Family

Chapter 111 Becoming Stronger

By: Major144

Disclaimer: I do not own anything, expect the OCs. This is just a story for fun.

Tobe woke in a strange blue bed with bandages wrapped around his chest. The ninja looked around and saw that the room appeared to be made from solid rock and he heard voices that seemed to be coming from another room. Tobe stumbled to his feet and saw his shirt laying on a chair and put it on, before walking off to see where he was. The ninja walked down a hallway and peaked around the corner and saw what appeared to be a living room and inside the living room were Simon, Iroh, Betty, and Doctor Princess. Simon and Iroh were sipping cups of tea and playing Go, while Betty and Doctor Princess sat nearby chatting.

"I have to say it's a pleasure to meet the person who wrote the book of Fridjitzu and the one who taught Tobe." Said Simon.

"Well it's been a pleasure meeting you and your wife, Simon. It's good to know that some good hearted people looked after my book. I'm also glad to see that my old friend the Frost Father's magical items have been put to good use." Said Iroh.

Tobe took a deep breath and stepped out into the living room, walked up to his master, and got down on his hands and knees.

"Master Iroh. I'm so sorry for my past actions. What I did was dishonorable. If you wish to strike me down for my sins then I will not stop you." Said Tobe as he starred at the ground.

"Rise Tobe. I forgive you." Said Iroh with a warm friendly smile.

"How...can forgive me so easily? I tried to destroy you and steal the book of Fridjitzu! I murdered a village full of people! I thought you would be furious with me! You imprisoned me in stone as punishment and I thought the next time I saw you you would finish me off! Why are you forgiving me?!" Said Tobe in confusion as tears fell from his eyes as he looked up at his master.

"Tobe...I was never angry with you, but I did disapprove of your actions, though I sensed my brother had a hand to play in you attacking me and that village. Shen is a master manipulator and he has lead many warriors into committing evil. I imprisoned you in stone to keep you from being manipulated by Shen, until I dealt with him. After Shen was defeated I went to free you, but I was told by a higher power that it wasn't the right time. I left this world and traveled the universe, until I felt that you were released from your prison. At first I wanted to find you immediately, but there were others who needed my help. I then had a vision that told me to find you and finish your training. I found you and the son of Death in trouble, so I rescued you. It was then that I sought out my book, which lead me here where I met Simon, Betty, and Doctor Princess, who tended to your injuries. While you were resting they told me about what you've been up to and I'm proud to see you've changed. Your a different man then the one I imprisoned all those years ago." Said Iroh.

"But...I did so many horrible things in the past. I hurt many people...including myself." Said Tobe.

"Ah yes the past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it, or...you can learn from it. I can see that you've already learned a lot from your past, so you must stop doubting yourself. It's time we finish your training." Said Iroh as he walked over to Tobe and helped him stand up.

"But...what if I'm not ready, what if I fall back into the person I was?" Said Tobe looking unsure of himself.

"You worry to much about the past and you fear you might repeat it. There's an old saying. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. But today is a gift. That is way we call it the present. You must live in the now Tobe." Said Iroh as he took the book of Fridjitzu and headed outside.

Doctor Princess walked over to Tobe and placed a comforting hand on his shoulder.

"You can do this. I believe in you." Said Doctor Princess.

"Thank you. Can you tell me what happened to Django?" Said Tobe.

"He went off to see his father and said he needed to become stronger." Said Doctor Princess.

Tobe nodded his head in thanks before he marched outside to begin his training.

Down in the Underworld, Django was visiting his father and explaining his desire to become stronger. Death looked at his son and motioned for him to follow him. The two of them traveled to a strange door with symbols on it. Death pulled out a key and unlocked the door. On the other side of the door there seemed to be an infinite valley with a strange rainbow colored liquid substance going through it.

"What is this?" Asked Django.

"It is the River of Emotion. All the feelings and emotion of every living thing from the past to the present come here and spread throughout the universe. It's every raw emotion imaginable." Explained Death as they walked over to the river.

Death pulled out a silver cup and careful dipped it into the river scooping up some of it's contents.

"By drinking this you will receive great power. You will experience the emotions of millions of beings that could weaken you, but since you are my son you can handle it. Only drink it if your believe you are ready." Said Death as he held the silver cup.

Django took the cup and poured the contents into his mouth and let the liquid drip down his rib cage and onto his bones. At first Django didn't feel any different, then he began to experience the emotions of others. First their was the joy of and confusion of being born, followed by growing up and falling in love for the first time, then having your feelings hurt after a big argument and breakup, then there was the joy of finding your true love and getting married, the joy of having children, and the peaceful embrace of death. Django felt all those emotions in just a few seconds and their power made him drop to his knees gasping. It went on for a few minutes and then it stopped. Django glanced at his hands and was startled to see that they were covered by ghostly transparent flesh. The undead hero could see his bones underneath the ghost skin and then held up a mirror and Django saw his old human face and it was ghostly and transparent. Death smiled as the ghostly flesh vanished.

"You now have the power of a spirit. Now you must rest my son." Said Death as he put the mirror up and picked Django up.

The two of them headed back to the palace.

At the secret lair, Mitsuhid was standing outside the training room speaking to Luceline and explaining what happened at the Candy Kingdom and his encounter with Iroh.

"So it appears we need to make you stronger." Said Luceline.

"Perhaps I can help with that." Said Crimson as he stepped out of the shadows.

The masked villain pulled out a shamisen and a gourd, which he handed to Mitsuhid.

"The shamisen has been enchanted with dark magic and the gourd contains some liquid from the Master's old Well of Power. I'm sure both of these will come in handy and if they don't there is your final trick you had Sylvester install in your body." Said Crimson.

