Ch, 9- Suki

I followed the boys to the arena. I really didn't want to train but if this was the only way then I'll take it.
"Why shouldn't we touch the dragon statue?" I asked.
"We don't know. But after you're finished training we can take you to the elder," said Jake.
"Thanks."
We got to the arena and started fighting each other.
"This is no fun," I expressed, "we know all of each others moves. We need to fight other people." I turned to the twins. "Think you can get us some new partners?"
They nodded excitedly and ran off.
We sat down and I turned to Jasmine, "What happened back in the castle?"
"Um… I heard a voice… saying that it wanted to kill us."
"Oh."
I stood up and strapped on my ninja gear. I grabbed my sword and tapped into my fire power. The sword burst into flame. "Didn't think that would happen," I said. I put it out as Jake and Joseph came with two men.
"These are who we're fighting? I thought you said they were stronger than any fighter you've ever seen," said one of the men.
"That's because we are," I replied. "Are you gonna fight us or not?"
They drew their swords and we drew ours. They ran at us and we brought up our swords. Their eyes showed surprise for a moment then determination. We fought for about five minutes with Jake and Joseph hanging on our every move. We ended up beating them.
Jake and Joseph ran up to us. "That was awesome!" They said together.
"Can you keep a secret?" I asked innocently. Jasmine sent me a glance like 'What in the world are you doing?' They nodded very fast. I motioned them in closer. "We're ninjas, "I whispered, "with the powers of fire and water. You can't tell anyone, okay?" Again they nodded.
Jasmine pulled me over. "Are you insane? They're ten years old! They can't keep that big of a secret!"
"I know what I'm doing. Trust me."
The boys came running over. "Can you teach us? Please, please, PLEASE?"
I shook my head, "We're on a mission."
"Aw. Is there anything we can do to help?"
"Well," I said like I was thinking, "we don't have any money… do you think we can get some?"
They smiled and ran off.
We waited for what seemed like the longest time before they came running back with fistfuls of money.
"Thank you," I said taking it. I dug around in my bag for a bit before emerging. I handed them each a badge that said 'I am a junior ninja!' We helped them pin them on their shirts. We stood up and started to leave.
"I though you wanted to know why not to touch the dragon?" Asked Joseph.
So they took us to the elder. She looked familiar… Aw, crud.