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Here is part two of this chapter. Hope everyone likes it.

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This chapter contains blood and gore. This is a M rated story after all.

The winner of my story competetion is:

Ultima the Eternal Dragon.

This side story is going to be about the time before Zane went to the eevee mansion. It's many things we doesn't know about him and his close friend Adromeda. How did they met? How did they grew so close? What happened to Andromeda's brother that crushed her life?

I'm also answering a few questions.

1 How long is this story going to be?

2 Are you going to continue with this story?

3 Why aren't you updating ofter?

4 How does the school works in your world?

1 At least 100 000 words if I continue.

2 Depends. I writing because it's fun, not for being famous or making money. I would write even if I didn't publish. That means that the publishing part isn't the most important thing for me to do. If nobody enjoys it I would be a waist of time to publish it. The thing that is important for me is the viewer. You.

The simple conclusion is that I will publish this story as long as you show me that you enjoy it.

If you show me that by reading, reviewing or liking is your choise. Maybe sending a pm with a tips or something else. How you show that is up to you.

I publish this as long as you enjoy to read it.

3 Because it takes time to write. I'm also doing longer chapters. I can do shorter chapters and update often if you like that more.

4 Like a normal high school.

Chapter 8

Anger and hate: part two

Glory stood and looked at Uran. They were both standing on a path next to the school, facing each other.

Of course it's that bully. Glory thought and slowly walked backwards.

With a fast movement she put her headphones in her bag and asked him: "What do you want from me?"

During the years she had seen him bully people often, so she wasn't surprised but she was still wary.

"You want to play a game?" he answered her and snorted like Glory wasn't even worth his time.

Glory felt that he was up to something and decided to try to get away.

"No, I don't want to, so now I'm leaving you and you are leaving me,"

"The game is called beat-Glory,"

Glory turned around. During the years Uran had been involved in many brawls with different people. This was the first time she had seen him threaten someone outside the battle arena in the sports hall. Normaly he would ensure that he is getting paired to fight with them in the battle arena and then beat them up.

The difference between this and that was that in the battle arena they had rules and a nurse to heal all wounds after the battle. The most important difference was that Uran couldn't senselessly beat people without breaking the rules. In that moment Glory understood that she hadn't anyone more than herself to trust in for now.

Uran smiled and walked towards her. His whole body showning that he thought the victory was in his hands already. With a huge amount of effort, Uran managed to move closer to Glory with clumsy steps.

As he swung his fist against her chest, charged with a hammer arm she leapt backwards.

Uran missed Glory and lost the balance for a few seconds. Glory took advantage of it a launched a storm of ice shards towards him. She imagined that he was the stroke pile at the gym where she had used this move so many times.

The small shards made of clear ice hit Urans body and he groaned both of the pain and the rage from failing his first attack. That didn't stop him from charging his next hammer arm and lashing out against Glory.

Glory was prepared for the attack and used a simple sand attack to confuse him. Gravel and pebbles were blown up from the ground on Uran. Glory felt her heart beat fast in her chest as she thought: I can't belive this, I'm fighting just like Lavender.

It's self-defense.

Still, it feels wrong.

Glory was literally thrown back into reality when Uran hit her with a hammer arm. The combined force of both his fist and the power from the attack made her fly 2 meters before tumbeling down in the dirt. Glory felt pain growing in her right shoulder. The impact had made her lose her breath and now she was struggled to get it at a steady pace again.

As she caught her breath she heard Uran walking up to her.

He thinks I'm done but I'll show him.

With new determination and force she rose form the ground and used ice fang. 10 cm long, thin blades made of ice appeared around her fingertips. They followed the back of her fingers and after 10 cm of edgy blade they ended in sharp points.

For the forth time Uran used hammer arm against her. This time Glory was prepared and exactly after it flew past her she dashed forward with the claws infont of her. As she predicted, she hit right in his chest, creating ten gashes. Uran roared out of the pain and did a slash attack with his other arm towards Glory.

