Chapter 8-Saving Red's Identity

(Tuesday, before first period, outside under a tree)

Rachelle's POV

"Ugh, when can Randy just give up already?" I complained. Hila responded, "Because he is a nice dude who never gives up no matter what and does everything for you no matter what like Theresa said." "Well yeah, but he can't be that good. No boy is." "Well some dudes can be better than you know who." Hila informed. "Please, don't remind me about him." I sighed. We failed to notice a camera from Heidi who has been recording us the whole entire time which we totally forgot that she records about new students too. I hope Randy is watching or anybody. "Hey everybody! This is Heidi Weinerman with two new students who came yesterday and seems to be down today. What are your names?" She stuffed a mic at us. "Rachelle Kang." I growled. "Hila Howler." She answered angrily. We both got up and started to walk away, but she asked, "Do you know why Andy is acting like this to you?" I said, "Yes, I don't want to talk about it." "Can you tell us why?" I thought for a moment if I should hand a few clues to Randy and test if he is not like my enemy. I stopped walking and turned around. Hila did the same. "He wants to know why I'm always angry and mean." I replied. Heidi was getting satisfied and then asked, "So who is this 'you know who'?" "I wouldn't dare say the name, but let's just say that it's a he and is an enemy." Hila and I walked to first period. "So there you have peeps! Rachelle Kang who has an enemy! Peace out!" Heidi left.

Randy's POV

"Howard, I know the story know! She has a male enemy which made all dudes to be her enemy!" I cried. "But, I don't know why. Something must have happened. Something wonk." Howard evoked, "Well, now you know mostly everything, why don't you guys just start over?" I decided to go and meet with Rachelle and Hila, but then I saw five Robo-Lizards started to attack them. I ducked into a bush and suited up. "Smoke bomb!" I shouted. "Smoke bomb!" Howard cried. "Smoke bomb!" Theresa yelled. "Smoke bomb!" Debbie screamed. "Whoa…what the juice is this?! I'm a dreaming?!" Hila freaked out. Each of us handled each Robo-Lizard while Rachelle and Hila tried their best to defend themselves from the fifth one. "Ow! Nope, definitely not a dream!" Hila winced with a bloody arm. I sliced my robot with my Ninja Katana and jumped to help her. After that I heard Rachelle roar, "NO ONE MESSES WITH MY FRIEND!" She jumped and started to tackle the robot with hammer fists. I stood there speechless never wanting to mess with her. Ever. She stomped on the lizard and yanked the head off. While she was panting heavily I complimented, "Whoa, you have some bruce fighting there!" "Oh, this? Thanks Ninja." Rachelle ran to check on her friend. "Are you okay dudette?" "Yeah, I'm fine. How is this real? There is a Ninja? I'm not in Japan!" Hila was bewildered. Rach face-palmed and explained, "Why do you not listen to me most of the time? I told you five times already that there is a bruce Red Ninja who is a student of this school so he protects it. How do you even survive school for all these years?" Hila squinted and replied, "I have no idea." "Ugh, whatever, can I have your autograph?" Rachelle rushed with a pen and paper out of the blue. "Uh…I…sorry, but I don't want to expose my identity." She said, "Oh, that's ok, anyway why has there been three new ninjas? They must be very lucky. Sigh, if only I can be one. That would change my life and finally make me so happy." Rachelle has finally smiled for the first time. "Well then see you later Rachelle." I just noticed I accidently said her name. "Well, bye. Wait did you just-" "Smoke Bomb!" I vanished leaving no tracks behind. "My name?" Rachelle finished.

