A/N: Before someone says something, I honestly have no idea on how to wright 'Bash the 11th grade Ninja'. So I'm just gonna skip it, I might come back to it later but I don't know.
Also, I OWN NOTHING BUT MY CHARACTERS!
~Riley's P.O.V~
I was hanging out with Rachel at my locker as I got my stuff together to go to lunch when the hallway TVs turned on with Heidi on the screen.
"Hey peeps! Its your bestie Heidi here giving you a little something before heading to lunch. So here to put a smile on your face its Heidi's Hot Pick of the Day, Gut Check!"
The screen then switches to a pale yellow slide with an orange bowling ball on the top.
"Gut Check take one." A familiar voice said off screen as a green sleeved covered arm came into view.
I glanced at the owner of the voice and arm who was standing beside his friend watching the screen as well.
Looking back at the screen, I just missed the small hopeful/nervous glances being sent my way every few minutes.
I watch as Randy narrate each event happing in the video. "It's over the dog house. Explodes the bottle, tips the trash cans, releases the catapult, launches the monkey wrench..."
A smile wormed its way onto my face at the sight of Howard in a sumo costume suspended above the ground, as his face went from excited to 'regretting some recent life choices'.
I, and everyone else watching, burst into laughter when the wrench rocketed into Howard's sumo gut making him swing back into a gate, that broke, bounce a bit before the suit ripped at the bottom making a dazed Howard fall out in only his boxers.
Another round of laughter rang through the halls as the video ended.
The screen then switched back to Heidi.
"Gut Check! That's right, peep diddlies. Gut Check is H. Dub's hot pick of the day. Congrats to my normally useless brother and his biffer tandy who just knocked Accordion Dave and Concertina Kitty out of the top spot. Me-ouch!"
A sudden hiss drew my attention back to Randy as I see him get clawed at by Accordion Dave's cat before it leaped away in a huff.
"Oh, boy. I'm never going to hear the end of this." Dave said before running after the cat.
It was at that moment everyone, including me and Rachel with her dragging me, crowed around Randy and Howard.
"You guys are hilarious!" Flute girl said smiling.
"I literally L.'d O. L. Literally." Morgan also says.
Shrugging, I joined in on the congratulation. "You guys have certainly out down yourselves."
Randy's proud smile seem to get bigger until it was wiped right off his face when Bash grabbed him and Howard by their collars.
"You guys were funny. Especially when you got hit in the guts." Bash said showing no harm making the two smile again as the crowd cheered.
"Mission accomplished, Cunningham." Howard said as he held out his hand. "We're Net-lebrities!"
"Uh, I think you mean celebri-Webs." Randy said before shaking his friend's hand.
"All I know is, once you're famous on the Internet, you're famous forever."
I was about to open my mouth and argue with that statement when Heidi on the tv cut me off.
"Before we shut down, here's today's What The Huh?" Heidi presses a button making that sound. "This head scratcher comes courtesy of our exchange student du jour, Jacques."
I and a few other glanced at the guy as he sat at table that was in the hallway, reading a book and drinking some hot tea from a thermos.
Looking back at the screen, it began playing a black and white video that...made no sense at all.
At the end of it, the hallway was dead silence as everyone was giving each other confused looks.
Just...what?
Bash dropped the guys. "That movie made me have feelings. I hate having feelings! Get him!"
Bash's goons immediately ganged up on the kid, holding him still as Bash gave him a wedgie.
"My first American-style wedgie." Jacques grunted in pain.
I grimace at the sight with Rachel as we stood next to Randy and Howard.
"Well, I'm off to lunch." Howard said standing up. "Gonna see what kind of VIP line-cutting this new found fame will get me."
Randy stops him. "Howard, wait. We can't let Jacques suffer just because he made a super-lame video."
"Can't forget our roots." Howard said in agreement.
The four of us stepped up to the bullies.
"Bash, settle." Randy said catching the groups attention. "Jacques mean you no harm."
"You two are famous, which means I gotta do what you tell me." Bash said dropping Jacques harshly and then running away with his friends.
Jacques picked himself up from the ground. "This I do not understand. Bash did not enjoy my docu-poem?"
Randy patted his head making me grin in amusement. "Jacques, you're not from here. So you don't know what makes a video..." He imitates a sliding whistle.
"And what makes a video" Howard makes a fart sound with his mouth. "You follow?"
"Ah, oui, oui!" Jacques nodded looking excited. "I would like to learn the meaning of your many sounds."
"We're about to shoot our next video. You should come along." Randy said.
"Oui. I will bring my video camera to document your cinema film." Jacques said taking out his camera.
"And I will bring the balls to hit Howard in the guts." Randy said holding up two balls.
"And I will bring the guts." Howard said pulling up his shirt showing is stomach making Rachel and I look away.
