Now in better condition, Faith tells the story of how the Oni suddenly returned to the First Realm, and the Dragon Hunters were unable to fight back, forcing Faith and Firstbourne to flee to Ninjago. Wu and Misako try encouraging Faith that it was best for her to flee than fight.
Moments later, the Ninja return, informing Wu that Cole is gone and the Realm Crystal's destruction didn't stop the Oni. Garmadon then arrives, telling Wu to use the Golden Master's armor to stop the Oni. Nya proposes that Kai uses his element to reforge the Golden Weapons, which he heads inside to do.
Kai finishes the golden weapons, after distributing them the monks warn of the Oni's arrival at the monastery. The Ninja, Wu, Faith, and Lord Garmadon unite to hold off The Omega's Oni legions. A battle begins outside the monastery, with the Oni steadily overwhelming the Ninja and their allies until Cole returns in the Earth Driller. Overjoyed by his return, the Ninja gain a second wind and continue the battle.
To fight The Omega, Garmadon embraces his full Oni side and takes him on, though he's still overpowered
"You are Oni" the Omega whacks Garmadon away "But only in form. In your heart, I sense uncertainty and doubt" He strikes the staff at him, flying him back up the steps. "Part of you longs to understand these pitiful beings" Garmadon is down. The Oni walks up to Garmadon "To be one of them. Your hopes weaken you" He whacks Garmadon again. Garmadon loses his Oni form, and lies on the steps, weakened.
"Father!" Lloyd runs up to Garmadon. The Omega throws his power at him. It hits him against the monastery doors. A dark blast is thrown at the Omega, he yells in pain. Aria jumped down in front of Garmadon.
"Aria you have to transform" Garmadon says in pain
"Transform?" Aria looks at the Oni then back at Garmadon "Into an Oni"
"yes you have to unlock your form!" Garmadon shouts "remember what you told me! This is your city! Are you going to let them take it from you!?!"
"No way!" Aria shouts, a black cloud surrounds her
"That's it Aria, transform" Garmadon encourages as Lloyd helps him up
The black cloud disappears.
"Fall back! Everyone, fall back now!" Lloyd shouts
The Ninja, Faith, and Master Wu run back to the monastery.
Nya kicks an Oni before leaving "Copy that!"
"Aria come on!" Lloyd shouts
"Go" Aria commands taking a step towards them
"I can't leave you here" Lloyd says worriedly
She looks at him and creates a dark orb in her hand (The one in the picture)
"trust me, you don't want to be caught in the blast" Aria tells him
He nods and drags Garmadon into the monastery. The Ninja close the doors on the approaching Oni. Lloyd drags the barricade for the door. Cole uses his Lava Arm to put up the barricade on the door. Faith and P.I.X.A.L. take up a stance in front of the citizens.
Aria turns and looks at the Oni "You know uncle Omega their's one spell in my mother's book that was too dangerous to try, but now in my Oni form, I'm not afraid.."
"You don't mean.." The Omega looked at the orb in her hand
"Yes" Aria smirks "I do"
"NO" he yells
Aria held the orb out "Script! Obliteration!"
The orb grew bigger and bigger till it swallowed up all of the Oni. Aria released the orb and jumped over the great walls of the Monastery. The ninja stared at her as she quickly put up a barrier. A huge blast destroyed everything around the monastery within a 5 mile radius.
Aria put the barrier down and fell to her knees. They soon heard banging on the door.
"n-no way, that was my strongest attack" Aria says as her Oni form dissipates and she returns to her normal blonde hair and green eyes
"Trust me you took out a whole lot of them" Garmadon tells her patting her head "good job, you tried, but not even the strongest Oni can take out an entire army on their own, be proud"
Aria pants an closes her eyes
"Aria" Lloyd runs over to her worried
"I'm fine" Aria opens her eyes and stands up, she leaned against Lloyd a bit
The door rattles, under the banging of the Oni.
