Previously on We've Got Training To Do:
"We need to find the other Serpentine Tombs before Pythor does!" Jade shouted.
Cole stood really close to Jade as they observed the writing on the walls.
"Pythor sends his regards." the Constrictai General said, with Jade wrapped in his tail.
"Anyone order a little kick butt?" Jade shouted as she landed in the Toxic Bogs.
Jade sang like a flute to try and make the Serpentine weaker. It worked until Pythor hit her on the head with a flute.
A large robotic warrior shot blue gas at the boy ninjas, causing them to black out.
"No one touches them." Jade snarled.
~0~0~0~
"What's that?" Jay asks as Sensei comes in the dining room with a huge package.
"It's your new uniforms." Sensei says.
"New clothes? Sweet!" I say, immediately coming around to see. Sensei hands me my box. I open it and take out the various articles of clothing. A strapless bronze dress, a silver turtleneck with a bronze and silver hood, bronze leggings, and silver boots.
I look at the boy's uniforms. They're simple enough, a shirt and pants and boots, with gold and silver highlights. Kai's is red and gold, Cole's is black and silver, Zane's is white and gold, and Jay's is blue and silver.
"How come mine has so many pieces? How am I gonna get this on?" I ask. Sensei points to a picture at the bottom of the box, obviously what the full uniform looks like.
I go in me and Nya's room to try it on. First, I put on the turtleneck and leggings, then I pull on the dress, then lace up the boots. I pile my hair on top of my head in a messy bun and pull on my hood. Just in time, too. An alarm goes off, signaling Serpentine trouble. I run to join the others at the bridge. They're already in their new uniforms.
"Serpentine at Mega Monster Amusement Park." Kai fills me in. I nod.
"I love a good old fashioned roller coaster, but nothin' beats this!" Cole shouts. He jumps off the side of the Bounty, changing his Scythe into a tank-like vehicle. The rest of us follow his lead, most likely because we're idiots like that.
We change our vehicles into weapons in time to land on a building near the amusement park. A cluster of people are in the middle, screaming. I run over and take a look. "Huh?" A bunch of Serpentine are tied up here!
"What just happened?" I ask an old friend of Nya's, Chelsea.
"Jade! You totally missed it! There were these icky snakes, and this mysterious Samurai came in and saved everyone!" Chelsea says.
"He was, like, so hot!" Chelsea's friend Britney gushes.
"You saw his face?" I ask.
"No, but I could like, totally tell." Britney says. Nya comes along and hands Chelsea and Britney some ice cream cones, then starts eating one herself.
"Hey, guys, you missed all the action! He just jumped in, took care of business, and flew off! It was pretty cool." she says. She follows Britney and Chelsea to one of the roller coasters.
"You probably should wait a while before going on that ride!" I call after them.
"Who is this guy?" Kai demands.
"I don't know, but he's stealing our thunder!" Cole says.
"And we just got these cool new outfits!" Jay says. "I'm gonna say it: I hate Samurai!"
"Do I hear a hint of jealousy?" Sensei asks from behind us, causing us to jump. "Maybe this could be turned into a lesson for you all."
"Not another less- Hey, how'd you get here so fast?" Jay says.
"The lesson is this: iron sharpens iron." Sensei says.
"I do not follow, Sensei." Zane says.
"Maybe you can turn this into a competition for yourselves." Sensei says. He walks off for reasons unknown. Most likely to go on the Ferris wheel.
"Maybe he's right." Kai says. We all look at him. "We can turn this into a competition."
"But Samurai has all those fancy gadgets! We don't stand a chance!" Jay protests.
"Not against him! Against us!" Kai says. I nod.
"Whoever can find the identity of the Samurai will be the Green Ninja!" I say. "Great idea!"
~0~0~0~
I lie in wait above a gaggle of Serpentine, waiting for Samurai to show up. He comes down and takes care of business fast, but he has to get out of his robot to do so. When he does, I point a stun dart at a chink in his armor and he faints. I jump out of my tree and tie him to a tall rock.
"I've got you now, Samurai." I say aloud. I sit down and wait for him to wake up.
When he comes to, I point a knife at his throat. "If you move, I'll blind you." I threaten. I tug off his helmet, revealing a... girl! And not just any girl. It's Nya!
"Nya?" I say bewilderedly. She sighs.
"Yeah, it's me. That was a clever trick though, Jade." she says. "Using the blow dart. That was smart."
"Well, as they say, dumb blonde is only a stereotype." I say. I cut off her bindings. "What do you say we pretend to be frustrated at not finding out the Samurai's identity?" She grins.
"Sure thing."
