Chapter 10: The plan

Jayleene managed to get away from Garmadon long enough so she could sneak into his room. She closed the door behind herself and started searching around his room. She needed the ingredient more than anything; otherwise nothing would be the same. Her relationship would be strained to the point where she wouldn't be able to see Kai for days at a time and knowing how cruel the snakes were, the ninja would probably starve to death. That couldn't happen.

Jayleene peeked out into the hallway one last time and began to search again. She doubted the dark lord would have what she needed, but it was worth a shot, Ms. Takay's tea shop would surely have been destroyed by the recent chaos going on lately. Jayleene looked under Lord Garmadon's bed and saw nothing. She went for his nightstand and found nothing in that either. "Fuck…Everyone's doomed…All because of me…" she whispered to herself.

Suddenly she realized she hadn't checked the closet. She quickly slid the closet door open and found a few boxes. Jayleene dug through the boxes as quickly as she could and cursed when she found nothing; just useless shit. She punched one of the boxes harshly in frustration and a jar fell from it and rolled over to her. She picked it up and examined it, inside was a lavender colored powder, it was what she needed. Time Traveler's Tea.

She smiled and stuffed into her jacket pocket. Jayleene went down to the prison cells and went to Kai's cell. She shooed the snake guard away and took his keys. She walked into his cell and closed the bars behind herself. "Kai, I've got it."

"What's that?" he lifted his head up.

Jayleene pulled out the jar and showed it to him. "Time Traveler's Tea, I'm gonna' go back in time and stop everything before it happened."

"Wait…By everything…What exactly do you mean?"

"Not everything just before Jay died."

"But then we probably won't start dating and then I'd never ask you to marry me."

Jayleene blinked, realizing it too. If she stopped her brother's death, she'd never fall in love with Kai…That tore her apart…How could you choose? Choose having your brother back or choose staying with the love of your life. There was no way around that, she had to choose one, there was no choosing both and she surely couldn't live without either. "Kai…I don't know what to do…" she trailed off.

"It's your choice."

She felt tears well up in her eyes. Her choice…Her choice…Only her choice…She ran out of the cell when she felt like everything was too much. Jayleene managed to get into her bedroom and slam the door. Her back slid down the wall and she buried her face in her hands, her hair falling down the sides of her face, hiding her. She looked down at her ring, then at her blue stone bracelet. Which one? Which one?

Jayleene drew her legs into her chest slowly. Who'd be more painful to lose? Neither. Both would cause equal pain.

She'd miss having both people in her life, but she could only have one. Maybe she could just let the ninja go? No, they'd just be killed on the now dangerous and chaotic streets; they were much safer on the Bounty. But things could never be the same. Dexter and Justice…They'd spend their lives behind bars and with Garmadon's patience…Everyone would eventually be killed. Jayleene got up and went back to the prison cells, wiping her tears away.

"Jay…" she whispered softly.

Jay looked up. He shifted Nya's sleeping body and stood. "Jay, I found a way but…I'm gonna' have to lose either you or Kai…"

"What?" Jay raised a brow and went over to the cell bars.

"If I go back in time and stop your death, I'll never date Kai and he'll never ask me to marry him but if I go back and stop myself from seeing that old woman on the street…I won't get you back."

"Yeah, you won't get me back but you'll never sacrifice yourself to Garmadon and we wouldn't be in this dilemma now." Jay sighed. "Look…I love you and even though I don't exactly approve of you and hothead going out, you'll be a lot happier with me gone and you staying with Kai."

Tears filled Jayleene's eyes again. Was he telling her to…? "No way…I'm not-"

"Jayleene, I'm telling you that I won't mind."

Jayleene shut her eyes tightly and then sighed. She had made her decision. "Thanks, Jay."

She ran off.

Once she was alone in her room, Jayleene changed into a dark, black hooded jumpsuit and black boots. (A lot like Lloyd's BTW) she flipped the hood over her head and tied an electric blue belt around the waist. "Here goes…" she threw the jar of Time Traveler's Tea down and the dust went everywhere, swirling around her body. She shut her eyes.

…

When Jayleene's eyes opened again, she looked around. She was in Ninjago City and her past brother, Jay was walking out of a jewelry store, holding a small blue box in his hand. She smiled. She had sent herself to the correct time. To keep her past brother from seeing her, Jayleene kept a good distance away from him as he walked. He stopped and wrote in his journal for a little while and then continued walking.

Jayleene ducked behind a garbage can and watched Jay jump into his Storm Fighter. Knowing what was coming; Jayleene watched him fly off and then ran after the plane. He was flying towards the Bounty when it looked like he picked up his cellphone. "Hey, Kai," Jayleene heard her brother say. "I'm just-AHHHHH!" the plane disappeared and Jay fell through the air. Jayleene scrambled and her brother fell into her arms.

