Hello my dear readers. I am proud to introduce the first appearance of Theresa, which means the RandyXTheresa begins in this chapter. However, there will be some HeidiXRandy shipping. Now enjoy the fic.
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Chapter 10: Love interests
"Let's go of it, Kim!" Randy groaned, pulling Kim from the legs.
"No!" Kim protested as she tightened her grip on the object.
"Don't be a baby!"
"I'm not!"
"Then let go of Principal Slimotivz's car."
In better view, Kim was actually holding the trunk of the passenger door of Principal Slimovitz. Yesterday, Randy had convinced Kim to come with him to school. It wasn't easy, mostly when she used her ninja stealth to hide in the shadows. Her recent protesting behavior was being childish, but Randy was determined to get her to experience modern time high school.
Previously, they were getting close to the school and were passing through the parking lot. Kim had seen the school from the distance, became nervous and held the nearest thing that she could get and that was Principal Slimovitz car.
Now back to the present.
"You can't make me!" Kim protested, holding her grip to the door.
Randy face palmed, "Seriously, you're my teacher." He murmured.
"I heard that!"
Randy sighed deeply, "Ok, Kim. What's your deal against school? I get it isn't easy, but I expected better from you." He frowned as he let go of her legs, allowing them to hit the ground. Kim felt uneasy, tilting her head to face him with a worried look. Randy didn't seem to notice as he continued in a sad tone, "If you don't want to come then I shouldn't force you."
Randy then turned from her, the depressed look on his face as he began to walk away. Kim felt guilty seeing him that way. Immediately, she made up her mind and ran towards him, blocking his path.
"Look, I'm sorry ok." She apologized, keeping away from eye contact, "Believe it or not I'm nervous. It's just that I've never been in a school for centuries, literally."
"So what should I do?" Randy asked, keeping a neutral voice.
"Nothing, I'm coming with you…" She smiled, "Willingly."
Randy returned the smile and then exclaimed, "Gotcha!"
"What?" She said, confused. It then occurred to her and she shot Randy a glare, "You tricked me!"
"Duh!" He said and began walking away, "I learn from the best remember?"
Kim opened her mouth to say something, but stopped and grin, "Indeed, you have." She then followed him.
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The halls of Norrisville High were busy. There were the sounds of hundred footsteps as students walked through the halls, heading to their different goals. Among these students, Kim followed Randy, on his way to the Principal office. She kept her mind open to everything and showed no fear about it when she came across Bash. Just remembering when she first met him as the Ninja Nomicon sent shivers down her spine. But when as time passed she saw no reason to be scared and found it ridiculous that she was nervous before.
"Now remember, Nomi." Randy began to explain as they continued walking through the hall. Ever, since yesterday Randy had been calling her Nomi. Kim never minded about it, liking the nickname he called her. It reminded her of her former name, the Ninja Nomicon but now that's gone and she's back.
Randy continued, "Thanks to Heidi's special links you're able to pass as a Japanese exchange student in our school. That means we have to get you a school schedule and you'll have to meet Principal Slimovitz."
"Whatever." Kim replied, not really interested. She already knew about what to do. It wasn't going to be hard and now that she wasn't nervous she could do anything.
"Cunningham, wait up!" Howard's voice shouted from behind. The duo stopped and looked behind them to see Howard towards them. He then caught up with them, "Hey, Cunningham and….YOU!" Howard glared angrily at Kim, "What are you doing here?!"
"Attending school dummy." She replied sternly.
"What did you call me?!" Howard shot his head forward, growling through his teeth.
"You heard me!" Kim yelled and pushed her head forward. Both teens glared angrily at each other, growling through their teeth. It was like a contest to see who could growl and glare than the other. They heads were only a few meters from each other.
"Hey guys." Randy interrupted as he got between them, "Maybe we should talk about this later."
Howard scoffed, folding his arms, "Fine, but I expect an explanation, Cunningham." He said and walked away without a word.
Randy let out a sigh of relief. Though he would have to explain to Howard about bringing Kim to school, he rather looked into now. Ever since Howard called Kim a little girl, the two had become more like enemies than friends. They never talked to each other and even when they do it always resulted to an argument. Randy had long given up trying to make them friends, seeing it may never become reality.
