Stanked

by Sketchylicious66

Nomi ,Randy and Howard noticed there's a new girl at Norrisvill high, but she's not like the others. she's not a Ninja ,she's not pretty, she always seems to have a small smile on her face ,but its fake ,she's hiding something it's killing her . read and find out how something tragic inside forms an unlikely friendship sequel: new father and daughter both trying to kill another

20. Chapter 20 (Two Black Eyes)

A white four seated car drove up the driveway of Norrisville high, coming to a complete stop before one of the doors popped open on the morning on the chilling Friday. Stepping out the chubby orange haired teen. "Thanks, Viceroy; I'll remember what you told me maybe it will help." He said waving to the umber scientist before he took off his way to McFist industries and Howard to high school.

"HEY, dude?!" Howard heard a distance familiar voice from behind him, turning his head to see his purple haired friend.

"Hey~ wait up…" Randy yelled running his way over completely out of breath, leaning on his knees catching his horribly needed air once reaching his friend.

"What did you do? Run a mile…" Howard joked.

"Y-Yes… I- had to make…. Sure the car didn't explode or something!" Randy huffed pulling on his book bag strap.

"Viceroy wouldn't do that."

"How do you know? He hasn't tried to kill you a million times before." Randy Said starting to walk towards the school besides Howard.

"Maybe you just think we're still on sides. The dude told the book he'd help."

"I'm just confused on Viceroy's picture, dude. I mean why did he even look into adoption~ when he's So evil?!"

"He was lonely?" Howard shrugged keeping his eyes forward, for any sign of a Cerberus as they approached the school.

"There is such a thing called dating!" Randy spoke offensively without acknowledging it.

"Well maybe he wasn't looking for that, I mean What if he just needs another human being to trust, one he can teach, and depend on taking his place with a smile if anything happened to him." Howard said deeply in thought entering the school though it's extravagant lobby doors.

"Are you sure that scientist didn't do something to our head over the night, because what you're saying sounds like a big pile of Wonk!"

"I'm just saying, you're way over thinking this!"

"Well wasn't it for Nomi's over thinking that started this whole thing? He knew in the back of his head this whole time what was going on trying to look for some other answer. And for the first time I know why."

Howard stopped at his locker with a puzzled look stuck to his face. "What are you talking about…."

Randy opens his mouth to answer but he was sharply was cut off by the bell. {RRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGG} "I'll explain it later, right now we'd better get to Mr. Teacher man's before he blows his lid on us." They run off down the hall to reach the class before the teacher can spot they were gone them.

….

"Good morning, sir." Victory hummed walking out of the elevator towards his lab.

"Vice'man! Don't forget you have to fix the Sorcerer's jar!" McFist barked playing with some trinkets on his desk in front of the huge window.

"You mean the Communication stabilizer? Why? what's wrong with it?"

"I think the Sorcerer is glitched out, he keeps saying 'She replays' …. I don't think he can hear me."

"I'll check it out as soon as I can just let me do something else, real quick." Viceroy said scooting towards his lab.

"Soon, Viceroy!"

"Ok…" He said walking into his lab closing the door behind him. Taking a look around, he flicked on the lights, Suddenly seeing the caped ninja standing at his desk. "Oh, I-I didn't see you their ninja." he jumped.

"It was meant to be that way, scientist." The ninja spoke walking over to Viceroy

"Um okay," He replied.

Nomi waited for him to say more under his mask, but I was clear he wasn't. "I was looking at the designs on the board, I believe going with the same Robot as before we'll be fine, we just Need to make it stronger!"

"The demon bird, yes that was Sketch's design."

"I could tell, she got the idea from me, it's called a Tengu." The ninja said turning around walking back over to the building components. "Is this how you craft your death machines?" Nomi asked looking over all the levers and buttons.

"Yes," Viceroy answered walking to the Ninja's side. "But only the big ones, If they're small I can just build them by hand. See, these levers control those mechanical arms that hold the body. & and the buttons control where the bolts and screws are put."

"Seems simple. Now if we're going to make this stronger then the Cerberus, it's going to need more armor. Sketchy already has the aerodynamic part correct, but to make it sure we should make it the wings narrower with faster movement." Nomi Nomicon'ed.

"I did take you as Mechanical smart, ninja." Viceroy puzzled

"Well when you've been fighting these 'death bots' all your life, you tend to learn a thing or two." He looked over at the notes around the Drawing that Viceroy had written. "The metal you choose for the body won't hold a second, comparing with the damage I saw last night that Sketchy had done to….. Some city property, we're going to need some strategized materials."

"Strategized materials? But what I had there is the strongest metal on this side of the world?!" Viceroy turned towards the blackboard looking over his own work.

"You're so used to battling on the other side; this is your first time fighting a war against your own. Sometimes the most forceful way is the wrong way." Nomi said in the Nomicon zone!

"What are you saying…"

Nomi sighed pulling out his grandfather's katana showing it to the scientist still holding the end like he could strike at any moment, he would if had to. "Ok scientist, you don't need to know the story! All you need are the details, there's a solid material that has a counteraction to the sorcerer's power, and this solid material is same to the stone that holds him at bay… This same material is to what our weapons are mostly crafted of along with even stronger metals we speak of now!" Viceroy looked as if he'd faint if the blade came any closer to his face. Nomi pulled the katana away, he made his point… "That's how the last time when both ninjas were here, the katana that was thrown at that sorcery powered Communication viewer broke the connection…"

"You mean that we should build the Tengu from this 'sorcery resistance' material to stop Sketchy? But I don't know if I have it."

"You don't… Give me one hour; I can get you your materials! Nomi glared he had never been so determined.

"Ok, you got it! In that time, I'll fix the Communication stabilizer…"

Nomi nodded his head walking back over to narrow tall window, reopening it …. It being the way he had entered in, he was about to exit when Viceroy stopped him.

"Hey Ninja,"

"Hm?"

"Why do you think the Sorcerer would be saying 'She repays.'?"

….

"So what you're saying, is that shattered Flinch can only be glued back together if she fights another Tengu robot, and loses? So that's why Book was freaking out last night…" Howard asked throwing on his gym shirt.

"Yeah, Nomi's at McFist industries right now helping Viceroy with the Tengu."

"Woh, they're going to need to build that thing ten times stronger than what Viceroy has ever built before!"

"I know Nomi will manage something… He really doses think she'll come back to the school." Randy mumbled slipping on his left shoe "HA beat cha to the gym!" Randy yelled in the boy's empty locker room jolting off out the door to the boy's four-period gym class.

"H-HeY that's not fair my pants are too small!" Howard whined as he rushed the rest of his attire on… His shoes on the wrong feet. "Ugh, I'll live with it! Cunningham wait up!" Howard yelled running out the door to hoping to ketchup to Randy. Being alone in the school with a Cerberus on the loose was not on this teen's bucket list. Running down the hall he quickly stopped to grab his breath at a corner, he heard voices coming talking & gossiping, and Howard being Double-dip-Winnerman he stayed right where he was to listen.

"She was What ….you have to be lying?!"

"No Debbie, I swear her arms where all Blood last period when I ran into her in the lobby!"

"Theresa, why though…" Debbie asked.

"I-I don't know, she was saying some crazy things."

"Like What?"

"It was real freaky, she was asking me if the soil of the innocent's was on the lunch menu, but she said it fast and it sounded Japanese!?" Theresa fretted.

"Then what?"

"She called me a bagel… but she said it with a 'K' so in sound like ba-ka?"

"Baka? That's Japanese, but I don't know what for….. Well, what did you do after that?!"

"I tried to take her to the nurse for her arms, but she asked 'What's a Nurse?' and when I was explaining it to her, she walk away into the lobby."

"Is she skipping classes?"

"Yeah, she has this class~." The voices died off into the hall as Debbie and Theresa walked there all to the same Gym class.

Howard didn't even need to guess who they were talking about. It was Sketchy…She was in the school. Howard couldn't help the feeling of being scared…. like she was standing right behind him, he thought about running up with the girls but what kind of man would he feel like if he ran to some girls for comfort. He stood there waiting for the girls to exit the hall before he made a move to start walking himself, But he frozen when he felt a pull on his over shirt collar, soon hearing the words. "I found you~" In a slow taunting singing tone~ Howard freaked jumping forward screaming bloody Cerberus in the hall where no one could hear the ear-pricing scream… only to hear a long know laugh.

"pfffffff… BAHAHHAHHAhhaahah!"

Howard spun around to see Randy Almost dying of laughter! "C-Cunningham! WHAT THE JUICE MAN! You almost had me piss MYSELF?! I THOUGHT YOU WERE FLINCH!" Howard yelled his face all red, punching the ninja in the shoulder!

"I Know… I know dude…" Randy said holding in his laughter "It was BRUCE-larious! HA!"

"NO, No did you even hear Kang and Fowler! They were talking about Flinch, S-She is in the school!"

"Howard that's just girl goss, if the Cerberus was here right now the school would be in pieces, and I'd be fighting a killing machine!"

"Flinch's not a 'killing machine'! A Cerberus wasn't even made for killing!" Howard clarified the words 'killing machine' were the wrong adjective.

"Ugh, let's just say the scare was payback for scaring me a while back…"Randy smiled.

"But that was two months ago?!"

"Let's just get to gym, I don't need another dentition for being late again dude~"

Howard started walking towards the gym. "F-Fine! But this is NOT over I know Flinch is in the lobby!"He replied.

…

"OKEY!" Coach Green yelled his echoing voice bouncing off the walls for the gym followed by the screeching sound of his whistle. "Now that we're all here we can start my new game that I came up with…. ROPE-DODGE!" the moment Coach Green roared the name Bash and his goons dropped the climbing rope from the ceiling of the Gym with a flip of a switch, grabbing dodgeballs by the bag. "The rules a simple, climb the rope and ring the bell at the top without having Bash and his Goons knock you off with a dodge ball…"

"At least we're not playing hop-scorch like last week…" Randy mumbled both Howard and him in the back of the crowd of students, just sneaking in.

"Aww wonk, I don't want to do this…" Howard gulped looking up at the rope.

"Yeah, too bad we don't have any more Golden Doctor's Notes. That would really help…."Randy scoffed.

"Yeah… one would really help now!"

"Wait, Howard, you can just fake an injury!" Randy blurted out loud, lowering his voice before anyone heard.

"What, Cunningham are you for real!?"Howard squawked, with an idea popping in his head! "Fine, I'll do it… But you have to help me look for shattered Flinch in the lobby, once were excused from gym class!"

"Eh, deal!"

"I'll probably just 'twist' my ankle, or just 'pull' my elbow…" Howard proposed.

Coach Green blew his whistle stopping the mumbling of the students. "So who wants to go first?" He asked the crowd of students holding up his own dodgeball, the students sort of backing away from the insane teacher; Howard stepped forward to the rope.

"HA, we'll knock you off easy!"Bash jeered looking at his smaller classmate.

"That's what I'm hoping for…"Howard added quickly under his breath, throwing his hands on the rope ready to clime at the sound of Coach Green's whistle. Once again the ear-splitting sound of the whistle filled the gym; Howard didn't even make it up an inch towards the bell before the Doge balls mauled him!

"OW! Ow ow ow ow!" Howard yelled flopping out it the ground holding his knee. "Cubby Boy Injured!" he shouted in till the dodge balls stopped coming… or they ran out.

"Ah, hold your fire Bash!" Coach Green yelled at the large boy.

