Song Of Hope: Thumbs up for the awesomeness of Ninjago! As much as I hate ninjas (They were cowards, sneaking around in their black pajamas, stabbing their victims with poisoned darts. I hate ninjas-they have no honor.), I love this show. It's hard to ignore the whole ninja thing, but once I got past it, I started loving it.
Lloyd and Kyria were each holding a light bulb, focusing to keep it lit.
"Focus Garmadons, to control the power inside you. When you feel a surge swelling up, harness it." They nodded.
"We understand."
"We are in control."
"Come on guys! You can do it!" Kyria's fizzled out, and Lloyd's exploded.
"I can't keep mine lit!"
"And mine keeps blowing up!"
"Stupid light bulb!"
"Can we have one more try?" Kai frowned.
"Sorry kids, those were the last light bulbs." Broken light bulbs surrounded Lloyd, and fizzled out ones that no longer work surrounded Kyria. Hana handed them each a broom.
"You can clean up, and we'll try again tomorrow when we have more light bulbs." They took the brooms, but instead of cleaning, they used them to hit the punching bags. Jay sighed.
"What am I doing wrong Sensei Wu? I can't seem to teach either of them to control their powers." The broom bounced off in a way that hit Lloyd in the face, and the punching bag hit Kyria.
"You dare to defy the Green Ninja?!" Kyria looked at him like he was crazy.
"Lloyd, why are you talking to a punching bag?!"
"Patience Jay. Sometimes, the greatest opponent we face is ourselves. That's especially true of Lloyd. Remember where he came from. He is the son of Lord Garmadon. It's going to take time for him to embrace the light. I also learned from a letter that Kyria never graduated Gladys early. She ran away because none of the other children would accept her since she was the daughter of the Dark Lord. The school board was even considering sending her to Darkly's School for Bad Girls since she was not doing well there. The only reason she came to me, to become good, was to prove all of them wrong." Nya opened the wall, holding two letters.
"Hey guys."
"Hey Nya."
"Hey Jay, wanna come by the auto body shop later?"
"Uh, the auto body shop?" She nodded.
"Yeah. I got a part time job there. Though I could fix the Ultra Sonic Raider in my off time. Maybe if you come over I can show you what I've been working on."
"Sure, hey, what do you got there?"
"Oh, um, these letters came for Lloyd and Kyria." Nya handed them to Sensei Wu.
"Hm, they're from their old schools." The ninja and the kunoichi walked over. Kaze had a smile playing on her lips.
"The Darkly School for Bad Boys and the Glady School for Good Girls?"
"Formerly Bad Boys and Bad Girls, but since the last time we were there, they have changed to the Darkly's School for Great Boys and Great Girls. They are a separate school from Gladys, and now they compete on which school turns out the best children." Kai laughed a little.
"Wait, they've turned good?" Sensei Wu looked at Lloyd's letter.
"It says here there's going to be a ceremony." Cole smiled.
"I love ceremonies! That means there's gonna be cake!"
"Lloyd's change inspired them. Now they've invited Lloyd to get an honorary degree in excellence." Kinzoku looked pretty curious.
"And what about Kyria's letter?"
"In Kyria's letter, it says that they are doing something similar, except Kyria is receiving a diploma. Although, these are both taking place at the same time."
"When Sensei?" Sensei Wu looked at the letters to respond to Kinzoku's question.
"This afternoon. Looks like we'll have to choose between the events."
"I was supposed to go to work at noon, but I can call Mr. Steele and let him know I won't be there this afternoon. He's a very understanding guy. We'll take Kyria, and the boys can take Lloyd."
Lord Garmadon had gathered all of the Serpentine onto the deck.
"Sit tight! Can everyone hear me? Okay, so let's brainstorm on how to use my Mega Weapon to destroy the ninja and the kunoichi. Remember, the weapon can only create, never destroy. I can only use it once a day, as it drains all my strength. So, no such thing as a bad idea. Anyone?" A Constrictai raised his hand.
"What if you made more pirates?"
"Over the side!" A two-headed Fangpyre grabbed him.
"No, no, no, please! I was only, no wait!" He was thrown over the side and into the ocean.
"Anyone else? Don't be shy! No bad ideas." A Venomari missing an eye raised his hand.
"Ooh, ooh, what if you recreated the Devourer?"
