I thank God for all my inspiration.
The Ninja are in their 20's in this except for Lloyd who is 18 in this.
Takes place before SOG
Blizzard
Zane was atop Borg towers, confused as to why Pixal had asked him to go there.
"Pixal is there a reason why you have asked me to come here?"
"Yes, wait one moment and all will be revealed."
At that, his connection to Pixal was cut off, surprising him, and then the Samurai X suit appeared.
Looking up he asked "Samurai X, did you wish to see me?"
A this the haul opened and as SX jumped out they took off their helmet to reveal "Pixal!"
Zane rushed up to hug her, but the return hug was not as enthusiastic.
"Is something the matter?" Zane frowned with worry.
"Zane, we must…talk." Pixal frowned.
Zane's eyes widened, from his data search in movies, that usually was not a good thing.
He frowned and said "I think I understand." he nodded.
"I am sorry Zane, but finally living outside of the computer I realized that I want to live my own life and pursue my own identity but….you have been engraved into it far too much." Pixal frowns.
"You feel I will hold you back from pursuing yourself."
"I feel it is something I must do on my own."
"Then…I will wait for you." Zane held her hand but she pulled it away.
She shook her head saying "I cannot allow you to do that, we are nondroids and fighters. We will either outlive our friends or fall before them. Life is too precious and short for us to wait. I do not wish to hold you back, or myself."
"You want to explore." Zane looked down.
"I did not mean to hurt you." Pixal looked down.
Zane looked up with a sad smile saying "Pixal you were my first love and have taught me much. I will always respect you for that. And I understand if you wish to move on. It will just take some time for it to stop hurting."
Pixal nods "I understand, just know that I will always be a friend to you."
"And I to you." he smiled.
"I only ask one thing." Pixal frowns.
Zane looked confused as she explained that she didn't want the others knowing about her being Samurai X and to tell the others she was just back working at Borg towers.
Zane didn't like deceiving his friend but understood her wishes.
With that they parted ways, as he looked up at the star filled sky, Zane wondered if the pain he felt in his heart would ever heal.
Ninjago
Some weeks later, in a place called Shinrin town, Lloyd was investigating a crime spree.
He was walking around in disguise in some civis, a hat, and black glasses.
'Let's see, if I'm right the bandits next target should be that sweetshop.'
Lloyd looked up at the store's sign which read 'SweetPop.'
Not usually a candy store wouldn't be something the ninja would be looking into, but for some reason the thief only targeted candy shops.
Not only that he seemed to control some sort of monsters to help him steal everything in the shop.
'That can't be left unchecked.' Lloyd frowned as he entered, he saw that it was a more modern looking shop with a classy look to it.
'Wow, didn't think candy could ever look so fancy.' he looked around and they had all the usuals, gummies, sour, chocolate.
'Man if I was a kid in this place I would have gone nuts.' he chuckled thinking of his old self.
People milled about, looking at the candy or grabbing bags to fill up their own.
Everything looked peaceful at the moment, but it could change at any time.
'I want everyone to get out but if I do that then the thief might suspect something.' He hated when civilians got caught in his missions, he felt like he was letting them down.
He looked at each customer, hoping to see if any of them were suspicious looking.
A little kid begging for a giant lollipop.
'Looks innocent but most would have thought the same of me at that age.' he'd keep an eye on him.
An elderly lady picking out some fancy chocolate.
'Hmmm, seems normal enough.'
He then saw a young woman filling up a large bag of candy, there were already several assorted kinds but she was still getting more as she packed up a large amount of red jelly beans.
'Wough, okay possible suspect.' Lloyd looked on, keeping an eye on her.
As he did this he didn't notice a newcomer enter the shop.
A tall man with crazy hair, a top hat, suit, and a cane was walking in. He looked around with a smug smirk, coming to the child he said "Why would you cry about something so unsavory?"
The man took the candy and smashed it, making the kid cry more "Hey!" the parent yelled as they comforted their kid.
The man walked on as he saw the elderly lady, he bumped into her, making her drop her bag and candies "Oh terribly sorry but probably for the best, I mean can they even sing?"
"Excuse me….?" The woman looked confused.
"Alls forgiven." he replied, making the woman's jaw drop as he walked on.
Then he came to the young woman and Lloyd raised a brow 'Who's this guys?'
He looked at the young woman's bag and put his hand in making her yell "Hey that's gross!"
"Indeed who'd want something so disgusting. I could definitely make something better." the man smirked, widened.
"That doesn't mean you get to put your hand in people's bags, jerk." She pulled the bag away.
The man frowned, saying "Jerk, I just saved your taste buds from eating something so simple and bland."
"To you maybe, but I find it has a nice flavor." she huffed.
The man glared and dumped the jellybeans on the floor Lloyds eyes widened 'What's going on?'
The man then pointed his cane at the jelly beans and energy surged through them as they began to grow and morph.
"Look out!" Lloyd called as he shoved the woman out of the way.
"What's going on?" She shouted as everyone yelled as he saw the jelly beans turn into giant red monsters.
Lloyd glared as he stood up and did spinjitzu to show himself in his green ninja suit.
"Everyone get out!"
They all did just that, the young woman wanted to as well but the giant red candy men were keeping the way out blocked.
So she rushed to the back to hide behind some props.
"So the green ninja has come to see my wonderful creations has he?" the man smirked.
"Wonderful, these things are monsters." Lloyd yelled.
"Monsters!" The man growled as he put his cane up and the candies around the shop began to glow and float.
Chocolate truffles grew wings and fangs, the lollies turned into what looked like vicious dogs, and liquorice grew like vines ready to strangle anyone nearby.
"Still think they're monsters, ninja?" the mad man smirked.
"Um….yeah." Lloyd replied.
"Grrr, get em!" he shouted as he pointed with his cane and Lloyd began to fight them off.
The woman who was hiding looked on with shock. 'He can't take that all on his own, I have to think of something.'
She looked around, if they had water they could melt the candy monsters, but there wasn't any in sight, fire could melt them but that'd be too dangerous.
Wait, if she could start a small fire then the water sprinkles would go off and….
She didn't have a way to start a fire.
'Come on, think you can do this.' she looked around some more, there had to be something.
Suddenly her hiding space was destroyed as a candy man ripped it off the floor.
She screamed and Lloyd looked over calling "Oh no!" he tried to get to her, but was blocked by the monster.
The candy man laughed as he said "Now you will taste true genouse!"
At this the girl stood up and kicked the candy man, his outer shell only cracking some.
'I have to do something, I can't just do nothing.' she growled and kept kicking and punching, even when it grabbed her she struggled.
The creature then tried to squeeze her, making her yell in pain, and at that, something happened….
A blast of wind so strong erupted from the candy store that the window broke and several of the candy monsters were thrown out into chunks.
"My creations!" yelled the candy man as he was knocked out by Lloyd, who grabbed the cane and broke it in half.
"Finally," he sighed, then he looked over at the young woman, she was on the floor looking at her hands in surprise.
"What just…how did I?"
Lloyd walked over and said "Hey it's okay."
"But I just blew this palace up, how?" she looked up in shock.
Lloyd smiled saying "You're the new elemental master of wind. And I can help teach you how to use your powers."
The woman looked up in shock, wondering if anyone could really help her. But she had to trust someone, so she took his hand.
This was the beginning of a new ninja.