Kim was just your average kid at my middle school except no one liked her, the other students, the teachers, nor her own family gave a damn about her. It was enough to make me sick, and I couldn't stand it. Finally one day, I saw her getting beaten up and something in me finally snapped. Two guys had pinned her against the wall, a third was punching her, and a crowd had formed around her. I pushed my way through
"Lookout, here comes santiago!" one student said
"You want a crack at her?" The kid who was punching her asked, I gave no response "Feel free" he said moving out of the way. I walked in front of her, she looked up at me, eyes full of tears, I pulled my fist back and she cowered ,closing her eyes, but she didn't feel the punch, she looked and saw that I punched one of the kids holding her right, in the head against the wall.
The whole crowd grew silent "SANTIAGO!" one of the students yelled "WHAT THE HELL!?"
"Yeah what the fuck man!?" Another said and the crowd started to close in on us
"What the fuck?" I asked "I show you what the fuck!" And I cracked my knuckles. One of the students rushed toward me with a bat, I grabbed a nearby trash can and slammed it into him making him fly back a few feet on his back and everyone stared at me and saw I was PISSED "leave, NOW" I said and everyone ran for their life, I turned to the girl "Come on, they'll be back" I said walking over to the girl and carrying her for she could barely stand
"Thank" was all she managed to say be for fainting from the pain
"Hmm this is a damn fine mess I got myself into" I said walking to my apartment
ONE HOUR LATER
I banged my head on the door to knock and my mom came and answered the door "You're finally home, I was starting to get worried" She said, then she saw Kim "What happened to her!?"
"Some guys were beating her up and I saved her" I said walking in and setting her down on the couch
"I thought I told you to stay out of trouble" my dad said watching TV
"So what I was supposed to let them beat her up?" I said
"No, I'm saying to made a good call and I'm proud of you"
"She's in pretty bad shape" My mom said examining her
I walked into my room and got my sword "What are you planning on doing with that?" My dad asked
"Going to take care of that little crowd out there" I said making sure I couldn't take the sword out of it's sheath
"What crowd?" My mom asked looking out the window, and she saw a small group of about 10 kids and more had formed an outer ring in the parking lot "oh that crowd"
"Mom if you could just focus on helping her" and I left
"Do you think he'll be alright?" my mom asked getting the first aid kit
"Of course he will be alright he's our son" My father said
"smartass" my mom said throwing the first aid kit at his head
After about 20 minutes I came back inside with a cut on my face "How'd it go?" My father asked
"Let's just say we won't have any trouble from them any more" I said wiping the blood off of my face, I walked over to the couch "How's she doing?" I asked
"Not so good, she won't die but she won't be wake for a few days"
"Can she stay with us?" I asked, both my mom and my dad looked at me "What?"
"I don't think her parents will like that" My father said
"No they won't care, they and everyone else in our school dislikes her"
"Do you?" My mom asked
"No, I don't"
The next day I took my dagger in it's sheath hidden in by backpack to school just in case there was trouble but everything was like normal except everyone gave me the I'm going to hurt you look, but I ignored them for they knew if they wanted to fight me, they would need to bring a tank. It was halfway through when I was called down to the office "Santiago hidalgo, please come down to the office, I repeat santiago hidalgo please come down to the office"
I packed my things and went to the office "what'stheproblemnow?" I thought on my way, when I got to the office the secretary pointed toward the phone, I nodded and picked it up "Hello?" I asked
"Hi honey, it's mom do you think you could come home right now?" she asked
"Why, is something wrong?" I asked
Over the phone I heard my father say "Hey calm down" followed by
"Keep away from me!"
"Ah I see, I'm on my way" And I hung up the phone "I'm going to be absent the rest of the day" I told the secretary, She nodded and marked it down, I walked out and ran to my apartment, it took me at least 20 minutes but when I got there, my mom and dad were still trying to calm her down, I walked past them toward her, somehow kim had blades from the elbows up
"Be Careful" my father said
"Keep away from me!" she shouted thrusting her arm at me, I stood there and she stabbed me in the shoulder "What?" she said confused
"We aren't here to hurt you" I said standing there "we are trying to help you, Just calm down" I said
She pulled her arm out of my shoulder and both of her arms turned back to normal, She sat on the floor and began to cry, I walked over, sat in front of her, and hugged her "I know how you feel, I was just like you once" I said softly, she buried her head in my shoulder to muffle her cries. "It's ok, let it all out, You've endured a lot, but now it's ok, you're safe now" I said softly
After a few minutes of crying she sat up "Thank you" she said as tears we still coming down her face
I wiped the tears away, she looked up at, I smiled "Friends stick together right?"
After about an hour, of my calming her down and her crying we were able to talk to each other
"What's your name?" I asked her, as my mom stitched up my shoulder
"Kim, yours?" she asked
"Santiago, why does everyone hate you?"
"I don't know" she said
"Well you have three people who don't hate you, that's better than none" My father said
"Yeah, you can stay with us if you want" My mom said offering
"I'd like that" Kim said
"There all done" my mom said finishing up
"I hope I didn't hurt you too badly" Kim said
"Naa, I've suffered worse" Just then someone over the intercom that was for signalling people buzzed for our apartment
"Hello?" my father said answering it
"Please send out Kim" someone said
"WHY SHOULD I!?" my father yelled but there was no reply, then a rock came through the window, I got up and looked through the window and saw kids outside
"I guess that lesson I gave them yesterday didn't stay" I said walking into my room and getting my sword
"Do you need any help?" Kim asked
"No but If you want to watch you can" and I left, Kim looked at my mom and dad, they both nodded and she followed me.
"What do you think they want with me?" Kim asked
"To hurt you, but I won't let that happen"
we walked outside and kids were standing in the parking lot holding various kinds of things
"What do you want?" I said
"Kim" the crowd said in unison
"And what makes you think I will give you her?"
"That you don't want to die!" someone said
"Yeah that's what you said last night, yet I was still able to kick your asses with just my sword's sheath"
"This time we have weapons of our own"
"Yeah, but I using the sword now" I said pulling it out of the sheath
"That blade doesn't scare us" Someone said as three kids rushed toward me, when they were within striking distance I swung my sword and hit each of them with the back of my sword "You don't stand a chance against me" I said picking up a metal bat "Observe" I said throwing the bat in the air, as it came down I sliced it into chunks. Everyone was stunned, even Kim "You all know, if you want to fight me, bring a tank" And I took a step toward them, and they took a step back
"Stand fast, there's only one of him and many of us, we can take him" The apparent leader said
"If I crush you, I will crush this little group" I said pointing my sword at him