"We used all the fire…."Bash replied making sure the bag was empty.

Howard continued to hold his 'injured' knee as Coach Green looked at it. "Hm, better go to the nurse to get some ice, Howard"

"I'll take him…" Randy volunteered 'helping' Howard up.

"Good, I better change the game, before the school changes my job…." Coach Green uttered starting a normal game of kickball…

….

"That was the cheese Howard, for a second I thought you were hurt!"

"Thanks, Cunningham, I'll mention you in my next best actor award after we find Flinch!"

"eh Fine, where did you hear she was again?"

Howard stopped his walking as if his feet were glued to the school floor tiles "I think Fowler said the lobby is where she saw her?"

"So… the lobby then?" Randy asked.

"Yeah, she should be there." Howard said with a little more confident tone, even he was still scared… and he needed to pee.

"But that doesn't make sense; we walked through there this morning we would have both seen her… more like she'd see us!"

"Fowler said she saw her last period, she must be coming in late…" Howard said continued to walk down the hall just barely seeing the lobby now.

"From what?"

"I don't know? When we find her you can ask her." Howard joked looking up at Randy, but his blue eyes were locked forward, Howard went to take a glance at whatever Randy was so now largely interested in. But a glance was all he got of who was in the lobby before Randy tackled him to the floor ducking under a stair railing. "Cunningham, what the juice!"

"Shhh!" Randy hushed Howard looking around the stairs again, his face much serious than before. "I guess Debbie and Theresa weren't talking wonk after all…" He said pulling his mask over his face becoming the ninja… staring at the Shattered girl pacing back and forth around one side of Tengu's stone. Like Theresa's statement her arms all blood with cuts that crimson red dripping and running to her skinless fingertips, the red rubbing agonist her already dirty blood stained clothes. Her Eyes still sorcerer green but in a calm way.

"HA, I was right-!" Howard cheered!

"Shhhhhhh!" Randy throw his hand over Howard's mouth before his volume could get them in a real hell hole!

Howard pried his hand off "The Book and You really have to stop doing that to me…" Howard finally whispered.

"S-Sorry, I'd just rather now get killed today." Randy whispered back glaring at Howard. Glancing back at the Cerberus. "Ugh, what is she doing?"

"It's like I was saying before… The Cerberus wasn't a Killing Machine, it's Greek mythology The Cerberus was who guards the gates of the underworld, preventing the dead from leaving."

"Um newsflash Howard, the sorcerer wants' to escape… not be prevented from leaving."

"That's what I'm saying!" Howard's voice still holding in a whispering tone. "The pacing isn't the sorcerer's doing, it's Flinch."

Randy actually took that into thought… Remembering how Nomi told him, after him himself hurt Shig he was able to fight the other side of him telling the sorcerer out battling him, able to control it in some twisted way. But there was no way that could be the situation… She wasn't fighting anything; it was just waiting there dormant for her kill to come to it. Waiting for a demand made be the master… "T-that's not right, you have no idea what you talking about Howard."

"I have a full idea of everything I say! Viceroy had a major in Greek mythology at his mad-scientific college! He told me this!"

"Fine, let's get a real opinion." Randy uttered pulling out the Nomicon from his Ninja scarf.

"What are you doing with that?!" Howard asked in a low manner staring at the book red and black.

"Nomi gave it to me; he said to use it to tell him if we met up with Cerberus!" Randy Answered flipping the pages of the book.

"You're going to bring that Book into all this again?!" Howard whispered a yelling voice.

"Yes!" Randy threatened.

"Cunningham! Don't!" Howard yelled pulling the book out of Randy's hands!

"Howard give that back!" Ninja Yelled reaching for the book just out of his reach.

"Noo, you don't understand!" Howard jeered pushing Randy off of him.

"I Completely Understand!" Ninja grabbed the book opening to the blank page.

That this point, the two were full blown yelling at one another pulling the ancient pages back and forth, the only thing that stopped them was being frozen with fear hearing the spine-chilling voice of the Shattered "Understand What?" She mocked with a smile on her face the calmness in her eyes gone…. Fear making their eyes grow wide as they both stared at her leaning over the stair rail above. ~'kill'~

…..

Viceroy walked in through the doors of his lab calmly shutting them behind him, he was taken aback by the unexpected sight of 8 at least 7 tons of metal sitting in a neat pile right next to the inject point in the Robot crafter for the metal. The caped ninja was just closing the window when the scientist walked in.

"H-how? How did you fit that through the window?" he asked still gawking at the massive pile of new metal.

"You should be more distressed of where I got the metal… But… it's none of your concern to start with." Nomi smirked under his mask walking to the Crafter "I got your material; now let's start with the build of this death bot!"

…

The caped ninja leaned on the wall over by the pile of the 'sorcery resistance' metal he'd inject it into the crafter when needed, but right now he had his eyes closed just leaning. Viceroy Worked with the buttons & levers, normally he'd have a Robo-ape inject the material for his creations, but the ninja was faster and less of a yes'man. With Viceroy working the ninja was able to catch mistakes; even with his eyes closed he'd give his opinion… It made Viceroy think, 'Is this ninja the sidekick or the master?'

"Add a ton please." Viceroy insisted towards the Ninja. And so he added another. Just, this time, the scientist noted something strange on his floor, It was red… smeared even. "Is- that blood?" he mentioned to the ninja.

The ninja's eye's went bug glaring at the red on the floor. He got a freezing needle-like sensation up his back, the trail of smears lead to him, he grabbed his cape behind him looking at the paper like side… it was covered in crimson red dripping from the top in seconds he knew what it meant! "VICEROY, how fast do you think you can finish that Tengu!"

"Um.," Viceroy spoke caught unexpected yelled. "20-15 minuets… W-why?"

"The battle has started, the other ninja found Sketchy… I need to leave! They need my help!" Nomi darted for the window.

"What-what do I need to do?!"

"Just finish The Tengu and meet me at Norrisville Park with it!" ordered.

Viceroy nodded getting back to work, quicker than before! & Nomi jumps out the window the last time heading to Norrisville high.

….

"GAAAHhhh!? Get off of him!" Howard screeched watching the Shattered Sketchy jump off the stair railing pouncing onto the scarf Ninja eminently seeing red, the skin on her arm split deep pushing out her unstable Cerberus claws stained with the same crimson red that was there before. The quick site of this made Howard want to vomit! The human flesh once on the outside lying on her arm was either replaced the Cerberus's spot inside or fell to the floor on horrible red chucks.

The Ninja thrust with two Sai's he just managed to grab pushing back the ambushing claws, But the Shattered girl's position was in her favor. With one straightforward snap, she landed a brutal piercing out of the left side of his forehead! Randy letting out a raw scream his pulse brought instant gush of his own crimson river….. The crimson splattered onto the blank page of the Nomicon!

Howard Pushed by the unbearable sound of Randy's shout he hurled himself at the savage Sketchy from behind, never thinking twice he wrapped his chubby arms around the girls elbows & waist stopping her claws from touching him if he was able to hold on. He pulled her off of Randy just for a rash second. The Ninja only seeing the world in shades of red scramble to his feet, glaring at the girl who still had a smile on her face. She stood up standing on her feet as well, good 6 yards from the ninja Howard holding her arms to her sides his feet dangled from the floor. "hm ha…I knew you were a baka but I thought there would, at least, be a good fight before I got a good nic on you~…" her Daiku glare at the ninja with Sorcerer hue eyes never left the ninja's blue once, he knew what game she was sucked into but he never could know sternly her next move.

Howard hollered in agony as she sharply drove her claws into his arms a siring sound coming from his skin as if he were being cooked in a pan. His blood dipped from her claws before she released him letting him fall to the floor, she was free now.

Randy's fear was so vividly seen now for his friend "HOWARD?!"

The Shattered girl still smiled seeing this from the Ninja… She picked Howard up from the floor by his arm, Howard cringing in the tormenting pain. "Poor Howie~" She laughed, letting the Ninja's temper build.

"YOU'RE WORST THEN A TENGU!" HE barked jolting at her with a katana in hand!

"YOU'RE ABOUT AS PATHETIC AS A NORISU!" She laughed as if the sanity was ripped away from her hurling Howard at the ninja!

Ninja was able to stop quick enough to stop the katana & catch his hurt friend, the weight thrown made him lose his ninja stains off balance he managed to hold the other teen taking a look at his arms they really were fried!

"… Cunningham" Howard whined in unbearable throbbing.

Randy wanted to reply to his friend, he wanted to get him out of there as so as possible, he needed to get the entire school cleaned out before anyone not involved got hurt. This fight had gotten so much worst then what Randy ever really deals with alone. The corner of his eyes the ninja sites the Cerberus Sketchy jolting towards them the fight never taking a moment to breathe the ninja went on. "Hold on Howard!" He yelled pulling him onto his back, tying his scarf around the teen to him just in case his arms were too weak. He jumped up dodging Shattered Sketchy's attack just quick enough to miss; Randy with his katana was pushed back with nearly every blow as their fight just began! He could feel the radiation heat from her claws he made a hit on her every chance he got, but this was like fighting with Nomi no matter to times you hit him he'll always come back harder, being 35 steps ahead, And have 90 more hits on you than you on him….but this teacher was out to kill~

The Cerberus grabbed the katana swung at her one too many times…. her claws making it red hot, she throw it aside facing the ninja with no weapons in his hands she attacks once more with a kick She sends the ninja smashing into a dry-wall with Howard in-between, the impact propelling dust everywhere.

"Oww?!" Howard huffed the air in him being crushed.

"S-sorry Howard…" Ninja groaned feeling sharp pains himself he was wounded red blood not only come from his forehead, but she shredded his shoulders through the suit the movement of fighting hurt but for now, pushing through the pain was the answer.

"Awww, is your little kareshi hurt ?" Sketchy mocked leisurely walking towards the two failing to get up…. At first all you could see was her flaming green eyes beaming thought the dust, until she was visible face to face with Randy's ninja mask. "It's sad really…. That you don't know the art of healing, but ya know there is this great thing called a nurse~ YEAH, I bet you never thought of that!" Sketchy snarled her smile gone, replaced with an awful glare filled with throe.

"W-Wait what, back up! ?" Randy shot to pieces on what's running though this Shattered heart Psycho's mind, before he could get out another word Sketchy snapped at the ninja's throat! Randy wasn't going to sit on the floor and NOT have a honking weapon hidden; he speared her right paw with a sai to the floor right in front of him! He made sure to smash it with all his might, the side daggers just pocking her Cerberus skin!

Randy jumped up quickly jumping out of the crazy teen's reach, It helps to know she can't feel it… Yet~. The sai was like a bloody dog chain but like with all big dogs the chains never lasted long, Randy didn't waste time! He spirited over to the Nomicon folding both bloody corners of the blank page before slamming the thing shut putting Nobuyuki's book back in his scarf. Darting at the fire alarm switch, or what it's mostly known as the Code 'M' alarm switch. Pulling it down a more ear-splitting screech then Coach Green's whistle fill the whole School telling anyone to evacuate… NOW! And least Randy untied Howard from the scarf.

"Ninja?! What are you doing?" Howard asked being set on the floor still holding his bleeding arms.

"Howard I want you to leave!" Randy said sternly with a soft tone!

"What No way!" Howard spat back! "You're not taking that thing on alone! You need me!"

"NO, I don't need you! Right now all I need from you is to be safe! You haven't even seen what she's capable of yet, and I don't want you too!"

"Ninja?"

