Last Time On AU Oneshots: Lloyd gets Hacked by Morro

Request: right before they go searching for the Oni Mask of Hatred, Harumi finds out she's pregnant with Lloyd's baby, but she doesn't tell anybody. Then, months after everyone thinks she died, Lloyd discovers a VERY pregnant Harumi at a hospital, and she tells him the baby is his. Then you can take it from there.

Requested by: CaptainSteve1

Warnings: Teen Pregnancy

Pairings: Llorumi

AU: Pregnant… Harumi?

Jadebaby:

Harumi touched the little window on the pregnancy test in her hands, gripping the pinkish-red handle with a malicious smile on her face. She watched as the first red line appeared, and then the second, feeling the adrenaline rush through her veins, causing her heart to pound against her ribcage, a bird unable to escape.

They'd done it. She'd done it! Besides actively ruining the Green Ninja's life with her current plans, this, this was just delicious!

Break his spirit, then ground him with a child. It was the perfect plan. Harumi grinned even harder, marveling at her genius. Now, her 'Quiet' position could help her ruin Lloyd's life even more.

Opening the circle-shaped bathroom window, Harumi marveled at the smarts of her plan. As it turned out, it was so easy to convince him to join her in bed. Hormones had probably helped with that. And, since she did it while his idiot teammates were distracted, she didn't have to worry about Nya or Kai finding out and beating her up.

Smirking happily, she gripped the pregnancy test in her palm and flung it from the ship as hard as she could, watching it hit the leaves and bounce out of sight.

Reaching onto the floor, she disposed of the plastic bag and cardboard box the same way, making sure to tuck the plastic inside of the box to hide it.

Pulling up her pants and flushing the toilet, she also checked under the sink, arranging the remaining boxes of pregnancy tests to hide the missing one. As she washed her hands, Harumi couldn't help but wonder why the Ninja had so many pregnancy tests anyway. (Then again, they also had an unopened jar of YIF's Peanut Butter that expired before she was born, so Harumi assumed it'd been a gag gift).

Smiling to herself about the plan, Harumi washed her hands and left the bathroom.

Boy, was Lloyd in for a surprise.

Lloyd slumped over on the steps of the Monastery, kicking up some dust as he buried his face in his hands. Ever since Harumi's death months ago, he'd been horribly depressed. His brothers had noticed this, and if they ever caught him sinking into a depressive state, they'd do anything in their power to cheer him up and get his mind off the manipulative ex-princess.

Just today, he'd already been cooking with Zane, had a Super Smash Bros tournament with Jay, gone out to the Ice Cream Parlor with Cole, and sparred with Kai. The thing was… even though he appreciated the gestures, they had begun to wear off. After all, distraction could only work so well.

Lloyd slumped over, sniffling and rubbing his eyes, water beginning to pool in them. He missed her. And Lloyd knew he shouldn't miss her, but he did and it hurt. It hurt worse than death might be - a terrifying thought Lloyd tried not to entertain. He had a team to protect. He couldn't abandon them for the afterlife.

If he was so noble though, why'd it still hurt?

The Monastery door creaked open, and Lloyd sniffled, preparing to greet Kai or Cole or Jay or even Zane with a smile, hiding his tears. He was their leader, for First Spinjitzu Master's sake. He had to protect them, not the other way around.

"Hey," A feminine voice called, and Lloyd nearly leapt off the top stair of the staircase. He hadn't expected Nya to come and find him.

She had also made herself scarce since the Quiet One's death, no doubt grieving the loss of a potential friend. She sat down next to Lloyd, pulling her knees up to her chest and crossing her arms over them.

"Nya-"

"It sucks, doesn't it?" Nya interrupted him, picking at a worn spot on her jeans. "You think you can trust someone. You warm up to them and care about them and they turn out to be a manipulative jerk."

"Yeah," Lloyd sighed, resting his head on his hands. "But… is there-"

"Nothing's wrong with you," Nya rolled her eyes, then smirked slyly from the side of her eyes. "Not that I can tell, at least." She elbowed him gently, and Lloyd couldn't help but smile.

He'd missed these warm, comforting moments with his big sister. He loved his brothers, and he knew with every fiber of his being that they'd go to the end of the universe and back for him, they had before and they would again, but Nya… he and Nya shared a deep emotional bond. She was the one he would run to when his feelings were hurt. He always knew that if he was shoved over and scraped his knee, Kai and Cole would beat up whoever did it, and Zane and Jay would clean him and bandage his wounds, but Nya would help him deal with those feelings of loneliness and betrayal.

