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CHAPTER FOUROLD AND NEW
home — part two

CHAPTER FOUR — OLD AND NEWhome — part two

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"But I've already found them." — zane

AFTER SAVING THE NINJA FROM HYPNOTISED COLE AND THE SERPENTINE, WU AND THE OTHERS RETURNED TO THE MONASTERY TO FIND IT REDUCED TO ASH

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AFTER SAVING THE NINJA FROM HYPNOTISED COLE AND THE SERPENTINE, WU AND THE OTHERS RETURNED TO THE MONASTERY TO FIND IT REDUCED TO ASH.
The Sensei's home, the place where he had spent so many years, where he taught students and raised his daughter, it was gone. Nothing but the charred skeleton remained. And it was still burning.

The ninja leapt from the dragon's back and onto the ground, their eyes widened in shock. Wu's own eyes were filled with fear as he frantically searched the monastery's remains. "Where's Iris? Where's my daughter?"

"Iris!" Zane called out. Then the others joined in as they began to search for the missing member of their group.

Panic rose up inside the Sensei at the thought of losing his daughter. First his wife, the love of his long life, and now... He couldn't bear to think about it. "Iris!" Yelled Wu, voice trembling with fear.

Back down the mountain, Iris could hear their desperate cries as they searched for her. But she was not there. After teleporting from the monastery, she ended up in one of the places she had stayed in during her trek across Ninjago. There she removed her yellow ninja gi and scrubbed herself from all the soot that had coated her body. She was Iris Wu once more.

Then the girl teleported herself back to the mountain, to what remained of the monastery. She raced up the stone steps, tears still present in her eyes as she neared the summit. "I'm here!" When her voice met their ears, they all sighed in relief. She was alright.

Wu wasted no time in rushing over and encasing his child in an embrace. For a moment there, he thought he had lost her. Just like he had her Mother. "You're okay." He laughed softly as he buried his face into the girl's shoulder.

"Yeah. I am."

But her words didn't even sound convincing to her. Wu pulled the girl back from the hug, eyebrows and beard scrunched as he looked at her, perplexed. That was when he saw the smallest bit of soot that remained just under her chin and he reached out to smear it away before the others could see. "You were—"

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