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Name: The Ninja Land Adventure
Author: Eikichi
Rating: G
Genre: Humor/Action/Adventure
Chapters: 3
Words: 4265
Published: 7/23/01
Updated: 7/27/01
Complete: Yes
Description: The Snowboard Kids are headed to Ninja Land to challenge Sinobin to a race!
Disclaimer (By Author): This story takes place in the first Snowboard Kids game, not Snowboard Kids 2. That's why Wendy and Damien aren't included in it.
Story
Chapter 1
It was 6:00 a.m. and all the Kids were fast asleep, dreaming away
before the big event that day. It was a Saturday, so nobody had to get up
at the crack of dawn if they had to. They could sleep in all they wanted
before they tackled the toughest slope of all that day - Ninja Land, the
legendary course designed by the Martial Arts snowboarder Sinobin.
At this time Sinobin was not asleep. He was perched atop the roof
of one of the many pagodas decorating the Japanese-style Ninja Land course,
thinking about the great event as well.
"I have never lost to a single person in my entire career as a
shogun in training and as a snowboarder. Although I will probably not lose
again, I must not get my hopes up, and I must keep a clear head." He
continued to focus his gaze at the blood-red sun that was rising above the
East horizon. "Today, I am ready." He confirmed with a laugh.
Meanwhile, back at the mansion where the Snowboard Kids lived together,
Slash had just begun to wake up, and he was already hungry.
"I should wake up Nancy and tell her to make breakfast for us this
time...the last time I tried to cook scrambled eggs, Jam threw up all over
his place at the table." He eased himself out of bed and was just starting
to get his clothes that he would wear that day when he heard someone talking.
He looked behind his shoulder and he saw Tommy getting up too.
"Good morning." Tommy mumbled in his deep voice.
"You, too." Slash said with a nod. "Is Nancy awake yet? My stomach's
about to implode."
Tommy laughed. "You said a mouthful. I agree...let's wake her up."
Since all the kids slept in the same room in one huge bed in this
mansion, they were at Nancy's side in no time. Tommy leaned over and tapped
her on the cheek. No response. He shook her shoulders. Still nothing.
Finally he roared, "NANCY WAKE UP I'M STARVING!!!!"
Poor little Nancy shot up out of bed straight up in the air and hit her
head on the ceiling. When she came back down she landed on the floor, whimpering.
"Whadja do that for? I was in the middle of this cute dream where I
was surrounded by these adorable little bunnies that rubbed their little faces on
my cheeks and sat in my lap and..."
Slash interjected. "Nance, with you, everything is bunnies. Me and
Tommy are hungry. Are ya gonna cook for us?"
Nancy sighed. "If I must." Nancy walked down the hallway in her pink
nightgown and kitty slippers, followed closely by Slash and Tommy. Down in the
kitchen, she asked them, "What'll it be, guys?....Pancakes?...Waffles?...Eggs and
sausage?..."
"All of the above." Tommy said with a hungry look in his eyes.
"If it's going to be 'all of the above', you guys have to help me cook."
Tommy moaned. "But I can't work on an empty stomach."
"Then you'll have an empty stomach until lunchtime." Nancy explained.
"Fine." He snapped. They got to work. Slash took care of the eggs and
sausage, Tommy made the pancakes and Nancy made the waffles. All of these
dishes being made at once caused a delicious smell to crawl up the stairs, into
the kids' bedroom, towards the bed...and slipped past Jam's nose. Jam smiled in
his sleep at the pleasant smell and opened his eyes.
"Wow...what IS that wonderful smell?" The boy with the white-striped nose
wondered. "I'll go check it out." Considering he was only in his boxer shorts (as
he always slept) Jam walked downstairs and greeted the three cooks.
"G'morning, guys!" He said cheerfully, then he sniffed again and smiled.
"What are you guys making so early, anyway?"
"Our own smorgasboard of breakfasts!" Tommy said proudly. "All of the
above!"
Jam took a deep sniff and licked his lips. "I can't wait until it's all
finished! You want me to wake up Linda so she can eat too?"
"That would be a very nice thing for you to do." Nancy said quietly.
Jam ran upstairs and into the bedroom. Linda lay snoring in bed. Jam
ran towards the bed, jumped on it and began yelling. "C'mon c'mon c'mon! Up up
up sleepyhead! Time for breakfast time to eat!"
Linda woke up immediately at the obnoxious racket and glared angrily at
Jam. "What the heck do you think you're doing, you goon?"
"I'm your personal alarm clock!" He said excitedly.
"You're going to get your own personal tombstone if you don't shut up!"
She screeched and grabbed his neck and commenced to throttle the poor guy.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" He squeaked pleadingly.
Suddenly Linda got all nice and looked at Jam. "Just don't do that again,
okay?" She gave him a tiny kiss on the cheek. "Now be a good boy and bring me
up some breakfast in bed!"
Jam, who was shamelessly blushing, stammered "Uh...uh...sure thing!"
He ran downstairs and into the kitchen where the other three were.
"Hey guys! Linda kissed me and she wants me to give her breakfast
in bed! Can you believe it? She must have got up on the right side of bed for once!"
"Sheesh. She must be feeling pretty funny, 'cause I thought she hated you."
Tommy explained while he carried the dishes to the table. The kids sat down at
the table and ate everything up. After they were all done they remembered where they
had to be that afternoon-the Ninja Land course.
"We should get ready." Slash told the others.
"He didn't give me anything to drink with my breakfast!" Linda whined as she
walked downstairs. "Some cook he turned out to be."
Jam glared at Linda. "Be thankful I gave you anything at all. That peck on
the cheek you gave me just made me nice to you for a while."
