The Adventure of Adrian Lycan

Chapter 48: Getting proved innocent

- Aidan's Prov
It's been a few days and finally my mentors found the one who framed me and I went to court and I was proved innocent and my name was cleared of all charges and my mentors were very happy that they proved i'm innocent and were wanting to begin my training again but i've been wanting to do this for a long time but I never had the strength to but now I do "Actually" I said and they turned back to me and so did mom and dad "I don't want to do anymore training" I told them and they were confused "Meaning..." I was gonna say it but I really don't want to but I also do want to "I'm leaving being a ninja behind me" I told them and they were shocked to hear that and were trying to convince me to remain a ninja but I never got the choice to be a ninja I was forced to be one so I left and I had my suit and I was in front of a campfire and I highly bet you all can guess where this is going and my family was with me and were gonna watch me "Are you sure you want to do this?" dad asked me "I was forced to become a ninja, I want to make my own choices now" I told them and I raised my ninja suit above the fire

"Goodbye Realm Ninja" I told my suit and I closed my eyes and I dropped my suit into the fire and I watched it burn "I am no longer a ninja" I told them and I turned to face them "Now..." I started "I'm just Aidan Lycan" I told them and I went into the house to my room and it was nighttime and I went to bed

The next morning
I still can't believe I had the strength to burn my ninja suit but I feel so relieved to finally be free and now I can live a normal life without fighting without using Realm Guardian Power no fighting crime just living a normal life now but anyway I was in the kitchen having breakfast with mom and dad and Alina was still at that orientation so it was just the three of us and after breakfast I actually got a job promotion for becoming an agent for grandpa Derek and I accepted it and I was an actual secret agent because grandpa knows how stealthy I am but I failed an assignment and I ended up getting fired by one of the agents who work for grandpa and grandpa found out about it and got proof the agent was lying that I failed the assignment and I actually completed it and he gave me my job back but I didn't want it but I ended up being a private detective since i'm pretty good at finding things out and stuff and right now i'm in a water park but it was shut down and I was there because I got a call for my regular fee which was now 4 dollars and 99 cents, I know, it's barely any money but it's the best I can do, the place was abandoned and the water was missing because I was called to check it out and find out why the water's missing and I was looking around and I know why the water's missing and I walked back to the girl about my age who called me "I know why the water from your park is missing" I told her "Pray tell" she replied "It's summer" I replied "They shut down the outdoor park during the summer this year because of the sun making everything way too hot so they moved water parks to indoor so people can avoid getting sunburnt" I told her "Who's "they"?" she asked me while I was looking around and I turned to her "The people who really own this park" I replied and I saw her murmur an "Oh" and she looked through her purse and pulled out some bills to pay me and I took the money she was offering me "Pleasure doing business with you" I told her "Have a good day" I told her and walked home into the treehouse and I told mom and dad about the wizard school I want to open for the wizards and witches who are like me and don't want to leave their home city and I have multiple piggy banks filled with the money I made so I can save up for the construction of my wizard school I want to open and pay tailors to create the uniforms and everything. Times now are really tough, but sometimes a guy's gotta do what he's gotta do and mom and dad got me a desk that has a keyboard attached to it that flips from a desk to a computer and the outside of the treehouse has holographic projections to show a giant screen for the computer I have and I have most of my things like my potion stuff, things for transfiguration and everything and I got another call about a cat getting stuck in a tree so I went to where the cat was and I used my Airjitzu to get it down and I got paid and told the cat's owner to keep a closer eye on it and I also told grandpa Derek and grandma Rachel about the wizard school I want to open and they've been lending me some money from time to time which helps me so much more and I greatly appreciate it and I showed mom and dad the designs for the uniforms and mom sent it to Cadenza to make them and she was so very happy to help and I greatly appreciate that too because I can never come close to matching her skills in making clothes or anything like that so I figured to let a master take care of that and I still work at the tea shop Master Wu opened and I use my pay checks to help with opening the wizard school I want to open here at Phoenix Drop and also aunt Kaitlyn and uncle Travis were also lending me some money from time to time and right now I was at the post office and I got mail from someone and I remember from before Alina, Hunter and I changed the timeline I had a lot of online friends and my best friend online was named Josh and he's like a big brother to me and he considers me like a little brother and we pretty much always get along and he knows I live in Phoenix Drop and I visited him a few times so we're good and he's not dangerous because I know about telling people where I live online and i'm very strict online until I tell the people I trust with my life and known for years and I saw Josh sent me this wooden box tied up and I went home and I told mom and dad about the mail I got and went into the treehouse because mom and dad had to go to work and I also brought a tray of lunch on it and I had to levitate the tray with my Elemental Power of Gravity and I only use my Elemental Powers for things when I need them and not for fighting anymore because i'm an ex-ninja hero and Alina and Hunter know about my retirement and Hunter now defends Phoenix Drop as the green ninja and in Falcon Claw University Alina defends the city there as the water ninja anyway I put the tray of the lunch I made on my desk in the treehouse and I walked in holding the box and I sat down on the chair and I set the box down and I looked at the side of it and it said fragile so I better be careful and Josh also is a wizard like me but attended a different wizard school but he graduated a few years ago and i'm going into my fifth year of a wizard school but I don't attend Ilvermorny anymore and I don't need anyone to train me in magic anymore I can just follow the instructions on the spellbooks I have, anyway I untied the string holding the box and I managed to pull the top off and it made a squeaking noise that made me cringe a bit "Ah" I said as I cringed a bit from the noise it made and I set the top of the box on the desk and there was a letter in it that said it was from Josh and sent to me and it also had the thing to hold letters closed like when I got my acceptance letter to Ilvermorny which I have no idea what their called but I managed to break it so I can read Josh's letter and there was like a latch in the box that has like a secret way to pull it off by twisting it until it comes off and I turned it left while pulling it a bit and while I was twisting it it came off and I set it down and I used my gravity power to levitate what was in it and it was a glass fishbowl with real sharks in it! I was shocked to see a great white shark and a hammerhead shark in the bowl but really tiny? I unfolded the letter and began reading it and it said: "Dear Aidan, I was practicing my spell casting and thanks to you helping me with the Engorgment and Shrinking Charms I thought you'd like these" I read a sentence in my head "Sharks I shrunk with the Shrinking Charm" I continued reading and I put the tips of my middle, index and right ring finger in the bowl poking the water a little and I looked back at the letter "Just remember, their still man-eaters, so don't poke your fingers in the bowl" I read and I had a shocked look on my face and I turned back to the bowl and the sharks swam up to my fingers and I yanked my fingers out and they jumped out of the bowl trying to bite them but missed and fell back into the bowl and continued swimming in a circular formation and I looked back at the letter "Take care Aidan, and if you, your sister and your cousin ever need anything, i'll be there for you guys" said the letter "Josh" I finished and I wrote a thank-you note back to him but I don't think I should have sharks as pets but I grabbed the bowl and put it aside and I tapped on the desk and a rectangle shape flipped into my keyboard

