Me: Okay...that was kinda fast... so-
Lloyd: Ooo, what do I have on my hand? A slice of lemon cake?
Cole: WHAT?! HOW DID YOU GET INTO MY ROOM?
Lloyd: *tongue gets near the cake* and just one lick...
Cole: PUT. THAT. DOWN.
Lloyd: *licks cake* oops, heh heh
Cole: AAAAAARRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!
Lloyd: Oh, what do I have here? Ashlyn's photo?
Kai:... pardon?
Cole: To your room. NOW. Before I end your life.
Lloyd: What? what did I do? aw FINE! *stomps to room*
Jay:...
Kai:...
Zane:...
Reanne: ... you're lucky Ashlyn's out.
Will:... that means-
Cole: SHUT. UP.
"OKAY WIMPS! YOUR TRAINING STARTS RIGHT NOW!" Our host, Sensei Nokami, a female in Marines attire, yelled, jerking us to a alert state. "FIRST TRAINING: HIKING! BY TEAMS, FIND YOUR WAY TO THE MAIN CAMPING SITE! NO CHEATING, NO GPS OR WHATEVER CRAP YOU CALL IT! LAST TEAM TO GET THERE WASHES THE DISHES FOR A DAY! GO!"
The other teams started to spread, only us, the League of Spinjitzu huddled into a tight circle for discussion. "Okay, Sensei did said if we wanted to, we can use out powers," Kai started. "But we can't let the others see it, or recognize the users of it." Jay finished.
"No." I said. "Sensei said not to cheat. Even our powers are a instrument of cheating. This exercise is to test our sense of direction and teamwork."
Zane closed his eyes, and after a few moments, open it. "I sense..." His head jerked to the north. "...there." We gave the ninja of Ice grateful smiles, and begin our journey to the main camping site.
In the way, we came across another team, the Bloodshedders (god, how did they even live legally?). They were punching each other, and some even tried to aim for the throat. "They're fighting for their opinion the way to the camping site." Lloyd muttered. I trembled, and continued our path to the main Campsite.
If Tarzan was here, he would see this forest as a amusement park. Vines were entwined everywhere around the thick branches, some stretched to the ground I almost tripped on one. Buttress root erupted on the rich soil, making it difficult to walk as we went slowly up the steep hill. Once Lloyd almost tripped, but Ashlyn's power gave him a soft cushion of air to land before the Green Ninja could break his bones.
Finally we spotted the Campsite, a huge tent parked in the middle of a clearing, followed by some other tents located around it.
Before any other people could spot us, the Sexy Killers ran from our backs and toppled into the camping grounds. "They were following us all day long!" Cole exclaimed, his face going red with rage. The girls cheered, and gave each other high fives. "We so rock!" Janey gushed, and she looked back at us. "Oh, sad, you didn't get first. Tch."
"Nope. League of Spinjitzu, you get the tent. Sexy Killers, get ready to sleep with a bunch of rats." The girls looked up, their face painted with absolute shock as Sensei Nokami. "Are you blind, women? Don't you saw us going through the line first?" The auburn haired girl, Roxy, complained.
"And there you go, you're sleeping under the tree for manners." our host scowled, and showed us a iPad. "You think you can cheat because we're out of your sight. You think we ain't thought of a couple of security cameras, eh?"
The screen clearly displayed the woods we passed through, and us discussing, the girls watching us from a safe distance, and they started following us, until they saw the camp, and lunged for it before we could.
"So, ladies. Anymore rebelling?" Sensei Nakomi cooed. The girls developed a sudden interest on their designer boots. I wanted to say 'Suck it' to them, but I clamped my mouth shut. "Then follow me to your tree, Lame Killers. League of Spinjitzu, your tent is the big white one." Sensei snorted, and the girls packed their bags before leaving.
"Whoa. Is this really our tent?" Jay was stunned. We were in front of a tent almost the height of our body, and was as wide as three normal tents. "Actually, there's a whole lot of tents like that around the huge tent." Zane pointed out.
"Oh."
"Okay, enough talking, folks! Pack in!" Will ushered all of us in.
There was even shelves and personal space for each of the campers, even after we placed our sleeping bags and luggages. I folded my jacket and placed it on a shelf, before realizing there was a security camera at the corner, whirling and clicking. "Okay people... time to go out..." Cole stretched, and went out. Campers started streaming in, and each of them had bruises popping on their faces, hands and legs. Some of them even had a broken tooth dangling from their lips.
"So much for teamwork." I muttered.
We had dinner outdoors, under the trees. I scanned the crowds, hoping for a sight of Ken, but he must've gone to the toilet or something.
There were four nerds, each had their thick glasses hanging on their noses, and everyone of them was dug into encyclopedias. The girls were chilling out in the corner, gossiping and picking the grilled chicken. The buff boys had their plates at the side, and 90% of the wooden picnic table was used for arm wrestling and places to place bets. I stared as one of them even challenged some random kid to a wrestling competition, and the kid fell over easily, later picked up by the medical group.
I sighed comfortably as I let the moonlight touch my skin, the powerful energy charging my body, and gasped as I saw a few sparkling dust floated from my skin, lingering into the forest. "Whoa, that was...awesome." Lloyd, Will and Ashlyn looked at me with awe. I simply gave a shrug.
