#the ninja babies fought their dads

[thatofabeavers]

Did anyone else obsessively watch weird and obscure animated videos on YouTube back in the day? Around 2010 - 2016?

Because half of my childhood is just watching music videos like “little game” and watching animated videos like that one ninja baby which I think was actually just an ad for shaving cream? And also the roller-skating babies dancing to gangnam style. Which I’m sure is just an ad for water. And the murder peppa pig stop animation video, which, surprisingly, wasn’t an ad.

It was certainly a weird time to be on YouTube, but I also can’t complain, because I still watch that kind of stuff. Except, instead of weird murder baby ads, it’s animated pilots that I get sad about when they never get picked up.

Actually. Old YouTube was surprisingly gay. Everything I watched was either weird, animated, or lgbt. Mostly all of them. Hmmmmm.

[episodes-ff]

Line of Fire

**I listened to this song and immediately thought of these two. If it doesn’t play on here go listen first to set the mood then read**

Armando

Ever since our conversation about the future, Dee has been more adventurous in the bedroom. Now the sex has always been amazing but it’s like a spark lit from within her because now she wants to try more things, and who am I to say no to my princess? “Fuckkkkk, baby.” I groaned biting my lip intensely as she sucked on my neck and massaged my manhood under the sheets. “Mmmm, so big and strong for me.” She purred in my ear as my eyes rolled to the back of my head. “B-babygirl.” “Sí, papi?” She cooed in Spanish as I slowly lost it. “P-Please can I, ohhh fuck! Can I c-c-cum?” “Mmmm, not just yet.” She thought speeding up her strokes before removing her hand as I fought the urge to bend her over and punish her for playing so much. “W-when can I cum?” “Soon, baby, just enjoy the ride.” She whispered placing kisses on my torso and gripping my throat. Staring up at me with a devilish smirk, she winked at me before taking me into her mouth and sucking feverishly while choking me. “Ohhhhhhh shit!” I whimpered biting my knuckles as we tried not to wake AJ in the next room.

Sucking harder and deeper, I slipped more and more under her spell as she commenced to taking my soul. Feeling my release on the horizon, I weaved my hand into her luscious hair and began face fucking her. Taking me all in like a good girl, I lost my control more and more under her magnificent skills. “Fuck, baby, I’m bout to- ohhhhhhhh my godddd!” I panted as I shot my hot load down her throat. Swallowing it all, she wiped her mouth as I stared lovingly at the mess we made. “You look so fucking pretty, mi hermosa.” I simpered pulling her up to me and kissing her deeply. Wrapping my arms around her, I caressed her soft frame and admired all her sexy curves. “Mmmm, you’re just trying to get out of going to work.” She giggled softly pecking my lips as I squeezed and smacked her juicy ass. “Fuck, I don’t wanna go.” I pouted as she giggled and cooed. “Awww my baby. But you have to go. Who knows what adventures you might get into today?” “That’s the point. Only thing I’m tryna shoot today is my load.” I chuckled even though I wasn’t joking. I just wanted to be inside my woman expressing my love and care for her. “There’s always tonight, Daddy. Now get up, you’re gonna be late.” She smiled before crushing my dreams and walking her sexy ass into the bathroom.

Walking into headquarters, I said my daily greetings to the AMMO squad as I prepared a coffee to get my morning started. Having a seat, I placed my gun and holster on my desk before starting on my unfinished files and paperwork. “Hey, Armando? Who’s this new guy that’s supposed to be coming in today?” Dorn asked curiously from his area. “What new guy?” “You didn’t hear? Your dad and Rita were discussing some military transfer to come in. I didn’t catch his name but they say he’s a beast in the field.” “Interesting.” I chimed taking a sip and casting my gaze towards the front door as it opened. Watching Marcus come in first with three boxes of donuts, I scoffed before my focus turned to my father, Rita and who I’m assuming was the guy behind all the gossip.

“Good morning, squad! We have some exciting news for you all!” Rita started before passing the torch to Mike. “As some of you have probably heard, we have a new member coming to the team. Guys, this is Terry Richmond; he will be joining our tactical team and he will be helping shape our offensive skills when we’re in the field. Would you like to give us a few words about yourself, Terry?” “Nice to meet you guys. I am a former Marine. While on tour, I headed up M.C.M.A.P, that’s the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program.” “Wait, you’re kinda like a ninja, right?” Rafe chimed in stupidly. “You could say that.” He smirked in return as the room nodded in appreciation. “I can’t wait to see what I’m working with.” He added gazing upon the room before meeting eyes with me. “Aight, meeting adjourned.”

Terry

Getting settled in to my new position, I unpacked my personal items before setting up a couple pictures; one of me and my family as children, another of my beautiful wife, Anaya and our baby girl. Right on cue, my phone vibrated signaling a text from my blushing bride.

TeeBaby🌸💖💍: I hope you’re getting settled in and making some new connections, baby❤️ I’m so proud of you Big Daddy😘😘😘😘 I can’t wait for you to get home🫦👅

Biting my lip and thanking God for what a lucky man I was, I quickly replied back before hearing my name. “Hey, man, we about to go over some things real quick for today.” Marcus informed me as I nodded and headed out to the main floor.

“Ok crew, for today’s mission, we will be running surveillance on a drug operation on the coast.” Mike explained as we nodded in understanding. “Now this is supposed to be a non lethal mission, you guys. Do I make myself clear?” Rita asked as we cased our eyes toward Mike and Marcus. “What?!” “See how they be doing us, man?! Straight racial! That’s racial right there!” Marcus exclaimed as we shared a laugh. “Are we clear you guys?” “Yea we copy, Rita.” “Good, we need this to go as smoothly as possible. The strip club incident was a nightmare. No offense, Armando.” “None taken.” He nodded. “Ok, we’ll be sending in Armando and Terry on this one.” “C’mon, man. I’m prefect for this job.” Rafe argued back. “You’re too much of a pretty boy, Raf.” Kelly joked while he flipped her off. “Anywhoooo, you two will be joining the crew of the main boss, Deuce. I have his files right here for you so study up. Especially you, Armando.” She continued passing the folders to us to study on. “Dorn, you and Rafe will be on surveillance and tactical while Kelly, you will be playing the role of worker.” “Greaaaat.” “Deuce specializes in drug operations, prostitution, and weapon smuggling. This is a big case but we need to move smart.” Mike coached further before dismissing the meeting.

**A FEW HOURS LATER**

Waiting for the go ahead to enter, I mentally prepared myself for today’s outcome. Placing a quick call to my lady, I gave her my usual “I love you’s” and farewells before saying a silent prayer for a safe day. The only thing I hate about my line of duty is the possibility of not coming home to Anaya and our family. I hate even thinking about that shit so I just try my best to stay positive and lock in so I can do my job and go home to my happy place. “Your wife?” I heard before connecting the voice to Armando as he cleaned his gun. “Yeaaaaa, we’ve been married going on 4 years.” I smiled as I pulled out my phone to show him a picture. “That’s wassup, man.” “What about you? Family at home?” “Yea, besides Mike there’s my babygirl and our baby boy.” He cheesed showing off pictures of his girl and their son.

“Awesome, man. So Mike’s like what? Your uncle or something?” “My father.” He answered as I looked in confusion. “No offense, but ain’t you Mexican?” I asked earning a smooth chuckle. “Yea, my mother… she uh, she was Hispanic. I just found out Mike was my biological father a couple years ago. Then a little after that I found out about my son.” “Damn, that’s crazy. Well at least they’re in your life now.” Nodding, he smirked as he sat deep in thought. “Very true. That’s all about to change soon.” “What you mean?” Reaching into the dashboard of the truck, he pulled out a box containing a huge pink diamond ring. “Well I’ll be damned. Congratulations, man!” “Graciás. I lost her once before, I don’t wanna do that again.” He smiled admiring the rock. “That’s wonderful. When you plan on popping the big question?” “Tonight, so let’s make sure this shit goes off without a hitch.” “That’s for damn sure.” I conceded as we finally got the green light from the rest of the team.

**THAT NIGHT**

Walking into my humble abode, I sighed removing my backpack and vest before disarming my gun and securing it safely in it’s case. “Hey, my love.” My beauty smiled greeting me at the door with a loving hug and deep kiss. “Mmmmm, hey baby.” I cheesed holding her. “Soooo, how was it? Your first dayyyy.” She cheered making me chuckle. “It was really good. I think I’m gonna enjoy this position.” “Aww, baby, that’s amazing! I’m so proud of you.” She cooed bringing my lips to hers in a soft, endearing embrace as I coasted my hands up her backside. “Thank you, gorgeous. But enough about me. How was your day?” I pondered before lifting her in my arms and carrying her bridal style upstairs.

Aight nie! Y’all enjoy🫶🏾

Tags: @violetmuses @believeinthefireflies95 @brisunique @kaylaahisthebestest- @madxlov3 @armandosbabymama @casualsludgeshoetoad @mauvecherie-writes @nahimjustfeelingit-writes @theereina @kumkaniudaku

[geekthefreakout]

The GaaNaru Letters (part 3/?)

Part 1 Part 2

Dear Gaara,

I'm back in the village. You were right-- it was Tsunade that Pervy Sage was talking about. She's an old hag, but really strong. Oh, and Pervy Sage's name is Jiraiya. He's the one who taught me how to summon toads! He's supposed to be a legendary ninja, but he's really just a pervert.

Orochimaru-bastard was trying to get at Granny Tsunade too. We had to fight him, and it was my second time almost getting eaten by a giant snake. It was so gross!! But on the bright side, I mastered this awesome new jutsu that Pervy Sage taught me. It's called 'rasengan'. The old hag thought it was too tough for me to do, but I bet her I could master in in a week AND I DID! How awesome am I right now? I want to try it against your sand next time we see each other.

What I didn't have time to say last time is that your dad sucks. A lot. I know he's dead and everything and you're not supposed to say bad things about dead people, but what you said about him just makes me so angry!! How is it your fault that your mom died when you were born? Babies can't do anything about stuff like that. And it's not like you signed up for Shukaku either. What a jerk!

