Chapter 18: Ninjaball Run
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(Third Person P.O.V)
Nya had taken (Y/N) along with her to the auto body shop. Keeping her away from the Ninja and Dareth.
Nya found it fascinating that (Y/N) was such an accomplished fighter but knew so little about personal interactions and Ninjago as a hole.
"So, fill me in, what were they like." Nya questioned (Y/N).
(Y/N) let out a yarn. "Who?" She'd had the most dreadful nights sleep last night filled with nightmares again.
"Those clones of my brother and the rest of the team." Nya explained.
"The exact same: annoying only with pale skin and red eyes." (Y/N) yarned again she was falling asleep standing up.
Nya let out a sigh that wasn't what she meant but (Y/N) was a closed off person so you hardly got any information out of her.
"Wait, there was one difference the clone of your brother was nice to me which was really weird." (Y/N) said rubbing her eyes she was falling asleep where she was standing.
Nya giggled. "Nice? how was he nice?"
"It was more weird to me than nice but he started complimenting me, and calling his original a fool." (Y/N) informed Nya.
Nya immediately pounced on that piece of information. "Complementing you, How so? What did he say exactly, the exact words."
"Exact words?" (Y/N) questioned thinking back to what the Bizzaro Ninja had said to her.
"--this beautiful, untouchable goddess just walks into his life and instead of pledging his heart to her, he decides to be her enemy, What an idiot--" (Y/N) said quoting Bizzaro Kai.
Nya started gushing at what she had just be told. "WOW." Nya said with a smile know something that (Y/N) didn't, thinking back to her own little interaction with Jay's copy.
"That wasn't even the strangest thing Cole's copy licked the back of my hand." (Y/N) continued.
"Wait, Cole's copy licked you?" Nya questioned. "Yeah, like this." (Y/N) demonstrated what on her own hand what Bizzaro Cole had done and Nya started to giggle.
(Y/N) was so innocent in matters of the heart it was adorable. "(Y/N), he wasn't licking you he was kissing you." Nya giggled at the confused look on (Y/N)'s face. This was even better then Nya could have hoped for.
"Kissing?" (Y/N) questioned Nya. "Is it some new form of attack?"
"No, It how two people who are in love show each other affection to one and other." Nya explained.
"Love? Oh, I've read about that in my book it said Love is for the weak and that it better to be feared than loved." (Y/N) was about to pull out said book but Nya stopped her.
"(Y/N) remember we talked about this the book is full of false facts." Nya said to (Y/N) sadly.
"Oh, Yeah you're right, sorry." (Y/N) apologised zipping her satchel back up.
"It ok, how about we head back and see what mischief the boys had managed to get into without us watching them." Nya suggested and (Y/N) nodded her head in agreement.
___Timeskip___
Lloyd was standing, on one hand, holding up all the ninjas and Sensei Wu.
Out of nowhere a wrecking ball came in and crushed the window of Dearth's Dojo. Everyone fell to the ground.
"What was that?" Cole asks as he and the others got themselves up from the ground.
Two construction workers came and looked through the now obliterated window.
One wore an orange helmet with an orange reflection vest, and the other had a grey suit with an orange helmet. They look surprised to see people still in there. Dareth come storming in.
"Whoa! Whoa! whoa! This wasn't supposed to happen until TOMORROW!" He yells at the workers.
"Tomorrow? Let me see that order." The one with the suit ordered. The other one with an orange vest handed him a paper. "Oh, yeah! My bad! Sorry 'bout that! We'll be back in the morning" The one in the suit says as they walk off.
"Uh... Dareth... What is this all about!?" Cole asked.
Dareth picks up one of his trophies that had its bottom bent.
Nya and (Y/N) arrive at the dojo. "What the hell!" (Y/N) shouted out at seeing the huge hole in the wall caused by the big wreaking ball standing just outside the window.
"Are the pirates back?" Nya questioned looking at the hole.
