Transgender Jay : A Ninjago Story

10 - Controversy

(Warning. Homophobic slurs and swearing are briefly used in this chapter.)

The days had seemed to settle back down, to something Jay could only explain as suspiciously boring.

Nothing of interest had happened since the morning after the heatwave. Kai, who had openly mocked Jay for his so called extreme precautions against the sun, had sunburned very badly almost on every piece of exposed skin. Not to lie, Jay felt quite smug about that.

Even so, Kai's constant moaning and groaning about it was pretty annoying, and didn't help the constant boredom at all. Irritation, matched with nothing to do, didn't make a good combination.

"... hey... like... does anybody want to go out with me?" Cole asked, as all the ninja sat in the dining room, staring around.

"I didn't know you were that desperate." Joked Lloyd.

"I didn't mean on a date! I meant... go somewhere. Do something. We've been stranded on the Bounty with nothing to do and I feel like I'm gonna implode from boredom."

Jay shrugged, undoubtedly agreeing.

"What were you thinking? Restaurant? Cafe? What's on your plate?"

"Well, considering we're literally poorer than Kai's fashion taste, I don't think we can afford anything that requires money."

Kai scoffed at him, but didn't deny it. He was currently wearing a vest that was little more than a few pieces of fabric. He had tried to wear things that touched as little of his skin as possible.

"We could go to the park? Or the museum?" Zane suggested.

Kai snorted and gave him a look.

"The same museum that used to have the Grundle bones? Nooo thankyou. Those are memories I'd prefer to forget." He laughed, jokingly but with a serious undertone.

"Hey... not all of that was bad! I got older!" Lloyd pointed out.

"Ha ha, sorry small fry, but you're still a little kid in my eyes!"

Lloyd bit his lip and resisted the urge to throw a glass of water on him. He was right, but it still irked him.

"... so? Should we just go to the park then?" Cole asked. A couple of them nodded, and he burst into action, going to get changed out of his pyjamas.

Jay followed him, simply to grab a warmer jumper. The air was a slight bit nippy.

Zane had decided to stay on the ship to do some more studies on ancient battle techniques, and Nya offered to stay and keep him company. Other than those two and Sensei, the rest of the gang landed the Bounty and started walking towards Central Park.

"... is it just me... or are people giving us weird looks?" Kai asked.

"Maybe it's because you're wearing a rag for a vest."

"Shut up Cole, it's not a rag."

"I can literally see both of your nipples, what's the point of wearing it?"

Though, Kai was right. A number of people who passed them were giving the group dodgy glances, glares and general odd expressions. It made Jay feel uneasy.

Soon enough they made it to the park, and things didn't get better. Cole tried to start up conversation, but all four of them were so distracted by the public's reactions to properly engage.

"Ok, what the heck. Why is everybody staring at us?" Kai huffed, stopping in his tracks. The other ninja stopped too, and took this moment to discus what was going on.