A/N: Trying to connect the worlds of DP, ADJL, and RC9GN was harder than I thought. DP and ADJL were pretty easy. RC on the other hand was...quite a lot harder. Basically I had to sum up the RC world's oddities with the Nomicon being weird and mysterious. Anyways, hope y'all enjoy.

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"Now before I begin" Lao Shi began. "You should know that neither I nor Fu Dog were alive during these events, as they happened 700 years ago. So we won't be able to give details".

"Jeez. That long ago…" Sam said.

"Yep" Fu confirmed. "I was born around 100 years after this all went down. And let me tell you, the scar's Kordo left on the Ghost Zone and Earth took years fix".

"I'll give a brief overview of the Three Communities and their relation to each other before we start" Lao Shi spread out another scroll that showed an image of a Ghost, and Dragon and a Ninja.

Lao Shi coughed before starting "The Three Communities, also known as the Big 3, are the three 3 main sectors of Supernatural occurences in the universe. The Ghost community is the oldest, followed by the Magic community, then finally the Nomi community being the youngest".

"They all have their own influence on the world and, for the most part, they deal with anything that falls under their jurisdiction." Fu explained. "They rarely interact with each other and they all stay out of each other's business".

"Why's that" Tucker asked.

"The leaders of each community….don't get along well".

"Reason's being…?" Jazz prodded on.

"Variety of reasons. The biggest feuds are typically between Observants and the Dragon Council. One of the big main issues is whenever a magical creature or someone that uses magic dies, they obviously go to the Ghost Zone. Ya see, since it's possible for a Ghost to escape the Zone into the Mortal Realm, it becomes an issue on who has jurisdiction to deal with it if the Ghost in question has Magical Abilities".

"Why can't they just work together?" Randy asked.

"While the Observants and Council seem wise at first, they are horrendously stubborn" Lao Shi cut in. "There is also a high degree of prejudice against Ghost in the Magical community due to the fact that Ghost, generally, must stay in the Ghost Zone. As such, ghost are seen as sort of undeserving of traveling the world. There have also been numerous cases in the past where rogue ghost have harmed Magical Creatures. Further harming relations".

Danny raised his hand "So wait, do the Observants control the Ghost Zone? Clockwork told me they just observe the past, present and futu-".

"Woah, woah, woah hold up a sec" Fu interrupted. "You've talked to ClockWork? The Master of Time? THAT Clockwork?".

"Yeah. It's a long story. I don't like to talk about it, please".

Both Fu and Lao raised an eyebrow at Danny's reluctance and looked at his friends. They stared at them with pleading faces that screamed drop the subject. The two decided to ignore it. For now.

Fu spoke again "Well to answer your question kid, no. After the Ghost King was disposed of, most Ghost now operate independently to each other. The Observants, along with Clockwork, are simply the highest, most respected, guys in the Ghost Zone. As such, whenever there's a Crisis that affects all three Communities, the Nomicon and the Dragon Council go to them".

Jake looked over Danny "Yeah, Gramps told me that defeated the Ghost King".

"You know about that?" Danny replied..

"Yes Daniel" Lao Shi cut in. "Word of major events like that always spread into the other communities. Randy defeating The Sorcerer for example".

"You beat a Sorcerer?" Jake looked over at Randy.

Randy stood up a grinned "Not a Sorcerer THE Sorcerer! He was this really ugly green dude that was trapped under my school who kept turning people into to these weird monster things that I battled every week, it was fun. He also wanted to take over world. And he almost did. Multiple times apparently".

"Yeah" Fu said sirecting his attention toward Jake Danny and their friends "The Sorcerer was this peddler who gave himself to evil. I don't know the full details of what happened, but all I know was that The Sorcerer was the primary threat in the Nomi Community. In fact, he's the primary reason the word Sorcerer went of out of favor to describe Humans that use Magic. Humans who use Magic are almost exclusively called Wizards, or something similar. The Ghost and Magic Communities had a few encounters with the Sorcerer's schemes. But that's another story".

