Season 8: True Potential

We are getting some good fluff here. :3

Nothing could go wrong in this chapter after all of this right.

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*Everyone celebrates at Laughy's.*

"It's time for training and we're getting started. It's on, you know. And we wanna see you whip and shout it." The ninja sang.

"We rock!"

"You roll."

"They say, go slow. And everything just stands so still."

"We say, go go."

"We're ready for the fight, we know the drill."

"It seems so long ago. This part is-Okay, listen." said Jay.

"Okay, here it comes." said Cole.

"They say, go slow. And everything just stands so still. We say, go go. You're gonna see us rip into it. We just jump up, kick back, whip around, and spin. And then we..."

Pixal simultaneously spoke. "That must be a strange sight. To see you've known for so long suddenly look so young." She looked at baby Wu who was in Misako's arms.

Misako simultaneously said. "He always had a young soul. At least he's happy."

"...jump back, do it again. Ninja, go. Ninja, come on, come on..." The ninja kept singing in the background.

Pixal looks at Lloyd, who had isolated himself from everyone. "Not everyone is happy." Misako gives baby Wu over to her and walks to Lloyd.

"You cared for her, didn't you?" said Misako.

"What does it matter?" said Lloyd.

"It mattered to you. Bruises go away. Bones break and heal. But getting your heart broken? Take time to mourn, but don't let it destroy you. If you bury what's good about you beneath a hard shell, you'll turn out no better than Harumi." said Misako.

Lloyd turned to look over at the ninja that was singing, smiling a bit then looking over at Nova, who was sitting more in the shadows. Alone at a table working on trying to fix her broken mask.

Nova had decided to use the time they had to fix her broken mask, at least the lower part as she didn't have enough materials to fix the screen part of the mask. While she was singing quietly to herself the song. "Together we will rise" from Dragon Rising since she was brought here before the first season came out, but she had heard the opening song a few times.

"Nova?"

Nova snapped out of what she was doing and turned her head seeing that it was Lloyd. "Oh hi Lloyd, what's up?"

"Just wanted to see what you were doing here by yourself, I thought you would be singing with the others." said Lloyd as he looked over at the ninja that was singing.

"As fun as it seems they are having it. I wanted to try and fix my mask." said Nova looking at the ninja before turning her attention back to her mask.

"How do you even activate it?" Lloyd asked as he took a seat next to her.

Nova couldn't help but blush a little with how close he was, but tried to act like it was nothing. "The mask? Well it's simple just watch." She said pressing a small button on the side of the mask, and it quickly turned back to some silver earrings.

".....Earring? how come I never noticed you wearing that?" Lloyd asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Because of how small they are it's hard for anyone to notice, and as my hair is longer it pretty much covers my ears." said Nova with a soft giggle.

Lloyd smiled as he had really missed hearing her laugh. "What other secrets are you keeping, that you haven't told me about?"

Nova rolled her eyes playfully at him, turning the earrings back into the mask and trying to work some more on it. "As if I'm gonna tell you anymore of my secrets, greenie."

"Oh really now? And here I thought you would be more open with me." said Lloyd smirking.

"In your dreams." said Nova as she used her hand to push his face further away as it was getting a bit too close to hers.

Lloyd chuckled as his face was being pushed away before then gently taking her hand in his. "Well if not any secrets, then how about why you always got all jealous whenever I was with Rumi?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.

Nova had stopped what she was doing as her face was turning red from blushing and tried pulling her hand back, but Lloyd wasn't letting her. "I-I wasn't jealous, a-a-after all I can see the f-future so I knew that she was b-bad news.....so I was only trying to.....p-protect you." She said getting all shy as she was turning her head away so he couldn't see.

"By the motherfucking Overlord, I so wish I were still wearing my mask right now." Nova thought to herself.

Lloyd chuckled smirking from seeing how she was reacting. "Oooh really now, you were just trying to protect me? Are you sure that was the only reason, Ocea?" He asked, moving a little closer.

"Okay too fucking close! Too fucking close!" Nova was panicking as she felt him moving closer, and before she knew it she had used her tail to hit him straight in the face.

There was silence between them for a bit until Lloyd started laughing and had finally let go of her hand. "Wow, I was just messing with you a bit, I didn't think you would actually do that!" He said through laughing out loud.

Nova, still having a bit of a red face glared at him with her one eye, since the other was still covered in bandages. "That wasn't funny Lloyd....." she said pouting a little but it didn't last for very long as hearing his laughter was making her start smiling.

