After the island fiasco, Roufail and Riox had started being friendly to each other… Man, who the hell would believe that. They still disliked each other, it's just that Leo and the others could now tolerate it.
-"Man, if only it was so simple to make all other annoying things… Well, less annoying." Leo said.
The boys were hanging out at their school like usual.
-"Like? What else is annoying?" Tempest asked Leo.
-"Why are you asking?"
-"Well, we might be able to try to make it less annoying. It worked once, why wouldn't it work again?" Tempest explained.
-"Hey I don't think dumping all your problems into islands is a good way of dealing with things-" Riox attempted to say before being cut off by Roufail.
-"I SAY WE TOSS GARLIC INTO AN ISLAND NEXT!" He said enthusiastically.
-"That's also what I had in mind… Well, not the island part, we should probably find a better way to get rid of the annoyance that Garlic brings along." Leo said.
-"Like?"
5 minutes later
-"Hey Garlic." They all approached him.
-"Oh god damn it, what do you want from me you nerds?" The irritated Garlic asked.
-"Yeah like you're one to talk." Leo whispered.
-"What was that?" Garlic asked.
-"Nothing. Anyways, we have a very fun idea that you think you should try out!" Tempest told him.
-"Hell no. Why would I trust you?"
-"Ohhh come on, Garlic! You should at least hear us out! We're buddies after all!" Leo said.
-"Fine. What is it?" Garlic reluctantly sighed.
-"Well, we found a very nice mountain resort that we think could really help you calm your tits- I mean your nerves." Riox almost let the intrusive thoughts win again.
-"Hey, that actually doesn't sound so bad. Wait, this isn't a trap, is it?"
The boys reflected upon the lost opportunity to set up a trap there and get rid of him forever. However, they were too lazy to change the plan now, so they just honestly assured that there was no trap.
-"One more thing." Tempest said "You will also be there with… Ah shit wait a bit."
The boys then inconspicuously walked into a nearby bush.
-"Who the hell is gonna have to go with him?" Tempest asked.
-"Why would we bring someone with him?"
-"Well, the last time it was 2 people, and it worked - even if barely. I think we should probably keep up the same formula if we want to succeed again." Tempest explained.
-"Well, then it should be either Riox or Roufail." Leo suggested.
-"WHY WOULD I BE FORCED TO GO THROUGH THAT?!" Riox and Roufail yelled out at the same time.
-"Because, if we go by Tempest's logic, we have to replicate as many of the core factors from last time as possible in order for this to work. Now, which of you will go with him?"
An agonizing scream could be heard from the bush, a few moments later, the boys walked out and went back to Garlic.
-"You'll be going there with Riox." Leo told him.
Meanwhile, Riox was reflecting on how awful his heads-or-tails luck was.
A few days later, everyone assembled in one place a few blocks away from the school.
-"Why are we here?" Garlic asked.
-"We're waiting for the Some-Weird-Mobile™️ ️." Leo answered.
-"The what?"
Leo didn't get to elaborate, because soon after that question was asked, the Some-Weird-Mobile™️ had arrived.

The Some-Weird-Mobile™️ a crappy, beat up silver car with the letters "SW" graffiti'd (poorly) on the front of it that the boys purchased after certain events regarding their previous car transpired.
-"Sup." Riox, the driver, greeted them upon arriving.
-"Wait, can you actually drive?" Garlic asked him.
-"To learn something new is to doubt one's own ability." Riox replied.
-"I don't know if I should enter this, but this is the first time someone has talked to me in months, so I'll do it anyway." Garlic said as they all went inside the car.
-"Hey where's Kewmed?" Roufail asked upon realizing Kewmed was absent.
-"I dunno, he's not answering whenever I call him. I guess we'll check up on him after we're done with this." Tempest replied.
The road trip was barely over 2 hours long, but it's certain that the passengers lost multiple years of their lives during its duration. The screams were muffled and incomprehensible, but the few that could be heard clearly were
-"WATCH OUT FOR THAT OLD MAN!"
-"WAIT RIOX YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DRIVE THROUGH THE BUILDINGS YOU CAN JUST GO AROUND THE BLOCK!"
-"THIS IS A CAR, NOT A SHIP, STOP GOING INSIDE THE OCEAN!"
This is a good time to bring up that the car was brand new upon being "purchased" (stolen by Riox) shortly before the meetup happened.
Upon arriving at the forest, everyone got outside the car, it is probable that they wanted to run as far away from it as possible as an instinctive reaction to the trauma it had caused them, but they had to stay near it as they would be stuck in the middle of nowhere otherwise. Well, everyone other than Riox, who was proudly scoffing about his amazing driving abilities.
-"ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! YOU ALMOST KILLED US ALL ON AT LEAST FORTY DIFFERENT OCCASIONS!" Garlic yelled at him.
-"Oh come on, you're overreacting." Riox brushed him aside.
-"You guys should let me drive next. I'm totally a great driver, I'd be willing to allow you to witness my abilities on full display if you keep insisting…" Garlic said, only to be ignored by everyone.