He also knew how much of a toll it took on her psyche and that only made him more grateful for everything she did for him. He sighed. "I just wish I wasn't so attached… we… we got so close, and then…"

"I know," Nya placed an arm around Lloyd, and he gripped her for support, she was an older sister, a grounding rock in a sea of emotional torment. "You really cared about her, didn't you?"

"I mean, yeah, I loved her, but she and I… uh…" Lloyd turned red from embarrassment. "We um… we… uh… we did it," He looked away, not able to look Nya in the eyes from shame. "It… I uh… I lost-"

"If she wasn't already dead, I'd kill her!" Nya snarled, glancing at Lloyd with rage in her eyes. "How… how dare she do that to you!? How dare she think she can strip my little brother of his innocence and then destroy him!?" Grabbing a branch from a nearby tree, Nya snapped it over her knee with a grunt of fury. "How dare she!?"

"Nya, I'm sorry, if I knew this would make you so-"

Nya took a deep breath in and relaxed her muscles. "Don't you dare say that!" She snapped at him. "This wasn't your fault. It still isn't your fault. Just… don't blame yourself, okay?"

Lloyd nodded, looking at the earth of the stairs, imagining what would happen if Harumi burst through at that very moment. Would he hate her? Would he drop to his knees to apologize? Would he care? Nya would probably kill her, along with the rest of his siblings, and Master Wu, and Misako, and Ronin, and Skylor, and the entire Elemental Alliance, and Firstbourne, and… well, actually probably not Dareth, but definitely a bunch of people.

The door creaked open again, and Nya looked up, almost furious until she realized it was Jay looking around the door. "Oh," He smiled at Nya. "I was looking for you. We just got called to the hospital."

Nya's brow furrowed. "All of us?"

Jay shrugged. "That's what they said. Weird, right?"

Lloyd shrugged, "Huh. I guess."

Jay started, almost slamming the door. "Lloyd! I didn't see you there! Sorry, I should've said hi."

"You're okay," Lloyd shrugged. "The hospital."

Jay nodded, and Lloyd and Nya raced inside after him to prepare. Weird, but nothing that they couldn't deal with.

If only they knew.

A handful of Ninja vehicles screeched to a stop outside of Ninjago City Memorial Hospital, the colorful heroes scrambling out towards the building. In front stood Chief Operating Officer, Dr. Bright, head of the hospital. He was adjusting his glasses and curly red hair nervously, the ruby pendant around his neck bouncing with his movements.

"Ninja," He sighed as Lloyd led his teammates in front of Dr. Bright. "Thank goodness you're here."

"What's the situation like, Doctor?" Lloyd asked, pulling his hood back so he could see Dr. Bright's eyes easier. "Why'd you call us here?"

"We… we didn't know what else to do," He sighed. "There's a case of… well, er…. It's complicated. We figured that the best team to deal with it would be the Ninja."

"What did you do? Find Slenderman?" Jay asked, trying to lighten the situation.

Dr. Bright chuckled. "No, Mr. Walker, unfortunately, the situation at hand is more serious than a simple anomalies entity." He opened the door, the cold air-conditioned air of the hospital rushing out to greet them. Jay and Nya made eye contact, and Nya shrugged. Kai and Cole, meanwhile, looked like they'd rather be anywhere else but here at that moment.

"How about I show you our… issue?" Dr. Bright asked Lloyd, leading them through a patient waiting area and into a… maternity ward? The Doctor bit his lip. "This is Maternity Ward 19, which specializes in prenatal care and birthing."

"Why would there be a problem in the Maternity ward?" Cole asked, his brow furrowing. Ever since the events with baby/toddler/child/teenager Wu, he had begun to display more affection to small children and babies. Zane, Nya, and Lloyd thought this was sweet. Jay and Kai (mostly Kai) found it annoying as Cursed Realm. "Is there, like, a supernatural baby?"

Dr. Bright sighed. "I think it might be best if you saw for yourselves." He led them down a long hallway, brightly lit with fluorescent light bulbs. Lloyd gazed up at one, fondly remembering his childhood training sessions with the Ninja. A part of him would always grieve his lost childhood, his lost innocence, but he'd accepted who he was and what he did. It was for the best, after all.

Dr. Bright finally stopped them at a certain door on the corridor, labeled 029, as it was on the ground floor. He knocked twice, shortly and briskly. A nurse opened and they exchanged a few brisk words.

