I changed Aniki's name to Ani because I found out it was the Japanese word for "big brother." It was supposed to be the female version of "Anakin" but now I need to redo it because she's a she.
The figures moved in to attack, but Kai stuck his tooth brush into the shuriken wielding figure's mouth, who spat it out, hitting the nun-chuck guy in the head, then hit the girl in her face, and then fell into the scythe –man's back, causing him to give an expression of discomfort. The figures looked up and saw Kai running along the beams. The shuriken wielder surprised him, but Kai dodged his kick- attack and the figure landed back into the room.
Kai laughed but the girl intruder jumped up and kicked Kai through the building, landing into the courtyard and hit the post, in which the statue falls back, revealing the button. The figures rushed into the courtyard and Kai activated the training equipment, disarming each figure.
They engaged in fist and kick combat, which led to everyone piling on top of Kai.
"Stop!" the man ordered, coming into the courtyard.
The figures got off of Kai and bowed.
"Yes Sensei/Master," the one female and three male voices obeyed.
"Sensei? Wait a minute! They're your students too?" Kai asked, the man nodding.
"Then, this was my final test?!" Kai realized.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" nun-chuck guy spoke, "You never said anything about a fifth. It's always four: four corners of a square, four points on a compass, four..."
"What he's trying to say Sensei is that we all trained together, we're solid," explained the scythe wielder, interrupting his chattering fellow student.
"Didn't look so solid to me," Kai scoffed, the scythe wielder glaring at him.
"Well, you could have at least mentioned taking on a newbie," warrior girl intruder complained, "We thought he was a thief or one of Jerkagon's spies. He could've been killed!"
"Master, what is the meaning of this?" the shuriken man asked.
"Each of you have been chosen, each in tune with elemental properties. But first… NINJA GO!" Sensei spun into the gold tornado and passed each of the figures.
After passing each, the five of them were in different colored gi: the shuriken man in white, Kai in red, the nun-chuck guy in blue, warrior girl in orange, and the scythe wielder still black.
"Whoa!" the girl warrior exclaimed.
"How'd he do that?" Kai asked.
"Ha-ha! Look what color I am!" Nun-chuck guy gasped.
"Wait a minute... I'm still black," Scythe man said, confused.
"Kai, Master of Fire, It burns bright in you," Sensei pointed to Kai, who bowed.
"Jay is blue, Master of Lightning," Sensei pointed to the nun-chuck guy, who promptly started showing off his moves.
"Heh... that's not all I'm the master of. I do a little inventing, dabble in model building, a touch of cooking, a little poetry…" Jay babbled.
"Uhhhh, more like mouth of lightning," Scythe man muttered, orange girl snickering behind him.
"Ani the orange ninja, with powers over mind and matter, Mistress of Energy," the old man said, pointing to the girl.
Ani to Kai, removed her hood— revealing her brown messy bun and unusual light skin— and said, "And don't think for a second that I'm the damsel-in-distress type."
"Black ninja is Cole, solid as rock. Master of Earth."
"Nice to meet you kid; I got your back," Cole said, taking off his mask, revealing his raven black hair, "And for the record, there ain't nothin' in this world I'm afraid of."
"Except for dragons," The white one corrected.
"Dragons aren't from this world Zane. I said 'in this world'," Cole replied in a nervous tone.
"And White ninja is Zane, Master of Ice and seer with sixth sense," Sensei pointed to Zane, who spun his shurikens and made them disappear.
"I sense this one takes things a little too seriously," Kai said, leaning toward Ani.
She leaned back saying, "You have no idea."
"You too have the gift?" Zane asked amazed, taking off his mask showing his tan hair.
"Ha-ha. He's just making a joke Zane," Jay said, taking off his mask, showing his brown hair, "Remember what we talked about… your sense of humor?"
"Yes. It was a joke. Ha-ha." Zane "laughed", Jay face palmed.
"Pay attention! You five are the chosen ones who will protect the five weapons of Spinjitzu," Sensei said.
"But what about my sister?" Kai interjected.
"We're saving a girl! Is she hot?" Jay asked.
"Jay!" Cole and Ani moaned simultaneously.
"What? I just want to know what we're getting ourselves into," Jay defended, and then turning to Kai asked, "Does she like blue?"
"Back off," Kai warned.
"When we find the weapons, we will find your sister," the elder explained.
"Whoa! Hold on a minute. You said you were gonna teach us Spinjitzu," Cole voiced.
"Spinjitzu is inside each and every one of you. It will only be unlocked when the key is ready to be found," Sensei said before walking inside, "Come! My feet are tired. We will take the horse carriage."
"Great," Ani said.
"Now we have to find a key?" Jay asked.
"Yeah… I have a feeling he's taking us for a ride," Cole observed.
"Well if it means finding my sister, then sign me up," Kai declared before putting on his mask.
"Yeah, one problem," Ani interjected, "We don't have any horses; so I don't know how this is gonna work…"
The next day, all of them were pulling a cart with Sensei riding it.
