Chapter 10: The Ninja Village

After our Rooftop talk, Enju and I headed back to the second Warehouse for Club activities, once we arrived we saw that Johnny and Yamabuki were missing.

"Kiba, please train me" Akari yelled as I entered the room behind Enju

"Kiba-senpai," Myu said averting her gaze "we tried to get the idea out of her head…"

"Akari, not real Ninja" Ricka said "Impossible to train"

"I don't think she'll take your word for it" I replied

"Kiba, Please!" Akari pleaded putting her Palms together,

"C'mon, don't make that Puppy face" I said. She stood in front of me in silence for a while, I sighed "Fine, but I don't think I'm suited as a Sensei, you should ask Ricka instead"

"How?" Ricka asked

"Y'know," I said scratching the back of my head "teach her to Jump and Run like a Ninja"

"i shall attempt" Ricka replied

"Really, Really?" Akari asked, Ricka nodded in response. "Thank you s much Ricka-Sensei!" And so, after club time Ricka, Myu, Akari and I walked out and to the side of the School.

"First, Jump training." Ricka said pointing to the third floor windows of the School,

"What? That high?" Akari asked in disbelieve

"The third floor should be a piece of cake for a Ninja" I replied "here, I'll show you" I took a step towards the building and Jumped and with my hand reached the fourth floor windows, "we'll that is what a real Ninja is capable of, you might be able to reach the second floor but you have strong legs. Akari nodded and took a run up and Jumped high into the air, her Hand touching in between the First and Second floor, for a mere layman this was pretty high. Akari grunted and took another run up and this time reached the Window of the second floor.

She cheered loudly as she landed, "I did it, I did it" Ricka smiled and then headed off with Akari and Myu to train a little more.

The next day, as I walked the hall I was stopped by Enju "trouble" she said simply and I already knew the Principal wanted to see me. I entered his office after knocking to see the entire Club was already there.

"to what do we owe the pleasure, Principal?" I asked, he had a smile on his face as he looked at me.

"well I never properly congratulated you on catching that Bag-Snatcher some time ago, so I wanted to give you this." he said extending a few small papers towards me, I grabbed them.

"tickets, for an Amusement park?" I muttered,

"it's Ninja themed," Enju said, "fits our Club. Thank you Mr. Kazuryu" Enju bowed slightly and we all left the Office.

"When do we go?" Akari asked once I closed the door behind me

"Tomorrow is our day off right?" I asked "why not go then?" Enju nodded in response and so it was decided. The Next day we would meet up at the Station and head for the Ninja village.

We arrived in the Amusement park and as expected Akari was unstoppable, she ran around to different shops, "we should split up and meet back here in a few hours, but nobody goes alone." Enju said after letting out a long sigh, before even anyone said anything Akari yelled out a 'yay' and ran off,

"ill go with her, don't do anything I wouldn't do sweeties" Tengge said, and began walking after Akari.

"Ricka and I shall go to some Shops and look for some souvenirs" Myu said, I nodded and the two walked off, I turned to look at Johnny who was standing behind me only to realize that he and Yamabuki were already gone,

"guess that leaves only us," I said to Enju "where would you like to go?" she looked at me with a little smile

"nowhere in particular, let's just walk around" she replied. With little thought I took Enju's hand into mine and began walking "what do you think you're doing?" Enju asked her face turning Red

"oh, umm, well… we don't want to get separated right?" I said "this way we wont lose each other" she averted my gaze and whispered an inaudible agreement, we walked around for a while until we came to the far Corner of the Park which looked more like an Actual Ninja village but it somehow didn't really fit the Park.

"Look at that Shrine," Enju said pointing to a small wooden Shrine in the midst of some trees on a dirt and stone soil, on the Door was a giant Crescent moon,

"looks weird," I replied "it doesn't really fit the village does it?" i stepped closer to the shrine letting go of Enju's hand but before I could reach it I heard Enju yelp behind me. I turned around and looked at Enju, she quickly grabbed my hand and began dragging me off, I tried to talk but Enju kept pulling me along.

We came to a stop and Enju quickly let go of my hand, i realized we were back where the club had split up earlier. In the distance i could see Akari run towards us with Tengge close behind.

