Chapter 48: clayton's challenge

The sky was lighting up as the sun started to rise as the morning wanted to begin. In an alleyway Clayton was laid back on a wall with his arms crossed and his Yamato katana stabbed into a trash can as he had his black kamina sunglasses on his head as he starred at the sky.

He then looked over to his side to see seven men all on the ground dead, there blood painted all over the brick walls. Clayton sighed as he then picked up his sword "what a waste of a life" he said "they really messed with the wrong person, but those guys made me stay up all night dealing with them. And now I'm too tired to search for rainbow dash", he then placed his katana back into it's sheath as he walked out of the alley and walked down the street.

As he kept walking he then felt the rays of the sun as he looked at the sky "ugh! Go away, I'm way too tired to deal with you right now".

As Clayton kept walking he then felt his legs start to weaken as he fell to the ground, passed out.

A FEW HOURS LATER

As Clayton was sleeping on the sidewalk a young woman was walking down the street as she was bouncing her basketball. As she was walking she then spotted Clayton asleep on the sidewalk, she then ran over to him as she bent down and poked his head "hey! You alright?" she said as she kept poking him. Clayton was snoring as he didn't feel the girl poking him as she then got up, the girl then faceplamed as she then raised her hand and punched him making him wake up. "ouch! Shit!" he yelled as he sat up on his knees as he then looked at the person who awoke him "glad to see your awake" the girl said, Clayton noticed that the girl had rainbow colored hair wrapped up in a ponytail as he then smirked "well I thank you for that little..interesting way to wake me up" he said.

The girl then laughed a bit until she got to her feet as she leaned down and handed her hand to him "need a hand?" she asked him, Clayton then grabbed her hand as he got to his feet and dusted himself off. He then glanced at his right side to see the girl and raised his eyebrow to admire her very built figure, he then slowly tried to glance at her side to see her ass. The girl knew what he was doing as she then pressed her body onto his "you trying to check me out?" she said.

"a bit".

"hehe, well too bad. Because your not gonna get the chance".

"oh really now".

"mhm".

"well then, if I can't check you out. Then can I ask for your name".

"it's Alexandra Matthews, or alex for short".

Clayton smiled at her "Alexandra huh, what a very romantic name".

Alex started to blush a bit as she looked away "s-shut up".

Clayton smirked a bit as he then crossed his arms "I'm Clayton" he said.

Alex then stared to laugh.

"hahaha! Now that's an odd name".

"hehehe, yea it is a bit odd. But it's very unique".

Alex started to calm down as she then smiled at him "yea. It is very unique, and I think it fits you very well", the two then looked at each other as a hue of pink then started to form over there faces. They kept starting as there hands started to move on there own as they held onto each others hands, they then looked down at there hands as they then moved away from each other. Alex then picked up her basketball as she then looked at Clayton as she smiled a bit "hey I kinda have to go, but..can I see you tomorrow?" she said.

Clayton nodded at her as she then hugged him as she went on her way home, Clayton smirked as he then took of his sunglasses and spun them on his finger "you still look as beautiful as ever dashie" he said.

THE NEXT DAY

Clayton was sitting next to a tree in the park as he was sleeping. He then started to open his eyes as he then looked at the sky as he sighed "I really need a place to stay" he said, Clayton then got up as he headed out of the park and went to go get some food.

As he walked down the street he kept thinking about alex and how cute she looked "man, I really hope that I see alex again real soon" he thought. As he kept walking down street he then looked at a basketball court, he stopped and walked into the court. He looked all over the place and found nobody in sight but a small basketball on the ground.

Clayton smiled as he then walked over to it and picked it up and started to bounce it a few times, he then glanced over at the hoop that was towering over the court yard. He then started to smirk as he then ran at the hoop as he bounced the ball around his feet as he then jumped in the air and slam dunked the ball into the hoop, as he landed back to the ground.

"not bad" a voice said.

Clayton turned around to see none other than alex standing on he court yard, "hey" Clayton said.

"hey, I see you found my favorite spot I see" she said. He smiled as he bounced the basketball "looks like it, you come here often?" he asks her.

