Kai by Greg Farshtey

Author:Greg Farshtey
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2014-09-15T16:00:00+00:00

Samukai smacked the skeleton warrior who stood before him with two of his four hands. Then he smacked him with the other two for good measure.

“Idiot,” the ruler of the Underworld growled. “Dumb pile of bones. I gave you a simple job, and you screwed it up.”

“But, Master, I defeated them in battle and successfully escaped,” the skeleton whined. “I thought you would be pleased.”

Samukai sat down hard on his throne of bones. “Understand something: The day I want Kai and Zane defeated, it will happen without aid from you. The point of this exercise was not a test of strengths, but a masterpiece of deception.”

It had, truly, been one of Samukai’s most inspired ideas. He knew two of Sensei Wu’s ninja would not be visiting a tiny village just for fun. There had to be some treasure concealed there that Wu wanted to get his hands on. He could have simply had skeletons keep an eye on Kai and Zane and pounce when they grabbed the treasure, but what if one of the villagers took it and hid it in the meantime? No, he had to know the precise location of the ninja’s goal and then be able to get it without their interference.

And so he put his plan into action. First, Kruncha and a large group of skeleton warriors descended on the village. While a few remained behind to make sure the villagers behaved, the rest went to work building a duplicate of the village not far away. Giant mirrors would keep the ninja from spotting any signs of the real village when they were in the fake one.

Unfortunately, Kruncha’s bumblers were not yet done when Kai and Zane arrived. At Kruncha’s direction, the villagers made the ninja welcome, or as welcome as frightened humans could. That night, during the feast, they gave the two ninja tea with certain herbs in it that put them to sleep. The skeletons then transported Kai and Zane to the fake village.

The plan was simple. The ninja would wake up and be faced with the mystery of the disappearing villagers. Fearful, they would race to retrieve the treasure, not knowing they were being spied upon by the skeletons. Once the hiding place was revealed, Samukai would be notified and his warriors would get the treasure from its place of concealment in the real village.

The ninja surprised the skeletons. They did not go searching for the treasure, but the villagers. Impatient, Samukai sent a warrior in with instructions to get captured and further motivate the ninja to get the treasure. That had not worked out well.

“They will be on their way there,” muttered Samukai, “in search of the treasure. And as soon as they have it … we will take it away from them.”

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