"that's not going to last forever" Cole says
Cole's last word echoes in Jay's mind as he glances at Nya "Nya" he turns to her and takes off his hood "I have to ask you something important"
"What? Now?" Nya questions
Nya throws off her hood
"Yes, now" Jay gets down on one knee, puts his nunchucks on the ground, inhales slowly, and starts talking rapidly. The rest of the Ninja and Master Wu turn to look at him
"Nya, you make me so happy everyday" Jay says, Nya shakes her head and stares at Jay, confused "When we're not together, I miss you so much that it feels like part of me is missing" Pulls out the token, and splits it in half, holding one half out to her "Will you be my Yang?"
Nya gasps, taking the token from Jay.
Cole comes up behind Nya "Now you're asking?!"
Kai joins Cole "We seriously need to talk about your sense of timing, Jay!"
"No" Aria says "for all we know there may not be another time"
Nya looks at Jay, and throws her spear away "Yes!" she jumps into Jay's arms and hugs him "Of course! Yes, yes, yes!"
The doors and the barricade slowly breaks down. Jay picks up his nunchucks.
"Nya, Jay, it's been fun, guys" Cole says
Zane nods "It has been an honor"
"their's no other way I'd rather go out" Aria smiles "then besides my real family.. not the ones out there"
The ninja all smile as well.
"We're gonna go out with a bang" Jay jokes
Darkness climbs in over the walls of the monastery.
"Let's kick some ass!" Aria shouts standing up straight
Kai laughed "Alright let's give 'em—"
"A tornado!" Lloyd shouts
"Yeah! Let's give 'em a tornado!" Kai starts to run, comes back, and then looks at Lloyd "Uh—wait, what?"
"What's the opposite of destruction? Creation!" Lloyd points to the Pilot Episodes painting "Don't you get it? Creation—the Tornado of Creation! It's the one thing that can overcome darkness and defeat the Oni—the power of Creation! But all of us this time, or it won't work"
"How do you know?" Jay questions
"Yeah. It was a miracle it worked the first time!" Kai shouts
"All of us together, it's gotta work" Lloyd says "we got nothing to lose"
Jay holds out his hand to Nya "We're one now, Nya. Care to join?" She takes his hand
Aria stands besides Garmadon
"Wait, It has to be all of us" Lloyd looks at Garmadon and Aria
Garmadon crossed his arms "I am not one of you"
"I'm the ninja of darkness, not creation" Aria argues
"Vut you are as much a part of the history of Ninjago as the rest of us" Lloyd says
Garmadon walks away, leaving Lloyd in surprise. The Oni break down the doors. They step into the monastery.
"Here goes nothing!" Cole shouts
"Ninja, GOO!!" They all spin except for Garmadon and Aria
Garmadon watches the Ninjas' Spinjitzu as the Oni march in. He sees the darkness cover up Lloyd in the Sons of Garmadon painting, and he looks back at the Oni.
"Let's do it" Garmadon says to Aria "After all we are the strongest, right, my pupil?"
Aria looks at him and smiles "Right Sensei"
Garmadon and Aria do Spinjitzu. Everyone's Spinjitzu tornadoes merge into one, forming the largest Tornado of Creation. It creates a light and explodes.
-
Lloyd wakes up and gasps, he finds himself in spacious grasslands.
"Lloyd"
He looks over to see Aria, he helps her up "Are you ok?"
"yeah" she replies "where are we? Are we dead?!"
They hear a roar, they look over to see the First Spinjitzu Master's dragon.
"Hello, Lloyd and Aria" they turn to see who is calling them, it was an old man that resembled the first spinjitzu master "Do you like my dragon?"
"You" Lloyd kneels "You're the First Spinjitzu Master" Aria kneels as well
"No, no, please—no kneeling" the First Spinjitzu Master holds his hands out and pulls the two up "You both have done so much for Ninjago. If anyone should kneel, it should be I"
"What is this place? What happened?" Lloyd asks
"You two have faced destruction with dignity and courage, and you responded with creation and love" the First Spinjitzu Master pets his dragon "There is no greater response"
"But... why are we here?" Aria questions
"I brought you here to say thank you for all you have done" the First Spinjitzu Master replies "Life is balance, you two are balace. Endings are never really endings, only new beginnings. And you have given us all a new beginning. The future is what we make of it, and you refused to let our future end in darkness" Petals surround them "Well done, Lloyd Montgomery Garmadon and Aria Celestial Lord. Well done"
The First Spinjitzu Master takes of his hat, kneels, and bows to Lloyd and Aria.
