A New Dawn
By: Sedi
I swear I have reasons for not getting this up earlier. I promise. First of all, my computer decided to not let me open up the document for chapter five when I got about ten good paragraphs done, so I had to restart it. I got a little discouraged after that and put it off. Big mistake. Right on January 01, Dad restarted the computer, and it wouldn't boot up. It took us all day to finally get it running. Again, that discouraged me. Then I got sick. Then I got sick again. Now I'm feelin better. So I read everyone's reviews for all of my stories again, got a lil more enthusiasm, and here I am. ^_^ I bring to to chapter five! Reviews are appreciated.
Chapter Five: First Day Killers
Sighing deeply, Max buried his head in his pillow, then flipped over on his back and looked at his clock. Four o'clock in the morning. He groaned and rolled to his side, and started staring at his crutch leaning against the upper part of the bed, images of the day before were still running through his mind.
"I can't believe how stupid I was, saying that to him," Max murmured to himself. "But... Maybe he was just a figment of my imagination... Yeah..." But as soon as the blonde boy thought of it, he knew it wasn't true. His leg was still sore from his fall on the staircase, and hadn't Judy said that she felt a chill before waking up? Plus, his cold nips felt real enough.
"So that settles it," the blonde boy decided. "I'm living in a haunted house in which the ghost is probably ticked off at me, my mom is always working so I'm practically alone here, and Tyson would think I'm crazy of I say anything about a poltergeist!"
But is Rei really mad at him, or just depressed about it? Max closed his eyes, remembering the growing hurt expression in the Chinese boy's eyes as he had babbled the accusations, then him fading away, apologizing, and vanishing, probably never to be seen again.
Max reopened his eyes, hoping that he would see those amber eyes looking back at him, but alas, was only met with the wooden stick of hell. Deciding to get an early start in the morning, he used the crutch to get out of his bed and hobble over to the bathroom to take a nice, long hot shower.
As he was stepping in the shower, the blonde boy again thought of Rei voyeuring on him in the shower. A small blush crept up to his face as he stripped and stepped into the shower. Instinctively, he looked around, then turned on the faucets. After stepping inside the shower, Max glanced at the mirror, but saw no Rei. Not that he was expecting to see him, after what happened the other day.
"I'm sorry Rei..."
Max sat on the steps of his front porch, waiting. When he had went to the kitchen to get breakfast, he found a note on the table from Judy saying that she had called Tyson's grandfather and they would pick him up and bring him to school. They will be doing that from now on, since she has to get to work early in the morning and it's a good half hour's drive.
An old, worn-down green car creaked its way by the sidewalk and stopped. Max jumped up and ran down to the car. Tyson was in the passenger seat, grinning out the window.
"Hey Maxie! Ready for the first day killers?" His smile widened.
"Now that you put it that way, I think I'll just go back inside and go back to bed," Max replied, grin matching his friend's, as he hopped in the back of the car. Expecting to see a bent-over old man, the blonde boy looked to the front. Much to his surprise, Tyson's grandfather was anything but. He was in a Hawaiian shirt, jeans, and looked alive and kicking.
"Yo, my man! I hope you're ready for this shindig! This baby can go faster than it looks!" His grandfather's voice broke out.
"Hang on," Tyson mumbled to Max.
Max rolled his eyes. Yeah, sure. Suddenly, Tyson's grandfather slammed on the gas pedal, and the car sped, screeching down the road, nearly giving the poor blonde boy a heart attack.
Max stumbled out of the car, a bit dizzy. Who knew that that pile of junk could go so fast? He nearly fell to the ground but Tyson, who was already out of the car, quickly caught him and helped him regain his balance.
"I won't even say I warned you," the navy haired boy said, grinning. Max muttered darkly and shot Tyson a glare, making him laugh. "Don't be mad; I told you to hang on. My grandfather may be old but he acts like he's a teenager sometimes."
"Who are you calling old, dawg? Don't forget who beat you in that foot race yesterday. And you are so far behind in your training that it isn't even funny!"
"Training?" Max questioned Tyson.
"Oh, just some voodoo with sticks, nothing much."
"Voodoo with sticks?! Why you little-" Tyson's grandfather was cut off when his grandson slammed the door shut and ran off, pulling Max with him.
"Hurry before he starts lecturing me!"
After stumbling a bit, Max finally started running with him. "Hey, slow down a bit! I don't think he's going after us."
"Good. The last time I made fun of his so-called sword fighting, he chased me across half the parking lot before catching me and yelling at me about the 'fine arts of sword techniques.' I love him, but he can be such a pain sometimes," Tyson explained, sighing.
