Akira P.O.V

We were in the Control Room where Nya is doing a presentation of the skeletal remains of a Fangpyre. Kai didn't look like he was paying attention, Jay was dreamingly staring at Nya, and Cole was drawing. Pigsy was working at his shop today, Sandy was out doing some shopping, Tang decided to stay behind because he wants to learn more about the Serpentine. MK, Mei and Red Son are also here, but Monkey King, DBK and Princess Iron Fan couldn't come because Ruby begged for them to play with her. I think she was having a tea party

"Some villagers unearthed the remains of this Fangpyre a few miles away" Nya said as she removed the cloth "It predates the Golden Age, and must be hundreds of years old. Although the venom in the fangs of the Fangpyre genetically mutate human cells into reptilian, I've learned there could be a way to stop the effects without having to create an antivenom. If one is able to wildly raise their own heart rate, hypothetically it could reverse the venom's effects. Resulting in... diminished... Uh..." Nya then at me "Akira, are you wearing perfume by chance?"

"No. I don't wear perfume often. Only for special occasions. Why?" I asked

"Because I am severely allergic to perfume" Nya said and I heard Jay whispering to Kai

"You told me it was men's cologne" Jay whispered

"Eh. I get them mixed up" Kai said and I smacked his head

"You know you could've killed your sister for that" I said with a glare and Kai shivered "Apologize to Nya later or else" I creaked my knuckles to show that I was serious

"W-Will do!" Kai said

Looks like class is over. Time to start stomping some Serpentine before they find any Fangblades" Cole said

"Sounds like a plan" Kai said

"I'm excited to join" Zane said

"Don't forget about us!" MK and Mei said in unison as they followed the ninja

"I'm going back to my lab. I still have some things that I need to finish building" Red Son said

"I'm gonna review all the things I learned today" Tang said

"I'm going to my room. Hopefully the perfume toxins doesn't enter my bloodstream or I go into shock" Nya said as she immediately leaves the room

Only Jay and I were the only ones left

"Sigh" Jay let out a sigh

"You okay, Jay?" I asked

"Sort of. I shouldn't have listen to Kai when I asked him about the cologne" Jay said

"I'm sure Nya knew you didn't mean it" I said

"I really like her, but I always mess up whenever I tried to do or say something to her" Jay said

"Jay, you do know she likes you for being yourself, right?" I said

"But..."

"Listen, I don't plan on lecturing you about relationship or anything, but just be yourself and everything will be fine" I said as I was about to leave the room

"Akira!" Jay called out to me and I turned to look at him "Um... C-Can I take you out to dinner? I want to build confidence so I'll be ready to ask Nya out next time, so please"

"Okay. I'll see you later tonight then" I said as I left the room and I heard Jay cheering

No One P.O.V

The sound of ground rumbling scared the lizard out of the way, and rising from the dirt are Pythor and the rest of the Serpentine. Skales pulled out the map of the locations of the Fangblades

"This is it, Pythor. The map leads us here. The first Fangblade" Skales said as he pointed at the amusement park "Maybe it's better to wait until dark, so we don't attract any unwanted attention from the ninja or Samurai"

"Oh, I have a feeling we'll fit right in" Pythor said as they started heading towards the amusement park

When the Serpentine passed through the entrance, they were stopped by a family

"Excuse me. Would you mind if my family takes a picture with you?" The man asked

"Your costume is so authentic" The woman said

"Of course! Welcome to... To... Uh... Mega Monster Amusement Park!" Pythor said as the man gave Skales the camera and the family went towards Pythor to get their picture taken

"Say cheessssse" Skales said

"Cheessssse!" The Skales took the picture

"Pythor shook his head due to the flash and they started looking for the Fangblade

Jay P.O.V

I was in my shared room with the guys getting ready for the date

'I know I told Akira I wanted to gain more confidence so I'll be able to ask Nya next time, but I actually wanted to Akira out on a date for some time now' I thought to myself as I felt my cheeks feeling hot 'She's really strong and really pretty. Heck even the Serpentine Generals like her. So my plan is getting to know her more and hopefully strengthen our relationship'

As I was fixing my hair, I noticed that my hand is green with scales

"No! No, no, no! The prick from the Fangpyre fang! Oh no, this isn't happening! No, it's nothing. It's just a rash, it'll probably just go away. You're gonna do great, Jay. This is your chance to shine. Heh heh!" I said as I put on some gloves and a scarf

