YIELD!

“YIELD!”

Cold water stings at the front of Kai’s gi, his ankle sore and swollen. Sand manages to squeeze its way past the small holes in the fabric. It scratches, burning against cuts and bruises, and does not relent.

Neither does Kai.

He braces his hand against a rock outcrop poking out of the water, stretching so far with his other hand his muscles strain and scream at his sides. A hand, nails sharp, digs into his upper back, a few fingers grabbed his hair in a brutal pinch. A knee jabs into his lower back.

“I,” Kai grits out through clenched teeth, reaching for the sword hilt so tantalizingly close, “do not yield.”

His little brother— no, Morro possessing his little brother, his hair black, eyes cold and merciless— tightens his grip. He raises the axe in his free hand.

“Last chance,” Morro snarls. “Your little brother here doesn’t want me to swing, but I’ll do it if I have to, even if he won’t shut up after. Yield, or die.”

The tips of Kai’s fingers brush the sword hilt, pushing it ever so slightly further from his grasp. He closes one eye and strains so far something in his side seems to rip.

“Go... to the ducking Cursed Realm.”

Morro’s eyes narrow. “I’ve been there. You’ll enjoy it.”

The axe rises above his head, blade a glinting guillotine. Kai’s head is pushed to the rock like a butcher’s cutting board. Fog settles around them, the air dense as the whole world holds its breath.

“So long, fire ninja.”

The axe swings down—

—only to meet the blade of a weapon, Kai holding the Sword Sanctuary above his head. He catches a glimpse of a vision of Morro pulling his knee back to kick his ribs in along the glimmering metal and rolls just as Morro lifts the pressure from his lower back. Water splashes out of his way as he frees himself, pushing himself to one knee.

His eyes narrow. “You give my brother back.”

Morro laughs. “Or what? You’re alone, injured, surrounded by water— you have no hope. Give up and die with honour.”

Fog seems to hiss from Kai’s mouth. No— the faint wisps of white smoke, like an extinguished candle.

But it isn’t Kai’s candle of life that’s been extinguished. Small sparks of embers snap at the hilt of his sword, burning brighter and brighter. The tips of his hair turn to flames, hands ablaze, eyes glowing pools of bonfires.

The flickering embers transform into a fiery dragon behind him, sizzling steam rising from where it’s claws touch the shallow water.

“Give up?” Kai snarls, and the dragon snarls with him. “I’ll never give up on my little brother.”

And he leaps into battle, fire snapping around him as it crashes into the furious storm, sword against axe, flames against wind, brother against brother, protector against ghost.

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@demm-210​

I wrote a short thing for this amazing drawing, hope it’s good! 

literally a scene that never happened in the series, but let me dream.

Ninjago Season 1: Episode 2: Home

Old man hears fighting noises and nearly gives himself a heart attack only to find his students playing viddy games and eating pizza actually training. White pulls big brain gamer move and freezes the entire gaming course, but the other three get salty they just got trounced and complain for old man to “White op please nerf”. They think he’s strange (rude). The best character shows up and hands them the mail. Red gets fan-letters (somehow), Blue gets home (roll credits) letters, and Black gets a big slab of unidentified meat. White gets no mail because he is lonely and has no family. For some reason neither Red (also an orphan) or Black (hates his dad and mom’s dead) comment and relate.

Meanwhile smol unsupervised parentless homeless gremlin child is ordering funky snake men to build him a treehouse. Why the child thinks snakes that lived underground in a frozen wastelands know how to build treehouses is beyond me but their construction prowess is surprisingly sound. Snakes want their funky magic stick back from the ninja but big snake man who saw his reflection says they need to build the treehouse. Snake general is salty.

White cooks amazing meal but because he is wearing a pink apron (icon) the others laugh in a really mean way. They better have bought him a new apron after. White is confused but they start a food fight because none of them appreciate the amount of work White put into cooking. Fine. Let them all get poisoned by Black.

White takes out trash later and sees Birb. Birb do funky dance. White do funky dance back. White follow Birb into forest and sees big treehouse. White leads Blue, Black, and Red to treehouse. Red thinks they can cut it down. They do- mostly. Black is actually a sleeper agent and attacks them. Old man arrives and plays a song and everything is okay.