~0~0~0~
"I swear, finding out who he is is more of a nuisance then the Samurai is himself!" Cole groans.
"Well, we still have a snake problem." I tell him, eager to change the subject. "Any news on that?"
"Hey, speaking of snakes, where are Lloyd and Sammy?" Jay asks.
"I have not seen them." Zane says.
"Oh my god, you lost them, didn't you?" I ask Kai.
"I thought Cole was gonna pick them up." Kai says.
"I went to the arcade, but they weren't there." Cole says.
"We should find them." Sensei suggests. The ninjas and I stand at the same time and run out the door. We change our Weapons into vehicles and go to the arcade where Lloyd and Sammy were supposed to be.
"They were here." Kai says.
"They couldn't have gotten far. Let's take a look." I say.
Cole soon finds a security camera, and we take a look at the footage. Lloyd and sammy go into a costume shop, then come out looking like a Serpentine. They go down an alleyway, and since the camera can't tell us what was down there, we decide to take a look ourselves.
The boys' footprints stop around the same time some tire tracks start. "Let this be an important lesson for you all." I say in my best Sensei Wu impersonation. "Never trust the man in the van."
"Who says it was a man?" Kai says.
"Who says it was a van?" Jay adds.
"Oh, shut up!" I tell them. I transform my knives into a helicopter and start following the tracks. I let the guys catch up, and we ride into the desert, straight to the Lost City of Ouroboros.
~0~0~0~
I stop near the edge of the city. I transform my helicopter into knives and sneak into the city, the guys in my wake.
"It appears Pythor has successfully united the Serpentine tribes." Zane whispers.
"I really don't want to know how. Hopefully, with Pythor as king, they've forgotten about making me queen. Remember that?" I say. Kai laughs quietly.
"Look, there's Lloyd and Sammy!" Cole says, pointing to a cage hung up nearby. I take out my knives and run out into the open, the boys trailing behind me. We don't make it far when a large cage like Lloyd's drops on us, separating us from our Weapons.
"Oh, fuck." we say simultaneously.
Minutes later, a bunch of snakes lead us into the arena.
"You say you wanted a fight?" Pythor shouts. "I give you- Ninja versus Samurai!" A gate opens at the other end of the arena, revealing Nya in her Samurai suit.
"Maybe we can get him on our side!" Jay says hopefully. "After all, we all hate snakes, right?" Nya throws a sort of shurikan/boomerang thing at us.
"Okay, maybe not." I say, still pretending I don't know the identity of Samurai. A fight ensues, but I can tell Nya's going easy. Still, I pretend to be stressed, cussing as often as I can. Most of the words are ones you wouldn't want to hear from a seventeen year old.
"Shall we try the Tornado of Creation?" Zane suggests.
"Let's." Jay agrees. I'm not quite sure how to describe the Tornado of Creation. I'll never be able to. So don't ask.
Anyway, we use the Tornado against Nya, and then things get serious in the Slitherpit. First comes the spikes. Then the tilting.
"Oh, come the fuck on!" I shout. I grab on to a spike so I don't fall into the dark pit under the tilt.
"Keep pretending to fight." Nya says in a deep voice that I know is a machine. "Keep up the charade."
"Oh, we're not really fighting?" Jay asks. Nya nods.
"Grab onto my exosuit." Nya says.
I grab onto a rocket booster at the back, next to Kai. Nya takes off, but there's too much weight with the six of us. She hops out, leaving us on the exosuit.
"I can't believe he just saved us!" Cole shouts.
"He stole our thunder again!" Kai shouts.
"I hate that Samurai!" Jay shouts.
"He just saved our lives!" I scold. The exosuit crash lands in the desert, sending all of us in different directions. I stand shakily and start going toward the exosuit.
Nya lands behind me, and I turn to face her. She hands me something wrapped in a red cloth like a Christmas present and takes off again, taking the exosuit with her.
I unwrap the cloth, revealing the Five Golden Weapons of Spinjitzu. They begin glowing under my touch, a soft green color. They swirl around me in the desert sun, and then fall back in my hands.
"Jaaaade!" Jay shouts behind me. I turn around to see him, Kai, Cole, and Zane running over the hill to find me. I chuckle slightly at their worried expressions and run up to greet them.
"Hey, guys, you missed all the action!" I say, quoting Nya from earlier. "He just jumped in, took care of business, and flew off. It was pretty cool."
"What business?" Kai asks. In answer, I unroll the red cloth, spreading the Golden Weapons on the ground. I pick up my Knives, careful not to touch the other Weapons.
"So why did he just hand them over to you?" Cole asks. I shrug.
"Maybe this Samurai isn't so bad after all."