Chapter five
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"Looks like someone else got here before us." Kruncha stated, looking at the burned down village. "Look Kruncha, more black skeletons!" Nuckal yelled in excitement, showing him the burnt corpse in his grasp. "That's another dead human, you idiot!" Kruncha smacked Nuckal, causing him to drop the body, limbs falling from the body.

"Both of you stop fooling around, we didn't come here to play with the dead, we came to find the girl." Samukai hissed, getting the two straightened up. "What does Lord Garmadon want with a girl anyway?" Nuckal questioned.

Kruncha cringed at the possible reason why his new Lord would want a girl, but didn't voice his thought. "Do you think the girl burned up too, I hope not, it'll be fun to have a new kin!"

Nuckal happily searched through every corpse just to find a new person to play with. "Do you think she'll be cute, I haven't even met her yet but I think she's adorable, I've never been around humans before, do they bite?"

Both the skeleton stop movement when they hear a humming. They look at eachother for a split second before running to the source. And there they found a little girl with messy (h/c) hair sitting in a water fountain. She had a lot of bruises and was slightly bleeding, possiblity reopened cuts.

"Is that her?" Nuckal asked, as Kruncha slowly moved towards the girl. She snapped her head up, staring at the strange figure. "You not.. cursed lady?" She said in a questioning tone.

"Uhh, who?" "That doesn't matter right now, we found her, let's go." Kruncha grabbed the girl's hand, pulling her to the direction of Samukai.

Samukai turned to face his two top Generals and the child they held. "This can't be it." He muttered, seeing the girl look dull up at him. "She's so dirty." Despite being in water for who knows how long, the girl still looked disgusting, Samukai refused to be near her.

"I'm pretty sure it's her, she's the only thing alive here, and I doubt whoever did this would keep one person alive if they didn't have any sort of power." Kruncha stated. Samukai nodded before looking back at the little girl.

"Tell me child, who was the one who burnt down this village, made our task easier but I would still like to know." Samukai said, surprised that the girl isn't even slightly afraid of him. "I make fire." She told him.

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"Hey, are you listening to me!" (Y/n) looked down at the boy, seeing him look a bit worried for her. "Forgive me, I was only lost in thought, everytime I come back into this realm a wave of oppressed memories come storming in." She stated.

Lloyd only looked at her confused but otherwise said nothing, as he continued to look for the Fangpyre tomb. "This place kind of looks scary, are you scared, (Y/n)?" He asked the girl, checking if she was afraid.

"I am fine, it reminds me of the underworld." She answered, looking away when Lloyd shines the flashlight to her face. "Yeah, that was a trick question, you shouldn't be afraid."

The two continued their search for the tomb, Lloyd slightly beginning to feel frustrated. "This is getting annoying, it says it should be here but I don't see anything." He hissed. After taking one step forward, he feels his foot slowly sink down.

Lloyd jumped back, seeing the ground open. "I believe you found the Fangpyre tomb." (Y/n) stated as snakes began jumping out. The small child quickly hid behind (Y/n) watching as a two headed serpent with a staff slithered towards them.

"Who, may I assk, [has sset us free] from our [imprisssonment]?" One of the heads had a scratchy voice while the other one was a bit softer yet still scratchy.

"I, Lloyd Garmadon, have set you free, to make the Hypnobrai pay for betraying me." He states angerly, yet still hides behind the girl out of fear. "Thosse hypnotizing deceiverss, [it would be] our pleassure." The serpent bows, giving Lloyd the confidence to stand infront of the two headed creature.

"Really, good, I'll lead the way, after that we have some ninja to get rid of." "Ssounds like [you know] what you want." The serpent said, slithering around the pair. "But the Hypnobrai [are strong] and we are few in numberss [we need] reinforcements."

Lloyd only stared back at the snake. The boy didn't have an army, the only person he has is (Y/n), does she even count? "How do we get reinforcements?" He asked, the only response he receives are hissing before the snake slithers away.

Lloyd hesitantly follows, after a few steps looking back to make sure (Y/n) is right behind him, Which to his relief she is. She pulled her hood up, now walking beside Lloyd.

The boy suddenly feels his legs hurting badly, he has been walking the whole day, but would this mean he was weak. (Y/n) seemed fine, so he should be too, so why does he feel like giving out?

