"I'm actually from Stiix," Ronin started explaining, "And I haven't been reading up on the news lately, so I only know a little."
Despite the excuse, the trio still leaned closer eagerly. Dei and Rose were now sitting on the floor. Rose supported her head by putting her knuckles below her chin and her elbows on her thighs, and Dei was sipping a cup of tea she brewed for herself.
Ronin couldn't help but acknowledge how weird it was, him being tied up in a chair to tell his captors what has happened lately, while they sit around like they're catching up with an old friend.
"I think the SoG started to be a problem a while ago. Word from the street a while back was that the ninja wanted to guard the royal family personally, also protecting a..mask? In the Jade Palace."
"Ninja?" Rose asked.
"Oh! The ninja! I heard about the Green Ninja on tv!" Dei said.
"Yeah, I bet. Let me guess, whoever catches him gets extra points or whatever?"
"Yes, exactly!" Will said.
"Figures, huh? Garmadon is his dad."
"His what?!" The three gasped. Their extremely shocked faces made Ronin laugh.
"Yeah, he is."
"Oh my, I thought Harumi was evil," Dei said.
"You're right, Dei. This place is a mess," Rose said.
"Tell us more about 'The Ninja', Ronin," Will asked.
"Well, if you say so. They're the protecters of Ninjago, practicing the ancient art of Spinjitsu and all that bizz. Elementals, all of them."
"They're a what now?" Rose asked.
Ronin laughed again. "Wow, what kind of rock do you guys live in? I can't believe someone could be more oblivious than me being in Stiix and not listening to the news."
Dei laughed too. "Okay then, they're a big deal. But what makes you so interesting to the SoGs?"
"Oh, me? I have a history with the ninja," Ronin said. Will, Rose and Dei moved closer. Ronin chuckled.
"You're in for a good one. See, I had a debt with the Soul Archer. Struggling to pay it off, I was absolutely delighted when the this guy, a Master Chen, was willing to pay me a fortune to kidnap this robot. That turned out to be one of the ninja, Zane."
"One of the ninja was a robot?" Rose asked. How she blinked in surprise and tilted her head slightly in curiosity now reminded him heavily of Zane.
Ronin stopped himself from staring at Rose for too long.
"Yes, yes he was. A Nindroid, he calls himself."
Rose laughed. "Good one. Continue, Ronin."
"Yeah, so, kidnapping Zane. Not one of my best moments. Nor is the time when I left them in the mouth of a volcano. Let's just skip a while later, shall we?"
"Sure," Rose shrugged. She was reacting more calmly to Ronin's backstory than Will and Dei, who had moved back in their seats a bit.
"Okay. Then Kai, the other ninja, struck a deal with me. Back then, they just opened a tea shop, and I got half of their earnings, more or less. I worked with the ninja, and helped Nya, the water ninja, with her element. Then, I got to strike another deal. I downright backstabbed the ninja in an attempt to pay my debt."
"What did you do?" Will asked.
"Steal a sword of significant importance or something. And then, something just..snapped. I realised that the ninja had been my friends all along, and that I was going to make up for all the things I did. Check this: Trying to help the ninja in an epic battle, I dumped all the money I saved for the debt in coin form."
The three sat in silence.
"Woah."
Ronin chuckled. "Yeah, I know, Dei. That seemed to be effective, I guess, cause they won and Ninjago was in peace and stuff. I was in terms with the ninja too. And, well, the rest is history." Enjoying the trip to memory lane, he absolutely forgot about all of the 'being held captive' ordeal.
It benefitted him, though. Seems like the captors had a change of heart too. Will shared a look of guilt with Dei and Rose, and Ronin's heart thumped loudly.
"Oh, man, this makes us feel bad for everything," Will chuckled awkwardly, rubbing the back of his neck.
Ronin chuckled. "I can't believe it takes me a story to make you guys melt."
Dei laughed in response. "Well, we are a bunch of softies." Dei turned to her peers, "You guys, should we?" She gestured to Ronin's ropes.
"Wait!" Ronin said, "What about the SoG? They'll know you let me go, they'll think you guys are the ninja's friends too!"
"Aw, Ronin, I didn't know you cared," Rose smiled.
Ronin smiled back, "We gotta find a way to free me and save you guys too."
I think I recall in that episode Nya proposed the same question, and Karloff replied that Chamille had become "a bad girl". I guess some elementals turned to the Dark Side.