She looked down at her brother who was too shaken to recognize her hooded face. "You're welcome." She smiled, dropping him to the ground and bolting.

"Uh…T-thank you…" Jay called after her. "You saved my life…"

"Oh you have no idea…" she thought, running.

She didn't want to go back to her own time yet; she still had more to do. Jayleene ran into her parent's junkyard and saw her past self in an electric blue homemade sweater, old jeans and blue sneakers, getting ready to walk to school. The past version of Kai lost touch with Jay over the phone. "Hey, Jayleene," Past Kai walked into the junkyard. "Do you know where Jay is?"

"Kai seriously, Jay hardly visits, why would I know where the hell he is?" Her past self rolled her eyes.

"Ugh, why was I such a bitch to him back then?" she thought.

"Hey, whatever, I just thought you knew where he was."

"Then go look for him, I have to go to school." She said, throwing her backpack over her shoulder.

"Fine, bitch." He growled. "Where are your parents?"

"Somewhere, I don't give a fuck."

As past Jayleene left, present Jayleene jumped down in front of herself and pulled her black hood off her head. Past Jayleene's eyes widened, "Holy shit!" she fell back. "Y-you're…You're me!"

"Yeah, bitch. I'm the future you; and you need to quit being mean to Kai!" she threw her arms up. "In the future, you get to date him and he proposes to you and…Well, it gets complicated but if you don't go and kiss him right now, you'll be the most miserable girl on earth in the future."

"K-kiss him?" a blush spread over her face. "I've never kissed anyone! And you expect me to kiss Kai? The same guy that I fucking despise?"

"Well…Yeah…Look, you have to do it. Trust me."

Past Jayleene stood and dusted herself off. "Not happening, I'm going to school, I'm already late."

"Stop!" Jayleene knew one way to get herself to kiss Past Kai. "I triple dog dare you to kiss Kai." She knew herself would never turn down a dare.

Past Jayleene completely forgot she was standing there with her future self. "Oh hell no…You should know better than to dare Jayleene Eileen Walker!" her past self ran into the junkyard to find Past Kai. Past Jayleene found the red ninja looking for Past Ed and Edna. "Kai." She grabbed his shoulder and made him turn around.

"What?" he growled with a hard, angry expression.

"Don't read too much into this."

"Into what?"

She kissed his lips and he froze, shocked by the sudden gesture. Future Jayleene smiled. "Mission accomplished." She whispered to herself. Past Kai wrapped his arms around Past Jayleene's waist.

They pulled apart and stared at each other. "What the…D-did you just…Did you just kiss me…?" Kai asked with wide eyes.

"Uh…Y-yeah…S-so what?"

"Dude…C-can…Can we just…Whatever this is…Let's t-take it slow; alright?"

"Okay…Let's go out tonight then."

"Sure…" Kai completely forgot about his suddenly ended call with Jay. "I'll come back at eight…"

She nodded. "Yeah…I-I have to go to school right now so…"

"I'll walk you." He blurted out.

"What?" she felt shocked that anyone outside of her family wanted to be seen with her. He just smiled. "Okay, l-let's go…"

Future Jayleene smiled and closed her eyes and when she opened them, she was in her bedroom. "Did it work?" she thought. She was on the Bounty in the room she shared with Kai. Jayleene looked down at her finger and saw the dragon ring was there. Jay suddenly walked into the room, wearing a tux and a blue bow tie. "Hey, sis, why aren't you dressed?"

"Dressed for what?"

"Your wedding, you're marrying the idiot of your dreams, remember?"

"I'm marrying Kai…?"

Jay rolled his eyes. "Okay, you had way too much to drink at your bachelorette party."

Jayleene smiled widely. "Oh my God…I'm marrying Kai…It's my wedding day…I'm marrying Kai!" she squealed.

"Duh, now go put on your wedding dress; I'll get the girls to help you."

As if on cue, Nya, Scarlet, Angel all walked in wearing identical short gowns in red, royal blue and dark purple. Little Justice walked in with a flower basket at hand and she was wearing a little pink dress. Nya turned to Jay and kissed him. "Hey, honey." She smiled.

"Hey," he smiled back.

"Alright, let's get her ready!" Angel started brushing Jayleene's hair and Scarlet pulled out a long white wedding dress with an electric blue waist band and white thin lace sleeves.

…

A few weeks after their wedding, Jayleene told Kai about everything that happened and he just smiled. They lay on the couch of the Bounty's game room. "Hey, weird love story huh?" Kai chuckled, holding her close.

"Yeah, but a good one." She smiled, kissing his cheek.

"Now…You wanna' discuss how many kids we should have?"

"What?" she looked up.

He sat up and threw her over his shoulder. "C'mon, let's go discuss it."

"Kai!" she laughed hard as he carried out of the room.

A/N: I'm gonna' write the sequel of "The Green Ninja Needs Love Too" later. Punkrockgirl555 is out!