He tugs on (Y/n) cape, getting her attention. "C-Can you um.." The sentence was to embarrassing to say aloud, he's pretty sure he'd be called weak, but then again she is supposed to listen to whatever he orders her to do.

Before he can say anything, he's carried onto the girl's back, his legs being relieved of the pressure. "Do not hesitate on ordering me, I am willing to do anything asked of me." She stated, ruffling the hair of the boy behind her.

Lloyd gasped, but then was confused. She messed up his hair instead of hitting him at the very least he expected an insult. But every word, ever touch, it felt so different. Because of his bloodline to the dark lord the world was so cruel, being expected to be the next dark lord to Garmadon's throne.

He never wanted that, he believed he was good. But he was told so many times he would amount to nothing, the world would be better off without him, a child destined for evil.

"Young master?" (Y/n) was able to feel the negativity the boy was giving. Lloyd snapped out of his thoughts, blinking a couple times before shoving his face onto her shoulder.

"I'm fine, just keep following the General." He mumbled, trying so desperately to blink away the tears threatening to leave.

After an hour of walking, Lloyd was snoozing on (Y/n)'s back, and the General finally stopped at a destination. "We have [arrived]." They cooed, entering the cluttered place. "Ed and Edna's scrap 'n junk.." (Y/n) read, as she walked in.

The Serpentine were all over the place, touching the metal junk. "Fangpyre can turn any object into a living thing, creating a sentient army." (Y/n) thought aloud. "We can also [turn humanss]." The general said, smiling at the girl.

(Y/n) held the sword of flames at one of the heads' neck, glaring at the two. "I can also turn you into one snake." She said, threatening to slice the head.

The General slithered away from the sword, rolling their eyes. "I was merely [teasing]." (Y/n) put the sword back in its holder, still keeping an eye on snake.

"Someone is arriving." She quickly stated before going to hide behind a pile of junk. The rest of the Serpentine followed her lead, just in time before headlights brighten the place.

"Home sweet home!" A man yelled, before walking to a rather big piece of metal. "Back to the grind." "Oh sweetie, you've been working on that thing day and night." A woman says. "Well, you never know when Jay might show up." The man sighs. "Oh, you're right, I should prep tomorrow's dinner just in case." She said in glee.

The General cut off the power, causing the man to look around warily. "Whoever's there, my son knows spinjitzu!" The man says threateningly.

"Spinjitzu? So these are the parents of one of the four elemental masters?" (Y/n) questioned, slightly confused. Neither of them looked like any of the four, which was strange. The children are supposed to look like there parents.

(Y/n) shook her head from that thought, as she placed Lloyd  on a soft material. Finding out which master belongs to what parents isn't the main focus now. She jumped out of hiding tying the two elderly together, pushing them to the ground to stop any form of escape.

"Have at it boyss!" All at once the Fangpyre tribe began biting ever piece of machinery that seemed suitable for battle. "My creations!" The man yelled, completely heartbroken.

"They are just machines, why care about it?" (Y/n) asked, confused as to why the man cares about something that isn't alive. "You don't touch a man's invention, especially one he worked with all his passion on it!" He yelled, lecturing the girl.

"I love these creation as if they were my own son!" (Y/n) was still rather confused but didn't bother asking anymore questions, only watches as the sun rises.

The wind blows the hood off her head, causing the couple to see her face. "Oh my what a pretty thing you are." Edna sqeals, causing (Y/n) to blush. "Pardon?"

"Ed isn't she just the cutest." "Oh, will you look at that, she is adorable ain't she." (Y/n)'s face burned, and was very confused. "How can you change your feelings towards me that quickly?" She questioned, completely flustered.

"Oh! Now that I think about it, you might be my son's type, my son likes a girl who can fight, he also kissed his pillow this one time, my aren't you just so cute, is your favorite color blue, dear?" (Y/n) taped her mouth shut, not being able to handle all the affection she was giving.

That didn't stop Edna from muffling the compliments to her, which somehow, made (Y/n) blush worse.

