I am sorry that this took a while to come out, but I had finals to take in college this semester. I also had a choir trip to be on the week before, and now I'm in the middle of moving with my parents. I wanted to get something out for you guys, and this should be good enough for now. I hope you guys enjoy it, and I do not own anything in this story.

"Now remember students, you are only free to go to wherever you want to go as long as it is legal and within the vicinity." The principle tells the students on the bus as they get off the bus.

Howard gets off the bus with his best friend Randy and asks, "Ok, where should we go to first?"

Randy chuckles, "Sorry buddy, but you know what would happen if we left our actual partners behind."

"Oh man," Howard mutters rolling his eyes remembering that his best friend was not his travel partner, "you just had to ruin the moment!"

"I am not ruining the moment." Randy counters glaring at Howard who glares back angrily. "I'm being considerate since someone is only five detentions from getting expelled!" Randy points at the right hand with the fingers and thumb pointed out. "You're even lucky to come on this trip, dude."

Howard rolls his eyes and crosses his arms over his chest. "Yeah right, you just want to be with Theresa."

"We are not going through this again." Randy mutters getting frustrated with his best friend's attitude.

"Then admit that you just want to be Theresa."

Randy plants his hand on his face getting frustrated with his friend's stubbornness and walks away saying, "I'll see you later Howard."

Howard blinks in surprise and watches his best friend walk away. "Maybe I went too far." He mutters. He waves off the concern and frowns, "Nah, he'll admit it soon enough. I know he will." He walks after his best friend to meet with his travel partner, Debbie.

Randy walks up to Theresa and Debbie and waves his hand at them. "Hey girls, you ready to travel around New York?" He asks them.

Debbie and Theresa turn their heads to Randy and smile at him, but Randy notices the sly smile that Debbie was giving him. "Hey Randy, I'm all ready to go." Theresa replies back with a small blush appearing on her cheeks.

"Sweet, I guess we'll see you guys later then." Randy tells Debbie.

Debbie smirks back at him. "Yeah, we'll see."

Randy gives Debbie an uneasy look before leading Theresa away to their destination. 'Why is she giving me that look?' He wonders.

Howard walks up next to Debbie and stares at his best friend's back as he and Theresa walk away. "He'll admit it. I know he will." He mutters narrowing his gaze on his best friend.

Debbie glances at Howard then back at the two walking away. "Just drop it Howard." She tells him before pulling out a camera. "Besides, you'll be too busy helping me find some heroes in action."

"Wait what?" Howard asks turning his attention to his travel partner. "Why would I help you find heroes in…Ok, you convinced me." He swipes the camera from Debbie's hand and asks, "Are you okay with those two going together?"

Debbie shrugs her shoulders. "Eh, I was against it since I think you guys are stupid, but Randy asked her out on a date, and if he has the guts to ask her out, I'll give him the benefit of a doubt." She answers.

"What?!" Howard yells in surprise nearly dropping the camera.

"Don't you dare drop that." Debbie threatens her travel partner.

"What do you mean he asked her out?!"

"He didn't tell you?" Debbie asks raising an eyebrow confused on why Randy didn't tell his best friend.

"Nope, he did not mention anything about asking her out on a date. All he said was that he needed to go somewhere and asked…oh my juice he asked her out!" Howard yells in surprise. "I need to stop him before he gets a girlfriend and leaves me behind!"

"Oh no you don't!" Debbie grabs Howard's shirt stopping the teen before he could run off. "You are not ruining their date!"

"I need to stop this." Howard tells her trying to break free from her hold and feeling sad about the idea of losing his best friend. "I can't let Theresa steal my best friend."

"Would he stop you from going out with a girl?" Debbie asks angrily.

Howard stops struggling from Debbie's grip and lowers his shoulders in defeat. "No, he wouldn't do that."

"How would he feel if you did that to him?" She asks glad that her point was getting across.

