Ninjago: Samurai I

Chapter 6: Museum Showdown

Unaware to all of them, except the Blue Ninja, it was all a diversion as she sees 8 men, including the mysterious individual, on the museum rooftop from where she was and immediately chose to follow them. "What are you lot up to?" She asked herself quietly while following them as they cut a hole into the glass before they head in. The museum had a lot of priceless artefacts, so many that they put in a vault themselves in case someone attempts to steal them. She gets out her communicator to call for the others. "Guys, I think those disturbances were diversions. Report to the museum."

"The samurai interfered in my disturbance call, but I'm too far to reach the museum." The White Ninja said through the communicator.

"I'm kind of trapped at the moment." The Red Ninja said through the communicator along with sounds of grunting.

"I can't join you guys, I got a massive headache and spending the night at the hospital for a suspected concussion." The Black Ninja said through the communicator.

"Uh, the samurai left me...hanging." The Green Ninja said through the communicator, embarrassingly, as laughter was heard in the background.

"Is that laughter?" The Blue Ninja asked.

"Don't laugh at me, just cut them off!" She was confused as snipping was soon heard among the laughter. "Not you, Mandy. Just, don't laugh when you see it on tomorrow's news."

"See what?" Grunting was soon heard and the communicator shut off. "Don? Donald?" The Blue Ninja soon sighed and put her communicator away. "Solo once again." She immediately went to a nearby skylight, opens it and heads in, almost losing her grip as she did so.

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Inside the museum, the mercenaries and the cloaked Pythor move along the museum before stopping for Pythor to get out a pamphlet. "The scroll appears to be in the main gallery." He said. "Spread out. Come across a guard, take 'em down. Two of you, follow me." The mercenaries nod and start moving in different directions while Pythor looked down from the balcony before sliding through the railing and drops to the ground floor while the two mercenaries vault over it and land on the ground. "Let's go."

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Two mercenaries move along the hallway before stopping when they hear a noise. "Here comes one now." One of them said, coming up to a nearby door where the sound of the disturbance was heard before immediately heading inside and the sound of grunting is then heard.

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Two more mercenaries come across the entrance where they see a nearby guard at the desk, feet resting on it and snoring. "Time he had a permanent nap." One of them said as they prepare to strike him, before a zip line suddenly grabbed hold of them, causing them to yelp as they were pulled up. The guard wakes and turns around, only to see nothing and goes back to sleep.

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Up ahead, the Blue Ninja moves along the ceiling supports of the main gallery until she came across to see Pythor and the two mercenaries entering the main gallery and look around. "Spread out." Pythor told the two mercenaries while taking off his hood before they immediately did so and start looking at the displays with one of them looking at weapons on a nearby display.

"You won't be able to find it." The Blue Ninja said aloud, causing them to look around. She soon slid off the support she was on, spins backwards, landed on the ground and stood up, facing Pythor, who was surprised at her sight. "An old chum of my parents, I assume?"

"A female blue Ninja? I take it that you're the daughter of Jay Walker."

"Correct guess, Chummy." The Blue Ninja immediately held out her hand to fire a bolt of Lightning at him. Pythor yelped and ducks down, avoiding the bolt as it hits a nearby wall. With that distraction, two mercenaries suddenly show up behind her and grab hold of her. "Hey! Lemme go, you perverts!"

"Oh, these perverts are not your ordinary ones. Give me a knife."

One of the mercenaries that accompanied Pythor grabs a nearby knife from the weapon display and tosses it to him. The white Anacondrai quickly and faced the Blue Ninja. From the moment Pythor was about to cut her gi open, another knife is suddenly thrown at him, hitting his hand, causing him to shriek and hold it, in pain, while his own knife landed on top of the one that wounded him. "Sorry to spoil your fun." Someone sarcastically said, causing them all to turn and see Samurai I, holding a katana with black tassels hanging from the bottom of the handle. He had a cable attached to himself before he took it off and it retracts into his mech that was on the roof.

"The samurai! Attack!"

The goons close by head for the weapon displays while the Blue Ninja managed to move her right leg behind the goon holding her and kicked him from behind, forcing him to let her go before she started to spin, dragging the other goon that was holding her along for the spin. Samurai I sees the goons run at him, one wielding a poleaxe while the other had a broadsword. The goons charge to strike, but the samurai slides underneath them and kicked the goon that was holding his alter-ego's sister, making him let go of her. "You okay?"

"Yeah, not that I needed the help." She replied. "FYI, I was here first. What did you do with the other disturbances?"

"Like you, I knew they were diversions. You're lucky to be fighting alongside me."

The goons with the weapons charge at them before Samurai I raised his sword to block the sword wielding goon's strike while turning to the side and raised a foot, kicking the axe wielding goon's weapon, breaking it in half and knocking him down. He immediately went into a tornado to do Spinjitzu before turning back to the goon and forced him into a nearby wall. He immediately stopped to kick another goon back. "How did you know Spinjitzu?"

