always. I guess that's why I lived so long.

I smiled at my brother, getting myself into a good fighting stance with extreme ease. I planted my feet firmly onto the brick ground and he did, too. He rushed at me, throwing a punch towards my jaw, but I blocked it, holding tight to his fist and swinging him around before letting go and watching him tumble onto the ground. "Brother, you must have something better than that." I smiled, watching him hop up. "That's not even half of it! I was just making sure you were paying attention!" He yelled, grinning smugly at me. "Alright, brother. Come on, then. Let us fight for real." He rushed me again, more skillfully, faking a punch to my face and elbowing me in the side to distract me long enough that he could grab my shirt and yank me off the ground only to shove me down and pin me. "The first one doesn't count, though," He yelled and I shook my head. "Yes, it does. I beat you fair and square." My voice was soft, like always. He tried to deck me again, but I moved to the side and flipped us over so I pinned him. "Hey! I won that one! We have to start over." My brother was always the self centered one wanting every excuse to win.

"Not in a real battle, brother." I responded, laughing a little bit before I stood up. "2 to 1 now."

"I told you the first one didn't count! I wasn't ready!"

"You don't have the opportunity to be ready for something like that. You cannot get your life back if you failed in a fight because you were not ready."

He grumbled angrily, knowing I was right, but never wanting to admit it. "Alright, fine. 2-1, but I'm not giving you another win, Wu."

The memory of that time made me smile and I couldn't help but laugh. It was nice to think about all of that. It was nice to think about the good times before my brother was evil and before he was trying to destroy all of Ninjago and make it his own.

I paused for a moment, thinking. I started playing through all of the events that had been happening. Cole being assaulted, Jay's throat being slit, Nya dying and Kai's reaction, Lloyd losing hope. Something was very wrong. This was no coincidence. I don't know what connected in my head to finally get me to understand, but it all made sense. Garmadon was hitting all of our weak points.

My brother was winning this battle. This fight. This WAR.

He was going to win and take over Ninjago. We only had Zane left. He couldn't do it alone. Not even Lloyd would be able to defeat his father without help.

I had to go tell the other's, I needed them to know now. We could fix this in time, we could-

I stood up, but my joints stopped me along with two firm hands.

"Drink your tea, Wu." The low voice hissed, beside my ear and I felt goosebumps spread over my skin. I knew that voice too well.

"Brother. How did you-"

"It wasn't hard to get here with all of your ninja the way they are. I just snuck over here when you left to check on that stupid blue ninja. I wonder how all of this happened."

I narrowed my eyes, looking down, "I can't believe you. You have stooped to low, brother. I could never forgive you for everything you've done... How could you do that to your own son?" I asked harshly, knowing it wasn't that hard for him to stop caring about something if he wanted to.

"Drink your tea, Wu." My brother repeated, hands tightening on my shoulders. "You need your sleep. You're old. It's late. You must want to sleep."

I was very skeptical, he was up to something.

"Drink the tea or I'll kill all your ninja and Misako."

With hardly a second thought, I picked up the cup in front of me quickly, looking at the tea pot, "My old age was telling me it was time anyway." I mumbled, realizing this was not normal tea and the consequences of drinking it would be fatal.

"I'm sure it was brother. I age slower than you, so I've been observing you with ease. My eyes are better than what they used to be."

I didn't question him, I just looked down at the tea in my hand, the steaming rising, and I sighed deeply. I only wished I could have told them, but I need to save my nephew, all of my pupils and Misako. Maybe there was still a chance they could win. Maybe Zane could pull them all back together.

I didn't know what was in the tea and I wanted to know, maybe I could fix it before it worked, but I brought it to my lips and sipped it and I could only taste sadness.

There was no morning for me. There was no more evening, either.

Life was night, constantly, after drinking that deadly cup of tea.

Night with my eyes closed.

Eternal darkness.

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Last part will be Zane.

Authors Note: Thank you all for reviewing and sticking around for more. I've been caught up in my ask blog nonsense for so long. So. You guys deserve this now even though I threw it together really quickly.