"You sure did obsess about it a lot." Linda sneered.
"Can we go now?" Nancy squeaked, desperate to end the bickering.
Later on, with all their stuff on from the boots to the goggles, the Kids were
ready for action on the legendary ninja course. Carrying their snowboards, they
walked over snow hills and frozen roads along the way, without any sign of fatigue.
However, after about 3 hours of walking in the sub-zero temperatures in the Canadian Rockies,
the kids were starting to slow down. The bunny ears on Nancy's pink hood had icicles
hanging off of them. Slash's tall black hair was frozen stiff. Linda's teeth were
chattering like snare drums, Jam's nose was turning blue at the tip and Tommy had even
stopped thinking about food because he was so cold.
"H-h-how much l-l-longer, T-t-t-t-Tommy?" Slash chattered.
"I....I can't...tell..."Tommy slurred through shivers.
"I'm s-soooo c-c-cold-d-d..."Jam moaned.
Nancy sneezed and held her earmuffs tight against her ears in desperation to
keep them from freezing. Linda bent her ponytails in different directions to crack
the ice that covered them. Slash held his long oval nose in his hands so that it
could keep warm, and Tommy slipped his arms out of their sleeves and crossed them
inside his coat front.
Finally after 3 and a half hours of walking in the freezing cold, the kids
finally spotted what looked like a large red gateway ahead.
"The entrance to Ninja Land!" They cheered, and ran towards the gateway in
hopes of accomplishing their dreams...
Chapter 2
The kids walked through the big red gateway and instantly found them-
selves in a magic world adorned with beautiful fancy shrines and blossoming
cherry trees. The dusty road ahead of them was littered with cherry blossom
petals and bits of confetti. A magnificent bridge crossed another road ahead
of them, and some light Japanese-style music was heard from the largest shrine
up ahead. The kids stared at all this in awe.
"It's like a dream..." Nancy wondered out loud.
"One minute we're freezing cold and near death, the next minute we're
in a beautiful world where it's seventy degrees out!" Slash said.
"I wonder if it's a mirage..." Jam said, puzzled.
"Should we walk right in?" Linda asked.
"What's that good smell?" Tommy wondered.
All this time Sinobin was watching them from above. With his stealthy ways
he could watch anybody without being noticed, and he often got away with it.
He may as well have been a sharpshooter if he wasn't a ninja.
"They think they're dreaming." He laughed. "Wait until they meet
me. Then they'll know that this is no dream." With one flash of ninja-like
reflexes he jumped from his hiding spot to the roof on a nearby shrine.
There he sat watching them as they slowly entered the Nihonese world.
As the kids walked by they passed up a huge temple. They stared at
it in disbelief, wondering who could have built such a structure.
"Should we go in?" Tommy asked. They all entered the castle-like
building, looking around at the paintings on the walls-some of birds, some
of sunsets and some of landscapes.
"Me and the other two dudes are going to go check out this room on
our left." Jam told Nancy and Linda.
"Go ahead." They said.
Jam, Slash and Tommy walked into the room on their left and instantly found
themselves in a huge throne room with super-soft carpeting, a bunch of canopies
made of colored silk and a ton of decorations including different color lanterns
with chinese characters painted on them. They wondered at all these decorations
until they heard a bunch of giggling in the corner. They looked to their right
and they saw three girls wearing white face paint, long shiny robes of bright
pastel colors and gold earrings. Each one held a little fan, and they were
looking right at the three boys, gesturing them to come closer.
The three guys just stared at the girls, blushing. They walked over
to the girls and Slash was the first to speak.
"Uh...uh...h-hi l-l-ladies...I'm Slash and these are my buddies.
Girls..., meet Jam...and Tommy."
They all giggled and politely waved hello.
Meanwhile, in another room, Linda and Nancy were done sightseeing and
were quickly becoming bored. "Let's go find the three guys." Linda sighed.
They made their way back to the entrance and entered the room that the three
boys had wandered into. As soon as they walked in, they couldn't believe
their eyes.
"WHAT ARE YOU THREE DOING?" Linda yelled.
The three 'dudes' (as Jam would put it) were all being practically
treated like royalty by the three girls. The red-robed girl had an ivory
brush in her hand and she was gently brushing Slash's hair. The blue-robed
girl had Jam stretched out across her lap, and she had put a cucumber
slice on each of Jam's eyes and she was powdering his face. The green-
robed girl was tossing grapes into Tommy's mouth.
"Hi Linda! Check it out! We're not even checked into this hotel one
hour and we're already being treated like kings!" Slash said happily.
"We have to get out of here!" Linda said. "We still have a racing
match with Sinobin..."
"Sinobin can wait! These girls are just the thing I needed to get
all that stress off my mind for a change." Jam argued.
"And I'm still waiting for her to toss me the rest of the grapes!"
Tommy griped.
Linda walked over to the three girls. "I'm sorry gals, but these guys
have some IMPORTANT things to do." Linda grabbed each of them by the arm and
yanked them up onto their feet.
Tommy pointed to the cucumber slices on Jam's eyes. "Are you going to
eat those?"
Jam took them off and gave them to Tommy. "Here. They're yours."
The five kids had just turned on their heels to leave the shrine when
a shadow dropped down in front of them, stopping them in their tracks.
The kids stood stiff as their own snowboards as the shadow slowly
stood up. They gasped as they got a glimpse of his face.
"Sinobin! I'm sorry we're late...these guys were hanging out with
these fancy-pantcy girls back there..." Linda tried to explain.
