#SLASH JAY KAY SLASH JAY KAY

[embryoed]

If Cobra Kai took place in 2024 would the teen characters use brainrot terms (either unironically or ironically) bc I think they would

[gulpatron4000]

Go Pelt rocks at @weezusbeezus please

[julesphobicc]

hey freak are you gay??

no i don’t like those

[baeshijima]

dr ratio... is this u....

[leafuxxtea]

if you were rich you would be the first person i'd try and extort for money

wow somehow you make me glad that I'm poor. except you insult me about that too (the ONE thing I can't defend myself).

if I was rich, you'd be the first person I'd taunt and flex my money to. and then I'd get you arrested for extortion and come visit you in jail everyday.

[fob9]

patrick cut his hair. suicide is back on!!!

[skhardwarevers1]

I think my issue is I like numbers too much

[quintessential-candles]

Sometimes I breathe and think about Satosugu and I actually for those first few seconds doubt any good on this earth because dear lord they were so in love dear lord they are so doomed dear lord kills my self

[brainrot-yumm]

Okay but after all of this crushposting I do think it's a little hilarious that we're spending so much time together now because we share one single class, which happens to be a figure drawing class

So like. Every other day I become more excited about the concept of becoming a figure drawing model and posing naked in front of a bunch of people (ever since I took those classes at my old college this has been a growing wish, I genuinely love figure drawing so much and want to do something about it myself)

and then afterwards we hang out and I become more excited about the concept of potentially dating her and posing naked in front of One person

[bie-tch]

Very rough outline of my monstrosity au. I call it Odyssey!Kai. Yes it's an epic the musical pun. I'm very happy with it

Oooo been thinking about this for a hot minute. Was in my drafts for longer.

The imperium arc goes different too, Lloyd getting afraid at seeing Wyldfyre, her being fire adjacent and all, and thinking Kai is dead since she has his "fire" powers. After they get back to the Monastery, Zane actually becomes Wyldfyres mentor. The reason is that he finds her endearing and sees himself in her (not knowing who you are or where you came from). I have concept art rotting in my gallery, but it's not done yet sowy.

In this one, Kai doesn't find the bounty. Nya does. So she finds Lloyd first and traverses the merged lands for information. This, of course, creates irreparable damage to our boy. He does not go home early this time.

S2 has 4 major changes. Wyldfyre is slightly calmer, Lloyd has visions of both the bloodmoon and a mysterious figure cloaked in fur and blood (that he can't help but feel pain for, he doesn't know why), Nya learns dragon rising technique first, and Cole gets sacrificed instead of Kai. Besides that, mostly the same. Maybe they struggle a bit with the Ras showdown, but it ends the exact same way with Nokt free.

S2 p2 has the most differences. For one, Geo and the finders live with the ninja now. He feels guilty for letting Cole 'die' like that, so he's thrown himself into training. He's doing well, and the finders are having fun with arin, sora, and wyldfyre. The monastery is definitely more full, but the ninja still feel the absences of Kai, Cole, and Jay.

Next, Cole isn't doing that bad in the ns. He's got bonzle, he can use his powers to shape the space since it's technically rock, and enough stories to last a lifetime. He's fine.

Zane and Wyldfyre bond more. He tells her stories and videos about Kai and how they'd get along, and she is ecstatic. Another fire user, how exciting!

Arin and sora are still looking for his parents. Still find the matriarch dead.

Meanwhile, Kai has all but lost it. He isn't insane, but his morals have all but been destroyed. The only thing he cares about is getting back to his family and anything and anyone that has come in between that has now died or burned to death. The guardian dragon and fire knight mech are his permanent companions, and they respect his decision to change his values. One can not survive being in the land of the monsters without becoming one themselves, anyway.

The tournament of sources plays out the exact same. If you're wondering about frak, zane took up Cole's role in the og series. When Jay and Nya fight, he actually comes very close to winning. Nya can't bring herself to hurt him, since this time she doesn't have her brother to kinda fill his void. Jay is about to eliminate her until a fire ball the size of a car chucks Jay into the nearest wall.

Nya and the rest of the ninja are horrified because, duh, and she rushes to his side. Jay is unconscious, and she looks to where the fireball came from. Everyone is so in shock that they don't even recognize that it was a fire ball. Except Wyldfyre, then Zane. He tries to tell Lloyd, but there a crowd blocking his way.

All Nya sees are security bots wrangling a hooded figure, but they're being dismantled by the second in a flurry of slashes. Also, it doesn't help that there are two giants (mech and dragon) just looking down at him saying something she can't hear. She can only make out a subtle, "Do you want them to see you like this?" Before the stranger flinches and finally calms down. He allows himself to be arrested.

When the source dragons send out those little messages for each elemental master, Kai actually gets one since he hasn't encountered ras yet. The messenger dragon leads him out of the realm of monsters, but it's still pretty far. He gets there, but it takes a day or two. Or three. That's why he's late.

Roby comes forward, and he is just upset. Absolutely annoyed. He says something about wanting to see the face of the perpetrator, and that sends Kai into another frenzy. He doesn't want his family to him like that. He fails this time, though, and his hat and mask are pulled off.

You can guess what happens next.

Roby is actually happy with the change of events, calling it an epic plot-twist, but the ninja?

The reunion is short-lived, as he's wrung away for interfering with a match. The ninja tried to get to him, but doing so could get them disqualified, so they bite their lips and accept it unwillingly. Not knowing what to do with the mech and dragon, they just give it to the ninja. Both parties accept.

All I have so far wowowowowow

[violetstarc4]

HC: I think most of us agree Nya came out of the Sea with markings.

