Angel: Can someone just take my place? I am so sick of all these appointments XD I had another one, for myself this time, and that makes it 5 appointments I've driven to lately...And for the next two days, I have to wake up early for more appointments...*pinches nose with a small sigh* Thankfully I had this episode done last week, and next week, I will try to update two other stories, but no promises since I have nothing for Sunday and Monday is when I start school...Is it weird that I'd rather be at school than to be driving around everywhere for almost a week now?
And no, Young Justice is not one of the stories I'm talking about to those who wonder. I still don't know when I'm going to post that. Most likely I'll have it uploaded by the end of the month or the week before. I wish I had an estimate, but with everything that's been happening lately, especially this week, I can't give an exact answer ^^'
Music is playing in the morning as a party is going on. "Morning Carp! DJ Slimo in da booth. Taken on Spirit Day! A full day of celebrating Norrisville High's exceptional exceptionalism," Heidi waves students forward towards the party.
Meanwhile, in another hall, the three friends are staring at a broken fish that was made out of paper, goo everywhere.
"Howard, we should be in there getting our AM rave on, but someone overfilled the spirit fountain," Randy gives him an accusing look, crossing his arms.
"Yeah, who knew a paper mache carp spewing 800 galloons of blue and yellow goop could go so wrong, so fast."
"Uh, I did," Amy points out, throwing her hands up in the air. "I told you the weight wouldn't be supported. It was over a ton!"
"Listen up, we need to come back from this bigger, stronger, more school spirity," Randy rubs his chin, wrapping an arm around the two. "I say we pose like idiots in the background of every Spirit Day photo in the yearbook."
"Photo bomb!" The two boys exclaim eagerly.
"I'll do startled Bigfoot."
"I'm totally going invisible sandwich," Randy adds in, turning to Ames. "What about you, Ames?"
"Oh...good question," She gives a look of thought. "It'll come to mind."
"This is gonna be the cheese!" Howard runs off towards the party, both Randy and Amy grabbing him by the back of his shirt. They let go so that he falls in front of them.
"We can't go anywhere till we clean up this mess," He has his hands on his hips.
"Which we got punished with thanks to you," Amy points to the obese boy as Randy holds up a small scraper in one hand and a mop in the other.
"Mop or scraper?"
"I could mop-slash-scrape or you two could PJ up and get your ninja-kunoichi-scrub on!" Howard suggests, smacking them in the back in unison. Randy drops his tools, both of them having annoyed looks on their faces.
"The Ninja fights a lot of things, but stains ain't one of them," Randy moves his hand away, chuckling at his joke.
"And besides, that's not what it's used for," Amy puts her hands on her hips.
"Attention, we will be taking the Spirit Rave yearbook photo in two minutes," Slimovitz announces from the other room.
"Fine, Howard, we'll do it," Randy answers in exasperation, pulling out his mask. He gives Amy a pleading look and she sighs, pulling out her mask as well. She would've said no, but she'd never live it down from them if she didn't. Well, mostly Howard.
"Oh, come on, you know you..." He pauses as he contemplates what his friend said. "Wait, you will?"
Ninja slides down the railing with towels on his feet. He jumps across the air, scraping the ceiling. Kunoichi slides down the other railing with sponges tied to her feet. She spins around and lands on the ground, skating across it with Ninja. They flip around and catch the sponges in their hands.
"And done!"
"Yeah, you missed a spot," Howard points to a blue spot in front of him. Both of them grunt in dismay. Ninja walks up to the spot, pulling out the scraper. He attempts to scrape it, but it doesn't work. He looks up at Kunoichi, who shrugs at him. He tries again, but then it breaks.
"What kind of stain is this?" She bends down to the spot, poking at it. She raises a brow as she touches it further. "Huh, it feels like a stone..."
"Time to get serious," Ninja pulls out a sai.
"Wait, Ninj, no-!" Before she could stop him, he stabs it with his sai. He yells in alarm, testing his sai. He sighs in relief when it doesn't break like his sword.