"Some new developer named Darnagom Enterprises is buying the entire block to build some stupid Frisbee golf course... They bought the land and raised the rent and said if I didn't come up with 50 000 by tomorrow... the dojo is gone..." Dareth explain.
"B-But we already lost the Bounty! We can't lose the dojo now!" Jay exclaims in frustration.
"All my trophies! All my trophie-hie-hies." Dareth sulked hugging them.
(Y/N) burst out into laughter and everyone looked at her as if she was insane.
"Lloyd I have to hand it to your father, using the law to stop your training is a good one." (Y/N) said wiping away a tear of laughter.
"Um..? My dad is behind this?" Lloyd questioned. "How on earth could you possibly know that one?" Kai shouted at her
"It obvious." (Y/N) chuckled. "He sighed his own name on his work how much more obvious could you get, talk about a rookie mistake."
Everyone continued to look at (Y/N) with a blank expression.
"Wait? You didn't spot it right away? 'Darnagom' When you rearrange the letters it spells Garmadon." (Y/N) says filling in the clueless lot.
The Ninja let out an 'oh' and rub the back of their heads. Their cheeks turning red in embarrassment.
"Right...That would make more sense... You must be wicked at scrable." Jay says still rubbing the back of his head.
"I don't know what that is?" (Y/N) answered.
"If Garamdon destroys the dojo, where will we train Lloyd?" Cole asked.
"Worry not, Dareth. You are not in this alone. We're all with you." Sensei Wu says comforting the crying Dareth.
"I have an idea ever heard about the Ninjaball run." Nya says. "Ninjaball run?" The Ninja all say at once.
"It's the biggest car race in Ninjago. With the price of 100 000 big ones. AND it's tomorrow." Nya says.
"You're talking about the most dangerous race in all of Ninjago. Only the most serious racers stand a chance. Thank for trying though." Dareth says looking sad.
"Didn't you just make a few upgrades on our Ultra-Sonic rider?" Kai asked Nya. She nods back at him. "Maybe we might stand a chance." Kai says to Dareth.
"And I can enter with my dragon! You did say I needed to practice." Lloyd says happily.
"So it is agreed. You will all enter this Ninjaball run, to save the dojo." Sensei Wu says with confidence.
Dareth was sniffing as tears fell from his eyes. (Y/N) walked over to him. "I know they're not the smartest lot but it's better than nothing. Plus Dragon that thing is bound to win did you see that thing fight." (Y/N) tells Dareth trying to eyas his fears.
"It ok these... are happy tears." Dareth says and smiled.
___Timeskip___
It was the day of the race. Everyone was in their place. Nya was just fixing the last touch on the Ultra-Sonic-Rider.
"Welcome everyone, to the 14th yearly Ninjaball run!" The first announcer says.
"Where it doesn't matter how you get to goal. As long as you get there first." The second announcer says.
Sensei Wu, Dareth and two of his students Jeff and Phil join the crowd along with an uncounterable looking (Y/N). Jeff and Phil both explained to (Y/N) that there is only one rule in Ninjaball run. And that's cross the finish line first.
"Well, let's take a look at the racers." Announcer #1 says.
"I see at the start, some well-known faces." Announcer #2 says.
Lloyd landed next too the postman making him fall over."Watch it, you big oaf!" He yells. Lloyd looking nervous fingering on the reins.
"But, whoa! Who let in the little guy he looks like he's about to cry for his mummy!?" Announcer #2 teased Lloyd who started to get really nerves.
(Y/N) glared at the hosts and got up from her seat and stormed over to them. "Where is she going?" Dareth asked his students who only shrugged and went back to watching the race.
"You look nervous Lloyd. You okay?" Cole asked.
"N-n-nervous?" Lloyd chocked out trying to sound brave.
Nya lept off the Ultra-Sonic-Rider. "One final thing. I installed a pretty cool upgrade so if you're ever in a really tight spot, pull that lever because what it does--"
Nya was cut off by the modified school bus from Darkly's as it revs the engines.
