Fatherly Wu

Hair

So this is something I wrote a little while ago on Tumblr, but wasn't able to post here. It's kinda short and pieced together, so I hope this at least makes someone smile. Enjoy!

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He had no idea what he was doing. Why did he offer to do this? Oh yeah, the boys would only make it worse. Wu sighed as he went to work out another knot. Misako was out at an excavation point because the archeologists working on it thought it might have to do with the Oni, Zane and Pixal were at Borg industry, so He was left with this difficult task.

The task of brushing Nya's hair after two weeks of constant missions and messy buns. It may sound like an easy job, but even Misako -who has dealt with troublesome hair for years- struggles getting it tamed. Wu wondered why people thought that he ninja didn't also have to take care of themselves like normal people. Thank goodness for the water elemental in front of him. At least they could get a good rinse off every few days.

There, another section finished, and now on to the worst part. Maybe he can try to French braid her hair again once he's done brushing it. Misako taught him how when Nya started to grow her hair out and he's done it a couple of times.

"Sorry about how bad it is." Nya says as Wu started on the macrame in her hair. "If I had a hairbrush and time while on missions, it would never get this bad. But two weeks of not being able to brush it sucks. I feel so dirty."

If only the people that keep calling about 'suspicious activity' would realize that the ninja aren't immune to body odor and oil. "Unfortunately there is nothing you can do about it Nya. We told the people of ninjago that they can call on us at anytime, you all have done a great job of assuring them of that."

As Master Wu was almost done brushing her hair, the boys came into the living room, completely ignoring Nya's situation. "But what's going to happen during the wedding? What if they need us in the middle of the ceremony!? Are they going to expect us to stop it just for them to tell us it was nothing? For the past two weeks we've been sent here and there, and when we get there, it's nothing!"

By the time she took a break from her rambling, Wu had one side of her hair braided and was almost half way through the other one. Jay, who has sat in front of Nya when he came in, leaned back into her lap and looked up at her. "If they call for us on the one day that we've had set aside for months, they can suck it up. We've done so much for ninjago, they can give all of us one day."

Wu tied Nya's hair off and gave her back the hairbrush. "Jay is right, they can handle one day without us." As she turned spurns to smile at him, he looked at his work with pride. "I think I'm getting the hang of this French braid thing. It looks pretty good, if I do say so myself."

"Yeah yeah, we get it, Master Wu. You can braid hair and we guys can't even brush it. Can we get back to our game now?"

"Kai."

"Fine! May we get back you our game, Master Wu?"

"Only if one of you would be willing to teach me."