"Sorry, sorry you're right. I shouldn't have done that. But I'm sure you know how I felt after your big reveal." said Lloyd, having stopped laughing and was now giving a bit of a small smile.

"...Lloyd I really did want to tell you....but I was so scared and--" Nova tried explaining but Lloyd cut her off by putting a hand to her mouth.

"I know Nova and while I'm still a little upset about it. I've already forgiven you." said Lloyd, taking both of her hands and turning to fully face her.

Nova couldn't help blushing again as she was looking into his eyes while holding hands with him.

Lloyd smiled softly at her as he moved closer towards her and before she knew it he had just kissed her cheek.

"A small return from when we were kids." Lloyd whispered with a teasing smile while also blushing a little.

Nova at this point had gone all blank like the time with Morro, and if she had been wearing her mask it would have been showing the loading icon as her face was red like a tomato.

Lloyd couldn't help but laugh at her reaction as he didn't think she would react like that, but as he was laughing he caught something on the TV that made him change his mood.

"...They say, go slow. You're gonna see us..."

"...rip into it. Just jump up, kick back, whip around, and spin. And then we jump back, do it again."

"Ninja, go! Ninja, go! Come on, come on. We're gonna do it again. We just jump up, kick back, whip around, and spin."

Lloyd simultaneously spoke. "Dareth, cut the music."

"And then we jump back, do it–" The music got cut.

"Hey, don't." said Jay.

"Come on." said Cole.

"...again..." Zane sang the last part.

"What is it, Lloyd?" Misako asked.

Nova had snapped out of her frozen state and turned her attention to the TV knowing what was coming next, and she didn't like it.

"Look." Lloyd points to the TV.

"It's always good to see my beautiful Gayle Gossip, ah." said Dareth.

".....Wait, are those two actually dating?" Nova thought confused.

Gayle on TV. "I'm standing outside the police headquarters, where an assailant rammed a stolen garbage truck into the front of it. I am hearing word it was a jail break. A prisoner was freed from custody."

"Okay, maybe not always good. Hey, didn't you just put the princess in jail? You don't think it's her, do you?" said Dareth.

Gayle on TV. "...Okay. I'm getting verification the prisoner that was freed was the recently-apprehended Jade Princess, Princess Harumi. Security footage caught the two on video." A clip shows Harumi and Garmadon.

"Holy Cow. That looks like..." said Dareth.

"That...That's impossible." said Lloyd.

"Could be anyone." said Kai.

"But he has four arms." said Zane.

"So does Mr. E! Heh. Who doesn't have four arms these days?" said Jay.

"We stopped the ceremony, didn't we?" said Lloyd, looking at Nova who had a worried look on her face before turning away, a clear sign that she knew.

"I'm telling you that's not him. If that's Lord Garmadon, heh, I'm Lord of the Jig." said Jay.

The officer on TV. "That's-That's when she said "Kneel before Lord Garmadon."

"Ah, okay. That's definitely him." said Jay.

"Well hello there, Lord of the Jig." said Nova before going back trying to at least fix as much as she could of her mask.

"You better start jiggin'." said Cole.

"Misako, can you find a place to keep Wu somewhere safe?" Nya asked.

"I have a corner pad on the east side. You two can make it your own. Heh." Dareth whispered "Just don't mind the underwear lying around."

"We'll take him there now." said Misako.

"The rest of us, we've got work to do." said Kai.

*The ninja arrive at the police station.*

"And you're sure it was Garmadon?" Zane asked.

"Yes, but he's not the man I remembered. This is someone...else. Like they just brought back the worst parts. Twenty of my officers tried to take him down, but, just." The Commissioner sighs. "We couldn't stop him. I tried to reason with him, but it was like there was nothing left inside to reason with."

"But you saw where they were going. He didn't just break Harumi out and disappear. They must have left a clue." said Nya.

Nova was sitting to the side with two of her clones busy trying to still fix the mask, knowing what was coming up. She didn't want Lloyd to face his father alone.

"All they left us with is broken glass, a handful of sore backsides, and a healthy dose of humility." The Commissioner sighs. "Sorry I couldn't be of more help."

"You did what you could. Besides, this is my fight to bear." said Lloyd.

"You sure you're up for this, son?" The Commissioner asked.

"We all are." said Kai.

"And look on the bright side. It's your father and Harumi. At least the rest of the Sons of Garmadon are locked away, right?" said Cole.

Gayle on TV. "I'm now standing outside the Kryptarium Prison-"

"Aw, come on. More breaking news?" Jay complained.