"Thank you master Crimson. I gladly accept these gifts, but I will use the liquid as one of my two last resorts. I'll practice using the shamisen and a technique I've been perfecting." Said Mitsuhid before he walked into the training room.

The clone pulled out the shamisen and a dozen crystal ants appeared in the room ready to fight. The monsters charged forward and Mitsuhid strummed the shamisen which short out a sword made of sound that sliced through the crystal ants and shattered them to bits. Mitsuhid looked at his new weapon and smiled.

"Perhaps Mitsuhid needs a tougher opponent." Said Crimson as he pressed a button on the training room controls.

There was a flash of light and a fire giant appeared in the room towering over Mitsuhid. The clone looked up at the giant and grinned. The fire giant slammed one of it's fist down at Mitsuhid and he leaped out of the way and sliced the fire giant's arm with one of his scythes. The attack made a scratch on the fire giant's arm, but it didn't seem to bother it. The fire giant swung it's other fist at Mitsuhid, but he flipped out of the way and put some distance between the fire giant and himself. The fire giant fired a fireball at Mitsuhid, but he leaped away, pulled out his shamisen, and fired several sound blades at the fire giant hitting it and making it stagger back. Mitsuhid then put the shamisen away and clapped his hands together as he began to chant. The clone was soon enveloped in black shadows that covered his body completely. The shadow Mitsuhid then split into two and the shadows vanished revealing two Mitsuhid's who looked exactly the same. The fire giant fired several fireballs at the two Mitsuhids who jumped to the side and fired several sound swords at the fire giant making it stagger back. The two Mitsuhids then charged at the fire giant with their scythes. The machine monster swung it's clawed hands at it's two attackers, who blocked the claws with one of their scythes and then swung up with their other scythes cutting the fire giant's arms off.

"Marvelous." Said Crimson as he and Luceline watched the fire giant stagger back with it's arms sparking.

The two Mitsuhids were then covered in shadows and they merged into one Mitshuid.

"Time to end this." Said Mitsuhid as he began to glow with a dark aura and the Tengu appeared behind him.

Mitsuhid swung one of his scythes at the fire giant, making the Tengu strike it. There were a loud slash and the fire giant fell to the ground, split completely in half. The clone sheathed his weapons and the Tengu vanished.

"I think your more then ready to fight and with those gifts you received, I think the odds of victory are in your favor." Said Crimson as Mitsuhid walked out of the training room.

"The final duel draws near." Said Mitsuhid as he envisioned the upcoming battle.

Back in the Underworld, Django was sitting on a lawn chair in Death's garden. Death was tending the flowers and looking at five floating crystal balls that showed various Dead Worlds with various scenes. One crystal ball showed Magwood and Ragnarok stomping through some deserts planes with various other monsters, another showed Flame Duke, Don John, and Fight King around a small campfire in a cave talking about the unfairness of their lives and getting vengeance on all those they deemed responsible for their misfortune, another one showed Cheryl and the fruit witches in a tree picking golden apples, another showed Hunny Bunny bouncing through a forest, and the last one showed Alister the Vampire King in his full monster form battling a giant black monstrous werewolf and nearby a smaller monstrous bat monster and werewolf were fighting each other.

"Alister and Elsa are battling Bartholomew the Werewolf King and Isabella the Werewolf Queen. Those four will be fighting for all of eternity." Said Death.

There was a flash of light and suddenly Diana appeared and bowed before Death. Django starred at the clone in shock.

"Hell Master Death. The incident in Dead World 13 has been resolved." Said Diana.

"Father, why is...Diana here?" Asked Django as he looked at his father.

"Oh she arrived here recently and since she's only been alive for only a few months there wasn't that much good or evil on her record, so I decided to put her on probation and make her into one of my assistants to help me out." Explained Death.

"I'm sorry for the trouble I caused for your comrades, Django. I'm also sorry, but I don't possess any information on what the organization's final plan and goal are. I was simply assigned to kill Huntress Wizard and any other heroes that would threaten the plan." Said Diana.

"That's ok. Well I guess I'm rested up, so I should be heading back to Ooo." Said Django.

"Good luck son and be very careful." Said Death.

"Thanks dad." Said Django before he left the palace.

In Ooo, Tobe was in the Ice Kingdom practice Fridjitzu. Tobe was surprised he could read the book, but he guessed he no longer had any darkness in his heart. As the ninja practiced, Iroh watched as he thought about something Simon told him about a young boy named Finn. The name was the same name as Atalanta's long lost son. Could this Finn possible be Atalanta's son? It was quit possible or it could just be a child with the same name. There were a few colonies of humans scattered around the stars after all. Iroh would just have to meet the boy to find out if he was Atalanta's son. Tobe finished the last of the moves in the book. Iroh smiled and nodded in approval.

"Now my student there is one last technique I must teach you. The power to manifest your aura." Said Iroh.

"Is that what Mitsuhid did back in the forest?" Asked Tobe.

"Yes, however Mitsuhid's attack was powered by negative energy. The technique I'm going to teach you uses positive energy. Now focus on your breathing and picture the thing you care about most in this world." Said Iroh.

Tobe took a deep breath as he began to concentrate. An image of Doctor Princess and all the friends he made since he was freed from his stone prison appeared in his mind. Tobe vowed to protect all of them. A blue aura surrounded Tobe and it shaped itself into a large blue samurai wearing armor carrying two swords. The ninja swung one of his swords at a boulder and the samurai did the same. The boulder exploded into pieces and the samurai vanished. Tobe starred at what he did in awe. Iroh smiled at his student and put a hand on his shoulder.

"Congratulations Tobe you have passed the final test. You have grown stronger in both mind and spirit and I'm proud of you." Said Iroh.

"Thank you master." Said Tobe as he and his master exchanged bows.

Both good and evil had grown stronger and were prepared for a final fight.

To be continued.