Equestria Ninja Girls: The Thievius Raccoonus

Chapters

Of Thieves and Ninjas
File Theft Recovery
A Stealthy Approach
High Class Heist
A Cunning Disguise
The Gunboat Graveyard
The Eye of the Storm
A Rocky Start
Boneyard Casino
Two to Tango
Back Alley Heist
Straight to the Top
Last Call
The Dread Swamp Path
The Lair of the Beast
A Grave Undertaking
Descent Into Danger
A Deadly Dance
A Perilous Ascent
The Unseen Foe
Duel by the Dragon
Flame Fu!
A Hazardous Path
Burning Rubber
A Daring Rescue
A Temporary Truce
A Strange Reunion
This is Gonna Be Fun
Into The Machine
The Fire Down Below
Flaming Temple of Flame
Sinking Peril

Of Thieves and Ninjas

In the night of New York, Rarity, Karai and Adagio were patrolling, and the fashionista was reading a book about heroic outlaws.

"Enjoying the Robin Hood book, Rarity?" Adagio asked.

"Yes. They really help me gain more perspective on generosity." Rarity answered.

"Ninjas of ancient history were master thieves. How do you think Shredder's Helmet was created?" Karai responded before the trio of kunoichi suddenly felt a chill in the air.

"Wait a minute. Remember what Sonata told about how she felt when she, Pinkie and Mikey were taken into Crash’s world?" Adagio asked, only to be responded by the other two nodded their heads, before all three of them paled in fear.

"Uh-oh." The trio dreaded, but before they could make a break for it, a portal opened up and pulled them in screaming.

Meanwhile, in another world/dimension, in Paris, France, a certain anthro Raccoon was scouting the the French Police Station for an entry point.

"Sly? Can you read me? Sly?" A voice asked from a device the raccoon, known as "Sly," was holding in front of his eyes.

"Bentley, I hear you loud and… very loud." Sly answered.

"Sorry, I’m nervous. Breaking into Interpol Police Headquarters does that." Bentley responded.

"Quit worrying, Bentley. I’m the thief here, you and Murray are safe in the van. And besides, we’re still looking for a way in, so don’t worry." Sly assured.

"Oh, right. Wait... That's odd." Bentley noticed.

"What's wrong?" A different voice asked.

"Murray, I’m picking up paranormal activities. And it’s… Right above Sly!" Bentley realized as Sly looked up, seeing three figure fall out a portal and crash right on top of him.

"Oh... That had to hurt." Murray winced.

"What happened?" Rarity asked with a groan.

"Where are we?" Adagio added.

"And what happened to our bodies?!" Karai gasped as the trio found themselves in anthro animal bodies, with Karai being similar to her mutant form, becoming more of a White-Horned Viper with female human upper torso, arms and neck, Adagio being a tiger, and Rarity being a snow leopard.

"Hey, could you three get off of me please?" Sly asked.

"Oh! I’m so sorry!" Rarity apologized as the trio got off Sly and helped him up.

"Sorry for the dogpile. Anything broken?" Karai asked in concern.

"Nah. I’ve had worse falls." Sly answered before he saw the Foot Clan insignias and grew cautious. "You girls new around here? I haven't seen you before."

"Well, you see, me and my friends are actually from a different world, or dimension." Rarity explained.

"Well, you can tell me and my friends the whole story at our hideout." Sly said as the girls followed him to the Cooper Gang Hideout where Bentley and Murray were waiting.

"Sly, did you find what that anomaly was about?" Bentley asked as Sly was rubbing his neck.

"Yeah, them." Sly answered before Rarity, Karai and Adagio walked in. "Get comfortable while I grab some things."

"Thank you. Oh, I'm Rarity and they're Karai and Adagio." Rarity introduced herself and her friends as Sly glared at Karai and Adagio.

"What’s his problem?" Adagio asked Karai.

"I think you and I have something to do with it, Adagio." Karai responded to her friend as Bentley noticed it.

"Don't take it personal. Sly just hard a hard life. I'm Bentley and he's Murray." Bentley introduced himself and his friend as Sly grabbed his sais.

"Hi." Murray greeted.

"Maybe I could talk to him." Rarity suggested.

