I'll say this right now. Nalia will not know what a crush is even if it hits her in the face.
So it will take her a longtime even to notice it. (Think Adrien Agreste from MLB, but the female version. XD)
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*The ninjas have gathered on the Destiny's Bounty's deck. In another room, Kai finds the green gi.*
"Earth!" Cole attacks what appears to be a Serpentine. Meanwhile, Kai has donned the gi.
"Whoo-hoo!" Kai ecstatically cheered.
"Lightning!" Jay shocks the Serpentine. Kai practices fighting.
"Ice!" Zane knocks down the Serpentine. A light goes on, revealing that their enemy is a training dummy.
"Sand!" Nalia have the dummy get trapped in sand, making it unable to move.
"Good training. Your powers are getting stronger. But where's Kai?" said Nya.
"Fire! Unlock Fire! Uh, Fire go! Shoot flames! Oh, come on. Everyone else can do it. So can you. BRING HEAT!" The ninjas find him in front of a mirror and laugh.
"I wish I hadn't seen that," said Naila, giggling softly.
"Very nice. Perhaps if you tried the phrase "Fire dork," maybe it might work." said Cole.
Kai removes removing the mask. "How long have you all been watching?"
"The Green Ninja suit. That's awesome!" said Jay.
"Well, I was looking for some kind of clue from Sensei, and then I found this," said Kai.
"But you know only he who is foretold to face Lord Garmadon is destined to be the Green Ninja, and only he should wear the Green Ninja outfit. So Sensei would most likely be very—" said Zane.
"Don't you mean she?" Nalia raised an eyebrow.
"I know, I know. But I thought if I tried it on, it might help me see my True Potential. It's unfair that you guys have unlocked your cool powers, but I still haven't. Besides, Sensei's gone, and we don't know when he's coming back —," said Kai, until the sound of a door opened.
"Hello? I'm home." Wu called out.
"Sensei!" The ninjas rush out while Kai changes back into his gi.
*On deck, the others greet Wu.*
"Ah. It's so good to be home." said Wu.
"So glad you're back." said Zane.
"Did you bring us anything?" Cole asked.
"Oh, Sensei, have you missed a lot. Zane's a Nindroid, Nya's the mysterious Samurai, Nalia got her voice back, Cole's a dancer—" Jay went in to explain.
"Zane is a... what? And Nalia's voice is back?" said Wu, looking at both Zane and Nalia.
Nalia smiled happily at him, running over to hug him. "I'm so happy your back safe."
"You've been gone a while. We'll catch you up later. But you should know that everyone except for Kai has discovered our True Potential." Zane explained.
Wu looked surprised at hearing Nalia's voice for the first time before returning his attention to the others while patting her head. "Have you now? Where is Kai?"
Nalia giggled before letting go and just kept smiling.
Kai comes out in his gi. "Right here. So glad you're back safe." Garmadon comes up from behind Wu. "Aah! Sensei, behind you!" He attacks the Dark Lord while Zane dives to guard Wu and Nalia.
Nalia went on to put up a wall of sand in a way to shield them from Garmadon.
Zane in slow motion. "Sensei!"
"Ugh! He's got four arms." said Kai.
"He has what now?" Nalia questioned.
"So we meet again." said Garmadon.
"He must've followed you, Sensei!" said Kai.
"Kai, stop! He is the reason I left. For so long as Pythor has Lloyd, he will be our guest." said Wu.
"We have to live with this guy?!" said Cole, shocked.
"But Sensei, he has four arms!" said Zane, also shocked.
"Uh, must I remind you ever since he turned evil, he's been trying to get our Golden Weapons?" said Jay.
".....Can we trust him?" Nalia asked, slowly putting down the sand wall.
"ENOUGH!" shouted Wu angrily.
"Yes, Sensei." said everyone.
"This isn't about the weapons. It's about my son." said Garmadon.
"From here on out, you will obey me and respect my brother," said Wu.
"Yes, Sensei." said everyone.
"Now to the bridge. We must put our attention to more pressing matters." They go to the bridge. "So, where are we at with the four Fangblades?"
"Oh, Pythor's managed to take the first two, but there's still two left." said Jay.
"And we only need one in order to prevent him from unleashing the Great Devourer." said Cole.
"Any luck finding their whereabouts?" Wu asked.
"No, but the Falcon is programmed to alert us if he sees any suspicious activity." said Zane.
"Good. If we find the Fangblade, we find Lloyd. Kai and Nya, prepare the deck and double check the anchor. We need to be ready when we first get word of activity." said Wu.
