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P.S: This chapter is 80% fighting sequence, but you would wanna read it whole, cuz there's something popping in the end. XD

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The arena was considerably wide. It was just like a wrestling arena, though bigger, and there were no seats. When we reached there, it was in the process of defrosting.

"Okay, there will be judges coming and even official guests, so when sensei cries your name, try to do something impressive before entering the arena, okay?" The sensei's helper, Miss Daisy, informed us. Kai bobbed his head violently, grinning madly. "My pleasure."

"WELCOME, ROOKIES, TO THE LAST EVENT OF THE WEEK: TEAM VS TEAM FREE MARTIAL ARTS MATCH!" Sensei Nokami yelled over the megaphone. There was cheers, as usual, and we looked at each other, grinning brightly. "FIRST, I PRESENT YOU THE FIRST TEAM- THE SEXY KILLERS, specialized in KARATE!" The seven girls sashayed up onto the arena, suited in leather jackets and khaki trousers, daggers lining their waist, sand, for eye blindness packed tightly in the leather slots. They unsheathed their daggers, and did a impressive toss into the air, before welcoming the blades back into their hands with a sly grin.

"NEXT, THE RAINBOW- I MEAN, THE LEAGUE OF SPINJITZU, SPECIALIZED IN NINJUTSU!" We didn't climb up the stairs. Kai winked at the whole team, and Lloyd grinned. We leaped into the air, and did somersaults, unsheathing our blades at the same time, and landed again, as graceful as a cat, posing as a group, katanas, Shruikans, knunchucks, sword, staff, daggers, scythe in our grasp.

"THRID, I WELCOME THE SONS OF ARES, SPECIALIZED IN KICKBOXING!"

The guys climbed onboard, and landed with a heavy thump that sounded across the arena, and they grinned dirtily at the crowd, before showing a bunch of moves that could scare a guy away, before withdrawing to a position.

Then there was Girl power, arranged to perform Silat. They wore white Silat attire, but there was some jewels dotting on their hot pink sarung, which serves as a belt in normal combat. Then, given by signal, they unsheathed their keris, and did some other moves.

After a few other introduction, it was at first, League of Spinjitzu vs the Sexy Killers. The girls giggled when they saw us in our outfits. "Those gis are so yesterday, aren't they, girls? I rather go naked than wear those disgusting...rags!" The middle one cooed at me, batting her artificial eyelashes. dreamily. I curled my fingers into a tight fist as the whole crowd begin to boo at us. She reminded me dangerously of Susan, and my temper didn't improve at the thought of her.

Kai growled, and took his blade, and pointed it at the leader. "One more word, and you're dead." The girl batted her eyes once again, and strode back to her team. "Until then, sweetheart!"

"Ashlyn, you'll be representing our team for the first match. Make sure you hit those morons hard." Kai growled at the Ninja of Air. The girl nodded sharply, and dashed to the front after a few pats on the back and a tight, warm hug from me.

"FIRST MATCH, ASHLYN ROANA VS VERONICA RUBY!"

As the starting bell rang into every being's ears, Ashlyn rounded herself around the arena slowly, dropping the crowd to a eerie stage of silence, waiting for chaos, waiting for yells and shouts. Some started to chant, their tone was obvious they were hungering for violence.

I could barely hear my steps creaking beside the wooden arena. The cautiousness inside me boosted to the top of the nervous meter, ringing maniacally, yet my mouth was sealed. In anytime, they will attack, or my best friend will attack, and mayhem will erupt. Veronica scowled, showing her nicely arranged teeth.

Finally, after what seemed like a eternity being dragged, Ashlyn roared, a powerful scream that stunned me for the briefest of moments, and she lunged first.

Veronica crashed on her, and I could barely see anything. It happened in a whiz. Ashlyn kicked the girl's leg, attempting to make her break the balance, yet the auburn haired girl twisted her body smoothly like silk, and Ashlyn leaped back with swift agile, reacting with a stab on the leg, but Veronica was quicker, lashing out a elbow to knock it out of her perfect arms.

The opponent started to punch Ashlyn. It hit her a several times, causing her to bleed a little, and sending me stabs of fear into my heart. But she gathered her courage, and, performed the scissors block as fast as she could, throwing Veronica's hands from her.

