Why me? [Ninjago x Reader]

S5E9

Reading time: 22 minutes

Warning: a bit of swearing, anxiety, my headcanons, my grammar
TW: possession, implied torture(?)

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"There. That should keep customers away. 'Closed for renovations'" Zane said as he finished setting up the sign, he no longer sounded like a pirate.

[Listen, I'm not fluent in pirate, 'ight?"]

"More like fortifications" Kai joked, setting up a bucket of water on top of the main door. He looked at his trap proudly before turning to the rest. "If Morro and his ghouls show up here looking to steal the Sword of Sanctuary, they won't know what hit them"

Cole walked out to them, through the booby trapped door. He jumped back screaming as he saw the water bucket, "Aah!! Careful, you know not all of us are immune to water" He glared at the red ninja, who offered him an apologetic smile. "And I for one would like to stick around long enough for Misako and Sensei to figure out the last clue"

"We got Cyclon-Do, we got the sword, now they just have to figure out where the Tomb of the First Spinjitzu Master is"

"Let's hope they figure it out soon. I don't know how long we'll be able to hold out" Not too long after the Master of Fire said that, the bells they set to warn them if anyone was near chimed. "Intruder!"

"Let 'em have it! Pull!!" The four run up to balloon catapults while Cole stayed back, away from the range of any water.

Everyone's faces quickly softened once they saw it was just the mailman. The man sighed, "No wonder you're going out of business"

"No, you're the one going out of business" Jay crossed his arms while the man handed the letter to Kai, the man then walked away, ignoring him. "Heh, who sends letters anymore?"

"Guys, he's right. It says they're gonna shut us down unless we drum up some business"

"Well, don't tell Ronin. If this place is worthless, he won't stick around and we need all the help we can get" Cole said and the rest, except Echo, nodded in agreement. "Come on, we're gonna need more water balloons"

"Come on, Nya. Become the water, reverse the flow..." The girl whispered to herself, trying to make the singular droplet go up. It was as successful as you'd imagine. She groaned, annoyed with her continues failure.

"Giving up already?" Ronin turned to her, for a moment stopping with the washing of Rex.

Nya scoffed. "Course not. Sensei thinks if I get over my fear of failure, I'll be able to control the water. Sure, I made it rain when I wasn't even paying attention, but here I can't seem to stop a single drop. Ughhhh" She grunted as he forcefully tried to reverse the flow. She failed yet again.

"Wanna know about failure, should've asked me. Hell, I made a career out of it. Word of advice: don't try so hard. You can't fail if you don't care"

She looked at him as if he was crazy. "Don't try? What sort of backwards advice is that? Of course I'm gonna try hard! That's how one excels and—"

Ronin smiled, noticing the droplets behind her started going up without the girl focusing on them. "Speaking of backwards" He pointed at the water, Nya raised a brow at him and turned around, she gasped seeing what she finally managed to do. "Like I said, don't care so much. Usually when someone wants something too badly, they'll trip over their own feet" As the girl continued to be overjoyed the man went to clean the other side of his ship.