I think the Sea also washed away a lifetime of scars, which she found harder to get used to. She was just adapting when the merge happened and she lost everyone. And she didn’t even have the reminders; the burn from when she was little and fooling around in the forge while Kai worked. The sword slash from defending Lloyd while the others were in the first realm. Scars on her hands from building the first Samurai X (and more from helping Pix with the subsequent mechs). Frost burn on her shoulder from comforting Zane through a malfunction. The pinky finger that never healed right after weights got dropped on it spotting Cole. Lichtenberg marks from Jay struggling to maintain control way back when they would hide away in their workshop on the first Bounty and get carried away. Like all the people she loved were erased from her body and soul…

[phantasmpov]

hiiiiiiiiii

Saw requests are open and silly me is dropping innn

Kai x reader who is a gymnast and wu is like;"lowkey you should teach them how to do flexible maneuvers so they dont get slashed and diced in combat" and so basically fluff of reader laughing and teaching her unflexible bf and co gymasticism? (Not sure if that's a word)

Tumbles (Kai x reader)

Note: Hi! Thank you so much for the request, I had so much fun writing this and I hope I did your idea justice!

Summary: Sensei Wu suggests you teach the Ninja some yoga manoeuvres to help build their flexibility and, as a gymnastics specialist, you thought it would be a piece of cake.

Words: Approx. 1k

Requested: Yes.

Warnings: None

Relationship: Kai, established

Timeline: Before Lloyd grew up (Season 2)

—

You and Kai had planned to go on a date tonight. Currently, he was training at the Dojo and you were on your way to pick him up. You didn’t swing by that often but it was nice to see Dareth and whenever you did stop by, he always managed to improve his trophy collection by an impressive amount which you found hilarious.

A small bell rang above your head as you entered the Dojo and you gave Dareth a small wave as you pushed past the beaded doorway and into the training room. The sounds of the grunts and “heeyaws” that echoed through the small Dojo brought a smile to your face.

You put down your bag by the door and stood by Sensei Wu to watch the rest of the sparring match, giving the Sensei a small nod as you entered. Kai was in the middle of his match with Cole when he spotted you. You gave him a cheeky wave and blew him a kiss and just as he was about to respond Cole decked him in the face.

“Oh crap! Sorry dude.” Cole apologised immediately, kneeling down to help him up. Your eyes widened and you rushed over to Kai. Trying to comfort him, you put your hand on his back and gave him a gentle pat, although it didn’t exactly seem genuine as you stifled a laugh.

“Babe- are you– hah- okay?” A small red splotch started to form on his cheek but he played it off as if he didn’t seem phased. He pat Cole on the shoulder and brushed it off. Despite his best efforts, you could tell he was trying to suppress his pain and you knew it was to try and look tough in front of you. You’ve told him many times before that stuff like that didn’t matter to you, but it still made you feel special knowing he wanted to look his best.

“Perhaps a lesson in evasion will do you good?” Sensei Wu suggested with a small hint of amusement etched into his words. You laughed and helped Kai over to a bench. He playfully rolled his eyes as he sat down and leant back against the wall.

“I was just distracted.” Kai mumbled, gently elbowing you as you sat beside him, your arm sitting nicely around his waist. Cole chuckled and began to pack his equipment into his bag.

“I don’t know… maybe you should stop by my gymnastics class once in a while.” You teased as you playfully nudged him back. “You might be able to learn a thing or two”.

Kai groaned and leant his head against your shoulder, rubbing his cheek with the back of his hand as he gave you a playful glare.

“Gymnastics?” Cole asked as he looked up from his bag. You glanced over to him and nodded with a smile. “Y’know… maybe we could learn a thing or two from you.” Cole suggested and looked over to Sensei Wu. The Sensei only tilted his head towards you in a way that silently asked: ‘are you up for it?’

—

A few weeks later you found yourself back in Dareth’s Dojo, however, this time you weren’t just picking up Kai. In fact, you were teaching him and his friends. You had agreed to help the Ninja improve their flexibility and reflexes by guiding them through some yoga poses and stretches. You had originally thought it wouldn’t be too difficult, I mean, they’re Ninja, they couldn't be too terrible… right?

Wrong.

“Is this it?” Jay asks as his neck cranes to look at you over his shoulder. His arms are all over the place and he tripped over his feet a good few times trying to get there but he managed a pretty decent Humble Flamingo pose. (https://www.pocketyoga.com/pose/FlamingoHumble)

You nod hesitantly as you approach him, watching as his eyes follow you when you tilt your head in an unsure manner. “Yeah… uhm the only thing is..” You trail off and carefully move one of his feet off of the ground.

“Wait-what?” Jay exclaims before unceremoniously falling over and onto his back, hitting the mat with a harsh thud. You wince and scrunch up your nose at the unpleasant sound as Jay groans, rubbing his sore head. You laugh softly and offer him a hand to which he swats away with a frustrated groan, laying back down on the floor with a huff.

Lloyd, who is sitting beside Sensei Wu on the sidelines, cackles. He had been lucky enough to get out of the gymnastics training today and was finding the whole thing hilarious. Throughout the whole session so far, his wheezing and muffled laughs echoed in the background as the ninja fell over again and again. After the first few falls he had stopped trying to hide his laughter and openly joked about their lack of coordination to his uncle.

Cole groans as he falls over after snickering at Jay. He lays flat on his stomach, grumbling with his face mushed into the mat. You smile and shake your head at him. You had to admit, it was amusing. 

