#cole ninjago centric

[goldenavenger02]

hope the skin heals where the pain enters

(Happy Dragons Rising season 2 part 2 release day! For those asking "how did you get this written SO fast", I watched the leaks when they came out but waited to post this UNTIL it was out officially. Friendly reminder to support the official release if you can! And now, on with the story!)

There were pieces of steel still in his hair.

As he gently pressed his hand against Lloyd’s body to help maneuver him onto the awaiting stretcher and blood seeped from his skin into his glove, all he could focus on were the stage lights catching on the flecks of shards tucked into his blonde hair.

There were pieces of steel still in his hair.

As he gently pressed his hand against Lloyd's body to help maneuver him onto the awaiting stretcher and blood seeped from his skin into his glove, all he could focus on were the stage lights catching on the flecks of shards tucked into his blonde hair.

Cole knew that it was because focusing on how ruthless and bold Zeatrix had been with her blow or the shallow breathing coming from the still bleeding chest of his teammate would result in tears that he didn't want anyone to see.

When the security bots lifted the stretcher and he heard a sharp inhale coming from Lloyd, he couldn't stop himself from reaching over and pulling one of the shards out of his loose, green headband, holding it tightly in his palm.

He couldn't bring himself to move until a familiar titanium hand rested on his shoulder, forcing him to look up into bright, artificial blue eyes that were full of the same worry he could feel wrapping around his chest.

"We should return to our quarters," Zane's suggestion was gentle as he prodded Cole's shoulder gently to move him away from the bloodied ground under their feet, "I am confident that the medical bots will alert us when they have an update on Lloyd's condition."

He wordlessly led the way to their sleeping quarters, unable to stop himself from walking over to the shrine Nya had made before she had left and looking up at the pictures of Kai and Jay as he knelt down, setting the shard on the table.

He knew that if Kai had been here, he would be the nervous wreck; he would be the one nearly ripping his hair out with worry, even if it was after he had gone to Zeatrix and delivered her a piece of his mind; with all of the trouble that they had gone to in order to stop Wyldfyre from fighting Cinder, Kai would have been unstoppable against Zeatrix.

But if Jay had been there, he would have lightened the air of dread with some sort of really bad joke or teasing at anyone's expense; it wouldn't even have to be that funny, but it would be something to break the tension.

The last thing he wanted was to put Lloyd's picture in between Kai's and Jay's, but that fear didn't stop him from pulling his lighter out of his pocket and gently pressing the flame to one of the sticks of incense until it caught, the warm smell of smoke slowly starting to fill the corner he was kneeling in.

"Cole?"

Cole turned his head, feeling his guard drop when Geo knelt down beside him and pressed a water bottle into his palm before letting his hand rest on his shoulder.

"Do you want to talk about it?" Geo offered and as much as Cole wanted to, the angle of his turned head allowed him to see Wyldfyre, Sora, Arin and even Zane with the same looks of worry on their faces that told him that he wouldn't be able to break right now.

"I can't," he admitted as he took a sip of the water before looking away from the others and back into Geo's eyes, "I gotta take care of these kids."

With that, he started to pull himself to his feet, only to be stopped briefly by a gentle hand on his wrist, "take care of yourself too."

"I will." Cole insisted before fully standing up and walking towards Sora, keeping his voice low as he approached, "hey, Sora."

Her loud sniffle, followed by her wiping her face on her arm, before she made eye contact with him pulled at his heart painfully, "hey, I just…I'm trying to figure out tomorrow."

"Your next fight?"

"There aren't a lot of people left in the competition. Frack's powers are all correlated to his abilities and Nokt is incredibly powerful, not to mention the fact that they are both helping Ras; if Lloyd is able to continue competing and they put me against him…" Sora sighed as she looked down at her feet, "I don't even know how I got this far in the tournament."

"Besides the fact that you're a badass?" Cole offered, waiting until she looked up at him with a raised eyebrow, "you doubt yourself a lot, Sora, but you have gotten further than all of us except Lloyd, which is saying something since we've been in a tournament like this before."

"Really?"

"Yeah, except this one has rules that the host actually follows," Cole elaborated, "my point is that if anyone is going to win this thing, it's you. If you have to go against Frack, I know how the workarounds to earth based powers and if it's Nokt, we'll come up with a strategy with Zane."

"And Lloyd?"

"I already had to watch two of my best friends fight on opposite sides, I really hope Roby doesn't pit you two against each other."