"Over the side!" He was thrown overboard. "Instead of things that have already failed to destroy the ninja and the kunoichi, how about something new?" A Constrictai spoke out.
"Can you create a giant ham sandwich?"
"A poisoned giant ham sandwich?" The Constrictai rubbed his stomach.
"I should hope not. I'm so hungry!" He was thrown over the side.
"This is impossible! Those pesky ninja and kunoichi always come out on top! How do I defeat ninja and kunoichi who so rudely refuse to be defeated?" He looked at the Mega Weapon. "Weapon, answer me!" He saw his reflection in the Mega Weapon, and came up with an idea. "Wait, that's it!" A Hypnobrai behind him looked very confused.
"A giant ham sandwich?" Three Serpentine pulled out eating utensils, including plates and napkins. Garmadon kicked the Hypnobrai off the side of the ship.
"Even better. No more brainstorming! Gather me any ninja and kunoichi belonging left on this ship!" They went through the ship and found at least one of each of the ninja's suits and the kunoichi's, which they threw onto the deck, short of Jikan's.
"We could only find a piece of her clothing that must've torn off when the ninja and the kunoichi were fighting the pirates.
"It should be enough. Throw it in the pile." He did. "Ninja, kunoichi, today I wish for you to finally meet your match!" The Mega Weapon glowed, and the ninja/kunoichi suits, plus the one scrap of cloth, were raised up in a magical bubble, which burst, with red eyed and slightly paler versions of the ninja/kunoichi burst out from. "I have made you to be equal to the ninja and the kunoichi in all retrospect except for one. You are evil, and loyal only to me." They put their hands together and bowed in respect.
"Yes Lord Garmadon."
"Then I command you to find and destroy the ninja and the kunoichi!"
They were all outside with the dragon.
"There's only one dragon, but we need to go to two different places." Lloyd and Kyria smiled.
"Nya taught us a trick." Lloyd nodded.
"Since the Ultra Dragon is two dragons, combined at one point, they can split into two dragons."
"And all we have to do is hold hands and say something in a weird language in synch." Kyria and Lloyd held each others hand, and the spoke at the same time.
"Shi to shi de tsukura reta chō ryū, hi ni wakare, chikyū, kōri, kaminari to kinzoku, shokubutsu,-fū, soshite jikan wa, watashitachiha ryōhō no hōkō ni idō shi, watashitachi ga shinakereba naranai michi o tadoru kanōsei ga aru koto." A glowing ball of green light formed in between them, which then went over to the Ultra Dragon, who then split into two dragons, one of the boys Elements and one of the girls. They smiled.
"Say hello to Meplawinti-" Kyria pointed at the female dragon.
"And to Rethingice." Lloyd pointed at the male dragon. The ninja and the kunoichi nodded approvingly.
"Let's go."
The boys were flying through the sky on Rethingice. Jay smiled.
"Now that we can ride the dragon, or, half of the dragon, we should get to Darkly's in no time!" Kai turned back to him.
"That's if Lloyd can get us there in one piece." Lloyd smiled.
"Don't worry Kai. The Ultra Dragon only responds to Kyria and I moving in total synch. It's much easier for me to control just Rethingice since he doesn't stop suddenly when one of us gets out of synch. And besides, we're almost here!" They landed in front of the school. They all jumped off of Rethingice. They looked up at the sign, which said Darkly's School for Great Boys. There was a boy in the front, planting flowers.
"Lloyd?"
"Uh, Brad?"
"You came! So good to see you." Brad gave Lloyd a quick hug.
"It is? You put fire ants in my bed."
"Please forgive me. I wasn't myself, and I have learned the error of my ways. You must be the ninja."
"Uh, guys, meet Brad Tudabone." He shook each of their hands.
"Such a huge fan! Go good! Please, will you now follow me to see the principle?" He started walking into the school, with the ninja following him. Cole noticed how there were absolutely no kids in the classrooms, or teachers.
"Uh, shouldn't you guys be in class?"
"Actually, today is a new Darkly's school tradition, Ninja Day. We stay out of sight to honor the way of the ninja for showing us the light." Cole smiled as they reached a door at the end of the hall.
"This is a good school. I'm impressed." Brad opened a door, which lead into a waiting room of some sort.
