Jaya

Jaya is the het ship between Jay and Nya from the Ninjago fandom.

Pilots
Kai, Nya’s older brother, first mentions Nya to Jay, and the other ninja, when informing them that she has been kidnapped by the Skulkin. Jay is quickly intrigued by the notion of saving a girl, asking immediately if she is "hot", and whether she is a fan of the color blue or not. Jay is promptly told by Kai to back off. However, Jay has quickly become smitten by a girl he is yet to meet.

When Jay and Nya meet, Jay is unable to speak to her, as he has lost his voice. Despite this, he still tries his best to flirt, asking about her favorite color with little success. However, Zane steps in, and asks Nya the question on his behalf, explaining to Nya that he cannot speak. Nya answers Jay’s question, claiming blue to be her favorite color, which delights Jay.

At the end of the pilot episodes, Jay excitedly runs towards Nya once the day is saved, wanting a hug after seeing Nya give one to her older brother, Kai. Nya grants him this, and gives Jay a hug. This delights Jay, as he begins to think he is beginning to win over Nya.

Mini-Movies
In “Secrets of the Blacksmith”, Jay gives Nya a ride on his dragon back to the blacksmith shop, so that she can pack up her belongings, in order to move into the Ninja’s monastery. While Nya is inside, fighting off Skulkin, Jay debates with himself on how to impress and ask out Nya. When Nya sounds a gong, it catches Jay’s attention, making him jump into action, thinking she is in trouble. By the time Jay is inside, Nya has dealt with the threat, and claims that nothing is wrong. Jay accepts Nya’s answer, and they fly back to the monastery on Jay’s dragon, Wisp.

Rise of the Snakes
Nya alerts everyone that there has been sighting of Garmadon at the Jamanakai Village. The Ninja immediately run to help, Nya hands Jay his nunchucks which he shyly thanks her for. When they return to the monastery and began training, Nya heads back to the Jamanakai Village. Another mishap happens at the village and a trail of smoke alerts Kai, saying that Nya is still out there, making Jay also worry. They went back to save everyone and finding Nya. However, they were surprise to find Nya alright. Jay says she could be their honorary an Ninja, which she thanks him in a sarcastic manner. In a flashback sequence in “Home”, Jay and Nya watch a sad romance movie together with Zane, but they get weirded out by Zane’s reaction of the movie.

In “Snakebit”, Jay’s parents come to pay a visit. Jay’s mother, Edna, makes a comment saying that Nya just Jay’s type, making him feel embarrassed. When his parents are about to leave, Edna again makes Jay feel embarrassed by saying he should bring Nya when he pays to visit them. The next day, Nya asks Jay if he’s gonna visit parents that day, he replies he was about to do it. He later asked Nya to accompany him to visit them, but the other Ninjas ended up joining them too. During their visit, they find a group of Serpentine has attacked Jay's parents Junkyard. Jay transforms his nunchucks into a jet, but it later disappears and he falls from the sky. Nya luckily catches him in time with a car.

In "Once Bitten, Twice Shy", Jay tries to impress Nya with what he thought was men's cologne from Kai. Turns out he was actually using perfume, which Nya is allergic too, so he apologizes to her. He then asks her out to go on a date to a fancy restaurant later tonight, which she accepts. He gets excited but accidentally hits his arm on a sharp tooth of a Fangpyre skull. As he's getting ready, he notices the venom from the Fangpyre skull is transforming his arm into a Serpentine. He tries to hide it from everyone by wearing more clothes. Unfortunately, Jay’s plan had to be changed as there has been a Serpentine attack at the Mega Monster Amusement Park. Jay goes to Nya's room and tells her from outside her room that they are gonna have their date at the Mega Monster Amusement Park instead, which she agrees too. Jay is unaware that Nya also knew about the Serpentine attack there because she is a secret hero under the alias, Samurai X, which the Ninja has a dislike towards to.

During their date, Jay mentions that he hates Samurai X, making Nya upset. Jay then notices his body begins transforming again so he excuses to use the bathroom, leaving Nya. Nya took it as an opportunity to leave to leave and fight the Serpentine there. When Jay returns with his whole body covered up, he finds Nya is gone. He finds her outside getting tied up in a rollercoaster, with the end of the track being a ring of fire. The rollercoaster starts and Jay gets on to untie Nya. Nya notices the snake tail on Jay's body and asks him to take the scarf off, but he prefers not to do it. The rollercoaster then goes down a slope, making Jay lose his scarf. He tells Nya to look away from him as he thinks he’s a monster. He shouts for Samurai X's help, but Nya confesses to Jay that she is Samurai X. As the rollercoaster tracks are running out, Nya tells Jay that she likes him best when he is being himself and gives him a kiss on the cheek. This makes Jay return as a human and unlock his True Potential. He was able to stop the train just in time before it reaches the ring of fire.

