8:00 a.m
"WAKEY WAKEY, RISE AND SHINE!" Shi obnoxiously yelled.
Kavi yawned. "Shut up Shi, you'll probably wake the neighbors up," she groggily reprimanded.
Amu also awoke. "We should probably be getting those on again," she muttered, pointing to the ninja suits. She started pulling on her ninja suit.
"Hey, I wonder how long it has been on Earth," she thought.
"Lemme check my phone- it was in my pocket for whatever reason. But first, let's change."
Five minutes later, the girls were all changed and were sitting outside, looking at photos on their phone.
"… and this was you on the first day of school, wasn't it Amu?"
Amu giggled. "Yeah," she agreed.
"And this was me in my karate belt test for a red belt," Kavi said. "See, I'll show you some techniques." Kavi launched into a series of combative and forms.
But while Amu was watching, she could see a faint figure a few yards in front of her.
She turned around… and saw two more.
To her right and left each, a black stealth ninja was there, slowly advancing in them. Kavi quickly finished up her moves and bowed.
"Spectacular, huh?" she asked.
"Er… remember that feeling you got when we were being followed?" Amu asked.
"Yeah, but why?"
"Because I'm getting the feeling we're being watched."
And at the same time of the last word, Kai, Cole, Jay, Zane, and Lloyd pounced on the girls, weapons raised, ready to strike.
Kavi's initial reaction was to unsheath the sword she had in her bag and counter the other sword attacking her. Then, she blocked two shuriken being thrown at her head. And finally, she dodged a blast of green energy. She quickly glanced at Amu to see how she was doing. She was fighting two on one fairly well, with her scythe.
It was then that Kavi noticed that she was fighting not only two ninjas, but three. Remembering what Master Instructor said in her sparring lessons, she focused on the ninja with the sword and tried not to get in the center of all of them. Amu noticed what she was doing and mimicked her, focusing on the person with the other scythe.
The fight slowly got more intense as time wore on. Kavi quickly switched out her sword for kamas and threw the sword at Amu, who sheathed her scythe and caught it. Suddenly, Kavi was fighting with new vigor, a newfound source of energy, and was quickly driving all three ninja back with the double blades. It was, however the opposite for poor Amu, who had minimal knowledge in fighting.
Then it happened.
One of the ninja yelled "Ninja-go!" And spun very fast. Fire enveloped him in a tornado. At first, Kavi thought it was a Transformation. But she soon realized it was a stronger attack and dived the opposite direction, away from the fierce burn. Then she wondered, Were these the same ninja chasing them earlier?
Another ninja did Spinjitzu, this time it felt cold and bitter- like ice. She dodged the attack. She witnessed Spinjitzu in Lightning, Earth, and some green one too. She and Amu were soon pressed back to back, all five ninja attacking with Spinjitzu.
"What are we gonna do?" Amu cried.
"I know," Kavi said. "They've shown us their special powers. Now it's time for us to show ours."
"Oh!" Amu winced- part because she'd just been lightly rapped in the head with a nunchuck and partly because of epiphany.
"Character Change!" Amu's X clip changed into a heart shaped one, and Kavi's belt turned black.
The ninja were slowly closing in with Spinjitzu. At the last second, both girls back flipped out of the spot, now standing behind them. The ninja collided and fell, but quickly got back up.
Anytime they did Spinjitzu, Amu hovered over them. Or Kavi demonstrated a master karate move. She uppercutted, crescent kicked, and many advanced kicks. The fight was at its highest point. Just when it looked like it could rise no higher-
"STOP!" yelled Sensei Wu. He approached the ninja who bowed to him. "Sensei," they all murmured.
Abruptly, Amu and Kavi's Changes ended.
"Wait... what's going on?" Amu finally managed to say.
"You both fight well for amateur ninja," Wu started.
"Who ARE you? Sir?" Kavi inquired.
"Thank you for not only showing me respect but leading us into the perfect topic. My name is Sensei Wu, matter of Spinjitzu."
"Spin Jiu Jitzu?" Amu asked.
"You'll learn later. Now, I apologize for the sudden attack on you by my students-" he motioned his hand towards the stealth ninja- "-but at the same time, this was no accident."
"Wait, WHAT? But I thought a monastery was for-" Kavi started.
"Moving on... We're low on time... Please reveal yourselves."
The ninja with the sword took off his hood. "Kai, Ninja of Fire."
Followed by the one with the shurikens. "Zane, Ninja of Ice."