Kai laughed too, but he wasn’t doing much better. He was probably the least flexible out of all of them, barely making it this far into the lesson without receiving a fair few bruises. And despite your extra help he still managed to be the first to drop. He never complained though, which was surprising. Although, every now and then, you did see moments of frustration flash through his eyes. You snorted every time.

“I don’t understand your struggle, Jay. It isn’t a hard manoeuvre.” Zane comments, his metallic limbs allowing him to quite easily copy the poses you had shown the group. It wasn’t a surprise he was the best, still, a few particular moves had caused his joints to squeak.

“Yeah? Well, you’re a nindroid, Zane- Not all of us can just have robotic joints!” Jay huffs and sat up, looking to you for defence. You gave him a playful grin in return before wandering over to Kai.

You clasp your hands together, deciding it was time to move on. “Alright… maybe we should try something easier.” You mumble, tapping your chin. You look at Kai who smiles at you, giving you a reassuring nod.

“Finally!” Jay dramatically threw his hands in the air before standing up, cracking his back slightly as he stretched. “Ow..” He mumbles as he rubs his bruised hip.

Kai’s head whips around to Jay. He playfully elbows him, starting a minor squabble between the two. “You’re just mad you suck”

“You’re worse than me!” Jay pokes out his tongue, tackling Kai onto the sparring mat.

“Am not”

“Am too!

Sensei Wu sighs and a small, amused smile plays on his lips. Lloyd continues to laugh, his stomach starting to hurt at this point. He was practically rolling on the ground gasping for air. His laughing soon stopped however, as Cole stood, arms crossed, in front of him, casting a looming shadow across the kid.

Lloyd gulps and scrambles to his feet as quickly as he could and bolts to the door. Unfortunately for him Nya had just walked in with a plate full of fruit, blocking his escape. Lloyd groans. Nya gave him an odd look but still let him hide behind her as Cole approached, now very distracted by the food. “Why don’t you take a break?” She suggests, catching everyone’s attention and offering them her much appreciated fruit platter.

You nod and wave your hand, dismissing the session for now and smiling proudly as you watch them all scramble to get a bite to eat. Your smile grew as you felt a warm set of hands curl around your waist as Kai rests his head on your shoulder. His natural body heat never ceased to calm your nerves.

“You’re doing great.” He whispers, pressing a gentle kiss to your cheek. You lean back into his embrace and sigh softly, closing your eyes for a moment.

“Are you sure? Jay seems pretty annoyed…” Your eyes flit to the blue Ninja who, now, seems to be enjoying himself as he talks to Nya. You watch as he fumbles and drops his watermelon slice onto the floor and rubs his neck sheepishly.

“He’s having fun, I promise.” Kai reassures you, giving you another tight squeeze before letting you go, though one of his hands stays wrapped around your waist as he encourages you to talk with the others.

[ri4naaa]

gguyas i'm 15 now,,,, where my bajillion dollars at...

guys i turn 15 soon … 😱 who wanna give me a bajillion dollars

[axicallian]

Starstruck [Ninjago x Male Reader]- Wrong Place, Wrong Time

previous chapter

[To avoid always writing 'Past (name)' the past version's names will be italicized (like this) if it's not specified which version, similar to the Bizarro Ninja in Double Trouble]

The ninja retreated to the Bounty with a fair amount of gashes and bruises, especially Jay, Kai, and M/n. Nya got to work repairing Zane's damaged wiring and M/n began healing the others. Jay had large gashes on his torso where he was slashed by the Grundle. The hyper brunette was eager to work on Zane with Nya and wanted to be healed first, so M/n obliged.

Kai had a huge bruise on his leg that covered a most likely fractured bone. The hothead sat on their couch with the dragon kneeled between his legs. He couldn't help but like his mind wander as M/n gently gripped his leg and looked up at him to make sure he wasn't in pain. Kai only insisted that the dragon only heal that wound because any minors wounds' healing process would be jumpstarted. M/n stood gracefully and extended a hand for the hothead to grab. His face felt flush at the hybrid's soft touches but he managed an embarrassed 'thanks'.

M/n wandered the Bounty in hopes of finding Lloyd. He didn't know how the now-teen had processed the night's events. He found the blonde sitting on his bed in the ninja's room, the dragon taking a gentle seat next to him.

"Are you alright?" he asked softly.

Lloyd thought for a second, "Yeah, this is just.. so hard to process.." he sighed, "it's like my brain has been rewired so suddenly, it makes my head hurt.."

M/n ran his long nails through his longer blonde hair comfortingly. "I wish I could resolve this crazy situation for you," he purred, "but if you need anything I promise I'll help you, no matter what."

Lloyd's eyes teared up. Curse his stupid big kid brain making him realize how much M/n means to him and how the dragon always looked out for him.. He wrapped his arms around his guardian and laid his head on his shoulder, now too tall to press his face into his side like he usually did.

~

The ninja were in the Bounty, bearing their weapons, surrounded Lloyd who was sitting calmly in his new body. M/n had gone on a fly in his dragon form so he didn't have to disagree with Sensei Wu about the training. Even if Lloyd wasn't injured shouldn't they let him adjust before throwing him right into training? It didn't matter, he wasn't to disagree with Sensei.

"Your new body is a fighting instrument. Listen to it," Wu advised.

Cole slashed at the blonde with his scythe but Lloyd kicked him in the legs to disarm him. While he was distracted Jay whipped his nunchucks toward the Green Ninja but he grabbed the other end with his bare hands and used it to swing the Lightning Master away from him. Zane's shurikens spun toward Lloyd but he gracefully leaped over, landing the metal in the watermelon Nya held in her hands.

Nya looked surprisedly at Zane who looked back apologetically before commenting, "Since he's grown, he's learning faster, Sensei."

