Me: Hello everyone.
Iron Fist: It is great to see you all again.
Fury: Yes it is.
Me: Well, no one said that they read the intros and outros. I'm guessing they just think it is senseless babble
Fury: Isn't that what it is?
Me: I never said that it wasn't. I just thought people would want to see what comedy ensues in the intros and outros.
Iron Fist: But, if people aren't reading them, then why continue making them long like this?
Me: Cause I want to.
Fury: Enjoy the chapter.
It was the breakfast after they had recieved the letter from the emperor. Wan had to get DB into the kitchen, though she had trouble. He swirled his spoon in the noodles, but didn't take a bite. He then looked up to Matthew and Wing. "How'd the date go last night?"
Matthew shrugged. "I'm not sure. It might of gone better if a group of bandits had known who we were. We spent most of it beating up bandits."
DB's eyes widened. Wing immediately said, "It wasn't members of the rhino's army. They weren't organized enough to be part of his army." DB breathed a sigh of relief. "But, since we were interupted, we decided to reschedule. We were hoping you'd help set it up."
DB nodded. "I'd be happy to."
Shifu cleared his throat to get everyone's attention. "As much as I would enjoy listening to who is dating who most recently, we do have more pressing matters."
Wayward Son nodded. "He's right. We need to focus more on the rhino wanting to take over China. And why the emperor is wanting to join in the fight."
"Well, I can help with planning for fighting the rhino." All eyes turned towards DB. He leaned forward and folded his hands together on the table. "If we could keep his army away from him, I could easily take him down. In fact, anyone here could easily take him down if we could keep his army away. He doesn't really know how to fight otherwise."
"You are actually wrong there." Everyone turned to the emperor standing in the doorway. "He has great fighting skills. He just doesn't want to use them if he doesn't have to."
"How do you know?"
The emperor sighed. "Because he used to be in my army. He was one of the best ones in it."
DB scrunched his eyebrows together. "Perhaps you should start from the beginning."
The emperor nodded. "Of course." He stared towards the ceiling before starting. "It begins about thiry years ago, when he was still a child. He came into my courts after running from his parents. He wanted to join the army. I allowed him to join the school. He was one of the best in the school. Once he finally joined the army, he rose through three ranks quickly. After that, he wanted to be promoted again, so he asked for it from me. I rejected. Because of that, he wanted to prove he deserved it."
DB rose an eyebrow. "How would he do that?"
The emperor sighed again and looked down and directly at DB. "He killed a superior." Everyone gasped. "His belief was that those that were better at fighting deserved a promotion. After he took down the superior, other soldiers tried to arrest him. He took down over a hundred soldiers before they finally subdued him. They brought him to me. I asked him why he did it. He told me. I sent him to Chor Gom Prison."
Po interuppted, saying, "Wait. I thought Tai Lung was the only prisoner Chor Gom had until he escaped."
The emperor nodded. "Yes. He was. The rhino never arrived. We aren't sure what happened. No bodies were ever found. The cage was found destroyed. So, we can only speculate what happened." No one said anything. They only looked at each other. "Now, as to why I am joining into this fight."
"I was wondering that." The emperor turned towards him. "I mean. You have an entire country to run. So, why would you put yourself in danger by fighting in a war like this?"
"Because. He wants to fight me. He will fight me without his army. He wants to have revenge for me kicking him out of the army. He also believes killing me will allow him to show he deserves to be the emperor and I never deserved the position."
"But, you don't have any skills in fighting! You could die!"
The emperor smirked at DB's remark. "Did you know that when I was a child, I often snuck away from the guards?"
Everyone raised an eyebrow at that. Tigress asked, "What does that have to do with anything?"
The emperor chuckled. "My father was worried about my safety, so he had me take some kung fu lessons. He also had some soldiers teach me how to fight like they do. So, I will be able to fight him."
DB stood up. "Your highness. No offense, but we cannot rely on your own belief of being good enough. If what you said is true, you may not be good enough."
"Would you care to find out how good I am?"
DB's eyes were wide. "I-I couldn't fight you, your highness. Wouldn't that be breaking the law or something?"
The emperor shook his head. "Not if I allowed it by issuing the challenge."
DB took in a breath and slowly let it out. "Alright."
