Nova is messing with the younglings like she did with the Overlord's stone warriors, but worse. >:3
True potential!? O.O
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*Inside Ninjago Bank.*
Nova had been taken back to the bank where the other younglings had been taken to the vault again, and now they were all just fooling around which of course was just chaos.
"I need to get out of here, but now that there is an adult standing watch at the entrance it's gonna be harder for me....I wish I could use my powers." Nova thought as she was sitting away from the others while looking at her gauntlet.
She let out an annoyed growl closing her fists. "I'm the fucking creation of the Overlord, I'm pretty much made of darkness, so I should be in my element right now. Yet I can't do fucking anything!" She punched the wall behind her.
The younglings turned their attention towards her when they heard the punch. She was clearly pissed off, some even began to notice a dark purple glow coming from her and the darkness around her was slowly moving around.
Nova took a deep breath closing her eyes trying to calm down as being angry wasn't gonna help with anything. "....The only way to beat an oni is with the power of creation or a dragon, while beating the crystal king later on will only work with the power of the oni....I've never thought about this really...but is there a chance I could have some kind of power of creation in me like the ninja." She shook her head finding that thought stupid, if she did have that she would have noticed in some way.
Nova sighed as she was working on some ideas but only one came to mind. ".....I need to find my true potential, I'm surrounded by darkness and if I can just connect it to my core without anyone getting in my way I might—".
However Nova was snapped out of her thoughts when something was thrown at her head, hitting her as she fell to the side. "What the fuck!?" She growled angrily as the younglings were just laughing at her as one of them had thrown a book at her.
Nova growled, picking up the book. "Which one of you brats threw it!" She asked, getting up while holding the book, the younglings just kept laughing and clearly wasn't telling her anything.
"I hate young oni children so much, they are the worst." Nova mumbled before looking at the book that had been thrown at her, and soon she was growing an idea that would really mess with these kids.
"So who threw it?" Nova growled, narrowing her eyes at each youngling that was just laughing out loud until one of them raised their hand. "Me and you looked so stupid when you got hit."
Nova grew a sickly sweet smile. "Awww really that's so kind of you for giving me this book, I was actually thinking about reading something." She said in a cheerful tone.
All the younglings stopped laughing and just seeing her acting like this was scaring them. "I-I wasn't being kind!" shouted the youngling who had thrown the book as they all backed away from her.
Since being all evil and chaotic was the way of the oni, none of it would seem rude or even scary. But if you did the opposite it would freak them out.
Nova giggled at their reaction and kept on smiling at them. "Aww come on now don't be shy, and since you were so kind to give me this book I'll like to return the favor." She walked towards the younglings that kept backing away, before they started running and screaming in fear.
"Aaaaah!!! She is corrupted! Help us!!" The younglings ran to the adult oni that was guarding the entrance and began explaining what was going on.
"Calm down young ones, what is making you all so frightened?" The older oni asked, trying to stop them from crying and screaming in fear.
"She is corrupt! She was acting all good and sweet!" All the younglings wailed while pointing towards Nova, who was just sitting by herself looking angry while stabbing her blade into the book she had been hit with. "What!?" She growled as she noticed everyone was looking over at her.
The younglings looked in shock before turning to look back at the older oni who was looking a bit annoyed. "Little ones while you can play as much as you want. That kind of prank is going too far. You all know how serious it is if someone claims an oni to be corrupt." said the older oni crossing their arms. "Now go back to where it is safe."
The younglings looked at each other scared and shaking up before they slowly went back into the vault, but this time wasn't going anywhere near Nova.
Nova waited a little before she slowly got up and walked over to the younglings with a sweet smile. "Thanks again for the book." she said before pulling one of the younglings into a hug, and all of them panicked and screamed in fear.
Letting go of the hug Nova looked at the younglings and could see how scared they were. "Oh this is too easy." She thought smiling at them. "Who here wanna be my new best friend?" She said with such a big and bright smile, the younglings were running out of the vault screaming in terror. They even ran past the older oni and fully out of the bank.
