"Sorcerer. Hey. How's it going?" McFist plastered a fake smile as his former business partner slowly approached him, "Just so you know; Its not my fault you got your butt kicked by the Ninja."
"Calm down, McFist." The Sorcerer assured, "I bear no grudge."
"Really?" McFist sighed in relief before noticing the Rat perched on top of the Sorcerer's shoulder, "You got a little..."
"I like him there." Before McFist could swat the Rat away, the Sorcerer threateningly grabbed his hand, almost crushing it in the process.
The Rat blew raspberries at McFist before jumping on top of the large keyboard connected to multiple computer screens and fiddled with a few buttons.
"Hey! Get out of there!" Viceroy tried to grab the Rat as fast as he can but the little vermin proved to be as fast as he was.
"You're quite aware there are now 2 Ninjas, right?" The Sorcerer asked, ignoring Viceroy's struggle with his little friend.
The poor scientist was being outsmarted and being tripped by the little rodent. Eventually, the little guy found some interesting files in the computers and jumped on the Sorceress' hands.
"Well we happen to have a very special friend who is interested in vanquishing those Ninjas as you are." The Sorceress stroked the Rat's fur as he pointed at the screens.
"A very, special, FRIEND?" McFist asked in rage, "Have you been two-timing me?"
"Oh no. We haven't seen this friend in years." The Sorcerer turned to face the screen, wondering what got his little friend to make a fuss about, "In fact, he personally recommended your, expertise."
"Oh. Well if he insists... Viceroy! Stop playing with your little friend and start building something to destroy the Ninjas with!" McFist commanded. The Scientist just mumbled in annoyance as he began planning.
"Excellent. It has to be done on the day of the Norisville Fair." The Sorcerer stated, "Pretty soon, Randy Cunningham will be at the mercy of the Omni."
"Randy who?" McFist asked, surprising the Sorcerer and the Sorceress.
"Randy Cunningham." The Sorceress replied, "The Ninja of Norisville. Your mortal enemy?"
"The one I've been sending you to destroy since, forever? " The Sorcerer pointed to the screen showing the times McFist almost unmasked the Ninja. Majority of them having clues directly pointing to Randy, "Years of research and you still haven't found clues to the Ninja's identity?"
"Well, a few days ago, we sent a Hunter-Bot to retrieve the Ninja." Viceroy mentioned, not taking his eyes of his latest creation, "But due to insufficient programming and support, it only retrieve items that were directly used by the Ninja himself. Not they were of help or anything."
"Don't listen to him, Odd Ozzy. He's just jealous." McFist snuggled his stuffed owl.
Upon closer inspection, the Sorcerer noticed some child's writing on one of the owl's wings. It said; "Frofertie of Randy Cunningham. His mine. Got it?".
The Sorcerer looked back at the computers and focused on the one presenting the Hunter-Bot. It was labeled as a failure due to the useless objects in retrieved like a red hat, a Gravepuncher's video game and a drawing. He took a closer look at the drawing of a black-haired boy who looked exactly like...
McFist was too occupied with his plush toy to notice the angry Sorcerer looming behind him. Never had he experienced such incompetence and ignorance.
Instead of blasting McFist, he felt something soft and furry on his hand, squeaking every time he squeezes it. The Rat reminded him of his duty to the Omni, gesturing him to calm down before glaring at McFist while running a finger across his throat.
"Well... so much for technology these days, huh?" The Sorcerer managed a smile, trying hard to contain his rage.
"Oh yeah. Glad you warned us about that, Danny Thunderman being the Ninja and all." McFist replied, "So, if I destroy the Ninjas, I'll finally get my reward?"
"Oh yes." The Sorcerer 'assured'.
"And you'll finally get what you truly deserve." The Sorceress added before sharing evil grins with the Sorcerer and the Rat.
"So you guys knew each other since childhood?" Hana asked as she and Randy walked into the forest.
"Yeah. Best Bros 'til the end. Always doing crazy things together, never ever forgetting each other's party..." Randy reconsidered the last part, "Sometimes. Man! Couldn't we just Ninja-Leap there?"
"They always say, 'a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.'" 'Hana' quoted, "Don't tell me you're afraid of a little exercise."
"Who? Me? What about you? You afraid of being out-Ninjaed?" Randy teased.
'Hana' just smirked before asking, "So you and Howard aren't just best friends, but brothers?"
"Yeah but not like you and your brothers brothers." Randy explained, "Its a thing of ours. Started since we were kids."
