Randy Cunningham: Secrets behind the Nomicon

by Man of cartoons

For 800 years Norrisville High has been protected by a Ninja. No one knows that every four years a new warrior is chosen. But now dark times are coming as a prophecy is coming to life. Randy must face up to the future battles while being aided by a Japanese and the Nomicon acting up.

18. Bash in love

Hi, my dear readers and welcome to another chapter of Randy Cunningham: Secrets of the Nomicon. Before I start, I want to say thanks to everyone that read the last chapter. The crossover was a huge success like I wanted. Anyway, i've been asked if Kick will make an appearance again. Sadly, that won't happen in this story. I have the thought of a sequel of this story and if I'm able to do it then Kick will appear in it.

Also, a reviewer corrected me on the words of the earth attack in 'Kimiko Yamamoto: 9th grade Kunoichi'. When I wrote half of the chapter I wasn't feeling well and saving the chapter kept being a problem several times. I read the chapter a lot and tried typing back some scenes the laptop I used failed to save. In the process I left some mistakes. Sorry about that, but thanks to supergriffenxxx I'll fix it.

Sorry for the delay, on with the chapter.

Chapter 18: Bash in love

Today in Norrisville was usual, besides the random robot attacks or stanked teens. It was lunch period and so far no trouble, other than Bash wedging Bucky pants over his head. However, not everyone was having lunch.

Within the library, Kim sat on a table, a pile of books around her. She wasn't reading for extra credit, but because of the educational value. Being the Nomicon for eight centuries has made her miss on books and the only thing she could learn was Ninja moves and languages after she gives that Ninja a mind wipe when his training was complete. But now that she wasn't a book anymore and finally free, she didn't want to take life for granted.

Book after Book, she read them all in several minutes. It may make her look geeky, but she didn't care the least. She didn't bother about lunch since she already ate before making her way to the library. The librarian was really helpful, giving her books that she recommended and was very polite.

As she sat there reading more books, she stopped and held out something in her hand on the table. It was a scroll and she unrolled it. She looked into it and found a picture of a female Ninja. She has never seen the design before, though it was somehow related to her Kunoichi suit. The girl wore the regular Ninja suit like the Norrisville Ninja, but had a skirt and a scarf that splits into two, making it look like two (1).

There was nothing written about her except the words below the picture, 'The Kunoichi shall rise and the Ninja will need her.'

"Yeah, I don't think so." She rolled the scroll back. Though she didn't know about the Kunoichi, she didn't think the Ninja need her help…yet. She only discovered the scroll when she woke up that morning. It was confusing first but she could determine who brought it.

However, Kim didn't get the chance to finish as the Ninja crashed through a window. He crashed right on her table, knocking down all the books. Kim didn't seem surprise as she tug the scroll into her pocket.

The Ninja got off the table and turned to her, "Sorry, Kim, but I got a problem."

"What type of problem?" She asked.

Her answer was gotten when three robots broke through the wall. These robots were different. They had armadillo features, the face and the body armor. They were known as the robo-armodillos

"I just had to ask." Kim frowned.

The armadillos marched forward, changing their claws into guns.

"Smoke Bomb!" The Ninja shouted and drop the smoke bombs, causing a red dust cloud to cover him and Kim. The armadillos opened fire but it went through the dust cloud, harming no one as revealed when it cleared.

The armadillos growled in anger before rolling into ball forms and roll away, unaware that The Ninja and Kim were underneath a table. The two waited until the robots were gone before letting out a breath of relief.

Kim smiled, looking back at the place the robots once stood, "It looks like Viceroy has up his game. Are you sure you couldn't beat them?"

"Yeah, that's why I need you." Randy replied, "Besides, this is the part that you give me some advice or show me some bruce technique."

Kim raised an eyebrow at him, "Do I always do that?"

"Sometimes." Randy shrugged.

Before any conversation could continue, the table they hid flew across the library, exposing them. The two looked at the cause and found a robo-armodillo growling at them and pointing one of its claw-gun at them.

"Ninja scatter!" Both shouted and leapt out of the way of fire.

The Ninja landed at the left while Kim landed at the right. The armadillo paid no attention to Kim, but to the Ninja and pointed its claw-guns at him. The Ninja got into a fighting stance, wielding his katana in his hand. But before it could shoot, Kim leapt forward and kicked it at the side, sending it flying away.

"Thanks for the help." The Ninja said.

"Don't thank me yet." Kim pointed before them. The armadillo she kicked and the others regroup and began rolling their way.

Kim dug into her pocket and brought out metal balls, "Kunoichi tripping balls!" She shouted and threw them forward. The balls landed on the ground just as the armadillos came closer. But to her surprise, they grew spikes, breaking the balls and still moving forward.

"Kim, I could really use a new weapon right now and no riddles this time." The Ninja said with urgency.

"Do I really do that?" She gave him a confused look. The Ninja didn't answer, looking serious at her, "Okay fine. Check the waist side of your Ninja suit, there's something that would help."

The Ninja did as she said, "So what is it any way? I'm guessing it's a cooolll…" His face fell pale when he brought out a jump rope, "A jump rope? Seriously?"

Before he could say more, a robo-armadilo rolled towards him and hit him, sending him to a brick wall. The two others unrolled themselves, back on their two feet and pointed their claw-guns at Kim before they opened fire.

"Ninja Comet sprint!" Kim felt a rush of adrenaline in her body and ran out of the way.

The robo-armadilos kept firing, following her trail as she kept firing. Kim did successfully to dodge the bullets, sprinting and flipping through the air, confusing them. She began to make her way to one of them, maneuvering her way through the bullets it fired. She then leapt forward and kicked it in the face, sending it flying to a book shelf.

