Hey, everyone! My midterms are over! Now I have to be ready the last half of the semester, which will go by really fast since we're almost at the end of March! Anyhow, here's the new chapter! Enjoy! Note: Get ready to feel emotions for Lynn.
Chapter 21: Hatred and Feared
Later that night in the Loud house, while the family was eating, Lynn is in her room like before. Her reason of not eating wasn't her sister's newfound hatred towards her; it was what happened at school. She lied to her parents that Lynn wasn't feeling well and want to eat later, much to the sister's relief to eat in peace without her presence.
Lynn is in her sleep wear, a simple white t-shirt and red boxer shorts. Her back lying against the bed and looking at the ceiling. While her sisters were probably gloating about their terrific day, her owns turn out like any day in her life.
Only this was the day she realized that her only acknowledgment was loneliness.
After she try to make Ms. DiMartino on what she's standing for, Lynn felt that maybe she get what she deserve for taking away Lincoln, destroying her life in both family and school, turning him into a ninja and not being on the team. She didn't seem to get that it's selfish of what the tomboy is demanding. She think she learn her lesson from the bad luck fiasco but the part of being selfish of getting everything she wants hasn't die. That, and make Haley see that she's not a better athletic her school thinks. What Lynn didn't expect was Polly Pain, one of her former friends, calling her an annoyance because she try to ruin Haley's image and wasting everyone's time and space of her nagging. Her entire classmates follow of what she had said. Lynn try to defend herself, only to be defeated by their remarks and two mean girls calling her out of what she is. Things couldn't get better if Ms. DiMartino haven't intervene. The tomboy wanted to scold her but receive the words that broke her whole world.
"Just ignore her. She's not worth it."
Lynn couldn't believe it. A substitute teacher just use those words at her, and in front of everyone else. She think back at her sister's glare that can hurt the being they despise and wave it off as nothing more than simple hate. But when she saw the looks of everyone back at gym class, Lynn saw that those stares were much like her sisters. To think that being back at school after serving her three years-term and undergoing therapy of her anger problem, they still think that she's not wanted.
Lynn's worrying about the school's new attitude to her is replace with a frown filled determination.
"Who cares what a bunch of people think of me? They're losers, all of them! I'll show them that I'm still worth it." Lynn said to herself, and the image of Ms. DiMartino's disapproval face show up. Lynn scowl at the way she humiliates her in front of everyone. "Just you wait, whore. I'll make you eat those words right back to that mouth!"
Meanwhile at Senju Academy, Alyssa is in the living room with Kurenai, Tsume and Tsunade. Lincoln was with his two little sisters room as he reads them a bedtime story.
Alyssa was just telling them how her day was. Her face spell anger and laments on and on about Lynn.
"It was so frustrating to be in the same room with her!" She cried, not too loud to make Lincoln hear. "But I didn't had a choice."
"It was the right thing to do, sweetheart." Tsunade commented, her face making a scowl over the tomboy Loud girl.
"That girl didn't treat you or her fellow classmates with respect. You were right to putting the pup in her place." Tsume nods her head.
Kurenai didn't say anything but to agree on what her older sister had done. Seeing Lynn from last night made her scowl more that she didn't get the chance to hit her for allowing to be near at Lincoln. She knew she didn't had the skills to be a kunoichi. The raven haired beauty felt disgusts as Alyssa explain why Lynn was being disrespectful to her.
While Alyssa did felt some pride of putting Lynn in her place, there was some guilt between her chest over the words she choice.
"Perhaps it was a little harsh. I should apologize the next-"
"No way!" Tsume stop her. "Don't apologize! You have nothing to be ashamed off! If you let the pup go without a warning, then it's gonna continue again."
"She isn't a dog, sister. Her name is Lynn Loud. Maybe if she behaves a little better."
Tsunade remark "Alyssa-chan, what do I always tell you? People like her aren't never gonna chance. You can say what you like about them and they can't do anything about it. They're just what her classmates calls her, an annoyance."
Kurenai added "I'm surprise that her family hasn't made the brat live to another relative or a boarding school."
"Well, what I hear is that her sisters aren't glad to see Lynn out," Alyssa answer. "I overheard Luna and Luan talking about Lynn being back from Juvie Hall. Rumors have already surface into the girl having a dangerous reputation. A psycho bitch, as they say."
