It was a crisp morning in Japan. The boys of the Cul-De-Sac were planning to visit Gessen Clandestine Academy soon and Kevin was just visiting a small dance club to pass the time. The Jock was showing off some quick moves on the dance floor and even attracted a small crowd before deciding to take a break and get a drink.

"You've got some, like, sick moves, sweetie!~" A cute valley girl-esque voice spoke up. Kevin turned to address the speaker and blushed at who he saw. A beautiful girl with blonde hair and a birthmark under her lip.

"U-Uh, yeah, I learned a lot by myself. It wasn't easy but I managed..." Kevin stuttered as he struggled to focus on the girls sharp blood red eyes and her...assets.

"Well, I think you, like, totally got a Old-Fashioned Disco Free-Style going, Babe~. Call me Shiki~" The blonde girl chirped as she offered her hand to the jock.

"K-Kevin, 'sup babe." Kevin mentally slapped himself for that little slip-up but Shiki just giggled as they shook hands.

"I have a feeling you're different than most boys I meet. They always go leering after my boobies and ass, totes annoying!" She huffed but smiled at Kevin, who blushed, feeling touched he was considered different from THOSE types of boys.

After chatting with Shiki for a bit, Kevin made his way back to the house to see it was a complete disaster area. Looking to see Ed chasing Double-D with his War Club while Rolf, Johnny and Jimmy had made a pillow fort and were wielding their weapons fearfully while Eddy was laughing his ass off on the floor.

"Alright, what the hell just happened?" Kevin spoke in annoyance as Eddy got up and wiped a tear from his eye as he finished laughing.

"Lumpy was training with Double-D and then Sockhead suggested that he pretend their training was one of his comics and Ed let it go completely to his head! What an idiot!" Eddy resumed laughing after he finished describing the events that lead up to the disaster.

"Alright, I'll stop this..." Kevin said before pulling out his Axe and slamming it down on the ground, creating a tremor to stop the antics of Ed but was shocked to see a rock stalagmite erupt out of the ground and cause Ed to crash into it like a slapstick cartoon character.

"Whoa! Kev, how'd ya do that?" Eddy inquired in bewilderment as Double-D stopped and peeled Ed off the stalagmite as it seemed to retreat into the ground and seal up, all evidence of it appearing having vanished almost instantly.

"I can explain..." The boys all noticed a figure who's body was completely covered in white robes with a hooded cowl. He had black gloves with silver lines and long black boots. He had a strange purple crest with circles and tomoes on it placed on his chest and he was carrying a winged broadsword.

"Okay, who the heck are you?" Eddy said defensively, pulling out his Buster Sword as the other boys readied their weapons. The hooded figure held up his hands defensively.

"Easy now, I mean no harm. In fact, I'm here to help explain some things." Hearing those words, the boys settled down but keep their weapons close just in case. The figure sat down on a circle of light as the other boys settled down on the various turned up furniture.

"My name is Benjamin. However, I believe you may be surprised to know I am bestpony666, you're secret benefactor." The boys all looked surprised at this.

"So, you're the one who gave us this house...and our supplies...and the invitation?" Double-D said as he put a finger to his chin in deep thought from what he just heard. Benjamin nodded.

"That is correct. I am here to help guide you on the path of Shinobi." The boys all leaned in as they wanted to hear what he had to say.

"I have been the one supplying you your needs in this house as well as the one who gave you your scrolls and weapons. After all, you need proper base and tools to become a Shinobi." The boys nodded as they looked at their weapons.

"Also, you have been assigned a certain Element that matches your character. Kevin and Ed both wield the power of Earth along with its subclass elements like Lava and Metal due to your strong wills and indomitable spirits. Double-D wields Light due to his pure heart. Eddy has Fire and its subclass elements like Steam and Smoke due to his passionate temper. Rolf wields Life due to his spiritual connections to the plants and animals. Johnny, you wield Wind, due to your peaceful and loving nature and finally Jimmy, you wield Lightning due to your quick wits and sharp instincts.

