Okay, I did not update yesterday because I wanted a day away from this thing. Anyway, here's the chapter.
Dawn slowly crept over the horizon. DB had just finished stuffing the sack. He turned to the two that were sleeping. He had an idea. He woke them up and said,"Hey guys it's time to get up. I'm going to scout ahead. If anybody comes, just scream." He was off quickly, but he made sure he got back quickly and unheard. He watched them. He noticed an akward silence between them. Tigress was the first to say something," Po, I want to tell you something." Po turned and replied,"Okay." Tigress started,"I just wanted to s-say th-that I-I-" DB was listening because he was waiting for that moment for a while. Tigress continued,"I-'m grateful that your in the Jade Palace." DB sighed knowing that she had just backed down. He took off before the rest of the conversation was heard. He came back to them and said,"Okay, we will probably be meeting up with the others today." It was obvious he had an annoyed tone. Tigress then knew he had seen her back down. Po then said,"You sure you don't want to train some more?" DB shook his head and said,"Na. I've learned what I want to." They took off towards the meeting place, being on alert for any attackers. They didn't see any on the way there, but DB knew they would be captured and was prepared.
With Crane, Viper and Shifu
They were awake at the same time and started to walk. Crane eventually asked,"So, Master Shifu, how does it feel knowing you'll never die?" Shifu replied,"Well, honestly it is a bitter sweet. This is because I'll be able to teach many generations of Kung Fu masters. But, I will also be saddened by all those that will die." That was the end of their conversation.
Back in the Valley of Peace
Song had taken the bed in Po's old room. Tai Lung was on the floor. They woke up at the same time. Tai Lung had groaned from the pain of sleeping on the floor. Song said,"You know you could have taken the bed instead. I'm used to sleeping on the floor." Tai Lung responded, "That is not how someone treats a lady, though." Song chuckled. She had started a friendship with Tai Lung. They went down to where the shop was. They had agreed to help Mr. Ping run his shop. Tai Lung made sure he stayed in the kitchen and completely covered. He even wore leather gloves. Some customers asked himwhy he was covered and he just answered that he didn't want anyone to seen scars from previous fights he had been in. Song was out helping to serve people. All Mr. Ping had to do that day was cook and he sold more than any other day.
With Grandfather, Monkey, and Mantis
They were walking along and Grandfather was glad he got the night of sleep he did, because he was so fed up with those two talking and making bets on any stupid thing. Although, he did have to make sure who was getting how many alomond cookies. So far, Monkey was getting only one cookie. Grandfather eventually said,"Will you two ever shut up?" Monkey said,"When there is nothing more to say, we will be silent." Grandfather said,"Can you be silent when there are no more intelligent things to say and then only say them!" Mantis chuckled and said,"Nope!" Grandfather groaned and said,"This is going to be a LONG day."
With DB's Master
DB's master was on full alert. He was never letting his gaurd down. He even attack a river, and almost drowned, but the ninjas saved him. He said,"Maybe I should identify a sound before I attack." The ninjas chukled, but they realized they needed to folow the same advice when they ran into a mountain side because they heard a rock fall because of a small shake that could not be felt.
With the informant
He was thinking. He now knew what it was like to be captured. He had usually been with DB, which kept him alive and free. He also seen DB get captured in trying to keep him from being captured. He knew this could be the end and there was nothing he could do. The traitor came in and said,"Isn't this nice. You are going to be a key piece in my plan for revenge and becoming the best." This recieved a growl from the Informant. The traitor just chuckled and left. The informant sighed. He hoed that DB knew of the situation he was in and was planning something.
At noon at the meeting place
Everyone had arrived, except the informant and his team. DB said,"His team won't be arriving. He was captured and the other two were killed." Everyone didn;t know how to respond. Then DB continued,"I have a plan that will develop more as we go along. Now let's find the Crystal of Death." They continued walking to where there was a cave. DB stepped in first. He said to them," Be careful. Traps are abundant in here." He walked with his senses on alert. Imediatly, he stopped and motioned for them to do the same. They didn't notice anything. Po asked, "Why are we stopping?" DB replied,"We have gone too far for there to not be a trap here." He bent over and threw a rock. The enire ceiling in front of them came crashing down. Everyone except DB, Granfather, and DB's master were surprised. DB then took out a naginata and went under there. The ceiling came down, but was stopped by the naginata. Everyone hurried under there. They went o the other side just in time, because the naginaya snapped intwo from the pressure. Po asked,"How will we get back through?" DB answered,"Every ninja you see has a strang naginata like that." Po then shook his head showing he understood. They continued cautiously. Until DB stopped them again. He knew something wasn't right. Everyone was looking for anything that could be a trap. Then DB pointed to a couple of coffins. He and his master walked towards them. DB tapped on it with his bo. The lid popped off. Out of it came a warrior fully dressed in armor. It removed it's helmet, revealling it was a skeleton of what used to be a crocodile. It put its helmet back on and drew a sword. DB simply quickly drew his katana and sliced its head off in one motion. The skeleton Stood still for a moment before it fell down, making its head roll off. DB put his katana back. He tapped the next one. This time, the coffin opened slowly. Very slowly. Out of it came ten warriors. They looked like Shifu, Po, the Five, Grandfather, DB, and his master. DB said to them,"I'm not sure what to do now. This is not a usual thing that happens." The warriors from the coffin got into battle stances. The others did the same, but did not attack. The twenty were staring at each other. Nobody was moving. Then the one that looked like DB said,"If you want to pass, you