Tsume chuckle "Psycho bitch! Now that's a good one! Remind me to tell Anko that!"
"You know we can't, Tsume." Kurenai reminded with a knowing look, which the single mother understood.
"Oh, the kid."
Alyssa give off a sad sigh. "I couldn't bear to tell Lincoln what happen."
"I still don't understand why he isn't mad at her sister after three lone years?" Kurenai was puzzle over her little brother not taking his anger out to the girl that ruin his life and crush his right arm.
"You know Lincoln-kun, always fill with mystery." Tsunade answered. Over the years she spent helping Lincoln get through his truma of Lynn's abuse to him. When filled in on the details relating to the bad luck episode, the medical doctor/ headmistress question Lincoln if he ever felt angry at Lynn. Lincoln tends to shy away over it, including if he ever felt the need to shout at any of his sisters who mistreat him or humiliate him. The young teenager reveal in tiny words that there were times that he needed to shout at them but he couldn't or face a punishment from them or his parents.
"Eleven years of keeping his mouth shut," Kurenai shakes her head in disbelief. "And not once he has the need to shout at Lynn."
"It still isn't right," Tsume complained. "The kid just need is the right kick."
Alyssa softy glare at her "You're not thinking of making Lincoln-kun yelling out?"
"I admire the kid for not talking back and survive at the same time. But what really pisses me off is him not fully release his true emotions out. He's keeping all in and it's not healthy."
Tsunade answered "But Lincoln-kun is not like that, Tsume. I don't know why but he's got to be the most humble person ever. Being in a family of 10 girls can make you really watch your boundaries. One false move and it's over."
Alyssa raises an eyebrow "You're comparing the girls to a pack of dogs as well, mama?"
"She's got a point," Tsume added. "The kid was a young pup in a dominated full grown woman. But the biggest bitch in the pack was that brat. If he would have stay there, who know what it wouldn't turn out?"
The rest of the women flinches over a terrible outcome if Alyssa hadn't rescue Lincoln. Kurenai shake off the horrible implication over her little brother and her scowl drew further, "Now you know why I don't want her in the team. I still say that tou-chan should erase her memories."
"I can sent out Kuromaru to straight the girl out of telling your little club, Alyssa, Kurenai."
"No," Alyssa answer. "I'm sure Lynn can keep the secret and how everyone at school and home see her now, who's gonna believe her?"
"You think home and school treats her like the thug she is? Wait till you see what the town are saying behind her back." Tsunade revealed.
Alyssa put her hand on her forehead in sadness, "Just what I need. More bad news on her and headaches."
"Welcome to my world," Tsunade mutter to herself.
Lynn enter the hallways once Lori drop her off. Throughout the morning, she barely speak a word to any of her sisters, except for mom and dad. Lily, on the other hand, wave at her without her sisters catching the act.
The tomboy wasn't in any of the mood to greet the rest of her family members. After some consideration with herself last night, she decides not to even care what they think of her. They can hate Lynn for the rest of their goody-goody lives. If she wants to be the black sheep in the family, then she'll do it.
Before entering to school, Lynn put on a brave face and step inside the hallways. As she is five feet away from her locker, her ears pick up the whispers and cold stares from the students. Lynn's eyes look right and left over what they were saying, changing her mask.
"What is she still doing here?"
"After that little fight she had with Ms. DiMartino, I'm surprise she hasn't been expelled."
"Why wouldn't she? Look what has happened between her and her little brother."
"That's why I told my little brother of staying away from her and her sisters."
"But they weren't responsible for what happened to Linco-"
"Shhh! We're not supposed to say in front of her!"
Lynn frown and keep moving forward to her first class, ignoring the sea of rumors. She said she wasn't gonna take this but she's not gonna have to deal with them.
The arrow land at the second white ring in the archery target. It was gym class toward the late morning.
"Two points," Kurenai said, holding the clipboard. She was teacher in the class. Anko, who had the bow in her hands, mutter "Shit."
"Aww, tough luck, Anko!" A female student taunted.
"Mind if I get a do over, nee-chan?" Anko raises her hand at the teacher. Kurenai response with a scowl, "It's Kurenai-sensei and no you can't."
Anko pouted and crosses her arms, resulting the students to laugh. Both Lincoln and Tenten giggle together.
