Hello!
For those of you who followed my other story "Randy Cunningham: 11th grade ninja", you already know that this is just another version of it, only on this version the characters have different backgrounds, some characters that have died are still alive (and will keep on living), there's no swears and Randy's in 10th grade. Oh, right, this also happens after the events of "Ball's Well That Friends Well", so as of now, this can be considered 'half canon'.
Without any further stalling, here's the first chapter of my new fic, hope you like it! Even if you didn't you can write on the comments section why you didn't, I would love to hear your personal opinions and thoughts about it (plus it'll help me with my writing).
Chapter one: The end? The beginning?
It was a quiet night; the big moon enlightened the cities of Norisville. All the windows in the city were either closed or pitch black, even the rats and the strays were asleep on the garbage cans in the back of the gamehole. Not a single vehicle to be heard.
In all that peace and quiet, a lone shadow could be seen on the rooftops, jumping, backfliping and swinging his way through the skyscrapers, he moved with clear disturbance in his heart. As it moved towards and into a giant, green, pyramid-shaped building, it scanned the rooms and the hallways; some were filled with house products, some with food products, some had clothing items and some were manufacturing harmless builder robots technology. As the figure breached through a broken door, it discovered a dusty pile of what used to be prototypes and models of killing machines with the sole purpose of destroying a single person: himself.
"I thought you will be here" a sudden voice said behind him. The person turned around as the lights went on, revealing the figure of what seemed to be a ninja in a red and black suit, as well as a dark haired, middle-aged man with a lavender and purple lab coat, as well as purple glasses and a peculiar hairstyle.
"Viceroy..." said the ninja with the voice of a teenage boy. Viceroy could tell from the tone of his voice how he felt and empathize with it "Sad, huh?" he said, and the ninja nodded "I know… Come, let's have a cup of coffee" said Viceroy while gesturing to the ninja to follow him. On a balcony at the same room, the ninja and Viceroy were drinking coffee casually like two old friends who haven't seen each other in an eternity. The ninja was drinking with his mask folded a little bit over his mouth and without saying anything, so Viceroy to talk "Weird how things turned out, huh? I never thought it will happen, I mean, I did consider such option, but I never thought it'll go THAT WAY" the ninja seemed to loosen up as he spoke: "Yeah, even now I'm surprised that happened…To think I'm just starting my second year as the ninja of Norisville and I already beat the one and only sorcerer. How long has it been?" asked Randy, to him, it seemed like an eternity has passed since the day he fought in the final battle against the sorcerer. "Five months" said Viceroy while staring at his reflection in the black liquid "Five months, 27 days and 17 hours, to be precise"
"Wow, nearly half a year…" said Randy, taking another zip from the coffee "Yup, half a year and McFist still cries over the loss of his power he yearned so much…" replied Viceroy with a facepalm "Speaking of which, what DID happen to you guys after I defeated the sorcerer? Wasn't your entire life goal to destroy me in order to fulfill your deal with him?"
"No…" said Viceroy while taking a long sip "MY goal was to show my skills as a scientist; I wanted the world to see that my ingenious inventions were the ones that were capable of destroying the legendary 800 year old warrior that saved this world a thousand times, McFist however, is a different story; after he lost his life goal, he was destroyed. He decided to stop manufacturing WND's and decided to cut any ties he had with you, you brought so much pain and stress to his life that decided that now that his deal is off, he doesn't want to have anything to do with you".
"I see…" Said Randy, his eyes suddenly widening in realization "Then, what about you?" Viceroy put a weak smile "You can already guess that part- since McFist industries isn't manufacturing weaponry, they don't need a weapons expert like me anymore, so he fired me and decided to hire regular scientist instead. As you can see, I came here to grab my stuff and say goodbye to this place…" both men looked around the laboratory that was infested with memories of their fights "B-but where are you going?" asked the ninja "Japan, a group of scientists there picked a huge interest in my time portal, so they're willing to pay good money for my research" Viceroy's phone suddenly rang "Oops, gotta go, my flight will be here in two hours" both men then stood up and Viceroy put his hand forward "It was fun talking to you one last time, my old nemesis" said Viceroy "Yeah, here as well. Good luck with life" said the ninja "You know…?" said Viceroy as he turned around "In another circumstances, I'm sure we could've become friends" he said as he walked out and turned the lights off. The ninja then came out of the building and made it to his home. After he entered his room he removed his mask, revealing the face of a depressed Randy Cunningham- whatever it was he was looking for in Mcfist industries to try and lighten his heart, it seems like the weight only doubled.