"Unless Master Wu decided to be an autocrat and make us the horses," Ani finished her thought from the previous night, not at all amused.
"Sign me up," Jay imitated, then scolded Kai, "Way to go Sparkplug!"
"Shut up Jay, just pull," Cole yelled.
"I sense this is some strange form of team building," Zane said.
"Yeah well it sucks eggs," Ani complained.
"Just keep pulling. We've got a long way to go," Cole said.
"So... where did Sensei find you guys?" Kai asked.
"Let's just say if it weren't for Sensei Wu, I don't think we would ever be seen together," Ani explained, "I was already his student for ten years when he started bringing in these guys."
Cole nodded and replied, "I was testing my limits…"
Cole climbed the tallest mountain with nothing but his bare hands, with ease compared to the struggling climbers dependent on their gear. He reached the top only to see Sensei Wu already there, offering a cup of tea.
Jay added, "I was testing my invention…"
Jay, wearing an experimentally glider of his design, and jumped off a building and began to glide on his wings but crashed through a bill board. He then noticed Sensei next to him offering a cup.
Zane continued, "And I was testing myself…"
Some onlookers stared at a hole in a frozen pond. Underneath was Zane, mediating under al that icy water. He then looked to his side to see Sensei and almost choked on the water. Sensei offered some tea before drinking it.
"Your right, if it weren't for Sensei, none of us would…" Kai said.
"Stop!" Sensei cut him off.
The five stop pulling and followed Sensei to the edge of a large hole.
"The Caves of Despair. Samukai must be close to unearthing the Scythe of Quakes. Remember; do not use the weapon, for its power…" Sensei stated before being interrupted.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah… 'Is too much for us mortals,'" Jay interrupted and got to business, "Alright team, lets chop-sockey this lemonade stand."
"Cole, do you have a plan?" Ani asked.
"Sure do. First we lower ourselves down the ledge, and then… Where's Kai?" Cole asked, upset that the new guy ran off on them.
They look into the hole to see Kai sneaking through, staying close to the walls.
Ani smirked, "Let it never be said that Kai wasn't a loving, dedicated brother."
"Let's go," Cole ordered and they all sneaked their way, following Kai's path.
They went under a light cart, stopping every time a when they felt that a skeleton was going to look. Kai spotted Samukai on a tower with the map the lesser generals stole just as the others pacify a skeleton guard… by grabbing him, pulling him into the cart, beat him up, and leave him in a pile with a bone in his mouth.
Kai continued sneaking through while the others climbed under bridges, and rode under conveyer belts.
"Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!" the spiky-headed general cried, picking up what he saw, "I found something!"
"That's another rock you bonehead!" shouted his helmeted companion.
"But it's shaped like a doughnut! I wonder if it tastes like one," the former said.
Well, he bit it, chipped a tooth, and moaned while his "friend" groaned. Kai finally got to the top of the tower and the others caught up.
"What's the matter with you?" Jay whispered while hitting Kai on the head as they peered through a window.
"Shh," Kai shushed.
They looked through the window to see Samukai put the map down on a table, facing the right way to the ninjas.
"It's upside down!" Kai whispered.
"They're digging in the wrong spot," Ani whispered back.
"The golden weapon is near," Zane realized before bringing out one of his shurikens.
He then threw the shuriken, attached to a rope, to the map and brought it up to them without Samukai noticing.
"There's no time to waste," Kai stated before dashing down and sneaking away, having seen where the prize was.
"What is with this guy? Always in a rush," Jay whispered in annoyance.
So, they sneaked their way to a cavern where Kai snuck into. Unlike Kai, the other four were spotted, but Ani had this situation in the bag.
"You don't want to alert the others," she said, waving her hand in front of the sentry's face.
"I… don't… want to… alert the… others…" the sentry dazedly repeated, as if it were his own idea.
"You want to… go play in the sand instead," Ani said, repeating the process.
"I want… to go… play… in… the sand… instead…" the sentry repeated.
He then left without making another peep.
"I'll never get how you do that," Zane admitted.
"What can I say," Ani gloated, "It's a gift."
When they joined up, Kai was struggling to push open a large rock slab.
"Hey, before you race off again, you need to remember we're a team," Cole reminded.
"That means we work together, hint-hint," added Ani.
"Yeah, whatever," Kai muttered as they walked over to him and helped push the slab open with ease.
As the group entered the chamber, they saw the Scythe of Quakes glowing while being surrounded by what seemed to be a crafted dragon head.
"Whoa! That is so cool!" Jay shouted.
Unfortunately, his voice echoed through the caverns and reached the skeleton outside.
"Shut it Jay! Someone could hear us!" Cole whispered as he pulled the Scythe out and wrapped it in a cloth.
"Oh, come on, don't be paranoid. We're totally on the opposite side of the caves," Jay said.
"Zip it okay? Now that we've got the scythe lets sneak out while those boneheads are still busy," Ani scolded as Cole tossed the scythe to Kai.
