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Whipping out his new class schedule, he scanned it until he reached his third period, gym. Jaden smirked and stuffed it back into his pocket. 'Here comes the fun part.' He followed a crowd of students filing through a set of double doors. He could be sure that they would lead where he needed to go. Principal Powers had mentioned the entire school having gym third period.
The group of people filed into an excessively large gymnasium. There was what appeared to be an obstacle course in one corner, a walled in enclosure in another, and for the other half there were a number of trap doors in the floor where Jaden assumed random obstacles might pop out of. All in all, it was pretty similar to Hell's Depths gym. Except they didn't have weapons of mass destruction skewed about. The students were dividing up by gender. Girls to the right, boys to the left. Jaden assumed this was for the locker rooms as they had yet to dress out for gym. Now this would be the hard part. Dressing out for gym required taking off your clothes. Now to do it and not reveal his true gender.
As soon as he had reached the interior of the locker room, Jaden scrambled off to the attached bathroom. He chose a stall, locked it, and proceeded to undress. Luckily, Principal Powers basically had Wal Mart in her office, and he was able to borrow a set of long sweatpants and matching hoodie with the school's logo on it. The sweatpants were baggy, which was great, but were extremely long, which was not. He rolled the waist band up a few times but with no success. They still covered his feet. 'You're just too short.' Jaden smiled and tucked them into the tops of his high tops. It would have to do. He checked the bandages wrapped around his chest. He unwrapped them quickly and tightened them again. Thankfully, he wasn't greatly endowed in the chest area and he could be flattened out quite easily. And this way, he could say they were for medical reasons in case anyone did see him. Which was basically the truth anyway. His fingers briefly brushed against the raised skin on his back. It still hurt. Sighing he hid his hands in the gloves again. He stuffed his clothes into his backpack, shoved it in a locker, and strode out into the gym.
Students were gathering on the far side, seating themselves in the bleachers. Jaden took a seat in the back far away from anyone else. He put his hood up to shadow his face, sat back, and wished something interesting would happen.
"Jaden! Hey!" Layla yelled, clambering up the bleachers.
'Be careful what you wish for.' Jaden glanced up as she seated herself beside him but said nothing.
"You know, this whole silent, mysterious thing has got to stop. How're you going to make friends if you keep avoiding us all?" Layla said, crossing her arms and pouting. Jaden suppressed a giggle. She looked like a little kid complaining about not getting her way.
"Maybe I don't want any friends," he mumbled, placing his own arms across his chest defensively. He could see Will coming up the bleachers now too, followed by Warren, glow worm guy, pink girl, and orange kid again. The same crew from the lunch table he had abandoned earlier.
"Stop being stupid. Everyone wants friends," she said, scooting closer to Will as he sat down next to her. Glow Guy and Pink Girl sat to his right. Warren and kid sat directly in front of him. 'Well hell. They freakin' blocked me in.' "These are our friends. Wouldn't you like to meet them?" she asked, motioning towards the group that now encircled them.
"Um. No," he answered simply, tugging his hood farther over his eyes.
"Well aren't you the polite one," Pink Girl said, leaning forward to scrutinize Jaden around Glow Guy.
"That's Magenta!" Layla announced, pointing at Pink Girl.
"I'm not blind, dude. I can see what color she is wearing," Jaden scoffed. The group erupted into laughter. Jaden jumped in his seat at the sudden burst of noise.
"No, silly! That's her name!" Layla said, taking breaths in between giggles. Jaden blushed with embarrassment.
"Well I didn't know that. Sheesh."
"Well now you do! If you don't run away, maybe I can make it to introducing the rest of them." Jaden shrugged and leaned back again, rolling his eyes. "The one in the yellow is Zach-"
"You mean he isn't Highlighter?" murmured Jaden, attempting to be condescending. But apparently, it was funny as the group was reduced to chuckling and giggles once again. "I'm trying to be rude but you guys keep screwing up my intended doucheness." More laughter. "Jesus, I give up."
"You know, you're pretty cool once one gets to know you," Will said, smiling at Jaden around Layla. "I thought you were an ass when I first met you."
