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AAAAHHHHHHH YESSSSS! I finally know the secret of Lloyd's hair! My life is complete! I had a feeling it might have something to so with his dad, knowing this took place after Season 4. Aaaawwww my poor little Lloydie. I'm so glad things are finally looking up (mostly). When he thought Cole genuinely wanted him off the team... Oh my heart! I may have actually shed some tears during these two chapters. I like how you keep Cole as the team leader, I miss that tbh. I was rereading a Ninjago graphic novel the other day and it mentioned Cole as the leader and I thought "Wow! That takes me back!" Heh.

Also Sensei Wu's "Tea of Illicit Substance" lol I volunteer to give Lloyd the huggles he needs! Kai too if he's willing. Cole and Lloyd rebonding was so great! (I thought of this since Cole brought up his mom. I'm interested to see what info we possibly get about her on Season 13. Season 12 sill hasn't released but I'm patient and as Krux said "I've waited forty years, I suppose I can wait a little longer.") I feel bad for Zane getting left out of everything that's going on. He's gonna need a long recap once he's out back together.

There's still two head technicians left and I'm curious to see how the final confrontation plays out. Battle of the Katamaris?

Until next time!
~CrystalKunoichi~

You know, the entire rest of this story could be just more fluffy bed-side chats with Jay Cole and Lloyd, and I would be more than okay with that xD

Aww these last couple chapters have just been like..chicken soup for the soul with these guys: the hugs, the fluff, finally getting secrets out, de-stressing, all-round good feels and just..I can't even xD

I love it, absolutely love it!

Lloyds hair secret is "finally" out! After all that it was just out of remembrance for his dad, which was very sweet And yet it took.. *how* long to find out!? 70, 80 chapters? Geez you know how to keep people hanging!
And yet..if I remember correctly..back in your little April Fools fic..didn't you mention something about Lloyds hair being poisonous? And i think you even mentioned in the authors note that the secret got out too early...now looking back, perhaps that was a sneaky ploy of yours to throw us off the scent? :P I could be remembering it wrong mind you...

I really am loving these fluffy chapters lately, however I'm sensing they will come to an end once again very soon as more stuff goes down.

One more thing..

Can I get a hug from Cole? D:

This chapter is awesome. I'm glad everyone's slowly starting to feel better. Hopefully Lloyd gets to move to Cole's room quickly.

And the secret is finally out about Lloyd's hair! Everything makes sense now. I honestly reacted the same way the others did when they heard. Things are gradually getting back to normal, and maybe Kai will finally admit to liking the aliens. (I think he secretly does like them, but he doesn't want anyone to think he's not tough.) Can't wait to see what happens next!

SD: Very feel good chapter here. There been a weight growing in this story for a while bit by bit. This lift this up. I really like how you handle Cole. Not my top Ninja but just like his element he supportive.

The wholesomeness makes 2020 worth it. Gosh Lloyd, you poor child. You're making EVERYONE CRY. I've never wanted to give him a hug more than I do now that we all know what this was about.
Cheers to recovery though! Hopefully hes more stable now that he doesn't have to bottle up those emotions.

Kai can struggle all he wants, but he's getting ALL the huggles from me. :B

Both. Knowing Wu, the tea was probably both. :B

Kai, do something stupid to make himself feel better? Noooo. Don't know who you're talking about, but certainly not Kai. :B

Pixal in the ship's computers is always a good time. Yay! :D

Like, Mario Party, except instead of trying to beat your friends, you're trying to take down the mafia? :B

D'awwww at Lloyd sleeping on Cole's bed. :D

Can I join you with that universe neck wringing, Cole? Please? :B

And Lloyd can have a few of those huggles, too. :B

I really wanted to be review 2000, but I got beat to it. :') 2001 is close?

Alright, Kai, now I'm properly concerned. Round off Lloyd's trauma-related arc just to start Kai's up, huh?
Well, at least Mopp's with him. P:

Interested by the fact that Silica is relieved to have Nash off her back (which makes sense, she hated everything he was doing). And also that she's reached the point where she feels she has nothing left to lose no matter what happens to her and her katamari at this point.

Man, I was also pretty annoyed with Cole at first the last chapter, no surprise he's been beating himself up about it now. :(
Oh yikes. Nash got to Mack, huh? I was about to say "there's another line for Kai's tattoo," but then I realized ...

Cole and Lloyd as roommates. Boy, that sounds like a riot waiting to happen. Maybe not now, though, they're both still seeming a little subdued.

OH
OH WOW WE GET THE SCOOP ON HIS HAIR
You know, after season 8 or 9 I started thinking about Lloyd's hair growing out being tied to how the old look resembled Garmadon. It makes sense that he wanted to keep his hair the same!
I'm laughing, though. What a dork, he's world-famous for being a savior and didn't even consider that there were pictures of him going around to use as a reference. Incredibly happy that Lloyd's starting to sound better, though; it's been a rough ride with him bottling things up.

