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Tommy's POV:
It's been a week, a whole week, been living in the monastery again, because this incompetent group that call themselves ninja are so useless, they can't even find a kid with a bunch of snake people, what's so damm hard about it??? They have dragons! They can fly anywhere! Just check the places close to Jamanakai village and they'll surely find them.
But there's no point in arguing with them, they're teenagers, and yes Tommy is also one but they actually act like teenagers. In times like these he wishes all kids had to grown up too fast like him, that way he wouldn't find people his age so annoying and idiots.
He had to share a room with the ninjas, they played rock paper and scissors to see who would either share a bed with him or give it up, the red one lost, but he was too damm proud to share a bed with Tommy, so he slept on the floor, such gentleman.
At least Tommy learned their names, the minimum right? Well, the big one, with a quite fluffy black hair and green eyes, his name is Cole. Jay, is the small one, but still manages to be taller than him, amazing, he'll be short forever. Zane, well he said his name in Jamanakai village so, he already knew it. And then, there's the red one... Kai, brunette, short temper, always keeping an eye on him in case he tries to do something evil.
A week was enough for Tommy to know their personalities as well, their roles in the group and little quirks. Cole loved eating, and tried to cook, but whenever he did it felt like he was trying to poison them. He especially lives cake apparently, anything sweet actually but cake really stands out. He's been, nice to him, a bit wary but, nice, better than a certain brunette. He's the elemental master of earth, and the bear of the group (if, that makes any sense).
Jay is a great mechanic, which is kinda funny considering he's the elemental master of lightening. He's very energetic, probably something to do with his elemental power again, and FSM he talks, oh how he talks, at least that makes him talk with Tommy even though he's the son of their enemy, he's the most curious one about him. He's the clown of the group for sure.
Kai is, the most annoying one. He hasn't talked nicely to Tommy ever since they met. He glares at him, mumbles bad things under his breath as if he can't hear him, and that thing about sharing the bed as well, like, geez, Tommy isn't a monster, he won't bite, just share the bed instead of sleeping on the floor. He's the elemental master of fire, which explains his temper, and he's extremely certain he's the green ninja, hah! As if destiny would choose someone like him to be the chosen one. He's the flirty of the group.
Zane is, the nicest one for sure, he's kind and cares for the team, but, he's a weirdo. Not in Tommy's view! He likes how Zane is, it's like how he was when he was a kid, a weirdo, always left out, always thinking differently than the others. But the ninja find him weird, say some mean things behind his back but they don't really mean it, it just, the guy gets on their space sometimes. He's a great cooker, FSM, Tommy would choose Zane's food as his last meal for sure. He's the elemental master of ice, and the parent of the group somehow.
And then there's Nya, he doesn't know much about her, just that she's Kai's little sister and isn't a elemental master, which, is weird? As far as Tommy is aware? Her mother was the elemental master of water, and since Kai is the elemental master of fire then she should've gotten her mom's powers. But when he questioned it to his uncle, he told him to stay quiet, something about the ninjas needing to believe they're special and that there's no other elemental masters, such bullshit, but if it's making them work hard then okay.
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Tommy groaned as he woke up, his eyes opening and adjusting to the light, he always hated how the monastery let so much sunlight in, even in the bedrooms.
As he sat up, rubbing his temple, he noticed he was alone in the bedroom, well, half alone, Kai was still sleeping on the floor.
Did they go training and left him here? Oh, right, he stayed awake late training, I guess Wu let him skip morning training because of that.
Tommy sighed, he probably should wake him up so he sleeps in bed for the rest of the morning. Maybe... Okay he'll do it.
He got up and crouched next to the guy, who, was kind handsome when he wasn't glaring at him for nothing or cursing his whole bloodline, or, whatever he does. He poked him on the shoulder, hoping it was enough to wake him.
But Kai didn't even flinch, so he shook his shoulder, and again, nothing. What the hell? Did he take sleeping pills or something? FSM, okay, well, guess I'll put him in bed myself then?
If he said that out loud for someone to hear they would laugh. Yeah, Tommy is shorter than Kai in height, and Kai is probably more built than him too, but Tommy always had a inhuman strength? Not inhuman maybe, just, he's stronger than he looks, so much that he easily got Kai into his arms and put him in the bed, and the guy still didn't wake up, damm.
With that Tommy left the bedroom, he heard training outside so, must be the other three. He'll get something to eat and check on them.
