I now hc that Pixal is largely absent from crystalized cuz she just gets fed up with all the ninja spiraling uncontrollably and constantly disrespecting her so she just… leaves.

Like she just up and goes to live out in the middle of nowhere and mind her own business. Maybe wherever the falcon is at…

Like People Do

Borg Sibling Content! Yay! Quick preface. One Shot loosely based on THIS post. Basically, in a hypothetical Overlord return scenario, Pixal pretends to return her loyalty to her original master to become a double agent, and gets sent off with her still evil minded brother to prove her loyalty to the Overlord and his mission by killing Zane. Also, Happy Loving Cryptor Day!

“I find it insulting that he insists on forcing us into these inane trust exercises.” Pixal huffed as she stepped off her bike. “If he really wants to take control of all the realms, we shouldn’t be wasting time on these petty loyalty tests.” 

“Call me crazy,” Her brother mused, joining her. “But I’m inclined to agree with the evil warlord.” He pulled off his helmet. “Everyone involved in this needs to prove they’re committed to go all the way. We have to be able to depend on each other or the whole thing crumbles.” he shrugged. 

“And a one time action is supposed to prove our undying loyalty, is that what you think?” Pixal crossed her arms. “It doesn’t prove anything, and it certainly doesn’t help build a trust relationship.”

“Then how exactly are we supposed to build trust, huh?” Cryptor challenged. “How can you guarantee you’ll do your part, if you don’t show us you can do your part.”

“I can’t. That’s why it’s called trust.” Pixal pressed. “There’s risk involved in every trust relationship. But you can’t get anything if you don’t risk anything.” She turned to approach the building, her brother following suit. 

“Oh, so you wantblindtrust? Yeah, that sounds great.”

“No, I wanttrust trust.” Pixal corrected as they reached the doors. “Built on personal relationships and interaction and time.” She opened the door, looking her brother in the eye. “You know, like people do.” 

Cryptor chuckled as they entered the warehouse, a large empty room welcoming them. “Yeah, well, that all sounds very nice and pleasant, but in case you forgot, we’re not actually people, so we don’t really get that privilege.”

“What do you mean we’re not people?” Pixal stopped, swiveling on her heels to look back at her brother.

“I mean we’re robots. Made of metal.” He playfully knocked on his head to prove his point. 

Pixal stared back at him, confused, an air of sympathy slipping in to replace her frustration. “Yeah, but that doesn’t make us any less real.” 

“No, it just makes us intrinsically, by definition, not people.” He reiterated. 

“Is that what they’ve been telling you?”

“Did your team brainwash you into believing something different?” Cryptor tossed her the dagger designated for her test. She looked down at the blade, conflicted. “We’re always going to be less than they are, we’re manufactured products tricked into thinking we have agency so we’ll be more effective. You’re all the proof anyone needs!”

“I broke out of my Overlord coding.” Pixal countered, taking a step towards him.

“But you flipped right back the moment he showed up again! You couldn’t shake it!” Pixal stared back at him blankly, his words clearly not getting through. “I don’t know how else to explain it to you, you literally prove my point.” He shrugged.

“But what if I didn’t?” Pixal countered.

“What?”

“What if I didn’t flip back.” The question lingered in the air for a moment as its implications set in. “What if, right now, I wasn’t working for the Overlord. What if I was going after my own interests.”

Cryptor’s eyes narrowed. “What are you saying?”

“I’m saying that when Zane shows up, instead of killing him, I could leave with him.”

He remained unmoved, his stare still skeptically fixed on her “Why are you telling me this?”

Pixal smiled, placing the dagger back in his hands.

“Because I trust you.”

I think it would be… the funniest thing if it turned out that Zane and Pix… weren’t dating.

They’re just both mutually pining SO hard and both SUCK at hiding it.

Like the “I love you” scenes, those weren’t loving messages to be passed on to their partner, those were dying confessions in which they finally admitted their feelings.

And no one caught on to this. Everyone assumed they were dating, and they’re all baffled when Zane, after years of living with this girl, is like “guys… I think I’m gonna tell Pixal I like her.”

