S1 E16

PEOPLE WILL CHANGE, BUT NOT BY HEART

Outside in the game area of Mega Monster Amusement Park, a dart was thrown at a balloon. Four more darts followed behind, each hitting one or two balloons every time. The carnie in charge of the booth began jingling a bell in his hand, meaning they had a winner.

Standing in front of the booth was Lloyd and Zelda. Lloyd smiled and said, "I'll take the stuffed bear from atop of there." He pointed up at the only stuffed bear hanging on the prize wall.

The carnie reached up and grabbed it, tossing it to Lloyd. "There you go."

Lloyd handed the stuffed bear to Zelda. "This here is for you."

Zelda giggled, taking the stuffed bear. "Thank you. I'm having such a wonderful time, Lloyd."

"Well, I just thought that it'd be nice to get away from the bounty and have some fun. I know we're still looking for the fang blades, but I'm sure nothing will happen today. The Serpentine are probably still trying to figure out where they are."

"We don't even know where they are. The serpents of the past probably had good reasons to hide them."

"I'm pretty sure they did. But enough about all that. You wanna go ride the Haunted Temple?"

"I don't see why not. How scary is it?"

"Oh, believe me. You'll be laughing instead of screaming."

Zelda chuckled. "We'll see about that."

Scary ride, huh? Will it be cheesy or horrifying? Time will only tell.

NEXT SCENE:

Back over at the dining area of the park, Kitty was still locked up in the women's restroom. She was too embarrassed just to show her face and feared that if she left the washroom, she would be pummeled by everyone in the restaurant.

Someone had come knocking on the door. Kitty gasped and came up with the quickest excuse she could think of. "Me apologies! Occupied in here!"

"Oh, sorry!" a woman's voice said from outside the restroom, "I'll just use the family restroom!"

Kitty sighed, looking at her hands. "Oh, this is horrible. I can't go out there looking like this. This is the worst date ever!" She literally looked ready to cry, but she wasn't letting her girly side take over. Taking a deep breath, she got a hold of herself. "No, don't get emotional. Maybe all I need to do is sit for a moment and think. Yeah, that's it. That's what I'll do."

Kitty knew the date was ruined by a long shot, but she wasn't getting help from anyone. That's something a damsel in distress would do and that's not who she was. She could get herself out of this mess.

As long as Kai doesn't find out about it, everything would be fine. What could possibly go wrong?

NEXT SCENE:

Inside the riding attraction of the Haunted Temple, Lloyd and Zelda were riding in the first car up front. Now they were regretting even getting on the ride. Everything on it was so cheesy that they laughed the entire time.

They saw nothing but lazy made vampires, fake skeletons, and zombie shadows walking by. Nothing scary at all.

Zelda laughed. "Now I will admit that this ride is horrible."

"I know, right?" Lloyd said, "It's always been stupid."

A man behind them laughed, pointing beside him. "Hey, look at how stupid those guys are."

Lloyd and Zelda looked, but instead of laughing, for the first time throughout the whole ride, they gasped in horror. They spotted a group of Venomari digging around with shovels. The snakes turned around and prepared themselves as they began to spray out venom.

"Oh, no!" Lloyd shouted, "Everyone cover your eyes!"

Lloyd and Zelda were quick to act and so were some of the other people, but a few weren't so lucky. They began screaming and crying out in fear. Attractions that were meant to look cheesy probably looked pretty darn scary now.

Lloyd looked around and found an emergency brake, grateful that the ride even had one. Pulling it, he was able to immediately stop the ride. "Everyone get off!"

They did as Lloyd said and rushed out of the Haunted Temple. The few people who were hit with Venomari venom had to be led out by other people.

Zelda grabbed her sword out of her backpack while Lloyd was hiding behind a pole, suiting up in his green ninja gi. "Want some help?"

Lloyd nodded, pulling his hood over his head. "Sure thing."

The two jumped out from behind their hiding spot, jumping in to ward off the Venomari warriors.

NEXT SCENE:

Outside the Haunted Temple ride, Nya, Carol and Pixal were wondering where the Serpentine were. Pretty much the entire park was outdoors. Where could they possibly be?