Bushy Brows is doing better now that Granny is here. She's doing a surgery for him, and then he can really get back on his feet. Everyone is doubting that he can be a shinobi again, but they're wrong. He won't stop until he's back in fighting shape, I know it. Sasuke woke up today, but he hasn't said anything yet. That bastard better fix his attitude soon, because he's upsetting Sakura-chan with his sulking.

I don't know why those guys are after us. Were you able to get your sensei to look into it? Also, how are things going with your siblings? It's good that they don't want to hit you. Family shouldn't hurt each other. You asked if they could be blamed for resenting you and I think... I don't know, kinda? I think they should know that your dad was so unfair to you. Even if you were scary, they're still your family, and if they weren't gonna give you a chance then why should you give them a chance, you know? But it sounds like they're giving you one now?

Sincerely, Naruto Uzumaki

PS: It doesn't count as you kicking my ass because you're the one who backed down! :p

Naruto Uzumaki,

I would like you to elaborate on the giant snake.

It is astounding to me that you refer to two of the measurably greatest ninja of our time as "old hag" and "Pervy Sage." I suppose the saying that familiarity breeds contempt is true-- though you don't seem to regard them with contempt. Tsunade has reached out to the council here in the Sand, and work is underway to repair the relationship between our two villages.

I am interested in this new jutsu. Your repertoire seemed somewhat limited when we fought, though it does not seem to be a problem for you with the amount of chakra you have. And, of course, I should not speak too much- I use my sand almost exclusively in battle.

I do not know Uchiha well, but I know his eyes. I know what silence means with them. Be careful with him, Naruto.

My siblings are... well. Giving me a chance, as you say. Kankuro has made a point of asking me to train with him. Well, he says train with him, but it is more him demonstrating his puppets to me. I have smashed many of them in the past, but I no longer wish to do so. He is very proud of them, and he should be-- ninja puppets require fine chakra control, and he is very skilled. I never noticed how skilled before. It is as though I am seeing him with new eyes. Temari has introduced me to her ferret summons, and has taken to preparing juice for Kankuro and I when we return from training. Kankuro complains that she is treating us like children, but is always happy for his juice. He contradicts himself like this often, I've noticed.

I am strangely grateful for your sentiments regarding my father. It is probably best that you do not speak them to my siblings, however.

Does Rock Lee hate m I had Temari tell Baki that she'd heard rumors about the Akatsuki, and the council is investigating. No one will know where she actually heard the rumors from. Now that our villages are collaborating, hopefully we will be sharing information freely as it comes.

I went for a walk as the sun set last night, and came to a noodle shop. The owner saw me and closed the windows. I have frightened her before. A child's ball landed at my feet. I saw him looking for it. I kicked it back towards him, and he thanked me. His mother pulled him away, but did not stop him from waving goodbye. Is this hope? I do not want to keep fostering fear within my village, but even my presence terrifies most of them. I cannot help but wonder- what would you do in place, Naruto Uzumaki?

Sincerely, Gaara of the Desert

PS: What does " :p " mean?

Dear Gaara,

The giant snakes are from Orochimaru. He's a FREAK with them. The first time was in the Forest of Death during the Chunin exam- that evil bastard had snuck in and attacked us. That's when he gave Sasuke that curse mark on his neck. The second time was when I was with Pervy Sage and Granny Tsunade. I broke a bone that time-- the snakes were so, so, so big. Like bigger than buildings! And slimy inside.

Sasuke has been acting kind of weird since the curse mark thing, and now he's acting even weirder. I guess it kind of makes sense. This isn't classified or anything so I can tell you- one of the Akatsuki that attacked me was Sasuke's brother, who also killed his whole clan! Having that happen when he was little is a big part of why Sasuke is such a jerk. But I understand him, you know? He was left alone. And Itachi's sharingan eye is different from Sasuke's and scrambled his head and that's why Granny Tsunade had to help him.

Sasuke is angry about Itachi, is what I'm saying. Even more than usual. If I can get him to sit and talk to me, I think maybe I should tell him about why his brother was after me. Sasuke and Sakura-chan don't know about Kyuubi, no one my age does. I guess I'm kind of scared to tell them. Even though they're my teammates and I trust them, I just don't want them to look at me different. But Sasuke is so angry. Is that what you meant by being careful with him? Sasuke wouldn't ACTUALLY hurt me, you know? Not any more than I would hurt him if we fought!

You use a lot of big words-- I had to look up "repertoire". Also- hey! There's lots of different uses for shadow clones, you know. I don't think it should count as limited. Also learning new jutsu is kind of hard for me, so I just try to get really really food at the ones I am good at. Besides, you also saw my summoning jutsu! And you didn't see my Sexy Jutsu.

Also, I don't feel contempt at all. I just tell it like it is. I had to look that one up too.

About people being afraid of you- I think a lot of the time, people are scared of things that are bigger than them, or things that they don't understand. People hate that sometimes. Lots of people in the village hates me, and it used to be lots more when I was younger. But little by little I'm getting people to see me. It all started with Mr. Ichiraku at the Ramen stand. Then Sasuke and Iruka-sensei. Just show them that you're not a monster. And to show them, you have to let them see you. I guess if I were you, I'd be pretty hurt. But I would go back to the noodle shop and buy noodles. Or maybe go find another place where they let me in and eat there. Then people can see that I'm not so bad! If you're not so mysterious, there's not a lot to be scared of.

There are some people who like mysterious. Like all the girls who think Sasuke is cute because they aren't around him enough to know that he's an asshole under those cheekbones.

Sincerely, Naruto Uzumaki

PS: :p is me sticking my tongue out! I wanted you to know since you can't see my face. I hope I can see your face again sometime!

Part 4

[marvelmymarvel]

Everyone But You

Iruka x Sarutobi!Reader

Synopsis: Being Asuma's baby sister was a pain, and so were his friends—all except Iruka, of course.

Naruto Masterlist: Here

"Uh oh… Asuma, what did you do this time?"

Asuma raised his eyes to Genma, who was looking at something behind him. Asuma didn't need to look, didn't even need to try and guess who it was. He knew.

"Asuma!" Your angry screech hit the ears of the men outside of the bar. Some chuckled at your cute fiery temper, while the others shied away from you as you stormed past. Asuma turned and threw a smirk your way before pulling the cigarette from his mouth, "What's up, little sis-"

Your fingers grabbed his cigarette, slamming it on the ground as you put it out with your boot. "Don't even play coy with me; you have my book. GIVE IT BACK," Asuma feigned being wounded with his hand over his heart, "Why would you accuse me of such things?"

The men around him laughed, warming your cheeks from anger and embarrassment. "Because you always do. Now give me back my book" Asuma ignored you as he searched his pockets for another cigarette. The more he searched around, the louder the laughter grew around you. Genma was the only one not laughing, and he started to pity you.

Your brows furrowed in pain, chest aching as your brother once again took it too far. He found a cigarette and raised it to his lips. The men continued to laugh, and you glared at your brother as he ignited his lighter.

"Fine," you whimpered as you fought back the tears. "I didn't need it anyway" Asuma stopped at the sound of your wobbling words, eyes flicking up to you before he extinguished the lighter. He opened his mouth to apologize, but Genma beat him to the punch, "Here, Y/n. Is this what you need?"

Your eyes lit up at the sight of the textbook in Genma’s hand, causing him to smirk at how adorable you were. "Yes! Gen, thank you!" He nodded before taking the book to you. Asuma eyed his friend, not liking what he was seeing. You were an adult, sure, but you would always be his baby sister.

"Genma. Don't even think about it."

Your eyebrows furrowed as you grabbed the book from Genma's fingers, "He's not doing anything, Asu. Leave him alone-"

"Oh really? So him sneaking out of your room last night was also him 'not doing anything'"

Genma scoffed at Asuma's accusation. He wasn't there for any other reason than to help you study for your exams. "I have a test Asuma. He was helping me-"

"Helping. Right"

The men chuckled lightly at that but stopped at Genma’s glare. He hated when your brother did this to you. He's always been this way, ever since you were little, and the teasing only got worse as you grew. But you were becoming a lot more confident in who you were, and while you did get teary over little things, big things like this pissed you off.

"You're a dick. Honestly, why can't you just leave me alone!?"

Everyone but Genma and Asuma started to back away from you. While you weren't a Ninja, you still had a robust amount of Chakra running through your body, thanks to your father. "You don't scare me-"

"No, but Dad might"

A jolt of fear flashed through him as you turned swiftly and bolted towards the Hokage's office. Asuma was hot on your heels, spewing out empty threats that grew in severity the closer you got to the tower.

The shinobi tasked with guarding the Hokage moved away from you swiftly, eyes wide as Asuma trailed after you. This was usual, of course. It wasn't a typical Tuesday if Asuma hadn't pissed you off to the point where you would go to your father in rage.

The door to the office slammed open, "Dad. He's doing it AGAIN."

"She's lying! I'm innocent-"

You both halted at the many eyes now glued to your angry forms. There were at least five ANBU officers, two genin teams, and three teachers present. "Shit, the exams," you hissed quietly to Asuma, eyes widening in fear of the scolding you two would surely get from your father.

"Can't this wait?"

You shot a sheepish smile to your father before your eyes wandered to a specific teacher in the corner. Iruka nodded at you, and your dad once more cleared his throat, urging you to answer him swiftly so he could return to work.

"Ya… Dad, it's fine. We're fine. Right, buddy!!" You exclaimed as you threw an arm over Asuma's shoulders. He huffed but played it off as he pinched your cheek. "Yep! We are great."

"Good. Then please leave-"

The two of you were out of there before he could finish the sentence. Iruka chuckled in the corner, causing others to eye him curiously. They had never seen this type of behavior before.

But he sure as hell did.

The frogs began to croak along the tree lines by the time you had finished your weekly reading. Just two more weeks and you'd be a teacher for the Konoha Preschool. It took a lot of blood, sweat, and tears, but it would be worth it. You moved to lie down on your back, hoping to get a second of relaxation before heading home. Closing your eyes, you took in the sounds surrounding you. The village was always so peaceful right before sunset

"How many more weeks?"

