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Hails: Bleep bleep bleep bleep! Pull over right now people, because we've got another chapter! I'm doing my best on chapter 7.

Cole whimpered as his eyes made contact with Samukai's blood red irises. He knew Jay was always too loud for his own good. Samukai chuckled, amused at what he had found. Five Ninja sneaking around the Caves of Despair with his map, and the Scythe of Quakes. How better to deal with it than he and his army of skeletons?

Without hesitation the Ninja readied themselves for battle and whipped out their weapons. It was Ninja versus Skulkin and the former was winning as they with ease took out nearly every skeleton, and they fell to the ground unconscious, and hopefully not dead, even despite the fact they already were. Kai was kind of disappointed with this kind of battle seeing how he believed it would be easy, but regretted that thought the instant it was in his head. Three too many Skulkin warriors cornered him, and they very might just take the Golden Weapon from him.

"Kai, throw it here!" Said Red Ninja wrenched the Golden Scythe off of his back, hurled it across the mine to Zane, who caught it with ease. Unfortunately, Zane had to toss it far when the skeletons began to gang up on him, and Cole gladly took it off his hands.

"Going long!" Cole exclaimed as he grabbed the scythe mid air.

Kai batted away a warrior with a sword, and struggled to hold up his end of the line.

"There are too many of them." Kai observed, not all eager to be fighting anymore.

"Let me take care of that!" Kay offered. He smacked quite the few skeletons with his nunchucks, and he reared back for another attack when he noticed something oddly familiar about the soldier's specific attack formation. He could see it in front of him now, it was so easy. "Hey, guys! It's just like the training course!" Jay hopped up onto the heads of a few Skulin and took them out effortlessly, then he flipped over another group of them. "Over the planks, dodge the swords, here comes the dummy! Cha-Ching!" He spun, swung his nunchucks hard. What he hadn't anticipated was how fast he was spinning, and sparks of lightning began to form around him. Everything was sort of, a blur of deep blue for Jay, and everything seemed to move in slow motion.

"Spinjitzu..." Kai whispered. "Jay! What's the key!"

"I'm just going through the motions!" Jay said, and he swung his nunchucks into the nearest warrior attacking him. "This must be what Sensei meant when he said we already know it!" It hit Kai like a bucket of water was being splashed in his face. He reacted just as quickly, and copied Jay's actions and words.

"Over the planks, dodge the swords, here comes the dummy!" Kai felt a warm sensation around him, and all he could see was fire. Red, swirling, roaring flames surrounding him. But he didn't feel threatened, instead, this fire, it felt, welcoming. Was this his Spinjitzu. He almost felt like he was floating, and his fighting instincts kicked in. He sliced his sword every which way, taking more skeletons than he ever could without this new move.

Kruncha burst out laughing, and pointed to Nuckal.

"He just called you a dummy!" He mocked.

"No!" Nuckal protested. "He called you a dummy." Their little "sibling rivalry", was ended the moment it started when an ice cold sensation chilled them to the bones. Literally, I know. That was a bad pun. The White Ninja appeared and spoke in a soft and silky tone of voice that was deadly and alluring like a snake's.

"I sense you do not stand a chance." Zane said, twirling his fierce shurikens. Samukai realized this without hesitation, and retreated his army with a loud bellow to run away. The five Ninja scared them off with their Spinjitzu, but the tornadoes dispersed when the whole cavern was empty and hollow of any life except for themselves. The remains of their Spinjitzu tornadoes still flickering and swirling around. Cole gave a single laugh.

"Guess they didn't want a second serving of these babies!" Cole boasted, flexing his muscles. If he was trying to gain attention from any girl, it certainly wasn't Silver, because like everyone else, she rolled her eyes. and shook her head. "Good thing they didn't check out the merchandise in the back!" Cole turned around, but froze in fear. Kai laughed excitedly, holding the scythe up as if it were a trophy. Jay followed suite. "Uh, guys?" Cole whimpered. It was deathly silent, and no one spoke, having heard the fear in Cole's voice.

"Didn't Sensei way there was a guardian protecting the weapon?" Zane asked.

"Yeeeees, he did." Silver said, staring at Zane in disbelief. Her eyes widened as she realized why Cole sounded so afraid. The other four turned and stared, and looming over them was the reptile they thought they had seen when they taken the Scythe of Quakes out of it's mouth. It was big, and took up a fair amount of space. It was multiple shades of brown and tan, and when it spread it's wings, one could make out the tears and holes. It's green eyes glowed like jades, and the dragon glowered at the thieves.

"That's not what I think it is, is it?" Cole asked, eying the reptile like scales. It slowly reared back on it's hind legs, revealing wickedly sharp claws that could slice through metal.

"Y-you mean a dragon?" Jay stared, not being able to make anything else come out of his throat.

"That sure looks likes a dragon." Kai voiced.

"I sense we won't be able to spin our way out of this one." Zane said. The dragon roared louder than any beast the Ninja could've ever imagine, blowing shards of dust and minerals from it's mouth, and leaving cuts and scrapes on what little exposed skin the Ninja had and tearing small amounts of their clothes. Just as the Ninja were recovering, it roared again. They just barely managed to move out of it's range, but now, the large reptile was blocking the only exit.

