I know I have many people who read all my stories but I feel the need to say this to all my readers, I am okay. I am really bored staying at home all day and night. Online college classes are a bit frustrating but with everything that's happening, I'm grateful to still be in school and that all my teachers are being lenient, all things considering. Anyway, on with the story.
At the Emerald Palace, Master Nadakan was reading a scroll that made him pale. "Are you all familiar with the Master of Mahō City?" He asked once he looked away from the scroll.
Randy smiled excitedly at the name of the city. "Master Thundering Riko?"
"Yes."
"Son of Legendary Flying Riku?"
"Yes."
"And Slayer of the Ten Thousand Serpents in the Valley of Woe?" Randy asked once more as Master Nadakan handed him the scroll.
"He's dead."
"Whoa." Everyone looked at the scroll in shock.
"That's impossible!" Charlie said in shock.
"Master Riko has speed and defense like no other. No technique has been able to match it," Theresa told him.
"This was no technique. Lord Shadow has created a weapon. One that breathes fire and spits metal."
"Who's Lord Shadow?" Randy asked.
"My older brother." The team turned around to a nervous Julien. "His name was E.J. but he must have changed his name in recent years. The only thing I know about him is that our parents banished him from Mahō City. I don't live there because I did not feel worthy to rule the city nor did I want to. He will stop at nothing to destroy Japan. You must stop him."
"Julien is right. If Shadow is not stopped this could be the end of Ninjitsu."
"But I just got Ninjitsu!"
"And now you must save it!" Nadakan pointed out in the distance with Naru's walking stick and said, "Go! Destroy this weapon and bring Shadow to justice!" Everyone ran down the stairs to leave Norrisville to stop Lord Shen. "All right! Let's do this!" Randy ran down the stairs but soon stopped and asked, "Hang out! How do I stop something that stops Ninjitsu?"
"Remember, Tengu Warrior, anything is possible when you have inner peace." Randy nodded and together he and the Furious Five left for Makō City. The whole town cheered for them as they left. 'Okay. Inner Peace. Inner Peace. Inner Peace. Inner Peace.' Randy took a deep breath. "Peace on."
Randy and the Furious Five traveled through the mountains. "Let's go, guys!" Randy said energetically. 'No matter how long or how far the journey is, I will protect Japan. I am the Tengu Warrior, it's my duty.'
In Mahō City, Lord Shadow was watching as his warriors were gathering metal from the city and using it to craft more of his deadly weapons. 'With these weapons, nothing will stop me. Nothing.'
Randy and the Furious Five traveled through the snowy mountains. Once they reached the top, Randy tripped on a rock and started to fall down the mountain. He even turned into a giant snowball as he was falling down the mountain.
Lord Shadow used his dark magic to emit sparks that would be used in his weapons.
Randy was soon tiredly crawling on the rocky ground as Theresa was walking passed him. 'Uggh. We should have found a different solution to getting to Mahō City, like Julien teleporting us to Mahō City.' As soon as that through Randy's head he immediately dismissed it as he remembered that Julien wasn't great at teleportation magic.
The team was soon traveling through a desert and Randy twirled his bö staff around as he was walking.
In Mahō City, Lord Shadow was training with his swords and dark magic.
Randy and the Furious Five ran through a field as Randy was training.
In Mahō City, Lord Shadow was training with his dark magic and sword. In a yin-yang symbol, Randy and Lord Shadow were seen with Lord Shadow as a white figure in the Yang and Randy as a black figure with his scarf flowing through the air in the Yin.
Lord Shadow watched Mahō City from the highest floor in his tower. 'Finally, now it's time to conquer Japan.'
Now with a river just between Randy and the Furious Five and Mahō City, all of them were in a small houseboat sleeping waiting to arrive at Mahō City. (This is the same boat but just a bit bigger and with two rooms since it doesn't make sense for Heidi and Theresa to sleep with the guys.)
Randy was smiling in his sleep. He whispered in his sleep, "Dad..."
Deep in his dream, Randy noticed two black figures. 'What?' He ran towards them and shouted, "Hello? Mom! Dad!"
The figures turned to him. Randy stopped in front of them and asked, "Mom? Dad? Is that you?" The figures smiled evilly at him. Randy backed up in fear then suddenly the figures grew bat wings. "What... what's happening?" He tried to run but he fell to the ground and the figures charged at him and the same symbol from the warriors, a skull with bat wings with blue and black surrounding it.
