Chapter 14: Uncovering Secrets
Norrisville High...
"Thanks Debbie..." Theresa said as she quickly snatched the bag out of Debbie's hands and then placed all four weapons in the duffel bag before anyone could see her put the weapons in the bag thus revealing her secret as the self-proclaimed Oni Keeper. She quickly decided to walk home after the fight, she'll bet that school is closed after that eventful day, she completely ignored the recovering Ninja who was recovering from being unconscious due to his inability to defeat Durahan, Theresa only wanted rest after some very emotionally and physically draining events that occurred from yesterday to today.
She sighed as now, she has about four voices in her head, at least Pichigaru seems polite so far, only needing to speak when she needs to speak to her friends or what she call them, her family...
'Feeling Better Polaris?' Pichigaru asked the Golden Samurai Oni, her voice being distinctively being sweet and soft by nature rather than childish and loud, arrogant and smug, or strong and gruff.
'I feeling a lot better...Especially if you stop calling me that...' Shirokuma said with a clear tone of embarrassment in his voice , Pichigaru giggled in response, clearly happy that she's with her family after so many years of isolation and rest and not even caring that she's sharing Purgatory with Theresa.
'I Thought You Like It When I Call You That, What Gives?" Pichigaru asked, clearly wanting some answers from the Golden Samurai Oni.
'Well, Theresa can hear you and well...' Shirokuma said, his reasoning being average at best, Pichigaru once again laughed in response especially at Shirokuma's attempts to hide his blush as his face was as red as a tomato, it was so flushed that even his handkerchief couldn't hide his furrowing cheeks
'She Doesn't Care If I Call You Polaris Or If I Call Mizuwani Slater Gator Or If I Call Kazeryu Ryu-Sama, Do You Care Miss Theresa?' Pichigaru asked the violet-haired Oni Keeper.
"It doesn't matter what you call them, their your family after all..." Theresa said quickly noticing that Pichigaru didn't gave her a nickname, something that strangely bothered her for some reason.
'See? She Doesn't Care Polaris...' The Red Peach Girl Oni said, Shirokuma grumbled in response, not wanting to talk.
"Is Kazeryu doing well?" Theresa nonchalantly asked the three Oni as she quickly noticed Kazeryu's silence, something that is uncommon in Purgatory.
'I'm doing well...Onee-chan...' Kazeryu quickly answered, his voice being childish but lacking that usual upbeat nature that Kazeryu usually has. There was an awkward afterwards as Theresa walked back home, all in the while the recovering Ninja watched her from afar having a fierce glare on his face.
Fowler Residence.
Theresa was sleeping on her bed, blankets covering her in a warm embrace for she really only wanted to be warm when she taking this quick rest, the Four Weapons of Four Legendary Oni were all leaning against her dresser as usual when she retreats to her home and more specifically her own bedroom.
'Miss Theresa Sure Is Different Than The Girls We Met Isn't She?' Pichigaru asked her family as a way to pass the time.
'What do you mean by that Pichigaru?' Shirokuma asked the Red Peach Girl Oni, Pichigaru giggled in response at their common confusion.
'Well Look At Her Room...' The Three Oni's did what Pichigaru asked, and they did notice that there were a lot of pictures of various musicians holding their musical instruments plastered on her wall, the Three Oni fell silent for a moment.
'She Loves Music, How Innocent And Cute Isn't That Right My Family?' Pichigaru said with another sweet giggle that brought warmth to specifically Mizuwani's cheeks
'I think that explains why she used to contain us in a guitar case despite not owning a guitar...' Mizuwani said with a polite chuckle, for he legitimately just noticed this just now.
'Maybe the guitar was used by Mama-sama...' Kazeryu suggested with a quiet but innocent voice.
'Could be, we could just ask when she wakes up...' Shirokuma said, his voice being nonchalant at best, the other three Oni nodded in response as they began to converse even more so they can pass the time.
That is until...They heard a very familiar voice...It was certain teenage boy who broke Theresa's heart the other day and required the consoling of three Oni's to cheer her up...
Literally outside the Fowler Residence...
"Are you sure about this Cunningham? Intruding in a girls house just to take her weapons that may or not exist?" Howard Weinerman asked his best friend Randy Cunningham who was looking in Theresa's room through her window, not even thinking about if he looked like a total stalker if someone else beside his best friend saw this.
