Bounty Hunters are Nothing, but Trouble

Chapter
Two: Ninja in Danger

The
warp zone spat out the N Team in the middle of a street.

“This
is no place for us!” Kid Icarus said as they scrambled to the sidewalks. The
streets were not quite what they were expecting though.

“Where
are all the cars?” Kevin said. This video world was disturbingly barren of
traffic for someone from the real world. Duke woofed agreement, this world was
boring already.

“Perhaps
we’re not at that stage yet, Kevin.” Said Lana.

“Oh,
of course.” Said Kevin, feeling embarrassed for not thinking of that right
away. Videogames were his life now, but the thinking still wasn’t always
intuitive. “Well Princess, where are supposed to meet this mysterious ninja guy
anyways?” He said in an attempt to recover.

“Haha,
I’ve found you at last Gaiden. Your bounty is now belong to the glorious
Curdles of Frumpington. Surrender!” said a strange looking fellow with a sword
and dagger. The N Team looked around in confusion, no one else seemed to be
there.

“Pardon
me, but to whom are you speaking?” Asked Lana, hoping to clear up the situation
and find Gaiden as quickly as possible.

“Stay
out of this lady, this is no concern for you! I want Gaiden!” said the bounty
hunter, clearly angry at having his dramatic moment interrupted. Duke barked
ferociously, mad at the tone of voice.

“Hey
don’t talk to the Princess like that, jerk! She asked you a reasonable
question, you should answer it.” Kevin said, stepping up to the bounty hunter.
The bounty hunter gestured towards Megaman.

“I
told you I’m here for the mysterious guy Gaiden, you can’t get more mysterious
than that!”

Duke
covered his face with his front paw and groaned.

“Mega-What?
I’m no ninja! I’m a robot!” Said Megaman. While it was true it was night in the
city, and the poor lighting made Megaman’s bright blue body much darker… it was
a big stretch to see a ninja.

“Don’t
you know what ninja’s look like? They’re tall and dark to the maximus!” Said
Kid Icarus. Looking rather surprised that not everyone knew this.

“Hey,
I’m not that short!” Said Megaman, annoyed at the jibe to his height.

“Don’t
you try to fool me, you can’t hide if you’re tall! You’re head would be
sticking out behind all the hiding places!” The bounty hunter was clearly
furious at being played for a dupe. Duke lay down and covered his face with
both paws.

“Arrooo.”
Duke said pitifully.

“You
got it buddy, this guy is dense.” Kevin said, “Look, we’re not gonna tell you
again, bub, this ain’t that Gaiden fellow, this is our robot friend Megaman!”
Kevin readied himself for a fight. He probably didn’t even need his Power Pad
for this guy.

A
throwing star flew out from seemingly nowhere and nailed the confused bounty
hunter, but good. He dissipated in a blip, leaving the N team looking around
themselves in confusion.

“Who’s
there? Show yourselves!” Lana commanded. Duke pointed like a Pointer at the
shadows as a mysterious figure came into view.

“You
are the N Team. I called you here to aid me in this unfortunate situation.”
Said the figure.

“So
you are Ryu! I hope we can get rid of this mega-bounty!” said Megaman.

“Finally,
this loser shows himself!” shouted a voice. The N Team looked around to see
bounty hunters of all sorts surrounding them.

“You
see my dilemma, Captain N. No matter how many of these fools I take down, a
hundred more take their place. Even I need to rest.” Gaiden said.

“Man,
don’t these guys have better things to do than bother innocent ninjas!” said
Lana, attacking the nearest one, taking him out with a good whack with her
staff. Megaman blasted some of the ones farther off. Kid Icarus took out an
arrow and shot at the big talker. The bounty hunter sprouted feathers and
strutted around, clucking.

“Don’t
chicken out on us now!” Kid Icarus said, laughing. Duke ran towards the bounty
hunter turned chicken, barking. The chicken-hunter let out a bawk and ran away
in a cloud of feathers.

“Mega
yeah, go bother someone else!” Megaman said. The bounty hunters gave a
collective yell and charged down from their perches, hoping to mob the N Team
into submission and get their bounty on the Ninja Gaiden. Kid Icarus flew up,
shooting arrows into the mob.

“You
guys need to chill out to the maximus!” Kid Icarus said as the bounty hunters
shot by his arrows fell over, snoring. Kevin laughed at the joke as he fought
his way to Ryu. Ryu was holding his own against the mob of bounty hunters,
taking them out with throwing weapons before they could get close.

A
large bounty hunter caught Kevin by surprise. Kevin dodged his kick and punched
at him. The bounty hunter blocked and tried again to take down Kevin. Kevin
dodged again and jumped back, getting ready to pull out his Zapper. When he saw
throwing stars fly out of the darkness, aimed at Ryu’s back. 

“Oh
no”, Kevin thought, “I hope I can get there in time!”