Author Name: Wasio Ali Khan Abbasi (Gilbert Rockhoward)
Summary: The spirit has escaped that can turn the tide of the war. It's now up to Michael to save the boy (Kevin) with The White Magician (Shawn) at his side (This chapter is about Kevin's life).
Author Note: This is the story that came in my mind when I was quite young, around 11 (I'll be 18 this October). As English is my THIRD language, I just couldn't put it in words, until I began to read Harry Potter last year. It helped my Literature capabilities a lot and I am proud of how I have transferred my thoughts to page (although my English isn't good enough, I still have dialogue problems). I would love reviews, as they would help me. Please don't forget to Review (if you have time that is).
The Happy Kevin"Bye Kevin!! See you in the evening." Came the voice of Castor, some where behind the moving crowd which was drifting away from school.
Beacon International High School is famous for its high quality education and the most famous person of the school is Kevin-O-Neal. A ninth grader, tallboy with a muscular body, blonde hair and boyish and handsome look. He was moving along with his two friends towards the cafeteria, Samantha Selony and Gilbert Rockhoward.
Both Samantha and Gilbert were Kevin's close friends. Samantha was short and slim with curly brown hairs hanging loosely to her shoulders and bright green eyes. Gilbert, on the other hand, was tall and lanky. He had sun burn skin. His hairs were brown and silky. He wore square shaped glasses.
"Hey Kevin" said George Hunt as he passed by," nice argument you had with Professor Miser about the electron structure. Mind he will be having a night mare about having you as his teacher".
"You bet he will. He would have to eat grass if he wants to prove me wrong." Kevin replied with a broad, toothy grin.
A group of eight grade girls passed by, giggling. Samantha gave them a stern look, clearly disgusting. It made the girls to quickly move away from them, muttering among themselves. With Gilbert and Kevin smiling on seeing her face expressions, they entered the cafeteria.
"For heavens sake why are these girls behaving like lunatics when they pass us?" Samantha said in a bitter kind of a voice as they sat down on the chairs in the cafeteria, presently full of their schoolmates.
"You mean when they pass Kevin and me." Gilbert said with a twitchy smile on his face," They behave in the same way you did two years ago when you first saw Kevin, remember it pal?"
Kevin looked at him with raised eyebrows as hearing it for the first time and then smiled. But Samantha frowned and said," I thought that we had decided not to discuss that topic again. I hope you haven't forgotten that, or have you?"
"What are memories for if you don't discuss them? Surely you aren't afraid of little fun I make by making you remember that." Gilbert said," Besides it was you who had started this first, making me remember the accident when Sara's bag caught fire due to my cracker."
It happened a year ago, when Kevin and Gilbert got hold of some crackers when they were looking for a cool wallet in a shopping mall, and instead returned with Chinese brand high blast firecrackers from a toyshop. They brought a couple to the school and planned to rock the whole school up with them. Before the classes began, they walked into an empty corridor and after confirming that no body was there, they prepared to light up the crackers. Kevin burned the matchstick while Gilbert held the crackers. Then from nowhere, principal came around and they had to run instantly before he even knew what they were doing there. But as they did, the crackers were mistakenly lightened up and Gilbert had to throw it towards the water cooler. It fell near the feet of Sara who had stopped to drink some water and she put her bag on it, not knowing what was under it. After a second, there was a bang and her bag soured up to the ceiling, caught in fire. She extinguished the flames with the water from the cooler. Her bag was damaged from the bottom, but the books were safe. Kevin and Gilbert were howling with laughter when they told Samantha all about it. Later Sara came to both of them and scolded them for all that. They were quite puzzled about how she knew it was because of them, but still they apologized. As she was their classmate and friend, she did not tell the principal that it was their mischief.
"Well she did found out that it was you two, isn't it?" Samantha replied," You might have not known but it was me who told her that who are the responsible".
Gilbert jumped up from his seat as though a snake bit him, but Kevin just kept sitting there, this time broadly grinning.
"She told me about it" Kevin reported," I didn't wanted you to know that, some shocks should me kept for later fun. Isn't it Sam?"
"What the hell!!" Gilbert bellowed, frowning at him," Is this the way to give shocks. This means that I was a stupid git to think that her sixth sense is superb." He sat down on his chair, shaking his head in disbelieve. At that moment, Mr. Whilsky Baton, the manager of the cafeteria spotted them.