Your eyes shot open from fright before relaxing at the sight of him standing above you. Your lips curled up at him before you patted the blanket below you, signaling him to join you. "Two more, and I'll be a teacher! I'm so excited, Iruka. I can hardly wait" he chuckled at that before moving to lay beside you. The sun was setting, and you smiled dreamily at the pinkish-orange sky above. Iruka turned his head to look at you. Feeling his eyes on you made you turn your head to look back, "Do I have something on my face?"

Your teasing tone made him burn with embarrassment, but he didn't look away. He couldn't look away. "No. I just like looking at you."

It was your turn to heat up. His gaze was steely and serious, making your heart skip a beat. You chuckled playfully at that, trying your best to fight off the bashfulness, but your laughter died down as he turned onto his side. Iruka brought his hand to your face, fingers delicately caressing your burning cheek. "Don't you have a girlfriend?"

Your question made him smile, and you didn't know why. The last time you talked to him, he was dating some other shinobi, but things have clearly changed. "Not anymore." You nodded and let him continue caressing your skin; Iruka, to you, was a weak point in your armor. You've dated before, on and off for years, but it stopped when you entered adulthood. You started seeing Genma to distract yourself from the painful image of seeing Iruka with his girlfriend. You and Genma were never serious. It was all just fun.

But it was different with Iruka.

You glanced at his lips, breath growing heavy as the urge to kiss him blossomed. God's you missed him. His touch, his voice, his scent, his lips. Everything. "You and Genma-"

"Not serious," you whispered before scooting closer to him. You just wanted a taste. Iruka smirked at your answer before scooting closer as well. You closed your eyes, leaning in to try and capture his lips with yours. But he stopped you.

You looked at him in pure shock. Did you read this wrong?

"Do you remember the first time we met?"

Your eyebrows furrowed in confusion before relaxing as you replayed the memory in your head. "When you told me to go tell my father to fuck off-"

"Those weren't my exact words-"

Your giggle cut him off; honestly, your first encounter with each other was quite the story. But it changed your life. "I don't think I've ever told you I fell in love with you that day." His words were light and airy, as if saying them too loudly would get him in trouble. Your smile reached your eyes as you brought your hand up to trace the scar across his nose. Iruka's eyes drooped at the calming feeling. If you didn’t stop, he would surely fall asleep.

"I loved you before then, actually" Your whisper made his eyes open in disbelief. Before that first meeting? How was that possible? He scooted closer to you till your noses touched, urging you to continue. Your fingers trailed up his face and plunged into his hair, nails scratching at his scalp, causing a sigh to fall from his lips. "I fell for you the second I saw you when we were about 6. I don't think you remember, but you were the first person who said hi to me at the academy. I was afraid, and that little hello made me feel better."

Iruka looked at you blankly as he racked his brain for the memory. "Oh!" His bright smile lit up your heart as he remembered saying hello to a shy girl in the back of the room. "I remember now. It seemed like you didn't want to be there. So I figured welcoming you may help calm your nerves…."

You hummed at him before leaning in more. Your noses continued brushing against one another, and your breathing grew shallow. You wanted to kiss him, wanted it more than anything. "Can I kiss you?" Iruka's words had you nodding your head violently. Your fingers gripped onto his dark locks, lip curling into a pout as he waited for a verbal cue.

"Please kiss me."

He put a hand on your back and yanked you into him, lips slamming against yours as his hands wandered up and down your spine. You moaned into the kiss and deepened it, wanting nothing more than to drown in him. "Ruka. I missed you" Your whine had him moving you, so he was hovering over your body, "I missed you too" His words were sweet, but his kisses were rough. It had been years since the two of you last kissed, and the energy coursing through you told you he also missed these moments.

Iruka's lips traveled down your jaw toward your neck, making you arch into his embrace. Your hands traveled down his body before grabbing at the edge of his shirt. "We shouldn't do this here," Iruka huffed out; he wanted to give you what you wanted, but doing so in the middle of a park was not a good idea. "Then take me home. I need you. Iruka please" he was up in an instant, your pleading sending a shockwave of arousal through him. He hauled you up with him before grabbing your book and blanket. He kissed you once more before grabbing your hand and guiding you swiftly to his apartment.

You had a lot to catch up on. That was for sure.

[wildglitch]

Ninjago HeadCanon

So we all know how Kai is like a year older then Nia right? Well I personally like the idea the he is maybe 4-5 years older than her.

Have it be that his parents left when he was like 5 or 6 right? Ok...Now imagin poor little abandon 5 year old Kai just sitting out on the porch of his house with a baby Nia bundeld in his arms just waiting and hoping to god that his mom and dad will comeback like-

"Dont worry Nia, everythings gonna be ok. Mama and Papa will be back any minute now and soon you be able to eat. But in the meantime, your big brother here!"

And they just never return-

I think Kai stole. Kai 100% stole shit from people. He stole food, he stole medicine, he stole a red dress from some hanging landrey for Nia and she never knew. Kai was either taught by a group of criminal how to steal cause they took pity on the poor boy, or he fucked around and found out. There no inbettewn. He was like a Little Aladdin minus the monkey.

I also think Kai or dropped out of school or just never whent so he could focuse on raising Nia.

He would probably be forced to leave Nia alone, or leave her with the neihbors while he "went to school in another village" as he told them. Which really meant working a lot of odd jobs and stealing. Later on when he got older, he probably did a couple of crimes to earn money. Everyone thought he was a Darkly student and the cops even sent him there a few time, be never botherd correcting them.

Kai didnt really care much about his own education and health, but Nia? You better belive he did everything he could to make sure she had the best shot at a good future. He would steal books and tools so his sister could study and "grow up super smart!". Though, since he didnt really now much, he didnt really give her stuff that was really her level

7 year old Kai gave a 2 year old advance robotics book and thus, genieuse machanic Nia was born!

When Nia was 6 and old enough to go to school Kai cried tears of joy she actually got to go. This is also around the time that things got a bit easier cause he got a part time-job and started up his dads blacksmith. He was really bad at it but the money was coming in.

Kai fought tooth and fucking nail to hide all of the struggle from Nia to the point that she has no clue they had it so bad. Her conscious came online when she entered school so anything that was really bad she dosent remember.

She hasent conected the dots about the fact that she was a baby when she was abandon, and that her 5 year old brother raised her.

By the time they are with the Ninja, the others only sort of understand the fact that they were abondond. Except for Lloyd.

Only Abondond, runaway, took care of himself, Lloyd clocked what Kai went through and all of a sudden, "the guy that bullied me a bit and also saved me" becomes, "the guy who was just like me once" and he sort of just..."our big brother"

We dont talk enough about the fact that Kai be it this headcanon or in canon, was abondond as a child, and had to just deal with.

[sillyandquest]

I'm just sitting and wondering whose Casey Junior's sensei for the Mutant Mashup Au (created by me and @possumsarenice).

Tbh Future DaVinci would be the obvious choice, being the oldest and having really good ninja skills makes him good mentor material. In 2012 canon Leo is shown being good with kids all things considered so that would extend to DaVinci. Omg I just remembered Chloe. What if he trained the two and they grew up as siblings?

It'll be way more heart wrenching once Junior has to leave them behind and jump through the time portal. Chloe most likely died minuets before he did too, Junior probably didn't even realize and most likely never will. (Sorry Junior, but the turtle curse decrees that I must bestow the trauma)

Moving on before I ramble about that idea. Future Blue is obviously also a sensei, though in this au he'd probably teach Casey Junior how to be evasive compared to DaVinci, who'd focus more on attacks and techniques. Blue and DaVinci probably taught him together and thus, would both be called sensei. To avoid confusion, I think Junior would call DaVinci, Master, and Blue, Sensei.

We didn't get much info on future Splinter in the Rise movie so he most likely passed away. However, in the Au, both Yoshi and Lou would've been alive long enough to have met Casey Junior as a baby. They both died before Junior could remember them properly, but the turtles, O'Neil's, and Casey made sure to tell him stories about them. Junior calls them Grand Master's Yoshi and Lou.

Of course there's another way of looking at things. Maybe DaVinci died before ever even meeting Junior and is either called Master or Uncle as a sign of respect.

Future Sanzio's also a sensei candidate, like it or not he's a softie for little ones, and would totally want to teach and take care of Casey Junior. (Honestly though, Zio and Future Red act as Junior's dad's more than sensei's). I think Sanzio also wants to protect Junior because Casey was his best friend, right next to Cassandra, so the attachment was unreal.

Speaking of Future Casey, I wanna say he died midway through the invasion and spent a good portion of time being the world's best uncle. He'd definitely encourage Junior to commit as much chaos as possible. He was the one to take care of Junior most often because Junior was all he had left of Cass after she died. Even if the kid wasn't actually her's, Cass saved him for a reason and Casey'll be damned if he didn't make sure Junior lived through the apocalypse like she wanted. Casey probably died sacrificing himself to save a bunch of people, maybe alongside DaVinci.

Future Niccolo and Purple are terrifying, especially when making weapons. They always made weapons. It was a necessity honestly, but those two had a blast making things that blew up, consider it a coping mechanism for both of them. That never stopped, even after Nico transferred his soul into a robot he designed. (The fact that 2012 Donnie became a robot as an adult is canon has me very concerned. Especially since Red did the same in this Au).

As a (rather painful) note: Nico always knew he would become a robot in the end. Even if he was the second to last Hamato standing, Nico would've done everything in his power to stay alive. This is because he knows he needs his family and couldn't bear leaving them even if it meant he could live on and watch over them as a spirit alongside his father.

Of course, Future Simoni is up there reigning as best uncle, not the favorite because that honor goes to Casey. He did a lot of crazy stuff and gave the Kraang the most grief in fights. Simon wasn't the most powerful but he was the most slippery and pissed off the Kraang the most. The Kraang hated that Simon fought like it was nothing and took that as an insult to their power.