"Howard, Theresa is Shirokuma, she literally told me she was him and that Kazeryu guy yesterday, I just need to take the weapons and she'll won't be able to steal the Ninja's thunder again!" Randy exclaimed as he spotted the now four weapons quietly leaning on her dresser, a devious smile grew on Randy's lips, he knows what he's going to do, Randy quickly grabbed his mask out of his bag and before he could Ninja up and take the weapons, the Ninjanomicon glowed, wanting Randy to teach a lesson.
"I can't believe that I'm saying this, but Ninjanomicon, talk some sense in him!" Howard exclaimed, actually wanting Randy to read the Ninjanomicon if it meant not intruding into someone's house and possibly getting sent to a juvenile correctional center for that.
"I bet the Nomicon got my back in this!" Randy said as he quickly grabbed the book out of his bag and quickly opened the book to whatever page, after a split second of opening the book, he quickly went into a state of unconscious.
Inside the Ninjanomicon...
Randy Cunningham woke up in the Ninjanomicon, like usual the ground was more akin to paper and the drawings are the people who live on it, what appeared in front of him was a crudely-drawn Ninja and what was in front of the Ninja was the crudely-drawn Four Legendary Oni, they didn't had their weapons drawn and so did the Ninja, in fact, Shirokuma had his hand out for the Ninja to shake.
"I know they fought with the First Ninja but I don't need help from anyone!" Randy said, right after Randy said that line, the Crudely-drawn Ninja quickly rejected the handshake Shirokuma offered him and quickly drew his sword out against the Four Legendary Oni, they did the same, clearly angry that the Ninja rejected they willingness to help the Ninja despite the natural animosity between them.
The Ninja lunged at the four demons but was quickly picked apart by the Legendary Four Oni's, the Ninja getting slaughtered due to his pride and unwillingness to be a hero who was humble enough to accept help, the Ninjanomicon quickly made these words that Randy will most likely actually listen to.
"A Ninja should never reignite a flame that should not blaze..."
Randy nodded intently as he placed a finger on his chin, actually contemplating the meaning of the words the Ninjanomicon gave him, Randy quickly snapped his fingers, realizing the meaning of this moral sentence.
"The Four of them reignited my flame! They stole my thunder and so they reignited me and they shouldn't have done that! Thanks Nomicon for being on my side!" Randy said as if he was a genius, the Crudely-Drawn Four Legendary Oni looked at Randy and all collectively facepalmed and groaned loudly, truly not wanting to deal with something like what Randy said, in response to Randy's words of true epiphany the Four Legendary Oni quickly tackled Randy Cunningham and started to pick him apart as well, effectively bringing Randy back to reality.
Now back to reality...
Randy Cunningham quickly up and quickly stood up as he looked at Howard with a rather smug look, after looking at Howard smugly he quickly put on his Ninja mask, turning into the Ninja of Norrisville.
"I'm guessing Nomicon wasn't on your side this time?" Howard asked, Randy in the Ninja suit quickly responded with.
"Don't worry Howard, Nomicon is on my side!" Randy Cunningham as he quickly grabbed a smoke bomb and then threw it on the ground, causing red and orange smoke to appear and causing Randy to disappear, Howard sighed loudly as he was now alone and looks like he was willing to break in a girl's house to see and take her 'weapons'
Theresa's Room...
"Smoke Bomb!" Randy said somewhat quieter than usual as he appeared in Theresa's room in a puff of red and orange smoke, he quickly looked at the four resting weapons of the Four Legendary Oni with a glare, he also noticed that Theresa was quietly sleeping in her bed, Randy quickly ignored her for she probably should have already woken up by now, but she isn't, she's still sleeping peacefully in a embrace of blankets and covers
Dismissing Theresa as a heavy sleeper and nothing more, he began to ponder what should he do after getting the weapons out of Theresa's hands, should he blackmail her? Should he just get rid of the weapons? Or should he just use the weapons for himself? Randy began to ponder some more.
That is until Theresa woke up, she quickly sat up from her bed with a yawn, Randy quickly began to panic and before he could disappear in a puff of a smoke bomb, a very gruff and strong voice came out of Theresa's mouth, something that bothered Randy for the voice was simply to deep for a girl's voice.
"Why are you here Ninja?" Theresa asked, almost sounding exactly like Shirokuma, something that made Randy to look at Theresa in confusion. Theresa quickly got out of her bed revealing her golden kimono with a pattern of white cherry blossoms, her long hair tied to a ponytail with one long yellow highlight going from her ponytail to the other end.