Nobody's POV

There was an invisible security camera that led to Viceroy's screen and he had a new evil plan in his mind. "Nooooooooo!" McFist yelled. "I'm tired of failing over and over and over and over and over again! What is even worse that there is now four ninjas!" Viceroy said, "Yes, but we finally have a chance to know the Red Ninja's identity!" "Really?" He asked hopefully. "Yes. In the recording the Ninja accidently said her name, Rachelle. He must be a friend of her so if we capture Rachelle, we can make her talk. Meanwhile, the Ninjas will be lured to rescue her." Viceroy explained. "I love it! My best plan yet!" His boss cried. Viceroy said, "Maybe the plan is too basic. I know! After she is captured, I will release a Robo-Rachelle with realistic designs, thoughts, and emotions!" "I love it again! This will be the brucest plan yet!" McFist yelled happily. "Seriously? You my plan." Viceroy corrected. "No, it has always been my plan!" He yelled. Viceroy played the voice recorder: "It has always been your plan!" for the second time. "That must have been some other McFist." McFist reasoned.

Rachelle's POV

"Hila, I just cannot believe it." I said. "You mean when the Ninja said your name who can be a person who knows you well enough to actually accidentally say your name that can help you figure out his secret identity?" Hila asked. "What?! Really? Are you saying that I should go see Debbie and Theresa who might want to know?" I asked her back. "Not my problem. I'm too lazy. Just tell me who later when you figure it out." I ran to Debbie's office and barged in scaring the juice out of her and said, "I need your help. I almost know who the Red Ninja is."

(In Debbie's Study Room)

Debbie's POV

Wait what? Rachelle knows who Randy is? I hope Randy is none of her suspects. "You do? How wonderful, can you show me your suspects?" I asked pretending to be excited. "Well, the Ninja accidently said my name, which would mean he is a friend of mine who knows me well. My friends are Theresa, you, Randy, and Howard and since he is a dude, then that would only be Howard and Randy, but Howard is shorter than the Ninja. I only have one suspect and that is Randy Cunningham." Randy as the Ninja (because it was the quickest way and came because Hila told him what Rachelle was doing) was outside the door listening the whole conversation who started to sweat nervously and thought, "Will Rachelle find out my true identity? Already? She has only been here less than two days! Wow. She's good. No, anyone would can do that, it was my fault." Doodle words appeared in front of him that said, "A red ninja must opt wisely and trust the consistent." "Can I actually trust her? Oh why not tell her? I already exposed my identity and she already knows. But this is way too early. She isn't even my friend. Wait, she did say I was one of her friends! Howard too!" Randy thought again. "Yes!" I whispered. Randy decided to reach for the knob until the knob was turning. The Ninja hid and the door opened revealing Rachelle. "I thought I heard something. Must be my mind playing with me." She left the building back to school for lunch and Randy entered her study with his mask off. "Debbie, what am I going to do? She is still very new. I'm not sure if I should tell her. If I go back to school, he will totally ask me. Can I really trust her? When did I become her friend? Debbie, I need answers!" Randy panicked. I suggested, "Just don't say anything. When she says something, just try to convince her that you are not the type. If she continuously says something, just admit it. You can definitely trust her. Remember to trust the consistent." Randy calmed down, "You are right. I'll try." He left my study room and went back to school Ninja style.

