Chapter 4

Kaylee delivered a swift kick to monstrous frog's head before using the momentum to launch herself back as the monster tumbled to the ground. Adrenaline was coursing throughout her entire body, unable to wipe off the grin that grew constantly underneath her mask. She couldn't explain it but it seemed like the ninja mask was giving the energy to fight; she felt like she could take on anything. The ninja narrowed her green eyes as she got into a fighting stance upon seeing the frog get up once more. Without hesistation, Kaylee charged toward the stanked monster, planning to deliver another blow.

Unfortunately the monster quickly counteracted by lashing out its tongue. The seventeen year-old cried out in disgust when the tongue latched onto her waist. But her feelings of disgust quickly turned into panic as she found herself swung through the air before harshly smashing on the ground. The ninja groaned as felt her back ache in pain. With a small grunt, she quickly jumped back on her feet. Kaylee furrowed her brows together in confusion when instead of being greeted by her opponent, she saw nothing near her. The teenager spun around a few times, searching for any sign of the frog. Suddenly she took notice of a shadow drifted over her.

The ninja looked up and nearly yelped in fear when she saw the stanked monster was falling toward her at top speeds. Acting fast, she managed to jump out of the way to prevent being smashed by the giant frog. The frog narrowed its yellow eyes as it began belting out earthshaking croaks. Kaylee clenched her teeth tightly as dashed across the schoolyard, dodging the croaks the best she could.

Peeking out from his cover, Randy shouted "You can't just constantly try to throw punches and kicks at him. You need to figure a way to get him unstanked!"

"Unstanked?! How am I-" Kaylee exclaimed before cutting herself to jump out of the way of the frog trying to land on her before continuing, "How am I suppose to do that?!"

The thirty-four year old man groaned as he slapped his hand against his face before stating "Every stanked monster has an object they held dear. You need to find that object and destroy it. Also your driving me crazy by not using you're ninja scarf; it's there for a reason!"

The teenage girl was confused, unsure how her scarf would come in handy. Figuring the former ninja's advice would be usual, she grabbed ahold of the tail of her scarf. She swung it above her head a few times before throwing it at the frog. Much to her surprise, the red scarf stretched and latched onto the stanked monster's leg. Kaylee blinked in surprise before a sly grin formed underneath her mask. With a firm grasp, she managed to yank hard the scarf, flipping the blue frog on its back. Acting fast, her eyes quickly scanned for the object the stanked victim held dear. Within a few seconds she managed to spot the band hat on the monsters head. Acting fast she managed to flip over the large frog and snatch the hate.

Kaylee immediately ripped the hat in half, but much to her disappointment, the victim was still in the form of a monstrous frog.

"That wasn't it, try something else!" Randy advised.

The ninja snarled in frustration upon hearing the older man's reply before shouting "Gee you think? Of course I see that it didn't work!"

The seventeen year-old's attention was immediately drawn back to the fight when the frog freed itself from her scarf and jumped on the bleachers, sending a large amount of band equipment flying toward her. She yelped in panicked, barely even realizing that she quickly grabbed and pulled out her sword instinctively. Her body moved with swiftness as her sword sliced through every instrument sent flying toward her, leaving a pile of broken band instruments lying at her feet.

"Woah, that was so honkin' bruce! Why didn't you tell me this suit came with sword. Man being the ninja is totally the cheese!" Kaylee nearly squealed with glee as she gave the sword a few good swipes.

"Carefully with that! You may the ninja but I'm taking that sword! I already broke two and I'm not having you break it because of you getting sword happy!" the purple-headed man snapped.

"Well that's wonk, you're no fun at all." the teenager replied with a pout.

Directing her attention back to the fight, her green eyes widened when she noticed something glimmering around the frog's neck. She raised as brow as she stared closely at the shimmering object, trying to piece together what it was. After a few seconds, if had finally dawned on her. The shimmering object was none other than a musical triangle. Believing that to be the object the stanked victim held dear, the teenage girl quickly began trying to form a plan to grab the triangle. She released another terrified yelp as she barely managed to duck below the shock wave created by the frog's croak.

The ninja firmly bit her lip out of nervousness, knowing that she couldn't simply run up to the frog and snatch the triangle. She kept constantly dashing and jumping over the constant shockwaves until she found herself trying to catch her breath in front of a brick wall. Her hands clenched into two firm fists as she desperately scoured her mind for ideas. Kaylee managed to duck below another shockwave, causing it to crack the brick wall behind her. The seventeen year-old quickly turned her head toward the wall in surprise before facing the back to the frog. She immediately noticed how the monstrous frog was hopping angrily at of frustration that it still had managed to defeat the ninja.

Her brows furrowed together when the lesson from the Ninja-Nomicon raced through her mind, causing sketches and words to dance across her vision.

"Either I had something weird in my drink this morning, or this is the suits doing. Yeah, I'm going with the suit." she muttered to herself, "No matter the force, a river must flow forth. If that's the case, let's see how much force I can get out of this thing."

