Look at that, time has really flown by! Sorry guys, spring break took away some of my internet time, and I planned to post last week but you know the drill. However, this time... The chapter is not a filler!

Also, Myrana has never taken any self defense classes. She's just had too much time on the internet and looked up the 'best fight moves' or something YouTube. Admittedly, she only knows like one or two moves. Otherwise, she's just swinging something around and her actual threat is in her future knowledge. I did actually look up defense moves so that I could accurately write this, because I like to have accurate things in this story. I looked up concussions, I've looked up other things that are spoilers, the fight moves, etc.

Anyways, I want to thank you all for reviewing, following or adding this to your favorites! Enjoy!


Yikes, It had been a rough sleep. I sat up to see Kai training with Lloyd. Lloyd was punching Kai's hands, which had oven mitts on.

"Fists of fury! Hah, huah, hah! You can't even see a move I'm so fast! Hah!" Lloyd taunted.

"Save the gloating, it can only be used against you by your enemy." Kai advised.

"Oh please, I'm ready to face whatever you throw at me!" Lloyd retaliated, and he kicked Kai backwards, and Kai ran into the wall behind him.

"I see the student has become the teacher. You will learn faster, with lessons from the four Ninja." Sensei Wu stated, knowing it was practically fact.

"Great, now that the lesson's over, how about some target practice, on Kai." Cole joked, with a pot on his head. Zane had on a flowery apron, and Jay was holding a spoon.

"You will each get your turn. But first, I don't want you to be late for your next lesson with Nya." Sensei told Lloyd, and Lloyd looked disappointed.

"Aw, but when will I learn spinjitzu?" Lloyd whined, looking at Sensei.

"Ah, patience. It only be unlocked when the key is ready to be found." Sensei told Lloyd, and Lloyd instantly slouched down, looking at the floor sadly.

"Well, I'm sure that you'll learn soon. Besides, if you think about it, you'd be learning faster than these guys, who are much older than us. They learned as adults, you get to learn as a kid. Better than nothing, right?" I told Lloyd in hopes to get his spirit up.

"Oh, I didn't know you were awake, breakfast was a while ago. I can prepar-" I waved my hand at Zane's offer.

"It's okay. I think I should use up some of my rations anyways. I would rather have them now so that I may be able to pack fresh next time." I told Zane, and he nodded.

"Want to come with me to Nya's lesson?" Lloyd asked, giving me a hand up.

"Sure, I'll just pack my sleeping bag real quick." I said, and got the sleeping bag all set in thirty seconds. Huh, a new record.

"Let's go!" Lloyd cheered, and seemed to cheer up while I was around. We walked out of the room, and up a stairwell. I was already breathing hard by floor four, and I barely made it up set number five. I hate stairs now, and they are certainly spies for the Overlord or something. Not really, but they felt evil to me when I was almost ready to fall back asleep on the building rooftop.

"You alright?" Lloyd asked, panting only very slightly.

"Yeah, it's just that stairs are now my worst enemy." I sighed, and eventually caught my breath. Lloyd laughed for a bit at my joke, then we walked over to Nya, who was currently taking care of the ultra-dragon.

"Now that I've given him his medicine, he should be able to fly properly soon. But it's important to take care of him, because one day he'll be yours." Nya informed Lloyd.

"Mine? Really?" Lloyd asked in amazed disbelief.

"Sure, the elemental dragons were loyal to the four ninja, but ultra-dragon? He's meant for the green ninja." Nya smiled to Lloyd.

"Whoa, I never knew that!" Lloyd replied.

"See, even a samurai like myself can teach you a thing or two." Nya smirked.

"But, uh, I don't know how to fly." Lloyd stated to Nya, a bit worried that he wouldn't be able to handle the responsibility.

"It's all in the legs," Nya light-heartedly spoke, and Lloyd stomped his feet, "He'll be the fastest and strongest dragon in all of Ninjago!" Nya finished, and the ultra-dragon roared in good spirit.

"Looks like he's already feeling better!" Lloyd exclaimed.

"Go try to get some air big boy!" Nya encouraged, and the four headed dragon lifted off. Hopefully he could land later, this was a city after all.

