A/N: I OWN NOTHING BUT MY CHARACTERS!
~Riley's P.O.V~
~Inside the Ninja/Kunoichi Nomicon~
It was study hall when the Nomicon pulled me, and apparently Ninja as well, to teach us a new fighting move.
The Air Fist.
After teaching us the steps, we were then put in a mock battle.
The two of us were trekking through a forest looking for our opponent.
It didn't take long for us to find them. Them being a large Komodo dragon in armor.
The beast hissed at us as we all began to circle each other, never taking our eyes off the other.
"One of us picked a bad day to be a Komodo Dragon in shogun armor."
'Really?' I shot Ninja a look from the corner of my eye before looking back at the komodo dragon.
"Prepare to get air fisted." Ninja pointed at it before looking at me. "You ready Kuno?"
I looked back at him with confidence. "Born ready."
He nodded and looked back at our opponent. "OK. First, separate the clouds..." He waved his arms around, looking like he was pushing something with blue doodles following.
I mirrored his movements before bending down and mimicking like I was gathering something. "Gather the fallen wind..."
After doing the same, Ninja held out his hands with a crud doodle of chicken."..and free the chicken, hahaha!" The drawing disappeared as he laughed. "I can't, I can't! 'Free the chicken?!' What are we supposed to do with that?"
His laughing caused me to laugh as well and lose concentration. I couldn't help it! It was kind of funny. "Dude stop making laugh!"
It was that moment when the Komodo dragon pounced and we had to back flip away to dodge.
Getting back to our feet we got focused again.
"Alright, alright, alright." Ninja said as we stood back to back and mirrored each other. "Clouds,"
"Winds,"
"Chicken-Chicken!" He laughed again causing me to let out a giggle again.
"OK, OK, OK. We're gonna do it this time for real-" Before we could attempt to try again the Komodo dragon rammed into us, sending us to the ground.
It then pounced on us but we used our feet to keep it back. With a strong push, we were able to knock it back to the ground and laid there like a piece of paper.
Seeing the test was over, Ninja looked around talking to the book. "Come on, Nomicon! The air fist is ruining my ninja steeze!"
Doodle words spiraled out of the sky towards us.
-Respect is the key that opens all doors.-
"OK, one, who said anything about doors?" Ninja asked."That's completely off-topic."
"It's being figuratively Ninja." I said, putting my hands on my hips.
Ninja ignored me, make me huff. "And, two, nobody's gonna respect us if we looks like a couple of chicken-tossing shoobs!"
I opened my mouth to retort when some doodle saws cut a circle around each of us, sucking us down the hole before spitting us out of the book.
~Back outside~
I gasped, sitting up. I gave a flat look at the wall of the carrel I was sitting at.
"He just had to open his mouth..." I muttered to myself as I stuffed my Nomicon into my bag.
An alarm suddenly went off throughout the library making me and everyone else look up in confusion.
Without even thinking, I grabbed my mask from my bag and stuffed it into my pant's pocket.
"We're under attack!" I looked towards the Library's entrance to see the principal screaming through a megaphone. "There's a monster on campus! Everybody leave your belongings and exit the building!"
I watched as everyone ran out of the room in a panic. After the room emptied, I ran out as well only to get caught in a crowd.
Trying to break through, I started getting confused when I saw smiles on some of the student's faces.
This is a monster attack, right?
I suddenly tripped over something making me fall to the ground in a somewhat vacant hallway.
"Ow!"
"Oof!"
Lifting myself up, I look to the side and see that I tripped over Randy.
"Randy? Why are you on the ground?"
He opened his mouth to answer when someone walked up to us.
Looking up, I see its Morgan.
She glanced down at us. "It's the Ninja and Kunoichi."
My eyes widen in panic as I shot up to my feet. Randy doing the same for some reason as we talked over each other.
Randy: "Me? I'm not-"
Me: "What makes you think-"
Randy:-Why would you even think that?!"
Me: "Do I look like-"
"We're saved!" Morgan cut us off and pointed behind us.
Huh?
Looking in the direction she was pointing, a bright casted a shadow over two silhouettes that were shaped like the Ninja and Kunoichi!
"What the Ninja?" Randy and I said in unison and in complete confusion.
"Students of Norrisville!" Howard's voice called out.
"Huh?" We said together again.
The two figures walked closer and out of the light to reveal them to be Howard and Rachel in makeshift Ninja and Kunoichi costumes.
"Check it out!" Howard said posing while Rachel just waved.
"Hi everyone!"