I had a dream last night and I– I wrote a thing.

~~~~~~

Slamming his fists on the ground, a trail of spiked ice ran towards the assailant, freezing his legs, preventing him from continuing forward. He tripped, looking down to his now immobile legs. His eyes followed the trail of ice to the titanium ninja.

“Nice moves, Nindroid,” he complimented, “But I can do you one better.” With a grunt, he freed a leg from its icy prison. He raised it and slammed it against the ground. Spikes of jagged rock rose from the ground, making a path toward Zane.

Zane jumped to the side in an attempt to avoid imminent peril, but the rocks only followed him. He jumped back as the Earth spikes drew closer, slowly picking up speed. He found himself against a cliff, rock spikes now surrounding him. He had nowhere to run.

His assailant’s face grew an evil grin as the rocks trailed along the cliff wall. Suddenly a sharp pain pierced Zane’s chest. His eyes widened as he slowly looked down. A rock spike had struck him right through the heart, pieces of his power source littering the ground.

The assailant laughed maniacally as he began retracting the Earth spikes. Having nothing left to power him, Zane fell to the ground, still conscious, albeit barely.

The assailant began to walk off, speaking into a headset, “The metal one has been taken care of.”

In his last moments of consciousness, Zane set off his SOS beacon before falling offline. Permanently.

~~~~~~

Hours later, night fell, the Bounty flying over the canyon on the lookout for the source of the beacon. Its spotlights spotting a silver entity in the sand below. It was him.

Cole and PIXAL dropped down from the ship for recovery. The sand had buried the Nindroid. Putting his hands to the ground, Cole summoned a quake to shake off the excess sand and dirt, uncovering a hole straight through Zane’s torso.

PIXAL gasped at the sight, picking up the Nindroid to investigate. Where his heart once was, it was replaced by a profound cavity. Whatever was left of it was sprinkled in the dirt, broken beyond recognition. Zane was gone.

PIXAL held the now defunct Nindroid close, quietly sobbing to herself. Cole placed a hand onto her shoulder as he too mourned the loss of his friend.

The two carried Zane back up to the ship, the others shocked at the scene.

“Oh no, Zane…” the lightning ninja spoke with an upset tone, a hand covering his mouth.

PIXAL and Cole laid Zane down in the Bounty’s control room, the remaining ninja surrounding the three. Nya crouched down to investigate the hole in his chest.

“Is… is he-?” The green ninja spoke up, worried, unable to complete his thought.

“I’m afraid he is,” Nya responded quietly. “His power core. It’s been destroyed.”

“You can make him another one, right, sis?” The fire ninja asked desperately.

“Unfortunately, no. His power source. It’s one of a kind. Even if I build him a new core, I won’t have a power source strong enough to make Zane… Zane,” the water ninja shook her head.

Partially paying attention, PIXAL placed a hand over her heart. It took her a second to process it, but she had an idea.

“He can have mine,” she piped up. “Zane gave me half of his heart to save my life, it is only fair that I do the same for him.”

“But Pix, won’t you be-?” Cole interjected, only to be interrupted.

“I should be okay. I am rechargeable.”

Nya shook her head, “PIXAL, you- you won’t be… you anymore…”

“Zane’s heart. It’s what makes PIXAL, PIXAL,” Lloyd said to himself.

The samurai sighed, “I am fully aware of the risks, but this is the most logical solution. Zane is far more useful to the team than I. I was created to be an assistant. Please, allow me to assist with this.”

Nya stepped forward, placing both her hands onto PIXAL’s shoulders. “Pix, we can’t let you do this. You’re our friend. We can try to find another way.”

PIXAL looked around at her other teammates. Their faces showed that they agreed with Nya.

She looked to the water ninja. “If you were in a similar situation, I know you would do the same thing.” She placed her hands onto Nya’s shoulders. “Please, allow me to be useful.”

“For Zane.”