JAY WE DO NOT TIE UP NURSES WITH IV TUBES

Ohhh my gosh, Cole's offering to talk about his mom! aaaaaa

Jay is such a great guy! Glad Lloyd and Cole were able to patch things up!

Man, this fic is reaching big plot points, huh?
*stares at TIWTW* one day ...

So Nash is dead. That whole scene sent chills down my spine, as did ... the entire chapter, honestly, yeesh. Good job faking us all out on whether they were gonna die or not. :S That status list is GNARLY, too. Kai, please.

How do you do it? How am I seesawing to crying over how hurt these kids are to crying over "it's hard to argue with the inverse cosine of a 30-degree angle"? 1.02 radians isn't actually all that many, Jay, I'm sure if you tried hard enough you could get him ... P:

Man, I digress. It's nice to see Cole alert again! Therapy Lloydfish also sounds good, if ... a little delicate ... but still! Should be good.

No Jay
repressing trauma and never hashing it out is not good for you
but who am I to talk. I wouldn't exactly handle that well, either.
Also can not WAIT for Kai's acute stress to come to a head. That should be real fun.

murderous - JAY PLEASE.

Oh boy Lloyd's not ... looking so good there.
HANG ON WHAT - BANISHED. HUH. huuuuh. Yeah, I'm with Jay, I'd be mad too! He better have a real good explanation.
Honestly, Jay might not be the only one who needs to turn himself in for an EKG. What the fresh, ever-loving ... Cole's mad? Yeah okay, fair enough. Lloyd's afraid he's off the team, and the other two's reactions? Fair enough! Cole unwittingly put the kid through hell for a few days, that was never going to end well! A MURDERER?

What else are you going to throw at us next? My heart's giving out, here. Poor Lloyd. But oh my gosh he's CRYING. The catharsis. Correct me if I'm wrong, but is this the first time he's cried the entire fic? Either way I am so glad that they got this sorted out, instead of leaving Lloyd to stew in that whole cocktail of pain. Go Jay, helping with yet another problem.

Ah yes, he's not supposed to be out of his room. Good luck Lloyd P:

Ninja are like cats. Gotta sleep in a pile. :B

Someone get Cole a bug racket and let some mosquitoes loose in his room. He'll change his tune pretty quickly after that, I think. :B

All I can think of now when you mention Lloydfish is a video I saw on Tumblr earlier of a fish looking for pets from the diver cleaning the tank filter. It was adorable. XD

Draw something, Cole. Y'know, that art you did once in the whole show and then never spoke of again? :B

Wu intervention time! This should be fun. :B I'ma get popcorn.

Yeeeahhh, good luck trying to beat Cole up, Jay. I think even lying in a hospital bed, he'd probably be able to pick you up and yeet you across the room with one hand. :B

Ah, good times. Don'tcha just love it when everything dogpiles on, Jay? :B

I think that's a fair trade, Lloyd. Stay on the team, get called Fluffy. :B

Incoming dumb unfunny Animal Crossing joke! You have been warned! Ahem. Vitamin K? More like Vitamin K.K.! ...I will see myself out. :B

Skin grafts? I've heard those are fun! (And yeah, that's sarcasm.) :B

I think I'd rather have pudding than jello, myself. Bad call, Jay. XD

Why am I suddenly thinking that Kai would never want to play Clue ever again? As soon as someone announces who killed who with what, he'd just disassociate. XD

Kai gets a gold star that reads "There was an attempt." :B

Cole, yay! :D Also, Cole hugs! Whoo!

Aw, that was nice, Jay.

Maybe Lloyd's just possessed again? Morro, get outta here. You're supposed to be a dead ghost. However that works. :B

Shadow games? Dude, you never said ANYTHING about people playing children's card games this whole time! Where's Yugi hiding? :B

Yeah, hospitals can be confusing if you don't know where you're going.

Yay, the aliens! I missed those guys. :D

Zane becomes the Ninjago equivalent of a Bob-omb. :B

Honestly? I wouldn't trust Jay's parents with Zane's insides, either. XD

Oh no, is Skylor changing the Puffy Pot Sticker recipe?! Dareth is gonna FLIP! :B

Sleeping pills? That actually work? Dude, sign me up. :B

I mean, how many cops does the city have? There's been like, what, four in the whole show? :B

Jay puts him back together, but something went wrong, and now he's pretty much become Echo. :B

To answer Kai's question: Yes? :B

Children: Saving the world! Because the police suck at their jobs! :B

Go to the hospital, dummy. You can't help Zane like that. XD