It's valentine's day at Norrisville High. A bell rang loudly at school and Heidi was on the big screen. "S'up, carp?" She took a big sniff. "The smell in the air. It's romance." She blinked several times then said, "Tonight's the "Magical Night Under the Stars Dance"." She said in a calm voice the nearly shouted, "So this is your last chance to find a date."
"Howard, are we going to this dance?" Randy asked him.
"Pff. No way, Cunningham. Dates are for dudes who don't have bros to play vids with." The boys did their secret handshake then the doors opens to reveal a new girl. She was a white girl with long black hair, blue eyes, and beautiful pink lips. She was wearing a white shirt with a purple skirt and was carrying a pink textbook.
All the boys were in awe of her beauty. Some were even wolf-whistling at her which made a few of the girls mad. She passed Randy and Howard and said, "Hi. I'm Amanda Levay." She stopped at a door then said, "This is my homeroom, so, see ya'." She entered the room.
"Okay... that was weird," Randy commented.
"Dude, did you hear her? She said..." Howard sighed lovingly. "See ya'." Howard then got an idea then pushed Randy to the ground. "I'm so asking her to the dance." He ran into the classroom leaving behind a confused Randy.
"Okay, that was even weirder." Randy walked into the classroom to see a line of guys waiting to talk to her. "Okay, something is definitely wrong here." Randy walked over to Howard and he smelled something awful. 'Ugh! What smells awful?! Did Howard fart in here? Shnasty!'
"You're like, good-looking and stuff," Bash told her.
"Prefer a man with a dark side?" Julien asked her.
Hate to zing my own praises, but if you're into laughs, I'm your fella."
"Oh, I would love to go to the dance with each of you, but I'm looking for the boy. No, man, who understands beauty."
Howard popped up in front of the desk and told her, "I understand true beauty. I understand I'm looking right at it."
Randy facepalmed himself. 'If this is how guys in the 21st century try to hit on girls, then something is wrong. Still, something is off, Howard showed no interest in going to the dance until Amanda showed up. In fact, every guy in school has fallen head over heels for her.'
"Mmm..." She stood from her desk then said, "If I could only go with all of you. Alas, my heart belongs only to whoever shows me the one thing in this school that is truly beautiful."
Randy noticed that the guys looked like they were under a spell as they talked. "Beautiful." The boys looked at each other and tried to leave the room but Mr. Bannister stopped the boys from leaving. "Freeze it, you mopes!" Everyone skidded to a stop. "No one goes anywhere without a hall pass. And I hate writing Hall Passes!"
Randy rolled his eyes as he took his seat. 'This is ridiculous. I don't understand what is so attractive about Amanda. Sure, she is pretty but so is every other girl in school.' To be honest, Randy wanted to ask Theresa Fowler to the dance but... he couldn't. Stuff like that meant they would be in a relationship and he would keep secrets from her. Plus... he was immortal and she wasn't. He's already been to plenty of the Cunninghams' funerals. He didn't want to go to hers one day.
A group of boys trampled Howard as they stood in front of Mr. Bannister. "Lucky for you, the missus got me a McPass-Master hall pass printer. Push the button, get a pass." Everyone was about to get a pass but Howard.
"Mr. Bannister, your McPass Master passed me over."
"McPass Master has spoken. Go sit down!"
Amanda blew a kiss at Howard sending a heart through him and down to the Sorcerer.
The Sorcerer took a big whiff. "Ahh. Dead flowers, putrefied flesh, and... lavender. It's her!"
In the year 1209, The Sorcerer was causing destruction and mayhem all over a small village. A man who was running in fear shouted, "It's the Sorcerer!" He was shot with a green orb of magic and turned into a monster. There were monsters all over the village. The Sorcerer laughed evilly at the chaos and destruction. The Sorcerer readied his magic to attack more people. "Yes. For eternity, you shall..."
"...suffer." Another wave of magic, though this one was pink and blue, attacked the same human the Sorcerer did. It was a Sorceress. She laughed evilly at the chaos and destruction as well but the Sorcerer was not happy. "You dare interfere?" The Sorceress attacked him with no hesitation. "You like to play rough, do you?" The Sorceress laughed then the two sorcerers attacked each other with their own magic. They both seemed to be evenly matched. But their magic was able to transform multiple people into monsters at once.
Separately, we were powerful. Together, we were nearly invincible. Until...