"Younglings don't run outside! You know it isn't safe!" shouted the older oni worried as they ran after the younglings without keeping any eye on Nova, who was still standing and watching it all.
"Huh, well that was a lot easier than I thought. Guess being all good and nice actually worked." said Nova with a soft smile on her face and walked out of the vault, looking around before going back to the vents and crawled out again on the roof. Looking up at nothing but clouds of smoke she took a deep breath. "I guess the old man is getting what he wanted." She closed her eyes and tried to focus and dig deep into her core.
"I might be created from darkness, but I'll always have the goodness in my heart." Nova listened carefully while holding out her hands feeling the darkness around her slowly connect with her core. While her heart kept fighting back the evil that was trying to take root. With every minute she could feel herself getting the balance she needed for her powers which had seemed to be the very problem that had been going on.
When she went over her limits trying to save so many people, the balance inside her had cracked causing her powers and even emotions to get out of control and why she had been so unstable. But now taking the time she needed to try and actually connect with the darkness instead of pushing it away like all the other times, she could finally feel the power inside her grow and connect.
Nova slowly opened her eyes as everything in her felt completely in balance, and she could see that she was surrounded by darkness, but also small specks of golden light with a faint hint of a light purple glow. She then turned her attention to her arms and hands seeing that they were covered in golden dragon scales, but her right side was still in the oni form. "What the fuck." She mumbled surprised.
Looking around Nova used her grappling hook, and moved on to another building where she could see her reflection, and her new appearance caught her off guard. "It's like I'm a mix of dragon and oni."
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Hearing a sound in the background she snapped out of her thoughts and turned her head, listening closely to the sound she was hearing. "...Cole found the drill....I need to hurry before I'm left behind." Nova said getting her gauntlet ready but stopped and looked over at the shadows. "Please by the First Spinjitzu Master, please work." She prayed running towards the shadows closing her eyes, waiting for the impact of the wall but it never came.
Nova opened her eyes and saw that she was in the shadows. "It worked! My powers are back!" She cheered happily before hearing another sound of the drill. "Oh yeah, I should probably hurry, I can celebrate later." She mumbled and used the shadows to easily travel to where Cole was.
Nova was able to get there in time as she jumped out of the shadows and kicked an oni away from the Earth Driller. "Back off imp!" She growled, baring her fangs at them.
"Nova!?" shouted Cole, surprised to see her here.
Nova looked over her shoulder, sending him a toothy smile. "Hey Cole, nice seeing you aren't dead."
"Gnvoe oeiwrh grnio ngdk botfm!" ("It's the troublesome youngling from before, what happened to it!") said one of the oni in shock.
"Vdvb mng itnfhi bndgls bvdnl gh rtnrtg." ("She has been corrupted, she stayed too long in the light") said another oni.
"Hrter vdnfgir htjrhp adjkfb bftgthfdsht." ("The brightness of her scales are hurting my eyes!") shouted an oni that was backing away.
Nova glared at the oni with her purple and golden eye. "I am no youngling! I am Nova Ocean, the creation of the Overlord! A thief! A ninja! And your worst enemy, you'd wish you had never met!" She shouted in full confidence as she summoned four clones, along with her duel blades.
"Lost in the unknown, so much to see,
We are brave, we fight for what we believe,
Feel the energy, I live within,
Risin' to the top, yeah!
We're the fire burnin', feel the heat, Rising like a dragon,
we ain't weak, Push us down, we get back on our feet,
Together we will rise!
We fight! Aim high! Spin! Fly! Be a ninja for what's right!
We may fall or fail, but know that we have no fear, Two heroes never quit,
New adventures calling from within, Risin' to the top, yeah!
We're the fire burnin', feel the heat, Rising like a dragon,
we ain't weak, Push us down, we get back on our feet,
Together we will rise!
We fight! Aim high! Spin! Fly! Be a ninja for what's right!" Nova sang as she was fighting against the oni, using the darkness around her to push, pull and throw the oni around. Not giving them any chance to make a move until they were all knocked out.
Cole had just stayed in the Earth Driller, surprised at what he had seen. "...Nova did you find your true potential? You looked so much stronger and faster."
