"Uh, Steep Wisdom. Enlightenment in a cup!" Kai passed a flyer to an old woman.

"Steep Wisdom? Never heard of it." The woman said as she threw away the flyer.

"Best little tea shop in Ninjago." Cole waved the flyers in the air.

"First cup is free, with a flier." Zane said to passerbies.

"Take it..." Jay waved a flyer in front of a girl.

"Why won't you take the flier? JUST TAKE THE FLIER!" Jay yelled. The girl walked off and Jay sighed.

The four regrouped.

"I see no one else is having any luck." Kai groaned.

"Maybe Lloyd is doing better." Cole said.

"Oh. It's as if they think I'm passing out a communicable disease!" Jay exclaimed.

"I mean, sure, I have a cold sore, but it's hardly contagious." Jay said. The other three started to back up.

"What?"

"Maybe if we use our powers, we can get this over with." Cole suggested.

"But Sensei gave us strict instructions not to use our Elemental Powers." Zane reminded.

"

Well, Sensei's not here, and what he doesn't know won't hurt him. Just as long as Morro doesn't find out, we're good." Kai said.

"I'm in. Is everyone else?"

The ninja stayed silent for a little. Then they all decided.

"Yeah!" They shouted, splitting off in different directions.

Cole was passing the street as a car came to a screeching top before him.

"Hey, young man, watch it!" The driver scolded. Cole had an idea. He picked up the car and showed off his skill.

"Feeling tired? Out of strength?" Cole said. A crowd started to gather around him.

"Then get a pick-me-up at Steep Wisdom!"

Kai walked up to a performer.

"Care to pass the torch?" Kai held out his hand.

"Sure, let's see what you've got there, Mr. Teapot." The flame breather handed the torch to Kai. The ninja rolled his eyes.

"If this isn't your cup of tea, how about this?" Kai blew the fire onto the road, creating the teapot logo.

"Steep Wisdom. The hot new place!"

"Ha!" Jay laughed.

"You think that's a crowd? Check this!" He place his hands in the control box for billboards and charged it up, hijacking it so the electrical billboards all had the steep wisdom logo on.

"I know, it's shocking, right?" Jay joked as he threw flyers in the air.

"If we're going to use our powers, you may as well do it right!" Zane jumped up, summoning his dragon and flying up.

Flying close to the ground, the dragons used an ice beam to create a teapot sculpture.

The people cheered until a little wind blew away all the flyers. Kai's fire image was gone, the billboards went back to normal, Jay couldn't get it to change back. Kai blew on the torch again. The embers only glowed.

"You're such an amatuer." The fire breather took the torch back.

"My powers. They're not working!" Kai exclaimed.

"Mine either!" Jay exclaimed.

"What do you mean?" Cole asked.

"My powers are--" his arms began to shake.

"Uh-oh." The car fell on Cole.

"Ow. ouch. Somebody give me a hand." Cole reached his arm out.

Kai and Jay helped Cole up.

"If our powers are gone, that means..." Kai looked up.

The three turned to the sky where Zane was. His dragon disappeared and Zane started to fall.

"He's kinda fast." Kai said. Zane crashed on the ground.

"Woah! I think he just broke the sound barrier!" Kai yelled.

Zane slowly got up.

"I told you we shouldn't use our powers." Zane said as Kai helped him up.

"What powers? Where did they go? We have to see Wu!" Jay exclaimed.

"Should we get Lloyd?" Cole asked.

"If our powers are gone, we must assume that Lloyd already knows." Zane said. The others nodded.

. . .

Misako scooped a few tea leaves into a bag.

"I added a little something extra." Misako smiled as she handed the bag to a woman and her daughter. Zane, Jay, Kai and Cole bursted into the tea shop.

"Sensei!"

"It's an emergency!"

"We need you!"

"It's important!"

"Boys, not so loud. Can't you see we have our first customer?" Misako said.

"Wow, the real ninja! Oh, can you shock me?" The litter girl asked Jay.

"Uh-- uhhhh... not now, kid. Maybe later, okay?" Jay slipped plaster her and whispered to Misako.

"Where's Wu?"

Wu walked out, holding a bag if tea.

"Sensei!" Kai exclaimed.

"Yes?" The sensei asked.

"We were getting the word out..." Kai started.

"...and there was this wind, it felt familiar..." Cole pushed past Kai.

"...and our powers disappeared!" Zane finished.

"You were using your powers?" Wu said enraged.

"Yeah, I know. We're terrible students, but what happened to our powers?!" Jay asked.

"If something happened to your powers then that must mean somethinge happened to--"

"Argh!!"

A cry follwed by the door bursting open by wind.

"Hey! It's Lloyd and Morro!" The little kid pointed.

"Wait- what's happening between them?" Kai asked.

The ninja walked outside. Morro and Lloyd both crashed on the ground, but one more strange thing. A ghost boy, landing down beside Morro as the ghost steadily landed.

Neran saw the ninja walking out.

"Morro, I'll trust you. Remember to get that staff." Neran said. Morro nodded. In an instant, Neran was gone. Morro looked around but the ghost was gone.

"Again?! Come on!" Morro exclaimed.

"Ah!!" Lloyd fell to the ground. The ninja rushed up to the fallen green ninja.

"What the..." Cole said.

"Zane, what happened to him?" Kai asked.

"My scan indicates no physical injury." Zane said.

"Morro, what happened to him?" Jay asked. Morro shook his head.

"What's going on?!" Cole yelled.

"Ah, that doesn't matter right now. Just leave me be, I need to talk to sensei." Morro said. The ninja stood up. Jay pulled Lloyd to the side.

"There's something going on with you." Kai said.