The second and third robo-armadilos still continued to fire, but she ran off before a bullet could hit her. She stopped for a moment and turned to them before maneuvering to their right, avoiding the bullets. Once she got close, she ran around them like a blur, throwing rapid punches at them. The robo-armodillos tried to hit her, but she was too fast to get. For a young girl, she left some dents on them before coming to a halt. However, that short lived as she sent a roundhouse kick at them, sending them flying to their fellow robot.

The adrenaline rush Kim felt faded, taking her back to her normal speed. With the robots down for the moment, she turned to the confused Ninja staring at the rope, "What are you waiting for, Ninja?"

"What am I suppose to do with this?" Randy lifted the black and red jump rope, "Jump with it?"

"What do you think?" She gave him a stern look.

"Oh." If he's mask weren't hiding his cheeks, Kim would have seen an embarrassing blush.

While they talked, the robo-armadilos got back to their feet and prepared to fire. Kim noticed them and quickly ran out of the way, while the Ninja held the jump rope in his hands.

"Let's hope this work." He closed his eyes and began to jump over the rope. He suddenly felt something strange, like he wasn't touching the ground. He didn't know why, but his hands kept swinging his sides. Out of curiosity, he opened his eyes and they became wide when he noticed why, "Wow!"

The Ninja found himself swinging the jump rope in a fast rate, which in turn made him to levitate in the air. From outside view, the rope kept going over him as he swung it. It was like he was jumping over it, except his legs weren't touching the ground. Unlike normal jump ropes, it also increased rapidly, activating its other functions.

"This is so Bruce!" He exclaimed in excitement.

Suddenly, the robo-armadilos got back their feet and targeted their claw-guns directly at him. The Ninja became wide eyed and closed his eyes as they fired. He heard the shots come, but didn't feel anything. Confused, he opened his eyes and found that the jump rope deflected them. While he closed his eyes, his hands were still spinning the jump rope and deflected them. Randy didn't know how it was possible, but he smirked.

The robots were confused and continued opening fire. The Ninja increased his spinning and the bullets bounced off and headed straight at the robots. Two of the robots saw them coming back and went into their ball form, rolling away. However, the third stood and continued shooting until it was blown up by the retuned shots.

The Ninja's smirk grew and he began to understand it. Not only does the jump rope levitate him in the air, it deflected enemies' attacks. Understanding this made it so much better and cool for the Ninja. Like a cannon ball, he shot himself straight at the second robo-armodillo, sending it crashing into a table. The last robot came from behind, trying to use the element of surprise. It seems to work and it fired at the Ninja.

However, the Ninja moved out of the way, heading to a wall. He didn't break through but instead went on it and continued going to the ceiling. Gravity took over him, but he managed to lean forward, narrowing himself to his target. Before the robo-armodillo could react, the Ninja stomp down on it. The robot was in pieces and the Ninja stopped the jump rope.

The Ninja's tool instantly stopped and he walked a few meters from the robot pile. He held the jump rope in his hands, admiring it. Originally, he thought it was useless, but now it was too cool. But while he looked at it, a robo-armodillo, the one he sent to a table, got up and came from behind. It was about to fire at him without him noticing.

"Yeah, I don't think so." The Ninja tilt his head at the robot. Before the robot could react, the Ninja turned back at him and shot his jump rope at him, similar to how he does with his Ninja scarf, "Ninja jump rope grip!" The rope tied around the robot and the Ninja pulled it against its will. He spun it around him before letting go of it, sending the robot crashing through a wall.

Once the battle was over, Kim emerged from her hiding place which was under a table, "Nice work, Ninja. But next time try to keep the public damage to a minimum."

"What are you…" He began to ask, but took notice of the current state of the library. The walls had cracks, the ceiling had a few scratches and shelves were knocked done to the ground, scattering multiple books on the ground. Seeing and realizing the damage, the Ninja smiled sheepishly, "Um, my bad?"

Kim sighed, "Don't worry about it. I'm part to be blame for this." She then walked to a few books on the ground and picked them up, "Before you go can you…"

The school bell rang, interrupting her from asking.

"Sorry, Kim, but I got English class. Smoke Bomb!" With that, he was gone a red dust cloud.

Kim scoffed in a low tone before breathing it out of her system. She picked some books she asked from the librarian and ran out of the place, already late for a class. She ran as fast as she could, hoping she wasn't too late for the class. Ever since she came to the school, she never been late before and didn't hope to be late. She was just about to get there when she ran into someone bigger than her, sending her and the person to the ground and her books flying in the air.

The person, very well known as Bash Johnson snarled, "What the juice was that for?!" He hadn't seen who it was, but knew for sure that the person was small and weak. Whoever it was, he was going to take his anger on that person. However, when his eyes landed on Kim as she tried to pick up her books, something changed in him. A soft gasp came from his mouth, along with his eyes flew wide. In a trance, she walked through a meadow, her skin and eyes sparking beautifully.

"Hi." She smiled dreamily, "Hello? You there?"

Bash snapped back to reality, shaking his head. He looked back at the girl and found her standing before him with her hand reached to him.

"You okay?" She asked.

Bash stared at the hand and accepted, "Yeah, whatever."

Kim pulled him to his feet, which amazed him by her strength, "Sorry about that. I was trying to get to class and kind of ran into you. I'm still new here."

"You're new?" He stared at her with a confused face. That would explain a lot like how she wasn't quivering in fear. She hadn't met him before or at least not in person. Normally, Bash would begin to warn her with a glare since she was a girl, but he didn't feel like it.

"Yeah." She smiled sheepishly. Then a thought came to her, "Sorry but I have to go. See ya." She let go of Bash and began running down the hall.