It is not.

The snakes burn down empty monastery and the squad (rude!!) blames White. White flies away. Good for him. 

The snake leader loses his job after getting Fang-Kwon-Do’d. Snake general is new snake leader. He loses his legs but gets a cool stick and tail. Child is kicked out but he is now Dora the Explorer and has a map.

Squad is struggling with no shelter or food. They feel bad for how they treated White (finally!). White flies back. White was actually following Birb this whole time and found cool ship in the desert. They have a new home now. They party and have another food fight as if they didn’t just have little to no food. Gremlin child passes by desert ship and feels sad but keeps walking because he is definitely evil.

Okay Ninjago fandom, let’s see if we can play a game.

I’m going to briefly summarise the plot of of the first pilot episode in a comedic way, and the next person must do the same for the next episode. Each person must check the reblogs to so they can do the most recent episode, and we should just have a chain of simplified Ninjago episodes. You are allowed to reblog this multiple times. I’ll start:

Ninjago Pilots: Episode 1 - Way of the Ninja

Local independent business owner, Kai, gets heckled by an old man and then biker skeletons show up and kidnap Kai’s sister for no reason. The old man tells Kai that the skeletons work for his evil brother who he pushed into a hole once, and then he promises to teach Kai the art of spinning real fast. However Kai only learns the art of spilling the tea. Then Kai gets attacked by ninja and must fight them with his toothbrush!

Ninjago Focus Season Shuffle Challenge!

Ayo fellow ninjago fans, I’ve got an AU challenge for you! Shuffle the focus ninja of any season (this is specifically for the WildBrain seasons, aka Season 11 onwards, but feel free to do this with prior seasons too if you feel inspired!) and see what happens. 

The WildBrain specific challenge is as follows: 

Original Focus Order:

Secrets of Forbidden Spinjitzu (Fire Chapter) = Kai

Secrets of Forbidden Spinjitzu (Ice Chapter) = Zane

Prime Empire = Jay

Master of The Mountain = Cole

The Island / Seabound = Nya

Crystalized = Lloyd

Take Seasons 11-15/16 (Secrets of Forbidden Spinjitzu Part 1 & 2, Prime Empire, Master of the Mountain, The Island/Seabound, and Crystalized) and change the focus ninja (you can also edit the season as you like to match, but try to keep some of the core elements/story beats). You can reply as a reblog (and if you rather post it yourself, please tag me! I’d love to see other ideas!) and include was much or little detail as you’d like. 

If you want, you can also change the season order a bit (and write how they affect each other), or keep it in the original order!

Have fun with it! And remember to add Crystalized spoiler tags if you add that season, which you don’t have to if you haven’t seen it yet!

Some AU art of @impulsivefanwriter’s OC, Dimitri!

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Sure, gonna do that with Ninjago characters (show or movie or both), send in a prompt number- you can add character(s) if you want, but doesn’t have to, or quick scene ideas!

Fic Prompt List

A prompt list! Repost this to your blog. Followers send you a number in your ask. Write a fic or drabble or ficlet or one-shot using that line or inspired by that line. Rinse and repeat!

Do not give me that look.

I don’t think I can do this anymore.

I’ve been waiting to get to know you from the moment I first saw you.

I don’t think that’s how that works.

Kidnapping them was the only way I was going to get them here.

Let’s make a deal shall we?

Stop acting like a child!

I know of your reputation all too well.

How long have you been standing there?

Stop it! You’re only making it worse!

Have you seen the rest of their family?

I just like proving you wrong.

I always sleep best when you’re next to me.

Am I scaring you?

Oh god, you’re just like your dad.

I let you win.

I can’t do this even though everyone says I can.

Looks like we’re going to be stuck here for a while.

Scream all you want. No one can hear you.

Do you even know what subtle means?

Listen, I haven’t exactly been truthful with you.

Oh, you’re just grumpy.

No, we’re going to talk about this now.

I just came to say goodbye.

Why do you have a picture of me?

You don’t hate me.

Tell me what I can do to help.

You call this luck? No, this is all skill.

Well we have two options, both of which you’re not going to like.

I already tried talking to them! They won’t listen!