The three boys tripled high five as Rachel and I share a smile.
"Speaking of guts, how about we go grab lunch." Rachel suggested.
"I am 100% behind this plan." Howard said already walking towards the cafeteria.
Everyone started walking after the younger Weinerman but I stopped Randy before he could.
"Something up Riley?" Randy asked looking curious.
I shook my head. "No, I just wanted to say that what your doing for Jacques is really sweet."
Randy's cheeks went a little red as he rubbed the back of his head, looking bashful. " Oh uh, I-its nothing. Just w-wanted to help out, you know."
I smiled and grabbed his free hand. "Well, either way its really thoughtful of you. Come on, let go before Howard hogs all the food."
I started dragging him along towards our friends, not seeing a beat red, dopy look on his face.
~Third Person P.O.V~
The next day everyone was gathered in the hallway watching Randy and Howard's new funny video.
Or in this case, Jacques's new parkour video.
"That just happened. H. Dub's hot pick of the day. Maybe the year." Heidi says to her audience through the tv making everyone cheer.
Howard and Randy meet up in the hall and high fived each other as they heard the excited cheers of the crowed.
"Howard, is it even possible to be bigger than an Internet celebrity?" Randy asked his friend.
"I think we're about to find out." Howard said as the crowed began flocking towards them. " Remember, stay humble, Cunningham."
The two stood proud ready to soak up the attention only for their eyes to pop open in shock as the screaming fans ran past them and down the hall. Watching them run by, the boys were even more shock as they began carrying and cheering for Jacques.
"Where'd you learn those sweet moves?" Flute girl asked from the crowed.
"I literally would date you. Literally." Morgan said while giving him a playful push on the arm.
Jacques spots his friends as he said joyfully. "Randy, Howard! I found my secret is the jumping off of things."
The two bros were in disbelief as they watch Jacques be carried away from sight.
"They actually liked that better than us!" Randy said looking mad.
Howard grabbed him by the collar looking just as mad. "We used our Net-librity to create a new celebri-Web, WHO ISNT US!"
"In my country,-" The boy's heads snapped to the tv monitor and see Jacques doing a one handed, hand stand on Heidi's show. "-the babies are taught first to walk on the hands, then on the feet. N'cest-ce pas?"
"When can we scope more of your amazing skills?" Heidi asked.
"Well, since you are loving my secret sauce so much, I am happy to do a demonstration after the school." Jacques said sounding and looking confident.
Heidi pointed the camera at her. "After school, live. Jacques jumps off a bunch of stuff. It is on!"
"His secret sauce is jumping off of things?" Randy said sounding shock by the idea.
Howard started rubbing his chin trying to think. "If only we knew someone as good as Jacques at unnecessary flipping and superfluous wall-running."
A lightbulb goes off in Randy's head. "Howard, you're right. It's time we bring in the big guy."
"Awesome! I'll call my cousin Vic." Howard said looking for his phone while Randy gave him a flat look. "I know you're not crazy about him, but sweet cheese, that kid can flip."
Wordlessly, Randy pulled out his Ninja mask and held it up.
"Oh, the Ninja. Yeah, that works." The two then walked through the halls coming up with a plan.
But as they passed a hallway, Howard carelessly glanced down the hall before doing a doubletake and freezing.
"Hey Howard, whats the hold up?" Randy asked looking back at him seeing him frozen mid-step looking at something.
Curious, Randy was about to turn his head to look as well but was stopped by Howard when he snapped out of it.
"Hey Cunningham! H-have, have you... taken the time to look at the school posters?!" Howard asked with a large fake grin gesturing to the was beside them and having their back to the hallway.
"...You mean the posters that we see everyday?" Randy asked looking confused.
"Uh... yes. But I mean have your really looked them." Howard said before mumbling under his breath. "...and not at the thing happening behind us..."
"Whats happening behind us?" Randy asked hearing him making Howard cringe at his mistake.
Randy turned to look behind him again but Howard stopped him. "Nothing! There is nothing going on behind us at this very moment in time."
"...So something is happening behind us." Randy concluded crossing his arms.
"No there isn't."
"So why cant I look?"
"Because! Because...that hallway looks lame!"
"All the hallways look the same."
"But that one super, extra, stinken lame!"
"Is that right?"
"YES!"
"..."
"..."
"..."
"..."
"...HEY LOOK FREE NACHOS!"
"WHERE!?"
Randy laughed in triumph before spinning around to look down the hallway only to freeze.
At the end of the, Jacques was having what looked like a pleasant conversation with the one and only Riley Davis.
Howard peeked nervously at his friend who didn't even blink when Jacques said something that made Riley laugh.
The conversation came to an end with Jacques doing a mocking bow and Riley pushing his shoulder in a teasing way, giggling before separating in opposite directions.