Howard sighs and smacks Debbie's hand off his shirt. He looks at Debbie and shakes his head. "Cunningham wouldn't talk to me, but I doubt him not talking me would last long, but he would be pretty upset if I screw this date of his up. I might have screwed things up for him in the past and vice versa." Howard lowers his head and sighs, "Fine, I'll leave them alone, but we will find out what happened between them when it is over."

Debbie smirks, "I can agree with that."

Randy leads Theresa, who was looking at the sights of the town, down the sidewalk and sees the Sanctum Sanctorum a couple blocks away. "We're almost there." He tells her as she takes notice that the area was a bit bare of people.

"Randy, are you certain we're going the right way?" Theresa asks feeling a little uneasy with the area they are in.

"Trust me Theresa. I know exactly where we're going." He assures her as he leads her across the street.

"It's not like I don't trust you Randy, but there doesn't seem to be anything special about this area." Theresa says trying to keep her nervousness in check. "Also there are not that many people around here."

"That's a good point." Randy mutters noticing the lack of people in the area. He turns his attention back to the Sanctum Sanctorum and nods his head slightly. "At least we're almost there."

"We are?" Theresa asks looking around the area carefully. "Where are we going anyway?"

"We're going to the Sanctum Sanctorum." He answers as they cross the next street.

"The what?" Theresa asks not recognizing the name.

Randy smacks his forehead and smiles nervously realizing that the place wasn't common knowledge. "Right, the Sanctum Sanctorum is a place…that…is a museum for magical items?" He asks as he starts sweating uneasily at the partial lie.

Theresa blinks a couple times and gives Randy a flat look. "Randy, you don't have to tell me if it makes you lie." She tells him not understanding why Randy was so nervous.

Randy chuckles and pulls his collar with his left hand as he gulps nervously. "Thanks Theresa, but I'm not lying about the magic part." He says quickly, but Theresa understands what he said.

Theresa's eyes widen in surprise as they walk up the steps of the Sanctum Sanctorum. "Wait, are you saying this place has something to do with magic?" She asks staring at Randy with wide eyes.

Randy grabs the door knob and turns it allowing the door to open for them to enter. "Yes." Randy tells her before entering the building with her following him. He shuts the door behind him while Theresa looks around the area curiously. Randy stops walking when he sees the Chinese monk coming out of the kitchen.

"I see you are here early Randy." Randy and Theresa turn their heads to the person who spoke to them, and Randy smile when he sees Dr. Strange walking up to them.

"Yep, I'm ready to take on this test you guys are giving me." Randy says confidently crossing his arms over his chest.

"Test?" Theresa asks looking between the two in confusion. "Randy, what's going on here?"

Randy rubs the back of his neck nervously and looks at Theresa with a frown. "Look Theresa, I know this seems weird, but I just need you to trust me on this. I'm being tested on something that no one from our class would ever believe." He tells her trying to avoid telling her his biggest secret.

"What are you being tested for?" Theresa asks not looking impressed on how he was avoiding the question.

"He's being tested to see if he is worthy to learn the secrets of our martial arts." The man answers her not seeing why Randy was avoiding the question.

Theresa looks at the man in surprise before turning her attention back to Randy who was looking at her uneasily. "Why would he have to do this?" She asks narrowing her eyebrows at Randy who turns away rubbing the back of his neck not wanting to answer the question.

"You don't know?"

"Know what?" Theresa asks curiously.

The man glances at Randy who was looking away in fear. "I'll have him tell you." The man tells her before walking away leaving the two alone.

Theresa turns her attention back to Randy giving him a hard look. She crosses her arms and asks, "Randy, what is going on, and why are we really here?"

Randy lowers his head and sighs in defeat. He pulls the nomicon out of his jacket and flips it to a page showing a door that says 'The Final Lesson' "Should I tell her?" He asks the book quietly. He watches the door disappear and a small message was brought up. One must know when a person can be trusted with the truth and not when the situation has gotten beyond his control. "I see." He mutters. He shuts the nomicon and turns around with the book still in his hands.

Theresa looks down at the book in Randy's hands then back up at his face. "What is that?" She asks pointing at the book in Randy's hands.

