You guys read the chapter right! It's the Day of the Departed special episode.
I had originally planned on making this chapter, but instead decided to drop it. Since I couldn't really figure out how to start it, and because I wanted to get to season 8 right away. XD
But since I decided to edit all of my older chapters (S0-S13), I thought this would be a good new side chapter.
Plus, you guys get some more Morro and Nova interactions. :3
It's been 8 months since season 5, and since the ninja last saw Nova.
Nova hit a [+6] in kitchen explosions, and bans.
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*In Ninjago City, inside Ronin's pawn shop.*
"I'm sorry, can I get that again." Nova looked over at Ronin, raising an eyebrow. With a rag over her shoulders while being covered in grease and oil spots.
Ronin let out a frustrated sigh. "I said, I'm gonna be spending some time with my family tonight."
"Huh, I didn't think you had a family. Well color my surprised." said Nova with a slight smirk.
"Drop it, shrimp, I'll be back in the morning. Try not to cause any trouble, before I see you off tomorrow." Ronin went on to close off the shop, as the sun was slowly going down.
Nova sighed but smiled ever so slightly. "I'm gonna miss messing with you, while I'm gone."
"Beat it kid. When you come back, you better not be rusty." A smile grew on Ronin's face as he looked at her.
"Whatever you say, old man." Nova smiled at him and went behind the back of the shop, where there stood a bike that she had been busy fixing up.
"I'll make sure it's kept safe when you return. But if you don't come back, I might sell it." said Ronin, watching her getting back to working on it.
"You sell it, I'm gonna ruin another kitchen for you." Nova glared over at him, while holding up a wrench.
"After everything I've done for you, and this is how you repay me? Maybe I should have left you that day we first met." said Ronin, raising an eyebrow.
"Hah! We both know you wouldn't have been able to lose me. Now, don't you have some place to be, and people waiting?" Nova looked at him with a raised eyebrow.
Ronin rolled his eyes and went on to lock the door to his shop. "Stay out of trouble while I'm gone."
"See ya, Ronin." said Nova with her back to him, and went back to working on the bike.
"See ya, Nova." said Ronin as he left.
Nova looked up at the sky, letting out a sigh and pulled out a necklace she had in her pocket. "I hope by the time I return, I'll have better control over my powers. Let alone my temper."
Nova got up from working on the bike and started wiping herself clean from all the grease, and oil that she was covered in before putting on the necklace. It started glowing a purple color as her body changed back to her human form, except the horns and tail that were still there.
"I still can't believe Mystake, didn't have any tea that could help me. Old hag thinking it's better to learn my oni powers, than to make them go away forever." Nova sighed in annoyance.
"I should probably give Sensei Wu a visit, while he is still around and isn't a little baby.....or maybe I should give those villains a little spook themselves." Nova activated her mask and went into the shadows, leaving the bike and shop as no one else would be around to try anything.
*At the Museum, the villains take control of the mannequins.*
"Huh?" Morro looked around in confusion on where he was.
"Huh, Who-Who are you?" Samukai questioned, looking at the other villains.
"I should ask you the same thing." said Morro, glaring at Samukai.
"I am Samukai, Skulkin general, fearsome master of the ax." said Samukai.
"Ex general." A voice whispered from the shadows.
"Huh, what?" Samukai looked around, wondering who said that.
"Ha! Fearsome? You call that fearsome?" Kozu slices a pillar with an Elemental Blade. "This is fearsome! I am Kozu, destroyer of all foolish enough to challenge me."
"Yet lost to the brown ninja." whispered the same voice from the shadow.
Cryptor simultaneously said. "Yeah, so how did you do against a guy who destroyed you?"
"But what has brought us back? Oh! Buttons, buttons, buttons!" Chen presses one, causing his chair to inflate. He then pressed another one, bringing it down. He then pressed another one, sending fortune cookies flying out of it. He then pressed another one, causing two mechanical legs to come out from underneath his chair. "Oh. Brake? No. Brake? No!" He crashes. "I'm all right!" He crashes again. "Still all right."
