Enter The Nomicon

Chapter eight

Hot chocolate,pine trees,and mom

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An entire hour passed with Ms. Cunningham checking on the two teens almost literally every ten minutes.

"Do you want me to change your bandages?"

"Are you hungry?"

"Do you need to use the restroom?"

As much as Randy tried to tell his mother to not worry, he realized it wasn't such a good idea. The woman had come in teary eyed the first time she checked up on them, and she fussed over them like crazy. It was obvious she was worried, and in truth, Randy wouldn't have it any other way.

"Uh, Mom, can you bring me another cup of hot chocolate?"

Ms. Cunningham quirked an eyebrow. "That was your fifth cup already!"

Randy grinned while Nomi stared at the empty cup in his hands, his cheeks turning a light shade of pink.

"Uh...actually, it's Nomi's fifth cup. I haven't finished my first one."

Nomi's cheeks reddened when the woman laughed. "Okay then, but take it easy. I don't want you to get a stomach ache."

Nomi nodded and shot the woman a shaky smile. "Thank you."

Ms. Cunningham snickered. "Alright, I'll be back in a bit then. I want you both to rest up a little, okay?"

The two teens nodded. Ms. Cunningham walked out of the room, taking Nomi's empty mug with her.

Once the purple haired woman was surely out of hearing range, Nomi spoke up quietly.

"She knows."

"Huh?"

Nomi turned to the purple haired teen with a serious look.

"Randy, your mom knows what's going on. She knows you're the ninja."

Randy's eyes widened. "What? H-how the juice did she find out?!"

Nomi turned away. He had an idea, but he couldn't confirm his suspicions on the matter, but still, it was obvious the woman knew Randy's secret. That had been confirmed with today's events. Still, it surprised him that Randy had had no idea his mother knew his secret. Nomi shook his head as Randy went into his 'panic mode'.

"Shit, shit, shit—I'm juiced, I'm juiced, I'm so fucking juiced—!"

Nomi suddenly pounced on Randy and stared down at him, looking annoyed.

"Will you stop panicking?!"

"My mom knows! OH MY NINJA WHAT AM I GOING TO DO!?"

"You're going to talk to her about it, Randy—"

Randy's eyes widened impossibly bigger as he stared incredulously at the red head. "NO! WHAT IF SHE GETS MAD?!"

Nomi groaned. "Randy, you're acting like a thirteen year old girl—"

"NO I'M NOT!" Randy screeched.

Finally having enough of his student's 'panic mode', Nomi raised a hand and clamped it on the male's lips and pinned him against the wall roughly. Randy instantly stopped talking and gasped at Nomi's suddenly aggressive behavior.

"Listen Randy, your mother isn't going to be mad at you. She's going to be one damn proud mother. I promise you, it's better you tell her."

It was obvious Randy was still terrified. I guess pinning him against the wall wasn't the best choice.

Sighing deeply, Nomi pulled Randy into a slightly awkward embrace. He rested his chin on top of his head. Randy stiffened, slightly disturbed by the sudden shifts of emotion, however, he would be lying if he didn't admit that he liked the warm embrace. He relaxed as Nomi whispered softly to him,

"Randy, I know you're unsure about this, but I'm telling you this because it's the best way to go about things. Why would your mother be mad at you for being the ninja?"

Randy paused. He really couldn't think of any reason for his mother to be mad at him for being the ninja, the protector of Norrisville and the world.

All Randy could say was a silent "oh".

Nomi chuckled breathlessly as he pulled away.

"Baka."

Randy stared at his teacher with slight surprise before his eyes narrowed.

"I'm not an idiot!"

"I didn't know you knew Japanese..."

Randy snorted. "Dude what the juice are you talking about? That was ENGLISH."

Before Nomi could say more Ms. Cunningham came into the room.

"Sorry it took me so long. Mrs. Weinerman came by to bring me some of her olallie berry pie." She quietly handed Nomi the cup filled with the brown beverage.

"Thank you."

