Jay and Lloyd were approached by Wu just before they retired to their beds, that night. Lloyd seemed to be attempting to hold back a smirk but Wu hadn't noticed. "Lloyd? Blue?" Jay blinked. Should I be knowing what's happening next? I can't truly predict the future! "Yes, Uncle?" Lloyd replied.

Wu had a thoughtful look on his face. "I may have misplaced my lesson book," the elderly man explained. "So I ask you two to attempt to sabotage an item belonging to each of my four students and pin it on one another." Lloyd grinned excitedly. "Sweet! Pranks!" Jay just stared at Wu, silently. "Why do we need to do this?" he asked warily. It can't be something evil, right? Wu chuckled in good nature. "Without the lesson book, I've decided to teach my students about the power of rumors."

Jay smiled. "That's not actually a bad idea." I can definitely see rumors as an obstacle. Yesterday, everyone was convinced by the fact that, because Wu repaired my gi, I was more important than the rest. I don't think I'm the biggest player in this time period. Lloyd cheered excitedly. "Let's do it tonight!" Wu nodded. "I must retire to my bed now, but good luck."

After Wu left, Lloyd decided to come up with the first idea. "Remember how Cole was working on that Violet Berry Soup for the last three days?" Jay nodded. "He was very determined to get that perfect." "Let's tamper with it and pin it on Jay!" Lloyd decided. Jay chuckled. My poor, poor past self!

…

The night was long and Jay ended up waking up late, so Lloyd had pulled him out of bed to see the reactions. Now Jay was in the middle of the results, trying to keep a straight face. Zane was in a pink gi, Cole gagged half-way through his claim, Past Jay had a couple bruises, and Kai was complaining about something as stupid as a video game. Eventually Wu told the four angry ninja that he had asked Lloyd and 'Blue' to sabotage their items last night and blame it on them.

"What is the point of this?" Cole asked Wu? "We were as solid as steel!" Wu smirked. "Now you know the power of rumors!" Cole frowned. "Rumors? What about defeating the serpentine?" Wu looked at the ground. "Well," he began. "The truth is that I may have misplaced my lesson book."

Kai rolled his eyes. "You mean this?" Kai pulled a small book out of one of Lloyd's back pockets. Jay gasped. "Clever," he mused. Past Jay and Zane glanced at each other. "I sure hope we don't have a mission today," Zane sighed. Past Jay nodded. "We'll need several cycles to clean your gi," he replied.

Zane's hopes were shattered when Nya called the team into the control room. "Apparently," she began. "The Hypnobrai tribe that has been on the loose seems to be approaching two more tombs after spending a short while in the Sea of Sand." Past Jay narrowed his eyes. "H-how?" Nya pointed to a picture of Ninjago's serpent icon. "Their dens are aligned with it," she explained.

"Lloyd freed the Hypnobrai here." Nya pointed to an area on the snake. "They were here only a few hours ago." Nya pointed towards the middle of the snake. "I can only assume the Fangpyre lived here." Nya pointed in between the first two spots, the area still aligned with the snake. "Which means there must be others over here." Nya pointed to the area where the Hypnobrai are heading. Wu nodded. "There are at least two other tribes if the Hypnobrai have reached the Anacondrai den in the Sea of Sand."

Past Jay groaned. "More splitting up?" he asked. "The last time we split up, Samukai tied three of us up in an ambush and stole the Golden Weapons we had!" Jay sighed. Nice to know that the team almost lost when Nya and I were either tied up in a truck or hanging in a volcano!

Cole shrugged. "We're better now, Jay," he told Past Jay. "We'll live." Zane glanced down at his gi. "I might never live down this. How am I supposed to strike fear into my opponents?!" Lloyd mouthed 'sorry' at Jay and he felt bad for the boy. "Can I come?" Lloyd asked the ninja. Wu shook his head. "Not only is it too dangerous," Wu told his nephew. "You also have to help me repair the trouble you caused by stealing my book." Lloyd groaned in complaint.

