Fanfiction or Original Story: Fanfiction.

Fandom or Genre: Ninjago

Any ships?: You already know who it is!

Rating: PG-13 or YA because high school boys, fam.

Synopsis: Zane is your average brainy high school Junior, except for one thing. He's a foster kid who has amnesia about everything before this year. Pixal is an android girl, built by the famous entrepreneur, Cyrus Borg, to test the social environment of high school. When Pixal joins Ninjago High, Zane is immediately fascinated by her. And as he loves to study for fun, he asks her if he can do a research project on her. She happily agrees, and even wants to help him with it. But, will Zane figure out that he's not as different from the strange girl as he first thought, and possibly form a connection with her? All will be revealed, in Researching Your Heart.

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I've always found technology so alluring. The way it could do anything you could image with a press of a button.

How it mimicked real life in an amazing way.

I do tons of research projects on inventions and many other things.

It's fascinating to understand how something came to be, and how it works.

I suppose that makes me feel better since I don't know those things about myself.

I've had amnesia for a year now. I can't recall any memories of my life before I became a sophomore.

I simply woke up in the middle of the street one day and started wandering around, looking for help.

Thankfully, I found a local police officer who tried to figure out what was going on.

All I knew was my name.

Zane Julien.

She looked up Julien in her database, but it only pulled up an elderly inventor who had long passed.

He was too old to be connected to me.

So, I was put with a foster family.

The Brookstones are nice and all, but Cole and his fathers relationship is a little...rocky.

Cole has taken care of me like a brother though, so I greatly appreciate that.

We enrolled me in school, and I quickly got close with Cole's group of friends.

Of course, I still felt a little out of place in their company.

They knew everything about themselves and each other!

And I knew nothing.

So I filled that hole with research, learning as much as I could.

But today, I didn't know all the logistics for once. I could not predict the outcome.

Cyrus Borg, the entrepreneur and inventor, came to Ninjago City High with something to show us.

And I'm dying to see what it is.

Our homeroom teacher is waiting with us. Thankfully she hasn't made us do any work before he gets here.

He rolls into the classroom with dramatic flair, his wheelchair speedily pushing the cart where his covered invention resides.

"Everyone wants to fix the communication gap between parents and teenagers." He talks with his hands. "They want to know why. But they don't know how!"

Cole crosses his arms. "If my dad buys one of these, I'm gonna lose it."

"Shh," I croon. "He's explaining!"

I suppose Jay notices how focused I am. "I know, he's the best, isn't he?"

"Shut up," Kai mutters.

Cyrus grips the edge of the tarp. "What if we could have a teenager who gives us all the information?"

"Uh," Cole elbows me in the side, "we got one right here."

My brow stiffens. "I'm trying to listen," I whisper.

The tarp flies off, revealing a beautiful robot girl.

I'm stunned, frozen even. I didn't know something like this was possible!

"We can." Cyrus grins. "Everybody, meet Pixal. Primary-Information-Xplaining-Android-Lifeform."

Even Cole is amazed. "Woah."

She curtsies, her green eyes glowing at me. "It is a pleasure to meet you. I am a Ninjago City teen, just like you."

Every student in the room went wild.

It took a few hours for everyone to calm down.

Mr. Borg explained that Pixal would attend school to test the social environment and learn more about teenagers.

I thought it sounded like an amazing idea for a research project.

My friends merely thought it was "awesome" there was a robot in school.

I introduced myself and Pixal and I talked for a while.

Surprisingly, we had a lot in common.

She loved studying humans almost as much as I loved researching random topics!

We laughed and I started to feel...fluttery.

I don't know how this happened, but the only conclusion I can come to is that it is Jay's definition of a crush.

But how can I have feelings for a robot?

Anyway, that doesn't matter right now.

I discussed my idea to do a research project about her, with her!

And she found it fascinating as well.

We concluded that we can meet after school to share our information, and I can help her navigate things in high school.

She seems so otherworldly: it amazes me.

But maybe we have somethings in common.

And if my heart is telling me anything, this project will be the time of my life.

A/N: Another Pixane idea that's been in the drafts for too long! I hope you like it. I have two more original story ideas that I'll be releasing here soon. In the meantime, go check out Lawless Love! I'll be updating it in the next week or so.