Ok, here by popular demand: the first chapter to my RC9GN story. I'll admit, I don't think I've ever gotten this many requests to write a story before. But, let's just say they finally got to me. There you go guys, you succeeded!
However, I must make one thing clear! I have no ending planned whatsoever! No conclusion, nothing! Therefore, this story will likely only feature a few chapters (of a shorter length than my usual chapters) and the story will more than likely be left on hiatus. But, as I always say, I'd rather have a slice of the cake than have no cake at all! Those of you who follow me on deviantart, this story will center mostly on my and D-Sniper's main ninjas: Piper and Cyrus as they support Randy as the ninja. The rest of our New Norisu Nine will come in at a later time.
"All right sweetheart, have a good first day of school!" A woman called out through the window of her car.
"I will! Thanks mom!" a girl with long, bright orange hair called back with a wave.
"Oh, I have to work late tonight so you're on your own for dinner. All right?"
"Got it!"
"And don't worry, Piper. I'm sure you'll make some new friends in no time," Piper mother said reassuringly.
"I know, mom," Piper muttered before finally turning away and entering the large school through the front doors. "Wow…" she gasped in amazement, taking in the beautiful sight of the school lobby and the tiled golden carp on the floor. Maybe this new school wouldn't be so bad after all and considering how she left her old school, Piper was looking forward to a fresh start. At her old school, Piper had lots of friends, best friends even. But, within the last year or two, Piper had developed a habit of being tardy and unreliable to her friends. She'd arrive late to group events, never finish her part of group assignments on time and, well, her friends had had enough of it. Eventually, they just told her not to bother coming to hang out with them anymore. But Piper had a good reason, the only problem was that it wasn't one that she could share with her friends, which only made things worse between them. Piper wasn't just a run of the mill schoolgirl; she was also a ninja. She couldn't explain it, and even if she could, who would believe her? But, one day, she found this mysterious black book with purple markings in her room with a mask of similar coloration. When she opened the book for the first time, it felt like she was being sucked into its pages and all this knowledge suddenly flooded her mind.
She was a ninja, but not just any ninja, Piper was the Violet Ninja. She was successor to one of an ancient band of ninja warriors and she loved it. The book, which was called the NinjaCodex, taught her many skills and powers. And when she put on the mask, a black and purple ninja suit materialized over her body in an instant! However, all her time spent being a ninja caught up to her. So, when her mother came to her with news that they would be moving to Norrisville, Piper was completely on board. She didn't see any way of patching up her friendship without revealing her secret, so going somewhere else to start over seemed like the next best option.
But when she looked at all the students walking around her, she couldn't help but feel nervous. What if the same thing happened with her old friends? What if she made some friends here and her secret just ended up driving them away? She couldn't bear to go through that again!
All of a sudden, she felt something bump into her from behind and the force of the impact knocked her onto the ground as someone fell on top of her. "Ow!"
"Nice going, Cunningham!" exclaimed a boy.
"Whoa, uh sorry about that!" said another boy. When Piper felt the weight lift off her, she turned over onto her back and saw two boys standing over her: one short and stout with orange hair and the other tall and thin with dark purple hair. "You ok?" the dark haired boy asked as he extended his hand out to her.
"Uh, yeah, I'm fine. Don't worry about it," she insisted, taking the boy's hand and standing up.
"Come on, Cunningham! We've got to get to Señora Jorge's class on time or she'll give us another detention! Do you know what my parents will do to me if I get a third detention this week? They'll cut my allowance again and I won't be able to buy the new Grave Puncher!" the short boy whined.
"Relax Howard, we've still got time! Haven't seen you around before, you new?"
"Yeah, Piper," she said, extending her hand as she introduced herself.
"Randy," the boy replied, shaking it. "And this is Howard," he continued, gesturing to the short boy.
"Yeah, yeah, can we speed this up?" Howard asked, tapping his foot impatiently.
"Chill, Howard! So, did you just move here?" Randy asked.
"Yeah, today's my first day actually. The school is really impressive, but I'm having trouble finding my way around here."
"Hey, no problem. We'll help you out!" Randy exclaimed.
"We will?" Howard asked.
"Yeah, stick with us and you'll know what's Bruce and what's wonk!"
"…Who's Bruce?" Piper asked, confused.
"Uh, what?" Howard asked.
"Who's Bruce?" Piper asked again.
"Uh, Bruce isn't a person," Randy explained, "It just means 'cool' or 'awesome'!"
"Oh, ok. But then who is Bruce? If it's a saying, then it had to come from somewhere, and I'm assuming it came from someone named Bruce!"
"Uh, Cunningham, we gotta ditch this chick before she schoobs us and our rep!" Howard whispered to Randy.
"Howard, we don't even have a rep! Remember? We're at the bottom of the high school food chain!"
"So what does 'schoob' mean?" Piper asked.
"Uh…." Randy and Howard both uttered.