Jay was about to go help Lloyd, when Kai came up to him. "Blue?" Kai asked. "Would you like to go with Jay and I to secure the Venomari den?" Jay gasped in surprise. "Me?" Kai nodded. "Jay," Kai explained, looking at Past Jay. "He's sometimes a bit distracted." Jay nodded, somehow understanding what was going on. "I'll come."

…

The Toxic Bogs stank! It took Jay quite a while to get used to the fumes as he rode behind Kai on his Blade Cycle. Kai stopped when the path ended in an acid lake. Jay and Kai waved up to Past Jay who had to land due to lack of landing space up ahead. "Should we take the vines?" Past Jay asked with a burst of excitement. Kai nodded. "There's nowhere else to go." Kai turned to Jay. "Can you handle it Blue?" Jay shrugged. "I suppose there's only one way to find out!" Before Kai could say anything about trying here being suicide, Jay managed to swiftly pull himself over the acid lake through vine swinging. "It's not that hard," Jay called back.

Past Jay gawked as he and Kai swang across the acid lake after Jay. "He's way better at this than I am!" he told Kai. "I need to up my game!" Kai nodded, gazing somewhere else. "Yeah," he muttered, completely distracted. "I'll prove that I'm strong." Before Past Jay could say anything about Kai's thought process, he was alerted to Jay. "Um, guys," he called. "I think I found the entrance!"

"I looks like our job is almost over," Kai mused to himself. Past Jay rolled his eyes. "Yeah, Hothead," he muttered. "We still have to see if the snakes are still in there!" Past Jay and Jay pushed the door open, only to find the tomb empty. "Kai," Past Jay called. "They're missing!" Jay turned around. Kai wasn't there. "Um, Jay?" Jay asked his past self. "Kai's not here!" Past Jay facepalmed. "You look that way and I'll look this way," he told Jay. Jay nodded. "Okay!"

Jay pushed his way through the leaves and called for Kai. "Kai?" Jay sighed. I can't believe the master of fire had to get lost on an island in an acid lake! How stupid is he to wander off!? Jay eventually found Kai telling an oddly deformed frog off for startling him. At least he was aware of the dangers in The Toxic Bogs. "Um, Kai?" Jay asked. Kai whipped around. "Blue?" He glanced around. "I thought you were with Jay!" Jay shook his head. "You were missing and we decided to split up and find you." Kai sighed. "Fine," he muttered. "You caught me." Jay stood still. "Caught you?" Kai nodded. "I was trying to prove my strength to Sensei Wu, so I can be more than Lloyd's support group in the future." Jay looked on thoughtfully. This reminds me of someone I think I once knew. "You aren't just support," Jay told Kai. "I'm pretty sure that you are more than that, Kai. You are young and strong. The prophecy doesn't mean everything!"

Kai shrugged. "I suppose I could understand where you're coming from," he replied, turning towards the acid lake. "Sensei sees more in you than just being one of the chosen. Before Lloyd was found to be the Green Ninja, I thought I could be him as we- argh!" Jay gasped as a bright green serpentine raised its scaly head out of the lake and spat at Kai's eyes. "Kai!"

The serpentine chuckled in a high pitched voice. "Naw!" It chirped. "Did I ruin a cute little moment?" It blinked its four yellow eyes excitedly. "This would be sssso much cuter than that new weakling general, Pythor, if I didn't have to stop you!"

Jay gasped as Kai lost his balance and fell onto him. I recognize the name Pythor. It doesn't sound that weak! Jay glared up at the now identified Venomari. "Stop us!?" Jay huffed. "You snakes are a danger to the people! We already had to save Jamanukai from the Hypnobrai!" Well, Jay thought. At least Kai and my past self were involved.

Kai shuddered. "Why am I seeing gingerbread men and gnomes!?" Jay was concerned now. "What is in that stuff!?" he asked the Venomari, in a slight outrage. The Venomari chuckled. "It's only going to immobilize him through sight," it chirped. "We don't want him to trap us in the tomb again, do we?" The Venomari then glared at Jay. "This means we have to immobilize you as well!" Jay attempted to pull himself out from under Kai, in an attempt to avoid the inevitable next action of the Venomari, but his reaction time was too slow with Kai on top of him. The Venomari quickly and accurately spat its venom into Jay's eyes.