"I've been thinking about that since we returned to our quarters," Cole nearly jumped out of his skin by the sudden intrusion of Zane's voice as he sat between the two of them, "and I have run the possible scenarios through my database. There is a sixty seven point nine percent chance that Lloyd and Nokt will be pitted against each other, due to their very powerful skill sets at their base level that has only been amplified by the addition of elemental powers which will result in a twenty percent increase in audience entertainment levels."

"But what if they pit me against Lloyd?"

"The likelihood is much lower, it's a thirty two point one percent chance, but including the fact that Lloyd is your master and the engagement from the fight between Nya and Jay, the audience entertainment levels could increase up to eighty percent."

"So it could really go either way." Cole sighed in defeat that was only added to by Zane's nod followed by one word.

"Precisely."

"I hate this," Sora shuddered, tears falling down her cheeks faster than she could wipe them away, "Nya and Riyu are gone, Arin won't talk to me, and now Lloyd is really, really hurt. I just want all of this to be over."

"Yeah, me too, kiddo."

"I know everyone says that ninja never quit…" she trailed off in order to pull a sniffly inhale, "but I really feel like quitting right now."

"I know that you feel hopeless but forfeiting the tournament now, especially if Lloyd is unable to fight tomorrow, would be catastrophic to our reasoning for coming here."

"Zane's right," Cole agreed, reaching over to gently squeeze Sora's shoulder, "we have to find out who is killing the matriarchs and what they are using their horns for."

"This isn't helping me feel bet-" Sora mumbled, but was effectively cut off by the sound of the door opening followed by two of the security bots making their way into the room.

"Can we be of assistance?" Zane offered as he stood with Cole and Sora doing the same and Cole's feeling of unease returned just as quickly as it had been momentarily forgotten.

"We have been given orders to ensure that Zane and Cole follow us to the medical wing in order to receive information about the injured member of their team."

"What about the rest of us?" Arin's question was the first time Cole had heard the teen speak in hours, briefly making him wonder if Sora wasn't the only one on the receiving end of his silent treatment.

"I apologize, but the only ones allowed inside of the medical wing are adult team members. You will have to wait here for the information to be relayed to you."

Cole waited for a protest from the three teens, but was instantly relieved when Geo spoke up instead, "let's get you three some dinner ordered. I don't know if you've had it yet, but the Merlopian spring rolls are to die for."

As the two security bots led Cole and Zane outside, he couldn't stop himself from looking back at his boyfriend and the three distracted teenagers, but the wink that Geo gave was enough for Cole to allow himself to focus on the task at hand.

Making sure Lloyd was okay.

…

In a way, he was thankful that Arin had pulled him away from the arena after Sora's fight.

Cole would be more than happy to go the rest of his life without seeing another person he loved deep within a coma and even though he was quickly swept up into yet another fight, it prevented him from going back to the room filled with tense silence and suffering.

In fact, it was that adrenaline that he found himself engulfed in, that kept him realizing that Lloyd was 'awake and alive and standing' until after he had pulled Bonzle into a very tight hug, unable to stop himself from muttering "thank the master you're okay" just loud enough that she could hear it.

Which made the calm he settled into after failing to find Arin all the more unsettling; in any other circumstance, he would have gladly taken the chance to just relax on the couch with Geo's head on one shoulder while he firmly wrapped the other one around Bonzle as Fritz and Spitz recounted everything they had been up to while they had been staying at the monastery with Frohickey.

He so desperately wanted to keep his focus on the elaborate but more than likely exaggerated story he was being told, but his mind kept going back to Lloyd.

The sword shattering on impact, knocking him off of the high platform from several feet onto the ground with a thud. The harsh coughing and his eyes fluttering open with a squint before they closed with a groan. Geo's hand resting softly on his shoulder as he watched over Lloyd and gently wiped away the blood and sweat with a sponge, his stomach twisting painfully as he listened to the sharp, painful breathing escaping from Lloyd's battered chest.

Standing over his teammate, the teammate he had known since they were sixteen and nine, and once again unable to do anything to help, feeling as though he was thirteen again and slowly watching his mom deteriorate until she too fell into a coma.

'Lloyd woke up,' he tried to reassure himself when he felt a squeeze on his left hand from Geo that brought him back to the two yawning storytellers, 'Lloyd's going to be okay.'

But when Bonzle got up with an "alright, you can talk our ears off tomorrow," as she ushered Fritz and Spitz to their room, Cole wasn't able to shake the unsettled feeling in his gut.

"When was the last time you checked on him?" Geo prodded, using the opportunity to sit up and brush some of the raven-black hair behind Cole's ear.

