02x04 - Force from the East

[bunniefuu]

[mystical music plays]

Cole!

You okay?

I'm fine, Geo.

[energy zapping]

[bird screeching]

[wings beating]

[door creaking]

When's dinner, Geo?

I set the table. Fancy.

[door creaking]

Ugh. I'm not even sure
what we've got

to eat around here, Bonzle.

Eh, whatever.
I don't eat much, anyway.

And I don't cook much.

Cole was the real chef
in this place.

But his old teacher's
mysterious voice

calling out to him to follow
had to be important. Right?

Unless it was a trap
and Cole's never coming back.

Why do you say stuff like that?

Anyhow, if dinner isn't ready,

maybe you have time
to check out the new arrivals.

Another trash geyser
brought some more lost items?

Yep. Bunch of new stuff
just turned up.

New stuff means more
stuff to make art.

[magic whirring]

And that's way more fun
than making dinner.

[bright music plays]

[metal clanking]

Ah, I just love the smell of
new old stuff in the morning.

[exciting music plays]

Oh, check this out.

Kinda looks familiar.

You have another piece
of that thing in our art yard.

Right, they must go together!

Companion piece!

[energy crackling]

There, it's like a set!
Cool?

Yep, like a family
all together. Like us.

Well, us when Cole gets back.

If he gets back.

Really?

[deep whooshing sound]

A cloud can't be lost,
can it, Geo?

That's no cloud, it's a city.

Might be the Cloud Kingdom
Cole told me about.

He said the Cloud Monks
there were nice.

[anvil crashing]

[dramatic music plays]

They don't look very nice.

♪ Lost in the unknown
So much to see ♪

♪ Together we will rise ♪

♪ We fight ♪

♪ Be a Ninja for what's right ♪

[flame roaring]

[Sora] Arin, look out!

W-w-wait!

We mean no harm!

-[dragon screeching]
-[Wyldfyre screaming]

He'll listen to me!

I speak dragon!

[Wyldfyre roaring]

[low, rumbling growl]

[sharp gasp]
Aah!

He did not like
whatever you said, Wyldfyre.

What's his problem?

Maybe he thinks
we broke into his house.

I'd be a little peeved too.

Aah!

[roars]

[exclaims] Thanks!

[fire and ice crackling]

-Come on!
-If my vision was right,

the teacher we need
is supposed to be

on the other side of that gate!

[grunting and groaning]

Feels like it's sealed shut!

We need to find whatever's
keeping it from opening.

That bucket!

-[thuds]
-[groans]

This landscaping choice
is not battle-friendly.

These aren't ordinary boulders.

They look like they were
put here on purpose.

It does look like
they were put here on purpose.

[grunts]

What are you doing, Lloyd?

I'm pretty sure if that basket
is weighed down by the boulders,

it'll pull the chain
and open the gate.

It was set up
this way on purpose.

But that's
not gonna happen

if the dragon keeps
blocking the stones.

Let's work together!

Some of us distract the dragon,

the rest of us get those rocks!

Sora, you're up!

[Ninjas whirling]

Score!
World record!

-Got it, Sora?
-I've always got you, Arin.

[Arin grunts]

[door creaking]

It's working!

[roars]

-[ice cracking]
-[Lloyd grunts]

-[bucket clanking]
-[door creaking]

[grunting]

[Kai] Cover me!

[grunting]

[groans]

[door creaking]

One more boulder
should be enough to open it

for us to get through.

[Arin] On it, Lloyd!

Ooh, am I going over here?
Or over here?

[low growl]

Oh, I was going
a secret third way!

Aw, come on!

[Arin exclaims]

-[ice cracking]
-[Arin exclaims]

I got this, Arin!

[yelps]

[door creaking]

-Great work! Come on.
-[grunts]

[snarling]

[all exclaim]

[snarling]

Okay! Okay! Two dragons might be
a lot, but we can take them!

Doesn't look like we have
much of a choice, Kai.

Get ready!

What are they doing?
This is awkward.

Is there some kind of social cue
I'm not picking up on?

You're the dragon expert.

Are dragons known
for attacking people,

then suddenly being
cool with them?

Sure, if the people they attacked
fell off a cliff to their doom.

[clears throat]
So, we're not fighting anymore?

Congratulations, Sport!

You passed all three tests.
Up high!

[Wyldfyre laughing]

Three tests?

The Test of Fears,
the Test of Faith,

and the Test of Unity.

Most people don't get
past the first one.

Fears?

You mean that cave?

