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Ch. 4 Ninjas vs. Pirates Round 2
The Ultra Dragon continued to fly and circle the pirate ship. Eugene had just climbed back up onto the saddle with Lloyd's aid, who immediately greeted him.
"You okay buddy?" Lloyd asked, only to see Eugene's look of surprise not leave his face.
"I'm on a dragon." He breathed out. Lloyd nodded "A giant, four-headed dragon"
"Yep."
His frantic look still didn't phase. "It has four heads. Why does it have four heads?"
"Uh, guy?" Lloyd questioned
"Why does it have Four Heads!?" he asked frantically, then shook Lloyd by the shoulders "Tell me! WHY DOES IT HAVE FOUR HEADS!?"
*Slap*
That face-slap from the green ninja snapped him back to reality. "Thanks."
"Don't mention it."
"So uh Green guy…" Eugene began.
"It's Lloyd." The green ninja corrected
"Gesundheit. So thanks I… " Eugene then realized something "Rapunzel. Rapunzel! Where's Rapunzel!?"
"The Princess?" Lloyd began "She's still down there, about to be rescued." He pointed downward towards the ship, Eugene's point of view shifted down to the ship, but he was not feeling as confident as Lloyd was.
"Uh, you do know there's got to be at least 15 pirates down there, and only four of them." Euegene reminded.
"I know, the pirates don't stand a chance." Lloyd said with a confident smile. Eugene looked surprised and was about to say something, but Lloyd interrupted "Hey trust me, just sit back and watch the show."
Kai blocked the blade attacks from two oncoming pirates with his golden sword of fire. When the two had their swords looked with his in a standoff, they couldn't help but admire the golden weapon.
"That's a nice sword you got there." One of the pirates congratulated
"Yeah, bet I can buy a whole castle with that." The second pirate theorized
"Just try and take it." Kai challenged, and immediately, his sword ignited, much to the pirates' surprise. Kai then forced them back and slashed their own swords. The fire-blade cut right through leaving only stubs of metal, glowing red where they had been cut.
"His sword is… on fire?"
"That's right bub!" Kai said as he connected his right foot to that pirate's jaw sending him flying. The second pirate was caught off-guard as Kai planted his unarmed fist into his gut, knocking him away and out cold.
Kai then turned to three more pirates looking a little nervous, until one came up with a plan.
"Take that sword from him!" he said "Bet he can't fight as well without that magic blade of his."
Kai smirked underneath his mask. "So that's what you think, huh?" Kai then ignited his right fist on fire, with the sword in his left hand.
That immediately left the pirates shocked beyond belief. "Word of advice boys. You play with fire, you're gonna get burned." The Red ninja warned.
Jay twirled his Nunchucks of Lightning around all fancy-like, in an attempt to show off to the five pirates surrounding him. "Come on!" Jay challenged "You want some of this!? Huh? You want some of this?!"
"Get him!" with that the pirates charged in.
Jay began bashing all five of the pirates at once. His golden nunchuks had soon emitted electricity, and as soon as they made contact, that pirate was immediately electrocuted. All five we're bruised and zapped at the same time.
One of the pirates struggled to get up. To his surprise, the Blue ninja offered him a helping hand. "Here let me give you a hand." Jay offered. Curiously, the pirate took it, but was soon zapped by Jay himself. You could have sworn you seen the skeleton of the pirate for a brief moment as lightning ran through his system before falling unconscious.
Jay then snickered to himself. "He, he, he. Human joy-buzzer. Never gets old."
Cole was backed near the end of the ship with four armed pirates slowly approaching him. Cole had his Scythe of Quakes drawn. He twirled above his head like a helicopter blade. The pirates we're worried, wondering how he could wield a weapon as large as that with ease. Cole took advantage of this by using the momentum to drive the scythe into the wooden floor.
Once the scythe broke through, it sent a tremor through it. A large crack formed and shot straight for the enemy group. As soon as it went right under them, that part of the floor collapsed, causing the pirates to scream as they fell down into the ship.
