Zenjago: Masters of Spinjitzu

Part 3 - King of Shadows

October 03, 2020
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"I spy something... white!"

"Um... snow?"

The boat rocked as it grazed a large chunk of ice.

"Bingo! I spy... something broken?"

"My soul-?"

"Hey, Zap and Sky?"

"Yeah?"

"Sensei looks like he's gonna bonk you guys with his staff, you, uhh... might want to be careful."

The Ninja were in a small boat floating through the icy waters to reach the Frozen Wastelands. Sensei Wu forced them to stay above deck- "A Ninja must always be on their guard!"- so they were trying to find ways to entertain themselves in the bitter cold, for one could only talk for so long. However, compared to Mario-Kart, Eye Spy quickly got boring. Realm, Skylar, and Zap knew each other well, but Harper still felt out of place. She had barely spent 72 hours with them, the first impressions made fighting each other; only a fool would think they would be close friends in such a short span of time.

Additionally, she didn't want to get too invested in this friendship anyway. After the Four Weapons were retrieved, she would get Morro back, and then they would return to Ignacia and drop this whole Ninja thing.

The girls leaned against the railings, shivering, their thin gis letting the wind bite their skin and faces. Harper was suffering the most in the cold, despite having literal Hot Hands which steamed in the air, as if she truly possessed Fire powers of some sort. In many situations, this being one of them, Skylar was the polar opposite to the blonde just as their roles as Ninja suggested. Unlike Harper, who was used to the hot valley of Ignacia, she was used to the cold mountains of Northern Zenjago.

Impatiently, the Ice Ninja tucked a red strand of hair out of her eyes (she was the only one who kept her hood off). "If Sensei knows the way to the next Golden Weapon, then why isn't he steering the ship? We've been drifting aimlessly for miles."

Harper's hazel eyes were distant as she stared down at the black waters below. "I do not know. Sensei's wisdom is beyond my own."

"The most powerful move in Spinjitzu can only be accomplished when all four elements are combined." Standing at the bow of the ship, Wu drew out of his meditation. "Earth, ice, fire, and lightning."

From his open palms, respective symbols appeared at each word, shooting from his hands and hovering in the air above the ship. Zap's breath puffed out through her mask in thick white clouds, her eyes glued to the display disintegrating in the bitter wind. "What happens when all of them are combined?" she asked.

Wu turned around, looking her in the eye. "The Tornado of Creation. The power to create something-" his hands glowed with a golden energy, but it faded quickly- "out of nothing."

Chills rippled down each girls' spines at this, and it was not from the cold. The Fire Ninja got up, the gold flecks in her eyes catching the light as she suddenly began moving around the deck, going through the motions for Spinjitzu all while nearly kicking Skylar in the head and punching Realm's gut.

"No, Harper!" Their master's voice rang out sharply and she stopped abruptly. "If done incorrectly, it will lead to disastrous consequences."

The faraway look in Harper's eyes returned and she gazed out at the cold world around her. "Disastrous consequences, right..." she repeated to herself.