"Whew, I thought I broke something," He puts his sai back into his suit.
"Ah, Ninja?" Howard points at the stone nervously and he looks to see that he made a crack in it. The stone also has a speck of purple in the center. "Destruction of school property?" Once the two take off their suits, he grabs their shirts, shaking the two. "Oh, you can't photo bomb Spirit Day from detention."
"Stop shaking me!" Amy calls out and he lets go of the two.
"I've run the numbers, it's impossible," Howard crosses his arms.
"Okay first off, that's my thing. And second, I was trying to tell you..." Amy sighs a bit, dusting herself off.
"I'll fix it, I'll fix it," Randy chuckles, waving his hands. "Little glue, little marker, Slimovitz will never know." He stands up, guiding Howard's finger to the damage. "Just put your finger on it in case somebody walks in. Ames and I will be right back."
They run off towards the steps. "Hurry!" Howard calls out to them. "My finger's starting to cramp."
"You've only had it on there for two seconds, just tough it out!" Amy shouts back to him as she heard him. The crack in the stone expands and suddenly it starts to burn.
"Ow!" Howard recoils his hand back in pain, leaving a slightly burned finger. "What the juice?" He turns around to inspect it, not noticing two large wings coming up from behind. "Yeah, well, that's a blister." A bird demon and a dragon demon are right behind him. He turns around and sees nothing, but then the bird demon swoops right for him, the dragon one following closely.
He screams as it starts to take over him, and then suddenly it's gone, leaving a wide-eyed Howard. He lets out a fart, and then he caws.
"Why did I just do that?" He asks himself before his friends come back.
"We're in luck! Still got some glue left from when we patched that hole to the girls' locker room," Randy puts glue on it, using a paintbrush to spread it out. Thankfully, that incident was before Amy was a student here...
"Everybody line up for our first Spirit Day yearbook photo!" Slimovitz declares, Randy glancing at the door wide-eyed.
"Howard, no staring," Randy reminds Howard, but he still has that wide-eyed look. "Patching."
"Yo, Howard," Amy steps up to him, clapping her hands. He gives no reaction.
"Three, two, one. Lactose-free cheddar!" Randy gasps as he hears the photo being taken, snapping his paintbrush in half. "I will treasure that."
"Oh, we missed it!" Randy exclaims in dismay. He glares up at Howard, joining Amy's side. "What's up with him?"
"He won't say a word!" She snaps her fingers in front of Howard's face. "He hasn't even reacted to anything. It's like he's frozen!"
"Did you try slapping him?" Randy stares at her. She braces herself and slaps him across the face. He's still sitting there, not having reacted at all.
"Oh, that felt good," She smiles a bit. Randy wets his finger and gives Howard a wet willy, which finally snaps him out of it.
"Howard, you gotta step it up. We've only got half the day left to own that yearbook page," He punches his hands together. "At the next photo, you do nose picker, I call old-timey boxer. Ames can do monkey face." Randy puts his arms up like a boxer. "Hey, why're my hands upside down? You'll see..."
Amy laughs as she watches him walk around, him doing an impression of an old-timer. Neither of them notice Howard's eyes glowing red. "You like that?" Randy grins at Amy and she nods, clapping her hands.
"More," She giggles at him.
He blinks his eyes back to normal once he's in the bathroom, examining himself. "My neck feels a little shnasty," He lifts up the collar of his jacket, revealing a feather on his neck. He pulls it out and then smoke comes from his mouth. He opens it up and fire comes out of it. "Ow. No, no...this is not happening!" He runs out of the bathroom, the feather falling onto the ground.
The library is quiet as Slimovitz steps in with the photographer. He's wearing a carp hat on his head. "Okay, gang," He whispers to the students inside. "Just because you're smart doesn't mean you can't show spirit. Photo time. Let's get the card catalog in this one."
