(I suggest you check out parts 1-54 if you haven’t already, also my ao3 and wattpad for the chapters more organised: Criolla_Star)
The ninja looked around the cavern for a little longer, Cole sat out, his arm was cut from the mysterious man. “Hey guys! I found something!” Jay called out as he held up a key with intricate patterns that looked like spikes on the top.
The lightning ninja went back to the group and handed the key to Zane who began scanning it. “Dragon bone and Ivory” The ice ninja spoke.
“Dragon bone and ivory…weird” Nya spoke, “Let’s go back to the monastery, we need to stitch Coles’ arm” She added as she pointed to the earth ninja who had his ninja hood tightly wrapped around his arm like a tourniquet.
The group nodded in agreement as they began going through the catacombs again, it took a while but they managed to get back out. “I have never missed the sky so much” Jay whined as he looked up.
They all got into their vehicles and drove to the monastery. “Who the hell was that guy though?” Kai spoke over the comms.
“No idea, but I hate him already” Lloyd replied, they spoke about the man till they made it back.
“Welcome back, did you find it?” Pixal greeted them as he turned towards them.
“There were two things, a chest and key, we have the key…but some weird man took the chest” Lloyd spoke.
“And he cut Coles’ arm!” Kai added, Pixal turned her attention to the earth ninja.
“Best we stitch it up” The female nindroid spoke as she pointed to a chair which Cole sat on. The elevator beeped as Garmadon and Wu came down.
“Vinny’s not back?” Nya asked, clearly surprised, the spinjitzu brothers shook their heads as they walked over.
“Should I call him?” Lloyd asked, but was cut off by the ping of his phone. He looked at it, “Nevermind…he said he’s like a minute away and asked if we’re back”
Garmadon looked slightly relieved that Vinny was coming back, he wanted to keep watch on him as much as possible. Cole winced slightly as Pixal disinfected his wound and began stitching.
“Did you retrieve anything?” Wu asked.
“Yes, a key, we also found a chest but a unknown man took it” Zane spoke.
“Unknown man? Strange…and I take it he done that?” Wu asked as he looked at Cole, they nodded in response.
There was an awkward silence before Nya spoke up, “Did you use that this morning? There’s a roll of bandages missing” the water ninja spoke as she looked in the first aid bag.
The two nindroids locked eyes with each other, they both had a promise to keep.
“Yes…the postman injured himself this morning” the female nindroid spoke.
“Really h-“ Jay asked but was cut off by the beeping of the elevator, Vinny was here.
“Welcome back” Nya spoke her voice slightly teasing, the cameraman smiled, he still had his bag on his shoulder.
“How was it? And what happened to him?” Vinny asked as he joined the group and pointed to Cole, he also hesitantly looked at Garmadon and gave him a small smile. It was the least he could do to show some recognition.
“We found a key…and some guy took a chest and cut Cole! Kai spoke, he was sitting next to Cole watching Pixal carefully stitch him.
“A guy? Really? What’d he looked like?” Vinny asked as he looked at the curiously.
“I can upload it from my memory onto the monitor” The ice ninja spoke as he grabbed a long cord and attached it to the back of his head and began typing things on the keyboard.
The group watched in anticipation, and Pixal finished the stitches. The screen loaded and a very familiar voice played, a voice that sent shivers down Vinnys’ spine as he stared at the man.
“Enji…” Vinny thought to himself as his hair stood up on ends, his hands trembled as Enjis’ voice played in the background from the video, this was bad…the one person he didn’t want anyone know about was getting involved.
The cameraman didn’t seem to notice the bright red eyes staring at him worriedly, to Garmadon he saw fear pure dread, he didn’t want to bring it up, but this man…Vinny clearly knew him.
“How does he make clones?” Jay asked as they continued to watch the videos, “It’s all fake” he added.
“It’s like illusions…” Vinny spoke, he wasn’t technically telling them anything revealing, he was helping his friends.
“That does make sense” Wu spoke.
“Where’s the key you found?” The cameraman asked, Zane handed the key to Vinny you looked at it.
“Best we don’t overthink it now…rest and talk about it tomorrow” Garmadon spoke, the group nodded, it was pretty late.
One by one they slowly left, Garmadon was a little stubborn, but Wu everntually managed to convince him to leave, now it was just Zane, Pixal and Vinny. “Are you alright Vinny?” Pixal asked, the cameraman nodded.
“You’re anxiety levels spiked when you saw the video” the ice ninja spoke, Vinny put the key down.
“Just a little worried about who this guy is” the cameraman spoke before he left, leaving the two nindroids very confused.
(I just had the biggest spark of motivation for this, I don’t know where from but it’s welcome, I hope you enjoy)
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bro one of my friends said that the Joker and Harley have a healthy relationship. I literally started laughing so hard and was like”You’re kidding right?”
(i suggest you check out part 1-4 if you haven't already has a lot of information and sidenotes)
Red Son let out a sigh when Mk left and began looking around the apartment for things to do. He was curious and went into MKs' room it thankfully wasn't as messy as the rest of the place, he looked around the room because fuck privacy. Red Son stared at a photo frame it had all of MKs' friends in it, "Stupid noodle boy..." He mumbled to himself before deciding to go through MKs' clothing as far as he knew his clothes were probably dry but there was just something about MKs' clothes sure he wore it for one night but it was so comfy and warm and sure he can control fire but it was a different type of warm it made him....happy......
Red Son found a jumper it looked way bigger than MKs' other clothes totally as if the normal clothes weren't big on him but when he put it on it covered his knees, "Why does he even have clothes this big...?" the fire demon mumbled before hugging himself and purring you see he was a lot like a cat and it was a coincidence since they were also his favourite animal. There was something about cats their cute faces and soft fur that made them so lovable.
