Gonna jump around a bit here in this chapter with days, so it might get a bit long or not, hard to say, and in the next chapter, season 1 of ninjago will get started. So the pilot has already happened while Nova was staying with Ronin.
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*The next day.*
After what happened last night, Nova was pretty much very exhausted, so she slept through most of the day, until the cursed alarm clock went off. Causing her to fall out of the couch with a scream. "Rise and shine, runt." Ronin looked over at her with a smirk.
Nova narrowed her eyes at him. "I'm gonna kill you one of these days, and that alarm clock along with you." She threatened, slowly getting up and throwing her blanket back on the couch.
"Yeah, yeah, keep telling yourself that kid, now move it, I'm gonna watch some T.V." Ronin said, grabbing the remote and turning on the T.V, sitting down on the couch so he could watch the news.
Rolling her eyes, Nova repeated his words in a baby voice as she went and grabbed her already made breakfast or lunch. She wasn't sure since she saw that it was 1 pm in the morning.
"We are now here at ninjago bank where there was a robbery last night, and according to the security guard, it was robbed by a kid. No, I am not kidding because my dear viewers, we actually were able to get a clip of our little robber , Vinny, show them!" News reporter Gayle Gossip was talking in the news, and soon a small clip on the screen showed Nova sneak into the security room from the vent, before then switching to her sneaking through the hall towards the vault.
Nova was drinking a glass of water until she heard the news and quickly spit the water out. "How the fuck did they get that clip! I didn't see any cameras there, and I even made sure to turn them all off before I left that room!" She shouted as she couldn't believe what she was seeing.
Ronin just gave a shrug. "Well, I'm not surprised, you're just an amateur, runt and that right there. Robbing a bank is only us pros capable of robbing, without much trouble." He said, drinking his coffee while watching the news.
"We don't know where the little thief disappeared to, but don't worry, my dear viewers. Because the police are on high alert and will be keeping an eye out for them and for any kids, since the only clue so far that we have after watching that clip, is their mask and hoodie. Which the police means are key points to finding them soon, I'm Gayle Gossip here and that is all for now!" After that, the news ended as Ronin turned off the T.V, finished his coffee.
"Well kid, looks like you're staying inside today since the police are out looking, and I'm not up for you ending up leading them over here to my place, otherwise I will throw you out." Ronin said, getting up from the couch and putting his cup in the sink.
Then walked over to one of the windows and opened it to a rope along with some broken parts from the lower abandoned buildings, since this was an old broken down apartment building that no one besides them lived in, and maybe other thieves in the lower areas, hard to say.
Nova was sometimes still surprised how Ronin's apartment wasn't all dirty and broken down, well, mostly since there were a few things like the floor, ceiling, and furnitures. But if you ignored all that, it was an okay apartment.
"Wait, where are you going?" She asked, watching him grabbing some stuff before heading out of the window.
"To do a job, kid, I don't wanna waste time watching over your sorry ass all the time." Ronin started going down the rope. "And don't try and steal any of my stuff while I'm out like last time, or I'll make sure you don't get any T.V time nor sleep." He warned her sternly before leaving.
Nova let out a heavy sigh as she went back to the couch, laying down trying to come up with something she could do, while Ronin was out and since she couldn't leave.
"Oh, I know, I could try and work on my elemental powers." Nova quickly sat up, and went to grab some empty bottles and place them on the balcony, perfect for target practice.
She held out her hands and tried to focus on the bottles in front of her.
*15 minutes later.*
So far, nothing had happened to those bottles, as they were all still standing where Nova had placed them. "Aaarh! Come on, I did it last night at the bank. Why can't I do it now!" She complained, grabbing whatever she could find on the floor, which was, at the moment, a rock and just threw it, which ended up breaking one of the bottles.
"... Maybe I should ask Ronin for some target practice." Nova thought after breaking that bottle, but she wasn't gonna risk doing it up here should she actually break something like a window. She shook her head trying to calm down and focus once again on those bottles with her hands up, this time trying to remember the feeling she got when she did it at the bank.