Yeah, it did happen. Man, that makes me wonder... how did Chamille turn to the dark side????
They must've offered her really good cookies. Or cake.
"I'm actually from Stiix," Ronin started explaining, "And I haven't been reading up on the news lately, so I only know a little."
Despite the excuse, the trio still leaned closer eagerly. Dei and Rose were now sitting on the floor. Rose supported her head by putting her knuckles below her chin and her elbows on her thighs, and Dei was sipping a cup of tea she brewed for herself.
Ronin couldn't help but acknowledge how weird it was, him being tied up in a chair to tell his captors what has happened lately, while they sit around like they're catching up with an old friend.
"I think the SoG started to be a problem a while ago. Word from the street a while back was that the ninja wanted to guard the royal family personally, also protecting a..mask? In the Jade Palace."
"Ninja?" Rose asked.
"Oh! The ninja! I heard about the Green Ninja on tv!" Dei said.
"Yeah, I bet. Let me guess, whoever catches him gets extra points or whatever?"
"Yes, exactly!" Will said.
"Figures, huh? Garmadon is his dad."
"His what?!" The three gasped. Their extremely shocked faces made Ronin laugh.
"Yeah, he is."
*shortened*
1. Ronin's all like "Gather around children let me tell you a tale" but tied up. It's not often you'd find yourself in this situation. 2. This whole show is basically a family drama. xDD
Ronin stopped himself from staring at Rose for too long.
"Yes, yes he was. A Nindroid, he calls himself."
Rose laughed. "Good one. Continue, Ronin."
"Yeah, so, kidnapping Zane. Not one of my best moments. Nor is the time when I left them in the mouth of a volcano. Let's just skip a while later, shall we?"
"Sure," Rose shrugged. She was reacting more calmly to Ronin's backstory than Will and Dei, who had moved back in their seats a bit.
"Okay. Then Kai, the other ninja, struck a deal with me. Back then, they just opened a tea shop, and I got half of their earnings, more or less. I worked with the ninja, and helped Nya, the water ninja, with her element. Then, I got to strike another deal. I downright backstabbed the ninja in an attempt to pay my debt."
"What did you do?" Will asked.
"Steal a sword of significant importance or something. And then, something just..snapped. I realised that the ninja had been my friends all along, and that I was going to make up for all the things I did. Check this: Trying to help the ninja in an epic battle, I dumped all the money I saved for the debt in coin form."
The three sat in silence.
"Woah."
Ronin chuckled. "Yeah, I know, Dei. That seemed to be effective, I guess, cause they won and Ninjago was in peace and stuff. I was in terms with the ninja too. And, well, the rest is history." Enjoying the trip to memory lane, he absolutely forgot about all of the 'being held captive' ordeal.
It benefitted him, though. Seems like the captors had a change of heart too. Will shared a look of guilt with Dei and Rose, and Ronin's heart thumped loudly.
"Oh, man, this makes us feel bad for everything," Will chuckled awkwardly, rubbing the back of his neck.
*shortened*
Oooh Shadow of Ronin... o-o I like this trio! Also glad that this kidnapping turned into a wonderful story-telling session instead. Didn't see that coming.
Despite the excuse, the trio still leaned closer eagerly. Dei and Rose were now sitting on the floor. Rose supported her head by putting her knuckles below her chin and her elbows on her thighs, and Dei was sipping a cup of tea she brewed for herself.
Ronin couldn't help but acknowledge how weird it was, him being tied up in a chair to tell his captors what has happened lately, while they sit around like they're catching up with an old friend.
*cut*
"Figures, huh? Garmadon is his dad."
"His what?!" The three gasped. Their extremely shocked faces made Ronin laugh.
"Yeah, he is."
*shortened*
1. Ronin's all like "Gather around children let me tell you a tale" but tied up. It's not often you'd find yourself in this situation. 2. This whole show is basically a family drama. xDD
Ronin stopped himself from staring at Rose for too long.
"Yes, yes he was. A Nindroid, he calls himself."
Rose laughed. "Good one. Continue, Ronin."
"Yeah, so, kidnapping Zane. Not one of my best moments. Nor is the time when I left them in the mouth of a volcano. Let's just skip a while later, shall we?"