"Howard! Go… it's time to play run away from dog."

Howard face went flat… he was serious? Howard couldn't believe it they had taken everything together and now he was telling him to leave?! Howard didn't even say anything back, he just took off! He'll help one way or another.

Randy looked back at his friend leaving whispering softly "Matana… Yūjin" before glaring towards the shattered Psycho who was standing on her two's, free again. ….

Nomi's mind was running wild the red on his cape must have come from the Nomicon's blank page! Something must have gone wrong he needed to get there fast! Being only a block away from Norrisville high now he had the school in sight, Nomi knew what easily he'd do when he got there, he knew the Cerberus had a noise for sniffing out smoke bombs, the smell was awful… and where there's smoke bomb there's ninja, so he needed an unexpected attack. The Cerberus being at the park was essential. The only hard part was the actions taken in the middle and ending…. It was time to outsmart the dog.

The caped ninja with his Tengu mask on top of the stretching building up in the sky cold, ready to jump to school below just when the red head got another dumbfounded feeling on his back, the ninja glared back to see the corners of his cape had disappeared fading away into nothing, Nomi's feet settled knowing his student was still alive … without warning the school letting out an ear-splitting screech none other than the fire alarm. Watching the school students flee and scramble away from the white structure, he decides to wait till they had all left, for their safety not knowing if the Cerberus was outside dog or in. Nomi viewed to entire crowd pouring out of Norrisville high, just when the river of students slowed to a small trifle a chubby orange haired teen caught his eye.

Howard running with his short legs away from the school campus far behind from the herd, trying to wipe the blood on his arms with his inner shirt hearing his name shouted from a distends "Howard!" the chubby teen froze hopping it was Randy! But the hope was instantly shot down seeing Nomi landing far from a higher building to him.

"Howard, where's ninja? Did you two find Sketchy?" Nomi asked.

"I found Sketchy" Howard barked "And scarf head is in the lobby getting his ass handed to him by Cerberus. She wonked up my arms and Cunningham is just holding together…" he answered.

"This wasn't going to but an easy fight, you should have waited until I was here before starting it!" Nomi scolded pulling out fast healing Tengu feather bandages in a wade handing them to Howard. "Warp you self with these… I'm heading in!" Nomi said to Howard marching past him towards to school.

"Wait, Book!" Howard objected at Nomi.

"Yes?" The caped ninja said flicking back over to Howard.

"Where's Viceroy?"

"Still at McFist industries."

"Great! I'll be fine now, thanks!" Howard flashed a smiled.

Nomi didn't say anything in return just a blank stare though his mask before jumping to Norrisville high. Howard stood glued to the ground until Nomi snuck in and was out of site, he throw the bandages to the ground heading for McFist industries…

…..

Shattered Sketchy slid across the lobby floor, her paw still bleeding a color less then red. The Cerberus and the ninja starting a fresh fight, the two locked in a violet dance they have been stuck in a 20 minute song….Cerberus taking to lead….. he had kicked her sending her sliding as a comeback for her pervious attack, she didn't waste any opportunity getting up on two's charging at him for a hit. The scarf ninja pulled his black chained red handle kusari gama out giving the weapon a good swing before throwing the wheat blade at the Cerberus knocking her claws off target sparing Randy's skin once again, She gave a low inhuman growl darting at the black threaded ninja again! The ninja pulled in the kusari gama jumping out of the way, When Sketch darts his way again he swung the weapon by the chain flinging the kusari gama, the chain wraps itself around both of the Cerberus Claws binding them the blade acting as a lock meeting with the chains! The ninja holds his ground as Sketchy pulled and strained on the chain, the impulsive pull on the chain dropped to the floor. The chain still binding the Cerberus's claws the ninja looked up confused form the sudden pause of violent attack his body already screaming with agonizing pain.

She smiled… The ninja was too late to realize or the let go. The Cerberus grabbed her own chain a chilling feeling ran through the ninja as she jerked him forward into the air smashing him to the floor on the other side of her. The Ninja through his distress released the kusari gama on his end, his back making a terrifying unbearable sound the Cerberus breaking the chain to pieces! The snapping chain sounding like a medal bat pounding a home-run baseball….

The ninja lied on the floor, fighting himself to get up like he was under a sleep spell, he was lied on his stomach pulling his self up to his knees and elbows but his limbs weren't responding right. Hearing the merciless voice of the Shatter he was shot with fear… ~'respon'~

"This has been fun and all but… Master calls; let's wrap this up so I can get back to my role." Cerberus insisted walking away only to come back with the ninja's thrown katana, The Ninja tried to pull to his feet. But his hissing pain was too much… he was suffering though the mask like it wasn't even there.

"Oh, you don't even know how long I've waited for this ! I bet you don't even remember 8 years ago." She said making Randy lift his gaze form the ground looking at her, with the blade of the katana at his chin, her hands back to a somewhat normal from to hold the weapon right.

"That… wasn't… me!" Randy huffed though his prickly breath.

"Sure and I'm Not about to kill you…we all like to tell, lies don't we…"Her voice becoming more and more dark, to the point where it was unrecognizable, it wasn't even Cerberus anymore… she lifted the katana up ready to thrust it down at any pulse of her body. The ninja cringed knowing her next move dead-on…..

But then again he was a ninja not a fortune teller…. The ninja sat for his demise… but the only thing that happened was a sharp bark and what sounded like a katana hitting the floor. Randy painfully lifted his head seeing Shattered Sketchy lying on her side on the floor, a gut punching ball rolling away from her…. The only thing that shot though his head was 'I didn't throw that?'

Out of the blue his teacher's voice enters the scene "Ninja?! Are you Alright?!" he sounded concerned. But then again Randy was concerned about himself too. He tried to reply by sitting up more, but he felt helpless he couldn't even look at his teacher.

The Shattered teen glared at the new being in the fight, he though her off her feet with some brick like ball just when she was so close to her revenge! she felt off at the sight of him… she couldn't make out a name like he himself was stripped from her mind, he was another ninja… wearing a red blue & black demon bird as a mask, she remembered the cape and the red ripping circles on his suit from somewhere… she only stared only for a minute, her chest felt pain… a sharp unmovable pain that was somewhere on the other side of her. The Shattered snapped back to earth. 'At once!' the sorcerer demined her to respond again 'kill!' The knock down made Sketchy cut herself across the right side of her cheek by her eye with the katana, she stood to her feet the brick's pain was long gone, dropping to katana bringing the claws back out with the splitting of her skin again ready to fight!

Nomi already seeing this has his mind set of what's going on in an instant, he had watched for a bit in the shadows before tagging in, he staggered her by charging first with no weapons, protecting Randy from any more sharp hits that the Norisu couldn't fix easily, He didn't except him to still be alive….he himself was only shattered for eight days and was able the defeat the sorcerer…She was Shattered for eight years…..

Shattered Sketchy fired up her claws, them shearing a visible green heat shining glossy like fire! Nomi dodged the attacks as she swung at him again and again, he jumped back, ducked and swiftly moved out of the claw's way as the tempestuous heat flew passed him not to touch! The Cerberus ginned her teeth with frustration constantly making an attack to the caped being. The Sorcerer yelled the same demand over and over 'KILL!' Shattered Sketchy eyes flamed green filled with counterfactual bloodthirsty anger…but it still felt off!

Nomi forced a harsh unbreakable focused with a flat chin… A Cerberus used anything you gave them if it were a weapon or emotion they'd stab you in the back with it… The Cerberus was even before his grandfather's time but when Nomi was small Nobuyuki would tell him stories of the grand ninja that saved all the people~, the grand ninja that took down the beast and made the Norisu village right there, Nobuyuki never told Nomi how the Cerberus was killed, but the only thing at was said was that it's wasn't done alone…. He missed her; she wanted to rip him apart into pieces, not even knowing who he was, or what he was trying to do for her, but He missed her, vary dodged he made the more violent her attacks became…. Her eyes green, the Sorcerer's hue. He'd do anything to see her beautiful golden brown eyes one more time but he had seen the last of them, for once Nomi had, had brown eyes too but now he holds cold black ones in their place. She didn't know who she was or what she was doing, only filled with the anger and hate-tainted memories of that 6-year-old day on the road with Mac-Antfee.… He knew the Sorcerer was commanding her…. He needed to get her away from the hole… to the park!

"s-sorry." He uttered before docking under one of her attacks of her flaming claw, grabbing her arm where flesh met Cerberus skin, spinning her around at first tossing her up like a dance they both had done at the McBall, before Sketchy landed her feet, he kicked hitting her square on her stomach sending her smashing to a far wall falling limp… only for a few seconds.

Nomi ran to Randy's side starting to help him up, putting a hand out for him. Randy gladly took it pulling himself to his heavy feet.

"Do you need aide, Ninja?" The Norisu asked his student holding on to his arm, he didn't look vary sturdy at the moment, Nomi was all most positive if he left go of him, Randy would plummet back to the floor.

"I-I'm fine, just bruised here and there." Randy said pushing Nomi's hand away, just barely staying on his own two feet standing alone. Nomi frowned, poking Randy's back. Randy shirked in a sharp pain, clasping to his keens.

"You worst then Shig…. He'd never tell me he was hurt in battle. Please don't do that." Nomi cursed pulling another wad of Tengu bandages out wrapping them tight to the scarfed ninja's wrists and lower back. "You're no good to this fight if you're dead!" Nomi sighed pulling the ninja up again; "The Cerberus can't be taken down alone."

"Alright." Ninja agreed.

"Ok, we have to get Sketchy away from the hole, and to the park!" Nomi spoke looking at the Shatter getting up from the rubble of the wall.

"Time to take doggy for a walk!" Randy jeered his one-liner pulling out a black shuriken.

Nomi took the shuriken from him. "Rule one, no toys!" Nomi spat. "She'll use them on you herself! Like your kusari gama & katana!" Nomi threw himself in to a fighting stain! "This is hand to claw!"

"No fair~" Randy whined, following his teacher's lead!

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Sketchy peered across the lobby seeing the caped-being had aided the other ninja, both of them ready to battle the Shattered one. She cracked her neck standing up with only a few joints popping. "Looks like called back up, doesn't shock me… He'd rather have a car destroy his own robot that he went asking for anyway!" she was loss in the mixture of dark voices.

"Why dose she keep calling me that!?" Randy shifted his feet asking his teacher.

"This is her game~ don't let her get to you so easily, She thinks your she doesn't remember you, nor me!"

Randy takes in the information glaring at the Shatter, as the Tengu bandages start to heal him slowly. A standoff began!

And the Norisu broke it!

Nomi advanced at the Shatter with full force, the Shatter throw herself like she was pouncing on pray, in the wild at the caped being, who was either a baka for aiding Mac, or he wasn't afraid of his own death… he wasn't afraid of her.

The scarf ninja wasn't too far behind his teacher as the Norisu started a soiled attack line keeping Sketchy away a good yard making him untouchable to her deadly scorching Cerberus arms. Randy who then when to attack from the front of the Shattered girl just after she knocked Nomi away from her tossing the ninja by the cape, the impact throwing the caped being back a bit… the Cerberus had an easy opening coming back! She smashed her consuming claws right in to the scarf ninja's stomach, Randy froze taking a sharp intake of air, not daring to look down at the terrifying red again. There was no doubt Cerberus wanted deader than stone, then streak his blood on the walls, finally making the score even…

Randy hearing the scorching sound of his own flesh burning staring to smell it too, Sketchy pulled away letting her 'Mac.' fall limp to his keen as he clutched his stomach, wanting to vomit on the floor, coughing and hacking.