"I thought dragons weren't from this world!" Cole exclaimed as the dragon leapt forward, making the ground rumble like an earthquake. Kai pursed his lips, even though no one could see them under the mask, and uncovered the Golden Scythe from the makeshift sheath. Jay saw what he was up to, and placed a hand on his shoulder to stop him.

"No, no! Kai, bad idea." Jay said, detested at the thought of what Kai would do. "Sensei told us not to."

"Well, you better keep your mouth shut!" Kai snarled.

"Kai, I wouldn't do that." Silver warned. "Sensei does not take the matter of these weapons lightly, I know because of all the stories he would tell me when I was a kid." But it was too late for Kai to go back, and against all the objections, he slammed the scythe's blade into the ground, imbedding it there and causing the cavern to shake. A crack formed in the ground, splitting it apart, and debris and rocks fell from the ceiling, revealing the light of day for escape. The dragon's head was nearly crushed by a falling boulder, and the Ninja took the opportunity of the dragon being distracted to wind their way around it. They skidded to a stop on the opposing side of the light, their only hope of leaving.

"We gotta escape!" Kai exclaimed, still gripping the scythe as if it were his life.

"We'll use Spinjitzu." Cole instructed. "Ninja, Go!"

Everyone spun out into their respective tornadoes, and sped around the Earth Dragon. They did their best to jump, and just managed to escape as the dragon lunged at them angrily. They shouted excitedly upon escape, even as their feet touched solid ground again. When they came out of it, Jay and Zane lost their balance, while Cole and Kai highfived each other.

"Whoa! That was so awesome!" Cole exclaimed. Kai laughed in a mix of an adrenaline rush and relief.

"Yes!" He shouted, giving Cole a high five. "We are unbelievable."

"That was actually pretty incredible!" Silver shouted.

"We are the best!" Zane said.

"Did you see that!" Jay asked excitedly "I was like pow! And you were like bam!"

"ENOUGH!" The sound of Sensei Wu's angry voice ended the Ninja's victory. "I told you not to use the scythe!"

Everyone stepped out of the way and pointed at Kai.

"He did it." Jay blamed simply, knowing it was the truth.

"What?" Kai asked, feeling betrayed. He would have to defend himself on his own now.

"I warned him, Sensei." Cole said, making Silver scoff.

"Using it was my only option." Kai said defensively. He walked forward, trying his best to use words to get out of trouble. Sensei Wu marched up to Kai, blood boiling that he had disobeyed.

"And what makes you think you are more important than the team! Huh? Huh!" Sensei shouted. Kai felt anger surge through his veins. These weapons were so important that no one took the time to think about the pain or suffering Nya might be going through, and she was human being. Not even the First Spinjitzu Master could possibly know where the hell she was, and not to mention what she might going through. Kai had used quick and easy options to get done faster.

"They took my sister, remember?" Kai snarled. Sensei jerked back, and changed the subject much to Red Ninja's chagrin.

"There are still three weapons left, maybe next time you can do it right." Three Ninja shunned him, and followed Sensei back to the carriage. Leaving Kai with only his thoughts, and a forgiving Grey Ninja to walk beside him.

"It's okay, Kai." Silver comforted, then stopped him and wrapped him in a hug. "We all make mistakes that we learn from. Like I said before, Sensei Wu does not take the matter of these weapons too lightly."

"Thanks, Silver." Kai said, his head still downcast as he removed his hood. "But why are you forgiving me so easily?"

"Because." Silver explained. "I used to have a best friend in the whole world, and he made a mistake. The last thing I said to him before he died was that I disowned him. He was no longer my friend. I haven't been able to live with myself ever since, and I make it my goal to never leave a friend in a negative sense." Silver seemed to shudder, as if an unseen cold overtook her. She must've been reliving the day she hurt her friend.

"Well, I guess that makes you a good friend." Kai said, with apologetic eyes. "Thank you."

It was dark an unforgiving, you could hardly seen anything at all. Spykors aren't friendly, and when they creep upon the ground and walls, they terrify those weak of heart. The only other color besides black, was the red of lava that moved like sludge below them. To normal person, it could kill with ease by just one look. But, it's blackness was comforting to the ruler, and shadows advanced upon an unlucky victim.

"Master, I have failed you." Samukai said in a gravely voice, awaiting a punishment so dire that he would never want to fail again. "They have learned Spinjitzu, and they have the scythe."

"Good." The shadow spoke, with deep, alluring voice. "Then my brother was there."

"If I gather my army, we could easily ambush them and-" Samukai was cut off as the shadow spoke, it's red eyes daring the Skeleton King to talk any further.

"No. Let them think they're winning." The shadow instructed, having a "trust me" kind of aura surrounding him, when really, he was something no one could ever trust.

"Uh, I do not understand." Samukai spluttered out.

"Everything is going to plan." The shadow laughed, knowing he was going to win.

TO BE CONTINUED

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Hails: Okay, no. That's not the end. I just had to put it there. *shrugs* Whatever!