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The residence of the Jade Palace were starting their morning training. As Po was about to spar against Monkey, Zeng came in saying,"There is a pack of wolves down in the Valley!"

"Everyone! To the Valley!"

The Dragon Warrior and the four of the five Furious Five quickly made it down to the Valley to see a pack of wolves bigger than most other packs. They all got into their fighting positions, only to have the wolves throw their hands up in surrender. Po was the first to say something,"What's going on?"

One of the wolves came forward with a scroll and handed it to Po. He looked at it a little bit before opening it. It read:

Dear residence of the Jade Palace,

It's me, DB. I've got good news and bad news. The good news is that we've found a way to bring a treaty. That bad news is that they don't really want a treaty, so we will have to retrieve a flower from the Valley of Death in the Mongolian Desert. I had a bad experience there, so it will slow us down greatly. Also, these wolves are now my followers because I beat their leader. Good luck at the Almond cookie eating contest tomorrow, Monkey and Mantis.

Sincerly,

DB

P.S. Po, if you got to Monkey's almond cookies, he's probably hidden them in his desk drawer

"It's from DB. Here." He handed the note to Viper before running off towards the Jade Palace.

The other members read it. After reading it, Monkey screamed,"NOT MY COOKIES AGAIN!"

The three had confused looks on their faces. Crane was the first to speak, asking,"How did DB know where Monkey's next hiding spot would be?"

The other two replied,"No clue."

Mongolian Desert, outside the Valley of Death

Tigress and DB were standing in front of a portal. Tigress turned to DB. He turned to her and nodded. The two jumped through the portal.

Inside the Valley of Death

The two landed in the Valley of Death with the portal closing behind them. DB quickly stood up and got into a fighting position. "Be very careful now. Danger is everywhere."

"Where do we need to go?"

DB looked around before answering."We need to head for the field of beasts. Then we will end up at the tunnel of misery before arriving at the home of the flying beast. That is where the lily is that we need to find."

"Let's go."

The two started to walk cautiously. After an hour, they cam eto a stream, where they took a break. The two sat down, but DB didn't relax. He kept on looking at the stream.

"Why do you keep looking at the stream?"

"I don't remember if this is the safe stream or the stream filled with pirhanas or the stream that is home to the water beast."

"Antway to find out without being put in risk of dying?"

"No. So, better safe than-"

He was cut off by a big creature rising out of the stream. It had a head like a dragon's. It's arms were scaly with spikes curved upwards. It had hands like a bird feet. The claws at the end were about ten feet long. It had spikes sticking straight out all the way down its back. It was about fifty feet tall, with everything below its knees underwater. It lifted up one of its legs and lifted the last ten feet of it's height out of the water. Its feet had three talons in front and two on the back. DB pulled out two katanas and pushed Tigress back. "I'll distract it. When it turns around, get on its back and just start clawing away. If you're unable to get through its scales, I'll throw you a ninja sword to stab it with." DB then charged at the creature, which swung its claws at him. DB jumped over the hand and stabbed it with the katana. It let put a terrible roar. DB jumped onto its head, stabbing its upper jaw before flipping ont the other side, only to be hit by its tail as it turned around. He came to a stop and Tigress jumped onto the creature's back, where it couldn't reach her. DB sliced at the creature's legs, causing it to roar again. Tigress was drawing only a little blood. She called,"Toss me a sword. It'll be much faster that way. DB quickly threw her a sword. She was about to catch it, when the beast turned. DB jumped and caught it before it landed in the water. When he landed on the shore, he froze. You could tell he was remembering something terrible. He was broke out of the trance by Tigress yelling,"DB! LOOK OUT!" He turned to see a foot about to crush him. He rolled out of the way and threw the sword again, this time to the beast, rather than Tigress. It landed in the side, about five feet from Tigress. She slowly made her way to the sword, while DB kept distracting the beast from below. He threw some spikes down right under where one of its feet were going. It lept back, and Tigress would've been thrown off, if she had not had a hold of the sword. She pulled it out and then thrust it in, until the entire blade was inside the beast. She pulled it down, causing the skin to tear. The beast reached back to grab Tigress, but she had pulled the sword out and had it so the hand of the beast got stabbed. It let out another roar. DB then sliced off one of its feet with his katana. He then pulled out his chigiriki and swung it at the other foot, causing the beast to fall forward. It landed hard, causing a lot of dust to fly out from under it. Tigress walked off the beast and to DB. "How are we gonna kill it?"