Letting out a sigh Red Son continued to search through the room and found a sketchbook, opening it there was beautiful scenery drawn the fire demon could draw but that's just because he was always sketching out templates for his inventions. He let out a sigh and put the book down before leaving the room with a fluffy blanket. Red Son sat on the couch and began making it comfortable, but while he was doing this someone unexpected appeared.
"RED SON! I"VE BEEN LOOKING ALL OVER FOR YOU" a voice called out before Macaque emerged from the shadow hearing the sudden shout caught Red Son off guard causing him to yelp, "Are you alright? You went to go work on something then just disappeared from thin air" Macaque added worriedly before grabbing Red Son by his shoulders and shaking him. "Whoa okay, geez calm down I'm fine" the fire demon chuckled out taking the shadow monkeys' hands off his shoulders. " Good, Now tell me why the fuck you're in your so called enemies apartment" Macaque hissed. Red Son let out a sigh, "Last night I went for a walk out and then it started raining, which I had no idea impacted my fire then I bumped into the noodle boy and he wouldn't let me go out in the rain" Red Son quickly explained, "Is that why you're wearing his clothes, because to me these things are dry~" Macaque teased while pointing towards his friends' clothing, Red Son lit up with blush, " Haha very funny maybe I'll listen to your opinion when you and Wukong stop fighting like a married couple" the fire demon said trying to defend his dignity. "H-Hey!" Macaque stuttered out.
"Did you lie to my parents for me...?" Red Son asked quickly changing the mood, "Hmm? Yea...told them I sent you somewhere so we could train" Macaque said relieving his friend of his worries. "Listen I can't leave now, noodle boy will freak if he finds out I'm not here when he comes back" Red Son said looking away from Macaque, "Alright kid, but you better be out by the end of the week" the shadow monkey responded, "Also you seem quite comfy in those clothes of his~" he added, causing Red Sons' face to light up again. "I have dignity and high standards I would never fall for a simple mortal!" Red Son said out embarrassingly, "but, his clothes are quite comfy..." he added whispering the last part but he clearly forgotten that he walking whispering around the Sixed-Eared Macaque so he was obviously heard and Macaque laughed out, "Anyways, I'll be seeing you later, go back to whatever you were doing" The shadow monkey said before retreating into the shadows.
Red Son let out a small giggle when Macaque left, "I don't like the noodle boy, I could never!" Red Son spoke aloud trying to convince himself. Red Son grabbed the TV remote before putting on a show and watching it while he was sitting there comfortably wrapped in blankets.
(With Mk)
"Hopefully, he hasn't done anything..." Mk thought to himself as he drove around, "He seems so innocent when he's embarrassed, he gets so easily flustered....his hair it's so soft and smells so good...-" Mk was cut out of his thoughts by a loud honking sound which caused him to jump it was a green light and he was just there daydreaming about Red Son. He instantly drove before he was honked at again, but after awhile it was his break time and he was tired. Mk sat in the truck eating some noodles until, he was absorbed in his thoughts again, "His voice, face, body and....personality......so perfect.." Mk said the last part aloud, "OOOoo, whatcha thinking about there bud, who's perfect?!" Wukong said as he appeared out of thin air. "HOLY SHIT MONKEY KING! Don't sneak up on me like that..!" Mk said as he almost had a heart attack, "Haha sorry bud, but I seriously wanna know who you're thinking about" Wukong laughed out before sitting next to Mk. "I-I don't know what you're talking about" Mk said out stubbornly looking away from Wukong, Mk was still in denial that he liked Red Son.
"Does Mei know about your little crush?" Wukong teased, there was an awkward silence between the two, "No..." Mk quietly replied, "Aww c'mon bud I won't judge you and plus I need to make sure she's good enough for you" Wukong said, " Who said it was a she?" Mk replied trying to get on Wukongs' even more, that sentence caught the great sage off guard he knew Mk had been a few relationships before and that he was bisexual but Mk always told him that it was sorta hard to find guys his type. "C'mon you can't tell me that and not tell me who it is" Wukong whined before shaking Mk, "Yes, I can...and would you look at that my break is over see ya" Mk said before staring the truck, Wukong let out a sigh of defeat before teleporting away.
Mk focused on the road, "I can't like him...what are the others gonna say..." Mk thought before digging his nails into the steering wheel.
(I suggest you check out parts 1-63 if you haven’t already, also my ao3 and wattpad for the chapters more organised)
(With Garmadon and the others)
They all just followed Willow, she occasionally brought down tree branches and ate fruit from them. Her was a white and silver like colour with black tips.
“The Ivory Kingdom has never been mentioned in any of my scrolls, it sounds a lot like Shintaro” Wu spoke, as he broke the deafening silence.
“Shintaro? I think I’ve heard that before…but the Ivory Kingdom’s is in it:s own secluded area, my mum’s said it’s been a secret place for years” Willow replied as she looked back at them.
“Your mother…she sounds like an important woman, and you said she could get us back, does she possess of any powers?” Garmadon questioned, he did seem quite curious about this place.
“She’s amazing! Power wise she does magic, and it’s where me and my brother got our eyes and the mark” Willow replied happily, she seemed to love her mother a lot.
“Magic? Dark magic?” Zane questioned.
“No silly! Normal magic, she doesn’t do anything bad unless it’s for a good reason” Willow laughed.
“What’s her and your brother’s name?” Pixal questioned.