"Before Sora's fight. After that, everything got really chaotic; now Arin's gone," Cole stopped to rub a hand over his face before turning to Geo with a sigh, "and I don't know how I'm going to even approach that."

"In my personal experience, starting with a hug tends to work."

"Yeah, yeah, you're right," Cole muttered as he stood, only stopping to turn around to hug Geo quickly along with a quick kiss on his cheek, "I'll be back, okay?"

"Just make sure he's okay."

And with Geo's insistence, he walked out of the living room and into the hallway of the monastery to start looking for Lloyd.

He should have known it wouldn't take long to find him; even in the short period since he had returned to the monastery, it wasn't lost on him just how much time Lloyd spent outside deep in meditation.

But when he got closer and noticed what Lloyd was holding, he couldn't help but swallow nervously: he knew when he went to check on him that his worry and regret for how that final battle went being at the forefront of his mind was a strong possibility, but being face-to-face with it still made him aware that how he approached the green ninja would have to be very careful.

"Hey, buddy," Cole settled on, trying his hardest to keep his demeanor calm and collected in order not to further set him off despite the instant jump and turn that his voice caused, "you doing okay?"

At first, he didn't get an answer as he looked down at the stone floor; but the look on Lloyd's face, which was twisted tightly with guilt and worry, spoke for itself.

And when he finally managed to speak, the crack in his voice made it very clear to Cole that he was using all of his remaining energy to stay composed, "he's gone. I don't know why he believed Ras, but he did. Now he's gone, all because I failed him."

"Lloyd-"

"And I don't know what to do. Sora, Riyu and Wyldfyre, they're all looking to me for answers that I don't even have. I don't even know where to begin looking for him or if I want to bring everyone into that or just go-"

"Lloyd, take a deep breath," Cole cut off his rambling, "it has been a really long couple of weeks and I know you want to find Arin so you can make things right, but all of us need a couple of days to breathe and to rest."

"Y-you're right," Lloyd stuttered as he looked down at the photo frame clutched tightly in his palm, "I know that, but at the same time…I want to find him before Ras has a chance to further manipulate him. We saw what he did to Jay."

Cole swallowed down the memory of Jay's glowing red eyes after he used Shatterspin, not wanting it to cloud his judgment, "you have to finish healing, Lloyd. That hit and the fall, it was a lot."

Sure enough, Lloyd's hand drifted upwards to his shoulder over the bandages that had been wrapped tightly around him in the aftermath of his fight against Zeatrix.

"Come on," Cole offered, holding his hand out for Lloyd to take, "let's get you checked over and in bed. It's been a long day."

"I thought I was the master of the monastery." Lloyd said with a light chuckle as he put down the picture frame before taking Cole's hand so he could get down the step before he gently wrapped his arm around him.

"You are, but even masters need someone to look after them," and for a brief moment, Cole was reminded of watching with worry at every unexpected movement that Wu would make after he had been found, "now let's get those bandages changed."

[pillowdrawz]

Abaddon Au : headbutt

Another situation if he has No elemental powers and super strength cause of Vengestone he will use his head as a weapon.

(Yes I was Inspired by Tanjiro Kamado from Demon slayer cause he got his hard forehead from his mother lol)

Hard Forehead huehuehuehue

This scene is also inspired when Nezuko headbutt his brother Tanjiro only for her to get hurt lmaooo.

[blorbopostingtime]

Something something Cole is the only ninja to not be a villian so far in the series something something since he's had so much character growth him becoming evil or even just morally grey would emotionally wreck the others past the point of no return something something I need to write this soon something something dumbass shipping also

[traffic-light-eyes]

I want Kai to go absolutely fucking ballistic one day. I want him to be so he'll bent on protecting his family that he would stop at nothing, and I mean nothing to protect them, even if it means disregarding his values.

I want Nya to get hurt and he gets flashbacks from the day she left and I want his vision to go red and for him to not know if it's because he's angry or if that bastard's blood is in his eyes.

I want him livid when someone says some untrue shit shutupshutupshup about Jay and his heritage. I want him to punch them until he needs to be held back.

I want Zane to have to physically remove Kai from a scene because he was trembling with poorly contained rage when this dickhead started talking about messing with Zane's parts, of taking him apart-- his brother, his family, hishishis.

I want to see Cole's reaction when he walks in on Kai standing over a clearly terrified Lou after a long, tiring fight Cole and his father had. I want to see the murderous glint in Kai's eyes as he lists off the reasons why Lou doesn't deserve the joy that is Cole and how Lou shouldn't even be breathing right now but Kai would never never do something that would hurt his brother, even if he completely disagrees with it.