"Hey Boys! How's going?" He said as he walked towards them with a pleasant smile. He was a short man with half bold head. There was a vertical scar on his right chin, right beneath his eye. Still there was politeness on his face.
Few months ago he faced a car crash, when he had dozed off due to too much drinking and smashed into a tree. It was due to Kevin and Gilbert that he was able to get out of his car, which blew up after a minute of his escape. Since then he had been a great friend of both of them and gave them 40 discount on everything in the list for lifetime.
"Hi Mr. Baton. Just enjoying the time. You know how much headache we get in school. Teachers don't like to give homework, they are obsessed to give." Gilbert, who seemed to have recovered from the shock, replied.
"Good day Sam, riding with the boys, heh" Mr. Baton said, turning his head towards Samantha.
" You mean riding with the heart breakers" Samantha replied, her eyes pointing towards them," You know that girls are quite fascinated when they pass Kevin and GILBERT."
Gilbert went pink by her insult, while Kevin, who was enjoying the conversation, chuckled. Mr. Baton gave a snigger and said," Don't mind other people's behaviour towards them. It is their natural charm that causes the attraction. They are God-gifted." He added," Besides you might don't know but I have noticed many heads diverting when you come across a group of boys."
"Yeah they might be turning their heads towards the garbage can." Gilbert said, who had become bold by Mr. Baton's comments and found a way to payback," They might be feeling it more fascinating than looking at her."
It was now Samantha's turn to turn red. She gazed at him with an angry look, which Gilbert returned with a patronizing smile. Mr. Baton looked at both of them and said in a change-of-topic tone,
"Leave your differences for later events and tell me what you guys would like to eat?"
" I will take a chicken burger with cheese, a cup of chocolate fudge and a Pepsi can." Kevin said instantly, who was enjoying the conversation.
" Just bring me two hot dogs and I'll be as quite as a crow." Gilbert gave his order. Samantha looked at him with such an expression as if possible; she would thrust two over-grown bulldogs in his mouth. Then she gave her order," A cheese burger for me."
Mr. Baton instantly called a nearby waiter gave their orders to him and instructed him to bring it as quickly as possible. Then he turned to them and said,
"Ok!! You guys carryon and enjoy your time. I have some work to do. See you around." With that he returned to his table.
Kevin looked at Samantha's expressions and said with a calm, gentle and encouraging voice,
"Come on Sammy don't take Gilbert's jokes seriously. You know how he likes to clown around. Just ignore the insults and join the laughter."
"Yeah Sammy, kick out the anger, it is making your face worse than a Vampire's." Gilbert said in a fine tone. Samantha whose face was a bit red in anger, smiled a bit, then turned towards them and said,
"Ok. Just shut up for sometime then, or else I will give you dogs, which will instead eat you."
"Well they can't be as bad as you but thanks for the offer." Gilbert replied, imitating a businessman, not even making Kevin and Samantha to laugh, but also some nearby students smiled. When the silence was restored, a disturbed kind of expression appeared on Samantha's face and she said,
"Hey you guys heard about Doris? That boy from Russia."
"You mean that idiot who is after Amber. Has he again done something? Even though he has got himself beaten a couple of times by Amber herself but still no effect." Kevin replied.
"Yes that is true but now he is up to something. What I believe is that he is after Castor and he may not be having good wishes for him." Samantha continued in the same disturbed voice.
"What? After Castor!! He hasn't done anything. Why would he be after him?" Gilbert said in a shocked voice, Kevin beside him, looking alarmed.
Castor and Amber loved each other. They are Kevin's classmates as well as his Martial arts partners. Doris is a boy from Russia who fell in love with Amber and Castor vowed to stay away until the trouble is over as Doris was a very resourceful person.
"Yes he is away from all this. But Doris somehow found out about their affair and now, as I suspect, he will be having either a chat with him or a fight, in this evening at the Highnoon Centre."
Samantha informed in a scared voice, making both of them to jump up to their seats.
"How do you know that?" Kevin asked in a surprised but firm voice. Samantha hesitated for a moment, then continued,
"I- I saw him talking into his cell phone and caught these words "Today, in the evening, at the Highnoon centre. He needs some lesson to learn." I wasn't able to stay there for further information as I had to reach for my Chemistry class, but you may understand what this mean."