"I just believed. Believe in yourself and you can do it."

"Okay." The Blue Ninja somersaults over a mercenary before spinning to kick down. The moment she did, the Blue Ninja then felt a surge of energy inside him and grinned. Suddenly, she felt herself spinning in a blue tornado. She moves to a mercenary, knocking him down and stopped spinning, amazed at her new move. "Guess my rival is my teacher."

"Don't get too carried away." A mercenary then charged at them with a katana. "Look out!" He pushes the Blue Ninja aside and raised his left leg, blocking the sword and leaving a cut on it.

Unfazed by the strike, the samurai immediately grabbed hold of the goon's arm and did Spinjitzu. The mercenary screamed as he was dragged by him before Samurai I lets him go, sending him flying at a nearby display before the samurai soon stopped and turned to Pythor as his goons were shocked at something. The Blue Ninja was also looking at it before the samurai did so as well. Blood was seeping down his left leg from the cut that the goon gave him and leaving a small trail of it on the ground. "You see, he's just a boy." Pythor said.

The remaining goons run at them as one charged at them with a trident, but Samurai I holds out his sword to try and strike, but quickly blocked it as the goon prepared to kick him, but the samurai slammed his hand on his foot, preventing him from attacking before the Blue Ninja immediately kicked the goon, sending him at a wall and he fell forward as he went unconscious. The last goon charges at her with a spear, only for her to swing her flail, wrapping the chain around it. But the goon used the opportunity to yank the spear back to bring the Blue Ninja forward, only for a knife to hit him straight in the chest. The goon fell back and was no longer moving as the Blue Ninja turned to see Samurai I was the owner of the knife thrown at the goon. "That's two you owe me."

Pythor growled as he looked at his goons, who were still unconscious, while the goon with the samurai's knife pierced in him was dead and turned to the rival heroes. "Mark my words, you two, and you mark them well. I have survived your predecessors, and I will survive you!" He then started to run, or in this case, slither, away as best as he could.

But as he did so, the samurai got out a remote control and pressed the button. A net suddenly appeared, released from Samurai I's mech, which was by a skylight on the roof, and landed right on top of the white Anacondrai, giving off a big yelp from the heavy weight of the net that made him fall face down on the ground. "You may have survived the two Samurai Xs, and the previous Blue Ninja, but you won't survive Samurai I and the Ninja's daughter." He spoke while kneeling down and teasingly pats his cheek. "Re-enjoy prison, white slug." He soon walked away with the Blue Ninja following him as sirens were heard nearby and Pythor growled.

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Outside, as they walk and Samurai I got out his remote the summon his mech, the Blue Ninja looked at him. "Who are you?" She asked before noticing something on his forehead.

"If you think I'm your brother, you're wrong, Joanie."

"How do you know my name?" She took off her hood as the samurai's mech soon appeared.

"Don't think I didn't study you all." He soon got in and the cover closed up. "And I think you owe someone an apology." He presses a few buttons, activating the thrusters and takes off. Joan watched as her rival left before staying for the police to arrive so that she can help take them into custody.

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But as they were about to grab Pythor, he immediately spun, knocking the officers down before Cole came in to see his fellow officers down and Pythor chuckles. "Another time, old chum." He said and immediately turned invisible as Mandy came in to see he was gone as well.

"He sure is a tough one." Cole said as Mandy then thought about the scar on his forehead.

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Several Months Earlier

Joan ran along the hallway of the hospital, passing by a security guard, until she came across a hospital room, looking for her young brother. Truth be told, it wasn't the first time he was in hospital. Damon had once broke his nose to the point where he had almost had to have an operation to correct it, gave him a head concussion that left him with short term memory loss for days, and nearly beat him brain dead in front of the entire school if Mandy hadn't interfered. She soon came across the room she was pointed out to and sees her young brother sitting on the bed with a bandage on the left side of his nose. "Cliff, I heard what happened." She said. "Are you okay?"

"Only a cut to my nose." Cliff replied, pointing to it. "Doctor unfortunately said that it would leave a scar. Good thing I'm outgrowing my hair so I could cover it. Guy sure was a tough one. But they told me the woman would be okay."

"But, why would you try to stop the mugger?"

"Everyone is a hero, no matter who they are." Joan was confused by the answer. "That's what she said to me before she went home. I'll be out soon, just need to give Uncle Cole a statement and then head home."

"I'll take you home. It looks like some of the blood may have gotten in your eye."

"It did."

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Present

Joan then realised. "Could Cliff be Samurai I?" She asked herself.

"Could who be Samurai I?" Cole asked, hearing part of her sentence before she turned to him.

"Uh, nothing." She lied.

"Well, I'm gonna talk to the others once they get here."

"Just don't laugh at something about Donald when you see it on the news."

"Uh, okay."

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(A/N: Added a small piece that would make Damon more menacing to Cliff)