[Maturity Warning]
Well, I'll say it's a good start to a new season. So much chaos and mystery. (maybe more >:3)
Also it's been some time since we last had some alone time with Nova and Lloyd. :3
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*Near a village, some farmers are tending to their crops. Some trucks screech to a halt near them, and some henchmen get off. One of them knocks on the back of a truck.*
"All clear, boss!" Henchman 1 gets smacked by the opening truck doors.
Miss Demeanor blows a bubble of gum before it pops, and she jumps out. "What am I doing out here? Ah, I hate the country. I'm a city girl. New rule! From now on, we only commit crimes in the city! Unless they pay triple."
"Uh, they are paying triple, Mrs. Demeanor." said henchman 1.
"It's not Mrs. Demeanor, it's Miss Demeanor!" She fires her flamethrower at her henchman. "How many times do I have to say it?"
"Sorry, Miss Demeanor." said henchman 1.
"Why'd they want to meet out here anyway? We're in the middle of nowhere!" said Miss Demeanor.
"Probably so those nosy ninjas don't find us." said henchman 2.
"Too late for that!" Lloyd, Kai, Nova, and Jay dramatically reveal themselves.
"The ninja!" shouted henchman 2.
"Ooh, I've been waiting for this! I've worked so hard to make it to the top. And it's actually happening! Oh, wait, wait, wait, I had a line for this. Oh yeah, I've got a warm welcome planned!" Miss Demeanor fires her flamethrowers at them. "Get the trucks out of here. You four, get the ninja!"
"I don't get it. Why do we fight common thugs so often?" Jay asked.
Nova let out a small sigh shaking her head. "You guys dragged me on for this? I could have stayed home and working on my next weapon." She summoned her warfan and used it to block the henchmen's attacks.
"Hey, you can't stay back at the monastery all the time, we all know you'll get bored at some point and start complaining about not coming with us on any missions." said Lloyd using his sword to block a bat from hitting him.
Nova rolled her eyes as she let out an annoyed sigh. "I could be back at the monastery and training with Master Wu right now, but at this rate I'm gonna have even less time to find out how to use my creation powers."
Nova turned her attention to one of the farms and narrowed her eyes. "I swear, if she asks for another favor I'm gonna lose it. If it wasn't for the deal I wouldn't be getting some of the extra vengestone, let alone lending a hand when she needs it."
"Nova! Watch out!" shouted Lloyd when a henchman came up behind Nova to hit her with his bat.
Nova gave the henchman a deadly glare with her now pink eyes as she blocked his bat, and then went on to punch him right in the face, sending him flying a few feets away.
"Did the purple ninja just kill Henry?" asked one of the henchmen, as everyone had stopped fighting.
The henchman Nova had punched in the face, slowly raising a hand. "I'm alive...somehow." He grunts in pain.
Nova rubbed her head as she was getting another headache. "I hate that old man so much for this."
"So long, boys! I hope our paths cross again!" Miss Demeanor laughs as she gets away, but Cole appears in front of her.
"How's this? Too soon?" Cole fires at the trucks, two of which are disabled. Miss Demeanor fires at him but misses, but something else from the shadows knocks his dirt bike over, as they drive past him.
Miss Demeanor laughs. "Nice try, ninja! You almost had me!"
Cole looks down to see Vengestone on the ground. "Vengestone?"
"Nya, Zane, they're headed your way. Cut them off. We'll catch up." said Lloyd.
"We're on it." said Nya.
Nova blocked another attack with her warfan before then summoning her sword, and had it change into its hoverboard mode, and began catching up quickly with the others.
Miss Demeanor sees Nya and Zane trying to cut her off. "Faster, go faster! They're trying to cut us off!"
"Yes, Miss Demeanor." said the henchman.
"Nya, need a little water power." said Lloyd.
"I'm on it." said Nya.
"....Fuck no! I'm not getting mixed into this mess!" Nova quickly took a left and began speeding away.
"Nova what are you doing! You're going the wrong way!" shouted Lloyd.
"No, I'm going the right way!" shouted Nova back.
Lloyd let out a frustrated sigh shaking his head. "Zane, get ready. As soon as Nya douses the truck, flash freeze everything!"
"Affirmative." said Zane.
"Here goes!" Nya summons a water tornado but it spirals out of control.
"Now! Hit the truck!" The tornado goes around the truck. "Nya, drop it on the truck!" shouted Lloyd.
"I'm trying. It's not obeying!" shouted Nya.
"Ha! She's lost control! That's embarrassing." said Miss Demeanor.
"Nya!" Zane leaps and pushes her out of the way just as the tornado comes their way.
"Get your act together! I'm doing my part. Am I the only professional?" said Miss Demeanor, until she got a call on her phone. "Yes, hello?"
