I had gone to school the next morning dashing through the trees like I always do. I stopped at one branch just looking over the school, I always thought about what it would be like once I graduated. What would I do, what would I see? I kept looking at the school….still had some time left before it started. I just sat on the branch and thought to myself what awaited me ahead.
There was the ending where I would live happily, beat the bad guys, and society would accept me. Everyone would have a happy ending, everyone except for me, my tendencies to lose my mind, go berserk, my family was gone, and there would be no one I could ever be with.
Then the next ending, bad guys win….I die, my friends die, Elizabeth dies, then the people who did this to me can keep on going. They all get their wish, and I get to be with my family….Huh. It isn't such a bad ending when you think about it.
Then the next one, I win and society doesn't care, tries to hunt me down…and end me there. At least I would have Bruce and Elizabeth! But then what would happen to them in that scenario.
Then my last one, which is a mix, any of the possibilities that I just stated could come full circle. I could win, I could lose. Friends could die, friends could live. Who is really to say on that front?
All I know is that, this is life for me now, whatever happens will happen, all I can do is live, day by day, and live to the fullest. I got up from the branch, took a deep breath and smiled, if anything was gonna happen, still need to finish school!
I jumped down from the branch and ran over to the school while I turned on my disguise. After entering the building I noticed Elizabeth sitting in the lunch-room waiting for me! She seemed to be talking to some her friends and didn't notice me enter. I walked up to her and tapped her on her shoulder.
She turned around quickly, "Xeta! Heh! You scared me!" She said to me.
In return I gave her a smile.
"OH! So this is that Xeta I have been hearing about!" Her friend with long, black hair said.
"Shut it Sunny!" Elizabeth said embarrassed.
"No, no! Sit down Xeta we have much to talk about!" Sunny said. I decided to just do it since I saw no problem in it.
"So Xeta you hang out with Bruce yesterday?" Elizabeth asked after I sat down.
I nodded to her as a response.
"So what did you both do? Huh? I mean without you being able to talk what could you two possibly do?" Sunny asked.
I wasn't really able to answer so I was getting a little uncomfortable.
"They usually play games, video games, and just talk!" Elizabeth said for me.
"Well it looked like half of that is taken out of the picture you know?" Sunny said.
Okay…..so who is this b****?
"Okay what is your deal Sunny!?" Elizabeth said while slamming on the table.
She looked startled then started laughing, "Sorry, sorry, I was just messing with him….sorry about that! I probably sounded like a total b**** right?"
Elizabeth took a breather, "Jeez, I thought you were serious there,"
"Nah, just something I needed to be sure of, you have been talked about a lot here believe it or not. You might not notice it but you are a highlight, either people are too shy or too scared to go near you, I mean with the eyes, the scar, and the fact you broke a jock's hand, you are pretty known as someone not to even mess with, I wanted to test you and prove them wrong!" She exclaimed.
I gave her a smile and a nod to say I understood.
"Ha! Knew you would be understanding!" She looked over at Elizabeth, "You should trust your friends more often Elizabeth!" She said frowning.
"I WASN'T! It was just a really realistic performance!" She pleaded.
"Yeah I guess I could work with that, HEY! Maybe I could be an actor! What do you think Xeta?" She asked.
I gave her a nod to agree with her.
Once that was over the bell had rung and Elizabeth and I said bye to Sunny and made our way to our next class!
Of course we did our work together and now we had a project we had to work on. She said she would do the model for it and I would do the research for it, boring stuff. The next class was easier, the one with that asshole of a teacher. But cool thing is every time he starts acting up Elizabeth gives him a devil smile to let him know she is about to go off on him, shuts his ass right up!
After that period I had my class with my favorite teacher. She had work to do today so she couldn't speak for too long but she is still checking up on me as usual. She really does care for me, I think after what happened she really feels for what happened to me. I really do thank her for it, just wish I could tell her personally.
At lunch it was the same. Hang out with Elizabeth, pretend I was actually writing to her, same old. We usually would just talk about different things, politics, events, stupid videos, pets, whatever! Lunch was a bit different from before though because we got a surprise guest.
"Hey man you got a sec?" I looked over to see who it was and it was the jock whos hand I broke. He was wearing a small cast for his hand, it looked like I didn't harm him that much though.
Elizabeth stood up though, "YOU! You still think you got away with what you tried to do!? Xeta didn't bother you at all and you attacked him!"
"I know…listen Xeta could you meet me outside the school once it's over? Nearby the forest if that is okay?" He said.
"Why would he even!? He doesn't even know your name!" She said.
"It's Terry, listen Xeta please?" He asked again.
I didn't know if it was a set-up or not but I really didn't care, I nodded in agreement.
"Thanks, meet you there, oh and if you don't show it proves you are a wuss!" He said.