"She only wants to see the Green Ninja," The nurse said, eyeing the weapons the group was carrying with suspicion. "Is that alright?"

Lloyd swallowed nervously, then nodded. "Yeah. I'll be fine. What's up with the patient?"

The nurse glanced at Dr. Bright. "You might as well see."

Lloyd followed the older female nurse into the room, and his senses began taking in aspects of the room. The white walls, a bathroom at the side, the bed, a plump blonde nurse chatting with the patient while fluffing the pillows. Then he noticed the patient.

Partially covered by a dingy yellow hospital comforter while laughing to the nurse. She was young, maybe around 15, her long, platinum blonde hair tied up with a scrunchie. Her large, visibly pregnant belly was protruding under the blankets.

Lloyd couldn't tell who it was until she looked away from the nurse and he caught a glimpse of her. She looked the exact same as when he'd last seen her, on the roof of that building. Everything was the same. The scar on her temple, the way her green eyes glittered in the light, her immaculate skin, her plump lips…

Harumi smiled sweetly from the bed. "Hello, Lloyd."

Lloyd gasped so hard because his body WASN'T GETTING ENOUGH AIR! He gasped like a fish on land, trying fruitlessly to fill his lungs. His heart pounded so hard he could hear the blood rushing through his ears. He stumbled backwards into a nearby nurse and clawed his way out, nearly kicking down the door as he stumbled out of that horrible, horrible, horrible room.

He nearly collapsed as he reached his brothers. Kai and Zane leapt forward to break his fall and hold him up. Commotion ensued as Nya spotted Harumi and, with a scream of rage, had to be held back by Cole and Jay, both who were panicking.

Dr. Bright slammed the door, but not before Lloyd got a good look at Harumi, grinning and smirking, pleased with the commotion she'd caused.

At one point, Jay and Kai switched places, Kai trying to calm down his furious sister, and Jay coming to stand in front of Lloyd.

"Hey Lloyd, breathe!" Jay said, snapping at Lloyd's face to get his attention. "Come on, count with me. Inhale… one... two… three… Exhale…- Lloyd!? LLOYD!? DOCTOR, HE'S-"

The world spiraled away from Lloyd into darkness.

Lloyd awoke on a stretcher, being wheeled into a room with his brothers surrounding him. Kai was keeping pace with the stretcher, his hand slid into Lloyd's trying to either comfort himself or the younger boy. Lloyd was immensely grateful that his siblings had been there for him. He didn't know what he would have done otherwise.

As they were taken into a room, Lloyd looked up at Kai, squeezing his friend's hand as best he could. Kai glanced at him. "I'm so, sorry, Lloyd. I- We, uh… none of us meant for this to happen. Dr. Bright told us that- (please don't pass out again)- the baby that Harumi is carrying… it's yours."

Lloyd nearly choked. "She used protection. The morning-after pills in the First-Aid Kit."

Kai shrugged. "Those aren't always reliable." He sighed again, touching Lloyd's shoulder as the rest of the Ninja burst into the room. "We're going to figure this out together, okay? You're not alone, you understand?"

Lloyd nodded, glancing at the other Ninja as they crowded around his bedside, offering apologies and such. "Guys!" Lloyd interrupted, trying to get a word in. "Look, what are we going to do?!"

"With… what?" Jay asked. "Harumi? We can just leave her here-"

"I… I guess… yeah," Lloyd looked at his hands. "We could do that. But what about the baby?"

"Harumi got pregnant to ruin your life," Nya answered matter-of-factly, folding her arms. "The best way to get back at her, is to not let it ruin your life."

Everyone glanced at Nya.

"What I'm saying is," She specified. "Put the baby up for adoption. Closed. Adoption. Don't let Harumi ruin your life. Don't give her what she wants."

"Wait, why does the adoption have to be closed?" Zane asked. "Your plan could function with an open adoption."

"Oh, and Dr. Bright said that they're throwing Harumi in prison, and she's not going to have any power with custody, so you won't have to deal with her ever," Jay added, glancing at Kai for the fire ninja's input.

"I agree with Nya," Kai added. "Minimal contact will probably help with your emotional state." He eyed Cole. "What do you think?"

"Uh," Cole averted his eyes, not looking at anyone, but Lloyd could see Cole's brow furrowing the way it did when he felt like he was being selfish. It wasn't something he did often, so it was easily identifiable. "I…"

"Well?" Jay asked, poking his friend in the ribs. "What do you think?"