Bash remained where he stood, watching her as she turn the next corridor. When she left, he looked at the hand she held with a gaping mouth.

"Is Bash in love?" He finally asked.

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After hours of school, the bell finally rang and students walked through the door. Among them, Randy, Howard and Kim walked down the stairs, each talking about their classes and the fact that they weren't given homework.

"What I'm saying is I'm glad that's over." Howard said, continuing the conversation.

"Yeah and no homework." Randy added with a grin, "To celebrate, we should head to my house and play Grave puncher 5."

Kim scoffed and rolled her eyes, "Seriously, what do you guys still see in that mindless game?"

"It isn't mindless." Randy said.

"Yeah." Howard agreed, "Besides, you'll never understand because of your age. What was it, eight hundred?"

Kim rolled her eyes again, sighing to herself. Howard has been trying to get to her ever since she locked him in a closet two weeks ago. He tried pranking her in school by any means, but in the end he either got soaked in water or slipping through the hallway because of his pranks failing against him.

"Actually, I'm older than that." Kim kept a clueless face, angering the ginger head. On the inside, she was smirking all the way.

Seeing that a fight might assume, Randy intervened, "Okay, guys let's try to be friends here, remember? When we get home, Kim could try out the game and…"

However, he didn't get the chance to finish as he, and Howard, was pushed aside to the ground. The two boys were confused and grumbling underneath their breath, wondering who did it, and looked in front of them. That instant, their jaws dropped to the ground as their eyes went wide at what they saw. Bash Johnson, Norrisville High bully, was holding a red rose to Kim. Now that's something you don't see every day.

"Um, this is for you?" Bash said, giving the flower to Kim.

The Japanese girl glance at the rose, confused, but not like the boys. Instead of rejecting it, she took it and smiled at him, "Thanks."

From there it became total silence. Bash seems nervous, trying to think of something to say. It was a very odd experience that Howard and Randy were staring at each other and back at the two in total shock. Kim didn't seem worried about the boys and instead waited for what Bash wanted to say, and hopefully sooner so she could leave.

"Oh yeah!" Bash spoke up, "Will you go on a date with me?"

Another silence took place, but this time Randy and Howard's jaws were wider. If anymore surprises like the one they were witness just happen, they'll faint. Kim noticed the two boys' expression, but thought about Bash offering for a date. She never gone on a date before, even in her timeline. She had to concentrate on other things and never thought on dating.

"Um, I'll…think about it." Kim finally said, though a bit stressed.

"Yes!" Bash fist pump the air, "She'll think about!" He let out another cheer before walking away.

Kim watched him leave, confused. She had a lot on her mind, but something by her friends got her attention.

"Um, Randy…Howard?" She stared at them. Due to the surprise, Randy and Howard had fainted with foam coming from their mouths.

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"AAAAHHHHHHHHH!"

Heidi's screamed rang through the air of Norrisville, breaking windows into pieces, including flute girl's glasses, and tires to deflate. A lot of people who heard were scared and confused, wondering what could be the cause of it.

Kim sat on Howard's bed, watching as Heidi tried to catch her breath. After the encounter with Bash, Howard couldn't keep his mouth shut and told Heidi about it –which was ironic considering the two don't always see eye to eye.

Randy stood next to her, encouraging her to take easy breathing exercises. While all this happened, Howard sat on a bean bag, holding a pop corn and soda as he enjoyed the 'show'.

"How could you actually accept a date with Bash?!" Heidi yelled, throwing her arms in the air. The breathing exercise had helped and now the older teen was ready to continue.

Kim turned to Howard, shooting him a menacing glare. If Howard actually cared he would be scared, but he wasn't. Kim made a silent note to stuff scorpions in his underwear drawer after this. Until then she'll have to deal with the current crisis as she turned to Heidi, "Don't you think this is overreacting? I didn't even accept. Bubbler mouth didn't tell you I only said I'll think about it."

"Yeah, Kim. Besides, she won't go out with him, considering the time he took her when she was the Nomicon." Randy mentioned.

"Which by the way was because of you." Howard pointed out.

"Thanks, Howard." Randy replied sarcastically.

Kim took over, "Anyway, I won't go on a date with him. It's just that he came up to me and I asked. If it makes everyone feel better I'll tell him it's a no show."

"Okay." Heidi sighed in relief, "But take it easy, okay?"

"Sure." Kim shrugged and jumped off the bed, "I can handle this. See you guys later." She then walked out the door, leaving a moment of silence for the rest.

Howard sat on his bean bag and snickered, "Aw men she'll be a total shoob."

Both Heidi and Randy looked at each other before a sly grin took over. Before Howard knew it, Heidi and Randy lifted the bottom of the bag up, causing Howard to fall back and have his soda and drink pour all over him.

"Aw, come on!"

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Meanwhile, Mcfist and Viceroy stood in front of a satellite construction. Of course it was inside Mcfist industries since it wasn't that big and was to be launched a few days later. Until then, robo-apes were working on it, trying to finish it while Mcfist stood next to Viceroy with a blue print if it.

"Once this satellite is launched, Mcfist industry products will be known all over the country. This has so far been my best idea." Mcfist said, beaming with a smile.

Viceroy rolled his eyes, "Keep telling that to yourself, Hannibal. But besides I've been thinking about the Ninja and I think we could use this satellite to…" He didn't get to finish as Marci, Mcfist wife, walked in.

"Hi, honey-bun." She smiled, walking to Mcfist.

"Hi, Marci." Mcfist smiled in a sweet tone.

"Listen, so today I found out something great." Marci said, even more excited as her smile grew.

"And what will that be?" Mcfist raised an eyebrow, expecting his darling wife to continue.

"Bash's in love." She sang it out.

"WHAT?!"