The next day, Randy began to walk the road carrying a backpack alongside a redhead kid that goes by the name of Howard, which to Randy's surprise was more buff and tall than he remembered. Going to the gym was a wise decision by his girlfriend (Yup, a LOT can happen in half a year). "Man, 10th grade…I can't believe I'm still alive to go to one of the most important years in high school, I don't know if I should be more happy or bummed…" said Howard "Yeah, 10th grade, yay…" said Randy with an incredibly depressed voice "Oh, don't tell me you're still bummed out about defeating the sorcerer…"
"Of course I am!" answered Randy waving his arms in anger "without the sorcerer, no students are being stanked, McFist isn't sending robots to destroy me and since Norisville never had any crime issues to begin with… What's the purpose of the ninja…?" he said the last part in a low voice. Howard couldn't help but feel bad about him "Well, who said there should be a purpose to begin with?"
"Huh?"
"You heard me" said Howard "You said the ninja should have any purpose to exist to begin with? He'll always be there to protect the people from any kind of danger, and when he isn't, he'll probably be playing the new VRMMO Grave Puncher VII with his bro next Saturday!" he said shaking his fists in excitement "Are you for real!?" asked Cunningham "Yup, it helps that your dad is the vice president of the games division in McFist industries" said Howard with his nose lift sky high with pride "You always know how to cheer me up. Thanks, bro…"
"Ah, don't sweat it, besides; who knows? Maybe there will be some sort of new dangerous foe for the ninja to battle…" (Boy, was he right…).
As they went inside the hallways, Randy and Howard were looking around with nostalgic looks at their school, remembering all the times it was destroyed- as well as all The time they destroyed it themselves- and how they both saved the day a couple of times without anyone knowing "I wonder how much everyone has changed…" said Howard "What are you talking about? There's no way anyone besides you could change in just three months" said Randy, immediately rejecting the possibility "I mean, tale for example-" began Randy, until he suddenly bumped into someone and then immediately found himself shoved into a locker, his back sinking into the metal "Ouch! What the juice, baaaa…" Randy was about to mention Bash Johnson, the regular bully of the school, but instead was shocked to see in front of him the face of a girl he thought to be one of the nicest in school.
"Theresa!?" he said dumbfounded. Indeed it was Theresa Fowler who stood in front of him, but she looked rather different than usual; the color of her hair was black with three green streaks instead of violet with three lavender streaks, she wore sunglases, she no longer wore the twirling team outfit, instead she wore a leather jacket with fingerless gloves and a black short skirt with punk boots, not to mention the fact that she just smashed Randy into a locker "You've got some serious guts to run into me and then look at me like an idiot" she said, pissed off "What? No! I was just… Surprised by your new looks, that's all. So…how's your day going..?" asked Randy, trying not to get beat up while struggling to perceive the unnatural image in front of him "Oh, it was fine, until You shoob decided to run into me and made me drop my phone!" she said, tightening her grip on his shirt with one hand while pointing at her broken phone on the floor with the other. Randy never thought he could be so scared of Theresa. "I'm so sorry. I know! I'll buy you a new one as an apology, okay?" he said. Theresa smiled gently at him, which made him smile back, but then she changed her expression into a frown and put him inside the locker next to her "Wow. If I hadn't been dating already, I would've definitely asked her out" said Howard leaning against the locker next to the one were Randy was "Would you please shut up and help me out, already?" said Randy, all cramped in the locker. Howard shrugged and then tried to pull his friend off.
After the bell rang, both friends went to science class and sat together at the end of the classroom "Well, that was an uncomfortable surprise" said Randy, massaging his shoulders filled with pain "Yeah, huh? Who would've thought Fowler would beat YOU up, of all people?" said Howard holding back his laughter "What do you mean?" asked Randy "never mind (he's so naive…)" replied Howard with a negative nod, which annoyed Randy. During lunchtime, Randy watched as a tidy Stevens brought flowers to Flute Girl, but got rejected coldly "I think I may have landed in a parallel dimension or something, everything is just so weird" he said by how things took a complete 180 degree turn around him "Dude, relax. People change with time" said Howard while drinking of a sports bottle "Are you even listening to yourself!? Since when did you get that smart?" asked Randy, slightly ticking Howard off "I'm not THAT different, you know" he said calming himself down "Dude, you have a six pack and a hot date, HOW IN ANY WAY DOES IT SOUND LIKE YOU?" asked Randy desperate while attracting the attention of the others "*sigh* I'll just be at the Nomicon…" he eventually said while going to the bathroom.
