This is my third story of the 3 ninjas. Feel free to write reviews. I will update regularly. Enjoy!

The lunch room at the high school was alive and as busy as ever. Colt had just gotten off the line with a full tray and an empty stomach. As he balanced his tray with his food and drink, he scanned the large cafeteria for his older brother.

Colt: 'Where is he? I told him to wait for me once he got off line!' He thought

Colt began to walk around as he searched for Rocky. Unfortunately, he wasn't watching where he was going and bumped into someone and almost dropped everything. It was a girl. She had ended up dropping her books on the floor.

Colt: "Whoa!" He said rebalancing his lunch tray.

He looked down at the random girl.

Colt: "Are you alright?"

Girl: "Oh! I…I'm sorry!" She said while she frantically picked up her text books.

Colt looked down at his tray, and everything seemed to be fine. He let out a sigh of relief and then examined the stranger. She had long beautiful blonde hair that reached down to the bottom of her back. She had a nice feminine body and her eyes were light blue. She looked up at Colt as if she was worried or stressed about something.

Colt: "It's okay. What's your hurry anyway?"

The girl stood back up.

Girl: "I just transferred, so I'm pretty new here. I'm so very sorry. You're not mad are you?"

Colt observed her actions carefully. The way she looked at him, moved, spoke, etc.

Colt: 'She looks pretty shy and nervous. I should keep this short.' He thought. "Hm. Don't worry about it. Just be a little more careful next time."

The girl nodded and agreed.

Girl: "I will…"

With that, Colt walked off to find where Rocky was sitting. The girl just watched him walk away to find his table.

Colt finally spotted Rocky sitting at a table with their friend Lita.

Lita is the girl who Colt had met back in middle school. They met when Colt defended her from a bully that threatened to hurt her in a hallway during school. After Colt rescued her, they became instant friends up till now. Lita is a brunette who always wears her hair in a ponytail with a different colored ribbon everyday. She has a cheerful and bright personality that can light up a room, and she is always trying her best to help others feel good about themselves. Although she can be a bit straight forward sometimes, she always manages to make the person she's with smile. Colt found her personality to be very helpful in times when he felt alone or misunderstood. She's also pretty athletic which is another plus for Colt when it came to having regular fun with her.

Rocky spotted Colt and waved for him to come over. He came and sat down with them.

Rocky: "Took you long enough." He smirked

Colt: "Rocky. You were supposed to wait for me. Remember?" He said with aggravation in his voice.

Rocky: "Yeah, but then my spaghetti started getting cold, so I left." He smiled.

Lita: "Well Colt. If you didn't decide to get everything on the menu, Rocky probably would have waited." She joked.

Lita and Rocky laughed together.

Colt: "Well I'm very hungry, and I didn't eat breakfast today." He said in his defense.

Lita: "Why didn't you?" She asked.

Colt: "I was too busy cramming for that Algebra quiz. I didn't have time to eat."

Lita: "Well how did you do?"

Colt: "I barely got by with a C minus." He sighed in relief. "Close I know."

Lita took a bite out of her pizza and smiled.

Lita: "At least you passed and won't get into any trouble with your folks."

Colt: "Yeah." He said while biting into some of his fries.

Lita: "Hey. Did you guys here about the new girl?"

Rocky put his soda down and looked at Lita.

Rocky: "What new girl?"

Lita: "The one that everyone is talking about. She's supposed to be some kind of super genius or something."

Rocky: "Have you met her?"

Lita: "Not yet, but rumor has it that her family is kind of out there. People are avoiding her like crazy."

Rocky: "Why? What did her family do?"

Lita: "Beats me," She took a sip of her milk. "but I heard it was some pretty sick stuff."

Rocky shook his head in disappointment at that. He hates it when people say things about others when they don't know the whole story.

Rocky: "People and their rumors."

Lita: "Hey that's just what I heard."

Rocky: "I know. I'm not blaming you. Stuff like that just bothers me. That's all."

At that point, something had gone off in Colt's head. He remembered the girl that he bumped into earlier and stood up to look and see if she had gotten off the lunch line yet.

Rocky: "Colt? What are you doing?"

Colt sat back down.

Colt: "I think I met that new girl a few minutes ago. We bumped into each other at the line."

Lita: "Serious?! What was she like?"

Colt: "She looked like a normal girl, but all nervous and stuff."

Rocky: "Well if people were constantly making things up about her, I don't blame her for her behavior. Being new and all. It must be hard."

Colt: "I guess."

The three then heard a loud and angry voice in the distance.

??: "What the hell do you think you're doing?!"

Rocky looked up from his food.

Rocky: "What's that?"

Rocky, Colt and Lita stood up at their table to see where the voice had came from.

Lita: "It's that bully, Trisha and her gang! Who is she bothering this time?"