This news from her was no more than a bomb blast that took place in Kevin's brain. Highnoon Martial Arts Centre was the place where Kevin learned his Martial Arts with 5 other schoolmates, including Castor and Amber. Although they all were very impressive and expert fighters, but Kevin knew Doris only too well, especially after they had a fight last month.
Kevin had to return Amber her journal of Social Studies. He was supposed to meet her at the fountain in the garden, located beside the school, after the end of the classes. She was in a very good mood and happily told Kevin about her marks of a surprised Economics test. As Kevin didn't take Economics classes, he intently listened and replied in the same manner as she was talking. Doris spotted them from his car as they were the only one there. Other students were either drifting away from school towards their transportation or headed for the cafeteria.
Doris immediately got out, reached to them un-noticed and without any warning, gave a hard punch at Kevin's back. Nothing would have made Kevin prepare for this as he let out a cry of pain and fall on the ground, his knees sinking in to the soil. Amber stood up, watching the scene with horror. When she was jerked back to her senses, she became very angry and with great fury, gave a sidekick to Doris, right on his chest. He went flying backwards to about few feet before falling down the ground, panting. Kevin quickly recovered and got to his feet. He stopped her to do anything else, while advancing himself towards him. Doris also stood up and without stopping to think, attacked Kevin with a punch, towards his face. This time he was ready. As Doris reached him, Kevin dodged his punch and replied with a high, circular kick, right at his face. In moments Doris was sent to the ground, his senses knocked out.
Since that day Doris became his enemy for no reason and few skirmishes also took place but they weren't big enough to restart a fight. A couple of times Doris brought his big and bulky Russian friends and tried to bully Kevin, but was unable to as there were quite a number of Kevin's close supporters.
With these thoughts in his mind, Kevin took his order from the waiter who had brought their meals and ate quietly while Samantha and Gilbert continued to discuss their topics, which changed from time to time.
After finishing, he greeted both of them bye and took off towards the bus stand, from where he had to go to his home. During the whole journey he kept thinking about what Doris might do. Is he really serious in taking on Castor, or just want to threaten him? This time, Kevin had a very bad urge to reach his centre as early as possible, apart from his first day at the centre. But this time, to settle some serious matters.
Kevin left his home in the evening for his Martial Arts Centre that wasn't far, only 15 minutes of walking distance. The whole day he thought about Doris, Castor and Amber, drafting plans for what to do if the situation gets nasty. In no time he reached his destination and found out that he was a bit late, as the party seemed to be ready to rock.
Kevin's friends were standing at the door of the centre with Castor in the lead followed by Dennis, Mitchell and Emma. They were facing another group of people who seemed to be advertising their prosperity, and lead by no other than Doris.
He was a short guy with mushroom haircut and a handsome body with guerrilla arms. He always wore a nasty kind of smile. He was dressed in black jeans of Calvin Kline, a white T-shirt with a big "cK" on it and had a blue jacked. He was wearing some sort of boots that seemed to be of a mixed breed of cowboy boots and tap dance shoes. He wore black, Rayban sunglasses and was apparently talking to Castor. His Russian friends were all quite the same as he was. Their group was composed of about 10 people, who arrived in 2 Vipers, one Jeep, two BMW's and a Mercedes Benz, each one exceeding the other in looks, condition and performance.
Castor seemed a little angry while Doris was totally out of control. He was yelling like a mad rhino and was pointing a finger towards him.
"Don't lie to me, I know all about you and Amber." Doris was saying in light Russian accent, "If you don't accept it right now in front of me, then your bones wouldn't be joint together."
"Ask Amber if you don't believe it," Castor replied back in a strong voice, "I have nothing to do with it."
"It looks like you really need a doze," Doris said, his teeth gritted, "Just one punch will make you spit out the whole matter out of your mouth."
"Try it then if you have the guts," Mitchell said this time, matching Doris in anger, "Or just get lost."
"You shut your mouth up or I'll shut it for you," replied one of Doris's friends.
"Oh yeah, then try to do it," Dennis hissed dangerously.
Kevin quietly approached the scene and lucky he did, as Doris and his friends were now flexing their muscles while Kevin's partners were standing there, their hands clenched into fists, their teeth gritted, facing them in their Martial Arts dress.
"Hey look, Kenny Benny has joined the little party." One of Doris's friends said, pointing it towards Kevin.
Kevin didn't cared and stood shoulder to shoulder with Castor, who was really glad to see him. Doris, however, seemed frustrated with his presence and his anger rose at the sight of him.
