As Randy and Howard stayed around Nat, they noticed something... Different about her.
When she was angry, her ears would turn a bright red while when she was embarrassed, her cheeks would.
Now, standing in front of her, watching as her ears turn red, rubbing the dark market inked on her skin, they realized she was scary when she needed to be.
Her emerald eyes were narrowed on her locker, muttering under her breath as she dug through her locker.
Randy scanned her form, noticing the tension of dripping from her and decided not to mention that she still had marker on her cheek.
Howard, on the other hand, ignored all the signs and auras she was giving off.
"Hurry up, I'm hungry."
She turned, glaring sharply at him before closing her locker and turning, stalking down the hall.
Her lips were pale as she pressed her lips together, trying to control her anger.
She pushed open the door, staring at the chaos of the monster attack and turned, walking down the hall like a stanked Bucky wasn't hissing and growling at people.
He hid behind the trash-can, slipping the surprisingly warm mask over his face as ribbons of cloth curled around him, turning him into the Ninja.
He dropped a smokebomb on the ground, seemingly forming from the smelly smoke.
"Smoke-bomb!" It was show time.
Bucky's attention turned to him as he let out a fierce roar through he didn't become fazed by it. "You know," he said, turning to Flute Girl, who was cowering, "if you said 'yes' to him more often, these types of situations wouldn't happen as often."
He pointedly gestured to the scene of Bucky throwing a table at him before jumping away, catching Flute Girl with a yell of "Ninja Save" before dropping her near the door.
He pointed his sword at the stanked student, seriousness seeping into his tone. "Let's find that stanked item, it's nacho day."
Bucky roared before slamming a fist down near Randy. "Ninja Dodge!" He did a backflip, landing neatly on his feet as he scanned over his form, looking for the green smoke and completely missing the triangle slamming into his chin, knocking him up until the fist slammed him into the wall.
He slid down with a groan as Howard peeked his head out from behind the trashcan, the glowing screen of his phone seeming especially bright and causing Randy to glare at his easiness. "Hurry up, Ninja! It's nacho day!"
He muttered under his breathe as he pulled his sai, instantly abandoning his sword. "Ninja Run, Ninja Dodge!" He shouted only to be met with another fist.
His back to the wall again and he groaned as something started to laugh above him, he went on guard as a silhouette dropped from the ground landing neatly on the ground.
He saw a dark pair of boots, worn with use, and then a pair of dark-wash skinny jeans paired with a red tank-top and a black hoodie.
He met the figure's eyes to see a pair of shades covering them, the edges ruffling their long black hair but it didn't stop the entertained smirk on her face. "This is the oh-so-great Ninja I've heard about? Hm, I though you'd be better."
"Who the juice are you?"
She cocked up an eyebrow, glancing back over to the raging Bucky. "I think you have more things to worry about then my name." He felt pure irritation from how right she was before digging his way from the wall.
Her ears turned the faintest shade as he slammed into the wall for the fourth time. "Need some help~?"
It seemed like this girl's presence was here to annoy him. "I can handle it!" He said, gritting his teeth as he got out of the wall again.
"Sure, you can-" she cut herself off, pushing him back as Bucky slammed into the stop they were just in.
He heard a yelp from Howard, before hearing him cry out "I died!" Bucky snarled, turning to the trash can and throwing it to the side, picking the chubby teen by his shirt.
"Hey, uh, Ninja? There needs to be a little saving done here!"
He tried to move forward, his foot stepping forward but then a spark of pain ran up his leg and he tumbled forward.
A single thought ran through his head, one his mother loved to say.
Work smart not hard.
He was trying so hard to be Bucky that he spent himself out and twisted his ankle. The pure adrenaline of the fight keeping him from realizing it.
The girl caught him, setting him on the ground gently. Her face was twisted in one of concern, for Howard or himself, he didn't know, and she was gnawing on her lip.
"The suit heals all your injuries quickly so just sit still." He nods at her command and she stood, pulling a sai from thin air.
She charged at him, swiftly slicing at the necklace that was hanging his neck that Randy didn't notice before.
The vomit green mist flew out of it, heading down the drain as she let out a single breath, closing her eyes momentarily.
She then turned to him and, in a flash, she was in front of him, her sai crossed over his neck.
"Listen closely," she started off tensely, "I am a Cheshire, you will call me Shadow-"
"Is this your first time talking to a boy?"
Her grip faltered as her jaw dropped at his stupid question. "What-"
"I mean," he corrected himself, "you seem like this is your first time talking to a boy."
"No this not my first time talking to a boy! Stop interrupting me!" Her ears were red, her dark green eyes narrowed.
"Hm," he then put on a cunning smirk that was worthy of his surname, "then why are you nervous?"
"I'm not nervous-!"
"Smoke-bomb!"
He dropped the previously pulled out bomb, the nasty smelling smoke causing her to cough, dropping her sai and letting him swiftly escape from her threatening presence.
He let a breath of relief when he saw her searching for him, her ears now a furious red that could compare to Nat's any day.
"Shadow... What a weird person."
The scene started off at a river, two men both collecting water in large vases. The sky with dark with an upcoming storm, lighting lighting up the dark color.
The men didn't notice as they continued on the task at hand, trailing a path for the water to follow and enter the vase.
Thunder rumbled the area as they both looked up just as a bolt of quick lighting stroke down towards the man closest to Randy.
The other man acted quickly, pushing the man away from the dangerous bolt and moving away safely.
Randy, on the other hand, was knocked down on his butt, staring up at the words that were formed by lighting in the sky.
An ally is closer than you think...
He read the words to himself, outrage and confusion lining over them each time he repeated them. "Nomicon, I'm the Ninja," he started off slowly, like the book was a small child, "I don't need an ally."
Thunder sounded, lighting flashed as the ground shook slightly. It seemed like the Nomicon did not approve of his words. "I mean, why should have an ally? All they do is get in the way?"
The ground shook harder and soon, the earth cracked open, leaving him falling through a gaping wide hole in the ground.
So here is the third chapter where Shadow comes in! I realized in the original book that I didn't really give Randy and Shadow a reason to dislike each other so here is the reason now! Shadow seems to annoying to Randy while Shadow thinks that the Ninja is a waste of time and that he too stubborn to actually protect people (even through she has a soft spot for him).
Anyway, comment and tell me what you think!
~TruRebellion