After visiting the principal's office Natalie and Martha were now heading to her new locker. The two stopped right outside a room that had ninja posters, stars, and swords posters on the door.

"Wow, what's that room?" Natalie asked when she saw what was on the door.

"Oh that, that's the ninja fanclub room. I'm the vice president of the club and we meet up there three days a week after school," Martha explained.

"Really? What do you all do there?" Natalie asked.

"Well we practice ninja fighting techniques, study the history of the art of ninjutsu, and practice with fake versions of ninja weapons used throughout history. Basically anything that involves a ninja we do," Martha explained.

"Wow you and the other members of the club must be super fans," Natalie commented after hearing what Martha does in her club.

"Hehe, well that's why it has the name. You know I've always dreamed of becoming a ninja myself, and even if I lost one of my legs, I'm still determined to do it. I'm not going to let anything or anyone stop me from my dreams!" Martha declared.

"I bet, knowing you, you'll do anything you put your mind to and no one can convince you otherwise," Natalie pointed out.

"Yeah, anyway let's get your things in the locker and I'll show you around the school," Martha said.

Natalie nodded and she looked into her locker, nothing about it was out of the ordinary as she hadn't decorated it yet. Nothing was inside it, but she planned to decorate it as soon as possible.

"Alright, I can make this look much nicer than it is," Natalie said as she observed the locker.

"I know you will, and I can't wait to see what you'll do with it," Martha said.

With the locker out of the way Martha started showing Natalie around the school. As the two were walking around the place they heard some girls laughing; however, it wasn't a laugh of enjoyment, it was more of mockery. Martha and Natalie ran to the source of the laughs and when they reached said source the two couldn't believe what they saw.

A girl with red hair, freckles, an animal printed sweater, brown pants, and brown shoes was on the floor crying. There were two other girls who both had fancy, expensive clothes standing over the poor girl laughing at her. One of the girls who had blond hair then poured a bottle of water over the girl and laughed at her.

"Aww, did I do that? Sorry but I couldn't help it. I thought it'd make you smell better as you sink like an animal. Then again what do I expect from a girl who works in a filthy animal shelter," the blondie mocked.

When the two cousins saw this they both were filled with anger as they hated seeing others get bullied. Martha and Natalie got up and marched over to the two bullies. "Hey! How dare you speak to her that way!" Natalie stated angrily. The two girls looked over at the cousins and glared at them angry.

"What did you just say to me?" the blond girl asked in a snarky way.

"I said how dare you speak to her that way, you disgusting excuse of a human being!" Natalie stated in a firm angry tone.

"I was just stating what was true, she smells!" the blond girl said.

"No she doesn't! Now I want you to go away immediately! After all I can get you both into detention for bullying!" Martha explained angrily.

Once the girls saw Martha was involved they backed away as she was very intimidating. It didn't help that she could indeed get them sent to detention as she was on good terms with the principal and most teachers in the school. So she just had to say the right words and they'd be busted and in big trouble.

"Ugh, whatever Martha, come on Stella, let's go before their lameness rubs off on us," the blond girl said to her minion. Stella nodded and followed the blond girl as the two walked away and to who knows where.

Once they were gone Martha and Natalie helped up the girl the two were bullying backup on her feet. "Hey, Shara you good?" Martha asked.

"Y-Yeah thanks Martha, and um... who's this?" Shara asked as she noticed Natalie standing next to her.

"Oh this is my cousin Natalie. She just transferred and I was just showing her around before we left for our field trip," Martha explained.

"Really? Well nice to meet you Natalie, I'm Shara, and if you need any answers to any animal questions then just come to me. I'm a genius at the topic so I can answer any question you have regarding animals," Shara explained.

"Thanks, I'll keep that in mind." Natalie said.

"Well we gotta go now, my clock tells me that the bus is about to arrive so we better head outside," Martha explained.

"Oh right it is that time. I just need to grab something out of my locker as I'll need them on the field trip," Shara explained.

"Alright, we'll see you around Shara, let's go Natalie, you're going to love where we're going," Martha explained.

Natalie nodded and followed her cousin to the front of the school. After some time the bus had arrived and all the students who were going on the field trip were loaded onto the bus in an orderly fashion. All the students were paired up while on the bus, Natalie hoped to be paired up with her cousin as she felt more comfortable around her. However to her dismay she and Martha were not paired up, Martha ended up with someone called Cris.

Soon Natalie's partner was given to her and she blushed when she saw who it was once they sat next to her. Her partner was David and she didn't know what to say to him to create some kind of conversation. Soon the bus started moving and Natalie was nervous about being next to David. The two sat next to each other without saying a word to each other, so the whole way there was spent in an awkward silence.