Morro, like the rest, watched Chen having trouble with his chair, but as they watched. He could hear the faint sound of someone trying to hold in a laugh, which instead came out as a chuckle. "Where have I had that voice before?"
"What is going on here?" Samukai asked.
"Well, the skinny man in the silky girl robes can't control his chair. And—" Cyptor tried explaining before being cut off.
"No, I mean with us." said Samukai.
Morro points to Yang's portrait. "Perhaps he can explain."
"Still all right." said Chen returning to the others that were standing in front of the portrait.
Whispers can be heard as Yang takes control of his portrait. "My magic has brought you back from the Departed Realm to Ninjago, but you can only remain for the duration of the eclipse. Unless..."
"Unless?" Chen asked.
"Unless you destroy the ninja who destroyed you. Use your Departed Blades, and you will take their place among the living." Yang explained.
Pythor comes in reading a map. "Hall of Villainy? More like, Hall of Empty-ny." He sees his mannequin. "Oh. Nice." He takes his Anacondrai Staff.
"The ninja are dispersed around Ninjago, and you will have revenge." said Yang as the villains cheered.
"Did someone say revenge? I want in. Ah, Cryptor, my loyal friend." Pythor chuckles, until he notices Chen standing there too. "Chen."
"Pythor." said Chen, just as unhappy to see him too.
"Oh, frosty." said Kozu.
"You could cut the tension with a knife." The voice whispered.
Morro took a glance over at their shadows, and for a second thought he saw a pair of eyes watching before they disappeared. "What is she doing here? How did she even know about this?"
"You must each choose a ninja and—" Yang spoke before being cut off.
"I call Za–" Samukai was about to pick, before something knocked him over. "Who did that?!"
The others gave him a confused look, but Morro was able to notice the shadows moving ever so slightly.
"I'll take Zane, he's my clone." said Cryptor.
"Technically, you're his clone." Pythor corrected.
"For once the purple gummy worm is right." The voice whispered.
"Who said that?" Pythor looked around, but didn't see anyone else but those that were already there.
"The Blacksmiths' brats are mine" said Chen.
"Greedy bastard, taking two for himself." The voice whispered.
Morro for a second, actually had to bite down a laugh and act normal.
"How come you get two?" Pythor questioned.
Everyone starts to argue.
"Oh, now this is fun. Good thing I brought popcorns for this." The voice watched the chaos while eating popcorns.
"Silence! Time is wasting, and I've got my own thing going on. So work it out!" Yang leaves.
"I have a score to settle with Nya, so she's mine. Her brother too." said Chen.
"Lloyd, I destroyed the father. Well, more or less. It's finally time to destroy the son." said Pythor.
"My guy, this is getting old pretty quickly." The voice said.
"Who's there!" Pythor ordered, for once the rest actually heard the voice.
"Some yourself, before I destroy you!" said Samukari.
"Wow, you guys are either stupid, or.....no just stupid." [robotic] Nova was hanging upside down from the ceiling, in the shadows only half of her body being in the shadows.
"You!" Pythor and Chen shouted in annoyance.
"So you were spying on us, little breeze." Morro crossed his arm, with a slight smirk on his face.
Nova sent a glare over at Morro before looking at the rest of the group.
"Who is this?" Samukai questioned.
"I believe this is the thief, known as Delta. They've been stealing a few times from Ninjago Bank." said Cyptor.
Kozu looked closely at her before something caught his attention. "The hei–"
Nova acted quickly by using Kozu's shadow to knock him over. [robotic] "I'm just gonna cut this short for you all."
A mischievous look grew on Nova's face. [robotic] "Chen takes the siblings, knockoff Zane takes the real Zane, Kozu can have Dareth, Morro takes Wu, Pythor I guess can have Lloyd, and Samukai can have Jay."
"Wait! Why do I get Jay?!" Samukai questioned.