With her plan set, the ninja cupped her hands around her mouth as she began shouting insults.

"Hey froggy, maybe if you stopped croaking so much and actually tried attacking me then you might actually hit more. What, afraid you're too much of a shoob that you'll lose in a fight? Face it, all bad guys are shoobs compared to the ninja!" she taunted whilist casually waving her hands around.

The blue frog snarled in rage at the constant insults thrown at it. With an enraged croak, it launched itself toward the ninja, hoping to victorious. But much to its surprise, the ninja easily flipped out of the way with a smug look. The stanked frog was confused until it realized it was flying at top speeds toward the brick wall. It cried out in panic, but unfortunately couldn't do anything to prevent itself from painfully smashing against the bricks.
Kaylee smirked in victory upon witnessing the frog slide down the wall with a groan.

Not wanting to give it a chance to get back up, the teenager quickly snatched the triangle off the frog's neck. Taking it firmly in both of her hands, she bent the triangle, breaking it with ease.

"Man the school has been getting cheap, I did not expect it to break that easily." Kaylee commented as blue and purple magic emerged from the broken triangle.

The magic engulfed the frog, transforming it back into the teenage boy before flying off in the sky. The boy groaned as he ran his hand through his brown hair, trying to recall what had happened to him.

"Wait, Gordy, you were the big ugly blue frog?!" the ninja exclaimed.

Gordy blinked in confusion, not understanding what the ninja meant by a big ugly blue frog. But his confusion immediately changed into happiness and shock as he gasped loudly, realizing who was standing before him.

"Holy cow, the ninja actually knows my name! I'm a huge fan and my parents told me how you save the city back when they were in high school! Can I get your autograph for my triangle. Maybe you can help by proving me and my dad are right about the triangle being the best instrument ever!" the brown-headed teenager geeked out.

Kaylee smiled nervously, unsure how she could explain to the fourteen year-old that she had to break his triangle in order to save him. Fortunately she didn't get a chance to reply as the teenagers that all had been hiding immediately darted toward and surround her within seconds. The seventeen year-old stared in shock at all the teenagers cheering as they shouted their praises and thanks. Because of the large amount of praises, she couldn't help but blush in flattery underneath her mask.

"Let's hear it for the Ninja of Norrisville! He has saved us once again!" one teenager shouted.

"Yes I..." Kaylee began to say but froze when she processed the sentence and shouted, "Wait, he?!"

Before any other teenager could speak up, Randy gained everyone's attention by coughing loudly.

"I think it's about the time the ninja smokebombs out of here." he stated, putting extra emphasis on his last few words.

Realizing what he meant, Kaylee bid the teenagers a hasty farewell. Without hesitation, she quickly dug a smokebomb of her pocket. With the loud proclaim of "Smokebomb!" the ninja disappeared in a cloud of red smoke, leaving no trace behind once the smoke cleared. Having found a hiding spot behind a few cars, the teenage girl finally pulled off her mask, prompting her suit to transform back into stripes and pull back into the mask. Kaylee let out a shaky sigh as she felt her heart pounding frantically from the excitement she experienced. Not wanting anyone to know her indentity of being the ninja, she quickly stuffed the mask in her jacket's pocket before standing back up.

I wasn't long till she noticed Randy walking toward her with a small smile. Upon seeing this she folded her arms over her chest with her eyes narrowed in suspicion.

"Did you come over here to criticize me or congratulate me?" she asked with a slight raised brow.

The thirty-five year-old couldn't help but chuckle slightly as he answered "A little of both actually. You had a few missteps, but I got to admit, you did pretty good for your first outing as the ninja."

Kaylee glanced back and forth in thought before deciding she would accept the man's statement as a compliment. After the two shared their sentences, Randy stated that there was still one last thing that needed to be done and it required reentering the Ninja-Nomicon.

"Alright, I guess I stay on this crazy ride. But first a quick question, am I allowed to tell people that the ninja this time around is not a guy?" Kaylee responded.

"Nope. You see you have to let everyone think your the very same ninja from over eight hundred years ago. So that mean, like it or not, when you're the ninja, you have to let everyone think you're a guy." Randy smirked back.

Upon hearing this, the teenage girl groaned in frustration as she walked alongside the purple-headed man. As much as it annoyed her, she knew that if she was going to be the ninja, she would have to get use to the entire city mistaking her for a guy.

Back at McFist Industries, the Sorceress sat by her open window. Her blue eyes focused on the small amount of magic that emerged from Gordy upon being destanked flying through the sky. She inhaled deeply through her nose as the magic flew into her necklace, causing it to glow purple for a few seconds. With grumbled in annoyance while slamming her fist down on her desk.

"Still not enough chaos to break me free of this wretched form. Thanks to the ninja, my monster frog was barely able to up any chaos. The chaos I got from it is comparable to table scraps. If I am to return to my true and beautiful form, I need a large amount of chaos to break this seal that keeps me trapped in this hideous, wretched form! No matter how long it takes, I will reign supreme and demolish the ninja once and for all!" she snarled to herself.