"Well, so what will Lloyd be learning today?" I asked Nya, and she shrugged.

"Just some battle poses. I can only teach so much, due to not being one of the Ninja." Nya offhandedly replied.

"Starlord taught me a good one a few days ago. It looks like this." Lloyd smiled, looking at me and doing the street fighter pose, practicing the punches in real-time. I joined him, and we slowed to be in sync.

"So what's the pose for?" Nya asked, and we stopped our movements.

"It's called the street fighter pose, and it is equally balanced for striking, grappling and sprawls. You can defend yourself against headbutts, and do some open palm strikes while protecting yourself. It good for that at least, but I'm not sure how to do poses with any sort of weapon." I shrugged, and Lloyd walked over to Nya.

"She also taught me how to use sound, I still need to master it, but I've done pretty well so far." Lloyd seemed to be bouncing a bit, seemingly very excited about my compliments for his lessons.

"Yep! Lloyd really wants to go to an expert level that even I don't know how to achieve. He wants to be able to find small things like rings or something, and be able to do the technique in loud environments. Along with that, he wants to achieve even more, which I can guess it will take a lot of time, even for him." I explained to Nya, and she looked interested.

"Can you demonstrate for me Lloyd?" Nya asked, and Lloyd nodded. He closed his eyes, and snapped. His snapping was a bit quieter than before, but was still pretty loud. He walked around the building, careful to snap downwards just in case he might reach the edge.

"Find me Lloyd." I told him, and I moved to my right by ten feet. He started to snap around, first finding Nya, but found she was too tall to be me. So he turned around, and headed in my direction. When he was seven feet away, he snapped more feverently, finding a possible target. Lloyd snapped around me, and then smiled.

"Found you!" Lloyd yelled, and I as a test I tried to poke him. He blocked it like usual.

"Yeah, you got me. Nice job, you're getting faster. Along with that, you found us in an open area, with steep drops no less. Keep it up, and I'll really have to find a challenge for you!" I laughed, ruffling his hair. Lloyd's eyes were now open, and tried to stop me from messing with his plastic hair.

"Hey! That was uncalled for! I call payback ruffles!" He cried out, and tackled me. He was now ruffling my hood roughly, and I submitted.

"Yeah, I kind of deserved that. Okay, you can stop now." I told Lloyd, and he got off of me. Nya was almost gushing over there.

"I know sibling love when I see it, and I have to say you two look so adorable together as siblings!" She cheered. It was a bit embarrassing to hear her say that, but I took the compliment anyways. I mean, what else would we be if we weren't good siblings? Lloyd shrugged, and I was the first to stand. I pulled him up, and we dusted ourselves off. Even though we had practically no dust on ourselves. Amazing logic, am I right?

Then Nya taught us both some basic battle poses, and taught Lloyd how to block and defend. I did the same, learning as well. This was good information to learn, I could use it if need be. However, I was limited in long-range combat. I needed to improve on that, and Zane might be able to help me with that. After a short while, Nya walked with us down the stairs, and found Zane walking up to find us.

"There you are, I wished to ask if Lloyd and Starlord would be able to accompany us on our trip to find a suitable training area in the city. Sensei apparently has a solution for our transport problem." Zane stated, and I nodded.

"I think I can let 'em go. Have fun guys!" Nya said, which caused Lloyd and I to race towards Zane. I lost to Lloyd, but he was running, and I was speed walking. Zane motioned to follow him, and so we walked down the staircase. Reaching the bottom floor, my feet were tired again, as the stairs were steep. I hated not having an elevator, and I glared at the stairs before turning to the Ninja. We walked outside with Sensei, and the wise old man begun to speak.

"It's time we searched Ninjago City for a more suitable place to train Lloyd." Sensei assigned the Ninja.

"But Sensei, Ninjago City is huge! It'll take us all day to find it on foot!" Jay complained.

"And without our golden weapons, we have no spinjitzu vehicles. How are we going to get around town?" Zane asked, looking at his Sensei questionably.

"You'll learn to travel with these." Sensei spoke, pulling out a coin with a hole in it. I already knew what it was, but I thought it would be funny to hear them assume silly things.