"I don't know. We weren't able to kill it the first time. We were only able to run away. Maybe..." He trailed off and went to one of the spikes on its back and cut it off with his katana, though it took a few swings. He then took it and shoved it into the creature's head. It let out one more roar before it died. DB jumped off and walked up to Tigress and said,"We'll kill it like that. Now, we need to move. That stream is poisoned because of the creature."

The two continued to move. It didn't go unoticed that the forest was moving in on both sides. DB drew his katana, ready to swing at the vines. The vines shot out and he cut off all twenty, aking them withdraw. The two then started to run. More vines started to dart at them, DB doing his best to cut them. Tigress cut a few with her claws, but one grabbed her hand. DB lunged, cutting it. All the vines withdrew, even the ones that weren't cut. They didn't relax, though. As they were walking watching for more vines, one came along the ground and pulled DB into the forest. Tigress quickly followed, though she was struck down by something, making her lose track of DB. She turned to the thing that knocked her down. It was something that looked like the body of a monkey, but the head of a stork. It had short claws on all of its fingers and toes. It hissed like a cat. Tigress growled at it. She got into a fighting stance. The thing mimicked her stance. This slightly confused Tigress. She lunged at it, while it mimicked her. She threw a punsh and grabbed the punch it threw. She hit the thing backwards. It hit a tree. It stared at her with a confused look. This really confused Tigress. It then walked up to her cautiously. It stared at her with its head tilted. It reached its hand to touch Tigress. when it did, it jumped back slightly. It then cautiously did it again, but didn't pull back as fast. It then repeatedly touched her. She turned to find DB, but the creature grabbed her leg with its tail. She stopped and turned to see it with a sad face. She simply said,"Follow me, if you want, but I can't stay here." It quickly jumped onto her back. She sighed as she started walking, but being prepared for anything.

With DB

He cut off the vine that had a hold of its leg. He stood up, but dudked just before a slightly bigger creature lunged at him. It looked very similar to the one that attacked Tigress, except its tail had a spike on it. He ran, knowing the creature would follow him. He literally ran into Tigress. She asked,"What are you running from?"

DB grabbed the thing that was on her back and threw it. He then said,"A slightly older version of that thing I just threw! those things are more dangerous than they appear. Now, lets get moving!"

But, the creature came back out, along with the older one. They both hissed. DB drew his other katana. He said,"The only way to beat them is with a weapon. Take this." he took out a bo. She got into a fighting position with it. The two creatures lunged. The older one got its tail cut off and the younger one was hit into a tree. They both stood up. They both roared louder than the first beast they encountered. DB simply said,"Run. Now." He pulled Tigress as fast as he could. She soon started running on her own. DB had put away the weapons. They came to a feild of flowers. DB said,"Aww, crud."

Tigress stared at him questioningly. He said,"I wasn't wanting to be traveling through this field while being chased by another creature. The flowers are dangerous, because they have creatures underneath them." Just then, DB pulled Tigress down and a big creature jumped over them. It landed in the feild. It turned around and roared. It was obviously an older version of the two creatures they had just faced, as it looked very similar, but four spikes, two on either side and its claws were longer. DB just smirked. All the flowers came alive, with several small creatures jumping out. It was a very short fight. The big creature was just a pile of bones and a few of the small flower creatures were dead. The creatures turned towards DB and Tigress. DB quietly said,"Oh cruds." He pulled out his katanas, but they were taken by vines. DB then started to throw shurukiens at the beasts. Eventually, the first two creatures came and tackled DB and Tigress. They kicked off the beasts, which were quickly turned into bones. DB pulled Tigress back into the forest.

"Why are we going back in here?"

"Watch."

The flower beasts were following them, but they were going down one at a time because of the vines.