"But will it be enough to challenge Lord Garmadon?" Wu wondered aloud, "Only time will tell."

Lloyd came face-to-face with Kai, sword in hand. He thrust the sword at him with a "hiyah!" Lloyd caught the sharp end with his hands and generated a ball of energy around the metal. When the hothead pulled the sword back the blonde fell with it, landing on his front.

"Hahaha, you're getting pretty good, but that move you fell for was basic 101," Kai commented with a sly smirk as he helped the trainee up.

"Yeah, if I had focused more when I was little, I would've seen that coming," Lloyd agreed, causing the ninjas' faces to take on a slight frown at the reminder of their failure.

"We cannot change the past, but we can improve for the future. Again, and this time, do not hold back," Wu commanded.

M/n approached the flying ship, hovering above the deck before transforming back and landing on the wooden floor. He rushed to the indoor training room and aggressively opened the door. His comrades turn to him, startled half by his aggressive action and half by M/n's panicked demeanor.

"Garmadon is planning something at the Lost City of Ouroboros," the dragon worried.

The group gave a worried glance before Kai wondered, "why would Garmadon return to the Serpentine home base?"

"They might be preparing for another attack," Cole suggested.

Wu turned to the girl, "Nya, change course. We'll head straight for them," and she gave a simple nod before dropping the watermelon and rushing to the control room.

~

It was night when the ship arrived in the sandy desert of Ouroboros and the Bounty was station a good distance away with the anchor dropped into the silt. Kai led the way as the ninja slipped down the chiming chain with M/n, Nya, and Wu in suit behind them. The group quietly made their was to the center of the abandoned city where they observed Garmadon and a serpent gathered around the Mega Weapon a blowtorch they somehow acquired.

Wu leapt in front of Garmadon using his golden Spinjitzu, exclaimed "Ninja, go!"

"Oh, brother," Garmadon growled as he clutched his powerful golden weapon.

"It's time we finished this," Wu announced as his student—minus Lloyd—gathered around him.

"Bring it on, fools!" The oni taunted as he channeled his power through the staff.

Lloyd rolled into view and blasted the weapon with ice.

"Aargh! Lloyd? Is that you?" Lord Garmadon wondered softly at seeing his once young son transformed into a teenager.

"Yeah. I've grown a little since the last time you saw me, Dad," Lloyd replied.

Instead of trying to harm the group Garmadon retreated and commanded the Serpentine, "Stop him!" In one of the buildings of the City of Ouroboros he whacked his staff to relieve it of the ice, "Blast these ninja! If only they weren't around. If only they never existed!" he whined. The rant gave him an idea which he paused to ponder, "Yes, that's it! I wish I could go back in time, and make it so the ninja were never formed in the first place!" The power of the Mega Weapon and the oni flowed through the staff and released a blast of power that created a time portal, "Now, to finish the ninja once and for all, so that my son never becomes the Green Ninja!" he proclaimed before he leapt through.

The ninja burst through the door and saw the swirling light of the portal. "He used the Mega Weapon again!" Cole noticed.

"Oh, swell," Jay deflated, "Every time he uses that thing, something really bad happens. Now what?"

The ground started to shake and the crevices between the stone seemed to fill with sand. Sand was blown into the air and it circled the room as the portal's attraction pulled it through.

"What's going on?" Kai asked as he pulled his foot away from the rising sand.

"Is the city sinking?" Jay suggested.

"Worse. The city's returning back into the desert, as if it had never been found in the first place," Zane answered as the sand rose to his knees.

"Uh, what? What does that mean?" Kai spoke loudly over the blowing wind.

"Garmadon's gone back in time to change the future," M/n called with his wing tucked again him and hair flowing the the wind.

"I can't...I can't feel my hands," Lloyd worried.

"We can't let him alter Lloyd's destiny," the dragon approached the ominous portal.

"If he changes anything, he changes everything! Protect the future!" Wu commanded, leading the ninja to leap from the sand and into the portal, M/n following suit. As they group flew through space and time it felt as if they were being spun, pushed and pulled in different directions until they were thrown onto the grassy ground of Ignacia Village.

They groaned and regained their footing and Jay commented satirically, "Remind me to pack a helmet next time we time travel.."

"Where are we?" Cole wondered

"You mean when are we?" Zane corrected light-heartedly.

"I didn't think Garmadon could alter place and time," M/n observed their surroundings.

"Four Weapons," Kai pointed out, "Ha! Nya and I used to own that shop. Hey, wait a minute, this is the day Garmadon ordered the Skeletons to take my sister. We need to warn them!" he realized.

"That would inherently change the future," M/n argued with a gentle hand on arm to physically stop him.

Cole agreed, "yeah, Sensei said that if we change anything, we change everything."

Jay scratched his head, "I'm confused about what he means by that.."

The Nindroid clarified, "What he means is, our world is the result of past events that have already happened. If for whatever reason events in our past fail to happen, then the future could radically change."

The Lightning Ninja clarified dumbly, clearly still confused "Uh, so what you're saying is we gotta stop Garmadon from changing anything? But of all the times, why did we land here?"

Kai replied, "'Cause this is where it all started. The day I met Sensei Wu for the first time and I began my training as a ninja. Somehow, Garmadon is gonna try to prevent that, but how?"

"If only Sensei were here to guide us," Cole wished.

"Oh look, there he is! Maybe he can!" Jay pointed out past Wu sauntering up to the entrance of the shop, iconic bamboo staff in hand.

"We gotta tell him what Garmadon has done," The Earth Ninja affirmed.

