Channel 52- Defeat…Who?

"And it is with great honor and great pride that I now dub you official… NINJAS IN TRAINING!" said a high ranked ninja as he stood before Hiyoshi, Eiji, Kirihara, Momo and Shishido.

"Ninjas in TRAINING?" Momo demanded, but Hiyoshi hit him over the head to remind him to shut up.

"Here is your new ninja attire." Said the ninja as he gestured towards a few stacks of black clothing. "Your first training mission will be tomorrow morning with the honored Sons of our Lord so be sure to be ready and be punctual."

"Is there any chance we could have our weapons back?" Kirihara asked.

"You may have them back in the morning." Said the ninja. "It is best that you arrange to speak with our Lord's Sons as soon as possible."

Pretty much AS he was saying that, a gust of wind flew by. Everyone turned to see what had just gone by them, but were then distracted by Fuji and Oishi who were in hot pursuit of the blurs that had disappeared in the distance.

"Don't mind us!" said Oishi as they hurried by.

"Oishi, you're a star!" Eiji said, giving him the thumbs up.

Oishi only turned a moment to glare at Eiji but then continued chasing.

Meanwhile, down in the prison, they had seriously run out of things to talk about.

"So then Tachibana was all…guys, don't fight back." Said Kamio. "It was wild. You should have been there to feel all the…" He paused. "The…"

He looked at Shinji.

"Good vibes?" Shinji tried.

"Sure, yeah!" said Kamio. "Good vibes! We all had good vibes."

"Good vibes." Atobe said. "That's ALL you exchanged?"

Oshitari slapped him five and Kamio fumed.

"HEY!" he said. "Say what you want about me, but leave Tachibana alone and definitely don't try to defile a very emotional time in our tennis lives!"

"Uh…huh." Said Atobe with an unconvinced nod.

"What is this?" said Inui suddenly as he stood up and adjusted his glasses while looking at his remote. "The number has suddenly decreased to eleven."

"How?" said Atsushi. "No one came in."

"YUUSHI!" yelled someone quite suddenly.

Oshitari turned to see Gakuto standing right there dressed in all black ninja clothes. Oddly enough, he was standing inside the cell and, even after Inui checked the door, he found it still to be locked.

"Gakuto…you're here." Oshitari commented as Gakuto ran over to him and hugged him like it was his job.

"That would explain the sudden descent in the number." Inui said. "Well, actually, that would explain it if it the number was a twelve. Who is else here?"

"Oh my GOD, all you guys are here!" came another voice. They all spun around to see Jirou standing outside the cell, also dressed in all black. "Oh my god it's my teammates…"

He leaned up against the cell bars and reached his arms through, flailing them like an idiot.

"Jirou AND Gakuto." Atobe commented. "Not bad."

"Ahem…so ANYWAY, Gakuto…" said Oshitari, trying to pry Gakuto away from him.

"No way!" said Gakuto. "I've been in this random ninja world for like three weeks now and there's no way I'm letting go of you now!"

He reached out and grabbed Atobe and pulled him as well.

"Big Hyoutei group hug!" he exclaimed gleefully.

"NO, Gakuto." Said Atobe as if it was an order to give a dog as he booted Gakuto away from them.

Gakuto landed on his arse and looked dejected.

It was then that the door opened and Fuji and Oishi descended into the prison, looking around quizzically.

"Well, I guess you all know now." Said Oishi, gesturing towards Gakuto and Jirou. Then he paused. "Wait, how did he get inside the cell?"

"I was just starting to wonder that myself." Ryou said, observing this as well.

"I ninjaed in!" said Gakuto. "I'm a ninja after all. I can do that."

"Well can you ninja the door open?" Oshitari asked.

"Hm…probably…" Gakuto said.

"But don't." Jirou said.

"Why?" said everyone.

"Because we'd get in trouble." Jirou whined. "Freeing the prisoners and all. We're not supposed to do that, especially as sons of the Ninja Lord, even if it's just the fake sons."

"Very funny." Said Atobe. "Now I order the both of you to open this door."

