Different Ninjago AU Oneshots

The Last of the Real Ones (part 1)

Description:

"Master Wu. Why don't I seem to age like the others?"

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"I'm sorry Lloyd, but you're going to be around for a long, long time."

"I don't understand, what do you mean Master?"

"Someday you will understand, Lloyd. Someday."

Warnings:
Death
Swearing

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Zane- 59
Cole- 38
Kai- 37
Jay- 36
Lloyd- 35
Nya- 35

"AHHHHHHHH!!!"

Five heads whip around to face the hallway of the Monastery. Seconds later a very distressed red ninja comes running into the living room, holding a mirror in one hand.

"GUYS! HELP!!! IT'S AN EMERGENCY!!!!!" He yells, looking at his hair in the mirror.

"What is it Kai?" Nya asks, immediately concerned for her brother.

"My hair!" Kai keens in a sorrowful voice. "My beautiful hair."

"What about it?" Lloyd asks, glancing at the others with a confused expression.

"There's gray in it!" Kai says, finally looking at everyone else.

"And?" Cole asks, tilting his head to one side, still confused.

"I'm too young to have gray hair!" Kai moans, flopping down on one of the couches.

"Research says it is quite normal for people your age to have gray hairs. It is part of growing old, Kai." Zane says helpfully.

"I'm only thirty seven, Zane! Not sixty!" Kai says, glaring at the nindroid.

"Yeah, thirty seven is kinda old, Kai." Jay points out, "I'm thirty six and I've got gray hair."

"It's just life, man. I'm honestly surprised that it's taken you so long to get gray hair. I got my first ones when I was thirty two, and I'm thirty eight now. I've got tons of gray hairs!" Cole adds, pointing to the gray that is scattered throughout his coal black hair.

The other ninja all start to share the stories of when they found their first gray hairs. Trying to make Kai feel better about his, but also telling him about the many ways he can hide it if he wants. But Lloyd stays silent, running a hand through his silky blond locks, distinctly gray-free.

Quietly - while the others are all distracted by Nya telling them how Jay refused to let her see his hair when he discovered he was going gray - Lloyd slips out of the room, walking down the hallway until he reaches the farthest door from the courtyard. Knocking once, he opens the door and steps in. Master Wu doesn't often leave his room anymore. His age is finally catching up to him, and now all he wants to do is meditate and read his scrolls. Before Lloyd had knocked, he had been rereading an old story his father had written about the first realm. But as Lloyd walks in, he puts aside the scroll and looks at his nephew, noticing the worried look on his face.

"What is it nephew? You look troubled." Master Wu asks once Lloyd sits down across from him.

"I heard Kai yelling. Has he finally run out of hair gel?" He says with a smile, hoping to cheer Lloyd up.

"No, it's not that." Lloyd replies, a small smile dancing across his face before disappearing back into the worried look from before.

"Then what is it?" Master Wu inquires.