"Shut up and just get the truck moving, the meeting spot has been changed to the docks of Ninjago City. If you wanna get paid by my partner, do just that and don't ask any questions." [robotic] The person on the other end of the call said before turning it off.
"They're getting away!" shouted Jay.
"I know, but I think we have bigger problems." said Lloyd as the tornado was coming Nova's way to which she was speeding towards them.
"Why is it following me! This is why I didn't wanna fucking come on this stupid mission!" shouted Nova at full speed on her hoverboard. "If I get out of this, I'm gonna fucking kill at least one of you guys!"
Zane tries to freeze the tornado. "I - I can't hold it!" The tornado breaks free.
"Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! FUCK!" shouted Nova as she went right past them at full speed.
" Look out!" They all leap out of the way. "Nya, just drop the water back down!" shouted Lloyd.
"I'm trying! Nothing's working!" shouted Nya as she kept trying.
"MAKE IT STOP FOLLOWING ME ALREADY, I'D MUCH RATHER HAVE MY BAD KITCHEN LUCK THAN THIS!!" shouted Nova as she kept trying to get away from the water tornado that kept following her.
"What do we do? There's a village full of farmers over there!" shouted Cole.
"What am I here, THE FUCKING BAIT!?" Nova shouted at the others.
"Yes!" The ninja shouted back.
Nova growled angrily as she went on to do zig-zags with the water tornado right behind her. "I don't care if I get another kitchen ban, I'm gonna make sure something breaks in that kitchen when we get home." She mumbled to herself.
"Evacuate the village. If this much water comes down on top of them, someone might get hurt." They rush towards the village. "Nice and calm, everyone. There's no reason for concern. Just keep moving." said Lloyd, while looking back over at Nova who was keeping the tornado at bay for the time being. "I'm so dead after this."
"Right this way!" said Jay.
"Come along, child." said Zane.
"I want to stay and see the water." said the child.
"I'm afraid that would be very dangerous" said Zane.
"Get moving already! I can't keep this thing following me forever!" shouted Nova heading towards them.
"It's okay, I'm a Nindroid like you." The child gets picked up and put over Zane's shoulder as he runs. "Beep, boop, bop!"
"I do not speak like that." said Zane.
"Run!" shouted Lloyd and Nova as she let him get on her hoverboard as they were at full speed, barely escaping the flood caused by the tornado, and everyone was drenched.
"Beep, boop, bop." said the child.
"Beep, boop, bop." said Zane.
*They look down at the flooded village, with a chicken landing in Jay's arms and Nya looking away uncomfortably.*
"Well, that was close." said Cole.
"Close, close! You guys made me the fuc-freaking bait for that tornado!" shouted Nova but quickly corrected herself, since even she knew not to swear when a child was around.
"Now she cares about not swearing." Kai whispered.
"Sorry about that Ocea, but it seemed very attractive to you, soooo we thought maybe you could distract it?" Lloyd gave a nervous shrug.
"Attractive, I'll show you attractive when we get back home! You guys can say goodbye to the kitchen!" shouted Nova, as her eyes were glowing her normal purple at least this time.
"Not the kitchen!?" shouted the ninja in horror.
The village watched on in confusion, but also in a bit of worry with how angry the purple ninja seemed at the rest of her team.
*Back at the Monastery, Wu questions the ninja about their mission.*
"What was in the trucks?" Wu asked.
"Vengestone." said Cole and Nova in unison.
"A huge shipment, three trucks worth." said Lloyd.
"Hmm. Very peculiar. Vengestone has few practical uses. Why would anyone be smuggling Vengestone?" Wu questioned.
"We don't know. The criminal called herself Miss Demeanor, but she got away before we could ask her." said Lloyd.
"You let her escape?" Wu asked.
"We didn't exactly ... let her." said Kai.
"We were forced to contend with ... unexpected complications." said Zane.
"What complications?" Wu glanced over at Nova for a second.
"Hey! Don't look at me, I did what I could, even though I didn't want to come." Nova crossed her arms.
"It was me, okay? It was me. Just saying. I messed everything up. I had a teensy tiny little momentary loss of control, and I kind of created a small tidal wave." said Nya.
"How?" Wu asked.
"I don't know how! Okay? Can we change the subject?" said Nya.
"Nya, it was a hundred foot tall tornado of water." said Lloyd.
"Which wouldn't stop fucking following me, like a moth to a flame." Nova rolled her eyes in annoyance.
"We've all made mistakes! It's no big deal. It won't happen again, okay?" said Nya.
"Okay." said Cole.
"Yeah, okay." said Lloyd.
"Right!" said Jay.
"Affirmative." said Zane.
".....Sure." said Nova as she summoned her warfan, and had it ready to cover her head.
