We are starting up two days before the ninja shows up to find Ronin.
Also, we are getting some old cameos from one of the earlier chapters.
I think Morro might have broken her in their little interaction in this chapter. O.O
For anyone wondering, I've set Morro age to 17. :3
I've gotta be honest here. This chapter was hard on me, as I wasn't sure where I was gonna take it. T-T
Her new outfit:
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Her "real" gun(it's actually just a water gun):
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*Somewhere in Stiix, Nova has just returned from her last robbing mission.*
Nova was walking around whistling after a well done mission, as one of her clones showed up. After that fight four months ago, she had been practicing her shadow clones powers. Last time, her limit was at three and now she could make at least five clones.
"I take it, switching the scroll out with a fake worked?" Nova asked her clone which simply nodded with a devilish smile on its shadow-like face.
Nova giggled a little as she gave her clone a high-five. "I can't wait to see Morro's reaction, he is gonna be so mad." She said while walking the streets before jumping up on a roof. "Better start putting that scroll to use before we put it in our hiding spot." She said as her clone gave her the scroll.
"Huh, this scroll makes it seem a lot easier, I see how Morro was able to learn it so fast. While I am changing a few things, it shouldn't affect the story too much." Nova said before giving it a try with airjitzu, but ended up failing the first try.
Nova gave it another try and this time was able to get it right, she giggled only to then lose control and hit a building. "Ow! I'm gonna need to work a bit around with this one." She groaned slowly getting back up.
Getting some dust off her pants Nova turned to her clone that had been following through the shadows. "You think it's safe to go back without Ronin trying to increase my debt, after my little gun to the head prank I pulled last week?"
Nova had made a water gun that looked very much like a real gun, that no one would believe was actually just a normal water gun unless she tried shooting with it.
The clone moved its shadow-like hand in a so-so motion with a nervous look on its shadow face.
"Yeaaah, maybe we should just wait for the day the ninja shows up. Ronin, shouldn't be that much after my ass." Nova let out a small sigh.
"I should also start looking for Mystake, and see if she has any tea that at least can hide my oni parts. Or in some way teach me how to shift between my oni, and human form." Nova went to sit at a roof with her legs dangling at the edge.
"I hate being reminded every day when I see my reflection, or any part of my body without being seen as the Overlord's shadow." She looked down at her gloves that were covering her hands and her arms with a heaving sigh.
"I'm still a danger to people, I can't control my darkness without losing myself to it.....and hurting others.....I don't want Lloyd, or the others to see me like some ticking time bomb, that can't control its powers. Yet along with my emotions." Nova turned to her clone that was sitting beside her, just listening to her trouble even though it couldn't talk.
Nova watched the small view of the sea from the roof that she was sitting on, trying to focus on something else at the moment.
*The next day.*
Nova had found an abandoned building in Stiix, and had gone on with hiding the scroll in that building with a few traps set up. Though only a few of them would affect a ghost, since she was only messing with them a little before going back to the main storyline again.
"Since you can't and shouldn't mess with ghosts in that world I lived in before, doesn't mean I can't do it here. I at least can get away in the shadows, and also know what they are weak to." Nova thought to herself, setting up a few water bombs.
"Who knows, maybe if he isn't too mad, I could have a small talk with him." Nova said as she finished hiding the scroll and turned to her clones, that had also just finished setting up the traps.
The three clones look at each other before back at Nova, shaking their heads not seeing it as a good idea in her having a small talk with Morro.
"Awww! Come on, even my own clones are against me and my ideas." Nova complained.
The clones simply shrug before one of them makes a few motions with their shadow-like hands, trying to tell the other clones and Nova something.
"Hmmm, yeah I guess we could do that. Haven't really had a break for a while, and we don't even know when the new season starts." said Nova before they all went into the shadows, and traveled to their room without Ronin knowing anything.
*Jumping to the next day where the ninja arrives.*
Nova had just woken up as she heard the sound of voices downstairs, since she was living in the attic. "Huh, sounds like the ninja is already here." She mumbled before activating her mask, covering her whole face and turning on the voice changer.
After getting herself set and ready to go, she started heading downstairs.
"Hey, Ronin! You aren't still mad about that prank I did last week, are you?" [robotic] said Nova as she entered the room the ninja and Ronin were in.
"Delta!?" The ninja shouted in surprise at seeing her here.
"Oh, hey guys, what are you all doing here?" [robotic] Nova asked.
"We are looking for the scroll of Airjitzu." said Kai.
"The scroll of what now?" [robotic] Nova asked confused.
"Airjitzu. It can make a Spinjitzu Master fly." said Jay.