God forbid, I want Lloyd to be bordering on a panic attack as he confronts his oni side, the dangerous, angry, horrifying beast inside of himself. I want Lloyd to look at the person that he is so so angry at breathing heavily, leaning on his brother Kai tearfully and in pain. I want him to look into Kai's eyes, expecting words of suppression, telling him to calm down, to come back to himself, that his rage is unrational. But instead, I want Kai to tell Lloyd to bathe in that asshole's blood. And I want Lloyd to go feral.

They are his people. No one can hurt them. No one.

[cnwolf-brainrot]

Guess what y'all I've got MORE KAI-CENTRIC MOVIE IDEAS because at this point I'm getting excited about the idea of a live action Ninjago movie because the more I think about it, the more I think there's a lot of ways that they could do it well. However, one of the biggest things I'm worried about is that we'll have a repeat of The Lego Ninjago Movie: great development of the main character, but then the other characters are basically just there to be there with little to no development at all.

So here's continuing off of my last two posts talking about making Kai the main character and a base plot concept, here's what I would do with the other ninja if I was writing the live action movie:

First off, general characterization themes: with the concepts that I have going into this Kai-centric movie already, I would want "protectiveness" to be a core part of the movie and have every character go on an arc that centers around this theme.

Starting off with Cole, this theme is already pretty central to his character throughout the show. He's the eldest in this line up, and so he wants to try to take the others under his wing and make sure they're safe. I think his biggest struggle with the "protectiveness" theme is that the others are extremely resistant to his protective tendencies. He needs to learn to take a step back in order to let the others take a step forward and accept help. Also we're totally keeping Cole's backstory with his dad and dancing and everything, but since that plot line doesn't fit in with the main theme as well it's something we would save for a sequel.

For Jay, I think it would be interesting to tackle a character arc of selfishness/selflessness for him. As an orphan who grew up in a junkyard (a REQUIRED portion of his backstory) this Jay is pretty protective of his inventions. He tends to see a lot of value in things that other people see as "trash" because he can see the potential in them -- possibly alludes to an inferiority complex, but I digress. His arc in this movie would focus on him learning to value the people around him more than his creations, and to shift his protectiveness over the things he makes over to protecting those around him.

Zane, of course, has protectiveness built into his character; he was built to protect those who cannot protect themselves. HOWEVER, I've been thinking about this the last few days, and I'll be honest... I don't want the nindroid reveal to be in the first movie. For the ideas that I have going into this, I think it would be better to save this reveal for a a second film. I'll probably talk about this more in a later post BUT I'll just leave it there for now and say Zane would be a bit more of a background character in this first movie!

Nya, on the other hand, would play a pretty central role. Like the show I wouldn't give her elemental powers in this first installment, but she would have a very clear arc of independence VS protectiveness. She starts out by being kidnapped by the Skeleton Army, and she spends the first 30ish minutes of the run time breaking out and meeting Lloyd. Lloyd offers her help and she initially turns it down because of that 'independence' aspect of her character, but later ends up accepting it so she can get them both out of the army's clutches. With Lloyd's help she's able to build a rudimentary exoskeleton suit (think Iron Man Mark 1) and get them out of there, only to meet up with the ninja. They offer for her to be part of the team, but at first she refuses because she's set on being more of a solo act. She rebuilds her suit throughout the rest of the movie, turning into a full-fledged Samurai X by the end. At the climax of the movie, the whole Kai-saves-Lloyd-from-the-volcano scene gives her the motivation to step from an independent role to a protective role, and she joins the team to help finish the fight.

I just want all of the characters to actually have character arcs and motivations and I'm terrified that the movie won't give us that lol

[ravenrambles6229]

Wax and Wane - A Ghost Cole Fanfiction

Becoming a ghost wasn't the end. It wasn't some beginning, either. Rather, it was just the next phase of Cole's life. And, sure as the moon in the sky, that comes with ups and downs, forming and fading, waxing and waning. Love and loss. Some things would never be the same again. The moon wouldn't always shine. But he'd never have to face the darker days alone. Not with his family lighting the way. Then, when the moon was full, they could enjoy its light together.

Hey, if you want a Cole-centric multichap that seeks to flesh out season 5 while also diverging and telling its own story, I think you'll like this!