"What?!" Kai shouted.
Nya shouted out to her brother. "Pull that lever, because if you pull that lever--"
"Shut UP!" (Y/N) yelled at the races having taken over the Commenters box by tieing up the announcers.
There was dead silence. "That's not good." Kai says hearing (Y/N) voice.
"That's better. The rude announcers are a little tied up at the moment, so I'll be doing their jobs for now. And as my understanding, there is only one rule: WIN at any cost by being the first driver across the finish line." (Y/N) announced to the crowd who cheered.
"That's my cue. Gotta go! Good luck!" Nya says as she leaves. "Wait, Nya, we couldn't hear you!" Kai called out to his sister but it was too late.
"All racer to the starting line, everyone else get run over or leave your choice." (Y/N) declared.
Two more racers appeared at the starting line. One was Soto and his pirate crew in a van and the other was Cole's dad Lou and the Royal Blacksmiths in a modified pick-up truck with a driver. The Royal Blacksmiths were singing in harmony.
"Look, it's my dad. They entered too?" Cole said in surprise. As the Royal Blacksmiths to sing, Jay's parents, Ed and Edna appear, in their jalopy.
Edna spotted Jay and started to call out to him. "Jay! Jay! Oh. Oh, look, he sees us, Ed."
Ed smiled. "I see him, Edna. You don't have to embarrass the boy."
"Oh, come on, is there anyone we don't have to compete against?" Jay huffed crossing his arms in protest.
A portal soon appears and Kruncha and Nuckal come out of it, in a skull based vehicle, next to Soto's van.
"Hi, Mr and Mrs Walker, Hi, Cole's dad." (Y/N) called out to the races. All three waved back.
Causing Cole and Jay to be embarrassed.
"I'm being joined in the box by the Nya Smith, Nya you know more about this then I do so why don't you take over here." (Y/N) said handing over the mike to Nya.
"Thanks, (Y/N). There is only one rule in Ninjaball run. And that's cross the finish line first."
"Let's take a look at the map! The race starts at the streets of Ninjago city and after that, they'll be heading out to the desert sea of sand! Racers will look out for the dangerous straightway known as crash core cave! Where the slightest mistake can be your last."
"The next two legs of the race take them into the winding maze known as the Birchwood Forest, and then through the perilous and icy Glacier Barrens."
"Finally, in the fourth and final leg, racers must beat the desert heat in the Badlands, which then takes us back to the finish line here in the heart of Ninjago City! " Nya finished taking a huge breath.
"I don't know guys. If we're gonna save the dojo, we'll need to meet some pretty sticky competition." Kai says.
Gene and another boy from Darkly's discreetly removed a screw from the Ultra Sonic Rider, sniggering as they get back on Brad's bus.
"Some final words: let's have a good clean race! So good luck to everyone." Nya finished and (Y/N) applauded her for her speaking talents.
On a nearby TV, a red light appears, everyone starts their engines. A yellow light soon appeared. A green light soon appeared. "Ninjaball GO!" The crowd shouted.
The racers soon take off...
The ninjas immediately stop because of the sabotage, and poor Lloyd couldn't get the dragon to do as he wanted so it flew off in the wrong direction.
The racers move along Ninjago City as Soto attempts to intimidate Ed and Edna, who activate a gadget, inflating balls on the wheels and crash into Soto's van before speeding off, crashing into the Royal Blacksmiths truck, the Postman's bike, the Darkly's bus and the skull vehicle as they pass by and make a turn.
Lloyd was back in the race but, struggling to control the Ultra Dragon.
At the prison, a Fangpyre bus had a chain wrapped around the bars of Skales cell as the bus tries to pull it off, before succeeding. Skales laughs at his new freedom before jumping onto the roof of the bus and sees the other Generals.
"It'ssss about time! Let'ssss get out of here." Skales commanded.