Max smiled at him. "You're lucky to have such a great grandfather. I never knew my grandparents, and my mom is working all of the time. My dad and I were close, but now we can't have that kind of relationship until he moves out of the town he's living on."
"Oh... That sucks..." Tyson mumbled.
Seeing that Tyson was starting to get down, Max added, "But hey, s'all good! Can you show me around the school a bit before the bell rings for our first class?"
"Yeah, sure!" Tyson dragged Max off into the school. "There's not much to show, though. Where's your schedule?"
Max handed him his schedule that he got just the other day. "They're the same classes I had in my old high school, just in a different order and stuff. It'll take me a while to get used to, but I think I can handle it."
"You're in none of my classes, darn, "Tyson remarked. "But you're in all of the classes one of my friends is in. His name's Kenny. Which means you're in some of the classes Kai is in. Unlucky you."
"You didn't say much about this Kai last time. Who exactly is he?" Max questioned.
"Well...," Tyson started to reply. "He has two tones of blue hair and crimson eyes, dressed as if he's going to be on Mortal Combat, and-"
He was cut off when a shout of rage erupted from the nearby office. A brown haired girl dressed in all black with blue tinted hippie sunglasses stormed out of it, fuming. She turned around and shouted back inside, "You would have been able to fit me in mechanical drawing if I were a guy!" The girl then turned back around and marched passed the two boys, still pissed.
"Um... Yeah..." Max watched her walk away until she disappeared around the corner.
"Yes, people around here are weird like that," Tyson said. "Weirder than smaller towns' high schools I bet."
The blonde boy nodded in agreement, and both continued walking down the halls.
"As I was saying before, you should avoid Kai, or most likely you'll get your ass kicked by him. He loves 'greeting' the newcomers to this school, and it isn't pretty, trust me."
The description of the blue haired boy sounded familiar to Max, like the guy he saw up in the tree the other day. But he decided not to mention it. He'll just see him for himself.
"Getting off the subject of the sourpuss... There are mainly two people I hang around with in a group, and those are Kenny and Andrew. They're both nice guys, especially Andrew, and Kenny is sort of a computer geek who carries a labtop around all the time. But you'll fit right in, I'm sure of it."
"I hope so. And I really appreciate this, Tyson. I wasn't expecting to make any friends on my first day here, or even before I started school again. You've been great!" Max grinned at Tyson.
"Aw, gee, thanks," Tyson said, grinning back. "Oh, and I forgot to mention... There are some foreigners in this school, so if they talk to you in some mumbo jumbo that you can't understand, most likely they're insulting you, so just ignore them, okay?"
Max nodded in confirmation. He then jumped as the bell rang.
"Aw shit, I'm a mile away from my locker!" Tyson yelled. "I'm going to be late!" He dashed down the hallway, shouting over his shoulder, "Your locker number is on your schedule! Hurry before you're late!"
"Wow," the blonde boy mumbled to himself. "He sure is always worried about being late to something."
It took Max a while, but he finally found his locker. Turns out, the first number on the locker number would be the number of a section of the building (a freshmen girl pointed that out to him, then called him a cutie and tried giving him her phone number). Then after getting directions from a sophomore, he was able to find his homeroom class.
When he entered the door to his class, almost immediatly a boy with brown hair and glasses that fit over his hair flagged him down.
"Hey!" he ran up to Max. "You must be Max. Tyson's told me a bit about you. We're having a substitute today, so you can sit by me. She won't know either way. I've had her as a substitute before; her name's Ms. Grinch."
'Well, this kid's told me everything but his name,' Max thought.
"Yeah, I'm Max, it's nice to meet you." He flashed his usual grin.
"Oh, I'm sorry, my name's Kenny." Kenny sat at a desk, and Max sat by him. "It gets a bit lonely in these classes. I don't have that many friends, just Tyson and Andrew, and they decided to stick to the other classes."
"'These classes'? 'Other classes'?" Max blinked at Kenny, confused.
"Well, yeah. The advanced courses. Not all of them are advanced, of course, just the mandatory classes. The electives are all with the other people."
"Advanced classes? My mom put me in the advanced classes?!" The blonde sank in his chair and groaned. He then jumped back up when the bell rang again.
"The substitute isn't here on time, as usual," Kenny stated.
Max got himself comfortable again and looked up ahead. He noticed that sitting infront of him was someone with two tones of blue hair, and immediatly recognized him as the guy he saw in the tree the other day.