"Yes, Sensei." said the siblings.
"I have my eye on you," said Kai as they left. He grunts when he hits his head, and Wu sighs. Nya grabs him and points with two fingers from his eyes to the Garmadons to show that he's watching him, and Nya grabs him again.
"Jay, did you say the Falcon was... programmed?" Wu asked.
"Haha. Okay, Sensei. I don't know where to start. It all started when we saw the Falcon, and then we ran after it..." Jay began explaining.
Nalia took out her diary and sat down to begin writing in it.
"What are you writing, child?" Garmadon asked, coming over.
Nalia looked up and quickly pulled her diary close to her chest. "Personal stuff." She said.
"It's good to hear your voice has recovered; I never wanted any harm to you. But does fools didn't get it," said Garmadon, crossing his arms.
Nalia observed him and couldn't get over seeing him with four arms instead of two. "Why do you have four arms?" She asked.
"Why, so I can use all the four golden weapons." Garmadon answered.
Nalia narrowed her eyes at him, not liking that being the reason. "Mister... Why were you looking for me? What..... what am I?" She asked, getting a little nervous about what his answer was going to be.
Garmadon had a thoughtful look on his face as he watched her closely. "Do you not know what you are?"
Nalia looked down at the floor before looking back up at him. "I'm a human..... right?" Her eyes pleaded for that to be true, but inside, she already knew she was lying to herself.
"Nalia, you're a sor—" Garmadon was about to answer her question but was cut off by Cole.
"Hey, Nalia. Why don't you tell Wu how you broke Pythor's arm?" Cole asked.
"She did what?" Wu asked.
A shy smile grew on Nalia's face. She got up from where she had sat and walked over to the others. "I bite him."
"Nalia, we don't bite people," said Wu. "Let alone break someone's bones."
"But I've been craving to bite him for so long, I couldn't resist it." Nalia pouted.
"Resist? You should have seen her, sensei; I've never seen her so mad. Since the time she created a sandstorm." said Jay.
"We've learned a very important lesson. Make Lia mad, and you'll face a deadly bite," said Zane.
*Later on, The ninjas watch Garmadon as he brushes his teeth with a dagger. At the dinner table, Kai and Cole stare at Garmadon while he eats black grubs.*
"What's he eating?" Cole asked.
"Condensed evil. Supposed to be low in fat." said Kai.
Nalia felt like throwing up, so she tried not to watch.
*A grub flies off his plate towards Kai who brushes it away with his fork in disgust. Sometime later, Jay, Nya, and Garmadon watch a movie.*
Man on TV. "Goodbye, my darling." Garmadon laughs as he changes the channel.
Nalia sat outside on the deck, humming softly while writing a new song.
*Kai tries to pilot the Bounty during a storm.*
"Where's Garmadon?" Zane asked.
Kai sighs. "Sunbathing."
"It's just like a burning torch in the storm.
Like a little flower blooming in the home.
With all the strength and passion of a strong resolve.
I'll be a kind and gentle person through it all.
A misty moon! I'm missing you.~" Nalia sang softly, one of the songs she was working on.
Zane and Kai looked at Nalia, smiling softly since hearing her voice seemed to calm everything around them.
"Sounds like Nalia is working on a new song," said Zane.
"Yeah, I can't wait to hear it when she finishes it," said Kai.
Garmadon had a soft smile as he heard Nalia singing, and he could already feel its healing power. "A useful power, but she doesn't fully control it yet. If she can't control who gets healed by it, she might heal friends and enemies, should she sing while fighting."
*The ninjas share their bedroom with Garmadon, who disturbs them with electricity.*
"Do you have to do that? We're trying to sleep." Garmadon ignores him and only laughs. Kai groans.
*The ninjas, except Jay, watch as Garmadon plays a video game using two controllers at once because he has four arms.*
"He's not even playing the game right. He's just shooting and destroying things." said Kai.
"I've noticed when he isn't so focused on trying to turn Ninjago into his own image, he's actually quite fascinating." said Zane.
"Sure, the four arms are freakish, but all in all, he doesn't seem that bad of a guy," said Cole.
"Yeah, he doesn't seem all that evil by the end of the day," said Nalia, watching him play.
"He might be pulling the wool over all your eyes, but not mine. He's up to something. And I'm gonna be ready for it." said Kai.
*The Falcon records the Serpentine heading to the Fire Temple.*
"Garmadon, get ready to get Kai'd! Fire!" He grunts. "Wham, bam, sorry to beat you, man!"