Rachelle's POV

I was on my way to Norrisville High and when I crossed the street almost at my destination, a Limo pulled over, a servant came, opened the door, and said, "Your rid is here." I explained, "I don't have a Limo." Then a beam of light shot down pulling the Limo, the servant, and up into a hovercraft. "Help! Ninjas! Come on! Help!" I panicked. Nobody heard me because everyone was in class already. I desperately searched for a weapon to use. Usually I always had a weapon prepared for everything, but not this time. The force was pulling me and I felt helpless for the first time in my life except when I was a baby, but that doesn't count. "HELP!" I yelled for the last time before the door closed concealing the light allowing darkness to come. It was so dark that I couldn't see my hands. I reached for my metal ruler from my backpack and started to swing it around me yelling angrily, "Who's there who dares to kidnap me!" I slowly stood up and noticed a tap on the shoulder behind me that made me slap something. It winced, "Ow! What the juice was that for?" The mysterious voice sounded exactly like mine and said exactly what I would've said if I was wacked by a metal ruler. "Who are you? You sound just like me." I anxiously said. The light were flicked on and both of us shouted covering our eyes, "Ow, my eyes! The lights too bright!" We both peeked at each other moving a finger aside and she was me! "What the Juice?" I asked disoriented. "I'm Robo-Rachelle. I have your personality, your education, your appearance, your actions, your voice, and I am your replacement." Robo-Rachelle explained evilly. "I can also change into anyone Viceroy commands me." I screamed, "Yeah, but you are not completely me! You don't have the same brain as me!" I raised my ruler to stab her in the head, but her reflexes were better than me. She grabbed hold of my wrist and twisted it making me flip in mid-air and land on my back. "Ow…my back…" I groaned. "This can't be happening. This machine is too impossible to make. I must be having a nightmare, but the pain is so real." "I may have your complete brain, but when I don't know how to respond to your friends, Viceroy will make you talk. Good luck!" She was transported back to Norrisville High. I was then dragged to a table by a Robo-Ape or something and strapped my wrists and ankles. McFist then came up in front of me. "McFist! Thank goodness! Can you get me out of this thing?!" I asked. "No, I will soon destroy the Ninja once and for all and get my reward!" He shouted evilly. I couldn't believe McFist was on their side and wanting to destroy the Red Ninja. An African American in a purple outfit came and placed a machine on my head. "What the juice is this thing?" I panicked trying to break free. "A mind reader." The Scientist said who I think is Viceroy. I started to not think of my knowledge of the Ninja if I want to protect him. "What do I think about? Do I think about what to think about? No, I have to think of something scary. Like my nightmare about the Zombie Apocalypse inside the Haunted Mansion. Yeah that's it! But, I need to think about something, wait how about thinking of nothing? Nothing, nothing, nothing, I am going to die, nothing, nothing, I really want to see my friends who are Randy, Howard, Debbie, Theresa, and Hila, nothing, nothing, argh! This is too hard! I really hate you McFist!" The Mind Reader Screen said. "Wow, she has a lot going on in her head." McFist commented.

Meanwhile at school at lunch…

Hila's POV

"Rachelle, do you want to go to Whoopee World with Randy, Howard, and I this weekend?" I asked her. "Oh, I am busy. I have to finish redecorating my house." Rachelle explained, but I realized she didn't seem sad. She was in fact smiling? "Oh, ok. Do you want me to come over and help?" I offered. "No, my family and I can handle it." Rachelle reasoned. "Then, do you want to go sit by me at Math class?" I asked suspiciously. "Sure. I'd love to!" Rachelle smiled bigger. I never knew she could still do that. "Ha! You are not the real Rachelle! She never smiles and we already had Math at second period! Somebody help!" I cried, but a hand covered my mouth. My first reaction was a bite and I turned around that appeared to be Randy. "Ow! Why did you bite me?!" He shouted. I explained, "I thought you were the fake Rachelle." I scanned around the cafeteria finding no Rachelle. "I haven't seen her since third period. Maybe she went to see Debbie." Randy reasoned knowing that she is on the way to school. "Wait, it can't take her this long. There is only one person, McFist!" Randy thought. "What makes you say that she was fake? Do you think she is a robot?" He questioned. "She smiled and I tricked her by asking her to sit by me in Math, but we already had Math in second period. When you came, she was gone in a flash." I witnessed. "I'll be right back. You can try to play with the Klub if you are bored." He ran out the Cafeteria and into the hallway.

