I'm back and ready for Chapter 2! I know Y'all are ready for how Ms. Gracia found Randy as a baby. Let's go!
It was just another peaceful day at the orphanage. Ms. Garcia was cleaning up as all the kids were at school. She was lost in her thoughts until she heard the door open. "Hello?" She called out. "Hello? Mr. Garcia?" She quickly recognized the voice. She walked over and saw Randy and the two exchanged a hug. "Randy! It's so good to see you again. Have you gotten bigger? It feels like I can't put my arms around you anymore," She said in a joking manner. "Well, I have been working out a lot."
"Now, what has the Tengu Warrior come for? I know you already got your things from your room." Randy nodded. "I know but I came for a different reason." This got her concerned. Randy did visit from time to time to help out with adoptions and whenever he and the Furious Five found young children needing a temporary home, but his tone of voice worried her.
"Randy, why don't I make some tea and we can talk in my office?" Randy nodded and Ms. Garcia proceeded to make some tea for the two of them. It took several minutes, but the two were soon in Ms. Garcia's office to talk. "Randy, what happened?"
"Ms. Garcia, the weirdest thing happened when I was fighting some bandits. I can't explain it, but I think I saw my father, my birth father." This caused Ms. Garcia to drop her cup of tea and the cup smashed into several pieces on the ground.
"Randy, are you sure? You've been here since you were a baby, how could you have seen him?" Randy just shrugged. "I don't know, but I wanted to ask. Are you sure that you have no idea where I can from?" Ms. Garcia sighed. She knew that this day would come, she was just hoping that it wouldn't be so soon. "Randy, I have a confession to make. I didn't find you on the porch of the orphanage."
"Where... where did you find me?" Ms. Garcia sighed. "Let me start from the beginning."
I was in my late 20's and I had been in charge of the orphanage for almost two years. Every morning I had opted to go the river for a nice quiet walk each morning but one morning changed all that.
A young Ms. Garcia was walking near the river just enjoying the sounds of the early morning nature. It was a peaceful morning as it normally was but an unusual sound took her out of her thoughts. 'What is that?' She listened closer and she recognized the sound immediately. 'A baby?!' She looked around and saw a basket with a long red cloth sticking out of it. She quickly rushed to it and pulled the basket out of the water. "Who would leave a baby in the river?"
She opened the basket and to her shock and surprise, she found a healthy baby boy, but he was in was filthy and he looked to be about a year old. He had a small scruff of purple hair, with a black and red onesie on, and a red scarf near him. 'What cruel parent would their child's hair purple?' She soon found a note under the baby so she carefully grabbed it and read the note.
To whoever finds this, please take care of my son, Randy Cunningham. His birthday is August 13 and his hair color is his true hair color.
She reread the note several times. "Okay? Hi, Randy." The young child looked at her indicating that his name was indeed Randy. "Okay, why don't I get you cleaned up?"
"After that, I brought you back here and you've been here ever since." Randy looked at her in disbelief. "That's it? There has to be more! Please, Ms. Garcia!" Randy said hoping that Ms. Garcia had more to share. "Well..." She walked over her office closet, opened it, and searched for a few minutes. "Randy, I normally keep everything from each of the kids I watch so I can hold on to some memories of them."
"Meaning?" Randy asked wondering what she was talking about. "Meaning, I still have the basket and note I found you in." She pulled out the basket clearly worn with age. She walked back to Randy and handed him the basket. "I found you in this many years ago. I don't know where you came from and I don't know if you will ever find out where you came from but I hope this helps."
Randy opened the basket and he found the note with the same words on it, the onesie that Mr. Garcia found him in, and the red scarf which was surprisingly not worn with age. It still looked completely brand new, despite being in a basket for nearly 14 years. He put it on and found it to be quite comfortable. "I should get back to the Emerald Palace. Thanks for telling me."
"You're welcome, Randy. I hope you find the answers you're looking for."
"Me too, Ms. Garcia. Me too."
In Mahō City, Two warriors, Master Chang and Master Okiatsu were training with their weapons as Master Riko watched them.
A man wearing a purple and white cloak with a skull on it, white hair, turquoise eyes, and fangs was walking toward the palace. Soldiers tried to stop him but were unsuccessful as the man quickly defeated them with black magic. The man continued his walk and used his magic to sliced the lock on the entrance to the palace and he entered.
The three warriors soon stopped and watched as the man walked in. A young boy, age 14 with orange hair, watched in horror since he knew who the man was. 'No way. Grandma was right. He did return.'
"E.J.?" The young boy asked. "That is not my name anymore! I go by Shadow now. Anyway, good afternoon gentlemen. Now we've got the pleasantries out of the way, please leave my house."
"Your house?" Master Okiatsu said in disbelief. He couldn't believe that this man was claiming this place was his home.
"Yes, didn't you see the skull on the front door? It's my family's symbol, course, I made a few changes to mine but yes, this is my house." He turned and saw the young boy staring at him with pure hate in his eyes. "Ah, the Soothsayer must have passed in recent years."
"Yeah, the name's Howard." Shadow scoffed. "Pity. I was hoping to insult her since her skills in fortune-telling are not as good as she thought. Aw, well. I can insult the next generation. As I am sure that yours are just as bad." Howard growled under his breath but said nothing. 'My grandmother may have passed many years ago, but that doesn't mean my skills aren't bad. Besides, the legend will still pass.'
"We shall see, Shadow." Shadow scoffed. "No, you will see, even though your ancestor won't."
Shadow smiled and said, "Where were we?"
Master Riko asked, "What do you want, Shadow?"
"What is rightfully mine. Mahō city!"
"Mahō is under the stewardship of the Masters' Council and we will protect it. Even from you," Master Riko told him.
Shadow laughed. "I'm so glad you feel that way. Otherwise, I'd have dragged that here for nothing." Shadow gestured to the box that his warriors were dragging on wheels. "What's in the box, Shen?" Master Okiatsu asked. Shadow smiled evilly, "You want to see? It's a gift. It's your parting gift. In that, it will part you. You know, part of you here, part of you there, part of you waaayy over there, staining the wall!" Shadow gestured to the back wall as he imagined the warriors' blood and guts on the wall.
"You insolent fool!" Master Okiatsu stood as he readied his ax's and tried to attack Shadow but he just smirked as he swiftly dodged the attack and used his black magic to create a whip. He then grabbed Okiatsu by the leg and threw him down to the ground. Master Chang then tried to attack but Shadow jumped in the air, threw Chang on the ground, and created dark daggers to attack Master Chang but he used his sword to block each attack.
Shadow landed on the ground and created a sword with his magic then he began to fight Masters Chang and Okiatsu but the two were failing to land an attack on Shadow since he was fighting them with his sword and creating shields with his own magic. Shadow soon sent his dark daggers at Riko but he used his hammer to block each attack as he got closer to him. Once Riko got close enough, he used his hammer to land a major attack on Shadow's stomach causing his dark daggers to disperse and him to be pushed back. He looked at Riko with anger and disdain. "Show off."
"This is a warning. You are no match for our ninjitsu."
"I agree." Shadow smirked then said, "But this is." Shadow jumped up in the air to reveal a black cannon in the shape of a dragon. Riko stood his ground as Shadow lit the fuse and the cannon shot at him.
Randy's beginning took me forever since I didn't want it to be the same as Poe's. So... BAhorses0805 asked me a very good question, Am I going to give Randy the ninja suit? That is uncertain at the moment. I'm still deciding on it but I want to decide this for myself. I won't tell you my decision until the chapter revealing it has been released. Anyway, thanks for reading. See Y'all next time! Bye! :)