"Let me interact with him first, it won't be suspicious. Plus we can't risk Kai interacting with his past self," M/n suggested.

The ninja hid behind the large, jagged rocks that stood while the dragon approached the shop. He could her the ending words of the conversation, "And the shop is called 'Four Weapons,' not 'For Browsing.' Either buy something or go pedal your insults somewhere else," past Kai sneered.

"Ha! Too bad. Thought I'd find something special here," Wu replied before exiting the shop.

"Greetings, Sensei," M/n bowed and Wu stared back in shock.

"M/n? You've returned!" the old man exclaimed.

M/n led him away from the shop, starting, "listen, You're going to think I'm crazy but please let us explain." After he finished talking the ninja emerged from their hiding spot, shocking Wu even more. "We're from the future," the dragon elaborated, "Garmadon travelled back to this time and we have followed him to stop his plans. We need your help protecting the future."

"All four of you.... You...you..." Wu stuttered as he processed the words, "I don't understand, but I can try to help."

"Any moment now, the Skeletons are going to attack and we think Garmadon may try to hurt me—I mean the past me," Kai explained, "We have to do everything in our power to protect my past self."

As the Fire Ninja finishes his sentence his sky unnaturally darkens with ominous clouds. Thee group look to the sky before their eyes were drawn to mechanical roars and shakes. A giant skeletal monster truck and a similarly designed motorcycles leapt over the hill and observed the nervous villagers. While the two head skeletons in the truck bickered Garmadon rolled his eyes at the idiots, "Why did I ever trust these numbskulls?" and donned his Skulkin disguise.

Samukai yelled, "Attack!"

The motorcycles roared their engines and sped forth followed by the monster truck through the citizens who ran and screamed in fear.

Nya looked out and wondered, "What are they?"

Past Kai answered, "I don't know. Stay here," he demanded as he clad himself in his own metal helmet and sword. He approached the skeletons and swung at them, find it hard to defeat them seeing as they were hardly alive.

Kai turned to Wu and wondered, "Well, can we help or not?"

Past Wu replied, "Don't look at me. I'm wise, but not that wise."

"Technically, since the past has already been altered, I don't see why we can't fight a few Skeletons," Zane smiled, wanting to kick so skulkin ass just as much as his teammates, "Just as long as your former self never sees you."

"Ha! You made my day, Zane," Cole winked which sent warm sparks through the Nindroid's system.

As if on que three skeletons dropped down behind the ninja which prompted Jay to ready his nunchucks and quip, "I miss beating these guys up." The skeletons responded to the treat by detaching one of their arms to be used as a weapon. The Lightning Ninja whipped his weapon around and roundhouse kicked the ninja. To finish them off he shouted, "Ninja, go!" and gave a powerful spin of Spinjitzu.

"Watch for when Samukai throws his daggers. And don't forget to save me," Kai warned.

"I can also provide assistance because I have no past self here to interfere with me," M/n reassured.

Past Nya approached her brother with a bo staff and whacked two of the skeletons behind him. Kai turned back in surprise and sighed, "I thought I told you to stay back."

"And what? Let you have all the fun?" she smirked as the siblings fought off skulkin with their backs against each other. Past Kai ended up facing off against a seemingly normal skeleton, besides his large size but Samukai revealed his four arms, all wielding a daggers. Kai stepped back with a small, "oops." He blacksmith managed to hold off the attacks for a small while but Samukai gripped his sword with all four daggers and ripped the weapon from his hands.Kai was kicked back onto his ass by the skeleton and looked up with a growl.

"Now!" current Kai reminded, making Wu and M/n sprung into action. The dragon flew over and ripped Samukai from atop the past Fire Ninja which allowed for past Sensei to attack the skulkin with his bright, golden Spinjitzu.

"Sensei Wu, your Spinjitzu looks rusty," Samukai laughed.

"Nothing like bone to sharpen its edge, Samukai," the old man replied

Samukai laughed at threw his daggers at Wu who avoided them according to the skeleton's plan so that the metal lodged themselves in the wooden legs of the water tower. M/n quickly dashed over to Kai and held him in his arms to move him out of the way of the collapsing structure. The blacksmith stared in awe at the powerful, yet gentle force that had saved him while the dragon was busy watching his sensei.

Samukai retreated to his monster truck and demanded, "Lord Garmadon says take the girl." Garmadon in disguise took control of the skeletal grappling hand and launched it, missing on purpose.

Kai and Nya embraced each other in a hug on one side of the fallen water tower while the current ninja, M/n, and Wu stood on the other.

"Oh, this isn't good," Kai worried.

"Why?" past Sensei wondered, "We saved you and your sister."

"No, the Skeletons were supposed to get away with Nya," the Fire Ninja sighed, "The only reason you convinced me to become a ninja in the first place was to get her back."

"Oh, I see," Wu nodded.

"Sensei, we have to convince Kai to come back to the monastery with us," M/n

"If Kai doesn't become a ninja, the world as we know it won't exist. The four of us will never unite. We'll never train Lloyd to become the Green Ninja," Zane elaborated

Jay's face turned pale, "Does that mean Nya won't join us?" he looked to the Nindroid who nodded. He grabbed Wu by the shoulder and exclaimed, "No matter what, you need to convince him to go with you!!"

Wu stared at the brunette before signaling the ninja to hide because past Kai was approaching. The colorful group leapt over the body of the water tower and poked their heads slightly over to observe.

"Thank you both for your help," Kai sighed with a genuine smile, "If it wasn't for your 'Twistitzu' or your 'Tornadzu', my sister might have been taken." Jay, Zane, and Cole collectively gave raised eyebrows to Kai about his past self's ignorance. The hothead simpley gave an awkward smiled and scratched his head.