Once the teacher order a name, the male student took the bow from Anko's hands and position himself to face the target. He stretched the arrow and it landed into the second black rings. The male pump his fist and the gang clap their hands.
"Four points."
The next student, a short blond girl with emerald eyes. She had trouble with position the arrow to the bow. By the time she fired, it landed at the bottom of first blue ring.
"Five points."
Then it was Tenten's turn. Her position with the arrow is great. She stretched her arm backward and let go of the string. The arrow then hit the bullseye target.
"Ten points! Well done, Tenten!" Everyone cheer and clap their hands. Lincoln clap as well in admiration of the girl.
After class was over Anko, Tenten and Lincoln walk together. The violet haired tomboy cried "Man, I don't know how you can get a perfect score, imouto-chan!"
"I'm gifted with throwing anything with or without an archery target," Tenten brag. "May I need to remind you who's president at the Archery Club?"
"That's total BS!" Anko reply back. "I call that being a ringer!"
"If you don't like it, take it to the shit store cause I don't give a one."
"I'm telling mom you curse!" Lincoln chuckle in amusement over the girls quarrel. Anko added in her statement "At least it's not better than my club."
"The Interrogation club?" Tenten said in bewildered. "I don't know how you convince mom to ever let you have it!"
"Mom like the idea of shaping the girls into being part of the law enforcement. You really expect them to be just some lame housewife or working at a cubicle? Fudge that! I will make them into a great interrogator!"
"Or a sadist," Tenten mutter under her breath. She almost squeak in fright as Anko wrap her arm around Lincoln.
"Oh, ototo-kun, we still have room in my club! It will make your big sister proud if you join in!" Anko teastly said. Lincoln's hair is under her large bosom and his face went mild red.
Tenten twitches her eye and put Lincoln out from her in a protection embrace, "Absolutely not! I'm not letting you turn Lincoln-kun into a completely boy version of you! What will Alyssa nee-chan and Kurenai-neechan think?!"
"Oh, come on! Let me have him! He can take after me, being the best damn Interrogator ever! All the girls will have more than just hugs and kisses!" Anko geely said, providing an innuendo that embraces both Tenten and Lincoln.
Tenten then took out a kunai blade from her backside and wave it threaten manner "You know, I'm not always this simple when it comes with protecting Lincoln-kun's innocence."
"Always to let your blades do the talking, huh sis? And you say I'm the sadist one. But why can't you let ototo-kun be in my club?"
Putting the blade back, Tenten answer "Because he's already in one," She beam a smile in her face. "The Garden Club."
Anko rolls her eyes and remark "All of the clubs you could have join in, you have to land on the Garden Club."
Lincoln still held the blush in his cheeks, "I-I like gardening." It's true. He does. During the three years of being in the Senju family, Lincoln use to spent his time in his room and not doing anything with only one arm. That is until Moegi and Hana introduce him to the garden. Every afternoon, the two girls encourage him to try looking at the flowers and tending them. The boy eventually grew fond of it, and create the most beautiful flowers. His mother with the most proud admiration give him as leader of the Garden club, as long as Yamato is there to act like an assistant.
"There's the Drawing club, Astronomy club, Surveyor club; hell, there's even the Anime and Manga club! Any of them will be a great choice!"
"Gardening makes me relax, Anko nee-chan," Lincoln answer to her and he whisper at Tenten's ear "Plus Yamato-niichan is there to make sure I'm not alone with my fans." Since being the founder of the Garden club, tons of girls were wanting to be in it. Tsunade made a rule of allowing ten people in. It was a massacre for the entire female students to sign up.
Anko smirk and lean her head close to Lincoln's ear "You know, there's even a Pin-Up Girls club you can try. You can be the school's lead photographer."
"Anko!"
At the end of the day, Lynn is currently exit out of the school with a frown in her face. Her day turn out to be horrible than the last. No matter where she follows, the rumors based on her and her actions on Lincoln was the school's number one gossip. She shield herself with leaning her head down and covering her ears. And that wasn't the worse part. Her teachers, like the two girls from gym yesterday, have a strong negative agenda against the Loud girl. Often times, they humiliate her in front of everyone of answering a question she failed to understand or recite in her words of what was the lesson.