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He made some toast and ate it with butter, pretty good actually, better than anything he's been eating since his father turned into Lord Garmadon and he went on this quest to find his brother. Couldn't let the kid be raised by a bunch of idiots could he? It's his brother.
When he opened the door to the training area he immediately ducked as one shuriken almost hit him in the face. "What the fuck– hey watch out!"
"Oh– sorry! It was an accident!" Jay apologized as he dodged some other weapons that were being thrown. Where were they coming from– oh.
It was Zane, he was spinning around and trying to hit the targets but, the weapons were hiring anything but the targets.
"Oh FSM.... Whoa!" Tommy muttered before he dodged another one.
"He's been like that all morning, again! Always in his own little world, we can't even train like that."
"Well I'm done for today, not gonna train while he is doing that, won't risk my life, nuh-uh."
Both Cole and Jay just, went inside while complaining, a lot, and Tommy just stood there, seeing how Zane stopped using spinjitzu and was, bowing to a target? Maybe I should go check on him, yeah, I should.
Zane noticed someone approaching and he lightened up when he saw it was Tommy. "Oh, good morning Tommy, up already? You don't have to train like us so I assumed you would be sleeping till breakfast."
"Yeah, it was my initial plan but, guess my body, I dunno, got on automatic and woke up on its own, you know, from the time I lived here?" Tommy shrugged. "So, was that spinjitzu?"
"Yes, you know spinjitzu?" Zane's attention was now fully at the smaller man infront of him, as if he hadn't even thrown all those weapons around.
"You ask in the 'do you know about the existence of spinjitzu' or 'you know how to make spinjitzu'?" Tommy teased, tilting his head slightly. He learned that Zane was, a bit funny when speaking, very formal, and sometimes didn't make himself clear.
"I, suppose both maybe?"
"Well, the answer is yes then. I do know about the existence since I lived with my uncle for a while, after all both he and my dad do spinjitzu so. And I learned how to use it too, but it's been a big while so please don't ask me to demonstrate."
A chuckle left both of them. It was nice having someone to joke with like this. "And about breakfast, that you mentioned earlier, I already ate some toast, no need to make me anything."
"Toast? Tommy that's barely enough to hold you until lunch, I'll make something more filling and nutritious." Zane head off to the kitchen and Tommy just followed along while trying to convince the blonde that he was fine with what he ate. Didn't work.
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The day, passed quite fast, it's like Tommy blinked and it suddenly was night, and Zane was making dinner, a dinner that smelled very good. While the others were playing games in the living room, Tommy was setting up the table, to help Zane, he can't exactly cook so, he won't help in the kitchen.
"Hey Zane, I already set up the table, need help with anything more?"
"No it's fine, I'll finish here and call you and the others. Thank you for the help Tommy, I appreciate it."
"No prob, I needed something to distract me anyways. Well I guess I'll warn them that dinners almost ready then." Tommy walked off to do as he said. First was the living room, where Nya Cole and Jay where at, the ninja playing a game while Nya watched. Then was his uncle's meditation room, where he was, well, meditating. And, next was Kai.
He can't believe he slept all day, that stupid training of his to prove he's the green ninja will get him killed at this rate, just like....
Uhg- why did that suddenly pop up? Shut up stupid brain.
"Hey hothead, wake up, dinner is almost ready and I'm only calling you once." No answer, just a mumble that Tommy couldn't understand what was said. "You can't sleep all day, Zane is gonna drag your ass out of bed, and if he doesn't I surely won't."
Kai groaned in annoyance and cursed under his breath. "Shut the fuck up... FSM can you be any more annoying???"
"Yes actually, if I managed to annoy the Lord Garmadon himself then I can annoy you as easily." A smirk crept up in the face of the ebony haired boy. "Slept well at least?"
"I would've if I slept in my bed." The red ninja snarled, sitting up while stretching. "The floor is fucking my back up."
I offer to share the bed, he says no, and then complains about the floor being too hard? Well fuck you too I guess.
"Why won't you fucking share the bed? I mean c'mon, it's big enough to fit us both, and not only I'm smaller but also thinner than you, I won't get much of your space." No matter how much point Tommy had, Kai wouldn't listen.
"I'm sure that as soon as I turn my back you'll stab me and then kill all the others, your Garmadon spawn."
"What the– oh no, you did not just–" Tommy laughed in disbelief. "Okay listen here you fucker. My father's business? They're not goddamm mine as well, they're only his. Whatever he does, I'm not involved, and neither is my brother." He stepped closer to the brunette who was still sitting in the bed, and clearly regretting his choice of words.