They all groan, but walk over anyway. Randy peeks over a cubicle, Amy joining his side. "Cunningham? Smith?" They turn to Howard approaching. "I was just in the bathroom, and I found something really weird growing out of my body." He leans against Randy's stomach.
"Oh gross, Howard, I really don't need to hear about that," Amy sticks out her tongue in disgust. "Nor do I want to."
"Not weird, that's natural," Randy pushes him away gently. Amy gags as she looks away. "The health teacher said that would happen. Now come on!" He pulls them both over to the group standing near the catalog. "Photo! Bomb! Us! Now!"
Howard suddenly starts squawking, to their surprise. "No squawking in the library," The librarian looks over his shoulder in annoyance.
"Uh, Howard?" Randy turns to him. "What was that?"
"And since when do you squawk?" Amy looks at the shorter boy in confusion.
"I have no idea. I just..." He then spits out fire, hitting the ceiling to their shock. He does the squawking again, jumping into the air like he's flying. Randy covers his friend's mouth, Amy backing away slightly with wide eyes.
The librarian skids to a stop in front of the three. "Seriously? I will eject you from this temple of knowledge," He threatens them. "I have that power."
"Sorry," Randy removes his hand. "He's sorry."
"Really," Amy waves a hand nervously. "Won't happen again," She gives her friend a look when she says that.
"Howard! He has that power," Randy whispers to his friend.
"What is going on with you?" Amy whispers next.
"I didn't do it on purpose," Howard holds his head in distress. "I just-" He squawks again out of control, letting out a few roars as he's stressing his friends and alarming the librarian. He steams in anger. Randy watches as the photo is taken from outside the library.
"Oh, that's positively teeming with spirit! That's going straight to the yearbook."
Randy presses his head to the glass. "Okay, plan-wise? That was kind of a bummer. Where can we improve? I don't know, I'm thinking less squawking and breathing fire? Howard?"
"Uhh," Amy points forward as he's acting like a chicken, clucking while walking. His mouth literally acts like a beak, and he has a dragon snout. "Does he normally do this?"
"No! Cut it out!" Randy exclaims at him. "I'm starting to think you're not serious about photo bombing," He crosses his arms.
"I...can't...help it!" He squawks between his words. He does it again, walking away from them. He blasts fire that flies down the hall. Randy grabs him, putting him on the floor. Amy sighs at his statement, pinching her nose.
"You'd better help it!"
"Is this all an act to get me to give you my lunches again?" Amy deadpans at Howard. "Because if it is, you seriously need a better way to do it."
"Now, come on, cafeteria! Spirit Rodeo, let's bomb!" Randy grabs Amy's hand and runs off, to her surprise.
"It's Uncle Clive all over again!" Howard says in fear.
At Thanksgiving, Howard watched the turkey being cut until he saw his Uncle Clive acting like a turkey. "Ignore him. We're not letting Uncle Clive ruin another Thanksgiving." A turkey leg was placed in front of the young Howard. "Now eat your turkey leg!"
Howard washes his face using the water fountain as a few students run past him. The red eyes appear again as he squawks. Then he jumps onto the other fountain, drinking from the other one like a chicken. He snaps out of it, falling onto the floor as he now has dragon claws. "Stop...acting...like a bird and a dragon!" He tries to get a hold of himself, falling onto the floor and clucking.
He rolls to a stop in front of Flute Girl, Rachel, and one of the blonde twins. "Hey Howard," Flute Girl greets him, but he crows at her. He yelps and runs past them.
"Ah! I'm Clive-ing out!" He runs off, releasing some orange feathers on the way. The girls gasp at him.
It's now the Spirit Rodeo as someone falls off a mechanical bull. "Okay, Howard. When Slimovitz gives the word, we drop through, run in and bomb that photo. Undies blazin'!" Randy hides behind a fake cow, gasping at the entrance.