"What are those?" Cole asked, looking at the coin.

"They can transport you anywhere you want to go within the city." Sensei told them, explaining their purpose.

"Like a magic portal?" Cole related.

"Ooh! Or a spinjitzu vortex?" Jay assumed.

"Wait a minute, these are bus tokens!" Cole exclaimed, figuring out what the coin was. He held up the coin, only to look inside the hole.

"Then let's find a bus stop. Believe me, I've seen cities much bigger than this place, so I'd say that coin is pretty valuable." I shrugged, and Cole gave me a bit of a glare in annoyance. We set off in search for a station, and found one nearby.

The bus was plain, no seatbelts or anything. However, public busses never really did have seatbelts unless it was a double decker. I swung my feet, waiting to get to Dareth's Dojo. The buildings outside blurred, and I saw the people go by. I guess the metro must have been in construction still. We were all quiet, which was awkward on the bus.

Eventually we reached the dojo. Perhaps I could help Lloyd with his powers later on in the dojo. I remeber the Ninja told him to control it, but never gave a complete explanation on it. I'd have to ask the Ninja individually about how their powers felt.

"This where Lloyd's going to train?" Cole asked dubiously.

"It's better than our dumpy apartment." Jay stated, looking at the small dojo.

We walked inside, and I stood next to Lloyd, being an emotional support. Dareth walked out, being the drama king he was.

"Welcome to Grand Sensei Dareth's Mojo Dojo. And I Dareth you to join my dojo." He spoke, mispronouncing Sensei every time. He then performed a sloppier kick than Lloyd when he was untrained. He continued to do sloppy moves, until he knotted himself up in the beads behind him. A few of the Ninja said 'uh' in confusion. He managed to twist himself free, and continued to boost his own ego.

"Face the wall of karate trophies. If you look closely, my name is on all of them. That is because I am a highly skilled karate machine." Dareth boasted. If I had met him in school, he would be the exact kind of person I would avoid. However, I knew he got better at handling his ego.

"Look Dareth, we were wondering if you could share your dojo. You see, we've been put in charge of training this little guy to become the greatest ninja in all of Ninjago." Kai told Dareth, and I wanted to correct Dareth's ego quite a bit.

"Not possible, for I am the greatest in the land. How many trophies do you have?" Dareth replied, and continued to boast.

"Look pal, we're the guys who just saved the city from that giant snake." Jay retaliated, and Dareth looked amused.

"Am I looking at Lord Garmadon? Because unless I'm stupid, wh-" Dareth started but I cut him off.

"You are ignorant. Not many in Ninjago know that the Ninja had to give up their golden weapons to Garmadon. Without the golden weapons, Garmadon would not have had the ability to save Ninjago. These guys and Garmadon had worked together, if only for the sake of Ninjago. You could not have the event happen unless both were present. So, do not believe Garmadon was the sole reason Ninjago was saved." I corrected Dareth, however still remaining polite. He gave me a look, curious about my statement. However, he disregarded me anyways. Jay looked happy to know I defended them.

"Fine, then I will let you train here, under only one condition. You can defeat me. If you succeed, we will share the dojo. That's right, I Grand Sensei Dareth, master of all animal fighting styles, challenge one of you to battle. I know the tiger, the python, penguin…" Dareth started, and Kai looked excited to lower Dareth's ego even more. He placed on his hood, and did the classic hand-to-palm punch. Darth screamed in fear as he was spun around by Kai's firey spinjitzu,and Kai finished after a few seconds.

"You might know animals, but we know spinjitzu." Kai almost sort of threatened.

"You can train in my dojo anytime!" Dareth spoke, much more scared than before.

"Good, we will need the space. Thank you Dareth. I'm sure this place will be used well." I politely said to Dareth, feeling a bit bad he got spun like that. However, I still quite disliked his attitude. Dareth didn't respond, which was unlike his character. Rather, he got up slowly, and headed to a bathroom.

"What shall we start with?" I asked the Ninja for Lloyd, who was looking a bit happier to be training here.

"Well, I was thinking we could start on the poles, and teach Lloyd how to move around silently." Jay suggested, and I looked to Lloyd for his answer.