The others looked over at Nova a little confused on why she was holding her warfan over her head, like something was gonna fall on her.
"Good!" As Nya turns to walk away, the sprinklers activate and the computer malfunctions.
"Oh no, the sprinklers!" They all turn to look at Nya.
"Welcome to what my luck with the kitchen is like." said Nova.
*The ninja and Wu gather in the library.*
"Just as I thought. This is a complete list of the elemental powers, but there is no mention of Water, or Wind." said Wu.
"What does that mean?" Cole asked.
"My father, the First Spinjitzu Master, used to tell me an old fairy tale about how he mastered all of the elemental powers, but never Wind or Water." said Wu.
"What this?" Nova asked as she pointed at an element that had been completely drawn over so you couldn't read what it said.
"I don't actually know, it was like that when I first saw it. My father must have crossed it out if that element of power never found a new person to earn it." said Wu.
Nova raised an eyebrow before taking another look at the crossed out element. "Very strange, this wasn't there in the show. But then again neither was I until now. My only guess would be darkness since as far as I know it wasn't really an element."
"Why not?" Lloyd asked, drawing the attention back to the wind and water.
"He said those were not his to command. They belonged to someone else. To Wojira." said Wu.
"Wojira. That name is familiar to us. If my database is correct, it was a storm spirit of some kind." said Zane.
"Wojira commanded the elements of Water and Wind. When combined, they became a force of destruction, the Fury of the Storm." said Wu.
"That's Wojira?" Lloyd asked.
"I believe so." said Wu.
"Ugly ass thing." said Nova.
"What does it say?" Cole asked.
"Very little, I'm afraid. It says here that the First Spinjitzu Master conquered her with the help of the Merlopians." said Wu.
"I have no mention of the word "Merlopian" in any of my databases." said Zane.
"They were a sea folk. They lived here before my father came, but there is little else known about them." Wu picks up a magnifying glass. "In the midst of the battle, a Merlopian warrior with a trident and a helmet rose from the depths of the great ocean, and pried from the great serpent's head two amulets: an amulet of Storm, and an amulet of Wave. And the seas grew calm, and the great serpent fell into a deep slumber."
"An amulet of Storm. Like the one on the Island of the Keepers?" Lloyd asked.
"So Nya's powers are linked to Wojira? Or these amulets?" said Jay.
"It's possible. I don't know. We need to find someone who does." said Wu.
"Who?" Zane asked.
Wu turned to Kai. "What about your mother? She was the elemental master of water before Nya. She might be able to help Nya regain control of her powers."
Kai sighs. "Nya and Mom aren't that close. They hardly know each other. Our parents were gone most of our childhood."
"They were imprisoned by Krux." said Zane.
"It's one of the time twins I mentioned." Lloyd whispered to Nova.
"I know, "Control time, control everything." That kind of stick." Nova rolled her eyes.
Lloyd gave her a questionable look. "Did you already know that from your future sight?"
"Yeah, you can't exactly blame them." said Cole, drawing their attention back to the others.
"I don't. But it doesn't change the fact that we grew up on our own. Nya is pretty independent, in case you haven't noticed." said Kai.
"Uh ..." Lloyd wasn't sure how to answer that.
"Yeah!" said Jay.
"This is a fact." said Zane.
"I'm sure that she will understand. Nya is reasonable." said Wu.
"Yeah, good luck Kai." Nova turned around and left the library as she headed to her workroom.
"Nova, wait up!" Lloyd quickly caught up to her. "You didn't answer my question earlier."
Nova rolled her eyes at his question but let out a sigh. "Yes, I knew." She opened the door and walked inside with Lloyd right behind her.
"Then you also knew about Wu, and with Kai and Nya's parents. All of it." Lloyd went on to grab her right hand, stopping her. "Why didn't you come and help?"
Nova let out a heavy sigh before turning to look at him. "I had my own problems, Lloyd, and I was stuck on the Dark Island, so I couldn't come even if I wanted to."
Lloyd pulled her over to him and wrapped his arms around her. "Even so, it would have been nice having you there."
"As the thief Delta? Greenie, we both know I would just be trying to steal stuff in the museum." Nova let out a soft giggle.
"It would still be nice, having another friend that could help. And with you knowing so much, you might have been able to help in some way." Lloyd gently pulled her into a kiss.
Nova rolled her eyes playfully but returned the kiss, wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him closer while she felt his fingers freeing her ponytail, making her hair fall down. "Even if I was able to help at that time, I'll still be scared of you finding out that it was me behind the mask."
"True, but now that I know, I don't see any reason to be scared anymore." Lloyd gave her a soft smile while running his fingers through her hair. "And I get to see your beautiful face every day now, and all of your emotions."
