A/N: I'm not dead! I'm just dealing with a long amount of writer's block and laziness
Jay and Lloyd spent the night in a makeshift tent just outside of Cole's hometown. "Jay?" Lloyd asked the future ninja. Jay glanced at the cute little past version of the green ninja. "Yeah, bud?" "What do you think is up there in the sky?" Jay shrugged. "You'll see some of it in a year, but space isn't as cool as those Starfarer comics make it out to be."
Lloyd sighs. "Oh… are there at least any aliens?" Jay nodded with a chuckle. "They mostly proved themselves to be a nuisance, except when we found out that they ate metal…. Which basically meant that Zane was in danger of being an alien-beetle-buffet."
Lloyd gave Jay a strange look. "Zane's not made of metal," he claimed. Jay shrugged. "Zane should have found out he was a nindroid two days ago." Lloyd blinked. "Nindroid?" Jay responded with a chuckle. "It's a pun on 'ninja' and 'droid' that I, well, my past self made up." Lloyd nodded. "It's gonna be weird when we have two Jays to keep track of," he replied after a few moments.
Jay smiled. "Just call me Blue then," he reasoned. "It's better than Sparky, Sparkplug, or Moter-mouth." Jay then glanced back at the sky with a sigh. I hope I can go home soon, especially when the Devourer and the Overlord are going to attack within the next few months.
The rest of the night was uneventful and Jay found himself leading Lloyd down the streets the next morning. Jay had to admit that he was a bit unfamiliar with the place, so he began to ask a few people if they knew about a flying ship or at least where he could find a guy named Lou. Ironically, he found the Destiny's Bounty first.
Deciding to not overwhelm Nya with an elemental dragon, Jay decided to just wave up at Nya. It took a few minutes, but Nya finally noticed Jay and Lloyd.
Nya let Jay up into the Bounty and hugged him tightly. "Blue! Lloyd!" She let Jay go and gave the two ninja a confused look. "How did you escape the snakes?" Jay responded with a sigh. "Look Nya," he began. "I don't have amnesia anymore and I figured out so many things like the fact that I surely must have used the element of lightning in front of the Skulkin. I figured out why Garmadon was obsessed with me."
Nya raised a brow. "What's the reason?" Jay had a reluctant grimace on his face. "That's because I am the master of lightning, but from at least five years in the future." Nya paled. "No wonder I thought Jay was your long long brother! That's because you're the same person!" Jay smiled awkwardly. "I got sent back by some old enemies of Wu that aren't related to Garmadon in any way." Nya recomposed herself. "That explains Wu's high focus on you," she replied.
Jay nodded with a sign. "So how are the others doing with obtaining the first Fangblade?" he asked. Nya chuckled. "Shouldn't you know what the boys are doing?" Jay nodded. "It honestly doesn't hurt to check if you messed up the time-steam considering some choice words that Wu will use." Lloyd seemed confused. "What are they?" Jay sighed. "It kind of goes like this: Change one thing, change everything." Jay shrugged. "Or at least I think that was how they went." Jay frowned. "I can't believe I've been out of commission for a year. The future is bound to be in a panic after Ninjago is saved for the tenth time or so."
"Are we that good?" Nya asked. Jay grinned. "Pretty much! It doesn't help that the longest time between an attack on Ninjago City happens to be a year." Lloyd's eyes widened. "Am I involved in anything?" the blonde ninja asked. Jay's face was thoughtful for a moment, but became grim shortly after. "Saving Ninjago isn't fun and games," he sighed. "I'd love to make jokes on my current state and how Scales is a monster…." Jay trailed off and everyone was silent.
The future ninja finally broke the silence. "As long as I don't interfere, Cole's totally going to reach his true potential tonight." Jay chuckled. "They'll be back tomorrow. Meanwhile, I'm going to cook myself a meal and don't worry, I've definitely improved enough to be second to Zane in the future." Nya smiled. "You know Zane's a nindroid then." Jay nodded. "The best one there is." Lloyd sighed. "So Blue's right." Jay nodded.
"So you're telling me that you're me from the future!?" Past Jay gasped. Jay nodded. "Oh tell me!" Past Jay gleefully demanded. "Do I end up with Nya?" Jay chuckled. "You already are with her," he replied. Past Jay was blushing hard now.
Kai narrowed his eyes. "So let me get this straight, we took a future teammate into our care?" Jay nodded. "I should've done more when you were captured." Kai's look was thoughtful. "So…. Do you know how I obtain my true potential?" Jay paled. "Oh crud… I messed up bad…" Cole and Zane gave Jay a concerned look and for a moment Jay remembered how he missed the old Zane, but that wasn't the biggest problem. "I revealed Lloyd as the Green Ninja too early and-" Jay looked at Kai. "And you were supposed to be the one to figure it out! You basically gained your true potential by saving Lloyd!" Kai's jaws dropped. "Wait!" Jay told the others. "I think his true potential was rooted to something deeper than simply saving the Green Ninja." Jay narrowed his eyes in thought for a moment. "Do you have confidence issues, Kai?" Kai's open flinch answers the time traveler's question. "So that's what's holding you back."
Cole finally decided to speak up. "Is anybody upset over the fact that we basically lost the first Fangblade?" Past Jay nodded, his blue eyes still sparkling with excitement. Jay shrugged. "We'll be fine as long as Wu doesn't fail his journey, which is incredibly unlikely." Jay smirked. "Besides, Wu will be home tomorrow." And he'll probably be upset with how I gave up on not changing the future.