"Good. Let us go to the courtyard. And don't hold back." Everoyne followed the emperor to the courtyard, all curious about how good he was.
courtyard
The emperor and DB stood at opposite ends of the courtyard. Shifu snapped his fingers and they both charged. DB lept over the emperor and sent a kick, but it was caught, catching DB by surprise. The emperor pulled DB towards himself and sent his own kick. DB landed on his feet and smirked. He charged at the emperor again. When he was almost next to him, DB slid down and around, did a frontflip, landed on his feet and lunged at the emperor before he could react. The emperor slid, but blocked the next strike DB sent. DB flipped backwards and the emperor charged. DB blocked the punch, then the kick. DB sent his own kick, sending the emperor flying. He landed on his feet. Then, they charged at eahc other. The emperor dodged a punch and hit the side of DB's neck, sending him onto the ground, but he just rolled to his feet. He caught the emperor's next punch and sent a punch to his gut. Then he just tackled the emperor. They landed on the ground, DB pinning the emperor. DB nodded. "You do have quite a few skills." He got up and pulled the emperor up. "That strike you did on the side of my neck was a good one. The ninjas actually teach to use that in certain situations. That was a perfect one."
The emperor smiled and nodded. "Thank you. It is great to hear praise from a warrior such as yourself. Perhaps I should hire you as a trainer for my soldiers."
DB shook his head. "I'm only good with teaching when they have good agility. I may be able to teach them a few moves, but that would be it. Maybe Matthew could do it."
Matthew shrugged. "He has taught me some things. I used to be in an army. So, I could if you needed someone to."
The emperor nodded. "i'll be sure to contact you when the recruits come in. Now, what are the plans for attacking him?"
DB frowned. "I was actually wanting to have him come right outside the valley for an attack. We would have the villains army fight his army while we go and fight him personally. We will fight any soldiers he has nearby while you fight him."
The emperor shook his head. "We must attack him. If we let him come here, he will destroy the valley. We must stop him where he is at."
DB reciprocated the emperor's actions. "Look, if we were to attack him, we;d have to get into the castle and fight both the guards I didn't kill and the soldiers. We will also be fighting on hos turf. If we wait for him to come here, we'd have homefeild advantage and he'd only have his soldiers and they would be slighty worn out from the travels."
"Yes and we'd be risking the homes and lives of all the people here in the valley. That is so much better." The emperor was beginning to get angry. "We will attack him where he's at. End of discussion!"
DB stopped the emperor by putting his hand on the emperor. "Look. We can get the people out and my ninjas can rebuild the houses that get destroyed. But, we should wait for him to come here. I have led armies to war and I know when it is best to stay, compared to leaving to attack. This is a time to just wait."
The emperor rolled his eyes. "So, you are willing to risk the lives of citizens because you believe something to be the best choice instead of stopping the problem beforehand?"
DB shook his head. "From what I've seen, he will just find out where we are and attack only here."
"Oh? And just what have you seen?"
DB smirked. "A spy trying to find me, the Wu sisters, Informant, Avenger, Diablo, Mastermind, Traitor, and Shen."
The emperor blinked. "What?"
DB nodded. "He was wanting to find those that infiltrated his castle and the prisoners he had. I asked the spy, and the spy said he was going to attack where ever they were, hoping to either capture them or kill them. So, let's just get the citizens out and be prepared for the attack."
The emperor was shocked. "Oh. Um. Very..Very well." He began walking off. "Question. If the spy hadn't of been here, would you of said the same thing?"
DB shrugged. "I would believe the right thing would have been to wait, but make sure all citizens be taken towards the coast so we could fight him here and not worry about him killing them." The emperor nodded. He then walked towards the Sacred Peach Tree of Heavenly Wisdom. DB then walked off towards his room.
Me: Well. This was mainly filler. But, we are moving towards the final battle of this chapter.
Iron Fist: Are we close?
Me: Yes we are. But, the final battle will not be the last chapter. We will have one chapter left.
Fury: So, after the fight, we can expect Nova in the intros and outros for that chapter?
Me: yep. But, I won't be here for them. I'd probably be dead.
Fury: I see. So, how many more chapters are there?
Me: No clue. Review people!