#young ray

Thanks @lisacoolsmart for the request!!

Young Garmadon goes out with Acronix and Ray. At first he refuses to drink but gets drunk anyway. On the way home they meet Misako...

"No, I’m not drinking!" Young Garmadon immediately shook his head angrily. "I don’t even know why I agreed to come to this bar with you guys… "

“To be a boys’ night out,” Acronix cheerfully said while sipping his drink. He elbowed Raya. “Isn’t that right, Ray?”

“Yeah, and there’s something…,” Ray looked a bit restless. “Lately, it’s like you’re suffering…”

“Yeah,” Garmadon pretended to be surprised. “Where’d you get that idea?”

“You’re a bad actor, Garmadon,” Acronix sighed. “Come on, tell us what’s bothering you…”

“Nothing special,” Garmadon swallowed hard. “Just a poison in my stomach, that’s all…”

“There’s more, isn’t there,” Ray insisted.

“Could it maybe be love?” Acronix playfully provoked Garmadon.

“Hahaha,” Garmadon tried to be sarcastic again but it didn’t work.

“Don’t bother,” Ray said, taking a sip of his drink.

“We all know, and who!” Acronix kept laughing.

“How?!” Garmadon was frantic… maybe they were teasing him after all? ”You look like you are suffering.“Ray sighed.

“You know that Misako works with my brother, right?” Acronix eagerly told Garmadon. Garmadon blushed…

He wasn’t happy that he fell in love, he wasn’t happy that anyone knew!

“Come on, have a drink, it’ll make you feel better,” Acronix patted him on the shoulder and handed him a glass.

“And then you can tell us what exactly is bothering you. ” Ray nodded.

Garmadon already started regretting going out, but deep down he wished someone understood him… Maybe he even deliberately did what followed. Garmadon started drinking and talking…

Mostly about Misako. He liked pouring out his soul as he kept drinking and drinking… And from what they told him, he got pretty drunk…

~~~~~~~

“Come on, Garmadon,” Acronix murmured, trying to get Garmadon to go home.

“He’s so strange when he gets drunk. ” Ray tried to push Garmadon’s arm.

“He is realy” Acronix sighed. “He doesn’t smell like a drunkard and he wouldn’t say he’s drunk until you get really close. ”

“Stone!” Garmadon enthusiastically said and jumped after a stone.

“No, no, don’t touch the stone again !” Ray growled as he and Acronix tried to stop Garmadon from jumping and grabbing another stone.

Garmadon was a big human. Or rather, he wasn’t really human…

“Let’s go home!” Acronix said angrily and pulled Garmadon along, surprisingly he obeyed… Probably not for long.

Soon they saw a figure approaching them…

“Hi, guys!” Misako greeted them with a smile and waved.

“Hi!” Garmadon’s face lit up completely.

Misako looked at him a bit strangely but didn’t realize he was drunk. As Ray already noticed, Garmadon handled it pretty well when he was really drunk…

“I want to tell you something…” Garmadon said somewhat nervously. “Just us.”

“Okay!” Acronix said, pushing aside Raya.

“That’s not a good idea,” Ray swallowed.

“We just told him earlier to be more relaxed around her,” Acronix smiled.

“Yeah, but he’s drunk!” Ray already got a little nervous.

He couldn’t hear what they were saying but at least he kept an eye on them. For now, everything seemed normal.

“Yes, when is the best time to relax!” Acronix insisted.

“I’ll go crazy!” Ray said, facepalming.

Soon he saw Garmadon approaching Misako… They stopped a few seconds before she pushed him away and said something angrily.

“Oh no…” Ray said, and both he and Acronix rushed toward Garmadon…

~~~~~~

Missako knew there was was much thing Gamradon could tell her. They were close, but still, she had a strange feeling.

“Are you okay?” Misako looked at Garmadon worriedly.

He looked a little sick… He didn’t seem drunk, which was a good sign.

“I’ve wanted to tell you something for a long time…” Garmadon nervously started, shifting from foot to foot.