The same question came out of every mouth, other than Marci. Mcfist was the loudest and after that were Viceroy who spit out some coffee he just coincidently took. Then there were the robo-apes who froze in place, shouting out the same as Mcfist at unison.

Marci didn't seem to notice, too happy about her boy, "Yes, he's in love. In fact this might be his first. So I want you Honey-bun to help Bash, maybe some pep talk or something. Can you do that?"

"Um, sure I can." Mcfist answered, though awkwardly.

Marcy giggled to herself and kissed Mcfist on the cheeks before leaving. Just as she did, there was a total silence before Mcfist turned back only to find all the robo-apes standing behind him, having heard everything.

"What are you doing?! Get back to work!" Mcfist barked at them. The robots complied immediately and went back to work so as to avoid Mcfist's wrath.

Viceroy took a handkerchief and whipped off the spilled coffee from his mouth. It was really a surprise that Bash was in love, considering his idiotic nature never allowed him, "Actually, Bash having a girlfriend won't be so bad."

"Of course it won't cause it won't happen!" Mcfist yelled at him, "For a smart guy, you don't know no girl will like Bash! Have you met him?!"

Viceroy kept calm, though he wanted to smack himself. For once in a long time Mcfist was right, no girl will date Bash considering his behavior. Despite that he spoke, "So what do you plan on doing? Marci won't be happy."

"That's why we're not telling her."

"Okay, then how do you plan on dissolving this and still keep Marci happy."

Mcfist thought about it, putting up a thinking face, "The only way a girl will love that buffoon will have to be in a love spell. That's it!" He shot his robotic finger at Viceroy, "Build a love device that will make the girl to fall in love with him."

"I don't know, Mcfist. Love is very complicated and…"

"Just do it!"

"Fine." Viceroy sighed, rolling his eyes, "But there will be consequences."

However, Mcfist didn't hear that as a robo-ape came, "Sir, there is a girl at the front door. She says she want to see Bash."

"Show us!" Mcfist yelled.

The robot complied and activated a screen on his chest. On it showed a Kim, pressing the door bell at the front door. Viceroy joined him, watching as the girl waited for any response.

"She looks good." Viceroy commented, "I guess Bash has a taste for foreign girls."

Mcfist shot him a glare, "Get on the machine. I'll be right back." He then walked out the door. Viceory shook his head in regret. There were a lot of things Viceory will and will not do, but he certainly won't interfere with love, even if the girl might not like him. Unfortunately, he had to do his job and do as ordered. Hopefully things won't turn out like those TV shows he's seen.

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Everything was a bit sudden as Kim found herself shoved into Mcfist office. One moment she was standing outside, the next a robo-ape grabbed her and carried her all the way to the office. It took all of her power to avoid destroying the robot as she hated being carried. It took a while, but she was back on her feet. The robo-ape mentioned Mcfist coming in before leaving.

Kim wasn't worried about meeting the villain. She didn't show any concern, knowing to herself that there was no need. Unlike Randy, she figured that Mcfist won't be able to put two and two together, considering his attitude clouded his judge. Since no was there, Kim decided to walk further and looked around, remembering the place. The last time she had been in the office was when she landed in Mcfist and Sorcerer's hands. It was just a good thing Randy came to save her or things would be bad.

"Hmm what is this?" She raised an eyebrow, looking at a red button on Mcfist's desk. Next to the button was a paper which she unfolded and read, "Do not touch that button. This means you, Bash." That was enough to convince her that the button was important. She felt the button was bad and turned back it, "Good thing I didn't touch it." She sent her hand on the table to lean, but press the button.

The button began to beep loudly that it caught Kim's attention. The girl took a step back, worried about it. Then it got worse as a computer voice said, "Contacting Sorcerer."

"What?!" Kim shrieked. She heard a bubbling sound from behind and found the capsule displaying dark green smoke. Since she has been in the office before she already knew that it was how Mcfist communicate with the Sorcerer.

"What is it, Mcfist?!" The Sorcerer's face appeared angrily. However, he raised an eyebrow when he noticed no one was around, "Mcfist? Where are you?"

At the meantime, Kim hid behind his desk, silently waiting for him leave. It has been centuries since she has seen the Sorcerer personally in her human form and doesn't plan on meeting him anytime soon. If she stands and fight it might blow her cover if Mcfist come in and find a Japanese teenage girl defending herself against the Sorcerer.

The Sorcerer kept looking around until he shrugged, "Well I guess there's no one here, maybe I should…" He stopped at mid-sentence as he saw a shoe sticking out from Mcfist's desk, "Who's there?!"

Kim flinched, already knowing he found her. The Sorcerer kept asking, even to the extent of demanding she come out. When she didn't respond, he became angry and sent red stank to the desk. Kim could already see it surrounding the desk and became wide eyed as it began to lift the desk.

"Ah-ha!" The Sorcerer exclaimed. The red stank lifted the desk ten feet in the air, but found nothing. The Sorcerer became confused and at the same time angry. He failed to notice Kim clinging to the desk.

"This isn't working." Kim sighed. Giving up, she let go of the desk and dropped down on the ground. The Sorcerer was a bit taken back before he then narrowed his eyes at the girl angrily.

"Kunoichi!" He snarled at her.

"Sorcerer." Kim shot a glare at him.

The red stank around began to grow as the Sorcerer breathed rapidly. Kim jumped back, avoiding the desk as Sorcerer let go of it. Amazingly, it didn't break as it remained where it once was.

"Someone still got temper issues." Kim snickered.

However, the Sorcerer wasn't smiling, "You don't know how much I've waited to crush you!"

"And you think it will be now." Kim snickered again, this time moving to a fighting stance, "Good luck doing that."