"Sure! So, right over there?" He asked, and motioned to the various poles.

"Yep, so just get on them like so.." Jay demonstrated by jumping onto a short one and moved to my left side of the poles. Lloyd did the same, moving to my right. The two began standing one footed on the poles, and fought each other, with Lloyd doing a kick first, but Jay jumped back, avoiding the attack.

"You must be light on your feet." Jay told Lloyd, doing the same attack back, and Lloyd avoided. They continued for another short while, before Cole had set up a place for wood planks, and a wood table beneath. He guided Lloyd to the planks, and gave him some advice.

"When you strike with your fists, concentrate. You may be small, but you're strong." Cole told him, and Lloyd closed his eyes to concentrate. When he posed to strike, I jumped up, and Lloyd struck while I was airborne. The planks split into two, and so did the ground beneath. The rest of the Ninja fell backwards, in wake of the shockwave. I landed when the ground stilled, and I was glad I was not thrown back.

"That was the power of the Staff of Quakes! And you did it without the golden weapons!" Jay exclaimed. Um, Jay, I think you mispronounced 'Scythe' over there.

"That must be why you have the potential to be the greatest Ninja! You can harness all of the elemental powers!" Zane observed aloud.

"Really? Cool!" Lloyd said while looking down at his undamaged hands.

"With this power, you must be careful. You must control it, before it controls you." Sensei warned, and Lloyd looked a bit scared.

"I have to admit, not bad for a kid." Dareth spoke, walking in with two other students who held many boards.

"Yeah, as if causing thousands of Jyn of damage is only, 'not bad!' I'd daresay that was amazing, to hold such power within the strike of a fist! Be reminded I do not like your enormous ego, even Kai manages to hide his better than you." I glared at Dareth, and he once again ignored me.

"How about I strike down fifty boards? Stack 'em boys, and perhaps if I Grand Sensei Dareth break through them all, you'll allow me to join your team and become, the brown ninja!" Dareth tried to convince the Ninja, and still pronounced sensei wrong. I hate it when he mispronounces sensei. The rest of the Ninja started to smile in amusement.

"The brown ninja? You've gotta be joking!" Jay exasperatedly laughed.

"Sorry pal, club's already full." Cole told Dareth 'no' politely.

"Okay, okay, then maybe this demonstration of my super-human strength may persuade you. Jeffey, Phil, are we ready?" Dareth asked his two students, and they bowed.

"Yes Grand Sensei Dareth!" The two called out in unison.

"Observe." Dareth ordered, and he mumbled to himself. He did some weird motions, then prepared to strike the boards. He finally prepared his fist, and struck down on the boards, screaming a battle cry. The bottom of his claw fist turned a shade of red, and he started to scream in pain, jumping around with his fist held tightly. The Ninja laughed, and I joined in too. It was his fault he thought he could do that!

"Well, why not have Lloyd try it? Though this time, I want to see if I can really challenge him." I asked everyone, and they nodded.

"I bet he can do better than Dareth that's for sure." Kai laughed out, and I smiled underneath my hood. However, to help Lloyd, I needed to ask him a few questions first.

"So, I really want to give you a challenge Lloyd, but I need to ask you something first so that I can instruct you properly. When you struck those boards, how did you feel? How did the energy flow? Was it tiny and in one spot, or was it all throughout yourself?" I asked the boy, and he concentrated.

"It felt like that in my fist, something was heavy inside of it, and small too. Though it was powerful, and I felt like I could do anything with it." He responded, and looked down at his hand. He walked over to the boards with me.

"Alright, then I can work with that. So, I want you to concentrate on that, but this time, think that there is a ball of energy in your fist. Then take that energy and take away about three-fourths of it, and put the extra energy in your feet. That one-fourth that's in your fist, use." I instructed him, and he nodded. I watched as he focused, for about a minute he focused and we all remained silent. He then raised his fist. Lloyd's eyes opened in determination, and he struck down on the boards, his feet unmoving.

Lloyd's fist hit, and barely made it through all fifty, making the tiniest crack through the bottom board.