Nya pursed her lips in reluctance before sighing in defeat. “For Zane.”

~~~~~~

Throughout the day, both Nya and PIXAL worked together to create a new power core for Zane, the remainder of the ninja working to track down his assistant. Near the end of the day, the core was completed. Zane was almost repaired. Only one part remained for the repairs to be completed.

PIXAL sat next to the table Zane lied on, opening a compartment in her chest. Nya, wielding a pair of clamps, prepared to transfer PIXAL’s power source to their friend.

“PIXAL, before I do this, may I ask you something?” Nya asked.

PIXAL nodded.

“Why are you willing to sacrifice your humanity to save him?”

PIXAL looked down to Zane. “Even though it is one of my greatest fears, I am willing to do this because…” she reached her hand down to hold his. “…because I love him…” she responded quietly.

Nya smiled, “You’re a good friend Pix.” Even though she was about to lose a friend, she completely understood. PIXAL smiled back as Nya reached for her power source. As it was removed, she powered down.

Nya transferred the power source to Zane’s new core. Almost immediately, her titanium friend booted right up. 

Quickly, Zane shot up, frantically putting his hands to his chest in search of the deep cavity that he just had. He took a few deep breaths as he processed the fact that he was okay, much to his confusion. He looked up to his female friend standing before him with a light smile on her face.

“Nya? You did this? But- but how?” he asked, confused.

“I had a little help,” she replied, her tone of voice wasn’t particularly cheery, nor was it upset. She turned her head to a now deactivated PIXAL who was slumped over in her chair.

“PIXAL!” Zane jumped off the table and rushed over to her. She was unresponsive. Desperately, she attempted to power her back on manually.

PIXAL’s eyes shot open as she booted up. She lifted her head to see herself face to face with the titanium ninja.

Zane sighed in relief. PIXAL was okay. Or so he thought. Excitedly, he hugged her. “You’re okay! You saved my life. Thank you,” he spoke with a combination of joy and relief. His happy expression slowly faded back into one of confusion as he noticed PIXAL wasn’t hugging him back.

“You are welcome, Zane. I am always happy to assist. Although, a hug is not required as a way of saying thanks. I was simply doing what I was made for.” PIXAL’s tone was monotonous.

Zane slowly backed away to be met with a blank-faced android. This was not his PIXAL. Worriedly, he asked, “PIXAL, do you remember me?”

“Of course, I do. You are Zane. The elemental master of Ice,” PIXAL answered.

Zane shook his head, his worry turning to sadness. “Do- do you remember… us?”

PIXAL thought for a moment. “I do recall having memories regarding the two of us, although, I do not understand them.” She showed a compilation of moments the two have shared together in the form of a projection. Zane simply watched, heartbroken.

She blinked, turning off the projection. “Zane? Were you and I… together?” She asked, trying to make sense of the situation.

Zane picked up her hand. “Yes, we were… compatible.”

The two shared a longing gaze as Zane help her hand in his. PIXAL tried hard to comprehend, but she just couldn’t. She pulled her hand away. “I… I apologize. I cannot understand. Perhaps we were compatible, but that does not appear to be true anymore.”

Zane took a few steps before he dropped his head, defeated. Nya, saddened by their exchange, placed a hand onto Zane’s shoulder.

“She did it because she loved you,” Nya commented, “I think she’d want you to know that.”

Zane smiled through his sorrow, “I wish she knew that I do too.”

“I have a feeling that she already did.”

I made a 30-minute compilation of all my favorite Pixal scenes because she’s amazing and deserves it, but Youtube won’t let me post videos that long so I had to split it up in half. Here are both parts!

(Also pspsps I also uploaded my Pixal amv to this channel as well, along with a bunch of other edits and whatnot if you wanna check those out)

Pixal my belovedd

Here take this doodle that I did of pixal with her hair down which I gave up on finishing ://

samurai doodles that i had lying around

when zane makes this face like if you agree

tang monkie kid……i trust you so much

destinysbounty:

Watching all the scenes of the Mysterious New Samurai X in seasons 7 and 8 are like 200x better with the knowledge that it was Pixal all along. Pixal was the one messing with Nya by using multiple different voices in the X Cave. Pixal was the one who fought Nya while sitting in a swivel chair. God I love her so much

Seriously the fandom collectively has slept on just how badass that scene was, it was my favorite fight choreography in the entirety of HoT!

I’d like to have it on record that I’m predicting that they’re building up to Pixal having temporal abilities. That is all

Hotwire kiss?????

ALT

What was that?

I am equipped to administer CPR. Oxygen makes fire hotter.

[id in alt text]

I’m sorry dudes, I lost all motivation to do this as soon as I finished Okino, I have no intention to finish this, so this’ll stay a wip forever ig. I’ll make something else to make up for this because like, 500 followers IS an awesome thing and I’m grateful for that, but DEFINITELY don’t like this drawing.

Ninja on a mission

With a NeonStallion