I walked into the control room feeling confident

"Whoa, where are you going, Mr. Fancy?" Cole asked

"Didn't you hear? I'm taking Akira to a nice restaurant. A really nice restaurant" I said and the guys looked at me with a shocked look

"Dude! You asked Akira?!" Cole exclaimed

"Yes I did" I said 

"Dude, do you know what'll happen if MK or fire head are gonna do to you if they heard you say that?!" Kai exclaimed

"Especially Red Son. His temper is quite dangerous if hears about the date" Zane said

Then the alert went off

"Looks like you might wanna change your plans. The bridge just picked up evidence of Serpentine activity over at Mega Monster Amusement Park" Kai said as the computer showed us the Serpentine

"Hey, that's Pythor" I said

"Pythor would not be there for fun. We believe a Fangblade may be buried underneath the park" Zane said

"We can't let them get it! Oh, but my date..."

"Jay, if they get all four of them, Pythor can unleash the Great Devourer. Get your priorities straight, man" Kai said

"I'll go let the others know of the Serpentine situation" Zane said as he left the room

I was thinking of telling Akira if we could reschedule our date, but an idea popped into my head

Akira P.O.V 

I was in my shared room looking through my closet to find something to wear. I don't know much about dates, I would ask Nya, but she's not here. I would ask Mei, but I hardly doubt she know. What I do know is that people dress up nicely when they go out. As I look though my closet, I found a dress I should wear. Nya bought it for me and told me to wear it on dates. I put the dress on my bed and started fixing up my hair into bun. I was about to change into the dress when I heard a knock on my door

"Who is it?" I said

"Uh... Akira, you there?" I heard Jay ask through my door

"Yeah. I'm here, but don't come in. I'm getting ready" I said

"That's what I want to talk about. I've been hearing bad reviews for the restaurant and I just... I think we should cancel" Jay said

"Oh. You're cancelling?" I asked

"No, no! I just wanted to know if you would rather go to the Mega Monster Amusement Park instead?" Jay asked

"Really? That does sound like fun. I should start looking for something else to wear then" I said

"No, it's okay. Whatever outfit you chose will be perfect" Jay said

"If you say so, Jay" I said as I started changing into the dress

"Hey, I was thinking, you know, we'd take my Storm Glider there" Jay said

"It does sound like fun" I said as I finished getting ready and headed to the door. When I opened the door, Jay frozed

"Something the matter?" I asked and Jay snapped out of it

"E-Everything is fine!" Jay said

"Okay. Looks like I'm in your care" I said as I grabbed my purse and we started leaving

No One P.O.V - Mega Monster Amusement Park

When Jay and Akira got to the amusement park, Jay made sure to stay away from MK and Red Son since everyone knows how crazy it gets when it comes to Akira. Once they got there, Jay took Akira the restaurant inside the amusement park and in front of them were huge hamburgers

"So, what do we do on dates?" Akira asked

"You never been on a date before, Akira?" Jay asked

"No. In my village, there's not a lot of boys close to my age, most of them are elderly or children. The only person that's close to my age is my childhood friend, Haruto" Akira said

"Haruto?"

"Yeah. We both grew up together in the same village. He comes over to play with me all the time while I lived with my grandparents" Akira said

"Oh yeah. I remember you were raised by your grandparents" Jay said said

"Yeah. Hey, Jay, do you think we should've ordered one dish? Cause this looks kinda hard to finish on our own" Akira said and Jay chuckled

"So, that Samurai. Oh, man. I hate him, don't you?" Jay asked

"Why should I hate him? I have no reason to hate him" Akira said

"He's just a showboat, you know. If you ask me, he's nothing without his big clunky EXO suit. Nothing can compare to two good old fashioned feet and fists, don't you think?" Jay asked

"I guess so" Akira answered

"You know, sssomebody once told me..." Then Jay stopped his sentence as he covered his mouth. He picked up a spoon and looked at his small reflection and saw fangs

"Jay, are you okay?" Akira asked

"Excussse me. I have to use the ressstroom!" Jay said as he quickly went to the bathroom

Akira looked in the direction of where Jay ran to and started to feel worried for her friend

When Jay got to the bathroom, he splashed water in his face and he pulled off his glove

"Oh, gosh! I'm turning into a sssnake!" Jay said as he started to freak out

MK P.O.V

When we got to the amusement, we were looking around and noticed that a lot of people aren't out here