"Principle Noble! Lloyd and the ninja are here for the ceremony." Cole put his hand on Brad's shoulder.
"That and the cake. By the way, do you know what kind it is?"
"I'll be with you in just a moment."
"I should get back to the flowers." Brad quickly left. Jay looked concerned.
"Um, has anyone seen a teacher yet?" Zane nodded.
"Indeed, their absence is most strange."
"I'll see you now. Come in, come in." They went into the office. A light turned on, revealing another orange haired student, and a skeleton with a wig and a pipe that had served as a proxy for the appearance of there being an actual principle.
"Welcome back Lloyd."
"Uh, Gene?"
"And welcome ninja, to the new Darkly's Boarding School for Worse Boys!" A bunch of kids came from behind the desk. Gene cut a rope that released a bunch of sandbags, which knocked them all out, but Lloyd struggled to stay conscious.
"Gene, I'm gonna get you for-" he was knocked out.
Cole opened his eyes to see a bunch of teachers standing over him. He sat up, and the rest of the ninja soon followed.
"Thank goodness you're here!" Kai rubbed the back of his head.
"What happened? Where's Lloyd? And who are all of you?"
"We're the teachers, and we've all been taken prisoner. We've tried to teach the boys how to be good, but they over threw us! They're monsters!" Jay looked confused.
"But I thought Lloyd was getting an honorary degree?"
"That was the boys trick to lure Lloyd here and convince them to be their leader. They got the idea after the Darkly's School for Bad Girls found out the Gladys School for Good Girls was giving Kyria a graduating degree so they could say she graduated from Gladys. The Darkly girls decided to set up a trap at the awards ceremony so they could take out the kunoichi and turn Kyria evil, to be their leader. The boys just made a modified version of that plan. They planned together to split you all up to make it easier."
"There's not gonna be cake?! THE CAKE IS A LIE?!" Kai facepalmed himself.
"Cole, you do realize that not only are we in danger, but so is Lloyd and the girls, including Hana?" Zane shook his head.
"My calculations tell me that Kaze would most definitely be able to sort out something was wrong. Her senses and detection skills are incredibly great. But for now, we must worry about Lloyd. I can sense that he's still here, in the building."
Lloyd was struggling against his ropes. Brad pulled a string that turned on a light bulb.
"Welcome to your ceremony Lloyd, or should I call it an evil intervention."
"Where are my friends?" Gene smiled.
"They're better off without you. With friends like you, who needs enemies?"
"You may have forgotten, but we're your true friends, and we want to help you undo the damage you've done to yourself, and our school's reputation. Be honest, doesn't a part of you miss being bad?"
The Bizarro ninja and the Bizarro kunoichi, wearing sunglasses were walking through town, doing some pretty dang mean stuff to random people. Bizarro Cole even stole cotton candy from a skeleton.
"Remember, we must find the ninja and the kunoichi."
Sensei Wu was cleaning up the glass that Lloyd hadn't cleaned up earlier, as well as using his powers to fix the light bulbs Kyria had burned out. The Bizarro ninja and the Bizarro kunoichi walked in.
"Ah, you're back." Kai nodded, looking around.
"Yeah, it was great. We were having so much fun we almost forgot where we were." He stroked his beard.
"Hm, I bet Lloyd and Kyria had a blast." Kinzoku nodded.
"Yeah, they had so much fun together." Sensei Wu's face grew suspicious at the word together. "They're still there, because there's something they want you to see."
"Mega Monster Amusement Park is no place for a old man such as myself."
"Mega Monster Amusement Park? Is that where we've been?" Bizarro Kaze facepalmed herself.
"The old man is lying!" Sensei Wu spun the broom around like a weapon.
"She is right. Lloyd and Kyria are not at the amusement park, they are at two different locations, and you are not my students!" Hana nodded.
"And you are not our master, or my father!" They started fighting, but Bizarro Zane pinned Sensei Wu to the wall with his shurikens. "Where are the ninja and the kunoichi?!" Cole shook his head.
"He'll never talk. Especially since one of them is his precious 'daughter'. The only way to get him to talk is to read his mind, but we can't." The phone beeped.
"Jay, are you back yet? Can't wait to see you at the auto body shop. See ya then." The phone beeped again.