Trisha is one of the bigger girls who thinks that she basically runs the school. She and her group of misfits are always out bothering other students and looking for trouble. Nobody ever messes with her or even dares to look at her funny. If they did, she'd make their day a living hell. Colt then looked at the girl that Trisha was bullying in shock.

Colt: "Rocky! That's her!" He pointed.

Rocky: "What? The new student?"

Colt: "Yeah! She's the one that I bumped into! That's her!"

They continued to look on as the incident began to gather more watching eyes.

Trisha: "Didn't you hear me?! What do you think you're doing sitting here?!"

The girl was clearly scared of Trisha. She didn't want any trouble.

Girl: "The table was empty, so I…I thought I'd sit here and…eat my lunch."

Trisha: "Nobody ever sits there! Everyone in this school knows that they aren't allowed to sit next to our table!

Girl: "…I…I'm sorry…I didn't know. Really."

Trisha: "Well now you do know, so go find some other place to sit!"

Girl: "But..." (looks around) "There are no other tables…"

Trisha: "Ask me if I care!"

The blonde haired girl began to back up a little bit with worry and embarrassment in her eyes. She then stopped backing up.

Trisha: "What's with that look?!"

The girls eyes widened in fear and confusion.

Girl: "Wh…what look? I don't know what you're talking about?"

Trisha: "Don't play dumb! Why don't you get out of here and go back to your family of sexual freaks?!"

Then out of nowhere, something in the blonde girl snapped.

Girl: "They are NOT freaks!"

There was a thick silence in the lunch room. When she realized that she had shouted at the bully, she quickly looked down at her lunch tray to avoid her eyes. Trisha walked closer to her and got in her face.

Trisha: "Who do you think you're talking to?!" She shouted.

The girl was speechless. She just looked away again. Trisha became fed up her and smacked her lunch tray out of her hands. Her tray along with all of her food fell to floor and made a loud clacking noise. Everyone was silent once again.

Trisha: "Oops! I'm sorry." She said sarcastically. "Maybe you should pick it up!"

Trisha took the girl by her arm and flung her to the ground.

Girl: "Ah!" She screamed as she fell and hit the floor.

Trisha along with all of the other bullies began to laugh at her. The blonde girl looked up at them as she held back her tears. It wasn't long before every kid in the cafeteria was laughing at her. She got up off of the floor and ran out of the lunch room doors leading outside to a garden on the side of the school. She rushed out silently as a few tears ran down her cheeks.

Lita: "What a jerk! Why did she have to do that?!"

Rocky stood up.

Colt: "What's up Rocky?"

Rocky: "I'm going to go after her. I have to make sure that she's okay."

Rocky ran out of the cafeteria after her. When he arrived outside, he saw her sitting down in front of the colorful garden curled up with her knees to her chest. She was crying silently. Rocky slowly approached her and then spoke out to her.

Rocky: "Hey…Are you alright?" He asked carefully.

The girl forcefully stopped her crying and turned her head slightly so he couldn't see her whole face. She spoke back.

Girl: "Please…please go away…" She said choking back tears.

Rocky took in a deep breath. He could see that the girl was clearly stressed out and wanted to be alone, but he knew that she needed somebody to talk to. Anybody.

Rocky: "I won't cause you any problems. I just want to talk…promise."

There was a bit of silence, but the girl nodded her head slightly and turned around completely.

Girl: "O…Okay."

Rocky walked passed the girl and went to the garden. He picked one of the pink azaleas from it and held it in front of her face. The girl looked up at him.

Rocky: "Here…for you."

She continued to blankly stare at the azalea until Rocky spoke again.

Rocky: "Well. Flowers always help my grandfather to feel better, so they should help you too." He smiled.

The girl stared at the flower and then up at Rocky again. She managed to leak a weak smile and accepted the flower.

Girl: "…Thank you…"

Rocky: "You're welcome. Can I sit?"

She nodded and Rocky plopped down next to her.

Rocky: "You okay now?"

She nodded again and wiped away her tears.

Girl: "Yes. I'm fine."

Rocky knew that she was lying, but he was there to cheer her up, not to confront her about what happened.

Rocky: "So what's your name?"

Girl: "My name is Gracy. Gracy Walters."

Rocky: "Nice to meet you Gracy. I'm Samuel, but my friends call me Rocky. It's my ninja name."

Gracy: 'Ninja name?'

He held out his hand to her, and she shook it.

Gracy: "Very nice to meet you Samuel."

Rocky: "Please. Call me Rocky."

Gracy quickly withdrew her hand and went in to her shy state again.

Gracy: "Oh! I'm sorry."

Rocky laughed a bit.

Rocky: "There's no need to apologize. I won't get mad or anything." He smiled.

Gracy: "Okay. I'll try not to be so jumpy."

Rocky smiled at her and she managed to smile back.