Amy steps in, wearing a purple top with pink fringe at the collar. There's a pink bandanna around her collar. She also has ripped blue jeans, a belt, and two pockets at her top. A dark orange fringed vest is around her shoulders. Her shoes are tan cowgirl boots with 2-inch heels and a purple spur on each one. Her hair is in two low flowing pigtails, reaching her hips and tied with two blue bows. Her bangs are rested over her cheeks as the ends of her hair have one curl each. There's a pink cowgirl hat on top of her head with a purple bow around it.
Randy is so entranced by her appearance that he hadn't even noticed that Howard walked off.
"Hi Ran," She smiles at him as she walks towards him. She then blinks at the empty spot. "Wasn't Howard with you?"
"Hm?" He sees their friend is missing. "Now where is he?"
Howard is out of his cowboy outfit, standing on top of the vending machines.
Randy and Amy skid to a stop in shock. "Howard! What the juice?"
"What are you doing up there?" Amy gestures to him.
"Howdy partners," Slimovitz steps in. "Mosey on over to the-" Howard jumps onto him and attacks the man!
"Howard!" The two shout, jumping in to stop him in the fight cloud.
The whole class is outside in the dark, having fun at the bonfire. While the three are in another classroom with Miss Wickwhacker...
"What is wrong with you?" Randy pokes Howard next to him. Howard has his face in his desk while Amy has her arms crossed behind them, not looking happy at all. "There's a bonfire out there just begging to get photo bombed, and you got us stuck in detention."
"You know what my parents are gonna do to me once they find out?" Amy gestures to herself. "I've never gotten detention! Ever! Thanks a lot, Howard. Why you would even attack the principal like that is beyond me."
"We're trying to make some memories..." Howard turns to Randy, who is simply cawing to him as a bird. He stares at Randy weirdly, turning around to Amy. To him, she has a dragon head. "Missing the last event of the day 'cause you're being such a wonk?"
"I think the real question here is why Howard is acting like a wonk?" Amy suggests to them, leaning forward. She turns to Howard. "Alright, out with it. Why are you acting weird?"
"I don't feel so good," Howard is sweating a lot.
"Yeah, Howard, that's guilt," Randy points at him, and then he sees the eyes turning red. "Whoa...what's with the eyes?"
"What eyes?" Amy steps forward, seeing the red eyes. She gasps a bit, stumbling into the desk next to her. "What the juice?" He then opens his hands, revealing dragon claws.
Howard squawks, flying up into the air. He lands on the desks, knocking them down.
"Whoa!" The band teacher shouts as he lands on her desk, flying past her. "Get back here! Nobody marches till I say so!"
He flies out the window, growing more orange feathers. "Did you see me wave my marching stick?" She calls out as she chases after him. Randy and Amy stare at what just happened, glancing at each other as they're honestly baffled.
"Did...did he just fly with his arms?" Amy points to out the door. Their Nomicons flash at the same time and they pull out their books.
"Hm? Nomicons? Oh, thanks so much for showing up." They place their books in front of desks. "Maybe you know why our biffer suddenly turned into Johnny Squawksalot."
They're shloomped into their books, hitting the desks before falling onto the ground.
"Centuries ago, a great battle was fought between the Ninja, the Kunoichi, an evil bird demon named the Tengu and an evil dragon demon named the Wastrila. The demons were too strong to defeat until the Ninja found the source of the Tengu's great power. The demon feathers infused the Ninja suit with mysterious power. The Kunoichi sacrificed herself to defeat the demons, her life ending in the process. Upon this noble sacrifice, the Ninja imprisoned them in a sacred stone. It can only be released by the hand of Ninja! The Tengu, the Ninja, and forever linked, as well as the Wastrila and the Kunoichi. Their strengths are shared."
The two sit up with a gasp. "I cracked the stone and released the demons," Randy holds his head in lament. "I'm the reason Howard got possessed!"
"That's why he's been acting weird," Amy frowns in worry.