"I didn't crack the floor this time!" Lloyd cheered, jumping up next to me. I held his shoulders, and calmed him down.

"Just remember, you've got a long way to go. Learning takes time, and with that comes experience. We can practice other elements if you like, and we can get the basics down for all of them if you want. However, I think that decision is up to the Ninja a bit more than up to me." I told Lloyd, and he looked at his teachers with hope that he could learn.

"If you just taught him how to control an element in a few minutes, then go ahead, but make sure one of us is around." Cole answered, and his team nodded with him. Almost like an unanimous agreement, but shared between their minds.

"Alright then, I'm sure I can work with that. Though I'm lucky I was able to guess how Lloyd could control the earth element. I need to ask you guys questions about how your energy flows, as that flow can change the whole style of energy movement. Since Lloyd said it was small, compact and dense, I knew that he needed to put his energy to his feet, to keep him solid and steady. Though electricity can move much differently, zipping much faster and in the path of least resistance. Electricity might need a different strategy, while fire and ice are hard to place a single strategy to if one does not know where the energy comes from or flow." I told the Ninja, and they nodded again.

"We can answer questions like that. But what I want to know is how you even thought of that. What did you base your hunch over?" Kai asked, being the suspicious Kai he was.

"Where I am from, there are many diverse beliefs. Some people believed in certain energies and such, a common name being 'Chakra.' Each energy had a certain reason and strength, while being released and recharged in different ways. So, I had imagined the element earth to be slow and unmoving, which gave me the idea to tell Lloyd to move his energy to his feet. His feet when using earth should be solid and stable, while the ground provides the stable foundation he needs." I replied, answering Kai's question with much more information than I usually would. He took the extra information happily, slightly nodding in thanks. That's lot of nodding.

I heard screaming, and from the Ninja's reactions, they did too. Lloyd and I ran outside with the Ninja, and saw the 'Black Bounty' flying down the ship.

"Hey! That's our ship!" Jay exclaimed, pointing towards the flying boat.

"But, pirates?" Lloyd pointed out, seeing Captain Soto and his crew. I decided to step back slightly, preferring to stay in the shadows. Even though this wasn't exactly too important, it was the moment Lloyd learned spinjitzu, and I wanted to make sure everything went as it should. As Lloyd's position helped save and endanger Kai. It was a small faith moment, and I knew that it needed to stay the way it needed. Every moment counted, and I had to watch to keep the series on track.

"Pirates haven't been around for centuries!" Cole noted worriedly.

"I sense Lord Garmadon is somehow behind this." Zane spoke, looking towards the ship.

"How are we going to follow them?" Lloyd said, pointing out their transport problem.

"Perhaps this can be of some use!" Kai exclaimed, pulling out a bus token. Conveniently a bus had arrived at the dojo, and we boarded the bus quickly.

"I can't believe I'm saying this, but follow that ship!" Kai ordered and the bus immediately sped ahead, following the 'Black Bounty' down the street. I sat down in a chair, knowing that the bus would stop unexpectedly to save an old woman.

"I don't like Lloyd coming along." Kai spoke his mind, after a mere moment.

"Please please please? I'll be super good!" Lloyd tried to convince the small team.

"The powers inside you are still too great, too uncontrollable." Zane told Lloyd, kneeling down to meet him face-to-face for a moment, then raising to his full height.

"One of these days you'll be able to join us, sorry kid." Cole apologized in pity, and I watched as the Ninja climbed out of the top fire escape, the ship barely out of arm's reach. Then the bus honked, and the brakes were activated harshly, flinging me forwards quite a bit.

"Ow." I complained, having my head being thrust into the seat in front of me, which was plastic. Most cheap seats were plastic, so it made sense, but it still quite hurt. Luckily there was a small amount of padding, but very thin. After a few more seconds, I noticed a sword piercing through the roof of the bus in the front. Yep, the Ninja felt the brakes too. I got up, and went to help Lloyd, who was rubbing his head too. I knelt down, and pushed off his hood, and saw no visible injuries. Though I didn't take that as an all clear, here in Ninjago, serious injuries were hidden quite well. I wanted to be quite sure he was alright, and I didn't have much pain other than just the spot where I hit my head. I didn't suspect I had a concussion, nor did I have whiplash. Cartoon logic was easily at work here again.

