Authors Notes: This will be a series of one shots one ninja per one shot except Kai and Nya for obvious reasons.

Before They Were Ninja

One Shot 1

Kai and Nya

Lloyd had always been alone, no matter what. That was no thanks to who is father was. He just couldn't make friends that stick. Birthday parties were just him and his mom. Dinner parties, Christmases, trips to the park were lonely. Parents just see him and instantly leave the area. So he would just sit down on the swing and stare at his feet. Lonely was what he knew, and he honestly figured thats what he would always be.

The autumn leaves swirled around his feet as he walked to school. The bus once again was early, probably on purpose to avoid him being on it. What could a six year old do anyways? Its not like it was him who did the was his lousy dad.

He walked across an area on the road that had been hit pretty bad in the last attack. He pulled his hood up over his head to hide his face from the shop owners who were undoubtedly talking about it.

"Hey isn't that his boy!" One yelled. Lloyd slowly looked to his right and saw that they were coming his way. They looked angry, this wasn't good. He never thought they'd get physical. He began to run. They gave chase.

Lloyd thought they'd be slow since they were a lot of old shop owners, but wow was he wrong. He dodged left and ran down an alleyway. He ran through the beat on a door trying to get inside.

"Help help!" He yelled. He hoped that a little six year old beating on a door would get a few people running to the rescue. Perhaps no one was home.

He gasped as someone grabbed him by the hoodie and threw him on the ground. Winded he tried to catch his breath. His hip felt like it was burning hot. He curled in on himself when someone grabbed his shirt and pulled him close.

"Your dad destroyed my photo studio for the seventh time this year. I can't afford to build again!" He yelled. "I'm bankrupt!" He yelled and punched Lloyd. He went reeling to the ground and tried to scurry away, he however hit someones legs. He looked up to see an old man glaring at him.

"My cars gone...again! Its how I make deliveries!" He yelled kicking at him. Soon enough he heard yelling from all around him. Yelling turned into kicking and hitting. He had things thrown at him.

"Hey!" Someones voice yelled. Lloyds mind felt like it was filled with Jell-o, and he couldn't breath to well either. His arm felt bad. He wanted so much to cry, but he wasn't sure where they cry switch was in his brain. He looked over his dislocated arm to see a boy with lots of hair gel. "What are you doing to that boy!" He yelled. His t-shirt was bright red, and his pants were black.

"Thats none of your business kid!"

"Its my business because this is my alley! This is my building!" He yelled and walked forward pushing an old man. The kid was pretty tall for his age. Their was a young girl peeking out of the door. Her hair was short and black, He couldn't see anything else on her.

"Kid go away!" Another man yelled. The boy grabbed a trash can and threw it at him.

"You get out of here old man!"

"Come on guys...before he gets his mommy to call the cops." The men spit and walked on back to his busted up street.

"Hey kid...you okay?" The red shirted boy walked over to Lloyd. "Hey?" He shook Lloyd. He had fallen unconscious from the skirmish.

"Kai is he okay?" The little girl walked out. She had a long black shirt with Unikitty on it. The shirt looked like it had came out of the dumpster. She had only one sock on.

"Nya come help me get him inside."

Lloyd had long since wished that his parents were normal, his mother pretended nothing ever happened, and his father is the reason why he wished they were normal.

Lloyd felt something soggy on his forehead. His jaw also felt like it had been kicked by a horse. He opened his eyes and looked around the room. It looked like an old warehouse, with lots of dust and old boxes. The boxes looked like they had been rummaged through several times and thrown around a lot. Their however was an old box, and bunny ear tv on a dresser, a coffee table, and he was laying on the couch. He looked around spotting two kids in the corner. One was the boy who rescued him. They both were dirty, and...eating his lunch. He honestly didn't mind actually. He didn't really feel like eating anyways. He slowly started to get up, only to feel his ribs complaining from the punishment.

"Whoa kid...don't move so fast. You got kicked around pretty bad." The kid named Kai walked over and put his hand on Lloyds forehead. "And you got a bad fever too. You might want to just sit still for a little while." Kai said and sat down on the coffee table.

"Where are we?" Lloyd asked.

"My place. Its not much, but well...its kinda what happens when you don't have any parents." Kai said. The little girl sitting on a blanket looked up at him a half eaten apple in her hand and her finger in her mouth.

"No parents?" Lloyd asked.

"Yeah, but its not bad I work at a noodle shop cleaning dishes and that keeps us fed." He said. Lloyd swallowed hard, he didn't want to ask the question he was dreading.

"What...happened to your parents?"

"They went missing about a year ago in the village next to Ninjago city." He said. "We haven't seen them since, but Nya was only a year old when that happened. She's three now." Kai said.

"Nya?" Lloyd looked at the little girl who still had her finger in her mouth, she waved with said hand. Their was a drool like going from her finger to her mouth.

"Gross Nya." Kai said and wiped her mouth with his sleeve.

"You know I know someone that would take you in." Lloyd said and looked at them. Kai looked at him sternly.

"We aren't going to an orphanage!" He yelled hugging his sister. She clung to him.

"Its not an orphanage. Its my Uncles Monastery. He takes in people until they can take care of themselves. Did it to a kid named Morro not to long ago. He's in his twenties now. He's off to college, I see him sometimes in the library." Lloyd said and smiled at Nya. "Besides its cold out, and the rooms are much warmer. She doesn't need to catch a cold." Lloyd offered.

"Okay but...if I see that your lying I'll drop you harder then those old guys did." Kai asid.

Lloyd had hold of Nya's hand, and Kai had hold of her other hand, they walked up the stairs to the monatery. Their were more stairs then Lloyd remembered, but he promised, and this was the first time someone didn't shy away from him. He knocked on the door and waited. It took several knocks before he heard a shuffling. Once the doors opened and an old man with a hat stood there.

"Lloyd your mother is worried sick." He said looking at him and the bruises on his face. His arm was in a sling crafted from pieces of old shirt.

"I got beat up by a few people after dad attacked the city again. If it weren't for Kai and his sister Nya I probably would still be laying on the ground in that alleyway." Lloyd said. Master Wu looked at the state the children, Nya stood there shivering where she stood. Still in the old shirt that was probably her brothers, and one sock. Kai had two different pairs of shoes on.

"Come inside its to cold out here for children dressed like that." Wu said and motioned for them to go on inside and get warm.

"I'll go get some of Morros old cloths." Lloyd said and watched Wu warming up some water for their bath.

Soon enough they were bathed, clothed, and warmed. Rice was cooking in a pot not to far away from them. It made the whole room smell great.

"Now where are you two staying?" Wu asked.

"A warehouse."

"Do you own the warehouse?" Wu asked sipping his tea.

"No sir…" Kai said honestly. "We just stay there."

"Then if you and your sister agree to help me around this monastery I will allow you to stay here with me. I am old and can't do as I used to, especially when its so cold outside. My bones feel so old." Wu said.

"Yeah sugar coat everything Uncle Wu." Lloyd said with a smile on his face. He was hit on the head by Wu's staff.

"Hush…"

"Nya?" Kai asked. Nya yawned and put her head on his brothers lap. "I guess thats a yes."

"But you must go to school."

"What!" Kai yelled. Nya sat back up and looked around dreamily.

"You are Lloyds age aren't you? You should be in school."

"Fine...but who will take care of Nya?"

"I believe I can take care of her." Wu chuckled

"Fine!" Kai complained.