Ninjago: Rise of Yether

The Departed Realm

In the Forest of Tranquility, some wallipers were moving around before the Ninja, P.I.X.A.L., Dragon, Chamille, Faith, Seliel and the individual move along the field in their recovered vehicles while Blake rode the scarred Grundle before stopping and it roared. "Whoa, girl." He said as he forced it to stop, scaring away the wallipers.

The individual immediately gets out and moved ahead to check their front before looking behind them while Blake forces the scarred Grundle to lie down after chaining her to a tree once the individual unlocked the cuffs and he took them off, followed by the others. "Master Yether, thank you for saving us." Dragon said. "It's great to see that you're back."

"It is an honour to be back, Master Wu." He replied as he soon turned around to them.

"You know me?"

"Of course. How could I forget my godson?"

"How did you leave the Departed Realm?" Cole asked.

"Wait, don't tell me." Jay said. "Three masks brought together and they bring you back."

"Wrong." Yether replied before holding up the staff. "This is what brought me here." He shows it to them and they were immediately surprised.

"The Staff of Vivifica." Dragon said. "How?"

"Now, this is a story that will end almost all stories and open new ones. But right now, you all look like you need some rest and healing."

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Taking the surprisingly revived Yether's advice, Cole and Seliel were by a pond as Seliel washes her face while Cole was applying some bandages onto her wounds. "You seem to know how to patch someone up pretty good." She said.

"Zane taught me." Cole replied as he finished wrapping the bandage around Seliel's waist. "How's it now?"

"Still hurts, but I'm okay. I think I can manage this one."

"I don't mind. Having scars can be a little attractive, you know."

"You think so?"

"Yeah. Like mine for example." He pulled his hair back to show her the scar from when he was thrown into the rift during the Day of the Departed the year earlier which had completely healed, but the mark was still there.

"How did it happen?"

"Well, you won't believe this, but... I used to be a ghost."

"Really?"

"There was a temple we use to live in, it belonged to Kodakuna Yang, the creator and master of Airjitzu. When Lloyd was possessed by a ghost, who use to be the Master of Wind, and had the scroll of Airjitzu, we were told by Geoff's old business partner that we could get another one from the temple itself. We went in during the night and as we faced our fears, we met up with Master Yang himself, who gave us the scroll. By then, we had to get out before dawn, I was too late because I dropped the scroll and when I came out, I found out that I became a ghost. It was a bit of a struggle, but Geoff's mother, who was also a ghost at the time, taught me many things about a ghost's abilities, like possessing objects, going through walls and turning invisible."

"And how did you become human again?"

"About a few months later, on the Day of the Departed, Yang made everyone forget about me, so I went to confront him with the very weapon that turned him into a ghost. We fought all the way to the roof where I unlocked my Earth Punch and destroyed the weapon, freeing the students who he enslaved and they all passed through a rift that brings them back to the living. I wanted to bring Yang along, but he pushed me into the rift because one ghost had to remain behind. I was close to almost being left in the rift, but as I was able to get though, this part didn't, leaving me with the scar. Took a whole year before it sealed up. But every time I use the Earth Punch, it opens up."