"No!" Randy shot up and looked around. He put a hand to his head. 'Good. It was just a dream.' He looked at his other hand and noticed his scarf was wrapped around it. 'Weird. I must have moved so much it wrapped around my hand.'
He looked and noticed that no one was awake and carefully walked out of the small shelter and to the deck of the boat. What he didn't know was that Theresa had heard him. 'Wonder what's up with him.' She carefully followed him without making a sound and making sure that he didn't see her.
Randy walked out on the deck and took a breath of fresh air. They had been traveling for a few weeks now and even though he had been sleeping outside since then, it still felt nice to breathe the fresh air.
He felt troubled though. The symbol on that warrior he fought felt familiar but he had never seen it before. He had grown up in Norrisville but he wasn't born there. Could that symbol be the answer to his parents? What did the symbol mean? Who were his parents? Were they warriors too?
A drop of water fell on his head and he saw that the sail was dripping some water from the earlier rain. This gave him an idea. He slid his foot, in the same way, he saw Master Nadakan did earlier and closed his eyes. "Okay, inner pea..." Another drop fell on his head causing him to lose focus. He grunted in frustration but tried to ignore it as more drops fell on his head as he tried to find inner peace. "Aggh! Seriously! Stupid water drops!" He punched the pole and an array of water fell on him. "Uggh! Stupid water!" He hit his head against the pole and shouted, "Inner peace! Inner peace! Inner peace! Inner peace! Inner peace...!"
Theresa cleared her throat causing Randy to look up to the small house. "Oh, I was... uh... training."
"Sure, you are, Randy. However, that mast is not a worthy opponent." She jumped off the house and landed swiftly on her feet. She held out her palm and said, "I am ready."
"Ok. So serious." eE threw a punch at her palm and an echo could be heard throughout the water. Randy fell to his knees and held his hand close to him. "Dude, that hurt! I think the mast was softer, even though I didn't punch."
Theresa smiled and said, "Sorry, Randy. I use to punch Ironwood trees near the Emerald Palace. Now, I practically feel nothing in my hands."
"So honkin' BRUCE!"
She smiled, held out her fist once more and said seriously, "Again."
Randy continued to punch Theresa's hand but much lighter this time. "So, punching Ironwood Trees, how long did it take you to lose feeling in your hands?"
"10 years." (I'm assuming that everyone is 15, with Heidi being 16)
"10 years?! What the juice?! How are your hands not broken?!"
She smiled and said, "I worked at it slowly. It took time and patience to get them where they are today. Besides..." Theresa flipped Randy on his back quickly. She got down on one knee and said, "You're not out here to train, are you?"
Randy sighed as he sat up and said, "No, not really."
"Does it have something to do with your scarf?"
"I guess. You know how I'm an orphan?" She nodded. "It belonged to my dad. My real dad."
"Wow. That's amazing. Did you find out anything else about him?"
"No. Not really."
Now she felt concerned for him. She knew how it felt to not know your parents but she had Master Nadakan but Randy didn't get that luxury. "Doesn't it bother you that you don't know more about him?"
Randy scoffed quickly and said, "Are you kidding me? It never bothered me before and it doesn't bother me now. Besides, we're ninjas. Nerves of steel. Souls of platinum. Ninjas are supposed to be hardcore like you and Master Nadakan."
Theresa learned the hard way to seal her emotions but there were times she did show her emotions but it wasn't often. "Randy, I was..."
"So, what are you guys talking about?" Marty asked as he walked outside with Heidi, Monty, and Charlie.
"Oh, nothing. Nothing."
"Randy, are you sure? You seemed pretty freaked out earlier."
"Dude, is your new fashion sense? That scarf is pretty dumb, why wear it? It's does nothing expect drag and someone could choke you with it."
"Marty, leave Randy's scarf alone. I think it looks great."
"Guys, it's just something that belonged to my dad, I think. Besides, I'm fine."
"Randy."
"I think my scarf is great. It looks awesome to me. Besides, I can't explain it, but I want to wear it."
"Randy!" Theresa shouted getting Randy's attention.
"What?"
"We're here." The team looked at the rising sun over Mahō City. "Mahō City."
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