"Back" i heard the emotionless voice of Ricka say behind me, she stood there with Myu by her side

"Kiba!" i heard Johnny call of from behind me "i bought a katana, an actual katana!" he yelled. Even from distance i could see it was fake, but hey why take the fun out of it.

"really?!" i asked "did the salesman tell you from which era it is?"

Just as Johnny was about to speak a loud noise followed by a males voice came from the loud speakers near us.

"gather 'round, Ninjas old and young. It is once again time for our weekly Ninja competition!" the man announced. "today we shall seek out the best out of four kunoichi, wohoo!" loud cheers erupted from the crowd that had quickly gathered around, i checked once more if everyone had returned when i noticed a excited flicker in Akari's eyes.

"oh no…" i mumbled

"what is it Kiba?" Enju asked and followed my gaze "oh…" she then added

"write your name and age on one our our cards at this desk here too get a chance of joining our challenges," the announcer signaled for the security to let girls pass through and in the blink of an eye Akari was already adding herself to the list of potential competitors.

We stuck around until the competitors were announced, "and our fourth competitor… Seventeen year old, Akari Hanao!"

"What are the odds?" Enju sighed

"Congratulations Akari-senpai" Myu said looking genuinely excited

Akari joined the other girls on the giant stage with a bright smile on her face. "for our first trial our lovely Ninja Girls will demonstrate their singing abilities!"

"this won't go well" Enju said dropping her head and cupping it with her hands.

The first was an average looking girl, her voice was decent but nothing great. The second girl was a stunning redhead with an equally stunning voice and in addition a above average body, for all the guys watching she was the on to die for. The cheers were extremely loud and the judges all seemed very pleased. The third was not much to look at and her voice was not all to great, maybe the short brown hair was throwing me off. And then Akari's turn, she was jumping about excitedly. She had taken off the blue jacket of the school uniform which gave everyone a clear view of her boobs bouncing up and down, surely this would have been enough to win if the judges were guys, but they weren't. Akari sang but it was hard to listen to. The rankings were announced and Akari was in last place.

"now that was exciting" the announcer said, his voice ringing through my ears "let's move on to the second challange, the obstacle course" he gestured behind the crowd were a obstacle course was waiting.

The four girls lined up and began running on the signal. First was a ballance test which put Akari in third place. The first two were already crawling underneath the second obstacle, Akari basically leaped underneath and crawled as fast as she could leaving one of the other girls behind. It was now between her and the redhead as the last obstacle drew close, a big wall. With one giant leap Akari scaled the wall and ran the last few meters to finish the race. I can't believe it, she won.

"Alright!" the announcer yelled out "that was absolutely amazing." The crowds agreed with loud cheers, we all of course joined in too, cheering for Akari. "now for our last Challenge, Best ninja outfit! Behind us are sets of clothing, make your outfit our use your own if you brought one"

I turned when i heard rustling behind me, Tengge pulled out a familiar Black and Gold skirt and top. "good thing that i brought these" she said, chuckling. The girls were given 20 minutes to create their outfit and afterwards were presented.

The Black and Gold outfit looked perfect Akari, along with it she held a kunai in her right hand and a small scroll in her left. I wasn't the only one to think that Akari looked perfect, the judges gave her a solid 28 out of 30. The short haired girl looked more like a cowgirl then a ninja, and the other was wearing very bright colours. The redhead however wore a green top that looked like it was just a sports bra, along with a set of green pants and shoes. In addition she had strapped a giant scroll to her lower back, she could pass for a actual Ninja. In the end she was on 27 points just one short of tieing Akari.

"we have Winner, here is our favourite and hopefully yours, Akari Hanao!" The announcer said and we erupted in cheers and yells, she actually did it, she made it all the way.

Once we had left Ninja village out was already dark, wet decided to head to a café to Akari's win.

"did you actually get anything for winning?" yamabuki asked

"yeah" Akari replied "this certificate and a set of Ninja scrolls" she pulled the certificate and the scrolls from her bag, from opposite to me Enju shot me a quick look. I know what she was thinking, but those weren't my scrolls. I shook my head slightly and turned back Akari.

This club, these people… i am truly honoured to call them my friends. I don't every want this to end. This club and the time we spent together are precious to me. I wish we can stay together for ever, i will protect this with my life.