"Do you have any pain in your neck, headaches at all?" I asked Lloyd and he shook his head no.

"I'm okay, just that running into the chair hurt a bit." Lloyd told me quickly, and I checked him a bit further.

"Any pain other than where you got hit by the chair?" I questioned Lloyd, careful to look at his reaction time.

"No, I'm alright. How about you?" Lloyd looked back, noticing my hand massaging my own hit point.

"I'm fine, I checked myself for anything, and I don't see the signs of anything major. Probably just a bruise." I reassured the little green ninja, and I pulled him up. We sat back down, and we waited another minute before the bus began moving, and the Ninja dropped themselves off unintentionally at a costume shop. I got off the bus with them, and I waved to Lloyd as he rode back to the dojo. I looked at the flying ship in front of us, with Dareth screaming for help.

"Dang it Dareth." Kai growled out, stomping towards the ship in anger.

"We need to get onboard that ship!" Cole exclaimed, looking towards the Black Bounty worriedly. I waited for Jay to notice the costume shop behind us. I waited until the four started talking to each other, plotting how to sneak onboard. This wasn't right, Jay was supposed to look at the costume shop and convince the others to get onboard! I waited about half a minute longer, then in sheer desperation and panic about the Ninja not being able to figure it out, I yelled at them.

"Hey! You know, I'd think that Ninja would be able to hide in more ways than one!" I cried out, pointing to the store behind me.

"You're right Starlord, it's genius! Come on, we don't have long!" Kai smiled, running into the store with the others. I didn't go in, I knew I wouldn't have to change anyways. I walked away, knowing the Ninja would be able to find their own way onboard. I found a local skyscraper, and went up to the roof. I had to wait for the boat to come around, and so I did. It was slow, but I found that it was a good speed, and it was close to par with the height of the building. I smiled, but knew doing this was extremely dangerous. Against my better judgement I walked to the edge, and looked down. Oh god, it was so far! I stepped back, eyes widening in fear.

"No, no no nope, please no." I whispered frantically, until I looked towards the boat, which looked like it was ready to rise higher in the sky. Dareth, or my safety? I chose Dareth quickly, despite him having a big ego.

"Let's go." I quietly urged myself on, and I ran forwards, looking only at the ship in front of me. I felt every step beneath me, only two to go, one, jump! I leaped, looking down to see the cars and concrete beneath, everything in slow motion. I screamed, until the ground turned into wood. Landing sloppily, I stood up shakily. I would really have to get used to things like that if I wanted to keep travelling with the Ninja.

"Another pajama man?" Captain Soto growled.

"Not quite Soto. You see, I've come here to enjoy the show. Keep pillaging, do whatever you wish. In repayment for my intrusion, I will clean your ship's floor." I spoke, attempting to reason with the pirate.

"Why should I let a landlubber like you onboard my ship with me crew?" Soto criticized, walking over to me with his one peg leg.

"As I have offered my services of cleaning your deck for a day, and I intend to do nothing other than watch the wonderful show of thievery you have put on. After all, aren't you the legendary captain in which nothing can stand in your way?" I tried to convince the captain, and by the looks of satisfaction upon his face, I think I got him.

"Fine, but get to it!" Soto warned, shaking his hook hand at me. I bowed slightly, and found someone who was already cleaning the deck. He gladly pushed the mop and bucket of water in my direction. I gave a soft nod, and started to clean, pushing the mop harshly into the floor. I often did not like manual labor, but Vastu was a good man and taught me to enjoy the fact that I could even do such labors. I will need to reply to him soon, and with a good sized letter about my situation right now. I think that he has been worried for a while, since I have not responded yet. I continued to wave the mop back and forth, watching the floor become clean from specks of dirt and grime.

I had continued cleaning the deck, then as time passed, I watched the Ninja board the boat. I took this as a cue to go towards the mini-prison the boat held. I walked inside, still holding the mop and bucket.

"Hello Garmadon, nice to see you again." I said kindly, starting to clean the floor in front of the cage he was stuck in.