"But how do we defeat not one, but two demons that's inside our best friend?" Randy asks in distress, he really doesn't want to hurt his friend. He looks outside and panics a little. "Ames, look out!" He jumps forward, tackling her to the ground. A tree hits the window, flying inside and hitting the bulletin board nearby. The window shards fall around them as they're laying side-by-side. "You okay?"
"Yeah. Thanks," She places a hand on her head and they both run towards the hole the tree made. They see Howard, or the Tengu and Wastrila, attacking the students. He grabs the mascot and the two pull out their masks. They put them on and together, they transform into the Ninja and Kunoichi respectively.
The fused demon throws Bash out of the mascot costume, the principal running past. "Serpentine, Herby! Serpentine!" He calls out, ducking behind a log. The fused demon flies past him, grabbing the blue car next to the principal's.
"Well, what do you know?" He asks happily. "He didn't destroy my car."
"Smoke bomb!"
A cloud of red and pink smoke appear on top of the car, revealing the Ninja duo. "Hey! Drop the car, bird slash dragon thingy..." Ninja orders awkwardly.
"Tengu and Wastrila," Kunoichi points out before they flip out of the way. Their possessed friend drops the car where they were standing...which was inevitably Principal Slimovitz's car. Then it blows up, and they had to brace themselves from the falling flaming debris.
"Not cool, bird slash dragon thingy! Not cool," The principal calls out nearby, kicking at the grass. The bird demon swoops towards the duo, and they step out of the way. Howard lands in a tree, the two running up to it.
"Howard! You come down here!" Ninja demands as he jumps up using the branches. Kunoichi follows him, staring at Howard in slight concern. It flings its feathers at them and they leap in the air.
"Ninja Double Kick!" They kick Howard at the same time, and he lands in the grass. The two land nearby, feeling back.
"We're sorry, Howard. Are you okay?"
"We didn't mean to, but we have to get these demons out of you!" Kunoichi points to him. Though, somewhere at the back of her mind, it was kind of payback for all that Howard had done to her in the past. Especially being too prideful to stop Jack Hammer, that was definitely not fun.
With his wing, Howard knocks the two into the air, and they land at a wall of the school, sliding onto the grass.
Kunoichi groans as she sits up slightly. "Okay, I know we're supposed to be helping Howard and all, but that was not what I had in mind..." She rubs the top of her head. The bird demon lands in front of them and they both scream. He dives for the two of them.
"Ninja Dodge!" The two jump out of the way in opposite directions. They see the bird demon stuck in the wall. "Howard, it's not your fault!"
The fused demon stands up, squawking as some rocks fly over them. Howard grabs Ninja by the scarf, flying up and grabbing Kunoichi's hair.
"Ow! Oh!" She tries to get her hair free.
"We don't want to fight you, you're our best friend!" Ninja calls out. "But you're also a bird and dragon demon." Ninja kicks him, and he releases the both of them. Kunoichi looks at the fire she's about to land in, grabbing a claw with her scarf. She hangs on as Ninja flies the bird demon. "So, you see our problem, right? Ninja Scarf Throw!"
He throws it at a tree and the three go flying, landing roughly on the ground. Ninja groans, holding his hurt arm. Kunoichi sits onto the grass, holding her aching foot. Howard squawks in pain, rubbing his hurt wing. Then he rubs his claw.
"The Tengu and Ninja, as well as the Wastrila and the Kunoichi are forever linked. Their strengths are shared. Let's hope their weaknesses are too. Kuno, I'm sorry in advance."
"For what-"
Ninja punches himself in the arm and all three of them feel the pain. "Ow!"
"So whatever the Wastrila feels...I feel it too..." Kunoichi murmurs in realization, rubbing her arm.
"What hurts us...hurts him! Sorry to do this to you, buddies. Ninja Dead Leg!" He punches his leg. "Ow!" Kunoichi falls onto the ground from the effects. "Sorry Kuno!"
"We...do what we have to," Kunoichi holds her leg, standing up. "But I'm sorry too." She elbows him in the stomach, and they can hear Howard's grunts of pain. She holds her stomach, wincing. "Oh, why did I have to be so strong?"