"You can do it while we're scouting the police station. That is if you three don't mind helping a group of thieves." Sly responded, leaving the trio shocked. But Rarity had a feeling they could trust them.

"Of course." Rarity agreed.

"Huh?" Karai and Adagio asked in confusion.

"Allow me to explain better. My name is Sly Cooper. I come from a long line of master thieves. The golden rule of my family is that we only steal from other thieves." Sly explained, leaving the trio surprised.

"I see." Rarity understood.

"Every generation of Coopers from all over the world wrote down their history and skills in a book we called the Thievius Raccoonus." Sly added.

"So where's the book?" Adagio asked.

"On the day I was supposed to inherit it from my father, five thieves broke into our house. I watched as my father fought to protect us, only to see him and mom die." Sly explained, leaving the trio heartbroken. "The book was torn apart and scattered between the five of them. I'm planning on finding them and reclaiming my family's legacy."

"That's why we need to break into police headquarters to get the files on them." Bentley said.

"And you three kinda ruined our scouting mission." Murray added.

"Um, we never meant to ruin that. We were just there by chance when a portal appeared out of nowhere and sucked me and my friends in." Rarity explained.

"It's okay. Rarity, why don't you come with me? Your friends can stay here." Sly said.

"If you say so." Rarity responded.

"Keep an eye on these two, Bentley." Sly said as the two of them left, before Karai asked Bentley the million-dollar question. "What is his problem with us?"

"That’s what I said." Adagio pointed out.

"Don't take it personally. There's something you should know about the Cooper Clan." Bentley said as he started explaining.

Meanwhile with Rarity and Sly on the rooftops...

"Why have you been so cold to my friends?" Rarity asked as Sly was taking recon photos.

"Let’s just say me and my family aren’t exactly on friendly terms with the Foot Clan." Sly answered.

"There’s a foot clan in this world?!" Rarity gasped in shock.

"Yeah. And my ancestor, Rioichi Cooper, was a dedicated member of the Hamato Clan. All my ancestors since him have dedicated our lives to the Hamato Clan. I know you're a member of the Hamato Clan. So why are you with our Clan's sworn enemies?" Sly asked in suspicion.

"It's a complicated story. But all I can say is that I trust them as my friends. If you were a Hamato Clan member, that should be enough until we can properly tell you." Rarity answered.

“Alright. But I better get the full story when we get back.” Sly responded.

“I promise. Out of curiosity, you're really the recent generation of the Hamato Clan?” Rarity asked.

“Yeah, all my family members have been since... Duck!” Sly yelled as the duo dodged an electric blast, which exploded.

“Sly Cooper, I know you're there. Come out before I shoot again.” A female voice ordered.

“Who was that?!” Rarity asked.

“That was from Inspector Carmelita Montoya Fox, a policewoman from Interpol who’s been chasing me for years. And she’s what made my career as a master thief fun.” Sly answered.

“She didn't see me. I got a plan.” Rarity said before whispering it to Sly, and after that, Sly revealed himself to Carmelita.

“Evening, Inspector Fox.” Sly greeted.

“Who were you talking to? I know you have an accomplice!” Carmelita ordered.

“I'm just showing some new friends around town. See the sights, have a good meal... Nothing fancy.” Sly simply answered.

“Shut it, Ringtail! Where is your accomplice?” Carmelita asked.

“Come on, Carmelita. We're not breaking the law. Can't you just let us off with a warning?” Sly responded while Rarity was sneaking into place.

“Not as long as you’re a criminal, and I’m an officer of Interpol.” Carmelita answered.

“A shame, I promised them I would take them to the Eiffel Tower.” Sly replied, leaving Rarity curious with a smirk on her face as she got into position.

“Pity you'll have to cancel it while you're in jail.” Carmelita said.

“Alright, I'll come quietly. But before I do, would you mind humoring me and let me tell you about my ancestor, Rioichi Cooper?” Sly asked.

“Fine. But make it quick.” Carmelita responded.

“My ancestor wasn't just a ninja and inventor of sushi, he was a member of the Honorable Hamato Clan. And that Clan is well-known for working together. Now!” Sly shouted as Rarity threw a smoke bomb right at Carmelita.

“What the?! Cooper!” Carmelita roared in anger, but by the time the smoke cleared, Sly and Rarity were long gone and Carmelita had a rose in her hand in place of her shock blaster. “Grr…! I’ll get you Cooper!”