"Kin, it's Mr. Steele. I was wondering that since you dropped your shift this afternoon if you could pick up Zack's shift tomorrow. I know you're at Gladys School for Good Girls, but come back and respond ASAP." They all smiled. Hana walked up to Sensei Wu as the rest of them left.
"We may not be the ninja and the kunoichi, but we are the exact same except for in one retrospect. That's us being evil. And let me tell you something about your daughter. Hana never really loved or cared for you. She always thought that you were over demanding and expected far too much out of her. She only stayed because she had nowhere else to go." With that, she left.
Zane had opened up his arm.
"Battering ram activated." His body stiffed and his arms straightened. The other ninja picked him up and bashed him against the door several times. Kai grunted in frustration.
"We're never gonna open that door! I hope they haven't turned Lloyd. I don't think things can get much worse." Zane's head started singing.
"That would be in incoming call. It's from Kaze." He pressed a button.
"Zane…wrong…bad…Darkly…Gladys…ceremony…help!" The call was cut off. Cole glared at Kai.
"Thanks for jinxing us Kai. Now the girls are in trouble!"
"Look guys, don't worry. I told Nya I'd meet her at the auto body shop, and since I'm so punctual, if I'm even one second late, she's gonna suspect something is wrong."
Nya was working on the Ultra Sonic Raider, and almost had it fixed, when Bizarro Jay walked up, humming. She turned around, still wearing her welding mask.
"Oh, there you are." She lifted up her mask. "I was starting to get worried. You're never late."
"It's a whole new me baby! Nice work. We should take it out for a spin. Bet we could make a lot of people jealous." Nya threw key keys around a bit.
"I should've known that spending time at Darkly's school would've made you a bad boy."
"Darkly's school, ah ha, is that where we were?"
"Just you boys. What's gotten into you-" Jay cut her off by dipping her and kissing her, grabbing the keys from her hand. He then put her down.
"It's a bad boy thing." He jumped in the Ultra Sonic Raider and drove off. Nya was still swooning slightly.
"Call me!"
All of the Bizarro ninja and the Bizarro kunoichi were in the ultra Sonic Raider. Bizarro Kinzoku was looking around for the right button.
"We need to split up, but there's only one vehicle. I don't know anything about this thing. My memories end after the original Kinzoku last wore this."
"Man, the original Jikan remembers everything, and can see every event throughout all of time and space. It's a wonder her brain doesn't blow up, or mine."
"I know. She's practically not human. And, judging by the circuits, I think this would be it to separate." Bizarro Jay pressed a button, and the vehicles split.
The boys were trying to wedge the door open, but the stick they were using broke. Kai started walking around, looking for a way out.
"If we don't get out of here, they're gonna brainwash Lloyd, and undo all the lessons we tried to teach him."
"Not to mention never see Hana or taste cake again!" Zane walked over to the teachers.
"Principle Noble, how well do you and the teachers know this building?"
"We barely know it at all actually. We're new. The old teachers were highly committed to teaching evil, and quit in protest when the school went good. Most of them went to Darkly's School for Bad Girls, who's school board refused to go good."
"So if the school building was originally built for evil, don't we have to assume there are hidden passages, which none of you would even know about?" Cole nodded.
"Hey, you're right. It just wouldn't be an evil school without hidden passages." Zane nodded.
"My analysis of the room shows that there are three hidden switches, one lowers the ceiling, one puts spikes on the ceiling, and the other opens a passage." He walked over to one of the light fixtures. "I believe this is the correct one." He turned it, and it opened up a secret passage.
"Everybody in!" They followed Kai's lead into the passage. Jay started laughing.
"Cole, stop tickling me!"
"I'm not tickling you. Zane, give us some light." Zane's head started glowing, revealing a ton of spiders. Everybody screamed.
"AH!"
"I'm glad Kinny isn't here. She'd absolutely freak!"
"Come on, you guys can untie me. Really, this is just a huge relief. I couldn't stand being good. Thank you for saving me." Lloyd was trying to convince the others that he was evil again. Brad narrowed his eyes.
"How do we know you're not lying to us just to escape and help the ninja?"
"Well, if I'm truly good, I wouldn't be able to lying, which I'm not, but even if I was, wouldn't lying make me evil, thus giving you assurance that you can release me." Gene saw right through it.
"He is trying to trick us with mind games!" There was a loud noise outside.