The image of the student's taunting laugh and the teacher's smirk burn in her mind. Lynn grit her teeth in anger of being the butt of everyone's joke
But then came what Lynn though she wouldn't expect this.
Lynn has just return from the girl's restroom after a painful class from the teacher for sleeping on the lesson. Her face is still wet from splashing it from the anger.
The tomboy uses her shirt to whip off the face. As she was on her way to her next class, a sound of laughter came through.
"Reach up for it, McBride!"
Lynn turn her head and saw Chandler picking on Clyde. The redhead freshman had his glasses up in the air. Clyde attempt (or failed to) grab them as he was on the ground.
"Chandler, please! Those are my prescription glasses!"
"I'll give them back if you promise to do my biology work on our next lab!"
"I can't do that!"
"Then you get these back till I hear the word 'yes', McBride!"
Lynn felt a glare to the boy picking on her little brother's friend. She stop before thinking what she might do. Perhaps if there was someone who can help Clyde, only to see them not giving a rat's ass or chuckling while recording it.
No other choice, she march over Chandler and pushes him "Knock it off!"
Chandler turn and smirk at the sight of Lynn "Oh, it's the psycho bitch."
"Give Clyde his glasses back."
"Why? You're gonna beat me up?" Chandler wasn't scare of her. He wave the glasses right in front of her face.
Lynn, with one swipe, took them out from his hands and narrow her eyes "Leave, now!"
"Whatever. See you at Chemistry, McBride." Chandler walk away while laughing.
"Lynn? Is that you?" Clyde asked, still on the ground.
"Yeah, it's-"
"What are you doing with my boyfriend?!" Lynn turn to see Penelope with a furious look.
Lynn answer "I was just-" She was then shove back by her. "Hey, what you do that for?!"
"You stay away from him!" Penelope pointed at her finger, which got the students' attention and, to Lynn's dismay, Ms. DiMartino.
"What's going on here?" She asked.
"Lynn was harassing my boyfriend!"
Lynn's face turn to livid and horror. "I was not. Chandler was the one who-"
"Lynn, give Clyde's glasses back and report to your class before I'll sent you to the office." Ms. DiMartino demanded with her hands on her hips. Lynn had her mouth open and look to see Penelope helping her boyfriend off the ground and giving her a scowl look. Then the students' cold glares was enough to make Lynn throwing the glasses at the first person who makes a remark.
Instead, she return the glasses at the nerd girl and march off in a grunt.
She was like them! Lynn couldn't believe that Penelope, Clyde's girlfriend, didn't stick up for her. Neither did everyone, and they were right in front of the scene between Chandler and Clyde! It wasn't enough that the school has a prejudice view against her but some of them have a reason to be feared from her. During the day, Lynn found out that in some of her former friends develop a fear of being too close to her or their siblings being risk to hurt by her. They told them who were friends or classmates with her younger sisters of not talking to the tomboy herself.
Like Lynn has a good reason why she will never lay a hand on either of them! Not at her younger sisters, even if they hate her!
With a scoff, she kick a small pebble and look up to see some of her former friends/ teammates chatting in front of a light grey Mercedes Benz with Haley as the driver. Lynn wanted to glare and mutter at the same time over Ms. Popularly but her eyes drew softy at her former crush, Francisco Rivera. Lynn hasn't got a chance to meet up with him since she returned. The last time she hear about him during her involvement with crushing Lincoln's arm and destroying his social life together was ending his speaking terms with her. It sadden the tomboy emotional that her crush turn his back on Lynn.
Maybe she can mend the speaking bond between-
Lynn's eyes grew wide as the Latino teenager give that Self-Righteous Bitch a kiss. On the lips.
"Since when did they start dating?" She said to herself. Breathing out any anger she saw on the lips, the tomboy match over there with a fake smile.
"Hey." The gang turn around and their faces grew south over the former athlete. "I see that you all are about to do something later on. Maybe you want another member in the team."
"Get lost, Loud!" Miranda harshly said.
A male student added "We don't want your type around here!"
"Oh, come on! Just wanna know what you guys are up to. Athlete to athlete," Lynn said, earning some sniggers from the crowd.
Haley smirk "More like former athlete." Lynn glare and return back to her fake smile. "If you must know we're doing a little tradition as the school say before a big game, and no you're not welcome.