"-where I'm getting word there's been a prison break-in, but you heard me correct, folks-a break-in. The entire prison has fallen under the control of its prisoners." Gayle went on.

"Ha. At least you got to admit we've got a top-notch news center." said Cole.

"And we now know where Harumi and Lord Garmadon are." said Zane.

*The ninja get on the Bounty.*

"This is not good. This is really not good." said Cole.

"You barely beat them last time." said Pixal.

"And that was when we had the help of the entire police force." said Zane.

"Don't forget that even Nova tried taking them on, but couldn't beat them." said Jay.

Nova sent a glare towards Jay before going back to working on her mask, now with four clones.

"And now they have Lord Garmadon on their side." said Nya.

"We go to Kryptarium Prison." said Lloyd.

"Okay. We take on Garmadon, Harumi, and her entire gang, while they're fortified in an impenetrable bunker. Not the best idea. Anyone have anything else?" No one speaks up. "Okay, not all at once. One at a time, please." said Jay.

"I have to face him. I turned him once. I can turn him again." said Lloyd.

"Uh, that sounds like a really bad idea." said Kai.

"And Kai knows bad ideas. He's full of them." said Cole.

"I agree. It's too dangerous. That's exactly what they want." said Zane.

"And, Lloyd, you heard what the Commissioner said about your father. It's not him anymore." said Nya.

"He's gonna beat you to a pulp." said Nova while working with her clones as there were now six of them trying to fix and add something to the mask.

"Oh no there's more of them, please make it stop." said Jay getting a little creeped out seeing more clones each time he looks.

"We don't know that. I have to try." said Lloyd ignoring the clones that seemed to keep increasing as there were now seven of them.

"I believe in this instance, your past may be clouding your judgement, Lloyd." said Zane.

"Yeah, you're just gonna have to trust us. We need to stay as far away from that place as possible." said Jay trying to stay far away from the now eight clones sitting at a table, working on just one broken mask.

"Listen to the Lord of the Jig. He's right on this one." said Cole.

Lloyd sighs. "Okay, then what do we do?"

Nova let out an annoyed growl as she sent one of her clones to go and get some more materials. "If we weren't in such a hurry, I would take my time working on this mask." She mumbled to herself as her clone returned with more materials. Where it got the stuff no one knew nor wanted to know.

*A little bit later with Nya checking the map.*

"That's odd. Who locked the navigation?" Nya asked.

"Oh, there you are, Nya. The guys wanna talk downstairs." said Lloyd.

"Uh, give me a minute. I just have to unlock this." said Nya.

" It can wait. Pixal. has a plan. You're gonna wanna hear this." said Lloyd.

"I know it's tough to take a backseat on this one." said Nya.

"I get it. We can't be impulsive. We don't want this to spiral into anything worse." Lloyd leads her to a room.

"Okay, Nya. So what's your plan?" Cole asked.

"My plan? I thought it was Pixal's". Nya gasps. Lloyd locks them in. "Lloyd, what are you doing?"

"I'm sorry, Nya. I have to confront him. I have to face him." said Lloyd.

"No, you can't." said Cole.

"Come on, Lloyd." said Kai.

"It could be a trap." said Zane.

"Yeah, and hey, we can talk it over. We'll figure it out." said Jay.

"Nova aren't you gonna say anything, or stop him with your powers." said Kai looking at Nova who was just sitting at the table. Now down to four clones still helping her as she was getting close to making a new mask out of her old broken one.

Nova didn't say anything as she was more focused on making her new mask with some better upgrades, and somehow with the thanks to her clones she was able to speed up the progress.

"I'm sorry, guys. It's something I have to do. Alone." said Lloyd.

"Lloyd."

Jay simultaneously said. "Lloyd, stop."

"Don't do this." said Cole.

"Lloyd, come back." said Nya.

"You don't have to do this." said Cole.

"What would Wu do?" Jay asked.

"This isn't you." said Zane while Lloyd uses a parachute to get in his Ninja Nightcrawler.

"Stand back, guys." said Cole.

Cole breaks down the door with his Earth Punch. Everyone but Nova heads to the computer to see Lloyd's whereabouts.

"Come on." said Nya.

"He's in his car. He's heading toward Kryptarium Prison." said Cole.

"I-I can't change course. He's locked the navigation." said Nya.

"Zane, find a way to override it." said Kai.

Nova wasn't sure for how long time had passed as she kept on working on her mask until one of her clones came out of the shadows in a panic. "What is it?" she asked, looking at her clone.

