Sorry for the... slight late update... I was working 95% on Jay Nice's contest piece (and 5% chatting with ppl XD) Please forgive me.

And today I gained:

A ankle sprain from skating

A kick from my new horse Ares for first horse riding lesson

A bruise form Ninjutsu lesson

Impressively painful, right? What did I do? Ugh, but while I wait for the doctor, enjoy...

My mushroom soup tasted like ashes in my tongue.

Kai rose."Wait, explain."

Zane stepped up. "We were... doing our business, and Will said he heard hisses. I fear it was the serpentine, and sent my falcon to where the sound came. I turned on my monitor sight, and clearly saw a deep green hooded figure talking to Skales. I kept hearing him saying the green figure was the Ninja of Venom, and told the ninja to keep a invisible eye on us until they take action. He passed him a blueprint, but I couldn't see what was inside because it was scrolled. Then Skales told him to find him at the capture the flag site at Friday Night for more details. The ninja flipped his hood open, and Will almost screamed. Before I know it, he was hissing into my ear to flee and tell you all as soon as possible."

"I swear, I SWEAR, it was Ken. I saw him without glasses for a billion times, and the green guy had exactly the same looks as him. And his voice was so familiar I almost jumped out of my skin when I heard him." Will babbled frantically. "We have to go to the capture the flag thing, tonight."

"But Sensei Nakomi and her cameras! Remember?" Jay exclaimed. I bit my tongue. "Well, Reanne can always do the voodoo thing to that woman, right?" Cole suggested. I shook my head. "I don't think it'll work this time. If we do it one more time, it'll give confirmation to her suspicion on what happened and lead her to questioning the witness. We can only settle with one thing- hardcore mode."

After some discussions, it was settled. We'll act natural for three days, but Zane, the falcon, Ashlyn and me will keep extra watch on Ken. Kai, Cole, Will and Lloyd volunteered to find the serpentine's hideout in this camp.

We finished our breakfast, and the afternoon bell rang. I checked our schedule for the afternoon activity. "Weaponry." I said to them. Cole's mood lightened. "Does that mean I get to use my Golden-"

"No. Sensei Nokami will be stealing our weapons in no time in this case." Zane shot the Ninja of Electricity a look.

"Fine, dad." He rolled his eyes, and slumped on his seat, his face clearly explaining his annoyance. "This camp sucks." I sighed, and checked the schedule for the location of our training grounds.

"Erm, Excuse me, do you know where the... umm... wooden area is?" Lloyd asked a nearby camper, glancing at the map again and again. The camper was a boy with punk hair and tattoos dotting along his muscular arms, and a embarrassing loose grip of his trousers, letting Ashlyn frown at the sight a slight peek of his baby blue underwear.

"Erh... is...that way...no... t-that way! Wait, that sounds wrong..." The guy babbled, and looked at all directions. I looked at the seven ninjas quizzically. They shrugged.

We finally let go of the senseless punk guy, and decided to find the way to the area ourself. Finally, we finally found a clear area full of sand, leather bags, twigs and leaves, with a guy in camo outfit and his face was painted navy green.

"What the hell took you so long?" The green guy glared at me with willow eyes. "I could make a hundred bows out of these sticks when you were slugging here!"

"Wh-" Kai protested, and Zane stopped him with a calm look. "We are very sorry, Mister..."

"Call me the Great Twigsmith."

"Okaaay... the Great Twigsmith... so... umm... lesson starts?" Will mumbled. I muttered under my breath. This guy sucks at making titles.

"Let's picture a scenario, eh? Let's say you're in a tiger infested forest, and you only have trees, trees, and more trees, and you're only given estimated a day time to prepare for your death. And you think you are practically screwed." He glared at Kai, who was fiddling with a twig. He cracked his hand, and Kai released the branch with a shriek.

"If so, you, are foolishly wrong." He picked a long branch, and took a few vines. "Learn your surroundings. Know which one is tough enough for a weapon, which one isn't." He bent the wood a little, and it wobbled like a artificial rubber ducky. Then he expertly tied the vines into a thick rope, before strapping them onto each tips of the branch, making a bow.

