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Koko would have to say that her life was, for a lack of a better term, pretty chaotic and all over the place. Most of her life was spent as a war lord, raised to be one at birth from her parents. She didn't know them much, since they were hardly around due to their battles, and they died when she was 15.
She made do with her life, having conquered and slain countless people who opposed her. If all went right, she would grow into her own war lordess and rule over the world one day! And then, on one particular battle field, she met Lord Montgomery Garmadon.
He, somehow, won her heart and in just a few war days they were engaged. About a year later, and they were married, united their domains as 1. Things looked up for the 2 of them, even if he hid his past aside from the mention of his "stubborn" brother. But then, one night, they had a few drinks and one thing led to another and...
She gave birth to La-Lloyd, a beautiful baby boy who's eyes shined like emeralds. Garmadon had been happy, boasting about the possibilities of their son becoming an even better war lord then they were, but something didn't sit right with her.
She remembered in her childhood about all of the assassination attempts on her, and all of the scars from the battle's she's won only served to add fuel towards her hatred. Truth be told, she only fought wars to prevent them from spreading. And looking down at her child, she just couldn't find enough blackness in her heart, her soul, to subject La-Lloyd to the same fate.
So, one night, she packed all of her stuff, left a note telling her ex husband goodbye, took La-Lloyd and shortened his name to just Lloyd, and changed her name from Misako to just Koko, and fled to Ninjago City, a placed that was protected from Garmadon by the elemental masters.
And, for almost 13 years, things played out like a record; She would wake up, take Lloyd to school, work her 4 different jobs a day, barely make enough money to make ends meet, pick up Lloyd from school, hear about his usually bad day, go back to their small apartment, cook dinner, play with Lloyd for a little bit, and then go to bed. And the next day, it was the same thing.
It only took a month of living in Ninjago City before people realized that she and Lloyd had history with Garmadon, and like the mindless sheep they were, they took out their anger on them. Multiple taxes were placed wherever she went, and Lloyd was subjected to constant bullying and harassment. But no one tried to kill him, not yet at least.
And for a long time, she was fine with that. Sure, she wishes she could spend more time with her son and live a normal life. And yes, she hates it whenever Garmadon invades just to have a "chat" with her that just included him begging for her to take him back. And yes, she absolutely despises people for their treatment of Lloyd. But hey, it was better than her childhood, she supposed.
She new that the Old Master, the main leader of the elemental masters of Ninjago, was her brother in law Wu, but she never really bothered to talk to him, not that he ever showed any interest in her.
And, well, she was okay with that. She was fine with it only being her and Lloyd, living in crap conditions, because Lloyd was a bright light in that darkness. He made it all worth it, even when she felt like giving in to the temptations of returning to her old life. It was just Koko and Lloyd against the world....
Well, that was until, over the course of about 2 and a half years, she acquired way more kids than she thought possible.