That monster thing with
the tentacles on her heads?

The leap of faith through
the fog into the unknown.

Then, my favorite test,
unity!

Like teamwork to get
those stones in the basket.

You Ninja are tight!

I'm glad we passed the test,

but we're looking
for an ancient master.

Do you know where
this teacher is?

[snarling] You aren't
the sharpest shuriken

in the armory, are you?

[Arin chuckles]

[coughs]

[sighs]

What he means is we are
the teachers you're looking for.

I'm Rontu
and that's Egalt.

We are the Dragon Masters.

Should we ask them
what they want?

Sure!
What do you want?

-[wind swooshing]
-[metal banging]

They came all the way
here to beat up Geo?

Unexpected.

[grunts]
Get to cover!

They aren't friendly!

Yeah, figured that.

I don't know what you want,

but you're gonna have to go
through me to get it.

You aren't alone, Geo.
We all protect each other.

If you're not
gonna get to cover,

then here, use these!

[metal clanking]

Hey, ugly!

[Geo grunting]

Oh, no!
You seem to be stuck!

[grunts]

Hey!
I need my head!

[Geo grunts]

I'm thinking being attacked

by wolf costume people
for no reason is weird,

but maybe I'm just naive.

No, you're right!
Super weird.

I'll try to fuse up
some weapons.

This is a weapon?

Okay, not my best work.

Eh, does the trick.

[Geo grunts]

This is getting ridiculous.

How many of these
punks are there?

I'm guessing enough to take
over the Cloud Kingdom.

[Bonzle groans, exclaims]

[grunts, screams]
Help!

Spitz! Fritz!
They took Bonzle!

Well, you're not taking us,
wolf face clowns!

Huh, guess they listen to you.

They don't want us,
they want Bonzle!

Don't they know we can't leave
the Land of Lost Things?

Doesn't seem like they're
worried about that!

[Bonzle grunting, groaning]

-Let her go!
-[weapons thumping]

[ground quaking]

What now?

[ground quaking]

Leave her alone!

Cole! You're back?

-[mystical music plays]
-[Cole grunts]

The legendary teacher
is two dragons?

Dragons can be Ninja?

[snarls]

Dragons make the best Ninja.

I swore off training
non-dragons centuries ago.

Too many terrible experiences.

-[Riyu snarls]
-[Wyldfyre yawns]

Why did you come here?

No one has even attempted
the tests in ages.

This might sound wild,

but I got a vision
that we had to come.

A vision from
the Source Dragons.

[grunts] You came
all this way to lie.

Source Dragons do not get
involved with mortal matters.

It would require a very dire
situation for them to do so.

Maybe this is that situation.

We need to learn how to fight
against Shatterspin.

Why? There is no one alive
who can perform that technique.

Boy, I wish that was true.

You've seen someone
using Shatterspin?

We got our butts kicked by it.

We had no way to fight back.

More rubbish.

The secrets of Shatterspin
have been erased from history.

There is no way anyone
could learn it, not anymore.

We're telling you!

Our enemy, Ras, trained
an Elemental Master to do it.

Ras has these weird wolf masks
and a special gong.

He's gonna use them
to free some group

called the Forbidden Five.

If what you're saying is true,

then this world
is about to face evil

the likes of which
you cannot imagine.

[gasps]

[Cole grunts]

[Bonzle grunts, groans]

[yelps]

-[exclaims]
-Gotcha!

Good timing, Cole!
[grunts]

-You okay?
-[rumbling]

[grunts]

[grunts, groans]

[ground quaking]

[wolf mask fighters thudding]

[Cole]
That should buy us some time.

Looks like I picked
an exciting day to come back.

Was your mission successful?

I'll fill you in later.
We gotta get to cover!

[grunts, groans]

[ground rumbling]

[yells]

[groaning]

Well, for what it's worth,

it's good to
see you again, Cole!

Yeah! We really missed
your breakfasts!

You told me
you liked my breakfast!

Well, compared
to eating nothing...

I thought it'd be boring
back here without me.

Sorry, this probably isn't the
homecoming you were hoping for.

I'm just glad I arrived in time.

Now, I've got
to figure out what's up

with the Cloud Kingdom.

Apparently,
these Forbidden Five

were only ever beaten
once before, and then exiled.

[snarling]

What's so funny?

Was there a joke?

Oh, I hate missing jokes!

No joke. We're well aware of
the fate of the Forbidden Five.

We are the ones
who defeated them.

[all exclaim]

You're the force from
the east we were told about?