"Where is everyone?" Mei asked, and we heard people running out of a ride screaming

"Was the ride scary or something?" I asked

"No, that ride was never scary" Cole said

"Venomari" Zane said 

"Should we get Jay and Akira?" Kai asked

"Actually, now that I think about it. Why isn't my beloved or blue boy with us? Wukong and my parents I understand since they're still having the teatime with Ruby. Both my beloved and blue boy, I don't understand" Red Son said

"He does make a good point. Where are they?" I asked as I looked around

"W-Why don't go inside! We need to stop the Serpentine!" Kai said as he rushes inside along with Zane and Cole

"Pretty suspicious" Mei said

"I agree with dragon girl. They're hiding something" Red Son said

'That is true. What are they hiding?' I thought as we entered the ride and followed the ninja

Inside the Ghost Train ride

As we traveled deep inside the ride, we heard Pythor's voice

"Ha ha ha! The first Fangblade is ours!" We heard Pythor say

"They already found the first Fangblade?!" Mei exclaimed

"Not on our watch!" Kai said as he, Cole and Zane pulled out their weapons along with me and Mei "Not so fast!"

"Seriously? That's all you can come up with?" Red Son asked as he gave Kai a deadpan look

"I couldn't think of anything on the fly" Kai said

"I agree with Red Son. You should've gone with Time to burn or Jump on this fire ride" Cole said

"I actually like the second one. Because we're inside the ride" I said

"I agree with MK on that one" Mei said

"Can we discuss this later? Looks like the Serpentine is ready to attack us" Red Son as he pointed at the Serpentine that had their weapons in hand. And we started fighting them

Zane threw his shurikens at the floor, making the floor slippery and a couple of the Serpentine fell, Cole pushed back a Venomari with his scythe, Kai blocked the Fangpyre's attack and Cole helped Kai by kicking the Fangpyre away. Mei was fighting a Fangpyre with her family's sword, Red Son was firing his fire at the Hypnobrai (cause I think he's still barring a grudge at their leader) and I used the staff on the Constrictai. While we were fighting, people came through on the ride and looked confused

"Ninjas? Ninjas aren't scary" A man on the ride said looking confused

Then Zane stood in front of us with his shurikens in his hands

"Watch and learn, brothers and friends" Zane's eyes glowed as he used his powers, but ended being freezing us "Oops"

And the Serpentine laughed at us. With us frozen in place, they used this opportunity to run away

No One P.O.V

When the Serpentine got out from the ride, the Fangblade was no longer in Pythor's hands. The Samurai used his magnet beam to take it from Pythor

"Get him!" Pythor ordered and the Serpentine went towards The Samurai

The Samurai tried to fly away, but his rocket booster malfunctioned, leaving him no choice but to try to get away from the Serpentine that are now chasing after him. The Samurai ran through all the rides in the park, but the Serpentine were still chasing after him. The Samurai over the bottom part of the rollercoaster and a Venomari got hit by the coaster car. The Samurai climbed up the coaster and slid down like the ride as the Serpentine watched.

After running, the Constrictai dug up from under ground and jumped onto The Samurai's EXO suit and started hitting the suit. After a couple of hits, the suit finally shut down, and Pythor made his way towards where the Samurai is

"Finally, the mystery man is revealed" Pythor said as he removed the mask and revealed Nya, making the Serpentine gasp "Or should I say mystery girl. Who's gonna save you now, hmm?" Pythor asked with a smirk and something hit his head "Popcorn? Who threw...?"

"Get away from Nya!" The Serpentine turned around and saw Akira. The Serpentine Generals blushed when they saw Akira wearing a beautiful dress

"Dear Akira, you look rather ravishing in that dress" Pythor said

"I don't need to hear that from someone like you!" Akira said as put her hands in the ground and pulled out a huge chuck of the ground and threw it at the Serpentine

"Aaaaahhhh!" The Serpentine immediately moved out of the way

"We need to find the everyone!" Akira said as she grabs Nya's hand and started running, but didn't go far when they were surrounded by the Serpentine

With Jay

Jay finally managed to get away from a mob of people and started looking for Akira. While he was looking for her, Jay saw the Serpentine and Pythor holding the Fangblade

"Hey!" Jay called out to them. The Serpentine pulled out their weapons and Jay pulled out his nunchucks. But was unaware of the tail sticking out. The Serpentine saw it and they started laughing