"TONIGHT YOU'LL BE RECEIVING YOUR SCHEDULES FOR THE WEEK! EACH TEAM GETS A DIFFERENT ONE! IN THE PAPER WILL FULLY DESCRIBE YOUR WEEK'S PROGRAM, SO KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN!"
We finished our dinner quickly, which was cabbage soup and grilled chicken Chinese rice. I grabbed the paper which had our schedule printed, and it said this:
Team name: League of Spinjitzu
Please note that every team will be having the same lessons in the morning.
Saturday
Morning: -
Afternoon: -
Night:Silat
Sunday
Morning: Capture the flag
Afternoon: Weaponry
Night:Karate
Monday
Morning: Treasure Hunt
Afternoon: Survival lessons
Night: Taekwondo
Tuesday
Morning: Tagging
Afternoon: Hunting
Night: Judo
Wednesday
Morning: Search and Rescue
Afternoon: Camouflaging
Night: Kickboxing
Thursday
Morning: Search and Destroy
Afternoon: Trekking
Night: Ninjutsu
Friday
Morning: :Team vs Team free martial match
Afternoon: Clean up
Night: Pack up
Saturday
Formal ball (At Center)
"Boy, I can't wait for Thursday Night!" Cole grinned. "Aw man, Silat? I barely know that thing, and its so...complicated!" Will complained. I laughed. "Actually, it can be hard, if you look at it that way. But if you think it's easy..." I reached for Will and did the basic 'around the world' twisting by grabbing his back of the head and his wrist, and twisted, resulting him to fall to the ground easily like a rag doll.
"...It's as easy as spelling ABCs."
We got our martial arts attire for the next program, a black Silat suit and a sarung for our belt from the Main Tent, which was every activity grounds were monitored closely and supply was shared. We made our way to the Silat tent, where a bunch of buff boys were showing off their judo moves at a poor skinny guy.
"I wonder what's Ken having." I mumbled.
We entered a green tent, where there was only a mat, and someone sitting on it, a cloak covering his face, but he seemed to be mediating peacefully. When he spotted us, he took a deep breath. "Welcome, young ones, to the Art of Silat. Many recognize Silat as a vicious killing attack, but no. This is mainly for your self defense, when someone attempts to threaten you. Now, we shall open the lesson." He grabbed his right wrist with his left hand, and brought it up above his head, his hands now formed into a triangle, and immediately placed it down again, this time his right leg stepping up, and he kneeled a little, before withdrawing. I did the same, in a faster way, and the other seven ninjas awkwardly followed.
"Today, you'll be having basics. Does anyone here knows Silat?" The teacher looked at all eight of us. I shot up my hand. "I'm a experienced student of Silat."
"Which animal levels have you achieved?"
I know the levels. There are monkey, python, tiger, and many more. "I just earned the Dragon Badge five months ago." I answered.
"Impressive." The teacher smiled, and gestured me to step forward. "Please demonstrate me the most basic steps..." He glanced at a timetable pasted with some duct tape at the wall of the tent, and looked back at me. "...Reanne Silverwoods."
He threw a punch, and I did at least ten types of punching defense on him, and the next thing he was on the ground, my feet pressed his cheek.
"Not bad. What do you say, you'll be a assistant of mine for this lesson?"
I practically became a dummy for the sensei, and got a impressive amount of bruises after the class. Cole and Kai were the most reluctant people to learn, and almost went out of temper and exploded into their Spinjitzu mode, almost killing the teacher. Jay and Will... were trying his best, but with hardly any results, and he rarely used his strength. But Lloyd, Ashlyn and Zane were enthusiastic, and were the most easiest to teach. Soon they were really skilled in the Python moves.
"That was...fun." Ashlyn giggled as we went out of the tent. I smiled. "See? Everything is fun if you look at it that way." Will groaned, rubbing his forehead. "I rather train back at the Bounty for a day straight than doing this. All the twisting is killing me!"
Cole yawned, stretching his arms. "Ugh, time for a small slice of cake, and we take turns using the bathroom, eh?"
Lloyd shared some of this candy with us, and I brought some preserved fruits, followed by Cole's strawberry cake we chatted while eating, and even practiced some of our Silat moves.
I burped, and threw the candy wrapping foil into the nearby dustbin Zane bought. "I think I ate much more than I ate for dinner."
"You can say that again." Will flipped on his citrus orange bed, sighing with content. We took turns to the bathroom using scissors, paper, stones, and I got the last one.
"Who didn't flush the toilet?"
At last, we decided to have a pillow fight before sleep, thanks to our caffeinated moods. "The one who looses is a sucker!" Lloyd cried, and we started our fluffy fight with a laugh. I tossed my pillow at Cole, who replied the attack by charging at me and slamming mine onto my cheek. Lloyd took some of his candy and threw it in front of Cole like it could distract him, and took off to take another spare pillow from his bag. Ashlyn started snatching other ninja's pillows, and knocked Kai down.
Finally, we settled down, sweat beading our foreheads. "That was fun." I stated. Ashlyn laughed, and lied on her maroon and gold sleeping bag. "Too bad Kai just lost."
"Hey!" The ninja of Fire stood up. "Jay head butted me!"
Jay made a funny face. "That would be the first and last time I'll ever do that."
"Better add a 'ever' in that." Lloyd commented, and buried under his green blankets. "I'm tired. G'night, guys."
I smiled at the already snoring Green Ninja. "Sweet Dreams, guys."
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