"Cool! But wait, how did Plank turn into...well...what he is now." Johnny gestured to Plank, who nodded his head in agreement with his friend.

"Indeed, I would like to know how I went from a board of wood with a spiritual connection to Johnny and then became this...creature of shadow." Plank said as he gestured to his robed, ghost-like body.

"That was also my doing. You're connection was pure and allowed me to interact with it. You see, Plank actually is truly alive, he was given life by Johnny's light. He just never was fully capable of speaking out, hence why whatever he said to Johnny was heard by him and him alone." All the boys mouthed an "O" as they heard this, but they were still weirded out all the same.

"So, also, what about that dark guy who attacked us? Is he a friend of yours?" Eddy inquired but Benjamin looked away, as if uncomfortable to answer that.

"That's a story for another time, my friends. I must take my leave now, good luck, I shall also fix your house for you." As Benjamin finished speaking, he vanished in a blinding flash of light, when it subsided, the boys saw the living room was completely fixed up.

"Well...Should we get heading to Gessen Academy as planned, fellows?" Double-D asked to the others. They all nodded and went, taking a bus that would take them to the place where Gessen was located. The boys were now looking at a map that had Gessen marked somewhere.

"Dorks! I told you we should have taken a left turn at that point!" Kevin complained as he pointed at a part of the map.

"Don't look at me, Shovel Chin! Double-D's the one holding the map!" Eddy shot back with a twitch in his eyebrow while DoubleD sighed in exasperation while Rolf, Jimmy and Johnny were sing their Urban Ranger skills to help steer everyone on the right track.

"Urban Rangers, what do you think of this?" Rolf said as he held a moss-covered kunai knife. Jimmy, Johnny and Plank inspected it before standing to attention.

"Moss means it's been around for several years. We must be heading in the right direction!" Johnny said as he pointed forward. Rolf nodded proudly as he, Jimmy and Plank followed. The Eds and Kevin watched this before rolling their eyes and following their nature-savvy friends.

Soon, they arrived at what seemed to be a large Japanese academy surrounded by snow. Ed was pretty happy and he, Johnny and Jimmy proceeded to run and jump into the fluffy ice. Double-D smiled as he walked over and clapped his hands.

"Fellows, I do believe we should get up. This is somebody's property after-" Before he could finish his sentence, Ed tackled him to the ground as a swarm of bats crashed down on where they had just been.

"What the-" Kevin said before he suddenly had to block a sudden attack from a dual-bladed scythe with his battle axe. The face he saw get close to him shocked him.

"Well, if it ain't, like, a small world after all~" Shiki, the girl he met at the dance club earlier was licking her lips as she jumped back and Kevin got a good look at what she was currently wearing, which happened to be some kind of skimpy witch outfit.

"Okay, what the heck is it with girls we meet having big boobs and also wearing kinky outfits?!" Kevin said as he twirled his Battle Ae and charged to clash with the blonde girl who earlier ago he considered a friend.

"Is that, Nazz?" Ed questioned as he tilted his head in confusion. Eddy was about to tell his friend off about the big difference between her and their blonde friend from back home when he was hit in the head by what looked like a 10-Ton weight.

"Bumpsies on the head, he gets bumpsies on his head~!" Sang a cute voice and Ed turned to see a girl with brown hair in twintails and wearing a very childish outfit with a hamster backpack.

"ED SHALL SMITE YOU CHILD OF LOKI!" Ed declared as he drew his Samurai War Club and charged as the girl giggled and spanked her rear tauntingly before running and laughing as Ed chased her.

"Fall...Big...Tree...Flat..." Eddy slurred as he stumbled about in a daze from the blow before falling flat into something soft. He mumbled softly as he shook his head and got up, rubbing his head in pain.

"What was that for anyway..." Eddy then regained vision to see what had stopped his fall and his face immediately turned beet red when he noticed it was a large pair of jugs owned by a girl with short blue hair and wearing a revealing kimono...she also had a huge ass pair of gauntlets.

"WAIT! I DIDN'T MEA-" Eddy couldn't finish as he had to jump away as the girl punched the ground with her gauntleted fists.