Legacy of the Green Ninja
In “Double Trouble”, Nya got a part-time job at the auto body shop and invites Jay to come over, which he accepts. Later, while the Ninja visit Lloyd’s old school, Lord Garmadon creates evil clones of the Ninja. Bizzaro Jay goes to Nya’s auto body shop, with her not knowing he’s an evil clone. Bizarro Jay kisses Nya with her being surprised, as he sneakily takes the keys for the Ultra Sonic Raider from her. At Darkley's, the Ninja and their evil clones fight. As Jay fights his clone, Bizzaro Jay mentions he kissed Nya, making Jay furious and destroy Bizzaro Jay. He then exclaims that nobody kisses his girl.

In “Wrong Place, Wrong Time”, the Ninja travel back in time to stop Lord Garmadon from changing the events of the past. The Ninja meet Past Wu and interfered an important event of the Ninja forming, that is saving Nya from getting kidnapped. Zane mentions that since Kai didn’t become a Ninja to rescue Nya in this timeline, the four Ninja didn’t unite, and Jay and Nya never met. This surprises Jay and begs to Wu to convince Kai join him so he and Nya can unite.

In “The Last Hope”, the Ninja, alongside Wu and Misako, travel to Dark Island to stop the Overlord. The Ninja thought they succeeded stopping the Celestial Clock countdown, turns out they were too late. The countdown is finished and the Overlord’s plan started. The Ninja and everyone else except Nya are slowly falling down a cliff into the sea. General Kozu grabs Nya, Jay tells him to let her go, but realizes they’re getting closer to the sea. Jay is furious that Nya got taken, even threaten to punch Cole when he said “that’s just the way the cookie crumbles” while Lloyd blames himself for what happened. Arriving at the shore, Jay says he doesn’t care about Ninjago, as he’s more worried about Nya. As the Ninja prepare for battle, Jay carries a photo of him and Nya to motivate himself. The Ninja go into the jungle, and find Nya corrupted by the Overlord. Jay says he doesn’t want to hurt Nya while fighting her, which the Ninja agree on.

After defeating the Overlord, everything returned to normal, including Nya. Jay alongside Kai run to hug her.

Rebooted
In “The Surge” the Ninja are now teachers at Wu’s academy. During break time at the teacher’s lounge, Jay offers Nya his pudding cup while also getting close to her. Nya reminds Jay about boundaries, which he immediately understood. Later, the Ninja and the students go on a field trip to Borg Tower. There, Nya and a few students find a Perfect Match console. Nya tests it out. Everyone says she would get Jay, but the machine reveals that Nya’s match is Cole, shocking everyone. This makes Nya worry about her relationship and feelings of Jay. She tries her best to hide that she also has feelings for Cole now from Jay. But in “Blackout” PIXAL spilled the beans saying Nya and Cole are a better match than Jay and Nya. This makes Jay furious and fights Cole, sparking a rivalry between Jay and Cole for Nya’s love.

Tournament of Elements
In “The Invitation”, the Ninja went their own separated ways after Zane’s sacrifice. While Lloyd talks to Jay of trying to bring him back to the team again. Lloyd mentions to Jay that Nya still speaks about him. Later, the Ninja arrive at Chen’ Island, where they attend a competition called the Tournament of Elements. While gathering at at table, Jay is surprised by the presence of Nya, who is disguised as one of Chen’s kabuki to find Zane.

March of the Oni
Through out Season 10, Jay plans to propose to Nya to be his Yang with the Yin-Yang Promise, which is the equivalent to a marriage proposal.

Jay first practices his proposal with Kai. Kai tells Jay to be confident when proposing, but Jay thinks it doesn't feel right. Dareth comes and Kai tells him about the proposal and tells him to keep it a secret. Nya walks in wearing a kimono, Jay looks at her smiling. She asks what they were doing. Jay sneaks the Yin-Yang medallion behind Dareth to Kai and then asks Nya about her kimono.

