samurai x Nya in the movieverse.
we see in the movie that despite the fact that she's been a ninja for just as long as the guys have, she's still heavily linked to being "the girl." anyway this headcanon starts post movie, in the event that all of the ninja reveal their identities in solidarity to Lloyd. She's even more associated with being "the girl ninja" than before- now the girls in her class are asking her what it's like to hang with the ninja, not what it's like to BE one of the ninja. She gets tired of it very quickly, even though the others try to help her shut it down multiple times (especially Kai and Lloyd)
So she starts working on the samurai x armor in secret. once shes finished with it she starts going out by herself and dealing with miscellaneous crime through the city. she says she's at an after school club every time she does it, and eventually samurai x becomes known throughout the city. No one knows who they are. of course, Nya is still the water ninja and still hangs around the others. shes samurai X on her own time to keep people from getting suspicious
On one hand, Nya is ecstatic about it. she feels like she can finally be known for herself. and on the other, the ninja are all really really confused about the new person coming up and "stealing" their thunder. Kai is frustrated most of all because it feels like Samurai X is more popular than Nya is, especially when people start making things with their likeness, which they never really did with Nya normally. (they didn't do it with Jay or Zane either, which frustrates him further because his friends have been saving the city longer!! they should be popular too instead of this jerk)
eventually Nya gets revealed as Samurai X to the others somehow. they (read: mostly kai) end up cornering her after a fight and ask who she is and then she takes off her helmet and shows herself and Kai feels really bad about being really antagonistic towards Samurai X and they say she can keep being the Samurai AND be the water ninja if that's what she wants to do.
idk how it would resolve, but she probably decides that public opinion ain't shit and while she enjoyed her time as samurai x she realized she was missing saving people with her friends. she ever doesn't fully drop the samurai x position, but she does hand it over to Pixal whenever she comes along in the movieverse because i think movie Pixal would be fun
can't describe how in lov i am with the idea of nya deliberately becoming the samurai x AFTER and DURING her experience being a ninja





