Little Howard and Randy were playing with each other. Their families decided to have a picnic one day. Little Heidi was busy playing with her dolls only to have mud thrown at her face. It wasn't long until she joined her brother and her friend in a messy mud fight.
A little while later after lunch, Little Howard gave his best friend a stuffed owl. Little Randy happily hugged the owl before sharing his and Howard's Special Fist-Bump.
"Must be wonderful to have a friend who always has your back no matter what." 'Hana' mused.
"Yeah. Sometimes we have our ups and downs and our Bro-moments are ruined by Ninja duty, but we're good." Randy said, "Weird he hasn't texted me where..."
"Took you guys long enough." Randy was surprised when he met the annoyed glare of his best friend. He was even more surprised to find that Heidi, Theresa and his other witnesses had arrived earlier than him and 'Hana'.
"Whoa. What time did you early birds wake up? 5?" 'Han' quipped.
"No. 4." Heidi corrected," We just couldn't wait."
"Actually, she couldn't wait." Howard corrected.
"Shut up Howard and start recording." Heidi excitedly took out her phone.
"Wait. Wait. Mask not on yet." Randy stopped her before she could press the recording button.
"You know, discovering your identity as the Ninja, I've got a lot of things in my mind and here's one of them; Couldn't you just admit to everyone you were the Ninja instead of letting your weird book mind-wipe me?!" Debbie exploded.
"Hey. I begged you not to reveal my identity on-air. Plus you were acting like a total shoob back then." Randy defended, "You're lucky Nomicon didn't shloomp you in and Ultimate Lessoned you again. Speaking of who, you've been silent lately Nomicon. No warnings? No floating lessons? Nothing? Just some basic Ninja 101 with the expert in Ninjalogy?"
The book didn't glow and respond, giving Randy an impression of a "yes" to all his questions.
"Give me that." Debbie yanked the book out of Randy's grip and began addressing it, "I got a lot of things to say to you, Mister."
"He was a nice book. Asked me if I could help you with your 'searching-for-your-true-purpose-in-life' mission." 'Hana' remarked.
"Sweet. So when do we start?" Randy eagerly asked.
"Right about, now." 'Hana' sat down on the ground and closed her eyes.
"Ninja-Meditate? Okay." Randy shrugged as he followed her position... only to be hit on the head by a stick.
"Lesson no. 1; Never let your guard down." 'Hana' hits him again, but he was prepared.
The two Ninjas clashed with one another as the others watched and recorded on their phones. 'Hana' leaped and landed on a river. She stepped on the water as if it was solid glass. Randy leaped towards her only to completely immerse himself in the water. 'Hana' walked towards the spot where Randy fell, her feet making small ripples for every step she takes.
"I'm not finish with you yet." Debbie warned the book before recording 'Hana' fishing Randy out of the water.
"Try clearing your mind of any distractions and concentrate on happy thoughts." She suggested.
It was hard for Randy to follow given the many things that were in his mind right now. Eventually he starts thinking about his friends and family and why they were worth protecting. Finally, he was able to walk on water and not drown on it.
"Watch this." 'Hana' open her hand, revealing two Ninja Cold Balls and started twirling, causing water to gather around her like a tornado. The water tornado exploded into the sky, only to form into snow that covered the entire forest.
"G-glad we b-br-rought s-sweaters." Heidi shivered.
Unknown to the group, they were being spied on.
"Look at them, goofing around like the weak-minded little vermin they are." The Sorceress remarked as the Ninjas quickly spun their friends around, replacing their normal clothes with warmer attire. An annoyed squeak caught her attention, "Oh. No offense. So, how's our one-armed friend doing?"
The Sorcerer conjured up a stank ball of energy, revealing Viceroy working vigorously in assembling the robot while McFist observed him while sipping on a cocktail and being fanned by a Robo-Ape.
"To be honest, you were more of a help than he ever was." The Sorcerer patted the Rat on the head. The Rat squeaked in satisfaction.
Meanwhile, after teaching Randy a few moves and so, 'Hana' decided they should have a little fun. Randy took out a cube of ice from a frozen pond and began chiseling it. 'Hana' helped by quickly slashing on the ice, turning it immediately into a sled. After making another sled, the boys and girls rode separately on both sleds and raced each other. The boys were getting the upper hand, so 'Hana' decided to give her team's sled more speed by thrusting her hand behind the sled. A ray of light blasted from her hand, pushing the sled further, passing the boys' sled in the process.
"Hey!" Bucky protested.
"Break's over!" 'Hana' chirped.
Randy decided to get back at her by making the same move. Soon, the girls and boys were neck-in-neck.