After an hour the bus arrived at its location and Natalie looked outside the window she was sitting next to and saw where they were. The place was an old ninja temple that was just on the outskirts of the city. There were no other buildings for miles and the place was surrounded by forest for miles.

The students all filed out of the bus and stood in line as their teacher did a head count. Once she made sure that she had all students on the list she told the bus driver he could go and come pick them up in about two hours. The bus driver nodded and drove away, once he was out of sight the teacher started explaining the plans for the trip.

"Alright students you all are allowed to explore around the temple for the first half of the trip. Then we'll all head out to the center room for a lesson regarding this temple and its history. And remember you're only able to go to certain areas of this place. If you go into a restricted area then you'll be getting detention for two months," the teacher explained.

Everyone nodded and she dismissed them, which allowed them to go out and explore the temple as much as they wanted. "Hey cous I wanna show you some of my favorite spots around here!" Martha exclaimed.

"Alright! I've never been here before so I'd like to see what it's got," Natalie said.

Martha squealed and grabbed Natalie by the wrist and dragged her to her favorite spot. As they ran they passed by an old lady who was working on the sand garden. When they ran past her she looked up at them and in that moment she saw the ring that Natalie had on her hand. Once that ring went into her line of sight she continued to stare at it in shock till the girls were no longer in sight. With Natalie and Martha out of sight the old lady stood there for several seconds that felt like hours as time slowed down to her.

Five more seconds had passed before she whispered to herself, "She has the charm. So it's true that he's gone, oh Chris, I wish I could've helped you but I'm too old. Thankfully it did what it always does and found its way to its new wearer. I better keep an eye on her and make sure to tell her what she needs to do in case something happens. I just hope she'll be able to keep her identity a secret from everyone and those dark cults. Hmm and that other girl, I can sense the same thing from her as I did with you Chris. I'll need to see if she's worthy of holding a charm as well."

The old lady then finished raking up the garden as quickly as she could before putting the tool away. She then followed in the same direction that Martha and Natalie went in to keep her eye on them. Meanwhile Shara was at the temple's fish pond, watching the cute little fishes swim around in the lake. She threw some fish food that one of the temple keepers gave to her, and watched as the fish ate the food. She smiled at the sight, enjoying herself very much on this trip. Watching the fish swim around and eat was very relaxing.

However this joyful moment was cut short once she felt someone grab onto her and throw her into the pond. The fish swam away in a panic as Shara was thrown into the water. Shara pushed herself above the water and coughed as some water got into her mouth and nose. She then heard laughing behind her and she looked to see Stella, and the blond girl named Carol pointing at her while laughing.

"AHAHAHA! Look a smelly fish where it belongs!" Carol laughed.

"HA! Yeah she should learn where she belongs, and that's with her own kind. A smelly animal with other smelly animals HA!" Stella laughed.

Hearing their awful words Shara began to tear up before bursting into tears and sloshing out of the lake and into the nearby forest. The two bullies continued laughing as Shara ran into the forest till she could no longer hear them. Once their laughter was gone Shara slumped to the ground resting her back on a large and old oak tree. She wrapped her arms around her legs and cried into her knees as the current events replayed in her mind.

Meanwhile in a dark place a deep black figure opened his blood red eyes as he sensed something. "Ah what's this now? Shame, humiliation? Haha, a perfect prey for my corruption," the figure siad.

He looked into a mirror that showed earth and managed to find the person who they were talking about. He found Shara and smiled evilly when he saw and felt the despair she was currently feeling. He raised his hand and a black gooey substance dropped out of the palm of his hand. "Go my corruptor and coat her heart in black so I can turn her to my name," the figure said as the blob sunk into the mirror and entered earth.

It landed next to Shara who was still crying her eyes out, it slithered up to her without her noticing and saw a bear shaped pin on her sweater. It leaped up and merged into the pin. Once it had merged into her pin Shara stopped crying and looked up with an angry expression on her face.

Her eyes turned completely black and she heard a voice say, "Hello Beast Pouncer, I'm Judas and I can help you get revenge on all those who mock you. I'm giving you the power of every animal on earth and you can control an animal's actions too. All I ask is that you find me all of the colored Ninja charms in return. Do we have an agreement?" Judas asked.

"Hehe, yes we do my lord. I'll show everyone who mocks me the true power of animals and I'll find the charms for you as well," Beast Pouncer said as she got up. A black haze had started to surround her whole body.