The original Ninja, Randy's father came out of the shadows to attack the two sorcerers. He dodged the monsters and attacked all of them. The Ninja took out his weapons and dodged each attack the Sorcerer and Sorceress threw at him. The duo did a dual attack but this attack caused a portal to open and the Ninja kicked her in. The Sorcerer fell to his knees and shouted in anguish, "Ah! What have you done?!" The Ninja then kicked the Sorcerer in the face.
The rat was eating popcorn with tissues by his side since he was crying. "Ninja banished her to the Land of Shadows. The Sorceress has one weakness. She cannot see true beauty. By sealing me in this tomb with the Eye of Eternities, the Ninja thought she'd never find me. And yet, she is near." The Sorcerer used his magic to see her image once more.
On the surface, Bucky showed Amanda a music trophy. She smelled it then told him. "This is not truly beautiful." Bucky left disappointed then Bash came by and dropped a ham on her desk. "It's a ham. Real beaut, too." She sniffed it as well. She crossed her arms and shook her head.
"Man, I thought Bash had it for sure. That ham was a stunner," Howard commented.
"This is ridiculous every guy in the whole school has fallen head over heels for Amanda. Ham isn't going to win a girl over. I don't know why Bash even thought that would work. Also, did you fart in here? It smells so schnasty!"
Howard gasped in shock. "How dare you accuse me! I would never fart in front of..." Howard sighed lovingly. "Amanda." Then he realized something. "Someone's gonna find the most beautiful thing in the school. It's only a matter of time. A MATTER OF TIME, CUNNINGHAM!"
Currently, Julien was showing Amanda a bat and it looked weird. "Nyctimene robinsoni, the tube-nosed bat. Sculpted from ear wax."
Randy pinched his nose in annoyance. He would understand what everyone found interesting about Amanda but Howard seemed to like her so he made the decision to help his friend. "Okay, I help you get out of the classroom but that's it. You're on your own after that, deal?"
Howard nodded. "Deal. Ready?" He asked as he took out a ketchup packet.
"You know it!"
"Here we go, bloody nose, concerned friend, and action!" Howard put ketchup on his face to make it look like he got a bloody nose.
The two started to run out with Randy consoling his friend. "It's okay, buddy. It's not as bad as it looks."
Mr. Bannister stopped the boys in their tracks. "HALT! You may not leave this room without McPass-Master's permission."
"No time, Mr. B! We got a gusher here." Randy ran out of the room with Howard. The two did their handshake in the hall after Howard cleared up his face. "Good luck to you."
"Oh, no. You good luck to you." Then Howard ran off to find a gift for Amanda.
Randy sighed as he walked back to class but was also lost in his thoughts. 'This is so weird. Every guy in school has fallen head over heels for Amanda and the majority of the guys either liked another girl or were dating one. It didn't make any sense.' Howard kept running past Randy, he was looking in lockers, bathroom stalls, everywhere. He was looking everywhere for a gift for Amanda but didn't know what she would like. 'And that smell, it's gone. Howard said he didn't fart so where did it come from?' Randy was so distracted he didn't notice that he walked past his classroom and into the main hall where the Tengu Stone was. Howard burst into the room and noticed Randy. "You're never gonna find it, Cunningham!"
Randy was taken out of his thoughts when Howard shouted at him. "I'm gonna find it first!" Howard ran to the lockers and opened them one by one.
"Howard, those lockers aren't yours!" Randy ran over to his friend to stop him. "Howard, this is getting ridiculous. I thought you didn't want to go to the dance. I thought we were going to play video games."
"All that matters is finding the most beautiful thing in school. Then maybe Amanda will go to the dance with me." Suddenly, Randy's back glowed. "Your Nomicon's ringing. I think you have to take that."
"Okay. But this conversation isn't over."
"Whatever, I'll be looking for the most beautiful thing in school. Which is what I'll be doing while you're in the..." Randy opened the Nomicon and was practically sucked into one of the open lockers. "...Nomicon."
Randy fell into a small puddle as a very tall Japanese woman stood tall over him. Her eyes were completely yellow. Words started to form on her forehead.
The eyes can be deceived by the nose always knows.
"Okay... I know that. I've done blind combat before and was able to detect my enemies without using my sight. I think I still have bruises from that invisible monster that I could only detect by smell." The woman opened her mouth and sucked Randy right in.
Randy fell out of the locker with the Nomicon on his head. Howard was sitting on the floor with his arms crossed and an annoyed look on his face. "Give up?"
"No, just didn't find anything. "What'd you dumb book say?"
"The eyes can be deceived but the nose always knows," Randy told him as he stood up and put the Nomicon in his jacket.
"Great, that was even less helpful," Howard told him sarcastically. "So, the nose always knows. What does that mean?"