"Oh, what happened? Snake bite got your tongue?" Pythor taunted and the Serpentine laughed even harder. Jay was about to charge at them

"Jay! Help us!" But stopped when he saw the knocked out Akira and Nya both tied up. Pythor signaled the Constrictai who pulled lever for the ride

"Later, alligator. Let's go, boys" Pythor said and turned to look at the unconscious Akira "I do apologize for knocking you out like this. But we shall meet again someday"

Jay looked between Pythor and ride that was ready to start moving. Jay made up his mind and went towards the unconscious Akira

"Akira, please wake up" Jay said as he gently shook her and she started to wake up

"Huh? Jay? What happened to you?" Akira asked as she saw Jay's face covered in his scarf

They both looked ahead and saw part of the coaster's railings broken and a ring of fire at the other side

"Uuuh... We have to get you out of here" Jay said "Do you think you can free yourself and Nya?"

Akira broke the chains

"Alright! Let's jump down" Jay said, but Akira didn't move "Akira?"

"Sorry... but I don't do well on rollercoasters..." Akira said and she noticed Jay's tail "Jay were you bitten? Let Nya check on you"

"I prefer not. I wasss meaning to tell you, but I didn't want to ruin the date" Jay admitted

"Aw, that's so sweet" Nya said

"But what should we do?" Jay asked

"Hold on" Akira said

"What? You have an idea?" Jay asked

"No, hold on!" Nya shouted and Jay quickly on the seat next to Akira as the ride started going down, they held onto the bar of the coaster. Then Jay's scarf came off of his face and revealed his snake like features. Once Jay realized his scarf is no longer covering his face, he quickly looked away

"Aah, don't look at me! I'm a monssster!" Jay said and started to groan "Though I hate the Sssamurai, where is he when you actually need him?" Then Jay started calling started calling out the Samurai

"Jay, I don't think the Samurai is coming" Nya said

"What do you mean by that?" Akira asked

"I know this might not best time, but... I... I'm the Samurai!" Nya confessed

"You're the Samurai?!" Both Akira and Jay said in unison looking surprised, they looked up ahead and noticed that they're almost at the end

"Aaahhh! We're running out of track!" Jay screamed

"Jay, if anything horrible were to happen, I want you to know that you don't have to wear cologne or pretend to be anything that you're not. Because Akira and I like you best when you're you" Nya said and both her and Akira kissed his cheeks and Jay's snake appearance started to fade away and now is back to normal

"Jay, your face... You returned to normal!" Akira said

"It's like Nya said. You two must've raised my heart rate" Jay said

"Jay, whatever happens next, just remember, you are the best you" Akira said with a small smile and Jay's body started to glow

"What's happening?" Nya asked

"My true potential" Jay said as he teleports in front of the ride and stops the car from moving forward, and finally the ride came to a stop

At the entrance of Mega Monster Amusement Park

After the trio freed the ninja and the others, Nya told everyone that she was the Samurai

"You really had me fooled. I never guessed you were the Samurai" Zane said and MK and Mei both nodded

"I wish I had a sister like you" Cole said

"Us too!" MK and Mei said

"Though your EXO suit need to deep checking since you told me how it keeps malfunctioning" Red Son said as he started sketching the EXO suit

"Technically, I was the first one to discover her secret, and didn't we agree whoever thought was the best would naturally be the Green Ninja?" Kai asked

"Did you guys really make that kind of bet?" Akira asked with a sweatdrop

"Why would we say that?" Jay asked, pretending that he didn't remember

"Yeah. I'm drawing a blank" Cole said

"Nope. That conversation is not in my memory bank" Zane said, and Kai looked upset

"You know what I learned today?" Jay asked

"What's that?" Nya asked

"No matter what kind of secret you have, whether you're a snake or samurai, it's important to be yourself" Jay said

"Yeah, that's cute. But you wanna know what I learned? The Serpentine now have the first Fangblade!" Cole said

"But we are getting stronger. One day, we will all reach our full potential and Pythor will be stopped" Zane said

"And we figured all of this out without sensei. Pretty good for four ninja" Then Nya hit Jay's shoulder "And Samurai including our new friends from a different world"

"I wonder what sensei is doing right now?" Kai wondered as they all started heading back to the Bounty

"Also, before I forget, sleep with one eye open, blue one" Red Son said with a glare

Jay gulped

To be continued in The Royal Blacksmiths