Chapter Four
Ken woke up, suprisingly in his room. How did he get there? Last thing he remembered was kneeling out on the sidewalk.
"Ken, thank goodness you're up dear!"
Ken gasped as he saw his mother sitting in a chair across the room from him.
"Oh, good morning mom"said Ken.
"I'm so glad to see you up dear. Your friend Davis said he found you in pretty bad shape. What happened?"
"I don't remember"lied Ken"How did I end up back here?"asked Ken.
"That boy Davis looked your adress up in the phone book and took you here. He's a very nice boy, I'm happy to know you're with such caring friends"said Mrs Ichijoji.
Ken looked at the clock and saw it was almost time for school.
"I better get ready!"gasped Ken getting up.
"Maybe you should take the day off"said his mom.
"I'm fine"said Ken.
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Kari's mood was high as she walked to school, making it into the varsity team. The glances were getting rarer, and much shorter. Kari figured people were starting to lose interest in tormenting her. Everything dies out eventualy, right?
"Hello there"
Kari hoped to God she wasn't dreaming. Standing behind her, was Ken Ichijoji, and he said hi to her! She couldn't mess this up, she had to respond.
"Hello Ken, how are you?"asked Kari.
"I heared about you koining the varsity soccer team, very impressive"
"Thanks, I thought you were impressive in math"said Kari, returning the compliment.
"Yeah, family genes I guess. My brother was in varsity you know"
"Really?"asked Kari.
"Yeah, then he"said Ken, not finishing.
"I'm sorry"said Kari, getting the point.
"Thanks Kari, I apreciate it"said Ken.
Arriving on the scene was Davis, who didn't like what he saw.
"Whoa! What does he think he's doing with Kari?"he thought jealously.
"Don't worry Kari, I've learned not to believe anything the media says until you find out it's truth for yourself"said Ken, when Kari warned him not to get too close to her, out of sadness.
"Besides, attention over you's dying like a man on poision. I haven't seen an article on you in-
"Hey Ken, how are ya after last night?"asked Davis, purposely interupting.
"In case you didn't notice, we were in the middle of a conversastion"said Kari bitterly.
"Kari, can we talk?"asked T.K walking up to them.
"Sure, I'll step aside-
"Let me give you some advice Ken, don't get close to T.K. He'll abandon you at a moment's notice"said Kari coldly.
"Maybe we can see eachother after school?"asked Davis.
"Kari, I'm sorry! Allright, I won't do it again! Please, just forgive me allready!"said T.K.
"I thought you said something about Kari being your girlfriend when we met in the halls yesterday"said Ken.
"Tell me he didn't just say that"thought Davis in horror.
"WHAT!"yelled Kari.
"Davis!"said T.K angrily.
"I was joking! C'mon, really!"said Davis.
"T.K, I don't want or need your assistance!"said Kari.
"Okay, maybe we'll both meet you after school and try to get along"said Davis.
"NO! I don't want to see you, or T.K! Both of you just leave me alone!"
Kari stomped away from them angrily, getting lost in the crowd.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to start-
"Thanks a lot Ken!"said Davis walking away.
"It's not your fault Ken. We just have problems we need to-
"YOU!"
Everyone stopped what they were doing at the sudden roar. Ken's eyes widened in horror:Mavina!
"Suprised Ken?"she asked.
"Who's that?"asked Davis joining Ken again(losing his bitterness quickly) along with Kari from behind.
"Everybody listen to me! Ken is not to be trusted, especialy not by females like me! I knew Ken from his old town, he's a psychopath. He drugged me, had be bound and gagged to a bed and molested me! He draws pictures and looks up sites on bondage! He's had every girl he knew tied up at least once! Do NOT trust him! Don't!"
All eyes were on Ken, who was trembiling. He didn't have rage or anger, just fear and sorrow. He was exposed, now everyone knew his secrets. But how did she know all this? Ken never told ANYONE of his love of bondage.
"Because of Ken, I had to have therapy for Six months! I came here today to warn you, DO NOT TRUST HIM!"
Ken couldn't believe his ears. She had come all the way here just to expose him? Her parents drove her up here, or did she perhaps runaway?
"Looks like we have a new outcast"thought Kari.
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Kari couldn't be more right.
He got enough glances to burn a hole through someone.
This time, Kari got no extra attention:Ken did.
But if what had been revealed to all about Ken wasn't enough, the teacher explained that the girl was his niece, and that he called her down to warn everyone.
He didn't take the direct approach like with Kari, he devestated Ken in one sickening blow, instead of slowly tearing him down like with Kari.