Cole took the time to walk towards the hole and observe his work. Seemingly unknown to him, a pirate was about to jab him in the back with a spear, only for Cole to grab the blade-end with his bare hand.
The pirate tried to pull it away, but found the Black ninja wasn't even budging. The pirate tried to pull with both hands, but had no effect; even more surprising, Cole's hand wasn't bleeding from holding the blade.
"Yeaaah. I don't think so." Cole stated, before he incased his hand in stone and crushed the blade of the spear to pieces.
"What?! How are you…?" before the pirate could finish, Cole quickly swung his scythe at him, sending him flying almost a mile away, off the ship.
"Being the master of Earth does have its advantages." Cole said to himself.
One pirate lunged at Zane, but he swerved to the left and avoided it. Another pirate tried to hack him from the back, only for Zane to duck just in time. A third enemy tried to stab him with a spear downward, but the White ninja retaliated by jumping to unusually high levels and land six feet away from the three enemies.
"Stop you're jumping around and fight us like a man!" one of the pirates yelled to the White ninja
"Why would I stop?" Zane questioned "Allowing myself to be struck does not aid me in the least."
"That's the point you idiot!" another pirates exclaimed "So we can kill you!" with that the three ran at him.
Zane quickly drew two smoke-bombs, one in each hand, he squeezed them, causing smoke to pour out and temporarily blind the three pirates. Amidst the coughing and rubbing of eyes, they just noticed two golden shurrikens pass through the smoke and graze them. As soon as they made contact, the pirates we're immediately encased in ice-blocks from the neck down.
The smoke cleared and Zane observed his work. "Perhaps you should 'chill-out'." Zane cracked
"s s s sc sc screw y y yoou." One of the pirates shivered.
Semingly unknown to Zane, one pirate was slowly coming toward him with a knife at the ready, however, before he knew it; Zane threw his hand back, not even bothering to turn around, and sent a wave of white energy that struck the pirate and left him completely frozen.
"I sense that was not the best option for you, attacking from behind." Zane remarked
Pascal and Zane's Falcon we're on a railing on the edge of a ship observing the whole fight. The chameleon's eyes we're so wide they we're completely circular. He saw four mysterious young men with magic weapons, using the elements, beating the living daylights out of the many pirates. The falcon flashed Pascal a look saying I told you so
On the ship's quarter deck, behind the steering wheel, the pirate captain and the Stabbington brothers we're each watching this fight in a state of unbelief, at the four men defeating the many pirates and the apparent magic they had at their possession. Rapunzel, still bound and gagged, in the brothers' clutches watched the battle in awe. However, seeing them use the elements made her realize there was a reason she felt those sensations when she bumped into Kai and Lloyd yesterday, she could feel their powers; no wonder Kai felt like fire. But one question was still at the back of her mind: where was Lloyd?
Back on the dragon, Eugene kept watching the brawl as well, and still found the situation unbelievable.
"Wow." He said "This is just… wow."
"I know, right?" Lloyd replied. He noticed how his fellow ninja still used their Golden Weapons fluently, they also kept their own elemental powers at a minimum. It made sense, as they didn't want to destroy the ship, or risk the princess getting killed.
Eugene smiled at the thought of this turning out alright, but something soon came to mind and turned to Lloyd. "So… can you do any of that?"
Lloyd took off his mask and gave Eugene a knowing smile.
The four ninja we're in the middle of the ship admiring their work. Most of the pirates we're either burnt, zapped, frozen, bruised, beaten, or all-of-the-above. Though it was not the time of celebrating just yet, they turned to the captain, brothers, and captive princess.
"That all you got?" Jay challenged, to which the captain glared
"Only going to say this one more time." Kai warned, pointing his sword towards him "Let. The Princess. Go. Now."
"No way!" the captain yelled "This is the greatest possible opportunity I've ever been given. And I'll be damned if I let some robed kids take it away from me!"