She saw his neck wide open, in a second he'd be dead she thought over and over again, her claw just ready to strike, being thrown in the air. The thought shooting through her head more times then she could count! MAC ANTFEE WILL DIE!... LIKE SHE WANTED!... Wanted…. 'ed'

The moment her impulses stopped, the Norisu kicked her from behind, kicking her feet out from under her! She landed on the floor, looking up at the bakana caped being again. She was frozen… Everything even the Sorcerer was screaming that her to kill, & make the score right! But she was just stuck in that 'ed'…. She felt wrong, and dizzy racing to her feet longing forward trying to attack the caped being… She was positive it was him causing this… wrong feel.

Nomi jumped back dodging her attack. Randy was almost too close. He doesn't know what was going on or why she stopped, but he was glad she did. Somehow it was sign to him.

The Cerberus jolted left jabbing the caped being deep across the shoulder marking through his cape red, Nomi tried not to show damage. He fought normally as if he was still tagged in fresh, but the pain was distressing the Red-head's left arm. And there was no hiding that. He had gotten Sketchy a ways from Randy who was slowing making his way up, his bandages working double time to stop him from bleeding to death. Nomi twisted his body throwing himself in a completely different direction moving up a yard before turning towards the Shattered again, he misled his foot at her for a kick, but she clawed it knocking it away, Cerberus Sketchy bringing her own foot up striking the Norisu back with by his neck, even then the force beat him back off his own feet! Landing on his left side, he slid his head off the ground instead of bouncing back like a ball. The Norisu not taking defeat's hand up, he started to cough his throat trying to reopen, he was almost choking before his breathing settled.

The Caped ninja lifted his head looked up seeing Sketchy with Randy's katana walking over to the scarf ninja slowly. The scarf ninja was full on standing but with no intimidation, he looked liked like a feather could knock him off him feet. Nomi stood up "You don't think I was going to be that easy to get rid of?" the Ninja choked out in a scurfy voice, as the Cerberus's eyes darted back at the caped being's Tengu mask.

But she didn't move stuck in between them… it seemed, if one was down the other was up, it started to make her want to kill both ninjas with one katana….

The Cerberus's sorcerer hue eyes shift back at scarf ninja tightening her grip on the katana, with her skinless finger tips as if she liked the burning pain of her shredded skin of red. Nomi regents what he's done before he's even done it. This time she annoys the world stepping up to the scarf ninja, she can hear the sorcerer yelling as if he were playing an online game, of only 4 FPS! 'Do it now!' She jolted quickly as commended, throwing her foot around smashing it to the back of the helpless ninja, meeting his four on the ground! Sketchy spared the katana up striking it down!

Instead of the katana slamming into the glorified sound of flesh, she heard hot sparks in the air the noise made from two ninja weapons colliding! Shattered Sketchy saw the caped being below her using another katana of his own to forcing her blade away from 'Mac. Ninja'.

"No! I said No toys!" Nomi yelled at the shattered, dealing the cards of her game… The Norisu knocked the katana away, pulled it out of her hands! Pushing sketchy back! But he needed more time than that, Nomi stuffed the ninja tools back in to his suit, as her grabbing Sketchy by her shirt before she could really react in any way, the corrupted Norisu chucked her down to the tile floor, her head bounding like a ball….

Nomi knew he'd regent it… darting towards Randy pulling him up. "Ninja, I need you to go to the park and evacuate the Whole mile!"

"The whole thing?!" Randy asked standing on his own. "What happen to, The Cerberus can't be taken down alone?!" the student mimicked his teacher.

"I'm not going to kill her! Victory should be at the park with what we need to un-shatter her! The place needs to be cleared!" Nomi said flatly handing Randy more bandages.

"You got it! Nomicon!" Randy said before sneaking off to the best of his ability.

"Ninja! Try to clear out from here to there too! No one uninvolved needs to get hurt!"

"ok!" The ninja yelled out of site!

Sketchy's head popped up from her pool of blood, the right side of her forehead slit over her eye having blood drip from her face. She jotted up to chase after 'Mac. Ninja' but a glimmering key got her attention first.

Nomi was holding the Sorcerer's key … the key that could free the sorcerer with a twist of the wrist, can all the chaos with him 'GET THE KEY!' the sorcerer demined.

"RULE TWO, bring treats!" Nomi hummed glimmering the gold key in the light in the sun, coming through the skylight, or what whatever damages the battle had done to the roof of the school lobby.

It was as if the Sorcerer had shoved her! The Shatter leaping with a loud growl onto the Ninja lunging him off his feet to the ground, Sketchy landing onto of him, Nomi face to face with the shatter he held the key just barely out of her reach above his head as her held her back his other hand.

"Give ME the KEY, CAPED BEING!" Sketchy yelled in a voice that still sounded nothing like her. The Shattered reaching over Nomi trying to grab the key from his grasp, she knocked his Tengu mask off, but he wasn't what she was focused on at the moment as she reached farther.

"No!" Nomi feared how close she was to grapping the key herself, even though he could have stayed like that for a bit longer. He pulled his leg up to his chess hurling sketchy off of him with a kick, over his head, pulling the key back.

Sketchy stared to slow, pushing herself up with her arms, her hands ripping back into the claws digging into the floor tile. "Caped being, give the key, Now!" She hissed.

"My name is Nomi!" He shouted. She had the right to know "Nomi Norisu! You can't say you don't Remember!"

"Norisu?... You're supposed to be dead!?" Sketchy yelled on her feet, only now taking in his face. "My Sorcerer-."

"'Your' Sorcerer tried but he couldn't kill me! What he's doing to you, he's done to me! Whatever he's asking of you Sketchy…Whatever he's promising you, don't listen!... Sketchy… You have to listen to what I'm telling you!"

Sketchy crushed her claws into fists. "I'm not Sketchy…" She huffed under her breath "I'M CERBERUS! AND YOU KNOW NOTHINNG OF ME!" She shouted in a huge voice that shook the room as she charged forward at the Norisu, who dodged her attacks, still trying to snap his Sketchy back to him, like Shig had done to him a long 800-years-ago….. But was he really listening to him?

"No!" Nomi hollered as Sketchy when for the key over and over again, the Norisu needed a way to get through to her, he knew there was a wall sowed deep in her that his Sketchy was just started to make a chip at. He knew it, if she wasn't Randy would had been long dead!

"You're Wrong Sketchy! You're in There! And I know you better than you know yourself right now!" He yelled as he jumped over away from the Cerberus's Claws who were fired up with scoring green!

"YOUR MINDLESS NORISU!" The Shattered roared as Nomi dodged her swing again, she snarled as she beat her claws her down catching the ninja's cape. The Norisu was jerked form his feet as Sketchy pulled him in and around! Smashing him into a wall! A wall that took one too many hits!

Nomi lied on the grass of the campus grounds with rubble around him; he still held the key firmly in his hand threaded with black & Red. Sketchy jumped through all the rubble's smoke! Nomi sat up pulling himself up his cape was now brunt rugged at the bottom crawling up the sides; it puffs strings of smoke before stopping the tiny green flames on his back. His cape now looking like someone had burned the edges with a lighter, it was funny how Red fired did nothing to his skin or suit, but the green ate way at his pages and his old village.

"I'm not mindless… I'm a book that just learned how to use a heart…" He denied as Sketchy approached him again. "Your Sketchy Flinch, You're an unwritten story! And you hate blank paper!"

Sketchy's eyes twitched "STOP IT…JUST STOP TALKING AND DIE!" She demanded him to stop her voice shifting by and by! The Flames on her claws even looked like they were flickering.

"I won't stop till you listen to me, Cerberus! You can't deny who you were!" Nomi spat the blood from his mouth to the ground.

"I'LL KILL YOU!" The shattered snapped back her arms going numb her claws stretched away grabbing a huge piece of wall's rubble on the ground her Cerberus craws were expatiated huge holding the bolder over her head!

The Norisu fenced out of the way the bolder missing him by a hair as Sketchy chucked it at him with such speed like it was just a mere ball. She growled has she seen it pass him, darting for more things to charge at him with! "This isn't YOU! YOU would never hurt anyone, even if they DID do you wrong!" Nomi pulled back trying to get Sketchy to inch towards him, and away from the hole!

"YOU WON'T BE SAYING THAT IN A FEW MINUETS! And to fact, you won't be able to saying anything out of you horded mouth then!" She laughed leaping towards him to try to nick at him more with her ten-times more deadly demon like claws that only a PSYCHO could imagine! *you….lol* While the Shattered made her way forward, the ninja carefully made his way back farther away, now he stood in the abandon street next to the school… the same one sketchy had been hit on with Viceroy's car, even then he let her leave with him. There had be so many times where he had let her go, he didn't want her to be hurt when he was force to go, but it was hard to do, even out of his strong feelings he would NEVER let go now! He knew everything he was feeling and he wouldn't question it anymore!

HE lead the shattered with the key like it was a leash, inch by inch they made their way across town in the bloodshed combat that he pulled her with. The Shattered couldn't hear her sorcerer's voice anymore in the ringing of her ears.

"Sketchy if there any way to get through to you I won't give up till if find it! Just like how you at no time gave in when Bucky attacked me! You were there! And even as the Ninja's accompaniment you helped me!"

'I-I didn't want to hear you scream-'….."I NEVER DID SUCH THINGS!" Sketchy shouted on the outside as she stretched her arm grabbing a tree planted near the sidewalk on Main Street deeper in town, she used the rooted tree like flyswatter pouching it at the fly like ninja.

"YES YOU DID!" Nomi jeered clearly ditched getting hit by the breaches of the tree! "You'd spring into a fight just to get someone just to emit about something that was burning them inside! Like everything you did it BECAUSE you wanted to help! Keeping your own pain hid!"

'hah….You made us late for school.'... "I SPRING TO KILL, BAKA" sketchy yelled again burning her end of the tree in her rage!

"Sketchy, if you really wanted to KILL you would have already done it!" Nomi yelled as he pulled out three ninja spheres, two of them being ninja bombs from his scarf holding them both in one hand held in-between his fingers, the other having the key.

"STOP CALLING ME THAT YOU FOOL, I'M THE CERBERUS!" She shouted again correcting him at what she thought was wrong! The Norisu through the two spheres in his hand the tree bursting into flame nearly incinerating as the green and red met, the two floored out like gas touching flame…. It made a ring of fire.

Nomi Used what was left of his cape to shield himself from his own Red flame, luckily he wasn't on the side of the green fire. He didn't see anyone looking over his cape, more eagerly have an eye for sketchy in the scattered red & green the red fire matching the sky's sun as it started to fall. Did I lose her? He thought to himself as he began to like around as if her might be hiding.

Cerberus Sketchy watched Nomi shift around looking for her but she was concealed hidden until his back was wide open looking north. The Red-head felt the murderous onslaught momentum engulf his back as Sketchy's Green fire was crossed with it, he stumbled not the fall but it was much too late for his performance to affect anything.

He smashed to the ground only being haft way to Norrisville park, Sketchy had hit him with a ball of the Sorcerer's stank, she may not be able to hear him anymore but that didn't mean she was losing any power… in fact she seemed more insane & a loose cannon without his words like a chain.

