Hi. Wow! You guys got me up to 250! Awesome! Also, in case I get reported, I will have a blog set up later this week. So yeah. It sucks. I'm gonna try to find another fan fiction site where the rules aren't so harsh. I mean, the logo says, "Unleash your imagination", not "Unleash your imagination but it can only go by these guidelines or else just leave". Yeah, um, just read and stuff. The beginning of the chapter is pointless but read on and you'll see why I did this. And I'm posting another chapter later.

"Wow! It's huge!" Kenny exclaimed as he ran towards his newly built tree house. It was two stories (not like a house, it more complimented his height so if his brothers wanted to go in, they'd need to crawl) and had two slides going to the pool. There was also a tire swing extension which Kenny was currently swinging on.

"Yeah," Shane panted. "It took the whole weekend to fix."

"The whole weekend?" Mrs. Gray asked as she came to the backyard. "Why the whole weekend? Didn't you have any help?"

Jason shrugged and answered, "It's a very long story. I'll explain later."

"Did the girls or any of your friends come over?"

"Oh definitely." Jason huffed, blowing his hair away from his eyes.

"Where's Nate?" Kenny shrugged as he continued to swing. Jason and Shane looked at each other, both not knowing, and shrugged. "Nate!" their mom called.

"She's got a smile
That I die for
Everyone knows that I'm
A prisoner of love for her
Yeah

Sometimes I wish
I had a kung fu grip
She'd never slip away
She'd be my girl
I really wish she knew
What I feel is true
She'd be my darlin'
I would be her hero, too.

I'm so in love
With her
Don't care who knows
That—"

"Nate!" Nate abruptly stopped playing and sighed. He wrote down the new lyrics and closed his note book before running down stairs.

"What's up Mom?"

"Gather your brothers. I need to talk to you guys."

"Um, okay." Nate went outside and walked towards Kenny's tree house. "Guys? Mom wants to talk to all four of us! Shane? Jason? Ken—ah!" Kenny had jumped off his tire swing and jumped on Nate, almost sending him in the pool. Nate and Kenny rolled around until Nate pinned him. "Nice try, lil' bro. Now, come on." Nate held out his hand and pulled Kenny up.

"So what does Mom want with us?" Shane asked.

"I don't own. That's why we need to go in the living room. Come on!"

"Okay! Okay! Geez." The Gray brothers went indoors and sat down on the couches in the living room. Their mom and dad were already sitting down. "What's up Mom? Dad?"

"Since you guys aren't touring much and you're not really doing many extra-curricular, we've decided to sign you guys up for something," their mom explained.

"Is it bird watching?" Jason asked eagerly.

"Baseball?" Nate asked.

"Ignoring Nate and Jason?" Shane joked. His brothers each hit him with a pillow. "Never mind."

"No. Karate!" their father eagerly said.

"WHAT?!" the Connect Three boys exclaimed, all three standing from their seats. Kenny on the other hand was ginning widely.

"Think about it boys. It will give you self-confidence, self-control," he glared at Shane on this one, "and will help you with focusing. You'll be able to focus on your music more. And look at Kenny. He's happy about it."

"Yeah! I want to break a board!" Kenny said as he karate-chopped the air.

"But we're teenagers! Isn't this for kids? No offence K.G," Shane said. Kenny shrugged.

"None taken."

"Sorry boys but you're going tonight. Right after school at 6:15," their father confirmed. The older boys groaned but went along with it anyway.

"Hey, Shane," Mitchie greeted as he walked up to his locker. "Wanna see a movie tonight?"

"I wish I could but I can't. My parents signed me and my bros up for karate. God, it's like for kids!" Shane grumbled as they began to walk.

"I wouldn't be so sure. My cousin is pretty good at it. She's a black belt."

"So? I'm wearing a black belt."

Mitchie laughed. "You know what I meant, but seriously. You should go. I might see you there later."

"Oh really. And how can you be so sure?" Shane put on a jokingly suspicious face on.

"Uh, 'cause there's only one karate place in town," Mitchie answered, not getting Shane's joke. Shane's face went back to serious.

"Oh. I didn't know that."

"Well, just hope that you won't get your butt kicked. Especially by my cousin."

"Please, you're cousin will be crying by the time I'm done with her."

"I wouldn't be so sure," Mitchie said in a sing-song voice.

"What makes you think that?"

"You'll see." And Mitchie left with a wink leaving a very confused Shane.

"What up guys?" A thirteen year old girl greeted.

"Good sir!" the group responded at the same time. Shane, Nate, and Jason just looked at each other and shrugged. The only thought going through their minds was, This is the teacher?

"Good, do 20 push-ups, 50 sit-ups, and then 30 squats. After that, 5 laps around the room, clockwise. Are we clear?"

"Yes sir!" the group responded once again, this time also adding Shane, Nate, and Jason's voices.

"Get to it!" The girl turned on some music while the group started to do the routine. There were 14 other students in the room, not including the Connect Three boys. As he did the routine, Shane watched as the young teen walked over to talk to two other instructors. Once was short but a senior in high school, Shane recognized him as Alex, and the other looked about in his early twenties. His belt read Bryan. Shane noticed a kid next to him that looked about the girl's age and asked him,

"Hey. Who's the teach?"

"You mean the instructor? That's Ash. She's also in this class but always does the warm-up. Wait, aren't you Shay or something?" the boy asked back.

"It's Shane. What's your name?"

"Jack. I'm guessing those are your brothers, Nate and Jake right?"

"Jason," Shane corrected again. He quickly shut up though when noticed that Ash was walking up to him. "Uh, can I help you?"

"Shane right?" Ash asked.

"Yeah, you?"

"Ash, I'm Mitchie's cousin."

