"Hey everyone, welcome to the new segment of my show, Our Hero the Ninja!" Heidi put on her million-dollar smile and pressed the 'cheer' button on the remote control lying on the table beside her. She waited for her best friend Rachel to put the "Our Hero the Ninja" title card up on the viewing screen, and then switch back to the camera in front of her. Heidi looked into the lens and continued, "In this segment, we'll be discussing the latest news about Norrisville High's own hero, the Ninja! We'll also be talking about suspects of who the Ninja might be."

Across the school in the library, Randy spit his mouthful of sprite on Howard. "What?! Ohhhhh no oh no oh no…."

"We could really use a mind wipe right about now!" Howard wiped the soda off his face with his shirt and pointedly gestured to the Nomicon lying in front of Randy.

"Howard! Remember? There is no mind wipe." Randy frantically groped for an idea, any idea, of what to do. Once Heidi and her friends noticed that he was gone whenever the Ninja appeared, and they would if they really looked hard enough, they practically knew his secret!

"Oh. Well then, fate's got it in for ya this time, Cunningham." Howard snorted.

Randy slumped back dejectedly in his seat. "This is so wonk." He lifted the front cover of the Nomicon uncertainly. Suddenly, the pages of the book started turning themselves, and Randy's face lit up. The pages continued to flip and settled to a stop, pulling Randy's consciousness into the book. Randy gasped and passed out. Howard just sighed and sat back, watching his friend's unconscious head fall to the table.

Inside the pages of the Ninjanomicon, Randy was falling through empty space. He passed images of ninjas taking off their masks and the suit coming off their bodies, transforming them back to their true selves. He passed images of people gasping when they finished the transformation. He was so immersed in the moving pictures that he was only snapped out of his trance by the thud and dull pain of hitting hard ground.

Randy shook his head, and looked up at the paper wall in front of him. Words started to form inside the empty space in the middle of the page. As they formed, the young ninja read them out loud.

"In order to keep your secret, you must reveal it to one who would tell. What the juice?" Question marks formed around his head as Randy narrowed his eyes in thought. Reveal it to one who will tell… but then they'll tell everyone! How's that gonna help?

The Nomicon pushed Randy out of its pages, and he gasped and sat up. He glanced over to see Howard looking at him expectantly. Randy just shook his head and propped his chin on his hand.

"Well, Cunningham? What'd it say?" Howard crossed his arms in expectance.

Randy frowned. "All it said was 'In order to keep your secret, you must reveal it to one who would tell.' Well, I can't tell what it means…."

"Obviously it wants ya to give away your secret to someone who'll tell it."

"And you're telling me that's not confusing."

"No. I'm telling you what it means. It's still honkin' confusing to me."

Randy sighed. "Well, I'll prob'ly get it by the end. I always seem to."

"You shouldn't rely on that, Cunningham. Everyone in the school'd tell if they knew who the ninja was."

"You didn't." Randy cocked an eyebrow.

Howard sighed dramatically. "Yeah, but we're bromigos! We've got history."

"I guess you have a point there." Randy agreed reluctantly.

The bell rang, scaring them both. They jumped out of their seats and ran out the door, so hurried to get to class that they didn't notice a very confused Heidi crouching by the exit. She'd come in to study after the me-cast, but when she saw Howard and Randy whispering in that secluded way they always did, she couldn't help but listen in. Not spying, she had thought, Not eavesdropping. Listening in. And now Heidi was sitting on the floor, with no idea what in the world they had been talking about. She'd come in right after Randy told Howard about the Nomicon's message, so you could only imagine how confused she was. But even so, she was still in shock from what they had said. They know who the ninja is. They both know who the ninja is… and they're confused about something, too. What'll Randy get in the end? Heidi understood that Howard was always relying on Randy for stuff, so she didn't even consider the fact that Randy was the one doing all the thinking. But that secret… that must be it! They know who the ninja is, and that must be the secret. Well, Howard would enjoy keeping that from me. Heidi couldn't broadcast this on her show, as she had no proof other than her words, but she vowed to herself that she'd find some proof that they know. And with that proof, she was only steps away from the Ninja's identity….

A/N: Ooh, suspenseful! What do you think Heidi will do to find out the Ninja's identity? Find out (maybe) in the next chapter! Also, thank you to all of my awesome reviewers! Keep reviewing, because the more you review, the faster I update. School starts up again tomorrow, so I'll try to update… every two weeks? But no promises. Bye guys!