"Thanks, but—well, I don't really understand any of this" Lloyd says
"Neither do I" Aria agrees "I'm just the Dark Lord"
The First Spinjitzu Master smiles "you are the Yang of Ninjago, you keep the darkness in balance rather then try to overcome the light, you should be proud. You are a true dark lord. Now my Yin and Yang of Ninjago, you might not understand now but you will soon... if you choose to come with me" the First Spinjitzu Master climbs onto his dragon.
"Come with you... where?" Lloyd and Aria ask
"That is a secret. But you will be happy there. Or you can return to your friends and take up your duties as ninja again" the First Spinjitzu Master
"And if I go home, will I remember this?" Lloyd and Aria pick up a petal and lets the wind carry them.
"You will think it was a dream. In time, you will forget all about it" the First Spinjitzu Master holds out his hand
Aria and Lloyd look at each other.
-
The darkness clears up in Ninjago City and The First Realm. The citizens of Ninjago wake up from their trance, and move around. The Golden Weapons' lights die out, de-powering them. The Ninja groan.
"Ow" Nya runs up to Jay and hugs him "We're alive" he Laughs "We're alive!"
Cole picks himself up, grunting he looks and sees Kai under a piece of the door "Kai!" He throws it off of him, and helps him up.
"Where's Lloyd and Aria?" Kai asks
They see Lloyd lying on the ground, with several parts of the doors on him.
They throw the door off Lloyd, they see he's holding Aria in his arms, they carry the two out.
"Lloyd! Aria!" they shout
"guys wake up" Kai shakes them
"they- they're not moving!" Nya shouts
Wu runs over and lifts their arms.
"You can do something, right?" Jay asks "Right?!"
"There is nothing to be done" Wu replies sadly
Nya sobs. Everyone stares at the two, saddened. Kai puts his hand on Wu's shoulder. Garmadon stares at the two and starts to back away. The two start to breathe, and cough. Everyone cheer and hug each other.
Lloyd sat up and helped Aria sit up.
"Where am I?" Lloyd asks
"Don't you remember?" Nya questions
"Yeah. You guys had us worried there for a sec" Kai says
Aria looked around "But... the First Spinjitzu Master..."
"He was..." Lloyd looked around too
"You two must have hit your head pretty hard" Cole says helping the two stand
"Yeah, let's get you inside, huh?" Jay smiles
The Ninja walk away, chattering happily, relieved. Wu looks at Garmadon and smiles. Garmadon looks back at him, and walks away.
Wu sighs sadly "Goodbye, Brother"
The doors of the monastery open up to Master Wu, Misako, Dareth, P.I.X.A.L., Faith, Skylor, Karlof, Cyrus Borg, Gayle Gossip, The Postman, and the monks waiting. Master Wu bows.
The Ninjas each dip a hand into a paint and line up to press their hand onto the wall, creating a new painting—the symbol of destiny—for the mural. P.I.X.A.L., Skylor, and Misako join up with the Ninja to look at the mural. Skylor winks at Kai and everyone cheers.
"Aria" Lloyd turns to her "we're already the Yin and Yang of Ninjago, right?"
"yeah" Aria replies "so what?"
"So you're Ninjago's Yang.. but I want to know..." Lloyd smiles and gets on one knee "If you'd be My Yang"
Aria starts crying "yes.. yes of course I will!"
Lloyd stands up and hugs her.
"MY SHIP AND I OFFICIALLY SAILED ON THE SAME DAY" Jay shouts and Nya laughs
Everyone laughs and Lloyd kisses Aria. It seems like the perfect ending, but this is not the end of their story, no.. not just yet.