"I'll follow up with the orders I was given. I can't wait to destroy him." Kozu was the first to walk out.
Cyptor glances at Nova but a slight dark purple glow from her caught his attention. "I'm not a knockoff of this clone of mine." He soon left too.
"Wait, why doesn't one of us go after this thief instead? Why should we even take orders from you?" Pythor questioned.
"Yeah! You were there too, and ruined my noodle machines!" Chen pointed out.
"I'll take them!" Samukai said but got ignored by the rest.
"I'll take them, as we have some unfinished business too." Morro glared at her.
Nova gave a slight shrug. [robotic] "Sure, oh a quick reminder. If any of you idiots mention me to the ninja. I'll make you all wish that I never showed up."
Before they could get another word in, Nova went back into the shadows and headed to where Wu was at.
*At the Monastery of Spinjitzu.*
"An eclipse is always an omen, but is this one a sign of good...or bad?" Wu questioned.
"Very bad, I'm afraid to say." said Nova, coming out of the shadows just as Morro appeared behind him.
"Bad. Very bad." Morro simultaneously said.
"Well, my former student. How have you returned, Morro?" Wu questioned before turning to Nova. "Same to you, Nova, why have you returned?"
"Eh, it's been a while, and I wanted to visit before I go away." Nova answered, leaning against a wall with her arms crossed and her mask turned off.
"The question is not how, but why." said Morro.
Wu narrowed his eyes and wields his staff, ready for a fight. "We have fought twice before. And although it pains me, I will do so again if I must."
"At least he got his priority straight, *cough* Misako *cough* this time." Nova mumbled from the side watching.
"No, you misunderstand. I'm not here to fight you. I'm here to warn you, and Nova too I guess. Master Yang has put your team in terrible danger." Morro tried explaining.
"What has Yang done?" Wu asked.
"He's made you forget one of your own, one who was already slipping away." said Morro.
"Tell me more." said Wu, lowering his staff.
"I will, but aboard the Bounty. We have to warn the others." said Morro.
"Very well then, Nova you come along too." said Wu heading to the bounty.
"Wait what?" Nova raised a questionable eyebrow, not having planned to go with them.
"So, looks like we have some time to talk until the ninja joins us." said Morro, coming over to her with a slight smirk.
Nova groans in annoyance, rolling her eyes as they went and got on the bounty. "I might be around, but I'm staying in the shadows."
"Still as charming as ever, my sweet breeze." Morro flirted which only annoyed Nova even more.
"Morro, stop bothering Nova and start explaining what you know." Wu tapped his staff on the floor, gaining the teens attention.
Morro let out an annoyed sigh, but was reluctant to listen and explain Yang's plan.
Nova was shaking her head and went on the lean against and mast and looked up at the night sky. "Just a few more hours, and then I'm leaving."
"Leaving so soon?" Morro whispered into her ear out of nowhere, causing her to jump away with a scream.
"What the fuck Morro?!" Nova growled angrily at him, the necklace she was wearing glowing a bright dark purple color. She let out a sigh trying to calm herself as the light from the necklace slowly faded.
Morro chuckled at the annoyed look she gave him, along with a slight blush on her face. "So you're gonna explain how you knew about the meeting?"
Nova rolled her eyes with a sigh. "It wasn't that hard, not with how many times I've seen this."
"Seen it? Do you have some weird future vision like the sword of sanctuary? Maybe I should have taken you instead of the sword back then." Morro leaned over her with a smug face.
Nova gave him a deadpanned look, summoning her gun and pointed it right at his face. "First of all, back the fuck off Casper the ghost, and second of all, yes I have a future sight. I can see very far into the future if I want to."
Morro raised his hands in surrender when the gun was pointed at him. "Well isn't that a nice thing you have."
"Morro, take the hint already. I'm not interested in you, so stop the flirting." Nova unsummoned her gun, and walked away from him and over to the front of the bounty.
