Howard watched as he squirmed on the ground. He was about to step out and intervene when he heard something.

Randy was laughing.

Howard was puzzled, until he noticed the stank was in the shape of two hands and they were tickling him all over.

That Shoob! I thought he was dead! I'll wait at his house and yell at him when he gets back...

Howard left, grumbling to himself about how much of a Shoob, Randy was.

Randy managed to get up, still giggling a lot. "I-I c-can still take you d-down S-Sorcerer.."

The Sorcerer grinned. "This is exactly how I imagined our final battle would go. You being putty in the palm of my hand."

Randy managed to pick up the sword and cut away the stank.

"Ninja flip!" The Sorcerer made hands of stank again and caught him by his scarf.

"Announcing your attacks isn't a good strategy." The Sorcerer said, smirking.

Randy's face turned red in embarrassment. "Well, I uh..."

The Sorcerer chuckled a bit and set him down. "Perhaps before the real final battle, you should pratice more, hmm?"

Randy laughed a bit. "Ha ha, yeah."

He gave a slight wave before leaving.

…..

The Nomicon was glowing super bright as he walked home. He tried to ignore it, but he couldn't. The light from his bag was burning his eyes.

Randy paused and looked around until he spotted a park bench. He sat down and sloomped into The Nomicon.

The Final Battle is an event that from Ninja generation to Ninja generation has the possibility of happening. Once The Sorcerer is too powerful The Ninja must stop him from taking over. Each Ninja is trained for the possibility that they will be the ones to take him down. This event is very serious and MUST NOT BE JOKED ABOUT! You are making a mockery of something very serious that YOU might have to be the one to deal with!

Randy was shocked by the words. He knew that The Final Battle would be an important event, but he didn't think The Nomicon would get this mad about it.

He finally found the courage to speak. "There isn't going to be a final battle, Nomicon! I'll refuse to fight if I'm the one who has to do it!"

The Nomicon let out a loud growl.

The Sorcerer's power must be feared, not admired.

It kicked him out.

Randy put The Nomicon away and headed home.

When he opened the door he was surprised to see Howard there, looking very mad.