Sinobin interrupted. "Don't try to make up excuses. Follow me,
we have a race to do." He backflipped out of the temple in one go with the
Snowboard Kids following close behind.
Sinobin led them to the top of a giant slope that was remarkably
short-even shorter than Rookie Mountain. Still, just by looking at it they
knew they were in for a difficult time.
After a moment of gazing, Sinobin broke the silence.
"Ready for some action?"
Chapter 3
The Kids looked at Sinobin. Tommy said "alright, let's go!" But Linda
interrupted. "There can only be 4 kids racing at a time. Who doesn't care if
they win or not...who doesn't want to race?"
Nancy raised her hand. So did Slash.
"Ok, you two can sit out if you want." Linda replied.
Jam stepped up and looked at Linda. "Do you remember that kiss on the
cheek you gave me for making you breakfast in bed?"
Linda rolled her eyes. "Yes..."
Jam looked down at his feet. "Well, I was just..sorta wondering if you
could give...me...another one if I win?...You know...as a reward?"
Linda looked suprised. "You meant that?"
Jam nodded.
Linda smiled. "I can give you one right now for good luck and then if
you win, I'll give you an even bigger one! Deal?"
Jam nodded vigorously. "Yeah! It's a deal!" They shook hands and then
took their places at the start line by Tommy and Sinobin. Tommy pulled out a
candy bar from his pocket, but Sinobin halted him.
"You'll get a stomachache from eating that."
Tommy laughed. "Since when?"
"This is a short course..." Sinobin explained. "...but it spans nine laps."
The Kids gasped. "NINE LAPS? ARE YOU NUTS OR SOMETHING?"
Sinobin laughed a little evilly. "No, I'm testing your strength. Nine
laps and anyone who survives is champion of the slopes."
Jam got sort of an insideous look in his eye, due to his hunger for fame
and fortune and wanting to be famous. You must admit, he was rather conceited.
Sinobin caught Jam's look. "You think you can win? Don't lie...I can
see that look in your eyes."
Jam grinned his mischievious grin. "I don't THINK I can win...."
This surprised Sinobin. "You don't, eh?"
Jam snickered. "...I KNOW I can win!"
Tommy's stomach rumbled. He looked at the ninja. "So can I eat this
candy bar or not?"
Sinobin shook his head. "Okay. Hurry though...we have to get racing soon."
Linda laughed. "Don't bother telling him to hurry. If it takes him 3.5
seconds to eat a burger it'll take one second to eat that."
Sure enough, Tommy had already finished. "Okay. Let's race."
While they waited for Mr. Dog to drop down in his hot air balloon and
sound the signal to start the race, Jam looked at Linda. He nudged her in the
side with his elbow and whispered, "So where's my 'good luck charm?' "
Linda put her arm around Jam's neck, leaned over and gave him a kiss on
the cheek. Jam blushed and was just about to give her one in return when Sinobin
rudely interrupted.
"Stop the turtledove crud and pay attention! Mr. Dog is here!" He snapped.
The two blushed. "Sorry."
Good old Mr. Dog appeared in his little hot air balloon, looked at his
watch, held the pistol upwards and said "READY...SET...GO!"
The four kids except Nancy and Slash were off. Sinobin, Tommy, Linda and
Jam were heading down the slope at top speed. Sinobin had the ability to dodge
any attack the other three launched, and this frustrated the other kids to no end.
Tommy, being the fastest, easily caught up to Sinobin, but whenever he passed the
ninja up, Sinobin would blast him with a Snowman shot and send him careening into
a wall. Linda, the second fastest, was thin and nimble and dodged most of the
attacks Sinobin launched at her, but when he picked up a Frying Pan item and slammed
it on the other threes' heads, he was once again in first place. Jam, being the
best at tricks of all the boys but not exactly ranking high in speed, had a lot of
money to use on items and shots. He shot Ice Shots at Sinobin left and right, but
despite the Master Trickster's efforts, Sinobin was still a lot more agile and quick
than the other three put together.
On the fifth lap out of nine, Tommy had kept up the position of 1st place
a long time without Sinobin's notice, but when Sinobin saw him, he yelled a sort
of ninja battle cry and shot bombs and parachutes all at the same time. When Tommy
looked over his shoulder and saw the myriad of shots aimed at his backside, he screamed
and ran into an Item Box desperate to get something to shield him from the shots.
Luckily, he got a Speed Fan, which he immediately activated so that he was faster
than the incoming shots for a time. Right on cue, he entered the lift as quickly
as he could, and did so just as all the shots merely missed and hit the opposite wall.
Sinobin cursed something in Japanese and entered the lift right after Tommy,
who was followed by Linda in 3rd, and Jam in 4th. The next two laps, #7 and #8, were
just as brutal. The Kids didn't know what to do. Sinobin had them outclassed, outdone,
outsmarted and outmanned in every area of race tactics. Infact, everything was looking
grim for the Kids. If Tommy didn't win, he wouldn't be able to get an upgrade to his
All Around Board with the earned money. If Linda didn't win, she wouldn't have been
able to get that ruby ring she saw in the jewelry store, and if Jam didn't win, he
wouldn't be able to buy that new Hyperbot CD (as well as the fact that he wouldn't get
that kiss reward from Linda!)
Finally, after what seemed like FOREVER, the Ninth and Final Lap arrived.
The Kids were as nervous as ever. No way they were going to win. No way. This
Sinobin guy was way better than all the famous snowboarders put together.
But one of the kids wasn't losing faith. This kid was absolutely determined
to win. This kid swore that if they didn't win, they'd deny themself the title of
pro boarder. So off the kid went. Chasing after Sinobin, he slipped past him, used
an invincible item to dodge a frying pan attack but tripped over a rock, got back up
and started after him again and saw Sinobin approaching the finish line.
