9: Friendship

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(Lydia POV)
"I still can't get over the fact that you were the mysterious samurai! Is anyone else blown away like I am?" Jay asks.

We are all in the bridge as Nya is trying to help us figure out where the last fangblade might be.

"We're over that. Can we move on?" Kai huffs in annoyance.

"Someone's a little hot under the collar" Jay remarks.

"It appears his impatience is because he has not yet found inner peace and unlocked his full potential like you and I have Jay" Zane explains as Kai rolls his eyes.

"Great observation Mr. Roboto, but Cole hasn't found it either" Kai snaps back.

"I got it!" Cole cheers, throwing his hands in the air.

"You've unlocked it?! Ugh! Why am I the only one?!" Kai yells, a mixture of anger and saddens.

"No, I figured out where I recognize the Fangblade from, I have a picture of it" Cole rushes out of the room.

"Oh is that it, hah, good" Kai sighs in relief.

"I bet you'll still be the last one to unlock it" I smirk.

"Hey watch it, remember who's training you today" Kai threatens and I roll my eyes.

"I got it!" Cole says rushing back in.

He lays down a book and opens it. On the front page it has a picture of the fangblade, it looks like some sort of trophy almost.

"Oh! That's it!" Jay exclaims as he grabs the book and everyone gathers around.

"Back where I grew up, there's this pretty big competition where every year the winner gets the 'blade cup' my dad won it multiple times" Cole explains.

"You never told us your dad was an accomplished athlete, what sport?" Zane asks.

"Oh, he's uh, uh- a blacksmith" Cole says, a tinge of embarrassment in his voice.

"Nothing wrong with that. My father was a blacksmith too" Kai reassures him "but I've never heard of a competition-"

"That's because he's not a 'blacksmith' blacksmith. He's a Royal blacksmith" Cole stands up and turns the page on the book and everyone starts to snicker.

"What is it I can't see it" I complain and Jay lowers the book for me to see, it's his dad with the trophy, he has a black mustache and black hair and is wearing a brown suit with a red bow tie.

"That's your dad?" Jay snickers.

"But how did the Fangblade become a trophy?" Kai asks.

"Well supposedly the blade cup was made by this guy who collected priceless artifacts, his name was something like uhh Dutch.. No! Clutch. Clutch powers! Anyway, it gets passed on to each years winner"

"Who has it now?" Zane asks.

"I uh, I don't know. I haven't talked to my father in years" 𝘰𝘮𝘨 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨.

"Well then we'll call him up" says Kai.

"You can't! He thinks I'm in Ninjago city training at the Marty Openheimer School of Performing Arts. He wanted me to follow in his footsteps, but when I couldn't sing or dance, well I- I ran away. When he sees I can't dance, he'll know I've been lying in all the letters I've been sending him" Cole groans as he walks over to the ship wheel.

"He doesn't know you're a ninja?"

"What, you gunna crack some joke that my old man wears a tutu?"

"No, but if we're going to have any chance of getting that Fangblade before they do, we'd better get our own act in tune" Kai says as he puts a hand on Coles shoulder.

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