Sketchy pounced on the Norisu's back before he could make a move to get up, but the aftermath of the Stank is what hurt the most…. She had felt the pain before some place not on earth…. In a dream maybe? With her over powered claws she ripped the key away from Nomi "STILL THINK I WONT KILL NORISU?!" she shouted over his pain.

"I….I- know you won't!" he uttered "j-just like when you tried to stay in the McFist vent….you didn't!"

'I knew you needed help!'~ "NEXT TIME I'LL LET YOU DIED, BUT KNOW YOU'RE MY KILL!" She continued to shout pulling Nomi out from under her throwing his limp body at the wall of the Mcfist.O-Plex She pined his throat dragging him up the wall, holding him by his neck with her claws letting him dangle as he tried to prey her hand away. "Choose you words carefully, they will be your last!" She laughed as he makes the huge afford not to choke-to-death.

Nomi quirked a smile though his tears staring to form from last of oxygen… "Re-Remember how you…..said….' T-that's a lot cooler then w..Walking'?" he asked in his struggle for breath.

"NO… what does that even had to do with-"The Shatter Never finished what she tried speak before Nomi rapidly gripped her wrist that was holding his neck taking the third sphere he had grabbed beforehand throwing it at the ground between them!... It being a smoke bomb of course….

…..

"REMEMBER NOW?!" Nomi roared finding his breath again as he fell to the ground! There being no wall there now… The red smoked cleared both of them appeared in the Norrisville Park.

"WHA! YOU SLY BAKA, where have you bought me?!" Sketchy demined the know looking at the ninja still on the ground below her!

"Welcome the Norrisville Park!" Nomi barked kicking his feet around pulling himself up knocking sketchy off her two's, turning the tables on the game…

She growled "You've done nothing but free yourself Norisu! I HAVE THE KEY the easy part is getting it back to the hell hole where my sorcerer is!"

Nomi glared at her. "Once again I know more than you do~ there's more you can't help to wish for…."

Sketchy was about to denied everything once more… but a folk of black crows flow over their heads from the trees as a huge gleaming crimson Tengu robot…. Fresh off McFist's copter in the sky descended to the ground. The robot stood the same height of the old one… but this one was MDAE TO SAVE A LIFE! Sketchy's eyes widened as a splitting headache ran throw her skull, she remembered the Tengu… she remembered being really worried, and then mad! She remembered Nomi….

The Tengu took a fast fighting stance, "Nomi…" Sketchy Spoke standing up.

"Yes?" he answered hoping the battle wouldn't have to take place, maybe he had broken through!?

"If you move from that spot when I'm ripping this tin can apart bolt by bolt…. I'll make sure you have the most painful death ever thought of!" She threatened not even looking back at him, she when full Cerberus on this one…

…

With Viceroy to his left the orange haired teen glared down at the park grounds through the full proof Beak. Those were now a battle field at had little to no chance of making it out untouched.

With Cerberus Sketchy standing below Nomi behind her, he wasn't moving away from where he stood as if he were aiding her in the fight. Howard could see Sketchy's eyes hued sorcerer green as they were when she had gone Cerberus before.

"You ready, Howard?" The umber scientist asked in an unsure tone, no doubt nervous.

"If Sketchy has to face failure by getting a K.O by this robot," Howard uttered smashing the attack stands button one button among a thousand. His arms wrapped with normal bandages stained red that Viceroy had given him that he held handy in his lab. "So be it~"

Sketchy's reaction to the Tengu wasn't pretty, like before Stank danced at her feet swirling and flickering until is swallowed her whole. The tornado swelling bigger and bigger until it snapped sounding as if the wind barer broke. Stank shooting all different ways, reveling the monster that baked for 8 years! The three headed Cerberus releasing a missive bark with a long low growl, her claws still waving with skinned heat. The standoff began and ended I within the same second, The Tengu lunging forward upper-cutting one of the heads of the beast with its powerful jet black wing shaped it to a fist with the steel like feathers!

Like a little pug sneezing the one head snorted shaking its head rapidly now looking much more angry then the rest, Cerberus lower pouncing off sideways reaching the Tengu's left wind tackling the demon bird off its talons taking a mile of old trees with it, he battle exalting quickly towers Lake LaRusso, Norrisville's biggest lake.

With the exchanges of massive attacks the two foes continuously locked in constant combat. The redhead in black thread consciously didn't move from his spot, watching what seemed to be a real life Pacific Rim movie... Nomi and Randy had watched that before any of this had happened when he had just gotten his human form learning how things work ironically he was fascinated now it just seems like nightmare... A strong huge robot controlled by two brave heroes fighting a monster from the deep.
The Tengu shot a stream of red fire as it knocked the Cerberus off of its wing axle. The Cerberus rolling to her paws. The fire making the air hot making it nearly impossible to breathe. Continuing the stand Nomi's head spun light headed in the heat his vision blaring, the heat the sky glowing red as the fire.
The Cerberus roared the fire shot her back. The three dog heads extended their jaws picking up the huge Tengu robot throwing it into the air having a smash into the ground creating an earthquake like shock throwing trees out from the roots sending them everywhere.
Nomi saw the black silhouette of an oak flying at him, he went to grab his katana but the sound of slicing wood filled the teacher's ears before even pull his weapon from its sleeve.

"What the juice are you going out here Nomi?!" he saw another being standing in front of them him in a suit of black a katana in their hand the voice being recognized as his pupil...

"R-Randy?" The teacher spoke hacking on hot air the heat in huge waves passing though the air after feeling like winter. He saw the oak spilt in two, one haft on his right and one on his left. The Tengu bandages must be working faster then he really thought, or was it just Randy?

"Nomi, what were you doing!? The tree was coming at you all you needed to do was move?!"

The book payed no attention to the scarf ninja's remarks "Ninja! Who's prevailing?!" Nomi yelled over the roars of the fight for his student to hear. Nomi heard a replied a few moments later. "The Cerberus."

What was left of the caped ninja swore under his breath.

….

"You aright Howard?!" Viceroy shouted for the cubby teen's response as he was pushed up into he's seat that was hooked to the floor lying horizontal looking up at the beast ripping there only protection from it.

"ugh, Yeah just a head-butt on the control panel… I-I'm fine" He answered grabbing his chair, pulling himself up sitting back in right control.

Howard and Viceroy grabbed their air craft-like steering wheel pushing forward on it, making the thundering Tengu thrust to it talons standing parallel with the Cerberus. Not a instant was wasted, Viceroy bashed on a few buttons making the Tengu blast the forceful flames at the Cerberus, but viewing the same trick before she dodged them the blasts doing nothing more than burning a park to bits. "Howard! What do we do I've never fought anything like this?!" The scientist distressed as he saw the fuel for his fire grow low stopping the red flame.

Howard huffed, "Ok, let's play run away from dog!" Howard hollered as he forced the Tengu forward shouting before he pounded three individual switches. "A. B. UP. PUNCH!" Howard grabbed on to his seat, not wanting to fall out of it again! The Tengu trucked its wings out swinging it around sharp glass like daggers flying at the Cerberus the Tengu lunched up diving the long blades in to the monster….

It fell in one side but howled as it got back up with more psychotic growls, she was hurt… it was simple to see the even the other side of the once known Sketchy, wanted to stop but like the loveliest lies of all.

'There is not cutting the strings on a puppet… because cutting the strings would lay the puppet motionless… '

….

"Ahh there's no killing her, is there?!" Randy shouted watching the Cerberus rise again. Both of them cheeked towards the fight.

"Ninja! We are not trying to kill her!" the Nomicon yelled.

"Well do you see her meeting any failure?!" Randy snapped back, "She's going to demolish all of Norrisville! Kill us! And when she get's the sorcerer's key-"

"She already has the key!" Nomi cut the ninja off disappointed with his student's tone…

"SHE HAS IT?!" Randy grinned his teeth. "What did you do? Hand it to her?!"

"Randy that's enough! In times, the way to win is the fall with the foe!" Nomi, Nomicon'ed a plan.

"NOMICON! What does that even mean?!" Randy said throwing his hands in the air heat surrounding them again, Randy watching out for more trees and rubble flying at them.

Nomi shook his head rapidity, groaning. "Hand me your phone! Hopefully you didn't break it in half!"

Randy yanked out his phone turning the screen up right. It was crackled down the middle, but with ease it turned on. "It was cracked before the fight... sketchy couldn't knock me that hard." The ninja said defending himself.

"Sure," Nomi huffed taking the phone opening call.

"Who are you calling?" Randy asked looking down at the dial pad as Nomi quickly typed in a number like he had been a teen all his 800 years.

"I'm calling Howard..." The red-head said putting the phone to his ear.

"What? I-I sent him away after he got hurt! What do we need him to do?"

"Howard's is in there!" Nomi exclaimed to Randy pointing to the Tengu stuck in hopeless combat.

"What! Howard's controlling that thing I THOUGHT IT WAS VICEROY!" Randy yelled over the concern of his best friend.

"Both of them are… it was Howard's decision, Ninja." Nomi stated as he heard the first ring.

"Ah, ok fine. But why do you need to talk to him?" Randy asked again as cold air and he met again.

"The Tengu robot was only made for a battle like this to only last a few minutes! It's going to bust always! When you blow up the Tengu's legs and it clasped on to me I was down and out." Nomi explained "I know that the armor and weight I added to the Tengu, if we have Howard and Viceroy exit the Tengu it should be able to do the same to the same to Sketchy, then and there she meets her failure!"

"Nomi, we can't just have Howard and Viceroy Leave and then we blow up the Tengu on the Cerberus! She'd attack the thing before it falls it her! It's all to slow" Randy replied motioning his hands the huge fight in front of them.

"Ok, let's play Dog and Bone…"

…

Howard fleshly thrown back by a short drew out tackle the Cerberus had pulled, in short of success the Tengu stayed up right. The orange haired teen heard the familiar customized ringtone coming from his back pocket!

Of course the ringtone meant for his best friend, Randy, he was surprised when he heard Nomi on the other side even a bit worried not hearing his friend's nagging voice.

"Howard, right here isn't the best place to take a c-call." Viceroy said to him in a teen cautious voice. Watching what once was his daughter rev up again to strike at the demon bird! Howard aiding the scientist's words, he shoved to his phone between his shoulder and ear. Taking the steer with both hands once again reassuring the same umber man from fainting. "It's the caped Ninja!" He yelled to him. "There's a new plan!"

"I hope the outcome is intentionally better than this one!" Viceroy replied as the Tengu dove out of the path of the Cerberus who seemed to be a bit distracted with a glimmering crimson scarf.

"It will be!" both of the two heard a voice that didn't sound like one another's... They both turned around simultaneously seeing the Caped Ninja. Viceroy unexpectedly seeing his face... as quickly as he could he looked away. The Ninjas were helping him, he know there was no need to cause more commotion it felt wrong either way averted his eyes covering them still listening to the voices he knew.

"Ninja?! what are you doing here where is Scarf head?" Howard shouted too much in a worried fit and to high on adrenaline to realize anything...

Nomi just gestured to the clear beak that had dozens of scratches and cracks after cracks on it... "He's buying us time."

Howard watched Randy dance around the Cerberus just before Lake LaRusso as if he were a red glowing dot for a cat. He had his run and flee face on, it wasn't long before she catches the uncatchable Red Dot...

"What do you want us to do?" Viceroy quickly added strangely looking the wrong way as he spoke to the Norisu.

Nomi saw him adverting his eyes; taking his hand adjusting viceroy's head to look towards him.