“My brother’s Shancai while my mum is Deity” The nature elemental replied as they all continued walking.
Wu and Garmadon were exchanging thoughts through their expressions, still silently talking about the magic part.
A shiver ran down their back as they passed a darker area of the forest…vines blocking the entrance…dead shrubs and trees while a repulsive smell caused slight nausea. It was like night and day between the sides…the lush and lively side compared to the dark, and rotten side.
“What’s…there?” Wu hesitantly asked as he pointed to the area, Willow’s expression hardened as she stopped walking and stared into the dark side. Vines began to cover more of the entrance as she let out a shaky breathe. The change in her behaviour created uneasiness in the others.
“That…is where my enemy lives…” Willow eventually replied, her lively and friendly expression gone replaced with a cold, and fearful expression.
“Your enemy? What’s this enemy like?” Garmadon questioned.
“A snake…part anacondrai and hypnobrai…but she’s blind so can’t really use hypnotism” Willow confessed, her voice feigned with malice and annoyance for this snake.
The rest of the group looked surprised, anacondrai and hypnobrai…that’s a dangerous combo…”This snake…is there anything else important about her?” Zane spoke.
“She has the voice of a siren…listening to it is basically just as worse as a hypnobrai…” She grumbled, “Blind as a bat…her name’s Rushifa…”
“She sounds…interesting…” Pixal spoke.
“But don’t worry! All you have to do is stay out of that area and cover your ears if you here singing…she will eat you” Willow spoke a little awkwardly.
“She doesn’t come out from there?” Wu questioned.
“Not really…she stays in the forest that’s for sure, but there’s idiots so she gets a free meal…” Willow spoke before she began walking again, expecting the others to follow. The others did follow and quite quickly as well.
“I don’t know how I feel about this place…” Garmadon whispered to Wu.
“Me neither…on one hand it seems nice and then there’s places like that…” Wu responded.
“Let’s just hope the others landed somewhere safer than us…” the oni sighed as he thought about Vinny.
“Agreed…I’m sure Vinny’s safe, the others have taken quite a liking to him” Wu spoke in an attempt to comfort his brother. It was true though, the ninja really did like Vinny, who could blame them?
(With Vinny and the rest of the Ninja)
As Vinny trudged next to Shancai, occasionally looking back at the others, who were staring at him worriedly wanting to pull him away from the man, but didn’t. Shancai seemed like a strong person, one that they didn’t know the full potential of yet.
“I’ll have a look at your arm at the palace” Shancai spoke to Vinny, there was no emotion in it, he seemed good at remaining stoic. The cameraman just nodded, he seemed a little relieved to have his arm taken care of.
“Lloyd tell me you have a bad feeling about this guy…because if you had a bad feeling about Vania and not him then there’s something up with you” Cole shouted in a whispered.
“Geez okay, I really don’t like him…” Lloyd confessed quietly.
“He scares me…” Jay whispered.
“He looks…very unique…in a good way” Nya spoke, “But what does he want with Vinny?” She added.
“How are we meant to know? Vinny happens to have the worst luck ever…” Kai sighed, looking at the cameraman with sympathy.
“Which is sad cause he’s a great guy…” Cole chimed in, receiving nods from the others.
They continued walking down a path before entering two large gates…made out of an interesting stone. “Woah…” Vinny spoke quietly as he stared at the gates that towered over them.
A man looked over the gates, “You’re back early Shancai!” The man spoke from above as the gates began to open.
“There’s some people that need to see my mother” Shancai plainly replied as he walked through the gates followed by the others.
“Must be important if you decided to accompany them” Another man spoke from above the gates as well, Shancai just nodded before he continued walking.
They walked through an area which seemed to be the slums, young kids and elderly people waved towards Shancai, and he gave them a warm smile and nod, the only emotion he seemed to show so far.
“So he can show emotion…” Jay muttered, receiving a gentle hit on the head from Nya.
Vinny seemed surprised as they walked through most likely the markets, stalls upon stalls stood next to each other as people held out their merchandise while buyers attempted to bargain with the owners.
Everyone seemed to have some jewels with them, whether it be diamonds, emeralds, sapphires or rubies, everyone in the market seemed to have one…though there was something that was used to buy merchandise…is was a red gem…not quite a ruby. But it was a currency, and it seemed familiar reminding Vinny of the gems on Shancais’ spear.
The cameraman was a bit surprised as he bumped into Shancai’s arm which was in front of him, stopping him from walking. Vinny was going to question him before he saw a bunch of kids run by with what seemed to be a new kite.
“This place is amazing…” Cole spoke happily as he laid his eyes on a food stall, only then did he realise how fucking hungry he was, so did the others. Especially Vinny, he regretted skipping breakfast this morning.
“Once we get to the palace and inform my mother of your predicament, I’ll have some food prepared” Shancai spoke as he continued walking.
“A-are you sure? We couldn’t possibly, it’s nice enough you’re helping us” Lloyd spoke, as Cole, Jay and Kai glared at him, they really didn’t want Lloyd ruin their chances of food.
“It isn’t necessarily a problem” Shancai spoke, “I am unaware if my mother can even help you get back, though the palace would be open for you all to rest” he added.
“T-thanks…” They all spoke.
Shancai reached a palace…and hell was it pretty…large black tinted windows occasionally placed, multiple guards protecting the place and as they entered long hallways, with white and red curtains draped across the windows while the same colour palette for the carpets. Rooms upon rooms, as what seemed like servants chattered happily as they worked.
“This place is huge…” Kai spoke in amazement, his voice echoing in the halls.