Shane stopped doing his sit-ups and laughed. "You're the big cousin that I'm supposed to be afraid of? Wow, Mitchie must be really scared of you or something. You don't look tough."

Bryan and Alex noticed what Shane had said about Ash and laughed. Alex spoke first. "You said the wrong words pal. You're gonna get it today." Bryan continued to laugh as he walked up to the two.

"Come on Ash, get your gear on," Bryan commanded after laughing.

"Yes sir," Ash said, still glaring at Shane. "You're gonna be my partner today since my regular partner is absent today."

"Okay?" Shane responded, confused.

"If you're finished with the warm-up, go get your gear on. Full gear," Ash commanded to the rest of the group.

"Yes sir!" the group responded as they got up. After Nate got his gear on, he went over to Shane and nudged him.

"Dude, what did you do to her?"

"Nothing, I was just surprised that Mitchie warned me about her."

"Shane, you're such a dolt! Didn't you look at the pictures in the lobby when we came in here?"

"No, I was with Mitchie."

"Whatever man. Look, I'll write your will or something." Nate shook his head and walked back to Jason who was going to be his sparring partner.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Shane called back but Nate just turned away. Ash and Alex walked up to him and Shane literally looked down at them. Alex was only like a head taller than Ash but they were both only up to Shane's throat. Alex started to walk away from the group but before he did that, he pulled Shane to the side and whispered in his ear,

"Dude, you're gonna regret ever messing with her." Shane gulped after he said that but still walked back to Ash. He decided to look around the room and he had to hide a stifled laugh. Everyone, including him, looked like they were partnered up like dancers but of course, everyone was in their guarding stance.

"Everyone around the ring," Bryan called. The group, including Ash and Alex, went over and sat around the blue square. "Okay, we have new students today, and no one is allowed to get freakishly excited. They're in that band Connect Three. Shane, Jason, and Nate Gray. Since Shane is a little cocky, why don't we show him how stuff is done here?" Suddenly the whole group got mischievous smiles that made the Gray brothers raise an eyebrow. "We're going to start with free sparring and the first two up will be Ash and Shane."

The group started laughing at the height difference but not at Ash. They were laughing at Shane because, well, you'll see. After the two bowed towards each other, Bryan faced Ash and said, "Ash, watch the contact. He's the new student."

"Yeah, yeah. Don't kill him, watch my contact. Don't hit too hard." Ash rolled her eyes and then focused her gaze on Shane. Shane did the same and went into his guarding stance like Ash.

"Begin!" Alex called.

"Yaah!" Shane yelled he charged towards Ash. He swung his arms wildly and as he wildly threw a punch, Ash ducked from the blow. She took this as her chance and landed three punches to his gut and as he clutched it, Ash side-kicked Shane's back, pinning him to the ground. Shane groaned.

"Nice one Ashley!" another boy, Sahil, called from the side.

"Put him in a head lock," yet another boy, Cole, yelled.

"That's enough guys," Bryan scolded. He walked over to Ash and Shane and helped him up. "Ash, help Shane to the side." Ash nodded and helped Shane limp over to Mitchie who was laughing hysterically.

Mitchie pointed at Shane and said, "Told ya!"

"Shut up," Shane pouted.

"I don't know how you got him as a boyfriend. But then again, you went to Camp Rock and you're a good singer. You're boyfriend on the other hand is a little arrogant," Ash said.

"As if you have one."

"One what?"

"A boyfriend."

"You're actually wrong about that one. You see that kid over there? Slightly spiked hair, same skin like me? Yeah, he's commonly mistaken for my brother, which I have none."

"You mean Jack?"

"Oh, you know him. Yup, that's him. Known each other our whole lives."

"Awkward."

Ash rolled her eyes. "Yeah, you're one funny dude. And, this is coming from the guy who just got beat up by a girl 4 years younger. My god, my normal partner is even tougher than you, and he's two years younger. Your brothers are even tougher." Shane gave her a confused look and she pointed to Nate and Jason. They were actually fighting better than him. Shane pouted.

"Your cousin's a bitch, Mitchie," Shane said randomly as he got a drink. They were back at his house and he, his brothers, and Mitchie were babysitting Kenny. Mitchie rolled her eyes.

"No, she's just smart. And strong enough to beat you," Mitchie responded truthfully.

"I hate her."

"It doesn't matter, you only have to see her two times a week until summer."

"Yeah, like that's any better."

"Well, my cousin's even better when you know her more."

Suddenly Kenny ran in the room, laughing, and pointed at Shane. "You got beat up by a girl!"

Shane couldn't help but break a smile on his face. "Yeah, big bro Shane got owned by a girl, laugh it up hot shot. I bet I can beat you up though!" Shane joked and he pretended to run after him. Kenny laughed as he ran away.

"Aw, Mr. Gray has a soft spot for his littlest brother!" Mitchie cooed as she lightly pinched Shane's cheek. Shane smirked and swatted Mitchie's hand away.

"Ha ha. That's very funny Mit—" Shane was cut off by the sound of a window breaking. "Get down Mitchie! Jason! Nate! Watch Kenny!"

"Shane? Where are you?" The lights had suddenly went off.

"I'm over here Mitchie!" Shane whispered. "Under the table!" Mitchie crawled to him, bumping into two chairs, but got to him.

"What do you think it was?" Mitchie whispered back.

"I don't know yet." Then, the lights randomly turned on. "Okay, that was weird." Shane got up and scanned the room. He didn't see anything different in the kitchen, besides the dropped spoon, so he went into the living room. That's when he saw it. There was a rock sitting on the floor, wrapped in a piece of paper that read,

Don't mess with me Gray or you'll really get it.