The Ninjas

The Ninjas are the friendship between Jay, Kai, Zane, Cole, Lloyd and Nya from the Ninjago fandom.

Canon
The six ninjas are elemental masters: Kai possesses the fire element, Jay lightning, Zane ice, Cole earth, Lloyd energy, and Nya water. They are good friends and allies throughout the series. The ninjas are skilled in martial arts, specifically Spinjitzu and Airjitzu. They can also unleash the Elemental Dragons as one means of transport. When the Ninjas combine their Spinjitzu, they can form a Tornado of Creation.

Cartoon
The first two seasons see Kai, Cole, Jay and Zane as the original ninjas on the team. When Garmadon’s henchmen capture Nya, Wu brought Kai to the monastery in order for the latter to be trained into a ninja. At the end of the first pilot episode, the trainee gets ambushed by three black-robed ninja while he was brushing his teeth. They eventually overpower Kai, but Wu stops them. The teacher uses Spinjitzu to change their clothes into their elemental colors, and tells them that they are chosen to defeat Garmadon. The five set off to find the Golden Weapons and rescue Nya.

After Kai found his true potential and rescues Lloyd, the four found a new ally in the latter, who is destined to become the Green Ninja. With Garmadon disappearing after destroying the Great Devourer, the five continue to train Lloyd until the time he can face the Overlord. Zane dealt the final blow to his final transformation, the Golden Master, apparently at the cost of his life. The rest of the ninja set out to Chen’s island to participate in the Tournament of Elements, as well as to rescue what remains of the Ninja of Ice. They held the army of pseudo-Anacondrai at the Corridor of Elders until Garmadon summons the generals.

In the fifth season, it is revealed that Kai and Nya’s mother was the original master of water, so Wu trains Nya into succeeding her. She would later become the sixth member once reaching her true potential during "Curse World, Part II".

The original four separate from Lloyd and Nya after Harumi brought back Garmadon and took over Ninjago. They came back once Wu aged enough to help defeat the Colossus, allowing Lloyd to regain his powers from his father. The six, including Wu and his brother, defend the monastery from an army of Oni, culminating in them creating a large Tornado of Creation.

With Zane unexpectedly teleporting to the Never Realm, the other five follow to rescue and bring the nindroid back home.

The ruler of Shintaro invites the ninja and Wu to his kingdom, only to be betrayed. Finding allies on the way, they set out of return to the surface, with Cole eventually deciding the final battle aboard a mech once used by his mother.

Due to Nya merging with the sea in Seabound to save Ninjago, she became the first to leave the group.

Other than the six main ninja, Morro, Dareth and Skylor are honorary members of the team.

The LEGO Ninjago Movie
The Secret Ninja Force works together to stop the evil lord Garmadon from conquering Ninjago City. Lloyd unleashed Meowthra on accident, and the other Ninjas blamed him to the point where they unfriended him. Lloyd ultimately regains their trust, meaking the team grow stronger. Due to Lloyd's actions, the ninja found their elemental powers inside themselves.

Fanon
It is the most known friendship within the fandom, as it is between all the six main characters of the series. Fans tend to rather pair either two from the six such as Jaya, GreenWisp, Greenflame, Plasmashipping, and many others. Many fan-made stories have been written specifically for at most six of them. Some may include other characters like Skylor, Nelson and Dareth as potential candidates.

With Nya gone in Seabound, fans are focusing on the original five. They are also hoping that she would return in the next season, once more as part of the ninja team.

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Variations

 * BruiseShipping — the ship between Cole and Jay
 * Conya — the ship between Cole and Nya
 * GlacierShipping — the ship between Zane and Cole
 * Greenflame — the ship between Lloyd and Kai
 * Greenwisp — the ship between Lloyd and Jay
 * Jaya — the ship between Jay and Nya
 * Kaya — the ship between Kai and Nya
 * LavaShipping — the ship between Kai and Cole
 * Lloya — the ship between Lloyd and Nya
 * MossShipping — the ship between Lloyd and Cole
 * Nyane — the ship between Nya and Zane
 * OppositeShipping — the ship between Kai and Zane
 * PlasmaShipping — the ship between Kai and Jay
 * PopsicleShipping — the ship between Zane and Lloyd
 * TechnoShipping — the ship between Jay and Zane
 * Greenplasma — the polyship between Lloyd, Kai, and Jay
 * Mudshock — the polyship between Cole, Nya, and Jay