"I promise, this hurts us as much as it hurts you," Ninja pulls out his nunchucks, Kunoichi pulling out her tonfas. "Ninja Whack!"
The two hit each other with their weapons, doing it again. Then they all fall down to the floor in exhaustion.
"Okay, this one's for you, pal. I'm sorry, Kuno." He grabs the back of his pants.
"Oh no..." Kunoichi whines, realizing what he's about to do.
"Ninja Self Wedgie!" He gives himself a wedige, all of them shrieking in pain. Kunoichi bites her lip in pain, laying on the ground.
"...I now know what true pain feels like...ow..." She murmurs in exhaustion.
"I'm so sorry," He frowns at her. "But I had to."
"I know..."
Suddenly, the true forms of the Tengu and the Wastrila appear in black, leaving Howard's body. The two run over to him. "Howard, talk to us."
"Ninja? Kunoichi?" He asks, looking up at them with weary eyes. "Did we photo bomb?"
The two of them help him up. "Not even close, buddy," Ninja tells him.
"Man, do we have a story to tell you..." Kunoichi comments, both of them glad that he's okay.
The Tengu and Wastrila fly into the air above them, going towards Howard. "Howard!" The two shout as they fly into the air, swooping towards them. Kunoichi eyes the demons, glancing at her suit. What else did the Nomicons say to them?
The Kunoichi sacrificed herself to defeat the demons...
She closes her eyes. There was nothing she could do but to continue the history of the demons...And she couldn't risk losing her partner again. Not after what happened with the robot. In all truth...she'd rather it be her than him.
"Ninja," She speaks up and he turns to her. "Do you trust me?"
"Yeah?" He raises a brow at her in confusion. "Do you know how to stop them?"
"Yeah, but...you're not gonna like it," She smiles weakly, stepping forward. "Please don't stop me."
"Why? What are you gonna do?"
She doesn't answer his question as she looks to Howard. "The suit and Wastrila are linked...I know what I have to do. Hopefully this works."
"Hopefully what works?! What are you doing?" Ninja exclaims at her. The two demons swoop towards her and she releases her braid, revealing 70 feet of white hair. She throws it up into the air, capturing the two demons in a ball of hair. The black shadows inside of her hair go towards her, and then she takes off the mask. Her hair shrinks back to normal, giving the chance for the bird demon to swallow her whole.
"NO!" Ninja calls out sadly. The bird demon soars up into the air, followed by the Wastrila...but because of her sacrifice, her action was enough to make it disappear, the white light bursting from them. Howard falls from the sky, the shadows going back to the stone, repairing it. Howard falls on top of Ninja.
"Did Kunoichi just sacrifice herself to save me?" Howard turns to him, frowning.
"Ames, no..." Ninja murmurs sadly as he removes the mask. "W-When I broke that stone in the school, I might have accidentally released an ancient bird demon and dragon demon which possessed you. And then she let herself get EATEN by that thing," He covers his hands, trying not to cry in front of Howard.
"So, you're saying this whole thing was all your fault?" Howard stands up, Randy standing up and frowning.
"I guess it was."
"I KNEW IT!" Howard screams, pumping his fists. He sees his best friend's melancholy looks. "Sorry. Also...thanks. To both of you. I can't believe she's gone, Cunningham...sorry, dude."
"Amy...I should've stopped her." Randy looks up towards the sky...but then the flames get bigger, reaching towards the stars. The stars shine to give off lightning, and then it strikes the ground. White and pink appear before it forms into the shape of a familiar body. Amy slowly falls from the white and pink lights, Randy reaching out and catching her.
"Smith!"
"Ames!" Randy looks down at her in shock. Her hair is over her head as she doesn't seem to be moving. Randy is supporting her body so that she doesn't fall. "Come on, Ames, say something," He squeezes his eyes shut.
"...Something," She smiles a bit, opening her eyes. The two boys both cheer as she lifts up her head. "That was definitely not what I expected..." She slowly stands up with Randy's help.