In return I smirked at him as he walked away.
"Why would you do that? What if he is with the people that did this to you?" Elizabeth whispered.
-Because either way it's a win-win, either nothing goes down or I get some info on the guys who did this to me, either way I am going!- I said.
"O-okay, just stay safe," She said.
-You know I will!- I exclaimed. We finished eating lunch and I told her I would probably go see what Terry wanted so I wouldn't meet her at the car ramp. She said it was fine and I went on my day as usual. At the end of the day Bruce came by.
"Yo man, so we heading out to train?" He asked.
-Actually I have something I need to do,- I said to him.
"Oh? What's that?" he asked.
-Don't know, he didn't say,- I replied. He left it at that and we continued walking. I walked over to the forest where I saw Terry with two other dudes that looked to be jocks. He told the guys something and walked over when he spotted me.
"Hey man, this your friend?" Terry asked me.
I nodded to confirm his suspicions.
"Well listen I know this might seem intimidating but there was something I wanted to do," Terry said.
"What you gonna gang up on Xeta with your friends back there?" Bruce asked.
"No, no! See well the thing is that the fight we had where he broke my hand didn't end how I wanted it, I know it sounds stupid but I want a rematch, here and now!" Terry said.
This actually peaked my interest so I nodded and let him continue.
"But see I already know you're good, anyone who could break a jocks hand at your size has to be good, so if I start losing badly he will jump in, then if we can't beat you he jumps in, then if all three of us cant fight you then you are the winner, no breaking bones, no trying to kill, just a simple fight, through and through," Terry explained.
Now I was really interested! I gave him a nod to agree!
"Really?! Well alright want to start now?" He asked.
I again nodded.
"All right remember the rules lets go!" Terry exclaimed.
He got his fists ready and was waiting for me to make a move. I stood there with a smile waiting for him, I was actually really happy about this, first fight where I don't have to worry about dying! He started walking closer with his hands raised, I kind of felt bad because he still had a cast, I was going to try to hold back. He came closer and started throwing punches. He seemed to be trying to go for a safe bet, covering his center while sending in straight punches I had to block or dodge.
He had a problem though, I quickly swept down and used my right leg to sweep him off the ground and onto his back, I then quickly rolled back to gain distance.
He got back to his feet with a shocked expression that turned to a smile, "Huh? Guess I will have to be more careful fighting you,"
I gave him a nod with a smile!
"Hey want me to join in?" One of his friends asked.
"Not yet, I am actually enjoying this, I am going to have to think outside the box for this one" Terry said.
"Alright man," His friend replied.
He came at me once more but this time trying a different approach. He went for a fake kick while swinging a right at me. I quickly blocked it, got behind him and kicked him away from me. He got up again where instead of punching he quickly grabbed my leg and tried to knock me off balance. As I fell back I landed on my fore paws and pushed myself up to kick him with both my legs, knocking him to the ground and landing myself.
"Ah! Damn it! How in the hell did you manage that? Whatever, alright Will, help me out here!" Terry screamed.
His other friend stepped up and they both got ready with their fists raised. I got myself ready with my paws raised as well.
"So now you are taking this seriously, alright lets see what you can do!" Terry said.
I got ready as they both started to move to each side of me, seems like they were trying to jump me in a way but I had a plan. I got ready for them to charge and what do you know thy did do it! Will threw a punch from behind me which I grabbed with my paw and I jumped in the air as Terry was coming from in front of me. As I got behind will I kicked him to where he flew into Terry.
"Okay so Terry let me ask you something! WHERE ON EARTH DID YOU GET THE IDEA TO FIGHT A NINJA!?" Will screamed.
"Shut up man, he isn't a ninja he is good at fighting, better then your lazy ass!" Terry said.
"What did you say!?" Will screamed.
"Shut it! Back to it!" Terry said.
This time they rushed at me swinging, doing this alone would have been stupid but it was really smart how they came at me together. I was having to back off constantly to avoid being hit. Then Will swung his arm down and knocked me off my paws which gave Terry the chance to land a kick on me.
But their victory was short lived as I quickly ran up again, grabbed Will's left arm and Terry's right arm. Once I had them I spun them around and quickly was able to send two kicks to each of them. They both fell to the ground while their third friend and Bruce looked in wonder.
"Okay so I am seeing this right, a kid, smaller than us, is able to literally and utterly f*** our s*** up! Did I get it right Terry?!" Will asked.
"Okay if you do not shut up, I am going to make sure this is a three on one against you! AND I THINK XETA WOULD AGREE! QUIT COMPLAINING! CARTER YOU'RE UP!" After Terry screamed that his third friend came up and I got myself ready again.