“We’re friends,” Misako interrupted him kindly. “You know you can say at say everything…”

“I know,” Garmadon said, hesitating again. “Since I saw you, I’ve known you’re the most beautiful girl I’ve ever seen. Since I got to know you better, I also know that you’re the sweetest, smartest, and most kind-hearted person I’ve ever met…”

Misako blushed heavily. This couldn’t be true… All the time she’d secretly watched Garmadon, convincing herself she couldn’t like him, that she wasn’t good enough for a noble person like him…

“…I’ve been thinking about you a lot lately… How wonderful it would be to have children and get married…Uh,oh...To be with you and…” Garmadon said, swaying on his feet.

Misako thought he was about to fall, so she grabbed his upper arm.

Garmadon misunderstood her differently and moved his lips to hers. At first, she didn’t mind, she gave him a kiss.

When his soft lips met hers, it felt like a dream come true. It was so beautiful until… She felt alcohol on his lips, a lot of alcohol. She pushed him away angrily.

“You are drunk !” She said fiercely, blushing from anger.

She felt like she was going to cry… She felt humiliated, manipulated, toyed with… As if he took her feelings and was playing with them…

“Misako!” Ray ran up, grabbing Garmadon. “Please forgive me!”

“I mean everything that…” Garmadon started, but Acronix cut him off with a hand over his mouth.

“Enough today,” he said. He sighed in surprise.

“Sorry, Misako, really…” Ray repeatedly apologized, feeling guilty.

“You knew he was drunk,” Misako almost cried from the jumble of emotions.

“I know, sorry again, that was a stupid idea,” Ray looked genuinely sorry. “Did he do something to you?”

“No, he was just babbling nonsense.” Misako was luckily able to calm herself.

Ray stared at her for a few more moments. “Once again, sorry, now we have to take him home!”

“Yeah…” Misako sighed. “Good night.”

“Good night.” Acronix quietly said.

