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Writer's Notes: Thank you Lil, Roxhall and Goddessnyte for your reviews! Eric is something else. He's a bully yes, and Klaus, definitely is a follower it seems. Tris and Four are coupled in the actual books, and I love them together so much. I hope everyone enjoys the story, and as always, I appreciate all the support I get. Don't forget to follow, favorite, and review!

Bella got up the next morning, pulling on her boots. She looked at her watch. It was four in the morning. She knew that the others were taking a break from training today because of the sparring, but Bella wanted to keep going. She went to the training hall, pulling her shirt off over her head so she was just in her sports bra and tight pants. Her hands were still bandaged, but she didn't care. No pain, no gain. She struck the punching bag, repeatedly, focusing on her breathing as she did.

Jasper walked in, seeing Bella punch at the bag, focus written all over her face. He smiled as he watched her. He leaned against the column, and then watched Magnus walked over towards her.

Bella glanced up at Magnus when he approached. "Making sure I hear you?"

"Yes, I want to avoid almost getting punched in the face." Magnus said with a smile. "You should be resting your hands."

"They're fine." Bella said and turned back to the punching bag. She punched at it, and then Magnus hands were at her hips.

"More torque here." Magnus said. "Twisting will help give you more power. You tend to abandon this when you're hitting on the bag. You need to follow through consistently."

Bella nodded. "Thank you."

Magnus nodded, moving his hands from her hips hesitantly. "Last night. What did Eric say to you?" He murmured.

Bella turned and looked at Magnus, his eyes were curious, but also frustrated. "He threatened me. He told me to watch myself. He…pushed me against the wall by the catwalk."

"He didn't…"

"No. No. I'm not sure he would have. He doesn't seem to think like that." Bella said, looking down at her feet.

Magnus reached up, tilting her face up to look at him. "I'm sorry."

"Don't be sorry." Bella said with a sigh. "Eric is going to try and intimidate me any way he can. He thinks Tris is weak, I disagree."

Magnus reached up, brushing a strand of hair behind her ear. "Bella…" he murmured.

Bella smiled at Magnus. "Thank you for worrying about me." She said and took a step back. She turned back to the punching bag.

Magnus looked at his watch. "Try to rest your hands up somewhat before the sparring today." He said with a smile before leaving her to finish punching on the bag.

Jasper watched the exchange, feeling strange about seeing Magnus took Bella gently like that. He waited a moment before walking up. She looked over at him and flashed a smile. "I figured you would have been here earlier."

"I was. I didn't want to interrupt Magnus." Jasper said with a small smile.

"Ah. Yeah, worried about my hands." Bella waved her hands a little. "He's not wrong though. I should probably just take it easy."

Jasper nodded. "You'll reopen your knuckles if you continue to beat on this bag."

"Yeah, but we should train." Bella said. "Want to teach me some more hand-to-hand?"

"Yeah, we could do that." He said and they both took the same stance, Bella mirroring him. "Inside block, outside block." He showered her slowly. "Protect your head." He said, as he moved has hand around slow and she blocked. "Okay, good. With that same block, wrap, and grab here." He showed her. "Pressure point here, will disable the use of my arm." He indicated. "Step in, use this arm to protect your head, and strike in at the same time." They moved through the motions slow, they moved through the motions of different positions, stances, and movements until they were comfortable for her, and the sped it up, repeatedly, until Jasper pushed her to strike harder. They did that for almost an hour before they stopped.

Jasper smiled at her as she picked up her water bottle and drank from it heavily. "Feeling better about your hand-to-hand?"

"Yeah." She said and looked at her watch. "We have another two hours before wake up call." She looked over at him and smiled.

"What are you thinking?"

"I'm thinking, secret spot." She murmured.

Japer raised a brow, amused. "Oh?"

Bella nodded, smiling. "Unless you don't want to."

"We have plenty of time. I know you want to shower before everyone gets up." Jasper said, and reached out to her, his hand on her waist, and he leaned in and kissed her softly. "Come on." He said and they disappeared upstairs to the secret spot that Jasper had found.

They made it into the room before they took their clothes off. Their mouths moved over each other, drinking each other in, hungry for each other. She wanted him inside her, her body begged for the same release as the night before. He sensed it in her, and he pinned her against the wall, hoisting her, her legs hooking around his waist as he drove into her, her gasp of pleasure sounding in his ear. She clung around him, her body exploding at all the nerve endings as her orgasm peaked. She moaned in his ear, and that pushed him further, his mouth connecting with hers again as he thrust up into her hard, fast, pushing himself to his own release, and her towards another one.

