Crystal Heart || Ninjago x reader||

Tik Tok ⏳

Kai, Jay and Cole observe the pocket watch as it hits the ten. "Ten minutes! He just broke his own record. The guy's inhuman!"

Soon Zane emerges from the water to be greeted by his teammates.

"Amazing!" Cole cheers.

"We're not worthy" Jay praises, bowing down.

"I broke the record?" Zane asks curiously.

"You destroyed it!" Kai exclaims, holding up the pocket watch.

Zane looks to the sides of the others, noticing the absence of the (f/c) ninja.

"Where is (Y/n), she is usually the first one up" Zane questions, getting back up on the ship.

"She doesn't get out her room much since we have came back from the mission. Lloyd's dissapearance didn't have the best effect on her" Cole replies, leaning against the railing.

"Well, We've been training for so long, I don't think we can get any better. Just think about all we've accomplished" Jay tries changing the subject.

"The question should be raised. Perhaps we have reached our full potential?" Zane asks.

The four ninja walk into the hall of the bounty. Entering Sensei Wu's room.

XWell, every morning I do five hundred push-ups"

"Five hundred? Ha, try a thousand"

"Hahaha, I do a thousand and one"

"What is this, amateur hour? Sounds like my warm-up. Sensei, what does True Potential look like if-" Cole cuts himself off when he and the others notice Sensei putting away a Katana.

"Our apologies, Sensei. We've interrupted you" Zane apologizes as the four do a small head bow.

The old man sighs "I'm sorry if I've been distant lately. My mind has been elsewhere since Lloyd has gone missing. What can I help you with?"

"Sensei, what if we've done enough training? What if we've reached our True Potential? What if we're ready?" Cole asks.

"Hm. You might have reached peak physical condition, but you've yet to reach your inner potential. In each and every one of us, there are obstacles that hold us back. Only when you conquer that fear will your heart be free. Only then will you reach your True Potential. Only then will we have a fighting chance to stop the Serpentine from releasing the Great Devourer"

"There's more to the Great Devourer than you've led on, isn't there, Sensei?" Zane places a hand on his mentor's shoulder.

Sensei sighs again "I too have obstacles within my own heart. There's a story I've never told you. Long ago, when I was a young boy, Garmadon and I were more than brothers. We were the best of friends"

"Wait a minute. Now, I know you two were brothers, but really? The King of Cruelty, the Doer of Destruction, the Captain of Chaos, and you two were friends?" Jay cuts in.

"Please, no interruptions" Sensei Wu continues. "You see, he did not always have a wicked heart. One day, I lost this very katana. Knowing our father would be mad, my brother told me to go retrieve it. But I refused. He told me not to put off what can be done today and went to get it himself. When my father found him, he was very ill, for he was bitten by a legendary snake that would grow forever as long as it consumes. A great evil had found its way into my brother's heart, for the snake's venom could turn the purest of things wicked. The snake is the same one the Serpentine want to reawaken today. It is the snake that took my brother away from me"

"So the Great Devourer turned your brother into the Dark Lord?" Kai echoes in confusion.

Sensei Wu closes the case where the Katana was stored "It was all my fault. You five have finished your training. You must now focus on stopping Pythor from collecting the Fangblades. But never lose focus on the obstacles that lie within each of your hearts that holds you back from true greatness. Unlock your True Potential"