This is based on jaykelthejackal's idea, and thanks to Azie for helping me with this story and idea's, wouldn't be able to write this story without you! and yes Lame title is lame. LOL
It started during a basketball game at late evening. Bucky had gotten stanked again and he had been forced to run up and down the school in pursuit, trying to limit the damage and doing his best to destroy the backup dinger. Howard, as usual, had decided to hide near the snack bar till everything calmed down.
So, after a tiring chase and a quick fight, now he stood just outside the gym with a quivering, half naked and confused Bucky.
Like always, the blonde triangle player was quick in leaving the scene, running away before someone could see him, and Randy would have followed suit if it wasn't for the fact that there was someone observing him from the darkness.
It was a faint shape, almost a shadow amongst the shadows, but it was there, observing.
The figure watches as Randy destank's the monster quickly, he had been watching Randy for quite sometime, observing his every movement waiting for the right moment to approach him, but he thought this wasn't the right time, especially when there is a witness.
But he notices Randy looking straight at him, he didn't move a muscle; he just stood there, he made sure he would stay hidden, He stares as Randy approaches him, but he quickly left as soon as he came, Randy just stood there confused as the shadowy figure left without saying anything.
The Shadow figure sighs and looks back at the basketball court, "Soon, Ninja soon."
"What was that?" Howard asked as soon as he sees Randy approaching him with a confused stare, "You okay?"
Without waiting for an answer, Howard held a sandwich to his mouth and quickly devoured it, following with a refreshing drink. A burp later and the stout boy was leaning lazily against the bleachers. Thanks to Bucky, the game had been cancelled for half a hour while everyone made sure it was safe to go on.
"You look like you saw a ghost or something..." Howard said, looking around with suspicion. "Please, tell me you didn't let Bucky run off..."
Randy shakes his head trying to forget what he had just saw, "It was nothing, I thought I saw something and don't worry about Bucky he is back to normal already, maybe I am getting tired ."
He sits down on the bleachers and makes a grab for Howards sandwich but he quickly moves away, "Aw Come on bro, just one bite."
"Whatever lets just get out of here okay?" The duo leaves the field and heads on home, Howard decided to stay with Randy for the night, his parents did not have a problem with Howard staying over his bro's house even though it was a school night, the two did their homework first, Howard cheated off of Randy's answers, and after homework; they played a little bit of grave puncher.
"You're so going to loose Howard!" Randy exclaims as he smashes the buttons on his controllers, "I'm so going to own you!"
"Not today Cunningham!" Howard smashes the buttons quickly, as a result he did a combo and atomically defeats Randy, "Been wanting to do that for so long Cunningham you had no idea."
"Aw Wonk!"
They continue to play until Midnight before they finally went to bed, Randy jumps onto the bed and curls up against the blankets.
He woke up later in the night, he looks over at the clock to determine the time, it is 3 am in the morning, he is rather hungry, he jumps down from the bed and looks out the window, he stands there frozen not believing what he is seeing.
It is the shadowy figure again, just standing there watching him again, he looks down at Howard and shakes him awake, "BRO?! BRO!"
While Randy tried to wake Howard up, the figure did not move from its spot. It is like a statue, standing just outside of the cone of light from one of the streetlamps so that it could be seen, but still be unrecognizable.
It watches as Howard dismisses his friend's call and rolled on his other side, continuing sleeping as if Randy had never shouted. Then turned to the left and slowly walks down the road in direction of the high school. It was as if the figure was giving Randy all the time he needs to get prepared and follow it.
Randy groans and writes a note and pats it on Howards stomach, letting him know he will be gone for the night, and that he could help himself to breakfast in the morning, he grabs his mask, the Nomicon and heads out.
He puts on the mask and the black leather bindings wraps around Randy as he jumps from building to building, he follows the figure that is a few steps ahead of him.
"What do you want from me?!" Randy calls out to the figure, but the figure did not respond.
They stopped in front of the high school, the figure stares at Randy for a boy in a ninja suit, he sure ran slow, Finally Randy did catch up to him.
"Alright who are you and what do you want?"