He turned back to Kim, "So how about meeting Principal Slimovitz?"
"Sure." Kim replied. Soon, both of them walked into the door of Principal Slimovitz.
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The bell rang, signaling for students to head to their next classes. Randy walked the halls, heading to his next class which was Spanish. After introducing Kim to the principal, Randy stayed for a while, filling up any questions Principal Slimovitz asked. But Kim handled herself, even silently assuring him she would be ok. He left her, gave her a confident smile and left.
He entered his Spanish class, but stopped at the door when a familiar sight caught up to him. That instant, he felt nervous and almost thought of running away. He even turned his back at the class and was ready to run when he heard his teacher call back at him.
"Where do you think you're going, Mr. Cunningham?" His Spanish teacher, Ms. Serona Jorge asked, giving him a stern face.
Randy turned back to face her and smiled sheepishly, "Just…um…going to the bathroom."
However, the teacher's expression didn't seem to change. Her stern look already said it all – she didn't believe a word. As an only response, she pointed directly to his seat, "Seat!"
"Seating." Randy slump his head down in defeat. He walked to seat and sat down quietly. His previous nervousness caught up with him, but he put up a fake smile as he turned to his side, "Hey, Howard, funny meeting you here, huh?"
"No not really, considering we always meet in Spanish class." Howard answered with a straight look.
"Oh." Randy chuckled sheepishly.
Before any conversation could continue, Ms. Jorge interrupted.
"Class I would like you to meet our newest student." She began and gestured to a Japanese girl standing close to her.
Howard face palmed, "You have got to be kidding me."
Kim faced the class, a small on her face, "Kimiko Yamamoto, but you can call me Kim for short. I'm a Japanese exchange student and I would like to enjoy learning during my stay." She bowed in respect in front of the class.
"Ok, Kimiko, why don't you seat with Ms. Kang." Ms. Jorge gestured her to the seat next to Debby Kang who sat at the first row. Kim nodded, bowed respectably to her and took a seat next to Debby Kang.
Randy watched Kim, keeping a skeptic look on his face. He noticed Debby Kang talking to Kim, but it was in a low tone. He wanted to get better hearing and moved his head a bit forward. From his observation, it seems Kim responded with a smile to whatever question Debby was asking and then shook hands with her.
"Now, class…" Ms. Jorge said, bringing everyone's attention to the board, "If you read some Spanish during your weekend, then can you translate this to English?" She concluded. As a response, everyone groan in panic, meaning they didn't know. Randy let out the same expression and so did his best bro, Howard. The only person willing to answer was Debby who had her hand raised, "Sorry, Ms. Kang, but no."
Debby Kang put her hand down, disappointed. Howard rolled his eyes in disgust. The teacher kept looking around the class, expecting someone to answer. She was just about to give up when Kim raised her hand.
"Yes, Ms. Yamamoto." She said, pointing at her.
Kim stood off from her seat, "The writing on the board is missing a word. It's supposed to be 'Si, puedo ir a buscar el libro', you missed 'el' which means book. So in complete sentence in English, it will be 'Yes, I can go get the book.'"
The moment she finished, the entire class was quiet. The teacher had a dumfounded look, staring straight at Kim. The rest of the class, including Debby Kang was surprise of the Japanese girl's knowledge. Kim didn't say anything to it, but smirk as she sat back down.
"Correct, Kim." Ms. Jorge said, coming back to reality. The rest of the class got over their previous shock, but were still surprise. Already, a few of them were murmuring to each other of the girl's intelligence.
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After Spanish class and a few more classes, it was lunch time and everyone was in the cafeteria. Everything was normal, not even a robot or a student got stanked. Heidi reported from her gossip studio like usual, Bash was giving Bucky a wedgie and things went well. Even despite the horrible food the cafeteria lady was serving, it didn't spoil much of anyone's mood...except their stomachs.
Howard and Randy walked to their normal table, both holding a tray.
"I seriously don't want to talk about it, Cunningham." Howard interjected before Randy could finish his statement.