"Okay 'nother question" Randy began as he pulled out the Nomicon. "So, like, you guys have been saying Nomi Community alot. So can you guys actually communicate with the Nomicon? And can it actually move on it's own? I know it has a mind of its own, but how can it deal with you guys if it's always in the possession of the current Ninja?".

"Excellent Questions" Lao Shi said. "There's a lot the Nomicon hasn't made you aware. For good reason too since you're still in training".

"'In training?'".

Lao Shi looked over at the Nomicon and began speaking to it "Nomicon. Am I allowed to tell him these details?"

The Nomicon began to glow brightly, catching all the kids off guard.

Randy looked at Lao Shi in awe "Wait! Did-did you just-".

"Yes I spoke to the Nomicon".

"Woah cool. Books can talk!" Spud exclaimed. "That would've been SO useful".

Tucker tapped him on the should "Uh, Spud. I think that means only Randy's book can talk".

"HOW?! It always gives me vague cryptic messages and shocks me whenever I make fun of it!" Randy yelled. Lao Shi just chuckled.

"Dumb book never shocked me" Howard said smugly. As if on cue, the Nomicon sent a stream of electricity across the table, shocking Howard and making him fall out his seat. The group laughed at his misfortune while Jazz looked down at the now-smoking Howard.

"Are...you okay?" Jazz said cautiously.

Howard held a blank expression before giving Jazz a seductive look "Ah yeah Babe I'm good. Glad you cared". Howard made a kissy face while Jazz just groaned and looked away.

Lao Shi kept chuckling before answering "Due to my authority in the Magic Community, being the mentor of the American Dragon and all, the Nomican can give a person like myself a more directed answer".

"And the glowing means….?" Randy asked.

"It means I have been given permission the tell you more about the Community you reside in".

"Well...cool".

"Good. Now since I answered your communication question, I'll tell you how it gets around. From what you all told me, there were other Ninja fighting with you on the Island".

"Yeah, what was that all about? I mean, it's cool an all but I was kinda under the impression that, ya know, the only Ninja to exist was the one that was selected every 4 years to protect Norrisville. Ya know...me".

"You are not the only Ninja. You see, their are schools all over the country that are just like Norrisville. Yes, the Ninja's STARTED in Norrisville with the First Ninja, but the Nomicon made more"

"Well how did it do that? And how come I've never heard of these other Ninja?".

"Yeah" Danny cut in "We've only ever seen the Norrisville Ninja on the TV and Internet".

"Well to answer your first question...I dunno" Fu Dog stated simply. "The Nomicon is really secretive about its powers, purpose and where it came from. Apparently, It just basically appeared one day to the Ghost and Magic Communities and began operating in Norrisville. It's appearance was….strange, to say the least. You see, 800 years ago the United States was only inhabited by Native Americans and the land wasn't settled. So when the Nomicon began Operation it magically turned the whole area in this weird Japanese looking town".

"So...Norrisville was originally a … Japanese town?" Jazz said confused.

"Yeah".

"That makes no sense".

"I know! It's strange! The Nomicon kept the town secret for a while using it's magic. Then all of a sudden once Colonist came to America the Nomicon made town look like a Colonial Era town then it manipulated the Colonists minds so they thought they had built it!".

Randy looked down at the Nomicon "You're a weird book". The Nomicon just glowed in response, almost as if it was shrugging.

"Anyways, to answer your second question the Nomicon manipulates the public minds to forget about any Ninja sightings that aren't the Norrisville Ninja. The Nomicon also teaches those Ninja to be more stealthier than you".

"Well how come I get to be known and not the others?".

"Two reasons: First, it's simply that since the Ninja's started in Norrisville, the one who operates there gets special treatment. Secondly, having only one Ninja in the public eye tricks the Nomicon various enemies into thinking it only has one line of defense when in reality it has hundreds. All hiding in the shadows protecting the world behind the scenes".

"HUNDREDS? Protecting the world?!".

"That's right, well, not like in the high hundreds. Most Ninja retire before they turn 40, so around 150 active at one time. More or less. The four years that a Ninja goes through is simply a training period. After the 4 years is up the currently Ninja of that location gets his/her memories wiped temporarily before regaining them a few months laters. I don't know why the Nomicon does this. It seems counterintuitive to erase their memories when their just gonna regain them and become full time Ninja's anyways".