so I sat back down and started typing on my keyboard and then I heard a whooshing noise and I looked outside and I saw a wizard from school flying and she's actually a friend of mine and she flew in on a broom and she landed and sat on a chair in front of my desk "Whatcha doin?" she asked me and I reached for the jug I filled with a drink "Hi, Daisy" I greeted her and she's in the same grade as me in high school and I poured her a drink "I'm just doing nothing" I told her "Again" I added and stopped filled the cup I had with the drink "What's that?" Daisy asked and I lifted up the little plate with the cup on it "Some green tea" I replied and handed her the cup of tea and she drank it and she actually liked it and I pulled out a napkin because she has a green tea moustache and I handed her the napkin so she can wipe her mouth and she grabbed it and thanked me "Where's your mom and dad?" she asked me "At work" I replied "And Alina and Hunter?" she asked "Hunter's visiting his grandpa and Alina's at Falcon Claw University for an orientation" I told her "I retired from being the Realm Ninja" I told her "You were way beyond amazing at what you could do, in fact everyone loved you for all those countless lives you saved" she told me "You trained Alina and Hunter too right?" she asked "Yeah, Alina's a Master of Water and Hunter's a Master of Energy" I told her showing her the picture I had of Hunter, Alina and I and she was still a bit upset like everyone in Phoenix Drop was that I retired from being a ninja "You should get out of retirement" Daisy told me "The city of Phoenix Drop could really use your help" she told me "Yeah, use me" I replied "That's not what I meant" she replied "You shouldn't hold onto the past Aidan" she told me "You've actually never been to the past and lived there for a few years" I replied "Well look at me" she told me "14 years old and nothing to do but make potions and learn new spells" she told me "The only tribe worth belonging to is the one that you're born into" I replied "Yeah, your family" she replied "It's good to take care of your family" she told me "But remember one thing" she started "Everyone's your family" she told me and she flew away waving to me "That makes absolute zero sense" I said out loud and it actually doesn't make any sense and when she was gone I actually got a call from the mayor of Phoenix Drop and I was leaning against my chair and resting my feet on the desk but when I saw it was the mayor calling me I was so shocked that I was panicking a bit and I grabbed a few photos to make it look like I was expecting a call and working and the mayor was on the holographic screen "Hello, Aidan" he greeted me "Mr. Mayor" I replied setting the photos down and he also had a black bar on his eyes concealing the rest of his face and he actually grabbed it and took it off "Ih, you can call me Chad" he replied and yes Chad is still mayor of Phoenix Drop "Didn't you blow up the houses on mystreet to open a dog adoption centre?" I asked him "Well, yes I did and I love dogs and I felt bad that the ones with no home were all alone" he replied then I saw a glitch and for a split nanosecond I saw it was a different person but it was probably my imagination playing tricks on me and there might be a bug in the system "But that's not why I called you" he told me as I looked at another photo and set it down and I was listening to him and he's into perception "Well, i'm into reality and I can only guess why you called me" I replied "And the reality is, nothing you can say will make me become the Realm Ninja again" I told him "That is why you called isn't it?" I asked him "Phoenix Drop needs the Realm Ninja" he replied and I leaned back on my chair again "I'm in retirement and I even burned my suit" I told him resting my feet on my desk "Well, look who's living in perception now?" he asked "But the fact is, there is no retirement" he told me "Once a ninja, always a ninja" he told me "Now it's time for you to be a big boy and return as the Realm Ninja" he told me and I stopped leaning back and set my feet back down "With all due respect, sir..." I started "No" I told him "I was forced to become a ninja, I want to live a normal life where I can make my own decisions" I told him "I'm not gonna be the Realm Ninja ever again, I want to live a normal life where I don't exactly have a care in the world" I told him and he sighed "Just think about it" he replied and out of nowhere the floor opened and a briefcase came to me "We followed and copied every design of your suit" he told me "We even added a few new upgrades" he told me and I took the briefcase and I set it down on the desk and mayor Chad hung up and I opened the case and it was a brand new suit with highly upgraded Aero Shooters and brand new armour and I closed the case and I didn't put the suit on but I am gonna think about it.