"Cory, I a…" my father stuttered.

"Mr. Knomorio!" a new voice said as I jumped a foot in the air.

"Ah, Mrs. Wong great timing." Dad said relived. Mrs. Wong looked like she was in her late thirties. She wore a dark green long sleeved striped shirt and jeans over the shirt she wore a sleeveless green vest with six buttoned pockets, 3 on each side of the zipper (I guess they kept the vests and headbands) which was covered with her long brown hair. She also wore glasses which made her piercing green eyes scarier.

"Come now Mr. Knomorio you are late for class!" she said as she dragged me out of my father's office by my ear.

As we walked our steps echoed making a rhythmic pattern. Out in the hallway there was no one to be seen just walls and doors. "Ow, could you go easy on the ear I don't want it to fall off!" I said cockily.

"…"

Still pulling my ear Mrs. Wong lead me down a hallway and the scenery changed, we weren't in a school anymore. Giant signs loomed over ten foot tall metal doors each with a different symbol for each door. Some of the ones we past buy were: water, earth, and lightning. It suddenly we were surrounded in darkness. "Hey who turned out the lights!" I screamed. Then I saw a light at the end of the hallway. Then it got bigger and bigger soon it was over my head. Then we reached the entrance it was about 50 feet tall, I guess, and it was made of rock.

"Ah!" I said as I covered my eyes to help adjust to being in the light, still feeling the sting of Mrs. Wong yanking my ear, pulling me into the light. I opened my eyes and waited for them to come into focus and what I saw was jaw-dropping. Pass the "Great Doorway", which I decided to call it, was well, I don't know what to call it, but it was awesome. The first thing I saw were kids of about the age of 13 were throwing kunai at dummies, made of leather, with red circles around the vital points and it had a frowny face (which someone probably drew on) on a grassy playing field.

Then I looked to the left and it was a totally different scene, the ground was made up of dirt and sand with hills. Then I took another look and it was just an enormous rock the size of a skyscraper. I stopped to admire the big rock then I heard a grinding noise. You know when you drag a chair on the floor and it makes a low tone well it was like that just twenty times louder.

"Ah!" I said as I covered my ears. I looked at the bottom of the rock and I saw about four figures at the base, they seemed to be forming hand signs. I guessed they were training earth jutsu. I also saw other kids breaking boulders with their bare hands, tiajutsu.

Then I looked on my right and of course the scene changed this time the ground didn't look like dirt, maybe molten rock? The whole area was full of fire scattered everywhere, I'm surprised the grass didn't catch on fire. Also surprisingly there wasn't any smoke coming from the fire. In the middle of the fire there were 3 kids each at a different age practicing different fire jutsu over and over to perfect it.

Further in the distance I saw a huge windmill which seemed to be working but I didn't feel any wind. People were flying around and creating whirlwinds to keep the windmill going.

Even farther I saw what seemed to be a mountain covered in dark storm cloud. The mountain seemed to be about 100 feet tall. At the peak of the mountain I saw two figures using the lightning for the storm to train.

To the left of that was an enormous lake that glowed from the sun's rays. There were three people standing on top of the water and each time they took a step the water rippled. Someone appeared out of nowhere wearing a green sleeveless vest, an instructor, was talking to a guy about my age making him do something he didn't want to do because he was resisting strongly. He then turned in our direction; a shiver went down my spine as he started to dash closer. I completely froze unsure on what to do. When he got within 10 inches he stopped.

He was tan skinned and built like a fighter. He had brown hair that was shaved almost completely off. He wore a white tank top with ripped sleeves, tan cargo pants, and dark brown cargo boots that weren't wet at all considering he was just standing on water a minute ago. Then I noticed something strange his right arm was that of an otter. It looked smooth and shiny; it was the color of an otter, silvery-blue with a tattoo on it that said: "Your killer" in big bold letters that looked like blood was dripping from them. He also had a tattoo on his left arm that said: "Your witness" also in the same style. He stared at me with his dark brown eyes, analyzing me, judging if I'm a strong opponent or not.

"Hmph" he said plainly.

I put a smile on my face and held out my right hand. "Hi, I'm Cory. What's your.." I finished saying before he turned around.

"Come with me." He said smugly as he walked off toward the lake. I noticed no one was pulling my ear and I turned around. (Where did Mrs. Wong go?) I thought to myself. I shrugged it off and followed the Otter-man to the lake.

When we reached the lake the Otter-man walked up to the instructor. Next to the lake it felt a little cooler than when I was near the training ground and the people seemed more experienced.

"See, Bane that wasn't so bad was it?" the instructor said mockingly. He didn't answer and went back to train on the water. The instructor walked closer to me. "Hey, you must be the dean's son Cory. I'm Dan Sieges, but you can call me sensei. I've wanted to meet you for a while now." He said calmly.

"Nice to meet you, sensei. Man that was awesome to say!" I said excitedly. He laughed for a couple of seconds then stopped.

"So Sensei I have to ask what is this place and why am I here?" I asked.

He turned so I had to get closer to hear him. "This is the Training Ground, where advanced students are taught the basics of their training so they can move on to the next level." He said cheerfully. "You are here because you are an advanced student."

"So where do I start?" I asked excitedly.

"Well, the first thing we must do is train the body. He turned toward the mountain. "Adam!" He called. Two seconds later a boy about my age appeared right next to the sensei.

"You called Sensei?" The boy asked who I thought was Adam. Adam was about my height with long brown hair up to his ears; he had green eyes and was a little paler than me. He wore a shirt that had a picture of a dog eating homework and he wore green camo pants. He also wore black fingerless gloves and black and yellow running sneakers.

"Cory is new here and he needs to start training so I'd like for you to run with him." Sensei ordered.

"Alright cool!" Adam said delighted. He turned to me with a big smile on his face. "Hey Cory I'm Adam it's nice to meet you. Now, are you ready to run?" He said happily.

Hey everybody! I'm so sorry I haven't posted in a while I've been busy with school and sports I hadn't had any time or ideas to write. I'm back so you don't need to worry. I'd like to thank Niko Zefas for Bane. So I hope you like this chapter and review it. I'll post soon.

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