"Ignoring that perverted little slip-up...WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT DO YOU WANT?!" The girl shouted before charging at Eddy as he screamed like a wuss and ran, not even bothering to pull out his Buster Sword. Jimmy and Johnny were watching Ed chase the childish girl and also saw Eddy running in terror from the gauntlet-clad girl. Kevin stopped to catch his breath as Shiki rested on the handle of her scythe with an amused smile.

"So, handsome, did you, like, really want to come and attack Gessen or are you here to have a good time?~" Kevin blushed as he ignored that last statement before putting away his axe to show he meant no harm.

"Can you tell your friends to stop attacking my friends?" Kevin said and Shiki groaned as she turned to call the two other girls when a stern voice shouted: "STOP!"

Everyone turned to see a beautiful girl with icy light blue eyes, grey hair that reached her neck and was wearing a white and blue lined kimono with an opening for her cleavage.

"Is that an angel, Plank?" Johnny said as his eyes sparkled in awe. The girl then slid down on a slide made of ice and stopped to form two walls of ice by swinging her fans. Both walls worked in stopping Eddy and Ed as they crashed into them.

"Aw, no fun Yumi-Chan! I was playing Tag with him!" The childish twintailed girl said with a cute pout while the gauntleted girl picked up Eddy and shook him to stir him awake from his daze.

"Yozakura, Minori, Shiki, I believe these are the boys the hooded man was telling us about?" The boys all perked up when they realized that Benjamin may have told this girl about their arrival.

"Oh, really? My sincerest apologies, let's invite you inside and offer you some refreshments as apology." The gauntled girl, now identified as Yozakura, said politely as she let Eddy go. The Leader of the Eds gave a small scowl but gratefully went along with her.

"Sorry about hitting your head on the head, Minori thought he was a bad guy." Minori, the childish one, apologized to Ed as he picked himself out of the snow but he just gave her a sweet smile as he always did.

"No worries, Mush, mush, mush." Ed said as he walked through the snow in his usual slouch walk. Everyone headed inside and were seated around a futon. They were all given shave ice made by Yumi.

"This is really sweet, thank you." Jimmy said appreciatively while blushing shyly at the girls beautiful features, especially her icy blue eyes.

"Thank you, it's my Grandfathers recipe after all." Yumi said with a smile so sweet, it pierced through all the boys hearts.

"Say Yu-and-Mi, where's Murachii?" Shiki inquired as she felt Kevin's abs while sitting close to him, much to the jocks embarrassment.

"I do not know where Murakumo is, but I believe-" Suddenly a thud was heard as the boys and girls all turned to see a girl with brown hair in a ponytail and wearing a demon mask land down with a giant cleaver and spear...though Rolf tensed when he saw two wolves by her side.

"Everyone, I have returned." The girl said in a deep voice as she made a command and the wolves leaped away in a flash. Rolf relaxed his shoulders as Shiki seemed to take notice.

"What's up with him, hot stuff?" The blonde inquired to Kevin, who just shrugged.

"He kinda has a beef with wolves. Told me one time that some weirdo in a wolf pelt molested his sheep or something." The jock said. The Eds all nodded, remembering when Ed's pen pal had given him a wolf trinket and Rolf got angry at them about it.

"Rolf apologizes for his antagonism towards the Ed Boys but Rolf still despises anything that reminds him of that wretched day!" Rolf said firmly with his arms folded. The masked girl, who they could guess was Muraumo, walked up to Rolf and leaned forward so their eyes were locked.

"My wolves have no quarrel with you, I suggest you leave them alone." The masked girl said in a low tone as Rolf flinched slightly.

"Rolf surely has no quarrel with your hairy beasts, but Rolf's word still stands." The girl slammed her hands on the table, not liking how Rolf was talking about her wolves and this startled everyone except the girls.

"Murachii, come down before you blow a-" Shiki couldn't finih as Rolf reacted in an instant.

"SLAHARD!" With those words, the Son of a Shepard smacked the girl's mask and sent it careening into the air...and crashing into the ground, shattering into a million pieces. What the boys saw shocked them all, but no more so than Rolf.