Even now, Glory was a step before him and used barrier. As the attack hit Glory's barrier she felt how her legs weakened a bit. She leapt backwards and let the barrier dissapear.

Ok, even if his battle moves are easy to predict and he has no strategy at all more than raw power. I need to watch out for these direct attacks. In the long run he could tire me out that way.

Uran growled, looked down at the bleeding gashes on his chest and then at Glory.

"You are going to pay for this," he roared and used thrash. With full speed he rushed towards Glory in rage throwing his fist infront of himself. Glory hadn't any choice more than to use barrier again. When Uran's fist hit the light-pink barrier infront of Glory they bounced off.

The rage form the thrash attack made Uran hit it again and again, all attacks with strong power. Behind it stood Glory. Contrary to her plans she stood and relied on the barrier to stop Uran's attacks. She felt how every hit Uran launched on the barrier made a little of her strength fade away and be replaced by a heavy dose of fatigue. As the confusion from the thrash attack hit Uran, Glory lowered the barrier and ran. Her legs felt sore and she knew that the thrash attack had taken most of her powers.

That trash attack is probably the strongest attack a Urasing can learn among their innate moves. Hell, it's even made so they attack multiple times in row with it too. If I take one more I will be so tired that I won't be able to fight.

Uran's confusion made him inaccurate with his movements and aiming. When he tried to chase Glory he understood that he hadn't a chance to take her by speed so for the first time he used some strategy, namely scary face. A yell left his throat that made Glory freeze of fear just for a second but that second was enough for Uran to catch up with her.

Glory ducked as she heard his hand whistling over her. She understood that she coudn't out run him when he was just a meter behind her. Without thinking, she turned and kicked him in the stomach without using any attack. Lucky for her that gave her a few seconds more to regenerate some of her power. Enough to charge and summon a icy wind aimed for Uran.

The cold wind hit him and he staggered backwards by the sudden changing in temperature. It didn't took him long to recover from the shock. He used his primal strategy and charged a hammer arm. Glory knew that she hadn't the time to run when the arm was coming right against her.

As a last resort she used barrier again. She waited for the impact but it never came. Instead a dark pulse hit Uran in the chest. The force of the attack made him stagger. His arm flew up in the air and missed Glory's barrier totally. Uran looked up at the new attacker. A few meters from the corner of the school building stood Zane. His theeth were barred as he charged a second dark pulse.

Uran did a fast conclusion of the situation. With all the hammer arms and the thrash attack, he was a bit tired. Glory was also exhausted but Zane was fully capable of fighting more. When the pain from his gashes reminded him, he decided to retreat.

Due to the confusion, his steps were clumsy when he ran away from Glory and Zane. Zane didn't tried to catch him, instead he ran over to Glory.

"Are you hurt?" he asked Glory and began examining her hands where the pebbles had fleshed out some cuts. Before Glory answered him she tried to calm her self and lower her breathing pace.

"My hands are not okay and my shoulder is pretty sore. He hit me with a hammer arm," Glory said and twitched when Zane slowly pulled her sleeve up to the shoulder.

"It isn't bleeding. I think it won't be more than a bruise. Your hands are more acute, with all the dirt in the wounds and it's a risk that they could get infected,"

"Okay," Glory said and looked at her sore shoulder. The fight had made her clothes all dirty and where Uran's hammer arm had hit her, the fabric was destroyed.

As they walked through a postern to the school aiming for a bathroom Zane said: "Why did he attacked you?"

Glory thought for a second.

"I don't have a clue,"

As they approached the bathrooms Glory walked into an empty toilet. As she washed her hands Zane waited and thought about what she had said.

I don't have a clue why Uran would attack Glory. He doesn't have any good reason to. Or is she keeping things from me like Lavender did?

As Glory left the bathroom with washed hands, Zane picked up his concern.

"Glory are you sure he doesn't have a reason to hurt you?" Zane asked and tried to make it sound like he wasn't thinking that she lied.

