"Hei Titanshi if ya don't mind," Hatsu smirked.

"Introduce me why don't you?" another voice said.

Hatus rolled her eyes and took off the mask, "Fine then…" she smirked and the mask floated, "Say hello to an ancient cult object, Mask of Malice… has a soul and mind… he amplifies my dark magic!"

"Thank you dear… you may put me back on now"

Hatsu reached out and placed him back on her face. "Now move it!" she prodded them both.

Wu and Kasai were being dragged by a woman with slimy blue skin and webbing between her fingers and toes. "Meet Kappa, I met her while in that fancy prison; we escaped together when Sigan broke us out… or well, we seduced the guards while Sigan grabbed the keys…" she rolled her fuchsia eyes.

They both noticed the two youngest boys with love struck looks on their faces, "She's a siren…" Tanaka coughed on his own tear gas with Namiko as it cleared.

"Now… you came to get revenge on me… but now you'll have to take all three of us on," Sigan laughed.

"Four! I think you mean four!" Everyone looked at the mask Hatsu wore and Sigan loudly sighed in annoyance.

"Four! All FOUR of us!" he narrowed his eyes, glaring at the mask. "Say your prayers ninja… because you will die tonight… and we will take the Golden Weapons for ourselves and rule the land!"

Wu started coming out of his love struck daze and shook his head. "Wait… if one of you is a mask… how can he hold a weapon?" He blinked, looking confused.

"Shut up! Shut up you stupid brat!" the mask snapped off angrily.

Hatsu removed him quickly, "You're being too loud!" she growled and threw him.

All six ninjas' wrists were bounded and they were lined up, sitting on their knees, "There are four of them and six of us! We can take them down!" Kasai started shouted, struggling to move.

Sigan planted his heavy boot on the black haired teen's face; sending him backwards, head slamming into the dirt. "Shut up!" he yelled even louder. "You still act like the little brats I knew… and if you recall, I would have killed you if it wasn't for your girlfriend!"

"You should not talk to my students in such a manner…"

The six looked up surprised, "Father?" Wu whispered, going pale.

Masuta looked at his two sons but looked longer at Garmadon, "I got your note…" The brunette brother grimaced. He then looked back at the enemies at hand. "Now I see you have taken my student's weapons… give them back now please…" He politely smiled.

"Yea right… without these, you're nothing!" Hatsu clutched the scythe in her spindly fingers.

The blonde master shook his head quietly, "That's not something I like to hear young lady," he tutted. "It seems that I should send you all back to the prison where you belong," he smiled. "I will admit, it shall be tricky being you possess the four weapons that contain the same power I own… but it is not impossible to defeat you".

Sigan snapped his fingers and the water siren twirled a gold shurakin around her finger and launched it. The master caught it and shook his head, "You see… you have not been trained in the use of these weapons as they have…" he nodded over to the tied up row of ninja. "You are all novices and that is how I will defeat you".

Hatsu took a step back, black, scaly wings sprouting from her back as she launched herself forward with the scythe blade. With precision, the one in gold clasped the sickle blade between both hands and flung her around, slamming against a tree.

He looked back at Sigan as he stalked over next, "You defeated the ladies… but how about me old man?" the psychotic ninja laughed and held the sword of fire in his hand. "I'm always a step ahead…"

"But I am the creator of Ninjago." The six young adults stared as their master took down each enemy with little to no effort. He gracefully dodged the time ninja's attacks. "And I see you continue to nurse the wound my daughter-in-law gave you…"

The comment made Sigan even angrier, "I should have murdered the little bitch when I had the chance!" he roared.

It was just the amount of unbalance needed to catch him by the arm and flung him around to join the other girls in a one flopped over pile, "You all are very bad people… escaped prison like this… I should make sure you never get out again!" He looked back at the others still tied up.

Masuta picked up the golden sword and tossed it to them so they could start cutting the thick twine that was binding their hands. "And I shall deal with you six later…"

They all exchanged glances worriedly, for he would not simply let this one slide.

All six young men and women were standing in a line, looking down at their feet, taking the beaten they all knew they would get. The only ones who didn't look ashamed was Garmadon and Misako.

"You all obviously have no idea how angry I am…" the old man started. "For one; you disobeyed my orders and went on a vendetta to murder your attacker… to seek revenge!" he was very serious.

They all lowered their heads more, taking the verbal beat down. Garmadon's eyes were glowing brighter than they ever had. His head was only one now held high, in a sense, proud to disobey. Curses and insults were begging to escape his mouth but he kept it shut, the strain to do so could be seen all of over his red face.

"Revenge is not the way of the ninja! I thought I instilled that in all of you!"

Wu watery eyes finally gave and he looked up, "Father; Sigan murdered an innocent child! He had no reason other than you stopping him that night from taking the Golden Weapons which led to Kasai almost killing him and that led to Hope's death!"

Garmadon looked at his brother to his left. Wu was the first to speak out against and defend their actions of disobedience? "Wu… what the hell are you doing?"

Masuta looked at the son that looked most like him, "He is a dangerous psychopath... I understand… but how you went about it tonight was stupid and foolhardy!"

"He murdered my baby!" Garmadon finally seethed next, that was the last straw. "Your own granddaughter… how can you not care about her? How can you remain so passive to point of not caring? If we don't teach these people to stay in their place, then what protector of Ninjago are you!?" he shouted.