-"Alright, here's the plan. Riox and Garlic will go inside the 'resort'. The rest of us will wait for you inside the Some-Weird-Mobile™️ while monitoring you with the remote drones Riox stole for us a couple days ago."Leo explained.
And thus, Riox and Garlic proceeded into the forest.
"Alright. Leo did his research before sending us here so it shouldn't go as badly as the time I was stranded on that island with Roufailure." Riox thought to himself.
Unbeknownst to everyone, Riox's driving was so comically awful, that they didn't just go off course, they had somehow ended up in an abandoned forest in rural Japan.
A couple dozen minutes of walking ensued, after that, Garlic started complaining.
-"How long until we get there?!"
-"I dunno. Frankly, this doesn't look anything like pictures we saw of the forest online."
-"This is why I hate you people!"
-"Hey, if you hate us so much then why did you agree to this?"
-"Because I uh…. I pity you!"
-"You what?"
-"Yeah! I'm so great and have so many bitches and stuff! I felt sorry for you and figured I might as well grace you LOSERS with my presence!" Garlic lied.
After an hour of interacting with Garlic followed, Riox realized that getting along with him to any degree may be impossible… And then-
EPIC TRANSITION TO THE OTHERS
-"Hey, what are we gonna do now while they're in there?" Tempest asked.
-"To be honest I'm surprised we didn't die on the way here, so I hadn't really thought of much." Roufail replied.
-"Don't worry guys, I set up this machine that will help us track their heart rates from any distance!" Leo said as he revealed a device that did exactly that.
-"Huh, how did you build it?" Tempest asked him.
-"Uhh, you see I uh, I put the doohickey to the whatchamacallit and uhhh that made the thingamabob operate functionally!" Leo had, in fact, ordered it from Amazon.
-"Hey guys, look!" Roufail pointed at the device.
-"Oh no! What the hell are they up to?!" Leo said as he looked at the device.
Garlic's heart rate had skyrocketed out of nowhere!
EPIC TRANSITION BACK TO RIOX AND GARLIC
-"Huh… Well, this is the first time I've encountered their kind." Riox nonchalantly noted.
-"OH NO! WE'RE DEAD WE'RE DEAD WE'RE DEAD WE ARE SOOOO DEAD!" Garlic yelled in fear.
-"What happened to that previous attitude of yours?"
-"SHUT UP! CAN'T YOU SEE THE DANGER WE'RE IN?!"
Garlic then pointed at the woods, where multiple individuals dressed in an all white attire that covered almost their entire bodies other than their eyes were standing just a few feet away from the two of them; they were, in fact, ninjas.
-"Yeah but why the hell are they wearing red clothes? Doesn't seem so ninja-like to me-" Riox tried to say only for a shuriken to land a few centimeters away from his face on a tree next to him.
-"Hey! Don't kill me, I haven't made nearly enough lives miserable yet!" Riox yelled at the ninjas.
A few seconds of silence (excluding Garlic's screams) ensued, until all the ninjas started backing away.
-"HA! I THOUGHT SO! YOU NINJAS COWARDS ARE AFRAID OF MY IMMENSE STRENGTH AND ARE NOW RUNNING AWAY! Ah, it feels good to have saved the day again!" The oblivious Garlic bragged in celebration.
-"Uh, I think you should look behind you." Riox pointed.
Garlic then did exactly that, only to see that a ninja with a much more distinct uniform - the leader of the red ninjas, was standing right behind him.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Garlic let out a blood curdling scream so loud that even Leo's group heard it… Speaking of
-"Jesus, I wonder what is happening to him!" Leo exclaimed.
-"I could probably care less about Garlic of all people, but his heart rate has almost hit quadruple digits! How the hell hasn't his heart exploded?!" Roufail (who was carrying the tracking gizmo) said.
-"How is Riox's heart rate?" Tempest asked.
-"More or less the same."
The three of them were running towards Garlic and Riox, despite the fact that they had no idea where they had actually gone (Leo's gadget only tracked heart rates because he's a cheapskate piece of shit).
While the three of them were running, they too were ambushed by a group of mysterious masked individuals.
-"Well, this is unexpected!" Tempest exclaimed.
-"WHAT THE HELL IS UP WITH THIS FOREST?!" Leo yelled out.
Roufail proceeded to take an overdramatic pose where he bent forward, pointed at the floor with one hand and at the ambushers with the other as he said
-"Are you not aware of who I am?!"
They were, in fact, ambushed by ninjas… However, this group wore a more traditional black uniform... Or at least, that's what it looked like at first glance. Upon closer inspection, one would be able to tell that the ninjas were all wearing designer clothing. Red Supreme Nunchucks, Louis Vuitton clothes, Gucci shoes, Prada Swords, all of them were equipped with some seriously luxurious stuff.
-"I'm guessing these are the people Riox and Garlic ran into as well." Tempest noted.
A few moments later, the leader of the bougie ninjas approached them, led them to their clan's base, took off his mask and revealed to them his identity.
-"KEWMED?!" The three of them yelled out in shock.
-"What the hell are you doing here?!" Leo asked.
-"Do you know what happened to Riox and Garlic!?" Tempest asked.
-"Why are you ninjas so luxuriously equipped?" Roufail asked.