'I guess this is the Kai guy Tyson was talking about. Fits the description.'
A lot of the school day passed by without much event. Kenny was very helpful in telling about where they were in each class, and as Tyson had said, Kai was in many of his classes too. Finally lunch came. Max could see Tyson at a table, sitting with a much taller boy. As soon as he saw them, he launched into a run, followed by Kenny, until they reached the table.
"Hey man!" Tyson greeted. "How's the first day coming along for you?"
"Good, thanks to Kenny."
"By the way, this is Andrew, of course." Tyson said, pointing to the tall boy. "Andrew, this is the new guy I was talking to you about, Max."
Andrew grinned and shook Max's hand. "Tyson was right when he said that you were cute."
"He said I was what-?"
Max was cut off when Tyson suddenly shouted, "Hey, I'm going to the lunch line now, bye!" and ran off.
"Excuse him," Kenny apologized. "Tyson can be weird sometimes."
"Sometimes?" Andrew questioned. "Try all of the time."
Max only laughed. 'I guess I am going to fit in nicely here.'
Out of the corner of his eye, the blonde boy saw Kai strolling across the cafeteria. Their eyes made contact, then Kai's crimson eyes narrowed, and he continued walking along. Max inwardly shuddered, then decided to go up to the lunch line himself.
~To Be Continued
Yay, five chapters done! ^_^ Between school, working on my site and helping a friend with her site, workin on my original stories, and other crap, it's making me want some break time, thus is the reason why I've been lazy on doin' A New Dawn. But I promise that I will do more chapters in less time.
Please note that I'm still in middle school. The high school in this story is based off of what I've heard about the high school in my town. And the characters in this story are a bit older than what they are in the show. Also, don't worry, Kai isn't going to be a jackass in this fic, or the bully, like some people like to make him when the fic concerns a school. He's just... misunderstood. XD And he ends up playing a semi-important part in the story.
And also, I'm gonna make a cameo appearance in all of my chapter fics, like Stephen King does in his films. ^^;; Just a small appearance in only one chapter in each story, and it'll have no relation to the story. The girl Max and Tyson saw going out of the office pissed off because she didn't get to take mechanical drawing was me. Again, no relation, nada, just a little fun. ^_^;;
By: Sedi
I swear I have reasons for not getting this up earlier. I promise. First of all, my computer decided to not let me open up the document for chapter five when I got about ten good paragraphs done, so I had to restart it. I got a little discouraged after that and put it off. Big mistake. Right on January 01, Dad restarted the computer, and it wouldn't boot up. It took us all day to finally get it running. Again, that discouraged me. Then I got sick. Then I got sick again. Now I'm feelin better. So I read everyone's reviews for all of my stories again, got a lil more enthusiasm, and here I am. ^_^ I bring to to chapter five! Reviews are appreciated.
Chapter Five: First Day Killers
Sighing deeply, Max buried his head in his pillow, then flipped over on his back and looked at his clock. Four o'clock in the morning. He groaned and rolled to his side, and started staring at his crutch leaning against the upper part of the bed, images of the day before were still running through his mind.
"I can't believe how stupid I was, saying that to him," Max murmured to himself. "But... Maybe he was just a figment of my imagination... Yeah..." But as soon as the blonde boy thought of it, he knew it wasn't true. His leg was still sore from his fall on the staircase, and hadn't Judy said that she felt a chill before waking up? Plus, his cold nips felt real enough.
"So that settles it," the blonde boy decided. "I'm living in a haunted house in which the ghost is probably ticked off at me, my mom is always working so I'm practically alone here, and Tyson would think I'm crazy of I say anything about a poltergeist!"
But is Rei really mad at him, or just depressed about it? Max closed his eyes, remembering the growing hurt expression in the Chinese boy's eyes as he had babbled the accusations, then him fading away, apologizing, and vanishing, probably never to be seen again.
Max reopened his eyes, hoping that he would see those amber eyes looking back at him, but alas, was only met with the wooden stick of hell. Deciding to get an early start in the morning, he used the crutch to get out of his bed and hobble over to the bathroom to take a nice, long hot shower.
As he was stepping in the shower, the blonde boy again thought of Rei voyeuring on him in the shower. A small blush crept up to his face as he stripped and stepped into the shower. Instinctively, he looked around, then turned on the faucets. After stepping inside the shower, Max glanced at the mirror, but saw no Rei. Not that he was expecting to see him, after what happened the other day.
"I'm sorry Rei..."