Taking another peek at Randy, Howard took an immediate step to the side as Randy clenched his fist around his mask tightly with gritted teeth and a narrowed eyed dark look of jealously.
"He's. Going. Down!"
It was now after school and the student body was outside watching Jacques preform some tricks that he ended with flipping onto a school bollard.
Everyone cheered at the show.
Heidi held up her phone as she recorded everything. "Jacques, all of the Internet is watching. Anything you want to say?"
"I hope my secret sauce will show the world that any obstacle life throws at you can be flipped over, jumped off, or doven through." He hops off the bollard. "Mademoiselle Heidi, please take my camera, and capture the art I am about to make."
Heidi took the camera and started recording. "Ready when you are."
"And now, I begin."
Rachel bounced in spot on the stairs next to Riley. "Jacques's flips are amazing! How does he do it all."
"It is pretty impressive." Riley said in agreement watching Jacques flipped off a metal bar.
"By the way, what did Jacques need you for?"
"Oh he..."
"SMOKEBOMB!"
Everyone's head snapped towards the sound and see Ninja on top of the school above the clock.
Riley tensed at the sight of her partner and quickly glanced around for the reason of his sudden arrival.
Everyone watched as Ninja preform some of his own tricks before landing on top of Jacques's shoulders as he sat on a pile of chairs.
'What the juice was that?' Riley thought confused.
The crowed cheered for Ninja as Jacques greeted him. "Ninja! Welcome to my Internet."
Ninja was silent for a brief moment as he stared him down before smirking under his mask. "Oh, no. Allow me to welcome you to my Internet. Try to keep up."
Ninja the jumps off him and began his routine of some impressive flipping before ending it by landing on a tower in front of the cheering crowd.
'What is he doing?' Riley asked herself while narrowing her eyes.
Jacques flipped into the scene. "A flip-off, is it?"
He raced off with some impressive speed, running, jumping, flipping, and finishing with a swing of the flag pole and salute to the audience.
Ninja looked at the cheering crowd feeling annoyed but felt his blood boil when he saw his crush cheering as well.
Stepping it up a notch, Ninja performed some near impossible moves for a normal person making the crowd go wild.
"Ninja just showed Jacques how we jump off of stuff in the N'Ville." Heidi said filming everything.
Jacques was standing behind her looking upset. "But the jumping...is my sauce."
Ninja stood in front of the crowd after finishing. "It has been great flipping for you, everybody."
Looking into the audience, He sees Riley starting at him in fascination (Confusion). Smirking smugly at the adoring attention (Accusing stare), he sent her a wink before smoke bombing away.
"...Did the Ninja just wink at you?" Rachel asked her stunned friend.
She didn't get an answer.
Jacques looked around stunned and confused. "But Ninja stole my secret sauce, and humiliated moi in front of my own camera." His lip quivered as feelings of defeat set in.
Riley saw this and stood up to talk to him.
~~With Ninja and Howard~~
Howard laughed on the roof of the school. "You totally schooled Jacques."
"I did, didn't I?" Ninja said.
"Totally."
Ninja then started looking a little unsure. "You think maybe it was a little too.."
"Harsh?" Howards finished. "Oh, yeah. You destroyed him in front of everyone."
Ninja sighed. "I should apologize, shouldn't I?"
"What? No!" Howards said. "Don't apologize. Look, I'm no Ninja-nomicon, but the Ninja shouldn't have to apologize because he's awesome!"
"You're right." Ninja said before giving him a sly look. "You are no Ninja-nomicon."
Riley was sitting next to a whimpering Jacques trying to comfort him as he cradled his camera to his chest.
Ninja landed in front of the two looking a bit miffed at their closeness but pushed it down at the sight of Riley's glare. "Look, Jacques. It occurs to me that maybe I possibly could have a little bit humiliated you."
"Uh Ninja..." Riley called out backing away as green mist started surrounding Jacques.
Ninja saw this and started to panic a bit. "Oh, don't do that." He tried to fan the stank away. "There is no need for that."
A skinny hairy hand knocks him away.
Jacques then turned into a monkey monster.
Riley quickly ran off and hid behind a car. Pulling on her mask, she quickly followed Ninja and after Monster Jacques up the school building.
Getting on the roof, they took battel stances as they faced Monster Jacques.
"Look, if I didn't say it before, I'm officially sorry." Ninja apologized.
"You better be sorry!" Kunoichi yelled as she punched the monster. "Seriously! What was the point of humiliating him like that!?"
"Uh..." Ninja didn't get to finished as Monster Jacques sprang back up and kicked him away.
The three started duking it out but Monster Jacques's acrobatic skills made it hard to land a hit,
"Taste my sauce!" Monster Jacques growled out as he swung his tail at the two but the dodged in time.
