Scooby-Doo and the Samurai Sword Page #2

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Oh, ho, ho!

It's like there's a party in my stomach

and everything's invited.

Yeah.

Hyah!

Ha-ha-ha. Like, you must be

a black belt in kung food.

Yeah.

Forget the karate chop.

Like, check out my karate chomp.

Huh?

Huh! Ninjas!

Wow, real-life ninjas. How cool.

I don't think these guys

are part of the act.

Watch out.

If it's a fight you be looking for...

...then you've found the bloke

to oblige you.

Out of my way.

Let Sapphire Sonja

show you how to kick it.

Hmm?

We're surrounded.

Who's that?

- Gulp! Who cares?

- Not me.

Let's get out of here.

Huh?

Huh?

Yipes!

Like, I almost forgot.

We're afraid of heights.

Shaggy, look.

At long last...

...the Destiny Scroll is mine.

Stop, thief.

- Huh?

You will not be allowed to escape.

You are too late.

We shall let steel decide.

Yipes!

The Black Samurai will live again...

...forever!

So it is true.

The ghost of the Black Samurai

has returned.

Gulp! Ghost?

It just doesn't add up.

The artwork in this collection

must be worth a fortune.

So why go through all that trouble

just to steal one scroll?

Well, gang,

it looks like we've landed...

...smack dab

in the middle of another mystery.

It is no mystery.

The legend of the Black Samurai

has been told for centuries.

May I present Mr. Takagawa...

...most honored curator from

the Tokyo Museum of Cultural History.

Pleased to meet you, Mr. Takagawa.

You'll have to excuse us.

We don't really know much

about Japanese folklore.

But ghosts are kind of our specialty.

Speak for yourself.

My specialty is a triple-decker

Scooby Snack-and-ice-cream...

...with-chocolate-sauce sandwich.

Ha, ha. Mine too.

Yum, yum, yum.

The legend began

hundreds of years ago...

...when fierce warriors

known as the samurai...

...served the warlords of Japan

with absolute loyalty.

The most fearsome of all...

...were the ronin,

the samurai who had lost his master.

Set adrift,

like a wave on the open sea.

One ronin sought out

the master swordmaker Masamune.

The legendary master agreed

to forge the samurai...

...a sword of great mystical power...

...but it would take an entire year

to complete the work.

The master's evil-minded apprentice,

Muramasa...

...offered to forge him another sword,

but in only half the time.

The samurai returned...

...and upon drawing the blade...

...felt a surge of uncontrollable dark power.

The evil spirit of the apprentice

had passed into the blade itself.

It was a sword of hatred.

A sword of darkness.

A Sword of Doom.

And in that moment was born

the Black Samurai.

Finally,

the master's blade was complete.

He named it the Sword of Fate...

...and entrusted its mystical power

to a fearsome green dragon.

Heaven and earth trembled

as the two great swords clashed.

Until, using his sacred magic...

...the Green Dragon

defeated the Black Samurai...

...imprisoning him forever

within the Sword of Doom.

BLACK SAMURAl:

No!

Centuries passed,

and the story faded into legend.

Wow, Mr. Takagawa,

that's some story.

Like, story nothing.

That sounds more like a nightmare.

Yeah.

But what does all of this

have to do with the Destiny Scroll?

The Destiny Scroll

holds the only clue...

...to the secret location

of the Sword of Doom...

...in the form of an ancient riddle.

If the ghost can solve

the riddle of the scroll...

...he will reclaim the Sword of Doom...

...and free his evil spirit.

If only we'd gotten a good look

at that scroll...

...maybe we could have solved

the riddle first.

Yeah, like, too bad the scroll is gone.

Aw, too bad.

Heh-heh-heh.

Guess that's the end of this mystery.

No, my friends,

the mystery has only begun.

Huh! The Destiny Scroll.

So the other scroll was a fake.

Ha, ha. Psyche.

Yes, but the Black Samurai

will soon realize the deception...

...and return.

I will translate the inscription.

"The journey of a thousand miles

begins with a single step.

The paper dragon shows the way. "

The journey of a thousand miles...

Begins with a single step?

The paper dragon shows the way.

I've got it.

Like, check it out, Scoob.

An origami octopus. Beat that.

Ha-ha-ha.

Hmm...

Look. Snowflakes.

That's it. The paper dragon

must be a reference to origami...

...the Japanese art of folding paper.

Velma's right.

Okay, guys, give us an origami dragon

but this time use the scroll.

No.

Just a little tuck here, a fold there.

This goes under, that goes over.

Ta-da!

The words have been rearranged.

Yes. It now reads:

"The journey begins

with a thousand steps. "

The journey begins

with a thousand steps?

How is that any different?

Hang on, gang.

I think I've got something.

The Temple of a Thousand Steps.

Huh?

An ancient ruin located on a remote

jungle island in the South Pacific Ocean.

Yes. I've got it too.

The island temple is devoted to...

...the Green Dragon.

The Sword of Doom

must be hidden in the temple.

Then we've gotta find a way

to get to that island.

- Sojo, ready the hover jet.

- Hai.

Miyumi will accompany you

on your journey as my representative.

Huh! Thank you, sensei.

Mr. Takagawa, you will go along

as the team's translation expert.

I will serve with distinction.

A tropical-island vacation

in the sunny South Pacific?

Like, now you're speaking

our language.

Uh-huh.

We should be getting close.

I've uploaded the coordinates

into the navigation system...

...using my laptop's

wireless interface.

It's very exciting for me

to join you on this mystery.

I'm usually not allowed

to venture so far from Miss Mirimoto.

She seems like a really great sensei.

She is...

...but she demands absolute loyalty,

like that of a samurai.

Indeed.

Someone who still cares

for the old ways.

Yeah, like, the good old days...

...when people chased each other around

with big swords.

Pardon my saying so,

but that puts the mental in sentimental.

Uh-huh.

Here we go, gang.

I can't see anything.

It's like the whole world

just disappeared.

Zoinks! Like, so much

for our sunny South Pacific vacation.

The island should be right

in front of us.

Whoa!

Look, gang. There it is.

The Temple of a Thousand Steps.

Nine hundred and ninety-seven.

Nine hundred and ninety-eight.

Nine hundred and ninety-nine.

One thousand.

Phew! We made it, Scoob.

Like, in your face,

Temple of a Thousand Steps.

Thousand Steps.

Yeah.

Scooby-Dooby... I'm pooped.

We made it, gang.

And check out that

stone carving above the temple door.

The Green Dragon.

Check out the size of that disco ball.

That's no disco ball, Shaggy.

It's a Japanese lantern.

Hey, maybe that's got something to do

with the next clue.

Or maybe we should just say we tried

and, like, call it a day.

Zoinks!

Jinkies.

- Shaggy, you did it.

- I did?

I mean, I did.

Like, what did I do, Scoob?

I don't know.

It looks like some kind of treasure map.

Showing the whole island.

Is that the Sword of Doom?

Huh! Yes, it must be.

But it's on the other side of the island.

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