Sinobin laughed. "I knew it! I knew it! I am the one! I am the champion!"
All snowboarders don't even come close to the dragon's fury of Sinobin the Snowboarder
Ninja! I am the one!!! I am-"
"You are SECOND PLACE, BUDDY!" A voice cried out. In all of his foolish pride
and ranting and raving about himself, Sinobin had forgotten to pay attention. He was
hit by an Ice Shot and frozen in place. Frozen solid, he could only watch in horror as
the kid mentioned earlier crossed the finish line with a loud cheer and a roar of applause
from the audience. It was the kid who was'nt losing faith. The kid who was determined
to win. The kid who swore that if they didn't win, they'd deny themself the title of
pro boarder. It was...
"And the winner is.....JAM!!!" Mr.Dog announced to the hysterical crowd.
Sinobin recovered from his frozen state just to watch in awe as Tommy finished 2nd
and Linda in 3rd. Getting up slowly, he sadly crossed the finish line with a heavy heart.
Shaking his head, he watched as Mr. Dog landed his hot air balloon and stepped out to
present a huge gold trophy hardly light enough for Jam to hold with both hands.
Jam set it down, bowed to the crowd and flashed his grin full of pearly whites.
Tommy and Linda shook hands with Jam and applauded for him.
It was at this moment, that something rare happened. Sinobin, the toughest
ninja snowboarder in the whole Rocky Mountains area of Alberta, Canada-
-started to cry. It wasn't loud or even audible-just a bow of his head
followed by a tear running down his left cheek. Through blurry eyes, he looked at
the cheering crowd, at Slash and Nancy joining the other three to congratulate Jam,
at the huge trophy and the money prize inside.
It was at this time that Sinobin said sadly to himself,
"I have learned an important lesson today...and that is never to do anything
in foolish pride...for it comes before a fall."
* * *
"That was soooo cool, the way you snuck up behind him and froze him in place!"
Nancy praised in her high little voice, as the five kids made their way back to the
entrance/exit of Ninja Land. "I never coulda done that!"
"That was the bomb, man." Tommy said as he finished another candy bar.
"Thanks." Jam laughed, as he dodged the candy bar crumbs flying from Tommy's mouth.
As the kids made their way towards the entrance/exit of Ninja Land, Linda tapped
Jam's shoulder and then said to the others, "Wait up! Me and Jam have something to discuss."
Linda led Jam into the temple they had visited earlier. The other kids just looked at
each other and shrugged.
Inside the temple, Linda was the first to speak.
"Jam...I just wanted to tell you that you did a really great job on winning the race."
"Thanks." He smiled.
"...and I wanted to tell you also that I'm really proud of you for not giving up and
not letting down your guard against all his attacks and everything."
"Thank you." He said.
Linda looked at Jam. "And...there's one more thing I wanted to tell you."
"Which is?" Jam asked.
Linda looked him straight in the eye. "I want to apologize for acting the way I did
these years-what with trying to control everyone's lives and all....I know it's funny that
I'm doing this because it's something you'd least expect from me, but I have a good reason for
it."
"What's the reason?" Jam asked curiously.
Linda was silent for a while, then she spoke up.
"The reason is...I'm apologizing to you for how I've been so mean and how I've
been such a snob and that's why you probably want nothing to do with me, and because I acted
like that you probably don't like me very much. Well, I'm sorry and I just wanted
to tell you that I have a different reason...one for why I was acting that way for so long."
"Why?"
Linda was silent.
"Why?" Jam asked impatiently.
"Because I have a crush on you." Linda blurted out, and she looked the other way.
Jam was shocked. He didn't know what to say to her. After a while of silence,
he finally said something.
"So the reason you were mean to me all this time is because you were PRETENDING you
hated me so that the others wouldn't know that you liked me?"
Linda nodded.
"I didn't even know you liked me either! I thought you really hated me!!!"
Linda shook her head. "Nope. I've always liked you."
Jam smiled. "Well, in that case, I guess I like you too!"
They both laughed and laughed together, and they gave each other a hug.
"Thank you for telling me." Jam replied.
"Let's go. The other guys are probably getting mad at us for taking so long."
Linda suggested. Jam nodded in agreement, then something else came to his mind.
"Say, Linda...you never gave me that smooch for winning the race like you said
you would! And you promised too!"
Linda smiled. "Okay. Here goes."
The two kids hugged each other and kissed for what must have been at least a minute.
As they walked out of the temple, Tommy spoke up first.
"What the heck took you guys so long? Let's get home before my stomach collapses
in on itself."
Slash laughed. "Tommy, with your big belly that's hardly possible."
Tommy looked offended. "Man, that hurts! I've been trying to eat less, you know."
Slash snickered. "What - and limit it to 1,000 burgers a day?"
Tommy tackled Slash. "STOP FLAMING ME!" He began hitting Slash.
"I'm sorry! I was just joking!" Slash cried, dodging Tommy's fists.
All the Kids laughed at the two's bickering and fighting, and after the brawl they
made their way home. As they passed through the entrance/exit to Ninja Land, they were once
again in the snowy blizzard that they arrived in. But with a trophy, lots more money, some
loose ends tied up and their goal accomplished, the trip home seemed much shorter this time.
And as they left, Sinobin, who was perched atop the red gateway to Ninja Land, watched
them with a practiced eye. As their shadows disappeared into the winter mist, the ninja snowboarder
had only one more thing to say....
"Farewell, Jam.........Champion of the Slopes...."