"This is the Ninja Nomicon. It's the book that the Ninja uses to learn from in order to protect our school from the Sorcerer." Randy answers truthfully fearing on how she would react.

Theresa blinks a couple times as she digests the information into her mind. She looks up at Randy with wide eyes and asks, "Randy, what are you trying to say?"

Randy reaches into his jacket and pulls out the ninja mask where Theresa gasps in surprise recognizing it immediately. "I'm the Ninja."

Theresa looks down at the mask then back up at Randy. "How is that possible? The ninja has been around for more than eight hundred years. I know you're only fourteen, but this cannot be possible."

"I know this is hard to understand Theresa, but I need you to listen." Randy tells her before she could try to put things together without knowing the whole story. "Yes, I'm the ninja, and the ninja has been around for over eight hundred years, but what was left out of the history book was that the mask was handed down every four years to protect our school from the Sorcerer, and…"

"You were chosen." She finishes not sure to feel happy or upset that her crush was chosen to protect the school.

Randy nods his head and puts the nomicon back in his jacket. "Yes, I was chosen to protect the school, and I honestly thought it was the coolest thing ever. I didn't know anything on how to fight, how to use my powers, or how to do the right thing, and honestly, I would still be doing some of those things if it wasn't for the nomicon." He admits. He puts the mask out in front of him giving her a good view of the mask. "I put the mask on and wanted people to know about me being the ninja, but I was forbidden from telling anyone."

"What would have happened if anyone did find out?"

"I would forget that I was the ninja and live my life like I was without the mask." Randy admits sighing at the memory on when he pushed things a bit far to lose his memories. "I don't want to relive that moment ever again." He mutters which she does not hear.

"This is just too much…" Theresa trails off and takes the mask from Randy's hand surprising him at the sudden action. "How did you even become the ninja?"

Randy snatches the mask back from Theresa and crosses his arms over his chest. "You can trust me when I say that I know it's a lot to take in, but becoming the ninja isn't an easy task. There are trials that every freshman goes through. Unfortunately, we still don't know who did the test." Randy lies not really knowing the true reason why he was chosen to wear the mask.

Theresa rolls her eyes and crosses her arms over her chest not believing Randy's lie. "You have no clue, do you?" She asks him.

Randy gives her an uneasy grin and rubs the back of his neck with his left hand. "Truthfully, someone came to my house dropped off a box with the Ninja Nomicon and the mask. I was told that I was the ninja and that I could not tell anyone my secret."

"Why did you tell these guys then?"

"The nomicon told me I could, and he knows a lot about this place." Theresa opens her mouth again, but Randy puts his left hand over her mouth. "I know you have a lot of questions, and it is so bruce that the girl I like knows my secret, but I came here to be tested to see if I can start learning advance techniques. Do you understand that?"

Theresa feels Randy lower his hand from her mouth, but her mind was on the part where he confessed to her without meaning to. "You like me?"

Randy blinks a couple times and realizes he confessed his feelings without even realizing what he was saying. "Um, did I say that?" He asks pulling on his collar nervously. "What I meant to say was…"

Theresa puts her index finger on his mouth and smiles at him. "We'll talk about it later. You came here to take some test. I suppose you go do that."

Randy blinks again and gives her a small smile. "Thanks Theresa."

"Are you ready Randy?" Randy and Theresa turn their heads to the man who was listening to the whole conversation between the teens.

Randy nods his head. "Yes, I am ready." He says seriously while he was jumping for joy inside his mind completely ready to take on the challenge given to him. "Show me what you got Dr. Strange."

Dr. Strange chuckles, "We'll show you Randy, but you'll have to wait until we get there." He waves for the two to follow him. "Come, we might as well not waste any more time as we already have."

"Let's do this!" Randy yells his excitement going through his entire body. He walks over to Dr. Strange with Theresa following him smiling happily for her crush's excitement.

"I can't believe you got us lost!" Howard yells at Debbie as she was looking over the map on her phone.