"Fine, fine I'll drop it." Morro lowered his hands but followed right after her. "Lloyd is a lucky guy, but what I don't get is why you are keeping your identity a secret?"
Nova looked over at him with a sad smile. "I don't have control of my powers, and I don't want him knowing about me being the Overlord's shadow." She removed her necklace, for him to see half of her body in its oni form. With horns and a tail, while the other half was still human.
Morro was slightly surprised when he saw her real appearance after removing the necklace, but didn't see it as anything bad. "It's not that bad, I've seen a lot worse."
Nova let out a small giggle at what he was said, clearly trying to lighten the mood. "I'm gonna have to say the same, if anyone I should pick from that villain group earlier, it would be between Kozu or Chen."
"What about that snake guy, Pythor? Or the skeleton guy and robot?" Morro questioned, smiling at her.
"Hmmm, they all look pretty bad but not as bad as Chen and Kozu." Nova let out a laugh thinking about them. "No, wait. I know someone who is so much worse, no matter what form he takes."
"Oooh who do you have in mind, breezy?" Morro raised an eyebrow, curious on who she was thinking about.
"Who else but the fucking Overlord, I swear no matter what form he takes. He just gets more ugly." Nova tried using the shadows to make silhouettes of the Overlord and each form, even the later forms in the last season he is in.
"Damn you're right, he is ugly. I'm amazed you are even related to him." Morro commented when seeing the silhouettes.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Nova narrowed her eyes at him, already threatening to summon her gun again.
"I'm just saying you at least came out beautiful, unlike that ugly fucker." Morro explained with raised hands.
A slight blush started growing on Nova's face but she tried playing it off. "Nice save, next time be more specific. And don't you even try anything, I can already see it on your face that you are thinking about something." She gave him a cold glare.
"I don't know what you are talking about." said Morro with a smirk, slowly leaning closer to her.
Nova leaned back a little, giving him a deadpanned look. "You are such an ass."
"I'll take that as a compliment, coming from you." said Morro, still wearing a smirk.
Nova rolled her eyes but a small smile grew on her face. "Since this will be the last time we see each other, I guess I can let this go." She put the necklace back on, and started walking back and inside the bounty.
"Wait what?" Morro followed right behind her. "What do you mean being the last time, are you saying you wouldn't see me in the future?"
Nova looked over at him with a raised eyebrow. "If for some reason you come back in DR, this will be the last time I see you."
"DR?" Morro gave her a puzzle look, not understanding what she meant.
Nova let out a sigh, running a hand through her hair. "Listen Morro, when the ninja shows up don't mention anything about me being here too. After Sensei Wu picks them up, I'm leaving as I need to get back home and work on my new weapon, before I leave in the morning."
"Huh? I thought you were part of their team and wanted to help your friend?" Morro questioned.
"I'm not a team player, Morro, and I need time away to train." Nova headed towards the kitchen and could already see the look on Morro's face changing into a mischievous smirk.
"Planning to get another kitchen ban?" Morro walked right next to her, already seeing what she was thinking.
"Since I'm going away for a while, why not leave with a bang. Besides, Wu isn't around at the moment to stop me." said Nova with a smirk too.
"Wouldn't the ninja figure out you are on the ship when they find the kitchen in chaos?" Morro questioned.
Nova stopped at the door to the kitchen and looked at him with a blank face. "Morro, if there is one thing we can agree on. It's that those guys are idiots, and with them seeing you around but not me. Shouldn't take a genius to think, they put the blame on you."
".....You're evil Nova, you sure you aren't a villain?" Morro questioned with a smug face.
"Oh that's not me being evil, if I was I would be so much worse." Nova giggled with a big smirk.
"Oh really? Bet on it." taunted Morro.
"What can you possibly bet with? You're dead, let alone a ghost my guy." Nova raised an eyebrow.
"Damn that's cold, striking me right in the heart if I still had one." Morro teased.
Nova rolled her eyes before opening the door and walked into the kitchen, and it didn't take long until the sound of at least three explosions could be heard.