They all circled me and I got ready for them. Carter charged first and when he swung I simply jumped, held my paw on his shoulder and flung over him. Then Will had tried to throw a punch but I spun and ducked under it. But as my back was turned Terry put me in a full nelson. I wasn't going to be able to get out of this easy, so I waited for the other two to charge and when they did I put all of my body weight to jump forward. It brought Terry along for the ride. I flung forward to where we did a flip and he landed on his back, the blow caused him to let me go and when he did I quickly used my fore paws to propel myself at Will and Carter which made them both get kicked in the face. They both fell in pain.
That seemed like the end of it for them, they put up a good fight, but I had an advantage from the start. I walked over to Terry who was just starting to come to. When he opened his eyes he saw me holding out my disguised paw for him to take.
He smirked, "Guess we lost huh?" He said.
I just nodded with a smile. He took my paw and let me help him up from where he was laying. He looked at me funny after he got up but he seemed to brush it aside.
"Damn, okay don't know what you took to fight like that but damn I got to find out, good work, I will go help my friends who you knocked flat on their asses!" He said while getting his friends up.
"Well that was something, I guess that is what those jerks from the forest got huh?" Bruce whispered after walking up.
-Well that and more, because I didn't kill here,- I said.
He gulped when I said that, "Oh right.."
Terry walked over with his friends, "Thanks for that Xeta, actually makes me feel better we had a 'fair' fight, I mean I know it was three on one but you seemed to enjoy it, sorry about what I said before, it was uncalled for, and I am sorry about your family."
I held out my disguised paw and gave a smile.
"Heh, thanks, you seem cool, we could hang out at some point if you are interested?" He said.
I gave a nod.
"Alright see you around man!" He then walked off with his friends.
"Wow man, I thought you were going to go off on them, good thing you didn't," Bruce said as we started to walk to my cave.
-I am not going to butcher someone because they asked for a spar, that was fun anyway!- I said.
"You kind of scared me with that line a minute ago, Xeta….do you not mind killing?" He asked.
I stopped walking and looked him dead in the eye, -If monsters like them took everything from you, your family, your home, your body, then what would you feel if you killed them?-
He backed off a little, "Yeah I guess I would feel better about it if I got revenge, I can see why, but would you feel bad about killing someone you know?"
-Of course, I'm not heartless,- I said to him.
"Alright well back to business!" We kept walking to my cave and once we made it there we stopped.
"Okay so Xeta can you stop focusing on the disguise?" He asked.
I turned off the disguise and went back to my now normal, animalistic body.
"Okay so show me what you know how to do with your power!" He said.
-Alright so far I have this,- I then made that blue, glowing staff I made before, -It's like a staff, I can wield it and!- Then I used my leg to break it, -I can also break it to turn it into small nightstick like things!-
"I see! That is actually really cool! What else?" He asked.
I let the staff fad and continued, -Well I can sense emotions!- I said.
"WAIT WHAT!?" He asked.
-Yep, I can tell when someone is scared, happy, nervous, lying, all of that! I used it to see Elizabeth was scared of me,- I said.
"She was?" He asked.
-Yeah, I hunted early in the morning when she stayed with me and well, I had blood on me, I could tell she was scared of me,- I explained.
"Okay, so that could be useful if we need to interrogate someone," Bruce said.
-That makes sense!-
"Alright what else?" He asked.
-Well as you know,- I took off my coat and made my tail turn to steel, -I can turn my tail to steel! It works as a blunt weapon as well!-
"I see! Oh um, please do not pull a Negan on anyone!" He warned me.
-Oh….right!- I said with a awkward smirk.
"Okay so besides the disguise and your physical abilities what else can you do?" He asked.
-I don't know,- I said simply.
"Well you have that energy, have you tried to condense in to one of your paws?"
-Huh, no actually I haven't let me give it a try,-
"Hey and not just a small amount put a good bit into it!" He exclaimed.
-Okay!- I screamed.
I then started sending energy into my paw, and not for disguising, I was sending a lot into it and it started sparking, but t wasn't blue, it was white, like a white lighting.
"HOLY S***! IS THAT LIGHTING!" Bruce screamed!
-Yeah I think so!- I said.
"Well what's it doing!?" He asked.
-I don't know!- I screamed.
I kept focusing but nothing was happening. I decided it wouldn't do anything and just stopped focusing.
Big mistake.
The thing caused like a sonic boom. It shot off this white light that exploded close my hand. The force made Bruce fly back a bit and I had to stand my ground so that I didn't fly away either. Once it stopped I noticed that the tress had leaves falling from them caused by the force my paw gave off.
Bruce was able to get back up, "HOLY MOTHER OF JESUS! DID THAT JUST HAPPEN!?"
-HELL YEAH IT DID THAT WAS INCREDIBLE!- I screamed.
"ALL RIGHT THEN WHATS NEXT?!" He screamed.
I gave him a smirk, -Let's keep going!-