"So came for your friends help Kevin," Doris said dangerously, "Today seemed to be my lucky day. I'll settle the old score."
"You must have seen the wrong forecast Doris," Kevin replied in firm voice, "Planets are not in your favour today. Return back from where you came from or you'll get hurt."
"Getting hurt, am I?" Doris gritted, "Being stupid am I? Lets see who proves himself today."
He advanced towards Kevin. Before anyone could do anything, something came flying out of the Martial Arts Centre and landed right in between Doris and Kevin, who were both ready to tackle each other.
"Sensei!!" Cried Emma.
Everybody seemed to be paralysed of this sudden appearance. He was a short Japanese man with a goatee and finely trimmed moustache. He had his hair tied in typical Japanese styled ponytail and had a very strong body, which anybody can feel even with Martial Arts clothes on.
The Russians immediately backed away, each one of them seemed shocked and scared of this man. Even Kevin was surprised with his sudden appearance but he quickly recovered.
"This is no place to fight." The Japanese sensei said, "You take your problems some place else."
"Hey this is none of your business," Doris said, "It's between me and-"
"It is my business if you come to bully my students," Sensei said in strong Japanese accent, cutting him off "They can break your bones in moments, so better not do anything."
"He doesn't have the guts to-"
"But I have and if you don't leave now, maybe you'll need ambulance if any of you survived," said the Sensei angrily.
This really scared them all. They looked at them, then Doris told his friends to back away and they strode to their vehicles, accommodated inside and drove away.
Seeing this, a sigh of relief was heard from Castor.
"Thank you Sensei for helping-" Castor tried to say.
"I did not expected this from you," Sensei cut him off, "You are a fighter. You should learn to face the truth and fight for your right, and you all were helping him."
"Sensei I really didn't wanted any trouble," Castor explained, "I tried to stay away from this matter until-"
"What until?" Sensei said, "Until you die? Well young man, it is better to let you know that you have shown great 'Moral Fibre' by sacrificing your love until suitable time, but at the same time, you have greatly disappointed me by saying you don't want trouble. If you really don't want any trouble, then quit learning Martial Arts so that people won't trouble you by considering you weak and pathetic, who cannot face the truth in front of danger and beg to keep the trouble away."
With that, Sensei turned and went inside the centre, leaving all of them behind with fading spirits. Castor was in worse condition. He was staring the pavement, his eyes shining with tears. Kevin moved ahead and put a comforting arm on his shoulder.
"I don't want to hurt anyone, I never really planned to learn Martial Arts just to fight all the time," Castor was saying, his voice shaking, "I just learnt it in case I ever faced bad times."
"Don't worry. Everything will be Ok," Kevin said in a comforting voice, "Just don't take Sensei's words on your heart, you know he really didn't meant it to."
"He thinks I am weak," Castor said in a heavy voice, "He thinks I am pathetic. What can I do to let him know I am not?"
"Face the truth. That is all I want," Came Sensei's voice from behind, making all of them jump.
Castor looked a bit scared. Kevin tried to say,
"Sensei he just doesn't want to hurt anybody. He just don't-"
"I heard it Kevin," Sensei said, "No explanation required," he came close to Castor, "I know you are not weak, but you showed no bravery back there. You should have accepted the truth, even if it meant that you had to fight. Why were your colleagues down here? You are all black belted; you all know so many techniques that no street fighter or loud mouth can beat you. Even I am here if you need any help." He put his hand on his shoulder, "I expect more bravery from you in future."
Then he turned towards Emma,
"Emma, accompany Castor with Dennis to Amber's house. I presume that Catherine would be reaching her house anytime now. She told me yesterday that she would be late."
Then he turned towards Castor,
"I want you to talk to her and plan better for future. Just don't waste more time, you guys are already late for practice. You are spiritually not ready for practice I can see that. You will be feeling better while you talk to her. Go."
Castor looked at his Sensei, then he bowed his head in respect,
"Yes Sensei."
Then Emma, Castor and Dennis left together, leaving Kevin, Mitchell and Sensei behind.
"Come both of you." Sensei said, "You need to practice on a new technique. When the rest will return, teach them also and practice together."
With that, he turned back and walked inside.
"Come on, lets go Mitchell." Kevin said.
"Lead the way pal." Mitchell said, smiling.
They both went inside together, talking about the recent event.