"Yeah, beat it, loser!" Nicki throws something at the tomboy.
Lynn is then thrown more harsh and crude remarks, even throwing rocks at her. Lynn step back and walk away, earning the jeers and laughter from them.
The tomboy enter the town on her work bike. She didn't want to wait for Lori to come pick her up, not after that little show that just embarrass herself. Her face spell despair and anger over what her former friends said.
"Get lost, Loud!"
"We don't want your type around here!"
"Yeah, beat it, loser!"
Lynn's scowl drew more further; she stop riding the streets and walk through the sidewalk. Her brain just thought of an idea and she closes her eyes in a sneaky smirk.
"If they wanna treat me like the plague, then I'm gonna give them a scare!"
She stop her bike at a costume emporium and step inside the building. Lynn went to the mask aisle and search for one mask that can scare her former teammates. Her eyes pick up on the dog kabuki mask style. Seeing it remind her of the masks worn by Taka and the kunoichis. Lynn put her finger on her chin in a thinking position and smirk "I wonder if my friends develop a fear for ninjas."
Her hand came close of touching the dog mask, and a yell startled her.
"Hey, what are you doing here?!" She turn to see the store's manager marching over.
Lynn is thrown to the ground from out of the building. "What the fuck, dude?!" She asked in outrage. A crowd is formed.
The man shouted as he point at his finger at her and the dog mask is at his left hand "You're not welcome here! You're the brat who threatened my daughter!"
"Wha-?"
"Don't denied it! The whole town knows what you try to do to our children! Just like how you try to killed your little brother!"
Lynn can feel the cold stares and breaths of mutter around her, despite that the store's manager just reveal the truth. She slap her own face if it wasn't for the unexpected audiences. Lynn grew weirdly and her voice timid, "I just...wanna buy...a mask."
A women asked whispering to her friend "Is that her?"
"Yes. It's the girl who try to murder her brother."
The man responds with a grunt and threw the mask. It hit Lynn on the face. "Here! Now get lost and never return here!" He turn around, leaving the girl alone to face the crowd. Lynn got up and held the dog mask in her hands. She saw how everyone was giving her the cold look and mutters. The stink eyes were from the women, the fathers holding on to their children in conform and an elder man wanted to crucify Lynn.
"What are you all looking at?!" She scream before her voice quiver. "Stop looking at me." Lynn narrow her eyes at them and hop on her bike. The crowd let her leave but didn't stop staring.
A little girl asked "Papa, why is everyone mad at that girl?"
"It's grown up stuff, sweetie, but stay away from her. She's dangerous."
Although Lynn was at the distance from the crowd, she manage to hear the comment from the father and pedal faster.
As night falls, Lynn told her family that she needed to catch up on something from her job. Like her failed mission that got her killed, her new mission is scaring her former teammates for treating her like a plague. What better place is to wait for them to arrive was at the old train district. Why would Lynn guess they be there? Back then, she and her teammates use to go the abandoned train lot and spray can the wall as a token of good luck before the next game. It's tradition made by the school's football team. Lynn call that a token of luck. Lynn frown at it as a reminder that this got her in this mess. The whole town now knew of what Lynn had done. The question is how did they know? She didn't had no time to figure out who it was since it was only a matter of time everyone know.
She heard the roaring engine of a Mercedes Benz entering the graveyard. Lynn sneak in through the rusty fence and hide behind the closed train station. The car stopped and Haley and the rest of the gang got out of the car.
"Ewww." Miranda made a disgruntled tone. "This place is horrible."
"Royal Woods' old train district. Same old crap trap," Margo commented, placing her hands on her hips.
"Why are we here?" Haley asked. Lynn stare at the gang from inside the station. She unzip her backpack and took out her outfit.
Francisco answer "It's tradition to spray can the wall for good luck."
"Don't tell me it was that loser's idea."
"Nah, it was the school. Weird tradition to let us graffiti a deserted train yard."
Nicki said "Let's do this stupid thing and get out fast." The trunk car open and each player took out one spray can. The team separate to spray can their name or initials on the wall and body of the train.
Nicki heard something that made her stop spraying. Margo lean up and said "Nicki, what's wrong?"
"I hear something." Her voice echo through the ears to the rest.
