Chapter Five:

Kenji made his way to the rock quarry. He was then greeted by Eddy. "Yo man, you came. I knew you would." Eddy said shaking his hand.

Kenji narrowed his eyes, "It's time to get serious".

Eddy looked up at the gloomy morning sky, "Six o' clock AM is a bad time to train, especially being that we only have 12 hours to do so"

"I have to warm up my ninja skills", Kenji said clenching his fist.

Eddy quickly looked at him, "Say what!"

Kenji got surprised, "I did'nt tell you?"

"What? That your a ninja? Hell no you did'nt tell me! Your just like him", Eddy said grabbing his head.

Kenji snapped at Eddy, "No! I'm not like him!"

Eddy backed up, "That's not what I meant..."

Kenji put his back to a tree, "It is my fault, he's after me. Uriko has nothing to do with this"

"What happened, why is he after you?", Eddy lent against the tree next to Kenji's

Kenji slid down the tree so that he was sitting on the ground, "I don't know where I came from. My real family is a mystory to me. I remember Yugo saving me from Busuzima a few years ago. After that Busuzima tried to get me back on his side...by brainwashing me."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Busuzima? Dr. Busuzima? Three time Achievments in Science award winner?", Eddy looked surprised

Kenji was equally shocked, "No way, we can't be talking about the same Busuzima".

"How many Busuzimas can there be, huh?", Eddy asked a little sarcastic.

"What did he win the award for?", Kenji asked curious about the mad doctor.

Eddy looked up, "Uh...one was genetics, and one was cloning, and...I forgot the other one. After that he kind of dissapeared"

Kenji thought, "Cloning. Shenlong. It is the same Busuzima".

"So finish up what happened?", Eddy asked Kenji to continue his story.

"Well. I don't what I did before Yugo saved me, but Busuzima had it out for me. He brainwashed me, turning me into the assassin Bakuryu. I hurt too many innocent people, and thankfully the brainwashing wore off. We defeated Busuzima and his master, Shenlong. We thought it was all over, then all of this happened.", Kenji was still looking glum.

Eddy looked down at the rock quarry, "Do you think that the ninja who attacked Uriko was brainwashed too?"

Kenji stood up, "I don't know, maybe. It does'nt matter he's going to pay for what he did."

"You don't know him from anywhere?", Eddy asked

"I don't know, he called me brother. I don't think I have any real family, maybe he meant in the instance that we're both ninja brothers", Kenji looked down at the ground.

Eddy stood up as well, "I think we should start training, we only have so long".

"Your right", Kenji said. He then put on his gear and commenced to train.

Busuzima's Lab, somewhere in Osaka, Japan.

Busuzima and Takuryu were standing infront of Uriko who was chained to the floor. Busuzima looked at the ninja, "Do you think you can defeat him? Your father could'nt defeat him".

Uriko looked up when she heard this, "So Kenji has fought this guy's father", she thought.

"He shouldn't be a problem, he's out of training. He probably forgot all of his skills", Takuryu replied spinning a knife in his hand.

Busuzima sighed, "That was your father's mistake. He underestimated Bakuryu"

Takuryu narrowed his eyes, "I know the limit of his ability. He can't win, I have the battle all planned out", He threw one of the knives at a panel box on the wall. He missed.

Busuzima was walking toward the door, "I suggest you at least stretch. Because while you fool around, Bakuryu is practicing. He will be ready for you, I promise". Busuzima walked out.

Takuryu retrived his knife in the wall, and then walked back over to Uriko. "Do you think that Bakuryu even has a chance at beating me?"

"I don't know, but Kenji will save me.", Uriko said confident in Kenji.

Takuryu kneeled down so that they were face to face, "Oh, really. Then tell me kitten, when he realizes that he's not Kenji and becomes Bakuryu again, do you actually think he'll even care about you? Is'nt it true that he almost killed you once before?"

Uriko became frustrated, "He...He will save me!"

"No, kitten. He will become Bakuryu and join me. Just like before. It's just a matter of time", Takuryu said with a devious tone.

The Rock Quarry. Okinawa, Japan.

The hours passed and the time to fight was approaching. Kenji sat down, "I'm definitely ready, I feel like I could take on ten evil ninjas".

Eddy went to his bag "Don't get cocky. Oh I got something for ya". He pulled out an arm-guard, chain-mail vest, and a sword. "I got this stuff from a friend back home. This mail vest may block of soften the impact of some of the knives. And this arm-guard will block all of them. I tested it. I could'nt stab through it to save my life. Finally the ninja katana, I thought you could use it because Takuryu has knives and you were unarmed. But It's even better that your a ninja, so you know how to use it." Eddy handed Kenji all of the gear.

"Wow...Uh thanks. I'm sure it'll prove usefull", Kenji put the mail vest and arm-guard on. He finally slid the sword into the sheath on the arm-guard.

Eddy looked at him and grinned, "Yeah, now you look bad. That outift and those skills, It's like a movie".

Kenji looked at the night sky, "It's almost time". The two friends were silent for a while. They just stood there and looked at the moon and stars. "Eddy if you have the chance while I'm fighting, get Uriko to saftey."

"You don't think Takuryu will just keep his word?", Eddy asked looking at Kenji.

Kenji was still looking at the stars, "No. We're not heroes, we're ninjas. We don't have an honor code. Just get her to safety."

"You got it", Eddy replied.