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Jay grunted as he struggled with the branches in his arms as he was bent down to grab another one. Hearing sniffling, he looks around.

Eleanor was sitting on the ground, her back resting up against a tree with her knees pulled up to her chest as she hugged her legs. She was crying as she wiped her eyes.

Jay set the pile of sticks down, before he walked over to her. "Ellie?"

She sniffed and shifted move. "What do you want?" She choked out, voice soft.

"To apologize." He said. "Cole and I just."-

"I don't want to hear it." She cuts him off. "Lloyd told me about your love triangle."

Jay bit his lower lip. "Maybe I can shed a little light on this touchy subject." Behind him, Cole is listening from behind a tree.

"What can you say to cheer me up?" She plucked a hand full of grass and tossed the handful to the side.

Jay sat down next to her. "In the beginning. Nya and I were together."

Eleanor looks at him. "What?" She asked with a tear sliding down her cheek.

He nods. "Yeah. When I heard from P.I.X.A.L. about that match up." He trailed off with a shrug. "I thought Cole stabbed me in the back by stealing Nya."

"Why?"

"Because Cole Brookestone is my best friend." Jay said. "And I want my best friend back." He turns to a little to look at Cole, who was still behind the tree. "I understand now, that we can't both get the same girl."

"What are you telling me?" Eleanor asked Jay.

Jay wrapped his arm around her shoulders. "I'm maning up and backing down." He answered. "Besides, you and Cole look better together." He hugged her to his side before moving away to stand.

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The team is now sitting around a campfire. "Care to hear a ghost story?" Wu asked as he looked around. Kai, Eleanor, and Jay sat on one log while Nya, Zane and Cole sat on another log, and Chantal sat next to Sensei.

"If it means saving Lloyd, of course." Zane said.

"Morro may have been my first pupil, but he was also my greatest regret." Sensei Wu begins. "Before he was a cursed spirit, it wasn't I who found him...but he who found me. My brother had just gone off to train under Master Chen, which gave me time to attempt my hand at teaching. Morro was the perfect student. He did everything that was ever asked of him."

"I had shown him things he had never seen. And he showed me a few things too. He had a power over the Wind I had never seen. He was a descendant of an Elemental Master. It was then I thought I had found the one. Perhaps he would wear green."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Back up!" Jay exclaimed. "You're saying Morro, the Master of Wind, was gonna be the Green Ninja!?"

The wind shifts, causing the fire to become bigger.

"Uh, did that just happen?" Cole asked nervously. "Maybe I don't like ghost stories."

"What happened next, Sensei?" Chantal asked.

"After I told him he could be the Green Ninja, there was a hunger unmatched." Wu continued. "There was an arrogance in him. I feared I had made a terrible mistake. But it wasn't for me to decide. It was destiny. When the Golden Weapons didn't respond like they did for Lloyd later, I knew Morro wouldn't become the chosen one."

Wu looked around at everyone, they were all listening to him carefully. "He became obsessed to prove me wrong. To prove destiny wrong. He became reckless. He thought he was invincible."

"I knew right there and then I could not teach those who would not listen. He told me he would find my father's tomb to prove he was worthy. I told him it could not be found. My father had left no message. I left the gate open in hopes he'd return, but he never came back. I am saddened he was banished to the Cursed Realm. But what worries me more is that he escaped, and for what reason? To save Lloyd and return your powers, you must find the tomb before he does. Or else."

"Or else what?" Chantal asked.

"Unspeakable power will curse us all."

Jay laughs nervously. "Just another day in Ninjago, am I right?"

"This is different." Kai said. "Lloyd is at stake!"

"But how can we compete against the Green Ninja?" Cole asked. "He's more powerful then all of us combined!"

"That was before we lost our powers." Zane added.

"But it's like Sensei said. Our real power doesn't come from our hands, it comes from inside here." Kai places a hand over his heart. "This is Lloyd we're talking about. This is one mission we cannot fail."

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Kai awoke with a shaky gasp, and a Walloper licks his face. "Ew!" He pushes the animal away as he sits up and looks around. Cole, Jay, Eleanor, and Nya happily ate from bowls, while Chantal just picked at hers. Wu stood with Misako and Zane. "Misako got our message." Kai smiled as he walked up to them. "And you made breakfast. Good, I'm starving!"

"We put your plate down over there." Nya told him, pointing to a nearby log, only to see a Walloper eating his breakfast.

Kai groans.

"Here, have mine." Chantal gives him her bowel. "I'm not hungry."

Kai quickly starting eating.

"As far as I knew, the tomb was only a fable, until I saw what's on the staff." Misako started.

"Does she know what the symbol means?" Kai asked.

"Not the last two yet, but get this: the first symbol means Airjitzu." Cole answered.

"Airjitzu?" Kai repeated.

Eleanor's face lit up. "Of course!" She cried in realization. "A lost martial art created by Sensei Yang, who passed years ago. If mastered, it allows one to temporarily take flight!"

Misako nods. "That's right."

"You hear that, Kai? We get to fly!" Jay said cheerfully.

"You haven't found it yet." Wu said. "The Scroll of Airjitzu is well guarded in the ancient Library of Domu."

"Forgive me if I speak out of turn, but my records reveal it was recently stolen." Zane said, making Jay gasp.

"By who?"

"Ah, let me guess." Cole growls. "Ronin."

"Who's Ronin?" Chantal asked.

Kai placed his hand on her shoulder. "Let's just say he's not a friend."

"But this is good news!" Jay exclaimed, making Eleanor give him a funny look.

"How is that good news?" She asks.

Jay looks at her. "If Morro doesn't know this, he'll be heading to the library."

"And Ronin's most likely holed up in the village of Stiix, which gives us a head start." Cole states.

"Then it's set." Wu said. "The boys will head to Stiix. I'm sorry Eleanor, you'll have to stay behind with Chantal and Nya." He said. "We'll head back to the tea shop and start deciphering the next clue."

"Of course, Sensei." Eleanor bows to him, while Nya folds her arms.

"Why can't I go?" The sister of the fire Ninja asked. "The Ninja will need my help to."-

Wu turns to her. "I'm sorry, Nya. You're sitting this one out." He cuts her off. "There's too much to be done."

Jay, Cole and Zane easily get on their Walloper, but Kai has trouble.

"Uh, ok." The fire Ninja pats the animal. "Stand still." He tries to climb up, but vaulting over the sadle and lands on the other side before getting up and gets onto the animal with a groan. "Don't worry, sis. With me in charge, this scroll will be ours in no time."

"Cause time flies when you know Airjitzu!" Jay said cheerfully. "Get it? Haha!"

"Be careful, Ninja." Wu warns. "For the path we seek is never a straight line. Rely on each other to guide your way."

Cole, Jay and Zane start to leave, but Kai is having trouble with his Walloper. "Wait up!" He yells, trying to move his Walloper. "I'm supposed to be leading here!"