Team Mutant Ninja Clan

A light rain passed through the eighth night as it brushed over into the ninth morning. For the past nine days Naruto, Mikey, Donatello, and Raphael spent there time training and got plenty of sleep at night fall. Leonardo on the other hand spent his days and nights meditating. No one really noticed this accept for Itachi Uchiha. He didn’t notice anything out of the ordinary accept for two mornings ago when he awoke to see Leo standing over near the edge of the boat with steam flowing out of his body.

Leo’s eyes slowly opened as he breathed in that out to sea smell he had for a little over a week. He then looked over to see Itachi leaning against a pole. It was still early, the sun was barely visible.

“It looks like Itachi didn’t get much sleep, if any at all.” Leonardo thought to himself as he went back into meditation.

Itachi opened his eyes a few seconds later as he looked over at Leonardo.

“What’s going through your mind Leonardo?” Itachi asked to himself not expecting a response.

In the next hour many of the other fighters began to awake as they headed to the top of the deck. Donatello awoke to the sound of laughter on the floor above him. He slowly sat up and reached over and grabbed his Bo staff. His arms were sore from the pull ups they did the previous day. He rubbed his arms as he made his way to the top deck to see Raphael staring out at the ocean.

“What’s bugging you bro?” Donatello asked.

“Everyday, it’s all the same, ocean after endless ocean.” Raph complained.

“Hey don’t worry, we’ll be there soon.” Donatello assured.

“Yah, I wish.” Raphael grunted.

“Your wish might just come true.” Someone said from behind them.

The two of them turned around to see Neji standing a few feet away.

“What do you mean?” Donatello asked.

“There.” Neji pointed as Raphael and Donatello turned to the left to see a large island not to far away.

“Finally something besides the scenes of an endless ocean.” Raph said as he cracked his knuckles.

They slowly began to approach the island. As they got in closer they caught a glimpse of Shang Tsung standing on the beach with his arms crossed.

“What how did he get there, I just saw him a few minutes ago.” Donatello said out loud.

“Don’t get so surprised we really don’t know much about this guy as it is.” Neji said as he looked into the distance.

In the next fifteen minutes they arrived at land and grabbed there belongings and exited the boat, and headed onto land.

“Oh great there aren’t that many fighters here as I thought, I guess I still have a crack at winning this.” Mikey said rubbing his hands together along with a huge smile.

“Think again Michelangelo.” Shang Tsung pointed out at the ocean.

There were twelve more boats witch were bigger then the one they had arrived on.

“Ah shell.” Mikey said as he fell to the ground.

This whole time Sasuke had been staring over at Itachi who had noticed but didn’t glance back. It took several minutes for the remaining boats to make it close enough to the shore where people could get to land.

“Alright now that everyone is here follow me.” Shang Tsung said.

They walked into what appeared to be a small forest. They noticed different creatures around from the common monkey to the squirrels. After about a fifteen minute walk they made it to what appeared to be the bottom of a mountain. There was a path going up the mountain witch went in a circular twist witch lead up to the top of the mountain witch was at least a thousand feet up.

Everyone began the long journey up. As they gained altitude it became a little bit harder to breath but they quickly got use to the change. After a few hours they finally arrived at the top of the mountain. Everyone was finally relieved of all the walking. It was now to the point where the sun can still be visible in the far distance. They then soon realized that they would have to continue to walk down yet another path. This one was different, this was a path of stones leading there way. Every few yards a glimpse of a statue can be seen.

“The prize for winning this tournament better be worth it, all this walking is a joke.” Mikey complained.

They continued down the dark path witch had torches to the sides leading there way. After about four minutes they came to a door witch was constructed to look like a tiger with dragon wings. Shang Tsung walked up to the door and opened it with a key in the side of his jacket. They entered a room filled with many desks and chairs. On top of the desks was a packet with a pencil to write with.

“This is where it will begin, if you past this first test you will go beyond those doors, if you fail that is you will return home immediately.” Shang Tsung said with a smirk.

“Oh great.” Mikey and Naruto thought to themselves.

“Take a seat and open your test packets, I will tell you when to begin.” Shang Tsung said.

The three hundred and forty eight fighters took a seat at one of the desks as they sat quietly for the instructions.

“Before you begin your test’s I should forewarn you that if you are caught cheating, or anything that looks like cheating you flunk the test.” Shang Tsung said.

A long silence goes by.

“You have ten minutes, begin!” Shang Tsung shouted.