*shortened*
Oooh Shadow of Ronin... o-o I like this trio! Also glad that this kidnapping turned into a wonderful story-telling session instead. Didn't see that coming.
1. And Ronin just rolls with it too, so precious.
2. Yeah, a reality show about the Garmadons where a lotta drama ensues
Thanks! I shortened a lot of it, edited most of the parts, and deleted everything unnecessary. It made me totally stressed me out, and I'm so glad you like it!
Ronin peeked out of the trio's tent, seeing Will with a full ninja suit that he personalised himself on, keeping a lookout for SoG patrols. He slightly panicked about how Will would get away if the SoGs had caught him.
He dived back into the tent, asking Dei, "Are you sure Will'll be okay?"
"I'm willing to find out," Dei answered. Ronin cocked an eyebrow. Dei laughed. "Joking! I'm joking. He'll be fine, Rose is with him."
Dei pulled Ronin out of the tent to point at Rose on Will's tail. Ronin was still a bit worried. Who knows if the SoG will actually capture those two?
Dei laughed all of a sudden. Ronin slapped her lightly on the forearm.
"You're laughing while your friends are out there?!"
"Sorry, it's just, you said that you couldn't believe it took one story to make us let you go. Well, it took you to tell us only one story to make you care if we sacrifice ourselves in order to make you go free," Dei said. Ronin chuckled.
"Yeah, that's right," Ronin admitted.
"Hey!" Rose yelled suddenly. Ronin and Dei both turned sharply at her, who was yelling to some SoGs. "Hey! I think I saw the ninja!"
"Welp, that's our cue," Dei said, opening the tent's curtain doors widely, "See ya, Ronin."
"Hey, take care, okay?"
"Oh my gosh, Ronin, just go!" Dei joked. Ronin chuckled. He held out a hand, and, fondly, Dei shook it.
"Bye, then, Dei." Ronin launched himself away from the tent, before he decides he wants to go back. He ran towards the place where Rose called the SoG, eager to watch. He hid behind a nearby building, peeking around a corner.
"You? You're not a ninja," The SoG with the bob haircut put her hand on her hip.
"Well, technically, I am a ninja, just not a part of the ninja, no." Will pulled up his ninja hood to show his face that's not in any of the wanted posters.
"Oh, I'm sorry," Rose said to the two bikers, "I actually thought.. but no.."
"Let's go. They're just trying to scam us into getting a jackpot," Bob Haircut's partner said to her. She nodded, and jumped on their bikes and speeded away.
"Ronin!" Will whispered loudly. Rose turned to him, smiling.
"Go!" She said. Ronin nodded and waved, them waving back.
"I guess it's time to head back to Stiix," Ronin said to himself.
Having absolutely nailed their dramatic not-so-first impressions, Tox, Neuro, and Paleman were delighted to talk to the other elementals. The garbage depot had a positive change of atmosphere, with the addition of five new guests residing there.
Paleman was desperate to know about the SoGs, so he asked Shade about how tough they were and how he fought them. Griffin was all too excited to share his story, butting in and cutting Shade every time he started his sentence.
Neuro studied the Samurai X mech closely, intrigued by the contraption. Though not as intrigued as Karlof, who was over-ecstatic to show his appreciation of the suit to Neuro, who only smiled and nodded to every fancy mechanical term he uttered.
Meanwhile, Tox saw a familiar face, with a more familiar haircut. She approached the thinking Nya.
"Nice hair." Tox leaned on the wall next to Nya. "Copycat."
The water ninja looked up and laughed. "Tox, right? Master of Poison?" She asked.
Tox nodded. "New hair, right? Stole it from me?"
Nya laughed harder. "Honestly, I forgot you rocked this first. I meant to steal it from her." Nya pointed at Pixal, who saw them both and went to join them.
"Well, well. Another one," Tox crossed her arms, smirking.
Pixal immediately caught on what they were discussing. "Excuse me? It was my style first, mind you," Pixal stated.
"Oh? How long have you worn it?" Tox teased the nindroid.
Pixal wore a proud grin and said, "Since I was made."
Skylor approached Lloyd's mother, who was sitting near the walls of the depot, basically leaning on them, gazing at her son and Mistakè in the supervisor's box.
"Misako? Remember me?" Skylor asked.
Misako was snapped out of her staring, and Skylor felt rude to startle her like that, but then Misako looked at her and wore a very motherly smile.