Wu, in another room. "This way. Come, come." Kai follows his voice. "I have come to understand the mysterious Samurai is no longer a mystery."
"Oh yeah, you heard about that. I guess I picked up a thing or two." said Nya.
"It was foolish of me to think that a girl could not be the destined Green Ninja." Kai peers through the window while standing on a stepstool.
"Nya's the Green Ninja?" Kai whispered.
"What are you doing?" Nalia asked, coming up from behind, causing him almost to lose his balance. "Nalia! Where did you come from?"
"Down the hallway?" Nalia pointed towards where she came from.
"Whatever, now don't make a sound." Kai whispered, before looing through the window again.
"You shouldn't spy on people," said Nalia, but Kai just shushed her.
"When the four weapons are laid out before the destined one, the weapons will react, revealing the identity of the Green Ninja." said Wu.
"But, Sensei..." said Nya.
"Approach the weapons." said Wu.
"What are you doing out here?" Garmadon asked, standing next to Nalia.
"Spying." said Nalia.
"Whoa!" Kai falls off the stepstool." What are you doing out here?"
" Evil never sleeps." said Garmadon.
"Yeah, well, good never rests." said Kai.
"Maybe we should take care of this right now." said Garmadon.
"I was hoping you'd say that." They push each other.
"Guys, guys, what are you doing out here? Also, which one of you made Lia cry?" Nya asked, pointing at Nalia, who had begun crying after seeing them fight like that.
"Perhaps you should be asking Mr. Snoopy Pants that question," said Garmadon before gently turning his attention to Nalia and patting her head. "Hey, don't cry, child. Everything is fine."
Nalia sniffled a little, looking at Garmadon, trying to wipe away her tears. "Please don't fight."
Garmadon scratched the back of his head until an idea came to mind. "Okay, how about I tell you an old story my father used to tell me." He said.
"The old man?" Nalia raised an eyebrow at him.
Garmadon laughed when she called his father that. "Yes, my old man, I'm sure you'll like it."
A smile grew on Nalia's face, already in a much better mood. "Is it about dragons?" She looked at him with stary eyes.
Garmadon chuckles at her excitement. "Yes."
"Yay!" Nalia cheered, raising her arms.
Though the moment was short live by Jay.
"Kai, you were supposed to be in the bridge. Zane's Falcon spotted them." said Jay.
Nalia looked from Jay and over to Garmadon.
"Looks like we'll have to delay the storytime." said Garmadon.
*Everyone enters the bridge.*
"Looks like Pythor is at the Temple of Fire." said Nya.
"That means the Fangblade is there." said Kai.
"And Lloyd." said Garmadon.
Nalia's eyes lit up by the mention of Lloyd. "We can save him."
"That's the same Fire Temple where Kai and Lord Garmadon first faced off." said Jay.
"If my memory serves me correct, I'd say one of us cheated back when we last fought." said Kai.
"And I remember someone needing their Sensei to save them." said Garmadon.
"Guys! For the sake of the Fangblade and Lloyd, can we please just get along?" said Cole.
"Please, not another fight until we've got them back." said Nalia.
"Since the last time we've been there, it looks like the volcano has grown unstable. The place is a powder keg just waiting to blow up. This will be a highly combustible environment." said Nya.
"Oh, great. Just what I like. Fighting armed and deadly snakes in a highly combustible environment about to blow up!" said Jay.
"No.... I can't lose Lloyd too. I refuse to lose another person." Nalia growled angrily.
"We will do what we must." said Wu.
" Yes, Sensei. But where are our weapons?" Zane asked.
"And why is Lord Garmadon not here?" Kai leaves the bridge.
"Kai!" shouted Wu.
"Follow him!" shouted Nya, running after him.
Everyone quickly followed after Nya, trying to find Kai.
"Kai? You in here?" Kai locks the door. "What are you doing?"
"Discovering my True Potential!" said Kai, while getting pressed against the door.
"Unh! The door won't budge!" said Jay.
"Kai open the door, please!" shouted Nalia, worried.
"Kai thinks he'll unlock his power if he stands up to Lord Garmadon." said Nya.
"Why would he think that?!" Zane asked.
Nya makes the cuckoo gesture. "Cause he thinks he's the Green Ninja!"
"Well, if we don't open this door soon, I think he's gonna be mincemeat! Stand back!" Cole activates his True Potential. "Earth." He breaks the door down, but Kai had already defeated Garmadon.