"Man. This is a lot of stuff to take in" Randy said.

"Eh, you're the one who curious about it. Anyways, after they regain their memories they become Ninjas full time and travel all over the country or world".

"HOLY CHEESE! So I get to be the Ninja, like, forever?! BRUCE!".

"Only if choose too Randy" Lao Shi said to calm him down "only if you choose".

Jake decided to speak up "Okay, now I have some questions".

"Wait! They didn't answer all questions yet!" Randy objected.

"Dude! Your Ninja stuff's been hogging the last few paragraphs!"Jake yelled.

"Huh?".

"Nothing. Just give someone else a turn!".

"Okay okay just a couple more questions! Please!" Randy begged.

Danny and Jake both rolled their eyes "Fine".

"BRUCE!" Randy turned back to Lao Shi and Fu Dog. "How does the Nomicon Communicate with all those Ninja's and you guys?".

Fu Dog began again "You Randy, are in the possession of the Nomicon. The Nomicon sends out spectral visions of itself too important community leaders and Ninja while you get the real one. That all your questions?".

"Yep!" Randy gave a thumbs up.

"So how do Ninjas interact with the other Communities?" Jake asked Lao Shi.

"Since Ninja's are heavily tied to magic they, naturally, associate with Magic Community. This is especially true when you consider Ghost rarely leave the Ghost Zone and when they do, they normally stick to location of an easily accessible ghost portal. Like Amity Park" Lao Shi then stared at Danny unamused "Which I've been told that a few individuals have been quite irresponsible in their use of such a portal".

Both Danny and Jazz began look at each other awkwardly.

"Blame our parents" Jazz replied.

Lao Shi rolled his eyes and continued "Due to the friendly relations between the Nomi and Magic Communities, the Ninja's are able to detain any harmful Magical Creature or being that would normally fall under our jurisdiction".

"Ya know this is actually pretty interesting" Sam said.

"Totally" Tucker agreed. "But I kinda want to get back to this Kordo guy…."

"We're getting to that" Lao Shi reassured.

"Gramps you seem pretty calm than you were 10 minutes ago" Jake noted.

"Well Jake to be honest...I've actually been stalling on telling the Kordo story".

"Why?".

"It freaks me out".

"Okay!" Howard slammed his hands on the table and stood up, startling everyone around him "That's enough! I wanna hear about that cool looking Kordo guy now!".

"Hmph. Very well" The scroll on the table returned to the image of Kordo surrounded by fire.

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700 years is when he appeared in the Ghost Zone. This was during the Ghost King's reign. Thousands of ghost knights were engaged in a brawl and Kordo had arrived right in the middle of it.

A blinding flash accompanied his arrival, so all the warriors stopped fighting to witness this strange gray man floating among them. The ghost all looked on in confusion as the grey man was...sleeping.

He opened his eyes slowly and let out a big yawn. He slowly began to observe his surroundings. Around him appeared to be a group of knights training. He looked up to see nothing but green and….doors? Kordo at this time had no idea where he was. He was curious.

Kordo looked over to a knight "Where am I?".

The knight looked at him with even more confusion "This is the Ghost Zone".

"Ghost Zone…." Kordo looked down and examined his body. He began moving his body around strangely, almost as if he was testing it out.

A knight quickly dashed in front of Kordo and put a sword to his throat.

"Who are you?" the Knight demanded. Kordo began to look at his hands again then stared back at the soldier with mild contempt.

"I am…Kordo" he stated simply.

"What business do you have here?".

Kordo's left eye began to twitch "Pariah Dark…Dark Dragon...The Sorcerer".

The Knight raised an eyebrow at this. He obviously knew of his king. But Dark Dragon? The Sorcerer? These names made no sense to him and were starting to make him mad.

"You are trespassing an ancient ground and you must leave" The Knight stated while gripping his sword harder.

Kordo's blank expression turned into a grin "Leave?".

"Yes. Leave".

"No".

The Knight's face turned into that of anger at Kordo's response.