must fight." DB replied,"Then attack." The ten from the coffin charged at them. DB was easily blocking every attack from his counterpart. The others were being matched hit for hit and block for block. Then, DB thought of something. He quickly ran to the others, with his counterpart following. He grabbed Tigress and said,"Trade ya dance partners." He threw her at his counterpart, who continued to fight like he had been, btu Tigress was winning and DB was winning against hers. He then yelled out,"Everyone, fight someone besides your counterpart. They were made only to beat you." So they all started fighting someone else and DB was right. They eventually beat them. DB's counterpart said,"How did you figure it out?" DB smirked and said,"Well, the first thing that made me think of it was how they were all fighting and then I thought about something I once heard which is,'If you fight against yourself, you will always lose,' and that is when I thought about it." Then the counterparts disappeared. DB then said," Let's continue." They started to follow him. They eventually came to a place of many doorways. All of them were open except the one they had come through and the one at the end. DB just sat down and thought about it. He knew he had seen something like this before, but it was not on any of the tablets or scrolls. On the door at the end of the hallway, it says,"This is the only locked door, find the one to go beyond it." DB then knew for certain this was familiar. They all went through different doorways, coming out somewhere else. When they went back through, they came out at a completely different location. They kept doing that until DB said,"Stop! I know how to get out." Then Mantis said,"We've tried every doorway, so how are we going to get out?" DB replied,"There is one doorway we haven't tried." As he said this, He was pointing behind him. But Shifu said,"That is where we came through. We would only end up back where we started." DB smirked and said,"Trust me. I have seen this trick before. The first time I seen it, I couldn't figure it out until someone told me." So, they all did it skeptically. But, sure enough, DB was right. They continued to walk. Then they came to another trap that DB has seen before. DB just shook his head and said,"Why can't people come up with something original?" The Five, Po and Shifu looked at him and said,"Where did you see this?" DB replied,"The ninjas know and so do my master and Grandfather." DB then threw a rock out on to one of the dark tiles. A dart shot. DB then said,"Stay off the dark tiles." He then took a step on one of the light colored tiles, only to narrowly miss a dart. DB was shocked. He wondered why this was so different. He looked arond for an explaination. He couldn't find one. He then decieded to see if the darts were poisonous. He put on a thick leather suit that would stop the darts and stepped on a tile, but they didn't shoot. He took another step, didn't shoot again. He thought about what the difference was. He said,"Mantis, put a foot on one of the tiles." He did, and darts flew from every direction at a speed Mantis could barley dodge. DB then said,"Po, you step one one." Po cautiously put all his weight down on one foot and nothing happened. DB facepalmed. He said,"Okay, somewhat original." Then he continued walking and called to Po,"You coming?" Po hurridley caught up to him. Across the field was the Crystal of Death. DB looked at it cautiously. He wondered if this would be like another thing he had seen. He then said,"The reason why I asked you over here is in case A trap is triggered, I could toss this to you, and you guys make it through safely." Po then stood on the tiles ready, just in case. DB continued to look. He then seen two buttons behind it. One said,"Push to stop all traps." While the other said,"Don't push." DB thought. He then decided to push both. All traps were started, even those they hadn't seen DB then quickly grabbed the crystal and ran across the field while, protecting Po. They had to run fast There were a lot of blades swinging and walls were smashing together. The ninjas grabbed out naginatas. One at a time they lost naginatas. Flames started flying from different directions. Several near misses occured. DB hoped he didn't have to use the Crystal of Life again. They eventually made it to the end, the doorway was closing slowly. They started going through,tallest to shortest, except DB, who just made sure everyone else made it through. The door closed with him inside. He simply punched a hole through it. Then another. Then two more. Then he kicked right in the center of the four and it crumbled to make one big hole. He then climbed through. Then a boulder ran into the door, closing it again. DB chuckled and said,"Few things are original." He then turned and seen the scavenger behind him with an army. DB sighed and said,"You can't even be original. I mean, capturing my best friend to get the crystal from me, trying to be the best, and coming behind me with an army. Why is nothing original?!" The scavenger laughed and said,"Well, I figured since you had that adventure, I'd make it more like what it came from." DB sighed. The scavenger then said,"Give me the crystal." DB handed him a pouch and said,"Find it." The scavenger opened it to find a bunch of things that looked like the Crystal of Death. He said,"Which one is it?" DB replied,"Find out yourself." The scavenger said,"Fine! Take them captive. They won't fight back since we have this." He pointed over the hill. They were all looking. The scavenger's grin started to fade. He looked behind him and said,"WHERE"S THE PRISONER!?" A wolf popped over the hill and said,"Oh, didn't here you give the cue." The scavenger then said,"Lets's try this again. Blah blah blah, yada, yada, yada, This!" The cage began coming over the hill slowly. Revealing a badly beaten body of the informant, with his mask still on. The scavenger said,"We didn't remove the mask just so we had two things against you." DB then fell to his knees and held his arms for hand cuffs. The rest were taken. The ninjas had NEVER seen DB surrender. They never thought he would. They all just followed their captors to their new, temporary home. Though, DB had to be dragged, all part of his plan. The scavenger knew it was a plan, but he didn't know what he was planning.
Well, that's that. How will they get out of this? Well, wait and see...and review. Please. If I just get one stinking review I will be happy because I got a review. Please R&R.