Max sat on the steps of his front porch, waiting. When he had went to the kitchen to get breakfast, he found a note on the table from Judy saying that she had called Tyson's grandfather and they would pick him up and bring him to school. They will be doing that from now on, since she has to get to work early in the morning and it's a good half hour's drive.
An old, worn-down green car creaked its way by the sidewalk and stopped. Max jumped up and ran down to the car. Tyson was in the passenger seat, grinning out the window.
"Hey Maxie! Ready for the first day killers?" His smile widened.
"Now that you put it that way, I think I'll just go back inside and go back to bed," Max replied, grin matching his friend's, as he hopped in the back of the car. Expecting to see a bent-over old man, the blonde boy looked to the front. Much to his surprise, Tyson's grandfather was anything but. He was in a Hawaiian shirt, jeans, and looked alive and kicking.
"Yo, my man! I hope you're ready for this shindig! This baby can go faster than it looks!" His grandfather's voice broke out.
"Hang on," Tyson mumbled to Max.
Max rolled his eyes. Yeah, sure. Suddenly, Tyson's grandfather slammed on the gas pedal, and the car sped, screeching down the road, nearly giving the poor blonde boy a heart attack.
Max stumbled out of the car, a bit dizzy. Who knew that that pile of junk could go so fast? He nearly fell to the ground but Tyson, who was already out of the car, quickly caught him and helped him regain his balance.
"I won't even say I warned you," the navy haired boy said, grinning. Max muttered darkly and shot Tyson a glare, making him laugh. "Don't be mad; I told you to hang on. My grandfather may be old but he acts like he's a teenager sometimes."
"Who are you calling old, dawg? Don't forget who beat you in that foot race yesterday. And you are so far behind in your training that it isn't even funny!"
"Training?" Max questioned Tyson.
"Oh, just some voodoo with sticks, nothing much."
"Voodoo with sticks?! Why you little-" Tyson's grandfather was cut off when his grandson slammed the door shut and ran off, pulling Max with him.
"Hurry before he starts lecturing me!"
After stumbling a bit, Max finally started running with him. "Hey, slow down a bit! I don't think he's going after us."
"Good. The last time I made fun of his so-called sword fighting, he chased me across half the parking lot before catching me and yelling at me about the 'fine arts of sword techniques.' I love him, but he can be such a pain sometimes," Tyson explained, sighing.
Max smiled at him. "You're lucky to have such a great grandfather. I never knew my grandparents, and my mom is working all of the time. My dad and I were close, but now we can't have that kind of relationship until he moves out of the town he's living on."
"Oh... That sucks..." Tyson mumbled.
Seeing that Tyson was starting to get down, Max added, "But hey, s'all good! Can you show me around the school a bit before the bell rings for our first class?"
"Yeah, sure!" Tyson dragged Max off into the school. "There's not much to show, though. Where's your schedule?"
Max handed him his schedule that he got just the other day. "They're the same classes I had in my old high school, just in a different order and stuff. It'll take me a while to get used to, but I think I can handle it."
"You're in none of my classes, darn, "Tyson remarked. "But you're in all of the classes one of my friends is in. His name's Kenny. Which means you're in some of the classes Kai is in. Unlucky you."
"You didn't say much about this Kai last time. Who exactly is he?" Max questioned.
"Well...," Tyson started to reply. "He has two tones of blue hair and crimson eyes, dressed as if he's going to be on Mortal Combat, and-"
He was cut off when a shout of rage erupted from the nearby office. A brown haired girl dressed in all black with blue tinted hippie sunglasses stormed out of it, fuming. She turned around and shouted back inside, "You would have been able to fit me in mechanical drawing if I were a guy!" The girl then turned back around and marched passed the two boys, still pissed.
"Um... Yeah..." Max watched her walk away until she disappeared around the corner.
"Yes, people around here are weird like that," Tyson said. "Weirder than smaller towns' high schools I bet."
The blonde boy nodded in agreement, and both continued walking down the halls.
"As I was saying before, you should avoid Kai, or most likely you'll get your ass kicked by him. He loves 'greeting' the newcomers to this school, and it isn't pretty, trust me."
The description of the blue haired boy sounded familiar to Max, like the guy he saw up in the tree the other day. But he decided not to mention it. He'll just see him for himself.
"Getting off the subject of the sourpuss... There are mainly two people I hang around with in a group, and those are Kenny and Andrew. They're both nice guys, especially Andrew, and Kenny is sort of a computer geek who carries a labtop around all the time. But you'll fit right in, I'm sure of it."
