Chapter Six: Passing down of the Names...and Gis...

Amber slammed her textbook shut, exhaustion flooding her. Finally... first weekend since school started up. Rolling her shoulders to relieve some of the tension there, she stood up from her desk, moving to the closed dorm door. Now that she had her homework knocked off for the weekend, she can finally relax and go do something fun. Question is what should she do? A loud knock drew her attention away from her musings. Twisting the door knob, she pulled the door open to see that Icey was on the other side.

"Hey Icey." Amber leaned against her door frame, glancing behind her new friend to see that the others from her Study Group crowding around behind her. "What's going on here?"

"Headmaster Smith says that he needs to see us in his office immediately." Icey clasped her hands together, worry creasing her brow.

Amber frowned at that, glancing over at her cousins. "Did Dad mention why he wants to see us?"

Ocean shook her head fervently, a frown creasing her brow. "No. Uncle Kai appears to be trying to appear secretive for some reason."

"Then I guess we better go see what he wants." Amber pushed herself off of the door frame, stepping into the small crowd. It wasn't like he was going to send them out into the field to save the day or anything... they were just panicky over nothing. Probably just wanted to tell them that they were doing a good job...

"After giving it much thought, I am sending the new Dragon Squad out onto the field today." Kai clasped his hands behind his back as he stared at an old photo of the original Ninja Team that had turned into the Dragon Squad...not that Ninjago knew that detail, hoods down, smiling at the camera.

"Wait...hold up! Didn't you assign everyone into their squads just yesterday? And aren't we the Dragon Squad!?" AJ blurted out as she gestured frantically at the group of teens and preteens.

Kai pinched the bridge of his nose, before tapping a code into his keyboard. A minute later, a large screen popped out of his wall behind him, with the security footage from the MegaMonster Amusement Park flickering on the screen. "There have been sightings of strange creatures around here. According to this nifty scanner that Zane, with Jay and Nya's help, created that tracks down trace amounts of the Overlord, there's a piece of him somewhere in the park." Kai dropped the metal block that had thin wires sticking out of it and several buttons, as well as a scanner onto his desk in front of them. "Take it. You are to find out what those things are, and if possible trap that piece of the Overlord. Here's a specially made container to put it in. Avoid touching it with your hands, we don't know what will happen if you do. I have a pair of squeezers taped to the outside of it." Kai carefully sat the metal tube down next to the scanner. Kai hesitated, before tapping the lid with his finger. "Make sure you close it tightly when you get it in there."

"Anything else before you send your underage, lacking experience daughter and her friends and cousins to their potential doom?" Amber ground out as she shook her head at him.

"Actually yes. You need your Ninja names, and gis..." Kai pulled out a box, wrinkling his nose slightly. "The first time Sensei got us our gis, he used spinjitzu to put them on us...but since most of you are female I will just hand them to you and tell you which Ninja you are replacing...since when you have these gis on, and are out there fighting, those are the names that you will be using." Kai walked around his desk, pulling out a dark purple gi. "Cyrus Junior Julian, son of Pixal Julian, you are now the Technology ninja...if you want to be a samurai instead, that is what your mother did before you. I had your gi made a darker shade of purple than what she wore since...well. I happen to know that you prefer darker colors than she does." He handed the gi to Juni, before pulling out an emerald green gi. "Anna Mercy Garmadon, daughter of Lloyd Montgomery Garmadon, you are now the legendary green ninja, leader of all ninjas." He handed her the gi, his expression softening. "Good luck." He then reached into the box and pulled out a white gi. "Icelynne Andrea Julian, daughter of Zane Julian, you are now the Ice ninja." She silently took the gi, running her hand over the soft fabric, even as Kai reached into the box and pulled out a black gi. "Rockelle Amelia Brookstone, daughter of Nicole Lou Brookstone, you are now the Earth ninja." He handed her the gi, before turning to face the Walker siblings. "Storm Thor Walker, son of Nya Maya Walker, you are now the Water ninja. Please don't threaten to drown me from time to time like your mother would." Kai handed his nephew a maroon gi with ocean blue stripes. Turning, he latched his eyes onto his niece. "Ocean Anahita Walker, daughter of Jayden Jayson Walker, you are now the Lightning ninja. May the First Spinjitzu Master help us all." Kai handed an electric blue gi to her, rolling his eyes skyward. Stepping to the side, his expression softened as he found himself facing Amber. "And last but not least... my daughter, Amber Zendaya Smith, daughter of Skylor Conradina Smith, you are now the Amber ninja." He handed her an orange gi.

Amber blinked, a little detail sticking out to her. "Wait... my name doesn't change whether or not I'm in uniform. I'm still Amber."

Kai smirked as he winked at her. "I believe your mother mentioned that we named you after someone very important to me when you were six."

"Yeah...you said that you named me after... an old friend. Ugh! Dad! Why couldn't you have just used Mom's actual name instead of her ninja one?!" Amber blushed bright red as she realized what it was that her mother had meant about that comment. She had presumed that her father had an old friend named Amber that had died young or something.

Kai chuckled, reaching into his desk drawer to pull something out. "Where's the fun in that? Here's the keys to the self-driving Ninmobile." Kai paused, closing his eyes briefly. "And yes, before you ask, Jay named it and it is a combination of ninja and automobile. I don't know why we still let him name things..."

Amber reached to take the keys from him, only for a certain monkey to lunge forward with a loud screech, snatching the keys from Kai. "Brutus! Bad monkey!" Amber spun around to glare at her father's mysterious pet monkey.

"Take Brutus with you." Kai ordered the new generation of ninjas, quickly lifting a hand up to stop the protests. "He's better equipped for missions than you seven at the moment. He will be of a great help to you."

"And your still sending us? Anyone else see the problem with this picture?"

A/N: Done! Okay... must have gotten carried away or something because I never made it to the battle. Oops. Next time! I technically need to decide what the Stone Warrior 2.0s look like anyways... Chen did not pick a pretty name for Skylor's middle name...and before you ask. Yes that is an actual name. I looked it up. It is a girls name that falls under the category names that mean powerful. I had fun figuring out middle names for...the ones that I forgot to pick middle names for. Hopefully I remembered Nya's middle name from Back in my Days correctly...if I mentioned it. I know Kai mentioned his once... I can't remember if Nya did or not.

I hope that I put enough emphasis on how important it is not to touch the gloop that used to be the Overlord before he exploded to a million pieces...

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Xola: We're getting close to their first battle! Glad to know you liked Back in my Days. This book will be more concentrating on the Overlord. After that... um... let's see here... maybe I'll do the Time Twins for the second book's villain since I have a really good idea for their return. *rubs hands together while evilly laughing.* Got them their gis and codenames (they'll refer to them as ninja names) this time around...next stop first battle!

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