"I'm sorry ok! I thought we were heading to the dock where Phantom, Angelic Code, and Ironman fought that evil scientist." Debbie replies back lowering her phone a bit to look at Howard.

"You know I would rather see the heroes than go to where they actually battled their villains." Howard reminds her. He looks up and sees something pink fly over a building surprising him.

"I want to as well, but there is no way that…Hey!" Howard grabs Debbie's arm and runs down the sidewalk dragging her with him. "What are you doing?"

"I saw something pink in the sky fly in this direction." Howard lets go of Debbie as she starts running behind him. He comes into the next open area and looks around getting what he saw stop on top of a building. "Up there!"

Debbie looks up where Howard was pointing and gasps in surprise when she sees the pink figure on the building. She pulls out her camera on her phone and zooms in on the figure. "It's Angelic Code!" She takes a picture and smiles feeling giddy inside that she actually got to see one of the heroes on the trip. "You actually found one Howard. I'm surprised and impressed by you."

"So am I, but isn't it weird that she is out here on her own?" Howard asks not taking his eyes off the heroin.

Debbie zooms her camera in on Angelic Code and notices the heroin was looking around the area carefully. "You're right. It looks like she's looking for something." She sees something light come out in front of Angelic Code and gasps in pain dropping her phone when she felt a small shock come from it.

Howard glances back at Debbie and asks, "What happened?"

"My phone just shocked me." Debbie shakes her hand from the pain while Howard looks at the phone in surprise.

"I thought our phones can't do that anymore."

Debbie shrugs her shoulders and looks back in the direction where they saw Angelic Code. "She's gone." She mutters sadly disappointed that she couldn't get a picture of the hero.

"Don't worry about it. We knew it wasn't going to be easy, but we at least got to see one of them." Howard says not really understanding why he was trying to assure her.

Debbie leans down and grabs her phone not feeling anything weird happening to her. She looks over the phone and sighs in relief when she doesn't see anything wrong with it. "Ok, my phone is fine, and we got to see a hero, but why was she out here on her own?"

"I don't know, but I am getting hungry." Howard pulls a candy bar from his pocket and opens it up. He takes a bite from his candy and asks, "Wvat do you vat to bo?"

Debbie rolls her eyes at the question she could not understand, but she knew what he asked her. "We're going to keep looking for the heroes, and I'm hoping to find out what Angelic Code was doing out here."

Howard swallows the food and asks, "Do we have to?" He knows that he has no choice but was hoping that he did not have to follow her all over town.

"Yes, it is crucial we get to talk to one of the resident heroes before we go back home. I need it for the school paper so I can move up the ladder for your sister to choose me to take over her talk show after she graduates." Debbie explains really wanting to have that job of finding out the secrets of her high school.

"That's not going to happen." Howard tells her not really caring how he attacked her dream. "My sister's talk show is something she did because she wanted to keep everyone on the knowhow, and honestly, she did it only because there was nothing else for her to do at the school."

Debbie rolls her eyes at Howard's excuse and walks off saying, "Believe what you want Howard, we got to keep searching for the heroes anyway."

"Why can't we just go to a Stark Industry building and talk with Tony Stark instead? He is Ironman after all." Howard points out not caring about the fact that he got Debbie to stop and think about what he just said. "If you ask me, we could just wait until someone attacks and talk to them after the fight is over." He turns his attention to Debbie and stares at her as she lowers her head. "Debbie, are you alright?"

"Why do you have to come up with the good ideas?" Debbie asks him suddenly.

"Good ideas?" Howard raises an eyebrow confused on why she would say that. "My ideas are usually terrible, and oh ho, you do not want to know how many bad ideas Cunningham and I have done this year."

"I know it's enough that you are on the edge of getting expelled." Debbie counters getting Howard to widen his eyes slightly embarrassed that he was called out on that. "But, we'll worry about that later. You got us to see a hero. So I guess we can go somewhere you want to go as long as it isn't inappropriate or illegal."