It took Nova a good minute or so, until she finally got the feeling and looked at her hands as she saw the purple glow again, smiling. She aimed at the bottles and slowly the top part of them began to decay, but only the top since she was getting exhausted very quickly.
*Three days later.*
It had been three days since Nova started practicing her elemental powers, and she was finally getting somewhere, since she could now decay the half of a bottle. But she still had a long way to go, since she still was getting very exhausted from it.
Nova had asked Ronin if he could teach her how to throw knives, which of course he wasn't much up for since he didn't want her breaking anymore of his stuff. Otherwise, she would have to repay back, which, of course, she couldn't because he kept all the money to himself.
"Come on, old man, just teach me. I promise I'm not gonna break any of your stuff, besides I do need something to do while you're out, and since I'm not allowed to leave because of the stupid police still searching." She told him, trying once again to convince him, which was getting pretty old very quickly to Ronin's liking.
"Fine! But if you break anything, you're gonna have to repay it!" Ronin became annoyed to this point as he grabbed some throwing knives he had, and walked out on the balcony with Nova quickly following him, happily smiling.
"Okay shrimp, I'm only gonna do this once so you better watch. After that, you're on your own." He said holding up a knife, throwing it straight into a bottle, breaking it. "There I'm done, now good luck or whatever." He gave her the rest of the knives as he left.
"Wow, so much encouragement, I feel so loved here." Nova sarcastically said, before giving it a try with the knives, which, of course, didn't go well, since she just couldn't hit any of the bottles.
*One week later.*
"Fuck yes!!" Nova cheered happily as she finally hit a bottle with a knife, after so long, she was finally getting somewhere. She went on to making a small jump in happiness like a little kid, which she was, though she still found that weird at times.
"Just wait until Ronin hears about this, he's gonna be so surprised." She happily smiled as she went and picked up the knives before going back to throwing them, she still missed most of them. But she was at least getting a few this time, which she was happy with, so she kept going for the rest of the day.
*Late night, 2 am.*
By the time Ronin came back it was already very late in the night, around 2 am, he was carrying a large bag that he dropped on the floor before noticing Nova wasn't on the couch,
He went on to check the balcony and found her sleeping on the floor, exhausted from throwing knives, as he noticed a few broken bottles along with knives laying on the floor. "Looks like that shrimp is actually getting somewhere, and here I thought she would have quiet at least two days after this."
Ronin shook his head, picking her up and took her over to the couch, placing her in it with the blanket, before he then went on looking through his back of stolen stuff and pulled out a few things, some of it being items he could use for his inventions.
After a few minutes, he pulled out some clothes he had gotten for Nova, since she didn't have any extra and since the police were looking for her. She would need something new to change into when she was out stealing stuff, along with some casual clothes.
"Maybe I should teach her a few things in how to make her own gadgets or something, with that mask of hers. I'm sure it's gonna need some fixes at some point, and since she wouldn't let me look at it." Ronin mumbled before he heard movement.
He looked over his shoulder and saw that she was still sleeping, but looked like she was having some kind of nightmare which she had been having these past few days he had noticed, though not sure what they were about since she wouldn't tell him.
Ronin looked into his bag, pulling something out which was a small dragon plushie and walked over, placing it in her arms, which seemed to help her nightmare as she fell back into a peaceful sleep.
If anyone else had seen this, it would ruin Ronin's reputation, so it was a good thing he didn't trust anyone, and always made sure to get away from any trouble coming his way. While he might "tolerated" the kid. If it came down to it being between Nova or his money, he would, of course, go for the money.
Shaking his head, Ronin started walking away, but was stopped when he felt something grabbing his hand. Turning his head, he saw Nova had grabbed his hand in her sleep.
"No.....please don't leave me.....dad." Nova mumbled in her sleep, with a tear running down her face.
Ronin raised an eyebrow from hearing this. "Did her dad leave her or something?" He sat down on the couch and gently patted her head, to which a small smile grew on her face.
"Everything is gonna be alright, Nova." Ronin was shaking his head, letting out a sigh. "What did I get myself into here?"