"What the juice is wrong with your voice Theresa?" Randy asked, clearly flabbergasted with Theresa's voice.
"How do you know my name?" the Shirokuma partially-possessed Theresa said as she quickly folded her arms at the Ninja, the Ninja himself quickly realized his mistake.
"And more importantly, why are you in my house and in my room?" Theresa asked, that is until she looked at the four weapons of the four legendary Oni, Shirokuma already knows why the Ninja is here, he's just toying with the masked warrior.
"Is that really the reason why your here...How childish of you..." Theresa scoffed and spoke, clearly talking down to the Ninja despite the Ninja's power.
"Hey, you can't talk down to me! I'm the Ninja and your just the Oni Keeper! You don't even do the fighting!" The Ninja said truthfully, the partially-possessed Theresa did not falter despite his truthful words and instead scoffed loudly.
"Your not even Theresa! Theresa doesn't suddenly wear a kimono or have yellow highlights!" The Ninja accused once more, Theresa once again scoffed.
"I know, I am Shirokuma partially possessing Theresa for she trusts me enough to do this..." Before the Ninja could say anything he was quickly grabbed by the neck and raised in the air with Theresa's one hand, the Ninja was very much surprised in Theresa's strength, but it was most likely altered due to Shirokuma possessing her, if it alters her appearance it probably alters her strength as well.
The Partially-possessed Theresa scoffed loudly as she quickly went and grab Shirokuma's axe, once she did, golden streams began to pour out Shirokuma's axe and it quickly covered Theresa's partially possessed body, after several seconds of being bask in this yellowy aura, a flash of light occurred and there instead of Theresa having a grip on the Ninja's neck was the Golden Samurai Oni Shirokuma.
Shirokuma growled loudly as walked up to Theresa's window with the Ninja's neck in his right hand and quickly opened the window, Shirokuma then threw the Ninja out of the window.
"What the juice happened!?" Shirokuma heard, believing it was...Strangely Randy's best friend, Shirokuma lightly shrugged to himself as he quickly grabbed the other Oni weapons and headed outside the correct way instead of causing unnecessary property damage.
Shirokuma was now outside now facing against the Ninja with his sword drawn and a glare on his face, they were about several yards away from Theresa's home, behind the Ninja was Howard Weinerman who was poorly hiding behind the many trees around Theresa's home.
"I can't believe we're fighting each other, it only gives me more reasons to call you a child and nothing more..." Shirokuma said with a scoff as on his back were the three other weapons of the Four Legendary Oni's on standby.
"Can you please just shut up!? I'm not a child!" The Ninja said wrathfully, something that brought a smug smile on Shirokuma's smile if he was being honest.
"You are a child, and its my job to teach you to be humble..." Shirokuma said, right before roaring loudly and charging to the Ninja with his axe raised.
Their blades clashed, metal against metal, the blunt and heavy axe greatly contrasting the slim and sharp sword that the Ninja bears, the Ninja quickly broke off the blade clash and did a horizontal slash, Shirokuma quickly blocked the blade with his axe and began once more to talk down to the Ninja.
"Your strength will never make me fall..." Then all of the sudden Shirokuma grabbed the Ninja's head with his free hand, causing the Ninja to yelp loudly in surprise, Shirokuma growled loudly as he harden his grip on the Ninja's head, causing the Ninja to scream in pain as he was now directing his focus on any way to try pry himself off of Shirokuma's grasp.
"I'll make you rest about that!" Shirokuma said with another fierce growl.
"Why are you doing this to me!? I thought you and the other three were like allies to me!?" The Ninja frantically said as an attempt to make the Golden Samurai stop.
"Because child, you were willing to hurt Theresa, our Oni Keeper, that's why you came here didn't you!? To expel your frustrations on a girl who doesn't deserve it!?" Shirokuma roared loudly after saying these words, the three other Oni were not as angry as Shirokuma was.
"It was nothing like that! I just wanted to get rid of you four, you were all ruining me! You were all stealing my thunder and the people at Norrisville especially at the school are thinking that I'm a total shoob because of you four!" The Ninja said, Shirokuma actually lessened his grip on the Ninja's cranium in response, believing his words for they were absurd at best.
'Is he serious?' Was Mizuwani's reaction to the Ninja's truthful words.
'I Thought Ninja Candidates Had Standards.' Pichigaru said with a disappointed tone as her mask did not hid her big frown.
'Ninja-baka...Still Ninja-baka!' Kazeryu chimed in loudly as well.