"I don't understand," Nya said, "Where are the slither heads?"

All the riders from the Haunted Temple attraction ran out screaming in fear. The trio of ninja were alert right away.

"Why is everyone running away from in there?" Carol asked, "That ride was never scary."

"I can see the green venom coloring some of the civilians eyes," Pixal said, "The Venomari are inside."

Carol gasped. "Oh, my gosh. Do you think we should get Kitty?"

"No," Nya said, "We made a promise that we wouldn't disturb her while she's out with Kai. I think we can handle this ourselves. Come on." They rushed over to the attraction, running straight through the crowd. "Excuse us! Pardon us! Coming through!"

"We'll take care of things from here!" Carol called out.

"Our apologies for bumping into you all," Pixal said, "But we must pass by to complete important ninja business. Thank you."

Hey, heroes have to be polite when fighting crime. That's what's called respect.

NEXT SCENE:

Back over at the restaurant, Kai was still sitting at the booth seat waiting for Kitty. She was still locked up in the restroom and had been gone for the last fifteen minutes. It was starting to worry him.

Kai received an alert through his communicator, stating that snakes were in the park. Knowing that he would have to leave without telling Kitty, Kai sighed. "Sorry, Kitty. When a hero's been called, they've gotta answer it." He turned off the noise from his communicator, got up from the booth and ran out of the restaurant.

But Kitty was only concerned about how she was gonna hide herself from Kai. She knew she needed the anti-venom, but the only way to get it was from the Fangpyre staff. And she would get it and change herself back. But first she had to keep away from Kai in order to do that.

She had racked her brain for all sorts of ideas she could use. There were no windows in the restroom, she couldn't hide herself without Kai noticing and, well, that's all she came up with. In the end, Kitty gave herself no choice. She would have to tell Kai.

"Well, look on the bright side," Kitty told herself in the mirror, "You don't look as bad as you think. Kai will probably understand. All you have to do is go out there and tell him the truth. Be honest with him. And also tell him that you have everything under control and you can solve this problem yourself. You don't need help. You ain't a damsel in distress. You are a strong woman who can take care of herself." Then she heard the sound of cloth ripping. She turned around and gasped when she sees a tail on her backside. "Oh, no! I have a tail!" Then she calmed herself by taking a few deep breaths. "It's okay. Don't worry. I'm sure lots of boys like girls with tails. After all, they read comic books about all kinds of creatures that have tails. This shouldn't be any different."

But Kitty decided she wasn't taking any chances. Searching through her backpack, she removed a green head scarf, a pair of sunglasses, and her spare sweater. She used the head scarf to tie around the lower part of her face and tied the sweater around her waist to hide the tail. She placed the sunglasses over her eyes and, taking a deep breath, unlocked the restroom door and walked out slowly.

When she returned to the dining area, she saw that the booth on Kai's side was empty. "He left?"

"Oh, are you talking about a young man with spiky hair and wearing a red jacket?" said an older woman walking up behind her, "I saw him leaving just a moment ago. Just rushed off like he was in a hurry to get somewhere."

Kitty sighed. "I don't blame him. I best go see if I can't find him." She rushes out of the restaurant, hoping Kai hasn't ran off too far.

Thankfully, Kai was still in the park, but he was hiding beside the restaurant building as he began suiting up in his samurai attire. He uses the jet pack to fly over to the Serpentine's location.

Let's hope he's not too late and let's pray the ninja will stop them.

NEXT SCENE:

Inside the Haunted Temple, Pythor and various other warrior snakes were digging all over the place when Scalina finally collided metal with metal. Bending over, she used her hands to brush the dirt away and gasped in excitement.

"Pythor, my love! I have found it!"

Pythor slithered up to her and grinned. He picked up the first out of four of the fang blades. "Yes! The first fang blade is ours!"

But before any of them could celebrate, a blast of water hit Scalina in the face. They looked to see Nya, Pixal and Carol standing in front of the snakes, with Nya holding out her fans as water sprayed out of them.

"Okay, Pythor, drop the fang blade and no one gets hurt," Nya said.