"Listen to me very carefully, I need you too quickly abandon this contraption and take cover on the park grounds, if not further! I'm staying here to make sure what happened dose."

"What are you going to do?" Howard asked quickly as they both stood up from their seats.

"No time for me to explain, quickly move and get yourselves to safety! Please!" Nomi uttered stepping past Howard in front of his position. As the orange haired teen took Viceroy by the wrist leading him out quickly and carefully, as the Norisu wished.

...

"I HATE THIS GAME!" Randy bloodshot shouted dodging another treacherous, dangerous claw forced down onto the Earth by the Cerberus!

He hoped to cheese! His teacher knew what he was doing, surrounded by literally tons of Technology in that Tengu he wished he would have taken his place in this plan... But what better bait would Nomi be then MacAfee...

Randy didn't know to either be furious or relieved watching Howard and Viceroy dashed from the contraption taking cover as planned... But he had bigger things to worry about, like not dying.

...

Nomi instantly looked over the dash of the Tengu under the beak, looking over all the levers, buttons, and switches, climbing up the walls of the inside interior... Which looked like it had been smashed in-word from the outside dozens of times... To be honest like fact the old book didn't know what a damn thing didn't that room, unless it was clearly labeled. Sweat rolled off the side of his head… or was it blood?

But he didn't waste a second with inconsiderate thinking. He knew there needed to be some kind of transitional heat source to cause the explosion big enough needed to stop the Cerberus Sketchy in her tracks.

He looked over to the side of the controls. It was blinking red light the fuel for the fire that the Tengu used for defense was low... The fuel was one thing, it was flammable but he needed the spark. It was almost too simple he grabbed six explosive Ninja spheres, and took the steer.

...

The Cerberus slammed her jaws together on the ninjas scarf dangling him high above the ground next to the other two heads on the vicious Beast the one on the right and one on the left... They growled even panting like a dog, the little ninja pulled of his scarf to stop himself from choking. Just an instant before the Cerberus started shaking him around like a brand new squeaky toy making him yell as if he was on some wild roller coaster provoking her more... Not seeing Tengu robotically lunge forward cornering her towards the water of the lake. Where the Beast towered unaware.

The next thing that filled the air was the shearing sound of glass shattering.

The Cerberus let out a murderous roar dropping the nearly unconscious ninja! To what seems like the welcoming ground of the Earth, unknown to him his teacher had set off a ticking net! Once again his teacher had smashed another Tengu's beak like night before with his katana. Letting in the cool high air with the low altitude he jumped landing on to the middle head of the Cerberus that held Randy. Just seconds after the teacher realized the student was on the ground at the Cerberus's feet, the Cerberus wiped around towards the Tengu, as if an impulse!

"Sorry Sketchy but you're a bit late..." Nomi bubbled standing on her not moving. The high wind blowing his hair and what was left his cape to the north... the head bursting into flame like what the true Tengu was, the Glorious red flower fell forward on the two...

...

It all fell so quietly with the exception of the huge splash of crashing water coming from the lake... In an instant it was over the Cerberus fell out of her form, ribbon of Stank gracefully fell inwards tarnishing into nothing before it even hit the water it leaving nothing but a simple girl, a book and a key...

Howard ran up to the Lake as the scientists follow him the fastest as he could. Howard dove for the Ninja, shaking him up! "Ninja, we need to get them out of there!" Howard's shouted desperately running into the water starting to slap it around as if he was digging an endless ditch. Randy grunted in pain getting up the fastest he could with what parts of his body were still working. He joined his accomplice in the water reaching farther into the cold water, he took a deep breath that hurt his lungs diving in looking for the two.

It had been awhile of splashing around they couldn't last much longer without oxygen... "Howard their not showing up!" Randy shouted diving in and out of the water...

"N-NO, we have to find them!"

"Howard!" Randy yelled.

"Don't even start Cunningham! Don't even wonking start! There HERE!" Howard choked continuing to just slapping the water Underneath him not looking up.

"Howard!" Randy hollered to shore.

"HOWARD LOOK!" Viceroy yelled jumping into the water beside him tears in his glasses.

Howard's eyes looked up to see small bubbles coming from under the water!

Emerging from the rapidly waving water was the black threaded redheaded Ninja! In his arms the ragged haired girl in a blue shirt smudged with blood, which was out cold... Nearly dead to the world. He Ninja trying to keep her head above the water struggled to swim.

Howard's cheered with a huge released smile on his face along with Viceroy climbing further into the water until it was up to his waist it was freezing!

The scarfed Ninja went further into the treacherous water! He'd been through worse to help his teacher.

...

The two Ninjas completely soaked by the Lake's water, the air above now seemed freezing as if it was the middle of winter... They carry the unconscious body of the former Cerberus beast. Past the sand laying her on the grass of the park...

"Is she alright?!" the scientist barked the only question burning his mind running towards the two Ninjas who kneeled beside Sketchy Howard following right on his heels!

She had gashes cuts and rips on her skin around her elbows, forehead, and everywhere else where she had been wounded in battle with the ninjas including a small hole in her right hand right in the center of her Palm... Randy looking longing at it.

Nomi leaned down putting in ear over where her heart should be on her chest...

There were moments of breathless silences before Nomi sighed, hearing a slow beat... She looked as innocent as the day he met her thistled with the war that should have never come her way. Like the night she came to him her skin was cold as ice. He had only seen one other person lay on the ground so longingly faced to the sky... "Something isn't right." He murdered looking over the motionless being.

"Is this the new line of fate?" Randy asked blurred by the reaction of Nomi.

"I-I don't know?" Nomi shifted pulling sketchy closer to him unknowingly as she had to him the day before... The book whispered to himself small words.

Viceroy longer needing to advert his eyes already filled with tears he could not see faces, nor did he care anymore... "It that it...is she- gone?" the scientist uttered holding back the inevitable...

No one answered the question all of them had the idea what the answer was...

Or did they... 'None of them know!'

The Unconscious girl's breathing increased rapidly suddenly sitting up flying forward nearly butting the Norisu in the forehead! She started coughing and hacking up water her eyes, a hue of sorcerer green as ever.

Nomi along with Randy stood up from there keens, taken back why the sudden rise in of the girl who seemed so dead... She stood up a. With a gruesome glare blood coming from a corner of her mouth for her coughing, her back towards the water facing the four... "You fools...you can't drown a CERBERUS!" she growled her claws coming out once again with blood not accompanied by the heat that had followed as like before.

"But, what about the fate line? SHE FAILED, THE TENGU DEFEATED HER." Randy shouted denying not letting himself believe what he saw!

"We had the wrong Failure…." The Nomicon huffed out as he's eyes lit up in shock.

The raged girl jumped at them as they scattered! The Nomicon quickly grabbed Howard by his blue over shirt. Randy swiftly behind him scoping up the lab coated scientist with a quick bitch about it as he darted at opposite directions of his teacher, to the greener side was the full grown man was lighter than his Orange hired friend….

Nomi pulled Howard away quickly placing him in a high in a strong old tree; they were lucky enough that Sketchy was chasing and the mad father, the tree was safer but it didn't mean that the Cerberus couldn't bring the ancient tree down in one hit... "Book, what are you doing?! We need to help Randy?!" Howard pleaded looking back from his friend nearly looking as if he were dancing to trying to keep the squirming scientist from being ripped to pieces by Cerberus Sketchy back to Nomi's beat up face.

The old book didn't even pay attention to Howard's concerns he cut to what they really needed! "Howard! Tell ME WHAT HAPPENED!" he shouted in tone nothing like anger but still felt like it.

"W-what?" Howard stuttered Nomi's words shooting him blank.

"When I was fighting the Tengu the first time! Before all this madness happened! You were with Sketchy, you're the only one who know what happed!?" Nomi explained rapidly knowing there time was limited by the wind.

"But I already told you, she wanted to fight the Tengu!" Howard replied, watching Randy over Nomi's shoulder.

"THEN TELL ME MORE! There's gotta be something you missed!" Nomi blurted at this point looking for anything.

"Ah ok!" Howard began to look back. "Well after I finished calling Randy to come help you with the first Tengu, Sketchy asked me if you would kill yourself trying to fight the Tengu. I told her, that you were immortal and immortal can't die.-" Howard stared to stagger breath before he was cut off. "She didn't believe me. She said, she wanted to help you-" as much as he try he could stop the red-head for interrupting!

"Howard!" Nomicon yelled shaking the teen out of his expansion! "I'm not immortal! I may have been able to live 800 hundred years but I know I can still get hurt and died! Immortals are enviable!"

"Ah, well sorry for not knowing your Book riddles!" Howard spat rising his tone like he had done to Randy!

"Ugh it's not even that, it's vocabulary!" Nomi barked back!

"SO?"

"So it means, Sketchy was trying to fight the Tengu at ALL!" Nomi though the puzzle pieces together from the box. "She was trying to protect me!" the air between them dropped.

"What the juice!" Howard spoke form shock! No longer fighting the Book. Nomi pulled him up by his over shirt again putting him in a spot full of fall like colored leaves hanging him by the outer shirt out of harm's way, hidden. "Thank you, Howard." The teacher said darting for Randy's battle leaving Howard in the leaves.

…

'Ugh, even with eight years! You're still pathetic! I would have been better off, just killing you as an obstacle! JUST FREE ME! FORGET THE FIGHT!'

…

The distant was far for the message to travel, but it bombed louder than any other from the Sorcerer. As The Cerberus girl fought firmly before her form was lost she didn't know how, but it felt as if someone she couldn't see was holding her back. Even then with the Sorcerer telling her to lay off, she wouldn't back away without the knowledge she killed someone there.

The scarf ninja had no room to fight with the man he carried in both hands, learning the hard to not to wailed a weapon at Sketchy, he could still hear he's back popping back to place one bone at a time, every time he landed a jump without falling! So he used his feet to run.

"You timorous soil! Stop running so I can decapitate you for a trophy!" the Cerberus coaxed!

"Oh WONK NO!" Randy shrieked.

"I'll make it quick!... AH HA, AS FAST AS IT TAKES TO SKIN YOU SLOWLY FIRST!" the Cerberus said covering the inside voice that had slipped out. As she grabbed the ninja's Scarf jerking him off his feet, to face the greened hued eyes!

"Ahhh" The ninja choked trying to pull free from the scarf that was attached to his suit! The umber man so scared nothing came from his mouth!

Just as the Cerberus was about thrust her claw across Randy's face, a black shuriken marked with the symbol of the Norisu nine flew past Sketchy's face nearly cutting her, the shuriken ripped the edged of the scarf the part with the most tension on. Randy pulled and ripped the scarf the rest of the way on his own, taking off as fast as a ninja could!

Sketchy growled the other haft other the crimson scarf in her craw, she tossed it to the ground. She look away Seeing the Norisu shuriken had come from the one and only Norisu one…..She now intended to make that Number Zero!

Nomi darted for the shuriken sticking out of the ground, so Sketchy may not wield the weapon for herself. Making sure to get her attention, he run to Randy's side; whom was already far from Sketchy.

"What are we doing now?!" Randy shouted at his teacher so tempted to use his name if Viceroy was not in his arms.

"Just because we were in the wrong doesn't mean we can't jump the fence to the right!" Nomi Nomicon'ed

"What does that mean?!" Randy repeated!

"It means that he has and new plan!" Viceroy answered him in a loud freighted tone. "Please, tell me this one will work!" He stressed!

"What's the new failure!?" Randy Asked looking back at the Cerberus who was on their tail.