"Yeah. So hand it over or we can make you fly." said Cole as he turned to Ronin, who was staring daggers at Nova.
Ronin turned his attention back to the ninja. "Whoa, cool down, fella. Even if I had such a thing, it sounds pretty old and important. Definitely not something I'd keep on site. And definitely too much for you to afford. Maybe I can interest you in some unique weapons? I've got Jadeblades, obsidian armor..."
"Have anything that can vanquish ghosts?" Zane asked.
"Hmm, ghosts you say?" Ronin asked.
"Yeah. They hate water, but we're not looking for water balloons. We need something reliable." said Cole.
"Hmm, what you're looking for is an Aeroblade, forged by Deepstone, an aquatic material mined from the bottom of the ocean. Very unique. Even more expensive." said Ronin.
"Ugh, can't you see he's giving us the runaround? We want the scroll, Ronin. What do you want for it?" said Kai.
"Two hundred." said Ronin.
"That seems a little too low Ronin, might wanna raise it a little more." [robotic] Nova whispered to him.
"What? Two hundred? We don't have that kind of dough!" said Jay.
"Come on, you guys once had the Golden Weapons. You honestly telling me you've never pinched anything?" said Ronin.
"No! We don't pinch. And we don't even have pockets." said Kai.
"What if we were to tell you all of Ninjago depends on it?" said Cole.
"Well then, that changes everything. Four hundred." said Ronin.
"Told you so." [robotic] Nova whispered.
"Shut it, shrimp, I'm working here." Ronin whispered back.
"Argh, you can't just double the price!" Jay complained.
"My shop, my rules." said Ronin.
*Nova watched the ninja huddle together.*
"Don't think you are getting out of this one shrimp, after they are gone we are gonna have a talk. About your so called "prank" you pulled on me, with that gun." said Ronin glaring at her as he clearly hadn't forgiven her yet.
Nova let out a nervous laugh before seeing Kai walking over. "Oh this is gonna be fun to watch."
"All right, but let me negotiate. Two hundred." said Kai.
"Four hundred."
"Three hundred."
"Four hundred."
"Three-fifty."
"Four-fifty."
"Deal."
Nova started bursting out laughing at this. Before quickly going into the shadows.
"Ugh." Jay facepalms. They walk out of the shop. He sarcastically said "Nice negotiations, Kai."
"I didn't see you do any better." said Kai.
"Now to find out how to make some money." said Zane.
"I have a suggestion that could help." [robotic] said Nova coming out of the shadows surprising the ninja.
"Please, stop doing that!" shouted Jay.
"Sorry, I can't help it." [robotic] Nova said.
"By the way, what are you doing here? And how do you know Ronin?" Cole asked.
Nova simply shrugged. "He's my boss, so I work for him and I also live here." [robotic] Shee said.
"You're working for him?!"
"You live here?!"
"I thought you said, you didn't do team work?" said Zane.
"That is true, it's rare I do a mission with him. But mostly we do our own thing." [robotic] Nova said.
"You guys are criminals, how can you make it sound like a normal everyday job!" Jay exclaimed.
"You take what you are giving, and don't question it." [robotic] said Nova looking at them. "By the way, where's Lloyd?" [robotic] She asked.
The ninja looked at each other before letting Zane decide if they should tell her or not.
"A ghost named Morro, has possessed Lloyd, and taken control of his body." Zane explained.
"...A ghost took control of Lloyd's body? Well now I've heard everything." [robotic] Nova said, a little surprised.
"Hey wait a minute, Delta you can travel through shadows right? Why don't you sneak into Ronin's shop and steal that scroll for us?" Jay suggested.
Nova looked at him with a raised eyebrow. "I don't do things for free Jay, so unless you guys can pay me. I'll just suggest that you all go down to the docks, since they are looking for some help and would pay good money for it." [robotic] She told them.
"You've been around Ronin too much Delta." said Cole.
Nova rolled her eyes. "I'll keep an eye out for that Morro guy, should he try and steal the scroll. Be happy I'm making this offer, as I don't do everything for free." [robotic] She said before going back to the shadows.
*Some time later at night, Ronin whistles to himself. But Soul Archer points his bow at him.*
"Huh? Soul Archer. I thought I was gonna have more time. I'm a little short." said Ronin.
"I'll return for your debt later, but for now, I came for something else." said Soul Archer.
"Uh, if this is about our last-Aah!" Ronin sees Morro. "Lloyd, you're a little late. Your friends were just here. Or should I call you by another name?"
"The ninja. They were already here?" Soul Archer asked.
"Where's the Scrolls of Airjitzu?" Morro asked.