[ducknotinarow]

[Rise Raph and Rise Casey]

Casey fiddled with his hands slightly, looking up to Raph. Sometimes he forgot how big they were compared to him. With mission done, World saved, and Casey here for, well, forever, it gave time for them to talk. He had dropped the small bombshell before things went to Hell, but now that everything was taken care of? Well, maybe they should actually discuss things,

"Raph?" Casey speaks up, "I, look, if you don't want to call me your son, I'd understand, a-and if you don't want me to call you my dad, I'd get it."

Even if he had been dreaming of this moment since he was a tiny child; dreaming of somehow seeing his dad again,

"But, well, I would like to get to know you?" Casey suggested, "If, you'd want to get to know me?"

| muse interaction

Well, the world was saved now. Raphael was even back with his family, Leo managed to break through his krang brain washing. Outside some minor lasting results for Raph, he was all fine again, they all were. The dust had settled, and their home was saved more importantly though their family was safe. The one thing they always fought for most alone with the safety of others. Course now that family had one more member.

Casey.

Yeah okay sure they had other humans that they had included into their little odd bunch. Like April. But that isn't why Casey stood out well, at least for Raphael. He still had the conversation heavy on his mind right now. He didn't physically need to be holding on to that photo Casey showed to him. The image was burned into mind easily enough. Him in the future war battled, older, but holding a baby all bundled up in blankets. A look in his eyes Raph knew he hadn't worn before. Because that bundle was a baby Casey. His baby. Casey was his son. And well all that was the same Raphael had been rephrasing and repeating those thought a lot because it was well a lot to take in. Having a child was one thought but meeting them?

Raph had noticed that the others got some tidbits of information on their own future selfsame. Leo was so hit shot ninja master, Mikey was a bad ass mystic ninja, and Donnie was the greatest mind the world ever knew. Raph wasn't surprised by any of what they told Gimme from Casey. He could see all that being true. There was a swell of pride in his shell, knowing his brother one day reached their potentials like he always knew they could Never once did something about himself come up and Raph had a feeling he knew why and that added a twist of guilt when it came to Casey. Smiling bright up to Raph it was different from how he looked to Leo. Towards Leo it was looking at somehow he was seeing again, the same for the others. But Raph? Something was just very different.

Likely didn’t help that he near about ran away from the poor kid either jeez Raph. Raphael sighed to himself as he reached up and dragged his fingers down his mask. It was a lot though and Raph’s mind had been swimming trying to work through all these thick foggy, murky thoughts of his he didn’t know where to start. In part he wonder if this was how his pops felt when he suddenly found himself with four turtles in his care.So lost in trying to figure out what to do here he didn’t even noticed Casey make his way over to him now.

"Raph?"

Raph turned to look down to the kid, left to stare back into the trait they shared with the snapper. Bright green eyes. It wasn’t a lot but it was enough to show he and Raph were related, he had his eyes. The same bright shade of green enough to get by as human but not many humans had green eyes even like that. unsure how to answer in the moment left to near jump out of his shell. Funny how a small little human seemed to set Raphael of all on edge like this. Unsure what to call them. Name made the most sense..but is he meant to call them something else? Did future him have names for them? oh he was spiraling again instead he just offered a wide smile hoping it be enough, before he started to wonder if he was shown off to much of his teeth in the moment. So he closed it into a tight beak smile. Shit is he even smiling? he forgot how he smiles!?

 "I, look, if you don't want to call me your son, I'd understand, a-and if you don't want me to call you my dad, I'd get it."

What? Raphael felt like his heart was sinking at the mention alone no of course that wasn’t it! Oh jeez Raph great how about telling this poor kid that though?! Why was Raph finding it so hard to find his voice for once, he never been one to get so lost into his mind like this always reacting through smashing before thinking, shouting before being clam and collected.

But then he looked at them again. Sure their family was able to be reunited. Raph saved Leo and got captured, and then they almost lost Leo for good. But they all manged to get back home in one piece. That being the four of them together again. Casey? Casey world was gone. His family was gone. One could argue he still had his family but. Casey didn’t he had familiar faces people he knew but they didn’t know him. In part did Raph ever get to know him much? Sure his world was awful and the result of a major war going on living to survive over just to live like they could. Casey didn’t know anything of this current world hell Pizza was so new to them even. So was everything else, and everyone else.

"But, well, I would like to get to know you?"

Raph slowly moved to sit on his knees so he could better look at Casey. Right now Raph wasn’t look at some random human claiming to be his kid. he was Looking at Leo, Donnie and Mikey. He was looking at himself. Watching how Casey tripped over his words how they played with their fingers how they didn’t know what to do but wanted to still try.

 "If, you'd want to get to know me?"

“What makes ya think I wouldn’ wanna know ya Casey?" Raph offer hand lifting to set his hand on to their shoulder. Letting it hover a moment to make sure that was fine before he finally let his heavy drop on to their shoulder. " imma be honest here I got a bit spooked when ya told me. Aye mean that ain't easy suddenly finding you got a kid to look out for I mean." Yeah now he was really starting to understand his own father in this moment. "but that don't mean anythin' against yous okay? I jus...don't wanna disappointing after all i don't know how I am or was to you as your dad. I might not be the same turtle yet?" Raphael tries to express the best that he can. Unaware of just how little even Casey knew about him. "I mean I wouldn't have told yas to stay with us if I didn' wanna get ta know you." He offers next

Letting eyes fall to the ground now " It can't be easy for yas right now either, I don't wanna add to all you got ta handle...but maybe for now lets just stick to names and figure it out from there?" shifting his gaze back to them to see how they feel about it all. It was like when he was kid again despite having a father Raph found himself in a parental role once more. "but for the record Case, you're wrong I do wanna call ya that." Giving a slight squeeze to their shoulder. "Who wouldn' ? Ya lived through an apocalypse, ate rats, faced the krang and never backed down, heck ya came to a world ya didn't know and stayed focus on ya mission too. Pfft more than I can say for anyone else." Giving a roll of his eyes a moment taking a shot at the others well giving the praise to Casey. "You been facing through so much and yet ya still got guts to keep moving on forward. Who wouldn't wanna know someone 'ike that? 'ike you? And ya say i'm ya dad in the future?" Smile brighten up a little "That's the most amazing bit to me."

He waits a bit once more hit with his thought about this poor kid lost in a world of familiar strangers. "I think you're already pretty cool as is."

[doylldonmagar]

Ohhh this was an unspoken part of my mind that you just unlocked. You just leveled up my understanding of lloyd. Like I knew this was true but I never put it into words.

Abandoned by his parents

Bullied by his classmates

Betrayed by his allies (snakes)

Disliked by the ninja for a while (remember the complaining and condescension when he first moved in with them?)

Gave up years of his childhood to save the ninjas lives

Fought his dad and thought one of them would have to die

Kidnapped and had his power drained

Zane died

His friends got knocked out of the tournament one by one until kai pretended to betray him

Sent his dad to the departed realm

Possessed by a ghost that hated him

Almost drowned because of said ghost

Arrested

Friends are taken down one by one by Nadakhan

Nya died

Past 3 are wiped from his memory but the trauma can still have effects

Zane is out of commission

Wu is aging rapidly and Lloyd must lead the ninja

Wu is gone

Power drained again + in a coma for a while

Fell in love with his enemy and was betrayed

Used to bring back his evil dad

The one good oni he knew died

Wu is back but as a baby who needs a babysitter

His friends are all gone (thinks they're dead but they're in another realm)

His uncle and mom flirt

Zane died again

Oh wait Zanes in another realm but he's still alive

No he's the evil ruler of this realm and I'm alone

Has to manage the team because his uncle is flirting all the time

Entered a video game and fights his evil ex girlfriend who says manipulative things

Kidnapped and almost killed in a coal mine

His evil ex is back and hates him (maybe)

His dad is back and loves his plant more than his son

All his friends are gone (except kai and nya)

Wu is gone

Alone for years, keeping the realm together by himself

Feel free to add if I missed something.

I feel like Lloyd is the type to just mention something traumatic about his childhood and then get surprised it’s not a normal experience

[davekat-sucks]

"fuck the abusive bs that was push onto him" ok ninja training your kid is *going* to leave mental scars. if you raise your kid in an active fucking boobytrap zone like he did it does some fucking bullshittery to your brain. and i'll be real with you as an abuse survivor i dont like how hussie wrote dave's story concerning bro and the flavor of abuse that dave was subjected to but its undeniable that bro was abusive. like you cannot tell me that the abuse story was Pushed onto him when in act one hes fucking sword fighting with his 13 year old kid like its fucking kung fu panda the remaster. you can like his character like honestly super ninja man who owns porn business is sweet. good for him but not good for little baby dave because that would 100 and 3 percent fuck up a kid !

So Dave being fast as a baby after Bro Strider attempted to throw him is something natural things babies can do or it was because of his training, because babies brains and minds work faster like this. Riiiiight? Also, John uses an actual hammer to strike at his Dad and Rose tried to commit suicide via electric outlet in front of her mom. But no one puts the blame on either characters for that. No one calls John a douche for hurting a kind Dad Egbert. No one depicts Rose as suicidal for that moment. Defending Hussie's bullshit writing means you still have some respect for his shitty writing. Even if you claim to hate it, you still stand by his side that you think Bro being abusive was meant to happen. Bro Strider was not likely meant to be an abuser. He is also another avatar self projection of Hussie, similar to other characters like Dave, Dirk, and Equius. But no one calls Hussie an abuser or thinks he is as horrible like Bro is. You can't even use the argument that this is what he saw in his own father. Because we know that Hussie loved his dad a lot. There was no bad blood between them. It was only after his father's death after writing Act 5, that Hussie had spiraled down to depression that it seeped into his work. So not even Bro's death shown earlier would coincide this. No one these days play around the idea that maybe Bro was under the influence of Lil Cal in some way, like how Gamzee and Jack Noir were when they first saw this puppet. And Gamzee was still one of the pieces to make Lord English himself too. Bro was this to a degree as well. No one tries to think the idea that maybe because he wasn't fully Dirk Strider or human minds work different compared to trolls and Carapacians, Bro had some resistance against Lil Cal, but not by a lot. He keeps Lil Cal at his side so that way, Dave won't be in harms way. But in turn, Lil Cal is trying to make Bro do bad things. Strange though, despite entering the Medium with Dave with Lil Cal, he doesn't go after said kid. He goes to fight Jack Noir. Why is that? Why would an abuser leave his precious target behind for something else? Some could argue because Bec Noir was a threat to Lord English, Lil Cal had to influence Bro to fight against him. Or that it was part of the plan in the first place to separate the guardians from their children after entering the game. Either way, it is possible for the parents to have stayed with their kid. Like if Dad Egbert wasn't kidnapped, he could have fought alongside John. If Mom Lalonde didn't go progress Sburb alone for her daughter, she would still fought with her. Some could say Mom Lalonde knew that she had to let her daughter grow on her own. But remembering that Mom Lalonde from the beginning, despite knowing the end of the world was coming, she genuinely loved her daughter and Rose didn't notice it until it was too late. Mom Lalonde could have stayed with Rose to show she really loved her daughter. Would Rose had finally accepted it if she was with her? Or would she still be in denial and thinks there was a second meaning behind it, even after entering a game that not even Mom had control over?