Vinny was just as amazed and occasionally looked up at Shancai, he would sometimes receive a nod of acknowledgment before his eyes flicked back down to Vinnys’ arm.
“Does it hurt?” Shancai questioned Vinny as they walked.
“A little…only when I move it, I can’t really straighten it without pain…” The cameraman responded.
“Most likely a fracture then, keep it still just incase, if it snaps then it’ll be much worse” Shancai responded, receiving a nod from Vinny.
As they entered a room…a woman…sitting on the ground…scrolls thrown across the floor as she read over things. She was quite beautiful…floor long white hair that flowed down before fading away at the ends, black scleras and silver irises just like her son, she had the Yang sign on her right cheek, while she worse a robe with clouds and stars on the end of it as her hair covered her body.
“Mother…”Shancai spoke softly, affection and worry tainting his voice as he bowed down.
)I suggest you check out parts 1-61 if you haven’t already, also my ao3 and wattpad for the chapters more organised)
(With Garmadon, Wu and the others)
When the ground warped beneath them and they fell through, Garmadon was quick to act and almost immediately transformed into his oni form, with the fours arms. He flew and caught Pixal, Zane and Wu.
They were lowered to the ground and he dropped them there before looking around, “Thank you brother” Wu sighed as he dusted himself off, the oni was given a nod of gratitude from both the nindroids.
“Where are we?” Pixal questioned as she stared at ether surroundings, overgrown plants everywhere, no mountains insight like Vinny and the others, not that they would know. Large flowers, and trees stretched on for miles.
“Bigger question is how did we get here and where are the others?”Garmadon spoke, he noticed intricate markings on the trees, they looked like flowers and had definitely been carved there.
“They must’ve landed somewhere else, as for where we are is unlike anything I’ve seen before” Zane spoke as he turned his attention to the markings on the tree.
“Shall we search around?” Wu suggested and the others nodded in agreement.
“It would be wise that we stay together” Pixal spoke.
“Agreed, there’s only 4 of us, who knows what lurks through this forest” Garmadon spoke, they nodded and began walking one way. Garmadon stayed in the front leading them, it was definitely safer that way, he was stronger than them.
They walked for ages till coming across, what seemed like a living space. Large flowers were placed around like couches, and vines lead up to trees while hollow trees had vine beds.
“Someone comes here often” Zane spoke.
“Then we be on guard” the oni spoke as he stared at the same flower like insignia on the ground. As they observed their surroundings, Pixal jumped slightly as vines began wrapping around her legs.
“I fear that someone is here” she spoke as she attempted to shake the vine off her, Zane however used his sword and cut it.
Garmadons’ ears twitched as he heard rustling from above in the trees. “Don’t let your guard down…those vines can come from anywhere” Wu spoke, as everyones attention darted towards the noise.
More vines wrapped around Zane and Pixal stringing them up, while it began going after Wu. Garmadon attempted to fend the vines off, but was strung up as well.
Once they were all strung up, a large flower came down as it opened, a person came out? She looked interested, as the vines on them loosened.
They were shocked…her appearance…black scleras with a dark emerald irises, she had a yang sign on her right cheek and she had elf like ears with tons of piercings. She had her hair in two twin buns and some of it out, while she wore a black body suit with low rise jean shorts, she seemed quite short too and was a little on the chubby side.
She smiled to them, “Hi! Nice to meet you, I’m Willow!” She spoke energetically as she lowered them from the vines.
“H-hello?” Zane spoke awkwardly as they all dusted themselves off.
“Sorry sorry, that was such a bad introduction! I’ve never seen you all around here and definitely not in the kingdom, maybe my brother did, I’ll ask him later” She spoke really fast, only Pixal and Zane could understand.
“What’s your names?” She questioned.
“I’m Zane, this is Pixal, that’s Master Wu and this is Garmadon” Zane introduced everyone.
“How’d you all get here?” Willow questioned as she lifted up Pixal arms curiously, she clearly was intrigued by, as of everyone that saw the two nindroids.
“We are unsure, can you tell us where we are?” Wu spoke.
“This whole forest is called Grove, while the kingdom is well the Ivory Kingdom” She replied as she laid back on one of the flower seats, sinking into it.
“Ivory Kingdom? I’ve never heard of something like that” Wu spoke, Garmadon nodded in agreement.
“If I may ask, how do you do that?” Pixal questioned, signalling to her ability of controlling plants.
Willow smiled and chuckled, “Elemental of nature!” She spoke happily as she used fines to push all of them onto the flower seats, it was fairly comfortable.
“Elemental? When did you discover this?” Garmadon questioned, as he sat up properly on the seats.
“Around…” she counted on her fingers, “Seven years ago!” She spoke.
“You mentioned you have a brother…is he an elemental?” Zane questioned, she shook her head.
“This…Ivory Kingdom…what’s it like?” Garmadon spoke.
“Really nice, I don’t spend a lot of time there, but I got there occasionally, my brother on the other hand stays there a lot! He’s sworn protector of the kingdom, and well since my mum’s the empress we don’t have much responsibility, but I protect the forest” She spoke, it was clear she tired slowing her speaking down a little.
“So you’re the princess?” Zane questioned, she nodded. She seemed laid back, but also very aware at the same time. Anytime there was a noise from the distance she would react quickly.
“Is is just you four here?” She questioned as a tree branch lowered near them and she grabbed an apple, “Want one?” She asked, but they all shook their heads.
“As far as we know, the rest of our friends are probably lost in the forest as well” Pixal spoke.
“How many?” Willow asked.
“Six” Garmadon spoke, the worry he had for Vinny at the moment was overwhelming, but he tried his best to hide it.