After two hours of running, they found where the vines were coming from. DB got a confised look on his face and said,"That looks a lot like the Mongolian Death Lily, but the Mongolian Death Lily is not deadly like that." He spotted his katanas and ran to them, dodging the vines. Just before he got to them, he heard Tigress yelling to him. He turned to see her right over the mouth of the flower. He looked back and forth between Tigress and his katanas. Tigress was dropped. He jumped and got her out of the way at the last second. He then threw her to get his katanas, which she successfully grabbed. She threw them towards DB, wutting a few vines in the proccess. Just before DB caught his katanas, a vine knocked them out of their path. DB lunged at his katanas, but was grabbed by a vine. The katanas were in a tree. DB grabbed the ground and started to drag himself to the katanas. Tigress lunged and cut the vines. DB then launched himself off his hands and grabbed his katanas. When he turned around, the flower creature was pushing itself off the ground using the vines. His mouth was gaping and his eyes were wider than dinner plates. Tigress rushed to his side and asked,"What do we do now?"

"RUN!"

They did just that. They ran through the forest with great speed, but not enough because the creature was closing in on them. DB pulled out a grenade, pulled the pin and threw it at the creature. When it exploded, the creature didn't stop, or look injured at that. DB and Tigress jumped to opposite sides, with the creature going past. It stopped and turned around. DB now had a good look at it. Wasn't much, though. It looked like an octopus with more than eight tentacles and some roots underneath what is the head. DB dodged a vine, when he had an idea. He yelled to Tigress,"Try to get to the roots and cut them!" Tigress turned and seen them. She ran on all fours towards it and DB used his shurukiens to cut the vines. Tigress was grabbed from behind, but DB quickly cut the vine with his katana. The two ran together, DB protecting Tigress. They eventually made it to the roots and Tigress started to claw at the vines, getting little results. DB handed her a katana and said,"Use this!" She quickly started chopping, getting it after five swings. The creature screeched, but then fell over. DB and Tigress were both sweating. They started to chuckle, before going into all out laughing. It soon ended when they looked up. DB just said,"The tunnel of misery."

"We need to enter."

DB took a deep breath befpre entering.

Jade Palace

Shifu set down the scroll. He looked up with a look of worry. He knew of the Valley of Death because of scrolls that he and Master Oogway had read. He was slightly relieved that DB knew of its dangers. Before he could fully process the information, Xi-cong flew in and told him what had happened in the emperors palace.

Shifu stroked his beard. "These events are all planned by Mastermind. I wish I knew what his plans were."

Xi-xong then said,"While on my way here, I also heard of a village under attack. It is a small one, so it should just take Po and Wan."

"Where is it?"

"Just outside of the area that is revolting."

"Very well."

Xi-xong then left.

in a cave

Xi-xong walked into the cave. Traitor was sitting in there. He asked,"Did he buy it?"

"Yes he did."

"Good thing I caught him after he left the emperor's palace." He pointed a torch to reveal the real Xi-xong.

The fake Xi-xong replied,"Yes, it is." The fake Xi-xong put on a cloak before he grew in size, revealing he was really Mastermind.

"Why do you always wear that cloak?"

"When I get the chance to face DB, I will reveal myself."

Jade Palace

Shifu had all his students and Wu sisters at attention. "We now know that everything happening is because of this Mastermind person, but we do not know if the attack is because of Mastermind, so i will send both of you to check it out. Po stay out of the city until Wan has checked out the city, since she is stealthy and has connections in the criminal underworld. Understood?"

Po replied,"Yes, but what if this is just what Mastermind wants, to have me and Wan go to where this attack is taking place? We would fall right into a trap of his." Everyone stared at him. "What?"

Crane spoke, saying,"We just never expected you to thik of something like that."

"I have my moments."

"We will just have to risk it, though it would be a very smart plan. Now, get ready and leave."

"Yes, Master Shifu." The two warriors got ready.

Shifu left for the Sacred Peach Tree of Heavenly Wisdom and said to himself,"Am I making the right desicion?"

Seems like everything is going according to plan for Mastermind. Please review. Also, I love leaving cliffhangers.