After closing the stall door behind him, Randy sat on the toilet and opened the Nomicon, his consciousness slowly sliding into between the pages of the magical book. Landing inside a Japanese castle, Randy met the figure of the first ninja in the history of Norisville, who pointed at a pillow in front of him, signing him to sit down. "What's the problem?" he asked with a soft voice as Randy took a seat "I don't know… After defeating the sorcerer and evil Julian, things seem to have changed so drastically; McFist is no longer trying to destroy me, Viceroy's moving to Japan, and I can't even recognize my best friend and classmates anymore. Not only that, now that the greatest evil in Norisville is gone… Is the ninja truly needed anymore?" Prime ninja suddenly stood up and went to a balcony. As he stared at the vast fields spreading in front of him to no end, Randy followed him to where he was standing "Randy?" asked Prime ninja with his hands crossed behind his back "Yes…?" asked Randy nervous- it was the first time he called him by his name "Do you remember one of your first lessons? It was 'When the ninja is no longer needed, the ninja shall lay down the sword".
"Yeah, I remember it… So I guess I have to return this to you" he said while taking the ninja mask out of his hoodie and handing it to him, but Prime ninja turned around, placed his hand on Randy's, and shoved the mask in his direction "But… Why?" asked Randy, incapable of understanding the situation "Because your fight has only begun" as he said that, the fields behind him began to burn, and a large figure rose from the ground, a storm cloud swirling above him as he casted a shadow on Randy and Prime ninja "What the juice is that!?" asked Randy "It's the end. 800 years ago, an old farmer found a Powerball and being corrupted by its dark energy, he became the being later known as the sorcerer, but who do you think made those powerballs?" the image in front of Randy changed into the image of earth from space, the cloaked figure held the earth in his hands with a wicked smile "5000 years ago, a dark god ruled the planet, casting it and everyone in it into complete oblivion, until a group of legendary heroes defeated him by opening a rift in the void and pushing him into it" a group of weird people fought the creature until someone that resembled a mage opened a hole in space and they all shoved the figure into the hole "being a complete void, the place where the dark god ended in sucked all his dark energy, slowly turning the rift into a dark and twisted dimension, later known as the land of shadows."
"During those 5000 years, the land of shadows has been through dramatic changes; empires rose and withered away, many creatures born from the darkness flooded into our world and many different kinds of people tried to harness the power of the dark god, all ending in miserable ways, and as for the dark god, since he was drained of his energy, he remained in slumber. But now, with all the rifts in the mater of space and time, the passages from the land of shadows and back as well as all the darkness that began to flood to our world, small pieces of the consciousness of the dark god have begun to flow into our world and into people's minds in the form of what you call 'stank' and 'powerball'. They're now trying to spread more darkness in the world as we speak, with the ultimate goal of bringing the dark god back to our world" the whole universe began to crumble "you are the only hope this world has of salvation, your battle against the forces of evil has just begun" and with that, reality shattered and Randy fell down and got back into his body, filled with sweat and fear, but also slight excitement.
"Are you serious!?" asked Howard after hearing Randy's tale at his house "Dead serious, turns out my job as the ninja isn't over yet. Now the world is in greater danger than ever" he said while looking at the ninja mask he was holding "Forget the world, if this so called 'dark god' destroys the earth, my plans for catching up with 'one coin' will be ruined!" Randy didn't said a thing at the beginning, and then burst in laughter "What the juice are you laughing at?" asked Howard "Ha…I'm sorry, but I guess I was worried for nothing, you're still good old Howard after all" he said while patting Howard's shoulder and then getting punched on his.
And both bros spent the rest of the evening playing video games and eating snacks.
Meanwhile, at the school's lab:
A bunch of chemicals were arranged on the desks and tables, with boards filled with formulas and equations. A single shadow was seen doing some exercises wearing a sports headband. As it finished doing exercises, the shadow then removed the headband and went towards a bottle of black liquid. As the shadow squeezed the headband, green juice came out of it and dropped into the bottle of black liquid, turning it into a shining yellow color "Finally" it spoke with a weird, echoing voice. The shadow then put an actuator on top of the bottle, revealing it to be a spray bottle, as the shadow pressed the spray bottle, what seemed really similar to yellow stank came out "With this, I'll be able to do some serious mess" and with that, it burst into laughter.
So what did you guys think of the first chapter of "Randy Cunnigham: 10th grade ninja?" you can say whatever you want in the comments below, as long as it counts as your true opinions and thought. Be honest!
Until next time, cya!