“I can search around the forest, but if they were lost in the kingdom then they might’ve met my brother…” She spoke, slight worry in her voice.
“Is something wrong with your brother?” Wu questioned.
“Not really…but he takes protecting the kingdom seriously and if there’s people he doesn’t recognise…cause trust me he knows everyone in that kingdom, and if he finds your friends he’ll see them as trespassers” Willow spoke as she got up and stretched.
“Is there any chance you can take us to the kingdom?” Wu asked.
“Yep! My mum can probably get you back to where you’re from” Willow spoke, the others stood up.
“Thank you” They all thanked her, she gave them a friendly smile and began walking one way, they realised she wasn’t wearing shoes.
(WILLOW MY BELOVED!!!)
(I suggest you check out parts 1-70 if you haven’t already, also my ao3 and wattpad for the chapters more organised)
“Is there a training grounds here?” Nya asked, Shancai nodded in response.
“We could use some training…fighting against someone we don’t know due to our new threat” Lloyd spoke.
“New threat?” Willow muttered to Vinny.
“Enji…” The cameraman whispered back, Willow made a ‘oh’ sign with her mouth and nodded.
“How about we finish eating then we can go?” Wu asked, receiving nods from the others.
“Where’s your mother?” Jay blurted out to Willow and Shancai, they both shrugged.
“I saw her earlier…but she was busy with something…” the nature elemental spoke, Vinny and Shancai exchange worried looks, wondering what was up with Deity.
They all finished eating and began making their way to the training grounds. When they went by Deitys’ room Vinny paused, he wanted to see her. “Everything alright?” Kai asked the cameraman noticing he stopped walking.
“Uh…yea, go on without me I’ll catch up, just gotta do something” Vinny answered receiving nods from the others as they began walking again, Willow and Shancai staring as him curiously, Vinny pointed to Deitys’ door and they both realised what he was doing and nodded, then walked off.
Once he was alone, he worked up the courage to gently knock on the closed door. He didn’t hear anything and waited a bit more, thankfully the door was opened and Deity stood there. She looked overworked…was that chest Enji took worrying her that much?
“Morning dear…” Deity spoke softly as she gave him a small smile, it was obviously forced and didn’t carry the same comfort of one true smile.
“Morning…” Vinny replied, “Sorry…for bothering you, I just wanted to check on you” he added, Deitys’ expression softened hearing that.
“I’m well dear, did you rest well?” She questioned.
“Yea…I wanted to thank you too, talking to you helped…” Vinny spoke to her, when he spoke to her, he felt like the weight of the world was lifted off his shoulders.
“It’s no problem dear…talking to you helped me as well” She answered, “Is everyone awake?” She added.
“Yep, we were going to the training grounds, Willow suggested Shancai spar with the others and he took up on the idea” Vinny replied.
“That’s good…” she sighed, “I checked up on you early this morning…you weren’t in your room, but then I went to Shancais’…I was surprised seeing you all bunched up together…” she chuckled.
“I wasn’t planning on it…me and him were up and we must’ve woke Willow up, but she came in and suggested a sleepover…it was really nice” Vinny answered, his expression softened at the thought.
“I also happened to check again and find Willow purring makeup on you two” Deity teased, causing Vinny to blush.
“Y-yea she did…but it was funny…” Vinny spoke through embarrassment.
“Best you be off, before you lose your way” she teased.
“R-right!” The cameraman laughed out as he looked back in the hallway, “I’ll see you later” he added, Deity waved goodbye and watched Vinny run off into the hallway and try to catch up with the others.
Vinny was out of breath as he finally made it back to the others, “Look who decided to grace up with his presence” Kai teased as he allowed Vinny to lean against him and catch his breath. Garmadon looked at the cameraman and sighed, he wanted to talk…but how…?
“Those…” Vinny panted as he pointed to the halls, “Are some long ass hallways” he breathed heavily.
“That’s why you walk in them” Shancai spoke as he summoned his spear and gently bonked Vinnys’ head.
“I had to catch up!” The cameraman answered, “And I was not going to talk to someone to find you all!” He added.
“Idiot” Nya teased, as they all exited the palace into a large area.
“Here we are!” Willow spoke joyfully as she pointed to the area, it had archery targets, hay targets and all types of training equipment.
“Sometimes I forget we’re in a huge kingdom…” Cole spoke as he stared into the large area. They went down the stairs and designated one area to their training.
“Shall we warm up?” Zane questioned.
“Stretch” Shancai spoke, “You two may not pull a muscle” he pointed to Zane and Pixal “but they will” he added as he pointed to the rest who are not nindroids. “You’re not fighting I take it?” He asked Vinny.
“I would pull a muscle with or without stretching” Vinny chuckled, and sat down where Shancai pointed. Wu and Garmadon sat on the side.
“Shanni! Take off your armour, you’re sparring!” Willow begged her brother, Shancai rolled his eyes, before taking off his top armour piece, he was wearing a black compression shirt underneath. Goddamn did he have muscles.
“I do not want to fight him…” Jay muttered to Kai and Cole.
“Agreed…” Kai and Cole spoke in agreement, Shancai rested his armour piece next to Vinny, who just stared at it and tried poking it…never again…that’s heavy…
“How about we just do weapons first?! Then we can have on with you all using your powers!” Vinny suggested.
“That’s wise” Zane spoke.
“Very well” Shancai answered as his eyes scanned his spear for any damages, the other ninja nodded in agreement.
As the ninja finished stretching and warming up, they debated who was sparring Shancai first, “I say Jay goes first” Kai suggested.