"I don't know what's happening, but you're not going to do whatever that ghost told you." Cole said.

"I said to just leave me be!" Morro yelled, blasting wind all around.

"Ah, great. We don't have out powers, but Morro does! What is going on here?!" Jay yelled.

"Morro's power is not connected to Lloyd. Meaning he still has his." Zane said.

"But what happened to Lloyd to get him like this?" Cole asked no one.

"Well whatever it is, Morro's going to reverse it!" Kai ran forwards. Morro blocked Kai's punch and kicked him away. Cole, Jay and Zane, (in that order) ran to stop Morro. They each got hit away and to the ground.

"Take the van. Get them as far away as you can!" Wu instructed Misako. She lead the woman and her daughter over to the spare van they kept in case of emergencies.

"Oh-ho-ho. Isn't this just great? We're powerless, our leaders are gone and WE'VE NEVER BEATEN MORRO IN A SPARING MATCH!!" Jay screamed.

"We don't have elemental powers, but we still have spinjitzu!" Cole whiped up his spinjitzu and tried to fight, buy Morro's wind was strong and blasted Cole away.

Morro ran towards the tea shop. Zane pulled out his shurikens. Morro used his wind to take the blades of the windmill and dropped it ontop of the ninja. Somehow, Kai got sent flying and landed just before the mother and daughter.

"Get up. Please!" The little girl said.

"Ninja never quit!"

Kai clenched his fists and got up. Morro reached the entrance.

"Just stand down." He slammed the doors shut, creating a wave of wind pushing the ninja back.

"Whatever's going on, you need to stop!" Nya yelled from behind the counter.

"Stay out of this, Nya." Morro said in a threatening tone.

"If it's a fight you want, I'll be glad to give it to you!" Nya shouted.

"I don't have time for this!!" Morro yelled, wind blowing the tea jars off the shelves onto the ground.

"Stand down, Nya. Morro wants me." Wu held his hand up to stop the angered girl.

"I just need your father's staff. I don't want to hurt anyone." Morro said.

"Then why go through this trouble?" Wu asked.

Morro reached for the staff. Wu pushed his student down. The battle ensued for the staff. Wu pinned Morro against a shelf.

"You've gone astray, Morro." Wu said.

"I'm sorry for this." Morro kicked away Wu, throwing them both off balance. Wu dropped the staff and it rolled on the ground. Three symbols apeared from the tea.

"A secret message engraved on the staff..." Wu said.

"As he said. You had it all this time!!" Morro shouted, retrieving the staff with his wind. Nya snuck behind Morro, dropping a shelf onto his back.

"Argh!!"

Nya quickly got sensei Wu up.

"Sorry, Morro." She said as she left the tea shop.

"Nng..." Lloyd winced, but still uncautious.

"Lloyd? Are you okay? Oh, please wake up!" Cole shook the fallen ninja.

"Get him to the bounty!" Nya yelled, running past. Zane picked Lloyd up and carried him on his back to his bounty.

"I'm not running away from this!" Kai shouted.

"We will not win this fight today. We know too little of the situation!" Wu exclaimed.

The other ninja followed as Morro steadily walked out to the open.

"Tension to his back suddenly appeared, but... Nothing I can understand." Zane said laying Lloyd onto his bed. Everyone was on the bounty exept... Kai. He stayed back.

The bounty took flight.

"Where's my brother?!" Nya ran to the deck with the ninja.

"Down there still. Fighting Morro." Cole pointed.

"Alone?!" Nya yelled.

"Morro what's going on with you?" Kai asked. Morro took out his staff. Kai grabbed one end, by using some swift foot work, Kai managed to hold Morro's staff against him.

"Kai, let me go!" Morro yelled.

"Not until this is over!" Kai shouted.

"Kai, this is for me, just let me go, I need to have this!" Morro cried. Kai loosened his grip.

The anchor from the bounty grabbed ahold of Kai.

"Yeah! Perfect wedgie!" Cole cheered.

"Wait! Let me go! Morro, he was saying something!" Kai said.

"No way! You're coming with us!" Jay shouted.

"We have to go back!" Kai ran up to Nya steering the ship.

"Sorry, brother. That's what I'm trying to avoid!" Nya said.

Morro hasn't given up. He used his power. A lot of it. He pulled the bounty back with his wind. The entire ship was tipping back. Nya fell away from the controls.

"Grab my hand!" Kai shouted. Nya reached her brother and Kai flung her up. Nay pulled the lever and the bounty's boosters activated, leaving Morro behind.

"Lloyd's fine." Zane said walking into the bridge.

"Ah... Okay, sensei. We need answers! What happened to Lloyd? What's going on with Morro? Whats going on with that ghost?!" Jay exploded with questions.

"For once, I don't hold any answers to your questions." Wu sighed.

"Well, those lights scare me." Nya said pointing to the bridge's screen.

"We all know one thing about Morro for sure. He never quits."

~ ~ ~ 夕焼け ~ ~ ~

The sun was setting. I was very exited, pulling his hand as we ran through the forest.

"You mind slowing down?" He asked jokingly.

"I just really want you to see it!" I pulled him into the clearing.

I sat down and told him to as well.

"Just watch the sky." I said. He looks up.

The sky turn red, orange and yellow. The beautiful sky was glittered with sunlight.

"Woah."

"Wait a while longer." I pointed up. We did.

The sky turned dark, purple, blue and black. He looked even more amazed. The clouds parted to reveal a twinkling night sky with stars scattered around the dark.

"I just realized how cool it is after I got taken in." I told him.

"And, now you showed me." He said.

"I gotta tell you, it's awesome."

~ ~ ~ 夕焼け ~ ~ ~