The Sorcerer let out a snarl and unleashed fist sized red stank at the Kim. The teen Japanese girl jumped backwards, avoiding each fist as they tried to hit her. She kept moving out of the way, either by going to the left and right. Her actions made him angry, but at the same time less focus. Kim used this and jumped forward just as the Sorcerer shot another stank fist. She landed on it and ran straight at him and threw a smoke bomb. The ball hit the Sorcerer in the eye and exploded, causing him to scream.

"That's it!" The Sorcerer yelled.

Angrily, he sent a large red stank fist at her, grabbing Kim and sending her hand on the ground. She tried struggling, but the grip on her was too strong to break through. It even got worse as the fist lifted her to the air and began to squeeze her tightly. Kim felt her body getting crushed, but fought against.

"Kunoichi power spark!" Kim shouted. Her body flashed a small electric blast that destroyed the stank and allowed her to be free.

However, things were far from over as red stank began forming around the ground, surrounding her. Kimiko got into a fighting stance, cursing how she forgot to bring her sword.

The battle was briefly interrupted as both the Sorcerer and Kim heard voices. It sounded like Mcfist as his footsteps became louder and louder. The door swiftly opened and he walked in only to find a normal looking office. He also found Kim sitting on the desk, swinging her feet in suppose boredom. From the scene everything looked normal and that's what they wanted it to be.

"So you're the girl?" Mcfist asked.

Kim looked away from her feet and nodded, "Yeah, that's me."

"Okay." He replied and walked to his seat, "Listen, I heard that Bash likes you and I think we should negotiate."

"Negotiate?"

"Yes. We both know you don't like him, but I'm willing to give any price."

Kim gave a thoughtful look, but really she wasn't thinking about it, "Sorry, but I can't do that. I was raised to do right and avoid bribes."

Mcfist sighed, taking a seat on his chair, "I was afraid this would happen, but good thing I always have a plan."

Before Kim could act, a beam hit her back and she fell to the ground. She felt unconsciousness slipping, but was able to see Mcfist and Viceroy standing before her, saying things she couldn't hear. But the last thing she could hear was Mcfist say, "Did it work?" and Viceroy answer, "Yes, by tomorrow she won't leave Bash for a second." For the first time in centuries, she felt helpless and fell unconscious.

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Norrisville bell rang, signaling lunch. Everyone was heading to the cafeteria, including Randy and Howard as they talked to each other.

"Hey, Howard, have you seen Nomi?" Randy asked.

"Nomi? Cunningham, you have got to stop calling her that." Howard said.

"For your information, she likes it and so does Heidi."

"Whatever." Howard scoffed.

Randy continued, "But seriously, Howard, I'm worried about her. She could be hurt, captured by Mcfist or something worse."

"Relax, Cunningham. She's the Nomicon." Howard said smoothly, "Maybe after she told Bash she decided to do some mediating or some other boring thing like that."

Randy sighed, glancing to his front, "Maybe you're right. Maybe I'm overacting, maybe I'm…Oh. My. Ninja." His eyes went wide and mouth flew open at what he saw.

Howard raised a curious eyebrow and looked where his friend was looking. Soon he followed with mouth wide open and eyes widened, "Am I seeing what I think I'm seeing."

"Yup." Randy confirmed, but in disbelief.

Just a few tables away, Kim sat next to Bash, snuggling him closely. It was a strange experience, even for others and Bash's friends. Bash didn't seem to notice as he talked back to her and bragged to his friends about his new girlfriend.

"Howard, I got to find out what's going on." Randy stated.

"You're kidding right?" He glances back at his friend, giving him a look that thought it was a joke. Randy didn't respond and walked away, Howard's question already answered. Howard frowned, "So you're nothing kidding."

Randy approached the table, mainly Kim. She didn't seem aware of his presence, which is unusual as she was always aware. He went closer and tapped her on the shoulder, getting her attention, "Um, Kim, I don't mean to be intruding, but…"

"Who the juice do you think you are?!" Bash interrupted, glaring at Randy, "It doesn't matter cause I'm going to punch you now!"

Before Randy could react, the taller teen punched him in the stomach, sending him flying to the ground. Randy groaned from the impact and the pain, but sat up. He looked to Kim, expecting to see her worried, but instead she was laughing with Bash and his friends. This hurt Randy badly and he turned away to his table.

Heidi watched from a distance, knowing how Randy felt. She had earlier met Kim, but the girl simply blew her off and went away with Bash. It didn't make much sense, but she suspect something was wrong. Even if Kim likes Bash, which Heidi doubted, she won't blow off her friends like that.

At that moment, Randy was walking by Heidi's table. She looked at him and sighed deeply, "You tried too, didn't you?"

"Yeah, and I'm guessing you did too." Randy replied.

"Yeah." She looked up straight, "But what I can't understand is why she likes him."

"Perhaps I can be an assistance." a voice interjected.

Both teens were shaken at the sudden voice and turned to the source. The owner of the voice revealed to be a man in a brown cloak. The attire covered his entire body, except his eyes, a moustache and a cowboy hat.

"Who are you?" Heidi asked first.

"They call me the Messenger. I'm a sacred ally of the Ninja and it is my sworn duty to help the Ninja."

Randy sat down, "Wait, you must be the guy that dropped off the Ninja mask and Kim some months ago, right?" The Messenger didn't answer, but nodded. Randy was surprise by this and asked more, "So if that's your duty then why haven't you helped me before? I've been stuck in some tough places."

"It depends when the time comes. Besides, the Ninja Nomicon aids you, but only if you listen."

"Well that makes sense, but why are you here now?" Heidi asked.