Skales gets on the bus and it drives off as two police cars soon chase after it. They crash through a barricade, coming across the racers, crashing into Ed and Edna's car before turning as the two police cars are hit by the skull vehicle and join the race to try and catch the Fangpyre bus.
"What in the world is going on?" Skales demanded.
(Y/N) and Nya were watching the race from the screen. "Ok, it looks like the Fangpyre have entered the race along with some other guys." (Y/N) comments to the crowd and races.
Meanwhile, the Ninja remain at the starter's line in dead last!
"Oh, great! We're all already out of the race!" Jay complains.
"We can't quit now! Not with all we have online. Help me lift this thing!" Cole says and they all help to lift the truck. Jay and Kai fix the band and they were ready to go!
They jump back into the truck and put their hoods on. They began to drive away towards the other racers.
Meanwhile, Lord Garmadon was saying to the snakes that Lloyd was never to become a ninja when the dojo was gone. But just then he heard (Y/N) and Nya talk on the small TV they had.
"It looks like the Ninja are back in the race, ready to win this year's Ninjaball's 100 000 cash prize!" Nya says. And Garmadon face-palmed at the news.
"They're trying to SAVE the dojo!? Will they ever quit!? Set off at the race at once! We can't let them win!" Garmadon shouted at the snakes and they were off.
Back at the race, Ed and Edna's vehicle is still in first place as they came up to Crash Course Canyon and Ed presses a button, releasing the wheel balls making most of the racers attempt to avoid them.
As one hits the Postman before Ed presses another button, releasing traction spikes on their wheels as they enter the canyon.
The Postman manages to get the ball away, nearly getting hit by the skull vehicle. Soto's van comes up to Brad's bus as a pirate aims the roof mounted cannon at him.
Brad drove the bus into them, nearly causing the pirate to fall off.
"Treachery, lads! Let 'em have it!" Soto screeched at his crew.
The van soon crashes into the bus before Brad crashes it back as they come up to the entrance into the canyon.
Brad soon rams the bus into the van, But the bus became stuck causing them both to crash.
"Oh! Brick, Can someone go cheek if someone if those little boys are ok?" (Y/N) yelled into the mic.
Cole's father and his quartet sang as they passed by the pirates and the Darkly boys who were fighting one and other. Garmadon had caught up to the ninja with the bounty.
"Lord Garmadon. Are you going to usssse the mega weapon?" A venomari asked.
"What's the point? Look at them, they're trapped like rats. Set of canons to fire them. They're in our sight, and have no way to run." Lord Garmadon orders and the Serpentine along with himself all have the ninjas in sight.
"Ah! We're unable to duck! There's no way to run!" Jay yelped.
"Don't look!" Dareth says and cover his student's eyes with his hands.
Garmadon and the Serpentine were just about to fire the canon. Just as Lloyd flew by and crashed into the bounty causing the canons to just miss the Ninja.
"Out of the way!" Lloyd had yelled.
A giant cloud of dark grey smoke came from the explosion. But the ninjas and the ultra-sonic-rider were unharmed. The Ninjas cheered happily. Lloyd and his dragon flew past the bounty.
Lloyd had lost the grip of the rains so now he was standing up on the dragons back and, trying to reach it.
The Ultra dragon made Lloyd lose his grip of the stool he was holding onto. He grabbed the reins and fell. He was now hanging just above the ninjas.
"You saved us!" Cole says.
At the start line, the crowd is cheering as they watch the Ultra Sonic Radar and Ultra Dragon on the screen.
"Looks like the racers are about to reach the second part of the race." Nya says.
At the Birchwood Forest, a bird is scared away as the racers drive into Birchwood Forest. The Fangpyre bus passes the Royal Blacksmiths' truck
Their banner is soon snagged on a tree branch, making them crash into a pile of snow. They soon emerge from it singing "Too big, Too slow, We had a lead but let it go."