It's about Cole and his transformation into a ghost, but you can't hurt one of the ninja without hurting everyone in their family, and this fic explores how becoming a ghost affects not only Cole, but those around him-- all while they're still trying to get Lloyd back from Morro.

However, things aren't quite the same as they are in canon: Cole's curse is a malevolent thing with evil intent. But he's going to fight for all he's worth, because he has loved ones to protect.

It's a long read, but I'm very proud of it. It includes illustrations by me and also the amazing Xynczachrome! (I spent a long time on that banner typography, ahahah) I spent a long time on this, and will be working on this for a while to come!

If you choose to check it out, I hope you enjoy :)

[izzydaninja]

Summary:

"Basically: 'Five Times Zane Helped the Others, and One Time He Couldn't.'

When my guard is down... When I'm not feeling well... When I get lost on how... When I lose myself... When I'm stuck with no way out... And when you saw we fell..."

[thatkiwi-squid]

I understand the fact that Dragons Rising was inevitable in a storytelling and product point of view. Like yeah, if you want your stories and characters to not lose themselves on countless plot-twists and the same battles, you have to let them go, but that doesn't mean that it hurts me 😔.

Ninjago is been going for years, and I always found it amazing how "well kept" everything went seeing as how easily it is to ruin a show if you just continue making it (side eyes Free!), but they still had the usual problems with some characters. Zane forgot everything he learned every couple seasons, Nya would always default to the same problems, and Cole... Man... He deserved better.

Ninjago is a publicity stunt to sell Lego trademarked bayblades, so obviously they will make their series around the favorite characters. So my favorite other characters didn't get the spotlight they deserved. And now with Dragons Rising there's even less chance for them.

I watched DR and I liked it, ngl. I like Arin and Sora, it took me a while to accept Wyldfire, but they're all great characters, and I'm really excited to see what they will be doing, but man it makes me sad.

Cole now has a team outside of the ninja, and he is obviously not the fav by a long shot, so coming to terms with the fact that Cole may never receive any character development again is kind of breaking me a little.

And I wish I could just buy his merch, but he was so hated before that they won't bring any merch of him to my country.

I've been dreaming of finding something of him, and even in my dream I can only find awfully bad bootlegs that come in sets with Homer Simpson and Spiderman for some reason.

My point being. I'll miss you Cole Ninjago. My brainrot will never heal, but it will push me to make a shit ton of fanfics and art because this is the most inspired I've been in 10 years and I am not joking.

[dumbfandomdoodles]

It's A Lie to Say that I Learnt First as a Necessity

[ashersdestiny]

Help, I haven't upload anything for the last 3 days and I have no idea what to do- but Im just gonna give you my wip of my fanfic I 'was' working on, critism is always open

The mission was going well so far, but it went downhill from there on.

Jay yawned and stretched his arms out to the air, groggily rubbed his hands on to his eyes. Jay slowly sat up at the edge of his bed, eyes closed.

Jay opened his eyes and started to walk to the bathroom to get ready for the day as a ninja. Entering the bathroom he grabbed the toothbrush and toothpaste from the sink countertop and brushed his teeth. He then spat out the paste into the sink and turned the tap on and washed his face to get energized.

As he was tidy up, strong hands slither around his waist and held him closer. Jay looks up as see Cole, staring at each other's eyes. He loves him so much, aswell his other boyfriends that he'd sacrifice himself for them. Cole lowered himself and gave a quick peck on Jay's freckled nose. Jay giggled and held his hands up and touched his nose that Cole kissed on.

"You should hurry up, Lloyd has something that he wants to tell us about." Cole said and walked out the door. Jay blinked and blinked and then reality hit him as he hurriedly got into his Gi and rushed to the room everyone had arrived at.

Arriving, everyone was already at their places and he rushed into his seat between Nya and Cole. He then grabbed a spoon and fork that was prepared beside his plate that Pixal prepared for everyone. But since he was the last one, he's the only one eating. He'll need to eat fast then.

"Alright, since everyone is here, I want to tell you guys something that is happening in Ninjago city." Lloyd spoke up and put both of his hands at the side of his hips.

"The police called me about what we are going to. We are going to a ruined underground mineshaft." When no one replied he continued "they said that the most recent wanted criminals went there and we are told to check what that shaft in store that the criminals wanted." Lloyd stated.

"So we just need to get in there and find something odd and skedaddle out? seems easy enough." Kai spoke from the back.

"Don't jinx it, Kai!!" Jay yelled at him. Kai was just holding his arms up in reply to that.

"Yeah, they were probably up to no good if most wanted criminals went there. We should get prepared." Cole said.