"Isn't it obvious?" He gestured his head at Bash's table. Randy and Heidi looked and understood and turned back to him, "Now that Kimiko Yamamoto is free from her healing state my new duty is to watch over her. This task was given by the first Ninja himself, to ensure she is safe and still doing her job."

"What do you mean? What's this healing state you're talking about?" Heidi asked.

The Messenger chuckled, "You make a find journalist, Heidi? You know that? But that's beside the point. The Ninja must find out the truth and free Kimiko Yamamoto."

"And how am I suppose to do that?" Randy asked.

The Messenger shrugged, "Beats me, but I'm sure you'll figure it out. Smoke bomb!" He threw down a ball and was engulfed by a large red dust. When it cleared he was gone.

"He disappeared." Heidi gasped.

Randy shook his head and pointed at the right, "Nope, he's over there."

True to his words, the Messenger was leaning on a wall, drinking a soda. He noticed the two teens looking at them and shrugged, "What? We can't all be perfect." With that same mood, he walked away.

Randy shook his head, silently wondering why the Messenger was being complicated. At the moment, he decided to put that behind him as he faced Heidi, "Well it's decided then. I'm going to find out what happened to Kim and bring her back to her senses. And the only way to do that is going to Mcfist industries."

"Be careful." Heidi said softly.

"I will." He nodded and walked away.

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The Ninja ran through the halls of Mcfist industries. He didn't bother hiding and the robo-apes around didn't notice him. The reason was because Randy was using a new Ninja ability, the art of camouflage. It's an ability that Kim taught him a while back; before she got into the mess she was in now. The Ninja decided to use this since the ventilation security system might have upgraded since his last appearance in the building.

He did a couple of flips while jumping over some passing robo-apes and some jump flips for fun. Since his last entry in the building, he already knew where Mcfist office was. However, he didn't have much a plan, except listening and hope he might figure things out from there.

Soon enough, the Ninja stood before a door. The art of camouflage was still active, keeping him invisible but not intangible. He moved to the right, just to avoid Bash walking into the office. The door slide open and the Ninja used the opportunity to run in. He watched as Bash walked straight at Mcfist with a sneering look on his face.

"What did you do, old man?!" Bash yelled. His action caught Mcfist and Viceroy by surprise, giving him his full attention.

"What are you talking about?!" Mcfist yelled back at him.

"Don't play dumb! Those bucket heads told me that you talked with Kimiko and next thing she's so…clingy. Bash knows your dumb scientist did this."

"Hey, I'm right here." Viceroy said, offended. Besides that, Viceroy was surprise Bash suspected something wrong, considering he was a dimwit. With this thought, he whispered to Mcfist, "For someone dumb, he's catching up."

"Who knew?" Mcfist whispered back, surprise as well.

Suddenly, there was a knocked at the door with a voice that followed, "Oh Bashy, I'm waiting for you?"

The Ninja easily figured out it was Kim. For a second he wondered how Bash and Kim were actually there, considering it was still school hours. But then again it wasn't hard sneaking out of class, so he left it behind.

The door slide open and Kim skip in with a cheery smile, "Hi, Bashy."

Bash waved back and turned back at Mcfist, shooting him a glare, "Fix this or I'll tell my mom."

Mcfist grumbled under his breath, both from the threat and the frustration. He didn't even care about Bash's love interest and only did it for Marci. He stood up from his street and directed his mechanical finger at Kim, "Get out of here! Bash doesn't want to see you again, got that!"

"Um, sir." Viceroy tried to stop him.

However, Mcfist ignored him and continued, "Why do you think he's here! He's trying to get away from you!"

At this point Kim was in tears. She tried holding it in but already it was slipping down her cheeks. Though it hurts, she turned to Bash with a expression of hope and hurt, "Is this true?"

"Um, well…" For the first time Bash couldn't find the words to say.

Kim took it he didn't like her and cried. Tears came out rapidly as she felt hurt about it. She felt humiliated, hurt and slightly vulnerable about everything. It was too much for her and she ran out of the door. The Ninja watched all this happen and shot a glare at Mcfist and Bash. It wouldn't help much considering he was unseen by them.

But if Mcfist had listened to Viceroy, he might not regret what will happen next.

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In his underground prison, the Sorcerer sniffed the air, already sensing an emotional aroma. Unlike the other ones, this one aroma was different than the other ones. He never got it before, but he could identify who the source is.

The Sorcerer grinned, "Well this is a surprising turn of event. Not only is this aroma filled with humiliation, hurt and vulnerability, but it's coming from a Norisu Nine member." Minion climbed up to his shoulder and squeaked, telling him something. The Sorcerer nodded, "I'm aware the master plan must be first, but there's no use wasting this."

One of the Sorcerer's balls hovered in front of him, forming into a small view of the outside world. The Sorcerer could see Mcfist arguing with his stepson before it changed to Kimiko crying as she ran down the hall. The Sorcerer's grin grew as he saw it, "Oh, this is just so perfect."

Green stank levitated from the bottom as the Sorcerer moved his hands. They gathered around him and he began to move them high above him, ready to release, "Let's see how this goes. Maybe Mcfist might survive this." With that said, he sent the stank straight into the small view of the outside.

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Kim sat on the ground, crying with her legs close to her chest and back on a wall. She couldn't take running anymore and continued crying at the wall. She didn't understand why she felt like this, even when she held the flower Bash gave her earlier. It didn't matter as she noticed something wrong. She looked to her right and found green stank flying straight for her.

It then occurred to Kim she was the target and she gasped. Quickly, she began to run to evade it, but she wasn't fast. The green stank tackled her to the ground before entering through her nostrils. That instant, Kim's body began to change as her body grew larger and she gained red eyes.