Back at the hideout, Sly was apologizing for his horrible behavior. “I'm really am sorry about how I acted earlier.”

“It’s okay. We don’t blame you since Bentley explained to us why you don’t trust me and Adagio.” Karai responded.

“My family have been enemies with Foot Clan members for years, it's just hard to swallow being friends with them.” Sly said.

“Well, I’m actually a part of both the Hamato Clan, and the Foot Clan, because I was born in the Hamato clan, but when I was an infant, I was stolen and raised in the Foot Clan.” Karai explained.

“Something is telling me this story gets worse before it gets better.” Sly noticed.

“Well, you’re right about that, because the Shredder, who was the leader of the Foot Clan in my world, raised me and made me believe that he was my father, and my true father, Hamato Yoshi, who got mutated into a rat mutant, was the one who killed my mother, while the Shredder was the one truly responsible for it.” Karai continued.

“Did you learn the truth?” Murray asked while he was eating some nachos.

“Yes, I did.” Karai answered.

“Me and my younger sisters joined the Foot Clan because we wanted to get back at Rarity and the rest of the Rainbooms for taking away our magic, but thanks to my youngest sister, Sonata, protecting me and Aria, we realized that revenge isn’t really worth it. So we decided to travel the world and make up for our mistakes from the past.” Adagio explained.

“But after I joined forces with Leo and the others, and defeated the Shredder, he mutated himself into a monster and killed my father, even though they spent their childhoods together.” Karai added.

“Wow, that's... Horrible.” Bentley awed in devastation.

“Now I feel even more guilty.” Sly admitted.

“It's okay. Like you said, it's hard to swallow an enemy being a friend.” Karai responded.

“But we managed to stop the Shredder for good.” Rarity added.

“Good, cause we're going to need all the strength we have to get my family book back.” Sly said.

“We first need to see if you're any good with that cane and those sais.” Adagio declared as she drew her sword.

“Heh, you wanna test out my fighting skills? Alright.” Sly responded.

“Let's make it fair.” Karai suggested.

“Before we start, Bentley where did we put the Firestone of India?” Sly asked.

“Uh, why are you asking?” Bentley responded.

“Firestone?!” Rarity gasped in excitement.

“Rarity, are you good at making bracelets?” Sly asked.

“Darling, when it comes to making fashion, I’m one of the elite.” Rarity answered.

“Well, we have a gemstone just collecting dust. Think you can turn it into a bracelet for a Special Someone of mine?” Sly requested.

“*Gasp!* Of course!” Rarity accepted without hesitation.

“I'm going to go scout the police station.” Karai said.

“Thanks.” Sly said in gratitude.

“Enjoy.” Karai said as she handed Bentley the interchangeable weapon blueprints.

“Whoa! This is amazing! How did you get this?” Bentley asked in amazement.

"A gift from a friend." Karai answered as everyone went out to do the things they planned to do for now.

File Theft Recovery

At the Cooper Gang hideout, Sly and Adagio laid on the couch, completely exhausted from their sparring match.

"Heh. You’re good." Sly noted.

"You, too. Not just with your cane but your sais. Are they family heirlooms too?" Adagio asked.

"Nah, just some additional gear I thought might come in handy. But I'd never use them to take a life." Sly answered before Karai showed up.

"Then we should probably keep it that way." Karai responded.

"Karai, you got us a way in?" Sly asked.

"Yes, there's a ventilation system that's big enough for the four of us to go through." Karai answered as Rarity came back.

"Perfect timing! I just finished the bracelet." Rarity said as she gave Sly a beautiful bracelet with the Firestone of India as a centerpiece.

"Great work, Rarity." Sly replied.

"Oh, I try my best." Rarity modestly said.

"Me and Murray will go ahead and get into position with the van. But first... Sly, I made some alterations with your cane and sais you might like." Bentley informed.

"Really? What is it?" Sly asked as Bentley handed him his cane with his sais attached to the bottom.

"Karai gave me blueprints for interchangeable ninja weapons. I figured I'd modify your cane for it." Bentley explained.

"Wow! This is cool!" Sly awed as he unintentionally twisted the release switch and his sais came out and separated.