Alex nodded "yup everyday, I always come here to train" she then walked over to him "one day i'm gonna be in the Olympics".

Clayton then stopped bouncing the ball as he then held it at his side "really? That's a big dream you have".

"mhm, I'm gonna make it a reality, no matter what". Clayton then smiled at her "I believe in you alex and I know that you'll be the best in the olympics one day".

Alex was starting to blush at his complement "thanks Clayton".

"anytime".

She then walked past him as she then knocked the basketball out of his grip as she then ran over to the hoop with it. Clayton chuckled as he ran after her, as alex was bouncing the ball over to the other hoop she then glanced over to her side to see Clayton catch up to her side as he gracefully did a backflip over her catching her off guard as he made a break for the ball and threw it into the other hoop scoring a win.

"yes! Looks like I win" he said, alex could only blink. Nobody in there whole life could ever beat her in any sport and score at lest one point, but it happened and by a rookie no less.

"I lost" alex finally said.

Clayton then proudly walked up to her with his chest held out "yup! And now what do I get as my prize?" he said, alex then glanced at him with a stubborn look as she then balled up her fist "here's your prize!" she said.

Clayton was about to defend himself until he felt alex grab him by his jacket and lock her lips with his deeply. He felt her tongue crawl into his mouth and travel all over as he did the same inside her mouth as he then placed his hands on her arms.

They then let go of each other as they both stared into each others eyes as saliva came down there mouth, "tell me" Clayton said.

"yea?".

"why did you kiss me?".

Alex started to blush more "I don't really know why, I just did".

"really now?".

"y-yea".

The two then stayed quiet for a bit until clayton then moved his hand on her arm, letting his fingers slide up her skin slowly. Alex moved a bit as she felt his fingers go up her arm as she then looked at clayton "your so cold" she said.

Clayton smiled at her "yea, I know". He then moved his hand onto her shoulder as he then leaned closer to her as he then licked her cheek causing her to giggle "hey that tickles".

Clayton smiled more as alex laid her head on his chest as she placed her hand on his cheek as she brought it down to her face as she kissed him again but slower and deeper, they let there tongues travel all over inside there mouths as they held onto each other tighter as they got deeper and deeper into there kiss. Alex then broke it as she breathed heavily as a large hue of pink was across her face.

"c-Clayton".

"yea".

"umm I kinda have to leave and get ready for track, but...can I see see you tomorrow, back here at the basketball court?" she asked him.

Clayton nodded at her "of course alex".

"you promise?".

"I promise".

Alex then hugged him as she ran off leaving Clayton with a huge smile on his face, he then looked at the basketball as he then picked it up and threw it into the hoop as it went though as he walked off the court.

As he was walking down the sidewalk he felt the cold wind hit his body causing him to shiver "damn, It's starting to get cold" he thought "I need to find some shelter because I'm so not sleeping in the park again".

As he kept walking he then noticed a small house on a hill that was not to far from him as he then ran over to it. As he made it to the door he then looked inside the windows to see if anyone was inside, only to see that it was empty "huh, guess the previous owner left in a hurry, there still some furniture inside and it looks new too" he said. Clayton then walked over to the door and tried to open it but the knob wouldn't move one inch. He raised his eyebrow and tried again it still didn't move at all, Clayton sighed as he walked away from the door and turned around from it as he then placed his hand on his Yamato katana and pulled it slowly from his back. He then turned around and slashed at the door two times making a cross.

He then put his sword back into it's sheath as he then walked up to the door and kicked it open causing it making a small dent in it, Clayton started to get pissed as he then glanced at the door as he took off his black kamina sunglasses and held them backhanded. He then planted his sunglasses into the crack of the side of the door as he brought his hand down as his sunglasses started scrapping inside the small crack as he then heard the hinges of the door break off and fall out of there sockets.

As he finished he then placed his hand on the door as he moved it a bit causing it to fall over inside the house, he then got to his feet as he then placed his sunglasses in his pocket "hehe, and here I thought that worked only in the movies" he said as he walked inside.