"I defeated him. I did it! Are my eyes glowing? Did I unlock my powers? Is this my True Potential? Argh! Why isn't it working?" asked Kai.
"Because you cannot defeat someone who allowed himself to be defeated." said Wu.
"I wasn't going to hurt you, boy. I was only fetching your weapons." said Garmadon.
"But you were trying to steal them!" said Kai.
"I asked him to get them. Perhaps it is best you do not reach your True Potential, or else someone could get hurt." said Wu stoically.
"Way to go, hero." said Cole.
"Oh. Poor thing. Let me help you." said Nya, walking over.
"Are you hurt anywhere, mister Garmadon?" Nalia asked, giving him a worried look.
"Yes. Poor thing," said Garmadon, before looking over at Nalia. "I'm fine, child; no need to worry." Kai clenched his fists angrily when the ship suddenly stopped.
"Sounds like we've finally reached our destination." said Cole.
*Everyone disembarks and observe their destination.*
"The Fire Temple." said Cole.
Nya on the Bounty, using the Falcon as communication: "The volcano seems to be on the verge of eruption, guys. All recent indicators tell me that this place is becoming increasingly fragile. Even the smallest rupture can make the whole thing go off."
"Then we must not use our weapons." Everyone but Kai puts their weapons away.
"Kai." said Nya.
Kai sighs before sheathing his sword. "Yeah, yeah. No Fire Sword. But only because I wouldn't want anything to prevent us from getting that Fangblade."
"Or my son." said Garmadon.
"Or Lloyd." said Nalia, simultaneously.
"There. The Serpentine must be inside the inner core. From here on out, we travel by shadows." said Wu.
"It's the only way I know how." said Garmadon. The group rushes down the tunnel to the base of the volcano, where the Serpentine are digging on a pillar.
"Lloyd!" Nalia quickly pointed towards the cage he was being held in.
"Son." Garmadon gasped.
"Huh?" Pythor notices the digger hit something. "Out of my way, fool!" He pulls out his prize. "The third Fangblade is ours!" They cheer, but Pythor sees the ninjas in the Blade's reflection. "Ninjas? Attack!"
"Light as a leaf. Attack like there is no tomorrow." said Wu.
"Wind!" Jay releases a gale from his hand before attacking.
"What?" Nalia looked at Jay, raising an eyebrow. "You aren't the master of wind."
"I just thought it would be cool." said Jay, with a sheepish smile.
"Ice!" shouted Zane.
"Sand!" shouted Nalia, using sand to make waves and walls.
Kai notices he's surrounded and brings out his weapon, but the volcano reacts to its power.
"Kai, the weapon is compromising our safety." said Nya.
"I will do what I must." said Kai.
"Let's get out of here! But not before we leave them with a parting gift. Boys?" said Pythor. The Constrictai dig up some holes.
"They're making the volcano unstable." said Zane.
"Any minute, this place is gonna blow. We have to get out of here." said Jay.
"Not without my son." said Garmadon.
"I'm not leaving Lloyd!" shouted Nalia. "Never again."
"Dad!" shouted Lloyd.
"Argh, lose the boy!" shouted Pythor. They drop the cage near some rising lava.
"No!" shouted Nalia, but the others kept on from running ahead.
"Dad!" shouted Lloyd.
"Lloyd!" Garmadon saves Lloyd just as the cage bottom melts.
"Dad." They hug.
A soft smile grew on Nalia's face. "He's safe." She whispered, in relief.
"Son." Kai rushes past them.
"The Fangblade's mine!" said Kai, determined.
"Come back. It's too dangerous. The whole place is going to explode!" shouted Cole.
"Then I better be quick!" Kai throws the Sword of Fire, knocks the Fangblade out of Pythor's grasp, and impales them into the wall. Pythor snarls at Kai while he runs with determination. Pythor tries to pull the Sword of Fire and the Fangblade out, but there is no effort.
"Hurry, we must leave here at once!" shouted Skales. They do so before the entrance is blocked. Kai leaps down to the Fangblade.
"Leave it, Kai! It's not worth your life!" shouted Jay.
"Not without that Fangblade!" shouted Kai.
"But what about Kai? Kai!" The ground under Lloyd breaks.
"NOOOOO!!!!! Lloyd!" shouted Garmadon.
"Dad! Dad! I'm sinking!" shouted Lloyd.
"No!" Nalia tried jumping for him, but Cole quickly grabbed her.
"It, unh, won't budge." Kai drops the Fangblade on a rock.
