The Purple Ninja (Remake)

Chapter 23: Child's Play

"If Lloyd can't go then I doubt I can" Aria replies "that's how it's been lately"

"We'll be back as soon as we're done" Kai tells them

"We'll be waiting for your safe return" Nya smiles

They soon take off

Lloyd sighs "Too old for comic books-"

"-and too young to fight" Aria continues

"When are they gonna make up their minds?" Lloyd questions

"Come on kids. Show me what you got" Nya says

Lloyd yawns before walking over to Aria.

-

The following morning, on the Bounty, Lloyd is reading a comic book while Aria sat next to him reading her comic.

"Oh, they should be back by now" Nya says worriedly

"Oh, I fear something horrible has happened to them" Wu turns to Lloyd, who was eavesdropping "Lloyd" Lloyd gasps before quickly switching his comic book for a lesson book "you're in charge of the Bounty while Nya and I have a look around town"

"why him!" Aria shouts

"because he's older" Wu replies

"by 5 minutes!" Aria shouts

"that.." Lloyd looks at her "out of everything, that's what you remember"

Aria shrugs, as Wu and Nya leave Lloyd turns back to his comic book.

"this sucks" Aria complains turning her attention back to her comic book as well

-

Later Lloyd and Aria are playing a video game on the console as a nearby phone rings. Lloyd struggles to answer it while still playing the game before he manages to grab the phone, but drops it.

Lloyd puts the phone on speaker while resuming his game "Destiny's Bounty"

"Lloyd, it's Jay! Let me talk to Sensei!"

"Jay? Where are you?" Aria asks

"Why haven't you returned? Sensei's out looking for you" Lloyd adds

Jay groans "Apparently, you need parental permission to take the bus and we can't seem to get out of the city!"

"what?" Aria questions

"Oh, never mind, it's a bit complicated. Just meet us at Buddy's Pizza in ten minutes. And bring our weapons" Jay instructs before the phone hangs up

"Weapons?" Lloyd falls off the seat

-

At Buddy's Pizza Lloyd heads inside with Aria, they look around for their friends. Lloyd's carrying the weapons while Aria's carrying nothing.

"Really? Of all places we could meet, you pick this place?"

"What? I like their pizza"

"Psst, Aria, Lloyd"

Lloyd stops and turns to see a group of kids "Beat it, brat. I'm on a mission" He goes to move again.

"It's me, Kai" the boy who got his attention says

Lloyd looks closer to see his friends, all as young as him and gasps, dropping their weapons "Whoa! What happened? You're, uh, uh, small!"

Everyone in the restaurant turns to look at them.

"Keep it down. We're trying to lay low" Kai whispers "Your father's Mega Weapon not only to turn us into kids, but unleashed a creature whose sole purpose is to hunt down Ninja"