When her orgasm gripped around him, he swelled to capacity before spilling over and emptying himself. He buried his face in the crook on her neck, moaning as he finished. He lowered her to her feet, kissing her a few times, before pulling away.

"The things you're doing to me." Jasper finally murmured.

They got dressed, Bella smiled over her shoulder at him. "Well, I admit that you too are doing something to me." She pulled her shirt on and then walked over to him before he could pull his shirt on. He was shirtless before her now. She reached out, laying a hand on his bare chest and then leaned up, kissing him slowly, her tongue tasting him slightly. She smiled, layering one small kiss against his lips before leaning back and looking at him. Her eyes landed on his tattoo again. Her fingers traced over the symbol lightly. "Ascendant." She murmured. "That's what this means…right."

"It does." Jasper murmured. "I'm not the only one Bella. This symbol isn't known by anyone but other Ascendants."

"How did you find out about this symbol?"

"By another Ascendant." Jasper said simply.

"Who was it?"

Jasper nodded, pursing his lips. "His name was Sam. He was in Amity."

"Was?"

"He was killed. They say it was an accident, but…" Jasper murmured.

Bella frowned. "I'm sorry. Were you close?"

"He was the only one like me in Amity. He knew what I was when I showed a predisposition to Dauntless and also Amity…and Erudite." He explained. "When I took my aptitude test, I ran it like I would if I were just Dauntless. It's important to stay under the radar."

"I didn't know that Ascendants existed." She admitted.

Jasper figured she didn't before coming here. "Who was your proctor? For your test?"

"Tori."

Jasper nodded. "She's a sympathizer. Her brother was killed for being Ascendant." He explained.

"How do you know?"

"Tattoo," he pointed to his tattoo. He smiled. "I talked to her a lot about her brother. She wants to make sure that Ascendants stay safe."

"Does your brother know?"

Jasper smiled. "Klaus doesn't know. He's…too lost. He follows the leader. Elijah…he knows. He's Dauntless too. You'll see him probably at the end of round one."

Bella nodded. "Thank you."

"For what?" He chuckled.

She shrugged. "Just…for being here. For helping me. For helping Tris." She leaned against him, hugging him. It was the first hug she had given anyone since her mom. She lay her head against his chest, and listened to his heartbeat, as he brought his arms around her, so she was encased in his warmth. She sighed, content and relaxed for now.

Sparring was especially brutal today, as Eric pitted the bottom five against some of the strongest. He was wearing them down, but he had been unusually quiet.

"Bella, and Peter." Eric said, and Bella sighed. That was original. It was clear Peter and Bella didn't get along, and Eric knew that. Bella already took him down before, so this was going to be easier for her.

Peter was still cocky, but she knew that he hurt his arm throwing knives earlier in the week. She was at a disadvantage too, her ribs, and her knuckles. But she wasn't going to let that hinder her. Peter came out swinging, and Bella parried his blows. He got her in her hurt side, and she felt a crack, but she pushed through that pain. He stepped to punch at her again, and she broke through his guard, putting him in an armbar, and then tripping his feet out from under him, forcing him to his knees.

He struggled to get out of the armbar, but she locked his wrist, sending shooting pains into his arm.

"What are you waiting for stiff." Eric said, his arms crossed.

Bella glared over at Eric, and then she swung Peter around his face pushed to the stage. "I wonder who it was that doesn't belong." She muttered to Peter. "Maybe if you ask nicely I'll let you go."

"You're going to have to break my arm before I beg for mercy." Peter scoffed.

Bella shrugged. "Just remember you asked for this." She said and then twisted, the snap being heard in his arm as she popped the joint, dislocated his shoulder, then she kicked him in the face, knocking him out cold.

She started to jump off the stage.

"Hold up." Eric said, and got up on the stage after a couple guys pulled Peter off the stage. "I cleared it with Max. I want to test you to see how far you actually can go. Do you think you can keep up?" He took a stance.

Bella looked over at Magnus, who was frowning, and Four was too. Bella felt the radiating pain in her side, but she was silent as she took a guarding stance.

Eric moved incredibly fast, but Bella was able to avoid getting struck. She danced with Eric, blocking full hits that would have sent her unconscious, if not for training as hard as she was. He faked a hit, and landed a kick into her hurt side and she tasted the familiar metallic taste on her tongue. She spit, blood hitting the stage, but she continued to fight, not giving up. He threw another kick and she caught it, twisting, and sliding forward towards him, her face close to his, knocking him off balance, but he regained it fast, sweeping a leg out at Bella, but she dodged, using his own leg as a stair, and she propelled herself around him, her legs wrapping around his waist from behind, and she put him in a chokehold. He flipping her to her back on the stage, and then brought his foot down to stomp on her face but she rolled, grabbing his ankle and knocking him onto the stage.