"Dude, all your buddies are down." Cole reminded
"All of them?" The captain questioned
"All of them." Cole confirmed "You got no options."
The captain smiled and gave a light laugh, much to the ninjas' confusion. "You see, even though something like this is extremely unlikely to happen, it still doesn't hurt to be prepared."
"What do you mean by that?" Jay asked
"I sense we are not out of the woods yet." Zane guessed
"You 'sensed' right." The captain smirked before giving a loud whistle.
As soon as he whistled, doors all over the ship opened, even some trap doors in the ground. Many more pirates then poured out of the new openings; brandishing swords, spears, and hooks. They we're at least thirty of them and they quickly surrounded the four ninja.
"Okay. How exactly did we miss this?!" Jay questioned.
"Where the hell did these guys come from?" Kai wondered
"Oh. I always keep a hand-full of men available." The captain revealed as he smirked, along with the Stabbington brothers, who each gave a light chuckle.
Rapunzel moaned through her gag, and fear had set into her eyes. No matter how strong these guys seemed, there was little chance they could take this many on at once.
Pascal himself was also struck with fear, he looked at the falcon hopping for a response. But the falcon still had a look of confidence on his face. The chameleon had wondered how he possibly still look so confident in a situation could like this!?
Back on the dragon, the former thief had now regained his sense of fear and panic. "We need to get down there and help them!"
"Nah, they got this." Lloyd assured.
"What!?" Eugene exclaimed "How can you still look so confident!? There's at least 30 of them!"
"I know, I can count." The green ninja replied
"So you're just gonna let them die!?"
"They won't die."
"How can you possibly know that?!" Eugene questioned
Lloyd smile refused to fade "Because ninja never back down."
The four ninja we're now back-to-back, staring down their many, many opponents, each ninja bore his own look of determination.
The Stabbington brothers we're really liking their odds. "Not so tough now, are ya boys?"
"Any last words?" the second brother asked
The ninja each gave each other a look and simultanesly nodded. "Actually, yes." Kai answered
"NINJA….GO!"
At that moment, the ninjas we're each engulfed in a miniature tornado of their own respective color and element. This caught everyone (pirate, brothers, princess, thief, and chameleon) off guard except for the Green ninja, dragon, and falcon.
The tornadoes moved quickly and spread out into the circling crowd of pirates. Many pirates we're quickly sucked in, then tossed back out almost immediately. When they we're tossed out, they we're heavily beaten and bruised. At the sight of this, a panic formed, and all the pirates ran in random directions screaming, attempting to get away, it was futile. No matter where they'd go, they would get sucked into one of the tornadoes; they would either avoid one but get sucked into another, or bump into another pirate and still get sucked in.
Every pirate was sent flying once sucked in. Within a spinjiitzu vortex, all time appears to slow down save for the ninja inside. Once sucked inside, to the ninja it appears the enemy is moving in slow-motion, giving the ninja time to deliver multiple blows.
Within minutes all the pirates we're down. The captain, brothers, Pascal, and Eugene each had their jaws drop like rocks. Rapunzel would have the same expression, if it weren't for the cloth wrapped tightly around her mouth.
However, the tornadoes had yet to cease, but instead had advanced up to the quarter deck towards the three villains and their hostage. They we're forced to back up, only to be backed into a corner.
"No. No. Stay away!" the captain drew his sword and pointed at the spinning ninja "STAY AWAY FROM ME!"
But it was useless, he was immediately pulled into Kai's tornado, where one could hear the sound of punching, cracking, and screaming. But once he was tossed out of Kai's tornado, he was tossed into Jay's where the process repeated. The captain was then tossed into Zane's tornado, then into Cole's, back to Kai's, to Zane's, to Jay's, to Cole's, and then back to Kai. After that, he was tossed onto the main deck, onto the pile of beaten pirates. The captain had his clothes torn, and his limbs we're each bent the wrong way. He groaned as he slumped into unconsciousness.
