ninjago oneshots

canoe-phobia

the sun was barely up in the morning when a canoe came floating down the river, carrying two ninja.

"nya, i'm scared of canoes," jay told his yang, for what seemed like the twentieth time. nya rolled her eyes.

"yeah," she replied smoothly. "but you haven't told me why. so tell me why."

jay took a deep breath, the breeze ruffling his auburn curls. "i don't want to fall off of one."

nya stifled a giggle. "but you've been in water, and you've jumped and fallen into water. what's the problem?"

the blue ninja shivered, looking down into the depths of the river.

after a while, the sun had risen up into the brilliant blue sky. it was a beautiful, clear day, and the breeze brought the feeling of freedom. jay forgot about his "fear" for a bit, and he and nya happily chattered.

"oh, i actually thought the hypnobrai were kind of cool," said jay. "plus, they were blue."

nya shrugged. "that makes sense. but they did try to hypnotize us. and they were bad guys, like pythor."

"oh, that guy was funny!" jay laughed, reaching his arm down to trail along the water.

needless to say, he fell over. perhaps he hadn't seen a tendril of water gently curl around his finger, dragging him over. perhaps he had.

as he sputtered back up to the surface, aided by nya, he flailed his arms about. "I JUST FELL INTO THE WATER," he screeched. "NYA. I JUST FELL OFF A CANOE."

nya pulled him back into the canoe, water puddles dripping off his clothes. "see," she told him, trying to look innocent, "i told you not to lean over, and now you've gotten yourself all-"

jay grabbed nya's hands and jumped excitedly, tipping the boat precariously. "I CHANGED MY MIND. I LOVE FALLING OUT OF CANOES NOW."

nya smiled. "oh?"

originally written dec 25 2020

rewritten dec 21 2022