Tick Tock (Ninjago x GN!Reader)

Rise of the Serpentine 🐍 Episode 9: The Royal Blacksmiths

I was bored. I was listening to the others try to come up with a plan to stop Pythor from unleashing the Great Devourer. 'Kinda sad all this planning will just go to waste.' I sadly thought looking at them all.

"They got the first one, but there are three more," Nya looked at the hologram of the Fangblade, "and we just need one to stop Pythor. They have a map, and we don't, so the question remains: how are we gonna find them first?" Nya finished.

"I still can't get over the fact that you were the mysterious Samurai. Is anyone else blown away like I am?" Jay asked looking so in love with her for the fifth time today. 'Whyyyyyy.' I thought face palming.

"We're over that. Can we move on?" Kai complained. "Someone's a little hot under the collar." Jay muttered. Zane overheard him and said, "It appears his impatience is because he has not found inner peace and unlocked his full potential like you and I have, Jay."

Kai heard him and with great exaggeration said, "Great observation, Mr. Roboto, but Cole hasn't found it either." "I got it!" Cole exclaimed interrupting the conversation. "You've unlocked it?! Oh, why am I the only one!?" Kai loudly lamented.

'Oh I'm so gonna tease him about this.' I thought with a smirk. "No," Cole corrected, "I figured out where I recognized the Fangblade from. I have a picture of it." Cole said as he went to grab something.

"Oh, haha is that it? Heh. Good." Kai said muttering the last part. I just looked at him smirking and slyly said, "You were totally worried weren't you." Kai looked at me offended and loudly whispered to me, "Shut up!"

"That reminds me, (Y/N)." Nya turned to me, "How did you know I was the Samurai?" I just looked at her confuse, "Heh?" "When you went chasing after the others, you said that you'd help me with any of my projects or Samurai suit." Nya recalled.

'Oh shit. I didn't think this through. Fuck!' I thought trying to come up with an excuse. "Well, uh. Kai kept messing up he with she. Kinda put it all together there." I said practically holding my breath hoping that she'll accept this excuse. She narrows her eyes at me in suspicion. Then Cole returned with an album saving me.

"I got it!" Cole said opening the album and showing us the picture. 'Thank you Cole! You are my hero!' I rejoiced in my head where I was crying with joy. "That's it!" Jay exclaimed while we all were looking at the picture. "Back where I grew up, there's this pretty big competition where every year the winner gets the Blade Cup. My dad's won it multiple times." Cole explained.

"You never told us your dad was an accomplished athlete. What sport?" Zane asked. "Oh, h-he's a blacksmith." Cole said looking slightly embarrassed. Kai looked at him confused and said, "Nothing wrong with that. My father was a blacksmith, too. But I've never heard of a competition—"

"That's because he's not a "blacksmith" blacksmith." Cole interrupted and turned the album, "He's a...Royal Blacksmith." Everybody but me snickered at the picture of Cole's father who was holding the Blade Cup.

"That's your dad?" Jay questioned with a smiling. "Wait!? You're Lou's son!?!?" I yelled out realizing who that was. Everyone looked at me confused but then Cole, who was very confused, said, "Yeah? How do you know my dad's name?" I quickly processed the info and started my long explanation.

"I saw one of his teams performances one day." I started to explain, "They were doing a Ninjago tour thing, and they needed help getting to the next place their next gig was being held at. I was already heading that way so I offered to lead them there. On the way they would sing some songs and Lou even taught me a little about singing. He was very impressed when I said I knew how to play the guitar and that I knew how to play a few other instruments." I said finishing my very long explanation.