"It also said that the eyes can be deceived," Randy added as the two walked over the marble carp.
"Ah-ha! I got it!"
"Got what?"
"The most beautiful thing in the school!" Howard gestured to the Carp's Eye that once held the Tengu. "Howard, we can't give Amanda the Carp's Eye. It once held the Tengu."
"Oh yeah! Watch me!" Howard ran off before Randy could stop him.
"Howard! You can't give it to her!"
Surprisingly, Howard was very fast and made it to the classroom before Randy. He kicked in the door where Mr. Bannister was standing and he was crushed into the wall with the McPass Master in his mouth. "Amanda, I've got something to show you!"
Howard laughed as he dragged Amanda out of the classroom. "What's going on?" Amanda asked. Randy entered the classroom just seconds before the two could leave. However, before Randy could do anything Mr. Bannister said, "No. You are not leaving this classroom under any circumstances." Howard looked at the McPass Master and pushed the button twice and took the two passes that came out. "McPass Master has spoken." Howard dragged Amanda out of the classroom Randy pushed the button to get a pass as well then once he got one he left. Mr. Bannister growled in anger then threw the McPass Master out the window.
Randy arrived as Howard was showing Amanda the Carp's Eye. She was on her knees smelling it. "Well?"
"Howard, she can't have it. Nor can she take it out."
She chuckled once she stopped smelling it. "And to think, it was under my nose all this time."
"I know, right?! Amanda, did you know that the eye can be deceived, but the nose always knows. That's how I found it."
"Howard, that makes no sense." Amanda stood by them and gave them a kiss on their cheeks, turning their eyes green. Howard jumped into the air once his eyes changed and landed in Randy's arms.
"Boys?"
"Mm-hmm?/Yes?" They said at the same time.
"Leave me!" Amanda said as purple and blue magic surrounded her and her eyes glowed pink. Her hair was even flowing all over the place.
"Okay." The boys left leaving Amanda alone with the Carp's Eye.
"To once more do horrible, terrible things together." Her voice changed as she shot her magic down on the eye.
Down below, the Sorcerer saw the light and knew who it was. "Ahh. Such sweet misery." The Sorcerer laughed evilly as he shot his magic at the eye.
In the hallway, Randy and Howard were taken out of the spell. Randy put his hand on his head. "Okay, that was weird."
"Dude, Amanda never even said if she wanted to go to the dance with me!" Howard ran off. "HOWARD!" Randy chased after him. The two entered the main area and were shocked by whta they saw. "WHAT THE JUICE?!"
Amanda's human disguise was revealed as she turned back into the Sorceress and shot beams of magic from her eyes kicking Randy and Howard out of the main hall.
"Cunningham, if you want her, then you can have her."
"Howard, that's the Sorceress!"
"The who?"
"She's like the Sorcerer except she's a female version of him. My father told me about her but she was banished. How did she escape? It doesn't matter. She'll free the Sorcerer if I don't stop her." Randy put the Ninja mask on.
"SMOKEBOMB!" Randy jumped off the second floor with sais in his hands. He tried to kick the Sorceress but she used her magic to block his attack. He hit the wall causing it to break and when he fell to the ground, pieces of the wall hit him.
"Ah, Ninja. I've waited centuries for this."
"Then you waited centuries to get your butt kicked!" Using his scarf, he wrapped it around the Sorceress and brought her closer to him. "Ninja Butt Kick!" She transformed back into Amanda but her magic was weak. "Ninja..." She said sweetly.
"Amanda..." Randy tried to fight back but he found it difficult. 'What's going on? She's the Sorceress, I have to attack her.' The Sorceress transformed back into her true form. "Not Amanda!" She punched Randy hard and he landed on the ground. She shot some magic at the ceiling and pieces hit Randy on the head.
"Well, well. You can resist the Sorceress, but..." She turned back into her human disguise. "Amanda wants you to stand perfectly still."
'No, no, no. That's the Sorceress, not a human girl.' But it was too late, Randy's eyes turned into an enchanted green. "Can you do that for me, sweetie?"
"Uh-huh." Randy nodded his head.
"Curse you for making me hold this repulsive form."
"Actually, my father cursed you to be that way. I became the Ninja after he banished the Sorcerer about 800 years ago."
Amanda returned to the Carp's Eye to free the Sorcerer. "Really, well. Never mind that besides you're only slowing down my reunion with... the Sorcerer." Randy shook his head. "The Sorcerer! Ninja sp..." Randy tried to attack Amanda but she once again use a spell to entrance him.