"Spinjitzu," M/n corrected.

"Uh, come, we must train. You must become a ninja," Wu blurted suddenly.

"Hahaha. Sorry, but I got a blacksmith shop to help get back on its feet, so I—" Kai replied as he backed away

M/n stepped forward, presence commanding respect, his mysterious eyes meeting Kai's fiery one, "You have a fire deep within you. You are of great importance to the future of Ninjago."

Before past Kai could respond Nya interrupted, "Hold on, Kai. Maybe there's a reason these two came into our lives. Father always said the world works in mysterious ways. I think it sounds kind of exciting."

"Ha. Okay, if you wanna become a ninja, fine by me. But I'm only going 'cause you want to," the blacksmith conceded

"Oh, great. He's going. We saved the future," Jay sighed as the present ninja watched as the four others walked away.

"Not so fast. We still have to make sure he becomes a ninja in order for everything to get back on track," Zane corrected.

~

At the monastery Nya was excitedly training with M/n, enthralled by the new experience while Kai was the polar opposite. The blacksmith tapped the punching bag unenthusiastically while Wu approached him, "You must harness the fire deep within you, Kai."

The swinging punching bag hit the past ninja's torso, "Ow! Ah. Yeah, yeah, yeah," he grumbled.

The present ninja laid on the monastery wall and observed. "This isn't working, I'm worthless," Kai sighed as he clenched his hands. They were numb. A sign that he wouldn't go on to become a ninja at this rate.

Jay groaned, "It's like you don't even want to be a ninja."

"Look, I told you; The only reason I became a ninja was to rescue my sister."

"If Kai doesn't learn to be a ninja, our future will be destroyed," Zane worried while they watch Wu bonk Kai on the head with his staff.

"Ugh. Even when Garmadon does something good, it's always evil! Sensei ain't cutting the mustard," Cole suggested, "We should make a plan with M/n."

"I thought you said not to get involved. 'Change anything, change everything'," the excitable brunette argued.

"That was before Garmadon altered the past and changed the future. Now we gotta clean up the mess," he said before waving to grab the dragon's attention.

"He's right. The only way to save our future is for Kai to find his fire," the Nindroid agreed, watching as M/n left to join them at their hiding spot.

"Did you need anything," M/n inquired, now laying on his stomach like the rest of the group.

Zane began explaining, "At this rate we believe Kai isn't going to become a ninja."

"I've noticed. My body feels painful and tired meaning something might've happened in the future," M/n breathed as he laid his head on is arms. Zane and Cole looked at him empathetically.

The Nindroid continued, "We have to give Kai his motivation back. I think we should have to kidnap Nya and deliver her into the hands of the Skeletons."

"If that's what it takes. Okay, but if it's all right with you guys, I've got an idea on how I could talk some sense into myself," Kai smirked.

~

When night fell the ninja minus Kai stepped quietly over the tiles of the rooftop. They made their way through the rafters into Nya's room and dropped down onto the floor quietly. Zane held a burlap sack in his hand as they ominously stood over the sleeping girl. Jay gently brushed Nya's hair, looking at her longingly before being handed a skeleton mask, "Time to play our parts," Cole narrated.

"We'll have to act quickly while Kai is keeping himself busy," the Nindroid reminded.

Meanwhile Kai was brushing his teeth, eye closed, allowing for Kai to remove the mirror and act as the reflection. When the past version finished spitting his toothpaste out he looked at his 'reflection' almost noticing the difference. He gives himself a wink before breathing on what he believed to be a mirror and tried to clean it.

As the two stared at each other Kai suddenly exclaimed, "Hey, dummy!" Past Kai stumbled back in shock before present Kai continued, "Yeah, I'm talking to you."

"Me?" the past version shrugged.

"Would you get your head on straight and start listening to Sensei? The fate of the world kind of rests on it," his 'reflection' sneered.

"Huh?" was all the confused blacksmith could muster.

The three outside were back on the roof, joined by M/n, with Nya in tow in the brown bag.

"Unhand me, Skeletons!" Past Nya shouted from inside the bag as the struggled against her kidnappers.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Nya," Jay groaned quietly, not quiet enough for the girl to miss.

"How'd you know my name!? Oh, when my brother finds out about this, you'll be sorry!!" She growled, continuing to squirm.

"Actually, he'll be quite relieved," Cole joked.

"With all this fire, I believe Nya would make a powerful ninja," M/n smiled, a small whine escaped as his tired legs balanced on the roof peak.

"Guys, we've got company," the Nindroid warned at noticing their past versions.

"Uh, isn't that us?" Jay double-checked with his comrades.

"Better lower our masks so they don't recognize us," the Master of Earth reminded and lowered his own.

Jay leapt down to meet his former self in the training yard while Zane and Cole ran to the opposite end of the roof to meet themselves, leaving M/n with Nya. The disguised brunette grabbed and empty barrel he passed and hurled it at himself in the black ninja gi. The past version met it midair and kicked it away. The two Jays engaged in hand-to-hand combat, being fairly matched until past Jay was cornered. He escaped by rejoining his past team on the roof.

The two Zanes faced off, both holding sharp shurikens but Cole piped in, "Let's not hurt ourselves, boys. I'd hate to leave a mark." The present Nindroid nodded and put away his weapons, instead opting to throw roof tiles at his past version.

Nya continued her struggle and shouting, "Kai, help!!"

From inside the monastery the girl's yells reached her brother's ears. He swiftly whipped around, "Nya!" he walks toward to exit with the intent of saving her but Kai demanded, "Hey, I wasn't done talking to you. You can't leave."