The tornadoes ceased and the ninjas looked straight at the brothers, who each had a look of panic on their face. In an attempt a desperation, the brother without the eye-patch held Rapunzel in-front of him, with his sword at her throat. This only angered the ninja.
"Hiding behind a girl? That's a cheap shot!" Jay scolded
"Come any closer, and I slit her throat!" the same brother warned, to which Rapunzel muffled worried noises through her gag.
"No you will not." Zane told him
Kai looked at Rapunzel. "Don't worry, you're going to be okay. We'll get you out of this."
"Don't make promises you can't keep buddy." The brother with the eye-patch responded
"Are you guys serious?" Cole questioned "All your buddies are down, not to mention you are seriously out number and even MORE out-matched."
"Surrender is your best option" Zane advised
The brothers each had a look of fear, desperation, and anger in their eyes. They got of prison, worked with pirates, and we're so close, SO CLOSE, to finishing off Ryder and getting revenge; but now these four came in and ruined everything. No, not again. This would NOT HAPPEN AGAIN!
The brother without the eye-patch looked down and noticed a rope tied to a bolt on the floor, and the rope connected to the maintop above the lower-center sail; they both smiled to each other.
"What are you jerks smiling at?" Kai questioned
"Just this." The brother with the eye-patch said, before grabbing Rapunzel. They both took the rope, and the other brother cut it with his sword, causing it to retract up to the maintop, taking them and their captive right up top to it, Rapunzel screamed through her gag as she was pulled up with them.
The Ninja we're about to move, but one of the brothers held Rapunzel over the edge. "Don't move or she falls!" he warned
"Again, Cheap shot!" Jay called out
"Agreed" Zane said
Back on the dragon, Lloyd and Eugene both glared at the situation.
"Damn cowards." Eugene spat out.
"You got that right." Lloyd agreed "But we can't do anything, as soon as they see us, they'll drop her, and my dragon is too big and can't get close to the ship in time to catch her."
"So what are we supposed to do then?"
Lloyd pondered on what they could possibly do next. "Right now, I'm not sure, but I know that an opportunity will present itself."
"How do you know?'
"Call it a gut feeling"
Pascal was looking even more terrified at the sight of his best friend threating to be tossed to a possible death, he looked towards the falcon for an answer, only to find the falcon was no longer there. Where could he have gone?
"Why don't you guys just give up already!?" Cole demanded
"You are in no position to make demands." One of the brothers called back down.
"What do you want?" Kai asked
"We want you guys to just back of and leave." The second brother told them.
"Or better yet, go to the kingdom and tell the king we got his daughter and we want loads of gold and Ryder." The first brother added
"And don't even think about having that flying over-grown lizard come after us." The second brother said
Before Kai, Jay, or Cole could respond, they heard Zane give a distinguish cough. They turned to him, where he motioned to something in the sky. The three ninja each caught a glimpse of what he was motioning to and knew things we're going to be alright, and best to keep these guys talking.
"Why are guys doing this?" Kai asked
"And what's your beef with this Ryder-guy anyway?" Cole asked as well.
"It's not really any of your business." The first brother responded
Just a few more seconds
"When you threaten innocent people we make it our business." Zane told them
"So quit your cheating and cheap shots and come down here and take your beatings like real men!" Jay shouted
"You want us to drop her?!" The second brother asked quite angrily.
"Who said you we're going to?" Zane asked
They looked confused at the moment, but soon got an answer when they heard a screeching noise above them. They (and the princess) turned to the sky and saw a certain falcon dive-bomb the brother holding Rapunzel. The falcon went straight for his face, causing him to let go of Rapunzel, and having her fall.
"NOOO!" Eugene shouted, with Pascal looking in absolute terror, his skin turning white and Rapunzel screaming through her gag.
Kai then threw his arms down, and large streams of fire immediately shot out of both of him, sending him flying up like a cannonball. He went straight up and grabbed Rapunzel as she was falling. Now it was Zane's turn, he used his powers to form a long ice-ramp. Kai angled himself so that he and Rapunzel landed on the ramp and slid down onto the ship's floor safely. Pascal nearly fainted
The other three ninja came to them, and all four of them quickly untied her.