"Howard, be reasonable." Randy said, "She's just here to experience the life of a normal modern teenage kid. Just give her a chance."
"Hmmm...Nope. You seem to be forgetting that she isn't in support of the Ninja having friends and if I remembered perfectly I'm your best friend."
"Yeah, I know." Randy sighed deeply, "But I'm sure she's over that."
Howard gave him a stern look, "You think so, huh? Well I don't!"
Randy sighed again, feeling like giving up. He opened his mouth to say a word when Theresa stood before them.
"Hey guys." Her voice was low in tone, like she was nervous to say something. Randy and Howard looked back at her, a friendly smile on their face.
"Hey, Theresa."
"What's up?"
A blush crept on her face as she continued staring at Randy. She shifted her head slightly and tried speaking straightly, "Can I seat here with you guys?"
"Sure." Randy replied, "But what about Debby?"
Theresa didn't answer, but pointed a few tables away. Randy and Howard followed where she pointed and saw Kim and Debby talking to each other. It seems they were having fun as small laugh could be heard from them.
"I'm so sorry about that." Randy said, feeling guilty.
"No need." She assured him, "I really think Kim is cool."
"Great." Howard groaned in frustration, "If you excuse me, I got stuff to do." He said as he got off from his table.
Randy glanced at him, "What stuff?"
"Stuff." Howard only replied before leaving. Randy watched Howard walk away, feeling guilty every second of it. He knew Howard was still angry about Kim and didn't want to be around her or any discussion about her. He felt the urge to run to him, try and convince him to be fine with Kim. But his mind rejects it, knowing Howard would blow it off.
For now he decided to get his mind off the issue.
"Sorry about that." He said to Theresa, "Howard isn't in the mood for…" He paused, thinking of what to say. He didn't want her to think Howard she was the cause of Howard's anger, "for the…um food. Yep that's it."
"Ok." Theresa didn't believe him, but shrug it off. Besides, there was a reason why she came to Randy.
She took a seat across the table and an awkward silence took place. Both teens didn't know what to say. They were times when Theresa and Randy were fine with each other company, but it was never without their friend. To contain the silence, they began to eat from their tray of food…but that didn't last for long.
"Yuck!" Both cried out, spitting out the food from their mouth.
"Was that a caterpillar there?" Theresa, out of disgust, pushed her tray away, "Next time I'm buying my lunch."
"Same here." Randy did the same as here.
They both stared at each other, the previous silence came back. But then they began to muffle, holding back laughter. However, they let it out and began to laugh hysterically. Both laugh from humor, even small tears linking from their eyes. It took a few minutes before they stopped and gasped for air.
Randy wiped a tear off his eye and sighed with a smile, "Men that was hilarious. Well besides how bad the lunch is today."
"Well said, Randy." Theresa giggled.
Another silence took place as they stared into each other. It was like they were in a trance, a trance of they own and they didn't mind. Deep inside, they felt warm as they stared into each other's eyes and thought it was nice.
"So, Randy." Theresa asked, interrupting the silence. She seems nervous about her next words, but continued, "I was wondering…that is if you're not busy then you would like to go on a date."
Randy's mind exploded, metaphorically speaking that is. His mind and body was screaming yes, but he couldn't say the word. It' not that he didn't like her, he liked her a lot. He soon noticed how blank his face looked and got back to reality. He opened his mind to answer when a thought occurred to him. After school, Kimiko was going to train him. He couldn't figure out what to do that instant. It was only two decisions; blow off his teacher and go out on a date with Theresa, but at the same time risking his duty as the Ninja or say no, break Theresa's heart and his.
"Sure, I would love to." Randy smiled.
Theresa grew a big smile, inwardly happy he said yes. During his silence, she thought he was going to object against it, but now he agree. At that moment, she felt the urge to squeal in excitement, but seeing Randy's face caused her to blush.
"Cool." She smiled back and got off her seat, "So where should we go."
Randy became dumbstruck, "I'll call you after 4 O' clock."
Theresa didn't seem to noticed as she kissed him on the cheek and walked away, blushing furiously.