(In the hovercraft)

Rachelle's POV

"Finally! We are so close to knowing the Ninjas secret identity!" Viceroy smiled with joy. "The suspects are Randy and Howard! Let me see the school records for them." He searched in his McPad and found, "Randy Cunningham and Howard Weinerman." "Rachelle, who is the Ninja?!" McFist yelled. I stayed silent, but the screen yelled back, "I will never talk! You are the worst person I have ever met! You are so going on top of my hate list! Yes, I do have a hate list! I will never say that Randy is the Red Ninja! Oh shoot! I blurted it out! Stupid helmet! Argh! Get me off this thing!" I started to shake vigorously trying to break free. The screen shouted, "You will pay! When I get free! I will totally destroy both of you guys! Even more violently than when I crushed your stupid Robo-Lizard!" Viceroy turned off the machine, but was frightened to take off the helmet because of what Rachelle said. The Sorcerer appeared in the green screen and said, "Have you finally destroy the Ninja?" McFist happily said, "No, but the Ninja is Randy Cunningham. He is a freshman in the school and we will soon destroy him!" He raised his robot arm in a fist. "No!" I yelled. The Sorcerer gave me a confused look. "Why is there a girl strapped against a metal table? Get rid of her!" Viceroy explained, "She helped us figure out the Ninja's identity. If we release her, she will warn the Ninja because he is her friend." "Well what are you waiting for?! Go destroy the Ninja!" He urged. "Release the Robo-Spies!" The scientist commanded. Robots dressed in black came and jumped off the hovercraft. "No!" I shouted again, but it was too late. The Sorcerer disappeared, Viceroy went to check on what the Robo-Spies were doing, and McFist went to see his wife Marci McFist. Luckily Randy came crawling through the vents while Viceroy reported his identity.

Randy's POV

I thought, "Oh no, I'm too late!" Which was the unlucky part. "What am I going to do?" I whispered to the Nomicon. "My identity is exposed for good. This is my fault, I shouldn't have tried to be friends with Rachelle, but it actually seems she cared." Then the book I held began to vibrate. "What the Juice?!" I thought. Then a flash of red light shot out of the Nomicon brighter than usual. I covered my eyes and when the light disappeared, I didn't see the NinjaNomicon anymore, but a Japanese teenage girl about my height. She had Rachelle's hair style, but with red dye on the lose hair on the sides. She had a short black jacket above her stomach with long sleeves, a red shirt with a black Norisu Nine Symbol, a lime green belt with a tiny black Norisu Symbol too, black McSkinnies, and red and white McKicks. The girl was like a combination of the NinjaNomicon, Rachelle, and me. "Who are you? Why do you look like the Nomicon, Rachelle, and me? I need the Nomicon. Where is it? I'm in deep trouble." I whispered. The mysterious girl answered, "Randy, it's me, the NinjaNomicon. I have transformed into a human to save your identity and I also remembered you saying that you want me to be a person. I am like you and your friend because you two are the closest humans. Yes, I can change into anyone and anything. We must go and save her because we don't have time." She slipped on a mask exactly like mine and was a Red Ninja too. "Let's go." Nomicon ordered and we jumped in front of Rachelle. (We didn't Smoke Bomb because it will smell and make noise) "Ninja! I'm so sorry I told them your identity. Can you please get this Mind Reader and straps off me?" Rachelle said smiling a little. Nomicon motioned her to be quiet and sliced the straps open. I removed the helmet that looked exactly like the one when Howard almost exposed my identity and sliced it in half with my Katana. "There is now five Ninjas? Rachelle whispered. "I'll explain later. We have to find those Robo-Spies." I said. "Wait," Nomicon had a plan. "Or we can wait for them to see you Ninja. You will be in school being a normal kid while I can transform like you. When the Robo-Spies find you, I will Smoke Bomb over, attack the Robots, and explain to everyone that you were never the Red Ninja." Nomicon explained. "Bruce plan Nomicon!" I complimented. "Wait, so I was actually right that you are the Ninja?" Rachelle asked amazed. "Yep, I'll show you later." I replied. We ran Ninja style to school, Nomicon left, Rachelle and I hid behind a bush, I removed the mask, changed into Randy, Rachelle was impressed and awkwardly hugged me for saving her, and we went inside the school for 7th period with Mrs. Driscoll. Fortunately, I kept two passes to be excused for being late. Rachelle wrote on them like a teacher's handwriting would be like and we were excused. An announcement in the speaker reported, "Please join the school for an important assembly hosted by some important Robots in the gym. Thank you!" Rachelle and I glanced at each other. Mrs. Driscoll said, "Okay students, please line up in a single file-" She was interrupted by the loud noise the students made eagerly wanting to leave the boring classroom. Rachelle and I left last and we sat down on the middle bleachers by Theresa, Debbie, Howard, and Hila. A Robo-Spy walked into the middle of the Gym and said, "Good morning and I have an important announcement that I'm pretty sure you will all enjoy. The Red Ninja's secret identity!" Everybody cheered except for us and Theresa, Debbie, and Howard looked at me with huge saucer eyes. "The Red Ninja is a freshman in this very school who is Randy Cunningham! Please show yourself Randy." He said. I stayed seated so everybody pointed at me. I stood up and said, "What? Are you really serious? I am totally not the Red Ninja. I am not even popular. Well, until know, but you can't prove that I am a Ninja." The Spy argued, "Oh yes I can, that girl on your right named Rachelle knows that. Rachelle got up as well and shouted, "The Ninja only saved me once and this is only my second day at school! How can I possibly know?" Then Nomicon yelled, "Smoke Bomb!" She jumped in front of the Robot and sliced him in half. "Does that answer your question, Robot?!" She or uh, he shouted. Everyone cheered and one student screamed, "Why don't you show your real identity?" Nomicon answered, "I cannot student because it must stay hidden. I am a student in this bruce school, but it can be anyone besides that guy." He pointed at me and I can tell he smiled under his mask. Rachelle and I sat down in relief. "Smoke Bomb!" Nomicon vanished.