Howard was dressed in a long sleeved black shirt with a large orange pixelated G sowed on the center of it, some garden gloves on his hands, black sweat pants, gray shoes, an red scarf around his neck, and a black ski mask only showing his eyes.
Rachel was wearing a black sweater with a dark blue pixelated G on the front of it, blue mittens, a blue skirt with black tights under it, black rainboots with a blue line on the top, a blue scarf, and a black ski mask that only showed her eyes.
I looked at the scene dumbfounded.
"Rachel? Maybe. Weinerman? Yeah, we're all dead." Morgan said before walking away.
(A/N: Does anyone have an idea for Rachel's last name? Cause I got nothing. I'll give credit.)
Randy and I walked up to our friends with Randy asking. "Why are you two dressed like that?"
"Yeah, Monster Drill." Howard said while adjusting his pants. "And guess who Slimovitz picked to be the Ninja and Kunoichi? Spoiler alert," He pulled down his mask a bit. "It's me!"
"And me!" Rachel piped in before she and Howard did some random fighting poses.
Rachel stumbled with one of the moves making me catch her as we all started laughing.
"This is so funny, it's beyond funny."
"I know, I know..." Howard said smiling.
I couldn't put a word in as I couldn't stop giggling. And Rachel wasn't much help as she leaned into me as she laughed.
"I mean, Rachel is too nice and wouldn't hurt a fly and you're lazy, you're slow, you don't like to sweat." Randy said.
"I don't!" Howard said. "I really don't!"
My laughing started to die down as I began to calm down.
"Hahaha! You as a Ninja!" Randy facepalms. "You as a Ninja!"
Rachel's laughed started to stop as well as we both began to frown at Randy's words.
"Ha, I know!" Howard stopped laughing and frowned. "Yes...me," His eyebrows furrowed as Randy kept laughing.
All three of us were frowning at Randy.
"That suit...You look ridiculous." Randy laughed.
This was starting to get irritating.
"It's not that funny." Howard said.
"It is, it really is." Randy wiped his eyes as I crossed my arms, annoyed. "Best. Surprise. Ever! I have not laughed this hard in a long time...! You as the ninja? This is awesome! Hahaha!"
Randy then stopped laughing when he looked at our faces.
"Wait, you're not mad, are you?"
"No! No, I'm not mad. I'm not mad at all." Howard said though his face said otherwise. "Now, if you're finished, I have to take my ridiculous self to the Monster Drill." He then walked away.
"See that sounds like mad." Randy then looked at Rachel and I's angry faces. "What?"
Rachel and I looked each and simultaneously rolled our eyes and scoffed before walking after Howard.
"What!?" We heard Randy call out but we just kept walking.
~Third person P.O.V~
After everyone was situated outside, they gathered around a stage that Principal Slimovitz, Howard, and Rachel were standing on. Rachel and Howard had removed their masks.
Riley was in the front of the crowd and listened as Principal Slimovitz started talking about N.I.N.J.A way of being safe during an attack.
Randy then appeared beside her.
He walked closer and started whispering to Howard. "C'mon, Howard, don't be so sensitive. This is our thing. This is what we do!"
"Oh, no, Cunningham." Howard said, crossing his arms obviously upset. "This time you crossed the line!"
Randy flinched at Howard's tone. He looked towards Rachel for back up but she looked away with a 'hmph'.
He then looked towards Riley but flinched back at the hard glare being sent his way.
"So now that you know what to do in a monster attack, let's practice." Principal Slim said. "Where is my monster?" His eyes flickered around nervously when he couldn't see the pretend monster anywhere.
The crowed started getting restless.
"You promised a monster!" Bash yelled as one of his jock friends picked him up by his head. "I'm getting wicked bored! I'm gonna start acting out soon!"
"Boring! boring!" The crowed started to chant.
Principal Slimovitz started to panic and turned to Howard and Rachel. "My monster's running late. Stall!"
"I got your back, P-Slimi." Howard said.
Rachel saluted playfully. "Aye aye, Captain!"
Riley quirked an eyebrow at the mischievous look growing on Howard's face.
"S'up, Norrisville! I am the Ninja!" Howard greeted. "I think I'm better than everyone else." He sent Randy a mocking look. "I do unnecessary flips. I'm a huge show off."
The crowed began to laugh a bit, even Riley. This made Randy frown a bit.
But she was a little confused. Why was Howard mocking the Ninja? Wasn't he a big fan?
"His flips are totally unnecessary." Morgan chimed in. "One time I saw him run on the ceiling for no reason."
"I'm sure he had a reason." Randy said. "Nobody runs on the ceiling for no reason."
'Have to argue with you on that Randy...' Riley thought to herself thinking back on all the unnecessary moves Ninja did during battle.