"I hope so. And I really appreciate this, Tyson. I wasn't expecting to make any friends on my first day here, or even before I started school again. You've been great!" Max grinned at Tyson.
"Aw, gee, thanks," Tyson said, grinning back. "Oh, and I forgot to mention... There are some foreigners in this school, so if they talk to you in some mumbo jumbo that you can't understand, most likely they're insulting you, so just ignore them, okay?"
Max nodded in confirmation. He then jumped as the bell rang.
"Aw shit, I'm a mile away from my locker!" Tyson yelled. "I'm going to be late!" He dashed down the hallway, shouting over his shoulder, "Your locker number is on your schedule! Hurry before you're late!"
"Wow," the blonde boy mumbled to himself. "He sure is always worried about being late to something."
It took Max a while, but he finally found his locker. Turns out, the first number on the locker number would be the number of a section of the building (a freshmen girl pointed that out to him, then called him a cutie and tried giving him her phone number). Then after getting directions from a sophomore, he was able to find his homeroom class.
When he entered the door to his class, almost immediatly a boy with brown hair and glasses that fit over his hair flagged him down.
"Hey!" he ran up to Max. "You must be Max. Tyson's told me a bit about you. We're having a substitute today, so you can sit by me. She won't know either way. I've had her as a substitute before; her name's Ms. Grinch."
'Well, this kid's told me everything but his name,' Max thought.
"Yeah, I'm Max, it's nice to meet you." He flashed his usual grin.
"Oh, I'm sorry, my name's Kenny." Kenny sat at a desk, and Max sat by him. "It gets a bit lonely in these classes. I don't have that many friends, just Tyson and Andrew, and they decided to stick to the other classes."
"'These classes'? 'Other classes'?" Max blinked at Kenny, confused.
"Well, yeah. The advanced courses. Not all of them are advanced, of course, just the mandatory classes. The electives are all with the other people."
"Advanced classes? My mom put me in the advanced classes?!" The blonde sank in his chair and groaned. He then jumped back up when the bell rang again.
"The substitute isn't here on time, as usual," Kenny stated.
Max got himself comfortable again and looked up ahead. He noticed that sitting infront of him was someone with two tones of blue hair, and immediatly recognized him as the guy he saw in the tree the other day.
'I guess this is the Kai guy Tyson was talking about. Fits the description.'
A lot of the school day passed by without much event. Kenny was very helpful in telling about where they were in each class, and as Tyson had said, Kai was in many of his classes too. Finally lunch came. Max could see Tyson at a table, sitting with a much taller boy. As soon as he saw them, he launched into a run, followed by Kenny, until they reached the table.
"Hey man!" Tyson greeted. "How's the first day coming along for you?"
"Good, thanks to Kenny."
"By the way, this is Andrew, of course." Tyson said, pointing to the tall boy. "Andrew, this is the new guy I was talking to you about, Max."
Andrew grinned and shook Max's hand. "Tyson was right when he said that you were cute."
"He said I was what-?"
Max was cut off when Tyson suddenly shouted, "Hey, I'm going to the lunch line now, bye!" and ran off.
"Excuse him," Kenny apologized. "Tyson can be weird sometimes."
"Sometimes?" Andrew questioned. "Try all of the time."
Max only laughed. 'I guess I am going to fit in nicely here.'
Out of the corner of his eye, the blonde boy saw Kai strolling across the cafeteria. Their eyes made contact, then Kai's crimson eyes narrowed, and he continued walking along. Max inwardly shuddered, then decided to go up to the lunch line himself.
~To Be Continued
Yay, five chapters done! ^_^ Between school, working on my site and helping a friend with her site, workin on my original stories, and other crap, it's making me want some break time, thus is the reason why I've been lazy on doin' A New Dawn. But I promise that I will do more chapters in less time.
Please note that I'm still in middle school. The high school in this story is based off of what I've heard about the high school in my town. And the characters in this story are a bit older than what they are in the show. Also, don't worry, Kai isn't going to be a jackass in this fic, or the bully, like some people like to make him when the fic concerns a school. He's just... misunderstood. XD And he ends up playing a semi-important part in the story.
And also, I'm gonna make a cameo appearance in all of my chapter fics, like Stephen King does in his films. ^^;; Just a small appearance in only one chapter in each story, and it'll have no relation to the story. The girl Max and Tyson saw going out of the office pissed off because she didn't get to take mechanical drawing was me. Again, no relation, nada, just a little fun. ^_^;;