"I'm only fucking trying to have my brother back and give him a childhood without living on the streets because he got kicked out of a school that clearly didn't care about him or his well being. Your back hurts? Fine, sleep on the bed, I'd rather sleep outside than share a room with you again, fucking asshole." He didn't give the guy a chance to answer, he just left to the dining room while mumbling some calming words to himself.
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Kai's POV:
Dinner was, awkward. He shouldn't have said that to Tommy, not at all. Garmadon spawn? What was he even thinking? The guy's right, his father business is not his fault, or his brother's. Maybe he should apologize, sure, but it wasn't the right moment, not during dinner and infront of everyone.
But he doubts they would notice, they were busy laughing at Zane using a pink apron, which he laughed too, it was funny, because not even Nya wears that.
But apparently Tommy didn't find it funny, he just kept eating his food and then went to the kitchen to wash his plate. Wow that, was fast, guess he was hungry. He took one lok at the others having a food fight and got up, deciding to go to the kitchen as well, it was his chance to apologize.
He'll still keep his eyes on Tommy though, he still is the son of Garmadon no matter what.
When he got there Tommy was already leaving but the exit was blocked by Kai, accidentally. "Oh, hey Tommy."
"Oh, it's you. Mind stepping aside?" Yeah, by Tommy's tone he's, pretty mad.
"Actually, look, I want to apologize yeah? You can blame me, you, you're the son of our enemy, and you appeared right after we defeated him, so, it was kinda suspecting yeah?" He'll probably fuck this up even more but who cares? It's worth the shot trying to apologize. "We can, uh, share the bed you know. You're sensei's nephew so I won't let you sleep on the floor, but I also can't sleep there anymore, my back will break that way."
Tommy was surprised, he tilted his head as if trying to see anything on Kai's face that screamed 'lying!', but apparently he found nothing.
"Well... Apologies accepted. And, okay, if now you want to share the bed, I'll do it, I agree that you'll fuck your back if you keep sleeping on the floor."
Oh thanks FSM, he accepted my apology, good, wouldn't want sensei to be mad at me.
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Tommy's POV:
Next day Ezra woke up and found no one at the bedroom, not even Kai this time. Would be okay if he had heard training noises outside after he got up, but he didn't.
"Okay... Weird... Maybe they're finally looking for my brother."
"Actually they are."
Tommy let out a yelp and almost jumped like a cat after seeing a cucumber. "Oh FSM, Nya you scared the hell out of me."
"Sorry, just overheard your mumbling." She walked to grab some stuff, to make coffee. "Zane said he followed a bird last night when throwing away the trash and it led him to some base where Lloyd and the serpentine were at, him and the others went there after waking up."
"Really??? Finally, I swear to the FSM I'll ground that boy till he's my age." Tommy sighed in relief. But, now, it was awkward. Him and Nya didn't talk, they didn't know each other, at all. "So... Uh... What, what do you usually do around here? To have fun I mean? Since you apparently aren't under Wu's training to be a ninja."
Nya seemed surprised at the question, but, also kind of glad? That must be the first time someone aks how she feels about being left out.
"Oh, well, I, usually build some stuff, or use the training equipment, but I never get close to any of their records..."
"That's rough.... And, what do you usually build?"
"Oh, nothing much, I mostly sketch out projects actually! Would you like to see them? Some, other time maybe?"
Oh dear, they were bonding! "Yes– I would love to. And hey, I was under Wu's training for a long while, if you want I can give tips on how to pass one of the ninjas records at the training equipment." The black haired boy saw the girls eyes almost shine with his suggestion on helping, she almost immediately said yes.
But, nothing good lasts forever. Wu showed up suddenly saying he sensed the ninja needed help, and saw it on the smoke as well. So he and Nya left, on his dragon.
Of course he stayed behind, by his will okay! He just woke up and doesn't feel like helping anyone fight, even though he would've loved to see his brother and convince him to come back... But he feels like Lloyd doesn't even remember his face, especially now that he's older. Next time I'll go.... Huh– what was that?
Tommy heard some noise coming from the back of the monastery, loud noises. "What the– is someone in there????" He hopes not, but when does the FSM ever listen to him?
He saw a tail, a serpentine tail, and he quickly followed it to the kitchen, where– OH FSM IT WAS ON FIRE. THOSE SCALY BITCHES SET THE PLACE ON FIRE!
