The Decision of Friendship

Out on the Wind Ninja Academy Training Grounds stood three senior students. One dressed in red, one in blue and another in yellow. Suddenly, the three became ambushed by a bunch of ninjas heading towards them.

The three tore off their head masks to reveal their faces. The yellow one was Dustin. Child of the earth and true to his heart. The blue one was Tori. Fluent and graceful like the water. And the Red one was Shane. Reaching for the stars.

It was their final examination. They were willing to pass this exam so that they could graduate from the Wind Ninja Academy. Sensei gave them an offer to teach at the academy if they were to graduate. Fierce determination was detective in the glint of their eyes. The ninja ran and the three took stance. The distance between them became closer and rumble erupted.

Shane jumped up into the air as they all encircled him. He drew his hands together in a hand sign and a whirlwind blew from his fingertips as he pointed them to the ninjas. They all were blown to the ground and Shane gracefully returned to land.

Tori became cornered and fought the ninjas back to a distance. Tori flung her arms in opposite ends and brought them together in a pattern until one was above the other and a sphere of water was filling the gap between them. She directed it to the ninjas, soaking them from head to toe in a strong blast.

Dustin was swiftly avoiding every punch and kick thrown at him and was ambushed from behind by an air ninja descendant. They all came rushing to inflict a few punches to him. He used his energy to go deep underground and swifted his way across all the ninjas, tripping over his surfing hump underground. All were fallen and Dustin came up to surface.

All the ninjas regrouped and so did the three graduates. They all ambushed them and the three joined their powers together in a trinity and blasted every one of them until they fell back to the ground. "Dude we totally kicked their butts," Dustin overly exclaimed but was silenced by Shane's hand in his face. Sensei came back onto the stand and slammed his pole on the ground. It didn't take a genius to figure he wanted their attention. They leaned parallel to each other in front of Sensei.

"You have all done well and came a very far distance into becoming graduates, but now i unfortunately have to say that the position can only be filled by one of you three." Shane, Tori and Dustin were all in shock after hearing the news. It was true that they were all determined to graduate but one was only eligible. They have and always will be together. Friends Forever but competition started to arise in them.

"Well what do we do now?" Dustin said with worry in his voice. Shane wrapped his arms around his friends and brought them into a group hug. It really lifted up their spirits and they all smiled with each other.

"I wish we could all graduate but if these are the circumstances, then we should pick someone," Tori decided. They all took a long thought and decided.

"I think I should be the one," Dustin exclaimed. Shane and Tori looked at him in confusion. Why he had said that ran through both of their minds. Tori finally agreed and explained it to Shane.

"Dustin does need all the help he could get, and spending the time to teach could really help him." Tori said to Shane. He finally shook his head in agreement.

"Hey, I know I'm not the brightest guy out there --" He was interrupted by their giggles.

"Dustin, you're so cute," Tori said and rubbed her hand through his curly hair.

"You should be glad, and besides you gotta admit, all those stuff ups you did. You need to improve" Shane reassured him with a pat on the back and shoulder.

"Well we should go tell Sensei." Tori lead the way to the Ninja Op Base.

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"Hey Sensei" Shane called from the stairway with Tori and Dustin close behind.

"He's taking a nap." The man in front of the computer said. It was Sensei's son, Cam. They were good friends like the three students were. "So have we decided who's taking the position?"

"Yeah, it's --"

"It's Me!" Dustin shoved to the front lines as he blurted it out interrupting Shane.

"You Dustin?" Cam was mildly surprised at the decision but was quickly understood and accepted.

"Yeah, I'm stoked about it, too."

"Okay Dustin, but you've got to get your priorities straight from this point on." Dustin's thoughts reeled through his mind and decidedly took it to context.

"Well with the help of Shane and Tori by my side, I'll be fine," Dustin smiled and leaned his arms on his friends.

"Okay then Dustin. You can all take the day off and tomorrow we'll reward you with your graduation certificate and start your teaching."

"Aww man. Don't I get to kick back a little?" Dustin complained and they all shared a laugh

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