"NOVA!!" Wu shouted, rushing into the kitchen only to see Morro standing in the middle of it all.
The fridge was made into an aquarium with the food turned into strange looking fish and sea creatures, the sink was filled with acid melting through it, and one of Wu's tea sets had been brought to life and forming their own little army, ready to rebel against the knifes, spoons and forks that also had been brought to life.
Morro had a hard time holding in a hard laugh, seeing all the chaos but most of all. Seeing the pissed off look on Wu's face as his right eyes was slightly twitching.
"NOVA OCEAN! YOU ARE DOUBLE-NO TRIPLE BANNED FROM THE KITCHEN!!!" Wu shouted out in pure rage.
*A few hours later, at the museum.*
"Well that was a crazy show, it was fun to watch the look on Sensei Wu's face." Morro chuckled slightly. "I think that's a nice thing to remember before I return to the departed realm."
Nova giggled while sitting in a storage room with Morro, as to hide from the ninja and Wu. "Yeah....I'm not gonna see him or the others for a while. So I thought it would be a nice thing to remember before I leave too."
"Nova, can I ask you something?" Morro looked over at her as the faint sound of voices could be heard outside the bounty.
"Sure ghost boy, but you better hurry." Nova looked over at him, with a soft smile.
"If I was still alive, would I've ever had any chance with you?" Morro honestly asked.
Nova looked at him for a moment, thinking carefully about her answer. "Morro, can you still make yourself solid in your ghost form?"
Morro looked at her confused by the question, but nodded and easily made himself somewhat solid. "But why do you as–"
Nova smiled and cut him off mid sentence by kissing him on the cheek, catching him by surprise. "Maybe, but you weren't fast enough."
"....You sneaky little ninja." said Morro with a smug face.
"See you around, maybe in the future I can't see, Morro." Nova went into the shadows, not giving him a chance to see her face turning red from blushing after what she just did.
"Same to you, my gentle breeze." said Morro, smiling happily to himself before leaving the room and going on to meet the ninja.
*Outside the Bounty.*
"Oh, okay, fine. You guessed. Well, since you know so much, why were all those ghosts out here?" Jay questioned the others, just as confused like the rest.
"Because distracting you was part of Master Yang's plan." said Wu approaching them.
"And he had help." said Morro, appearing right after Wu.
The ninja arm themselves. "Morro." said Lloyd, keeping his guard up.
"Any other villains want to show up tonight?" Jay asked in annoyance.
"We've stopped five, what's one more?" said Kai, narrowing his eyes at Morro.
Wu raised his staff in front of his students. "No. Put away your weapons. He's here to help. Morro, tell them."
"Yang tricked Cole into helping him open a rift to return to Ninjago." Morro explained to the ninja.
"Cole? How'd he trick you?" Jay asked, looking around for Cole.
"Jay, Cole isn't here." said Zane.
"Are you sure? He's been fading a lot lately. He's kind of easy to miss." said Jay.
It took the ninja a few minutes until they all let out a gasp. "We forgot Cole!"
"To the Bounty. They must be at the Temple of the Airjitzu Master. Thank you, Morro." said Wu, with a soft smile. "No-Delta too, if she is around." He whispered, looking around but couldn't see any signs.
"Happy Day of the Departed, Master." Morro bow to Wu. "I believe she already left, but she told me to give you a message. "She is sorry about the kitchen, and she will miss you guys." That is all."
"Thanks for the message, and Happy Day of the Departed, to you too Morro." Wu returned the gesture before following the ninja.
Morro smiles and returns to his pedestal and he poses. His spirit leaves the statue and goes back to the Departed Realm.
*With Nova.*
Nova was sitting at a balcony on an old abandoned building, taking in the view as she watched the people's lanterns lighting up the night sky.
"Happy Day of the Departed, everyone.....and dad, wherever your soul might be." Nova smiled softly, releasing her lantern. Watching the wind pick it up and bringing it into the sky, along with all of the other lanterns.