Howard jumps in joy. "Yahoo! You will not regret it!"

"I already am." Debbie mutters immediately.

Randy stares up at the tower in front of him and gulps at the sight of the tall tower. "How tall is this thing again?" He asks hoping it was shorter than he was currently thinking.

"Believe it or not, this tower is your test, and telling you how tall it is will be cheating." Dr. Strange explains to Randy.

"Right…Let's get this over with." Randy pulls the mask out of his jacket and watches as it leaves his hand and goes into Dr. Strange's hand. "What the juice?"

"You have to prove you deserve the mask, and I will admit using the mask will the make the course too easy for you."

"Is it because it has all those special powers?" Randy asks pointing at the mask.

"Yes, the training we will put you through will be on you not the mask, and you need to prove if you deserve it."

Randy looks at the mask then at the tower thinking on what he should do. 'If I do this, I will be put through ringer, and this stuff could be stuff I did in the nomicon, but the nomicon never took my body just my mind.' He glances over at Theresa and sees the worried look in her eyes. 'Theresa…' He looks back at the tower with a determined look. 'That's right. This isn't for me. This is to protect the planet from incoming threats. I need to be ready for anything.'

Theresa watches as Randy starts walking to the tower and glances back up at the tower worried about the trials Randy would be facing. "I never knew being something so cool would be so hard to achieve." She mutters as Randy walks through the front doors.

"He's a brave one, but he lacks a lot of things needed to complete the tower." Wong explains getting Theresa to look at him in surprise.

"Why are you having go through the tower then?"

"To see if he is worth training at all." Dr. Strange answers.

"Let's see how he does."

Randy looks around to see the ground floor looking normal until he saw the door in front of him. He takes a deep breath to calm himself down and enters the first room. He looks around the room seeing four training dummies in the room. "Ok, this is only the first floor. There shouldn't be anything too hard for me to handle here." He mutters. The four dummies' hands transform into swords and start moving around the room in no particular order. "Ok, this shouldn't be that hard…if I had a weapon."

Randy looks around the room and sees nothing for him to use getting him to groan in frustration. He rubs his eyes not loving his situation at all and sighs, "Let's see what my normal body can do." He runs at the closest target and ducks immediately avoiding the sword that flew over his head. He jumps back avoiding the other sword and glares at the dummy that continues moving around in multiple directions. "Ok, this could get ugly." He runs at another dummy and slides at it bending back to avoid both swords flying over his head. He punches the dummy on the chest and widens his eyes when he sees a target right on the center of it. The dummy makes a ding noise and disappears in a puff of smoke leaving Randy in the middle of the smoke.

Randy gets on his feet and looks at the smoke around him. "Smoke doesn't work on dummies." He mutters distastefully. He runs out of the smoke and jumps at the next dummy swinging his fist back. His fist meets the flat of the blade of the dummy catching Randy off guard. Randy jumps back and glares at the dummy. "Since when could…right, this place is made with magic." Randy gets into a battle stance and looks at the dummy when warning bells went off in his head. Randy turns around and punches the dummy in the chest that came up behind him. The dummy makes a ding and disappears in a puff of smoke. Randy turns around and grabs both swords with his hands with wide eyes. "This isn't good." He kicks the dummy right on the chest with his left foot and hears the ding before the dummy disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Randy wipes the dust off his hands and turns to the last dummy that was waiting for him in front of the door to the stairs for him to go to the next room. He stares at the dummy and brings his right hand up pointing at the dummy. He makes the 'come here' gesture and smirks at the dummy as it charges at him. Randy spins around and kicks the dummy in the chest before it could react to his sudden movement. Randy sets his foot down as the dummy makes the ding and disappears in a puff of smoke. "Oh yeah, who's the greatest? I'm the greatest!" Randy yells happily as he walks to the door with a little grove in his body.