[turtleboyz]

Character Analysis: 2012 Season 5: Yoshi Hamato/Splinter

I’m going to be honest; I hate this man. yeah, he’s a good teacher, but man, he’s a bad father. It seems like the writers care more about Splinter being a mystery all knowing teacher, then a dad. The only times he were active was when the situation was dire, or he keeps fighting with Shredder.

Splinter grew up in Japan. He’s the eldest son and heir to the Hamato clan. His brother, Saki. Was the sole survivor of the Foot Clan, that the Hamato’s whipped out. He and Saki faught in a war together, and growing up, the two trained together but being reviles. Lasted both men fell in love with Tang Shen, and they fought over her. One day Saki and Yoshi fought and their dojo caught on fire and Shen die in the process of protecting Yoshi.

Yoshi thought both his wife and daughter die, he left Japan and the clan and went to America. There, he bought 5 baby turtles, after a run in with the Kraang in a alleyway he was transform into a rat and the turtles became humanoid. Yoshi became Splinter, he raised the boys, trying to survive and hiding from the Kraang. He started teaching the boys how to be ninja when they were toddlers, after he saw Leo mimicking his moves and Raph trying to help fight the Kraang.

Splinter’s relationship with his sons isn’t good. He’s bias and plays favoritism with Leo. While he does train and love his sons, he seems to be emotionally neglected toward Donnie and Mikey, barely interacting with them, unless training. He try to teach Donnie to not relay so heavy on his tech, and try to teach Donnie not to force April to be with him. With Mikey, he think he has the most potential and that he can easily fight without thinking. But besides those moments, the three don’t inactive.

With Raph, they have some moments, more then Mikey or Donnie, but less than Leo. Both he and Raph have bad anger issues. Splinter try’s to teach Raph how to control it, but goes at it a wrong way. He has the brothers hit Roaj with arrows with insulting him, and Raph has to control his anger. That’s not a way to help with anger, it’s just suppressing it. It’s a shame too, because of how similar the two are with anger, it could have been a great why to show the two interacting more. Like having Splinter do different training with Raph to see what types of anger management works best. Splinter also try to help Raph in season 4 when Raph’s phobia and anxiety gets the best of him. He teaches Raph a phrase and how to breath.

With Leo, they have the most interactions. Splinter teaches Leo how to be the leader. He tells Leo “I knew even when you were a small boy that you would grow up and be the leader of this team. And when I pass on to be like a father as well.”

It’s….Not good, to tell you son, a 15-17 old child to act like a father to his brothers. He also has Leo in season 2, to teach his brothers on ninjitsu. He try to make Leo more tactical and smarter, but it end up give Leo anxiety and fear about being a failure.

With Karia, before he found out that she was alive, he grief for her. He became overprotective of his sons, both because he was afraid they’ll get hurt or become of the Kraang. When he found out his daughter way alive, he was conflicted. He found out that Karai was a foot assistant and was raised as Saki’s daughter. But he also deeply cares about her. When she become a mutant he was upset. In season 3, episode 23, when she’s under the mind control, Splinter doesn’t fight back against Karai. He even uses the Healing Hands to save her from the worm. The two also hug in season 2 when Karai first learns about her family.

With April, Splinter trains he to be a ninja. Both as a way to protect her from the Kraang and become he noticed that she has high intuition and/or empathy. He sees her as a second daughter.

While Splinter is wise, traditional, polite teacher. His ways of teaching his sons are not good. All the training we see, are the boys fighting each other or trying to fight Splinter. Because of his traditions, the boys fighting style are one one skill. In one episode, he has the boys switched weapons then immediately have them fights each other. But! They don’t know how to use different weapons, he doesn’t teach them, yet he expects them to fight well?

He also “play fights” with the boys. Aka sneaking up in then a throwing them, or throwing them into the walls. With Donnie, he repeating tripping him to try to teach Donnie on why it’s bad that he’s forcing his feelings into April. Why not couldn’t he just sit Donnie down and talk to him? Why did he have to make this into some sort of lesson? He also is stern, when Raph was angry about a human record them, Splinter silence Raph and got anger at him. He also talk about ablit Mikey, thinking that he’s unfocused and not very smart.

Splinter’s trauma of losing his wife greatly effective him, and in turn effects his sons. Leo is train to be the leader and to act like a second parent. Raph has anger issues and is seen in his eyes, as second best. Donnie feels useless without his tech or smarts, and Mikey feels like a screwup. Normal I would think that Splinter would grow and change as the season went on, realizing how his revenge and action effects his family. But no! He’s like this until he died for real. He keeps only telling Leo important stuff, he keeps telling Raph not not get angry, he keep doing the same thing over and over. At least with his Rise counterpart, that Splinter had a noticeable character growth and is changing for them better.

Splinter is a ok teacher, he even gives good advice, but because of his trauma and the constant fighting with shredder, he is a horrible father.

[rottingflovver]

OH MY GOD CAN YOU PLEASE DO THE SAME WITH THE ANON THAT ASKED FOR FEMALE S/O WHO HAD A CHILD?? BUT WITH AKUTAGAWA,ATSUSHI, AND KUNIKIDA PLEASE I BEG OF YOU IM ON MY KNEE’S🧎

AH OF COURSE!! YET AGAIN I STRUGGLE A LITTLE WITH AKU BUT I HOPE IT'S GOOD

Fandom: Bungou Stray Dogs

Characters: Akutagawa Ryunosuke, Atsushi Nakajima, Kunikida Doppo

Format: headcanons

Tw: light mentions of abuse and childhood trauma!

A/N: I made myself sad with Atsushi's ╥﹏╥

Surprisingly enough, he's a relatively good dad

I feel like, once you mentioned you had a child he would pull the most annoyed face

He may even tell you that that's a deal breaker

But in reality, he's just...kind of scared

What if he doesn't do a good job? What if the child doesn't like him? Will he really be able to give them a good home and sense of security?

But once they actually meet and start interacting with one another; he'll turn into the most caring person ever

Since he's already raised someone once (Gin, since I doubt Dazai did jack to help) he already has the basics down, and he knows how to show his tender side

Not to mention that Gin will be the cool aunt everyone will look forward to seeing, because she can be both a beautiful lady and super cool assassin (the child calls her a ninja)

Aku knows how to cook, fight me on this

He also knows how to entertain kids and how to clean up after them (and how to clean in general) but oh boy... When it comes to things such as "Hey let's not bring a toddler to battle ground and make them fight" he is AWFUL

You'll have to lecture him on that so much

"I have fought from a young age too. I don't see why they shouldn't."

"Sir this is a McDonald's drive thru"

Once you get over that issue it's smooth sailing tho

"Y...You have a child...? Okay, I hope I won't disappoint them..."

HE IS PANICKING

All his life he's been told that he's worthless, a useless good for nothing that would be better off dead, so much so that he doesn't even think he deserves you as his s/o, let alone a child!!

Since he never had proper parents or proper parental figures in his life, he's worried that he won't know what to do

Worst of all 一 he's worried he might end up being an abuser himself (although that literally cannot happen)

You try and calm him down, telling him that you've seen how gentle he is with Kyouka and Kenji, and that you trust him very much...but he's still quite anxious

That all will change when he actually meets the child tho

If it's a baby or toddler, he'll be around them non stop and will literally not let a fly hurt them

If the kid is a bit older he won't be that watchful of them, but rather, he will try and bond with them via whatever interests the kid has

"You like Pokemon...? Oh my gosh me too!!" Cue him googling pokemon names so that he can flex by knowing every one

The kid will LOVE him

Will be very quick to accept him as their father

Not to mention they will adore his tiger form, and find it so so cute tbh

Many shopping sprees I imagine!! Atsushi isn't the most rich but he wants them to have good and pretty clothes that they will like wearing

Also they will sleep in a tiger onesie

"..."

"That's...uh..."

He's speechless

Not in a bad way of course, he's just...speechless

He'll set aside his ideals for now, because that's just something horrendous in his mind

His inner monologue probably looks like this "How ROTTEN does a man have to be to leave a such beautiful woman alone, that's just plain ridiculous! BUT TO LEAVE HER WHEN SHE ALREADY HAS A CHILD, THAT'S JUST UNACCEPTABLE. SCUM OF THE EARTH."

But his face is just...a stumped expression

ಠ_ಠ

He genuinely doesn't know how to respond, he'll probably fiddle out an awkward statement of supporting you regardless of that

He'll be flabbergasted for an entire week following that trust me

Once he meets the child he's going to be EXACTLY like one of those strict fathers that yell at their children...not

He's actually a big softie

He'll be like "OI don't eat that!!!...Well... I guess a little bit is okay... Please don't tell mom."