"Are you okay?" Kai asked, they received an answer when Rapunzel happily embraced all four of them at once.
"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! THANK YOU!" She said repeatedly "You guys completely saved my life!
Eugene breathed a huge sigh of relief at seeing his beloved safe and sound. Lloyd smiled as well, but soon turned to the brothers struggling against the falcon.
"Take the reins" Lloyd told Eugene handing him the reins to the Ultra Dragon.
Eugene was surprised at this. "Wha…? How am I supposed to fly a dragon!?"
"It's not too different from a horse, just with wings. And flying." Lloyd explained while standing at the edge of the saddle.
"Uh what are you doing?"
"Teaching those two a lesson." Lloyd replied before jumping off, much to Eugene's surprise.
The Stabbington brothers tried to hit and throw away at the falcon clawing at them. "Come on! Get outta here you overgrown Turkey!"
"NINJA….GO!"
They both looked upward at the source of the sound and saw a green tornado barreling straight for them. Both their eyes went wide as the tornado quickly engulfed them and slammed on the ground.
The four ninja and princess both saw the tornado for a brief second before the brothers we're both tossed out on the other side of the ship, and the tornado ceased, revealing the green-clad Lloyd Garmadon.
The princess instantly recognized him from his exposed hair style. Where did Lloyd come from? She wondered.
The falcon then flew straight for Zane and landed on his shoulder. "You have done well my friend." Zane congratulated. Rapunzel turned to this. That was his falcon? She felt a nudge on her foot and looked down to see Pascal hugging her foot, she smiled at this.
Eugene looked down in amazement from the Ultra Dragon. He was able to land safely, and knock down both the Stabbington brothers
"Good timing as usual Lloyd." Cole said
"Thanks guys."
The brothers got up and looked at the Green ninja in front of them. "Another one?!" the brother questioned
"I don't think this needs to be said, but I HIGHLY recommend you guys give up." Lloyd warned. The brothers both drew their swords at this, while the ninja questioned how they can possibly hope they can still win this. Lloyd smiled behind the ninja mask. "Stay back guys, I got this." He told his fellow ninja.
"Okay, the meets all yours bro." Kai told him.
"Wait. He's gonna fight them by himself?!" Rapunzel questioned as Pascal climbed onto her shoulder.
"Don't worry, he's got this." Jay assured
"Lloyd is the most powerful of all of us." Zane explained
"Yep, this won't even be a work-out for him." Cole said
"Are you guys sure?" Rapunzel asked
"Trust me, when Lloyd gets going, nothing can bring him down." Kai told her.
Both brothers smiled, thinking they had the advantage, two-on-one. "Think you can take us?" one brother questioned
"Well bring it on Greeney." The second brother finished
"Oh 'Greeney'. Gee I never heard that one before." Lloyd said sarcastically
Both brothers came at him, they hacked and slashed, but Lloyd dodged both their sword attacks with ease. As he jumped he delivered a punch to one brother's face, and a kick to the other brother's gut at the same time. He cartwheeled back.
Both brothers recovered and thrusted their swords at him at the same time for a double-stab, Lloyd merely jumped and stood on both blades, while they we're still thrusted, and like he weighed next-to-nothing on them. He crossed his arms, expecting more.
They each pulled back on their swords, Lloyd jumped behind them, and his hands glowed with bright green energy. They each charged again and tried to hit him with their swords, with Lloyd blocked with his energized-hands, as if they we're blades themselves. Lloyd continued to parry with them, until he decided it was enough and he chopped each of their swords in half, with each of his hands; much to their absolute shock.
Throwing their blades away, they put up their fists. Lloyd's hands we're no longer glowing, and he made a gesture with his hand to bring it on. One brother tried to punch him, only for Lloyd to quickly catch his fist, and deliver a kick to his jaw. The second brother tried to tackle him from behind, but Lloyd elbowed him in the gut. As he crotched in pain, Lloyd back-flipped behind him and delivered a kick to the back of the brother's head before he landed.