The shadow clone was making all kinds of motions with its hands, along with small shadow puppets as a way to better show what was happening.

"Motherfucker already." Nova growled getting up. "Fine, forget about the mask, Lloyd is more important than that." She pulled her hood over her head and hid her tail as she went into the shadows.

*Skipping to the part where the fight eventually ends with Garmadon gaining the upper hand and grabs his son.*

"You wouldn't hurt me. Your son." said Lloyd looking at his father.

"I have no son." said Lord Garmadon in a cold tone.

*This word completely crushes Lloyd. Garmadon then brutally throws Lloyd out of the prison, greatly wounding him. Citizens of Ninjago and the Ninja look on at Lloyd's brutal defeat, shocked, horrified and devastated. Garmadon smirks, satisfied.*

"Ha. The streets are in fear. Everyone saw Lord Garmadon defeat his son." said Ultra Violet.

"Let him live to see his father's reign. Gather everyone. We ride to the city at dawn. It's time Ninjago meets their new emperor. Emperor Garmadon." said Harumi.

*Everyone starts leaving but stops as a ball of darkness was thrown right in front of them.*

"You are going nowhere!" Nova growled coming out of the shadows in a dark purple glow, her necklace trying to keep her powers in check.

"Who dares to step in my way." Garmadon asked as he glared at Nova.

"Wow, you don't even remember me sensei, damn I almost feel hurt. But then again I'm not surprised." said Nova as she summoned her umbrella.

Garmadon narrowed his eyes. "I don't remember ever having a student, and what do you think an umbrella can do to me?"

"My Emperor don't be fooled by her tricks, that isn't a normal umbrella." said Harumi as she sent a glare towards Nova. "Don't waste your time on her."

Nova let out a low growl as she looked at Harumi, but kept her eye on Garmadon as a small smirk showed on her face. "Awww is the old man too scared to face his old student. I guess fighting Lloyd must have made you very weak." She said, pushing the words she knew he wouldn't like.

Now Garmadon was actually pissed off after just being called "weak" and "scared" as he went for the attack.

Nova quickly dodged his attacks or at least most of them as he kept going for her blind spot, since she couldn't see anything from her right side. "You aren't a normal human, I can feel it from your powers, and with the strength you're holding back." He said, using his powers to knock her into a wall.

Nova growled slowly getting up. "I think you are seen things, old man." She said, using her umbrella for support.

When she first got here she hadn't thought about any plan, so she had kind of forgotten that it was the fight that was making him stronger. So when she had summoned her umbrella she had almost changed its mode, but stopped when she remembered that she couldn't fight back.

"If you really were a student of mine, you wouldn't show such disrespect, little girl." said Garmadon as he changed his powers into his purple daggers.

Nova looked around trying to come up with an idea. "Stupid me, I've gotta work on my plans more often. Before I jump head first into situations like this....After all, that is more Lloyd's style." By pure reflex she used her umbrella to block a dagger coming right towards her, but when the dagger struck the umbrella it got destroyed.

".....You motherfucker, piece of shit, blockhead, oni looking lego figure! Do you know how fucking long it took me to even make that!" Nova growled in rage as she had spent so many months making that weapon.

Nova kept cursing at him to the point she had begun saying it in the oni language without thinking about it, since Mystake had taught her some of the language of the oni.

Garmadon looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "Language, I don't like you speaking in that manner to me."

"E̴̛̗͎̙̾̀͜ǹ̴͉̊́́g̷̟̀l̷̨̼̳͑̽͛i̸͈̬̬̗̒ś̶̗͉h̷̼̠̞͑̎̓̿!" Nova shouted in rage as there was a sound of a crack from her necklace.

Garmadon noticed the necklace she was wearing glowing a deep dark purple glow, which gave him an idea.

Nova summoned her warfan as she looked for the right moment to escape through the shadows. But she wasn't given much of a chance as Garmadon, once again went for the attack and she did her best to block his daggers with her warfan. Which did work for a bit until she felt herself getting pulled up by the neck.

"Interesting item you have here, girl. I wonder what would happen if I did this!" said Garmadon as he crushed the necklace in his hand with his powers.

"NO!!!" Nova shouted in horror as the necklace got crushed, her appearance changed back to her oni form as she fell to the floor.

"Well what do we have here, an oni, now that is a surprise. I didn't think there were any of you left." said Garmadon.

Nova started to panic as she summoned two shadow clones, taking his attention away from her, as he fought the clone she quickly went into the shadows. Getting away just in time as a dagger hit the floor of the shadow she had just left through.