Please don’t tell me we’re lost.

Are you aware of how much money you spent?

Great, now the electricity is out.

Truth be told, I forgot they were even here.

I believe I can be of some help here.

Did you honestly think that was going to impress me?

This is all your fault by the way.

If you move from that spot, so help me, I will tie you down.

You don’t have a choice in this matter.

How many times have you viewed this?

Can you teach me how to do that?

Can you be honest with me for once?

Trust me, you don’t want to meet my family.

Why are you still awake?

You may technically be an adult, but you’re still my child.

They have amnesia?

Fine, you can drive.

Do you have any idea who you just pissed off?

That cute act is all just a lie.

I was not expecting that to work as well as it did.

Can you two save the kissing for later?

I am a really bad actor.

You’re right. I have no idea what I’m doing. I’m just making it up as I go along.

Yeah well dying generally puts a damper on things.

It’s nothing but a bunch of old guys.

Ok, but have you tried the dessert yet?

The only thing I want is for you to come with me.

Ok, who gave out my number? I have 12 missed calls, 4 voicemails, and 75 unread texts!

No, listen, hear me out. All we need is some really good disguises.

Is it greedy of me to say I never want you to leave my arms?

That is not a good hiding spot.

Oh sweetheart, that was an act.

I believed you! I stood up for you! Defended you! And you lied!

I may have eaten seven of them already.

What are they doing here? I thought it was only going to be us.

Do you know what you’re like when you’re drunk?

My father may look like the scary one, but it’s my mother you need to be afraid of.

What’s the password? No, wrong one.

You see that death glare means she likes you.

Was this supposed to be a romantic gesture?

When you aren’t paying attention, they watch you.

Don’t you dare.

You’re putting an awful lot of trust in them.

It’s only just a little bit illegal.

It might be a little silly, but I still like to believe in fairy tales.

It could be worse. They could be dating. Wait? They are?!

What you just asked for is impossible.

If I had three wishes, I’d spend all of them to make you smile.

How did you get that scar?

What do you mean they escaped?

S!Kai 53

"You’re right. I have no idea what I’m doing. I’m just making it up as I go along."

As soon as the words are out of his mouth, Kai feels three pairs of eyes turn to him.

Whoops. He probably shouldn’t have admitted it after all.

Well, no turning back now! He’s the elemental master of fire, unfortunately, not the elemental master of time.

Cole raises an eyebrow, eye twitching ever so slightly. “…you’re joking, right?”

Jay has far less tact, grabbing Kai by the shoulders and shaking him. “Kai, this is a really bad time for jokes, but you better be joking, because so help me if you don’t actually know what you’re doing when you suggested this plan in the first place and we only went with it because there’s so little options even Zane couldn’t compute one that doesn’t end in HORRIBLE DISASTER—”

“I’m sure Kai know what he’s doing,” Zane pipes up, though there’s almost a pleasing look in his eyes as he turns to Kai. “That is correct, no?”

Kai shrugs. “About 25% of that sentence was right.”

“The… ‘correct’, yes?”

“Try the ‘no’.”

That was evidently the wrong thing to say, as all three of his teammates now look like they want to strangle him.

Their faults for trusting him. Yes, sometimes he has thought-out plans— and sometimes he does not.

“So you’re telling us—” Jay starts, and oh boy Kai already knows this is going to end screechy, “—that you suggested this plan. Knowing you don’t know what your doing. Making it up as we go. For a situation where we really ducking need a plan or we’re all gonna DIE, BECAUSE WE’RE ABOUT TO BUNGIE-JUMP INTO THE PIT THE GREAT DEVOURER ONCE EMERGED FROM TO TRY TO FIND A REMAINING SCALE TO LIFT AN ANCIENT CURSE AND HOPING WE DON’T GET EATEN BY AN EVEN BIGGER SNAKE IN THE DARKNESS—”

Okay, getting too screechy now. Kai gives him a light nudge. “Just trust me.”

Jay goes flailing down the pit with a shriek. Cole turns to look at Kai. “You do remember we’re all connected to the same rope, right?”

Kai blanks. “Uhhh—”

And that’s all the warning he has before the slack stops being slack and yanks him into the pit after Jay.