Ms. Cunningham nodded. "I'll come check up on you boys again soon, but first there's a piece of pie with my name on it."

"H-hey mom?"

Both Nomi and Ms. Cunningham turned to Randy. Nomi's breathe hitched as he wondered...

Was Randy going to do it? Was he actually going to tell his mother that he knew that she knew about his secret?!

"Can I please, please have a piece of pie?" Randy leaned forward and gave his mother the 'puppy eyes' act.

Ms. Cunningham laughed, "No. I don't want you getting sick. It's bad enough I gave you two hot chocolate." She smirked and left the room.

Randy pouted. Ruby's laughter rang through the hallway and down the stairs.

Nomi turned to Randy, slightly miffed. "You're not going to tell her?"

Randy stared at his now cold cup of hot chocolate and sighed.

"Are you sure she won't get mad?" He peered up at his roommate with hopeful eyes.

"Truthfully, no, but I'm sure enough that it is a good idea."

Randy looked alarmed, but Nomi chuckled. "I'm kidding Randy! Yes, I'm positive things will work out. Just trust me."

Randy's blue eyes flickered over to his door. He stared at it wistfully.

"Should I go now?"

"Yes."

"Can you come with me?"

"No. This is something you must do alone. I won't be here forever."

"You're immortal."

"I'm only going to be with you for three more years Randy."

"Right..."

Nomi furrowed his brow. He could sense his friend's discomfort with the topic.

He hated it. He hated being ripped away from everybody he came to love. It was like he had found the person who brought back the light in his complicated existence, and just as he was able to grasp this light, he was suddenly thrown back into the darkness of loneliness. There was always that small part of him that resented his immortal self. He wished more than anything he could stay with Randy.

But that couldn't happen.

Randy finally managed to get down the ladder of his bed and began making his way downstairs.

Nomi felt a wave of sadness clench his heart. He was getting way too close to him. He had already gotten closer to him than any of the other hundreds of ninjas in the past. There were some memorable ninjas, but Randy was by far the most memorable. Even if their time with each other would be short, it would at least be the greatest three damn years in all of Nomi's life.

And that was enough to bring a small smile back on Nomi's face.

...

As Randy tiptoed down the carpeted stairs, he peeked around the corner into the kitchen where his mother sat. She was enjoying her slice of pie, reading the newspaper. The funny thing was that one of Randy's memories as a child was that his mother used to absolutely hate reading the printed articles. She found them boring and uninteresting. Now it seemed it was all she ever really did on her spare time.

"M-mom?"

Ms. Cunningham nearly spat out the piece of pie in her mouth, quickly swallowing it as she turned to her son. He shuffled toward her, and a small memory flashed in her own mind.

Randy had been terrified of lightning to the point where he would burst into tears whenever he saw it. He would always ask her to pick him up, and she would always oblige, but as time went by, Randy lost his fear of lightning, and he grew up a little. Sadly though ,he grew a strange fear of chickens a little later on,but that was a another story for another time.

Shaking her head quietly, Ruby returned to earth.

"Honey, what the juices are you doing out of your bed?" Her voice was stern, but it harbored concern, as always. She quickly put down the paper and made sure to return back to reading the 'available jobs' section later.

Randy stared at his feet, wishing he had thought further ahead. "I want to talk to you about something."

Ms. Cunningham patted the seat next to her by the counter. "Well take a seat. What exactly do you want to talk about?"

Randy hesitated as he murmured, "The ninja."

Ms. Cunningham froze. Randy quietly made his way to the wooden chair by his mother and took a seat next to her. He looked up at her, trying to read her expression, but his mother gave nothing away. She was trying her damnedest to keep a straight face.

"What about the ninja exactly?"

"I know that you know who the ninja is."

Ruby sucked in a sharp breath. "Do I?"

Randy bit his bottom lip, unsure whether or not he could go through with this. "Well I think you do. Do you?"

For a brief moment, Ms. Cunningham seemed surprised by her son's sudden boldness, but at the same time admired it.

"Yes. I do."