“W-what why me?!” Jay answered, clearly offended.
“Cause if you can beat him we can” Cole teased, he was just playing along with Kais’ teases.
“He won’t kill you!” Willow called out from next to Vinny in an attempt to comfort them, “Not sure about hurting though!” She added, she wanted to mess with them.
“He’ll hurt them?” Vinny asked her.
“Nah, I’m just messin’ with em’”Willow answered, causing the cameraman to snicker. “How about you all go at it?!” She called out.
“What?” Lloyd asked curiously.
“You all attack him with weapons!” She answered.
“A-are you sure? Maybe that’s too much” Nya questioned.
“What’s that meant to mean?” Shancai questioned, to him it sounded like he was being underestimated.
“N-nothing!” Nya spoke immediately.
“Sure…we can do it…?” Lloyd replied, causing Willow to smile happily.
“You sure this is good?” Vinny asked.
“I know my brother and his limits…and he knows them too” Willow replied to Vinny.
They all positioned themselves, Shancai in the middle surrounded by the others, Vinny, Willow, Garmadon and Pixal all sitting out. Kai attacked first, lunging forward with a sword, the prince dodged with ease, moving with grace. He used the blunt end of his spear to knock the others away.
As Jay attacked with nunchucks Shancai used the spear head to lodge it in the chains of the nunchucks and pull it out of Jays’ hands throwing it to the side. “Cocky” the prince spoke as Kai attacked again, “Slow” he spoke to Cole, who was using a scythe, “Aggressive” he said to Nya, who growled at him.
“I’ll show you aggressive…” Nya grumbled, Cole managed to grab Shancai from behind using the spear to keep his arms back, while Lloyd put a sword to his neck, they seemed to have let their guard down slightly.
Shancai jumped off the ground and used Zanes’ chest for power as he knocked off it, freeing his arms from Coles’ grip and landing behind him, “Save your celebrations till after all escapes are blocked” the prince spoke as he knocked Jay to the ground and held the spear to his throat.
“Geez okay!” Jay spoke with fear, he didn’t like this, Shancai sighed and got up.
“You spend too much time calculating every possible outcome, remember you don’t know your opponent you’ve never fought me before” Shancai spoke as he used his spear to point to Zane.
“I like him…” Wu muttered to Garmadon, Wu clearly liked his teaching style and how he critiqued their flaws.
“You put too much power in your hits and that slows you down” Shancai spoke as he pointed to Cole, “Too confident in yourself…you don’t know your limits” points to Kai.
“He didn’t kill them…but he killed something” Vinny muttered to Willow who laughed.
“Aggressive, something spoken that you dislike you’re triggered” Shancai spoke and pointed to Nya, “And you’re not confident enough” points to Lloyd.
“Geez…harsh much” Kai spoke, with fake offence.
As Shancai began helping better their techniques Wu got up and began helping as well, they did get along quite well. Pixal joined Zane in seeing how she can better her techniques.
“Gonna go see what he says about me” Willow spoke to Vinny as she got up and went to her brother Vinny nodded. Now it was just Garmadon and Vinny sitting out.
The cameraman tried to ignore Garmadons’ presence and focus on what Shancai was doing, but it failed…because Garmadon sat next to him, “Hey…” the oni spoke quietly.
“Hey…” Vinny replied bluntly, he didn’t want to talk, but he missed him.
“I…need to talk about something…” Garmadon mumbled, his voice becoming quieter and sadder.
“If it’s about my health then no we won’t talk about it…” Vinny sighed as he looked at the ground.
“It…isn’t…” The oni whispered, Vinny looked at him curiously…what could it be about…?
“Alright…I’m listening…” the cameraman sighed.
“I understand…the past few days haven’t been the best for both of us…” Garmadon began, Vinny nodded in following, “I love you…I really do…” he added quietly, the cameraman looked at him curiously…where was this going…?
“What’s wrong…?” Vinny asked, he was impatient, he was scared, nervous and terrified…
“A break…” Garmadon confessed quietly, Vinnys’ heart dropped.
“A-a break? What’s that meant to mean?” The cameraman asked, he needed to make sure it wasn’t what he thought it would be…
“We need a break Vinny…” Garmadon repeated as he stared at the ground, he couldn’t bring himself to look at Vinny.
Vinnys’ heart dropped heading those words, his mind just turned off, “I-is it me…?” He managed to whisper out.
Garmadon immediately panicked seeing Vinnys’ reaction, “N-no…it’s not…we just need…some space from each other, you need space…” Garmadon answered, as he looked at Vinny.
“R-right…just a break…” Vinny breathed out sharply.
“I…I still love you…I do, though having a relationship at the moment isn’t working for us…” Garmadon confessed, it clearly pained him to say all this.
Vinny just nodded, he couldn’t speak, he couldn’t think, he couldn’t move…what was happening…?
“Are you a-“ Garmadon cut himself off as Vinny got up and walked away. He really didn’t know what he was doing…he wanted to keep Vinny safe…but nothing was working…
Vinnys’ mind and body worked in auto pilot as it just walked back inside the palace. Nya, Wu, and Lloyd noticed this and turned their attention to Garmadon, who was looking at the ground rubbing his temples and stroking a hand through his hand.
Vinny just kept walking and walking…where was he going…? No idea…did he want to know? No…all he knew was that his life just collapsed in the span of 3 minutes…
(YA’LL I CRIED WHILE WRITING THIS)
(I suggest you check out parts 1-26 if you haven't already)
Vinny stayed sitting up in bed, not being able to go back to sleep how could he? Some weird figure that's he's never seen was in here watching him sleep and probably the reason for that awful nightmare. The cameraman reached for a bottle of water and drank from it. He stood up and wobbled slightly before going over to the bathroom. Vinny stared at the mirror and washed his face, "It wasn't real....then who was that...?" he thought as he looked down at the sink his hands holding onto both sides of it.