The fight seemed to edge on long, and she noticed he was starting to get winded. They went back to a hand-to-hand, blocking and strikes. Anger built in her, as she fought him. He was trying to wear her down for something else, she just knew it. Her strikes became more powerful, as she let that adrenaline consume her. She slipped a punch past his guard as she threw an uppercut into his chin, which dazed him, and then she swung her leg around, her roundhouse kick catching him in the face, and then she laid into him punching him again until he was on the stage on his back. He looked up at her, still confused how she managed to break him. His frustration got the better of him, and it was enough for her to get the upper hand. He rolled to his side, avoiding her foot and he tried to grapple her at her waist, but she used his weight, and gravity, and she flipped him, and he landed on his back hard. She was breathing hard, and her heart was beating almost out of control. Her muscles screamed at her, and so did her ribs.

Eric stumbled to his feet, but he pushed on. He swung at her catching her in her ribs again, but she managed to grab his arm, pulling him against her, their bodies pressed against each other tight.

"I told you. I'm not afraid of you." Bella glared, and he tried to swing on her again with his other arm but she blocked him, and with them being close like that, she headbutted him, blood trickling from his nose, and then she shoved him back and then did a spinning roundhouse kick to his face, knocking him back, and he caught himself before he could hit the stage, but she was faster than he was, throwing a side kick to is gut, making him tumble back onto his back. She was on top of him then, and he punched out, hitting her in the face, but her hand came down, and smashing into his face, busting her knuckles open, but she hit him four times before he was unconscious. She got up, spit blood onto the stage, before hopping off the stage.

Everyone watched in shock as Eric lay flat out on his back, unconscious after Bella got a hold of him. It took Magnus and Four a moment to recover from the shock before they made Noah and Uriah carry Eric off the stage. Bella walked away from the stage fast, not looking at anyone. The pain in her hand told her she possibly broke or fractured it, and she was sure her ribs were broke, this time too.

Jasper jogged after her, catching up to her. "Hey, hey. Stop." He said, reaching for her, but she moved away. "Bella. Calm down. Look it's me." He said, his voice calm.

"Jasper, now's not a good time. I can't..." She said and they stopped walking. She clenched her hurt fist. So much anger was built in her.

"Take some deep breaths." Jasper said, trying to help.

She growled and then she turned and punched the wall, her blood splashing against it.

"Shit." Jasper grabbed her wrist, and pulled it away, and she tried to slip from him, but she locked her in place. "Hold the fuck still." He growled at her, and looked at her hand. "You broke your fucking hand." He sighed.

Magnus caught up to Bella and Jasper. "Bella…"

"First aid." Jasper said. "She broke her hand." He muttered, upset with her for not listening.

Magnus nodded. "My room. Come on." He said, and guided them to his room upstairs. "First aid kit is on the counter, wash her hand good." He said and moved towards his desk.

Bella let Jasper take her into the bathroom, and run warm water over her hand, the water turning a light crimson as it washed her blood down the drain.

Magnus returned with a towel, and some medicine. He handed Jasper the towel, and Jasper took it, drying her hand before bandaging it, wrapping it like a mummy. Magnus handed Bella some pills, and she took them, swallowing them dry. She could still taste blood in her mouth from Eric's punch to her face.

"Why the fuck would you hurt your hand more?" Jasper asked finally.

Bella was quiet.

"Damnit Bella. Look at me." Jasper said, and she cut her eyes up at him. "I'm worried about you."

"Don't." She snapped.

"It's too late." Jasper said. "Stop shutting me out. I want to help you. Let me."

Bella closed her eyes. "I can't."

Magnus leaned against the doorframe. "Check her ribs. He got her good in the side."

Jasper lifted her shirt, his cool hands moving over her ribs. "Yeah, this one." He gently smoothed his hand over the ridges. "It's fractured." He muttered and picked up some ace bandage. "Hold still." He commanded her, and she stood there, trying to let her temper simmer down. Jasper wrapped her ribs, tight, but not too much where she couldn't breathe.

"I'm going to go check on Eric." Magnus said. "He's probably still knocked out cold, but we'll see." He said and left Jasper and Bella alone. He had not seen her that angry before.

