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He couldn’t feel his hands, numb and tingly, because her limp body laid next to him, eyes half-lidded, a gash in her head that leaked too too much blood that he couldn’t stop.
Nya was dead. And it was all Jay’s fault.
Here’s a little story about how the ninjas deal with grief.
*Note: i originally wrote this as a one shot but figured it deserved a second chapter. i may continue it more as well if it gets enough love <3
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help, i’m falling and i can’t get up by reckless_red316
Fandoms: LEGO Ninjago (Cartoon 2011-2022)
20 Feb 2026
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The blond stood up, fists raised as his eyes flicked wildly around. But all Lloyd was met with was an empty alley. And half of Kai’s katana sitting broken on the ground.
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Or, Kai and Jay have a fight after a mission and Kai runs off and gets himself into trouble.
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5 Times Kai Couldn’t Think Straight by reckless_red316
Fandoms: LEGO Ninjago (Cartoon 2011-2022)
01 Nov 2025
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“Hi?” Cole finally said, as Kai huffed and tried to get his stupid legs under him again. Stupid stupid useless legs. “You called me at 3am to say hi?” Realization seemed to dawn on him in that moment. “Wait a minute, you’re on patrol, aren’t you? Where are you?”
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AKA Kai is cute when he’s not in his right mind. Fluffy concussion shenanigans and some injury angst and the like. A bit different than classic “5 times.”
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anything you could do, i could do bleeding by reckless_red316
Fandoms: LEGO Ninjago (Cartoon 2011-2022)
09 May 2025
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“Do you think I could wrestle a bear?” The question earned a snort and a cackle from the other boys where they laid on the deck of the Bounty.
No one thought the question would ever be turned into an impossible dare turned into reality. But of course, our favorite fire ninja never backs down from a challenge.
This is a purely self-indulgent fic inspired by HarpiatheArtist’s prompt “anything i could do i could do bleeding.” It’s pure fluff and fun and idiocy. May turn into a compilation of one-shots following the prompt.
SEE CHAPTER 2 FOR ANNOUNCEMENT
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5 Times Kai Protected His Family by Echo_K, reckless_red316
Fandoms: LEGO Ninjago (Cartoon 2011-2022)
06 May 2025
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And one time they protected him.
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A month and a half after he and Kai were rescued, Lloyd still isn't over the three days he was held captive and tortured by Morro. It's hard to move on when the face of his torturer is none other than that of his once trusted friend, whom he'd regarded as an older brother but now no longer feels safe around.
Kai too can't seem to forget the sensations and memories of his own hands hurting his little brother, and is consumed with guilt and self-hatred over his part in Lloyd's traumatic ordeal, carrying a terrible secret that could forever destroy the once strong bond they shared.
While both try to move on from what happened in their separate ways, supported by their friends and family, neither of them will ever feel whole until they can figure out how to face each other again.
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- Part 3 of A Living Nightmare
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05 Nov 2025
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Hello, My Old Heart. by Bemmiecake
Fandoms: LEGO Ninjago, LEGO Ninjago (Cartoon 2011-2022)
09 Feb 2026
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It is a challenge, but Kai makes it without too much trouble. He hates to do it, but Kai takes a hard look at himself in the mirror. Said mirror is already cracked and Kai has never bothered to clean it, so with Kai’s added instability, and his clouded vision – it is awfully hard to make out any concrete details of his own face.
His initial feeling is disgust. Despite the blurriness – he looks terrible, more terrible than he usually does. He used to care a lot more, before… Well, before. But Kai is pretty sure his revulsion has more to do with the fact that he hates what he sees, and less to do with the alcohol still remaining in his bloodstream.
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Or; An introspective look into Kai's time hiding and working at the Slither Pit with a little dash of mystery, intrigue, and mob activity.
Updates once a month :>Bookmarked by reckless_red316
10 May 2025
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Sword & Shield by CassandraCainBB
Fandoms: LEGO Ninjago (Cartoon 2011-2022), The LEGO Ninjago Movie (2017)
18 Aug 2025
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⚠️ PART 2 OF A SERIES, SPOILERS FOR PART 1 BELOW ⚠️
After seventy years of tyranny, Emperor Garmadon has been defeated by the ninja during the rebellion's coup. In the aftermath, Ninjago falls apart into factions, headed by the Rebel Council and the Imperial Governors, each group desperate to gain control of the city in the power vacuum left behind.
Kai, after being captured by the rebellion and cut off from his powers, is tasked with bringing the people together before it's too late. Nya seems to be on his side, but with his old imperial allies imprisoned or missing, and the other ninja having complicated feelings about him, it's begun to feel like she's the only one. And if the threat of the annihilation of humanity wasn't enough motivation for him, he also has Lloyd's safety to worry about, whom the rebels only promise to continue to keep safe if Kai follows their commands.
Meanwhile, Lloyd is being carted across Ninjago by his malicious fiancée and her crew of bastards—with the ominous promise that his father is looking forward to seeing him.
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- Part 3 of The Empire of the Darkest Night AU
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09 May 2025
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Being possessed and then stabbed by his own teammate and brother had been a bad enough experience for Lloyd, but Morro unfortunately has more misery in store for him; incensed at being defeated and left with nothing but his hatred for the boy who took the destiny he believes should have been his, Morro's goal is nothing less than causing as much pain to Lloyd, both physically and emotionally, as possible... by forcing the person who promised to protect him to be the one to hurt him.
Tl;dr: Morro kidnaps Lloyd and tortures him in various ways while possessing Kai, who can't do anything but watch, and the other ninja try to find out where they are.
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06 May 2025
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Five Times Kai Pretends He Can Read, And One Time He Doesn't by KillerMuffin
Fandoms: LEGO Ninjago (Cartoon 2011-2022), LEGO Ninjago: Dragons Rising (Cartoon 2023)
30 Dec 2025
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Kai isn't very good with reading or writing. In fact, he's down right illiterate. But that doesn't bother him... most of the time.
Hey, it's not like he's dumb or anything! (at least he hopes that isn't the reason). But when you're forced to drop out of school at six years old to take care of your four year old sister, that kind of stuff isn't exactly your top priority. It's not his fault that he never got to finish the first grade!
Sure, maybe it would have been nice to have had a normal childhood where he wasn't constantly trying to come up with new ways to scrounge up money. And sometimes it could be... difficult... getting by without basic literacy skills. But if Kai could go back in time, he'd choose to do it all over again; anything for his little sister. Besides, it's not like the rest of the ninja will ever find out about his embarrassing secret, right?
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Five times Kai pretended that he could read, and one time he wasn't able to.
(Updates might be sporadic and slow due to my very hectic life, but this fic will never be dropped or forgotten. It will be finished eventually!)
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- Part 1 of Kai Ninjago Fics