"Uh, Nya, I know this isn't the best time to judge you, but I have to admit that was not the best phrase for you," Carol said.

"What are you talking about?"

"Well, there are plenty of phrases that are perfect for a water ninja. I know a few. You could say something like 'time to drown' or 'time to crash a tsunami on you.' You know, stuff like that."

"Catch phrases are hard to come up with these days. If you're so good at them, you lead next time."

"Okay, I will."

Pythor sighs. "Foolish ninja." He throws a katana at them.

Nya gasped as she and the others duck down to prevent their heads from getting chopped off. "Oh, it's on!"

Nya and Pythor clashed swords with one another. Before it became an all out brawl, they saw something green pass by them. This something was actually someone. It was Lloyd without his hood on and wearing the green ninja gi.

"Lloyd?!" the ninja said in shock.

Pythor chuckled. "It seems we have discovered the mysterious green ninja."

"No, stop!" Running up was Zelda, panting. "Leave him alone!"

"Allow me to settle this," Pixal said, "Watch and learn, everyone." Closing her eyes, Pixal began to glow a light timberwolf color. She planned to use her true potential to hold the snakes in place, but she didn't have complete control of it and ended up getting trapped in a wire of tree branches. So did Nya and Carol. Pixal chuckled nervously. "My apologies."

The Serpentine laugh at the ninja's foolish attempt to defeat them, but as they were making their way out, the fang blade was magnetically stolen from Pythor's grasp. It ended up in the hands of the samurai.

"Stop him!" Pythor shouted. The rest of the warriors followed in pursuit.

Kai flew through the skies, the fang blade in his possession. But just before he could celebrate his victory, he realized the left side of his jet pack had been damaged.

"Uh, oh," Kai said through the voice changing system. He ends up falling to the ground. The snakes continue to chase after him, forcing Kai to run on foot. A couple of warriors had began tackling him to the ground and finally held him in place.

Pythor slithered up to him, Scalina right behind him. He grinned while taking back the fang blade. "Finally, the mystery man is revealed." He removes Kai's helmet and everyone gasped, recognizing who he is. "I had a feeling it was someone close to the ninja. Who's gonna save you now?"

Kai gulped. He did not like how this was going to end.

NEXT SCENE:

Back at the Haunted Temple, the remaining three ninja were being unbounded from their twisty branch trap by Zelda and Lloyd. Once they were free, they surrounded the revealed green ninja.

"I can't believe that all this time you were the green ninja!" Carol shouted.

"How could you keep something like this a secret?" Pixal asked.

"It's bad enough knowing that Kai is the samurai, but finding out that you are actually an elemental ninja is even crazier than that!" Nya yelled.

"Kai is the mysterious samurai?" Carol asked.

Nya groaned. "Can't keep a secret to save my life. But you all deserve to know."

"Well, Zelda should have told us that Lloyd was the green ninja," Carol said.

"I was sworn to secrecy," Zelda said, "Lloyd told me he would tell everyone when the time was right."

"And when would that be?" Nya asked, crossing her arms, "Fifty years from now?"

"Girls, this is no time to argue," Lloyd said.

"He's right," Pixal said, "We must go after Pythor to make sure he does not retrieve the fang blade from the samurai."

"Then let's go," Carol said, "But this conversation is not over."

Lloyd sighed, placing his hood back over his head. Whether they get the fang blade or not, this would never be over for him.

But secrets can't be kept forever.

NEXT SCENE:

Meanwhile, Kitty is hiding in the shadows while trying to find Kai. She's even hoping to find the leader of the Fangpyre so she could take his staff long enough to get the anti-venom, but she had a big feeling that won't happen. Her best bet was to find Kai to make sure he was okay. Not that she wanted his help. She can help herself. She's no damsel in distress.

But a small part of her was saying that she needed help. That sometimes going to other people and asking for aid wasn't a bad thing. She shook that thought away quickly and continued her search for Kai.