"What were you thinking?!" The two boys shout at her.
"Hey, I saved your lives!" She points at them in defense.
"By sacrificing yourself?! What the juice?" Randy demands and she balls up her fists. If they could just listen, they'd understand why she did it.
"I couldn't lose either of you, you shoobs!" Amy shouts at them, surprising the two. "It was either you or Howard. You guys are my best friends. And...I just thought it was the right thing to do."
"True, but it was also the stupidest thing to do," Howard points out, Randy pulling Amy in for a big hug.
"Don't do stuff like that without telling me again!" He scolds her, but on the inside, he's happy to see her again.
"I'm sorry, Ran," She whispers to him, hugging him back. "But I just didn't know what to do without risking your life too..."
"Well, you shouldn't have to," He mutters, pulling away and looking anywhere but her direction.
"What else was I supposed to do? For you to give up being the Ninja?" She crosses her arms. "Howard's my friend too, even if he is a jerk sometimes."
"That I will not deny," Howard points at her. She didn't know why he was being so wonk over it. Yes, she did do a rash action without telling him it was her plan, but she was fine. Granted, she didn't have a clue what would've happened since the Nomicon said that the one who defeated the demons died.
"Ran, there's nothing to be angry over, I'm fine. Not a scratch," She gestures to herself and he glances at her. Howard looks between the two. "So what is it? You needed to feel like the Ninja if you had done it yourself?"
"What? No!" He shakes his head rapidly, stepping forward. He couldn't really tell her the real reason why he's bent over this.
"So then what?" She asks him. "Because you know how I don't leave my friends in the dust! Why shouldn't I do what I can to help you?"
He grabs her arms, shaking her slightly. "I can't lose you again because of me being the shoob, not you!"
She stares at him wide-eyed. It slipped out because of her questions and her frustration with him.
"Whoa," Howard blinks at his statement, staring between the two of them. He's still holding onto her as he sighs, hanging his head.
"I didn't know you were the Kunoichi at the time, but I hated seeing you so mad at me at the Christmas party. That was the first time it felt weird without you by my side. And now, with you sacrificing yourself as the Kunoichi...I'm not strong enough without you...as Randy or as the Ninja."
"Hey, with all of us, you don't have to be," She smiles as she pulls away and she places a hand on his shoulder. They all do their signature handshake. An explosion comes from the fire and the sky, interrupting them. They watch the small spirits dance around, colliding with each other in flashes of light. Randy's mask lifts up to the sky, and another mask appears next to it.
The two masks fall into their hands, causing them to gasp. Randy's glows red while Amy's glows pink. "Whoa!" Howard's mouth opens in shock. They share excited looks too and together, they put on their masks.
A circle of fire surrounds Randy, a circle of lightning surrounding Amy. Howard could only watch as the fire and electricity surrounding the two. Ninja's legs form first before the full suit appears in red and black, fire at his arms. Kunoichi's arms form first before it extends, her hair growing white and long into the braid. Electricity sparks at her hands, and the two pull out their signature weapons. Kunoichi's fans spark with electricity while Ninja's sword is on fire.
"This is the Brucest thing in the history of Bruce!" Ninja exclaims, Howard's mouth wide open.
"Fist bump!" He and Kunoichi shout, sharing a fist-bump.
"Can I get in on that?" Howard waves a hand and together, they all fist-bump.
Later, they have another bonfire with the school. "Everyone," The principal steps up to them wearing his carp hat. "Due to an unscheduled monster attack, we were unable to take the bonfire yearbook photo. Please line up so we can record this moment for posterity."
"Hey, you thinking what I'm thinking?" Randy crosses his arms knowingly.
"Startled Bigfoot," Howard grins, pulling off the pose.
"Invisible sandwich."
"And monkey face," Amy adds in as they all pose. They're at the back of the photo in front of the bonfire.
The demon stone, however, is still active...