We've Got Training To Do

8: Can of Worms

Previously on We've Got Training To Do:

"Skales! I got the girl ninja you wanted!" Lloyd shouted.

"Lloyd, you turd, you tricked me!" Jade shouted as she ran down the snowy mountain.

"I am Pythor, lassst and General of the Anachondrai," Pythor said, bowing.

"And I am Jade, most lost and loneliest of all the ninjas," Jade said.

"Jade!" Kai shouted. He ran to her and kissed her on the lips.

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(Jade's POV)

"KAI!"

"COLE!"

"JAY!"

"ZANE!"

"JADE!"

Kai broke my keyboard. I might have feelings for him, but Lloyd just told me Kai broke my keyboard. I am going to strangle that little red booger. Who gives a fuck about some prophecy? Sammy can take his place.

I confront him about it in the boys' bunk room. "My mom gave me that keyboard! It was her last gift to me! Now, it's broken. I'm not going to be able to replace it, because it won't be the same."

Zane throws a Shurikan at me, but I dodge it. It lodges in the wall.

"What the fuck is your problem?" I demand.

"My problem is that Lloyd said you turned my gi pink!" he shouts.

"It's a universal law, okay? You don't touch a man's robot!" Jay shouts from behind Zane.

"Hey Jay, you know how long it took me to make that soup?" Cole asks. "Three fucking days! Three days! And now, it's ruined."

"Well, you didn't have to rub it in my face that you're oh-so-talented, Cole. You could've left the high score alone," Kai says. A giant argument breaks out. Then I realize something.

"GUYS!" I shout. They stop fighting. "Lloyd told you that I turned your gi pink, right?" I ask Zane. He nods. "And I'm guessing Lloyd told you that Zane broke your robot, right, Jay?" I ask. He nods, too. "And Lloyd told you, Cole, that Jay ruined your soup, and that Cole beat your high score, Kai, and that Kai broke my keyboard?" They all nod. I make a propeller motion with my hands. They still look confused. I sigh in frustration.

"Am I the only smart one?!" I shout. "Lloyd made that all up to turn us against each other! Can't you see that?!"

"Oh. Should we tell Sensei?" Cole asks.

"Whatever. But I have an instruction manual to find," I say.

Lloyd walks past as I go out. Something sticks out of his pocket. I grab it and go back to me and Nya's room without him noticing.

"Whatcha got there?" Nya asks as I come in.

"I think it's Sensei's lesson book. I should return it before he plans a ridiculous lesson," I say. I take the lesson book to Sensei's study.

"Sensei, is this yours?" I ask him. He turns around.

"Yes, it is. Where did you find it?" he asks.

"In Lloyd's pocket," I say concisely. I leave when I hear an alarm sound.

I meet up with the others at the bridge, where Nya has some darts on a map of Ninjago. Three darts, one at every Serpentine tomb.

"What's this?" I ask.

"These are the three locations of the Serpentine tombs that we know of." Nya explains. "After a while of ruminating on why the tombs were placed in these precise locations, I found a pattern," She switches on a flashlight and a squiggly line appears on the map. "All three tombs are in line with the Ninjago symbol for 'serpent.'"