On the Destiny's Bounty, Kai asks Jay if he’s ever gonna propose to Nya yet, Jay replies he's waiting for the right time. Cole overhears the conversation and is excited for Jay proposing to Nya. Later, Jay nervously holds the medallion behind him and approaches Nya. He was about to propose when suddenly Garmadon walks behind Nya, making him get startled. When Garmadon left, Nya asks what he was gonna say but Jay tells her it can wait.

During the final battle against the Oni army, the ninja closed the gates to the monastery. When everything seems to be at its final moments, Jay immediately proposes to Nya on the spot. Kai and Cole complain about Jay's sense of timing, but Jay worries there may not anymore time. Nya accepts and hugs Jay. They place each half of the medallion on their suits. After the fight was over, they immediately hugged each other.

Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu
In “The Belly of The Beast”, the ninja are trying to retrieve a component of the Land Bounty that has been swallowed by a giant beetle. Jay shoots the beast with a surge of lightning and gets thrown up into the air. Luckily, Nya catches him. He thanks her and says he loves her. When they arrive at the Pyramid, Jay and Nya solve a puzzle together. Zane warns them not to solve it, but it was too late. After puzzle was solved, the gates opens up as Aspheera comes out and chains the Ninja to the walls. The Ninja manages to pull the chains off the wall, but Jay being at the far end of the chains nearly falls into the rising lava below. Nya saves him by pulling the chains, he thanks her and says he loves her.

In “An Unlikely Ally” Cole asks if Nya could use her water powers to move the snow, she answers with no. He complains about her powers being useless, Jay tries to stop him by using hand gestures. Nya throws a snowball at Cole in frustration, making Jay laugh.

In “Krag’s Lament” Jay and Nya pair up to search for Cole in the mountains. They find Krag’s cave and got into a fight with the yeti. Cole was able to stop the fight, saying that Krag is a friend of his.

When they return home to Ninjago, Jay and Nya were the first few to cross the portal.

Prime Empire
In the short “Let’s Dance”, Nya and Jay accidentally stumble in to each other. Jay says they could never get in sync and kisses her hand. Nya says to Jay she wants to do something fun together. Jay says he wants to go to the arcade, but Nya says she wants to try dance lessons. Jay agrees to go to the dance lesson with her, but tells her to keep it just between them. At the dance lesson, Nya is wearing a pink kimono. Jay didn’t expect to go fancy and was about to head back to change, Nya grabs his hand saying she just wanted to take it seriously, thinking she might’ve overdressed. As they dance, Nya accidentally steps on Jay’s foot. She apologizes, he says they can try again. The instructor says that Jay’s performance was great, while Nya was not, saying that she ruined Jay’s form. Hearing that, Jay gives a glare at the instructor. Nya asks how Jay was so good at dancing, he says he think he's just a natural. Later, Jay gets carried away dancing and leaves Nya alone. After he finished his dance, he notices Nya saddened being left alone. So he invites her to dance again, this time together. They pulled it off and the crowd cheers. Nya appreciates Jay for joining her in an activity she wanted to do, now it’s her turn to return the favor by joining him to the arcade. At the arcade, Jay shows his favorite game, Dancy Pants. Nya now realizes why Jay was so good at dancing. Jay extends his arm to invite her to dance, but get interrupted by a call from Lloyd. Jay was about to leave, but Nya takes his hand and they start dancing to Dancy Pants, while a crowd forms around them cheering them on. Later, when they arrive to Lloyd's location, Lloyd asks where they have been. Jay and Nya nervously look at each other, Nya replies that they had something else to do.

In “One Step Forward, Two Steps Back”, Jay and Nya enter a dance competition in Prime Empire. They hit it off with their dances from their dance lesson and playing Dancy Pants, making Cole, Lloyd, and Kai surprised. They see a pair of blue haired dancers dancing well together. Jay gets worried that it wasn’t such a great idea to enter the competition. Nya tells Jay that something the pair of dancers doesn’t have, chemistry. As the competition continues, the blue haired pair starts cheating in the competition. The blue haired girl kicks Nya in the heel. Jay and Nya realizes that the pair are cheating. The Red visors soon arrive. Jay and Nya fight them off while still dancing. With 30 seconds left on the timer, Jay and Nya do their last dance move. Nya suggests for Jay to catch her, he panics because they never practice that before, she says that she trusts him. Jay catches Nya swinging her in the air, announcing his love for her and winning the competition.

