Ninjago-never-Ends

My Best Friend "Stop!" Ali immediately recognized the voice cutting through the impending fight. "Zane!" The ninja of ice ran into the alleyway, getting between Ali and her opponent, whose raised eyebrow was clear through the hole in her mask. "Your allies have already retreated! Leave at once!" Her fighting stance faltered slightly as she blinked rapidly. She looked at Zane, then looked at Ali, who was notably redder than she had been moments before. "…You have got to be kidding me." "Zane, it's okay… she's my best friend…" At least, Ali hoped she still had a best friend after the whole disappearing stunt she'd pulled. "Wha

Photocopies Ali poured herself a cup of tea from the lounge's tea dispenser with a sigh. Wu was standing right behind her in line. "After your break, I have some photocopies I'd like you to attend to." "Right…" "It could be worse - you could be teaching Kai's history class." After taking her tea break, sipping the tea more slowly than was probably necessary, she walked down the hall with a pile of papers tall enough to block her face. "Why are there so many?" she asked herself, still feeling a little beat down from her encounter with Net the previous day. She wondered if she'd ever see her again… "Need a hand with that?" "Huh? Oh,

Invasion Net scrambled to think of an excuse. Her original plan was to say she was picking up a sibling from classes, but hanging out in Ali's room kind of ruined that one, and saying she was a friend of Ali's would have made her origins as obvious as telling the truth. However, just as she was about to try and explain, her eyes shot upward and she looked at the ceiling, tensing even further. Ali and Cole glanced up with her, not seeing anything. Net's eyes continued to dart around the room… and eventually towards the window. "There!" A ninja from the clan jumped in the window just as Net threw a kunai knife in that direction. The ninja

Scrolls Soon after, Net found herself sitting at the table in the teacher's lounge surrounded by confused, chatting ninja and several cups of tea. "So, what is this about?" Kai asked Sensei Wu. Net sipped her tea, hiding her face in the cup as much as possible. She only had so much pride in her, and she'd long since used it up arguing with Ali and Cole. She felt a rush of shyness and discomfort, surrounded by people who knew each other much better than she knew most of them. "I just got off the phone with Misako at the monastery," Wu replied, "and Misako has found some rather interesting information that clears up Ali's appearance." "WhyamIst

Mr. and Mrs. Walker "Woah woah woah. You guys do not want me in your little magical destiny club. I'm not into it at all." Net gulped the rest of her cup of tea down and started to get up from the table, shaking despite herself. "These things don't work that way," Cole said. "Who asked you?" "You are a part of this now," Wu said, "whether you're comfortable with it – whether anyone else is comfortable with it – this is something bigger than any of us." "You're telling me that even though the world is going to Hell in a hand basket, I'm supposed to try and delay the inevitable because some torn up scroll and an old guy's feelings?"

Net "Uh… I need to go… somewhere else…" Ali said as several pairs of eyes – eyes from her clan, adorned in the familiar ninja uniform she had entered town covering with a cloak – dart over to her, forgetting any interrogations and general mayhem they were causing "New" Ninjago's citizens. She stood before their stares, eyes wide, visibly shaking, on the verge of panic. Her team filled the space between her and the clan members. "Ali," Wu said, readying to fight, "do not forget that as a part of this team, we will defend you as we expect you to defend us." "I...I can't...they're going to kill me…" "Maintain

What. Sensei didn't seem surprised by the rather unenthusiastic response from his students (and Ali, for that matter.) Zane seemed to be the only one among them even open to discussing the issue. "Sensei, the Overlord is no more. What purpose would there be for another spinjitzu master?" "That is one of many questions I no doubt share with all of you, Zane." "Yeah, uh, I'm not sure 'many questions' begins to cover the reaction here!" Jay shoved sprouted up from the group, standing face to face with Wu looking and totally stressed out. "I mean, Sensei, this is a bit sudden, don't you think?" "I have to agree with Jay, Sensei," Cole said. "I me

One Week Monday "Okay! Lesson one of being a spinjitzu master…" Jay said, slowly pacing a circle around Ali, who sat seiza in the center of the tatami mat unarmed and wishing for the sleep she couldn't manage to get the night before. "The first difference between being one of us and being an assassin from a remote clan is that you don't try to kill everyone you meet." "We don't-" "Practice time! Try not to kill me for… ten seconds." Ten seconds passed. Jay finished another circle around Ali, who just stared up at him flatly. "Great! My work here is done!" Jay bolted from the room, returning to the doorframe as Ali stood and let th

Dragonwell One trip back to Sensei Wu's Academy later, the new headmaster was keeping his word about tea and story time... whether Ali was interested or not. The rest of the team, despite protesting, was shoo'd off to perform their teaching duties; now that Wu had a grasp on his ability to handle Ali in a fight, he figured she might be more comfortable opening up without several suspicious young men staring her down. He could tell that the ninja has instead opted to listen in from the other side of the door, but since Ali didn't seem to notice he decided to deal with them later. A plate with a mix of sweet manjuu and savory dim sum sat in th

Inkings of Fate As Sensei Wu stared Ali down, she knew she didn't have much time to get the heck out of Dodge. It was a hot day, and the dark cloak she hid herself in was starting to get to her. In a mix of irritation and urgency, Ali didn't hesitate to attack. The experienced sensei restrained her in less than two seconds. "That's enough," Wu said, ignoring Ali's feeble struggling in his hold. "We have no intention of harming you. However, I do not suspect that you can blame us for being suspicious when someone with dark energy randomly enters New Ninjago City so soon after the Overlord's defeat." Ali stopped struggling for a moment and blin