Chapter 8

“Brothers! I see that you have found clothes, good…we will need them. Lets start comparing our information: I have found out that the district I searched in was controlled by a gang. I don’t know how many of them are there and I don’t know the strength of the real members, but I knocked down two pieces of shit, which were fairly weak. They are wearing the clothes I am wearing, with possible differences in the embroidery of the elder members. Also, during the fight my body was filled with a strange energy, which gave me strength, otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to beat the two young gang members, as they were roughly five years older than me. But I have to warn you, while this energy is amazing and has great potential, we cannot control it yet, and it is really dangerous to use. We get careless and overestimate our power while using it and our mind gets clouded. Only use it during an emergency until we have found a way to control it! The last thing I found out is that we have to start training immediately, as we are far to weak even for wiping the gangs, let alone travel in this world! The only place I found where we can train in peace would be the mountains, as we can find a secluded and safe place there. I propose to head there immediately after this discussion. That was all I found out, Tiger your turn!” Dragon said in a fast and steady manner.

“Well…I basically found the same as you, but the gang in my district was a little different. I experienced the strange energy you were talking about as I fought three members of this gang and I agree to be careful with it. Lastly I have the same opinion as you concerning our training. That’s all.” Tiger said in a steady voice.

“Hawk ?” Dragon asked and looked towards his smallest brother.

“I agree with both of you in both matters. The only difference I experienced is the gang. I believe every district has a different gang ruling over it. Snake ?” Hawk said shortly.

“I have the same believe as you as my gang was wearing completely purple clothes. I haven’t fought with anyone yet, so I can’t say anything regarding the strange energy, but I agree to start training as soon as possible.” Snake said and looked towards Turtle afterwards.

“I have some information regarding the sixth district. The district is called Rich, which basically means that all the rich people and government officials are living there. Apparently they never leave their district and surprisingly they gathered all of their soldiers inside of it. They have given the gangs an unobstructed authority over the various other districts. Not even the gates are manned by them, but gang members. This city is the most corrupt I have ever seen, and if it weren’t for me wanting to safe the poor normal citizens I would’ve burned this city to the ground. I also didn’t fight, but I trust in your judgement Dragon. Oh…and I want to train as soon as possible to correct this damned corrupt place!” Turtle said with an angered voice.

Dragon looked at his brothers and exhaled slowly: “It seems like we really are brothers as all of us thought of dealing with these detestable gangs. And we all came to the same conclusion: We are still too weak. We don’t know much about this- hell we don’t know anything about this world, but I believe it is completely different compared to the things we know. And I believe that we are not the only ones who have that energy inside our bodies, nor are we the only martial arts experts. All of you have seen how big this planet is, its unbelievable how many things could be here for us to discover. But we have to remember: With new things comes new danger! We are not the only ones strong on this planet, actually we are not even strong at all at this point so let’s go towards the mountains and find a place to train!!”

Dragon looked each of his brothers in the eyes as he said that and he saw the realization in their eyes as they listened to him. They weren’t anything great on this planet, at least not now and to change that they had to train, possibly harder than they ever had before. All of them nodded and together they made their way towards the district closest to the mountains. They safely passed through the gate towards the mountains, as there were no guards protecting it. As they passed the gate, they heard the noises of a party coming from the gate rooms.

‘The gang members responsible for protecting this district are obviously incompetent fools…they are drinking instead of guarding…that will be there downfall one day…!’ Dragon thought and shot an angry glare towards the small windows in the wall.

The five brothers steadily and fast walked towards the mountains. Unfortunately, because of their low condition and the unsteady ground they had to pause a lot of times before they could move again. All of them were continuously cursing their frail bodies. Not that it helped, but they felt somewhat better.

After a few hours the darkness of the night started to fade and they turned around to watch the sunrise. Regardless which world, the sunrise will always be one of the most beautiful and relaxing things to witness. The five brothers all watched the sun rise, all of them deep in thought. This was a new world, a new chance for them to shine and with the addition of the strange energy, countless new possibilities opened up before their inner eyes. What if they learned to control this energy? What would they be able to do with it? Integrate it into their martial arts techniques? Invent new ones? Maybe they would even be able to fly like birds or walk on water?

Endless possibilities.

Dragon looked up and saw his brothers looking at each other. Dragon smiled knowingly. He knew that his brothers had the same train of thoughts in this matter. Dragon turned around and continued walking up the mountain, his brothers following behind him. The sun shone on their backs, letting them feel warm.