"I am an ass. But as I said before, you guys keep screwing it up." Giggle giggle. "Dammit! I'm not trying to be funny! Stop laughing." He he he. Ha ha ha. Jaden sighed and scowled. He didn't like this. At all.
Eh.
He was actually enjoying it deep down. But he wouldn't be caught dead admitting it. However, he did notice that one member of the group didn't seem to be enjoying the chuckle fest. Warren. In fact, he seemed to be deep in thought about something.
"Jaden Hart!" someone called. Jaden sat up, scanning the crowd.
"It's Coach Boomer calling you. Down there by the obstacle course," Layla said, pointing in the direction of a man with a baseball cap. And a gut. Ugh. Jaden always disliked coaches that preached sports were their life. Yet they had beer bellies. He stood up and began leaping down the bleachers, skipping over two at a time. He skidded to halt in front of Coach Boomer five seconds later.
"Sir?" he asked with a yawn.
"Principal Powers told me all about you. She says you're a transfer?" he inquired, cocking a brow.
"Yes. I am," Jaden answered, bending a leg and crossing his arms over his chest. Coach Boomer seemed to be the nosy type. Jaden hated the nosy types.
"Transfer from where exactly? You a late bloomer or something?" he asked, his mouth holding back a laugh. 'Oh please. You're not funny.'
"A transfer from Hell. Is that all you needed to know Coach?" Jaden replied with a smirk, his eyebrow arched up ever so slightly.
"Don't be smart with me, boy. I decide whether you'll be a hero or not," Coach said, leaning over Jaden menacingly. Jaden was used to being towered over. He was only 5'2" after all. Coach wasn't intimidating him in the slightest.
"I wasn't trying to be smart, sir. I really am from Hell. And I don't care whether I'm a hero or not."
"I said that's up for me to decide. Now, what's your power, boy? And no smart ass answers."
"I have superior combatant skills," Jaden said with a sigh. Coach Boomer scrutinized him for a moment before erupting into a rafter rattling chuckle. Except his laugh actually rattled the rafters. Jaden could feel hundreds of eyes focus on them now. He sighed again. 'This is tedious.'
"Superior combatant skills, eh? Well, we'll see about that. Since you're a transfer, you missed your chance to get tested with the freshmen, so I'll just have to test you here." Jaden's bored gaze snapped back to the Coach quick on that comment.
"Test me? Here? Now? Why?" Jaden hissed. Coach Boomer had his complete attention now.
"Why not? Now follow me," he said, strolling to the middle of the gym where a circular platform was rising out of the floor. Jaden followed, his feet dragging. 'Well, this is craptastic. Powers never mentioned I'd have to be tested. If I don't pass, do I get kicked out of school?'
Jaden trailed after Coach Boomer up the small set of stairs reluctantly. The whole school was following the pair with their eyes. Where there had been incessant chattering, there was now silence. Everyone was interested in what the new kid had to show.
"Okay, Jaden Hart! Let's see what you got!" Jaden flinched at the sudden increase of decibels being released from Boomer's mouth. 'He wanted everyone to hear, didn't he? Ass.' The Coach whipped out a remote from his windbreaker pocket and stepped away from Jaden. "Ninjas!" he bellowed, pressing a button on the device, and leaping entirely off the platform. Immediately, 10 figures clad in black descended from the rafters. Jaden yelped in surprise and jumped back.
"He has a fucking button for ninjas?!" Jaden shouted, doing a one handed cartwheel off the stage as the ninjas encircled him. A ripple of laughter ran through the crowd of students. One ninja broke away from the group, doing a complicated set of flips to reach Jaden. Jaden dropped to the floor as the man swung at his face. Jaden shot out a leg, knocked him to his back, and leaped over him, using his face as a launching pad. A pair broke away this time, each equipped with a set of numchucks (sp?). They were swinging them around wildly. Jaden watched the two for a second, calculated the pattern they used, before throwing out both of his hands to grab hold of the numchucks. He tore them away from the ninjas, slammed either fist into both their faces and waited for the next challenge.
