"That's your uncle?" Jay fumed, eyes narrowed at the older gentleman plodding down the road.
"Unfortunately."
"Hey man!" Kai stalked forward, and no one even tried to stop him. "What the heck is your freaking problem?!"
He got a few feet away from Wu, causing the older gentleman to stop. His straw hat tilted upwards, revealing a face from Kai's old memories.
"You..." Kai stepped away, eyes wide. "Uncle Wu?!"
Him. The one who smuggled Kai and Nya into the slums all those years ago. He had stayed with them for nearly three years before just vanished.
Nya gasped, slapping a hand over her mouth. Wu had been a father to her after the early elites took their parents away. She had been hurt when he vanished... but this. This buried the hatchet.
Wu looked at Kai, his eyes narrowed. "Hello, Kai. It's been a long time."
"You know my Uncle?" Lloyd asked hesitantly.
"Yeah. And this isn't the first time he's stabbed me in the back."
"Kai, I can explain-"
"Save it!" Kai snarled, pushing Wu back a bit. "I stopped caring about you years ago. Nya and I nearly starved! We looked up to you, and then you just... just... walked away!"
"Haven't you ruined our lives enough?" Cole asked. "Why are you even here?"
"Because regardless of your feelings towards me, it is time to face destiny."
"Destiny can kiss my-"
"Jay!"
Nya's mortified cry cut the lightning master off. Zane crossed his arms, nostrils flaring bitterly.
"Uncle." Lloyd said, his level headed demeanour fading to reveal raw resentment and frustration. "I don't know why you came...but I'm not a part of your resistance anymore."
"Lloyd, I made a tactical decision that benefitted everyone."
"And how did it benefit us?" Zane demanded.
"Because you are in a prime position to help us get the upper hand against Harumi."
"And who said we wanted to be a part of this?"
"Your parents."
That made everyone pause. Their parents?
"Your ancestors began this fight... and now you will finish it. You all must unlock your true potential, and then you must ruse to the occasion. I'm not asking you to do this for me... I'm asking you to do it for Ninjago, and those who have been hurt... just as you have."
"That's all well and good, but-"
Drum beating from the village made everyone spin around.
"The village's warning drums! They're under attack!"
How Nya knew what those were was beyond them, but her message rang true nonetheless. The others took off running towards the village, but Lloyd stopped and turned to glare at his Uncle.
Wu didn't waver at his nephew's harrowing gaze, but the pain stabbing into his heart never quite faded.
So this has been sitting on the back burner while I finished up Impass. Sorry for the absence. To see what happens to the village, stay tuned.
Bookkeeper2004: Yeah. Never trust a snake. I haven't decided if he's gonna be trouble or not. More suspense for you right?
FireWriter316: We haven't seen the last of master Wu. That's for sure.
Northern Goshawk: Not happy at all actually. From a militaristic stand point, Wu's stance was still flawed. He could have trained them to go in, but instead he let them grow up a bit. This could have been because he would have been even more like Harumi by training six year olds to fight... and perhaps waiting until they were teens helped him justify internally. So Wu's move was just straight up flawed. So the ninja in training have every right to he flat out livid with him.