Chapter 16: Few Complications
Harumi started explaining everything from when the building collapsed to her having to break into the Royal Palace. She told them of how she fell off the building and how the Huxley's saved her life after she had saved theirs. She also told them of how she had the crazy weird dream when she was in a coma, but she didn't tell them what had happened inside the dream. She informed them of how she came back to Ninjago right before Aspheera attacked and how she stayed until Kalmaar's reign ended. She had also let them know that she came to Nya's Memorial, much to the surprise of Kai and Jay. She explained to them what Garmadon had told her and how she went to the Library of Domu to find a way to get Nya back. She explained that she found about the artifact called The Pearl of Reversal and the other artifact called The Crystal of Oni and Dragon. The next thing she unraveled was why she broke into the palace, "I broke into the Palace of Secrets to find the map. It was the scroll that I was holding when Lloyd found me. It's also the map that we're following, it should lead us to the Pearl." She finished.
Zane made sure to record everything she said and as soon as she was done with her explanation, he analyzed everything she said before talking himself, "The Pearl of Reversal. It's a real artifact, she isn't making any of it up." He pointed to the map, "I'm not sure if this map really leads to the Pearl, but if it does, then I think it's worth looking for."
"If what she is saying is true," PIXAL started, "Then I believe that we are in for another dangerous mission. If the oni really are coming to Ninjago, then I would suggest assisting Harumi in finding this Pearl." She suggested.
"I found some information on the Pearl of Reversal, but I couldn't find much about The Crystal of Oni and Dragon." Zane claimed.
Lloyd looked down in thought. He got up from his seat and started pacing back and forth before he said, "As much as I want to believe what you have told us, Harumi, it's kind of hard to do so after what you did the first time we trusted you." Lloyd commented.
Harumi sighed and mumbled, "This is what The First Spinjitzu Master warned me about..." It was inaudible to everyone around her. She slowly nodded, "I understand." She replied.
Kai raised his hand in the air, "I'm with Lloyd." He gave a signal for all his friends to huddle up so that Harumi can't hear them, "I can't tell if she's lying or not but if we do team up with her, we need to be cautious. Just in case it is a ruse." He said in a quiet voice.
"Hmm... I don't know. Do we really want to believe what Harumi told us? Like Lloyd said, the first time we did, she just used us to get the Oni Mask." Cole reminded them.
Skylor shrugged, "I'll just go with what you guys decide. But if you want my opinion, I say we give her a shot." She vocalized her thoughts.
Zane appeared to ask PIXAL something before she nodded at him in agreement. He then said, "I would suggest taking it slow. If she wants to gain back our trust, then she would have to build it. And if we do decide to follow her to this artifact they call the Pearl of Reversal, then I would propose to find proof of the oni coming back before doing so." Zane suggested with PIXAL nodding her head.
"Doesn't Ninjago have a TV news show or something? Maybe we might see a live recording of the oni?" Vania stepped in.
"That... Isn't a bad idea." Lloyd started while smiling, "We'll check the news to see if the oni really are coming back." He announced before turning to Harumi, "Harumi, do you know when the oni will come?" He asked in a serious manner.
Harumi thought about it for a second before saying, "If what Garmadon told me was true, then I would say that I don't know the exact date, but I do know that they're coming. They're near but I don't know when they will cross over." She responded truthfully.
Lloyd nodded before turning back to the others. They got out from the huddle and Lloyd started giving out orders, "Okay. Zane, PIX, you guys steer the ship. Kai, Skylor, you two help find out about the news in Ninjago City. Cole, Vania, you guys-" Just as the assigned ninja's started running towards their stations, Lloyd got cut off by the ship rocking from an impact. Everyone lost balance and fell over to the floor.
"What was that?!" Jay exclaimed out of surprise. No one answered because no one knew what the source of the sudden jerk was.
PIXAL got up and checked the radar, "Something hit us from the northside! And something is coming again. Fast!" She yelled.