Meanwhile Natalie and Martha were looking at ninja weapons and posters. Natalie was impressed by how this place had so much history regarding ninjas. "Wow okay this place is impressive. I'm so happy I can see it, it's awesome, I can see why you love it Cous," Natalie said.

"Yeah, ah I feel at home here, surrounded by the cutler and art of ninjutsu," Martha explained.

"I wonder what else this place has in store for us?" Natalie asked.

After she said that the two heard a loud crash of something breaking and not a moment later all the other students' screams were heard. Concerned, Natalie and Martha ran outside to see what was going on. When they got outside they saw that the thing that was broken was a pot. They then saw what had thrown it in the first place– a creature that had the head of a lion, the belly of a crocodile, tail of a dog, gills of a fish, wings of a bird, and legs of a cheetah.

"Raaww! You all shall tremble in fear of Beast Poncer! I shall show you all the true power of animals! Rraaww!" Beast Pouncer roared loudly before grabbing another pot and throwing it again. This time it was close to the entrance that Natalie and Martha were close to. The two cousins quickly took cover inside as the pot crashed into the entrance.

"Wow! Okay what on earth was that?!" Natalie asked, surprised by what she had just seen.

"I have no clue, but it would be cool if that thing wasn't attacking everything!" Martha explained as she sat up.

"It's one of Judas' dark super servants. It looks like he corrupted one of your classmates and turned him or her into one of his minions," an old weak voice explained.

The two girls turned around and they saw the same old lady who was working in the garden earlier. "Wow wow! Who are you?! And how do you know what's going on?!" Martha asked, confused and surprised by the old lady's knowledge of what's going on.

"My name is Eri and I'm the guardian of the color Ninja charms. I've seen Judas doing this since I was a little girl. He preys on those who are feeling down and uses his darkmagic to corrupt them and turn them into his servants," Eri explained.

"What?! You're joking right?! There's no way that's possible?!" Martha explained not believing what this lady was saying.

"I'm sorry to say but it's nothing but the truth; however, there is a way that it can be fixed. We will need the purple ninja and with their powers they will be able to reverse everything," Eri explained.

"Well where are they then!?" Natalie blurted out as she was getting incredibly tense from what was happening.

"Oh my dear, it's you, you have the purple ninja charm on your finger right now," Eri explained.

Natalie froze for a moment before she looked down at her hand that the ring was still on.

"If you don't believe me then just repeat these words and you'll see. Purple Ninja, it's time to Purify!" Eri explained.

"Um... Purple Ninja, it's time to Purify?" Natalie said not sure what else to do because of the shock.

As soon as those words came out of her mouth Natalie was surrounded by a purple light and her ring glowed purple as well. "Wowo! What's happening?!" Natalie asked in shock and fear as her apparel started to change.

A purple hood was formed on her head with her hair being put up into a ponytail and it went through a hole in the hood. A purple face mask then formed on her face, leaving only her eyes exposed. The mask was mostly purple with the trim around her hair, hood, and face black. Purple beams then wrapped around her chest and they transformed into a ninja top. The main part was purple while the clothing around her neck, waist, and around her arms were black. The same beams then wrapped around her arms all the way down to her finger tips. They then transformed into sleeves for the suit and the bicep parts were purple while the triceps and fingers were both black. Finally the beams wrapped around her legs and feet transforming into pants and boots. The soles of the boots were black while the rest were purple, the shins of the pants were purple while the thighs were black till it hit the waist where a purple scarf wrapped around her waist and then to her neck.

Once the transformation was complete Natalie took a look at herself. When she saw what had happened she screamed as she had become a totally different person. "W-WHAT THE HECK!? WHAT'S THIS?! H-HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?!" Natalie asked in shock as she looked at the ninja suit and pulled at it to see if she could remove it. However the suit wasn't coming off as if it was stuck to her and this freaked her out even more.

"Wow! What in the world! Hey Lady! What the hell happened to my cousin?!" Martha asked as she watched her cousin become a ninja.

"She's now the Purple Ninja, and now she can use her new powers to defend the city from Judas and his evil plans," Eri explained.

"W-What?! Does that mean what I think it means?!" Natalie asked with worry as she started putting the pieces together.

"Yes, that means you'll need to fight that creature and find the object that became the source of corruption," Eri explained.

"Oh NO! No I-I can't fight against that thing! I-I've never been in a fight before in my life I-I can't! I-'' Natalie was saying till she felt Martha's gentle hand on her shoulder. She looked at her cousin and saw she had a look of confidence and reassurance on her face.

"You can do this course, because I'm gonna help you," Martha explained.

"W-What?!" Natalie asked, confused and surprised.