Nova looked over at Cole with a small giggle and used the shadows to get into the Earth Driller. "Yep! Now move it. We can't delay the others." She said before bonking her horns into the ceiling. "Stupid horns, why did they have to grow bigger."
"Got it, hold on to your seat. We are going for a wild ride." said Cole with a smirk and began driving the Earth Driller at full speed towards the Monastery.
*Some time later the mountain at the Monastery rumbles, and Nya, Lloyd, Master Wu, and the Oni turn to see the Earth Driller bursting out.*
Cole opens the top, and jumps out with Nova. "Hey, guys! Couldn't wait for us, huh?"
"Keeping us out of the fun like that, shame on you guys." said Nova shaking her head.
Nya gasps. Cole! Nova!"
"How—where—when—" Lloyd tried to make a sentence.
"Th-Th-Th—we thought we'd lost you—y-you, jerk! Both of you!" said Jay.
"Hah in your dreams, I'm not so easy to get rid of." said Nova with a big smirk.
"You can't get rid of me that easily." said Cole as Nya laughs in relief. Zane spins by and joins them. "Is that my old scythe?"
"Yes. And you can have it back." Nya tosses it to Cole.
Cole throws on his hood, and leaps for the scythe. He catches it, plunging it into the ground. "Huhh!" It blasts the Oni away, and the Omega crashes back against a tree. "Ha!"
Nova smiled, turning on her mask. "Oh this is gonna be fun." she said, summoning her dual blades. Before going for the attack, knocking away a few Oni. She even went on to use the darkness against them as cover while she summoned a few clones ,having them sneak attack them.
Kai cheers. "Whoo-hoo! Dah!" Spins, knocking more Oni down. Jay spins along.
"Yah!!" They work as one to knock the Oni down surrounding them.
The Omega pants tiredly. Garmadon summons his powers and throws it at him again. "hehh-yAh!"
The Omega absorbs the Destruction power slowly. "You only delay the inevitable. We cannot be defeated." Leaps at the Earth Driller and knocks it off the mountain.
"This grows tiresome. I think it's time we evened things out a bit. Rrargh!" Garmadon uses his power to transform himself into Oni form "Rr-Yah!" Runs and smacks into an Oni, knocking it off the mountain. "Hmm. Now, that I have my own stick, let's try this again." Slams his staff down and whips it at the incoming Oni.
"Whoo-hoo! Go Sensei!" Nova cheered before dodging an oni that was trying to grab her. "Sorry but I'm not going back to fucking time out! And I'm pretty sure your younglings will be having a field day if I did."
More oni are seen crawling up the mountain. "They just keep coming!" shouted Jay.
"Hmm. Ah!" Garmadon runs at the Omega, striking his staff at him. The Omega blocks it with his own.
"The weapons! They are not enough!" shouted Zane.
"We can't hold them much longer!" shouted Kai.
"You are Oni." The Omega whacks Garmadon away. "But only in form. In your heart, I sense uncertainty and doubt." He strikes the staff at him, flying him back up the steps. Lloyd hears a clatter, and looks back. "Part of you longs to understand these pitiful beings." Lloyd sees his father is down. The Oni walks up to Garmadon. "To be one of them. Your hopes weaken you." He whacks Garmadon again. Garmadon loses his Oni form, and lies on the steps, weakened.
"Father!" Lloyd runs up to Garmadon. The Omega throws his power at him. It hits him against the monastery doors, just as Lloyd summons his own powers. "Dah-Arhh!" Gasps, panting. Sees the Omega commanding the Oni. "Fall back! Everyone, fall back!" The ninja, Faith, and Master Wu run back to the monastery.
Nya kicks an Oni before leaving. "Copy that!"
Nova went to join them but was grabbed by the back of her shirt and was pulled up, now facing the Omega. "You troublesome youngling, I see they have corrupted you more than I thought. And yet you are fighting against your own kind. You even radiate the same power as the First Spinjitzu Master."