"Should I tell someone....? I can't tell Garm...he'd freak out....Nya? No....she'd tell Lloyd and I don't want that...." Vinny said as he splashed water over his face a second time. An idea popped in his head, "Wu! He'd probably know what to do....he won't tell anyone.....hopefully..." Vinny said before realising something, "Where's all the others...it's the only 6pm and how didn't they see that person come in....then again it did just disappear as well..." Vinny said as he continued talking to himself.
"Holy shit...I really have lost it haven't I....I'm probably seeing things....I'm just tired.....but I don't want to go to sleep..." Vinny said as he looked back at the mirror. He jumped back in surprise, to his surprise he reflection was looking back smiling it's eyes were a different colour they were now dark red..... Vinny grabbed a toothbrush to try and defend himself even though it would do nothing. "Are you scared~?" The reflection said as it grabbed the toothbrush from Vinny. the cameraman was really shaken up.
"You-You're not real.." Vinny whimpered out fearfully. "Yes I am...I'm as real as you, as Lloyd, as Nya as all the ninja and I'm as real as Garmadon~ He's real isn't he~ actually here's a bigger question! Are you real~!" The reflection asked Vinny stumbled back, "Y-yes...what kind of dumb question is that!? If anyone no, anything isn't real it's you!" Vinny said in a panicky tone before quieting his tone since Garmadon was sleeping.
The reflection smirked, "No need to worry about waking your boyfriend~ He won't be able to hear you~" the reflection teased as if swung the toothbrush around, "I don't know what you are....but are you even real?" Vinny asked, the reflection turned to him and smirked, "Of course I am~!" the reflection said as it stuck its head out of the mirror and grabbed Vinny by the collar. Vinny tired pulling away, but couldn't, "Even if you are real you're not me!" Vinny hissed as he dug his nails into the 'things' hands causing it to flinch its hands back.
The room changed colour from a blue and white scheme to a dark red and black scheme as the reflection climbed out of the mirror. "You know...I really thought this was gonna be easy...but he was right you really are smarter than you look~ Let me help you" The reflection spoke out as it went closer to Vinny and grabbed his cheeks making him look at it. "The fuck is that supposed to mean?!" the cameraman hissed. Trying to pry free of its grip, "Wow so much more aggressive as well, all bark not bite~" The reflection teased.
"Y'know....I saw the way you looked when you found out Misako upset Garmadon....I know you can kill....say how about we go after Lloyd and Nya~!" The reflection teased before summoning a dagger from thin air and placing it in Vinnys' hands. The cameraman looked at his hands and tightened the grip on the dagger. "What about your little boyfriend~ Well he isn't exactly little he's like twice your size, but, why don't I go hurt him...make him feel miserable...make him feel like he really hasn't changed and is still just a monster!" The reflection shouted before getting stabbed in the stomach by Vinny.
"Heh...good...perfect just what I wanted.." The reflection said before taking the dagger out which was covered in blood. "And wow did you stab hard...." it said as it twirled the dagger around, poor Vinny was so tired and sick of this. "Like I said before he was right about you being smarter...and more aggressive than you look..." the reflection chuckled before disappearing into thin air.
"What the fuck...?" Vinny said as the room returned to it's original blue and white colour scheme. "Who was that...who the fuck were they talking about..?" Vinny said as he began panicking and left the bathroom. "Fuck...all in my head..." the cameraman said as he sat back down on the bed.
(DAMN I'M TRAUMATISING HIM BUT I LOVE THIS CHAPTER IT'S MY FAVE SO FAR AND GARMADON JUST SLEEPING THROUGH IT MAKES ME DIE OF LAUGHTER)
(I suggest you check out parts 1-78 if you haven’t already, also my ao3 and wattpad for the chapters more organised)
The walk to the markets wasn’t anything extraordinary, the two didn’t talk much, Shancai just led Vinny to the markets silently. The cameraman didn’t mind either he was still embarrassed about what happened before and was a little giddy, the kiss reassured him a lot.
Vinny was drawn out of his thoughts, when he accidentally bumped into Shancai who stopped walking. “Sorry” the cameraman apologised as he looked up at the prince, he was just given a reassuring nod.
“We’re here” Shancai spoke, causing Vinny to look out in front, he must’ve been lost in thought to not have noticed the conversations, smell of food and bright lights that tainted the markets. For one thing, the cameraman realised how fucking hungry he was.
“Cool” Vinny spoke, as his eyes practically shone, he seemed to really like this place.
“It is” The prince spoke, “Stay close” he added, as he entered the crowd, the cameraman following close behind. It was almost impossible not to bump into someone due to how busy it was, but it was fairly easy finding Shancai, he towered over the crowd.
As they made it through the crowd, Vinnys’ stomach grumbled, why was he hungry now of all times? Deity was right, he should’ve eaten.
His eyes widened as he smelt a sweet scent, which caught his attention as he turned towards it, he couldn’t really quite tell what it was, it looked like a donut, but not at the same time, either way it looked delicious.
Vinny was caught off guard by Shancai’s voice, “If you’re hungry we can get you something” The prince spoke, as he looked at the cameraman.
“O-oh I’m not” Vinny lied as he smiled at him softly, it felt a little rude to ask for food, Shancai just made a ‘are you serious?’ expression, not buying into the act. “Ok ok…maybe I am a little…” the cameraman confessed, “But I can eat back at the palace…I don’t have any money so-“ he was cut off.