"I also have something useful. I used some fabric you had and made a sheath for your cane." Rarity added as she gave Sly a C-shaped hook sheath for his cane.

"Wow. Thanks." Sly said in gratitude, and after he strapped the sheath on, the Cooper Gang and kunoichi trio headed for the police station. Suspiciously, there weren't any other cops around.

"Anyone else getting the feeling of a trap?" Karai asked.

"Yeah, if it's late. At best, there should be at least a skeleton crew." Adagio agreed.

"Trap or not, we need the files." Rarity pointed out as she, Sly, and the other girls arrived at the vent and started prying it open, before the master thief saw something.

"Wait! I see blue sparkles. I must be having vertigo or something." Sly noticed.

"Wait, I’ve heard of this before. I heard that Master Raccoon Thieves have the ability to sense thieving opportunities as indescribable blue auras. You should be able to use that to your advantage." Bentley informed on the Binoc-u-com.

"We can follow close behind." Karai said.

"Murray, is the van in position?" Rarity asked.

"You got it, Rarity! We’ll be waiting at the rendezvous point for extraction after you get the files." Murray answered on the Binoc-u-com.

After they crawled through and jumped down the vent, they found a laser grid down bellow.

"Bentley, are these the burn kind of lasers or the alarm kind?" Adagio asked in concern.

"Both." Bentley answered.

"Of course it is." Sly said as he and the trio were careful not to set them off and landed in a supply closet.

"See anyone?" Rarity asked as Karai looked out.

"No. At least not yet." Karai answered.

"The files are in Carmelita’s office. You’ll know where that is by finding the red door." Bentley informed as everyone carefully made their way around to Carmelita's office and found the safe.

"Just a second." Sly said as he brought out the bracelet and place it on Carmelita’s desk.

"Sly, the safe is over here." Karai reminded.

"Don’t worry. I was just leaving a little gift." Sly responded.

"Way to go, guys. This is where Inspector Carmelita Fox stashes all her important files. I hacked into the police security mainframe and discovered this vault's combo. Try dialing in 9-3-7." Bentley suggested as Sly inputted the code and opened the safe.

"Are those all the files?" Rarity asked as Sly grabbed the files.

"Without a doubt." Sly confirmed.

"Nice job, you got it! If you guys come down through the fire escape and head through the parking lot, we'll be waiting in the getaway van." Murray said as Sly left his calling card in the safe. But as they exited, someone fired a warning shot.

"Look out!" Sly yelled as everyone took cover as a familiar fox arrived.

"Criminals!" Carmelita shouted.

"Inspector Fox, fancy meeting you out here." Sly noticed.

"And it looks like I caught you and your accomplices red-handed." Carmelita said.

"You're half right on the 'Accomplices' part, up until now they had no criminal records. Which means if you had taken them into custody earlier, you'd have arrested innocent civilians, so I saved you the paperwork." Sly pointed out.

"And I can tell those two are with the Foot Clan." Carmelita noticed, catching everyone else off guard.

"How do you know about the Foot Clan?" Karai asked.

"Interpol has been after them for years. And to think I found two with the Cooper Gang." Carmelita answered.

"The irony of it is that the Foot Clan are sworn enemies of my family, Carmelita." Sly said.

"And one more thing, you need to return the Fire Stone of India to its rightful owners." Carmelita ordered.

"And here I had my friend Rarity make it into a beautiful bracelet for you." Sly responded, catching the kunoichi trio completely off guard by that remark.

"She’s the one I was making that bracelet for?!" Rarity gasped.

"You're in love with a cop?!" Adagio asked in shock.

"What can I say? I prefer ladies that chase me." Sly answered as Karai saw him secretly gesture her to sneak attack Carmelita while he was distracting her, allowing the snake kunoichi to slither into the shadows, then up behind Carmelita. "You know, that shock pistol really brings out the color in your eyes. Very fetching."

"You think? This pistol packs a paralyzing punch. You ought to try it. Might snap you and your friends out of your crime spree." Carmelita said.

"And give up our little rendezvous? Not a chance." Sly responded.

"Not much a cop if you haven't noticed one of us is missing." Adagio noted.

"Wait, what?!" Carmelita gasped.

"No hard feelings." Karai said to Carmelita as before the policewoman could react as she turned around, the kunoichi spat her blinding venom onto Carmelita's eyes.