In "The Temple of Madness", Jay and Nya are the only Ninja left after the rest were turned to energy cubes. They reach a stage involving a conveyor belt with glitchy rotating shurikens. Jay and Nya begin to act like they were dancing to move around the them. Jay nearly falls off the platform, Nya catches him in time. In the next stage, they enter a sushi restaurant. Jay sits down, thinking it was a stage for them to rest, but Nya is suspicious and tells him it could be a trick. The waitress of the restaurant attacks them, summoning monster sushis, which they destroy. Then three sushi chefs attack them, they destroy two while one was thrown out a door. They enter the final stage, Jay inserts the three key-tanas to clear the firewall. They embrace a hug before entering. Nya notices one of the red sushi chefs and throws a malice towards Jay and Nya. Nya pushes Jay aside and gets turned into an energy cube. Jay throws back the malice at the sushi chef, destroying it for good. Jay is in despair, but Unagami interupts and says that Jay should save his sentiments for later. Before Jay faces against Unagami, he tells the energy cubed Nya that he's gonna set things right.

After Unagami frees everyone in Prime Empire, Jay and Nya reunite, he spins her in the air and gives her a kiss on the cheek.

Master of the Mountain
In “Queen of the Munce”, Jay, Nya, and Lloyd enter the Munce Home Cave where they meet Queen Murtessa. Jay greets her and she immediately grows a liking to him. Murtessa then turns to Nya, who she thought was Jay’s servant. Jay corrects her saying she’s his Yang, Nya adding on that it means they belong together. Murtessa gets jealous, but doesn’t say anything. She requests her subjects to give the ninja whatever they wanted, even to “Yang Servant” Nya.

Nya gets frustrated being called “Yang Servant” and she was upset at Jay for not saying anything. Lloyd stops the two from arguing. Munce guards say that Murtessa requests Jay to come dine with her and him only. Nya argues they’re a team, saying that wherever Jay goes, she and Lloyd come too. At the dine room, Murtessa was excited to see Jay enter the room, only to get upset when Nya and Lloyd come in too. Murtessa starts asking a few questions to Jay. When she asks if he had elemental powers, he answers that he does. Nya tries to say that they (the ninja) all have elemental powers, but Murtessa cuts her off, ignoring her, making Nya annoyed. Murtessa then asks Jay if he was betrothed to anyone, Nya replies that he is, to her. Murtessa challenges Nya to a fight for Jay. At first Nya denies, then Murtessa then starts teasing her. Nya gets annoyed and accepts the fight.

While preparing for the fight, Jay begs for her to not to do it as there might be another way. Nya asks if Jay knew what would happen if she didn’t fight for him. Jay is quiet, she adds on that he’d be needing to stay at the Munce’s cave with Murtessa forever, becoming her king. He realizes, saying that he doesn’t want to stay at the cave eating the disgusting food, so he encourages Nya to win, she replies that she intends too. During the fight, Jay gets scared that she might lose, Lloyd says she’s got this. Nya claims victory and Murtessa loses, making the Munce surprised.

The Island
While being chased by giant stone golems, Nya stops at a cliff. Jay accidentally bumps behind her pushing her towards the cliff. Luckily, Jay catches her in time.

After finding Misako and Wu, Nya says she doesn’t want to leave the island without Jay. When they finally found Jay, he was being brought to be a gift to “Wojira” by the Keepers of The Amulet. Kai asks who would want Jay as a gift, Nya replies that she would.

Seabound
In “Unsinkable”, Nya gets worried that her elemental powers would go out of control again and might hurt someone, thinking she should stay behind. Jay assures her that’s the reason why she should join, convincing her to join. At the docks, Jay winks at Nya, but he accidentally shoots his blaster, later apologizing.

In the Hydro Bounty’s kitchen, Jay is eating sushi while Nya looks out the window. Jay takes Nya’s hand and smiles at her and tells her not to worry. Jay makes a joke about “Captain Zane”, making Nya giggle. He was about to do the dishes, only to find the plates completely clean. They later find out that Nya’s mom, Maya, snuck inside doing their chores. The Hydro Bounty then gets damaged, making it crash and lose power. Unable to fix the engine, they resort to using APS suits to find an energy source. Nya gets on one. Jay says he should take the other suit, but she tells him to stay. Instead, Maya gets on the second suit. Jay tells Nya to be careful before she leaves.