He walked all over the house as he scanned the place and was very surprised that all the furniture was still new but still in plastic. As Clayton then walked upstairs he looked at the walls to see that there was not even a small amount of dust anywhere, he finally made it to the upstairs floor of the house as he looked around up there as well. Everything was not out of place nor was there any mess, he then walked over to the bedroom and peaked inside to see a large king size bed that could fit up to four people.

Clayton sighed as he walked over to the bed and plopped onto the soft warm bed as he fell asleep "ahh, much better" he mumbled as he drifted to sleep.

THE NEXT DAY

The sun was shining for a brief second to start the day only for it to be blocked by the grey clouds that came looking as if it might rain. As Clayton was sleeping still he then awoke to the sound of thunder, he got up as he then glanced over to the window and sighed. Clayton then started to grin "truly this weather won't stop me from meeting up with alex" he said as he got himself ready for the day and headed off to meet up with alex.

As Clayton felt the house he then looked up at the clouds as the sky was getting darker and darker, he was a bit worried but shrugged it off as he kept walking to his destination. As Clayton was walking he didn't notice the person behind him as the figure then ran into him making him fall to the ground, Clayton hit the hard, cold concrete surface hard making a cut on his forehead appear as he got to his feet "what the fuck!" he yelled as he looked to see a man standing in front of him dressed in a custom made zebra trench coat and a fedora.

"oh how clumsy of me" he said with a grin at the end of his sentence. Clayton raised his eyebrow at him as he didn't understand why the man was grinning at him, the man then walked up to him as he then placed his hand on his right shoulder "you seem confused my dear boy" he said "well let me give you a little piece to remember" he then leaned to his ear "I'm the one responsible for bringing your friends here, and your marefriends as well into my little world" Clayton's eyes started to widen as he glanced at the man now knowing full well who he was "black haze" he said.

"did you miss me Clayton?" he asked him.

Clayton only snarled at him as he then placed his hand on his katana until black haze stopped him "no no no, you can't hurt me" he said as he made his grip on clayton's hand tighter "besides if you try to harm me, then ll'l gladly kill off your friends and there marefriends, including your beloved rainbow dash", Clayton gritted his teeth as he let go of his weapon.

"such a good boy" black haze said as he let go of him.

Clayton then turned around to face him as balled up his fists "don't mess with my friends and there marefriends, or I will gladly come after you" he threatened. Black haze laughed "hahaha! I can't wait for that, but are willing to die once again like you did before? Oh rainbow dash will be destroyed if she sees you go" he mocked, Clayton then flipped him off "I'll do what it takes to keep the people and ponies safe from bastereds like you".

"my my, such undying willpower" he said "I must say that I am very interested. You know, I think you would be a very good and wonderful member to my friend and master night shadow, how about it? I could make you and your precious rainbow dash the most powerful couple on the whole planet".

Clayton only snickered at him "hehehehe, please like I would join you".

"I see".

"but tell me something".

"why of course".

"what happens once we find our marefriends in your sick twisted world?".

"well it's like this. Once the last of your friends finds there marefriend, then I shall gladly send you back home".

"I don't trust what you say".

"oh my boy, once I make a promise I keep it, and I gladly assure you that I shall send you back the moment your final friend rekindles and saves there marefriend", Clayton then crossed his arms as he looked down at the ground still unsure about what black haze just said. He then looked up only to see that black haze was gone.

"what?" he said as he looked all over the place for him but he was nowhere in sight, Clayton sighed as he raised his kamina sunglasses on his head "damn that slippery bastered" he muttered. He then realized that he was going to meet alex at the basketball court as he then ran over to his location.

As Clayton ran down the sidewalk to get to the basketball court he looked over at a track and saw some kids training, one of them happening to be Alexandra. He stopped dead in his tracks as soon as he saw her, alex was wearing a sleeveless dark blue shirt that was tight on her chest and dark blue shorts that were also tight as she ran around the track.

Clayton only stared at her as she ran, he felt his heart skip a few beats as he watched her train. As she then finished her last lap she wiped off the sweat from her head as she was breathing heavily. "not bad" a voice said from a far, alex then turned around to see that it was Clayton as he was walking over to her "Clayton" alex said.