"When I left to fight the Tengu, before you got there, Sketchy was only willing to fight because she thought I would get killed! She was trying to protect me!"

"WHAt?! But that would mean to unshatter-, she would have to-!" Randy started. "NO, Nomi DON'T! We don't even know if that would work! Don't!" He yelled.

Nomi narrowed his brows, "Howard is in that tree, it's a good spot….. If I have any change of doing this right, you need to out of the picture… And if things turn to the worst use this!" Nomi said handing Randy the Nomicon that was stained with blood.

"NOMI!" the scarf ninja yelled taking the book, "You're a baka!"

"I might be, but you know I would do anything for her, Now get the hell out of here!" The teacher told his student before Randy changed courses and the Norisu one turned around, stopping the Cerberus girl in her tracks.

Sketchy gave the Norisu a glared with a snarl, "Even now, when Mac. Finds himself in a poor position you always come before I can finally end his life! What is with you Norisu?!" she jabbed at him. But Nomi stands off Sketchy about the same distends away as the sorcerer was 800 hundred years ago.

"You, is what is with me!" Nomi spat, taking his katana out of his grandfather's sleeve. He held it down in one hand the other being wide open. The Cerberus took her from of stains of fighting, claws still not in flamed. Nomi charged at her, Sketchy swinging her claws Nomi blocked it by smashing it away for him with his katana, like their fight in the ditch, just this one a bit more blood filled. It was a constant spar if you blinked, you'd might not leave with your life.

Nomi punched Sketchy forcefully knocking her away. Sketchy throwing herself back in she kicked Nomi making him land backwards right on his cape, Sketchy standing high above him. "Still think I'm like that pathetic orphan!" the Cerberus cursed.

"You were more than just an orphan! So much it's worth this!" Nomi raged turning his katana around grabbing it by the blade pointing the handle at Sketchy! She growled taking the handle in her claw, then wished she would have pulled it away; like Randy's!

Nomi reached up, still laying down with his teeth grinned placing his hands over Sketchy's claws driving the katana though his chest with one arduous pull! He choked keeping such a dark smile, the blade rushing to the ground though him like he was staked. With her pupils small like she was caught on the head-lights they shook with fear, the fear of lost. With the silent agonized failure of the sorcerer ringing in her ear. Tears welled on in her eyes still hued with green. She did nothing wrong so why was it so painful?

The wall brakes. "NOMI?!" Flinch screams, regaining her own body still fighting for it she nearly collapsed.

The scarf ninja, along with Viceroy and Howard behind him jumped out of the tree, running the two in peril. "Flinch!" Howard yelled all three having watched the inter thing.

"Guy's HELP." She shouted to them, kneeing at Nomi's side. Sobbing at the most trying not to make herself useless. "Come on Nomi stay with me!" she cried pulling the red katana out of him… the red matching the rest of them. Randy rushed over some bandages giving them to Sketchy; with her claws she was able to lift Nomi up enough so he leaned on her as she wrapped his impaled area on his chest. Nomi had his eyes closed as she laid him back down. She was scared that Nomi might have killed himself! She placed her head over Nomi's heart waiting for a beat….

It was there, and so was the Norisu! Nomi put his hand on Sketchy's Head petting her ragged hair, before she had a chance to lift away. He hugged her leaning up on his own, even with his pain, She was here... and so was he. "Sketchy there are no words, for how glad I am that you're back!" He nearly said in so much relief tears in his own eyes formed.

Sketchy pulled away, looking at Nomi's face. "Man, I really jacked you up…. I'm sorry." She apologized wiping off Some blood under his mouth with her Claws, that would have before tore off his skin. Nomi let out a soft chuckle, even with the pain.

"I can say the same to you." he said.

"Funny, I can't feel it?" she smiled.

Howard Randy and Viceroy stood on the side, calmed that the death-defying crisis seemed to be passed. The boys waiting for a moment to pass….. But then again what was there to worry about? It was over…. Right?

Sketchy reached for her back pocket, "This is not something a Cerberus should have…" She sighed holding the Sorcerer's key in her claw between them. "Here." She offered holding out the key to Nomi. He smiled longing at her then even with her blood, green eyes, and merciless claws….. she looked admirable, placing his head gently on hers. Taking the key.

…

'The worst feeling isn't pain, loneness, Nor my Stank… he-he-ha it's getting forgotten by someone you'll never forget.'

'Pay, Norisu~!'

…

The ragged haired girl choked she took a sharp intake of air. Pulling away from Nomi again, Pain cursing though her body like wild fire, a million needles, and a hundred deaths. "N-Nomi!" she shut her eyes tight "ahh, Tasukete!" she cried for help.

Randy shot up! "It's the fate line!" shaking the others up to date.

Nomi taken back he remembered that all was not well; Sketchy was about to tied to a thread of the sorcerer's choice with all the past endured pain. Nomi took Sketchy by the hand having her quickly lay down, her Cerberus claws melted off leaving her arms skinless. Howard and Viceroy darted their way behind Nomi's aid, Randy frozen where he stood.

"Tsukamatte iru!" Nomi shouted telling her to hold on. He quickly took his free hand swiping it across the girl's for head whom was stuck in inhuman pain, cringing, at this point forgetting the world, her blood on his fingers! "Randy!" he called.

"What?" Randy answer, knowing most of this pain was his fault.

"Give me the book!" Nomi ordered quickly.

Randy pulled the Nomi's grandfather's book hastily giving it to the last Norisu. "What are you doing?" Randy asked as Nomi flipped thought the pages.

Nomi didn't reply to the question, soon it'd clear; he had read this page nearly a thousand time! He remembers when his grandfather had finely crafted it to perfection, like the rest of his incantations…. He even used it on him once, but Nomi never had used it himself on anyone.

The Page had their old blood stains on it and the page was horribly mugged, but readable….. He Put Sketchy's blood on the page in a small line quickly swiped across, then took he's own blood on to he's hand putting it onto the page over the Sketchy's. Reading the Japanese kanji. "Wa jōki no anata o okimasu." And the air froze. Not a breath was taken, nor anything seen.

The Nomicon glow as bright as a million stars. Like an earthquake, as fast as it stared it was over... Nomi clasped laying on his side on the ground over the Nomicon holding her suffering, laying next to Sketchy... who was now lying in the grass, breathing like she asleep, looking untouched. The scarf ninja along with Viceroy and Howard were shortly blinded by the light that had blazed from the book it didn't make since, till he looked over the scene a second time. Sketchy's Skin was repaired with little to no remains of their battle on her flesh, besides a redder spot on her right hand where the hole had been…. One scar, but at what sacrifice? Randy darted for Nomi seeing now what he had done to himself.

"Nomi Why?!" he Yelled holding up His Teacher slightly helping him hold himself away from the welcoming ground. Nomi just looked at Randy, he now bared his own pain, both Sketchy's that he had taken it from her… all of it.

"Ahh, I-I'll be fine." he huffed out as his pain robbed him of his breath.

"Ninjas!" Howard shouted pulling their attention to him. "Look." He yelled gestured to the ragged haired girl on the ground as she stared to move from her sleep.

With bland eyes looking at the bright sky turning red, her pupils were no longer sorcerer green, nor honey brown, but a Pure. Hunting. Black. She quietly sat up looking around.

"Sketchy!" Viceroy yelled with relief! Over everything. Howard hugged her from the back! The caped ninja bite down on his lip as Randy gazed at her. Sketchy looked to her Side seeing the cubby teen giving her embrace with a hug, along the teared up umber man, and two ninja looking figures covered with bandages…. The one without the mask with red hair looked as if he might died… she gave a puzzled look mixed with little concern.

"Who's Sketchy?"

Nomi filled with more shock then pain taking over he stuck his head up at this. "The new fate line," Randy took the words from Nomi's mouth.

"n-no, no… IT can't, S-Sketchy?" Nomi said under his torment of agony.

"Sketchy it's ME!" Howard said releasing her stepping to where he was in her full sight… "Sketchy?"

"…who?..." she asked again.

Nomi held his gut like it was going to fall out. "Sketchy…. Sketchy Kimi Flinch!" Nomi said with his might…. Making the words clear as he chocked them up. Hoping this was all small that he could change it! But he was powerless to watch... He had never felt so weak he could take everything for her, but the thread was irremovable.

Sketchy didn't say anything more just stared with her black eyes at the ninja figure benched over who was only there in his body for a few last moments before he was lost in pages. He knew he was leaving, it was the sorcerer's game, it token an entire village… a park… tengu's… one life memory

And the Nomi….twice.

He took Sketchy's hand with the small scar carefully in his shaking hold… "Gomen…. aishite imasu…" he confessed dearly tear up.

~you can hear the sorcerer laughing, he can taste the sadness of every tear rolling their faces.~

The thread was blank….

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=4 YEARS LATER=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

The Nomicon was held in a small delicate hand hold by the orange haired teen who was nearly an adult… more or less he was taller with a bit of fuzz of hair on his chin. He was walking hastily away from the graduation rehearsal, hoping not to get caught; he had took it before Randy was able make it home to mine wipe himself… his arms still had the scars of the Cerberus from freshman year... Randy had constantly tried to use the art of healing to get rid of the marks that were constantly reminding him of the battle.

As much as he knew Randy was still at Norrisville High talking with Theresa, he considered himself a master; sneaking the magical book out of the Ninjas bag! As much as Randy would to deny it, in his efforts to follow ninja code he knew this was the right thing to do in some way or form.

But like the best friend he was to Howard, he was right behind him. Since then he was always a step ahead of him. The ninja landed on the ground scarf and all alarming Howard that he wasn't getting away with anything….

Howard peeked over his shoulder seeing the Ninja, who's Scarf was added to normal length, with new red shoulder pads where the Cerberus had to torn his suit to shit. Even though not a word was said he know exactly what he was here about… after his quick glare he took off running down the street… maybe not his best idea.

"HOWARD!" the Ninja shouted taking off after him.

He wasn't fast as the ninja but that didn't mean he couldn't use his masker plan! As he was about to leave the area of tall city buildings on main street heading to the living houses of Norrisvill's family's. He dived into an small alley waiting for the ninja to ninja sprint by! When Howard hear the stomping of the Ninja's padded feet come running he stuck out him leg. And the proctor of Norrisville smashed into the pavement. Howard couldn't help to laugh as he ran down the alley reaching the other side he ran to the house's, the one he was heading for was a bit farer then the others leaving the ninja in the dust clueless of where he was now.

Randy ripped his face of the pavement looking rabidly for his cubby friend even though right now he wanted to smack him upside the head! Howard was one to never play far… I guess it answered why he was ninja and not him, he thought as he stood up and new plan forming in his head. He knew where he was going; in the most part he thought it was foolish. He'd be sure of it if the Nomicon would even tell him it….

…

Howard was breathless leaning on his keens getting to Viceroy's house, he ran up the side meeting in the place between the houses in the glass, below a pacific bay window. Caching his breath he was scared shitless!

"Nice work Howard, it was only 20 minutes I had to wait." Randy said leaning against a tall tree casting a large shad over him.

"N-ninja How….I-I thought You-You were behind me…" Howard said breathing hastily.

"I'm not the baka here, I knew where you were going…. Dude now hand over the Nomicon! I have to do it…."

"N-NO Man, what's the point! Your already defeated the Sorcerer with all the stuff with Julian in the Land of shadows! He's gone! In the book First ninja said it himself you were the best ninja Norrisville has ever had!"