Garmadon tried to say something, but Ray and Acronix silenced him and dragged him home.

~~~~~~

“What have I done!” Garmadon listened in disbelief to what he had done yesterday…

He actually almost remembered and it didn’t really come to him, which hurt him a little. He felt so sorry for what he had done, but at the same time…

He wished he remembered the moment his lips touched hers… He longed for that, he lived for that.

“To see how she pushed you away so angrily,” Ray sighed sadly. “It’s not a good start, buddy, not at all…”

Garmadon frowned. He hated that he made Misako upset… He felt so awkward and guilty for putting her in that situation…

“Maybe something good will come out of this,” Acronix tried to stay positive.

“Doubtful,” Ray said gloomily. “We have to go.”

Garmadon hesitated to follow them… He hated himself more than ever and felt so uncomfortable.

He looked at the door… At that moment every other day , Misako would quietly approach, and they were about to do training and drink tea…

In recent days, Wu had been away, so they were alone. They started building a really nice bond, and he ruined it all. He didn’t know if it was worse that she might come or that she might not.

Suddenly, he heard knocking on the door.

“Come in!” He said with a lump in his throat. Maybe it really was her!

“Hey, Garmadon,” Misako gently entered. Garmadon’s heart pounded as if it was about to burst out of his chest.

It always sped up when he saw her, but this was something different.

“Hi…” He tried to smile. He was overwhelmed that she came after all, but also felt awkward…

He was relieved that she finally arrived, but Biko felt uneasy as well.

"Are you okay?" Misako looked at him with concern.

"Yes, I am now." Garmadon swallowed hard. "About yesterday..."

"That's exactly what I wanted to talk to you about." Misako gently said, looking him straight in the eyes. "Did you really mean that?"

Garmadon's throat tightened with the knot in his stomach. It would have been great if he knew what he was thinking and had said it at that very moment...

"Listen, I'm sorry about yesterday." Garmadon sighed. "As you probably noticed, I was drunk and I don't remember much. But I truly regret what I did and what I said..."

Misako looked at him somewhat disappointed, and now Garmadon was genuinely interested to hear what he had said.

"Alright..." Misako tried to force a smile. "I figured as much..."

"Listen." Garmadon hesitated. He didn't know where he got the courage from, but it seemed he had finally found it.

"I don't know what I told you, but I know what I should have said." Misako raised an inquisitive eyebrow.

Garmadon couldn't believe how beautiful she was. "Ever since I've truly started to notice you, I've been thinking about how you are the most beautiful person I've ever seen. And since I get to know you better, I know you are the most gentle, the smartest, the most considerate, and the most interesting person I've ever known..."

Garmadon was pleased to see her cheeks flush slightly and she looked down shyly. The butterflies in his stomach went wild.

"Well..." Misako looked him in the eyes, still red-faced and smiling. "That's pretty much what you said last night too."

Garmadon liked that very much. "But then I..." He chuckled awkwardly.

"I didn't mind that you kissed me. What bothered me was that you were drunk." Misako looked up at him. Garmadon's heart raced with emotion...

"It wasn't my idea!" Garmadon quickly said. "Uh, I mean, I'm totally to blame, but... I'm not usually the type to drink..."

"I know." Misako shrugged. "That's why I was so surprised."

"And mad," Garmadon reminded her.

"Mad because I thought you were messing with my feelings," Misako emphasized.

Garmadon's heart pounded even stronger, more than he thought possible, because of her feelings.

Her feelings?

He felt the pressure to kiss her but didn't have the courage. Not yet. Things were moving. Slowly, but they were moving!!

"Listen, Garmadon, I like you too, and everything, but I really have to go," Misako said, and she kissed him on the cheek.

Now it was Garmadon's turn to go dizzy... "Uh..."

"I'm coming this afternoon to the training session, if that's okay with you," Misako said with a slight smile.

"Uh, okay," Garmadon replied, and he hurriedly watched her leave.

When she stepped out, he started jumping for joy and threw himself onto the bed.

"Thank you!" he exclaimed to Ray and Acronix, who weren't there.

Ray Toro: Ba-Ba-Booey

Have you met Gregory's son yet? You two seem like you'd get along pretty well.

- Spring, 2001 -

“I babysit Miles sometimes when Mr. Edgeworth and Detective Badd decide to do some investigating on their own. He’s such a nerd- he knows more about legal codes and global issues than some adults I meet!

And he has no friends. Well, did. I think Mr. Edgeworth said something about him and these two other boys in his class… who knows.”

IMPORTANT or not idk:

This comic is from an o.g ninjago perspective so no oni half dragon stuff. If you can see how this fits with the oni thing that's cool too.

Garmadon has no idea how to ask Misako out… good thing Ray exists.

“What should I do?” Young Garmadon panicked as his hands trembled.

“Is it that hard?” Ray sighed. “Look, Garm, what’s the worst that can happen?”

“Well, first she rejects me, then she stops talking to me, stops going to trainings and—”

“You need to calm down.” Ray patted his head. “I don’t believe that Misako—”

“You don’t know!” Garmadon sat down, slamming a cup onto the table. “She was complaining about how all of her guy friends suddenly started liking her—”

“That doesn’t mean she doesn’t want you to like her.”

“But how can I know?” Garmadon laid his head on the table. “I don’t want to lose her…”

“You will lose her if you just sit here and do nothing.” Ray handed him his jacket. “Go ask her about that ice skating before some other guy does.”

“All right, all right…” Garmadon slowly put his jacket on.

“Faster…” Ray crossed his arms.

“I’m going the fastest I can.” Garmadon took his time adjusting the jacket, slowly zipping it up.

~~~~~~

“Now… how do I find her?” Garmadon looked down at the crowd. “There are just too many people here.”

“You won’t find her if you don’t start looking!” Ray gently elbowed him. “Come on. Don’t worry so much! She’s always here.”

“No, she’s not…” Garmadon’s face turned to shock as he realized—

“Ah, Misako and Maya!” Ray pretended to be surprised. “Sorry, Misako, you won’t mind if I steal Maya for a few minutes.” Ray grabbed Maya before she could react.

“Uhh—” Garmadon tried to say something, but Ray interrupted.

“You can have Garmadon till we’re back!”

“Thanks…” Misako mumbled.

An uncomfortable silence followed.

“They’re not coming back anytime soon,” Misako sighed, glancing at Garmadon’s face. She looked away for a moment before meeting his eyes again.

“Yeah,” Garmadon did his best to hide his blush. “Do you wanna go ice skating while we wait?”

“Sure,” Misako looked at the ground. “You well?”

“Don’t remember the last time I was this great!” Garmadon smiled, and Misako followed his example.

Thanks Anonymous for the request!!

Part 1-Lloyd tells Sora, Arin and wyldfyre about his father's poison. They find an interesting scroll from The First Spinjitzu Master, which says that he found a cure for Garmadon..