"Ah, yes. I see the Anacondrai scales have disappeared?". Skylor laughed.
"Yes, um," She sat next to Misako, her laugh awkwardly fading.
"What is it, dear?"
"Where are the others? Are they not coming?"
Misako's look softened, almost as if pitying Skylor. "You don't know? Did no one tell you?"
Skylor was completely baffled. "About what? What happened to Kai?"
"Well, Skylor, up until moments ago, we thought the rest of the ninja and Wu was gone. Garmadon's creation had smashed the Destiny's Bounty to pieces, while the ninja and their master was still on board."
"What?" Skylor didn't mean to raise her voice. She was taken aback by the fact that she did not know this at all, that she thought the ninja were alright, but just hiding.
"Yes, but we found some traces of Traveller's Tea in the wreckage. It's a tea that could transport people to places. Other realms. Wu used it once."
"So they're okay? Just missing?" Skylor asked, heart thumping on her throat.
"Yes, they are. Oh, I'm so sorry no one told you this, Skylor." Misako put her hand on the elemental's, calming her down by a hundred percent. "Apologies, I forgot that you and Kai were together. This news must shock you to bits."
"It's fine, our thing isn't so public anyways. So, where exactly is him? Do you know?"
"Oh, the thing is, we believe they will find their way back. See Mistakè and Lloyd over there? She's probably telling him that we just have to have patience."
Skylor's mind had drifted to Kai when Misako had spoken about Mistakè and Lloyd. His smile, his warmth, and his over-the-top confidence overall, she hadn't realised until now that she missed him so much.
"I'm sure you're excited to reunite with him again," Misako said, easing Skylor out of her romantic thoughts.
"Yes," She turned to Misako, smiling, then averted her gaze to her hand. "It'll be nice to have fire again."
Skylor approached Lloyd's mother, who was sitting near the walls of the depot, basically leaning on them, gazing at her son and Mistakè in the supervisor's box.
"Misako? Remember me?" Skylor asked.
Misako was snapped out of her staring, and Skylor felt rude to startle her like that, but then Misako looked at her and wore a very motherly smile.
"Ah, yes. I see the Anacondrai scales have disappeared?". Skylor laughed.
"Yes, um," She sat next to Misako, her laugh awkwardly fading.
"What is it, dear?"
"Where are the others? Are they not coming?"
Misako's look softened, almost as if pitying Skylor. "You don't know? Did no one tell you?"
Skylor was completely baffled. "About what? What happened to Kai?"
"Well, Skylor, up until moments ago, we thought the rest of the ninja and Wu was gone. Garmadon's creation had smashed the Destiny's Bounty to pieces, while the ninja and their master was still on board."
"What?" Skylor didn't mean to raise her voice. She was taken aback by the fact that she did not know this at all, that she thought the ninja were alright, but just hiding.
"Yes, but we found some traces of Traveller's Tea in the wreckage. It's a tea that could transport people to places. Other realms. Wu used it once."
"So they're okay? Just missing?" Skylor asked, heart thumping on her throat.
"Yes, they are. Oh, I'm so sorry no one told you this, Skylor." Misako put her hand on the elemental's, calming her down by a hundred percent. "Apologies, I forgot that you and Kai were together. This news must shock you to bits."
"It's fine, our thing isn't so public anyways. So, where exactly is him? Do you know?"
"Oh, the thing is, we believe they will find their way back. See Mistakè and Lloyd over there? She's probably telling him that we just have to have patience."
Skylor's mind had drifted to Kai when Misako had spoken about Mistakè and Lloyd. His smile, his warmth, and his over-the-top confidence overall, she hadn't realised until now that she missed him so much.
"I'm sure you're excited to reunite with him again," Misako said, easing Skylor out of her romantic thoughts.
"Yes," She turned to Misako, smiling, then averted her gaze to her hand. "It'll be nice to have fire again."
Aww.... This is the Kailor content I signed up for! Awesome parts!!
Honestly though, more Kailor fanfic. Now. Please. 
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I guess some elementals turned to the Dark Side. ![[cook]](http://storage.proboards.com/6672327/images/XSYwdAkTEQMsodaDBxbE.png)
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Also glad that this kidnapping turned into a wonderful story-telling session instead. Didn't see that coming. ![[y]](http://storage.proboards.com/6672327/images/WYWPH2VRo26pOFDid7QZ.png)
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