"Uh good morning Dragons" Sensei Komori greeted the group when they arrived on the open grass area the next morning. "Sensei Kinnichiwa" they all chorused and bowed formally as it was polite to bow when doing greetings. "Today you will learn how to use this weapon" Sensei Komori held out a long, wooden pole in front of him. "What a stick?" Tum Tum asked. Sensei Komori smiled. "It's proper name is a bow Tum Tum" he corrected him. "Now these are very simple, but when used in the correct way, they can be very dangerous so please be careful" Their teacher warned them. He took 6 bows from the rack on the wall and handed one to each group member. They were all surprised on how light they were.

Their teacher held the stick in both hands and began displaying a very impressive form of fighting using the bow as if it was part of him, like an extension from his arm. "Wow cool!" Colt exclaimed. As their teacher spun around and flew into the air moving the bow in all directions as well as a combination of kicks thrown in. The teacher stopped suddenly and stood at the front of the group. "I am glad to see you are impressed Colt" he said. "Now let's begin" Sensei Komori showed how to hold the bow correctly in their hands and after a while he began to show them how to use it. Soon they all felt they knew how to use the weapon properly. "You are all doing very well" their teacher complimented them after about half an hour's practise. "So now we shall test your abilities and see what you have learnt today" he paused. "You will practise on your partners" he continued.

Colt and Presh stood opposite each other at one end, Tum Tum and Wave in the middle and Rocky and Fire on the other. "Be prepared" Presh said, then immediately thrust her bow forward towards Colt's stomach. Colt was quick to his defence and blocked it with his own bow. "I'm ready for you" he said smiling underneath his hood, he was sure that he would beat her. "Oh really?" Presh asked and without warning she swiped at Colt's legs. Colt's legs collapsed beneath him and he fell to the ground. "I thought you were ready for me" Presh said still holding her bow in front of her. Anger boiled up inside him, he had only lasted for about 2 minutes and she had already had him on his feet. Dammit how the hell could I have let this happen! Colt thought angrily. Presh was a really cool girl, and Colt really liked her but he was kind of angry that she bet him so easily. He had lasted longer than two minutes when he competed against Miyo in Japan. Presh snatched off her hood, smiling sympetatically. "Hey don't feel bad, you'll beat sometime" she said and pulled him, by the hand to his feet.

Fire went wild. She began swinging her bow wildly at Rocky, who was doing the best to defend himself "Whoa she's crazy" Colt said, when Presh sat down to watch the others compete against each other. "Yeah she's got a lot of anger" Presh said. "How come?" Colt asked curiously. "She's mad because he parents made her go to Ninja Camp rather then the camp she wanted to go to. And when Fire doesn't get what she want's she does her best to let ever one know that she isn't happy about it." Presh replied. "I'm glad I'm not Rocky" Colt said. "You shouldn't be so happy Colt, your going to compete against her next" Sensei Komori interrupted him. Colt groaned. "Presh you will be competing against Rocky next." Sensei Komori added. Presh nodded her head and then continued to watch Fire and Rocky compete. Rocky had managed to knock Fire's bow out of her hands and was holding his bow in his hands tightly. He had won but you could tell it wasn't easy sweat was rolling down his brow and he was frowning. Fire was staring at him with hatred and breathing heavily.

Well that's all for now...sorry people, I've gotta think of what else to write, but until then please read and review, I'd really like to know what you think about it. any ideas or advice you can give me will be gratefully accepted.