"I don't know why I let him get to me. I wanted to kill him up on that stage in front of everyone, and I'm sure I could have, but I stopped myself." Bella said, her voice shaking a little.

Jasper sighed and then pulled her into his arms, hugging her. She rested her head on his chest, his heartbeat was calm compared to hers. His touch was gentle, and it seemed to calm her enough for her to lean back and look at him.

"I'm sorry." She said. "I…when I'm like that I can't…I can't reason."

"I know. I'm sorry for snapping at you." Jasper murmured, and then he leaned in and kissed her softly. "I'm here for you. I'll back you up whenever, anytime. You just have to let me." He said, nearly a whisper.

Bella nodded and then kissed him again, before taking a step back. "We should go back. So, Tris doesn't worry."

"Okay," Jasper murmured and kissed her again before walking out with her towards the training hall.

Tris went to her immediately. "Are you okay?"

"Broke my hand, but I'm fine." Bella said lifting her hand, and then Will, Clary, Caroline, and Cristina were surrounding her. "I'm fine guys." She said.

"You just kicked his ass." Cristina said. "You're a total badass Bella."

Four walked over towards him and Bella looked up. "He okay?" Bella asked stupidly. Why would she care?

"Yeah, he's awake. Cussing and ranting, but he's okay. Max, our leader, called him an idiot, so." Four smiled a little. "But congrats, that just put you at number 2." He said nodding towards the board.

Bella looked at the board. Her name was under Jasper's. Tris had even moved up to 21st. At least they were making great progress, and none of them would be Factionless.

Later at night, Bella let the hot water run over her, feeling amazing against her tired muscles. She waited for everyone to go to sleep before she took the extra time under the water. She turned under the water, welcoming the relief. She closed her eyes, thinking about the events of the day, and then she was grabbed from behind. She was at her most vulnerable, slippery, and naked, a hand came over her mouth and she fought back, her ribs screaming at her, and her broken hand shot pain up into her elbow and shoulder.

Peter's voice sounded in her ear. "You think that you're so tough."

Bella stepped behind his right foot, and flipped him to the ground. "You, fucking coward!" She yelled at him.

Her voice woke others, including Jasper, who had been actually sleeping for once, trying to give Bella some space from earlier. He sprung out of his cot at the sound of Bella's voice, and so did Jace, and Emmett. They rushed towards the showers.

Bella was naked, and she had slammed Peter's face into the tile on the shower wall, the water still running. "You, fucking face me like you're somebody. You think attacking someone in the shower makes you a big guy?" Peter got to his feet, swiping water out of his face.

"You humiliated me time and time again." Peter growl.

"You do that by yourself."

Peter lunged for Bella, and she moved, hitting the knob for the water, swapping it to scalding hot, and it hit him in the face, and he yelped in pain, she then grabbed a hold of him, and pushed him against the wall, and punched him in the face, repeatedly with her broken hand.

Jasper and Jace moved forward, Jasper going to Bella, wrapping his arms around her from behind. "Hey, hey. He's out. Come on baby." He said and pulled her away from Peter.

Emmett and Jace caught Peter as he slumped forward, blood drooling from his mouth, and he opened his eye.

"You're a bitch."

Bella pushed away from Jasper, and did a front kick to Peter's face, his head snapping back, and then he was unconscious. "Who's the bitch now." She growled.

Jasper reached for her and she knocked his hand away. He looked to Jace and Emmett. "Get him out of here." He said and looked back at Bella who was standing under the scalding water, the blood from her hand washing down the drain.

Cristina and Clary came into the bathroom. "Bella."

"Leave." Bella said, not looking at them.

"Bella, come on. Let's go somewhere. Talk." Jasper said. "You need to calm down."

Bella didn't want to look at Jasper, tears were running down her face now, the water disguising it.

Jasper sighed and walked forward into the shower with her, the heat of the water stung at his skin. He was shirtless, which is how he slept. He wrapped his arms around her. "Shhh. Come on." He said softly.

Bella sighed, leaning against him. "Okay."

"Clary, get her a towel please." Jasper said and Clary and Cristina disappeared and returned with towels.

Jasper wrapped the towel around her tight. He took the other towel, and dried her hair, wiped her face. "Can one of you go get Four and Magnus?"

Cristina nodded. "Yeah." She said and disappeared.

Jasper moved Bella over to a bench that was against the wall away from the showers. He sat her down, and looked up when Jace rounded the corner, shielding his eyes. "She okay?"

"She's covered." Jasper said, and Jace dropped his hand. "Find the first aid kit. I have to rewrap her hand, and her ribs."