Misako winced and closed her eyes at his yells that echoed in the monastery. She didn't have the fire in her to shout back at their teacher like what her husband was doing. "I should tell everyone how useless you are!"

"I saved your lives tonight-"

"You saved us because the Golden Weapons were in danger… you wouldn't have come after me or anyone else otherwise!"

Masuta pointed a finger, "Don't you dare say that!"

"You foresaw Hope dying didn't you?" Masuta was silent at the question, "DIDN'T YOU!?"

Kasai and Wu held the older one back, he would tear apart his father if he got the chance to, "You did; you came so slowly to come and help! You useless bastard," he started quieting down a little. "You could have helped her couldn't you of? Even if Namiko couldn't of helped, you could of!"

"You cannot change what is destined… And that note you left me Garmadon?" he started scolding him. "You never had any respect for me as your father or teacher… why should I return it? Do unto others as they would have unto you…" he quoted the old proverb.

Garmadon clenched his teeth together, "Because… you lied to me about mom… you lied about what I am… and you're just covering all of this up and blaming me!"

"Stop victimizing yourself! It is pathetic and childish!"

"I am the victim!" Garmadon snapped back. "I'm like this because of you; you self righteous fool!"

Masuta rolled his eyes, "And how is you getting bit by a snake my fault? That is what you get for sticking your hands where they don't belong you impudent child…"

Garmadon growled with frustration. "Who the hell even let's their kids play with ancient swords? And then you make us scared to lose them?" All Misako did was squeeze his shoulder at this point, it was going too far.

"That. Is. Enough." Masuta harshly said. He quickly grew tired of the same old conversation with him. "Because of your actions tonight… I confiscate your Golden Weapons!" Masuta put his foot down.

Misako, Wu, and Tanaka looked up as well in shock. The weapons that were given to them were placed on the rack where they had never touched for several years, "It was a mistake I see letting you have that power… you all are far too young to possess such a responsibility!"

His blue eyes flicked back, "If you do not wish me to be your master… then fine… I see how it is… you all acted according to what you want… and if you want to disobey me, then you will no longer have further training and instruction from me…"

"Father…" Wu reached out hand and trailed off.

Masuta eyed the blonde, "And what is it my son?"

Wu looked down and sighed, "Don't… don't be mad with Garmadon… It was my idea to go after Sigan, don't blame it on everyone… don't be mad… I coaxed them into coming…" he wiped his eyes. "Hope wasn't even my daughter and I was so upset… and… I only fed into Garmadon's anger… it's my fault he's upset… as for the remark about the swords… well it was my fault he got bit… I was too scared as a kid to get the sword myself…"

Garmadon looked over, eyes widened at Wu taking the blame and attention away from him… for him "Just… don't be mad at everyone because of tonight… okay? Garmadon doesn't know any better…"

"Did you have to add that last part you stupid runt?" Garmadon puffed to himself.

"I shall take that into consideration Wu… thank you for telling me…" Masuta walked out.

"I picked on you my entire life…" Garmadon quietly said, "And you always sat there at my side with Misako… I said I hated you… blamed you for stuff I did… I did even blame you for the snake bite when we were kids… and you took the blame for something stupid we all jumped into equally? You took all the anger at me and redirected it… Why?"

Wu pulled on the bottom of his shirt and nodded, "You say you hate me… and it… hurts when you do… but you don't know any better brother…"

Tanaka smiled a little and Kasai and Namiko quietly watched on.

"But I make the decision to say it… how can I not know any better?" his red eyes looked down at his much shorter brother. "You just sit there and take it all…"

Wu shrugged and put his hands in his pockets. "I hate fighting with you… so… I guess if I try and let you get out what needs to be let out…" he looked up. "So… you can yell at me more if you want…"

Garmadon looked down, the corner of his mouth tugged up a little, "You little shit…" Wu looked up, knowing it wasn't an insult. "You took the blame because father wouldn't get angry at you directly… pretty sly of you… and I never thought you'd take the blame for something you stupid goody toe shoes…"

Wu couldn't help but let a little smile slip onto his face. That part was half true. "uh… can I hug you?" he meekly asked. The older brother rolled his eyes and sighed, limply holding his arms out which prompted Wu to hug him.

"So… what are we going to do now?" Namiko squeaked, tugging on her long, hanging hair.

Misako let out a breath, "Well… Garmadon and I do what we've always done…"

"I'll… I'll start up the tavern again…" Namiko sniffed and smiled a little, "I think life needs to come back to that old place…"

Kasai nodded, "I reckon… I'll finish my training with Hiroshi… maybe start up a blacksmith shop of my own…" he bopped Namiko on the nose lovingly, "Then maybe marry you…" they hugged.

Wu shrugged, "I'll stay here with Tanaka then…" he looked over at the oldest boy of the group.

He shook his head though and they looked surprised, "I am leaving this place too…" he looked around, "I have learned so much here… and I really must thank you all…" he smiled. "I will be going solo maybe for a while…" he looked down, "I heard from my grandfather that… my parents were somewhere in the labyrinth… I want to go and see if they could still be alive".

"Well good luck with that," Misako hugged him with Namiko. "We wish you well Tana…"

"I'll miss you all… but I'll see you all soon, I promise that…"

Look at this doozy of chapter! It killed me ;-;

I found the Mask of Malice amusing in Stone Cold... maybe you'll see him again :3 I figured "Why would there be a mask that could talk?" So I made him a cult artifact for Hatsu...

Thanks for reading :)

~Mar