Part2-The journey of The First Spinjitzu master and his sacrifice to find a cure.

Part3-Arin, Sora, and Wyldfyre enter the portal and try to give the cure to Garmadon. Something is wrong.

-Hidden in the monastery, in the fifth room, behind wardrobe six. -Thalyana proudly finished reading the scroll.

"Now hurry before the portal closes!"

"I still don't understand..." Arin stroked his head. "What portal?"

"The one that will allow you to go back in time and give Garmadon the cure." Thalyana said as if it was the most ordinary thing ever.

"How is that possible!?" Sora asked with her mouth open.

"Probably the wish of TFSM was so great that his son would recover, so they created a portal from his remaining powers." Thalyana herself didn't sound entirely sure. "Probably. And maybe some evil created it as a lure."

"Wonderful." Arin swallowed. "Now we just call Lloyd..."

"No!" Thalyana shouted. "No one is allowed to go if someone there might recognize him."

"So only the three of us." Sora concluded and took out her phone. "I'm going to call Wylfyre to bring the medicine."

"And don't let anyone know." Thalyana warned her. "Otherwise, you'll never be able to return."

"I'd rather not risk it..." Arin said softly, sweating slightly. "Tell her to be very, very careful..."

~~~~~~~

"Here I am!!" Wyldfyre excitedly ran up to their tent twenty minutes later. "Adventure!!"

"We're ready!" Sora bravely looked at Thalyana. "Where is the portal?"

"Right here!" Thalyana said mystically and moved the curtain in the tent. Sora looked at the portal in awe. It was so blue and so beautiful...

"I forgot something," Thalyana said as if apologizing. "There is a high chance the portal will curse you so you won't want to return using it. And you only have 2 hours."

"Exuse ne!" Arin shouted, looking terrified.

"You can always give up...," Thalyana reluctantly said.

"We must!" Sora said, meeting Arin and Wyldfyre in the eyes. "For Lloyd... Do you remember how sad he was when he talked about his father? This is for Lloyd and his family."

Arin nodded deeply, even Wyldfyre looked like she understood.

"And for all of Ninjago." Arin reminded. "Lord Garmadon did many bad things."

"Then let's go!" Sora tried to move again, but Wyldfyre stopped her.

"You said this portal could be a trap. Wyldfyre looked suspiciously at Thalyana. "Why should we trust you?"

"Decide with your heart." Thalyana smiled. "TFSM was my dear friend... But there's no time! Less than two hours left! You will go out and return there before the portal closes. Or..."

"Yes, let's go!" Sora exclaimed and pulled Arin and Wyldfyre into the portal before their spirits fainted.

"And don’t let Garmadon see the cure!!" Thalyana called after them. The last thing Sora remembers is being in a blue vortex...

~~~~~~

"Ow!" Sora shouted as they ended up behind the bushes.They were on a meadow with about ten tents, and darkness had just fallen.

"Now we must be careful." Arin whispered softly.

"But not too cautious, we have to risk..." Sora insisted.

"But if Garmadon sees us!" Arin started, but Wyldfyre interrupted him.

"While you’re arguing, a man who looks very much like Lloyd entered the nearest tent."

"Great?" Arin almost shouted. "Now we can give him the medicine when he’s sleeping and keep the portal on sight at the same time."

"Let's go!" Sora whispered and they ran towards Garmadon's tent, hiding behind furniture.

"I'm worried." Garmadon said, putting his head in his hands.

Sora looked at him, surprised at how much empathy she felt for this man — for the first time..

"Don’t worry," said the other man she hadn’t seen. "We’ll be on time for your and Misako’s wedding tomorrow."

"Not just that worries me, Ray." Garmadon looked at him sharply, grinding his teeth.

"And what else?" Ray sat down next to him. Sora thought he resembled Kai and Nya.

"What if I destroy Misako’s life? Her entire life with my poison..."

"You won’t." Ray grabbed his shoulder."Misako knows and accepts you, with that..."

"But she might not be aware of what could happen." Garmadon said sadly.

"Did you tell her that?" Ray started to look at him a bit more worried.

"Yes." Garmadon sighed. "Even though she knows everything and agreed to marry me, she might not realize what’s best for her...."

"Garmadon." Ray looked at him worriedly. "You’re not thinking of giving up on the wedding, are you?"

