The Puppet Master

Chapter 2 - The Ancient Masters Assemble

"I walk my world again, not as a teenager, but as one of the five masters of the ancient arts, as puppets are the masters of Ninjustu and Taijustu, I must find the other two, the Master of Bushido, the master of Technology, and..." As Ray walks down the Jungles he comes to a Japanese temple, he stares at it with a smirk before saying "The Master of the Shadowkhan"

- Swords clash inside the temple as Ray rushes in with a kunai knife drawn -

Palace of the Sorrow Shogun

Ray rushes at the shadow in front of him with the chakrainfused knife, slicing through the creature with ease, as his attack is finished, he jumps near a Katana wielding warrior in a Kimono.

Ray says "It has been too long, Takeshi" The man responds saying "Everyone calls me Jack here." Ray grins and says "Welcome to 2010 Jack, let's kick Aku's ass and get this over with."

The two nod and jump out of the way of a massive claw, Aku has taken the shape of a Praying Mantis, Ray jumps around and shouts with handsigns made "Katon:Great Fireball Justu" causing a massive blast of fire to spurt from his mouth and rushing towards Aku who deforms to avoid the blast, only to be struck by the sword, Jack shouts a battle cry and rushes at the Shadow's shapeless form, Ray slams his palms in to the ground shouting "Jinchuriiki Arts, Shadow Entrapment Barrier!".

Ray shouts to Jack "The cowardly wizard cannot escape now, this is our final fight against the self proclaimed Shogun of Sorrow!"

Jack rushes at Aku as Ray opens up a scroll and shouts "Time to wake up Naruto!" out of the scroll rushes Uzumaki Naruto in Sage mode and outfit, rushing towards Aku and in his hand a Rasengan, no chakra threads are controlling him, he shouts "Futon:Rasengan!" the wind rasengan rips through Aku and causes him to scream in pain and shout "BAH!", Ray opens another scroll and Maito Guy rushes out, he has threads attached and says "Keep up Zenji-dono, DYNAMIC ENTRY!" he rushes at Aku with a chakra infused Dymanic Entry Taijustu move, slamming through the shadow and then engaging him with Chakra assisted Taijustu, Ray using very little finger movement as if only transferring chakra into Guy's fists and feet, Naruto grins and shouts "Futon:Rasen-Shuriken!" Ray pulls Guy out of the fray with his threads as the Rasen-Shuriken vaporizes most of the shadow, the rest of Aku falls in a exhausted state, Jack leaps into the air shouting "THIS IS YOUR END DEMON!" in Japanese, his sword piercing Aku's face and causing Aku to explode in a blue fire, ending the reign of terror before it begins.

The team walks to the place were Aku was slain, Naruto says "Good Job, Aku had no chance, why did he even attack Jack this time-ttebayo" Guy says "He was too old to keep up against the youthful MAITO GUY!" he slams his fist into the air and gives a thumbs up, annoying Jack, Naruto and Ray, the latter shouts "Must you always do that!".

Jack then says "Masters of Bushido, Taijustu, Ninjustu and Tdnon'ar mei [Tid-non-ar Mei] are united, we search for Dexter and Tarakudo then?"

Ray grins and says "Dexter, yes, Tarakudo, no, he was sealed by some old Antique salesman, however, I have located she whom he substituted for, the reincarnation of the chosen one, the reincarnation of the first Shadowkhan Queen, she who wields no mask and controls all the shadowkhan freely without chance of resistance, Jade Chan..."

Jack then says "Is she a green girl?" Ray then says "Very funny Jack, I think we all know that I'm not talking about the-" Guy interrupts saying "So we have to find a green crystal girl in your time Zenji-dono, this will be a piece of cake for Konohagurke's Green Beast, Mmmm-MAITO GUY!" Ray groans and says "Will you...LET ME FINISH!"

Ray sighs and says "She's a 17 year old Chinese girl who knows some Chi Magic and is heavily trained in Shadowless Fist Taijustu and Shadowless Kick Taijustu, it appears they were merged in the modern times to form, Kung-Fu, however it is incomplete, its only a deviation, only us masters have knowledge of both arts in their true majestic form."

Naruto asks "Any heat, like guns, missiles, military, ninjustu?" Ray responds "Worse, Shendu's Zodiac Talismans, all twelve of them."
Jack then says "With such power, we need the Kyuubi No Yoko's Sacred Blade, and only one man knows its location, you..."

Ray "I hid it in a safe place, a place were we stand now, Aku could not open it because of the barrier, but this place has been visited before, as I did not see it in the entrance, we must contact my old friend, Valmont, he knows more then me right now." Guy then says "Hmmmmnnnn, where could the powerful blade that so perfectly utilizes the Kyuubi's chakra have been hidden elsewhere."

Uncles Shop

Uncles shouts "One more thing, we will use this to combat the Dark Puppetmaster."

Jackie says questioningly "A Samurai Sword?" Jade and Tohru sigh, the latter explains "That is the Sacred blade of the Kyuubi no Yoko, a great fox demon who sealed some of his power inside it for the use of his Jinchurriki host in ancient days which the Puppetmaster comes from, he is the one who hid it, you found it last summer, remember?"

Jackie sighs and says "Yes, and running from an evil shape shifting shadow demon was hard enough, but ROBOT BEETLES WAS TOO MUCH!"
Jade sighs and says "Still traumatized?" Jackie nods his head in a fast and comedic way.

San Francisco Bus Garage in Chinatown

Valmont turns on his cellphone and hears a familiar voice say "I found the red haired shouted fist master, old friend, meet me at your HQ, any questions?"

Valmont rubs the back of his neck and says "It got, combusted..."
Ray then says "Oh, then just meet me at Alcatraz when you get time, I'm awakening the masters, we have to fight the Shadowkhan Queen."

Valmont groans and says "Don't you mean King? oh wait, never mind, but who is the queen?"

Ray says on the phone "Jade Chan."

Valmont grins and says proudly "You worry about getting the geek, I know EXACTLY where to find the little Chan."

To be continued...

Note: when words are in ALL CAPS, it is usually because they were talking normal before randomly or suddenly shouting the capitalized words.

Till next time loyal readers, one day most likely...