Jace nodded, and moved over towards a row of cabinets over the sinks and looked through them until he found the stuff Jasper needed.

Magnus and Four both came to the sleeping quarters, walking into the bathroom. There was still blood over the shower floor that the shower hadn't washed away yet.

"What happened?" Four asked, looking at Jasper.

"Peter attacked Bella in the shower." Jasper responded.

Magnus frowned. "Who let him out of infirmary?"

"I don't know." Jace said, and handed Jasper gauze and ace bandages.

Jasper took it and crouched down, taking Bella's broken hand and bandaged it, and then pulled the ace bandage around her hand like he did earlier. "She broke two more knuckles." He said, and looked up at her. Bella wasn't looking at him, she was just staring at one spot.

Jace nodded. "Well, I'm pretty sure Bella broke Peter's nose and gave him a concussion."

Four looked at Jace. "Oh?"

"Yeah, Emmett and I drug him out of here. Emmett took him to infirmary." Jace explained.

"I need to wrap her ribs." Jasper said, and looked up at Four and Magnus, who blinked a few times, and then realized what he was meaning, and they stepped out of the bathroom, Jace following them.

"Thank you." Bella finally murmured. Pain was radiating in her hand, and in her ribs. She unraveled her towel, and stood so Jasper could wrap her ribs easier. His hands were gentle, brushing her skin with his fingers with each wrap.

"There." Jasper murmured. "You need pain medicine."

"Yeah, probably." Bella said and sighed. "I'm okay now. Anger gone."

Jasper nodded and then hooked a finger under her chin and tilted her face up to meet his. He leaned in, kissing her gently. "You're proof I shouldn't fall asleep before you."

Bella snorted. "Well, I can take care of myself."

"I know. But…it's still not a good feeling to wake up to your scream." Jasper said, and reached a hand up, brushing her hair out of her face. "I care about you Bella."

Bella nodded. "I understand."

"Good." He kissed her again.

Cristina peaked her head in, holding clothes. "Here." She murmured gently.

Bella took the clothes. "Thanks Cris. Sorry for waking everyone up."

"It's cool." She said and smiled at Bella and at Jasper before leaving the two alone.

Bella sighed looking at her clothes. Her ribs were screaming at her.

Jasper smiled. "Here." He said and took her clothes from her, and helped her get dressed. She leaned against him, and it felt nice to have someone in your corner, someone you could completely rely on.

Bella and Jasper left the bathroom. Jasper's hair was damp still, but he toweled his chest off, and his pants were wet.

Four looked at Bella. "You good?"

"Yeah. I didn't mean to disturb everyone." She murmured and looked around. Even Alec looked put off by Peter's failed attack.

"Not a problem." Four said and looked around the room. "You're Dauntless. You may be in competition with each other, but that doesn't mean you attack one another off those mats. When you're out there, in the real world, you have each other's back. You don't sink to low levels. This isn't tolerated. Am I clear?" Four's voice was stern.

Everyone said yes sir in close unison.

"Now get to sleep." Four said and looked at Magnus. "I'll go handle Peter." He said and slapped Magnus' arm and left the room.

Magnus looked at Bella. "Are you sure you're, okay? You can stay in my room tonight if you want."

"I'm okay." Bella said with a nod she said and leaned against Jasper, feeling tired.

Jasper's arm came around her, supporting her. "I'll watch her. It'll be okay." He told Magnus.

Magnus nodded, swallowing. "Okay. Rest up." He said and left the room.

Cristina shifted around cots. "Hey." She murmured softly. "Jasper I moved your stuff over here. Is that okay?"

Jasper nodded. "Thanks Cris." He said with a smile. He helped Bella over to her cot, and got her laying down, taking the pillow off his cot and padding it so her ribs wouldn't hurt too bad. "Go to sleep babe. I'll be right here." He said and sat down on his own cot. Cristina was on the other side of him, and then Will.

Bella nodded, letting her eyes shut. She trusted Jasper, and felt safer, calmer with him there.

Jasper watched her face relax as she fell off to sleep.

"How long have you two…" Cristina whispered.

"Not long. We're…not labeled or anything. I don't think she wants something like that. I just…care a lot about her." Jasper whispered back to Cristina.

Will leaned over. "Make sure she knows how you feel man. All we have is each other." He said putting an arm around Cristina and smiled at her.

Cristina smiled and kissed Will. "Go to sleep, you goofball."

Jasper smiled, nodding before he lay back on his cot, using his arm as a pillow. He looked over at Bella's sleeping face. He was lucky enough to be this close to her. He would let her make the first moves.