Nya (Relationships)

These are the relationships of the Water Ninja Nya.

Kai
Kai is Nya's older brother. Growing up, he was the only family she had following their parents' disappearance because of that the two are very close. It was Nya being kidnapped that Kai became a ninja as he wanted to save her. Kai was the first ninja to find out about Nya being Samurai X and agreed to keep her secret after she stated her reasons.

Ray
Is Nya and Kai's father who disappeared sometime after her birth. Having been very young at the time of his disappearance, Nya has vague memories of her father but like her brother she wished to find out where and why he left. In Hands of Time, she and Kai realize their parents are alive and were confused by Krux's declaration of them being traitors. When she and Kai come face to face with their parents, she is welcoming of them but her brother is less forthcoming. Nya the learns that her parents were forced to her the twins after Krux threatened her and Kai when they were young.

Maya
Is Nya and Kai's mother and the one who she inherited her elemental powers from, she disappeared sometime after Nya's birth. Being very young at her disappearance, Nya has vague memories of her mother and does not how mothers treat their child. In Hands of Time, she and Kai realize their parents are alive and were confused by Krux's declaration of them being traitors. When she and Kai come face to face with their parents, she is welcoming of them but her brother is less forthcoming. Nya the learns that her parents were forced to help the twins after Krux threatened her and Kai when they were young.

Jay
Since the beginnings of the show, Nya has carried a romantic relationship with Jay which has been put under stress on several occasions. She and Jay were clearly mutually attracted to one another until The Surge, when her perfect match was revealed to be Cole. Later, after she became the Master of Water, Nya distanced herself from the former, insisting there was nothing remaining between the two and they were simply friends, much to Jay's disappointment. However, by the end of Skybound, she reconciled with Jay and in the finale they share a kiss and have been back together ever since.

Cole
Nya and Cole are good friends but in season 3 she discovers that Cole is her perfect match. Following this revelation, she grew awkward around him though developed an attraction to his kind nature which soon initiates a rivalry between Jay and Cole who compete for her affections. In Season 5, she comforts him when he becomes a ghost and helps him gain some encouragement from his new circumstances. In season 6, Nya chose Jay over Cole who accepted this with a smile but this doesn't cause a rift between them as they remain good friends. When Cole returned to being human Nya was happy to see him back to normal and hugged him with the other ninja.

Master Wu
Wu is the sensei of the ninja, she gets along well with as it was thanks to that her brother was able to save her from Garmadon. Though not a ninja in the first four seasons, Wu and Nya were shown to get along and he was able to impart wisdom into her whenever she felt left out of the ninja's activities. In season 5, Wu informed a surprised Nya that she was the elemental master of water and started to train her in the usage of her power to become a Ninja. Nya is now one of Wu's students along with her brother Kai. In the Hands of Time, she saves Wu from succumbing to the effects of the time blades but is worried when he is feared lost with their enemies.

Zane
In season 4, Nya is sad about Zane's "death" but when searching for the other ninja she is surprised that she detected Zane's recon beacon. When she finds the ninja on Chen's Island, she immediately runs to hug the newly rebuilt Zane relieved that he was back. In season 6, when Nya was struck with Tiger Widow venom, Zane was sad at her death but fortunately these events were undone due to Jay's last wish.

Lloyd
Lloyd and Nya are good friends, though they don't interact much in the series, but they do show that they care about each other. In Season 4, when Chen's army was about to invade Ninjago Lloyd volunteered to go alone and Nya expressed worry for him to take on such a large by himself. In Season 5, she wanted to help saved Lloyd when he was possessed by Morro and was relieved to see him released from the evil ghost ninja.

Dareth
She and Dareth get along well though she is put off by his tendency to showoff. In season 4, he accidentally travels with her to Chen's Island much to her annoyance but he proves helpful as his talent in the art of disguise aided Nya in infiltrating Chen's palace and find out his plan.

Ronin
In Season 5, Nya met Ronin when her friends accidentally gave him a share of their tea shop. Ronin didn't mind telling Nya he was in debt to the Soul Archer and helped Nya with her training by giving her advice of not caring too much. When Morro and the other ghosts force Ronin to tell the steal the Sword of Sanctuary, she impedes him forcing him to fight her since he needed to repay the ghosts. During the fight, she sees a future of him kissing her which causes her to kick him in the leg as he asked the reason to which she replied " You know what you were about to do" before he takes the sword. She is disappointed when he hands it over to Morro but is relieved when he helps them fight The Preeminent.