"Kai!" Kitty called out, "Kai? Where did he go?" She heard laughter going on in front of her and sees the Serpentine gathered around the roller coaster entrance. "Hey! Stop right there!" She quickly removes her bow and arrows, pointing them at the snakes. Her sweater around her waist moves aside some to reveal the snake tail behind her, causing the warriors to double over in laughter.

Pythor chuckled. "Oh, what happened? Snake bite your tongue?" This made the snakes laugh again.

But Kitty didn't have time to feel embarrassed. She finally found who she was looking for, but he was tied up with rope sitting in the roller coaster train and calling out for help.

"Kitty, I could use a little help here!" Kai called out.

"Let's begin the fun, shall we?" Pythor said.

"Can I turn it on?" Scalina asked.

"Whatever you want, my dearest."

Scalina turned the knob to start the ride. "Have fun!"

"Later, alligator. Let's go, everyone." Taking Scalina's hand in his, Pythor and his warriors slithered out of the park with the fang blade.

Kitty would've gone after Pythor to take the fang blade, but Kai was more important at the moment. Before the roller coaster train started uphill, she climbed in beside Kai. "Kai, are you alright?"

"I'll be fine once we're off this thing," Kai said, "Why are you wearing all that? Is something wrong?"

"No, nothing's wrong." Kitty shook her head. "I should be asking you where you went, but now is not the time. Hold on. Let me untie you."

"You know how to untie a knot?"

"I've had to untie knots off the mast ropes hundreds of times. This is no different." Kitty began untying Kai from the rope bounds.

"Well, I guess being raised on the seas has its advantages. I learned to untie knots in Samurai Scouts."

"You were in Samurai Scouts? Wish I could've been in scouts, but I didn't live upon land." She finally loosened the knot and freed Kai. "There you go."

Kai decided to take the moment to snatch off Kitty's sunglasses and scarf, gasping in concern and fear. "What happened? Were you bit? Why were you trying to hide this?"

"I didn't want to, but I didn't want you to worry. I had no plans on ruining the date."

"Ruining the date actually sounded a lot better than you turning into a snake. I could've helped you."

"That's the problem. I don't want help from anyone. I'm used to helping people, not people helping me. I don't want people to see me weak. I try me best not act all girly and I don't want people seeing me wearing cute clothes because I feel silly wearing them, but lately I've actually liked it and I don't want to. I don't want to be a damsel in distress. Now I look like a monster, you probably hate me by now and it's all me fault that we're in this mess."

"What?" Kai pauses, then gives a frightened look. "Uh, oh. You might wanna hold on."

Kitty gasped. "Oh, we're doomed."

By the time the roller coaster train went on the top of the hill, it went down faster than the speed of sound. That's when Kai noticed a ring of fire and broken tracks at the end of the ride.

"We need to get off this thing!" Kai shouted.

"Oh, I don't know what to do," Kitty said, "I don't want to do this, but we need the samurai. Samurai! Help! Help! Samurai! Oh, where is he when you need him?"

"Kitty, I don't think the samurai is coming."

"Why wouldn't he? He always comes when someone's in danger. And right now we need him."

Kai sighed. "I know this might not be the best time, but I haven't been completely honest with you. I think you have a right to know."

"What is it?"

"Kitty, I'm... I'm the samurai!"

Kitty gasped and sat there for a moment staring at Kai until finally she blinked out of her daze and said, "You're the ssssamurai?!" The one guy that found a place in her heart, the one guy she dreams of spending the rest of her life with, was actually the mysterious samurai.

But Kai wasn't worried about what Kitty was thinking. "Uh, not trying to scare you or anything, but we're sort of running out of track."

"What do you expect me to do? I can't get us out of this mess. I can't even change meself back into a human. I just didn't want you to see me so weak and scared. But I admit it. I admit it all! I like wearing cute clothing and cuddling stuffed animals and wearing make-up and-" Before Kitty could continue on with her ranting, Kai kissed her fully on the lips.

Okay, so it wasn't the fairy tale kiss Kitty was expecting, but it was honestly the greatest kiss she ever had. Her heart rate was accelerating after three seconds, but it only took the speed of sound for the scales to disappear off her body to return her to normal.

"Kitty, you're not changing anymore," Kai said, "You've return back to normal."