-The End
Name: The Ninja Land Adventure
Author: Eikichi
Rating: G
Genre: Humor/Action/Adventure
Chapters: 3
Words: 4265
Published: 7/23/01
Updated: 7/27/01
Complete: Yes
Description: The Snowboard Kids are headed to Ninja Land to challenge Sinobin to a race!
Disclaimer (By Author): This story takes place in the first Snowboard Kids game, not Snowboard Kids 2. That's why Wendy and Damien aren't included in it.
Story
Chapter 1
It was 6:00 a.m. and all the Kids were fast asleep, dreaming away
before the big event that day. It was a Saturday, so nobody had to get up
at the crack of dawn if they had to. They could sleep in all they wanted
before they tackled the toughest slope of all that day - Ninja Land, the
legendary course designed by the Martial Arts snowboarder Sinobin.
At this time Sinobin was not asleep. He was perched atop the roof
of one of the many pagodas decorating the Japanese-style Ninja Land course,
thinking about the great event as well.
"I have never lost to a single person in my entire career as a
shogun in training and as a snowboarder. Although I will probably not lose
again, I must not get my hopes up, and I must keep a clear head." He
continued to focus his gaze at the blood-red sun that was rising above the
East horizon. "Today, I am ready." He confirmed with a laugh.
Meanwhile, back at the mansion where the Snowboard Kids lived together,
Slash had just begun to wake up, and he was already hungry.
"I should wake up Nancy and tell her to make breakfast for us this
time...the last time I tried to cook scrambled eggs, Jam threw up all over
his place at the table." He eased himself out of bed and was just starting
to get his clothes that he would wear that day when he heard someone talking.
He looked behind his shoulder and he saw Tommy getting up too.
"Good morning." Tommy mumbled in his deep voice.
"You, too." Slash said with a nod. "Is Nancy awake yet? My stomach's
about to implode."
Tommy laughed. "You said a mouthful. I agree...let's wake her up."
Since all the kids slept in the same room in one huge bed in this
mansion, they were at Nancy's side in no time. Tommy leaned over and tapped
her on the cheek. No response. He shook her shoulders. Still nothing.
Finally he roared, "NANCY WAKE UP I'M STARVING!!!!"
Poor little Nancy shot up out of bed straight up in the air and hit her
head on the ceiling. When she came back down she landed on the floor, whimpering.
"Whadja do that for? I was in the middle of this cute dream where I
was surrounded by these adorable little bunnies that rubbed their little faces on
my cheeks and sat in my lap and..."
Slash interjected. "Nance, with you, everything is bunnies. Me and
Tommy are hungry. Are ya gonna cook for us?"
Nancy sighed. "If I must." Nancy walked down the hallway in her pink
nightgown and kitty slippers, followed closely by Slash and Tommy. Down in the
kitchen, she asked them, "What'll it be, guys?....Pancakes?...Waffles?...Eggs and
sausage?..."
"All of the above." Tommy said with a hungry look in his eyes.
"If it's going to be 'all of the above', you guys have to help me cook."
Tommy moaned. "But I can't work on an empty stomach."
"Then you'll have an empty stomach until lunchtime." Nancy explained.
"Fine." He snapped. They got to work. Slash took care of the eggs and
sausage, Tommy made the pancakes and Nancy made the waffles. All of these
dishes being made at once caused a delicious smell to crawl up the stairs, into
the kids' bedroom, towards the bed...and slipped past Jam's nose. Jam smiled in
his sleep at the pleasant smell and opened his eyes.
"Wow...what IS that wonderful smell?" The boy with the white-striped nose
wondered. "I'll go check it out." Considering he was only in his boxer shorts (as
he always slept) Jam walked downstairs and greeted the three cooks.
"G'morning, guys!" He said cheerfully, then he sniffed again and smiled.
"What are you guys making so early, anyway?"
"Our own smorgasboard of breakfasts!" Tommy said proudly. "All of the
above!"
Jam took a deep sniff and licked his lips. "I can't wait until it's all
finished! You want me to wake up Linda so she can eat too?"
"That would be a very nice thing for you to do." Nancy said quietly.
Jam ran upstairs and into the bedroom. Linda lay snoring in bed. Jam
ran towards the bed, jumped on it and began yelling. "C'mon c'mon c'mon! Up up
up sleepyhead! Time for breakfast time to eat!"
Linda woke up immediately at the obnoxious racket and glared angrily at
Jam. "What the heck do you think you're doing, you goon?"
"I'm your personal alarm clock!" He said excitedly.
"You're going to get your own personal tombstone if you don't shut up!"
She screeched and grabbed his neck and commenced to throttle the poor guy.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" He squeaked pleadingly.
Suddenly Linda got all nice and looked at Jam. "Just don't do that again,
okay?" She gave him a tiny kiss on the cheek. "Now be a good boy and bring me
up some breakfast in bed!"
Jam, who was shamelessly blushing, stammered "Uh...uh...sure thing!"
He ran downstairs and into the kitchen where the other three were.
"Hey guys! Linda kissed me and she wants me to give her breakfast
in bed! Can you believe it? She must have got up on the right side of bed for once!"
"Sheesh. She must be feeling pretty funny, 'cause I thought she hated you."
Tommy explained while he carried the dishes to the table. The kids sat down at
the table and ate everything up. After they were all done they remembered where they
had to be that afternoon-the Ninja Land course.
"We should get ready." Slash told the others.
"He didn't give me anything to drink with my breakfast!" Linda whined as she
walked downstairs. "Some cook he turned out to be."
Jam glared at Linda. "Be thankful I gave you anything at all. That peck on
the cheek you gave me just made me nice to you for a while."