"hey alex".

"hey, what are you doing here?" she asked him.

"well I was on my way to the court and I happen to see you here", alex smirked a bit at him "really now?". He nodded at her "well then, did you like seeing me train?".

"I did. Besides, those clothes look very tight on your body" said with a wink, alex punched his shoulder "shut up, your gonna make me blush" she said trying her hardest not to.

Clayton noticed this as he then leaned to her face and nuzzled her cheek a bit getting a blush to appear on her face "hey!" she shouted. Clayton raised his hands "hey I didn't do anything" he said trying to keep a straight face.

Alex rolled her eyes at him as she headed on her way to the locker room to change. As she was walking Clayton could not help but look at her and admiring her cute figure "man she is so hot" he thought as he then sat down on the bleachers and waited for her. A few minutes had passed until alex came out as she carried her gym back over shoulder. She then walked over to Clayton as she poked him "ready to go?" she asked him, Clayton glanced up at her as he got to his feet "you bet" he said as they headed on there way to the basketball court.

As they were walking the two then looked up at the sky to see flashes of lighting inside the clouds "man, I really hope that it doesn't rain".

"don't you have an extra set of clothes to wear in case you get wet?".

"yea I do, I just don't wanna get wet that's all".

"alright".

The two then reached there destination as they then ran onto the court and started playing like they did yesterday. Alex placed her bag on the side of the fence as Clayton laid his Yamato katana and his jacket on the fence as well, "ok" Clayton said "time for another round of me winning".

Alex grinned at him "don't get so cocky, because this time I'm not gonna lose".

Alex then picked up the ball next to the hoop as she then bounced it a bit as she ran past Clayton getting ready to make an easy score, Clayton ran after her as he made his way over to his hoop and blocked her shot as he grabbed the ball as it hit the ground. He then dribbled the ball a bit as he then headed over to her hoop as alex was on his tail "your not gonna win like you did yesterday" she yelled as she caught up to him and tried to get the ball out of his hands. Clayton tried his best to keep the ball away from her as much as he could but he then slipped up and dropped it letting alex grab it and throw it over at his hoop making a score.

"yes! I win!" she said as she jumped into the air.

"well ll'l be, you did".

Alex then walked up to him as she swayed her hips at him as she placed her hand on his face "better luck next time" she whispered. Clayton only blushed as he smiled until the two then felt rain drops fall onto them, soon the clouds started bringing down rain onto them making them soaking wet. "crap" Clayton said as he looked at the sky "well looks like were gonna have to go home huh ale-" he stopped talking as he looked at alex who's shirt was all wet showing her breasts as well as her hair all wet. Clayton was at a loss for words, he never knew how beautiful she looked when she was wet.

Alex looked at him as she then covered herself as she was blushing madly "don't look" she said, Clayton then walked up to her as he held onto her and pulled her close to his chest. Alex then placed her hands on his chest as she looked up at him into his eyes "clayton" she whispered, Clayton then wiped a bit of her hair out face as he placed his hand on her cheek.

The two kept starring at each other for a bit until they started to lean closer and closer as there lips touched. They kept kissing for a while until they stopped "alex" Clayton said.

"yes Clayton?".

"I...I know that we've only meet twice, but...but I-" he was stopped by her finger that she placed on his lips "shhhh, don't talk...just kiss me". Alex then leaned up to his lips as the two kissed again deeply as the rain came down on them.

ONE WEEK LATTER

For the past few days Clayton and alex were enjoying each others company as they got closer and closer with each other. They always hung out everyday and they always had there small rivalry at times, but they were happy never less. But that would all change today.

Clayton woke up at six in the morning as he felt like getting ready extremely early so he could see his loving mare rainbow dash. He walked downstairs and into the shower as he scrubbed himself off and hushed his teeth, he then got something to eat and headed out the door. It was now eight o clock As he headed over to alex's track meeting to see his beloved, as he walked onto the bleachers he sat down as he watched alex train, he enjoyed watching her train and he would never miss one. As Clayton watched her he noticed something a bit different about her, he noticed that she was pushing herself harder than she normally did.