The two stared at each other, both uncertain as to what should they say or do next, however, there was no need to. It was obvious there was a sort of silent understanding.

"Mom, I Randy Cunningham, am the ninja of Norrisville high."

A small smile etched itself onto Ruby's face as she slowly began to nod, before she lunged forward, wrapping her arms tightly around her son.

"I know. I always knew..." She buried her face into his purple hair and suddenly giggled. The two pulled away, tears streaming down both their faces. "Your hair smells like strawberries."

As if remembering that was so, Randy pouted. "Yeah, because you put it there, and it was the only freaking shampoo!"

The mother laughed. "Well you worried me so much, so call it revenge!" She stuck her tongue out playfully.

Randy couldn't help but laugh. He really couldn't get mad at his mother, not ever, even if she did give him super girly shampoo.

"So, are you going to tell me everything?"

Randy nodded, and that was the moment Ms. Cunningham learned more about her son than she ever thought she would, and his exciting but dangerous second life as the ninja.

...

Nomi could hear the hushed voices of the two Cunninghams. He really did want to go with Randy, but in his gut he knew that he had to let Randy do this on his own.

After finishing his cup of hot chocolate, he slipped underneath the slightly warm sheets and buried himself deeply into them to try to get rid of his own anxieties. He chuckled softly when he smelt the faint scent of the McCola they had spilt the other day, before sighing shakily.

He turned towards the wall behind him and stared at it silently. There was one problem Nomi had with sleeping, and that was his dreams. When he dreamed he would sometimes have dreams of the future, which was how he had found out that the Sorcerer was escaping. On rare occasions,however, the dreamed up predictions would never come true, and they would simply be just that, a dream.

Still, a part of him was wary of sleep. However,his body argued otherwise, having not used it so much in such a long time exhausted him, and a good nap would make him feel better.

He let out a long, loud yawn as his eyelids began to droop. It felt like weights were pulling them down, and too weak to fight back, he allowed the hands of sleep pull him deeper into sub consciousness. He fell into a deep sleep.

...

Randy smiled as his mother finally allowed him to have a slice of Mrs. Weinerman's olallie berry pie.

"You know you should go to sleep, rest up a bit?"

Randy nodded with a yawn. "Yeah, I'm pretty tired actually."

Ms. Cunningham smiled. "Good. I don't want my little ninja warrior to be tired in case some monster attacks—"

"M-moooom!" Randy felt his cheeks turn red. God, if Nomi heard that he would never hear the end of it,especially if he were to tell Howard.

Randy rose from his seat. Ms. Cunningham wrapped her arms around him tightly. "Haha, Randy honey, I'm just kidding. Don't take things so seriously!"

Randy grinned. "Okay, okay. Can I go to sleep now?"

"Yes, but I swear though if I see you on that computer, or even looking at a game controller, I seriously—"

Suddenly, the most blood curdling and chilling scream that either of the two had ever heard rung through out the house.

The sweet scent of the pine trees wafted up Nomi's nose and he breathed it in. He walked quietly, the trees providing shade from the hot sun that was beating down on him. They casted a lovely shadow, and as they danced the shadows would move with them in their silent tango of the wind. It was breathtaking.

"Nomi! Hey Nomi!" Nomi's brown eyes flitted away from the sashaying pines and flickered them to a clearing.

Randy sat, leaning against a tree, where a ray of light cut through a taller pine tree. He sat eagerly awaiting Nomi, holding his keytar. However, Nomi wasn't paying much attention to the old looking keytar.

No. He was staring at Randy.

The teen certainly didn't look like a teen. He looked a little bit older than that. His slightly short purple bangs now nearly covered his bright blue eyes. Also, he looked less lanky; his shoulders were broader,and more built. He wore a black t-shirt with his familily's symbol in red. There was, however, one thing that hadn't changed, and that was his dorky lopsided grin.

Nomi felt his heart skip a beat, his feet began moving without his willing them to, and his heart fluttered.

"Geez, I thought you wouldn't come."

"Of course I would."

