I told you," the teen replied with an exasperated voice. "I don't know! Chances are, the Guardian does! He's the one that lurks in the shadows, observing rather than acting! When the Sorcerer came out, I was granted the wish of no more fights, and what he does? He start a fight with the Sorcerer himself, He ruined everything I've worked so hard for!" the trapped boy gave another snort. "Wanted me to seal the Sorcerer again! Said that I failed as a Ninja! But I brought peace!"

You didn't bring peace," Randy stares into the Ninja's eyes, "If they were peace than why was everybody so happy to see me and the guardian and saying that they are going to be saved? Nobody would say that if they were in peace, You failed as a Ninja, you let your emotions cloud your better judgement, you made a big mistake, a really big one and because of that, everybody in Norrisville is paying the price for it." Randy grips the mask and takes it off the boys head, "And I will be needing this," He looks down at the poor boy, "I'll be coming back for you later."

"Hand over the mask," the familiar voice of the Guardian was as calm as ever as he walked out of the shadows cast by the trees. "I'll return it to the guy that hands the mask over to the next Ninja for safekeeping." The man bent down and helped the emotionally unstable teen to his feet and looked at him with a raised eyebrow. The kid had lost weight his eyes were clouded with anger and hate. "You really think I left to fend for yourself that time?" he asked, surprised. "If you must know, while you were battling those five monsters, I was holding off an entire army of robots so that you could save those people. You didn't see me because I work from the shadows to ensure you can do your job and people continued praising the Ninja. It's been like that for eight hundred years. I can't change that."

The teen did not respond to the guardian, he does not believe a word the Guardian is saying, the ninja just stared down at the ground not saying a word to the both of them, Randy couldn't help but feel bad for the boy. "Great so we don't know where is the Sorcerer is located." Randy sighs in frustration, he turns his attention to the guardian, "Do you actually know where the Sorcerer is? Is he telling the truth?" Randy wasn't going to hand the mask over until he got some truthful answers, he grips the mask tightly in his hands, "You better start telling me the truth, and the honest truth."

Holding the mentally unstable teen by the back of his jacket, the Guardian shook his head sadly. "I only have vague ideas," he said. "And none have proof. If you are willing to spend the night checking out the several locations I have in mind, then meet me at your house in one hour. I need to take this kid back home before his parents go nuts. They are already worried enough as it is." The Guardian took a small orb out of his belt and smashes it to the ground, revealing it to be a Smoke Bomb. When the red cloud had dissipated into the air, the man and the boy he was holding onto were gone without leaving a single trace.

Randy waves the red smoke away from his face, he kinda felt bad for the kid, Sometimes being the Ninja could take its toll on a person, balancing life and school at the same time while maintaining a friendship with someone, it was hard and Randy knew it. Rain came down hard, Randy did not bother to smoke bomb yet, he grabs the sai's that are on the ground and stuffs it into his pockets, he felt that he was being a little on that kid earlier but it couldnt be helped any longer. He finally got out the red orb and smashes it on the ground, he ended up inside the house this time, Randy places his mask on the table and sighs heavily, "This whole situation is frustrating," He said to himself, "Now we have to play cat and mouse with the Sorcerer."

An hour later, the silent figure of the Guardian appeared at the entrance door. before entering, however, he spent a couple of minutes to get most of the water off his suit and cape. When he was dry enough to not create a long trail of rainwater on the floor, he stepped inside and closed the door behind him. "Ninja, you here?" he asked, making his way past the living room and into the kitchen. Since it was night, he turned the lights on and closed the shutters at the window so no one would be able to see inside.

It took a moment or so until Randy responded, "Yeah." Randy emerges from upstairs and looks at the Guardian, "So what are the locations you had in mind?" Randy sat down on the couch and pinches the bridge of his nose. "This is frustrating, the kid doesn't know where the Sorcerer is, You don't know."

Randy rubs the side of his head like if he was getting a nasty migraine, "and what is eating me up the most is that I don't know what the Sorcerer is doing, he could be stanking people for I know!"

"After this," Randy said staring into the eyes of the Guardian, "You have to reveal who you are to me, you know who I am so its only fair."

"It's not that I don't know," the Guardian confessed, looking at Randy from his spot at the kitchen's door. "It's that I don't remember clearly. Don't ask me what that does mean because I won't tell." He sighed and then went to stand in front of the Ninja, his arms crossed. "What I know for certain, however, is that the Sorcerer is not at McFist Industries, so we can cross that one out.. I believe the most probable locations are an old mansion to the north east, a system of caverns to the south, the mountains to the north west," he listed each location by counting them on the fingers of his right hand. "Or we can go look under the school for hints." Bringing his hand to his chin, the Guardian turned away and frowned. "Why wasn't I paying attention at the time..?" he asked to himself. "This would be much easier if I could remember..."

Randy observes him suspiciously, "Did the Sorcerer cast a spell on you to make you forget? that is the only logical explanation I have for you."

"Anyways, I'll check out the mansion that is on the northeast from Norisville." He goes to retrieve his mask, he slips it over his head, and heads out, "Either you meet me there or I'll investigate alone, see you soon." And with that he takes off to the northeast of Norisville, after awhile he does spot a mansion and rushes towards it, the atmosphere suggest that they are occupants inside but he decided to check anyway.

As he stood on a branch of a nearby tree, hidden from view, Randy could see that there was no security or guards. The looks of the mansion suggested that it had been abandoned for years now, with unkempt plants overtaking paths through the entire garden and stone sculptures falling prey of the weather. After a moment, he felt the eyes of the Guardian onto him, but like always, the masked man was well hidden from view and seemed like he was not going to get involved into this little scouting mission for the moment.