From the shore, Cherry Blossom Island lived up to its name.  Populating the coastline beautiful pink and white blossoms could be seen in front of a thick forest.  The distant village buildings were of a round design and colored to match the cherry blossoms.  They had pink or white walls with shutters and matching doors.  The village had a quiet peaceful atmosphere about it.<br/><br/>Still not fully realizing the dangers that waited for them, Kai confidently strutted past the cherry blossom trees and into the forest.  The thick canopy of the tropical trees choked out the sun casting a perpetual nighttime broken only by a stray beam of sunlight passing through the treetops.  Wild animal noises and owl hoots added to the eerie atmosphere.  Kai’s pace slowed a little and stopped when he realized that he had never been in a jungle before, he felt completely out of place.  Coral reefs and beaches were his natural environment, he felt at home there.  Suddenly, a terrifying roar erupted throughout the forest.  Birds fled into the sky simultaneously and the forest grew deathly quiet as the sound of the bird’s beating wings faded away.  A whoosh of air and another roar came from over their heads, this time much closer than before.  Shivers ran up and down Kai’s spine, “Wha… wha… what was th-th-that?”  He pulled out the map that was tucked into his belt and unrolled it to double check their route.  Hoping to find a safer and less spooky way he began to read the map.  It appeared that their destination was a grove of giant cherry blossom trees in the middle of the forest and the only way there was straight ahead.<br/>