Seeing the teens having so much fun, the Sorcerer and Sorceress decided to have a little fun of their own by casting a spell, causing a mound of earth to emerged from the ground. Instead of crashing into it, the sleds slid on it, causing both teams to be flung into the sky. Before they could plummet to the ground, 'Hana' summoned a spell that caused them to stop in mid-air.
"We're flying!" Julien cried in glee, "Imagine; to have such power... Oh! What a bliss."
Randy quietly let out a small, sad sigh. Julien did had such a power. Randy was partly the cause of it and he felt guilty for creating such a monster. He was surprised that Julien was not at all bothered by the fact that he was replaced by his inner darkness and got banished to a forsaken realm, but he was also saddened that Julien never let go of his...obsession, no matter how many people he had hurt.
He was so caught up with his thoughts that he didn't see where he was going until he bumped into someone.
"Th-Theresa. Hey." He blushed.
"Hey. Who knew all these times, you, Randy Cunningham, the sweetest boy in school, would turn out to be the Ninja?" Theresa claimed.
"You thought I was cute? Randy repeated the last word.
"Its amazing. To think the Ninja was standing beside you... Like, WOW!" She went on, "Oh my God. We us-ied."
Randy felt happy that Theresa thought he was bruce. Yet, it almost sounded like she preferred his Ninja side over his Cunningham side. Just when he was about to ask her, someone threw a snowball at his face.
"In your face!" Bash gloated.
Randy just smirked behind his mask as he twirled around, gathering snow around him until he was encased in a large snowball which he hurled at Bash, and his other friends.
The Snowball exploded on the ground, freeing the group in the process, but the snow fell on them, in a way that it make them look like famous landmarks.
"I wanted to be the Statue of Liberty." Unfortunately for Bucky, he was the Sphinx while Dash looked like the Statue of Liberty.
"Dude, you rock!" Bash screamed, removing the snow from him, "I thought you were just a shoob, but you're bruce to me. Hey! I just realized; I hanged out with the Ninja! And he saw my room!"
Randy always did thought Bash was the shoobest guy in school. Turns out, he can be a really bruce nice guy at some times... even when he wasn't the Ninja.
'Hana' smirked as she silently stood behind him, arms out-stretched to push him into the snow. But before she could, Randy, moved out of the way, causing her to fall flat on her face. Randy laughed at her failed prank. Instead of being irritated, she joined in the laugh, got up and snapped her fingers. Her imprint immediately came to life, creating a snow-like duplicate of her.
"Whoa." Morgan gasped in surprise before masking it, "I mean... just one snow Ninja?"
In response, 'Hana' made a parting gesture with her hands; the snow Ninja splitted into two, creating another snow Ninja.
"6 can play that game." Randy narrowed his eyes.
"You tell her, Ninja." Howard slapped Randy on the back, causing him to lose his balance and fall on the snow.
Randy got up and wiped the snow off him before snapping his fingers, bringing his imprint to life. However, due to his awkward movements before he fell, the imprint came to life with a bent leg and arm, making it look like a weird art that came to life (which it actually was).
'Hana' and her snow copies giggled in amusement. Randy stomped his foot on the snow in anger, causing the ground to ripple, sending a wave of energy that made his snow copy 10× bigger than him!
'Hana's' snow copies dropped their swords in astonishment... before being pummeled back into snow by the snow giant.
"Wow. I was going to show you that next move." 'Hana' smirked, impressed.
"Yeah, well... I got bored watching you teach me some wonkin' tricks." Randy replied, "I mean come on. When are you going sign me up for the Advance Class?"
"Oh you'll get there soon. It's just a matter of time." 'Hana' turned her back away from him as she replied, hiding the sinister smile under her mask.
It take 'Hana' long to teach Randy the Advanced techniques he couldn't get from the NinjaNomicon. He learned how to momentarily freeze time (in order to eat Howard's hot dog), become invisible (and shoved snow under Julien's clothes), shrink objects (or in Howard's case, people. He forgave him for eating his last hot dog since he was able to eat his extra hot dog after shrinking to 10× his size), phasing through objects, and among other advance Ninja tricks. He even learned how to create illusions, seeing how he was able to conjure up an imaginary giant vision of the Sorcerer and freaked the others out of their skin. Well... except Morgan.
"What's wrong Morgan? Can't handle a little excitement?" Randy teased.
Morgan's eyes momentarily widened in surprise before... "Whatever."
Randy just groaned in annoyance. Man that girl can be so hard-core. It makes him wonder if she even has a heart at all.