"No?" The Knight gritted his teeth.

"I don't want to leave. I am perfectly fine right here".

"This isn't an option" The soldiers all began to surround the two of them "I'm giving you a choice. Leave now or else we will leave you to the mercy of the Fright Knight".

"The Fright Knight? You mean the Ghost's King's bitch?".

The soldiers were all weirded out by Kordo's choice of vocabulary. What did a female dog have to do with anything? They did, however, register it as an insult to their leader.

"You dare insult our leader?!" The knight that held the sword to Kordo's throat tried to jab, but Kordo caught the sword between his fingers. The soldier tried pushing the sword but to no avail. Kordo smirked and grabbed to sword out of the Knight's hands. Without warning, Kordo fired an energy blast at the Knight, vaporizing him instantly.

All the reamaining Knights were stunned at what they saw. Immediately, the legion of 100 Knights rushed Kordo, determined to capture him. Kordo, using the sword he had taken, dashed at the speed of light at the legion.

In a flash, Kordo head decapitated half of them and their lifeless bodies exploded into ectoplasm, drenching the remaining soldiers in the stuff. The remaining Knights were blinded and Kordo used this to his advantage. He teleported behind a knight and ripped his helmet off. He proceeded rip the knight's eyes out, making him explode. Kordo threw the knight's helmet at some of the blinded knight's and managed to destroy 20 of them…..

"What is going on?!" one of the Knight's yelled. Kordo had eliminated 70 of them in 2 minutes. "This doesn't make sense! We're Ghost! We can't die!"

Kordo looked around at all the stunned faces before him. It amused him greatly, if his giant grin didn't give it away.

"Ya know" Kordo yawn "This is boring". Kordo took a deep breath and his body started to glow.

The entire area around him began to shake and Kordo gave out a scream that shook the entire Ghost Zone. Millions upon millions of ghost disappeared instantly…without a trace.

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"WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?!" Howard yelled.

Tucker covered his ears "Dude! Indoor voice".

"Ma bad".

Lao Shi put a hand on his head "Listen, things get really fuzzy after this point. What told you what was from a knight who survived Kordo's attack".

Danny was a bit shook after what Lao Shi had told them. There was some dude who could apparently kill ghost. And a lot of them at that "What do mean things get fuzzy?".

"The Dragon Council doesn't really want people talking about this. So they limit the amount of stuff that can be said to those born after this event" Fu Dog explained. "Literally Billions of people died in the span of a week and still nobody knows where the heck he came from. Not the Council, The Nomicon, or the Observants"

"Billions?" Trixie repeated, creeped out. "Come on, there has to be more to story than that".

"We only know the bare minimum. Apparently after Kordo made all those Ghost disappear, Clockwork got involved. Then Kordo escaped into the Mortal Realm and killed a bunch more people, including magical beings. Crazy things happened after that. Bunch of Dragons were killed, the entire planet got messed up. Then there was some battle that involved a bunch of Ninja. That's it. That's all we've been told".

"Jeez…" Danny said. "So...uh...why didn't the Observants see any of this coming?".

"They claim that Kordo did something to their power, but I think that's a load of crap. I never believed for a second that they could see into the future. Those bastards always get people to do their work for them. I think they manipulate things for the future they want to happen".

"Guess you don't like them very much…"

"What was your first clue?".

The room fell silent for a little while as everybody was processing the things that had just been said. Jake stood up a walked out of the room. Danny and Randy followed shortly behind leaving the rest the group behind.

Jake stood outside the shop and leaned against the wall. It was still dark out and Jake hated it, but he needed some fresh air.

"You alright man?".

Jake turned to his side to see Danny and Randy emerging from the front door.

"I'm fine it's just…" jake trailed off for a sec. "It's just...today's been...loaded. Ya know what I mean?".

Danny and Randy nodded. Randy leaned back to next to Jake "I definitely know what you mean. I mean, I've only been here for a day and already I get into 2 battles, the second of which I barely survived, and now I'm learning about 2 different worlds? One of which I had no idea even existed!".

"How do you think I feel?" Danny leaned back as well. "This day has been awful".