The Hydro Bounty still couldn’t be powered up. PIXAL is unable to communicate with Nya and Maya. Jay gets worried and wants to help them. He rushes to power up the bounty’s battery by powering it with his lightning powers, but Zane stops him saying it’s too dangerous with the Hydro Bounty being flooded. Jay then lies about preparing the oxygen tanks. Zane, PIXAL, and Lloyd rushes to stop him. He successfully powers up the Hydro Bounty’s battery. Jay becomes the captain and he quietly tells Nya that they’re coming.

Meanwhile, Nya and Maya are getting attacked by sharks. Nya was able to knock out 2, but her suit was damaged before she could finish off the last shark. Jay and Lloyd show up blasting the shark, saving her and Maya just in time. They quickly swim up to the Hydro Bounty.

At the Kingdom of Merlopia, The Ninja are running away from captured from Kalmaar’s guards. They meet Benthomaar, who leads them to find their vessel. Jay and Nya are suspicious if Benthomaar could be trusted, but they still kept following him.

When they got back on the Hydro Bounty, they head off to the Island of the Keepers. They go underwater in the Storm belt, Jay gets thrown around in the submarine. Nya reminds him that his seat has a seatbelt. When they arrive, they find out that the Storm Amulet was replaced with a fake. Nya says that the Storm Amulet could be in Ninjago City, which Kalmaar finds out. He destroys the Hydro Bounty's controls and leaves. Nya tells Jay to go after Kalmaar, but they couldn’t go after him because the Hydro Bounty’s controls couldn't be fixed. Nya blames herself that Kalmaar's gonna find the amulet. Jay tries to comfort her but gets push aside.

Nya then tries to summon whales with her powers to help them get off the island. Jay tells her it wasn't her fault they’re stuck in the island, but Nya continues to blame herself. Just then, Jay points out to Nya there are whales approaching the island.

When they arrive at Ninjago City, Kalmaar is leaving with the Storm Amulet at hand. Nya chases after him and an explosion occurs under the ocean. Jay calls out for Nya’s name, worried. Nya emerges out of the ocean with the Storm Amulet. After they hid the Storm Amulet, Jay goes to the arcade and finds Nya dancing to Dancy Pants. He joins in, Nya tells him she’s been practicing a new dance move. She calls it the Electric Jaya, naming the dance move by combining their names. Nya tells Jay to focus as they are close to beating their high score. A crowd forms around them, cheering their ship name. Then, the machine explodes. Jay and Nya embrace a hug, Master Wu then disrupts them asking them to go to the police station.

Kalmaar floods Ninjago City with the help of Wojira. Jay and Nya help evacuate the city alongside the other Ninja. As Jay attacks Wojira, Wijira bites his sub car with him inside it. Nya splashes Wojira with water, making her face against Nya, and letting go of Jay’s sub car. Jay sinks to the bottom of the flooded city. His sub car begins to flood with him stuck inside. So he holds his breath as he tries to escape. When Benthomaar carries Jay up to the surface, he passes out as he inhaled too much sea water.

Arriving at the surface, Nya runs to Benthomaar with a weakened Jay. They hide in the NGTV News Station building. Jay struggles to breathe, Wu says that Nya couldn’t get the water out of his lungs cause it wouldn’t respond. The next morning, while everyone is still asleep, Nya decides to transform and merge with the sea in an effort to defeat Wojira. She kisses Jay on the cheek as a goodbye. Jay looks as Nya leaves quietly, but his vision was still blurry. At the roof, she looks back, tears up and mouths out the words “I love you”. She jumps in, as she transforms, the water in Jay’s lungs are taken out. Everyone is surprised and confused. Benthomaar realizes what Nya is doing, saying her transformation would be irreversible. Everyone heads out, but Nya has already transformed. Jay looks out the window seeing her new form. Jay heads out to the roof and tells the Ninjas that Nya is going after Kalmaar and he wants to help her. They see Nya battling Kalmaar and Wojira. Jay calls out for her, making her look at him. With Nya’s guard down, Kalmaar zaps and disintegrates her. Jay grabs Wu’s staff and tackles Kalmaar in anger.