"Yes, I could hear what you were saying. And it's cool if you guys wanna ditch me. I understand," Piper smiled.
"Uh, well, you've got poetry with Ms. Zingwald. Her class is just down that hall, third door on your right," Randy said, passing Piper back her schedule.
"Thanks, oh," she grunted, feeling someone bump into her again. She regained her balance with a step and caught a glimpse of a boy with light green hair walking away from her.
"Watch it," she heard him mutter.
"Hey! You bumped into me!" she shouted at him. "Geez, who was that guy?"
"Oh, you mean Silent Cyrus? Don't worry about him, he's just some schoob that never talks. Seriously! The guy barely says a word," Randy explained.
"Seems like a jerk to me. So not Bruce… Did I use that right?" she asked them.
"Ehh, you'll get the hang of it," Howard said.
"Well, I guess I'll just catch you guys around. Thanks for the help, Randy!" she waved, running off to her class. For the most part, the rest of her day was uneventful. She didn't see Randy and Howard again until lunchtime. She was about go and sit with them until all of a sudden, a thin girl with shoulder length, orange hair came up to her with a camera.
"What's up Norrisville? Heidi Weinerman here with the new student! So, tell us your name!" she beamed, pointing the video camera at Piper.
"Uh…. What's happening?" Piper asked, confused at what was going on.
"You're on Norrisville's number 1 MeCast, Heidi School. Go on new kid, introduce yourself!"
"Uh, well I'm Piper… Piper Quinn and I'm new! But you already knew that…" Piper laughed nervously.
"And there you have it! How long do you think the new girl will last? Cast your votes!"
"Wait, last? What are you talking about?" But before Piper could get an answer, Heidi was off on her way. Piper scanned the cafeteria again for Randy and Howard, but they were already gone. Piper sighed in disappointment, but perked up a bit when she noticed Cyrus off at a corner table sitting by himself. She took a deep breath before marching over to the table. Cyrus looked up at her, saying nothing, while she simply asked, "This seat taken?" When he didn't say anything, she took a seat and said, "That wasn't a 'no'. So, what did camera girl there mean by 'last'?"
"Don't concern yourself with it," Cyrus spoke quietly.
"You speak," Piper noted.
"It's just high school. People like Heidi feed on stuff like this: the rise and fall on the school food chain."
"Thanks… Well, I'm done my lunch so, I guess I'll just catch ya later," Piper said, as she cleaned up her tray and sat up from the table. All of a sudden, a giant robot preying mantis burst into the cafeteria, causing mass panic. Students ran for their lives as the mantis destroyed parts of the building. A large chunk of the ceiling suddenly fell from above directly over Piper but before it could crush her, she felt someone tackle her to the ground and away from the falling debris. When whoever saved her moved away, she sat up and saw that it was Cyrus who had saved her. "Thanks, what was that?" she asked, but when she turned to him, he was gone.
Piper got up to her feet and followed most of the students as they ran from the chaos. She spotted Howard standing in the middle of the hallway and ran over to him. "Howard, what's going on?"
"Oh you know, robots attacking the school. The usual," he replied calmly, almost even uninterested.
"THIS IS USUAL?" Piper shrieked.
"You'll get used to it," he said casually. "It'll all be over once the ninja shows up."
"Ninja?" Before she could say anything else, Piper could hear the students cheering "Ninja! Ninja!" from outside. She followed several students outside and saw the students gathered around the robot mantis as a boy in a black and red ninja suit with a long red scarf fought it. "Who's that?"
"That is the Norrisville Ninja. He fights all the monsters and robots that show up. How do you not know this?" Howard asked, waving his arms.
"Uh, I just moved here, remember?" Piper backed away from the fight and reached into her messenger bag. When she felt the fabric of her ninja mask, she wrapped her fingers around it tightly. As she prepared to pull it out of her bag, she felt someone's hand wrap around her wrist. Her head shot up and she saw none other than Cyrus. He didn't say anything, instead he simply shook his head, as if telling her not to do what she was thinking of doing. But how could he possibly know what she was planning to do. She let go of her mask just as Cyrus pulled her forward by her arm, dragging her with him behind the school. "What are you doing?" she cried, tearing her arm from his grip.
She watched as Cyrus reached into his pants pocket and pulled out a black domino mask with green lines running down the mask vertically. With wide eyes, she watched as Cyrus put the mask over his eyes. Black and green clothed tendrils wrapped around his body into a form fitting black suit with green lightning bolts. Piper just stood there with her jaw dropped as a Cyrus, now dressed fully in a ninja suit, turned to her and said, "Don't just stand there. Get your mask on."
Well, what did you guys think of the first chapter? I think I should go back and rewatch RC (for like the third time) just so I can refresh myself on Randy and Howard's characters as well as the school setting. If you guys have any suggestions or concerns, feel free to leave a comment!
Also, with Piper, I thought maybe the slang is local only to Norrisville. So, maybe it would be funny if Piper had no idea what they were talking about XD