"How did you get on board?" Garmadon asked incredulously.

"I proposed a deal, clean the deck for a day to watch the show. Simple as that. How are you doing, other than being in a cell? It seems like you're doing well, since you have a fancy golden staff of sorts in your hands." I shrugged, continuing to clean the floor.

"My weapon is none of your business. Though I will not deny that I have been doing quite well. Do not doubt that I will find a way to bring you and the Ninja down." Garmadon warned me.

"Threat duly noted. Though, I find that I do not intentionally side up with the Ninja. Due to certain complications, I have had to force my hand into their lives. It is most certainly not pleasant for me, and I fear I may have to take action against you for the betterment of time." I sighed, reflecting on the fact that the Ninja were starting to stray from the timeline.

"Well, I'll admit you are a very ambitious adversary. You are impulsive, but you do think ahead." Garmadon told me and I knew he was right.

"That is true, but then again, I am counting on events to happen without my influence. Sometimes, that does not happen, and I must act impulsively while still making the best decision for the future. I apologize for any actions I may have to do against you in order for the future to go as planned." I told Garmadon, while still watching the pirates outside.

"I can't say I'll accept that, but I will at least thank you for the warning." Garmadon said, as I finally heard Dareth screaming about his trophies.

"I must take my leave. Farewell." I responded.

I walked back out on deck, cleaning as I moved. Dareth was pushed over as I walked out. I saw Lloyd on the Ultra Dragon in the distance. Dareth screamed in fear as he fell down to Earth. Lloyd took his sweet time catching Dareth, being much closer to the ground than what should've been. I was worried for that egotistical idiot, he did have a heart somewhere, and could talk to sharks.

"Ninjago!" I heard the Ninja cry out, spinning into their ninja gi's.

"More pajama men?" Soto asked in anger.

"Where? I can't see!" No-eyed Pete asked.

"Ninjas versus pirates, who will win?" Kai asked, and the pirates let out a cheer of 'us' loudly in response. He Ninja showed their weapons, slicing each one menacingly against the air, until Cole sliced the feather atop Soto's head,

A rousing cheer of battle came from the pirates, as the two clashed, Zane causing a white fog to appear upon the deck, blinding me from the rest of the fight momentarily. I watched as each Ninja fought, until I heard Lloyd cry out above me.

"Ninjago!" He screamed out, hitting Zane and Soto.

"Pirate-go!" Soto yelled out in retaliation, recovering quickly. About to swing his sword down upon Lloyd, Kai rushed in and saved the boy.

"Lloyd! You're not supposed to be here!" Contrary to what time says, Kai. Kai tossed Lloyd into a barrel to keep him safe. It didn't quite work, as he hit pirates around him, and unintentionally hitting a lever to drop the anchor. Then Kai accidentally fell on top of Lloyd, not running on it like he should have been. In doing so, Kai pushed the lever before it hit ground, while I watched.

That wasn't supposed to happen. Lloyd was supposed to learn Spinjitzu while Kai was gone! Running into battle, I held Kai off and watched as Lloyd fought Soto inside the barrel.

"What are you doing? We have to protect Lloyd!" Kai yelled, furious I was standing in his way. I didn't reply, waiting until Lloyd performed Spinjitzu, then letting Kai go.

Kai had bigger issues than dealing with me, so he merely punched me roughly in the side, then heading off with his fellow Ninja to fight Soto. Lloyd started forming an energy ball, it was clear, but distorted the light around him, with green and white streaks all throughout the outside of the ball, much like the Auroras.

"Don't! Your powers are too uncontrollable!" Cole warned, but Lloyd did not listen. He held the energy for a mere moment, before hurling it at Soto. Soto slashed it away with his sword, ricocheting and hitting the mast instead. The mast tipped, then falling on it's side, pinning down the Ninja, while I swiftly stepped sideways, since I was close to the mast.

Soto climbed atop the mast quickly, as the Ninja crawled from underneath the mast.

"You lose, pajama people. Now you're walking the plank" He said menacingly, as he pointed his sword to the Ninja. The rest of his crew followed, laughing at the team of martial artists.