Nya then re-emerges as a water dragon and defeats Wojira. She returns to her humanoid water form and the Ninjas run to her. Jay attempts to hug her, only for him to pass through her body. Nya starts approaching the the sea. Jay tries to stop her, telling her to not leave him. She turns around and takes his hand, she then gently wipes her hand on Jay’s face. She turns to the ocean again, Jay says a final “I love you” before she leaves. She smiles at him and tells him to keep a message to her mother, saying she understands how the cookie crumbles. She leaps in as Jay shouts out in despair. Back at the monastery, a funeral is held for her. Jay cries as he looks a photo of them.

Crystalized
After intro plays in “Farewell the Sea”, a portrait of Jay and Nya is shown.

A year after Nya's merge, most the Ninjas went their separate ways. Jay lives in Lighthouse Island, the lighthouse where he and Nya used to stay at during Skybound. When the Ninjas visit the lighthouse for a team reunion, Jay shows the inside of the lighthouse with many half empty glasses of water all over the place. He thinks he could talk to Nya with them. The Ninja are concerned for Jay’s state. They try convincing Jay to join back to the team, but he denies, he says that everyone has forgotten about Nya except him. The Ninja then show Jay lanterns floating through the ocean in memory of Nya. Jay changes his mind, and agrees to join back, for Nya.

Elsewhere, in the ocean, Nya starts to remember memories prior to her merging with the sea. At the sea surface, the same lanterns Jay saw pass by. She reads the messages on them, and has a flashbacks of her memories, including ones with Jay. Nya rushes to Lighthouse Island and looks for Jay. But her water form couldn’t hold on much longer and she returns back to the ocean. She tells Nyad she wants to return back to a normal human again and thinks giving up her elemental powers could work. She swims out to search for the other ninja for their help.

In “The Shape of Nya”, Jay says that everyone is dealing with Nya’s loss differently. Kai brings up the fact that Jay talks to glasses of water to handle the loss, but he accidentally knock over a glass of water while doing so. Jay gets furious and fights Kai. The fight activates the water sprinklers, and they notice the spilled water starts glowing. Nya emerges from the puddle. She tries to explain to Jay that there is a way to return to her normal human form, however her water form starts losing shape while doing so. She was then frozen by Zane to keep her shape.

The Ninja set on a mission to transform Nya back with Aspheera taking her elemental powers away. However, they had to break her out of prison illegally. After Aspheera takes Nya’s powers away, Nya returns to her human form. Jay holds a unconscious Nya on ground, and shouts in joy. However, their reunion was cut short as Jay and the other ninja are caught for illegally freeing Aspheera from jail. Jay tells Skylor, PIXAL, and Wu to take care of Nya and tell her that he loves her. After Nya regains consciousness, she asks Wu where Jay and the others were, Wu looks at her saddened. As the Lloyd, Kai, Zane, Cole, and Jay hop on the police helicopter, Jay says he is glad that Nya is home. After the Ninja’s court trial was over, they were to be taken to prison. As Jay is taken away, he and Nya call for each others names.

At Kryptarium Prison, Skylor and Dareth visit the Ninja. Jay asks Skylor how Nya is doing, she replies that Nya is doing fine, however she feels powerless and blames herself that the Ninja are in prison. Later on, the Ninja escape prison and are back in Ninjago City. During a mission to spy on the Council of the Crystal King, Jay, alongside Kai, Cole, and Zane get trapped in a subway tunnel. Nya rescues them making Jay happy. Jay tells Nya they should head back to the monastery, saying he needed to change his pants. But Nya tells him the news that the monastery was destroyed.

In “Brave but Foolish”, The Ninja split off fighting the Overlord’s Crystal Army. Nya flies on the bounty, while Jay drives his motorbike through the city. The Overlord shoots the bounty down, plummeting it to the ground. Jay knowing Nya is on it, shouts in despair. Luckily, Nya was able to survives the fall and regains her consciousness, but she’s trapped underneath some rubble. The Mechanic alongside the Crystal army start to approach Nya, but Jay arrives and fights them off. Nya tells Jay to run off, but Jay refuses as he just got her back. The Mechanic gets back up, Nya warns Jay to look out. A fire hydrant gets activated shooting water at the Mechanic, saving Jay. Jay helps Nya get off the rubble and embrace a hug. Jay thinks Nya’s powers are returning cause he thinks she was the one who activated the fire hydrant without realizing.

The Ninja make a plan to call for help from their allies all over Ninjago. Nya and Jay pair up to send a signal to Benthomaar for help from the ocean. Nya is still unsure if her powers can work, but Jay encourages her saying he believes in her. She attempts to send a signal, but she isn’t sure if it actually worked. As the Crystalized Zombie army approaches the warehouse the Ninja and their allies were at, there was a moment of Nya pushing Jay away from getting harm.