Randy opens the door and looks up frowning at the height of the stairs were going in a spiral. "Ok, that looks about five floors. This shouldn't be too hard." Randy runs over to the stairs and stops when warning bells go off in his mind. He puts his right foot on the step and jumps back as the steps back as the stairs go into the wall leaving only a few stone sticking out in different spots going up to the next room. "What the juice?! That doesn't make any sense!"

Theresa stares at the tower worried that something bad will happen to Randy. She feels a hand rest on her shoulder and looks back to see Dr. Strange give her an assuring smile. "You don't have to worry about him. He's being tested on everything he has learned being the ninja." Dr. Strange explains to the teen.

"What do you mean by that?" Theresa asks curiously.

"The mask is a powerful artifact that allows the user to do things most people would find impossible to do." Wong starts explaining getting Theresa to look at the monk. "After four years the person forgets everything they learned as the ninja. Normally their body does not keep the information on how they fight, but Randy is supposed to be the next official holder of the mask, and he needs to be forced to have his body relearn everything he learned as the ninja."

"Do you think it will work?" Theresa asks the two adults.

"No, that's why we're doing this. His test is to see if he can bring back those skills without the use of the mask. I'm hoping that he can do it." Dr. Strange admits.

"This is seriously not the cheese!" Randy yells as he jumps onto the next step avoiding the laser that hit the step where he was standing. He looks down at the gun on the ground then up at the one on the ceiling in the staircase. "I need to take out those guns." He jumps onto the next step barely avoiding the lasers. He glances at both turrets and snaps his fingers when an idea comes to his head. "I just need to jump in between both of those guns to get them to fire at each other." He jumps onto the next step a couple feet away and looks at the area carefully. 'Going up is not an option since I can't make that type of jump.' He jumps onto the next step avoiding the lasers that were shot at him. He looks down at the steps that were supposed to be out of the wall below him and groans when he sees that not a single step was undamaged. "Ok, jumping up is my only option. That's something I could do as the ninja, but I don't have the mask or the scarf."

Randy jumps on the next step avoiding the lasers and glances around the room to find the exit. He sees the exit across from him and notices how close he is to the exit. "Maybe I don't have to destroy the guns." Randy jumps avoiding the lasers fired at him mid-air and lands on the next step a little surprised on how fast he was shot at. "Ok, I need to take those guns out. I wish I wasn't out of choices though." He jumps onto the wall getting his feet to land on it and pushes his feet off the wall getting his body to go up to the door. He rolls in mid-air avoiding the lasers shot at him and lands on the wall right next to the door. He hears the explosions go off and lands on the platform outside the door. He looks up at the destroyed turret and glances down to see the other destroyed turret. "Huh, I'm actually surprised that worked."

Randy wipes the sweat off his forehead and sighs in relief. "I am so glad that is over." He grabs the door knob and pushes the door open to find him in a room with multiple targets coming from the ground, the ceiling, the wall, and the wooden posts in the middle of the room. "Target practice? What am I supposed to be using?" He shuts the door behind him and watches as a table came up in front of him with different types of shurikens on it. "So bruce!" He runs up to the table and looks over the shurikens rubbing his hands anxiously. "What should I use first?"

He reaches to grab a five pointed star but stops when realization crosses his mind. "Is this my test?" He wonders as he looks down at the table of weapons. He gazes over the weapons and stops when he sees the familiar ninja rings he always uses as the ninja. He looks around the room not able to find anything that would allow him to hold the rings. He grabs the ten ninja rings off the table and puts them in his pockets unaware of the small glow they let out as they entered the pocket. He walks past the table and steps on a stone that activated the glass doors to close behind him. He hears the doors close behind him and turns around in surprise. He watches the table lower back into the floor and turns his attention to the targets in front of him. "Let's dance."

"How long will this take?" Theresa asks as she glances between both men.

"The test only lasts until Randy passes out, fails a test, or completes all fifteen trials." Wong explains not removing his eyes from the tower. He summons a small watch that tells the holder what trial the person is on in the tower and raises an eyebrow when he saw the hand on the four. "He's already on the fourth trial."