Nomi's voice sounded deeper.

"Whatever dude. C'mon, let's get this jam section started. We have to meet Howard at Whoopee World, or Debbie and Theresa are going to throw a fit if we're late again."

Nomi chuckled. "Fine..."

In a few seconds music rang through the woods, as Nomi had pulled out his bamboo flute. When they finished they decided on playing a quick game of hide and seek. However, when Nomi and Randy stood up, Nomi froze. He stood taller than Randy, so much so that he could see over his head with ease.

Randy grinned up at him. "You going to hide or what dude?"

Nomi snapped out of his thoughts and darted off. He could hear Randy snickering at him.

A gust of wind trailed behind Nomi as he ran through the forest, and it felt wonderful. He felt like he was floating, weightless. It was like at any moment he would fly away. He closed his eyes and absorbed the cool breeze that whipped his long hair around.

Then suddenly,he was body slammed.

"Oof!"

Nomi peered up and instinctively rolled himself and his 'attacker' so that he was on top. He blinked when he saw it was Randy, who was of course laughing like a maniac.

"Dude you should have seen your face!"

Nomi felt his cheeks burn with embarrassment, however, he quickly found laughter begin to bubble out of himself and soon joined Randy, but then they suddenly stopped and stared at each other.

Brown met blue eyes, and for a moment Nomi swore his heart stopped beating for a solid three seconds. Randy leaned forward and crashed their lips together. Nomi nearly laughed as their noses smooshed together clumsily, one of his hands shot up and tilted Randy's head slightly. There noses no longer pressed against each other, their lips began moving in sync. Of course,the two were both completely inexperienced.

Randy smiled into the kiss, and Nomi wondered if everything in the past was just a crazy dream and this was the real thing. He wanted it to be the real thing, he hoped for it.

They suddenly stood up, and neither could wipe the grins off of the other's face.

"Let's dance"

Randy blinked, before nodding excitedly.

His arms wrapped tightly around Nomi's neck, while Nomi's arms snaked around his slightly thinner waist, and the two began dancing along with the trees and their invisible music.

No words were spoken as the two danced, swaying side-to-side, never looking away from the other's eyes. They came to an almost complete stop. Their swaying slowed as Nomi leaned down and captured Randy's warm lips. The two found themselves stopping completely, even the trees seemed to stop and watch the two curiously.

Randy pulled them to the nearest tree. His fingers buried themselves into his red hair, and he tugged at the band that held his hair up in a messy ponytail. Nomi let a soft moan escape his lips, his heart began beating wildly in his chest. Randy chuckled softly, but it was muffled by Nomi's lips. Nomi rested his forehead against Randy's, his eyes closed, and he smiled. This moment felt so perfect, maybe too perfect.

And just like that everything changed.

The warmth of the sun disappeared, and an icy coldness creeped up on them. The sweet scent of the pines were quickly replaced by a horrendous smell like rotting flesh.

Nomi's eyes snapped open. Randy stared up at him with a fatigued gaze. Nomi began inspecting him. Large bleeding gashes covered his body, along with painful looking bruises. He looked back at Randy's face and realized he was his usual younger self.

Randy coughed, blood pouring out of his chapped lips. His face was pale, and he looked like a ghost. He let out a soft whimper, as he clung to Nomi desperately,causing them to fall to the ground again.

"N-Nomi...I can't...b-breathe..."

Nomi's eyes widened in horror as Randy's once vibrant beautiful ocean blue eyes dulled till they were nearly as grey as a storm cloud.

"Shh, shh y-you're going to be fine Randy, just stick with me. We'll get out of here soon. J-just stay with me!"

Randy tried nodding, but couldn't, so he simply whispered in a hoarse voice, "okay."

Before Nomi could begin to even form a plan, mad cackling echoed loudly in the cavernous lair of—

"T-the Sorcerer."

Nomi turned to look over his shoulder to see what Randy was looking at, and sure enough, the monster himself slithered out of the shadows. He grinned maliciously at the two.