Can you believe a man so stoic is so soft when it comes to the ones he loves? Me too I can also believe it

He WILL however be keeping a watchful eye on them constantly

He couldn't bare the guilt of having anything bad happen to them, genuinely

Also he cooks their favorite meal a little too frequently, it's kinda sus mr kunikuni

[lloyd-needs-therapy]

I haven't posted a oneshot in a while so take some season 5 aftermath💚

Not Your Fault

The ninja were all on edge. Lloyd has been possesed by this Morro dude, that apparently was Sensei's first student. Everytime they fought Morro, Lloyd looked thiner. They were all worried about Lloyd espeicially Kai. He promised to protect Lloyd and he's doing a great job at that so far isn't he? Of course this ghost had to possess Lloyd of all people. The kid was already having a hard time accepting that his dad was gone. He hopes that they can get Lloyd back soon.

***

They were coming out of the first spinjitzu master's resting spot, they didn't get the realm crystal but they did get Lloyd back and for now that was the best thing that they could of asked for. Kai and Cole were helping Lloyd walk. Lloyd was barely keeping his eyes open and he couldn't even stand by himself, Kai just hopes that Lloyd can recover from this.

If he had to be honest, his baby bro wasn't looking to good at the moment. Lloyd was sporting cuts everywhere and a good few looked like they would be needing stitches. He was far, far to skinny, Kai fears if he holds him to hard he'll break. Lloyd's eyes are dull and hollow, not the vibrant green they were supposed to be. He also clearly didn't have any sleep in the weeks morro had him. Oh and didn't he mention that him and Lloyd are soaking wet, after being in a freezing river and almost drowing. Kai's lucky that he is naturally warm, but Lloyd is shivering so much, that it worries Kai.

He wants to comfort Lloyd but what do you even say to someone who was possed by a ghost? And Lloyd's probally feeling guilty knowing him, he would find a way to take responsibilty for any bad things. Maybe Kai should tell him that there almost back to the bounty, that might cheer him up knowing that he can go home.

"Don't worry green bean were almost to the bounty then we'll get you all fixed up okay?"

"Mhm" lloyd replied half asleep.

***

"Are you out of your mind!" Jay whispered shouted. Lloyd was in his bed after collapsing on deck. Sensei Wu gathered them for a meeting to discuss the plan of attack, but Sensei was suggesting that Lloyd will be the one to destroy the realm cyrstal.

"Yeh, Sensei Lloyd can't even stand by himself and your suggesting that we just launch him into battle, I don't agree" Cole replied.

"We have no other choice" Sensei Wu said firmly,"Nya, bandage Lloyd's injuries and try give him some food."

"Yes Sensei" she half nodded and slipped out of the room, with Kai close behind.

They walked down the hallway to the medbay in silence. When they walked in Lloyd was still dead to the world, he didn't even shift from where he was laid down. If it wasn't for his quiet laboured breaths, you would off thought he was dead. It sounded that he was having dificulty breathing, it was quiet but every now and again you could hear the harsh hitch in his breathing.

"Do you think we should wake him up?" Nya questioned Kai, "It's better if he's awake to bandage him up, but he looks like he needs to sleep for a solid week"

"Its probally best if we do wake him, we still need to tell him that hes the one that has to destroy the realm crystal" Kai sighed, walking over to Lloyd.

"Hey Buddy it's time to wake up"

"Mmm let m'sleep" Lloyd slurred, "ugh it feels like I've been hit by a truck"

"Good to see you haven't lost your sense of humor" Nya chuckled quietly.

"C'mon Kid we need to get tou bandaged up" Kai mumbled, while helping Lloyd sit up.

"How long have I been out for?"

"An hour or two I think." Nya replied

"Okay" Lloyd whispered quietly.

Nya got to work on bandaging Lloyd's injuries, on his face, arms, legs, and anywhere else where he gotten hurt.

"Can you lift up your shirt please?"

"O-oh yeah sure" Lloyd nervously stuttered.

He slowly lifted up his upper half of his gi.

The sight of his chest almost made Kai sick.

Lloyd had deep cuts all over his chest, half of them were infected, and all of them had dried blood surrounding them. He also had bruises turning all shades of blues and purples. Lloyd didn't look up choosing that the floor was a way better place to look instead of seeing his siblings reactions.

"Oh Lloyd" Nya began feeling an awful  dread of guilt, because most of those bruises were from her and the ninja themselves, but the cuts themselves must of been from morrow because they were careful not to fully harm Lloyd.

"Its okay, I'm fine yous don't need to worry about me" Lloyd mumbled so quietly that you could've missed it, but Kai and Nya both heard it.

"Lloyd, of course we need to worry your our baby brother. All of us were so worried we could barely talk because it didn't feel normal here without you!" Exclaimed Kai.

"I'm sorry" Lloyd whispered, still looking at the floor as if it were the most interesting thing in the world.

" Aw, I'm sorry buddy I didn't mean to be harsh. It's not your fault, it's Morro's fault. Nya will get you all bandaged up and I'll go get you some food."

[headoverheelss]

6 Years Old:

Minato thought nothing of it at first. Kakashi and Gai were both 6. Gai would chase Kakashi around, wanting to spar with him. Kakashi wanting to up hold his “cool guy” attitude would brush him off. When Kakashi’s dad died, Minato was worried about how Kakashi would react. The kid was closed off already but this was certain to make Kakashi push people away. Minato didn’t worry about that for long though. Gai was there every day. Eventually, Kakashi was okay again but Minato still thought it was a one sided thing. 

8 Years Old:

Minato started to see a difference. Kakashi started to seek out Gai on his own. Whenever Minato passed by Team Choza’s training, he would spot Kakashi hidden in a tree somewhere, waiting for Gai to finish. Kakashi would do any challenge Gai threw at him. He would pick up souvenirs on his mission, mostly turtle figurines, for Gai. Minato started to see something different evolving. 

13 Years Old:

Minato felt old. Rin and Obito had finally got together. They announced that they were dating and Minato almost had a heart attack. His kids were growing up fast. At the moment, he felt relieved because at least he had Kakashi. That moment lasted only a minute because he had spotted Kakashi and Gai walking outside. Minato smiled. Kakashi had been seen with Gai often now since Dai died. The ninja had become more protective of Gai too. Minato had to pull him from fights more than once this month. Minato still thought Kakashi was his only kid left... right? Oh, how wrong he was. Minato saw as Gai was talking energetically about something. Kakashi was looking at Gai then at Gai’s hand. Minato watched as Kakashi tried to hold Gai’s hand but failed. The Hokage sighed into his hands. First off, his kid had no game and it wasn’t one sided anymore. He definitely was getting old. 

16 Years Old:

Minato was rooting for Kakashi. He knew it was hard for Kakashi to open up about his feelings so that’s why Minato found out officially about Kakashi’s crush when the boy turned 16. Team 7 even had a whole day dedicated to it and this was a hard thing put together. Rin was a full time medical ninja. She had just developed the 100 healings seal and was demanded by almost everybody to heal them. Obito was becoming more involved with his clan and training to become the next Hokage. Minato was busy with paperwork and a new baby. Kakashi was busy with back to back S rank missions. Still, they spent a whole day trying to help Kakashi figure out the best way to ask out Gai. Finally they settled on Rin’s plan, which was to do a challenge but at the end to just ask Gai out. The hardest part had to be calming Kakashi’s fear. The best part was two days later seeing Kakashi and Gai walk down the street hand in hand. 

30 Years Old:

Minato was happy seeing his son, Naruto, grow up. Minato was 40 years old now and felt like it was time to pass the hat to Obito. Minato had been the Hokage for too long. He wanted to be home for Naruto now. Kakashi had taken charge of Naruto during his genin and chunin days. Minato was happy how well Kakashi took to being a jonin team leader. Of course, he thinks that Gai had some doing with that but Gai says it was all Kakashi’s will to succeed. Kakashi and Gai were inseparably as ever. Both of them protected and fought for each other. They weren’t perfect but no couple is. Minato was happy for Kakashi. Now all he needed was for Gai to ask him for his blessing, Minato felt like going to a wedding. 

[mira--mira]

When and why do you think Madara gave up the dream of the village, or did he have it in the first place? Since its implied that Hashirama tired to make peace the second he became clan head only for Madara to refuse him until Izuna's death. Why do you think it took Madara so long to agree when he dreamt of it with Hashirama when they were young. Or do you think that he was just humoring Hashirama when they were young and never had that dream?

Ooh I have a lot of thoughts on this! Okay, so first of all I whole-heartedly believe Madara and Hashirama shared the same dream when they were young. I’d even argue that Madara started to have it first. In Hashirama’s flashbacks (which my god, I wish we had Madara’s perspective on that so much) to me it seems like he’s frustrated with the fighting and the war but can’t quite vocalize the idea of peace. It’s when he meets back up with Madara and Madara tells him to trust someone you need to know their guts and presents that as the unlikely but ultimate way to make peace that Hashirama latches onto the idea and then they develop the idea for the village specifically together until it becomes their dream, and once Madara abandons it, becomes “only” Hashirama’s.

As for why Madara didn’t agree immediately when he became clan head, I have different two different theories, and a whole lot of realisitc overlooked complications. The first and most bitter theory is at this point in the overall narrative the ‘Uchiha are genetically pre-dispositioned to evil’ theme has picked up steam and the reincarnation reveal is right around the corner. To make Naruto’s ultimate triumph of ‘winning Sasuke back to the side of good’ the most meaningful, Hashirama and Madara (and Asura and Indra before them) had to fail by the narrative design. Naruto is the child of prophecy and the reincarnation of ninja jesus, he’s the Most Special right now. None of this is helped by the fact that we don’t get Madara’s side. We don’t know why Madara refused peace. If that was explained, if Madara even referenced it in his fight with Hashirama I would be less bitter and more inclined to believe there was actual narrative weight in that decision. But it’s not and while I love part 1 baby Naruto with all my heart, ever since the child of prophecy plot point was brought up and all throughout the war arc I am most happy when we are not following him because the world bends to accommodate him as the mc more than usual at the detriment to other characters.