"No." Inui said. "It is best to stick to our current plan because after all…"

Inui suddenly stopped.

"Wait, you two are the sons of the Ninja Lord?" he said.

"Yeah." Said Gakuto as he suddenly appeared outside the cell. "So?"

"You two aren't brothers." Said Kaidou as if that's what Inui was trying to get at.

"I know, there's not enough time between our birthdays but we didn't really start nitpicking over that considering we're in a NINJA world." Said Gakuto, putting his hands on his hips.

"Wait." Said Inui again. "So you two are the Sons of the Ninja Lord? And last night Fuji and Oishi…"

He pointed at said teammates.

"…Married the Sons of the Ninja Lord." He finished.

Everyone chose to remain silent.

"It wasn't OFFICIAL." Said Oishi quietly.

Once again, everyone shared a good laugh at Fuji and Oishi. And this time, they also got to laugh at Jirou and Gakuto.

But Jirou was in quite good spirits. "That's so funny!" he said. "Our fake dad married us to two boys posing as girls while we were gone! Joke's on US!"

"No, Jirou." Said Atobe, slapping his forehead.

"Let's all take a moment to relax and explain the situation to Jirou and Gakuto." Inui offered as he sat down.

"I am getting rather tired of hearing this speech." Said Ryoma.

"You haven't even heard it nearly as many times as SOME of us have." Said Oshitari.

After the story, Jirou suddenly sprung to his feet.

"WHAT?" he yelled. "So I'm ACTUALLY married to Fuji?"

"Assuming your fake father's authority has validity." Inui said.

"It does." Gakuto said regrettably.

"I feel DIRTY!" Jirou cried.

"Don't worry, I'm not psyched about it either." Said Fuji but he certainly looked as though he couldn't care less.

"And guys, I just realized that we left Taka and Ootori back in the monastery place." Oishi sighed. "They're probably wondering where we went."

"Ug…I feel all dirty…" Jirou continued to chant as he walked around trying to shake it off.

"How much longer until nighttime anyway?" said Atsushi. "So Ootori can get his powers back and subsequently break us out of this prison and subsequently help us complete the mission with gets us to the next Universe?"

"Ootori gets powers at night?" said Gakuto, looking impressed.

"No." said Oshitari. "It's a bit of a long story, but in short, he has powers all the time, but recently lost them and the only way to get them back is to get under the actually light of the moon."

"Oh, that's a bummer." Said Gakuto. "It's going to rain tonight. The sky'll probably be covered in clouds."

"That's a lie." Said Atobe, grabbing Gakuto's collar through the bars and pulling him right up close, glaring at him threateningly. "You're lying so stop right now."

"I'm not lying!" said Gakuto frantically.

"But I bet we could get you guys out of here before then anyway!" said Jirou, waving his arms around for attention. "We'll just talk to the Ninja Lord and see what we can do. I'm sure if we ask nicely he'll say all right!"

"He better." Said Atobe, letting go of Gakuto.

"He will!" said Gakuto, fixing his collar. "Don't worry about it!"

"Oh my goddd…" said Jirou with a whine. "Can you believe that we just got back from a mission like a couple of hours ago and we already have to go on another one tomorrow morning?"

"Why?" Kamio asked.

"Because." Gakuto frowned. "We have to take the New Recruits on their training mission."

"Hold that thought." Inui ordered as he drew all the attention to himself and pointed at the remote. "Look. We're receiving our task for this Universe."

"What's it say?" Gakuto asked.

"It says…" Inui began, looking the remote over. He paused. "That can't be right."

"Why?" said Atobe, leaning over.

"It says Defeat Atobe Sutefuani." Inui said.

Everyone was silent.

"What?" said Gakuto. "Is that like your mom or something, Atobe?"

"That can't be right." Said Ryoma. "That was the mission in the Universe you guys got me in."

"I hope this thing didn't get a glitch." Said Inui. "After all, it was in the hands of ninjas for a day. There's no telling what they did with it."

"You got something against ninjas?" said Jirou as he did that annoying snapping thing, but everyone ignored him.