"OH NO, NONONONO—" Tommy ran to get the fire extinguisher, but he got face to face with a serpentine. "You little– you better run, or else I'll beat you to pulp–"
He didn't have time to say anything more, he just felt something heavy hitting the back of his head and making him fall on the floor, almost unconscious. There were two serpentines, of course there were, they never went alone anywhere.
"You little– ugh!" He groaned in pain, watching as they ran away. "Cowards... Oh FSM.... That hurts."
He managed to sit up, and thank god he was only a little dizzy, because the whole place was starting to burn, and now it doesn't matter if there even is a fire extinguisher or not, it won't stop this fire, and Tommy need to get out, NOW.
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No one's POV:
They were all on their sensei's dragon, almost arriving the monastery when they saw a huge smoke coming from it's direction.
"Wha– I anyone else seeing this???" Jay yelped.
"Oh FSM. The monastery!" Cole exclaimed and finally the place was on their sight.
Nya, Jay and Kai went to free the dragon's, Zane used his shurikens of ice to put at least some of the fire out, while Wu and Cole went inside to get Tommy, or at least see if he was inside.
Cole helped Tommy out but the fire was already out thanks to Zane.
"What the hell happened here?! How did this happen?!" Jay was yelling questions and he wasn't even sure at who. When him Kai and Nya saw Tommy they immediately got worried.
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Tommy's POV:
He wasn't sure when he got out or when the ninja got back, but he's glad they did. He was a bit dizzy from the hit in the back of his head but nothing too serious, he hopes. But when he heard everyone yelling and asking what the hell happened, he wished he was unconscious right now.
"I swear to the FSM if all of you don't shut up my head is gona explode..." He muttered and it was barely audible, if he didn't fall unconscious with the smoke then the hit in his head will make it happen very soon.
"Nephew what happened? We left and everything was okay." Wu sounded genuinely worried, which made Tommy a bit happy...
"Serpentines... Two of them were in the kitchen... Heard some noise and when I went to check the room was on fire..." Tommy groaned in pain, his body getting more and more heavy against Cole's, but the guy could handle him, he was the strongest there.
"Well why didn't you stop them??? I thought you knew how to fight–" Kai let his words slip out, and Tommy couldn't be more annoyed at the brunette.
"Well maybe because– ugh. I thought it was only one, and the other sneaked behind me and hit the back of my fucking head...." Zane was already checking his injury, asking Cole to slowly lower him down.
"Well this would've never happened if you hadn't followed that dammed bird!" Jay exclaimed at Zane. Wait at Zane? What did he even do???
"Jay's right, you've been in your own little world for the biggest while! It's making us stop training because you're throwing weapons at us without realizing! Or you're entering the bathroom while we're using it, or you're eating all the food and staying in the freezer, or you're following a bird and getting us out of the monastery while it gets set on fire!" Kai pointed a finger at Zane who seemed confused and genuinely hurt.
Tommy just wanted to defend the poor guy but his head started spinning and the sides of his view were getting black. Before he knew it, he fell unconscious.
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No one's POV:
Everyone stopped yelling when Tommy fell unconscious. Cole setting him down on the floor, Wu and Nya going to check in him while Kai and Jay reluctantly kept their distance. And Zane– waitz where's Zane???
It took a roar, and a sudden wind for their attention to go to the white ninja who flew off on his dragon, they would've gonna after him, but the other dragons were disoriented from all the smoke they inhaled. So for now they focused on Tommy, and rescuing whatever's left from the monastery...
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Kai's POV:
Zane had come back a few hours ago, we all apologized for our behavior, we were real assholes. He's our brother and no matter how much of a weirdo he is, we all are!
He led us to a ship, which was abandoned, so we took it as our new home. He had made delicious pies and other stuff, but as much as I didn't want to admit it... I was worried about Tommy. The serpentine hit him pretty hard and it's been already 5 hours since he fell unconscious.
So after eating, I went to the room we left him at, just to check, and I sat down on the floor next to his futon.
"FSM, you're not gonna wake up? Sensei is pretty damm worried about your ass, Zane and too, even Jay! Somehow you got your way in everyone's life huh.... Well not mine, I'm still keeping my guard up."
Even with those oh so mannish words, the brunette took one glance at the guy and crumbled. "You better wake up soon, so I can apologize properly yeah? Well, I'm going to sleep now so... Good night I guess." He got up, but not before making sure the blanket covering Tommy was covering him fully.
This was a pretty wild week.