Ninjago stories

Therapy gone wrong

".... And is it really true that the other day, Lloyd went to the shop and got makeup for Misako? I mean-"

" Woah, Dude!" Cole exclaimed, taking his fake glasses off.  " You've been talking for...." He skimmed through his notebook. " 45 minutes!"

' Oh."

" Jay, why in the world do you have SO many worries?!"

" Because."

" .... That doesn't make any sense."

Jay rolled his eyes. " You're supposed to be my therapist!"

" Yeah, but I'm not certified in these things!"

Then, Kai walked in.

" Uh Jay?" He said, " Your time is up."

Jay sighed and crossed his arms as he left.

Kai walked to Cole. " How was it?"

" The usual. He talks about his worries, and half the time he makes me question what I'm doing."

Kai blinked. " That's.... Intense. You want one, too?"

Cole shrugged. " Sure."

He passed the stuff and flopped onto the chair.

" Okay, Cole. Spit it. What did my brother-in-law say?"

Cole cleared his throat, and sighed. " He just said how he thinks no one likes him and how he thinks you're way too cocky and Lloyd needs to chill and that he thinks Nya doesn't really like him as much as he loves her and Wu needs to trim his beard and how Zane's hair might be real or might not be and how he combs it if it's metal and how he's able to do all these things and how Mia always tells him to-"

" Woah, woah, woah, what?!" Kai looked at Cole, who was nodding.

" Aieaieaaie." he muttered, shaking his head. " What are we gonna do?"

" I dunno."

Kai looked at Cole. " Really helpful, COLE."

" I'm sorry, KAI."

Kai shook his head. " It doesn't matter." Then, he muttered, " I'm gonna need some counseling."

" Really?! You too?" Cole groaned, taking his things. " It's hopeless."

" For once, I agree."

" Kai, not helpful!"

" Well, I'm sorry!"

Cole sighed. " It's okay. We just need to figure out where these insecurities are coming from."

Both friends paced around the room, deep in thought.

Then, a thought occurred to Cole. " Wait. Didn't Jay break down one day and say he was afraid he wasn't a good member on the team, and he thought we would poison him and kick him and stuff?"

Kai nodded. " He also thought me, as in the cocky me, don't accept him for who he is."

Cole shrugged helplessly. " What do we do?"
Kai sighed. " I... don't know. We might want to consider asking Wu."

" We can't, remember!" Cole said in frustration. " He's in Hawaii, studying scrolls."

Flashes to where Wu is. He is sunbathing, not reading.

" Well then, what do we do?!" Kai asked, throwing a stuffed animal that was lying around to the door.

" We could ask Mia- oh, wait. She's with Nelson, in Australia."

Cole groaned. " Why does everyone have to be on vacation when we need them?!"

Kai shrugged. " I don't know."