Nova's face started turning slightly red as she grew a little shy. "Don't think you can charm your way out of me still being mad at you." She started pouting a bit. "I haven't forgiven any of you from making me the fucking bait for a water tornado."
Lloyd let out a small chuckle as he watched her making a pouty face. "It was the right thing to do at the moment, and you were fine as long as you had that hoverboard of yours." He smiled at her before picking her up bridal style in his arms. "And I knew you were the perfect bait, shrimp."
Nova's face turned more red as she got picked up. "L-Lloyd!?" She stared at him with a cold glare. "Haha, so very funny using my old nickname for your bait joke." She sarcastically said.
"Well, I think it was very fitting for you at that moment." Lloyd smiled as he pulled her into another kiss.
Nova narrowed her eyes at her as she pulled away. "You're walking on thin ice, greenie."
"And what if I am? What are you gonna do about it, princess?" A smirk started growing on Lloyd's face as he had that playful look in his eyes.
Nova let out a huff as she got out of his arms. "I'm having you sleep outside the bedroom tonight." She crossed her arms.
"And how are you gonna make me do that?" Lloyd raised a teasing eyebrow, before wrapping his arms around her once again. "Last I checked, you couldn't handle me not being near you when you wanted any sleep."
Nova rolled her eyes as she turned to look away, annoyed that he was right about that. "You're such a jerk."
"I wonder who I learned that from?" Lloyd gently had her face turn to look at him again before pulling her into a kiss again.
Nova decided to just give up with this useless fight as she closed her eyes and returned the kiss, while having her hands run through his hair.
Lloyd smiled as they kissed, seeing this as a win for him this time, and was just happy to spend some time with her as he deepened the kiss.
Nova felt herself relax and slowly had her body lean closer up against his before having one of her hands trace his muscles through his ninja gi.
Lloyd went on to make it into a french kiss as he pushed her against a wall, while his hands went under her ninja gi until he could feel her skin, against his hand that began exploring her body.
Nova's face was turning red as a soft moan escaped her mouth and went on to remove the top part of his gi, to which he did the same with her. As their make out session got more intense, until they were only in their underwear and laying on the floor.
Lloyd smiled as he was staring down into Nova's eyes, before going on to kiss her neck as he started hearing the sweet moans coming from her, though they were both trying not to make too much noise, so as to not catch the attention from the others.
But just as everything was getting good, it sadly got ruined when they heard the chaos happening outside.
"Sounds like it didn't go that well with Kai talking with her." said Nova with an annoyed sigh.
"Seems like it." said Lloyd looking down at Nova. "Looks like we are gonna have to end the fun here, a little annoying but not much we can do." Though he did go on to leave a hickey on her collarbone, earning a bit of a louder moan from her before getting up.
"Seriously?" Nova raised an annoyed eyebrow at him, before getting up as well and both of them quickly got their ninja gis back on, while Nova went on to set her hair back up in her ponytail.
"What? I thought I could at least leave it with a good end." Lloyd gave her a teasing smile. "If we find any more free time and away from the others, I'm sure we can continue from where we left off."
Nova rolled her eyes as she punched his shoulder. "If we do, now come on." She said before walking out of the room with Lloyd.
*The ninja and Wu find Nya in the courtyard.*
"Nya, we need to talk." started Wu until suddenly, there was a knock on the gates.
Nya sighs. "I'll get it." She opens the doors dejectedly and is shocked to see her parents.
"Nya dear, oh, you poor thing! Look at you! Kai told me all about what's happening and I don't want you to worry anymore. Whatever it is, we're gonna figure it out, you and me, mother and daughter, working together. I'll be with you every single moment of every day, until we figure this out." Maya hugs Nya tightly. "Bring the bags, Ray! Oh, Kai, which way is Nya's room?"
"Oh, uh, that way." Kai looks up to see Ray buried under a pile of luggage.
"Poor guy." said Nova as she saw all the bags Ray was caring.
"I hope you aren't gonna put me through that, when we are older." Lloyd whispered to Nova.
"Not unless I just wanna mess with you." Nova gave him a teasing smile.
"Hi, son. Good to see you." Ray extends a hand to Kai.
Kai takes Ray's hand and shakes it. "Hi... Dad. Do you, need a hand?"
"Oh, no, I've got it! I'm... good." Ray nearly loses his balance, but is able to stumble after Maya.
"Kai!" Nya glares at Kai menacingly, her eye twitching. Everyone else looks up with a scared expression, especially Jay, who is hiding behind Wu while Nova is hiding behind Lloyd.
"What?" said Kai, not taking notice of the rage coming from her.
"Seriously? When you're angry it's a lot more scary than Nya, and that's saying something." said Lloyd glancing over his shoulder at Nova.
"Doesn't mean I can be scared when she is mad." said Nova.