"I think I have no strength." Garmadon lowered his head again. "Too weak and selfish, and I love her too much to let her go."

"And she loves you too much now to leave you because of the poison." Ray said. "I think it would be worse for her if you leave her to live without you. In the end, we both know you have no strength."

"Exactly." Garmadon exhaled once more.

"Let’s have a little more joy!" Ray shook him. "You're getting married tomorrow! Anyway, you said you’re better than ever when you're with Misako!"

"That’s right." Garmadon smiled sincerely for the first time.

"Now I’ll leave you to sleep." Ray said and nodded. "If you look like a desert man tomorrow, maybe Misako will truly leave you."

"Hahaha." Garmadon said sarcastically. He continued to stand in the tent.

"We have a little time left!" Arin looked panicked at the portal.There,time was passing faster.

"Go to sleep..." Wyldfyre angrily looked at Garmadon.

"Maybe the poison will always torment me." Garmadon muttered to himself, or so he thought. "But I will allow myself to be happy."

Saying that, he held a picture in his hands. Sora guessed it was a picture of him and Misako. Her heart suddenly filled with compassion for Garmadon.

"Hmm," Arin whispered, nudging Sora with his elbow. Sora looked at the portal and realized it was closing.

"I..." Sora whispered. "Let’s give him a little more time..."

They watched impatiently as Garmadon blew out the candles and lay down. But he wasn’t at peace; he moved restlessly, flipping the picture in his hands and muttering something.

Sora heard him mention himself and Misako and guessed he was practicing his wedding speech.

"We have to go!" Wyldfyre whispered panicked. Sora turned and saw that the portal was indeed shrinking.

"You go ahead, I’ll follow." Sora bravely said and grabbed the medicine.

"But..." Arin tried to protest, but Sora cut him off.

"I have an extraordinary compassion for this man and his family. I have to do this." Sora sighed, as if she was convincing herself.

"Go, I promise I will come!"

Arin and Wyldfyre reluctantly agreed but quietly headed toward the portal. Sora slowly crept toward the portal, crossing her fingers that Garmadon was asleep.

When she reached him, she noticed from his breathing that he was in a light sleep. But his mouth was closed!

She tried to gently force his mouth open without waking him.

She looked at the portal and realized she had no time to think. Carefully, she opened Garmadon’s mouth and poured in the medicine.

"COUGHT!" Garmadon coughed, and Sora hurried sharply toward the portal. Garmadon suddenly sat up and looked around. He heard something, but the medicine had rendered him drowsy again.

Meanwhile, Sora ran, and the portal was closing.

"No!" Arin, already in the portal, jumped and reached out with his hand.

"Just a little more!" Sora shouted, reaching out her hand, but it was too late.

The portal closed a hundredth of a second before she rushed into it.

"NO!" Arin and Wyldfyre screamed, but there was no turning back. All that remained in Arin’s mind were Sora’s words.

"I promise I will come back..." He couldn’t believe she was gone forever.

He wanted to scream, hate this mission, hate Garmadon... He wanted everything to return, but he knew it was over... The portal took them back to Thalyana’s tent.

~~~~~~~

Sora felt no sense of blockage as if her body was closing off, even though he was clearly approaching.

She spent the whole night and morning hiding and watching Garmadon and his group, slowly seeing everything on her fade and disappear...

As her body became more transparent, she proudly watched Garmadon glowing with happiness.

She was ready to endure this if it meant bringing happiness to the family she felt a strange deep compassion and love for.

Maybe all of this was because of Lloyd... Sora came to the wedding. She couldn’t believe how attached she felt while watching Misako and Garmadon together.

She couldn’t believe how they had some familiar feeling... When she almost became invisible, she approached Garmadon and Misako during their first dance.

She got so close that she heard Garmadon whisper passionately into Misako’s ear.

"I feel as if all the poison has gone! It seems love can truly conquer all. Finally, we can be unconditionally happy, have a family...!"

Misako just smiled broadly at that. Sora also smiled.

Oneshot in which Garmadon talks while sleeping.

Request from ao3!

"I don't talk while I sleep!" Garmadon shouted angrily and slammed the door behind him.

He knew he was behaving like a child, but he couldn't help it. He hated that he talked in his sleep; everyone always laughed about it...

"Brother?" Wu quietly peeked into the room. It was Wu; of course, he immediately felt sorry for him.

"We're sorry." Ray said as he entered the room with Wu.

"I just can't help myself." Garmadon sighed.

"We know." Maya smiled gently. "You're not to blame, but of course, we find it funny."

They all chuckled lightly at that, and Garmadon blushed. "I'm afraid to say something wrong..."

"You've said a lot of wrong things, brother." Wu sighed with a smile. "But it’s endearing..."

"Listen." Ray whispered into Garmadon's ear. "If you like that Misako so much, maybe you should ask her out, huh?"

"Pardon?" Garmadon flushed even deeper.

"Well, you talk about her all the time in your sleep..." Ray shrugged.