After the battle against the Crystal Zombie army was over, Nya and Jay embrace a hug. They would later also help rebuild the monastery.

Quests for The Lost Powers
This book’s story takes place after Crystalized. Jay and Nya go on a relaxing vacation to an island resort. Nya feels happy, but Jay is still thinking about his birth mother and his powers after he lost it back during Crystalized. She tries to comfort and cheer Jay up, suggesting he should go take a walk to free his mind. She starts bringing up about what he did when he was on the lighthouse, even joking his paintings were bad, which makes Jay question his paintings. Nya responds by laughing, she’s glad that Jay’s sense of humor is still there. Jay smiles at her and walks away.

Jay then gets lost in the forest, but would later go search for a lost underground city alongside Unagami. After his adventure of escaping the collapsing city with Unagami was done, Nya finds Jay and Unagami in the forest. Jay asks how she found him. Nya says she hid a tracker in Jay cause she knew that he’d somehow get lost during his walk, which she was right about. Unagami grabs both of their hands as they walk out of the forest.

Films
In the movie, Jay and Nya both attend the same high school alongside the other ninjas. Jay is also more shy comparing to his very loud show counter part. Jay has feelings for Nya but she seems to be oblivious to them. So they don’t have that many moments together in the movie.

When Nya rides into school on her motorcycle, Jay compliments it by making a comment if she got it from the great stuff store. During the search for the Ultimate Ultimate Weapon, they find Garmadon’s former generals who want revenge on him. The Ninja except Lloyd run off and get lost in the jungle. Jay is screams in fear but quickly acts cool when Nya shows up from the bushes.

Hydroelectric Dragon
The Hydroelectric Dragon is an Elemental Dragon formed by combining Jay’s Lightning Dragon and and Nya’s Water Dragon. This dragon’s first appearance is in “Wishmasters”, Season 6: Skybound. This is also the first Elemental Dragon that combines two elemental powers together.

Hydroelectricity
In the episode “Hatching”, in Season 7, Jay and Nya combine their elemental powers to break off an army of Vermillion Warriors. Nya would first use her water powers to dismantle the Vermillion Warriors which are made of snakes. The snakes would always return to its original Vermillion Warrior form when they are separated, but with Jay’s lightning powers used with Nya’s powers, the water becomes electrocuted, making the snakes flee from reuniting with the Vermillion armor.

Pilot

 * Jay's first line is in regards to Nya, asking if she is hot, and if she likes the color blue.
 * When Jay is rendered mute, Nya seems smitten.
 * Nya claims Blue to be her favorite color, making Jay ecstatic.
 * Nya gives Jay a hug, after he sees her giving her older brother one.

Mini-Movies

 * Jay gives Nya a ride to and from the Monastery on his dragon, Wisp.

Sons of Garmadon

 * When the Police Commissioner questions the ninja what danger they are facing, he mentions a pirate genie. While everyone else is confused, Jay and Nya smile at each other since they’re the only ones who remember the events of Skybound.
 * The ninja celebrate their victory by singing and dancing to The Weekend Whip. Jay spins Nya in the air.

March of the Oni

 * Jay proposes to Nya and asks to be his Yang, Nya accepts.

Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu

 * Nya is seen flexing her muscles to Jay.
 * While Cole was complaining about Nya’s powers being useless, Jay makes hand gestures to try stop him.

Prime Empire

 * One of the League of Jay members mentions that he understands why Nya is beloved to Jay.
 * When Kai says that anyone who likes Jay too much can’t be normal, Nya raises an eyebrow in disapproval.
 * After being freed from Prime Empire, Jay spins Nya in the air and gives her a kiss on the cheek.

Quotes
"We're saving a girl? Is she hot?"

- Jay, to Kai upon hearing about Nya.

"I-I just wanna know what we're getting ourselves into. Does she like blue?"

- Jay to Kai asking if Nya likes Blue

"Jay, if anything horrible were to happen, I want you to know that you don't have to wear cologne or pretend to be anything that you're not. Because I like you best when you're you."

- Nya to Jay, Once Bitten, Twice Shy

"Whatever happens next, just remember, you are the best you."

- Nya to Jay, Once Bitten, Twice Shy

"But if I'm ever gonna have a say in our future, it's me who has to protect you because it's you who has the wish."