"You heard me, I'm gonna help, I've been dreaming about becoming a ninja my whole life and this is a chance for me to use my skills. And we both know it's better to have help rather than trying to do something that's too big for you to do alone," Martha explained as she did know lots of ninja fighting skills.

Natalie smiled at this and gave Martha a big hug, happy that her cousin was going to help her in battle.

"I was hoping you would say that, so Miss Martha, I have something to help you in battle," Eri said.

"What's that?" Martha asked as she looked at Eri with confusion as she said that. Eri then pulled out a bracelet with a yellow gem in the center of it and a white chain.

"Martha I'm proud to entrust you with the Yellow Ninja charm. You shall be its new holder and use it for the greater good. However once you transform you will become a part of Natalie's mission to fight against this evil. Are you willing to risk your life and safety for this?" Eri asked, letting Martha know what she was getting into.

Martha's face became firm and she nodded as she was willing to risk it all for her cousin. Eri smiled and allowed Martha to take the charm out of her hand. Once Martha had put it on, the gem's yellow color disappeared and she waited for Eri to tell her what she had to do.

"Now all you need to say is, Yellow Ninja Let's Shed Some Light!" Eri exclaimed.

"On it! Yellow Ninja! Let's Shed Some Light!" Martha called out and the gem glowed yellow and Martha was surrounded by a yellow light.

A mask was formed over her eyes where the eyes were white and the rest was yellow. Her hair turned yellow and was braided up in the back of the mask, so it wouldn't get in her way. Her body was then wrapped up in yellow beams and once formed into the outfit the belt, midsection, neck, and shoulders were white while the rest was yellow. Yellow beams then formed on her arms, the hands were white while the rest was yellow. Finally her legs and feet were wrapped in the yellow beams. Once they formed into the clothes, the soles of her feet were white along with her knees, and waist, while the rest was yellow.

Once the transformation was complete Martha was impressed, she loved the suit, especially the mask as it reminded her of the ninja turtles masks, of course her eyes were covered up with a white transparent fabric. Her prosthetic leg was also covered to look like she had both legs intact.

"HA! This is gonna be awesome! Come on Cous! Let's go fight this thing and save everyone!" the Yellow Ninja declared.

"Alright! Let's do this!" the Purple Ninja said, now feeling more confident with help by her side.

The two ninjas then reached into their pockets to see if there was something in them, and to their delight there was. The two pulled out smoke bombs that matched the color they became, then threw the smoke bombs down to the ground. Instantly yellow and purple smoke filled the area which allowed them to exit the building without being seen.

Meanwhile outside students and employees were screaming and running away from Beast Pouncer as she destroyed the area.

"What in the world is that thing?" Stella asked.

"I-I don't know, but it is hideous, although not as hideous as that Shara Haha!" Carol laughed, however she didn't realize that her laughter had attracted Beast Pouncer's attention and when she saw them her fury became even stronger.

She pounced over to the two girls, which caused them to scream to try to run away; unfortunately they weren't fast enough and Beast Pouncer had caught them.

"You! It's time you understand how I had felt for so long!" Beast Pounder roared in their faces.

"W-What are you talking about?!" Stella asked as she struggled in her grip.

"Yeah, we didn't do anything to you Beast Pouncer!" Carol said hoping that would get her to let them go.

However this had the opposite effect as Beast Pouncer only got more angry and roared again at them. "It's me! Shara! You both had called me a number of names and hurt me in many different ways! Well now it's time I finally let you both know how I've felt for all these years!" Beast Pouncer declared. She then tightened her grip on the two girls, threatening to kill them when she felt something being thrown at her.

"Hey! You leave them alone, Beast Pouncer!" a voice called out.

"Yeah! Even if they are bullies, we'll still protect them as it's what heroes do!" another voice called out. Beast Pouncer looked back and saw two ninja's standing on top of the temple's roof. One was in purple while the other was in yellow.

"Beast Pouncer! Those two have the charms I'm looking for! Attack them and take their charms!" Judas commanded.

"Understood sir!" Beast Pouncer replied and threw the two girls aside like rag dolls and jumped at the two ninja's. Purple Ninja jumped out of the way while Yellow Ninja jumped towards the two girls and grabbed onto them.

Once on the ground Yellow Ninja put them down and said, "You two get to safety! Purple Ninja and I will handle this!"

Yellow Ninja then jumped back into the fight. Purple Ninja meanwhile was running away from Beast Pouncer; however, it was harder than it seemed as she had the speed of a cheetah.

"Oh crap, Oh crap, oh crap! What am I meant to do?!" Purple Ninja asked as she realized she had no idea what she was doing.