"No he hasn't," Glory aswered with a hint of annoyance in her voice as they began walking to their lockers.

"You aren't keeping anything from me like Lavender?"

The effect of the battle had made Glory a bit out of balance. Even if it hadn't had the same effect as seeing her sister beating someone, it still made her mind occupied with heavy thoughts. That combined with Zane's questions made her loose the mood.

"First, you shouldn't compare me with Lavender. Second, I trust you so I require some trust back. Third I'm allowed to have a private life," Glory scolded him. When she talked she didn't raised her voice but the rapid speed and the accusing tone used showed her angry mood.

"Chill it. It wasn't an insult," Zane said as they reached their lockers.

A dose of common sense and guilt for scolding the person that saved her entered her mind.

"Maybe I overreacted, sorry Zane,"

"No problems,"

Finished getting what they needed from their lockers, Glory and Zane were on their way home. They were walking on a street filled with villas. Soon they would be at the small way up to the mansion. Glory thought on the fight with Uran.

If Zane hadn't came, I've would been beaten.

You nearly managed to stop him, even if he had all the advantages.

What advantages?

First and most important, surprise, he could have planned what to do before. Second he is training much more in comparision to you. Third you were distracted by thoughts about Lavender.

Maybe.

Not maybe, you are better than him.

Zane tapped Glory on the shoulder. She realized that she was standing in front of the house and that Zane didn't a key. Glory picked up hers and opened the door.

As they procced into the house they agreed that Glory should tell everything that had happened with Uran.

While she was talking to Umbria, Zane walked up the stairs to his room. When he was at the second floor he heard laughing coming from the main bathroom.

The bathroom door was open. Zane carefully walked over to it and entered the bathroom. In the bathroom was Valerie and Flaria.

They were using various things to do makeups on themselves. Valerie was doing using a soft brush to shade her cheeks in a slightly darker tone. Flaria was using mascara to make her eyelashes longer. This didn't surprise Zane even if hadn't seen them wearing makeup before.

"Has your day been okay?" he said and walked over to the basins were they stood. Around the basins and on the shelf under the mirror stood tons of makeup related things that Zane coudn't name.

"Yes," Flaria said with a happy glee.

"Of course it has," Valerie said and accidently pushed down a bottle from the basin. Luckily the lid was still on. Zane quickly reached down and picked it up.

"Don't be so clumsy," Flaria said and put down her brush just to take another.

"I'm just so exited,"

All of them smiled since they knew that Valerie was a bit clumsy. Zane looked at the bottle he recently had picked up from the floor.

"What is this?" he asked and looked at the two sisters.

"It is made for doing my fur brighter," Flaria answered and took the bottle from his hand.

As Valerie and Flaria, to Zane's horror, began explaining how to use all the bottles, brushes and pastes someone walked up close to the door and began evesdropping on them.

"-And these colors are for shading and change the colors on my scales," Valerie ended her long spech about makeup.

"Umm… I think I understood some things at least," Zane said well aware of the fact that he had already forgotten well over 75 percent of everything they had just told him.

"Here I'll show you," Valerie said with a smile.

She isn't going to make me wear makeup, is she?

She opened the makeup palette and choose a light blue color and, thankfully for Zane, gave Flaria a stroke on the arm. Flaria looked up at Valerie and not many seconds later the bickering began.

"You can't use your blue colors on me, use my red palette if you must,"

"Blue is looking great on you,"

"And red on you," Flarias said and took a brush to paint a red stroke on Valerie.

Zane knew that their bickering was in jest but he decided to stop them before it escalated.

"I'm just wondering, why are you using this much makeup? Normal day I've seen that you aren't using all this makeup," Zane said and looked at the over 80 bottles, palettes, and brushes.

When he got their attention, they stopped their brush fight.

"True, normal days we aren't using all of these things. We just use a few mascara, eyeliner and some others things," Flaria said and began washing of the blue streaks of color on her arms.

