Ninjago: One More Ninja

Chapter 9: The Royal Blacksmiths

"Alright, hand them over" Cole said

"Ah-uh. But no mortal shall possess all four" Jay chuckles before giving him the Nunchucks of Lightning.

"You wanna remind me again why we can't keep our weapons?" Kai asked as he and Zane give Cole their weapons as well.

"I told you, my dad can't find out I'm a Ninja. And I don't feel like making up excuses why I'm carrying a giant scythe around with me" Cole said as he closed the case

"What about Aria's fans?" Kai questioned

"Do you really think people would assume my fans are weapons, the only "weapon" I have are my nails" Aria said

"Just remember the plan: we find out who has the Fangblade trophy, we snatch it, and then we get the heck out of town" Cole knocks on the door.

"Just a moment" Lou calls before he opens the door.

Cole smiled "Hey, dad. How long has it been?"

"What? You too good for the doorbell?" Lou slams the door on them and Aria laughs

Aria rings the doorbell and it sings "welcome"

Lou happily opens the door opens again "Haha. Come on in, son. It's been forever. Oh my little Aria my favorite niece"

Aria hugged him and laughed "Uncle Lou I'm your only niece"

" So Cole what did you bring? A quartet? Come in, come in. I've got a kettle of lemon honey tea on the stove right now" Lou said heading inside

After being seated, Cole groans.

"Did my son tell you I broke my foot? It was the cha-cha but I swear the percussionist had it in for me" Lu said

Cole sighed "No, dad. I didn't tell them about your silly stories"

"Silly stories?" Lou questioned

Kai shook his head "Oh, what he meant was, we've been busy training at the...uh..."

"Uh, the Martha Oppenheimer. Yeah" Jay said

Aria covered her face in embarrassment

"Martha Oppenheimer?" Lou questioned suspiciously

"What he's trying to say is the Marty Oppenheimer School of Performing Arts" Zane clarified

"Right! Well, um, see, we have this final research paper we're doing on the history of Ninjago talent, and what we really wanted to know was how can we get our hands on the Blade Cup?" Cole asked 

"You're talking about getting your hands on the Blade Cup? The most prized and heavily guarded award in all of Ninjago, the symbol of excellence in harmony and grace? You can't just get it, you have to earn it. You have to exhibit style. Perfect pitch. Push the boundaries of artistic license and win this year's Ninjago Talent Show!" Lou said "Is this why you came? You knew I was injured and when my quartet insisted we shan't go on, you four have come to take our place! Haha, ingenious! My son, bringing forth the next evolution of the Royal Blacksmiths! Let me hear the sweet, sweet sound of harmony"

Aria immediately covered her ears. The ninjas try to sing Harmony, terribly, Cole groans and Lou cringes.

"Look, dad. We just need the trophy" Cole said annoyed

"Yeah, we're bringing home the gold and-and we want you to train us" Kai said

Lou sniffles "I've never been more proud. If you'll excuse me, I need to write a song about my feelings"

Lou went into the other room.

"Boys what are you doing, you can't dance and you certainly can't sing, you sounded like a dying bird!" Aria shouted