Nova narrowed her eyes at him through her mask. "I am not one of your fucking younglings dragon ass! Just because I might look like you doesn't mean I will ever be one!" She growled using her powers to grow a ball of purple and gold in her hands, before then firing a beam right in the Omega's face. Knocking him over against the other oni while she got dropped back on the ground.
"Thank the Overlord for that, you weak ass fossils." said Nova before running over to join the others just in time.
*The ninja close the doors on the approaching oni. Lloyd drags the barricade for the door.*
"Cole, help me!" shouted Lloyd.
Cole uses his lava arm to put up the barricade on the door. "Huh-ah!" The door rattles, under the banging of the Oni. Faith and Pixal take up a stance in front of the citizens. "That's not gonna last forever."
"Forever. Forever." Cole's last word echoes in Jay's mind as he glances at Nya. "Nya." Turns to her and takes off his hood. "I have to ask you something important."
"What? Now?" Nya asked as Garmadon stared at Jay.
Lloyd looks at Jay, curiously. Nya throws off her hood. "Yes, now." Gets down on one knee, puts his nunchucks on the ground, inhales slowly, and starts talking rapidly. The rest of the ninja and Master Wu turn to look at him. "Nya, you make me so happy everyday." Nya shakes her head and stares at Jay, confused. "When we're not together, I miss you so much that it feels like part of me is missing." Pulls out the token, and splits it in half, holding one half out to her. "Will you be my Yang?"
Nya gasps, taking the token from Jay.
Cole comes up behind Nya. "Now you're asking?!"
Kai joins Cole. "We seriously need to talk about your sense of timing, Jay!"
"There may not be another time." said Jay.
Nya looks at Jay, and throws her spear away. "Yes!" Jumps into Jay's arms and hugs him. "Of course! Yes, yes, yes! Oh!"
Kai winks at Cole. "I taught him how to do that."
Nova smiled as she was cheering for them, happy to see this.
Lloyd looked over at Nova and rubbed the back of his neck before walking over to her. "Nova I—"
Nova acted quickly by slapping a hand to his mouth while he was still wearing his hood. "Nope, I don't wanna hear it greenie, we aren't going down today so you can drop it. Now try and actually use that brain of yours and work on a plan." She said.
*The doors and the barricade slowly breaks down. Jay picks up his nunchucks. Lloyd throws off his hood and looks at the mural on the wall. He observes the pilot episodes painting. Darkness climbs in over the walls of the monastery.*
"Nya, Jay, it's been fun, guys." said Cole.
"It has been an honor." said Zane.
"It have really been a blast." said Nova.
"Let's go out with a bang." said Jay.
"Yeah. Let's give 'em—" said Kai.
Lloyd smiles in realization. "A tornado!"
"Yeah! Let's give 'em a tornado!" Kai starts to run, comes back, and then looks at Lloyd. "Uh—wait, what?"
"What's the opposite of destruction? Creation!" Lloyd points to the pilot episodes painting. "Don't you get it? Creation—the Tornado of Creation! It's the one thing that can defeat the Oni—the power of Creation! But all of us this time, or it won't work." He looks over at Nova who seemed a little nervous but wasn't backing down.
"How do you know?" Jay asked.
"Yeah. It was a miracle it worked the first time!" said Kai.
"Okay, I'm guessing. But what do we have to lose?" said Lloyd.
"He's right. We have nothing to lose." said Zane.
"What the heck. I'm in." said Cole.
" I love crazy ideas. Let's do it!" said Kai.
"I'm joining too, I'm not gonna stand back this time." said Nova, turning off her mask as she was smiling.
Jay holds out his hand to Nya. "We're one now, Nya. Care to join?" She takes it.
"It has to be all of us." said Lloyd, turning to look at his father.
"I am not one of you." said Garmadon.
"No, but you're as much a part of the history of Ninjago as the rest of us." said Lloyd but Garmadon walks away, leaving Lloyd in surprise. The Oni breaks down the doors. They step into the monastery.
"Don't lose hope, he will change his mind." said Nova taking his hand giving him a quick kiss on the cheek, causing the both of them to blush before turning their focus back to the others.