Then the one with the nunchucks took off his hood. "Jay, Ninja of Lightning."
"What's up-" Jay started.
Zane elbowed him. "Not now, Jay," he simply said.
"Cole, Ninja of Earth." The one with the scythe took off his hood.
"And Lloyd, Ninja of Creation." The last one who had blasted the energy revealed his face.
"Now, you must do the same and see what's behind the hoods, then," Wu said.
"Are you sure?" Amu questioned.
"It is only tradition."
They both took off their hoods… very slowly. The ninja all gasped.
"What!? They're GIRLS?" Cole said in surprise.
"We were beaten by GIRLS?" Lloyd gasped.
"Hello, have some respect for Nya and P.I.X.A.L too! If Nya can be Samurai X and P.I.X.A.L could work in Borg Industries, then why can't they be ninja?" Kai said.
"Kai is right," Wu said with firm resolve. "Now, what are your names?"
"Uhhhhh… ok," Amu started. "I'm Amu Hinamori, Ninja of- of… uh, Kavi, what ARE we?" she whispered to her.
"What she's TRYING to say is that we are Guardian Jokers from er… Earth," Kavi finished. "Oh, and BTW I'm Kavi Goneru."
"Guardian WHAT?" Jay asked with a puzzled look.
"They can explain in the Monastery, Jay. Everyone inside," Wu ordered.
"Yeah, we can explain inside," Amu said. "But… um… by any chance does one day here equal a second on Earth?"
"According to my internal universe clock system, it does," Zane counted. "Why do you ask?"
Kavi elbowed Amu hard in the ribs. "No reason," she replied.
When everyone was seated in comfortable armchairs in the living room, Sensei Wu started the talk.
"So, what brings you here?" Wu implored.
"It's a kind of long story…" Amu warned.
"I tend to like long stories the most," Wu answered. "Now, please start."
So Amu told everything- how they'd been shocked when they appeared in the beds of Ninjago one night of their sleepover, their purification of the X-Eggs, and their spying to the time they disguised themselves as ninja and their point of view of the previous battles.
"… then you came and… you know the rest," Amu finished.
"Well, I see that this is also no accident then. But we didn't do it on purpose either. I think since you have told your tale, now we shall say ours."
So each ninja told bits of the story- from Zane's sacrifice to his revival to Kai's True Potential to the Fire Temple and the loss of the Techno Blades to the battles and then now.
"We saw you fight the X-Eggs," Kavi said. "I think you all did very well."
"Kavi, do you happen to know more about X-Eggs?" Lloyd asked serenely.
"All children from the youngest babies to the oldest teens hold an egg in their soul. The egg of their hearts, yet unseen. When one punishes their dreams, which is punishing their Egg, they become X-Eggs- or sometimes something worse. That's where we Jokers come in. Our job is to purify those Eggs of excess bad feeling," Kavi narrated.
"Oh my god," Jay dramatized.
"Oh, and speaking of feeling, we kind of miss our Techno Blades, so…?" Cole asked.
"Nope, we're NOT giving them back until we find a way out of here," Amu said stubbornly.
"There goes her stubbornness again," Ran whispered to the other Guardian Characters.
Zane tensed. "I just heard someone whisper. Who was that?"
"I didn't hear anything!"
"Oh well…" Zane shook his head and looked down. It was then that he noticed Kai had been silent the whole time and he looked like he was thinking of something.
"Why are you so serious, Kai?" Zane asked.
"I have a deal to make with you," Kai said, slowly looking up. "If you give us the Techno Blades back, then we'll teach you Spinjitzu."
However, Amu was STILL stubborn, and crossed her arms like a brat. "I don't care about Spinjuju or whatever it is, when I can Transform and I have my Guardian Characters."
"Dude, just shut up!" Kavi finally said. "What will losing the Techno Blades do? All it's been is a burden on us. And I think it's a good thing to be learning another martial art."
Kavi stopped ranting.
"I'm with you, Kai," she said.
"Ooooh, she just said your name!" Jay teased.
"She just said your name!" Lloyd mimicked.
"I think it's a fair agreement," Wu agreed. "Well, it's secured: both of you please hand over the Blades now. Your training starts tomorrow. I have something very important to show you all too, so might as well come with me."
"Uh… do we have to give these up too?" Kavi asked, holding the kamas.
"Those are your weapons. However, I recommend they go in the weapons room, which we will be going to now," Wu answered.
Everyone followed Sensei to a deserted corridor and opened the only door at the end of it. Behind it was a very spacious room filled with many weapons from training bokkens to real ninja stars.
