This one shot is set after 'Lost in Time' - and it is not to be taken seriously!
Hands of Time is my favourite Ninjago season, so of course I had to give it to my 'real' OTP. Also, because I absolutely love their relationship in this season. But that also means that I've already written quite a few 'S7 Jaya moments' (even the whole wedding storyline is set after HoT) and it was quite a challenge to come up with a new idea.
But then I remembered one of my favourite scenes - Nya's fangirling over Jay's little motorbike stunt in ep69. She uses the term 'Greased Lightning', which is a rather inappropriate song from 'Grease' (you can find it on YT, same for the other song mentioned in the chapter) - for Jay's sake I hope that Kai has either not seen the musical or has missed the reference 😉...
If you haven't seen it, Danny Zuko and Sandy Olsson are the names of the two main characters (in the movie).
All the bits about the Ninja's parents' past, including the name of Cole's mother, in this story are made up.
Greased Lightnin'
"Wow, you were really awful." Kai told his sister and her boyfriend as they sat back down on the sofa. "I mean, Nya was okay-ish, but Jay... if we ever need to send someone undercover into a karaoke bar, it's not gonna be you."
"Thanks a lot, Kai. You always know how to flatter me." The blue Ninja said sarcastically, his arm lazily draped over his girlfriend's shoulder. "But if I were you, I'd rather wait until after it was your turn before you say any more."
After a rather eventful week, the Ninja were now enjoying their day off together. Kai and Nya's parents, who were currently staying with them at the Temple of Airjitzu, had also joined the friends in the game room, where everyone had been spending the day chatting, playing video games, enjoying take-out noodles, cuddling (this only applied to the two couples though), and finally, having a karaoke contest.
The Masters of Water and Lightning had just performed a duet - 'You're the One that I Want' from the musical Grease - to their rather unimpressed audience. [I find the song quite fitting for them.]
"I am actually surprised that you can't sing." Maya said to the blue Ninja. "I still remember Cliff totally nailing that song."
"Cliff?" Jay's interest was piqued. "As in Cliff Gordon? My birth father?"
It had turned out that Maya and Ray (well, Maya a lot more than Ray) had been good friends with Jay's biological parents, the previous Elemental Master of Lightning Libber Gordon, and her husband Cliff.
"Yes, he was a fairly successful stage actor before he became a movie star." Maya confirmed. "And if I remember correctly, the part of Danny Zuko was his first big break. Ah, he was amazing in that role." She said dreamily.
Ray rolled his eyes upon his wife's antics.
But he already had an idea how to get back on her and he turned to Jay. "You must have inherited your mother's musical talent then. Libby couldn't sing for her life" He smirked. "But you should have seen her dance. There was this costume party where she and Cliff dressed up as Sandy and Danny, and she ..."
"Hey." Maya nudged him in the ribs with her elbow. "I can dance, too."
"I know, sweetheart. And you know that I love to see you dance." He placed a soft kiss onto her neck. "I was just teasing you."
"Mum. Dad." Kai groaned. "Can you please not do that here?"
The Ninja had all been surprised to see that the blacksmith couple were very affectionate with each other, much to their children's embarrassment.
"Jealous?" Nya teased her brother, snuggling closer into her boyfriend's chest.
"Why don't we invite Skylooor?" Jay joined in.
"No." Cole objected. "Two couples in here is more than enough."
Maya's gaze shifted to the Master of Earth. "That's exactly what your mother used to say." She smiled. "Until she met Lou that is."
Cole's eyes grew wide. "My-my mum?"
"Yes." The previous Master of Fire nodded. "Although it was your grandfather who fought on our team, Rhea would still train and hang out with us from time to time."
"At that time, Cliff was taking singing and dancing lessons with Lou for the show." Maya added. "It was Libby's idea to set them up on a double date with her and Cliff, that's how your parents first met."
"Wow, I didn't know that." The black Ninja replied. "It's really funny how our parents all knew each other but they never told us."
"We had our reasons." Maya smiled. "We had all agreed not to get you kids involved in anything, until you were old enough."