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"Sure got a lot of junk piling up, wish we had a place to dump these at." Kai says, walking past Jay. "Do you mind?" He hissed, before going back to work on the defenses. "Hi mom and dad, of course I'd love to visit!" Cole yelled, pretending to be on a call as he presses a control to his ear.

"I know what you're trying to do." Jay says, before getting up and turning to face them. "Look I'd love to go, really I would, but as you can see, my plate is kinda fuel." Nya then appears, smiling at the crew.

"H-Hi Nya." Jay cooed, face glowing red. "You visiting your parents?" She asked. "Yeah, uh I was actually just about to leave." "Cool, tell them I said hi." She said before leaving.

Jay watches her leave, while getting a glare from the other two ninja. "What, my plate isn't as fuel as I thought."

Outside, Jay struggled to get his dragon to move. Being frustrated by the fact that he had to go to his parents and the sun being so damn hot wasn't helping either. "Come on whisp, it'll be a quick stop, in and out." He tried to reason.

"It is as I suspected, the dragons are molting, they are shedding their scales." Jay let go of the chains, looking at his Sensei confused. "What does that mean exactly?" "Every adolescent dragon goes through a transformation before becoming an adult, we must allow them to migrate east to the spirit coasts." Jay looks back at his dragon concerned. "Will we see them again?" "It is hard to say."

"Rockys' going east?" Cole asked in suprise, going over to hug his dragon. "Say it isn't so, Rocky.." The rest of the ninja walk over to their own dragons, hugging them before having to separate.

Jay walks over to Nya, blushing slightly. "So, guess I have to walk all the way there, would be nice to have some company." He hinted at the girl.

Before she could say anything, Cole swung his arms over Jay, giving him a teasing smile. "Of course we'll go buddy." "I could use a break." Kai added. "All you had to do was ask."

Jay groaned, annoyed by his teamates for having to ruin his alone time with his crush.

As the group walked to Jay's home, Cole watched as his friend flew east. Wu was playing the flute, to get rid of any silence. "Of all the time to lose our ride." Jay whined.

Zane listened to his Sensei play the flute before saying his thoughts. "That flute, why is it so special?" He asked, causing Wu to stop the music to explain.

"Long ago, there were many flutes used to combat the serpentine to drive them underground, over time ninjago has forgotten its ancestors wisdom and now this is the only one." He says, playing the flute towards Jay, only for him to push his sensei away. "Alright alright, I get the lesson, respect your elders or suffer the consequences, geez you guys do let up do you?"

When they reached the junkyard, they heard a sudden loud noise. "Is that a helicopter?" Nya asked, having to yell due to the noise. "I don't think that's a good sign!" Cole yelled. Jay ran into the junkyard, seeing vehicles transformed into disgusting creatures.

Something that immediately caught his attention, was that caped stranger, with his parents, and a small knife in hand. The sudden rush of fear ran through him as he quickly grabbed something and threw it at the enemy.

(Y/n) dodged, dropping the small weapon, along with the couple. Their yelling were muffled due to the tape, but she could tell they were nagging at the master of lightning for attacking (Y/n). This triggered all the Serpentine to leave the place.

"I guess they want to be the ones to cut you loose." She states, turning around to enter the helicopter. Lloyd smiled and waved at her, very excited to get his revenge. As she took a few steps forward, she was thrown back.

"What do you say we have ourselves a little rematch." Kai cooed, looking down at (Y/n) as she slightly growled at him.

"W-Wait, we can't take off yet, she's still down there!" Lloyd yelled, as the helicopter. "She's a sstrong girl, [she can find] a way out." The General states, still leaving Lloyd to worry.

Kai cracked his knuckles, glaring at the person he hated most. "Where's my weapon." He hissed. Kai wasn't a very patient person, so when (Y/n) didn't answer two seconds after he asked, Kai ran straight towards her, going to strike her down.

"Mmf!" Enda yelled through the tape, as Jay sat them down carefully with the help of Zane. "I'm so sorry I let this happen." He said filled with guilt, untaping his fathers mouth.

"Good to see you son, but uh, might wanna let your ma cool down before untaping her, she's a bit anger." "And she has every right to be, ma I'm sorry, I promise I'll-" once Jay took the tape off, he was instantly yelled at.