“I’m a prince…money isn’t a problem” Shancai spoke, “And patrol here isn’t anything interesting, best you indulge in your needs” the prince sighed.
“A-are you sure?” The cameraman hesitantly asked, receiving a confirming nod.
“What do you want to eat?” Shancai asked, Vinny awkwardly pointed to that stall with the nice smell. The prince nodded and walked over there with Vinny. “How much you want?”
“O-one?” The cameraman spoke, Shancai nodded and just spoke to the stall owner and our a bunch of coins in the owners’ hand. The prince handed it to Vinny, who shyly took a bite, man it was good.
“Fuck that’s good…” The cameraman sighed, it was so warm and perfectly sweet.
“Willow likes them a lot…I don’t even know what it is” Shancai answered as they kept walking.
“I thought it was a donut at first” Vinny spoke, causing the prince to look at him curiously. “What?”
“What the fuck is a donut?” The prince asked, with genuine curiosity.
“You don’t have donuts here?” The cameraman asked surprisingly.
“I don’t think so, I’ve never heard it before” Shancai spoke, as he turned his head curiously.
“I feel like it would be too sweet for you, it’s like a deep fried pastry” Vinny answered, as he happily bit the food.
“Strange” The prince spoke, there was an awkward silence for a while, before Vinny slowly noticed stares, it wasn’t too him, but to Shancai, this must be what Willow meant about people not liking his appearance. Shancai seemed unfazed or used to this.
“People don’t like you?” The cameraman hesitantly asked.
“They don’t like how I look, or the fact I don’t do magic” The prince bluntly answered, receiving a soft nod from Vinny. The awkward silence appeared again, only laughter and conversations from others around them was heard. “Can we stop somewhere?” The prince asked.
“We can go anywhere you like, I’m just tagging along” The cameraman answered, Shancai nodded and continued walking till they went down an alley sort of way, it was more secluded and quieter. “Where we going?” Vinny spoke up.
“I need to give some people stuff” Shancai spoke, as they entered a darker area, it wasn’t as nice as the upper kingdoms, probably the slums. Four kids ran out and hugged Shancais’ legs. “Hello to you too” the prince sighed, he couldn’t hide the happiness in his voice.
“Who’s this?” A young boy, with short messy hair and a missing tooth spoke, as he pointed to Vinny.
“He’s a guest at the palace, him and his friends accidentally ended up here” Shancai answered.
“What’s your name?” A young girl with curly brown hair and dark skin asked Vinny, she seemed shy.
“I’m Vinny” the cameraman answered, his expression and voice softening as he smiled softly.
“Where’s your parents?” Shancai asked, the kids pointed to a house. “I’ll be back” the prince spoke to Vinny who nodded and watched Shancai walk off to the house.
“You’re pretty” a girl with green eyes and black hair said to Vinny, the cameraman seemed surprised by this compliment.
“T-thank you?” Vinny spoke awkwardly.
“Are you friends with Shanni?” A different boy with blonde hair and blue eyes asked.
“I-I think? Maybe?” The cameraman answered, the kids were about to ask another question before Shancai came back.
“Are you leaving already?” The girl with black hair whined.
“The market’s are extra busy today, who knows what’ll happen” The prince spoke, before giving the kids some coins. “I’ll come back soon I swear”
“You’ll bring him too?” The blonde boy asked as he pointed to Vinny.
“Maybe, I need to get him home first” Shancai spoke, before standing up straight, Vinny was trying to process what was happening. “Let’s go” he spoke to Vinny, receiving a nod.
The two began to walk off, the kids waving bye. “Who are they?” The cameraman questioned the prince, the moment they were out of hearing range.
“Just some kids, they live in a poorer area, I try my best to give what I can” Shancai answered.
“That’s nice of you” Vinny spoke, “They like you a lot” the cameraman added.
“They do…they also seem to have taken a liking for you” Shancai answered.
“Yea…” Vinny sighed, it was quiet as they went back to the markets. They both sat on a rock, “What now?”
“Nothing much, just wait for something to happen, I usually walk, but best you rest your legs” The prince answered.
“It’s nice here…” Vinny confessed as he laid down on the rock.
“It is…” Shancai replied, as he watched Vinny lay down.
“Your mum’s nice…” the cameraman spoke up, catching the princes’ attention, receiving a soft hum of acknowledgment. The silence was short lived as there was a series of scream which instantly caused Vinny to sit up while the prince stood up and looked around. “What’s happening?” The cameraman questioned.
“Not sure” Shancai answered, as he summoned his spear again, “You coming?” He asked, receiving a nod from Vinny as he stood up. The two ran to the sound of the chaos, the prince groaned in annoyance as he saw a heart painted to a rock.
“What’s wrong?” Vinny asked curiously.
“It’s Enji” Shancai confessed, causing Vinnys’ heart to drop, he did not want to see Enji…at least he wasn’t alone…
“Shanni! Baby! It’s been a while since we last saw each other!” A familiar playful voice called out, catching the twos’ attention as they stared up a ledge, surely enough Enji was standing there, twirling a new dagger between his fingers. Vinny was a little curious at Enjis’ nickname for the prince, but that was the least of his worries.
Fair enough I do agree though I have heard that garmadon will be in it
when Ninjago Dragons Rising season 2 comes out I swear if Vinny and Garmadon aren’t found with eachother I’m gonna kill everyone then myself cause I need it they can’t just have been roommates and then the merge happens and everyone goes missing cause like I need this to happen I love this little ship of them together
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