"We have to get out of here, or else none of us will get out of here!" shouted Wu.
"I'm not losing ANOTHER PERSON I CARE ABOUT!!" Nalia screamed in pure rage as a faint golden glow surrounded her. Biting into Cole's arm to the point, he let go with a painful yell.
"Nalia!?" Everyone shouted.
Nalia ignored them as she ran towards the edge. She jumped to where Lloyd was, using sand to help her the rest of the way until she was on the same rock as him. "Lloyd!" She hugged him.
"N-Nalia!?" said Lloyd, shocked by the hug and hearing her voice.
"I'm not losing you, not another person. I-I can't lose you too." Nalia cried into his shoulder.
Lloyd carefully wrapped his arms around Nalia, holding her close as he turned his attention to Kai.
"Come on, why won't my power unlock?" Kai questioned.
"Kai! Help us!" Kai looks at Lloyd and Nalia, then at the Fangblade before deciding. He gets to Lloyd and Nalia.
"Come on. Let's get out of here." said Kai.
"But the Fangblade..." said Lloyd, while still holding Nalia close.
"Forget it. This place is coming apart. Ninja, go!" Kai uses Spinjitzu to leap from ledge to ledge but they are surrounded by lava geysers.
"LLOYD!! LLOYD!!!!" shouted Garmadon as they left on the Bounty, and the volcano exploded.
"Kai!"
"Nalia!"
"Son." A ball of fire shoots out of the volcano. It's soon revealed that Kai, Nalia, and Lloyd are flying back to the Bounty.
"It's Kai! He's found his True Potential!" shouted Jay. The three land: Kai removes his mask and gives Wu a look of understanding before his power diminishes, and he passes out. The Bounty takes off for open skies.
"Nalia, we're safe now," said Lloyd, looking at Nalia, who was still holding on to him.
"W-we are?" Nalia slowly looked up with teary eyes; she sniffled before letting go of Lloyd.
"Yeah." said Lloyd, smiling at her.
A soft smile grew on Nalia's face before then passing out.
"Nalia!?"
*In the bridge, everyone watches the Garmadons have a proper reunion.*
"Dad? Is it really you?" Lloyd asked.
"It is, son." said Garmadon.
"Dad? Why do you have four arms?" Lloyd asked.
"He's gonna be okay." The ninja cheer.
"What's going on?" Nalia asked, having woken up in her bed and gone on to check in the bridge where she found everyone else.
"Lia!" said Lloyd, running over to her and pulling her into a hug. "We got really worried when you passed out."
"Oh I did?" Nalia questioned, with a small smile.
Lloyd nodded before letting go of the hug. "But your voice... I mean, your actual voice, it's—"
"Fully recovered, and back to normal?" Nalia answered.
"Beautiful," said Lloyd, with a soft smile as he blushed.
Nalia raised an eyebrow at his reaction. "Thanks, a lot of people always say that about my voice. Though I'm not sure why."
Lloyd facepalmed himself. "I-I see, I didn't know that."
"Please don't hit yourself; I don't want you getting hurt," said Nalia, getting closer to look at his face.
Lloyd's face grew red like a tomato by how close she was, so he quickly took some steps back. "I-I-I'm fine, L-Lia, so don't w-w-worry so much." He raised his hands in defense and tried to keep some distance.
"Thank you, Kai." said Garmadon, as he watched the kids.
"But how did you survive? How did you discover the key to unlocking your powers?" Zane asked.
"I knew when I had to make a choice. I badly wanted the Fangblade to prove I was good enough to become the Green Ninja. But then I figured it out. My training to become the best ninja wasn't in preparation to become the Green Ninja. It was... to protect him." Kai looks at Lloyd while everybody else catches on to what he means.
"What? What is everybody looking at me for?" Lloyd asked.
Nalia had a soft smile on her face, knowing what this meant.
"That means..." Nya, Kai and Cole bring the weapons in front of Lloyd, and they react by levitating and emitting green lightning.
"Lloyd is the Green Ninja. I had thought it would be one of you, but it was him the whole time. It all makes sense. Not only have you four been chosen to protect the Golden Weapons, but also to protect the Chosen One." said Wu as the weapons fell to the floor.
"That means..." said Garmadon, realizing what that meant.
"The battle lines have been drawn, brother. Sadly, our family has only become more divided. Brother versus brother, and now, son versus father." The group develops looks of sadness when Jay breaks the silence.
"Hehe, this is heavy and all, but whatever happened to the Fangblade!?" Jay questioned.