Now for a not bitter theory, with the scraps were given and a lot of guessing lol. Madara’s decision not to accept peace immediately once he becomes clan head, should narratively tie into why he broke off his friendship with Hashirama in the first place. We know the river confrontation happened, but we don’t know how the Uchiha discovered was meeting Hashirama, or their reaction to it. Personally, I love good dad Tajima, but realistically I think his reaction would be similar to Butsuma’s. Madara would be threatened with being labeled a traitor to the clan. However, the real crux for me would be Izuna. Izuna is Madara’s main priority from what we can tell. If Tajima suggested, or threatened, that Madara’s meetings with Hashirama would directly lead to Izuna’s death...I can see that being a greater fear for him. Neither Madara or Hashirama would want to be banished from their clans but the knowledge that his friendship with Hashirama was the cause of his brother’s death would be the single worst outcome for Madara. Cue the actual river confrontation, with Tobirama and Izuna clashing and then both dads trying to kill the other’s kid that was Madara’s worst-case come true. I don’t think he went into the confrontation with the intention of breaking his friendship with Hashirama. They both tried to leave early to prevent the confrontation after all. But when it happened and Madara was faced with that...he did the only thing he could think to do to protect his brother even at the cost of his own happiness. The agony of that choice was the Sharingan moment for me. From there it gets blurry but the way I see Madara is he felt he couldn’t go back on that decision and he internalized it. He made it and getting close to Hashirama again, listening to him and accepting peace, would still ultimately lead to his brother’s death. This could explain why after Izuna died, he gave it one last go and when he was defeated ultimately accepted peace. His worst case had come true. Izuna’s dead and, in a twist of fate, he died because Madara chose to not to accept Hashirama’s friendship when he could. 

The above is kind of my “main” theory, directly from canon explanation. It gets complicated by other ideas that weren’t addressed at all, but would reasonably come up if the narrative was focused on this time rather than Hashirama’s entire backstory being just that, a backstory. We know the Uchiha and Senju had been at war for generations and the overall terrible conditions of the Warring State Period as well as how ninja clans were hired as mercenaries...beyond that...there’s not a lot. A major consideration to Madara not accepting peace should be the political climate. Were there multiple daimyos (I ask this because the Warring States period was analogous to Japan’s Sengoku period and there were multiple daimyos fighting for power. Who would have the money/need to hire multiple clans to fight against each other if there was just one?) was there just one? Madara is the leader of a clan but he can’t just decide to do things if it would possibly jeopardize the Uchiha’s ability to work, get paid, and eat. Then you have the politics of the clans themselves. There were Uchiha defectors and they were at least willing to accept peace, but we get no indication about the clan’s changing attitude towards the Senju or peace. After being grievously injured, Izuna was still against it. There could have been a group that was completely anti-peace and a group that was pro-peace and how would Madara reconcile with that especially if he wasn’t a beloved leader? I do think Madara as clan head could make the decision ‘we’re making peace with the Senju’ but then forcing two enemy clans to cohabitate that hate each other...even if they were tired of war Madara would be risking his clan’s wellbeing on Hashirama’s word. I think Madara could believe Hashirama but the rest of the Senju? That’s a different question altogether and raises it’s own concerns. 

The concept of making peace and creating the village is a complicated matter, much more so than two boys declaring they’ll be the strongest so everyone has to listen to them. I really think this point in the narrative just kind of...had to exist with the way Kishi wrote the story esp with the upcoming Indra/Ashura parallels. Realistically there would have been a lot of reasons Madara couldn’t immediately accept peace even if he wanted to. These could have been hinted at, but because I think the ultimate goals of the backstory was 1. to lay out Madara’s villain origin and 2. to hint at Hashirama failed where Naruto will succeed and all of this has to be delivered as quickly and effectively as possible, those other possible reasons weren’t explored. I would have liked a line or two of dialogue between Hashirama and Madara about this, especially whenever Madara mentions Konoha isn’t his dream and ground it in realistic obstacles rather than ‘space alien goddess’ will manipulating him for x amount of time’ but...you know.

Hashirama and Madara’s relationship was well developed and great, but Naruto suffers the mot imo when realistic longstanding problems come up, especially if they’re problems caused by historical events or the current socio-political climate. The biggest evidence of this is...what were the great shinobi wars about? Why did they start? What were they fought over? When did they end? What were their consequences? It’s...surprisingly hard to answer these vital questions and “why didn’t Madara immediately accept peace?” ultimately falls into the same category for me. 

This is all from Madara’s perspective and tbh I could write a whole thing about why Hashirama was so gung-ho about immediate peace and the pro/cons of that but this is already way too long lol.

[dibs4ever]

The Next Generation Fic Excerpt

Rundown:Takes place in the future in the Young Justice Universe, Wally came back to life and married Artemis. Dick and Barbara are married. This story centers around their kids

Wally and Artemis children. 15 year old Twins Mark and Melanie West: Melanie is a speedster named Bullet, Mark is an Archer named Bullseye

Dick and Barbara’s kids are- Leah Grayson who is 12(not yet a vigilante) and Nathan Grayson who is 15 and the current Robin

Nathan and Melanie have just started secretly dating

"Good morning family." Nathan grinned from the top of the banister as he flipped down

"Nathan Wayne Grayson! You are going to rip your school uniform or scuff the banister, how many times do I have to tell you to use the stairs like a normal human"

Nate chuckled "Sorry Mom, I'll keep it in mind next time" he grinned pecking his mom on the cheek.

Dick chuckled and walked toward her "You know Alfred used to tell me the same thing" he said giving her a quick kiss on the lips

Barbara continued to watch her son

Nathan smiled as Leah walked out of the kitchen he picked her up and spun her around "Good Morning little sis!"

"Put me down!" Leah grunted Nathan laughed and obeyed. He patted her on the head before heading into the kitchen to make himself breakfast

"Did you guys run into some sort of toxin on patrol lately" Barbara asked

Dick shook his head "And as far as I know he hasn't while he was with Batman either." he thought for a moment "But he is a little giddy, isn't he?" He rose an eyebrow

Barbara nodded

Meanwhile at the West house

Wally was sitting at the table drinking his coffee. Artemis was across from him also drinking her morning brew. While Mark stood in the kitchen eating his large breakfast

"Good morning Daddy!" Melanie grinned as she walked into the kitchen. She leaned down and kissed his cheek

"Hey sweetie, how are you?" Wally smiled

Melanie walked past him and grabbed an energy drink from the fridge "Oh I'm great. Mark are you almost ready so we can get to Grayson manor?" She asked as she opened the can

Mark nodded "Yeah just let me finish this up and I'll be ready to go!" He said

Melanie smiled "great I'm just going to go check my hair again one last time" she said heading back up the stairs

Artemis tilted her head to the side "Does she seem a little happy lately?" She asked the room

Wally shrugged "Maybe she's just been in a good mood"

Artemis shook her head "That girl has a lot of my personality and the only time I remember being that giddy is when..." she glanced over at Wally "Mark does she have a new boyfriend?" She asked looking at her son

Mark shook his head "No, if she did I would think I'd know"

Wally's head quickly darted to Artemis "She's just happy babe, maybe she's doing well in her classes" he suggested

Mark nodded in agreement and Artemis sighed giving in to what the boys were saying

"You ready to go?" Melanie asked as she walked back into the kitchen

Mark nodded and set his plate down in the sink

Later that night

Melanie had just returned home from patrol. She had changed out of her suit, showered and was now in her pajamas which consisted of a ragged out oversized t-shirt that she stole from her brother and pajama shorts.

Meanwhile across town

Robin was assisting Batman in taking down Penguin. They had been fighting him all night and had finally caught him. Robin watched from a short distance as Batman handed Penguin over to the authorities. He played with some of his tech to occupy his time when an idea hit him.

He walked toward his grandfather "Excuse me Batman?" Robin said

Bruce turned to look at his grandson "Yes Robin." He rose an eyebrow

"I'm going to do one last loop around the city to make sure everything is safe " he pointed

Batman nodded "Okay, after that you are off duty " he informed him, since it was already 2:30am on a school night.

Robin nodded and grappled off. He let himself free fall for a moment doing a flip before shooting the hook off to the next building

Robin crouched in front of the window of the West house he knocked on the window lightly and waited a few seconds

Melanie opened the window "Na-Err Robin?" She said with a grin

He chuckled and climbed into her bedroom

"At your service" he bowed

She laughed and super sped toward him pinning him against the wall

"You know I love it when you do that" he grinned

Melanie smiled " I know"

"We haven't been alone in almost a week" he said softly

Melanie nodded "We are now, and do you know what I'm going to do about it?" She whispered

Nathan shot her a grin "I don't know, why don't you show me."

Melanie smiled and leaned forward kissing his lips.

After a few minutes of making out they pulled apart.

"So how was patrol hero?" She asked stepping away

"We got off to a late start because I had to appear with the rest of my family at a Wayne interprise thing. But it was fantastic Batman and Robin took on Penguin. We brought him down too" he said with a smile "How was your night heroine?" He asked following her

"Great we fought Gorilla Grodd" she said

Nathan nodded "You look cute to of just fought a giant ape" he complimented

She laughed "I'm wearing Shorts and one of Marks old T-shirts, plus my hair is all wet" she pointed

He smiled at her "And you wear that shirt a lot better than Mark ever did" he smirked and stepped closer to her "Your wet hair makes you look relaxed" he said running his fingers through her wet hair "And don't get me started on those shorts that show of those speedster legs of yours" he said as he nuzzled her neck

Melanie laughed lightly and pushed him back. She reached up pealing his mask off "There's those beautiful baby blues" she said pressing her forehead against his as she traced where the mask had been with her fingers

"Is that all you like about me?" He asked with a teasing smile

Melanie tilted her head "Well this Robin suit does make you look very good" she grinned

He smiled and was about to lean in to kiss her when the door swung open.