"Impressive, he is moving faster than anticipated." Dr. Strange admits nodding in approval at Randy's pace. "He might be able to finish before the day is over."

"Do you mean that he could complete the tower?" Theresa asks looking at Dr. Strange with hope in her eyes.

Dr. Strange sighs, "I honestly do not know, but it is safe to assume that he is starting to relearn everything that he can do as the ninja."

Randy walks past the destroyed targets and enters the next room to see a man in basic ninja clothes standing in front of the next door with a sword on his waist. Randy takes a few steps forward and asks, "Ok, what am I supposed to do here?"

"All you have to do is disarm me." The man answers as he pulls the katana out of the sheath on his waist.

"Do I get a sword?"

"No."

Randy groans in frustration and gets into his battles stance knowing his test was going to get harder after this. Randy jumps back avoiding the sword swung at him then jumps to the right avoid the second swipe on his left. 'I need to get this over quickly. I can't let this guy get the best of me, but how could I even beat him? I don't have the mask so I can't use my elemental attacks.' Randy sees the ninja come at him again and mutters, "Ok, instinct it is." Randy blocks the flat end of the sword with his left arm surprising the ninja by the sudden action and yells, "Ninja disarm!" Randy smacks the ninja in the stomach unaware of the force he put in his punch and hears the sword hit the floor next to his feet.

'What was that?' The ninja thinks as he stares at the teen in surprise. 'His fist…did it even hit me?'

Randy picks the sword up and stares at it with a questioning gaze. He looks at the ninja and asks, "Do I keep the sword?"

"No."

Randy shrugs and tosses the sword back to the ninja as he gets up on his feet. Randy walks off to the door and grabs the door handle when a thought came to mind. He turns back to the ninja only to find the man gone along with the sword. "Huh, guess he is a ninja." He turns back to the door and opens it to find a table with multiple weapons on it. "Another weapon test?" He walks up to the table not caring that he did not shut the door behind him. He walks up to the table and widens his eyes in surprise. "Wait, is this supposed to be a tricky test? These look like they are all of my weapons!" He looks at the weapons carefully and stops his eyes on the sword with the red streak running down the center of it.

Randy swipes the sword off the table and smirks, "I'm glad that you're here though." He puts the sword in his jacket on his back and grabs the Sai putting them on his belt. He reaches to grab the smoke bombs only for the table to disappear along with the rest of his ninja tools. "Oh man, I should have gone for the smoke bombs!"

"You made your decision to take those weapons, and now you have to live with your decisions Ninja." The ninja says as he walks out of the shadows in the room.

Randy reaches behind him and grips the handle of his sword. "Am I supposed to be fighting you again, because I am more prepared to take you on this time?" Randy asks the ninja.

The ninja chuckles, "Our last fight only lasted a few seconds, and you defeated me without much effort which is impressive. This time I will take you on with one of my best weapons." The ninja pulls out a nunchaku and swings it around his body switching between both of his hands stopping right in front of his face with his hands holding each end of the nunchaku.

"Nunchuks? I don't believe I ever used that kind of weapon before." Randy admits pulling his Sai off of his belt. He twirls the Sai in his hands and gets into battle stance with a smirk on his face. "Let's see how this battle will go."

"You are about to find out." The ninja gets into his battle stance with his right hand in front of him and his left hand holding one handle of the nunchaku with the other handle being held by his arm. "Show me how you fight with your own weapons kid."

Randy tosses his Sai into the air and throws three ninja rings from each hand. He catches his Sai and runs at the ninja who deflected every ninja ring thrown at him. Randy clashes his Sai with the ninja's nunchaku and starts swinging attacks at the ninja who deflects everyone with his weapon. Randy jumps back and throws his Sai at the ninja. The ninja chuckles at Randy's attack and runs at Randy knocking both Sai away from him.

The ninja swings the nunchaku around quickly and swings at Randy faster than the naked eye could see, but Randy grabs it in midair with his left hand surprising the ninja at Randy's speed. 'That shouldn't be possible. He's progressing faster than anticipated.' The ninja thought keeping his grip on the handle of the nunchaku.

