Lone wolf
They went to Kristy's dinner just to say hi but Nomi flashed as they entered. "I think someone here is a ninja." Randy said quietly. Kristy ran over and hugged Rachel. "Hey! I haven't seen you in a while. Alex is here too. Come on." she said leading them to the back room. Randy glanced at the ninja Nomicon, waiting for a response of some kind. "Alex and Kristy are both ninjas." he said as Rachel ran over and hugged Alex.
"Whose Alex..." he asked just as he saw them hugged. "Alex is my brother." Rachel replied. "Oooh...oh well Kristy and Alex are both ninjas." Randy said with slight hint of relief. Rachel smiled softly as they both just sort of looked at her and Randy. "Really?" Kristy asked and Rachel nodded. Nomi appeared in a chair. "You all might want to get comfortable." he said.
Randy looked at him and then sat down. The others did the same. Nomi started to explain. "The sorcerer had been locked down in his prison for over 800 years. He has grown stronger in that period of time. We need all the help we can get for the time being." he said. Debby raised her hand as if she was at school. "Yes?" Nomi asked. "So we are all here to fight a sorcerer?" She asked.
Nomi just sort of nodded. "Yes, hopefully it will be the final battle." he replied. Randy looked at Rachel. Rachel just sort of looked down for a moment then quietly left the room with her bag. Randy wasn't sure if he should stay or go after Rachel. Nomi turned to him with a look that said go check on her. Without hesitation, Randy sprang up and went to look for her. Rachel was sitting in Kristy's room crying lightly.
Her Nomicon was in her lap. Randy found her and knocked on the door. Rachel looked up. "Come in." she replied. Randy slowly came up to her. "Hey is something wrong?" he asked. "Remember that story Nomi and Nicki told us years ago? The one with the wolf?" she asked. "Um yes..." he replied, although to him it felt like yesterday. She sighed. "I'm not ready for the final battle...I don't want the story to come true." She replied. Randy looked down to the floor. "I've been battling the sorcerer and Mcfist on my own for 5 years and I'm still not ready..." she said sadly.
"Maybe all of us together...we could stop them." Randy said. Rachel was quiet. She was completely unsure. "M-maybe..." she replied shakily. Randy looked at her. "...Don't worry about it, we will be fine." he said trying to reinsure her. Rachel sighed and shook her head. "I-I don't know..." she stammered. "Well I do know one thing...we need to..." he said sounding almost heavy hearted.
She wouldn't look up at all. She just went silent. Randy felt uneasy in the silence and slightly swallowed. Rachel wouldn't look up. She knew that she wasn't ready and she couldn't fight not after everything that had been happening. "If you're so sure that it has to happen now...th-then you're going t-to have to do it w-without me..." she finally said letting tears stream down her face. Randy stared at her.
He wasn't sure if it was the time or not he was just going along with Nomi. Randy then sighed. Rachel quietly stood up leaving Nicki on the bed and left the room. Randy turned towards the door and just looked. Rachel left her bag which had her ninja mask. She left the cafe and went to the park and just sat on the bench. Randy took Rachel's Nomicon and put it in her bag and step out of the room.
Rachel went to a nearby forest and called flare to her. Flare had grown over the past five years, enough that Rachel could fly on her. Randy saw that Rachel wasn't around and went outside, looking for her. Rachel climbed onto flare and they took to the skies flying around for a bit. Randy went back to the dinner. Nomi noticed him and stood up and let Nicki, who appeared, take over the conversation.
He walked up to him. "Is something wrong?" he asked. Randy sighed. "Rachel left...She said that she's not ready for the final battle." he replied. Nomi sighed and nodded. "She'll come back." he said reassuringly. "She won't stay a lone wolf for long hopefully. At least not long enough for it to come true." he thought to himself.