Not that she didn't do it as well, but no where near as much as Ninja.
"My partner and I do more damage to this school than the monsters!" Howard continued.
"My car could tell you that." Principal Slim said.
Riley winced a little at that jab. 'Really, REALLY need to work on damage control.'
"My stupid self couldn't get anything done with out my much smarter partner!" Howard said before dropping to his knees and talked dramatically to Rachel. "Oh Kunoichi! Please help me with stuff that I cant do on my own."
Rachel looked a little uncomfortable but played along as she placed a comforting hand on his shoulder. "Do not worry Ninja! I'll protect you with my big brain and pretty metal fan!" She then too out a regular wooden hand fan and fanned herself dramatically.
The crowed laughed with Riley smiling, amused at her friend's acting but couldn't shake off the degrading feeling.
'Do people really think like that about me and Ninja?' She thought, feeling self-conscious.
"I'm 800 years old, which was the last time this scarf was in style." Howard then started spinning his scarf around while skipping causing a new round of laughter.
"Hey! The scarf is a serious Ninja tool!" Randy said getting defensive. "Plus it's cool! It's cool!"
'Why is he getting so worked up about this?' Riley asked herself, sending Randy a confused look.
"Hey, everybody. Smoke bomb!" Howard then let out a fart, fueling the laughter.
Rachel and the principal fan their noses from the fart and Riley scrunched up her nose in disgust.
Some guy nudged Randy out of his deadpanned look. "These two are way funnier than the real Ninja and Kunoichi."
Howard took off one of his gloves showing off the rings on his fingers. "Ooh! Look at my ninja rings. I'm the prettiest Ninja in all of ninjaland!" He then struck a ballerina pose.
Riley had to bite her lip from laughing at that one. (A/N: That line always make s me laugh XD!)
Randy shot him a look. "Clearly, the Ninja upset you in some way, and I'm sure he's really sorry about it."
'What did he do?' Riley wanted to ask.
Howard just glared down at Randy. "Oh, he's gonna be sorry! I'm just getting started."
A sudden thumping noise caught Riley's attention as she turned her head around to look for the source.
A large robotic praying mantis suddenly burst out of the bushes.
"Finally, our practice monster!" The principal said. "Kudos to Mr. Smith's metal shop class. OK, places everyone, and remember, N. Nobody panic!"
Howard started walking over to the robot with Rachel. "Alright, alright. I'm gonna have to get knocked around by this thing a few times before we learn how to beat it." He then pulled out a long piece of salami and pointed it at the monster with Rachel doing the same with her fan.
The monster started stumbling around causing some student to move out of the way. Riley and Randy had to jump to the side to prevent from being squished.
The two walked back over to one of it's legs as Rand pointed out. "Wait a minute. Mr. Smith's class can't even build a birdhouse."
Riley looked over at a bird house not to far from them that looked poorly put together and it immediately collapsed when a bird flew inside it.
Randy lightly tapped a leg and was suddenly pulled out of the way by Riley as a different leg swung out and kicked a student, Haydn, away.
"Haydn!" Riley yelled out in worry as the mantis continued on.
"Out of my way kid!" McFist voice rang out from the monster.
"McFist." Randy and Riley unknowingly mumbled in unison as they glared after the monster.
Randy ran off towards the school but Riley paid him no mind as she jumped into some bushes and pulled out her mask.
Howard pointed his salami sword at the robot. "Get ready to taste ninja sword!"
He and Rachel began waving their 'weapons' around only to have the robot fall on its side.
They walked over to it's head.
"Try to stay on your feet, Hensletter." Howard said. "We've got a crowd to entertain here."
"You okay Bucky, Flute girl?" Rachel asked concerned for her band mates.
Howard waved her off. "They're fine. Ninja whap!" He then hit the robot with his 'sword'.
"Time for a smoke bomb." Howard then sat on the head and farted on it.
"Ew! Howard!" Rachel exclaimed disgusted as she covered her nose.
The robot's head suddenly jerks up with Howard still on its face.
He screams as he falls, but quickly righted himself. "Wow! Nice moves, you two."
Howard prepared his 'sword' again only to have the robot brig down one of its claws and cuts a piece off of the salami. "Ooh. Hey, band geeks, take it down a notch! This was the deli's last sword."
Rachel started getting nervous and began to back away. "Uh...Howard..."
The robot then stabbed through Principal Slimovitz car.
"My car!" He screamed.
The robot then finished it off by firing missiles at the vehicle.
"Missiles, really?!"
Howard dropped his salami in realization. "That's a real monster!"
