A week later
Wednesday
West Ridge
It was New Year's Eve and 2015 was just around the corner!
We were all at the house, for the New Year; Marcus, Cathy, Chloe, Josh, Curtis and us two.
Things were not going well, at least not for Chloe; she had just had her ass handed to her... By Curtis!
That morning
Chloe had goaded Curtis into showing her what he could do!
Curtis had risen to Chloe's goad and had agreed to a fight, though we all knew the obvious outcome; or we thought that we did!
The pair of them had stripped down to t-shirt and jogging pants. Chloe eyed Curtis, like a crocodile would its prey. Curtis did not seem to be worried at all; in fact he had asked me for a favour and as somebody who liked to cause shit, I had been a little surprised at his request, but I had agreed!
Everybody was downstairs to watch, including Cathy, who was backing Curtis, and Josh who, naturally, was backing Chloe!
The fight started with Chloe throwing a punch at Curtis, followed by a kick, neither of which connected, surprisingly. Curtis seemed to be very quick with his movements and had obviously learnt to use his agility and mobility, to overcome his lack of stature and strength. Don't get me wrong, the kid was strong and very fit, but then so was Chloe. She had built up a lot of muscle, in her arms and legs, since we had first found her, almost a year ago and she had started some proper training, and Josh would periodically comment on her firm stomach!
Chloe was a bit slow in the recovery, from her attack, because Curtis flew in with a side thrusting kick and caught Chloe in the back, low on her right hand side and she screamed in pain and shock.
"You little rat!" She yelled and span around, catching Curtis with a roundhouse kick to his left shoulder.
Curtis absorbed the energy of the kick and caught himself before he hit the mat. I was a little worried that Chloe would forget that she was fighting a ten year-old boy and not a Russian Krysha! A few minutes later Chloe seemed to be getting the upper hand, using her experience and increased size and strength over Curtis; so I decided that it was time to even the odds... Curtis had asked me to throw in a Jō-staff, if things were going bad for him. I had no reason to say no, so I had agreed... So now I threw the staff towards Curtis and he swept it up and took up the correct stance, facing a rather shocked Chloe.
"Hey, not fucking fair!" Chloe complained.
"Who ever said fighting was fair! Vigilantes must learn to adapt; you never know when things might go to crap, eh, Shadow!" I retorted with an evil smirk in her direction. Chloe mouthed a rather foul obscenity at me, along with a scowl and went back to the fight. Curtis seemed to know how to use the Jō-staff, too! Where the hell had he learnt to do that?
Chloe needed all her wits about her now, as that staff would hurt, if it contacted her. To add insult to any injury, the Jō-staff was actually Shadow's own; yeah, I had a vicious streak! Curtis was looking for an opening, but Chloe was fast and kept on the move, while doing her best to keep an eye on the staff, as Curtis wielded it, very competently. Then Curtis managed to strike home and Chloe fell to the mat, rather hard and I saw Cathy wince, as Chloe screamed in pain; however the pain seemed to just make her madder and she jumped up and threw herself towards Curtis, who managed to sweep Chloe's right leg from under her and then strike her in the centre of her chest with the other end of the staff, before following through and landing on top of Chloe, as she fell onto her front.
Curtis had Chloe pinned to the mat, with a knee in her lower back and the Jō-staff across the back of her neck.
"Do you yield, Shadow?" Curtis growled.
Chloe tried to move and push Curtis off, but she was pinned and there was nothing that she could do. I approached and could hear a stream of whispered obscenities coming from the fallen Shadow! I was doing my best not to laugh at her humiliation, but Dave and Cathy added to her discomfort by applauding Curtis!
"Oh dear, Shadow... That did not go well..." I commented.
"Do yer think?" Chloe growled angrily and got up off the mat, as soon as Curtis had released her.
I turned to Curtis, as soon as I was back on my feet.
I felt mad, I really did. As I glared at Curtis he looked worried, not scared just worried. Curtis had surprised the hell out of me; he was really good! If I hadn't have been pissing about, then I could have put him down earlier, but I was giving him a chance - big mistake!
I smiled at my cousin.
"You did really well, Curtis... Well done! Normally the only person that puts Shadow down, is Shadow... Or Hit Girl!" I said, smirking at Mindy.
Curtis was actually blushing!
"Where the hell did you learn to use a Jō-staff, anyway?" I asked Curtis and then turned to the smirking Mindy. "And... Where the hell do you get off, giving my Jō to other people to use against me?"
Curtis answered first.
"I wanted to be you, Chloe; that's why I started to learn Taekwondo and Aiki-Jō. But then I saw sense and decided to just be myself!" Curtis explained, with a smug grin.
Cheeky little shit!
"Funny!" I replied and then I then growled at Curtis. "This isn't over!"
"Any time, bitch!" Curtis growled back, which got a laugh from everybody, as I felt my face getting hot.
Late that night
West Ridge
"Are you absolutely sure that you want to do this?" I asked.
Chloe just looked back up at me and smiled. Her smile was intoxicating and it made me love her even more. She was looking lovelier, now that she had let her hair grow and it was spread across the pillow, framing her face.
"Yes damn it! I'm not lying here, stark naked and with my legs apart, just for my fucking health, Jackal!"
"Damn, you get tetchy at times, but it just makes me love you even more!" I replied, kneeling beside her. I was completely naked, just like Chloe and holding a small, square package in my hand.
"Just open the damn thing and do whatever you need to do with it!" Chloe growled.
I ripped open the package and pulled out the blue condom; it felt weird and it was my first condom. I worked out which way up it went and put it on; it felt strange! I moved over and knelt between Chloe's legs; I was very, very nervous, this was one hell of a step to take, for both of us! I was also worried, as I had done my homework and knew that this could hurt Chloe a lot more than it could hurt me.
Chloe was still smiling as I gently lay down on top of her and eased myself inside of her, slowly. I watched Chloe's face, searching for any sign of discomfort or pain. We had spent the past half an hour 'making out' and Chloe was very wet down below. I hoped that I wasn't going to make a mess of this, but everybody had to try things for the first time, at one stage or another!
Dave and Mindy's Bedroom
West Ridge
"Fucking Hell! God Dammit! That was fucking amazing!"
Chloe had yelled so loudly that we had heard her through several walls!
I looked at Mindy, who had blushed at the outburst!
"Josh must be good!" I commented with a straight face.
"Oh yeah! Pop goes the fucking cherry!" Mindy replied, before she buried her face in the pillow and started a fit of the giggles.
Author's Note: My last chapter for 2014! A Happy New Year to you all and Good Luck for 2015!