Chapter 8: Once Bitten, Twice Shy

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Aria sat in her room staring at her hands "how am I supposed to unlock my true potential if I'm scared to" 

Aria walked into the bridge to see the other ninjas staring at Jay who was dressed all fancy.

"...What'd I miss?" Aria asked

"Didn't you hear? I'm taking Nya to a nice restaurant. A really nice restaurant" Jay bragged

Aria laughed "that's comedy gold right there"

"It's true" Jay said annoyed

"You might wanna change your plans. The bridge just picked up evidence of Serpentine activity over at Mega Monster Amusement Park" Kai says and the monitor shows a photo of Serpentine in the park.

"Hey, that's Pythor" Jay said

"Thanks captain obvious" Aria said sarcastically

"Pythor would not be there for fun. We believe a Fangblade may be buried underneath the park" Zane suspected 

Jay whined "Oh, but my date..."

"Jay, if they get all four of them, Pythor can unleash the Great Devourer. Get your priorities straight, man" Kai said

"let's suite up boys" Aria commanded

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Jay arranges his date with Nya there so he can fight, and have the date. Meanwhile, the other Ninja go to the ghost ride, where they find the Serpentine who have already dug up the first Fangblade.

The ninja, except Jay, arrive and attack the Serpentine.

"Watch and learn, brothers" Zane uses his True Potential, but accidentally freezes Cole and Kai "Oops"

The snakes laugh and runs away.

Aria was laughing too "so much for elemental powers"

"Aria go after them!" Cole shouted

"Right" Aria said running out

Aria saw Jay come out of the restaurant looking like a snake

"Jay what happened to you" Aria asked

"I pricked my hand on a fangpyre tooth and now i'm turning into a snake" Jay explained with panic in his voice

"Jay look, Nya's in trouble" Aria said pointing behind him

Jay turned around to see Nya was chained her to a roller coaster which had heavily damaged tracks. Aria and Jay ran over, Aria distracted the serpentine at the bottom while Jay gets on the roller coaster to help Nya but was unable to untie her.

"Where's Samurai X when you need him, he's got to come!" Jay shouted

"He's not coming" Nya said

"why not!?!" Jay questioned

"Because I'm the Samurai" Nya revealed

"what! And here I was trying to impress you" Jay said sadly

"Jay Nya doesn't care about that stuff, you're special and unique. That's what makes you a good ninja, you're loyal and always trying to lift everyone's spirits with a joke, Jay you don't need to impress anyone!" Aria shouted from below

"she's right, you don't have to try to impress me or anyone else, I like you how you are" Nya said before she kisses Jay, raising his heartbeat and turning back into a human. With that he unlocks his True Potential and with increased strength, and saves them.

"A kiss!" Aria shouted "You unlocked your true potential with a kiss!"

Jay and Nya got down from the coater and looked at the serpentine picking themselves off the floor and running away.

"Nice job Aria" Jay praised

"Looks like the special training is paying off" Nya said

"Not really, I'm just really good at kicking and punching" Aria smirked "...and biting"

Jay smiled "you are once tough little girl"

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The Ninja meet up at the Park's entrance.

"You really had me fooled. I never guessed you were the Samurai" Zane said

"Technically, I was the first to discover her secret, and didn't we agree whoever we thought was the best would naturally be the Green Ninja? Huh? The Green Ninja! The destined Ninja to defeat Lord Garmadon, huh?" Kai mocked

"Sorry boys but if you were going off that Aria would win" Nya said

"What!" They shouted

Aria smirked as Nya went on "yeah Aria found me sneaking in one day but said she wouldn't tell anyone"

"B-but when we were fighting the other day Aria went to fight you" Jay said

"What can I say, I needed some practice" Aria laughed

Jay smiled "Well you know what I learned today?

"What's that?" Nya questioned

"No matter what kind of secret you have, whether you're a snake or a samurai, it's important to be yourself" Jay replied "All thanks to Nya and Aria"

"Yeah, that's cute, but you wanna know what I learned? The Serpentine now have the first Fangblade!" Cole shouted

"But we are getting stronger. One day, we will all reach our True Potential and Pythor will be stopped" Zane said

Jay smiled "And we figured out all this without Sensei. Pretty good for five Ninja" Nya punches him "And a Samurai"

Aria shrugged "I wonder what sensei's doing right now"





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