Everyone that was still on the floor got up and looked from the deck. Their eyes widened with Kai screaming, "Brace for impact!" He yelled right before a black cloud of darkness hit them. They all fell to the floor again.
Lloyd looked at PIXAL, "PIXAL! Turn on the news!" She did so and they all saw Gayle Gossip on TV.
"Anyone who is still in Ninjago City, leave at once! The oni is attacking the city yet again!" Gayle announced to anyone watching the TV, "If you are seeing this, please evacuate the city immediately!" She broadcasted before evacuating herself.
Lloyd's eyes widened and he yelled, "Get us out of here!" He commanded. She complied and flipped the switch. Just as they were about to blast off, a black tendril caught their ship.
Skylor and Kai looked to the side of the ship and saw the tendril, "Something's holding us back!" Skylor shouted.
Zane, Cole, and Jay all came to look and they also saw the tendril. Zane then scanned it and said, "I think it's an oni!" He mentioned while observing it.
"Oh, not again!" Jay whined as he slumped down the railing.
Vania came up beside Cole and pointed, "And there's more coming!" She alerted her friends.
Lloyd and Harumi also came to the side of the ship. Lloyd saw a rope, he tied it to the ship's railing and jumped off. "Lloyd!" Harumi cried out.
"What is he doing?!" Kai questioned while yelling.
As soon as Lloyd jumped off while holding onto the rope, he took out his blade and cut the oni tendril, making it disappear. He positioned his blade back on his back, "PIXAL! Hit the thrusters!" He yelled as he started climbing up the rope.
She nodded and flipped the switch. They blasted off but an oni tendril got a hold of Lloyd's foot while he was climbing up the rope, "Hey!" He exclaimed while taking out his blade, ready to cut it off. The oni tendril pulled his foot which made Lloyd lose his grip on the rope and his blade.
He screamed as he fell, alerting his friends, "Lloyd!" They cried out, watching their friend fall to his doom.
Everyone gaped as Harumi jumped off the ship, chasing Lloyd. "Harumi!" They yelled.
"What is she doing?!" Kai asked. He then turned to PIXAL, "PIXAL, stop the ship! Turn back!"
Jay found the rope Lloyd tied to the railing. He untied it and flung it down towards Harumi and Lloyd. Harumi was holding a dagger in her hand as she chased Lloyd down the sky. The ship was pretty high up in the sky, the drop was really far down but when she started to see the ground, she panicked, "Come on, come on, come on." She murmured, silently praying that the other ninja turned back.
Lloyd was being pulled down by the tendril and the gravity, which just made him fall down faster. "Why do I always get myself into situations like this?" He muttered clearly being annoyed while trying to find something to save himself. He looked up and saw Harumi diving after him. He smiled.
Harumi smiled back when she finally got beside him. She took out the dagger, which surprised Lloyd for a brief moment, and cut the tendril. It released Lloyd and they were both falling out of the sky. Harumi positioned the dagger back into her belt safely so that it won't stab her. "I did not think this through..." Harumi whispered, facepalming mentally when out of nowhere, a rope fell down beside them.
They both looked up and saw Jay holding onto the rope tightly, "Grab on you two!" He shouted, his face filled with concern. It was barely audible to the duo that were still falling. They both grabbed on at the same time and the sudden jerk made Jay get pulled overboard. He yelped as he got pulled down. He couldn't grab onto anything and he started screaming when he got pulled down.
But before he could plummet down to his doom any further than he already did, he felt some grab his foot, "Gotcha!" He heard Kai. He didn't even need to see his face to know that he was smirking.
"Oh, thank goodness." Jay smiled as he looked up and saw the rest of the group creating a human chain or as Jay would call it, a ninja chain. Kai was holding his foot, Skylor was holding Kai's, Zane was holding Skylor's hand, and Vania and Cole were holding Zane's foot. "Hang on!" Cole notified them before he pulled everyone back on board.
