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   Gently Break It by grungekitty77

   Fandoms: LEGO Ninjago  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   13 Jul 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Kai/Skylor (Ninjago)
   • Lloyd Garmadon & Kai
   • Kai & Nya (Ninjago)
   • Lloyd Garmadon & Lord Garmadon
   • Lord Garmadon & Kai (Ninjago)
   • Master Chen & Lord Garmadon
   • Master Chen & Kai (Ninjago)
   • Cole & Jay Walker (Ninjago)
   • Kai (Ninjago)
   • Master Chen (Ninjago)
   • Skylor (Ninjago)
   • Lord Garmadon (Ninjago)
   • Lloyd Garmadon
   • Nya (Ninjago)
   • Jay Walker
   • Cole (Ninjago)
   • Zane (Ninjago)
   • P.I.X.A.L. (Ninjago)
   • Clouse (Ninjago)
   • Gaslighting
   • Angst
   • Emotional/Psychological Abuse
   • Emotional Manipulation
   • Panic Attacks
   • Cults
   • Physical Abuse
   • Mind Manipulation
   • Brainwashing
   • technically it's more indoctrination
   • Abandonment Issues
   • graphic depictions of cult indoctrination
   • Childhood Trauma
   • Kidnapping
   • Canon Temporary Character Death
   • Manipulation
   • Kai (Ninjago) Needs a Hug
   • Lloyd probably needs a hug too
   • Garmadad
   • Sensei Garmadon adopts all these babies
   • Violent Nya
   • alternate season 4
   • the author has a small special interest in cults
   • so this is well researched whump
   • Chen is a cult leader
   • Garmadon has enough of Wu's hands off BS
   • aggressive Garmadad
   • slow burn angst
   • Canonical Character Death
   • I made it worse than the cursed realm but the did technically die in the show
   • the angst is spread thick and wide
   • no one is safe
   • i hurt everyone
   • Eventual Happy Ending
   • but we're taking our sweet time to get there
   • Buckle up
   • mind the word count

   Summary

   While fighting in the Slither pits, Kai is approached with a lucrative job offer. Having never been told that Mr. Chen of Noodle House fame was someone that he should distrust, Kai accepts the live-in position on Chen's private island, completely unaware that he is walking into trap designed to twist hearts and minds.

   What if Chen had been a little more proactive before the Tournament of Elements? He is a cult leader after all, and cults have a way of sucking people in.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   148,425

   Chapters:

   4/6

   Comments:

   368

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