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Chapter 1: Ninja Obstacle Course.
The rays of the morning sun fell over the Academy. It seemed to be a slow morning for most, but not the students of the Academy. Once the sun fell on the rooster perched on the roof, (dressed as a ninja, can you beleive that!?) he woke up the inhabitants of the Academy with his usual call. In split seconds, the girls woke up, got dressed and were out in the hallway to greet their sensei. "Good morning, Sensei." they said in unison. But Robert-sensei noticed someone missing: "Katie?" he called. No response. With an angry huff, he kicked Katie's door in, which immediately woke her up. "Ah! Good morning, Sensei!" Katie said, bowing. "Forgive me, Sensei. I must've overslept...again." "Make sure it doesn't happen again." Robert-sensei scolded Katie. "So, is everybody ready for morning training?" "Hai!" All 6 girls answered. "Today's Friday. And you know what that means, right?" Robert-sensei asked, a mischevious smile planted on his face. "Obstacle course!' 5 of the girls cheered. Katie however was dismayed at it. She wasn't very good at the obstacle course. Why would she expect today to be any different? But she didn't want Robert-sensei to be angrier than he already was, so she didn't protest. They found the first obstacle easy: the Jumping Spider. That's where one jumps up in between two walls and snatches onto the walls with both hands and feet and try to crawl to the otherside without losing their grip and plunging into the pool of ice cold water below. After that, Katie found it much more difficult. Today, she managed to reach the Flying Chute; where one slides down the aptly named Chute and tries to snatch onto a rope that they're supposed to jump to and then jump to a rope net just underneath the chute or lose their balance and fall into the water; before she lost balance. "You're getting there, Katie." Robert-sensei told Katie, choosing that instead of losing his patience. "I suggest you spend most of your free time practicing this." Though the words soothed, Katie couldn't help but kick herself for it. "Katie, cheer up." Jill said soothingly, placing her hand on Katie's shoulder. It was much later, somewhere near lunch and the girls were gathered in the dining room, snacking on sushi and onigiri...except for Katie anyway, she was too bummed out to eat. "Not everyone gets through the obstacle course in one day. It takes practice." Jill added. Ashley nodded in agreement. "Exactly." she added. Rachel swallowed her onigiri and said, "Besides, that obstacle course is kinda brutal on us sometimes." "I appreciate you guys trying to make me feel better, but look. You guys could clear through the obstacle course, no sweat. Me..." Katie sighed, "Let's face it, guys. I'm only good at hand-to-hand combat. When it comes to ninja acrobatics, I'm a loser." Lacey reached over and smacked Katie in the shoulder. "Quit saying that." Lacey snapped. "You're not a loser, Katie." Angel reassured Katie. "We all have our strengths." "And the obstacle course isn't one of mine." Katie finished Angel's sentence, still bummed. "Well," Angel sighed, placing her hand on Katie's in a reassuring way, "Don't constantly kick yourself about it." "Yeah, I guess you're right." Katie said, cheering up a bit. "Of course we're right!" Rachel confirmed, slapping Katie on the back (A little too hard.). "You gonna eat that?" She asked, poining at Katie's uneaten lunch. With a smile, Katie handed Rachel her sushi. Later, the girls were waiting patiently in the dojo for their sensei. Hours went by, they heard nothing from him. "Alright, that's it. Let's go find 'im." Katie said, brimming over with impatience. "Alright." her friends muttered to themselves. They made their way to Robert-sensei's room. Katie banged on the door, and they heard nothing. "Robert-Sensei!" Ashley called into the room. Still nothing. Lacey rolled her eyes and kicked the door in. "Nice kick." Katie complimented. "Thanks." Lacey returned with. The group looked around and noticed that the room looked...absolutely normal. With one minor detail:...Robert-sensei was gone.

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DUN-DUN-DUUUUUNNNNNNN!!!!!!! xd You hate me for this, don't ya? The next chapter'll probably come a little later. I need to discuss plot, charecters and crap like that with my friends. xd And for those of you who watched Ninja Warrior, yes, the obstacles mentioned here were based on them.

P.S. Anyone who I don't recognize as my friend, please only good comments are accepted.

P.P.S. I will accept suggestions.