Ninjago: Samurai I

Chapter 3: The Book

In the living room, Zane inserts a cable into his arm and then to the TV as the Ninja, including their parents, who heard from Zane the moment he told them about the results, sat down before he turns the TV on. "The information I was able to recover showed records of an artefact called the Teapot of Tyrahn." He said as an image of it appeared on the TV.

"What's the Teapot of Tyrahn?" CJ asked.

"It is said to be the prison of Nadakhan the Djinn."

Nya and Jay discreetly look at each other. "Could Clouse be back?" Jay whispered. Only he and Nya remember the events of how Clouse released Nadakhan and framed them up until they used Tiger Widow Venom to slow him down for Jay to use his final wish, but Nya was also hit. Rather than let his girlfriend remain dead and Nadakhan become human, Jay has inadvertently used his final wish to save her and Clouse wasn't able to find the teapot.

"I don't know." She replied, also whispering.

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In his bedroom, Cliff, who had just returned from his walk and was about to get ready for a shower, had been listening to the meeting on his phone and decided to stop listening to the rest of the conversation. "Nadakhan." He said to himself as he put the phone down. "Where have I heard that name before?" Thinking for a bit, Cliff then realised where he heard the name before. "That book at the Domu Library!" He looked at his calendar to see his class will be going to Domu Library to study some books there on Monday. He soon smiled at the opportunity.

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On Monday morning, at the Domu Library, Cliff and his history class were in different sections, looking for their desired book. Cliff often like reading due to his honorary uncle Zane and aunt P.I.X.A.L. when they often babysit him when he was a little kid. He was still looking when one student came up to him. His name was Damon Mitchell. He had hatred for Cliff ever since he was 9 when Jay humiliated his father when he had him a chokehold to make him leave Cliff alone. "Hey, Walker." He called out to him, but Cliff doesn't look at his tormentor. "I heard your father got attacked the other day. Did he lose the other eye?"

After the humiliation, Damon's family sent some threatening letters, saying they'll take Jay's other eye. When it nearly came to it, Mandy managed to subdue Damon's father and he was sent to Kryptarium for attempted mutilation. "He still has that good eye, Damon." Cliff soon found the book he wanted and pulled it out. The title was 'Ninjago, Pirate Era.'

"What do you have there?" He tries to go for it, but Cliff managed to move aside, nearly causing Damon to trip.

"Just something I'm picking up for my sister." He lied as he went to the front desk to check it out.

"I bet those Ninja villains are gonna blow a city when they read from that book."

From the moment he said 'Ninja villains', this got everyone around them to gasp and glare at him. "How dare you badmouth the Ninja!" A woman yelled as Cliff walked away.

"They are heroes!" A middle aged man yelled.

"You should be ashamed of yourself, young man!" Another woman said to Damon as he backed away a bit with the angered group of Ninja supporters converge on him.

"What did I say?" Damon asked before he was soon grabbed and, despite protests from his history teacher, was thrown out of the library.

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As soon as he had got back to the high school and finished at the scheduled time, Cliff went to his cave where he slammed the book on the table, scaring Minus, who was working on something. "What is that?" She asked.