Murakumo's face was beautiful. Her eyes were a deep shade of green and had a look of timidness to them. She immediately freaked out when she realized her mask was destroyed and covered her face with her hands before bowing and banging her head on the table.

"I'm SO SORRY THAT YOU HAVE TO SEE MY UGLY FACE! PLEASE DON'T LOOK, DON'TLOOK!" The now maskless girl shrieked, her voice changing to a more cuter and timid tone. Rolf didn't say anything, his eyes were still wide open and his jaw had dropped.

"Why would you say that? You're SMOKING!" Eddy said as he blushed and drooled at the sight of her pretty face.

"Apologies, she has some major insecurities about her appearance." Yozakura said with a bow of her head. Murakumo continued fretting and panicking before Rolf placed his hands on hers and moved them away from her face. Murakumo began taking in Rolf's features and blushed at how surprisingly handsome he was.

"Rolf apologizes for his rash actions. For that, Rolf allows you to punish him." Rolf then took out a giant balloon hammer hat and put it on Murakumo's head.

"W-What is this?" The shy girl said nervously.

"The Hat of Discipline." Rolf said simply before gently taking Murakumo's shoulders and having her bow, slamming the hammer hard on his head. Everyone cringed at the hard crunch that echoed when it made contact.

"EEEEK! A-ARE YOU OKAY?!" Murakumo said as she threw off the Hat of Discipline and looked over Rolf to see if he had an injuries. Rolf was perfectly fine...save for a trail of blood pooling down his head.

"Rolf has been punished, all is forgiven hopefully." Eddy just slapped his knee and laughed before flinching at Yozakura's stern glare.

"Ay yi yi! What is your friend made of?" Shiki said in surprise as Kevin chuckled.

"Rolf is one tough son of a bitch, that's all I'm giving ya, toots." The jock said. After some talking, some playing courtesy of Minori, Ed, Jimmy and Johnny and a sparring match to test the boys skill courtesy of Yumi and Yozakura, the boys were heading back to their house and bid farewell to the girls. Rolf stayed behind so he could talk to Murakumo one last time and she also insisted that Ed stay for a bit too.

"Ed, I have something to tell you...You know your Pen-Pal, right?" Ed nodded happily as Murakumo handed him a wolf medal with the Gessen Academy symbol behind it. Ed's eyes shone in realization before he wrapped the shy girl in a big hug.

"PEN PAL, IT IS YOU!" The lovable oaf cheered as he spun Murakumo around. The girl giggled bashfully before Ed began to take his leave, promising to treasure the medal she gave her. Rolf looked at Murakuo apologetically as she looked away with a blush.

"Rolf truly is remorseful for his transgression on She-Who-Is-Prettier-Without-Horrid-Mask Murakumo-Girl..." The Son of a Shepard said, rubbing the back of his neck with an ashamed look. Murakumo waved her hands frantically when she saw the sad look in his eyes.

"N-No, I can always replace it but...Y-You really think I'm pretty without my mask?" The shy girl said, blushing. Rolf nodded with a serious expression.

"Correct! Rolf cannot keep his eyes off you now that I have laid eyes on the moonlit graces your face provides!" Murakumo didn't really understand Rolf's weird way of expressing himself but still blushed, knowing he was complimenting her.

"T-Thank you." Rolf smiled as he began to leave, waving good-bye to Murakumo as he ran to rejoin the other boys. The former girl looked at herself in the reflection of a pool of after and felt her face softly as she whispered a single word...

"Pretty?"

I hope you liked the meeting of the Cul-De-Sac Boys and the Gessen Girls. Also, yes, I made Murakumo Ed's Pen-Pal. We also get to see some developing romance for the first time.

Hebijo is all that's left and I must warn you: One of the boys is going to kiss one of the girls there. Who's it gonna be? Wait till next chapter to find out.

Also, sorry if I kinda rushed the introduction of the Big Good helping the Cul-De-Sac boys AKA Me, but I think it's easier for the boys to understand if they met their benefactor.