"Wow." Randy heard Howard's voice and turned to see him standing behind him, a surprise look on his face.
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Heidi sat in her studio, saying the usual things that run her show. Despite knowing Mcfist was a bad man and is her show's major sponsor, she still liked it that way. It made her realize how Mcfist had impacted so much to her show and it sickened her sometimes. However, she didn't show it.
"…And remember everyone..." Heidi continued with her usual smile, about to end her show for the day, "If you can find a digital red Nikon please call the number and you'll stand the chance of winning Mcawesome T-shirt."
She then ended the show and slumped tiredly on her chair. Sometimes being a popular girl while running a popular show wasn't easy, but it paid off. With Mcfist sponsoring her, she could also have a contest on her show. Today, she started a contest to find her camera, though she didn't say it was her own. Kim hadn't given her back her device and even hid it in the school.
The sound of a door made her to look to the door. The person standing there was the least person – besides her brother- she thought would come and he seems nervous.
"What are you doing here, Mandy?" She asked, shooting a glare at Randy, "Did anyone see you coming here?"
"No, and my name is Randy." He responded.
However, Heidi, as usual ignored the last detail, "As I said before, what are you doing here?"
"I need advise…" Randy paused, "about dating."
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After school, Heidi and Randy walked home, though he had to walk ten feet away from her so no one would see them together. Randy sighed deeply, thinking how he got to this mess. It was mostly because he needed help about dating. He never been on a date and that worried him very much that he would mess up in front of Theresa. So he went for experienced help and apparently that help was Heidi.
From what Howard had told him, Heidi was a well experienced with dating. Randy was hesitant about asking here. Even if Randy and Kim were friends, Heidi didn't see Randy anywhere close to a friend. But when Randy got the courage to ask her for help, she seems hesitant, but later agreed.
After a few minute walk, Randy and Heidi arrived at her home. Howard wasn't at home and certainly not with Randy. This was because Randy had Howard distract Kim from knowing he ignored his Ninja duty. He felt bad for his best friend, especially when he hated Kim very much. Randy had to promise to hang out with him anytime Howard wanted without question.
As Heidi opened her room door, Randy came to behold her room. The walls were pink and yellow, some posters of famous rock stars hung on the wall and everything was neatly in order.
"Um, Heidi, why are you helping me?"Randy asked nervously. Heidi looked back at him, giving him a skeptic look, "Not that I don't appreciate it."
Heidi gave him a small smile, "I've dated a few guys, but I always wanted to tutor someone in dating. Besides, it's like researching the average, nervous and cute freshmen."
"Did you just call me cute?" Randy asked, taken back.
"No!" Heidi blushed furiously. Quickly, she turned to Randy and walked to a round table that stood in the middle of the room, "You have a date with Theresa in forty minutes, there's no time for questions."
"Wait. How did you know I have a date with her?" Randy grew suspicious.
Heidi didn't look back at him. Her cheeks were heating furiously and she felt nervous every second, "What did I say about questions?"
Randy sighed, deciding to drop the issue until later, "Fine, what should I do first."
"You're going on a dinner with her right?" Heidi paused, allowing her cheeks to come down. She gestured him to come to her, "When you're on your date, you approach the table first and pull the table for Theresa to sit. Now try it."
Randy nodded and took a deep breath for confidence. He did as told, pulled the table out and allowed Heidi to seat before pushing it in. Heidi could feel Randy's hands slightly touch her shoulder. She held her breathe, feeling her cheeks beginning to blush.
"So what's next?" Randy asked, unknowingly bringing her back to reality.
"Take a seat." Heidi muttered, gesturing to the seat across her. She watched as Randy did as she said; now facing her fully. Again, she felt her cheeks heating up and tried to hide it by looking under the table.
"What are you doing?" Randy asked, showing a confused look.
"No questions." She answered from underneath. 'Get it together, Heidi.' she thought to herself, 'Why are you acting this way? This is Andy we're talking about, not a super rock star.' Silently, she began to take deep breathe, giving herself some confident words. She felt the heat in her cheeks cease and knew she was ready.
"What did I miss?" She smiled, facing Randy.
"Well, um…"
"Let's continue." Heidi interrupted.