Veronica gave the Ninja of Air a swift upper kick, but Veronica flipped backwards, and had the chance to kick her part I wouldn't prefer to say. The girl winced greatly, the emotion starting to crack her pretty face, but didn't say a thing. Ashlyn took Veronica's hand, which was trying to throw a punch at her, and chopped it to the ground with her hand.

This time, the girl did scream out of pain. Not her hand hurts, but I had to cover her mouth to stop myself when the girl was inspecting her broken nails for moments, even when Ashlyn was grinning slyly at her, and advanced swiftly, kicking her hair, throwing the autumn colored hair around her head, messing the gorgeous hairdo, and blinding her at the same time.

She screamed again, and did a karate chop-kick on Ashlyn out of anger. Ashlyn retreated slightly, and punched the kick with her hand, before lashing out her fingers, and did a paralyzing move on Veronica's arm. Then I watched in pride as Ashlyn swept her leg onto the ground, knocking Veronica to a embarrassing lying pose. Somehow she walked to Veronica, and messed her hair, her mascara. I just stared in disbelief as she talked to her about something, and turned back.

"Congratulations, Sexy Killers." She murmured, and walked away, the epic moment as the ending bell clashed. I hugged the Ninja of Air as tight as I could, glad she was alive. Ashlyn hugged back, and healed her wounds as much as possible. Then I finished healing her wounds, and tumbled back in exhaust, just enough to look as the team leader of Sexy Killers, Roxy Breia, pissing off poor Veronica, who was desperately trying to mend her hair and applied another layer of mascara.

Next was Sons of Ares vs the Bloodshedders. We didn't need to do anything, so I just sat on a clear seat with the rest of the ninjas, and watched as the match come to it's beginning. Poor guys, as one of the Bloodshedders, Leo, specialized in taekwondo, was tossed miserably by Jonathan. As the Leo tried to land some blows, Jonathan expertly knocked him down again and again, like a ant against a T-rex. (okay, it might be a little exaggerating) And, as expected, the ending bell clashed, and Jonathan raised his fists, rounding around the crowd, attracting claps and cries, while poor Leo got carried away into the medical tent.

Then Girl power vs the Stabber club, which girl power won, and later was the second match. Sure enough, it only leaves Girl Power, League of Spinjitzu, and the Sons of Ares. We were scheduled to beat each other, and it went pretty smooth. Kai was represented to kick the Sons of Ares, though it was pretty tough. It started off with the familiar ring, and without rounding, they already smashed into each other like long lost brothers, though this was a match.

Kai whipped around, catching the opponent, James's leg, and pushed it down, bringing him sliding over the buff guy's body in the speed of light, and with the unexpected help of James, Kai used his strength to toss himself to the air, knocking the guy's head, though James caught his leg, attempting to drag him around the arena.

But everything went wrong for the Son of Ares. Kai roared, and sent a kick from his left leg onto James's chest. The Ninja of Fire leaped down, and charged at the guy, blocking James's combo kicks, and knocked his stomach with his elbow, sending him crashing onto the ground with a moan.

James got up, grumbling, and pinned Kai to the arena, before smashing Kai on the face with rage. I gasped, standing up in horror, but was relieved when Kai's face was bruised up a little, but was even dangerous than James's. They roared again, before twisting into a chaotic situation.

Finally the ending bell rang, and Kai lied on the floor, heaving for breath, while James whimpered like a dog as his team stomped forward in rage, eager to tear their looser in the team to pieces.

"It's so hard without your powers." He moaned at us, accepting the towel Jay offered and slammed the cloth on his face, moaning again. Cole chuckled, and patted him. "Hey, no sweat, you're a Elemental Ninja."

Then it was Cole's time to face Girl power's Sara. They bowed to each other, and clashed. It was a blur- The Ninja of Earth whirling and dodging, and Sara sending swift, light blows on him to scare him away. Finally, Cole started to send attacks, only blocked strongly by Sara by her professional twists and blocks. Cole pressed his shoulder with his hand briefly, scanning her attacks, before attacking again.

This time, he knew what would come, and prevented her from doing another irritating turns on his head again.

Again, the League of Spinjitzu won.