Naruto looked down at his test as he read the directions witch said “Read all the questions before starting, take your time and you can reread if something doesn’t make sense. If you can’t figure out a question skip it and go back to it later.

Naruto then looked down at question 1.

What is the name of the race witch has the common ability to control ice?

Naruto was clueless, so he skipped to number two.

In battle what comes first, the mind, body, soul, or heart?

Naruto was just about to write down an answer but then he thought it would be better to come back to it.

When using an energy attack what percent of the mind do you use?

“Come on, these questions just keep getting more confusing.” Naruto said as he looked across the room to see Mikey was having the same problem as him.

Mikey looked down at question four hoping it was something he knew.

What is the name of the energy called keeping the realms intact?

Michelangelo quickly skipped to the next question.

What are the three most common dark magic’s used in Outworld?

“Yah, how am I supposed to answer that if I’m just now hearing about it?” Mikey said to himself.

“Finally, a multiple choice.” Mikey said rubbing his hands together.

When is the best time for a ninja to strike

At night

In the dark

When no noise can be heard

When the time is right

“What, all of these answers could be correct.” Mikey said as he looked up from his test.

He looked over across the room, it was quite obvious his brother Leonardo was done with his test. He had his hands on the back of his head as his feet were on the top of his desk. He then looked over to the back of the room to see Sasuke was done as well; he was now staring up at the ceiling. Mikey then looked over at Naruto who was in panic as he was. There wasn’t much time left. Seconds later Shang Tsung went to the front of the room as he clapped his hands together twice.

“Time’s up, someone will now come around to pick up your tests, the peoples names I call off failed the test.” Shang Tsung said.

In a matter of a minute Shang Tsung had all the tests in front of him, one pile to the left and one pile to the right. He quickly called off the names of the hundreds of people who failed the test. When he got to the last two tests Mikey and Naruto held there breathes. He slowly called off the last two names; luckily it wasn’t Michelangelo nor was it Naruto. The people who failed the test were quickly gathered out of the room as they headed over to what appeared to be an elevator made out of wood and rope.

“Hey, why didn’t use that elevator thing to get up here?” Mikey asked raising his hand.

“There are different obstacles, I chose for us to take the longer path.” Shang Tsung replied.

As the fighters who failed the test left Naruto and Mikey sat there in relief. Everyone sat there in silence for about the next three minutes. Then Shang Tsung began to talk out.

“It’s always good to have fighters participate in this tournament who are not just strong of the body, but the mind.” Shang Tsung said.

“As it stated in the direction, read all the questions first. If you did this, question twenty five told you that you now have completed the test, in other words no one should have written a single thing in the packet.” Shang Tsung said as he paced the floor.

“I feel like such an idiot.” Mikey and Naruto thought to themselves at the same time.

Casey to had almost failed the test, if Donatello hadn’t knocked him over the hand with his Bo staff. Shang Tsung slowly walked over to the large door as he opened it.

“As you walk past this door you will be handed a card witch will show you what room number you will be sleeping in.” Shang Tsung said.

Slowly people began to walk over and grab a key card as they walked down a dark hall. The walls were made out of stone; there were also characters that can be seen drawn into the wall. Torches lit there way as they walked down the hall. Neji came to a stop as he approached room 14. He rolled a large stone rock to the side as he entered the large room.

Neji slowly examined the room. There was a bathroom to the left; there were two beds in front of him, a kitchen to the upper right corner, and an empty space just to the right. Just as he was about to settle in he heard the sound of movement behind him. Neji quickly turned around to see a man in a tuxedo with black shades on.

“Who are you?” Neji asked.

“Your room mate apparently.” The man replied.

“Shang Tsung never said anything about room mates.” Neji says.

“I guess we’ll have to make the best of it, anyway my name Johnny Cage, and you?” Johnny asked.

“Neji, Neji Hyuga.” Neji replied.

Luckily two rooms down in #16, Mikey shared a room with Donatello. Dony quickly went to sleep but Mikey stared out the window as the fighters who failed the test began to sail off into the dark sea. Suddenly there was a knock at the door. Mikey walked over to the door and rolled the stone to the side. There lying on the ground was a scroll with what appeared to be a black dragon on it. He rolled the rock back shut as he walked back over to the window as he rolled the scroll open. It read;

You’ve all made it this far, get a good nights rest, Mortal Kombat begins at 10:00 A.M. in the morning. Be ready,

Shang Tsung.

“What, what is Mortal Kombat!?” Mikey asked out load knowing he wouldn’t get a response.

To Be Continued.