"It's not for me to decide Howard!" Randy sighed taking off side mask, Randy still with his Purple hair, just some new blond tips with his own facile hair. His jacket now being a letterman. "Norrisville still needs a protector; you saw that blue shinobi at school building ice walls. Who's not to say there's not more threats. If I don't mind wipe myself, the Nomicon will kick my ass!"

"Why don't you ask the book?" Howard suggested his voice lowing.

"You know Nomi won't talk with me… he's still in pain."

"He'd be in less pain if he saw Sketchy you know."

"No, I don't know, Howard the Nomicon has to be passed on directly!"

"But he needs this, Sketchy isn't a Cerberus anymore she's different."

"Still she's Different then form when she was with us too, look Howard I know you two still hang out and you may think it's already, but I don't thing Sketchy want anything to do with any Ninja business unless it's unmasking one for her father." Randy sighed. "I'm trusting to be my passer, and once I can't remember anything about being the ninja..."

"You told me that a million times, the way it's done and everything…."

"So can I trust you?" Randy held his hand out for the Nomicon.

"yes." Howard grumped handing the book over.

"Ok, thank you. Passer." Randy thanked taking the Nomicon in his hands.

"Yeah just shloomp already…"

Randy sighed before the book open with ease Glowing red with a chime of shlooping welcoming him, no doubt seeing an old friend it his goodbye… Howard standing on the outside in the summer sun, over his friend. Being ninja was Randy's whole high school experience would being ninja make him forget the little times he's had with Howard then? That this point he didn't like the thought of mine erasing to start with…

"huh, Sometimes what you think is just wonk, Sorry Randy.

"Hey Dad, are the shippers here yet with the crate?" A girl's voice came from up stairs, yelling to her father in the kitchen who was flatly working on robot designs.

Viceroy looked at the two clocks on the wall over the over the window that let in a bright sun light warm and calm… it was 3:56 pm, the other clock read the time of Japan Tokyo, a 13 hour difference… 4:56am. "I don't know where there are, honey, they said they'd be here at 3:30…"

"Well I hope there here soon! I Leave tomorrow, and I want my scooter over there when I get there." She yelled in reply as her made her way down the stairs.

"I know… I'm going to miss you so much when you're in Japan Sketchy! You're going to be surrounded by the world's smartest technology along with the smartest mad scientist in the all of universities line…. Even the one here…"

"I know, I'm so nervous, I know the japanese language so well and the tec. but-" Sketchy theorized coming off the steps, her hair even on all sides shorter in the back draping in the front. Looking like she was already mad scientist with her small white hoodie with the universities' logo in it … standing beautiful still with one small 'birth mark' on her right hand.

"Sketchy" Viceroy sighed, "They wouldn't give you such a huge scholarship at you age if they didn't if you weren't smart enough~ if anything you probably smarter than some of the robots over there, it's your talent!"

"Aww thanks, daddy, I'm just freaking out because it's going to be so different then your home-schooling…. Man I going to miss you, I wish come bring you with me tomorrow…" Sketchy smiled hugging him looking over his shoulder seeing his work in his hands.

"I wish too, but old McFist is strict with the work days off…were still after the same little ninja. I'll come see you in Japan when you get your break. And though calls." Viceroy showed her his tablet with the design.

"Well the ninja must be getting tried too, you'll get him! And anyway I'll still send you my plans too; there always time to take you the family work!" She hummed finishing the equation for the mass he was working on.

"Thanks, you're an angle with endless ideas." Viceroy sighed "Well are you all packed? Tooth brush? Clothes? Tablet? Pepper-spray?"

"yup, yup, and yup. everything but the walls dad…" Sketchy joked "All I have to do is call and tell my caretaker home when to pick me up for the airport…"

"Then get to it sweetie, don't want to have them leave you waiting…"

"ok," Sketchy said taking out her phone that looked nothing like .phone everyone else had…. She made this one.

…

She sat in her bay window which was bathed with sunlight dialing the number, it was early morning for them but she hopped they were up. She understood her caretaker had other teens and kids with her from other exchanges or that she was just caring for she though as the phone rang.

As they picked up she began "Kon'nichiwa, suketchi watashi wa tsūkōru shite imasu-" Sketchy started the other person spoke up.

"You can speak American you know? I'm ready sure what you saying…" the voice on the other side chuckling sounding not like an adult caretaker… if his was one anyway.

"Sorry," she started. "Is Dakota there?" she asked needing to look off a paper for the name.

"No, Dakota's sleeping… you called kinda early, this is Jasper, Dakota is also my caretaker…"

"Oh, Hello Jasper. I was calling to tell what time I was landing over in the airport tomorrow."

"hm, Ok I can just tell Her when she wakes up, what time?"

"Around, 6:00pm, but I also have my scooter being sent before me so don't freak when a crate shows up at your place…" Sketchy laughed.

"Ok, I'll tell Dakota," Jasper said in a cheery tone still smile from the moment before.

Sketchy thought of more things to ask him, when she still had him on the line but she jumped hearing something hit the glass behind her turning around looking out the window seeing Howard in the tree knocking on the window. "Jasper, I'm going to have to call you back…"

"ok." he said before he hung-up. Sketchy put the phone in her hoodie…

"Howard, why can't you use a Door like normal people?" Sketchy laughed opening the window for him.

"Ah, I came to say good bye!" He replied claiming in the window. "You're leaving tomorrow right?"

"Yeah, I was just on the phone about it." Sketchy answered "What's with the book?" she asked looking at the book Howard tried to hide.

Howard looked the eye caching Nomicon. "It's a liberty book I have to give to someone secretly without them knowing it was me…"

"Why?" Sketchy gave a dazed looked not really seeing the point…

"It's something my school dose… the book chooses someone with some laser tec. showing you the way, you know? It's my turn to pass it, I don't thing I can do it… "

"Your School has weird traditions…" Sketchy sighed,

"Yeah it dose… Randy gave me the book, so I give it to you to pass." Howard smiled handing the Nomicon to her.

She took the book in her hands "What? But I don't go to Norrisville high!?"

"I know, But I thought you should try something Norrisvillean before you leave for Japan tomorrow… Have a little fun?" Howard nearly puppy eyed Sketchy looking at her.

"Sure, I guess I can try it… for fun." Sketchy shrugged looking at the cover of the book. It must be some kind of contribute to the ninja of norisville… The colors were the same and he swore she's seen the symbol somewhere. She thought.

"Just remember it doesn't count as a solid pass if you don't do this, right before you pass it officially." Howard smiled whispering what she needed to do in to her ear.

"Norrisvill high is one weird school."

"It's just tradition," Howard lied with a cat smile.

…

"Dad I'll be right back, I just need to step out for a bit…. Ya know just take a look around before I leave." Sketchy exclaimed to Viceroy as she open the door the garage spotting her green which she obviously modified to move faster than a car… so she had a motorcycle like helmet.

"Just be quick, the shippers will be here any minuet with your crate."

She Placed the Nomicon in her bag tying it to the back of the scooter. Closing it she jumped on the wide wheeled bike opening the garage door riding out.

She took the scooter on to the road with speed like she did when she when to McFist Industries to her father to help him with work, like as if she were paid. She drove to a big place of the city before bringing the scooter to the sidewalk, parking it along a wall. "Ok let's see what sucker gets you next." She mumbled under her breath taking the book out from her bag taking a second look at it in the shadow casted over her by the building towering above.

The Nomicon glow with a light red like as if it knew who she was, strangely the book was warm and gave her a nice feeling. Like she knew it. She remembered what Howard had said before he jumped out the window on to her tree. It was suppose to have some kind of laser tec showing her the way…. She looked around the books front and back cover looking for some kind of guide light or a small bulb… She found nothing, looking down at the Nomicon leaning against the cool wall on her bike she became a bit frustrated…

She stood up "Come on you simple piece of tec, work!" She shook it starting to thing Howard had sent her on a goose chase; this book was most likely some old pages he tore form his text books to trick her. Unlike all she opened the book with ease looking at the ancient pages filled with Japanese…. And a few pages filled with dry blood. And one page with red marker… that read; 'With great gain… comes great loss.'

"Ok, what the juice is this?" She scoffed closing the Nomicon. "Just Show me the way." She said shaking it again. The Nomicom glow red once more getting her attention the Noen green ninja mask on the front rippled with red circles.

Green light show from it, like a flash light! The blazing light in her eyes pointed it away from her black pupils, "Ugh." She rubbed her eyes before she glared at it again. In the shade the light show brightly like it was pitch black… She tilted it around to look at it with wandering eyes. No matter which way she amide it the light shined one way… she smiled now getting her guide.

Chaining her scooter to a alley fence, she held the Nomicon to her close fallowing the green light as if she were walk thought night with someone who had taken a lantern in front of her. Leading her thought the Norrisvill Graveyard…. The place had tombstones that were wreaked…. And trees that look they had been burnt! Unknown it was her actins…. She was lead behind a destroyed stone soil house that gave her chills… the Nomicon shining at the wall.

After sketchy had heaved herself way over the wall, she stood on the top of the high standing stone wall looking at a huge band of houses The book shining to them with two small red glows like it was speaking to her.

The Green light shinning a steering way pointing her around corners not wasting time…even though he could stay like that a bit longer….

…..

Sketchy was finely guided to a two story yellow home… the Nomicon was now guiding her to a window…. Sketchy sighed claiming in to the home hoping there was no one home… Howard had told her that it needed to be done secretly of course, to make thinks harder she thought.

The Nomicon's light dimed till it was gone… Sketchy looked around the room seeing the name Melissa, a few times, it was written on a few boxes it looked like the girl had just moved in…

"Hmm, why here?" Sketchy asked herself looking at the book in her hands. The book glow a pink like red…. She sighed recalling more of Howard's words, the tradition he spoke of.

She looked at the book longingly thinking there just need to be more to this! But her theorizes were cut short by a girl replying to her mother

"Yes, mom I'll do it later I just gotta grab something out of my room!"

Sketchy jumped hearing the girl most likely Melissa, coming to her room… like the 'tradition' sid Sketchy quickly pressed her lips to the book cover, kissing the Nomicon. Like if her life flash before her eyes she saw a Red-headed teen in a ninja's attire with the same symbol as the book on his chest, he was smiling so nicely it pricked something in her even though he had such mournful eyes…. Black just like her's

It a snap Sketchy's eyes flew open seeing she was outside the window… safe from any eyes. In the air the scent of butterscotch mixer with lavender…. It was crazy it had her gut hurt with pain was her eyes filled with tears.

"Oh god this is all weird!" she said getting up quickly pasting away from the window flicking her tears away with no more behind them leaving the sweet small that made her pain in the past…. When Sketchy's shining Black eyes cleared and she had calmed down, slowly making her way back to the wall, Sketchy found a strange idem in her hand… she put the idem up to look at it clearly it was a small necklace with a small stone charm looking like a shard made from little pieces of rock, like the ones from the Graveyard. The shard shiny with different colors glimmering off of it softly, admiring the colors she turned around the stone, it had Japanese kanjis in gravid in to it, reading; 'For the only one possessing the only two black eyes like mine –Nomi'

Sketchy felt another silent chill ran down her back… the air still. Her phone rang in her hoodie, shaking her alive from reading the same thing over and over.

She looked at the number and then back at the necklace, she place it on her neck hiding the charm in her shirt, taking the call.

"Hey, Jasper so glad you called back!"

THE END….. FOR REAL!