"Correct, Pixal has prepared us a van that we all can use to get there. Is quite far from Ninjago city so it might take a while." Zane told the group.

"Wait! A van? What happened to the bounty?" Jay questioned

"The bounty unfortunately has parts that got broken down from the last mission, therefore we aren't able to use it for this mission." Zane answered.

"Well it's settled then, let's get going." Nya waved her hands up and down as Lloyd was walking in front of her going out of the monastery.

Jay pushed his plate off his side and hurriedly-almost tripped followed behind them.

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There's way more than this but don't wanna give you ALL of it, where's the fun in that? But yeah, should I like- continue or should I make an animation? Ibis paint updated with the animation update and I haven't use it properly yet

[traveleroffarawayplaces]

EVERYONE!

Guess who’s finished their first multi-chapter fic!!

ME THATS WHO!!

If you want to check it out here’s the link:

[pillowdrawz]

Ninjago Abaddon Au: "Master of Earth"

I love Cole sm he should be a bamf like toph. He can Metalbend,All the bends that involves the earth he can do it idc.

He is a MASTER OF EARTH FOR A REASON COMMON.

Also Abaddon au is where Cole is a doctor, he stays as a Leader cause no way in hell They are going to Put all the pressure as a leader to the youngest.

In this au Lloyd Grew up pretty normally at 18 he was found and trained to become the green ninja he js pretty much a fast learner also he has a pet snake named athena (Which is also the great devourer's daughter btw but Since Athena grew with love and care since she was a baby by lloyd she is good-)

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[knowledgequeenabc]

Hello lego-bt community

it's been a long, long time since I was relevant in Ninjago fandom but I've randomly been slammed with nostalgia for my good old angst-fest. I'll never get to writing up to the horrifically angsty part, but I'm still in the feels about tiwtw and I've 1. found some old written chapters I can publish, of which this is the first 2. want to write a summary/timeline of the major plot points for the fic, so that people at least know what would have happened and if we're lucky (feedback and thoughts and engagement would help a lot for this one! I love hearing people scream about the plot!) 3. I write snippets about the important bits for funsies and post those too so it becomes more of a collection of scenes than a tight-knit fic, but something is better than nothing

idk how long the hyperfixation will last, but I wanna give it a chance! I'd appreciate if you would all check it out too <3

[omgjayaaa]

I wrote a lego ninjago movie fic because even I’m not immune to the angst possibilities

anyway here it is if any of you wanna read it

It takes place before the Ninjago movie, so before Garmadon is took down and while everybody hates Lloyd

[ravenrambles6229]

This is the plot of the Lost Soul fanfiction actually. Cole goes through it.

hey so what kind of effect would having only half of your soul revived when the other half is left behind in the departed realm

[weekend-whip]

Ninjago Fic Rec Week (2024): Day 1

Prompts: Oneshots/Ninja! (Keeping it a little short today since I'm LATE but here's a lists of oneshot starring the Ninja!)

Ninja Oneshots:

A Little More Than Sixteen Candles: My self-rec for this list! A story about Kai celebrating his birthday with the Ninja for the very first time...and the fact they don't actually know how old he is. Shenanigans ensue <3

Unfortunately, You're Amazing: I've been slacking on reading Jay fics lately (A CRIME) but this one's a classic favorite of mine! Deals with Jay and his lamentable fascination with Samurai X and their mech—though, maybe the unexpected friendship may led tot something better later on?

Adjusting: Heard there was an outcry for some Pre-Pilot fics, so what better one than this story about Cole?? Cole attempts to make friends with the bizarre newfound members of this so-called team, but he has some trouble...adjusting (OOOH TITLE DROP!!!)

My Battery is Low (And it's Getting Dark): Always a must-recommend from me, this Zane-centric tale chronicles his time alone in the Never-Realm through a video diary that breaks down his feelings on the other Ninja, his attempts at dealing with his situation...and his own spiraling doubts and loneliness until suddenly he doesn't

D is For Don't Drop Kick Metal Helmets Unless You're Wearing Shoes: Gotta be logged into Ao3 for this one mmmBUT it's a fun little story focusing on Nya, her time as Samurai X, and bits of her and Cole's dynamic! Really great character voice in this one, along with many funny and charming moments!

Some Burn Hot, Some Burn Cold: A Lloyd story that have served as a great inspiration to me along with being an all-around fascinating look into how Lloyd deals with his emotions, especially compared to everyone else. Love me some Lloyd confronting emotions *-*)9