"The Scroll of Who-whatzu? Hey, love the armor. A little dinged up, but I'll make you a fair offer." Morro grabs him. "Aah! I'll tell you what I told the ninja, it's not here. But I can get it for five hundred?"
Nova wasn't sure what time the ghosts would actually show up, so she decided to walk into the shop from the backroom. Only to see that they were already here.
"...I'm gonna be honest here, black hair does not suit you one bit Lloyd. Let alone that armor." [robotic] said Nova not cutting any corners as she was staring at them, not surprised at all.
"And who is this?" Soul Archer asked, now pointing his bow at Nova who still didn't give a shit on what was going on.
Morro on the other hand was glaring daggers at her, very much offended by what she said about his looks while controlling Lloyd's body.
"No one important." said Ronin.
Nova narrowed her eyes at him. "Whatever, I'll come back at a later time." [robotic] She said and began turning around, only for an arrow to be shot right passed her head.
"No one is going anywhere, until I get that scroll!" said Morro, while Soul Archer had another arrow ready to fire.
"What the actual fuck man!?" [robotic] shouted Nova as she summoned her gun and pointed it at Morro, who was still controlling Lloyd's body.
Morro looked at the gun in her hands and then at her screen for a face. "You wouldn't dare to shoot a friend, I don't believe you even have the guts, princess." he said but quickly had to dodge a knife being thrown at him only to cut some of his hair.
"Call me that again, and I won't miss next time, even if you are in Lloyd's body." [robotic] said Nova in a cold and eerie tone.
Soul Archer narrowed his eyes as he went on to shoot another arrow at her, that she barely dodged that ended up breaking something on one of the shelves.
"Hey! Watch the goods, I'm trying to run a business here!" said Ronin.
*It wasn't long until they heard the ninja by the door.*
Nova quickly went into the shadows before the ghosts could get her.
"Help-"Morro covers Ronin's mouth.
"Hide. Let them find it, then take it." said Morro.
The ninja break in through the window. "Great, now we're already on the hook for breaking and entering." said Cole.
"I don't like sneaking around in the dark any more than you do, so let's just find the scroll and get out of here." said Kai.
"Hey, when you guys were leaders, you never heard me complain. And if you don't like sneaking around, why become a ninja? And leave no stone unturned." said Jay.
*Ronin grunts when he's tied up and gagged with duct tape.*
"Not a word." said Morro.
"Says the ghost." [robotic] Nova whispered from the shadows behind them.
Morro turned his head, narrowing his eyes into the shadows at what she said.
"Since you are able to hide in the shadows, why aren't you coming out to help the ninja?" Morro whispered.
"Jeez, why does everyone think I'll help each time, just because I'm able to hide in the shadows and such." Nova thought, rolling her eyes in the shadows. "I have my reasons, now shut up, airhead." [robotic] She whispered.
"Airhead, really?" Morro questioned.
"Should I call you the "green ninja knockoff version" instead?" [robotic] Nova glances at him.
"I dare you to say that again." said Morro coldly, not taking a liking to what she was calling him.
Nova at this point ignored him which only seemed to piss him off more.
"The faster we find the scroll, the faster we can work on the next clue that will lead us to the tomb. Then we can save Lloyd, and it will be all because of me." said Jay.
"Ah, I found it!" said Cole.
Jay gasps. "You found the scroll?"
"No, but I found my father's trophy. I'm taking it back. He danced hard for this." said Cole.
Soul Archer, possessing an organ, grabs Jay. "Aah! Holy pipes! The organ's got me!"
Nova couldn't help but let out a soft giggle from the shadows watching this, which only seemed to freak the ninja more out as they thought it was some creepy ghost girl.
Though he didn't say anything, Morro did find it a little amusing watching the ninja freaking out from Nova's giggles. Since they didn't know where it was coming from.
"Uh, it's possessed by a ghost! I forgot what we're supposed to do." said Cole.
"Water! Water!" shouted Jay.
"I got water! Ugh!" Kai uses a flower vase, but there's no water. "Hey, these flowers are fake!"
"We're in a village built entirely over water. Please, take your time!" said Jay.
"Aha!" Cole throws a water jug at him, but Soul Archer escapes.
"!sdneirf s'orroM fo eno rehtonA" (Another one of Morro's friends!) said Zane.
"I think he said "another one of Morro's friends." said Kai.
"And there's more where that came from!" Morro summons six more ghosts.
"We're gonna need more water." said Cole.
Ronin manages to get up and get half the duct tape off. "Cut me free."
"Not until you give me the Scroll. You're not the only one who can make a deal." said Kai.
"Then at least take an Aeroblade and get rid of a few of these ghosts." said Ronin.
"You said they were hard to come by." said Kai.
