'You're not the Ninja.' Thank her stupidity for pointing out the obvious. As soon as Raquel saw the silhouette among the flames caused by the Sorcercer, people began chanting for the Ninja.

Then she came.

As soon as their attention was pointed towards the silhouette, she slipped by the crowd and put on her Ninja mask.

Fun Fact: She's a feminist and she's proud of it. Why else would she be the Ninja and kick ass? She hated boys that looked down on girls because of gender, and she'd proved her point by kicking those boys' groins every time and ended up in detention. It's a miracle she hasn't wounded up in juvenile detention yet.

As much as Howard would mock her about that, she's always managed to shut his mouth up with nachos.

'Smoke Bomb!' The students' cheer wavered as they torn their gaze from the mysterious figure — who was in battle with Stanked Theresa — to the Ninja.

'If that's the Ninja,' someone cried, 'then who's that?'

The Ninja turned her gaze to the monster. The newcomer's speed was so fast she couldn't register the figure, even through her super senses.

'IT'S AN IMPOSTER!' Being the shoob he is, Howard bellowed to the crowd. 'He's trying to steal the Ninja's work! Only he gets to save us!'

'But shouldn't the Ninja take a break?' Debbie argued as Theresa's baton impaled itself on the wall above her. 'He's working overtime. He should relax for a day and let some other hero save Norrisville.'

'Um, I'm standing right here,' Raquel told her. 'And I don't need a break. As long as the Sorcercer stands, no one else knows how to defeat him or his monsters—'

Theresa was de-Stanked and all was well.

'Uh, what the cheese?' she gawked.

Debbie glowered at Howard. 'Let someone else do the work for once.'

The Ninja advanced towards the debris, and she could see a figure in black and white. Judging by her appearance, she seemed like a girl.

Her hair was silver, tied in a ponytail above her left ear; and her skin was abnormally pale. What the juice was she doing in her territory? It's Luscious O' Thunderpunch all over again!

'Who are you?' she demanded.

The girl turned towards her. Her eyes were ocean blue, just like hers. She seemed unamused by her arrival.

'Hello, Ninja,' she said. 'Not very much like one, are you? Yet you've broken tradition by being the first female there is.'

'I asked who the juice are you first, so you'd better answer it.'

'And no one knows their protector is a female.' The gray mask covered her mouth, but she was probably smirking. 'How cute.'

Then she disappeared by stepping into the shadows, completely dissolving into the darkness.

'Ninja!' Howard scrambled up to her. 'Oh my cheese, you're here! I'm your biggest fan — wait, SOMEONE GET CUNNINGHAM OVER HERE! — could you wait until my bestie gets here?'

She replied by a smoke bomb in his face.

'Where the cheese were you?' Howard demanded as Raquel closed her locker. 'I was with the Ninja! Your childhood hero! How could you miss it?'

'Howard, for the last time: I was trapped under the debris at the library andand in a result to that I was isolated from everyone until the rescue team came. Are you done?'

If she wasn't annoyed yet, she definitely was annoyed now. She couldn't tell Howard her hero identity, could she? After all, it's a secret. Whether a gift or a curse it was still yet to be clear.

She'd always thought the mask as a gift until today.

After the attack just now and that encounter with that creepy lady, she was beginning to think that it's a curse.

'Why were you in the library, huh, Cunningham?' he piled on to her frustration. 'What could you — a girl — do alone?'

She glared at him. 'We've had this conversation, Howard.'

They really have. This was supposed to be a normal high school life, but the sexist topic really makes it harder than expected.

'Okay, okay. Fine!' he whimpered. He knew he wouldn't mess with her when she used that tone. 'Just so you know, that new ninja completely did everything for the Ninja.'

'Yeah,' she grumbled. 'Thanks for informing me.'