~~~~~~

"Garm?" Misako yawned and turned over in bed. "I can't hear..." She began, then remembered.

Garmadon was talking in his sleep again. She lay down next to him and listened a bit as he spoke.

She couldn't understand much, but she clearly heard her name... and a birthday surprise. Misako turned over and put a pillow over her head so she wouldn't hear it all.

She started to laugh.

"What happened?" Garmadon sleepily asked.

"I just don’t want to hear everything about my birthday surprise." Misako giggled. It took Garmadon a few seconds for his sleepy brain to process what was really happening.

"I'm going to die..." He said, burying his face in the pillow.

"I actually think that’s really sweet." Misako comforted him and kissed him on the temple.

"Really?" Garmadon was astonished. "I can barely hide anything."

"That's good." Misako reminded him and smiled once more.

And Garmadon smiled a little too. Perhaps because of her, he would accept talking in his sleep.

~~~~~~

Garmadon and Wu were riding a train.

"Watch out!" Garmadon suddenly shouted loudly, and the entire train turned to face them.

Wu dropped into a fighting stance until he realized what was happening. Garmadon was talking in his sleep again.

"Wu eats his boogers!" Garmadon then yelled, and the whole train looked at Wu with disgust.

"Pardon? I swear I’m not..." Wu began, but Garmadon shouted again.

"Wu eats his boogers!" Passengers began commenting among themselves, and Garmadon wouldn't stop.

"WU.."

"Stop!" Wu pleaded desperately, shaking him. "Wake up, please!!"

"WU, DON’T STICK YOUR FINGERS IN YOUR NOSE, DON’T EAT BOOGERS!!!" Garmadon asked one more time before waking up.

Now the whole train was commenting on Wu and supposedly... "I dreamed that..." Garmadon said, confused, scratching his head. "I dreamed that..."

"I know what you dreamed." Wu said, utterly red, burying his face in his hands.

~~~~~~

"Mom." Lloyd said, walking over to Misako. "Dad fell asleep on the couch, and he..."

"Talks in his sleep." Misako smiled gently.

"I thought I’d say something different." Lloyd laughed. "I didn't know!"

"Come here." Misako said, sitting next to Garmadon.

"Garm." She whispered softly in his ear and gently shook him.

"Dad, wake up." Lloyd chimed in after her.

"Monkey in red underwear..."

"What?" Lloyd asked, astonished.

"Garm... Now it’s time to wake up." Misako giggled, shaking him lightly.

"The monkey climbed up on Wu's shoulder... and Wu screams..."

"Dad!" Lloyd said, laughing like crazy.

"I'm feel sorry for Wu." Misako laughed. "He always dreams something embarrassing about him..."

"Wu and I are monkeys in red underwear." Garmadon repeated, and Misako and Lloyd began laughing loudly.

"Red underwear? What?" Garmadon said, confused, looking at Misako and Lloyd.

"You talked in your sleep again." Misako smiled.

"I don'r remember." Garmadon frowned slightly. "Did I dream something interesting?"

"Did you remember anything about red underwear?" Lloyd was still cracking up.

"I..." Garmadon said, turning beet red. "How much did I say?"

"Too much love." Misako said, stroking his hair.

"That stays right here between these walls, okay?" Garmadon asked, looking at Lloyd.

I don't know the name of the ghost but it's an urban legend I heard from a YouTube video a long time ago that I found kinda funny. I do believe it's a Japanese one.

Oh I forgot, Garmadon is not an oni half dragon person thing in this. I do OG ninjago stuff. Sorry if you like the whole oni thing.