Three leaped at him this time. Their weapons of choice? Swords. 'Psh. This is nothing compared to The Four.' They too brandished them around violently. Did they have no sense of technique? Jaden rushed them, ducking under the first sword to pummel its owner in the abdomen. He swerved around the second and raised his arm to clothesline the ninja. The third? He merely placed a well aimed kick to the man's face. Six down. Four to go. Another wave of three rushed towards Jaden, one had an array of sharp objects, one had another sword, and the third had what appeared to be…a stick? Seriously? The first tossed his various ninja stars and shuriken at Jaden all at once. Jaden gasped and leapt out of the way, albeit gracefully. He back flipped into a squatting position, his teeth clenched. 'This is seriously wasting my life. I still can't get over the fact that he has a ninja button. A NINJA BUTTON.' Jaden cursed and dealt the shuriken ninja a fierce uppercut to the jaw. Seven down. Solo sword guy dashed forward, wielding his weapon much more gracefully than his predecessors. He sliced upwards, attempting to catch Jaden in the stomach. Jaden narrowly dodged it and tried knocking the sword away with a hard crack on the swordsman's hand. He didn't drop it. The ninja sliced upwards again and Jaden saw his opening. While the sword went up, Jaden went down and tackled the man to the ground. The force caught the man by surprise and his weapon went skittering to the floor. Jaden straddled the man's chest and cupping both hands, clapped them firmly over the ninja's ears. The man howled and rolled over. Then came the stick guy.
"Seriously, dude? A stick?" The man seemed to sneer at Jaden beneath his face mask. Jaden took the offensive and launched himself at the ninja first. The man whipped the stick around, catching Jaden firmly on the wrist with it. "Ow. That hurt you jerk!" Jaden roared, attaching himself to the man's arm. "You really shouldn't have done that," he murmured, head butting the ninja with all the brutality he could muster. As the man collapsed to the ground, he wiped his hands on his sweatpants. "Gross. Now I'm all sweaty," he glanced to the fallen ninjas, doing a quick headcount. "Seven, eight, nine….wait. Weren't there ten before?"
"Jaden! Above you!" someone called, most likely Layla, from the stands. Jaden gazed upward just in time to dive out of the way the dropping ninja. He cart wheeled into a back flip, settling into a defensive crouch. The ninja had landed on his feet, his arms crossed over his chest. He raised an arm and beckoned Jaden with two fingers. Jaden stood raising a single eyebrow cockily.
"I'm sorry. I believe the meal is supposed to be delivered to the customer?" He lifted his own arm but instead of beckoning the man, he merely raised his middle finger. The ninja emitted what sounded like a growl and sprinted forward. Jaden smirked lowering himself to the ground ever so slightly. While the ninja dove forward, Jaden dove under, sliding between the ninja's legs like a pro baseball player going for a home run. He sprung to his feet, placed a Chuck Taylor against the man's still crouching butt and kicked him to the ground. The ninja cursed and swung out his arm to snatch at one of Jaden's ankles. He went down.
"You're a little better at this than your buddies, huh?" Jaden mumbled, pushing himself up again. The man beat him to it and leapt onto Jaden's rising form. He went down again. "Oof," he grumbled from the floor. You're heavy."
"I'm 180 lbs of muscle. I would hope I'm heavy," the ninja hissed into his ear, kicking Jaden in the side.
"OW. I thought you guys weren't supposed to talk. Like mimes or something?" Jaden said, squirming under his hold.
"Well. We aren't," said the man, "But I don't think it matters if I've caught you already."
"Have you?"
"Have I what?"
"Have you caught me?"
The ninja's eyes looked bewildered. He placed a hand between Jaden's shoulder blades and pushed. Hard.
"Of course I have! I'm sitting on top of you aren't I?"
"But I'm not caught if my limbs aren't secured."
"Wha-" but the ninja was cut short by a violent kick to the temple. Jaden got to his feet and dusted himself off.
"Shoulda been watching my legs. But you were too busy telling me that ninjas could talk. They're not supposed to lest they get distracted like a fool like you."