"You sure did obsess about it a lot." Linda sneered.
"Can we go now?" Nancy squeaked, desperate to end the bickering.
Later on, with all their stuff on from the boots to the goggles, the Kids were
ready for action on the legendary ninja course. Carrying their snowboards, they
walked over snow hills and frozen roads along the way, without any sign of fatigue.
However, after about 3 hours of walking in the sub-zero temperatures in the Canadian Rockies,
the kids were starting to slow down. The bunny ears on Nancy's pink hood had icicles
hanging off of them. Slash's tall black hair was frozen stiff. Linda's teeth were
chattering like snare drums, Jam's nose was turning blue at the tip and Tommy had even
stopped thinking about food because he was so cold.
"H-h-how much l-l-longer, T-t-t-t-Tommy?" Slash chattered.
"I....I can't...tell..."Tommy slurred through shivers.
"I'm s-soooo c-c-cold-d-d..."Jam moaned.
Nancy sneezed and held her earmuffs tight against her ears in desperation to
keep them from freezing. Linda bent her ponytails in different directions to crack
the ice that covered them. Slash held his long oval nose in his hands so that it
could keep warm, and Tommy slipped his arms out of their sleeves and crossed them
inside his coat front.
Finally after 3 and a half hours of walking in the freezing cold, the kids
finally spotted what looked like a large red gateway ahead.
"The entrance to Ninja Land!" They cheered, and ran towards the gateway in
hopes of accomplishing their dreams...
Chapter 2
The kids walked through the big red gateway and instantly found them-
selves in a magic world adorned with beautiful fancy shrines and blossoming
cherry trees. The dusty road ahead of them was littered with cherry blossom
petals and bits of confetti. A magnificent bridge crossed another road ahead
of them, and some light Japanese-style music was heard from the largest shrine
up ahead. The kids stared at all this in awe.
"It's like a dream..." Nancy wondered out loud.
"One minute we're freezing cold and near death, the next minute we're
in a beautiful world where it's seventy degrees out!" Slash said.
"I wonder if it's a mirage..." Jam said, puzzled.
"Should we walk right in?" Linda asked.
"What's that good smell?" Tommy wondered.
All this time Sinobin was watching them from above. With his stealthy ways
he could watch anybody without being noticed, and he often got away with it.
He may as well have been a sharpshooter if he wasn't a ninja.
"They think they're dreaming." He laughed. "Wait until they meet
me. Then they'll know that this is no dream." With one flash of ninja-like
reflexes he jumped from his hiding spot to the roof on a nearby shrine.
There he sat watching them as they slowly entered the Nihonese world.
As the kids walked by they passed up a huge temple. They stared at
it in disbelief, wondering who could have built such a structure.
"Should we go in?" Tommy asked. They all entered the castle-like
building, looking around at the paintings on the walls-some of birds, some
of sunsets and some of landscapes.
"Me and the other two dudes are going to go check out this room on
our left." Jam told Nancy and Linda.
"Go ahead." They said.
Jam, Slash and Tommy walked into the room on their left and instantly found
themselves in a huge throne room with super-soft carpeting, a bunch of canopies
made of colored silk and a ton of decorations including different color lanterns
with chinese characters painted on them. They wondered at all these decorations
until they heard a bunch of giggling in the corner. They looked to their right
and they saw three girls wearing white face paint, long shiny robes of bright
pastel colors and gold earrings. Each one held a little fan, and they were
looking right at the three boys, gesturing them to come closer.
The three guys just stared at the girls, blushing. They walked over
to the girls and Slash was the first to speak.
"Uh...uh...h-hi l-l-ladies...I'm Slash and these are my buddies.
Girls..., meet Jam...and Tommy."
They all giggled and politely waved hello.
Meanwhile, in another room, Linda and Nancy were done sightseeing and
were quickly becoming bored. "Let's go find the three guys." Linda sighed.
They made their way back to the entrance and entered the room that the three
boys had wandered into. As soon as they walked in, they couldn't believe
their eyes.
"WHAT ARE YOU THREE DOING?" Linda yelled.
The three 'dudes' (as Jam would put it) were all being practically
treated like royalty by the three girls. The red-robed girl had an ivory
brush in her hand and she was gently brushing Slash's hair. The blue-robed
girl had Jam stretched out across her lap, and she had put a cucumber
slice on each of Jam's eyes and she was powdering his face. The green-
robed girl was tossing grapes into Tommy's mouth.
"Hi Linda! Check it out! We're not even checked into this hotel one
hour and we're already being treated like kings!" Slash said happily.
"We have to get out of here!" Linda said. "We still have a racing
match with Sinobin..."
"Sinobin can wait! These girls are just the thing I needed to get
all that stress off my mind for a change." Jam argued.
"And I'm still waiting for her to toss me the rest of the grapes!"
Tommy griped.
Linda walked over to the three girls. "I'm sorry gals, but these guys
have some IMPORTANT things to do." Linda grabbed each of them by the arm and
yanked them up onto their feet.
Tommy pointed to the cucumber slices on Jam's eyes. "Are you going to
eat those?"
Jam took them off and gave them to Tommy. "Here. They're yours."
The five kids had just turned on their heels to leave the shrine when
a shadow dropped down in front of them, stopping them in their tracks.
The kids stood stiff as their own snowboards as the shadow slowly
stood up. They gasped as they got a glimpse of his face.
"Sinobin! I'm sorry we're late...these guys were hanging out with
these fancy-pantcy girls back there..." Linda tried to explain.