"Gah! My eyes! Cooper!!!" Carmelita roared, holding onto the safety railing as Sly and the girls fled.

"Punch it, Murray." Sly said.

"You got it, chum!" Murray responded as Carmelita could only hear Sly and his friends escaping.

"You got the files?" Bentley asked.

"The ones labeled 'Fiendish Five?'" Sly answered with his own question as he showed Bentley the information files.

"Alright! That means we’ll find the missing pages!" Bentley said.

"I can't believe you're in love with a cop, Sly." Adagio noted in shock.

"Don’t bother. Murray and I have tried before." Bentley advised.

"What can I say? I like a girl who chases me." Sly said as Rarity just sighed.

"Oh, great." Karai sighed in annoyance.

"Here it comes." Adagio agreed.

"Uh, is something wrong?" Murray asked in concern.

"Get ready for an emotional episode in 3... 2... 1." Karai counted down just as Rarity simply fell backwards with the back of her paw on her forehead onto a fainting couch that came out of nowhere.

"Here comes the dramatic dialogue about love." Adagio predicted.

"It’s so lovely, yet so tragic." Rarity dramatically said.

"Where did that-?!" Bentley started to asked in confusion.

"Don’t ask." Karai and Adagio simply answered.

"You must know her well." Murray noticed.

"Thanks. And now the theatrical monologue." Karai added to the prediction.

"A gentleman thief in love with a policewoman trying to arrest him, it's so romantic and dramatic. I mean I can only imagine..." Rarity started monologuing as a spotlight suddenly shined over her, while Karai and Adagio stuffed their ears with nearby cotton, leaving the boys the unlucky ones to get an earful about romance.

Back at the Police Station, Carmelita was washing her eyes out. "When I get that raccoon and his friends, I'm going to..." Carmelita stopped as she found the bracelet Rarity made on her desk. "That Ringtail…" Carmelita uttered as she wanted to throw it into the evidence locker, but found herself putting it on instead.

Author's Note

Next time, on Equestria Ninja Girls...

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"Okay girls, while we're on our way to our first target, we'll need to study up on a member of the Fiendish Five, Sir Raleigh the Frog." Sly informed the kunoichi trio.

"Our first target's an amphibian?" Karai asked in confusion.

"Yeah. As a young man, this hot-tempered frog grew bored of his life of luxury and privilege." Sly started off.

"Something's telling me that didn't make a good combination." Adagio noticed.

"You're right about that. On a whim, he tried his hand at a bit of piracy and found it to his liking." Sly continued.

"What?! A wealthy nobleman became a pirate?!" Rarity asked in shock.

"It's true. And Raleigh, who quickly became addicted to crime, was brought into the Fiendish Five as chief machinist, where his evil tinkering genius rose to new heights." Sly said.

"I just hope he's not like Stocker Baxtman." Adagio responded, while back in their world, Baxter Stockman sneezed.

"Maybe you can describe him later. The last reported sighting of this mad machinist was off the southern coast of the Isle of Wrath, a small island uncomfortably situated in the middle of the perilous Welsh Triangle." Sly finished informing the information.

"The Welsh Triangle? That's a really dangerous place, since ships that go there suddenly disappeared, not being seen again." Karai warned.

"No doubt. And it's the perfect spot for one of the Fiendish Five to build a hideout." Sly added.

"Well, I hope we can find out where he's hiding there." Rarity said as everyone weren't far from the perilous Welsh Triangle.

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Rarity, Karai and Adagio Dazzle and

A Stealthy Approach

"So, who's our first target, Sly?" Rarity asked while she and everyone else were in the van on the road to the first member of the Fiendish Five.

"Our first target is Raleigh, and we’re heading to the Isle of Wrath in the Welsh Triangle." Sly answered.

"Sounds like the Bermuda Triangle." Adagio noticed.

"What's the information on Raleigh?" Karai asked.

"Long story short; Member of a wealthy family turned pirate and chief machinist of the Fiendish Five." Sly simplified.

"It's a long ride, Sly. We might as well hear the whole story." Rarity replied.

"Okay girls, while we're on our way to our first target, we'll need to study up on a member of the Fiendish Five, Sir Raleigh the Frog." Sly informed the beauty trio.