The Ultra Sonic Rider passes by the crashed truck.
"Aw, man..." Cole says and facepalms at the sight of his dad.
"We'll never get through those trees and catch up!" Kai exclaimed.
"I'll find a shortcut! Up, boy!" Lloyd says and the dragon flies up. "Whoa! Hehe! You actually went up!" Lloyd says surprised but happy. He looked around and saw a shortcut through the trees. He went down and yelled to the ninjas. "Follow me!"
They did as told as they drove through the trees. Kruncha and Nuckal saw that Lloyd and the ninjas were working together.
"They're working together!" Nuckal says. "Not if we have something to say about it." Kruncha says.
Nuckal gets to the grapple cannon and fires, grabbing the Ultra Dragon's leg. Kruncha soon makes a few turns.
"Whoa!" Lloyd screams as the Ultra-Dragon soon crashes into the ground.
Kruncha and Nuckal laugh before they came pass a nearby tree as the chain is soon tugged, making them spin around the tree before crashing.
At the start line, everyone gasps as they watch on the screen.
"Lloyd!" (Y/N) yelled at the screen. Kruncha and Nuckal were going to pay for that. Dareth rushed over to (Y/N) who was looking worryingly at the screen.
"Oh, (Y/N) I feel terrible! This is all my fault. Lloyd and the ninja only entered this race to save my dojo from that evil developer that's gonna tear it down, leaving all my kids without a training centre to help them enrich their tiny little lives..." Dareth bawled into (Y/N) shoulder not realising that the mic was still on.
The crowd 'aw-ed' before standing up and chanting 'Dojo'.
At the Glacier Barrens, two men were throwing snowballs at each other before the racers soon appear, making them move out of the way.
"Hey, watch it!" One shouted out.
Skales couldn't understand how he couldn't shake the police cars that were still pursuing the Fangpyre bus which he is now driving.
"That's because they aren't interested in catching you. They just want to win the race." Acidicus informs him and Skales pulls over allowing the police to soon pass by.
The police cars come close to the Postman, causing them to turn and crash into one of the igloos.
The Postman sighs in relief before soon screaming as he crashes into a snowman, knocking him off his bike as it keeps on going, with the snowman on it. Kai looks on the monitor to see the remaining racers behind the Ultra-Sonic-Rider
"Finally! Nothing can stop us now!" Exclaimed Kai. But just then the fuel was going to an end.
"We're not gonna make it to the finish line!" Zane says sadly.
"Aw! I don't wanna say it guys, but I think our goose is cooked." Jay admitted.
They hear honking and see it is Ed and Edna in their vehicle.
"It looks like you could use a hand here. We heard on the radio that you were trying to save Dareth's dojo." Ed says with a smile.
"Oh son, we're so proud of you." Edna says with tears in her eyes.
"Ugh, thanks mum, but we're out of gas!" Jay says sadly. "Oh, then take ours!" Edna says.
"B...But how? If we stop we lose the lead?" Jay questions.
"Then it sounds like we gotta do it the hard way, son." Ed says and takes out a hose. He climbed to the back of his car and put it into the fuel hole. "Take this in, son!" He says and hands the other side to Jay.
Jay climbs out of the rider and takes it. He looks down in fright telling the others to hold the rider steady. Jay placed it in and Ed pulled a lever so that the fuel was given to the ultra-sonic-rider.
On the Bounty, Garmadon was mad because they weren't going fast enough even though they were going at full speed. Garmadon threw off all Serpentine off and told them to go stop the ninja.
The Serpentine made their way to the ninja. Some came on board and Jay, Zane and Cole used spinjitzu to knock them off while Kai was driving.
Jay even kicks one off from his parent's car. A hypnobrai tried to hypnotize Zane but he literally turned his head around the other way.
"EW! That's so gross!" The Hypnobrai gagged trying hard not to puke.
Cole and Jay threw snowballs at the Hypnobrai, blinding it.