Sinobin interrupted. "Don't try to make up excuses. Follow me,
we have a race to do." He backflipped out of the temple in one go with the
Snowboard Kids following close behind.
Sinobin led them to the top of a giant slope that was remarkably
short-even shorter than Rookie Mountain. Still, just by looking at it they
knew they were in for a difficult time.
After a moment of gazing, Sinobin broke the silence.
"Ready for some action?"
Chapter 3
The Kids looked at Sinobin. Tommy said "alright, let's go!" But Linda
interrupted. "There can only be 4 kids racing at a time. Who doesn't care if
they win or not...who doesn't want to race?"
Nancy raised her hand. So did Slash.
"Ok, you two can sit out if you want." Linda replied.
Jam stepped up and looked at Linda. "Do you remember that kiss on the
cheek you gave me for making you breakfast in bed?"
Linda rolled her eyes. "Yes..."
Jam looked down at his feet. "Well, I was just..sorta wondering if you
could give...me...another one if I win?...You know...as a reward?"
Linda looked suprised. "You meant that?"
Jam nodded.
Linda smiled. "I can give you one right now for good luck and then if
you win, I'll give you an even bigger one! Deal?"
Jam nodded vigorously. "Yeah! It's a deal!" They shook hands and then
took their places at the start line by Tommy and Sinobin. Tommy pulled out a
candy bar from his pocket, but Sinobin halted him.
"You'll get a stomachache from eating that."
Tommy laughed. "Since when?"
"This is a short course..." Sinobin explained. "...but it spans nine laps."
The Kids gasped. "NINE LAPS? ARE YOU NUTS OR SOMETHING?"
Sinobin laughed a little evilly. "No, I'm testing your strength. Nine
laps and anyone who survives is champion of the slopes."
Jam got sort of an insideous look in his eye, due to his hunger for fame
and fortune and wanting to be famous. You must admit, he was rather conceited.
Sinobin caught Jam's look. "You think you can win? Don't lie...I can
see that look in your eyes."
Jam grinned his mischievious grin. "I don't THINK I can win...."
This surprised Sinobin. "You don't, eh?"
Jam snickered. "...I KNOW I can win!"
Tommy's stomach rumbled. He looked at the ninja. "So can I eat this
candy bar or not?"
Sinobin shook his head. "Okay. Hurry though...we have to get racing soon."
Linda laughed. "Don't bother telling him to hurry. If it takes him 3.5
seconds to eat a burger it'll take one second to eat that."
Sure enough, Tommy had already finished. "Okay. Let's race."
While they waited for Mr. Dog to drop down in his hot air balloon and
sound the signal to start the race, Jam looked at Linda. He nudged her in the
side with his elbow and whispered, "So where's my 'good luck charm?' "
Linda put her arm around Jam's neck, leaned over and gave him a kiss on
the cheek. Jam blushed and was just about to give her one in return when Sinobin
rudely interrupted.
"Stop the turtledove crud and pay attention! Mr. Dog is here!" He snapped.
The two blushed. "Sorry."
Good old Mr. Dog appeared in his little hot air balloon, looked at his
watch, held the pistol upwards and said "READY...SET...GO!"
The four kids except Nancy and Slash were off. Sinobin, Tommy, Linda and
Jam were heading down the slope at top speed. Sinobin had the ability to dodge
any attack the other three launched, and this frustrated the other kids to no end.
Tommy, being the fastest, easily caught up to Sinobin, but whenever he passed the
ninja up, Sinobin would blast him with a Snowman shot and send him careening into
a wall. Linda, the second fastest, was thin and nimble and dodged most of the
attacks Sinobin launched at her, but when he picked up a Frying Pan item and slammed
it on the other threes' heads, he was once again in first place. Jam, being the
best at tricks of all the boys but not exactly ranking high in speed, had a lot of
money to use on items and shots. He shot Ice Shots at Sinobin left and right, but
despite the Master Trickster's efforts, Sinobin was still a lot more agile and quick
than the other three put together.
On the fifth lap out of nine, Tommy had kept up the position of 1st place
a long time without Sinobin's notice, but when Sinobin saw him, he yelled a sort
of ninja battle cry and shot bombs and parachutes all at the same time. When Tommy
looked over his shoulder and saw the myriad of shots aimed at his backside, he screamed
and ran into an Item Box desperate to get something to shield him from the shots.
Luckily, he got a Speed Fan, which he immediately activated so that he was faster
than the incoming shots for a time. Right on cue, he entered the lift as quickly
as he could, and did so just as all the shots merely missed and hit the opposite wall.
Sinobin cursed something in Japanese and entered the lift right after Tommy,
who was followed by Linda in 3rd, and Jam in 4th. The next two laps, #7 and #8, were
just as brutal. The Kids didn't know what to do. Sinobin had them outclassed, outdone,
outsmarted and outmanned in every area of race tactics. Infact, everything was looking
grim for the Kids. If Tommy didn't win, he wouldn't be able to get an upgrade to his
All Around Board with the earned money. If Linda didn't win, she wouldn't have been
able to get that ruby ring she saw in the jewelry store, and if Jam didn't win, he
wouldn't be able to buy that new Hyperbot CD (as well as the fact that he wouldn't get
that kiss reward from Linda!)
Finally, after what seemed like FOREVER, the Ninth and Final Lap arrived.
The Kids were as nervous as ever. No way they were going to win. No way. This
Sinobin guy was way better than all the famous snowboarders put together.
But one of the kids wasn't losing faith. This kid was absolutely determined
to win. This kid swore that if they didn't win, they'd deny themself the title of
pro boarder. So off the kid went. Chasing after Sinobin, he slipped past him, used
an invincible item to dodge a frying pan attack but tripped over a rock, got back up
and started after him again and saw Sinobin approaching the finish line.
