Destiny Calls ► Ninjago [✓]

ix | Bursting Flames

"With his fist on fire."

Jay, Kai, and Cole were tightly huddled around Zane as he concluded the story of his dream, the second two with hands on either one of his shoulders. They were all in complete awe, sounds of woahhs escaping their lips in unison.

Finally, Kai lowly spoke as he placed a finger on his chin. "So I'm the Green Ninja."

"What are you talking about?" Cole snapped. "He had incredible strength to lift that cargo and save his life. It's me."

"No, no." Jay now stood in front of them. "Did you miss the part of the story where the guy pulled out nunchucks? I have nunchucks!" To prove his point, he lifted them over his head.

"I think you're all missing the point of this dream," Zane calmly told them. "The point is the falcon flew on his arm and it was my dream. So naturally, it's me."

"I think we can cross Cole off the list." This made said ninja glare at the one in blue. "I could've lifted—"

"Woah, woah, cross me off the list? Anyone can hold nunchucks, especially your scrawny ass. Talking about lifting the cargo..."

"You take that back, asshat!"

"No."

"Since you are not training..."

The voice of Wu startled all four of them enough to make them flinch. He stood a few feet away, a somewhat agitated expression on his face.

"You must have already found the answer to my riddle. What is the best way to defeat your enemy?"

They all looked at each other in slight worry until Kai spoke up. "Uh, the best way to defeat your enemy is to..." His nervous tone helped nothing. "... train, Sensei?" The others couldn't even be disappointed.

"Feeble and incorrect!" Wu shook his head. "Maybe more training will help you focus." He slowly backed up toward the deck's stairwell. "Remember what happened to your vehicles when you lost focus. A razor-sharp weapon is an extension of a razor-sharp mind." Before the doors shut, he said, "And don't bother questioning the two in the Bridge; they will not be assisting."

Finally, he was gone. The ninjas groaned.

"How am I supposed to focus when we don't know who the Green Ninja is?" Jay questioned.

Cole began to walk off in a different direction. "I don't want to be training all day. Let's work together on this riddle, we can figure it out."

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Hours began to pass and those poor, unfortunate souls still had not found the answer to the riddle.

From below deck, Scarlett peeked through the small crack in the door as to not be seen by them. "Do you think they'll ever figure it out?"

"Doubt it," Nya responded, walking toward her with a bag. "If we don't know what it is, they'll be down there 'til they're numb."

The ninjas were actually training. Zane worked on his form, Jay flipped back and forth to improve his speed, Kai punched a heavy bag, and Cole rapidly twirled a wooden staff around his body.