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The Ninja stood next to Mcfist, shooting a glare at him. It didn't do much good, considering he was still invisible, thereby can't be seen. At the meantime, he watched as Bash yelled at Mcfist angrily, clearly annoyed that he yelled at Kim. The Ninja was surprise, never seeing Bash so serious. Bash still made some grammar mistakes, but he was serious.

Viceroy couldn't take it anymore and sighed, "Fine, Bash, I'll tell you." The evil scientist saw Mcfist shoot him a glare, but ignored it, "Mcfist told me to build a love gun that shoots a ray to help make her fall in love with you, that's why she was so, as you said, clingy. Fortunately, the ray wears off when she or you have broken up with her."

'Yeah and now she's hurt.' The Ninja thought to himself. He narrowed his glare at mainly Mcfist since he was the cause of everything.

"Then do something!" Bash yelled, smashing his fist into the desk, "No one mess with Bash crush, but um…I don't know anything else…"

Viceroy opened his mouth to say something, but sounds of a ruckus took over. Immediately, all eyes, including the Ninja, were turned to the door. From the sources of it, something huge was destroying the robo-apes guarding the halls. It took a while, but it stopped.

"Oh Bash!" a deep female voice said.

Suddenly, the metal door was sent flying through and a huge figure walked through. The Ninja's eyes flew forward as he easily identified who it was. It was Kim but very different. Her stank body resemble a fifteen foot samurai in amour. Unfortunately, the Ninja recognized some of the designs. Before Kim became the Nomicon, the Ninja sometimes interacted with an armored samurai, which so happened to be what Kim looked like at the moment. The only difference is that the face is more revealed, showing a green face with black hair at the side, almost hiding the eyes, and a red rose.

The stanked Kim marched forward, with each step making the ground to shake. Viceroy step aside from the giant's way, scared to stay in her way. Her main attention was on Mcfist and Bash, causing the two to fear and move backwards.

"Viceroy, do something!" Mcfist yelled, his voice with fear.

"What am I suppose to do? I tried to warn you." Viceroy said back, "When you broke the girl's heart, you should have known she'll turn into that." Viceroy didn't go into much detail since Bash was there. Even though, the teen was an idiot, Viceroy didn't want to take a chance that he might figure out their link to the Sorcerer.

Bash kept moving backwards, along with Mcfist. He was staring at the huge monster, but didn't know who it was, "Uh Uh…don't hurt me! Take the old man!" He shot both his hands at him.

Mcfist shot a glare at Bash, clearly mad that he would sell him out like that. It wasn't a surprise, but still it was annoying. He would have yelled, but the stanked Kim intervened.

"No, you and Mcfist humiliated me. Now you'll perish!" At the last syllable, she drew out a giant sword and raised it above her head. Bash and Mcfist froze in fear, watching the sword that will soon descend on them.

The Ninja watched everything and knew to intervene. According to the Messenger, the Ninja must free Kim, and that's what the Ninja planned to do. Quickly, he ran between them and shouted, "Ninja intervene."

The Ninja's camouflage shut down, revealing himself to everyone. Mcfist gasped, "Ninja? What are you doing here?"

"Saving your butt apparently." He answered as he tilted his head at him.

The Ninja got out his sword and swung it, just as stank Kim sent hers down on him. Both weapons clashed and both opponents tried to overpower the other. The Ninja summoned most of his strength and pushed his sword forward, causing the stank Kim to move backwards.

"Stay out of this, Ninja!" The stanked girl growled.

However, the Ninja stood his ground, wielding his sword, "No, I won't. A great person once told me to never endanger the innocent, but I must always defend the defenseless, do you know that person?"

For a second, stank Kim seem to frown, but it went off quickly. Anger snapped within her blood, increasing the effect of the stank and she raised her sword high, "Die, Ninja!"

The Ninja jumped to the right, avoiding stank Kim sword. While he did this, Bash and Mcfist ran away. Stank Kim notice them run and was about to chase them, but the Ninja leapt and kicked her in the face. Angered, stank Kim turned her attention and swung her sword at the Ninja, beginning a sword fight. The Ninja used his sword to defend himself, but the largeness was too much.

The Ninja ducked and avoided a few strikes from stank Kim. Even in stank form Kim was still an opponent too strong. To prove that, she struck her sword into the ground, this sent a shockwave that sent him flying to a wall.

"Yes!" Mcfist exclaimed, punching his fist into the air. However, this got the attention of Kim as she turned to him and growled. Mcfist quickly realized his mistake and screamed, "Ahhhh!"

Before Kim could attack, the Ninja jumped over her and landed before her, wielding his sword in a stance.

"Stay out of this!" Stank Kim snarled.

"No. Even if the person is Mcfist and Bash I won't let you destroy them."

In anger, stank Kim swung her sword down on him. The Ninja reacted quickly and did a back flip, avoiding the sword. He stood a bold stand and began to search Kim, "Okay, Cunningham think. What is the thing she possess the most?" He muttered to himself.

To answer him, a bunch of colored doodled arrows pointed to a flower in her hair. It was emitting some green stank mist, indicating it was the weakness. The Ninja exclaimed excitedly and made a sprint to Kim. It wasn't an easy one as Kim slashed her sword at him. When she noticed his truth intention, she smacks her hand at him, sending him to the ground.

"Ow." The Ninja groaned. He quickly rolled away just as stank Kim's sword smashed down. He got back to his feet with his hands by his side, "If you can't see me then this will a piece of cake. Now you see me, now you don't." At the last syllable, the Ninja disappeared out of sight.

With the Ninja gone, stank Kim narrowed her eyes at Mcfist and Bash. Already they began walking back as she took a step forward. However, she stopped when she sensed something coming. The Ninja suddenly appeared right at her face and swung clung to her helmet. Stank Kim growled in response and began moving it rapidly to get him off. The Ninja didn't let go, despite how the urge to puke was.

