Hey, again!

I figure if we're all waiting for Season 5...

I might as well do this!

I got inspired from a book I was reading and decided to do this.

Lengths may vary, but I want to give this a go.

Rule #1: The Definition of a Ninja.

The Serpent is a tough man to read. He often speaks as a child would with a tone of innocence. But in his true voice there is always a hint of mocking to the other person. It is difficult to say when he is being honest, and thus difficult to decipher what he truly wants. When he was confronted by Biffy Goldstein, Camillo Martinez and Holger Holgart in the Hydra Casino, he offered them a challenge to get the keys back. He tormented and frightened the boys through a series of three games, when in reality The Serpent merely had the case and keys were never in his possession.

The Serpent only set up the three games to back the boys into a corner and then offer them an easy way out. He had threatened, but never intended to harm them. Only in the final card game did he reveal his true intentions. The boys answered three seemingly harmless questions about their friend Lee Ping and The Serpent allowed them to leave. Only for them to leave in anger upon the casino owner throwing them an empty case, laughing.

A ninja means to be 'physically and mentally tough and prepared to carry out secret plans at all costs'. The Serpent had found the tracker placed on the case and had removed the keys and waited for those 'busy little bees' to come and get what was no longer there. He had planned out their coming, the course of their games, and what they would have to sacrifice in order to leave. But even then, The Serpent's intentions were not for the Council's benefit. He was quietly picking up clues to begin his secret plan.

A plan he had long ago begun concocting as a boy. One that would finally free his mind from the hurt he had felt for so long. For that is how a ninja is defined, by their success and survival.

The Serpent has indeed been surviving his life, but before he can call himself successful, he must avenge the great hurt he had endured from being abandoned by his own parents.

Rule #2: A Ninja thinks Outside The Box

The Serpent was the assassin, the agent, the muscle, the jack-of-all-trades to Cassandra's organization. He was a clever man no matter how he was looked at. Perhaps that was why he took so well to gambling: He wanted to prove even in instances of chance, he was better than everyone else.

Whether it was a game of cards, or a roll of the dice, The Serpent always emerged victorious. He knew the game, knew the players before the gamble had even been set. Serpent could read the men around him; know who was clever, who was experienced, who was weak and who had no idea what they were in for. His neutral look of concentration always was more often misread by opponents on the table.

But The Serpent's winning streak could not be counted by fair play alone. Without being told, he knew he needed to have insurance to win the a few games. A paid spy, or blackmailed unfortunate was often enough to ensure him the prize. Serpent's eyes could read anyone. He was always ahead of the game. It was only a matter of having the right person under his thumb or on his side.

Lee Ping never saw him when he was trapped beneath his casino, Jenny never suspected him after he helped her so much, and Cassandra never knew who he was really working for. That's because The Serpent knew he had to think outside the box, to have won long before his opponents realize it, and break all the rules to win the game.

Beating The Serpent was thought to be impossible. So when it happened, the only option to him was to take revenge.

A/N:

I'll be either update every few days or onve a week depending on the response I get.

Any questions or comments are always welcome.