Back inside the shop, the rest of the kids were asking a couple more questions.

"So...is this Kordo guy alive?"Jazz asked.

"I don't know. The fact that troll mentioned him makes me uneasy" Lao Shi said. "It's very possible that troll was just crazy, but I can't just assume that to be the case".

"Why would a troll guy even be on liberty island anyways?" Howard asked.

Fu Dog shrugged "I dunno. The boys didn't really go in-depth into what they saw".

"Those other Ninja might know some more!" Jazz beamed. "All we have to do is ask them what they saw! They were already there before the boys arrived so they have to know more info".

"Okay sweetie" Trixie said as she crossed her arms. "Just how do you plan on contacting them?".

Jazz's enthusiasm immediately melted away. She was right. How were they going to contact them? From what Fu Dog said earlier, the Ninja's were more stealthier than Randy. So they won't be easy to track down.

"Man. What time is it?" Spud asked.

"1:47 am" Lao Shi replied.

"Dang. It's like, really late".

"Sure is" Trixie said. "We gotta get home. Our parents are gonna flip if they find out we left home so late".

"Well let's get going. See ya guys". The group waved goodbye as Spud and Trixie left the shop. They passed by Jake, Randy and Danny and said their goodbyes to them. They then road their skateboards back to their homes.

"I am NOT doing any hero stuff for the next few days" Jake proclaimed.

"Me neither" Danny said. "I've had more action in one day then I've had in an entire week".

"Hey Jake" Randy began "Mind if me and Howard crash at your Gramps shop? I can get back fast. Howard though…."

"I don't mind man. But you're gonna have to ask Gramps if it's alright" Jake cautioned.

"Sweet".

The trio walked back into the shop and into the back room. Danny transformed into his ghost form and grabbed Sam, Tucker and Jazz.

"Well' see you guys" Danny waved.

"Uh...did we say you could carry us?" Sam asked.

"No. But I know you guys don't wanna have to walk back".

"True. Okay, proceed".

"See ya next time Beautiful" Howard waved goodbye to Jazz.

"Danny let's go" Jazz groaned.

"You sure? You seemed to be getting pretty friendly with your soon-to-be boyfriend" Danny grinned.

"DANNY!"

"Ha! I'm kidding, I'm kidding!" Danny turned them all intangible and flew through the ceiling. Leaving only Jake, Randy and Howard. And also Fu and Lao Shi.

"So uh Mr. Lao Shi" Randy began. "Do you mind if me and Howard stayed here for the night. We don't really feel like going that huge distance…"

Lao Shi rolled his eyes "Fine young Ninja. You both can stay. I have blankets in the covered. You can make a pallet on the floor there".

"Bruce!" They both said.

As Randy and Howard began setting up their blankets, Jake watched as his grandpa transformed into his dragon state.

"You going somewhere" Jake asked.

"Yes. I'm going to inform the Dragon Council of what happened tonight. I should be back tomorrow afternoon".

"You'll be gone that long?".

"Most likely. The Council will be quite shaken at this news and an emergency meeting will probably arise" and with that, Lao Shi quickly dashed out the shop to his destination.

Fu turned to Jake "Well I guess I'll see ya tomorrow Jake. Or well...today I guess since it's almost 2 am".

"Alright then. See ya" Jake transformed a flew out the shop back home.

The only ones left were Howard, Randy, and Fu Dog.

Fu Dog looked at the boys "So. Just wondering. Any if you guys play Grave Puncher?".

"HECK YEA!" The two boys exclaimed. Fu grabbed his secret game system and the three played for the rest of the nigh-err, morning. I guess.

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A/N: I was thinking about revealing everything about Kordo in this chapter but I decided against it. Instead what I'll be doing is placing flashbacks wherever appropriate. This way, you slowly learn more and more about Kordo overtime rather than a giant info dump. Plus, it keeps Kordo nice and mysterious just how I like him.

Also side note: I keep forgetting about Jazz. Like, I don't know why. There will be times where I'm writing and I almost forget to include her in the scene. Thank goodness Howard's here to remind me with his awful flirting. Love that dynamic.