Sinobin laughed. "I knew it! I knew it! I am the one! I am the champion!"
All snowboarders don't even come close to the dragon's fury of Sinobin the Snowboarder
Ninja! I am the one!!! I am-"
"You are SECOND PLACE, BUDDY!" A voice cried out. In all of his foolish pride
and ranting and raving about himself, Sinobin had forgotten to pay attention. He was
hit by an Ice Shot and frozen in place. Frozen solid, he could only watch in horror as
the kid mentioned earlier crossed the finish line with a loud cheer and a roar of applause
from the audience. It was the kid who was'nt losing faith. The kid who was determined
to win. The kid who swore that if they didn't win, they'd deny themself the title of
pro boarder. It was...
"And the winner is.....JAM!!!" Mr.Dog announced to the hysterical crowd.
Sinobin recovered from his frozen state just to watch in awe as Tommy finished 2nd
and Linda in 3rd. Getting up slowly, he sadly crossed the finish line with a heavy heart.
Shaking his head, he watched as Mr. Dog landed his hot air balloon and stepped out to
present a huge gold trophy hardly light enough for Jam to hold with both hands.
Jam set it down, bowed to the crowd and flashed his grin full of pearly whites.
Tommy and Linda shook hands with Jam and applauded for him.
It was at this moment, that something rare happened. Sinobin, the toughest
ninja snowboarder in the whole Rocky Mountains area of Alberta, Canada-
-started to cry. It wasn't loud or even audible-just a bow of his head
followed by a tear running down his left cheek. Through blurry eyes, he looked at
the cheering crowd, at Slash and Nancy joining the other three to congratulate Jam,
at the huge trophy and the money prize inside.
It was at this time that Sinobin said sadly to himself,
"I have learned an important lesson today...and that is never to do anything
in foolish pride...for it comes before a fall."
* * *
"That was soooo cool, the way you snuck up behind him and froze him in place!"
Nancy praised in her high little voice, as the five kids made their way back to the
entrance/exit of Ninja Land. "I never coulda done that!"
"That was the bomb, man." Tommy said as he finished another candy bar.
"Thanks." Jam laughed, as he dodged the candy bar crumbs flying from Tommy's mouth.
As the kids made their way towards the entrance/exit of Ninja Land, Linda tapped
Jam's shoulder and then said to the others, "Wait up! Me and Jam have something to discuss."
Linda led Jam into the temple they had visited earlier. The other kids just looked at
each other and shrugged.
Inside the temple, Linda was the first to speak.
"Jam...I just wanted to tell you that you did a really great job on winning the race."
"Thanks." He smiled.
"...and I wanted to tell you also that I'm really proud of you for not giving up and
not letting down your guard against all his attacks and everything."
"Thank you." He said.
Linda looked at Jam. "And...there's one more thing I wanted to tell you."
"Which is?" Jam asked.
Linda looked him straight in the eye. "I want to apologize for acting the way I did
these years-what with trying to control everyone's lives and all....I know it's funny that
I'm doing this because it's something you'd least expect from me, but I have a good reason for
it."
"What's the reason?" Jam asked curiously.
Linda was silent for a while, then she spoke up.
"The reason is...I'm apologizing to you for how I've been so mean and how I've
been such a snob and that's why you probably want nothing to do with me, and because I acted
like that you probably don't like me very much. Well, I'm sorry and I just wanted
to tell you that I have a different reason...one for why I was acting that way for so long."
"Why?"
Linda was silent.
"Why?" Jam asked impatiently.
"Because I have a crush on you." Linda blurted out, and she looked the other way.
Jam was shocked. He didn't know what to say to her. After a while of silence,
he finally said something.
"So the reason you were mean to me all this time is because you were PRETENDING you
hated me so that the others wouldn't know that you liked me?"
Linda nodded.
"I didn't even know you liked me either! I thought you really hated me!!!"
Linda shook her head. "Nope. I've always liked you."
Jam smiled. "Well, in that case, I guess I like you too!"
They both laughed and laughed together, and they gave each other a hug.
"Thank you for telling me." Jam replied.
"Let's go. The other guys are probably getting mad at us for taking so long."
Linda suggested. Jam nodded in agreement, then something else came to his mind.
"Say, Linda...you never gave me that smooch for winning the race like you said
you would! And you promised too!"
Linda smiled. "Okay. Here goes."
The two kids hugged each other and kissed for what must have been at least a minute.
As they walked out of the temple, Tommy spoke up first.
"What the heck took you guys so long? Let's get home before my stomach collapses
in on itself."
Slash laughed. "Tommy, with your big belly that's hardly possible."
Tommy looked offended. "Man, that hurts! I've been trying to eat less, you know."
Slash snickered. "What - and limit it to 1,000 burgers a day?"
Tommy tackled Slash. "STOP FLAMING ME!" He began hitting Slash.
"I'm sorry! I was just joking!" Slash cried, dodging Tommy's fists.
All the Kids laughed at the two's bickering and fighting, and after the brawl they
made their way home. As they passed through the entrance/exit to Ninja Land, they were once
again in the snowy blizzard that they arrived in. But with a trophy, lots more money, some
loose ends tied up and their goal accomplished, the trip home seemed much shorter this time.
And as they left, Sinobin, who was perched atop the red gateway to Ninja Land, watched
them with a practiced eye. As their shadows disappeared into the winter mist, the ninja snowboarder
had only one more thing to say....
"Farewell, Jam.........Champion of the Slopes...."
-The End