"Didn't work out tok well for Lloyd though..." Kai noted sadly.
Following the loss of yet another family member, the Green Ninja and his mother had decided to pay another visit to the Corridor of Elders.
"The poor kid." Maya said. "He wasn't even born at the time when we were taken. And look how much he's been through already."
"So, who is up next?" Zane asked in the awkward silence that had followed.
"That would be me." Kai stood up, and the Nindroid handed him the list of songs, which was still open on the page with 70's disco music.
"Hey, here's a song called 'Greased Lightning', it's from the same soundtrack as your song." The Master of Fire noticed. "Didn't you call Jay that after he'd pulled that motorbike stunt in the Sea of Sands?"
Nya blushed. "I don't know... maybe... but I'm not sure..." She stammered, embarrassed that she had been caught. She had hoped it wouldn't ever come up, but that's not how things worked in this team.
"Yes, you did." Zane confirmed.
"You really did?" Jay grinned.
"Mh-mh." Nya nodded, her face now a deep shade of red.
"You should have seen her." Cole nudged his best friend. "She was in total fangirl mode."
"C'mon, it wasn't that bad." The Water Ninja protested.
"Aaaaall the way back to the temple." Cole continued. "It was 'Jay did this' and 'Jay did that', and..."
"Nyaaa?" Kai suddenly gasped. Out of curiosity, he had opened said song and studied the lyrics. "This is what you were comparing your boyfriend's motorcycle to?"
"Uhm... yes?" She smiled sheepishly.
"Oh, you're so dead, Walker."
The next day
"Hey, babe."
Mildly surprised by the unusual nickname, Nya put down the book she had been reading and rolled onto her back to look at the owner of the voice.
Her jaw dropped.
There stood her boyfriend, dressed in a pair of tight navy jeans and a royal blue leather jacket over a white T-shirt. His auburn hair slicked back, he was leaning against the doorframe, coolly twirling his keys around his finger.
"J-Jay?" She gasped, her eyes wide open.
"Call me Greased Lightning." He smirked. "You wanna go for a sp- argh, dangit."
The raven haired girl burst out laughing as Jay crouched down to pick up the keys he had accidentally dropped.
"Don't laugh." He complained, running his hand through his gelled hair. "I'm never gonna be as smooth as Cole or your brother."
Nya got up from her bed to walk over to him.
"And you don't have to." She smiled, cradling his face. "Remember, I like you best when you're you."
"I know." He sighed. "I just... wanted to surprise you - after, you know, what you said about me and the bike and..."
"Oh, I am surprised. Well, more than just surprised actually." She reassured him. "You look awesome."
"Thanks." He blushed.
"So, you still wanna take the bike out for a ride?" Nya asked expectantly.
"Sure." He took her hand and led her to the garage. "Where do you want to go, Milady?"
Nya contemplated her options. It was rather tempting to simply ride across the desert and find a quiet place where they could make out without getting interrupted by Kai for once, yet she decided against it.
"Let's head to the city." She suggested. "I wanna show off my hot boyfriend and his lightning bike."
Jay pushed the blue motorcycle outside before he climbed onto it. Nya hopped on behind him and wrapped her arms around his torso.
"When we're in town, remind me to buy some new hairgel." Jay requested as he started the engine. "I don't want your brother to kill me again, just because I've finished his last tube."
"Will do." Nya nodded.
Before he accelerated, Jay turned back to smile at his girlfriend. "You ready, Sandy?"
Nya nodded. "Let's go, Danny."
Ah, how I wish I had included that outfit in my 'Movie Night' story.
And I would love to do a picture of young Cliff and Libber Gordon dressed up as Danny and Sandy but unfortunately I cannot draw at all... but I am now thinking about writing a Ninjago version of 'Grease'.
Review Replies for DotD:
moonlight mm123 - Thanks. As you know, I just love all three Walkers! And I loved the scene in DotD where they were sitting together in front of the trailer.
RandomDragon2.0 - Thank you. He seems to appreciate them a lot more now, compared to the earlier seasons.
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