- Nya to Jay, The Last Resort

"Save me, Jay Walker. There’s going to be a wedding, and I want you to do something about it!"

- Nya to Jay, The Last Resort

"I wish you had taken my hand, and no one ever found that teapot in the first place."

- Jay’s final wish after Nya died, The Way Back

"Yes! Of course! Yes, yes, yes!"

- Nya accepting Jay’s proposal

"Jay better be safe in there, you dumb game."

- Nya, Level Thirteen

"Hmm, I can see why you are beloved to him."

- Beta Jay 137 to Nya referring to Jay, Super Star Rockin’ Jay

"Nya ! No! I–I–I can't do this alone. Don't leave me! I love you."

- Jay after Nya turns into an energy cube, The Temple of Madness

"I'll fix this, Nya."

- Jay, The Temple of Madness

"I wish we had more time, but we never seem to get a break."

- Nya’s last words to Jay before merging with the sea, Nyad

"She's going after Kalmaar. She's going to finish it. And I'm gonna help her."

- Jay referring to Nya, The Turn of the Tide

"Nya! Stop. Wait. Listen! Something is wrong with you. You have to concentrate. You have to focus, you have to turn back— No, don’t leave me."

- Jay to Nya, The Turn of The Tide

"Nya! I... I love you."

- Jay to Nya, The Turn of the Tide

"Nya became one with the ocean, remember? Which means she's connected to all water everywhere. Which means part of Nya is inside that water glass. And that one, and that one, and that one, and th⁠—"

- Jay to the rest of the Ninja, Farewell the Sea

"I'm not going anywhere. Everybody else might have forgotten Nya, but not me."

- Jay, Farewell the Sea

"Take care of Nya. Tell her I love her."

- Jay to Skylor, PIXAL, and Wu, A Painful Promise

Fanon
Since the release of Ninjago, Jaya has been the most popular ship in the fandom due to their already canonized status, chemistry, and moments together. Jaya is typically interpreted in a similar manner as to how it is presented in the canon of the TV series. Jaya is seen as a wholesome ship, where the pairs involved are able to help grow and comfort each other in their darkest moments. They have garnered a lot of attention from fans, with thousands of fan-works being created of the couple. On AO3, It is the most written ship for Jay and Nya respectively, the most written het ship in the fandom, as well as the most written pairing for the Ninjago fandom tags as a whole, garnering almost 1500 works.

Typically, those who ship Jay and Nya tend to ignore the events of the third season, Rebooted, as it breaks up the characters well-established relationship, but also mischaracterizes both parties, as well as the character of Cole, drastically. In later seasons, the damage is undone, as Jay and Nya both make up, and get back together. Many fans even outside Jaya shippers still tend to ignore, or dislike, Rebooted.

Seasons such as Skybound, March of the Oni, Prime Empire, and Seabound are popular among those who ship Jaya, as these seasons place extra focus onto the romantic relationship between the pair. Skybound especially places a major focus on this pair, as its climax involves Jay saving Nya from a forced marriage with the seasons villain, Nadakhan.

Jaya is mainly rivalled by BruiseShipping, and sometimes even PlasmaShipping. Jaya is mainly shipped alongside Kailor, Pixane, or LavaShipping.

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Trivia

 * Jaya is known to be the oldest and first canon Ninjago ship to exist, being teased as early on as the pilot episodes.
 * Jay and Nya are technically engaged, as the yin-yang promise is the Ninjago equivalent to a proposal. Nya also claims Jay to be betrothed to her in “Master of the Mountain”.
 * Jay and Nya broke up in Rebooted, later getting back together by the end of Season 6.
 * They’re the only Ninjas who remember the events of Skybound.
 * Nya’s favorite adventure was when she and Jay were at the lighthouse, growing closer together. This is a callback to Season 6: Skybound episode, The Last Resort.
 * Both of their first focus seasons, Skybound and Seabound are both seasons focused on their relaitionship and end with -bound.
 * They have a dance move named after the ship, the Electric Jaya.
 * Nya has been practicing the dance move in secret and couldn’t wait to show it to Jay, which she did in Ninjago: Seabound.
 * According to Tommy Andreasen, one of the show’s co-creators, Jay refers to Nya’s mole from her post-movie design as “mark of eternal beauty”

Variations

 * Mudshock refers to the ship between Cole, Jay and Nya