The principal quaked with fear. "Real monster! Everybody panic!"
Everyone started running around panicking and screaming.
A flash of blue suddenly wrapped around Howard and Rachel, pulling them away in time from getting squashed.
After seeing they were safe, they looked up at their savior.
"Kunoichi!"
"You two try and ditch the outfits and find cover, Hurry!" Kunoichi said as she threw one of her tessen at the monster, leaving only a small scratch.
"Right!" Rachel said before running away.
"Ditching!" Howard yelled right after and followed after her.
Only to trip and fall.
Kunoichi smacked her forehead just as a burst of red smoke appeared behind her.
"SMOKEBOMB!"
Kunoichi turned around to see her partner.
The crowd cheered.
"The real Ninja and Kunoichi!"
"You gotta save us!"
"This drill stinks!" Morgan said.
Ninja jumped forward to stand beside his partner just as the monster loomed over Howard ready to strike.
Ninja shared a glance with Kunoichi. "Ready to give this monster a double dose of Air Fist?"
Kunoichi sent him a smirk from under her mask. "Just waiting on you, Red."
The two began to mirror each other.
Kunoich waved her arms around. "Separate the clouds..."
They both bent down as Ninja said. "Gather the fallen wind..."
From behind them, they heard Bash laughing. "Ha-ha! Looks like the Ninja's makin' a Mr. Grumpy. Right?"
Kunoichi was givin something different in the form of a wolf whistle.
The female hero felt her eye twitch and face flush as she tried to resist the urge to throw a Ninja ring over her shoulder in the direction of the whistle.
Ninja saw this and said, "Tune them out Kuno, focus."
Kunoichi took a deep breath and did just that as they both lifted up their hands.
"Freeing the chicken..."
The two the brought their hands to their chests as balls of pressurized air appeared in their hands.
Simotaniously, they launched the attack towards the monster with Ninja yelling. "Ninja air fist!"
Ninja's air fist ended up hitting Howard and causing him to get stuck on the flag pole by his pants.
Kunoichi's air fist on the other hand was able to skin the underbelly of the monster causing it to stumble back a bit.
Ninja shot a sheepish look towards his hanging friend. "Sorry! I was aiming for the mantis."
"Guess our aim was little to low." Kunoichi pointed out as the monster stomped it's way towards the two heroes.
"Aleast you hit the thing!" Ninja said a bit miffed.
The monster was now over the two and tried to stab them only for them move around and avoid them.
Seeing how stabbing wasn't working, the monster opted for swiping at them only for them to dodge again.
Taking out their weapons, Ninja grabbing his dual swords, the two used them to block more swipes.
The monster stabbed at the ground on either side of them.
Ninja used this and was able to bring himself up to its face only to be swatted to the side.
Ninja slammed into the flag pole, allowing Howard to shake free and fall to the ground.
Ninja lifted himself up and said. "Howard, sorry about earlier. I shouldn't have said that stuff. I don't think you being the Ninja is ridiculous."
"No, it is!" Howard exclaimed. "It's completely ridiculous! I don't wanna be the Ninja anymore. You be the Ninja. And it was more about your tone." The sight of an incoming monster gave Howad the strength to pick himself up and bolt just as Kunoichi was thrown at and caught by Ninja.
After setting Kunoichi down, the two heroes glared at the monster as it brought down it's head to their level.
"You can take my swords..." Ninja said as he and Kunoichi readied another air fist. "But you'll never take our air fists!"
The double attack was able to knock the head of the monster clean off. The body blew up not a minute later.
The crowd cheered for it's heroes just the principal stepped up. "Drill's over. Back to class."
That quickly killed the mood as everyone frowned and walked away leaving Howard, Ninja, and Kunoichi alone.
"Well todays been fun but I thinks its time for me to go." Kunoichi said as she and Ninja shared a high-five. "Later Red."
"Later Kuno."
Kunoichi then smoked bombed away.
"Howard," Ninja placed a hand on his friend's shoulder. "I want you to know I respect you, but I'm still gonna make fun of you."
"Wouldn't have it any other way." Howard said before smirking. "Nice scarf."
"It came with the suit!" Ninja said in defense.
"Grrr! We are the monster!" Two voice rang out as a shape in the distance ran closer to the two.
"Monster!" Howard yelled.
Ninja jumped in front of him and launched his attack. "Air fist!"
The attack quickly destroyed the 'monster' and laying in the remains were a dazed/bruised Flute girl and Bucky.
Ninja looked at Howard worried. "Uh-oh. Now what?"
"I'm thinkin' smoke bomb."
"You know what? I respect that. Smoke bomb!"