"Why not? You're just my reflection!" Kai sneered back only to be knocked out by a swift punch from his present version.

"Sorry, but I can't have you spoiling our plans," the hothead spoke before leaving to join in the kidnapping.

"Oh, why does time travel have to be so complicated?" Jay wondered aloud from a rooftop full of different ninjas.

Kai joined them on the rooftop and declared in an unusually deep voice, "Guys, let's get out of here."

The present ninja swiftly spun into tornadoes of elemental power and used it to knock the past versions off the roof, allowing for an easy escape. Both Wu and Kai rushed out to find the three ninja in black gis on the ground and the present versions no where to be seen.

"They took Nya!" Wu exclaimed.

"They took my sister?! NO!!!" Kai cried in anguish.

"We'll get your sister back," Wu reassured then turned to the masked ninja who revealed their faces at his signal, "But first, I want you to meet your team."

"Looks like the fire returned," present Kai smiled, feeling his hands return to normal and noticing M/n perk up.

~

The ninja leapt through the tree branches of the forest near the Temple of Fire while M/n flew close behind, holding Nya in the sack.

"All we gotta do to get everything back on track is to deliver Nya to the Skeletons," Cole narrated.

At night the skeletons had set up camp and gathered around their blazing campfire. All the henchmen laughed at a joke before Samukai approached and hit Kruncha across the back of the head.

"Hey!" the assaulted skulkin cried.

"This is no time to celebrate, we didn't get the girl. How would you like to go back to the Underworld to tell Lord Garmadon that we failed?" Samukai growled.

Kruncha rose from sitting and walked over to a big tree and sat back against it while mocking his superior, "'How would you tell Lord Garmadon that we failed?' Mehmehmeh!" He was interrupted by a large sack being dropped from the sky next to him. "Uh, Samukai? How would you like to go back to the Underworld to tell him we succeeded?" He sing-songed after seeing the ravenette girl in the bag.

~

The ninja watch over their sleeping past selves along with M/n and Wu while perched in a tree.

"Ugh, why are we still here? I thought everything is back on track," Jay whined.

"Not quite. Something is still wrong because my body is still showing signs of distress," M/n sighed with drooped ears and wings.

"And my hands have gone back to being numb," Kai added

"What exactly happens next?" Wu inquired, as if invested in a movie.

"Our former selves have most of the Golden Weapons. Shadow Garmadon now should have my sister," Kai explained, "And in about one minute, I get woken up and tricked into taking the Sword of Fire that will eventually unleash the greatest nemesis unto Ninjago."

As if on que Kai was woken up and faced an illusion of his sister whom he chased after, calling out, "Nya, wait up!" When Kai's past version left their sign the group descended the tree and chased the blacksmith past the stone bridge and into the Fire Temple. They all hid behind the large, jagged rocks inside the volcanic area and observed.

"This is when I steal the Fire Sword and cut my sister down. Then I get attacked by my own shadow," Kai narrated.

They heard Nya scream and their attention turned to the lava waterfall at the end of the cave where the girl dangled from a chain. She was being lowered closer to the lava.

"Nya!" Kai exclaimed. Between him and his sister sat the Golden Sword of Fire and Garmadon's voice taunted, "tick, tock, tick, tock." The dire situation gave him the adrenaline to swiftly leap to the glowing weapon and achieve Spinjitzu, using his newfound power to cut his sister loose and bring her to safety.

"Stay close," Kai instructed as he stood in front of his sister.

"Trust me. I'm not going anywhere," she shuttered.

Shadow Garmadon stood, towering over the siblings. "You can't hurt us! You're only a shadow!" Kai declared.

"This time, I'm actually much more!" the shadow retorted.

"Wait, he never said that before. Something happened," The Fire Ninja noted.

As past Kai stood his ground, sword bared, he was approached by present Garmadon. The blacksmith froze in shock and stuttered, "T-two Garmadons?"

"Oh, there's so much more you don't know," the flesh Garmadon taunted.

"Go, future me. Destroy him!" Shadow Garmadon laughed and the present oni approached the young Kai with his Mega Weapon. He swung the powerful golden staff and hit the Sword of Fire, pushing against it, past Kai struggled to hold his own.

"We have to do something. I don't stand a chance against two Garmadons!" present Kai asserted before jumping into action. Garmadon swung and hit the Sword of Fire again and again and again, each time pushing Kai back until he hit the golden weapon out of his hand and in front of the present Fire Ninja. Kai grabbed the golden sword and stepped between the two and readied his sword.

"Two Kais?" Shadow Garmadon gasped.

"Yeah!" Kai cheered.

"I guess I have four arms too," present Kai teased as his past self came behind him and acted as a second pair of arms.

Garmadon rushed forward and tried slashing the duo three time but the third time Kai leapt over his present self's back and grabbed his hand. He spun the armed Kai around, allowing him to strike Garmadon. Zane leapt across the lava and join Kai in pushing back Garmadon.

Cole stood behind the oni to prevent him from backing away any further, "Now, I've got you." He grabbed onto the Mega Weapon but was overpowered and thrown into Kai and Zane, knocking them all to the ground, "I think it's safe to say the past has drastically changed."

The dual Garmadons laugh and high-five before being interrupted by growling. M/n stood before his comrades, tail flicking, teeth bared and wings flared. He wouldn't be strong enough to hold his own in a fight but he needed to distract the two long enough for Jay to return with the remaining Golden Weapons and make sure the ninja remained unharmed.

"I told Sensei about that. It could be possible to erase the events that have transpired so far by destroying the Mega Weapon that brought us here in the first place," Zane explained.