Kari was suprised as she didn't even get so much as an extra shred of homework. Sure, it was great to finaly not be looked down at, to be able to walk in the crowd unoticed like everyone else, but at the price of Ken's happyness?
Kari was shocked to hear such a thing, yet after what she went through, she knew better then to judge someone on such a thing.
She saw Ken, and decided to confront him.
She stepped in front of him, everybody watching for Kari to slap him.
"Ken, I just wanted to tell you that no matter what that girl says, that I think you're a good person. Whether you actualy did that to her or not, I've learned not to judge others by what you hear of them. I'm sure if you did do that to her that you've regretted it. So know that if you need someone to talk to, I'll be there"
Kari extended her hand out. After a few seconds of recovering from shock, Ken extended his and they shook.
"Kari, are you crazy! He's a molestor!"gasped Davis from the crowd.
Ken dashed off, not listening when Kari called for him to stop.
"Thanks a lot Davis"said Kari bitterly, walking away.
"Is she crazy?"
"Okay, that just wasn't right"
"She must have a deathwish, or maybe a sex wish"
Everyone cotinued walking along, as it was the end of the day and they just wanted to get home.
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Kari walked out to the Soccer field, not brining the water bottle.
She walked up to the coahc and the rest of the team, the tryouts almost ready to begin.
"I'm here coach"said kari.
"Kari, I'm afraid I got some bad news. You can't play"
"What? Why not?"
"Your math teacher informed me you had too much work to catch up on. I'm sorry Kari"
"But Coach-
"There's nothing I can do Kari. I have full authority on the field, however when it comes to the players, the school has one over on me"
Lowering her head, she walked away. She felt another strike at her heart as she heared the coach begin his speech.
Kari dashed home, however slowed down upon entering home. She gave a quick hello to to her aunt and uncle before going to her room and falling back. She should've known he hadn't forgotten about her so easily. He sabatoged her career at soccer.
It just wasn't fair. She had worked so hard, pushed herself so far to finish, she had trained herself the night before, yet it was all for nothing.
She kept the door locked, wanting to be alone.
Though her Aunt and Uncle seemed to be more keen then Kari suspected.
"What do you think happened? She made the team, why throw her out?"asked her uncle.
They knew she was supposed to be at soccer practice, and didn't want to bother Kari who obviously wanted to be alone.
"I'm calling that Coach, this isn't right"said her aunt.
TBC
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Ken woke up, suprisingly in his room. How did he get there? Last thing he remembered was kneeling out on the sidewalk.
"Ken, thank goodness you're up dear!"
Ken gasped as he saw his mother sitting in a chair across the room from him.
"Oh, good morning mom"said Ken.
"I'm so glad to see you up dear. Your friend Davis said he found you in pretty bad shape. What happened?"
"I don't remember"lied Ken"How did I end up back here?"asked Ken.
"That boy Davis looked your adress up in the phone book and took you here. He's a very nice boy, I'm happy to know you're with such caring friends"said Mrs Ichijoji.
Ken looked at the clock and saw it was almost time for school.
"I better get ready!"gasped Ken getting up.
"Maybe you should take the day off"said his mom.
"I'm fine"said Ken.
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Kari's mood was high as she walked to school, making it into the varsity team. The glances were getting rarer, and much shorter. Kari figured people were starting to lose interest in tormenting her. Everything dies out eventualy, right?
"Hello there"
Kari hoped to God she wasn't dreaming. Standing behind her, was Ken Ichijoji, and he said hi to her! She couldn't mess this up, she had to respond.
"Hello Ken, how are you?"asked Kari.
"I heared about you koining the varsity soccer team, very impressive"
"Thanks, I thought you were impressive in math"said Kari, returning the compliment.
"Yeah, family genes I guess. My brother was in varsity you know"
"Really?"asked Kari.
"Yeah, then he"said Ken, not finishing.
"I'm sorry"said Kari, getting the point.
"Thanks Kari, I apreciate it"said Ken.
Arriving on the scene was Davis, who didn't like what he saw.
"Whoa! What does he think he's doing with Kari?"he thought jealously.
"Don't worry Kari, I've learned not to believe anything the media says until you find out it's truth for yourself"said Ken, when Kari warned him not to get too close to her, out of sadness.
"Besides, attention over you's dying like a man on poision. I haven't seen an article on you in-
"Hey Ken, how are ya after last night?"asked Davis, purposely interupting.
"In case you didn't notice, we were in the middle of a conversastion"said Kari bitterly.
"Kari, can we talk?"asked T.K walking up to them.
"Sure, I'll step aside-
"Let me give you some advice Ken, don't get close to T.K. He'll abandon you at a moment's notice"said Kari coldly.
