Kiara and Randy entered the room. Howard was too concentrated on Grave Punching to notice them.

Randy cleared his throat. "Uh,..Howard?"

"What is it, Cunningham?" Howard asked, agitated. He didn't look up from the TV.

"Mr. Weinermen?" Kiara spoke up.

Hearing the new voice made Howard curious. He looked over to see Randy and Kiara. The sight of a lion freaked him out. He screamed. "C-cunningham...th-that's a lion..."

"I know." Randy said. "She's my..."

He trailed off. He was going to say 'friend', but he wasn't sure if that was true. Kiara had kind of inferred they were friends when she said 'The Ninja's only true friend is the Nomicon."

"You know who I am." Kiara said gently. She approached the shivering teen. "I'm not going to hurt you. My purpose is to help."

"N-no..I don't know w-who you are." Howard said shakily. Kiara lifted a paw, which caused Howard to flinch. Kiara placed it gently on his shoulder to comfort him.

"You can call me Kiara."

Howard thought for a moment. "I-I don't know anyone named Kiara..."

"Because it's my real name and I haven't used it around you..or the ninja."

Howard's eyes widened. He looked over to Randy, who seemed a little uneasy. He then stared wide eyed at the lioness. "Y-you know Randy's the ninja?"

"Of course I do." She said, removing her paw from his shoulder. "I'm very important to the ninja."

Howard gave her a puzzled look.

"I'm the Nomicon." She said.

"Wait, you're the Nomicon?" Howard asked.

Kiara nodded.

"Wow, Cunningham, I didn't know you were trained by a-"

"A lion? Yeah, that surprised me too."

"No. A girl."

Kiara's ears bolted upright at Howard's words. She turned to him. "And what do you mean by that?"

She would of growled, but she didn't really want to make an enemy out of him. She wanted them to be on good terms.

Howard shrugged. "I just thought something like being a ninja would be taught by a...guy."

"Uh, Howard, you do realize how easily she could take you down, right?" Randy asked, somewhat nervously.

"I know, I know..but I was just saying, usually guys are-" He was interrupted by Kiara pinning him down.

She didn't do it like she did in training with Randy. No, Howard was just a defenseless human, she'd never attack defenseless humans! Like the ninja she was also meant to protect.

She just gently nudged him the the ground and gently put her front paws on his torso. She smirked slightly at the boy. She got off of him.

"So, ninja can I have some alone time with Mr. Weinermen?"

"Why?" Randy asked, slightly nervous.

"I just want to get to know him."