Randy pulls his sword out and asks, "Are you even a real ninja, or have you been going easy on me?"

"You don't want to test me at full capacity boy. My skills far outmatch yours by many years of experience." The man swings his body around to kick Randy in the face only to fall to the ground face first when Randy releases the nunchaku without a care. "That hurt."

"It should, but I don't know whether to say that this is pathetic or stupid." Randy mutters kicking the nunchaku away from the ninja. He walks away from the down ninja and grabs the doorknob turning his attention back to the ninja on the floor.

The ninja gets back on his feet and sees the disappointed look in Randy's eyes. "The next time we meet will be a serious fight kid." The ninja throws a smoke bomb down and leaves the room without Randy noticing the ninja exiting the room.

Randy puts his sword away and picks up his Sai putting them on his belt. He enters the next room and glances up to see the rest of his ninja tools hanging from the ceiling. He stares at his ninja tools and mutters, "Well, this test is not as bruce as I thought it would have been."

"He has finished the sixth test." Wong says as Theresa stares at the tower worrying about the things that could happen to her crush.

"I wonder what weapons he chose to use for the sixth test." Dr. Strange feeling a bit surprised that Randy completed the recent two tests a bit faster than he originally thought.

"What's the next test he has to do?" Theresa asks her chest feeling a little tight not knowing the things Randy is going through.

Wong glances at Theresa and says, "The next test your friend will have to go through is where he has to start pushing his normal human limits."

"What limits are we talking about here?"

Randy looks around and notices that his ninja tools were the only thing in the room besides the four walls in the room. "This will never be getting any easier than it already has been." He takes a step back and feels his foot go lower into the floor. He looks down at the foot and notices his foot activating something he was not expecting. He looks back up just in time to see the wall to his left and right with spikes coming out of both ends. "I just shortened my time limit." He mutters distastefully.

Randy looks around between the stuff hanging from the ceiling and nods his head when a plan comes to his mind. He jumps onto the wall and pushes himself up to his chain sickle. He grabs the weapon hanging on the ceiling and drops down onto the ground. He spins the spear end of the chain sickle and shoots it straight at the bag holding his smoke bombs. He cuts the string and wraps the chain around the bag of smoke bombs. He pulls the chain back to him and catches the bag as it reaches him. He attaches the bag to his side and notices the spikes were moving a bit faster. He looks up at the weapons still hanging for him to grab and throws the sickles at the other bag that was tied to the ceiling. The sickle cuts the string, and Randy reacts immediately by pulling the chain sickle back to him getting the bag to come with the sickle.

Randy catches the bag and the sickle just in time for the tower to shake. "Huh?" He glances to the side and notices the wall was moving faster than before. Randy widens his eyes in surprise and looks back up at the rest of his ninja tools. "Looks like I wasn't fast enough." He mutters before running to the door. He stops in front of the door and turns to the rest of his tools. "I will get you guys. I have no doubt about it." He enters the next room to find that he was put in an enclosed space. He sees a small sign in front of him and walks up to the sign as he puts the chain sickle away in his right pocket. He ties the other bag onto his left hip and looks up at the sign.

Welcome to the trial maze, in this place you need to make it to the other end before the timer runs out, but you will be facing things that would put you on edge. You will need to be prepared for anything, and I mean anything. Good luck!

Randy hears something and turns his head left to see a door he did not see before. "Trial maze huh? This is going to be so bruce!" Randy runs into the maze ready to face the test of the unexpected.

I'm going to stop the tests here before I get into the whole maze itself. If you have not realized what I am planning, then I am going to reveal it. If you have figured it out, all I ask is that you do not spoil it for the others. I also got some more one-shot side stories that have come to my head that have been plaguing me, but I cannot write any of them until I get to the G:KND arc.

There really is not anything for me to talk about unless you have some questions. I will answer those questions by PMing you guys, but I will not make any promises to give away any information that would ruin the future of the story though. I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter.

R&R