Diary of a 6th Grade Ninja (a hilarious adventure for children ages 9-12) Read Free Page A

himself.”
    Zoe folded her arms and made the “ smartie -pants”
face I hate. “You know what I’m wondering?”
    “Do tell,” I sighed.
    “I’m wondering why we don’t just go straight to the coach
with this. Why follow Brayden in here? It’s
counter-productive. Mr. Cooper would probably get the police and Brayden would be found in an instant.”
    “Unless it was werewolves ,” whispered a voice from
above.
    My body froze as I stared at my cousin. She was staring
right back at me with her eyes as wide as I’d ever seen on a person that wasn’t a cartoon. For a split second, I wanted to warn her that they’d fall out of her
head. She’d probably slap my arm for being hilarious at an inappropriate time.
    I looked up in the trees and was surprised by what I saw. Nothing
again . A whole lot of nothing happening out there today.
    “Right here, buck-o,” whispered the voice again, this time
from in front of Zoe and me.
    When I turned, I saw not only one kid standing in front of
us, but several. There must’ve been fifteen or twenty of them, all dressed in
the same black uniforms. Their faces were covered with masks that only showed
their eyes. There was no way this was happening, right? These kinds of things
only happen in movies, and mostly movies from the eighties! My dad’s movies.

    “Are you… ” I started asking.
    “ Ninjas ,” said the child in the mask. The rest of the
ninjas behind him punched their chest once and let out a “ha!” sound at the
same time. I couldn’t help but chuckle at how choreographed it was.
    “What’s so funny?” asked the ninja. “You dare laugh
at us?”
    “Not at you ,” I said. “Just at the fact that it all
sounded like you were gonna laugh at the same time,
but stopped instead. Plus you’re a bunch of kids out here wearing pajamas and
hiding in the woods. If that’s not a red flag for a guidance counselor,
I don’t know what is. Besides, you guys aren’t very good since you’re all
standing here in front of us right now. Aren’t ninjas supposed to be a secret?”
    The ninja stepped forward, revealing Brayden standing behind him. “We’ve taken your friend prisoner because he got too close
to our operation. We’ve revealed ourselves to you because there was a
possibility you’d seek help from Mr. Cooper. We’ve come too far as a clan and
can’t let it all fizzle out because of a tattle tale.”
    “Are you alright?” Zoe asked Brayden .
    Brayden nodded, but didn’t say
anything.
    The first ninja spoke again. “We’ll release him to you under
one condition.”
    What a strange school. I’ve been here one day and I’ve
already met a clan of secret ninjas that’s holding a kid I just met hostage.
How valuable was Brayden to me? Not
very. I only just met the boy, but again, being the nice guy I am… “Name
it.”
    “You walk out of these woods and tell no one what you saw
today,” said the ninja.
    “But master,” said one of the ninjas from the back. I was
surprised because it was a girl’s voice. “They’ve seen too much! We cannot let
them leave here!”
    The first ninja raised his fist in the air. She quickly
bowed out of respect and stepped back in line. This kid had
power , I’ll admit that .
    “Fine,” I said as I glanced at my cousin.
    “Deal,” said Zoe.
    They released Brayden . He stumbled
toward us with his hands behind his back. In the short amount of time they had
him, they had already tied his hands together. Maybe they were better than I
thought.
    At that moment, I heard the air horn Mr. Cooper uses to
signal when there was five minutes left of class. It was his way of lazily
telling us to return to the gym. Zoe, Brayden , and I
turned toward the school.
    When I looked back, the ninjas were gone without a trace.

 
    Wednesday. 7:45 AM. Homeroom.

 
    Buchanan School had started sixth graders on a schedule
similar to middle school so the transfer in the next year wouldn’t be as
shocking. It was cool because we were