"Hurts, doesn't it,Nom? Everyone you love gets hurt because of you, and only you."

Nomi gritted his teeth and turned away. He looked down at Randy as his eyes began to close.

"Randy please just—"

"Please don't leave me! It'll make things so much harder!" the Sorcerer mocked as he circled the two.

Nomi's eyes burned with anger, but he didn't dare leave Randy's side.

The Sorcerer laughed.

"Don't you get it? I won! You lost! I rule the world!"

The monster stood to his full height, his voice bouncing off every wall. The low green light of the stank casted an eerie glow, and frightening shadows that made the Sorcerer look even more horrifying.

Smirking, the Sorcerer slithered back into the shadows, making him nearly invisible to Nomi.

"Do you remember what they say? You either die a hero, or live long enough to become the villain."

Randy suddenly wheezed out loudly,his body convulsing violently. "N-Nom...!" His voice trailed off, and he fell limply in Nomi's arms.

"Randy?! No! RANDY! YOU CAN'T DIE!"

Tears began to stream down Nomi's face as he shook Randy in a desperate attempt for him to get his student to wake up.

"O-oh god..."

Then suddenly Nomi was yanked away.

"AHH!"

The Sorcerer chuckled.

"You truly are worthless. I have all the ninja knowledge at my disposal. I don't need you! The only reason you're even considered valuable is because of the knowledge you possessed!"

Nomi turned to the Sorcerer, his anger boiling over and replacing the grief he felt in his shattered heart. He had nothing left to fight for, except Randy. Nomi unsheathed his samurai sword. The Japanese symbols glowed brightly on the sharp blade, matching Nomi's boiling rage.

"You sick bastard! I'll kill you!"

The Sorcerer's booming laughter filled the room. "You pathetic hellion there is nothing you can do now to stop me! You fear death,you fear of killing! I have won!"

Nomi snarled angrily as he charged at the Sorcerer. The green being smirked. He shot a powerful gust of red magic. Nomi dodged with ease and shot a Tengu fireball at him. However, instead of hitting him it dissipated into nothing.

"I told you." Nomi froze in shock as red stank appeared seemingly out of nowhere began to coil itself around him. He felt paralyzed with fear. The Sorcerer leaned down to Nomi's eye level, his Cheshire cat grin growing impossibly wider he whispered darkly into Nomi's ear. "Long live the Norisu. "

Nomi's eyes widened as the red stank began to enter his body, and he couldn't move, he couldn't get away. Pain sprouted all over his body as black scales began sprouting from his skin, red claws began protruding from his fingers painfully, and stag-like horns began sprouting from the top of his head.

"AHH!No please stop! AHH! PLEASE! H-HAHHHHHHH!"

"And so the hero turns into the villain!"

The Sorcerer laughed as Nomi withered,and convulsed in pain.

Nomi tried to block out the horrible sound, but he couldn't. It was all he could hear, besides his own screams of pain. Tears blurred his vision as he looked over to Randy's lifeless cold form.

"I-I'm so sorry Love..."

Then a terrible darkness enveloped Nomi like a giant blanket of nothingness.

...

Nomi sat up and screamed as loud as he could. He jumped out of Randy's bed and onto the carpeted floor, not caring that pain shot up his leg. He ran and swung Randy's bathroom door open and rushed to the sink. He barely made it before he suddenly vomited.

His body shook violently. Sweat rolled down the side of his face, mingling with the tears that streaked down his cheeks as he staggered around. Everything spun wildly, and he wasn't sure what was real and what was a dream. He could hear footsteps coming closer and closer.

He felt himself losing his balance, but just as he was about to fall, he felt a pair of arms catch him.

He felt like vomiting again, and pushed away whoever had caught him, and leaned against the sink and threw up violently. The hot stomach acids scorched his throat and nostrils until they were both raw. He could feel someone pulling his hair back, his bangs falling back in place no matter how much they tried to pull them back.