"You mean if we destroy that weapon, everything goes back to normal?" Present Kai clarified.

"Uh, theoretically," the Nindroid answered, not sure how else they would fix this mess.

"But nothing can destroy the Mega Weapon. Only a weapon of equal power has any chance of stopping it," the Earth Ninja argued.

M/n knew his stalling worked when he hear Jay giggle, "Haha, like maybe the weapons forged to create it in the first place?"

"No!" Garmadon cried.

"The Golden Weapons!" Cole exclaimed excitedly.

"Yeah, I thought these might come in handy when Zane told me and Sensei his theory," Jay smirked, throwing Zane and Cole their respective weapons.

"Okay, no time to find out how you got these. We have to destroy the Mega Weapon once and for all. Fire!" Kai yelled as he channeled fire through his sword.

"Lightning!" Jay produced bright electricity.

"Earth!" The Scythe of Quakes shook the ground as it hit the Mega Weapon.

"Ice!" Biting frost raced toward Garmadon.

"No! What are you doing?" Garmadon bellowed as his Mega Weapon quivered in his hands.

M/n shot a final blast of energy that, as soon as it hit the weapon, caused the final blow. The weapon glowed brightly, causing the Golden Weapons to gravitate towards it. The weapons seemed to spin rapidly before combining into one being. Suddenly the singular weapon shot through the cave wall into the sky, exploding in a bang of light like a firework.

The cave began to collapse from the energy release and Nya faded into thin air as she reached for her older brother. Kai cried out, "Nya! What's happening!?" before also dissipating into nothing.

~

As if none of the event of the past day(s?) happened the ninja appeared in the training room they had been in while training Lloyd, weapons in hand. The five looked around, confused at the empty space.

"Did we just, uh...?" Jay trailed off.

"Return to the future?" Kai finished

"This feels familiar, but weren't we training Lloyd?" Cole wondered at noticing the scythe in his hand.

"The future was altered and there is no Green Ninja," Zane concluded, disheartened.

"The Bounty is a big ship, just because he is not in this room doesn't mean he isn't on the ship," M/n reminded.

Just as the dragon finished his sentence the door opened, "Sorry I'm late, guys. Are we ready to get training?" Lloyd panted.

"You're still here!" the hothead rejoiced, embracing the blonde with the rest following suit.

"Uh, yeah. Why wouldn't I be?" Lloyd inquired.

"So when we went back in time and destroyed Garmadon's Mega Weapon, that didn't change anything?" Jay asked the confused Green Ninja.

"My father has a Mega Weapon?" Lloyd's eyes widened in surprise.

"Oh, wait a minute, you've never heard of it?" Kai clarified as he sliced the watermelon his sister had before the debacle.

"I-I think I would've remembered that. Why? What is it? Should I be concerned?" Lloyd worried, earning a giggle from his friends, "Hey, what are you guys laughing at? What's so funny?"

"Hahaha, I think some things are best left in the past. Come on. Let's just prepare for the future," Kai's knowledgeably advised.

"I don't get it," the blonde pouted.

"Don't worry, I can tell you later if you really want to know," M/n conceded with a gentle smile.

[IM SORRY THIS TOOK SO LONG!!! Honestly I hated writing this episode so I put it off while I was busy and forgot about it. Thank you all for waiting! Happy Pride month! Next chapter won't take so long I promise!!!]

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[nalascat]

plasma ceo user nalascat what are your headcanons for plasma big spoon slash little spoon cuddling positions (im curious)

omg hi 🥺🥺🥺 plasma ceo nalascat here 🫡

hmmmm.. I feel like it'd vary? Kai would probably fight to be able to be big spoon but Jay also needs to hold something. They trade off and sometimes they face one another and yknow 🥺😭💖💖💖 Jay's got like a plush or smth for when Kai wants to be big spoon (Mr cuddlywompus??? Was that his name???)

also I KNOW there r some nights where Jay has to push Kai away bc he's a living heater and it's wayyyy too warm.

[dark-twist-fairytales]

Is it 2 am? Yes, absolutely. Angsty headcanon time:

Everyone processes trauma and everything differently, right? Some better than others. We've seen mental states be better than others, so I propose:

Kai bottles his trauma in a very tight jar, unhealthy and ignoring it for so long, eventually that jar will have to break.

It's been a non-stop go for all that we've seen of him.

Whenever that jar finally cracks and breaks, Kai goes completely numb. He's suddenly so much calmer in his actions, his voice doesn't raise in octaves anymore when he's wildly inconvenienced or even joking annoyances, and he's completely mellowed out. Not in the same way as Jay, where he bounces back within 3 to 5 business days (jab to season 9), but in a very different way.

Kai's feisty attitude is completely gone. For weeks. His mind trying to process the sheer amount of shit he's seen, all that he's lost and gained over the years, and so so much more. The anger, the happiness, the sadness, the act he displayed. Events replaying over and over, the amount of damage done to his body.

Kai's barely a human being at that point, falling into a mild depression while his mind practically recalibrates itself. He's watched the other's heal and grow and become more and better... Now? Maybe.. Maybe it's his turn.

Until one of the other's gets injured in battle and suddenly Kai is sobbing in the medical bay from the sheer fucking worry over them. It could be as small as a slash to as large as broken bones/metals, he's going to sob because now everything is out. That jar got destroyed. It's long been destroyed. The only thing standing between himself and healing is constant worry and fretting over the other's.

An eventual agreement comes around: Lloyd takes himself to therapy, if Kai just talks with/to them.

Yes, they both hold up to their end of the deal. No, Kai doesn't tell everything, but what he does say is enough.