Beast Pouncer quickly jumped up and tried to grab on Purple Ninja. Thankfully a yellow scarf wrapped around her legs and yanked her back harshly. She growled and looked back to see that it was Yellow Ninja who had pulled her back.

"Raw! Your charm shall belong to Judas!" Beast Pouncer roared as she started charging at Yellow Ninja.

Yellow Ninja braced herself when a light flashed in her eye. She looked and saw Eri hiding in the trees using a mirror to shine some light towards her in order to get her attention.

Eri then pulled out a big sign that read, "Say Blinding Light! It'll allow you to temporarily blind your opponent, but be careful though, you can only use it once within ten minutes before you transform back."

After quickly reading it Yellow Ninja nodded and faced Beast Pouncer again. "Let's do this! Blinding Light!" Yellow Ninja called out and a bright light appeared on her hands.

She then threw the light directly into her face, this indeed caused Beast Pouncer to go blind for a while. She screamed in pain as she covered her eyes trying to get them to recover. As she stood up Yellow Ninja noticed a black pin on her chest, so she believed that's where the corruption was.

"Yellow! You alright?!" Yellow Ninja heard Purple Ninja ask. She looked behind Beast Pouncer and saw Purple Ninja standing behind her with a worried look on her face.

"Yeah! On the Pin! It's black and I think that's where this corruption thing is!" Yellow called out while pointing to the pin. Purple Ninja looked and saw the pin covered in a black haze. Once she saw that it was covered in a black haze she believed that's where it was; however, she didn't know how to undo it without hurting Shara.

Suddenly a flash of light was caught in her eye, and when she looked she saw Eri hiding in the tree line. She had another big sign with her and it read, "Call out Purify Bloom and aim it at the pin; it'll destroy the corruption and return your friend back to normal."

After reading it Purple Ninja nodded and faced Beast Pouncer again with a determined look on her face. She then called out, "Purify Bloom!" and took aim right at the pin. A purple blast was instantly shot out of her hand and once it made contact with the pin, the blackness around it was surrounded with a purple haze. The haze instantly turned into blooming flowers and the pin was restored to normal; that wasn't all that was restored to normal as a black haze surrounded Beast Pouncer and she turned back into Shara.

"Ugh, W-what happened?" Shara asked as her senses came back.

"It's alright, you're alright." Purple Ninja said as she walked up to Shara and helped her up. Shara looked at Purple Ninja and was shocked by what she was seeing; Yellow Ninja then came into her line of sight which made her even more shocked.

"Wow! Who are you two?" Shara asked.

"We're um... I'm Purple Ninja, and this is Yellow Ninja!" Purple Ninja explained.

"Wow, you two are awesome," Shara said, shocked by what she was seeing.

"That's not even scratching the surface!" the three heard a voice call out. They looked and saw that the other students and the teacher had all ran into the area and everyone looked amazed.

"What we just saw now was so incredible that awesome isn't enough to describe it!" a boy exclaimed with his eyes sparkling.

"Why thank you, we're just doing our jobs and protecting the innocent," Yellow Ninja explained.

"Hey I'm Steve and I'm a part of our school's report club, can you spare some time and answer a few questions?" Steve asked.

"Um, we'd love to, but we gotta go! Come on Yellow! Maybe we can answer your questions later!" Purple Ninja blurted out before her and Yellow split, leaving behind a disappointed Steve.

Within their ten Martha and Natalie had transformed back and were now making their way back to the temple as they went a little way into the woods to remain out of sight. Thankfully they both knew the way back so they weren't worried about getting lost. As they were walking Martha glanced at Natalie who was staring at her ring with a worried expression on her face.

"Hey cous, you alright?" Martha asked.

"I-I don't know, I-I don't even know if I can process all of this. My dad was murdered, mom and I moved here, and now we both have charms that turn us into ninjas with magical powers... It's a lot to take in," Natalie explained unloading the dump truck of everything that just changed in her life.

"Yeah I bet it's a lot to take in, but hey I'm not gonna let you go through this alone. I'll be with you every step of the way, and in every fight that comes our way," Martha explained, reassuring Natalie.

"Really? Thanks Martha I'm lucky to have a cousin like you in my life." Natalie said grateful for Martha's words.

"Anything for my cousin, now come on, let's go! I believe that Miss Mason is looking for us by now so let's hurry before she starts worrying," Martha explained.

Natalie nodded and the two raced back to the temple before their teacher began to worry about them. As they ran they both felt like that this was the start of an amazing journey for them. They also felt that all of this was just the beginning of something big and intense for them and possibly for the whole world.