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I totally skipped a chapter before, and I totally apologize! It should be up now or soon (I have uploaded it at this moment)

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So guess what!

I have the rest of the series planned out! *.* There's about 20 chapters left methinks! I did plan a "reader suggestion" chapter, so if you want anything in particular (no matter how crazy) please let me know and it might be put in the story! :D

That one's about 13 chapters away, so there's some time, but please make a suggestion whenever you want!


"Well, I actually wanted to say sorry about jumping the gun for this assumption." Jake looked at the ground and shuffled, "But it's okay now right? We cool?"

"Nope!" Danny smirked. "You'll have to make up for it by letting me call the group The Secret Trio."

"Aww man..." Jake complained.

"Oh seriously? The Secret Trio?" Randy laughed, "I was thinking of that name too! Ey, great minds think alike, am I right?"

Danny raised an eyebrow then returned Randy's high five.

"Let's, uh, get off the OP center now." Danny gestured to the building under them and switched to his ghost form.

"Where are we gonna go?" Randy asked, taking a step closer to Jake.

"Why don't we go to Gramps' place and show gear off." Jake suggested, getting into his dragon form once more.

"But what about Sam, Tuck, and them?" Danny asked the question.

"We can explain later." Jake answered easily.

"What about school?" Randy got onto Jake's back then let out a hearty laugh, "I almost sounded sincere about that one. Pretty good, huh?"

Danny gave Randy a good look, "we might as well skip since we've missed 5th period."

"Fair point." Jake took off once Randy was situated.

~bedobedobedobeeeeuu *batman sound effect for scene change* At Jake's place!~

"So I have the basic dragon kit. Fire, minor shapeshifting, flight, etc." Jake explained his powers as he led the two to the basement.

"My suit has all my gear, I'll lay it out when we get down there." Randy nodded.

"My real question: why does your VHS repair shop have a training room in the basement?" Danny asked then added, "One that can withstand abnormal situations?"

"Eh, Gramps said his master built it for when he was training." Jake dismissed the question and held his hands out. "Voila!"

The area was quite large, with a rectangular shape. It was an off-white color so that it wouldn't blind the trainee. Thankfully. There was nothing else in the room -save the dust.

"Actually, why was Lao okay with Randy knowing?" Danny asked, "He almost flipped out at me learning your secret."

"Oh, dragons and ninjas go way back. In fact, Gramps was friends with the last ninja."

"And the Nomicon says it's fine." Randy put his mask on and the ribbons appeared, just as flashy as it was last time. "Okay so I have all of this." He began taking... things out of his suit and laying them about.

"Let's start with the Ninja bee balls, Ninja trip balls..." Randy listed off what was before him. Danny lost track of all the gadgets when he began to explain the different types of weapons he had stored.

"Oh, the most important tools to me would be the ninja sword, scarf, and smokebomb." He nodded, pointing to each object as he said their title. "I also have the Ninja Tengu Fireball, Ninja Air Fist, Ninja earth attack, The Art of Healing, The Art of Disguise, and super senses." Randy took a deep breath, "What do you have Danny?"

"Eh?" Danny wasn't sure how to top what Randy had, or even if he needed to. "Well, Ghost sense, Ghost shield, and ice rays." He counted off on his fingers, "Then I also have the classic ghost powers of flight, intangibility, invisibility, Ghost rays, and overshadowing-"

"Overshadowing?" Randy interrupted Danny.

"Yeah, I can take over people's body for a while." Danny replied, "anyways, I'm also working on duplication... My future self was able to use a Ghostly Wail of sorts... I have no idea how to do it though."

"Wait... You saw your future self?" Jake asked.

"He was trying to kill my friends so I was guaranteed to turn into him." Danny brushed it off, "Clockwork helped me stop him though."

"Clockwork?"

"Clockwork's the ghost of time. He has the ability to travel through it."

"Dude, Jake, it's not that surprising." Randy continued when Jake gave him a look, "What? I went back in time and met The First Ninja." He began to put his things back, "It was about the 13th century. I helped The First Ninja seal the sorcerer and create the Nomicon." He paused, "We're still buds."

"How could you still be friends with him still..." Danny took his turn to question the information provided. "He's dead right?"

"Nah, He's in the Nomicon." Randy stuffed the Nomicon inside his suit. "Anywho I wanna see your fire." Danny had a feeling that Randy was grinning, "I bet my Ninja Tengu Fireball is better!"

Danny switched to his ghost form to avoid wild fire shots and called, "I'll be over here." before walking to a corner of the room. He was interested in the fight, but he was more interested in what would happen next. The Secret Trio was finally formed... But what was their purpose? There had to be a reason why the three were brought together... Danny didn't believe in fate, but it isn't often when a ghost, dragon, and ninja team up. If ever. Phantom's thoughts were broken as Randy shout his attack as loud as he could. The two had quickly set up a target on the wall or, more likely, it was there to begin with. The ghost watched as Randy's suit swapped primary and secondary colors, and a ball of fire in the form of a fist came from his hands, bathing the target in fire. Danny giggled as Jake complained about getting a new target.