"Ninja ring!" The Ninja shouted and shot a lone Ninja ring.

The Ninja ring cut through the flower, destroying it. Along with its destruction, the green stank flew off and Kim began to change back to normal. The Ninja let go of her and jumped down on the ground. He, Viceroy, Mcfist and Bash watched as she back to her normal self.

Kim moaned, momentarily feeling weak. She managed to look up with a confused face, "Where…am i?"

"I'll explain later." The Ninja walked to her. He stood next to her and threw his smoke bomb down, making them to disappear out of sight and out of the building.

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The school bell rang for another period. Most of the students were heading to their next class, including Kim as she walked with Randy and Howard. Randy had filled her in with everything that happened and through it all she frowned. Never in her life had she gotten stanked, and doesn't plan on it. But still something worried her.

Kim kept thinking of someone in her mind. Unlike the other students that got stank, she remembered everything and hated it. She guessed it might be an effect due to her difference from the average kids of Norrisville. Despite that she knew she had to fix it, even if that person was a total moron.

"Kim, what's the hold up?" Randy asked, looking back at her.

Kim realized she had stopped because of her recent thoughts and sighed deeply, "I have to do something, Randy. I'll be right back." She said and left.

Randy and Howard stared at each other, confused, but decided to leave it. Kim kept walking, looking for the person she had in mind. She needed to get it off her mind so she could concentrate on other things important. Finally, she found the person, who so happened to be giving Bucky a wedgie.

"Ha ha ha, I'm giving you a wedgie." Bash laughed.

Kim took a bold step and shot a glare at him, "Leave him alone, Bash!"

"Who says that?!" Bash growled, narrowing his eyes at the direction. He saw Kim standing and instantly his face was deadpan. He let go of Bucky's underwear and the little blond kid ran off. He kept looking at him and snapped his finger, making his group to walk away, "What do you want?"

Kim sighed, "I know this isn't going to mean anything, but I'm sorry."

"What?"

"I mean for the raging creature thing." Kim said in the simplest way.

Bash scoffed, pushing his hand at her, "Yeah, I know. But I should have seen it coming."

"Oh really and how is that?" Kim raised an unserious eyebrow.

Bash didn't seem to notice as he answered, "I know I'm dumb, but I know when Mcjerk gets in the way bad things happen. If he wanted to be my old man he should have said something, not make a stupid gun and zap you." He stopped momentarily as he noticed Kim was slightly shock. Though he sounded like himself, he sounded serious…more serious than usual.

"Well I don't…know what else to say." Kim said.

"You don't, I do." Bash directed his finger at himself, "I know I've done cool stuff that people think are dumb, but I'm proud of it. But there're some things that even I won't take. I have morals too like those little things and that's good."

"If that's true then why are you such a shoob?"

Bash turned and sighed sadly, "It's…it's complicated."

Wow! Not only does Bash sound serious, but he used a word that seems higher than him. Kim felt bad for him instantly and took a step forward, "Look, Bash, maybe…"

"No." Bash interrupted, "Bash is Bash and that's all there is. I want things back to how it was, but I'll be happy…" He smiled and turned back, bringing his hand out in a handshake to Kim, "If we are friends."

Kim glance at his hand and smiled, "Sure, why not." She nodded and accepted his hand. Both hands shook before they let go of each other.

"Oh and one more thing." Bash brought out a white rose, "Here, keep it. Just don't go all big and monster like on me."

Kim accepted and nodded, "Thanks."

Bash smile grew, "Good. Now stay out of this, Bash got work to do." Once he turned from Kim, he ran off with glee as he kept shouting Bucky's name and shouting out that he was going to give him some wedgies.

Kim made a motion to stop him, but stop. Her eyes landed on the flower and she loved the beauty. It may sound girly, but she didn't care. Since her entire life, she has been given different things of good and evil, but never a flower. It made her feel normal for once and she loved it. It was even that same love that she hung it in her hair and smiled happily.

"Thanks, Bash." She smiled at the strange irony. Bash was stupid and uncaring, but few minutes ago he showed he actually had a heart. Kim didn't know why his bullying his complicated, but was sure to find out about it if necessary. Until then she had her role for the future and it was that thought and the lovely flower that she walked away, paying less attention to Bucky's whimpy cries.

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And done! Yeah, I know it's not my best work, but I had my reasons. I didn't make this into a pairing and if I did then I'm sorry, but that wasn't my intention. If it was truly a pairing, I would have Bash and Kim going on a date. So I have some good and bad feelings towards this chapter, so that means I have Bash in this story. I wanted to explore if he could be kind to someone other than himself, hence this chapter was made. Along with that I wanted to reveal some things.

Here is a reference.

The picture of the Kunoichi on the scroll Kim held is based from KindheartedJenny's story Randy Cunningham 9th Grade Ninja: The Kunoichi. She gave me full permission to use this character, but the character won't make her full appearance in this story. She'll only serve as a cameo character until the end of this story.

Now that's out of the way, I have an announcement. I'll be writing an important West African examination in a few months from now. It's because of this exam that my story updates has taken longer. I'll try to update, but by 7th of March all updates, including this story, will be halted for two or three months. I know this is disappointing, but I have to study and I can't let fanfiction get in the way. I'll still update this story before then, but after the date it will cease.

To make up for this chapter, I'll update the next chapter which involves time travelling. A special character will appear at the ending, though he/she won't be featured in the story after then. Hint: The person is like the Ninja.

Okay, that's all for now, thanks for reading. I'll like to know your thoughts, but don't flame.

Man of Cartoons is out! Peace!