"Someone's coming." They went outside to investigate. The Bizarro ninja leaped into sight. Brad turned to his fellow Bad Boys. "The ninja have escaped! Execute doomsday formations! Spitball brigade, step forward!" All of the boys skilled with spitballs came forward. "Fire!" They shot their ammo at the Bizarro ninja, who easily dodged it. "Smoke bomb brigade, step forward." All the kids skilled with making and or throwing smoke bombs stepped forward. "Fire!" They threw their ammo, but using their Spinjitsu, they cleared the air. "Dodge ball brigade! Ready, fire!" They threw dodge balls at the Bizarro ninja, but it still had no affect. In fact, they caught all of them.
"Our turn." Brad turned to the boys.
"RUN!" They threw them at the boys, hitting them every time. "RETREAT!" Brad got hit in the head, and was slightly out of it, but then Kai grabbed him by his shirt.
"Where are the ninja?" Brad looked terrified.
Lloyd struggled against the ropes that held him.
"Why do I always get tied up? You'd think I'd be pretty good with knot by now." He looked up at the light bulb and got an idea. "Okay, you can do this Lloyd." He used his power to make the light bulb burst, then rolled in the broken glass to cut the ropes. He jumped up onto his feet. "Ha, ha! Finally, I'm free!" The other boys came back. "Aw, no fair! I escaped fair and square." The boys started blocking the door.
"Your friends are pure evil." Lloyd looked pretty confused.
"What?"
Bizarro Cole was toting around Brad. He opened a door that lead into an empty room.
"What is this, some kind of joke?"
"That's where they were, honest!"
"Time for another noggie."
"No, NO! Anything but that!" Behind them, a door opened, with the ninja coming out.
"Finally, a way out!" They all stopped in a line, with Kai being very confused.
"Guys, why are we staring at ourselves?" Principle Noble looked pretty freaked out.
"This is getting too weird for us. We're gonna stay in here." He closed the passage door. Jay shrugged his shoulders.
"Huh, those who don't fight teach." The Bizarro ninja took off their sunglasses.
"Drop the boy, uh, me."
"He's of no use to us anymore." Bizarro Cole dropped Brad, who ran off. Kai glared at them.
"Who are you guys?"
"Your doom."
"My early assessment tells me that this must be Garmadon's doing."
"My early assessment tells me that you will be destroyed."
"NINJAGO!" They ran in to attack each other, but all of their attacks were mirrored or perfectly countered by the other. The others were watching from behind a corner.
"See, I told you my friends wouldn't turn evil. The evil ninja must be my father's doing." Gene was amazed.
"Fascinating. It's like fighting a mirror, where the reflection counter moves in perfect sync, and no one seems to be able to land a blow."
"Like when Kyria and I are training. But we have to help them." Gene smiled and turned to Lloyd.
"Just to be clear, which them?"
"Uh, my friends of course, uh, I mean, uh, the evil ninja." He laughed evilly, which kind of failed.
Lloyd struggled against his ropes again.
"I am Lloyd Garmadon, evil son of the evil ruler Lord Garmadon, and I demand you release me!" They paid Lloyd no attention, and instead listened to what Gene had to say.
"Here's my theory on how to help the evil ninja destroy the good ninja." He climbed onto a ladder and started drawing so fast on a chalkboard that all you could see was the dust. "Look what happens when positive energy connects with negative energy. So, if an evil ninja manages to connect a single blow against his opposite, that same spark should be so powerful as to eradicate the good ninja." He jumped off the ladder. "Trust me. I'm quite an evil genius." Brad smiled.
"Okay, good enough for me."
"Alright, you win." They all turned to Lloyd. "I'm good, but guess what? So is Brad." Brad looked shocked.
"That's a lie!" Gene jumped off the desk. Lloyd smiled.
"Is it? Then explain why on the day we first met, you were nice to me. When I arrived here on my first day, I didn't know how things worked around here, and everyone made fun of me. Brad even put fire ants in my bed." Gene laughed.
"Yeah, I remember that. That was evil."
"But, when everyone was gone, he said he was just trying to teach me how things go. After that, he took me under his wing, and taught me the art of revenge." Gene narrowed his eyes at Brad.
"Why would you do that?"
"I wanted to get in good with his father." Lloyd shook his head.