The group began to walk out of the chamber, failing to notice the dragon head move.
"All right team. Everyone stick together. Our way out is right around the corner," Cole said, until they came face to face with Samukai and his army.
The boys brought out their weapons and pressed forward while slashing away at the skeletons. Kai then got surrounded by skeletons.
"Kai! Throw it here!" Zane shouted, waving.
Kai threw the scythe to Zane who then threw it to Ani and then to a running Cole.
"There's too many of them!" Kai shouted while slashing.
"Ya think?!" Ani shirked.
"Let me handle that. Hyah!" Jay cried.
He swung his nun-chucks everywhere, but then noticed something familiar.
"Hey guys! It's just like the training course!" He yelled, "Over the planks, dodge the swords, here comes the dummy!"
Jay acted out the movements and before he knew it, he turned into a blue tornado of lightning and began attacking every skeleton in his path.
"Whoa!" Ani remarked, "Spinjitzu!"
"Jay! What's the key?!" Kai shouted, hoping to learn the answer.
"I'm just going through the motions! This is what Sensei must have meant when he said we already know it!" Jay answered.
"Over the planks, Dodge the swords, here comes the DUMMY!" Kai shouted before transforming into a raging red tornado of fire.
"He-he. He called you a dummy," the spiky general said to the helmeted one.
"No. He called you a dummy." The latter snapped before the two run out of the way of a white tornado.
"I sense you do not stand a chance," Zane stated in front of Samukai after he finished his Spinjitzu.
"Retreat!" Samukai yelled and the skeleton ran out of the cave from five elemental tornadoes.
"Hah! I guess they didn't want a second serving of these babies," Cole gloated, flexing his arms.
Jay and Ani face palmed.
"Good thing they didn't check out the merchandise in the back," Cole added and then turned around and was instantly scared, "Uh… guys!"
"Wait a minute," Ani realized, "This was too easy, even with those boneheads."
"Didn't Sensei say there was a guardian protecting the weapons?" Zane asked.
The rest of the ninja turned around and did not like what they saw.
"Is that a-a… That's not what I think it is... Is it?" Cole stammered.
"You mean a dragon?" Ani gulped.
"That sure looks like a dragon!" Kai shouted.
"I sense we won't be able to spin our way out of this one!" Zane spoke.
The dragon unleashed an earthen breath and everyone ducked out of the way and ran to another spot.
"I thought dragons weren't from this world!" Cole screamed.
"That doesn't mean they don't live in it!" Ani retorted.
Kai looked at the scythe in his hands and took off the cloth.
"No, no, Kai! Bad idea, Sensei told us not to!" Jay warned.
"Well then you'd better be ready to keep your mouth shut," Kai snapped before running into the battle field, readying the scythe.
"Kai!" Cole shouted.
"Don't!" Zane added.
Kai struck the ground, causing a crack to form under the dragon's feet and rocks to fall onto the beast, distracting it long enough for the team to get out of the dead end.
"We have to find a way to escape!" Ani cried, right at that moment, the ceiling above them splits open.
"We'll use Spinjitzu!" Cole decided.
Just as the dragon charged for the ninja, they turned into tornados and quickly spun up the walls and out of the crack, and stopping in front of their teacher. The teenaged ninjas, now out of the danger zone, celebrated their first victory.
"HA-HA-HA-HA! That was so awesome!" Cole exclaimed.
"Yes! We are unbelievable!" Kai agreed, but Sensei spied the scythe in Kai's hand and instantly became upset.
"We are the best!" Ani and Zane shouted, high-fiving each other.
"Ha-ha! Did you see that? I was like POW! And then you were like BAM!" Jay said.
"ENOUGH!" Sensei yelled, "I told you not to use the scythe!"
"He used it," Jay said, pointing to Kai.
"Tattle-tale," Ani glared.
"What?" Kai asked.
"We tried to warn him Sensei," Cole added.
"Using it was my only option," Kai defended.
"And what makes you think you're more important than the team, huh?! HUH?!" Sensei rebuked.
"Master, you weren't there. We were being attacked by a huge dragon," Ani explained, coming between master and pupil, "We were trapped, none of us could come up with a way out; Kai saved us, he was just trying to help."
The elder looked at Ani then back to Kai, if she was willing to defend him, then the red ninja definitely had potential.
"There are still four weapons left, maybe next time you can do it right," Sensei said, letting Kai get away with it.
"Don't worry Kai, I get it," Ani comforted, "Just try not to be too hasty."
Later, in the underworld, Samukai sat on a throne-like chair, clearly worried.
"Master, I have failed you. They have learned Spinjitzu and they have the scythe," Samukai admitted in a shaky voice.
"Good. Then my brother was there," a deep gravelly voice responded.
"If I gather my army, we can easily ambush them at the-" Samukai started, hoping to redeem himself.
"No. Let them think they're winning," The voice coolly commanded.
"But I do not understand," Samukai said.
"Everything is going to plan," The voice observed, giving off a soft but evil chuckle.