A Fishy Fight

This is the fifth episode of the first season of The Ninja, made in 2007.

Synopsis
Dyne is moving cautiously through the forest, stalking the invisible ninja. Sensing a movement behind him, Dyne grabs his attacker with precision, throws him bodily to the ground and breaks his invisible ninjutsu. When Dyne is able to lay eyes on Clipsen's true form for the first time he is surprised to find he wears a wicker basket for a hat, a teddy bear on his belt and fish on his hands. The playing field now leveled, the battle continues with Dyne using his summoning technique to bring forth his new nin-boomerang weapon. It's only once Clipsen manages to disarm Dyne that he changes strategy and charges energy for his new haggis fist technique. Once unleashed, the attack instantly defeats Clipsen and though impressed by this, Dyne decides to re-brand the technique to better fit his image and opts to call it the Life Blitzer. Dyne then retires to a nearby river for some rigorous training.

It is now night time in the Paper Country. Within the Feudal Lord's Mansion a shadowy figure enters the dining room, his manner seems to indicate that he has made the mansion his home. Lost in verse, he stands by the window before requesting some files from and unseen figure named Alzeck. These delivered, the shadowy figure proceeds to pick through some photos of persons of interest to him while talking aloud about the progress of his plan. He reveals that his plan to kidnap Princess Riryoku has been thwarted by a ninja named Leon who is protecting her. He also seems to fear McGruff's involvement, as the only ninja who he has ever been bested by. He names the antagonists of the series thus far as having all been hired by him to find a certain ninja. Upon turning over the final image, it is revealed that the ninja he is hunting is Dyne. The figure's face is then revealed to be identical to that of Dyne and he declares himself to be Dyne's brother, Gunn. He promises aloud that he an Dyne will meet again soon.

Trivia

 * In the original cut of the series, episode 5 ended immediately after the battle with Clipsen. The riverside training montage and Gunn's monologue were both taken from an in between episode titled Special Episode 2 and added to this episode in the re-cut version so as to spotlight the story information which would be important to the season finale, and also to flesh out the run time.
 * While Alzeck is only present off screen in this episode, the audience does get a first glimpse of his face as he can be seen in the background of the photo of Princess Riryoku. This is due to the fact that the photo being used was unrelated to the production and had been taken on a day when the cast were simply meeting up socially.