"No, it's because deep down, he's not all evil, and Brad's not the only one. Face it, all of you have a secret good side that stays quiet out of fear, because it thinks it's alone, but it's not, and I'm living proof. So, who's with me?" Brad looked ashamed.
"It's true, and I love planting flowers."
"You what?!" Lloyd smiled.
"I know someone who you'd get along with really well then that can show you the ropes of being good."
"Yeah. The ninja also saved my life, a kindness I plan to return." He untied Lloyd. All of the other boys walked over to the side of Lloyd, short of Gene.
"Ah, my dad is gonna be so mad!"
"Yeah, join the club." Gene walked over to them. "Now, I have a plan. Who here can sow?"
"Sow?" He sighed.
"Kinzoku always made me fix my own ninja suit instead of fixing it when I asked her too, since she's good at sowing. I'll show you."
A little bit later, after a lot of sowing, they were all wearing ninja suits matching the colors of the present ninja, short of Lloyd and his Green Ninja suit.
"NINJAGO!"
The ninja and the Bizarro ninja were still fighting each other, trying to win.
"We're so evenly balanced this fight can go on forever."
"We can't give up! Keep fighting!"
"NINJAGO!" Lloyd and the other boys ran in.
"Hey, it really is Ninja Day."
"Ah, I see what they're doing. They're trying to confuse them."
"Yeah, but it's confusing me too." The kids tackled the Bizarro Zane.
"Keep your focus. NINJAGO!" He used Spinjitsu to eliminate his clone after the kids all got off.
"It works just as Gene says. If you can land a punch, they'll be defeated." Bizarro Cole was surrounded on all sides by little ninja, with one coming out from a closet behind him, kicking him towards the real Cole, who then punched him.
"Good riddance." Jay was facing his evil clone.
"Don't think you can get rid of us that easily. By the way, did I mention that I kissed Nya?" Jay looked like he was gonna blow up.
"WHAT?! YOU DID WHAT?!" Bizarro Jay laughed.
"Yeah!" Bizarro Jay tried to punch regular Jay, but regular Jay grabbed his hand and then leapt behind him, kicking him in the back and turning the Bizarro Jay into nothing.
"Nobody kisses my girl!" All the kids were tackling Bizarro Kai.
"Get back you ankle biters!" He shook them off and ran away. Kai threw one of Zane's smoke bombs in his face. "OH! MY EYES! I CAN'T SEE!" Kai tapped him on the shoulder, and then punched him in the face.
"He ain't so bad." Everybody cheered.
"It worked Lloyd, you did it!" Brad threw off his Red Ninja mask.
"No, we did it!" The kids cheered again, and the teachers came out of the closet.
"Normally we'd punish you for holding us captive, but since you've all learned a valuable lesson, I suppose it's cause for a celebration."
"Ah, that wouldn't mean cake now, would it?" They all laughed.
On the way home in the Ultra Sonic Raider (well, half of it), with Rethingice following them and Cole riding him while eating cake, they were quite pleased with the day's outcome.
"What a relief it is to have the tank back!" Kai nodded.
"Can't wait to hear what Sensei says when he hears about this."
"Need I remind you that the girls could possibly still be in trouble?" Just then, Kaze's face came up on the screen.
"You guys there?" Jay nodded.
"We can hear you loud and clear. It is the real you, right, not some Bizarro version?"
"I was about to ask you the same thing. I'm guessing Garmadon sent evil clones to you guys as well?"
"Yep, but obviously, you guys are safe and sound, so we don't have much f anything to worry about anymore." The screen changed into Lord Garmadon.
"So, it's true then. You've defeated my evil clones." Kai nodded.
"Keep it coming Garmadon. Your tasks to stop us are only making us stronger!"
"But tomorrow is a new day ninja and kunoichi. Mark my words, I will find news ways to finish you off once and for-" his broadcast got cut off.
"What? I can't hear you."
"Nya will be displeased. She just repaired it, and it appears that it already has to go back to the shop."
"Na, it's not broken." Electrical light pulsed from Lloyd's hand and into the tank, turning the screen into a video game, which he pulled out a controller for.
"You did that? But it didn't blow up!"
"Eh, you go to school, and sometimes, you might pick up a thing or two." They all started laughing as they started heading back into town.
Song Of Hope: I will do a Girl's Side of this story, but there will be a lot of repeated stuff, just FYI.