When Two Ninjas Meet
Chapter 1
Salley Hallivan was in a quiet forest, practicing her ninja skills. She was standing from
behind a tree, lurking in the shadows.
"I'm fast like a cheetah," she thought, "calm like the wind, and quiet like a mouse. I am a
fearless ninja, waiting to strike my prey." Salley saw a pedestrian standing near her, but didn't see her.
"Target spotted." She yelped and tried to pounce on the pedestrian, but it got away.
"Shoot, not again!" said Salley, getting off from the ground. She sighed. "Oh well, I guess
I better move on to my next course."
At Salley's next course, she was ready to face her 'mentor', which was a dummy, hooked
to a detector. She got into her fighting position and took out her shurukins and kunai. Just as she was about
to throw a punch at it, the dummy moved to the left and blocked her attack.
Salley tried again and again, but she kept missing. "Okay, maybe we should get to target
practice. Ouch." Salley's head hurt from trying to face the dummy.
At the last course, there were a lot of targets standing in a row. Salley was ready to strike
them with her shurukins. She tried to hit every single one, but she was facing them at non-straight angle,
that her weapons either didn't hit the middle or the actual target.
Salley got so angry, that she decided to give up. "This is so suckish! No matter what I do, I
always mess up. I want to be a real ninja and be trained with a real mentor in a real training program!"
Salley sighed in sadness. Suddenly, she heard something. "What was that?" She looked at the small bushes
and saw them moving. She slowly walked up to them and took out her kunai.
She peeked into the bushes and screamed, "Got you!" When Salley looked at the other
side, she didn't see anything. "That's strange. I could've sworn I heard something." She felt something tap
her shoulder and she yelped while holding her kunai in the air. Suddenly, it began to float in the air and
Salley was horrified. She screamed, "No! Not another ghost!"
"Ghost?" said a voice. "Miss, there's no such thing as ghosts." Salley was scared until she
saw a magenta chameleon appearing in front of her. He had a huge yellow horn, three black scales on his
back, and a curly tail. He wore purple and black shoes on his feet, and white and purple gloves with the
metal cuffs on them.
Salley was surprised. "How did you do that?"
"I'm a chameleon. I have the ability to blend into my surroundings, which turns myself
invisible."
"Oh, that's right. I forgot." Salley slapped her hand on her forehead.
The chameleon held out Salley's kunai. "You…nearly stabbed me with this."
Salley took the kunai. "Sorry, but you sort of startled me."
"It's alright. My name's Espio the Chameleon. I'm a well-skilled ninja and a spy of the
Chaotix Detective Agency."
"D-did you just say…'ninja'?"
"Yes, why?"
"No particular reason."
"Oh. And you are…?"
"Salley Hallivan."
"Please to meet you, Salley." Espio and Salley shook hands. "So, what are you doing out
here by yourself?"
"Oh, I'm…uh, just working on my training program."
"Training program?"
"Yeah. To become a ninja, like you. However, I haven't really been successful lately."
Espio turned to see Salley's messed-up training program. "Hmm…I see."
"Yeah, I know. Even my mentor's not so good."
Espio saw the dummy and scratched his head. "Well, if I were you, I would probably ask
for an advanced ninja to be your mentor. There are a lot of them that can teach young apprentices, including
me. Thanks to my training, of course."
"Wow." Salley wanted to ask Espio to be her mentor, but she was nervous. "Speak now,
or forever hold your peace." She knelt before the chameleon and said, "Please, I want to be nothing more
than a great ninja. And I need a mentor for that, so I ask for your teachings. I'll do anything you ask."
Espio smiled. "So, you really want to be a ninja?"
"Yes, really badly."
"Well, all I can say is, you've come to the right guy. I'll teach you." Espio took Salley's
hand and helped her up.
"So, when do I start?"
Espio looked at the training program again. "Well, maybe we should fix your training
program first, and then we can get started."
"Good idea." Salley and Espio walked to the training program and got ready to fix it.
