Hi guys so this chapter will be about the monks and the men in black, it contains almost the same materials as the previous one but I've changed some of the things here, so I hope you'll find it to your liking. Enjoy!

Everyone from the temple heard the loud blowing of the horn; it's a sound we're all familiar with yet also a stranger to, we all knew what the war horn sounded like, but we've never actually heard it being used before. There never was any need to use the horn, our order never had enemies, and all of us including our ancestors lived in tranquillity for thousands of years. But our elders knew that eventually our peaceful days will eventually come to a halt and our faith in our order will be tested, so our elders also incorporated the art of combat into our schooling, we never understood the need for it but we had trust in them and made combat a part of our daily life, a portion of each day is allotted for combat practice. My thoughts were interrupted by my sister Sarah, with worry clearly showing in here expression.

"Jin what is going on?, Why is the war horn being blown?"

"Invaders, Men in Black say they found an oil source below us and they want it for themselves and are forcing us to leave the temple"

"What is this oil that you speak of?, I never knew there was a source of it below us, do you know of it?"

"No I do not; this is also the first time I heard about this oil source, we must talk to the elder about this"

Sarah and I quickly rush to the elder's quarters to ask him more about our current dilemma. Upon knocking the door a very weak elder presented himself to us.

"Great Elder what happened to you?, you are very pale, are you sick do you need help?"

"That would not be necessary Sarah, nothing a good night's rest won't fix, unfortunately I cannot sleep with the war horns being blown"

"Great Elder, the men in black are back, they said they found and oil source below us is that true?, and they're also kicking us out why?"

"This oil source is also new to me, my elder never informed me of this either nor any of our ancestors"

"What is it that they want then Great Elder?"

"I sent out a few of our monks to search for this oil source below us that the men in black talked about but nothing came up, the oil source is a lie Jin, It is possible that they are searching for our jade deposits"

"What?!, That is Impossible!, the jade deposits is a secret only know to us monks, how do they know of it!?"

"I do not know Jin but that is the only reason I can think of why they want this place seeing that they lied about the oil source, It is possible that they found out about the jade's potentials and want to use it as an energy source"

"Energy source?, but didn't you say they have oil for that?"

"Yes, but I heard that the outside world is quickly using up its resources and Is already running out of them, Maybe they want to use our jade deposits as a solution to their problems seeing that the jade ores contain great energy in them and is even renewable to if modified correctly"

"So it's our jade deposits they really want?"

"Yes I think so Jin"

Upon the discovery of the jade deposits in the Heion river flowing beside the temple our lives including our combat prowess were revolutionized. The jade fragments had mystical attributes imbued to them and our elders managed to incorporate the gems' mystical attributes to enhance our lives. It is until 100 years ago that the full potential of the gemstones have been unlocked by one of the previous elders Kiyoshi, he invented jade alchemy and was fully able to control and alter the power of the gemstones to suit him. The gems were also incorporated to our fighting style now called Midoriyu, the gems were specially altered to allow us to temporarily charge the qi in our body and to focus its flow into one part of our body, mainly our hands and feet, for a more powerful strike. This using of jade fragments as an energy source is not unheard of between us monks seeing that we too also use it to power our temple and is now essential in our daily lives"

"An energy source is all they seek?"

"Yes, but I think there is more to it than that, they wouldn't need to lie about the oil source and coud've asked us directly about the jade deposits, I can sense the malice in their words. What do they really want?"

"I'll go ask them myself when I'm punching their faces in"

"Jin, you do not know these people, what they can do, their strange weapons bother me. Maybe this can be resolved without the need for conflict, without the need for bloodshed"

"They want to kick us out, and it seems to me this one is non-negotiable"

"I want to speak with them one last time before all this becomes worse"

"So be it, but if they try anything I'm going to slaughter all of them, let's go Sarah"

"Get some rest Great Elder, we'll come for you when you are needed"

"Very well, you go get some rest too; we need you in good shape if anything happens"

At those words the Great Elder closed the door to his quarters and we made our way to ours.

"Sarah, you go on ahead, I'll check in on the temple's gates"

"Alright, but try to get some sleep, you heard the elder, we need to be in top shape"

"I will, good night Sarah"

"Good Night Jin"

After the exchange of words I go directly to the temple's gates

"Kai, how long do you think until they get here?"

"Judging by their distance I'd say they'd get here by dawn, what concerns me is their weapons"

"Why?, do you know something of their weapons?"

"No, and that's what bothers me, what do you suppose those black metal thingies do?"

"I don't know, we're going to find out tomorrow I guess"

"(sigh), I suppose so, get some rest Jin, I got these place covered"

"Thanks Kai, but you get some rest too, we need everyone tomorrow"

"I got it, now get going"