Ms. Cunningham had rushed downstairs to the medicine cabinet, grabbing every type of medicine she possibly could, and rushed back upstairs while Randy tried to keep Nomi from collapsing onto the floor. She came in just as Nomi finished. The teen was sobbing loudly, choking on his own vomit and rising to the sink weakly to get what was left in his stomach out.

Randy turned to his mother, eyes wide with fear. She felt herself start to freeze up, but quickly snapped out of it and gently nudged Randy away, beginning to try to help Nomi. It seemed like forever before the male had calmed down enough for the woman to be able to give him medicine for his stomach, the splitting headache, and his leg,which hurt like hell.

...

Ms. Cunningham was silently cleaning up the small mess in the sink. She laughed breathlessly.

"I told you to take it easy, Nomi."

The boy didn't reply as he sat on Randy's computer chair. He was still too overwhelmed with his own emotions to talk, and his throat hurt from all the vomiting he had done that it was just too painful to even try,anyways.

Randy stood, watching his teacher, immersed in his own thoughts. The scream made chills go up and down his spine, like some twisted waltz of despair. He wondered what had happened, what had made his friend react so violently ill.

However, Randy didn't dare ask; he wasn't sure if he would like to hear the answer anyways.

With a little help from Ms. Cunningham, Nomi was able to get up Randy's bed's ladder. Randy quietly followed after.

"Remember Randy, wake me up in case he can't stomach the medicine, okay? Don't try giving him medicine yourself."

Randy nodded before his mother left the room. He looked over at his clock, reading 4:57 PM, before he looked back at Nomi. Just as he was about to speak, Nomi flicked him on the forehead.

"OW! HEY! What the juice Nomi!?"

"Baka, y-you swallowed...leaves when I t-told you not to..." Nomi croaked out, wincing when he felt pain in his throat.

Randy blinked, bewildered by his roommate's behavior. He was suddenly acting eerily calm about everything that just happened.

"S-sorry."

Nomi snorted, but as Randy studied him more closely, it was obvious he was actually pretty miffed.

"Did...t'ngs go...well?"

Randy nodded. "Yeah. I told her everything."

Nomi nodded as well. He looked more and more fatigued each time he moved his head.

"Let's go to sleep. You look pretty tired, dude."

"You look pretty worn out yourself." Nomi tried to clear his throat, but gave up when his throat felt even sorer than before.

...

Nomi wasn't sure how long he had been staring at the wall behind him, but he was sure it had been for a long time.

He was afraid to go back to sleep. He wasn't sure which was which. Which had been the prediction,and which had been the fake. Another thing about Nomi's dreams was that they weren't set in stone, so either way they could change at any moment or second, but that didn't bring Nomi much comfort.

The thing that stuck out like a sore thumb to him was his interaction with Randy. He had felt so happy, it all felt so natural. Not to mention the kiss. Nomi shuddered. A bubbly feeling rose from the pit of his stomach to his chest.

Deciding to drop the subject for the night, he had just made the decision of staying up the rest of the day and the entire night when he felt a pair of arms wrap around his waist lazily. He took a moment to absorb what was happening before he peered over his shoulder. Randy was clearly asleep and unaware of his actions. He had wrapped his lanky arms around Nomi's waist.

Just like a pebble falling into a pool of water creating ripples, the feeling spread through his body, and Nomi felt the pajama pants feel a little ticklish. His face turned different shades of red.

Was he getting too close to Randy? And if he was, was he developing feelings for him?

Too tired and exhausted to think about anything anymore, Nomi finally felt himself going back to sleep.

This time though, he had no dreams of bloody deaths or silly kisses.

...

OKAY YOU GUYS CAN ROLL ME OFF A CLIFF NOW K BYE!

OH WAIT BEFORE I FORGET!

I realize the link does not work,I forgot to tell you guys to remove the spaces! Also I dun gon and fucked up Nomi's oldest brother's name! In the first chapters that I mentioned him I wrote Daiki! His name IS Daiku! Sorry!

I THINK THAT'S IT SO YEA,BYE FOR REAL!

HOPE YOU ENJOYED!~

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