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    The Secret Path of Ned the Ninja: Head in the Game
    The Secret Path of Ned the Ninja: Head in the Game
    The Secret Path of Ned the Ninja: Head in the Game
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    The Secret Path of Ned the Ninja: Head in the Game

    By Kea Alwang

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    Hey ... it’s me again ... Ned Herts! I have a riddle for you:
    What do you get when you throw a nerd up against a bully in need of tutoring? How about a bully who rules gym class? Against a bully who trashes classrooms to get even? Give up? Well, I almost did ... almost.
    Answer: You get me: a nerd in martial arts training who just might not be willing to take it anymore. And maybe you get a guy who discovers there is more to martial
    arts than how hard you can kick and punch. You also get a guy who might never touch Mexican food again. (Oops ... excuse me!)

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKea Alwang
    Release dateOct 6, 2014
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      The Secret Path of Ned the Ninja - Kea Alwang

      The Secret Path of

      Ned the Ninja

      Book Two:

      Head in the Game

      Melissa Mertz

      Kea Alwang

      The Secret Path of Ned the Ninja: Head in the Game is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the authors’ imaginations or are used fictitiously.

      © 2014 Kea Alwang, Melissa Mertz

      Smashwords Edition

      All rights reserved. No part of the publication may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      License Notes: This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be resold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient.  If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of the authors.

      Published by Kim Perrone

      Westwood, New Jersey

      Printed in the United States of America

      Contact the authors at:

      kea@keaalwang.com

      www.nedtheninja.com

      www.keaalwang.com

      Cover Illustration: C. Spliedt

      www.runrabbitproductions.com

      Ned’s Path so far…

      Book One: Reluctant Hero

      Book Two: Head in the Game

      Dedicated to:

      Those who stand up for others

      What the superior man seeks is in himself.

      What the small man seeks is in others.

      - Confucius

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Copyright Information

      Chapter One

      Chapter Two

      Chapter Three

      Chapter Four

      Chapter Five

      Chapter Six

      Chapter Seven

      Chapter Eight

      Chapter Nine

      Acknowledgments

      About the Authors

      Contact

      Chapter One

      I know. You have questions: Did Ned the Nerd wind up in Witness Protection for standing by as Beck the Bonebreaker kissed the concrete? Did Beck make good on his threat to tackle Ned another day? Did Ned set his coordination-impaired tootsies back on the mats at Tora Khan Martial Arts? Did the Tiger King drag our hero out for another night of pushing him beyond his limited limits? Did Ned Herts become the most notable name in superhero comic book history? Did he get the girl?

      Before we get ahead of ourselves, let me assure you my limbs, neck, and spine are still in one awkward piece. That said, Jared Beck greets me with the snarling glares of a rabid mountain lion several times a day, every day. Don’t get me wrong: I am grateful Beck hasn’t come within six feet of me. It’s just tough going about my day waiting for that mountain lion to pounce. (Just between us, I carry extra underwear in my backpack in case … well, you know.)

      And karate? I did return for a second class. But this time, instead of fighting my parents on the way in, I bolted through the front door of Tora Khan Martial Arts.

      Sensei Melissa noticed and exclaimed, Ned! I’m so glad you’re excited to return for another lesson!

      Excited? Try desperate to escape my mother’s attempt at a good luck, smoochie-woochie smother fest just as students Greg Spencer, Julian Cobb, and Adrianna Ronan crossed the parking lot behind us. Worried Mom would try again inside the lobby, I raced by Sensei as quickly as possible, leaving her to intercept the helicopter that is my mother. Poor Sensei Melissa: I bet she can sense attacks coming from any direction. Still, when Mom lured her in with a simple question about tuition, my teacher probably didn’t suspect what was to follow. Mom suddenly pulled out the school handbook to make sure she understood everything in it. The situation had me giggling silently as I pushed my shoes into a cubbie. But then I heard Sensei explain that her art has eleven kicks to master. I gulped. Yes, I had come back for a second class voluntarily, but did I really want eleven new ways to fall on my butt? Eleven new ways to have that butt kicked? Not so much.

      But before I start whining, let’s begin our story at my most recent class, two weeks after my first….

      During warm-up, my Jumping Jills finally became Jumping Jacks. Bravo, Ned? Maybe—but let’s not forget that Jack, the dude that fell and broke his crown on some hill right in front of a girl, wasn’t known for his coordination skills, either.

      When Sensei counted out push-ups in Japanese, I tried to focus on the strange words instead of pain shooting through the overcooked spaghetti most people call arms. Mind over matter, right? Ichi! Ni! San, came the count. Sensei loves a good push-up, so I tried my best to control the bend in my elbows to avoid a face-plant. For every push-up I did, the rest of the class did three. Still, that’s better than the last class when everyone did five for each of mine.

      My splits went no lower today, but at least they didn’t hurt anybody. Adrianna, the orange belt with the orange hair, kept looking at me from over her shoulder while she sat in a perfect split. Noticing this caused throwing stars to fly around in my stomach,

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