"How about I give you a taste of my Ninja tripping balls!" Ninja threw down the little silver balls causing Monster Jacques to slip and fall over the ledge.
"Dude!" Kunoichi said shocked.
"I didn't mean to do that!" Ninja defended.
When Monster Jacques face planted on the ground; Howard, who picked up Jacques's camera and was filming everything, noticed something.
"Gonna need you to do that again." Howard called up to the two heroes. "Thought I was recording. Wasn't."
"Kinda contemplating de-stankage here." Ninja said back.
"Ninja look!" Kunoichi pointed at the camera that was floating a faint green.
"Howard, the camera!" Ninja said to his friend. "We have to destroy it!"
"No way." Howard argued. "I haven't finished filming the fight. This thing's guaranteed to be H. Dub's pick of the decade!"
"Weinerman you either bust the camera or I bust you!" Kunoichi yelled looking annoyed by the conversation.
Before Howard could say anything, Monster Jacques grabbed him with his tail.
"That is my camera!" Monster Jacques roared taking the camera and then hanging Howard by his underwear on a lamp post.
Ninja and Kunoichi quickly leapt down and looked at the hanging Weinerman.
"Uh, Jacques took the camera." Howard said looing uncomfortable.
The two heroes quickly followed Monster Jacques closely with jumps, flips, and dives.
When landing on a bus, Monster Jacques pinned the two down with his tail.
"We need that camera." Ninja said pointing at the device as Kunoichi struggled.
"Never!" Monster Jacques swat them away into a tree.
The tree bent backwards from the force before launching the two towards a dumpster that pushed into Slimovits car, that crashed the car into the bus making Monster Jacques fly off it and into a wall and making dazed and dropping the camera.
Seeing this, Kunoichi cartwheeled over before jumping into the air with a flip and finally crushing the camera to pieces with her foot.
Jacques turned back to normal.
"Totally planned that!" Ninja said looking confident beside his partner.
'...No we didn't.' Was what Kunoichi wanted to say but just kept it to herself.
They both then went towards the lamp post Howard was hanging on. Kunoichi gave it a swift kick causing Howard to be shaken off and be caught by Ninja.
"Thanks, Ninja, Kunoichi. My tender parts were starting to chafe." Howard thanked while rubbing his backside.
"Ew, TMI Howard. Later Red." Kunoichi then smoked bombed away.
Ninja leaned against the lamp post. "Howard, I have to make this up to Jacques. And you're gonna help me."
"That worked on every level." Howard said to Randy and Jacques as their new video ended.
The two boys nodded in agreement,
"And now we can all see why H. Dub's pick of the day-" Heidi started on her show.
"Celebri-Webdom, we're back." Randy said as the three boys prepared for their rise to fame.
"-is Accordion Dave with a new partner aw, Percussion Possum."
The boys were in shock as switched to Accordion Dave and a possum behind some drums.
Playing a note, Dave kicked the stand the possum was on making play on the drums.
At a most professional level.
"What is this?!" Jacques asked in disbelief. "We lose to a rodent on the drums? How is this possible?"
He looked at Randy and Howard who suddenly began to laugh at the video.
"It's a possum. On the drums!" Randy laughed holding his stomach.
"And he's got perfect rhythm." Howard weezed out.
Jacques gave them both a look before shaking his head. "Your Internet makes no sense."
"Now your getting it."
The three turned towards the voice and see Riley and Rachel walking up to them.
"Hey guys! Great video." Rachel complemented.
"Thank you Rachel. But the lost has my mind in a whirl and I must think, Au revoir." Jacques then walked away.
When he was out of sight, Rachel turned Riley. "Hey you never did tell me what Jacques needed you for yesterday."
That got Randy's attention and he tried not to look interested in the conversation.
The look Howard sent him said he was doing a terrible job.
"Oh, he just wanted some pastries suggestion for his Aunt's visit next week."
Randy's shoulders sagged in relief but asked in a 'casual' tone. "So...he didn't ask you out or something?"
"Ask me out?" Riley asked looking surprised by the idea. "Haha no. Jacques cool and everything but he's not really my type."
"What's your type?" Randy blurted out without thinking.
Howard facepalmed and Rachel giggled.
Riley smiled in amusement. "Sorry Randy, but that's for me to know..." She leaned in close while poking his chest. "and for you to figure out."
She then turned on her heel walking away saying "Later" over her shoulder.
Rachel quickly followed after, giggling the whole time.
Randy was frozen in shock with red cheeks and big eyes from what just happened.
Deadpanning, Howard moved to stand in front of his friend and pushed him slightly in the chest with a finger.
Randy went down like a falling tree with a swooning expression on his face.
Howard shook his head.
