Twelve Soul Dragon
By Gigawolf1
Chapter 23: Crouching Cougar
Raimundo read the next scroll sceptically. "Within the mighty wood lies the eastern key to the almighty dragon..." The Scroll had been ripped. Someone had taken it apart. He checked the other pieces they had and noticed something. He ran out to the courtyard where his friends were.
"Guys, you better look at this!" he said. Kimiko and Omi ran over while Jack ignored him and Clay started to eat. 'Whatever it is, it's not more important than an all-you-can-eat steak buffet!'
"Look! The Scrolls we have so far are all ripped! But, what's more important is that they're not really scrolls! They're parts of a scroll that were seperated! All of them were once one larger scroll! But look at how they fit together! The first one we found was on the bottom, the second was on the right! It's like a twisted version of how maps are made!"
Kimiko looked at it and turned towards the temple. Then she ran into the temple and got on the internet. She checked out Ancient Chinese Maps and found what she was looking for. By that time everyone had become interested, even Jack. Omi explained it to them while Raimundo headed inside. Then all four reached Kimiko as she was getting ready to go outside and tell them. "The Chinese used to make maps with East at the top!" said Kimiko.
Omi smacked his fist into his hand. "Of course! When a map is made now North is the top! But in Ancient China East is used as the top! We must find how the Twelve Soul Dragon could be behind a map tapestry that has existed only to stop dust from settling!"
Raimundo looked at Kimiko and Clay before saying "Does anyone know what he was trying to say?"
Jack looked at the scroll before saying "The jungle? Where's a jungle around here?"
Raimundo gasped as he understood where the next three map pieces would be. He ran towards the Vault, where he removed the Crouching Cougar, Shengaroo, and Tunnel Armadillo. He then ran outside and shouted "Crouching Cougar!" Getting in it's back, he raced into the nearby forest and found the place where a tall tree had once grown, according to his research of the scrolls.
The others were surprised that Raimundo showed up in shock inside of the Crouching Cougar, unconcious. In his left hand he held the next piece of the map, which was of the Northern Hemisphere. In his right hand he held... Nothing. Kimiko, who had checked his hands, had truly been hoping that there would be a clue, like when she was forced to watch 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets' for 100 times straight.
Meanwhile, once again, deep within the Ancient Cave
Rioss was overjoyed. He was already half-way done and was at the three double-holes. This meant that there were only three chambers left for the Twelve. He went through to foolish walls made eons ago using the Serpent's Tail. The Sapphire Dragon fit into a hole beside the place for the Serpent's Tail. The two went into their holes before sinking into their true places. 'Two more Chambers before the ancient Dragon is reborn!' thought Rioss before walking towards the button to open all the doors he had gone through with the Serpent's Tail.