"How dare you try to harm that sqeet sweet girl!" Jay was taken aback, that's a strange thank you. "Girl?" "She was kind enough to stop those nasty snakes from trying to bite us and was just about to let us go, and you try to harm her!?"

Jay was at a loss, was his mom reffering to the person Kai was fighting? "I bet you don't even know her name, or that she's trying her hardest to protect that baby boy, or that she likes to get showered with compliments."

Zane only stayed silent as Jay got scolded, finally being able to untie the elderly couple. "Now.." Enda started, as she wiped the dirt from her clothing. "Stop your friend from hurting her."

Jay and Zane look back at the fight, seeing Kai losing. "I think you have to stop.. her?" Jay asked, still not believing that she's a girl. "Oh dear, I guess you're right." Enda said, watching as (Y/n) kicked Kai down.

(Y/n) was about to knock him out cold, when Enda placed a hand on her fist. "Dear, I don't think you wanna do that." She said softly, causing the girl to calm down.

"They won't hurt you, dear." The rest of the team made it over to surround (Y/n) and Edna. "Wow, look Kai, an elderly woman was able to apprehend her." Cole teased, helping him up. "Shut up."

She was still very cautious, all eyes were on her. "Now show them what a pretty face you have." (Y/n) snatched her hand away, covering her face, trying to calm the heat that was rising from it.

"Before we get ahead of ourselves with finally seeing this... person, how did you find out so much information within a day, it took us weeks to find there location, only to have our home burned!" Jay yelled.

"We just came home, she tied us up, then we had a chat." Ed simply put it before his wife could start. "How can you do that with tape on your mouth?" Kai asked. "Oh, poor thing was so embarrassed with a few compliments, isn't that right sweetie." She cooed, stretching out her cheeks, causing the hood to fall.

"S-Stop..!" She whined, trying to push the woman away. While the ninja, apart from Zane, stared in disbelief, Nya awed at the fact that (Y/n) was able to fight the way she did and still have no stratch on her, girl power!

Wu on the other hand, stared intensely at the girl, something about her was familiar to him. Garmadon wasn't known for having women to fight beside him. So something about this girl has to be special.

"Mrs.Walker is right, you are pretty." Nya said, walking up to the girl, only for her to step back. "Oh don't be shy now." "Nothing to do with being shy, if I even slightly touch her, the master of fire would be angry, and I rather much do nit feel like being burnt alive."

The couple stared at Kai, confused. "Hey don't look at me like I'm the one who did something wrong, girl or not, she still kidnapped my sister." He hissed, glaring at the girl.

(Y/n) eyes glowed for a bit, confusing the ninja but intriging Wu. Something indeed was special about this girl. "So filled with anger." She sighed, looking over at the older couple. "Do you mind sparing me a vechile, preferably a motorbike, I have to make sure the young master does not do anything reckless."

Ed nodded, quickly going to fetch what the girl asked for, Enda following behind him. This left an awkward silence in the air.

"So.. sorry for trying to hit you with a metal plate." Jay apologized. "I apologize for not being able to throw it back." She said back, shrugging. "Where'd you learn to fight?" Nya asked. "The underworld?" (Y/n) said questioningly.

Ninjago really has changed, they are less willing to fight her because of her gender. When she was younger they wouldn't hesitant to even slaughter a woman.

"Keep in mind." She said, catching all of their attention. "I am still the enemy, you can take it easy on me, but know, if I am commanded to, I am more willing to break every bone in your body." All of that she said with a staight face.

"Alright dear, here is the motorbike you asked for, it might get you to ninjago but you'll have to walk to wherever you're wanting to go from there." (Y/n) turned to face the vehicle, smiling at the gesture.

"That thing doesn't even look like it'll make it from here to the exit." Kai whispered to Cole, getting a snicker from him. "I um.. do not know what Ninjago is but.." (Y/n) tapped the bike, a violet smoke covering it before disappearing, making the motorbike look brand new. "I appreciate the bike." She smiled, getting an awe from the couple.

"Ah! Wait!" Wu called but she was already off to go to Lloyd. "Oh, did you need something from her, she said she'd come back and visit, if you want to come back and see her again." Ed said to Wu.

Wu only sighed, shaking his head. "I believe I will be seeing her again very soon." And with that, he will also be seeing his nephew too.