"But this day isn't a normal day. We're going to one of my friends birthday party," Valerie continued.

The eavesdropper had heard enough and sneaked back to her room. As Lavender entered her room she let out a sigh of relief.

Everything is going according to my plans. Valerie and Flaria are going to that birthday party at five and if I guess right, they won't be back home until after nine. Eriel, Umbria and Glory are going to the supermarket after the lunch. That gives me plenty of time to carry out my plan. Nothing can stop me. It's only me and Zane.

Down in the dinning hall sat Umbria and Eriel, lisening at Glory when she told them about the incident.

"And that was when Zane fired a dark pulse at Uran, then Uran fled like the coward he is," Glory said and put her hands on the table.

"You and Zane did well in that battle," Umbria said and began thinking on Glory's earlier question: Why did Uran attacked her?

"I think it was a bully raid," Umbria said when she did a conclusion on her thoughts.

"I'm thinking something similar. He wants to show his dominance over you, since you are after all one of the fancier girls," Eriel said and looked out through the big dining room window at the autumn wheater.

"I'll report him to the principal and hopes it's the last time he does something like this," Glory said even if she thought: I can't prove anything but it feels like something is happening behind my back. Something more that gave Uran a reason to attack me.

"Whatever, your shirt is ruined, so your gonna need a new one," Eriel said and wrote it on as shopping list she had made earlier.

"And we need to make new lists for cooking, washing and so on,"Glory reminded.

"Tomorrow," Umbria said and thought on her plan to pair Zane together with Lavender.

"That's all, now time to cook something to eat," Eriel said and rose from her chair.

While Umbria and Eriel walked to the kitchen door, Glory sat in the chair lost in thoughts.

"Glory?" Umbria said form the door.

"Umbria, is dark pulse one of a Zoroarks normal moves?" Glory said and looked up from her lap.

"Nope, but it is a dark type move so it's doesn't surprise me if he had taken the time to learn it,"

"Does that makes him a mediocre fighter?"

"Well, learning a move that isn't in your moveset but still in your type is quite average, why do you ask?"

"Nothing,"

Umbria nodded and headed for the kitchen while Glory lingered a bit.

I like boys that can fight, that makes me feel safe. Glory thought and walked after Umbria.

Later that afternoon Glory, Umbria and Eriel went to the supermarket while Valerie and Flaria made their way to the party. Only Lavender and Zane were present at the eevee mansion. That was when Zane was sitting in his room and someone called him.

"Hi," he answered and tried to sound happy.

"Hiii Zane," his mother answered and began bombarding him with questions.

"How have you been? We have been a bit worried about you. Are they taking care of you? Have you found some new friends?"

"Mother enough! I'm okay. I've found new friends and people are kind to me,"

"Are yo…"

Zane interrupted her with a improvised question to stop the flow of questions.

"How are the eevee's parents?" he said and hoped it was enough to distract her.

"Actually I haven't seen them around,"

Well that was strange since they aren't here.

Zane didn't put any more thought into it and decided to talk about something else.

Before he managed to talk his mother began talking again.

"What do you think about the girls then? Who is the cutest?"

That question took Zane of guard since that wasn't one of the things he expected his mother to talk about and he began stuttering.

"Eh… w-well I'm n-not, well, sure…"

"Why are you so shaky in your voice? Are you in love? That would be wonderfull!"

"No I'm not,"

On that point I'm sure.

"But do you think one of them is cute? Do you think you would be in love with one of them soon?"

"Well…ehh,"

Cute? Can't I just call all of them cute?

A involuntary picture of Glory when he sat in her bed flew through his mind.

"Zane, are you there?," his mother interrupted him.

"Yes,"

"Can't you decide? Are they all just so cute you can't decide?"

"Mum some private space, please," Zane said ended the topic.

He heard a sigh from her.

"It was worth a try,"

They talked a bit about his parents journey a while before they ended the call.

