#blacksmith kai

Yknow- we all know that one scene with Kai trying to barter for a lower price and just ended up making it higher right?

So I’ve been thinking maybe he’s actually only used to bartering for higher prices instead of lowers ones because he had to do that while he was the only one managing the Blacksmith shop and having to raise Nya from such a young age while he himself was so young-

Ong baby Kai had to learn when to spot thieving bastards early on I order to make a living 😭

He would have wanted to make the most money he could have, not the least-

Thinking of it makes his childhood (nonexistent as it is) that much sadder cuz he had to learn things like that so early just to make a living-

then when Lloyd enters the picture kai also comes back into it, as he found Lloyd in the desert while he was looking for the serpentine, and kai was just on a walk when he find him. Lloyd passes out bc of the heat and Kai's like wtf and brings him back to the shop, sending a letter to Nya cause she mentioned some dumb kid with a cool hoodie causing trouble and Lloyd fits that description pretty well. So after Lloyd wakes up, he gets time to just be a kid cause canon refused to give him that- and when the ninja pop by, Kai's like "yeah kids in the back. He's just reading some of your old textbooks, sis. you guys can come pick em up, except for you wu, you son of a-" and they pick him up, he's the green ninja, blah blah blah, anyhoo!- at the point in the show where Nya unlocks her water powers, instead, it's kai unlocking his fire powers! (Obviously with some changes to the season as a whole for that- cause fire doesn't do shit against ghosts-)

Anyhoo, it pretty much goes like-

"hey guys I'm gonna go see my brother." "oo! Can we come?" "I guess??? I'm going by train though, since he hates it whenever I just fly in on my dragon." "I'm sure it'll be fine if we just drop in near town, nya. No need for a train." (It wasnt. They got scolded for making kai fuck up an important order with their landing.)

But later, Cole, jay, and Zane are 'training' (playing) in the yard in front of the forge, and Kai's working on some stuff, when Lloyd bursts in through the door, hoping to scare someone- kai's shocked, and jumps back, right into the open flame he was working with. He gets up and everyone's staring at him in shock. Kai's like "what?" And they're all like "HOW ARE YOU NOT DEAD-"

So someone runs and gets Nya, and they figure out Kai's the 'master of fire'. He's hesitant to join them at first, since he just found out he has powers and also has no ninja training whatsoever, but Nya finally convinces him, and he becomes part of the team. He already knows how to fight, and spends most of his time either in his cabin, or below deck in the makeshift forge he made. Just because he became a ninja doesn't mean he'd give up the family business!

And instead of Samurai X, there's some idiot in red running around with a sword ♡.

Anyways, y'know how earlier I mentioned how the season would be changed around a bit to fit this au? Yeah, heres most of the changes!!

This is purely based off the fact that: in the pilot episodes, Kai’s smithing skill leaves something to be desired. (In short, he’s awful at it.) But in season ten, we know he reforged the golden weapons. Which I’d imagine is not a task for the faint of heart or those without skill. Nya could have asked Ray and Maya, since as far as we know Kai is a shitty blacksmith (Kai even admits this) but she didn’t. Nya asked Kai.

While I guess it technically could be possible, I find it extremely unlikely that with Kai’s previously shown lack of skill, plus at least 2-3 years without practicing, he’d really be up to the challenge of reforging the golden weapons. But he was (if not a little nervous about it) and came out of the other end of it successful.

So. To me, this would mean Kai spent a good portion of his free time honing his smithing skills. He would probably enjoy it a lot more when it’s just a hobby instead of an attempted livelihood. When Ray comes back into the picture, he and Kai spent a lot of time together helping Kai learn.

Once he gets good enough, Kai declares himself the team armorer. He repairs team weapons and armor and forges new ones whenever something gets broken or lost. The others are more than happy with this arrangement, as is means they get gear custom designed specifically for them instead of whatever Wu was buying.

text:

"Hey sis?.." Just adopted a gremlin + 'bout to tell nya. (Full body drawing of kai)

-the Gremlin. Oni horns!

(Lloyds head)

♡Dragon Blade♡

(Drawing of kai finding the dragon blade, fire on his left and water on his right.)

-Just saved him from the desert