Jay let out a breath of relief, "Thank you, thank you." He thanked.
"Don't mention it." Kai played down.
Harumi and Lloyd felt the rope being pulled up so they assumed that it was safe to start climbing up. Once they reached the top, Lloyd nodded his head in thanks to Harumi, who nodded back while smiling, before he turned to his friends, "Thanks. And PIXAL," He smiled before turning to PIXAL who was still at the wheel, "What happened? Where are we?" He asked.
PIXAL shook her head, "I don't know how this happened, but someone messed with the map and changed our course of direction. Last I checked, we were headed to the Ophidian Forest, but now it's changed to Ninjago City." She replied.
"I wonder who did that?" Kai asked sarcastically while glaring at Harumi.
Everyone followed pursuit but Harumi was taken aback, "What?! I didn't do that! Why would I change our course when I know that the oni would come back?" She tried reasoning with them.
Neither of them were having any of the things she said. They just scowled at her. But before any of them could say another word, they heard someone nervously chuckling. They all turned to the source and saw that Jay was the one chuckling nervously. He then cleared his throat before rubbing the back of his neck sheepishly, "Um, I might've- uh, I kind of, um... Ahem! I was actually the one who changed our course. Sorta." He confessed.
"What?!" Kai blew up, clearly being confused by this revelation.
Cole decided to join in, "But why would you do that? And when did you even have time to do it?" He asked.
Jay cleared his throat again before admitting, "I did it in the middle of Harumi's explanation."
"Okay, but why? You said that you wanted to do it since it involves bringing back Nya..." Skylor asked.
"I didn't really believe Harumi's story. So I thought that I would set a course for Ninjago to see if what she told us was really true. And I guess it is so," He paused, "Yay..." He cheered sarcastically.
Kai facepalmed, "Ugh, Jay." He groaned in a whiny voice.
"Look, I'm sorry, okay?" Jay suddenly snapped, "Harumi was talking about bringing back my Yang, and if she was lying doing some cruel joke then it would've crushed me." He explained his reason, "So I just had to find out if what she said was true." He glared which surprised his friends since Jay doesn't usually get mad.
"Jay's doing wasn't all bad." They heard Lloyd start talking as he walked up in front of everyone, "Now that we have proof of the oni being back, we really do need to go on this mission." He turned to PIXAL, "PIX, set a course for the Ophidian Forest again. This time for real." He ordered.
PIXAL nodded and this time, they were going on the mission and there was no turning back. Lloyd came up to Harumi, "I guess we'll be working with you for the rest of this adventure, Harumi." He said feeling a bit awkward since he was about to work with his former love interest.
Kai came up to the pair, "We believe you about the oni, Harumi, but if you want to earn our trust, you'll have to work for it." He commented.
"It won't come easy but if you prove to us that you've changed..." Cole started.
"You might just regain our trust." Zane smiled as he finished Cole's sentence. Cole nodded.
Harumi let out a breath, "I'll try. I haven't exactly forgiven Lloyd either, but I will try my best to forgive him willingly." She smiled.
"It's understandable." Zane said as the others nodded in understanding.
Cole slung an arm over Zane's shoulder, "We're not exactly good on term with you either." He laughed, "But you were telling the truth about the oni, so I guess you built a tiny bit of trust from that." Vania giggled at his words and Harumi just nodded in understanding while she smiled.
She was looking over the deck. Everyone, minus PIXAL, followed her and looked at the view. The oni are back and no one knows how they returned, but the ninja are determined that they can stop them. This will be a dangerous mission but it's for Ninjago. This is their sworn duty as a ninja. And as for Harumi? She hasn't forgiven Lloyd yet but she hopes to do so during this mission. The oni have already taken over Ninjago City so there's no turning back now. But one thing's for sure...
They're in for a crazy, life-changing adventure.
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