For the next few minutes, she showed him some basics, teaching what to do and not. Randy was surprise of her kind attitude, sometimes wondering if this was Heidi. The two soon found themselves enjoying each other company. Along the way, which was conversation, both laughed, especially when Randy told her the time he was chasing a robo-ape and saw some embarrassing things.
Unfortunately, all good things must last.
"Congratulations, Randy." Heidi said and stood off from her seat, "You pass."
"Yes!" Randy fist pump the air, "Thanks, Heidi. Wait…did you just call me Randy."
"Isn't it your name?" Heidi smiled slyly, "Or should I go back to calling you Sandy?"
"No, no, NO." Randy shook his head, "Just call me Randy. Well I'm off." He said and walked out the door, closing it behind him and ran as fast as he could.
Back in Heidi's room, she let out a sigh of relief, dropping her usual smile along with it. Her heart beat furiously as she recounted every second she spent with Randy. She didn't know why she felt this way and the reason for her constant blushing. Before she thought it was because she was nervous, but that couldn't be it. When her thought flew back to Randy and then to Theresa she felt like her stomach would hurl.
"What's happening to me?" Heidi whispered to herself. Clearly, this was becoming an inner battle and she was losing if she didn't figure it out soon.
Suddenly, the door opened forcedly and Randy shoved his head in, sweating and panting, "Um, Heidi."
"Yeah." She glanced at him.
"I kind of need money."
Heidi sighed and brought out her credit card, "Don't use it up."
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Meanwhile, deep and underneath the Norrisville high school, the sorcerer sat on the only seat in his lonely prison. He seems to be in thought, having his hands under his chin. Earlier today, when school was still in session, he didn't make any trouble. No one was turned into a stank monster and no Mcfist robot attacked the school. Of course, this was going according to plan.
The long silence was interrupted when he heard a mouse squeak.
"What?!" He roared and looked next to him. His only friend in his rotten prison, the mouse quivered in fear, "Oh, it's you. Sorry about that. I've just been thinking lately."
The mouse looked up straight, understanding him. He squeaked again, telling him to continue.
"I'm so close to getting free and finally having my vengeance on the Ninja. But no matter what I try he manages to stop me." But then an evil smile crept on his face, "Too bad his time is almost up. Over the past five months, I've gotten close to full power. Look at this…" He showed the mouse the metal and enchanted chains holding him, "They're weakening." True to his words some cracks of rust could be seen.
The mouse squeaked.
The Sorcerer's eyes flew wide in realization, "You're right! She'll begin to suspect my actions if I don't act fast."
Again, the mouse squeaks.
"You ask what I'm going to do?" He got off his seat and smiled grimly at the mouse, "Well why don't you find out yourself." Before the mouse could react, he grabbed him off the ground, "Sorry about this."
The mouse suddenly became scared, shaking fiercely. As the Sorcerer gripped him, yellow stank began to engulf the mouse. The Sorcerer laughed sinisterly and threw the mouse up to the air, now engulfed in yellow stank.
"Go my dear friend and destroy the Ninja!"
The ball of yellow stank, within was the mouse. In his yellow ball stank form, he passed through the pipes, then the vents and finally into the school. The laughter of the Sorcerer could be heard from within the halls as the yellow stank grew in size. Within seconds, a monstrous mouse burst through the door and growled furiously to the air. His nails were fiercely sharp, he had saber tooth teeth and his eyes were yellow.
The monstrous mouse sniffed the air, trying to find the scent of his prey. Within seconds he found it and growled openly in the air before running off.
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That's right everyone, I'm bringing the Sorcerer's mouse into this. Those he have a name or something that he is called other than a mouse. The yellow stank will be explained later on and along will Heidi's sudden feelings. Just know I'm not rushing her emotions and there is a reason for her feeling for Randy. I know this chapter doesn't have the date yet, but I thought that I would rush things if I put it in this chapter. But at least, I delivered my promise of HeidiXRandy and RandyXTheresa. Hope you enjoy the chapter and the shippings. Did you like it? Hate it? Or neutral. I'll also accept advice as long as it isn't flames.