"And, in response to your earlier question, Gakuto…" said Atobe. "No. She is not my mother. She is not related to me in any way, shape or form."

"So it's just a coincidence that she has the same name as you?" said Gakuto.

"Well, actually, it was this complicated Mary-Sue Universe…" Oshitari started.

"Enough said." Said Gakuto, putting his hand up. "That's all the information I needed."

"Hey guys…" Oishi said, looking guilty. "We left Taka and Ootori waiting for us…"

"Oh yeah." Said Fuji with a nod.

Meanwhile…

"So…seen any good movies lately?" Choutarou asked.

Taka stared at him.

Choutarou waited.

"No." Taka said finally.

"Oh." Said Choutarou. "Why not?"

Taka stared at him.

Choutarou waited.

"Because I've been bouncing around to various Universes for the past three weeks." Taka said finally.

"Oh." Said Choutarou. "Me too."

The conversation pretty much ran completely dry at that point.

Thankfully, they were rescued by the entrance of the newlyweds, AKA Fuji, Oishi, Gakuto and Jirou.

"Ootori, you're here too!" said Gakuto.

"Gakuto!" said Choutarou, jumping to his feet. "Jirou! What a great surprise!"

"You missed out on the big Hyoutei group hug!" said Jirou.

"Aw…" said Choutarou, looking legitimately disappointed.

"That so just doesn't even matter." Said Fuji, glaring slightly.

"It might matter to US!" said Gakuto.

"Instead of starting in on the glaring and mean spirited comments, let's just get right to getting out of here!" said Taka.

"That's the spirit!" cheered Jirou.

"We got the mission, by the way." Oishi said to Choutarou and Taka.

"Oh?" said Taka. "What was it?"

"We have to defeat Atobe Sutefuani." Said Oishi. "Again."

"Yeah, I was about to say…didn't we already do that?" Choutarou looked confused.

"That's what we were saying too." Said Oishi with a sigh.

"So what does that mean?" said Taka. "What do we do?"

"Yeah, I mean she's already dead so we can't defeat her again…" Choutarou pointed out.

"So it looks like we're stuck here until we get a REAL mission." Said Gakuto.

"Sucks for everyone in the prison." Jirou frowned.

"What do you mean?" said Gakuto. "It sucks for us too because now we have to go on another New Recruit mission!"

"Oh yeah that too." Said Jirou, looking depressed.

"It sucks for us as well because it prolongs our unfortunate current physical states." Fuji added.

"It essentially sucks for ALL of us." Said Taka.

"Oh, and by the way," Oishi said to Gakuto and Jirou. "The New Recruits? They're more of us."

"More Hyoutei?" said Gakuto, his eyes shining.

"Hiyoshi, Shishido, Eiji, Kirihara and Momo." Fuji counted off his fingers.

"Yes!" said Jirou. "That HAS to make Hyoutei the majority!"

"Actually, with your recent arrivals, it makes Hyoutei even with Seigaku." Fuji said, crossing his arms.

"Seigaku's ALWAYS been the majority or in a tie with Hyoutei." Said Taka. "Then we have a bunch of miscellaneous people from other teams too."

Gakuto and Jirou were both standing there with raised eyebrows and just as they were about to start cheering for Hyoutei, they were thankfully interrupted by a bunch of ninjas entering.

"Sons of Our Honored Lord!" exclaimed the one in the front as they all bowed to the presence of the great ones. "Your Father has sent us to inquire as to whether or not you are satisfied with your new wives."

Jirou and Gakuto looked at each other and then at Fuji and Oishi.

They looked like they were at a loss for words.

"Well, yes of course." Oishi urged.

"…Yes…" they both said in unison.

The ninjas didn't look convinced.

"You are…certain?" said the one in the front.

"They adore us." Said Fuji.

"It's true!" said Jirou. "Now leave us alone!"

"Yes!" said the ninjas as they all bowed again and ran out.

Everyone was quiet for a few seconds before Jirou turned to Fuji.

"Just for the record," he said. "I don't REALLY adore you."

"Shut up." said Fuji as he bitch slapped Jirou.