"Cool." Jay looked with awe.

"This," The green man showed the bow. "Will be your bow."

"Where are the arrows?" Zane asked.

Great Twigger picked some finely rounded rocks, and began to clash the two rocks together. Soon, he showed us a freshly pointed rock, and tied it to a straight branch. "And this will be your arrow, my dear fans."

Jay sighed. "He is one fan-hungry guy."

I nodded.

We started to learn to make some basic weapons, such as daggers and swords. Kai almost set the whole freezing jungle on fire out of frustration of failing to make a sharp rock, no thanks to Zane.

The day dragged on for us, and finally we were sent to our tents for the night. "Oh, finally! That Karate class sure was worse than Silat" Cole stretched, and Lloyd lay flat on his green sleeping bag, his eyes indicating he was on the verge of slipping into the world of dreams. "No denying that fact." he mumbled. I crossed my arms as i saw them talking about today's activities lazily, then wondered how did Nya actually took care of this boys.

I took the opportunity to concentrate on the security camera at the corner of the tent. If that thing stays there, Sensei Nokami would hear the rest of the conversations and we're gonna be screwed really badly.

I gave a signal to Ashlyn. She gave me a hidden thumbs up sign, and blew Cole's coat onto the security camera. it completely covered the lens, but it could still hear us. I made it fizz, and the camera plonked to the floor.

Privacy problems, solved.

Cole looked at his jacket with widened eyes. "Since when did my jacket developed the ability to sneak out of my sight?"

Ashlyn shrugged. "A few moments ago. Now quit the lagging. Remember about the serpentine and Ken?"

Zane got up. "Yes, Ken. I shall send Falcon to investigate now." He called in the bird, smiled blandly at it and the falcon flapped its wings gracefully to its requested destination.

Kai groaned, flipping in his red bed lazily. "Can we, like, take a break or something? This thing is killing-"

I sighed. They look almost about 18 or something, and some girl at the age of 14 had to babysit them. I glanced at Lloyd. He shrugged at me, and lied on his sleeping bag. I exchanged exasperated looks with the Ninja of Air.

Boys.

After a few minutes of tiring persuasion and calls, the six ninjas finally reluctantly got up, and changed into their ninja suits before launching themselves out. I spared a nervous look at the fizzed security camera now the smoke from the burnt circuit rising, fearing that Sensei Nokami might realize something.

I leaned out of the tent, and tried to spot the Book Hunter's tent. It was completely peaceful, no serpentine crossing by or anything, until I saw a shadow looming in the tent. My heart plummeted, but rose with both irritation and relief when Jay peeked out from the tent. A blue scarf with electric patterns was dangling from his shoulders.

"Put it down!" I hissed at him. He shrugged. "Aw, but I like this scarf!" He rubbed it on his cheek, his reluctance in his eyes were obvious. "I said, put it down!" I repeated, and he started scanning the garment. "Wait, let me check the brand of it first..."

I sighed.

At all the sudden, Zane ran this way, his face filled with frantic, as Will was. Falcon glided gracefully to the tent's tip, and preened. Kai was scrambling onto his feet, his face was slightly scarred. Jay looked at the already gutless group, and rose a eyebrow. "Did I miss anything?"

Kai stared at me. "Tomorrow, six in the morning, here, sharp. I found something."

I couldn't sleep that night.

What was Kai hiding? I tried persuading him to tell me about it first, but he silenced me with a growl and told me to go to sleep. "I swear, you'll know, so stop trying to persuade me!" The brunette stomped off, and I just stood there, watching him disappear into the tent.

I shuffled noiselessly in my sleeping bag. I had to know what's going on. Every word in his tone echoed in my mind, making my hands itch. Finally I couldn't take it, and looked around. The rest of the Ninjas were in deep slumber, tucked into their warm blankets and quilts.

I quickly changed into my winter attire, and exited the tent for a walk around the camp, hoping to see a clue or something. I looked over at the security cameras securing the area, and looked at the woods.

I instantly knew what was Kai talking about.

Sorry for the short chapter, but still, reviews please?