Guilty Escape

Welcome to Elzmaria

"When are you going to wake up?"

I groaned and flexed my hand. I was… alive?

I looked up and saw Wu standing over me with a smile on his face. I snarled and tried to stand, but only got to my knees before I fell again. I stared ahead.

Grass? A bright blue sky? Are we in a meadow…?

I looked up to Wu's face and saw his body was relaxed. He wasn't ready to fight me anytime soon. I frowned.

"Where… are we…?"

"The world known as Elzmara."

Els-mare-ah?

"Another… world…? Why did you take me here?"

"I had to save you from your death."

"You better tell me everything, and where are my swords." I demanded, still trying to stand.

"I'll give you your blades if you do not try to murder me." Wu said as he walked over to a nearby rock and grabbed them from behind it. He carefully handed me the blades and watched as I stood using them as support.

"Now tell me everything."

Wu sighed and sat at the rock.

"I killed your Uncle, Zane."

"You what!?"

"But I had my reasons!"

I growled and decided to let him say his side of the story.

"Asuna, your mother, was the original Ice Ninja. However, she supposedly died. So we downloaded all the data on the Ice Ninja we had and input them in Zane. He became the new Ice Ninja. After a few years of research into the Ice Ninja I realized one crucial thing. After Zane had his modifications, he and Asuna could never exist in the same universe. One of them had to be killed when she returned. I killed Zane because he 'killed' himself trying to revive her. So I killed him in the hopes that Guilt would disappear faster than him… but Guilt was stronger than I had hoped…"

"So my mom was the real Ice Ninja and died so you simply took Zane's future from him? Then, when he revived his sister you just murdered him?" I growled and gripped my swords tightly.

"Afterwards… I could not face my students… I was so ashamed by my actions…"

"So you sided with the one person in this world-"

"That world."

"What ever! You sided with the one person Zane hated!" Wu looked to his hands and nodded faintly. "Why couldn't mom and Uncle Zane live at the same time?"

"Because, the universe couldn't handle all that energy. Everything in the universe would become nothing but ice. Everything would die."

I relaxed my grip on my swords and stared at him. I sighed and shook my head. When I felt enough strength, I pulled my swords from the ground and stood, placing them in their cases. I walked over to Wu.

"Now to other matters of business." I said as I looked around. "How do we get back?"

"So soon?"

I looked up and noticed a strange blue star in the bright sky. That's Ninjago…

"Yes… judging by the orbit… I would say an hour here is two days on Ninjago…"

"A two days? Are you sure?"

"As sure as I could be."

"Well… I heard long ago that there is a Gate of Space that will transport you to Ninjago. But it is on the opposite side of the world."