"I'm a businessman, that was business. Whoa!" Ronin dodges one of the ghosts "This is personal. Now cut me free."
"Not before we check out the merchandise." Kai destroys a ghost with it. "Huh? They worked! Try these!" He gives more Aeroblades to the other ninja.
"Haha! Now who's scared of who?" said Jay.
Nova rolled her eyes as she came out of the shadows, and helped Ronin get free.
"Took your goddamn time kid." said Ronin before running over and started fighting Morro.
Nova summoned her gun and pointed it at some of the ghosts coming after her, but quickly stopped as she remembered three of them.
".....You were the men who grabbed me that time in the alleyway." [robotic] Nova said, shocked.
"I don't remember seeing you my whole life." said one of the ghosts that came towards her, but she quickly dodged the attack while taking a few steps back.
"Wait I remember, we grabbed some kid who had stolen some money and jewelries in an alleyway." said the other ghost.
"Oh yeah, and then we beat her up, because she wouldn't give it up at all." said the bigger ghost guy who had a smirk on his face.
Nova felt a little nervous seeing these guys again, as she got flashbacks to what happened that day.
The three ghosts turned to look at her and smirked as they finally knew who she was, but their smirks soon turned to a frown and the raging anger coming from them.
Nova had lost track of what was going on around her, but one thing she was sure about. She couldn't get herself to attack these ghosts, as it felt like she was back to being the little girl that got beaten up by them.
So instead she turned to the shadows, running away as she had been completely caught off guard. Seeing these guys again and most of all as ghosts.
Nova went into hiding not knowing for how long, but probably long enough. As she had been hiding in the shadows, inside the building where she had hidden the scroll. When she saw Morro had showed up.
"Now where is that fucking scroll! Whoever decided to switch it out with a fake can't have made it this easy to get!" said Morro clearly not in a good mood, as he was looking around. Tripping over a string that activated a trap of water bombs coming down at him, but he was able to quickly dodge them.
Nova had recovered from her little panic attack, now watched from the shadows with a soft giggle which he seemed to have heard.
"Oh I see, so you think this is funny or what you fucking bitch!" said Morro annoyed, only to step on another trap where a few arrows were sent flying at him. Only to be blown away by his wind powers.
"Well, I mean a little from where I'm watching. I'm betting you felt very stupid when you found out, the scroll of Airjitzu was switched out with a fake." [robotic] said Nova slowly coming out of the shadows, while standing on the other side of the room where she had hidden the scroll.
Morro narrowed his eyes at her, clearly pissed off about her trick along with her taunting.
"Just wait when I get my hands on you princess-" Nova had quickly thrown another knife at him, cutting just a small bit of his cheek but not enough to leave a scar.
"Another fucking word from you hot air! And I'll make you blow the other way!" [robotic] Nova warned him.
"Looks like I hit an actual nerve, huh chipmunk." said Morro as he dodged another trap.
Nova stared at him blank. "C-chipmunk!?" [robotic] She shouted with a red face behind her mask, hard to say if she was blushing or just angry at being called that.
Morro snickered at her outburst as he dodged a few more traps. "Well would you look at that, a different reaction then to what I called you earlier." He said with a smirk on his face while getting closer.
"S-shut up, you jackass!" [robotic] Nova narrowed her eyes at him, though was still red in the face behind her mask.
"Hmmm, I don't think so, my little summer breeze." said Morro in a bit of a flirty tone, as he was able to pass the last few traps.
At this point steam was slowly coming up from Nova's head, as she was clearly blushing mad behind her mask. Since she hadn't been flirted with before, and didn't know how to act or react in this situation.
"..." Nova couldn't get a word out at this point, as the screen of her mask glitched a bit before there was nothing else, but just a loading icon on it.
"What is this, no comeback?" Morro questioned as he passed the last trap and was now standing in front of her, and looking down as he was taller than her. Even if he wasn't in Lloyd's body.
Before he could get any closer, Nova reacted quicker than she could think. As she grabbed him by the arm, and threw him quickly on his back, before she ran into the shadows leaving him with the scroll.
Nova traveled the shadows in a panic until she ended up inside Ronin's airship, taking everyone by surprise as she stumbled to the floor. Breathing heavily while still blushing behind her mask.
"Delta are you okay!?" Jay asked.
"Are you hurt anywhere?" Cole asked.
"Where did you go?" Kai asked.
Nova just slowly walked passed the ninja and took the seat beside Ronin, not saying a word to anyone while there still was a loading icon on her screen of a mask.
Ronin looked at her a little worried and with a raised eyebrow, he had never seen her act like this and didn't know what was going on or what to do here.
".....I...he.....what.....say.....when.....then.....who.....we.....what just happened?"