Rocky: 'I should try and help her to forget about what happened just now. But how?...I got it!' He nodded to himself.

Rocky stood up and offered her his hand.

Rocky: "Come on. Let's go."

Gracy looked up at him with a confused look on her face.

Gracy: "Huh? Go where?"

Rocky: "We're just going to walk around the garden a bit and talk until lunch is over. We have time."

Gracy looked at Rocky's offered hand and then back up at him. She smiled and then nodded.

Gracy: "Hm. Alright."

She took his hand as he helped her up. They began walking through the garden area side by side. Rocky started the conversation.

Rocky: "So are you new here?"

Gracy: "Yes. I came here all the way from Virginia."

Rocky: "Wow that's far. It must be really different living here in California."

Gracy: "Yes. It's very different. It's so lively down here."

Rocky: "Well you'll get used to it."

Gracy: "I hope that I get used to it soon." She shyly smiled.

Rocky: "What do you like to do?"

Gracy: "Well…I enjoy reading."

Rocky: "Really? Me too. Anything else?"

Gracy: "I also swim and play the violin."

Rocky: "You're into music? That's cool. So is my brother. He plays guitar."

Gracy: "Do you…like being a ninja?" She said changing the subject.

Rocky: "Huh? Yeah I like it a lot. I've had so many crazy adventures along with my brothers. It's a crazy life."

Gracy: "It must be good to know how to defend yourself." She sadly stated.

Gracy began to sadly look at the green grass.

Rocky had to change the subject quick.

Rocky: "Um. Hey! Why don't I introduce you to my friends? You'll like them a lot!"

Gracy looked up at Rocky once more.

Gracy: "Really? Do you…think they will like me?"

Rocky: "Of course! How can they not?!" He smiled. "Come on!"

Rocky grabbed her hand and lead her back to the commons to the table where Lita and Colt were both sitting. As she walked, she looked down at his hand holding hers.

Gracy: 'He's so kind and gentle.' She thought.

Her face became a little bit flushed at they walked.

Gracy: 'I've never met anyone like him before.' She thought smiling.

They finally made it to the table.

Colt: "Wow Rocky. Great job. Lunch is almost over."

Rocky ignored that comment.

Lita: "Hey! Is that the girl from earlier today?"

Rocky nodded and introduced her.

Rocky: "Yeah. Guys. This is Gracy. Gracy. This is my younger brother Colt and this is his best friend Lita."

Gracy: "Hello." She said shyly.

Colt came up to her and shook her hand.

Colt: "I believe that we've already met." He smiled.

Lita: "Yes we sure have. Sorry about bumping into you like that. It was rude of me."

Colt: "Hey. It's not like you meant to do it. I'm at fault too for not watching where I was going. And I-Ahh!"

Colt's sentence was cut short when Lita came barreling through him with all of her excitement. He almost fell over. She started to shake Gracy's hand excitedly.

Lita: "Hi! I'm Lita! It's very nice to meet you!"

Gracy: "Heh heh…Nice to meet you too." She said kind of taken back with a half smile.

She was surprised by her vibrant personality.

Colt: "Hey! You could have waited instead of almost knocking me over!"

Lita looked back at Colt with a joking smile and laughed.

Lita: "Oh you're okay!" She said waving it off.

Rocky came up to Gracy and patted her back.

Rocky: "Don't worry. She's always like this."

Gracy: "Oh…okay. I should get going. I need an early start to my next class so that I don't get lost."

Lita: "Hey wait. What's your next class?"

Gracy pulled out her schedule from her pocket and unfolded it. She began to read it.

Gracy: "Room 211. History with Mrs. Henderson."

Lita: "Hey! That's where I'm heading next! I'll show you exactly where it is."

Gracy smiled.

Gracy: "Okay. That sounds nice."

Rocky put his hand on her shoulder.

Rocky: "Hey. Stay and chat with us until the bell that ends lunch rings."

Gracy: "Sure."

The four teenagers stayed at their lunch table and talked about various things until they heard the bell ring. Lita stood up in a burst of energy. She looked down at Gracy who was still sitting.

Lita: "Okay! Time to go!"

Gracy: "Um…Okay. Ah!"

Lita had grabbed Gracy's wrist and ran off to their next class with Gracy trying to keep up.

Gracy: "Cou…could…could you slow down!" She said worried.

Lita: "Oh you're no fun!" She laughed "Come on! I wanna chat a little before class officially starts!"

Rocky and Colt looked on as the two girls ran off. Rocky began to scratch his head.

Rocky: "Maybe I should have waited a little later to introduce her to Lita."

Colt just laughed aloud as the two girls ran away.

End of Chapter!

The next chapter will be posted in about a week or so. I will be updating this story a little bit slower than usual, but please feel free to give reviews! Thanks and keep reading!