"Now Zane!" Cole shouts and Zane takes the opportunity turning his head back around to do Spinjitzu knocking the Hypnobrai off.
The Hypnobrai falls onto Ed and Edna's vehicle, grabbing hold of the wheel and accidentally turning it. This causes the vehicle to spin out of control and crash into the Ultra-Sonic-Rider.
The crowd gasp. "Not again!" Nya exclaimed.
"I can't take this anymore!" Dareth says and cover his eyes.
The ninjas jumped out to check the rider. Jay ran over to his parents.
"Oh! Thank goodness you're okay!" Jay panicked.
"Oh, We're fine, son. I just wish I could say the same for the old jalopy." Ed says.
"Yeah, Shame she didn't get to the finish line." Edna agreed.
"Well, I'll make sure a part of her will!" Jay says and takes a lamp that had come out from the crash. He runs over to the rider where the other ninjas already were ready to go. He places the lamp at the front and then they drive away.
The Ultra Sonic Rider makes it to the Badlands as the Bounty is in the sky, close to the city.
"Looks like it's just us and Garmadon." Cole announces.
"This time, let's make sure the good guys don't finish last!" Kai says moving a gear forward.
The ninjas increase the speed. They speed by Garmadon.
"No! I hate those ninjas! It's time." Garmadon exclaimed to himself. "You think you can beat me, Ninja? This race is mine! Hear me, Mega Weapon. I wish to rip open Ninjago and make an insurmountable obstacle that they can never surpass!"
The Mega Weapon glows. The Badlands start cracking and breaks apart as the Ultra Sonic Rider comes up to the hole.
Kai immediately stops the Ultra Sonic Rider before it goes into the hole and the Bounty passes them.
On the Bounty, Garmadon, laughs as he is kneeling, drained from using the Mega Weapon.
"We're not out yet. Nya, don't fail us now." Kai shouted and pulls the lever.
The Ultra Sonic Rider soon turns into a jet, abandoning the bottom part as Jay, Zane and Cole use Spinjitzu to reach Kai. The jet makes it past the hole, catching up to the Bounty as they reach the city.
Garmadon laughs as he is near the city before looking to see the Ultra Sonic Rider in jet mode, causing him to stop. "No. No! NO!"
The crowd cheers as the two remaining racers are nearly in the city.
"He pulled the lever!" Nya shouted.
The crowd, Sensei Wu, Nya, Dareth, Jeff and Phil chanted: "Ninja! Ninja! Ninja! Ninja!"
On the Ultra Sonic Rider jet, the headlamp rattles as it and the Bounty are near the finish line.
The Bounty and Ultra Sonic Rider pass the finish line. The jet lands on the ground as the Ninja get off and the crowd come up to them as the Bounty also lands.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner!" Announcer #1 says through the speaker finally free from the cables (Y/N) had tied them in.
On the screen was shown the headlamp on the Ultra Sonic Rider jet had hit the finish line first. "The Ninja! The Ninja have won!"
The crowd cheers as Jay removes the headlamp.
"Yeah! I knew it would bring us luck!" Jay screamed holding it up for all to see.
"No! That's not fair! That wasn't even part of the vehicle in the first place! It's not even street legal! My ship was--" Garmadon shout but was cut off by Lloyd.
"Your ship? I believe this belongs to us!" Lloyd says. He and the Ultra Dragon had taken back the bounty.
Two cops drove in. "Alright Garmadon, you're coming with us." One say.
The Fangpyre bus soon shows up, blocking the officers' way as Skales opens the door.
"Look who needs who now." He says and Garmadon jumps in and they drive away.
"Somehow, Sensei, I don't think that will be the last we're gonna see of him." Nya says to Sensei Wu.
Dareth was staring at the trophy, full of money. "We did it! We saved the dojo! Oh, look what I can do. CANNONBALL!" Dareth shouted as he Jumps into the trophy, some money falls out as everyone soon laughs.
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