Like the ninja he was Robin jumped under her bed at lightning speed. Melanie quickly moved sitting on her bed just as Wally stepped in

"Hey honey, I saw the light on and thought you might of fell asleep without turning it off" he explained

Melanie laughed "Oh yeah, I know I should be going to sleep but you know how long it takes me to wind down after an exciting patrol"

Wally nodded "Your mom and brother just got home but you know your brother he's already passed out" he thumbed down the hall

"Robin, Batman said he let you off, where are you" Nightwing's voice could be heard from under the bed

Wally rose an eye brow and stepped further into Melanie's room. He bent down and looked under her bed

"Nate?" He asked

Nathan let out a chuckle and pushed himself out from under the bed "Ugh hey Uncle Wally" he said awkwardly

"What are you doing under Mel's bed? He asked curiously

"I umm, couldn't sleep either. Mel told me she was wide awake so I came over to hang out. I thought I'd get in trouble for being over so late so I hid" Nathan said nervously

Wally chuckled "Oh Nate you know you're welcome anytime, but you probably should be going home since your dad is looking for you" he pointed toward the communicator on his suit

It buzzed again "Robin, your parents are on my case. As Batman and your adoptive grandfather, it's my duty to demand that you return home now!" Bruce's voice boomed over the communicator

Nathan rolled his eyes "Yes sir" he spoke then switched to Nightwing "I'm on my way" he said

"Alright" Nightwing a voice came over a moment later

"Bye Uncle Wally, see you at school Mels" Nathan said nonchalantly as he picked up his mask and slipped it on. He opened the window and gave one last wave before grappling off into the night.

[greenflamedwriter]

Galra Lance

Lance is a galra, and Ex-Mamourian (He was kicked out because he was suicidal and kept getting attention to try to make Zarkon afraid which was the opposite of what mamoura wanted so Lance is a rebel doing his own thing, bounty hunting stealing, raiding and above all about to steal a red Lion on the ship hailed under Sendak and he’s going to get a boatloud of it. Then a cocky kid in a red suit slashes in claiming it’s his lion. Lance wonders if any of this was even worth it?

1 Flash to mind meld plus suspicion lances memories of him in water with mermaids and pre-galran.

2 Flash to “surprise, not a galra.” Lance is exposed and returned and nervous.

3 His father is Blatyz the previous blue Paladin and his other father the Galra whom Blatyz married. (Wait how were you born?) Pidge asked and Lance grinned his tail flickering back like a cats (I was a test tube baby)

4 Keiths initiation Lance returns to the Mamoura.

5 they take down Zarkon then realise his son appears and find out it was hagger when plot twist the whole family were puppets a chaotic energy anti quintescence gains a form and almost possesed the galra but some (Maourans) Resisted and the galra were so soft, so easily corruptable they fight that thing with Fusiontron. They save Honerva and Lotor and they find a planet and make it habitable and release everyone from enslavment but some planets are merged some want the Galra gone and some need their galra to remain so Allura and Lotor try to fix things. Lance goes to his planet which is hidden and Allura gasps to see Alteans, Mermainians and Galra there in hiding in a warped hole.

On a spacecraft floating on the edge of an arus solar system, an abandoned Galra named Lance, was taking a pit stop.

His ship consisted of junk, the pilot hanger cluttered making even hoarders feel disgusted open drinks and snack bars littered here and there and Lance had to squeeze in just to get to the pilots chair, the craft only had one room and a bathroom that stopped working. And his room was the only place that was clean it had an assortment of guns, rifles, snipers, you name it, along with a discarded blade that has seen no use in years with a strange symbol on the hilt.

Lance had music blasting from his speakers some album he bought from an alien shop, the album was called ‘Queen.’ And so far Lance was a fan.

He was flickering through a data pad as many reports scrolled past with anflick of his finger. Galra operations, cargo shipments, military vessels, open channels with radio chatter that Lance ignored. He was looking for something easy.

The life of a thief had its perks, steal medical supplies and weapons and give them to a rebellion and make a profit. Usually he sold to both sides just to live more dangerously. A recommendation opened up and Lance smirked behind his mask with the three circles on the front.

A vessel captioned by Sendek was hovering outside Arus, sliding the panel right and lots of data began to download at lighting speed , appeared and Lance’s smirk grew.

It had some precious cargo on it, a Lion of Voltron to be exact.

Lance was having the time of his life knocking out guards ninja style was just so easy, he had the red lion in his sights.

“Well hello gorgeous, mind dropping down that barrier and getting out of here?”

Suddenly he heard a nose and hid behind a pillar in the shadows, just as more galra guardsran into the hanger.

Lance turned and frowned to see a boy in red and white armour (like thats not inconspicuous) and took them down, Lance grew more suspicious this kid fought like a galra. But he didn’t wear mamorian armour or any rebel armour that he knew. Could be a threat.

Until the kid went to the barrier “Alright open up.”

…it did nothing, the boy growled in frustration “Ugh-we don’t have time for this! It’s me keith! You’re I AM YOUR PALADIN!”

Lance couldn’t help it he laughed, more like busted a gut.

The kid whipped around activating a weapon, a sword.

“Stay back!” Lance shook his head “No, wait,” he was still chuckling holding up his hands “I’m not-”

Suddenly more guards made themselves known and the two found themselves with their hands full.

Lance wasted no time shooting the Galra, even took care of the kids blindspots, this jlb was bigger than he thought maybe if he helped the kid out they can split the money fifty fifty.

That was until.

“You’re not getting this lion!”

Keith slammed his hand against the panel, and opened up the interlock, the vacum

Shot the galra forward and Keith was barely gripping onto the panel.

Lance cursed then used his grappling hooks to latch onto a structure beam.

Suddenly Keith’s slipped and he was pulled into space.

Lance acted on instinct he unlatched grapplings and shot out of space after the teen. He easily grabbed him stopping them both from slinning.

“Let go!”

“Shut up, I’m trying to save your life.” Until the kid screamed Lance turned in time to see big metal jaws clamp shut around them.

Both screamed as they tumbled along the inner corridors, Lance was usually could at improvising- but this was going so far out of left field!

He had no clue what was even going on anymore.

Both were on their hands and knees panting from the sudden death experience, until Lance heard a high pitched sound and turned his head slowly.

Keith held his red sword against his face. Lance could only stare- oh well, stare in his mask and ex-Mamourian armour as much as he could.

“Who are you?” Keith growled. Lance knew he could knock the kid out and take the lion. But he’d have no idea if it’ll even respond to him, and Keith is a fighter and wouldn’t let this thing go, heck heleaped out of an airlock for this thing.

A crash outside saved his interrogation. “A rebel, against the Galra,” he rushed out (which was sorta true)

“Honestly I would tell you more but we don't have time!”

….It turns out Lance got involved in something much bigger than him.

This...this was Voltron.

His childhood stories, the one his dad told him about. The universe’s last hope before Alfor hid them away.

They returned!

Kinda, with one blue lion shot, it just sat there with it’s barrier up. Useless. Not doing a thing….sounded like his type of girl. Chilling alone while the whole universe wasn’t in chaos.

But even with four lions they were able to take down a fighter craft, one with Sendek attached as it crashed onto the planet before him. Colour Lance impressed.

Keith wasn’t too bad either during the battle. He was an excellent pilot and a fighter, but he had a very bad habit.

“Green is wide open,” Lance said with a sigh as he watched how obvious it was that the green Lion had three fighters on their ass.

“Help them out.” Dumbass, he left unsaid.

Keith seemed to hear it.

“I know-” keith instantly covered them and Lance saw fighter ships approach from the main craft. “Your right-” Keith barely managed to dodge.

“Will you quit back seat driving!?”

Lance almost stopped until he saw the black paladin was in distress “The Black lion-”

Keith was moving before he even finished. Keith was good, just had to see the bigger picture.

Once they defended Arus and went planet side, Lance had already made a decision, as he left the red lion trailing behind Keith he saw the others landed beside them.

A woman appeared out of the castle looking relieved, until her eyes clocked his and Lance almost ran back up the mouth of the lion.

“Who is he?”

Allura demanded once all the pilots had landed.

Lance brightened behind his mask, his lilac tail flicking back and forth as he descended the mouth of the lion and held his hand out.

“Oh hello, I’m Lance.” He over exagirated his movements the more big and dumb he looked the more trusting, Allura took his hand tentively.

“You can’t tell with the mask, but I’m winking.”

Allura pulled her hand away still suspicious. “Keith!”

Keith glanced at him curiously. “He was with the red lion,”

With no warning, Lance felt Allura grab his arm and twist him around onto his knees, Lance yelped.

“Ow, ow ow- that hurts lady- ow!” His hand was trembling and clenching as Allura dug her palm into his shoulder.

“What were your intentions with the red lion?”

“I was planning on stealing it,”

Allura looked very alarmed, until Lance gasped on. “But now? wouldn’t dream of it!” Allura growled “Why should we trust you?”

“My dad told me about Voltron,” Lance wheezed god this lady was tough.

Allura let him go surprised and Lance fell over with a yelp just barely catching himself, he turned and pointed at her with a scowl (That she didn’t see)

“Look I know what this looks like but I know that, this,” he gestured at the lions as he stood up ”This isn’t some collectors item, this is VOLTRON! The people’s hope, if anyone found out I-” Here he slapped a hand to his chest “-was responsible for sabotaging Voltron I’ll be doing the Galra a favour, Which is the opposite of what I want to do.”

Allura and the others who looked defensive, straightened once Lance said his piece.

“Is there anyone out there fighting Zarkon?” She asked, Lance placed a hands on his hips “Still? Jeez Lady where have you been? There is no more fighting, Its just surviving at this point.” He flapped his hand lazily “I already gave up on that freedom pipedream long ago, but yes other rebels are trying. Chances are if you make a dent in Zarkons oppressive system the rebels will come flocking.” And if the Mamoura catched wind of Voltron Lance wanted to be out of there ASAP.

He waved at them taking a step back “Good luck to you,” He patted the barrier of the blue lion and continued to walk away, hoping he could get enough of a signal to his ship to get him as far away from this planet.

Until the barrier collapsed with a swish.

He stopped walking as the others gasped. No.

Lance turned to see the others gape at the lion (Now free) then their gazes turned towards him.

Coran came to himself before the others. “It seems we have found our blue paladin.”

Lance looked around then back at them, wait they meant him?

Oh Gaia, no.