I assumed that was
just a legend or something.

Our acts were legendary,

millennia ago.

I'm sure that's surprising

to someone who didn't even
know dragons could be Ninja.

[nervous chuckle]

We defeated the Forbidden Five
and their Shatterspin

with a fighting style
we created,

the Rising Dragon technique.

[sighs]

Then we used an extremely

powerful spell
to exile the Five forever.

After that,
we hid their language

and any mention of them.

I guess Lord Ras unhid it.

This Ras might have
rediscovered their teachings,

but the Forbidden Five
can never return.

Not even during
the Ritual of the Blood Moon?

Those wolf warriors

aren't here
for random kidnapping.

They have to want Bonzle
for some specific reason.

Bonzle, can you
think of any reason

why they might be doing this?

I really don't know.

I've never seen them in my life.

[objects crashing]

They're gonna break through!

I got this.

[magical whirring]

Good luck
breaking through that.

They don't have a chance,
not with your powers, Geo.

[Jordana]
Getting the component chip

should not have been
this much trouble,

especially once I remove
the boundary spell.

But of course, an elemental
master had to interfere.

Calm yourself, Jordana.

But, Lord Ras, she's the key!

I am well aware of that.

Prepare
the Gong of Shattering.

What about the consequences
of using it too much?

Isn't this risky?

No cost is too high
to get what we came for.

[gulps, sighs]

Do it.

[gong echoing]

Huh.

Something weird is
happening with the wolf guys.

[rumbling]

[exclaiming]

-[gong echoing]
-[all exclaiming]

What is that?

[both snarling]

What do you think
they're talking about?

My guess?
The end of the world.

Not funny, Wyldfyre.

Not joking, Sora.

This Lord Ras,

you said he had wolf masks.

Those could only be obtained
from the Shadow Dojo.

Which we ensured
could not be opened,

not without the energy
of a Source Dragon.

Maybe Ras stole the energy

from the Source Dragon
Imperium captured.

Captured a Source Dragon?

This Ras must be
very powerful indeed.

Someone who could do that
to the greatest of the dragons

means true darkness
has poisoned the world.

Oh, he's evil, all right.
Hundred percent.

Even his breath smells evil.

We came here to learn
to fight Shatterspin,

but we didn't realize the teachers

were the ones that
defeated the Forbidden Five.

With you fighting alongside us,
there's no way Ras can win.

[snarls] Listen, child, when we
took on the Forbidden Five,

we were young,
at the peak of our powers.

We are old now.

The years have taken their toll.

We cannot fight alongside you.

But we can train.

Can we?

Look at them.
They are weak.

-They are not ready.
-They passed all the tests.

They have proven
their worthiness.

And who are you
calling weak?

-[grunts]
-[thuds]

[all grunting]

They are not dragons.

You know my opinion.
Not after last time.

This is not that time, Egalt.

We cannot ignore the threat
the blood moon brings.

With the realms now merged,

the Five will have even more
to conquer, more to destroy.

And all of our work,

defeating them, banishing them,
will be for naught...

our legacy meaningless.

We must train them.

[grunts]

Fine.

I'd better not regret this.

So you'll teach us to fight
against Shatterspin?

We don't know
how much time we have.

The Rising Dragon technique
is extremely hard to master.

We start training
first thing in the morning.

We can do it.

Overconfidence.

That's exactly the kind of weakness
the Forbidden Five exploit.

You have clearly been taught well,

but you have only
scratched the surface

of what you need to learn.

Or Rontu is right,
this world is doomed.

[ominous music]

These walls won't hold for long!

-Look out!
-[object thuds]

Hey! That's part of
the Portal Gate Nya told me about.

What's a "Portal Gate"?

Something we need
to assemble together.

If the portal is activated,
we can escape.

Hang on.

You know we can't just leave
the Land of Lost Things.

The fog always sends us back.

I... I think we can leave now.

Huh? What are you talking about?

[rumbling]

This is our only chance!

Help me assemble this thing!

-[Cole grunts]
-[Fritz] Cool!

Where's it gonna take us?

No idea...

but anywhere is better than here!

Here goes nothing!

[all exclaim]

[all yell]

Cole?

[groans]
They've escaped!

It doesn't matter
where they go. [snarls]

We will follow.

Zane, we...

Why do you have
a frog man doll?

It is a long and barely
comprehensible story.

Doesn't matter. [grunts]
We need your help!

-What seems to be the problem?
-[objects crashing]

[Cole gasps]

Them!

[end theme music playing]