Authors Note: sorry it took so long to update, a lot of things came up, and I was having technical difficulties, as well I was putting of updating the story for awhile now. But yeah, here's the next chapter, I hope to upload more soon. Again, sorry.

Chin and his gang stared upwards in awe of the massive temple. Carvings of dragons, hanging with thick green moss, stood guard above the curved flight of stairs that lead up to the building.

There were a few moments of silence.

"Well" Chin chirped "Let's go"

"Are you sure Boss? It looks a little…uh…spooky"

"Oh I'm sorry Bai-Ling"

"…You…what?"

"I'm sorry, here I thought you were a bandit not some yellow-bellied, craven infant! You're a bandit start acting like it!"

"Sorry sir!" She paused for a moment "But…do you , you know, think its…uh…haunte-"

"If you say haunted, if you even say-" Chin shook his dirty little fist at the bat "SO help me if you mention anything about ghosts I'll use you as a scabbard for my sword! Do you understand!? We're bandits! We fear nothing, we're not afraid of ghosts! Ghosts are afraid of us!"

"Uhhhh…yessir"

"Good, now move! That means you blaggards as well!" Chin shouted to the rest of the gang "This place is bound to be filled with all kinds of treasure!"

Chin scurried up the stairs, followed by the rest of his gang. The large doors were unlocked, and the temple was mostly empty, save for mold, dust, and cobwebs. Before the entryway stood the statue of a venerable looking pig, with a plaque before it.

"Let's see…this monetary is commemorated in the memory of the honorable master blah-blah-blah ,who fought the blah-blah-blah, who cares" Chin said, after giving the plaque a cursory glance "Alright you boggards! Check every room, look for anything valuable!"

There was a chorus of yessirs.

"And Da-Ming!"

The large rat turned around.

"Don't break anything or I'll wear your tail as a belt!"

"Yessir"

"Bai-Ling you're with me"

"Yes Mr. Chin sir"

The rat and bat walked down the hall of the temple before coming to a small room at the end. Upon opening the door they found the room was filled with an assortment of scrolls, though they were all dusty and stained yellow and brown with a combination of age and mildew. Chin grabbed one of the scrolls and opened it, it was unreadable, so he tossed it aside.

"Alright Bai-Ling, help me find a eligible scroll, there could be all kinds of useful information written here.

"Yessir"

"No, no, no, nope, no, not likely, I don't think so, Gah! This one is filthy!" Chin muttered as he pawed through various scrolls, tossing each one unceremoniously behind him.

Bai-Ling looked through scrolls as well, tossing the stained paper into the same pile as Chin. This carried on for around an hour, there were many scrolls.

The pile was now standing twice as tall as Chin, when Bai-Ling asked.

"Uh… sir?"

Chin dumped another unreadable scroll onto the pile.

"What is it? Can't you see I'm busy"

"Its just that…now that we're uh…you know, alone and all I was wondering if-"

"I'm busy! Out with it!" Chin snarled, his paws stained with mildew, he could not find a single scroll that wasn't ruined with age or mold.

"Oh! I… well, uh, I'll just tell you later then" Bai-Ling said a little dejectedly

"Stop slacking woman! Sort those scrolls! There has to be at least one that can be read!"

"Sir?"

"For the love of-what do you want!?"

"Why do you keep yelling at me?"

"What?"

"You've just been, uh, yelling at me a lot recently"

"I've been too soft on you before Bai-Ling, I've treated you better than the rest of the gang-"

"Marginally" She muttered

-and look what happened! You're all soft! You're not bandit material! It's time I whipped you into shape!"

"But… You seem, you know, legitimately mean to me"

"Maybe I should! You've gotten lazy! Half the time when we're working I just find you staring idly at me!"

"Oh! I-uh"

"And you're useless to! Hell when some mysterious bugger slipped a note under my door a week ago I open it up and what do I find!?"

"Uh"

"Not the anonymous assassin! No I just see you standing there like an idiot! And when I asked you about it, you just said you didn't see anyone! To busy lazing about to stop the assassin plotting against my life!"

"Uh… you know sir that note said it was from an admirer, not an assas-"

"A cunning plot to butter me up and lower my guard! Besides who would admire me!? Admire my martial prowess maybe, or my genius" Chin stroked his mustache thoughtfully "But not my appearance"

"What's wrong with your appearance sir?"

"And I quote 'The many scars that line your handsome face or like beautiful canyons of ruggedness, your teeth are yellow like the autumn moon, I long to share my feelings with you one day, P.S. You also Smell nice' now who would write that about me!? Taunting me like that, There's no need to draw attention to my physical appearance like that I- I…uh I mean of course I'm handsome! But I don't need them to tell me!"

"…Oh"

"And saying that I smelled nice, clearly sarcasm!"

"…But you do smell nice" Bai-Ling muttered

"Dirty assassin! Insulting me, trying to lull me into a false sense of security! Bringing my appearance up" Chin's one eye looked down dejectedly at the floor "Like anyone actually finds me attractive…I uh-I mean of course they find me attractive! Why wouldn't they!? I'm great!"

"You are!" Bai-Ling chimed in

"I'm cunning!"

"The cunningest!"

"I'm a mighty warrior!"

"The mightiest!"

"Ha! One day I'll rule all of China! Who else could conquer this land!? Surely no one is as intelligent or as powerful as I!"

"You also smell really nice"

"What?"

"Nothing!"

The two bandits where interrupted by a knock at the door.

"Sir?"

"Dong? What is it?"

"We uh… we didn't find anything sir"

"…what" Chin snarled

"This place looks like it's been clean out pretty good sir"

Chin swung the door open, looking Dong in the eyes.

"Are you telling me there is no treasure!?"

"Yessir, sorry"

"Damn! Damn it all!" Chin cursed, stomping his foot. He grabbed one of the scrolls and curled it down the hall, it bounced off the head of the statue.

"Nothing you found nothing at all!?"

"No sir"

"Damn! What else are we going to do with some massive stone temple! Its nothing but an empty shell of rock, strong rock…well hidden, durable, easy to defend" Chin trailed off, stroking his long black mustache. Suddenly he looked up.

"I think we found our new hideout!"