"You're ready for the brucest Ninja Technique of all time?" 'Hana' asked.
"You mean...?" Randy asked in anticipation.
"Alright everyone, back away. Back away. Or do you want to end up being Ninja Barbecue?" 'Hana's' last statement prompt the group to walk away from them, but not too far for them to get a clear picture, and footage.
"You ready?" 'Hana' asked. Randy nodded in anticipation, "Alright. First clear your mind. Next, do what I do."
Both Ninjas leaped high into the air. As Randy copied 'Hana's' moves, he could feel a wave of great energy surging through him. The group watched in anticipation as the two were engulfed in a ray of light.
Finally, after completing the final pose, the two Ninjas plummeted to the ground, surrounding everything around them in a flash of light! When the light subsided, there were two craters where the two Ninjas plummeted.
"That, was, so BRUCE!" Randy exclaimed as he and 'Hana' emerged from the craters, "You were all... and I was all... and then we...!"
Randy held 'Hana's' hands and spun both of them around until they landed on their backs on the ground, laughing their heads off.
As if on cue, the Sorcerer, the Sorceress and the Rat smirked at each other before disappearing in a cloud of stank.
"I couldn't say it better myself!" Heidi agreed, "This will surely beat the limelight out of Telly Minnow's Me-Cast! You guys will be there to back me up, right?"
"All mask?" Randy asked.
"No face." Heidi replied.
"You got it." He replied.
Heidi screamed in delight and grabbed her brother by the arm, "Come on, Howard! I got to have these videos edited before the Fair, and you're gonna help me!"
"Awww! But I don't wanna!" Howard whined as he was being dragged by his sister.
"Here." Debbie shoved the Nomicon on Randy's chest, "For a magical ancient book, he sure is quiet."
"What do you think of this one?" Bucky sang a few notes, causing 'Hana' to twitch in annoyance.
"Uh... save that for the Fair, Bucky." Randy stopped him before 'Hana' could explode. Bucky just eagerly nodded his head, "Hana, thanks to you, my duty as the Ninja of Norisville is more clearer to me than it ever was before. I don't even remember why I planned to quit before."
"I'm glad to be of help." As Randy went to join his friends, 'Hana' flashed a sinister grin, "Although, I have a feeling you have yet to realize your true destiny."
The Sorcerer, the Sorceress and the Rat returned to McFist industries only to find the gazillionaire dozing in his sleep and Viceroy looking like a wreck as he installed the final components of his latest creation (which will soon be dubbed by McFist as his creation. Wait for it now).
"FINALLY!" Viceroy exclaimed, waking up McFist,"My Greatest Creation, com..."
Before he could finish, McFist pushed him out of the way and stood beside the robot, "My Greatest Creation, COMPLETE! Boy you have no idea how long I've worked hard to make this plan flawless."
As McFist went on with his "ingenious plan", he was oblivious to the anger boiling inside his co-worker.
"That, does, IT!" Viceroy exploded as he marched towards McFist and got to his face, "I HAD IT WITH YOU AND YOUR INSOLENCE! ALL THOSE YEARS I'VE BEEN WORKING MY BUTT OFF AND ALL YOU DO IS SLACK AROUND PRETENDING TO BE THE BIG CHEESE EVERYONE THINKS YOU ARE, BUT YOU'RE NOT! I'VE SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS FINISHING THAT HUNK OF JUNK, AND THE ONLY TIME YOU GOT UP ON YOUR FEET WAS WHEN YOU NEEDED TO REFILL YOUR MARTINI ON THAT DISPENSER YOU'VE BEEN WHINING ME TO BUILD!"
"Refreshing." The Sorcerer commented as he, the Sorceress and the Rat tried the said machine.
"Thanks. Glad I thought about it." McFist boasted.
"I QUIT!" Viceroy exploded before leaving the room with his robot Otto, "Good luck figuring how to destroy those Ninjas on your own with THAT!"
"You can't quit." Mcfist retorted, "I... I was just about to fire you for insubordination."
"Well I really appreciate that!" Viceroy bellowed for the last time as he slammed the door shut.
Once he was gone, McFist felt inside him cracking. Sure Viceroy and him have their fall-out now and then. But...
He suddenly brush it off as he turned to face the giant robot Viceroy built..
"Bah! Who needs him? We can figure this out. Right, Odd Ozzy?" McFist asked his stuffed owl, "And once we get rid of those Ninjas, we'll finally get what we truly deserve in the first place!"
"That, we can assure." The Sorcerer sinisterly grinned as he clinked glasses with the Sorceress and the Rat.
Told you so. )=)