"That's...Something alright..." Shirokuma said as he finally let go of the Ninja's head and took a few steps away the Ninja to contemplate, Shirokuma was clearly perplexed in the Current Ninja's logical reasoning, getting rid of force of good, just so he can be viewed as competent to the public...So basically he's willing to get rid of four heroes essentially just so he can get his reputation back...
"That's...Chil-" Shirokuma paused, he's going to need a better word than just simply calling the Ninja a child and leave it at that, he pondered for a moment, clearly overwhelmed with the Current Ninja's moral thinking.
"No wonder a fool like Randy Cunningham absolutely adores you..." Shirokuma said, the Ninja was clearly offended with Shirokuma's words for some reason, something that made Shirokuma to raise an eyebrow.
"Why would you care about someone Randy? Its not like you are..." It quickly donned on the Golden Samurai, Howard Weinerman, Randy's Best Friend literally hiding behind a tree and without his heterosexual life partner, Randy almost having an extreme form of favoritism to the Ninja, Randy knowing that Theresa is the Oni Keeper despite the fact that when Kazeryu brought the guitar case with him and the only person besides the Boar Oni was the Ninja himself...
'Wow...We're idiots aren't we? How couldn't we see this connection!? This is almost as bad as that time when Kazeryu wore peasant clothes that barely covered his Oni body and yet was treated like any normal human by every human he met...' Mizuwani said, clearly disappointed in himself for not figuring this out.
'Randy-baka and Ninja-baka are both called baka for a reason.' Kazeryu said with a childish giggle.
'Really Ryu-Sama?' The Red Peach Girl Oni asked the Purple Dragon Oni.
'Not really, I just don't like both of them...' Kazeryu answered with a embarrassed giggle.
"Well then...What should I call you now, Randy Cunningham or Ninja, I prefer the former myself..." Shirokuma said with a growl, the Ninja looked at the Golden Samurai with a raised eyebrow.
"Don't speak...Whatever comes out of your mouth is akin to manure..." Shirokuma interrupted the Ninja, no doubt Randy was trying to deny his identity, even thought that's already dead in the water.
"No wonder you say bruce, shoob and whatever crap, if the Ninja does it, that's mean the public will start sprouting out gutturals, and you won't feel like an outcast if you do that..." Shirokuma said with a pitiful scoffed as he folded his arms, angling his hands so he can still hold his axe, Randy Ninja was very much offended with these words
"No wonder why you broke Theresa's heart, you were just envious of our strength..." Shirokuma concluded as having enough of this nonsense, he turned away from the Ninja, having his back facing the Ninja and began to walk away.
But before Shirokuma could walk about five feet away from the Norrisville Ninja, his whole body was being covered with an aura of red and fire, Shirokuma raised an eyebrow, why would Pichigaru want her a word with the Ninja?
Nevertheless, with a shrug Shirokuma allowed himself to go back to purgatory, being essentially replaced by the Red Peach Girl Oni, Pichigaru, after a fiery burst of light occurred, what appeared in the Ninja eyes was not the Golden Samurai but instead the Red Peach Girl.
Pichigaru turned back to the Ninja with a small smile on her paper-white face, the Ninja was very much surprised by this, not knowing that the Red Sword contained a female Oni, due to the fact that he was conscious over his fight with the Bison Oni and pretty much missed a lot of the action.
"Ninja..." Pichigaru said as she walked up to the Ninja, swapping the placement of her sword with Shirokuma's axe, she still have that small smile on her face that strangely seemed to creep the Ninja out.
"Or Randy Cunningham, Either Way, Can You Be A Good Person And Make Something Up For Theresa? I've Been Told She's Hasn't Been The Most Lively Ever Since You Broke Her Heart Like Some Kind Of Monster..." The Red Peach Girl Oni asked the Ninja, her voice being naturally kind and almost soothing to one's ears, something that made the Ninja to actually listen to the words of an Oni.
"I broke her heart?" Randy said, basically giving up on the whole charade, Pichigaru frowned widely in response, this is going to be a lot harder than she thought.
'Don't you want to punch in the face twice as hard than before?' Shirokuma chimed in with a loud laugh, Mizuwani laughed in response to Shirokuma's words
"Shirokuma Literally Told You This Like A Minute Ago..." Pichigaru said, as she gave Randy a incredibly forced smile that the Three Other Oni's could literally sense her barely controlled desire to punch the boy right in the face.