"Eyes deceive. Can't use eyes. But the nose knows!" Randy covered his eyes with his scarf and he could smell everything. In fact, once he could smell the Sorceress, he was able to identify the bad smell from earlier. "Wow. You smell really bad. At least now I know what was stinking up the classroom earlier."
Randy kicked a piece of the ceiling at the Sorceress but she began to fight back as he made a pothole in the wall destroying lockers in the process. Randy dodged more parts of the falling ceiling with seeing it all. "Ninja Slide, Ninja Slide. Yeah, baby!" A piece of the ceiling hit Randy on the head. 'Really? Focus, Cunningham.'
The Sorceress laughed evilly as she prepared another attack but Randy kicked her hard onto the lockers and trapped her with his sais. "Boys, boys, I need help."
"Boys?" Randy took a big whiff and a large group of boys came running in to help the Sorceress. "We're here, my love."
"Get the Ninja!" Bash said. "Save Amanda," Howard said in a hypnotic way.
"Howard, Bash?" Bucky then farted then Randy turned to him. "Bucky. Ok, guys, I know Amanda's pretty but she's not..." The boys charged after him then Amanda attack him from behind. The boys dog-piled on top of Randy as the Sorceress freed herself the went back to free the Sorcerer.
The seal soon started to crack.
"YES!" The Sorcerer said in success.
Randy used his scarf to free himself from the guys by using it as a grappling hook. He jumped across and stood right next to Amanda. "Ninja taste of her own medicine. Oh, fellas!" Randy proceeded to fake kiss Amanda on the cheek.
"The Ninja's moving in on our girl," Bash told the group.
"Get him!" Howard said then the boys ran to them. "NO, get back, you animals!" Randy was about to dodge the attack but the boys tackled Amanda disrupting the spell causing the Sorceress's magic to go everywhere destroying parts of the school... again. Randy saw that more debris was about to fall on the unconscious boys. "Ninja Flip." Randy jumped near the boys and pulled him away then seconds later, the debris fell on the Sorceress
The Sorcerer watched in horror as the light faded away permanently sealing him in his prison once more. "NO!"
"You guys okay?" Randy asked them. Julien stood up and nearly attack Randy. "Amanda. You can't have Amanda!"
"Trust me. I don't want her." He gestured to her as she freed herself from the debris. The boys gasped in shock. "Whoa. She ain't pretty. She's ugly." This caused all the boys except for Randy and Howard to flee in terror.
"Okay, Sorceress. Time to finish this." Randy told her as he got into a fighting position.
"Soon, Ninja. The fight has only begun." She teleported herself away leaving the boys alone. They sniffed the air and gagged. "Now I can see why you accused me of farting earlier, that smells schnasty. Smells like baloney and dead fish."
"The nose did not need to know that."
Later that night, the dance was underway despite the ceiling being destroyed. "Thanks to the Ninja tonight's dance is really under the stars," Heidi told her blog as many students were seen in the background dancing.
However, Randy and Howard were sitting on some debris. "Cunningham, we can never let a girl come between us again. Deal?"
"Technically, you and every other guy in the school feel for her. I didn't."
"Yeah, why didn't you anyway? Some secret ninja power you haven't told me about."
"Not really, I've just always been extremely aware of my surroundings. It's why you can't jumpscare me from behind."
"Aw, man. So, want to go home and play video games?"
"Sure. Let's go." The two stood up and proceeded to leave but Theresa stopped them. "Hey. Wanna dance?"
"Theresa, hey, umm..."
"Sit back, Cunningham, and watch a pro."
"A pro? Howard, I've hardly seen you hang out with a girl, much alone ask them to dance."
This argument continued between the two until Theresa got a bit annoyed with it then left. "Forget it."
Deep underground, the Sorceress was making a plan to destroy the Ninja and free her love. She used her magic to replay what the Ninja said to her.
"Actually, my father cursed you to be that way. I became the Ninja after he banished the Sorcerer about 800 years ago."
She replayed it again.
"Actually, my father cursed you to be that way. I became the Ninja after he banished the Sorcerer about 800 years ago."
"So, the Ninja who trapped me is gone and this one has no idea how to trap me again. This works in my favor. I just need to regain my strength to defeat you." The Sorceress laughed evilly as she formed a plan in her mind.
Sorry for the late and much needed update but I wanted to remind y'all know that I have a Tumblr account. I don't know if people made fanart of my stories, if they did I would love to see them, but this way, Y'all can share them with me and I can put a link here for Y'all to see. My Tumblr account is Musiclover638. I also have a DeviantArt. My username is iceninja6. Thanks for reading! Bye! :)