Clayton was a bit worried but he shrugged it off a bit thinking that it was nothing. After alex had finished training for the day Clayton walked up to her "hey alex" he said with a smile on his face, as alex was within his range he held out his hand to her only for her to pass him by. Clayton was a bit stunned by this as he glanced to see her walk off "that's odd" he thought as he followed her. Alex was walking down the street as she was starring at the ground, Clayton was able to catch up with her as he walked next to her side "man, I was finally able to catch up with you" he said.

Alex didn't say anything.

Clayton then thought of something to say "you did really good at your track training" he said.

She still didn't say anything.

Clayton was starting to get worried about her, he then stepped in front of her causing her to stop "alex are you alright?" he asked her.

Alex didn't looked look at him.

Clayton then gently placed his hands on her shoulders "alex what's wrong?" he asked her hoping that he would get one single answer from her. Alex then then looked up at him as he started to smile, alex then moved his hands off of her shoulders as she walked past him.

Clayton then turned around as he placed his hand on her "alex please talk to me" he said, alex then turned around and did something that shocked him: she punched him in the face.

Clayton held the side of his face as a bruise was on his cheek as alex glared at him as she then turned around and walked home leaving Clayton stunned and hurt. "what was that all about?" he wondered "alex has never done that before", he pondered and pondered as he headed on his way home "maybe I should talk to her before she starts her track training" he said as he walked home hoping that alex was alright.

THE NEXT DAY

Clayton got up out of bed and walked into the bathroom as stared at his bruise on the side of his cheek, he was still stunned by alex's action. He then got ready and head out of his house to confront alex.

TRACK STADIUM

As Clayton made his way to the track he then noticed alex was walking down the street as he then hid behind a tree "what is alex doing here this early?" he thought as he kept starring at her as she walked into the building as he then followed her. As he walked down the hall, he then peaked into the locker room to see what alex was doing.

He watched as alex sat down on a bench as she then looked at her bag as she then reached for it and pulled out a syringe. Clayton was shocked by this, he never thought that alex would resort to something like this at all.

Clayton couldn't stand for this as she then kicked the door open "alex!" he shouted.

Alex then looked up at him as she was surprised to see him "c-Clayton, what are you doing here?" she said, Clayton walked over to her "I should be asking you the same question alex, what are you doing?".

"n-nothing...I'm just stretching that's all".

"really, then why do you have a syringe then?".

"I don't have a syringe".

Clayton then looks at her bag as he then leans down and looks through it. "hey! That's my bag!" alex yelled, as Clayton was looking through her bag still until he pulled out a bottle that had a clear liquid inside. "well then, why do you have steroids then alex?".

Alex then looked away from him as she then moved her hand from her back as she dropped the syringe on the floor, she then walked up to him as she then cracked her knuckles "ok, I've been taking steroids ok!".

"for how long?".

"for over a week".

"a week!".

"yea a week!".

She then balled up her fists as she then cracked her neck, Clayton then dropped the bottle on the ground as he then stepped on it. "no! I need that!" she said.

Clayton then crossed his arms as he looked at her "come on alex your better than this! You don't need drugs to help you out in your training", alex then swung at him but Clayton stopped her fist as he then pulled her to his chest.

Alex started squirming as he kept holding her close to his body "let me go! Let me go!" she yelled. Clayton then pulled her head up to his as he kissed her deeply, "Clayton" alex said.

"yea?".

"I'm..I'm sorry about yesterday".

"it's ok".

"it's just that...I was so desperate about becoming the best at track, that I resorted to doing drugs. Pretty stupid huh?".

Clayton then places his hand on her cheek "yea very stupid" he said, the two then kiss as she then lays her head on his chest "hey Clayton".

"yea alex?".

"I love you".

"I love you too".

She moves her hands to his hips as she then removes his shirt over his head as she then takes off hers as she then pushes him into a locker as she then warps her legs around him as the two start to make out, meanwhile as the two were having there lovemaking black haze was laying back on a wall with his arms crossed "well then, it looks like you got rainbow dash. Well only three more to go" he said as she grinned darkly.