"Is someone here?!" Miranda shouted. "Let's get out of here!" Something is thrown to the ground and a cloud of orange smoke alarm the players. The gang huddle together. From behind the smoke stood a humanoid figure stand on its feets with a cape floating against the wind.
"What the fuck is that?!" Nicki shouted in fright. The other players were scare as well.
Margo notices the figure was wearing a mask; a dog mask. Why would this figure, who show up out of the blue, be wearing a dog-?
"Shit! It's Taka! They're here!"
Francisco shouted and drop his paint can "Let's get out of here!" The rest follow as well and hop on the Mercedes Benz. The engine turn on and the car drives straight through the fence.
Ms. DiMartino is currently driving after picking up some things in the grocery store. Her eyes jump in alarm and stop her car as the Mercedes Benz came out through the left roar and drive away. It didn't take her to notice that was Haley Stones' car. She sense that something must have happened. She enter the road that lead her into the train yard.
Stepping out of the car, the Hispanic teacher saw the spray can on the ground and the graffiti art on the train and wall of the station. No doubt it's the traditional spraying the walls before a big game thing.
She gasped at the mysterious figure looking at her and holding a knife. Alyssa sense it's a member of Taka. She alarm herself in a fighting pose as the figure drop down and a battle is about to begin.
Ms. DiMartino lower her pose once the figure laugh hysterically. The teacher knew that laugh belong to a teenage girl, and who it was.
Lynn took off her mask, showing her victorious face "Oh, man! That was hilarious!"
"Lynn?" Ms. DiMartino said. "What is this?"
"Just a harmless prank, Ms. D. I wanted to give those fools a good scare before their game. This idea is new by me."
"Why?"
"One reason, they wouldn't want me to join on their little night out so I decided to have my own tradition of scaring them till they shit their pants! And it work! Those fuckers believe that I'm a member of Taka! I even got a knife that I took from home!" Lynn wave the kitchin blade around like it was a kunai blade, laughing geely. Her joy slowly dies by the disapprove look of Ms. DiMartino's face. "Hey, don't give me that look. They deserve for snuffing me for that bitch!"
Ms. DiMartino then reply "Lynn, that was really stupid of you. Don't you know what kind of danger you almost put yourself through? Running around and say you're an Uchiha is one of the stupidest things you ever done! What if I wouldn't have hurt you or one of my sister's did the job?! You think your brother will find it funny of you doing that to innocence people?!"
Lynn flinches at the women's tone and her head lower down. She is giving her the same look like everyone from school, at home and in town. And that scolding almost matches to the same where that store manager from the costume emporium did. Her hand shakes and her breath slow as well. She couldn't take it anymore.
"STOP STARING AT ME LIKE THAT!" Lynn shouted, surprising Alyssa. "I DON'T LIKE THAT STARE! IT'S SUPER ANNOYING! AND HOW DARE YOU USE LINCOLN'S NAME TO SCOLD ME?! IF ANYONE WHO SHOULD BE SCOLDED AND BEING LOOKED AT, IT'S YOU! IT'S SHOULD BE YOU WHO GETS TREATED LIKE A MONSTER, NOT ME!" Lynn shakes her head and her voice choke on the emotions she is releasing. "I'm not-I'm not-! I'm not some kind plague or bad luck! IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT ME TO BE SEEN AS?! THEN CONGRATULATIONS! THAT'S WHAT EVERYONE IS SEEING ME AS! YOU MADE ME LOSS WHAT I HAD; RESPECT FROM THE SCHOOL, BONDS FROM MY FAMILY AND DIGNITY FROM THE TOWN!" Lynn pushes the teacher out of the way and climb out of the fence. "I'AM STILL WORTH IT! I'M NOT AN ANNOYANCE!"
Alyssa cried "Lynn, wait!" It fail to reach the tomboy her words as she rode the streets.
"I'm not an annoyance, I'm not an annoyance!" Lynn chant herself as she whip the tears from her eyes and rode faster.
So that's part two of Lynn's wanting to be in the gang. Part three is coming soon.
There's an Easter Egg in the chapter! Can you guess what it is? Answer will be reveal in next chapter!
What do you think it'll happen in the next chapter now that Lynn expresses her feelings of being an outcast at school, home and now the town.
Stick around! NiteOwl18 out!