Lavender was standing in her room. She had prepared for the plan.

The only thing left was to do it. She thought and bent down, searching for the loose plank under her bed. After a few seconds she got grip around it and managed to lift it. She put her hand down in the hole and lifted up the towel. As she unfolded it, the knife visualized in her head.

Nobody has noticed that it's gone and nobody will.

Lavender took the shaft of it and lifted it. She felt how smooth it was and saw how sharp the edge on the knife was.

This is it.

Lavenders arms and legs were shaky as she stood up.

You can do it.

No, you can't do it niether shall you.

I'll do it.

Are you crazy? Doing this to Zane? Doing this to another living being? It's against all and everything you've learned through the years! Do you understand how much you will destroy yourself and your familiy.

Why should I care about a family that doesn't even care about me? They knew what they did when they allowed Zane to be a part of this family. They don't give a shit about me.

You are wrong, they care about you and you care about them. You can't deny it.

What does that matter? This isn't about them and me, it's about me and Zane.

Lavender lifted the knife and did a try stab with it.

It's about your future, your life and which road you choose to go down in that life.

I haven't choosen any road. It's the world that's making my roads to a mess.

By doing this you are messing up your life totally. You would make the rest of it useless.

Useless? I am already a unsuccessful useless fucking freak, so what does it matter?

The impact of the sentence hit Lavender. She slowly felt fear going through her body. She thought on how accurate her descreption was on herself.

That may actually be how people look at me.

You can still change yourself. First cancel your plan. What you are thinking to do to Zane isn't right to anyone.

Maybe your right.

Lavender was stuck in her mind. In battle of what she should do. In battle about doing a thing that could change her life, long into the future. During that period she slowly lowered the knife until it rested on her arm. Slowly the better side of her began winning.

What were you thinking? You may hate him but that is taking it way to far. Killing someone like that makes you deserve a few years in prison.

I hate myself for even thinking on hurting him so much.

Lavender felt how much she hated herself. She felt tears rolling down her cheeks.

What was I thinking? I'm a serious idiot. I can hate him. I can try to sabotage for him but never going this far. If I need to hurt him then nothing that is permanent.

That still makes you a psycho.

(Gore and blood appears from now. You can skip this bit. I recommend you to read since it gives you important details about the characters.)

Fear for what she could have done to Zane and hatred against herself encompassed her mind, as she curled herself up on the floor. As she curled herself together she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her arm. Lavender jolted and looked down at the arm and saw the knife.

Her body froze as she saw the bloodied edge. Small amounts of blood were bleeding from a small gash. Her crying increased. With the blood flowing from the gash she also felt how the physical pain made her distracted from the psychological pain in her mind.

Her sobbings made her body shake and when she saw the gash a new idea went through her mind.

She put the knife against the outer side of the arm made a new gash. It was not deep but longer than the first. This time more blood began flowing from it.

What are you doing with yourself?

I hate myself and this is the punishment. I really am a useless person

Stop it. What would you think if you found one of your sisters like this. What the boys did to you years ago shouldn't decide what you are doing today.

Lavender made a new gash. In her curled position, the blood that made her sleeve and fur red was creating a small puddle on the floor.

A new gash. Her body began shaking and she did a occasional scream when she did yet another gash. Her shaking body made the gash deeper than she planned. The amount of blood under her body increased. Her clothes and fur had stains where she had touched herself or where she touched the puddle.

The blood made her suddenly lose her grip on the knife. Lavender then heard knocking on the door.

"Are you okay Lavender? You were screaming," Zane said from the other side of the door.

Lavender took a deep breath and stabilisized her voice.

"Of course I'm okay. Leave me,"

Zane left her not convinced.

Zane didn't know how much he had helped her by just coming by. After he left Lavender, she thought: You can't do this with yourself!

She stood up and took the towel and put it around her arm.

I'll deal with this mess first. Lavender thought and looked at her blood stained clothes.

Then I deal with Zane, even if in a non violent way.

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