A GreenFlame Twist

March of the Oni Episode 4, Endings

A/N: I try to use as much of the actual dialogue and character actions from the episodes as I can. I'm sorry if I get anything wrong, it is purely unintentional. Also, I do not own Ninjago and credit for all show dialogue and characters goes to their owners.

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Adrenaline courses through his veins. Panting, Lloyd flips his hood back, staring at the wooden doors in front of him. Watching as the barricade slowly cracks, breaking from the hundreds of Oni pounding relentlessly against it from the other side.

Behind him he can hear the other ninja speaking.

Cole's deeper voice, still rough from breathing in part of the black cloud, saying, "Nya, Jay, it's been fun, guys."

"It's been an honor." Zane's robotic voice comes next.

Lloyd's gaze shifts to the mural on the wall to his right. Carefully, he looks at each of the paintings, but his eyes keep traveling back to the last one. The one with his father and the Tornado of Creation.

More voices come from his friends as he stares at the painting some more.

Jay is saying, "Let's go out with a bang."

And as he hears his boyfriend, Kai, say, "Yeah. Let's give 'em–" it finally clicks.

Smiling in realization, Lloyd turns back to face the other ninja, and exclaims - cutting Kai's previous words off -, "A tornado!"

Kai, not really paying attention to what Lloyd said, simply repeats his words as he charges at the door, sword raised and at the ready, "Yeah! Let's give 'em a tornado!"

Then the words finally sink in. He abruptly stops and walks back over to Lloyd, asking in a confused voice, "Uh–wait, what?"

Lloyd looks at the rest of the ninja, seeing all their confused expressions before he turns and points to the painting as he says, "What's the opposite of destruction? Creation!" He turns around again to face the others - god he was doing a lot of turning - and explains, "Don't you get it? Creation–the Tornado of Creation! It's the one thing that can defeat the Oni–the power of Creation!"

Looking at everyone in the courtyard - Nya, Kai, Cole, Zane, Jay, Master Wu, and Garmadon - Lloyd continues, "But all of us this time, or it won't work." His gaze settles on Garmadon as he finishes speaking.

Jay steps forward and asks him, "How do you know?"

"Yeah. It was a miracle it worked the first time!" Kai adds, glancing back at the door worriedly.

Lloyd reaches up and rubs the back of his neck for a moment before admitting, "Okay, I'm guessing. But what do we have to lose?"

He can see the others all thinking about it, and as usual, Zane is the first one to respond, "He's right. We have nothing to lose."

Shaking his head slightly, Cole looks at him with a smile and says, "What the heck. I'm in."

Kai comes up to Lloyd and puts his hands on his shoulders, saying with his usual cocky grin, "I love crazy ideas. Let's do it!"

Off to his left, Jay holds one hand out to his new Yang - Nya - and asks, "We're one now, Nya. Care to join?"

Smiling, Nya takes his hand and they step forwards together, as one. Lloyd turns to his father, Garmadon, next. Stepping forwards and looking up slightly at the taller Oni, Lloyd gives him a hard look and says, with a hint of frustration, "It has to be all of us."

Garmadon takes a slight step back and flatly states, "I am not one of you."

Holding back an eye roll and with a bit of annoyance, Lloyd says, "No, but you're as much a part of the history of Ninjago as the rest of us."