The first brother came back, throwing punches at him, Lloyd blocked every one of them. The green ninja delivered multiple jabs to the chest, before following with a powerful round-house, sending him flying to the main mast.
The second brother tried to hit him in the back of the head with both his hands cupped together, but Lloyd grabbed both of them and tossed the guy into the other brother.
Both brothers struggled to get up, panting and bruised. Lloyd hadn't even broken a sweat. "I think it's time we finished this." Lloyd said, he then brought his hands together and pulled them back as if he we're preforming the Kamehameha. A green energy ball formed in his hands and quickly grew, both brothers we're now really worried. Lloyd yelled as he threw his hands out, and a lagre green energy dragon flew right out at high speeds and slammed the brothers through the mast. The dragon faded and the brothers (finally) faded into unconsciousness.
The main mast had been broken, it fell to the side of the ship, taking the main sails with it; causing the ship to become immobile. It wouldn't sink, but now it was no longer operable.
The five ninja gathered in the center of the ship, admits the many, many unconscious pirates and congratulated each other with cheers, high-fives, and fist-bumps. They removed their masks.
"Yep. We still got it." Cole admired
"Who wins in 'Pirates vs. Ninjas'? It's Ninjas!" Jay exclaimed in joy
"With the score being…" Cole then counted the defeated pirates "37 Ninjas, Pirates 0."
"We are indeed the best." Zane noted.
"Got that right!" Kai agreed as he high-fived Lloyd.
The ninjas then turned to Rapunzel who's eyes we're so wide they we're completely round, and jaw was dropped; the same with Pascal on her shoulder. "You guys…" She began, and then a wide-smile formed on her face "….Are SO AMAZING!" She ran up to the smiling ninja "You we're all… and then they… How did you do all that?! With the fire, and those weapons, and that green stuff!"
"Rapunzel!"
All heads turned to the sound of that voice and saw the Ultra-Dragon descend, Rapunzel was still amazed at the sight of the four-headed beast. Eugene then stepped down onto the ship and observed the work of the ninja.
"Wow! You guys really are something!" He congratulated
"Eugene!" Rapunzel exclaimed in happiness as she ran up and embraced him happily, with him returning the favor. The two then shared in a passionate kiss, causing the ninjas to smile.
They broke off, and Rapunzel turned to her saviors, now with their masks down, she immediately recongnized the two she had met before. "Kai, Lloyd. You guys are…"
"Don't say it." Jay interrupted "We know, we're awesome."
"Princess Rapunzel, right?" Lloyd greeted with a bow, the other ninja followed, even Zane's falcon bowed.
"Oh you guys don't have to bow." Rapunzel told them.
"You saved both of our lives, thank you." Eugene thanked
"No problem it's what we do." Cole responded
"Your majesty, as much as we would enjoy exchanging information, I believe we must attend to all these pirates." Zane said.
"Yeah, you got a good point." Rapunzel replied "We should get the guards."
"But how exactly are we gonna get back?" Eugene questioned
"Transportation's right there." Kai pointed to the Ultra Dragon.
"Ride a dragon?" Rapunzel asked
"Don't worry he's very friendly." Lloyd assured
"I kinda always wanted to see a dragon, now I get to ride one. This may be one the best days of my life." Rapunzel beamed, with Pascal and Eugene playfully rolling their eyes.
The ninja smiled, Lloyd could imagine that they we're going to be really good friends. It's not too often you befriend a princess from another world.
Oh My GOOOOOOOSSSSSSHHHHHHHH! THAT WAS LONG! Again, sorry for the lack of updates, but my schedule has been busy. Thank all of you for your patience, I hope you keep reading my stories. (Oh, and my friend has been having trouble with his fanfic profile, but now the situation is resolved, in case any of you we're looking for a solution)
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