(After school, after homework, at the park where you will always find Rachelle at after school and homework)

"So, you are telling me, that you have a NinjaNomicon that is a magic book that answers your questions in riddle form by sucking your soul inside the book and is your teacher? Also that McFist is the one that makes robots to destroy the Ninjas?" Rachelle asked. "Well, yeah, that basically covers it." I said. "Wait, what?!" Hila disoriented. I thought a moment if Rachelle would be a good Ninja. Well she can fight, she can care, she can keep a secret, but can she sacrifice anything for anyone? "So, what if I was captured and McFist asked for your most prized possession in order to save me, would you give up that item?" I questioned. "Yeah, of course! Anything!" Rachelle answered. "What is your most possession anyway?" I interrogated. "Well…" Rachelle thought. "It's, I actually don't have one." "Would it be a mask like mine?" "Yes, definitely and I will cherish it for the rest of my life." She finished. I wondered, "What is your favorite color, grey, white, pink, violet, or light blue?" Theresa and Debbie knew what was happening. "Light blue!" Hila shouted. "Well my favorite color is black and red, grey would be the closest, but I'm more happy that usual, so I guess violet." I realized that she seemed like a new person. I wonder why she was so mean. Oh that reminds me! "So, about the story about an enemy…" I began. "Who is named Isaac Escobar. He was a friend of mine. My first and only friend. When I was in Preschool, I was a shy and girly person and I had no friends. We met when we were both outside of our backyards because we were neighbors. We played together after school ever since. Until first grade came and I was a busy and at second grade I saw him bully younger kids. That's when I decided to not be his friend anymore and became friends with Hila, my PBFFFEL at first grade and we would hang out together much as we could. My mom told me that I gave a boy a black eye at Preschool, at second grade I got a detention for slapping a boy, third grade was when I got annoyed with boys, and made many enemies that were boys until seventh grade. Realizing that not all boys are bad so I stopped. I became a tomboy at sixth grade, wore dark and dull colors, and had more anger issues mostly because my parents had always argued since I was four and got worse and worse until they divorced. I never had a friend that was a boy until I met you Randy. All of you guys are the best." Rachelle explained. I noticed Howard holding back tears. "That was the most touching story ever." Theresa said. "Yeah, so am I your friend?" I asked. "No, you are my PBFFFEL." She corrected. We all smiled and began to play Woodchips in the playground.