"Here goes nothing! Ninja, GOO!!" Cole spins.
"Ninja, GOO!!" They all spin, even Nova.
Garmadon watches the ninja's Spinjitzu as the Oni march in. He sees the darkness cover up Lloyd in the Sons of Garmadon painting, and he looks back at the Oni. He does Spinjitzu. Everyone's Spinjitzu tornadoes merge into one, forming the Tornado of Creation. It creates a light and explodes.
*The darkness clears up in Ninjago City and the Realm of Oni and Dragons. The citizens of Ninjago wake up from their trance, and move around. The Golden Weapons' lights die out, de-powering them. The ninja groan.*
"Ow." Nya runs up to Jay and hugs him. "We're alive." Jay laughs. "We're alive!"
Nova coughed as she slowly got up rubbing her head. "Damn that was a blast, and the light didn't affect me this time." She said.
Cole picks himself up, grunting. "Eh. Kai!" He throws a piece of the door off him, and helps him up.
"Where is Lloyd?" They see Lloyd lying on the ground, with several parts of the doors on him.
"Lloyd!" shouted Nova quickly running over trying to get the doors off of him, but they were too heavy on her own.
The ninja runs over and helps throw the door off Lloyd and carry him out. "Lloyd!"
"Lloyd. Buddy, wake up." said Kai.
"He—He's not moving!" said Nya.
"Someone find Wu. Where's Wu?!" Wu runs over and lifts Lloyd's arm, checking on him.
"You can do something, right? Right?!" shouted Jay.
"There is nothing to be done." said Wu.
*Nya sobs. Everyone stares at Lloyd, saddened.*
"Oh, Lloyd." said Nya.
*Kai puts his hand on Wu's shoulder.*
"Hmm." Garmadon stares at Lloyd and starts to back away.
Nova was just staring at Lloyd lifeless body in shock, she did knew this was gonna happen but being here in person and seeing it. Reminded her of when she lost her dad and she couldn't handle losing another person she cared about.
Tears started running down her face. "No! Not again! I can't lose another!" She cried in pure agony and didn't know what to do.
*But then there was the sound of Lloyd starting to breathe, and coughs. Everyone cheers and hugs each other.*
"Where am I?" Lloyd asked.
"Don't you remember?" Nya asked.
"Yeah. You had us worried there for a sec." said Kai.
"But... the First Spinjitzu Master..." said Lloyd before Nova jumped at him and wrapped her arms around him.
"You big fucking idiot! Don't ever do that again!" Nova shouted as she was crying into his chest shaking while she did. "I thought I lost you like....like-like my dad. Please don't ever do that." She cried and wasn't gonna let go of him.
Lloyd was caught by surprise by how Nova reacted but gave a small smile as he wrapped his arms around her. "I'm sorry Ocea, I didn't mean to scare you like that." He said trying to comfort her.
".....Promise me you will never do something stupid like that again." said Nova looking at him.
Now Lloyd looked at her surprised. "I thought you never made any promises, only deals?" He said.
"Just this once, now please just promise me already that you will not fucking die on me again!?" Nova growled at him with tears still running down her face.
"Okay, okay! I promise to never die on you again." said Lloyd with a nervous smile.
"That's all I'm asking for, you idiot." said Nova, smiling before pulling him into a kiss.
Everyone's eyes widened at that before they started cheering for them.
*Wu looks at Garmadon and smiles. Garmadon looks back at him, and walks away.*
"Goodbye, Brother." said Wu sadly.
*The doors of the monastery open up to Master Wu, Misako, Dareth, Pixal, Faith, Skylor, Karlof, Cyrus Borg, Gayle Gossip, The Postman, and the monks waiting. Master Wu bows. Dareth playfully makes appearances in front of the camera as it moves to the bowl of paints. The ninjas each dip a hand into a paint and line up to press their hand onto the wall, creating a new painting—the symbol of destiny—for the mural. Pixal, Skylor, and Misako join up with the ninja to look at the mural. Skylor winks at Kai and everyone cheers. Firstbourne flies high above the monastery.*