"Hello, brother," Garmadon said. "I see you have come to show them the weapons?"
"Yes."
"And who are the two girls in the back? I don't recognize them."
"Oh, new students. I am allowing them also to see the weapons."
"But these weapons hold such great power- do you really think they are ready?"
"Well, it won't hurt to let them see at least."
"Very well. I will bring them in," Garmadon finished.
"Great power?" Lloyd wondered.
"I wonder what Sensei Garmadon means," Zane thought aloud.
"Eh… maybe it's like the Green Ninja," Cole said, passing a look at Lloyd, who shrugged his shoulders.
"Well, whatever it is, let's just see it and get over with it," Kai muttered.
"Whoa, look at all these weapons!" Amu exclaimed.
"You're acting as if you've never seen a sword in your life," Kavi said in a bemusing manner.
"Which I don't think you have, you were just lucky you beat us," Lloyd chipped in.
"Are you kidding me!? I know how to fight with at least five different types of weapons," Kavi argued.
The other ninja turned around in surprise. "What academy do you go to?" Zane asked.
"Dragon Teeth Martial Arts."
"Never heard of it," Jay replied.
"How come you HAVE used weapons?" Cole inquired.
"I'm a black belt in karate."
"Oh, I see. So you're already learned a form of martial art, I guess," Kai said.
"Is Spinjitzu any different?"
"That's a question to ask Sensei Wu," Kai replied. "Oh, here he comes now!"
Sensei Wu and Garmadon came in with two items. One was a staff with hearts on it, and Wu was carrying a fairly wide box.
When everyone looked at the staff, they all burst out laughing.
"You guys are calling THAT a powerful weapon?" Amu hiccoughed. "It's just a decked out staff!"
"I must say, it does look a little awkward," Zane agreed.
"This is the Staff of Love," Garmadon said loudly. "You might want to show some respect for it." He thudded the staff on the floor and all the boys felt overcome with a sense of love, and they all fainted. Garmadon tapped the staff again, and everyone quickly stood up.
"Hey, what was that for!?" Jay yelled in anger.
"That was to demonstrate that love is truly a powerful weapon," Wu muttered. "Now everyone come around. I will now present to you the most powerful weapon in the world."
Everyone gathered around the box in wonder. Very carefully, Wu undid the clasps that held the weapon and opened it. Everyone gasped.
It was shining faintly- a strange weapon that had two handles on opposite ends attached to a Yin Yang symbol.
"What IS that weapon, Sensei?" Kai asked.
"I think Kavi should tell us," he replied.
"These weapons are kamas," she said. "Two sticks with two sharp blades, so be careful. It looks like the blades join together to make this symbol."
"Correct. Which is why they are named the Yin Yang Kamas."
"Try saying that three times fast," Jay joked.
"I will warn you that they have much power- far too much that any one of you can harness as of now- so no one will do as so even touch the box or you will be punished. Is that understood?"
"Yes, Sensei," everyone acknowledged.
"However," he said. "I know that these weapons belong to one of you, and by one of you, I mean anyone."
"Really! So why can't we use it?" Kai asked wirily.
"Will it lead to disastrous consequences?" Zane questioned.
Sensei Wu chuckled. "Yes, if used improperly. Besides, we don't know whom it belongs to yet."
"Okay!" Lloyd snuffed. "No touching. Big deal," he said.
"I don't even want to get close to a weapon anymore anyway," Amu muttered, crossing her arms.
"There she goes," Miki sign languaged.
"Enough admiration, students, let us all eat dinner. You two are invited to stay with us as long as time permits," Garmadon said, the last words directed towards the girls.
"Dinner?" Jay asked. He stuck out his tongue in disgust. "Oh no…"
"I hate to ask you this Sensei, but I happen to be vegetarian, so I hope you can provide for me," Kavi said.
"Oh, that won't be a problem, you'll fit right in!" Wu exclaimed happily. "You see, on a ninja's true path, they have to give up meat. So you're fine."
"Phew! Ok, good," Kavi breathed.
Meanwhile, Cole whispered to Amu:
"Did she say she's VEGETARIAN?"
"Don't mention it… uh, Cole."
"She's ballistic."
"Cole, shut up!" Kai whisper-shouted. "There's nothing wrong with being vegetarian!"
"How come you are being so nice today, Kai?" Zane asked.
"Uh…" Kai started.
"Anyway, let's go… eat," Jay said miserably.