"Hmph. Hardly impressive. SIDEKICK!" Jaden turned to see Coach Boomer writing something down on a clipboard. Jaden shrugged and returned to the bleachers. As he clambered up the metal seats several students praised his power and bashed Boomer's decision. Apparently, being a sidekick wasn't a good thing? He settled back into his space between Layla and Zach, haphazardly crawling over Warren to get there.
"So that's your power? Fighting?" Will asked, leaning forward slightly,his arm slung around Layla's shoulders. Jaden could sense the others leaning in closer too, all intent on hearing this discussion.
"Uh. Sure. I mean yeah, it is. Not really a power, I know. But I seem to be abnormally good at it. And I haven't been beat yet…so yeah."
"Shoot. It's more powerful than mine. I glow," Zach said, punching Jaden in the arm.
"Yeah, and I turn into a puddle! How is a human popsicle going to save the day?" Ethan said, laughing.
"C'mon guys. You know we proved last year that sidekicks are heroes too," Layla declared, smiling up at Will. Ugh. Lovey dovey stuff. 'I'm glad I'm not like that anymore…I wish I could be though.' Jaden sighed and shook his head at the two. 'So here you are tested on whether your power is useful or not. Useless? Sidekick. Useful? Hero. That's kind of similar to Hell's way. Except they called it classifying. Useless? You were a minion. Useful? You were a villain. I was a villain there.'
"Eh. I don't care if I'm a hero or not. It's all the same to me," Jaden said, pulling his hood back down over his face. "So what do you guys do in gym? Besides set ninjas on people?" 'A NINJA BUTTON. SERIOUSLY.'
"We usually do the obstacle course or Save the Citizen," Will said, suddenly standing up. "Today is Save the Citizen." Will launched himself from the bleachers and flew to the walled in enclosure in the corner.
"Save the Citizen?" Jaden asked, watching as Warren stood up too, following Will down to the little room.
"Yeah. Two heroes vs. two villains. The heroes have to rescue the citizen in time. Otherwise the cruncher will get the citizen. Will and Warren have been the reigning heroes since last year. Sometimes they'll switch out with us. But they're pretty much undefeated."
"And Will. He flies?"
"Yeah. He has super strength too," Layla said, pointing at Will as he slammed his fist into the ground causing a miniature earthquake. Jaden nodded appreciatively. "Hey, Jaden?"
"Hmm?"
"I like your name. It's real unique. How'd you get it?" Jaden glanced at Layla out of the corner of his eye, calculating her expression. She appeared merely curious.
"I had two brothers. They died in a car crash before I was born. Their names were Jack and Aiden sooo…yeah," he answered looking at his feet. Layla looked stricken. She put a hand on his shoulder but he shrugged it off in a hurry.
"I'm sorry, I didn't know…"
"It was a long time ago. Don't worry about it." 'Just don't bring it up ever again.'
He focused on the four teens now in the enclosed arena. Will was on the offensive, chasing what appeared to be a giant spider around the court. 'A shape shifter maybe?' Warren was standing still, staring down a boy on the opposite side. The boy grinned maniacally and inhaled. He then released the biggest lugey (sp?) you could imagine and hacked it in Warren's direction. Warren bounded out of the way. The lugey landed on the glass wall and began to immediately disintegrate it. 'Acid spit. That's a new one. I wonder what Warren can do…' His internal question was answered as Warren abruptly threw out his arms. As they spread, fire erupted in his palms and crawled up the length of his limbs. 'Fire…he controls fire…fire…' Jaden covered his eyes. He screamed. And he was suddenly lost to the darkness.
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So that's the second chapter.
AND JADEN STILL ISN'T DONE WITH THE SCHOOL DAY.
Sheesh. Maybe I need to shorten these up a little bit.
Bad fight scene again, I know. Really need to work on that. But I wanted ninjas. And you know if Boomer has a freakin' car button, he SO has a ninja button. And I really wanted to play with ninjas. The next chapter will be relevant to the story, I promise! :D
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