The Sorceress was stirred from her thoughts when she heard Bash comment "Hey Trudy, I think the Sorceress might have a few screws loose. She's muttering about world domination to herself again."

Trudy sighed whilst rubbing her gloved fingers against the temple of her forehead as she commented "A part of me hopes you'll keep jabbing that big mouth of yours so you'll get it. But unfortunately, you're the one who writes my checks. So for the sake of your health and my payday, please shut up."

The blue-headed woman groaned as she massaged circles into the temple of her forehead. She found it quite infuriating having to be forced to work with two humans that she considered imbeciles. She took in deep breaths as her index finger played with her necklace a bit, causing the glass pearls to lightly clang against each other. The Sorceress played with her necklace for a few more moments until finally she grasped them tightly upon remembering the ninja reveal to her how the Sorcerer was gone forever.

"You might not care anymore, but I will get revenge for you." she muttered before sitting in her room in silence.

Meanwhile at Kaylee's house, she made sure her mother was still busy upstairs before she sat down on the couch. Her fingers gently grasped the sides of the Ninja-Nomicon, unsure why she needed to reenter the book. Her green eyes glanced up at Randy to see him nod his head. She found herself confused when she noticed that there seem to be a hint of sadness shining his blue eyes. Deciding not to question it, she waited for the thirty-five year-old to sit down next to her before opening up the Ninja-Nomicon. The moment the book was opened, both of their pupils disappeared as their heads clunked together.

Inside the book, Kaylee and Randy screamed as they crashed into the sketch of the dojo. The teenage girl groaned as she pushed herself off the wooden floor for the second time that day.

"Ugh, I don't think I'll get used to that. What about you, did you ever get used to entering by being literally dropped in?" she asked as she rubbed her sore arm.

"Nope, and even now I'm still not use to it." Randy groaned back in reply.

The two grunted as they pushed themselves upright, barely taking notice of the sketch version of the ninja that appeared before them.

The purple-headed man sighed when he noticed the Ninja-Nomicon's avatar standing before him. As much as it pained him, he had come to accept his time of the ninja was long over and he needed to let go of that part of his past.

He inhaled deeply with his entire body feeling tense as he said "Alright Nomicon, I'm ready to receive the ultimate lesson in order to transfer my knowledge to Kaylee. I may find it wonk that I will no longer be able to remember those bruce memories, but I guess I had a good run."

"Wait, what?!" the teenage girl exclaimed in shock.

Her eyes widened and her jaw hung open as she stared in disbelief at the thirty-five year old man glancing guiltily at her. She didn't utter a single word as Randy explained that every time a ninja steps down, they must have their memories and knowledge of their time as the ninja stored in the Ninja-Nomicon in order to pass that information to the next ninja, helping them grow stronger over the years. Kaylee's face scrunched up in disagreement at the idea. She recalled how the book showed her that the man before her had been the ninja for over twenty years and she wasn't sure how him losing those memories would help due to the fact it would leave many large holes that he'll never be able to recall.

After a few seconds, she opened her mouth to state her thoughts but never got the chance. The sound of snapping filled the air, prompting both her and Randy to turn toward the sketch of the ninja.
Satisfied that it had gained both of their attention, the ninja-nomicon made the roof of the dojo open up to reveal the fight between Kaylee and the stanked Gordy. It showed not only her fighting skills, but also how Randy gave the teenage girl constant advice.

The purple-headed man's brows raised in surprise at the scene he witnessed. He could easily see that the Ninja-Nomicon was showcasing his mentoring tips toward the new ninja as a sign of being proud. He could see it was quite impressed that he feed the girl tips that allowed her to grasp her abilities better and save the teenage boy.

Wanting to satisfy his growing curiosity, he asked "Nomicon, are you actually suggesting that instead of taking the Ultimate Lesson, I instead become her teacher?"

The ninja nodded its head, causing Randy to cheer as he pumped his fists in the air.

"You go all that from watching that clip show." Kaylee commented, "I thought it was suggesting that I was so bruce in that fight that I'm instantly the cheese of all ninjas."

The older man's cheer quieted down as he turned to see the teenage girl smiling smugly at him. He rolled his eyes with a sigh, knowing that after getting a taste of what it's like to be Norrisville's hero, the glory had inflated her ego a bit. But a small grin formed on his face at this realization; he had to admit that he was the very same way when he first become the ninja. With a careless and innocent act, Randy managed to sweep his legs underneath Kaylee, causing her to instantly smash down on her back.

He grinned slyly as he leaned over her and commented "Rule number one of being a ninja, always be aware of your surroundings."

Kaylee snarled through her clenched teeth; her green eyes glaring up at her new mentor.

Finally she commented in a bitter tone "On second thought, I think I'm going to hate having you as a teacher."