The scores were confirmed, and the teams facing the final match was settled- the Sons of Ares and the League of Spinjitzu. I glanced encouragingly at Will, who was the next one to go onto the arena. He seemed freaked out, even with all of us trying to lift his shaking spirits.

The last starting bell clashed, and Will trembled up the arena. The Ninja of the Amber Dawn glared at Glen, his opponent, and his face described how much he wanted to scream. But he gulped, and moved on. They growled at the same moment, and lunged.

This time I can't really describe anything that happened. But I could see there was no confirmed upper hand. It was like this:

"Will gets the higher hand!"

"Uh oh, Looks like Glen snatches the first place!"

"Oh, look! Will got his name back!"

"Wait, Glen got his feet back!"

"And... Will got it again!"

"Glen knocks Will to the ground!"

"Boy, this is confusing!"

I scratched my head quizzically as this continued on and on until there was only a minute to the ending bell ringing. If it's a tie, we'll have to make another match, and it will drag on and on until there was a high risk we'll be forced to surrender, which was the last option I'll take.

I look hopefully as Will took advantage of James, who was sprawling on the floor, near to unconscious. When he was about to land the last blow, the crowd chanted the last seconds of the match, and holes of despair opened everywhere in my heart. Will was about to launch his fists on the opponent, when his face suddenly twisted to a daze mode, then stunned, for a few seconds.

Now I was shrieking, hoping to wake Will up from his sudden daze state, ignoring the stares I was given. As the horror rose, Glen stood up, and as the chant chimed to 'ONE!' The guy smashed Will to the ground, and the crowd rose with cheers. Glen held his hands together on top of his head, and the whole team rushed to congratulate him, throwing him into the air again and again as the judges presented them a gleaming gold trophy. "MAY I PRESENT THE WINNER OF THE TEAM VS TEAM MARTIAL ARTS MATCH!"

Surprisingly, we weren't mad when Will came down, his face went from confused to sudden glum, before morphing to dread. "I'm so sorry, guys, I was supposed to end the match when something went into my head-"

I know there was something disturbing him. "What was it, Will? Was is Garmadon?" Cole asked slowly. The ninja of the Amber Dawn shook his head sadly. "It...it was a vision... a lion..."He looked at the ceiling of loose bonded leaves, letting the morning sunlight warm his face, and took a deep breath. "

Ashlyn tensed. "Did the lion said anything?"

Will stared at the Ninja of air. "Yes... he said something, I didn't remember everything, but it was something like... 'to sense the golden bond of paths to..." His eyes went blank and dazed, and fell to the ground. "to... the Tree of Eternity."

As Kai and the others helped Will up, my soul was thrown to a deep universe. A memory slowed to place and fitted into a half answer. The words my brother said to me in the last dream echoed in my mind once again:

You've completed the first verse of the Prophecy. Find the others, for I will not tell you, and it will help you fulfill the Mark of the Silver Dragon.

Find the others...

And Ashlyn had a vision that gained her memory back...

It's time for the Mask of Time to settle.

Then Will's latest vision that came at the wrong time:

To sense golden bonds of paths to the Tree of Eternity.

Ashlyn placed a gentle hand on my shoulder, giving me a encouraging smile. "I have a feeling that... there's something connected with all of these." I said, a little dazed. "I... I'm sorry I didn't tell you something..."

Ashlyn frowned, and rounded up the others. Once everyone was all ears, I started telling them my dream after I rose from the world of death. Then I told them about Ashlyn's dream, then Will's vision. "Are these supposed to be... the second and third verse of the prophecy?" Lloyd questioned.

I thought deeply as I saw the tents setting down. It's maybe a correct answer, but what's the first verse? I rose from death... yes...

In all the moments, the words suddenly connected into sentences, and with a alien strength urged me to speak it out:

The Key blooms on the silver blood of risen death,

The Golden Lock engraved from the retrieved Mask of Time,

The door from the Lion of Dawn, the Guardian of the Path,

The Portal of Wisdom, yonder where the Golden Knight of the Sun stands,

The child of Moon and Sun must unite,

For darkness to fade to history.

After the words escaped my lips, blackness claimed me, and my body slumped onto the floor.

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