All at the same time.
-"I guess I'll answer your questions one by one. I'm leading these ninjas against their enemy clan who reside in this same forest, Garlic and Riox have probably gotten abducted by the dastardly red ninjas, as for the equipment, I just think that it is the best possible outfit, after all, it probably attracts the most hoes!" Kewmed answered.
Meanwhile
The red ninja leader had also taken Garlic and Riox back to his base, where he revealed his identity to them.
-"Oh it's… Uh… what's the name again?" Riox and Garlic said at the same time.
-"OH COME ON HOW DO YOU NOT RECOGNIZE ME?! I'M MANOS!" Manos yelled at them.
-"To be fair I've barely interacted with anyone in this friend group other than like, four of you." Riox said.
-"Yeah and my memory is too full with my hilarious jokes to remember all you nobodies." Garlic scoffed.
Manos and Riox both awkwardly stared at him for a few seconds, being fully aware of how much he was lying.
-"Well anyway, what are you doing here? And most importantly of all… Why are all the ninjas here red? Aren't you guys supposed to be dressed in all black to blend in with the night? Are you stupid?" Riox asked.
-"I'm leading these ninjas against their enemy clan who reside in this same forest, as for why they're red… Idk I just think that's what they look best with. Either way it's daytime so it's not like wearing black would've helped much." Manos answered.
This is a good time to point out that these events all take place at daytime, which is why the bougie ninjas' ambush failed despite them technically wearing effective ninja attire.
-"Huh, that's neat. Anyways, we gotta go now, we have to do some bonding I think and it's already not going very well." Riox said.
-"I'm afraid I can't let you… You will have to fight for me." Manos told them.
-"WHY?!"
-"Okay."
Garlic and Riox said at the same time, in that order.
-"Initially I only took you here to do a cool reveal, but as it turns out, Roufail, Tempest and Leo have been abducted by the dastardly bougie ninjas according to my spies!" Manos explained.
-"Oh damn, when are we fighting?"
-"WHY WOULD I CARE ABOUT THOSE IDIOTS?"
Riox and Garlic said at the same time, in that order.
-"We're fighting in half an hour. It'll take place in this forest, it is a final battle that shall put an end to this century long rivalry!" Manos answered.
-"WHY IS EVERYBODY IGNORING ME?!" Garlic yelled out, only to be ignored by everybody.
And thus, the stage had been set. The two sides would have an epic battle, and in the middle of that were two apparent groups of abductees that weren't even abducted.
As time passed, everyone honed their skills to prepare for this final definitive ultimate last battle. Well, everyone other than Garlic, who was complaining like a bitch for the entire thirty minutes.
Either way, once the time arrived, the two clans charged into the forest, and after being lost for two hours due to how thick the forest was and how incompetent their leaders were, they finally clashed and a spectacular battle ensued.
At some point during the battle, Garlic had fallen to the floor like the idiot he is.
-"Riox! Help! I've sprained my ankle, be useful for once in your miserable life and help me get out of here!" he called out to Riox.
-"Why the hell would I help you?"
-"HUH?!"
-"No, like, I am literally fighting in an active battlefield and trying to retrieve my friends. Why would I help you when you haven't shown a shred of decency towards me since the moment I met you? Riox said before walking away from Garlic, abandoning him.
-"RIOOOOOX! YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS!" Garlic's scream echoed through the sounds of battle.
Eventually, Riox located the other three.
-"Holy shit dude! We're here to save you!" Tempest told him.
-"Save me? But, I am here to save you guys!" Riox told him.
-"Hey where's Garlic?" Leo asked.
-"I'll explain later. Just trust me, the plan would NOT work, abandoning him here is better for all of us." Riox answered while thinking only about himself.
The four of them contemplated their situation for a while. Long enough for the entire fight around them to end, with the bougie ninjas being declared the winners.
-"Well, that was fun! Let's do it again some other time!" Kewmed said.
-"This taste.. This is a taste that I am awfully familiar with… The taste of defeat." Manos dramatically exclaimed.
-"Wait, what the hell is even happening at this point?" Leo asked.
-"We were bored of you guys ignoring us, so we decided to convince these random dudes that they were part of some beefing Japanese clans." Kewmed explained.
Meanwhile, Manos kept muttering some emo stuff to himself.
After that, the six of them boarded the Some-Weird-Mobile™️ and after five days of driving, thousands of dead and millions of injured people, multiple breachings of the Geneva Convention and enough vehicle related criminal offenses to make Renie look like a good driver, the boys were back home.
There, Riox explained to them everything that went down with Garlic (whom they had left behind) back in the forest.
-"Huh, then it would never work I suppose." Leo exclaimed.
-"Yeah, I suppose using the same formula only with minor differences is bound to bear some very different results." Tempest said.
The boys proceeded to awkwardly look at the distance, and like that, everyone forgot to ask Kewmed and Manos how they convinced the Japanese people they were ninjas, making it so that their crimes against humanity got lost in the annals of time.
Meanwhile
The vengeful Garlic sought out revenge, and thankfully for him… A very certain mafia approached him.
SOME WEIRD SITCOM CHAPTER 20: END
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