Then a thud was felt through the ground. Another followed, with two more ground shaking thuds as Nya arrived in her suit. Quickly, she used the mast as a weapon, picking it up and smacking away the pirates before actually putting the mast back. She was careful not to hit me, and I nodded in thanks.

Nya came out of her suit, showing off her own weapon, before slicing down the sails and landing atop of the slowly recovering Captain.

"Who wins between pirates and ninja? It's Samurai!" Jay joked, and Nya laughed. Jay sighed happily, and then Kai confronted me.

"Now why exactly were you stopping me from protecting Lloyd?" Kai furiously questioned, holding his sword to my face.

"He learned Spinjitzu, did he not?" I asked back, avoiding the question.

"That doesn't answer my question." Kai deadpanned. Darn, I had to watch out now. Kai wasn't as oblivious as I thought he was.

"Why should I tell you?" I looked at Kai, giving him a death glare.

"Because I care about Lloyd, and I was trying to protect him and stop the enemy. Now tell me!" Kai growled out, with his friends right behind him. The sword was dangerously close to my mask, pointing right at my forehead, poised to strike and reveal me.

"I care about Lloyd too, but time is a fickle thing. Should you have fought Soto off, then Lloyd would not have learned Spinjitzu. There, are you happy now?" I yelled back at Kai, pulling out my pen in fear.

"How do you even know all this? I thought you were just a kid!" Kai yelled back, the sword barely touching my mask, with Lloyd trying to stop Kai. Seeing Lloyd trying to stop Kai, I stepped back, giving Kai one last glare.

"Who said I wasn't a kid? Because right now, all I see is a ninja throwing a hissy fit." I taunted and Kai snapped. I was barely able to dodge Kai's sword, Lloyd yelling out in pain as he was flung aside.

"Lloyd!" I yelled out, hoping he wasn't hurt.

"You don't get to say that! You were all about letting the pirates have him just a minute ago!" Kai yelled, continuously swiping at me as I ran backwards. I may have had a pen, but I was no match for a true martial artist, let alone a sword. I finally tripped backwards, landing on the deck with a thud. Kai stood above me, not even panting as his sword was pointed towards my face and a foot on my chest.

"Give me answers or I cut off the hood! I'm tired of you being cryptic and letting Lloyd get hurt!" Kai yelled, as his friends started to tell him to calm down. I shook my head in refusal.

Kai kicked my pen away, my only defense other than my bare hands. It stopped a short distance from me, and was far away from any nearby edges, which I was thankful for. But I had bigger worries. Something just had finally snapped in me. A part of me that was withering away each day, what it was I didn't know.

"You'd go this far, taking the only thing I have left to find answers? I hardly have anything left of my home! Nothing but some clothes, knowledge and and identity that I don't want to share! It must be so hard for you, losing your parents and all, but I lost seven and a half billion people! I lost family, friends, my home! A whole universe and I'm still here, attempting to take care of another! I hope that you're happy now Kai! I hope your happy! You've finally pushed me to my limit, and I just can't go any further! Congrats, you've won the game! Have fun knowing that you pushed a lost little girl who just wanted to help to her very limits!" I cried out, a tear falling from one of my eyes, being soaked up by my hood.

"Kai! Stop it right now!" Lloyd yelled, pushing Kai over with a surprising amount of strength.

"You've pushed this way too far. What were you thinking?" Cole reprimanded, as Lloyd came over and hugged me.

"I only ever wanted to make sure that everything went the way it should. I didn't even want you guys to notice me sneaking around. You did anyways, and now look at where I am." I sighed out, unable to actually speak while crying softly.

"It's okay, you're alright. Kai isn't going to do anything." Lloyd tried to calm me down.

It wasn't Kai I was just worried about.

I missed my home.

I missed my family, my friends.

All the people who I knew and didn't know, were all gone in an instant.

And so I cried. I cried on that deck openly, weeping for a whole world I had lost.

I cried for Earth, and for all the inhabitants of that universe.

I cried for the ideas, the culture all held on that tiny blue planet.

I cried for my own reality, knowing that I'll never be able to go back.


If you got the feels now, just you wait until next chapter. Things are going to be fun...

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