Please Note: The following fanfic was written before the events of season 15 (Seabound). If anything happens in the show afterwards that contradicts this story, it should just be accepted as an alternate universe.

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𝐒𝐲𝐧𝐨𝐩𝐬𝐢𝐬: After the events of "Who is the phantom ninja" and "Way of the Departed". Seliel feels it necessary to upgrade her suit and her skills.



“See you in a month, dad!” Seliel said while finishing packing her car for the drive towards Ninjago City. She figured a month would be enough. If she ever needed to extend her stay, she could. Ninjago City was known for its advanced technology and figured it would be perfect to upgrade her suit. A week ago, Seliel asked her father if he could set her up at Borg Tower to access the tech she may need. Since her father was the mayor of Nom and had made several business deals with Cyrus Borg in the past, he was more than willing to let Seliel use whatever she needed.

Sometime later, Seliel pulled up to Borg Tower, put her vehicle in park, and contact the number her father gave her, to let Cyrus Borg know she was there. Not long after, Cyrus came rolling out to greet her.
“Welcome Seliel! Please follow me, I’ll give you a tour and show you the office I set up for you while you’re here.” Cyrus said.
“An office? Thank you, Mr. Borg, but you didn’t need to do this.” Seliel replied.
“Please Seliel, just Cyrus. You’re planning to be here a minimum of a month, I couldn’t just let you do all your hard work in a hotel.”
“Well, thank you, Cyrus. I really appreciate…”
She was caught off by a feminine voice.
“I just finished re-wiring the mainframe and...”
Seliel turned and realized it was a droid. Within seconds, Seliel put a sword to the droid’s neck.
“WAIT SELIEL! She’s with me. Pixal I’ll come and find you once I’m done showing Seliel around.” Cyrus said.

As a response, Seliel lowered her swords. The droid started walking away, giving her an expression she’s never seen on a droid before, one of pure annoyance. Cyrus luckily didn’t seem frustrated at Seliel for her instinct. After all, he knew why she despised droids. Having your city token over and being held captive by them is more than enough of a reason. He gave the tour of Borg Tower and showed Seliel her office. After Cyrus left Seliel got to work. She pulled out her suit blueprints from her backpack and began looking through the Borg system for newer tech. At the same time, she also looked up the hero Samurai X.

From what Cole had told her, it was no longer Nya but someone new, and the last time they brought it up in conversation, Cole had no idea who the new Samurai X was. Yet whoever they were, their tech was impressive for sure. The suit was a well-updated version of Nya’s suit, and she wanted to use similar tech for her suit. She thought of letting Cole know she was in Ninjago City yet felt it would drive her away from why she was here. Maybe right before she left, she could stop by and say hello. Yet for now, that wasn’t a priority.
Seliel was able to find many pictures of the newer Samurai X, yet pictures of the outside weren’t going to help her understand the inner workings of the suit. Perhaps Cyrus knew who Samurai X was. She began looking for him and ended up at Borg's office. The door was open slightly, so she looked in. All she saw was the droid from earlier.
“I’m just finishing up helping my creator, Zane. I should be back at the monastery soon. You can let Master Wu and the other know if they’re curious.”

The droid seemed to be having a conversation with Zane the elemental master of ice and knew the ninja well enough that it was living with them. What was that droid planning? Seliel ran back to her office and packed up her things to follow the droid back to the monastery.


Seliel waited till the droid was walking up the stairs to the monastery to attack. She tackled the droid, sending them both tumbling down the steps. Luckily, she came prepared and was wearing her phantom ninja suit, to protect her from any pain. All of a sudden, she stopped falling, yet once she looked, she wasn’t at the bottom. Seliel turned to see Cole holding her by her feet to stop her from falling, and Zane seemed to have caught the droid.
“Didn’t know you were in Ninjago City, Seliel? What’s up with you attacking Pixal?” Cole said as all four of them started walking up to the monastery.
“It’s a droid, Cole. Need I say more? Also, I’m just here to upgrade my suit and wanted to focus on that, which is why I didn’t tell you I was here.” Seliel replied.
“Well, Seliel I believe we forgot to tell you something and I don’t want you to freak out. Zane is a nindroid too. I know you don’t like droids, but you know Zane and don’t seem to have a problem with him.”

Seliel just walked in silence as she processed the information. Zane is a droid; a droid that helped save her town. It didn’t add up. Why would a machine work to stop another machine?
“When did you find out Zane was a droid?” Seliel asked.
“I knew long before we met you. We chose not to tell you since we figured it wasn’t the right time. Yet, Zane is and always has been a nindroid, and we don’t see him any differently for it.” Cole said.
“What’s with the other one, then?”
“Pixal is sort of Zane’s girlfriend, you could say. Also, Pixal is Samurai X. Figured you’d want to know that. We figured it out not long after you helped me with my scar.”

Once she got up to the monastery, she was greeted by all the other ninja. Including a ninja, she never met before, Lloyd. He certainly was a lot younger than all the other ninja. She decided to sit furthest away from Pixal. Cole had made a point, she trusted Zane, but she didn’t trust Pixal. Even if it was Samurai X. While sitting with the ninja, Seliel glanced over and noticed the Samurai X suit from afar. Cole noticed and said:
“I’m guessing your interested in how the Samurai X suit works?”
“What gave that away?” Seliel asked, with a hint of sarcasm in her voice.
“Why else would you be staring at a piece of tech?”
“Fine, you caught me. I would like to learn how it works, yet I don’t want to be alone with that droid. I know you trust it, but I don’t.”

“Pixal is the one who knows more about the suits. I’m sure Nya could provide some information, but she doesn’t know about all the little updates Pixal made. Tell ya what. Why don’t me and Zane join you and Pixal at Borg Tower? We won’t get in your way, but just so that way you can get to know Pixal.”
“I guess that’d be okay.”

Seliel agreed, yet only because her curiosity was getting the better of her. After Seliel went back to her hotel room, Cole talked to Zane and Pixal. They seemed okay with the arrangement and were set to meet up at Borg Tower tomorrow.

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Fun fact: This story started because I noticed a lot of Ninjago fanfiction doesn’t tend to focus on background or side characters. I’ve seen My Little Pony fanfiction tackle background characters and figured I’d give it a shot, yet with Ninjago.

Part 2: https://www.planetminecraft.com/blog/phantom-upgrade-part-2-seliel-the-phantom-ninja-and-pixal/

Skins used in the story:
Seliel: https://www.planetminecraft.com/skin/lego-ninjago-seliel-the-phantom-ninja-hd/