"Well, it's just like you said," Kitty said, "You must have raised me heart rate."

Kai sighed. "Kitty, if anything horrible were to happen at this very moment, I want you to know that you don't have to wear perfume or hide from me because you're too afraid to show your inner beauty. I wouldn't care if you were wearing a kimono or even a hoodie, no matter what, you still look beautiful. So you show a bit of a girly side. That doesn't matter. What matters is your strong and brave and you don't have to be afraid to ask for help. That doesn't make you a damsel in distress. It proves that I'll do anything for you. And whatever happens next, just remember this: You will change, but your heart never will."

Kitty smiled, realizing that becoming a true woman wasn't changing her mentally. Becoming a true woman made her stronger. And she wasn't afraid anymore. Just by those thoughts, she began to glow a bright jungle green, and her bow and arrows surged with even more power than before.

"What's happening?" Kai asked.

"Me true potential," Kitty said.

Kitty turns into the wild, floating in the air, wrapping vines around the train to cease it from continuing forward. She also created a wild river waterfall to put out the ring of fire. The moment ended as Kitty laid against the train, exhausted and out of breath. But she was glad to have kept Kai safe.

After the two of them were taken off the ride, Kitty and Kai met up with the remaining ninja, Zelda and Lloyd at the park entrance. They were all surprised and shocked to find out that two of their own allies were the mysterious samurai and green ninja.

"You really had me fooled," Pixal said, "I would never have guessed that the two of you were the samurai and the green ninja."

"I seriously wished I had a brother like one of you," Carol said, "Instead I ended up with three weird ones."

"Technically, I was the first one to discover Kai's secret," Nya said, "And Zelda was the first to know Lloyd's secret. And didn't we agree whoever we thought was the best would naturally be the Yellow Ninja? You know, the one who is to defeat Queen Valderra in the battle between good and evil?"

"I thought that bet was about whoever found out our secrets first could make everyone else do that person's bidding for a month," Lloyd said.

"It was," Kitty told him, "But we called off the bet."

"We all basically gave up after believing that we would never win," Carol said.

"And I remember erasing the conversation from my database," Pixal said.

Nya sighed. "I suppose bets aren't allowed when you're the heroes of Ninjago."

"You know, I've learned two important lessons here today," Kitty said.

"Oh, yeah?" Kai asked, "What might those be?"

"The first lesson involves me true potential. I learned that I may be drawing more closer to me feminine personality, but I realized that I'm becoming stronger if I just let it show. I'll admit that I'm into girly stuff if that makes you all happy."

"I'll be happy when you start wearing your kimono suit out in the open," Nya said, "So what's the second lesson?"

"Pythor and his little snake crew now have the first fang blade," Kitty said, "He may have one, but we'll make sure to take one as well."

"And we are getting stronger each day," Pixal said, "One day, we will all reach our true potential and Pythor will be stopped."

"And we learned all of this without our teachers," Carol said, "Who knows? One day we'll be as wise as them. It's amazing how far four ninja can go." Kai and Lloyd cleared their throats. Carol chuckles nervously. "And including an all powerful green ninja and a samurai."

"I'm wondering what Master Wu is doing right now," Nya said.

Oh, that's what everyone is thinking right now.

NEXT SCENE:

Inside the Realm of Madness, Wu and Valderra have finally made it to the base of the mountain. Wu looked upon it, a little frightened at the sight. Valderra only had a straight face. She has seen it many times before, but never has she ever ascended it.

"Here we are," Valderra said, "The Mountain of Madness."

"Are you sure this is the only way back to Ninjago?" Wu asked.

"We must make our way to the top. This is only the beginning. The worst is yet to come."

They began to ascend on the mountain.

The worst will come.

It always does...


IT'S OFFICIAL.

KAI AND KITTY ARE OFFICIALLY AN ITEM.

IT'S ABOUT TIME KITTY REALIZE THAT SHE'S ONLY STRONGER BY BEING JUST A LITTLE GIRLY EVERY NOW AND AGAIN. MAYBE NOW SHE'LL LIGHTEN UP. LET'S HOPE SO.

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