The venom stung slightly at first, but then Jay began developing a splitting headache from the warping sight. He closed his eyes tightly. Eventually the headache went away after a few seconds, but when he opened his eyes, he gasped. Kai looked older? Jay sort of knew that this wasn't real, but it did seem so! This Kai was adorned with a more bold gi than the one he was wearing only seconds ago. This new Kai also seemed less arrogant and seemed to look tired. Jay tried to gaze where the Venomari was, but instead he saw something else. It was a more deformed looking crimson snake whose body seemed unstable and insecure. Jay didn't know why, but he felt more anger towards it than fear.

Jay eventually couldn't shake off the feeling off, so he ended up tackling the snake who had made him feel that way. What slipped off his tongue next, truly made him wonder what his amnesia made him forget. "Go fly a kite, Viridian!" The next moment, Jay felt like he hit his head hard against something else and everything went black. His last thought was: Hey! This reminds me of the incident in Ignacia!

When Jay opened his eyes, he knew that something was wrong. It's like Garmadon's portal, but different! Jay was in a portal. Rather than being bright blue, however, it was a mix of red, blue, and gold. How did I get here? Before Jay could think about it, the portal abruptly ended and Jay found himself falling above Ignacia. "Great FSM!" he screamed. "It's over!" Jay landed hard on his head and in the very last second he realized that he did indeed travel back in time. Oh, crud.

…

When Jay opened his eyes again, he found his eyesight to be significantly better. He quickly realized that he was on the Bounty when he saw Wu sitting next to him, looking concerned. "Never again," Jay muttered. Wu sighed in relief when Jay spoke. "I see you remember being hit by the Venomari venom," he murmured. Jay nodded. "The stuff I saw looked way too real compared to Kai's gingerbread men and gnomes." Wu chuckled. "Yes," he assured. "Earlier at dinner, Kai was stuffing food on his cheek and complimenting my beard because of what he saw." Jay nodded. "What I saw was definitely different," he told Wu. "I saw Kai, but he was only older. As for the Venomari, I think it was now something I called a Viridian." Wu nodded. "This might have been your amnesia trying to break through," he told Jay. "You might regain your memories soon. Then we have to find a way to return you to your time without breaking our time." Jay nodded. "I think I would miss you guys," he murmured. Wu chuckled. "You wouldn't have to look far for them, Jay." Jay froze. "Did you call me Jay because my past self isn't around?" Wu nodded. "Clever," he mused. "The team had to go stop Skale from reuniting the tribes, but Lloyd is still in the other room getting ready to sleep."

"I assume that Kai had recovered from the venom, right?" Jay asked Wu. Wu nodded. "The effects were fading as he left," he replied. "He should be just fine." Jay had another question. "Is Zane still pink?" Wu nodded. "Lloyd's taking a rest after so many loads, but he's close to done," Wu replied. "I'm going to take care of the rest."

…

Two hours went by and the other ninja had returned. Kai seemed to have the most tired look on his face. "I hope we don't try that again," he muttered. Cole and Zane, however, seemed more excited. "Not only has Kai's effects worn off," Zane began in excitement. "We've used the destructive power of rumors against the serpentine!" Zane shrugged. "Well," he explained. "The Fangpyre didn't come and we were all nearly captured, but I was able to escape the Constrictai, with the help and luck of pink camouflage, and save the others for an escape. In other words, we barely managed to keep the tribes apart."

Past Jay rolled his eyes. "Zane," he complained. "You ruined our cool!" Lloyd came up beside Wu. "It took us a while, but Zane's gi is white again!" He then proceeded to give Cole a can of nuts. "Sorry Cole," Lloyd murmured. Cole grunted in response. "It's probably just going to have snakes in it." Cole opened the fridge and was bombarded in rubber snakes. "Oh," he muttered as everyone laughed.