"Maybe we can see eachother after school?"asked Davis.
"Kari, I'm sorry! Allright, I won't do it again! Please, just forgive me allready!"said T.K.
"I thought you said something about Kari being your girlfriend when we met in the halls yesterday"said Ken.
"Tell me he didn't just say that"thought Davis in horror.
"WHAT!"yelled Kari.
"Davis!"said T.K angrily.
"I was joking! C'mon, really!"said Davis.
"T.K, I don't want or need your assistance!"said Kari.
"Okay, maybe we'll both meet you after school and try to get along"said Davis.
"NO! I don't want to see you, or T.K! Both of you just leave me alone!"
Kari stomped away from them angrily, getting lost in the crowd.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to start-
"Thanks a lot Ken!"said Davis walking away.
"It's not your fault Ken. We just have problems we need to-
"YOU!"
Everyone stopped what they were doing at the sudden roar. Ken's eyes widened in horror:Mavina!
"Suprised Ken?"she asked.
"Who's that?"asked Davis joining Ken again(losing his bitterness quickly) along with Kari from behind.
"Everybody listen to me! Ken is not to be trusted, especialy not by females like me! I knew Ken from his old town, he's a psychopath. He drugged me, had be bound and gagged to a bed and molested me! He draws pictures and looks up sites on bondage! He's had every girl he knew tied up at least once! Do NOT trust him! Don't!"
All eyes were on Ken, who was trembiling. He didn't have rage or anger, just fear and sorrow. He was exposed, now everyone knew his secrets. But how did she know all this? Ken never told ANYONE of his love of bondage.
"Because of Ken, I had to have therapy for Six months! I came here today to warn you, DO NOT TRUST HIM!"
Ken couldn't believe his ears. She had come all the way here just to expose him? Her parents drove her up here, or did she perhaps runaway?
"Looks like we have a new outcast"thought Kari.
********************************************************
Kari couldn't be more right.
He got enough glances to burn a hole through someone.
This time, Kari got no extra attention:Ken did.
But if what had been revealed to all about Ken wasn't enough, the teacher explained that the girl was his niece, and that he called her down to warn everyone.
He didn't take the direct approach like with Kari, he devestated Ken in one sickening blow, instead of slowly tearing him down like with Kari.
Kari was suprised as she didn't even get so much as an extra shred of homework. Sure, it was great to finaly not be looked down at, to be able to walk in the crowd unoticed like everyone else, but at the price of Ken's happyness?
Kari was shocked to hear such a thing, yet after what she went through, she knew better then to judge someone on such a thing.
She saw Ken, and decided to confront him.
She stepped in front of him, everybody watching for Kari to slap him.
"Ken, I just wanted to tell you that no matter what that girl says, that I think you're a good person. Whether you actualy did that to her or not, I've learned not to judge others by what you hear of them. I'm sure if you did do that to her that you've regretted it. So know that if you need someone to talk to, I'll be there"
Kari extended her hand out. After a few seconds of recovering from shock, Ken extended his and they shook.
"Kari, are you crazy! He's a molestor!"gasped Davis from the crowd.
Ken dashed off, not listening when Kari called for him to stop.
"Thanks a lot Davis"said Kari bitterly, walking away.
"Is she crazy?"
"Okay, that just wasn't right"
"She must have a deathwish, or maybe a sex wish"
Everyone cotinued walking along, as it was the end of the day and they just wanted to get home.
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Kari walked out to the Soccer field, not brining the water bottle.
She walked up to the coahc and the rest of the team, the tryouts almost ready to begin.
"I'm here coach"said kari.
"Kari, I'm afraid I got some bad news. You can't play"
"What? Why not?"
"Your math teacher informed me you had too much work to catch up on. I'm sorry Kari"
"But Coach-
"There's nothing I can do Kari. I have full authority on the field, however when it comes to the players, the school has one over on me"
Lowering her head, she walked away. She felt another strike at her heart as she heared the coach begin his speech.
Kari dashed home, however slowed down upon entering home. She gave a quick hello to to her aunt and uncle before going to her room and falling back. She should've known he hadn't forgotten about her so easily. He sabatoged her career at soccer.
It just wasn't fair. She had worked so hard, pushed herself so far to finish, she had trained herself the night before, yet it was all for nothing.
She kept the door locked, wanting to be alone.
Though her Aunt and Uncle seemed to be more keen then Kari suspected.
"What do you think happened? She made the team, why throw her out?"asked her uncle.
They knew she was supposed to be at soccer practice, and didn't want to bother Kari who obviously wanted to be alone.
"I'm calling that Coach, this isn't right"said her aunt.
TBC
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