Danny turned back to his train of thought. The ghost took a couple of minutes to formulate his ideas, then kneeled down to look around for a piece of paper and pen.

"Whatchu scheming?" A pen and paper fell in front of Danny as a human Jake asked the question.

"Oh, you done showing off?" Danny smirked, taking the pan and paper. "That was fast."

"Yeah, and I'm better than Jake is." Randy gloated.

"Psh, you wish." Jake quipped back.

Danny rolled his eyes. "I was just trying to figure out why there haven't been any ghosts lately."

"Oh yeah, that is a good question." Randy took off his mask and plopped onto the floor. "Can I have a paper and pen too Jake?"

"What am I, a busboy?" Jake grumbled and produced another set of writing utensils.

"So... First off, who are your guys' main enemies?" Danny rearranged himself so he could write, "My arch nemesis is a man named Vlad Plasmius-"

"Total bad guy name." Randy commented.

"I know right?" Jake added.

"-who is a half-ghost like me, but more powerful." Danny continued, ignoring the two's comments. "He was turned half-ghost via my dad's first attempt at a ghost portal. He was deemed ill and sent to a hospital for years to recover. He somehow made a name for his human side, Vlad Masters, and became one of the most powerful ghosts out there. His main powers are duplication, manipulation, and ghost shields."

Jake nodded, like it all made sense. "Okay, so an uber-powerful half-ghost is after you because...?"

"Well, I'm dad's son. My dad took Maddie, whom Vlad loved, out from under him, so he despises me to get back at Dad."

"Basically revenge." Randy simplified it.

"Yeah, revenge. Really complicated revenge." Danny wrote down his name, powers, and reason for hating Danny.

A second passed and Jake sighed, "okay. Well, there really is no 'bad guy' per say from the mythical realm that I deal with daily. Hmm... Maybe The Dark Dragon... Though, if I had to decide on who to take the overall 'bad-guy' spot, it would be The Huntsclan."

"Ooooo, spookier name than Plasmius." Randy lifted his hands to imitate a ghost, but was soon stopped by an annoyed look from Danny.

"The Huntsclan's whole purpose is to capture magical beasts. In fact, their right of passage is killing a dragon..." Jake sniffed, "My first love is a Huntsgirl."

"Rough buddy." Danny patted Jake's shoulder, "But do they have any particular motive or power?"

"They just want the world to be rid of magical creatures. I'm not sure why. Oh, also, they all have a dragon birthmark on them somewhere... Most likely the left hand."

Danny took the notes.

"I have two main enemies." Randy began. "Though, it's more like just one big bad guy and a littler, more annoying on under him..." He thought for a moment, "anyways, this big bad guy is known as The Sorcerer."

"Pff!" Jake took his turn to laugh at the name of the bad guy.

"No really though, he's a scary dude." Randy assured Jake. "I already explained a bit of this to Danny, but his main goal is to regain his power and take over the world. He's currently sealed under Norrisville High -which we all know is the pre-expanded school we attend now- chained to the ground under a spell that prevents him from using all of his power. He stanks kids by using his magic to turn them into monsters when they are vulnerable... I think his power is chaos or something? I mean, that's all that he aims for..." He thought for another second. "Regardless, he's trying to break free. Now McFist, his underling, is trying to free him by destroying The Ninja-" he pointed to himself, "-me. I'm not entirely sure what McFist's motive is but I think it has something to do with... A wish? He mostly deals in robots."

When Randy stopped talked, Danny took a second to be surprised. "Wow, I didn't think you could ever be serious. Much less know that much about your enemies."

"True that." Jake added.

"Well... I am The Ninja. It's kinda my job to be sneaky and learn about my opponents."

"Fair point." Danny took the notes. "So, let's see what has happened since then." Danny put a couple of pieces together and took Randy's sheet (which he gave a little protest to). He began to draw a mind map of sorts. "So... I say that the possessed robotic elf was a coincidence." He pointed to the robot's spot on the page. "But why would Vlad want pixies?"

"Maybe he just wanted to see what they do." Randy suggested, taking his pen and writing the idea on the page.

"I doubt he's doing anything." Jake said, "Pixies are pretty obnoxious and won't give you information no matter how much you hurt them. They're tough little bugs."

"Yeah, I guess so." Danny thought, "But Vlad is always up to something."

"He probably just saw new creatures on his turf." Randy gave another option, again writing it down. "I mean, you didn't know about magical creatures until Jake appeared. Maybe the pixies were getting a bit too cocky with the Am Drag around and got caught."