"I… want to keep it," Cole answered, his voice coming out an intelligible mumble. "I- I mean, if you need someone to adopt, I'd be happy to…" He trailed off, his normally olive skin turning a shade of deep red that rivaled Kai's gi.

Everyone stared at Cole for a long moment before Zane broke the silence. "That makes sense, Cole. It would be reasonable for you to wish to care for another child besides Master Wu."

Kai shrugged. "Checks out. If Lloyd's cool with it, I don't see why not."

"I agree with Kai," Jay added. "If Lloyd thinks that it's going to be alright, then-"

"Now hold on a minute," Nya cut in, folding her arms tighter, in her no-nonsense 'I'm-the-only-reasonable-one-here' pose. "Cole's a Ninja. We're all Ninja. What business do we have raising a baby?!"

"Cole did a good job of it-"

"I know!" Nya snapped. "But that was baby Wu. It made sense for us to infatuated with him. This baby can easily go into adoption and turn out absolutely fine-"

"What if it doesn't?" Lloyd cut her off. "What if it turns out like Harumi?"

"It's not going to turn out like Harumi," Nya glared at him. "You don't inherit those behaviors, you learn them."

"You don't know that for sure," Lloyd countered. "What if… fifteen or so years from now we need to deal with another vengeful 'princess' who never met her father. What then?"

"And this is why Lloyd's in charge," Jay added, grinning.

Lloyd caught Kai very close to slapping the Lightning Ninja upside the head.

"Look, I think we just need to think about it," Lloyd told Nya. "I'll tell you my decision by the time the baby's born. Okay?"

"Okay," Nya sighed, sitting on one of the nearby seats against the wall. Jay came and wrapped an arm around her pleasantly.

"It's getting pretty late," Zane pointed out. "Perhaps we should go and get something to eat?"

"We can order takeout?" Cole suggested.

"I'm on it!" Kai nearly shouted, grabbing his BorgPhone and leaving the room to make the call.

"Sheesh," Jay rolled his eyes. "The guy's in love with a girl who owns a restaurant, and we eat there all the time! What's wrong with diversity?"

"You sound like your mom," Cole snickered. "Also, we get ridiculous discounts from Chen's, so I'm not complaining."

Lloyd smiled, watching how his brothers behaved. They were a family. They'd always been a family. Lloyd had already made his decision, but he wouldn't tell them quite yet, they needed time. He just hoped their dynamic wouldn't be too thrown off by a new addition to the family.

Five years later…

"Dad, why's the sky blue?"

"Dad, why are those squirrels fighting?"

"Dad, how many stars are there?"

"Dad, what does a moose look like?"

"Dad, who's the King of Ninjago?"

"Dad, where's the Dark Island?"

"When can I go to school, Dad!?"

"Sheesh, Lloyd, she's almost as annoying as you were!" Jay snickered as the Green and Blue Ninjas sat on the walkway around the courtyard. Across the courtyard, Cole was trying to get Sage to stop asking so many questions so he could explain the answers to her.

"Ha, ha, Jay," Lloyd elbowed his brother. "Very funny!"

"Hey, does it ever bother you that Sage calls Cole 'dad' and not you?" Jay suddenly asked, after finishing snickering. He looked across the courtyard as Cole was now trying to explain that no, Sage could not keep a raven as a pet. "I mean, she's technically yours. She looks more like you than him."

Lloyd shrugged. "Why should she? He's the only dad she's ever had. I've never been there for her the way he has. Cole's earned the right to be called dad. I never have."

"Huh," Jay shrugged. "That makes sense-"

Kai and Nya burst through the doors a few moments later, both breathless and wide-eyed. "Guys, there's been a break-in at the aquarium, and Pythor stole that mutant fangfish!" Kai tried to explain, hyperventilating.

"He's using it to hold an elementary school hostage!" Nya added, gasping for breath. "Come on, we can still stop him!"

"Stay with Master Wu," Cole told Sage. "We'll be back soon."

"Bye, Dad!" Sage waved, trotting inside to Misako's study. "See you soon."

Jay ran over to hop into Nya's water skimmer, and Lloyd smiled at the chaotic bustling around him. Such was the life of a Ninja.

He hoped it'd never change.

A/N: Well, this was incredibly challenging to write XD. Why must you people insist on giving me difficult prompts!? (I'm just kidding, heh heh…)

Next time on AU Oneshots: Northern Goshawk's Angsty AU (I'm considering doing something based on the Battle of Fort Sumter, let me know what you think)