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After the long trek of following the tracks, along with some small guidance, you 3 had finally made it to the Dragon Hunter's camp.
Peering from over top of the wall, you were on lookout as Cole surveyed the area.
"They're heading towards that area. But I don't think they're going to see a show." Cole announced. He seemed really out in the open but no one seemed to notice him
Wu leaned over the rocks, he seemed really confident. "Then we have to go in there and break them out. They need us." He went to go jump down when you and Cole both grabbed him.
You groaned, your jaw clenched, "Are you stupid? This place is filled with Dragon Hunters, I don't need your death on my mind right now."
Cole nodded, "We're gonna have to wait it out."
Shoving Cole to the side, Wu grumbled, "Don't put off till tomorrow what can be done today."
You chuckled as Cole looked back, "Did you- did you just use my own words against me?"
"They were my words first. You just borrowed them." Wu said in a 'matter of fact' voice.
Cole went to go scout more ways to get in, "I'm not putting anything off. I'm trying to come up with a plan.qwhat do you expect me to do? Take them on all by myself."
You felt Wu pull on your belt but you assumed he just bumped it. Cole questioned something so you looked over and saw Wu holding your spyglass.
"I borrowed it from Y/n. Like how you borrowed my wisdom."
You grabbed it back from him, "that's not borrowing, that's stealing."
He sighed, "There's clothes down there. We can use that as disguises."
Cole seemed hesitant, "Ehh.. Disguises haven't worked out so well for me in the past." When had the Ninja needed disguises? You were going to have them tell you what had all happened when you got to Ninjago.
Looking over, Wu had already started running to the gate and you groaned, "I'm going to kill this kid I swear."
You and Cole both started running after him before he could get spotted.
Wu started to climb over the wall, guess you were doing disguises after all. You followed after him and made it to the clothesline where you started pulling the outfits off.
Ducking into a corner just in case, you put the outfit overtop of your Gi and Cole came over with a chalky powder in his hands. Must've grinded a rock down to a power. You grabbed some and covered your face in it. It was messy but it was better than being killed.
You glanced over and saw Wu and Cole had also gotten ready. And Cole had now had a mustache.
"Dude where did you get a mustache?" You questioned, while holding your short hair up and covering your neck in the powder.
He shrugged, "Keep mustaches in my pocket for this occasion." You thought it was better to just not question it. He also had green and a fake scar on his face. Only mildly concerning.
Wu tugged on your arm, "Let's get going to the arena. The Ninja need our help."
You looked to Cole and he nodded. Walking to the big arena, you stepped through a tunnel and down into the crowd everyone was standing and it seemed like a really uncomfortable view.
Walking ahead, Wu pointed out the 3 Ninja in the middle of a pit.
Cole groaned, "But we're in the cheap seats. If we're going to help them, he need to get closer, come on." He turned and ran into a Dragon Hunter with long hair and a chain as a sash.
He swiftly turned around and leaned over the 3 of you, "I don't recognize you." His voice seemed impossibly deep.
Cole stuttered, "And uhm- And I don't recognize you!"
The Hunter laughed. "Everyone knows I am Skaar the Skull breaker. Now, who are you?" Edgelord name much.
He pushed you back, causing you to shut your mouth from answering, "Uh, we're new to camp. The name is Rocky Dangerbuff. And this is my son..Dangerbuff Jr. And my wife.. Splinter Dangerbuff." Did he actually just say you were his wife? He could've gone with sister or daughter but nope, had to go with wife.
Suddenly, Skaar smiled, "Ahh. From the Dangerbuff Clan! Ha! I know Stalwart Dangerbuff. I bet he'd like to see you. Let me fetch him..."
He walked off and you sighed. "You are so lucky your made up burly man name actually exists.
You 3 all quickly ran back up to the top row, not wanting to be caught lying.
"Your right. You are bad at disguises." Wu announced to Cole.
He sighed. "I didn't hear you speaking up."
Wu chuckled, "A master knows when to keep his mouth shut." He seemed proud of himself.
The man in the big seat yelled and a gate was opened. Out came a stomping Earth Dragon. It made you feel horrible, how poor they were treating these beautiful creatures.
The dragon, you heard people cheering his name to be Slab, started throwing a Dragon Hunter in the air. The Dragon Hunter was ringing a bell. It seemed to anger Slab.
The Dragon Hunter got thrown into the crowd and soon, the blue blob of Jay started running towards the dragon, now shaking the bell. This dude was delusional. Everyone started cheering as you waved through the crowd.
Kai yelled for something and the person next to you at the moment started tossing bananas at him. Really helpful.
Slab was now shooting rocky spikes along the ground, trying to capture the Ninja in them. He was basically chasing them in circles at this point.
Zane and Jay hid behind a rock near you so Cole called out to them. Zane fortunately looked up and saw you all waving to him. He smiled, "Cole, Y/n, Master Wu. You're here!"
"We've come to help!" You called down to him.
The robot shook his head, "Then you should leave.
Cole titled his head, "What? What do you mean? We're trying to save you!"
Kai was still being chased by Slab as Zane continued, "Master Wu is a descendent of the First Spinjitzu Master, he's part Oni. His mere presence is only making things worse.
He was Oni? You didn't know the First Spinjitzu Master was part Oni. That meant Lloyd was particularly Oni too. You had never seen an Oni, but you assumed it didn't look like Lloyd. He was too pretty to be Oni. Had he changed like the other Ninja? What if he forgot about you? You facepalmed. You needed to be focused on the mission at hand.
Cole grabbed your arm, alongside Wu's, "We should go."
The kid shook his head, "Maybe not." He pointed to a chain above, it wasn't connected to anything so he easily pulled a lever and is fell into the pit. "Now, we can go."
The black Ninja laughed, "At least they have something to work with now."
And then you all ran back through the arena entrance. That was successful. Or was it too early to call?
Outside you heard a thump from the arena. They must've used the chain on Slab Starwars At-At style.
Then the crowd went silent you guys paused, confused before yelling erupted. "Hunt them down." All the Dragon Hunter's were yelling. That was not good. And you didn't even need a vision to feeling to to tell you this time. It was bad.
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Hiya! I'm off of vacation and are about to start writing right away! Thanks for over 2.2k reads I'm actually going insane ty so much.
Aso I was thinking about having an original season at some point and if u wanted to I'd like ur input on it, it would be slower updates and probably worse quality but I have an interesting story to go into depth about Y/N's life and stuff :)