Spitfire

Chapter 20

Rens POV

I got to school only to get pummeled by everyone in class. "Ren, We have a surprise for you" my best friend Will said, quite nervous and excited i may add. I grumbled as they tied a blindfold around my eyes and started pulling and pushing me somewhere. "I swear you guys i am going to kill you if its something crazy." i heard laughs and giggle. they made me go up some stairs and stand still in a spot. they then took my blindfold off, i was in a fighting cage in a gym. "W...w.what is this!" i spluttered "We guessed that maybe you could have some of us fight you once a week or so" one of them spoke up. I closed my eyes and tensed my jaw. "Guys, i appreciate the gesture, i really do, but i am way stronger than all of you, if there was a match it would be against a young high schooler, not one of you. I have been training for a year and a half already." i felt something be put in my hands and Will whispered in my ear "Go get changed, trust me" i sighed and walked off to do that, only in one of these schools i swear.

i got ready and stretched a bit before i went out. I was wondering what in the world they were going to do. "why me?" I heard the door open and i was immediately blindfolded and earmuffed again. What is with these guys and blindfolds! they kept me there for a good 10 minutes chatting, quite loudly i might add. Finally they pulled me out and rushed me back out and presumably back into the cage. I sighed and they took my blindfold and earmuffs off. On the opposite side of me was a guy about 3 years older than me and all around the gym was filled to the brim with middle and high schoolers. i put my face in my hands and i could feel Will start to rub my shoulders. "you're an idiot" i whispered and he just laughed slightly. "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,BOYS AND GIRLS! I WELCOME YOU TO THE FIRST ORGANIZED FIGHT IN MAYWELL HISTORY!!" there were cheers all around and i just sighed. "HERE TODAY WE HAVE REN SMITH AND HAVEN PIPER, THEY WILL DUKE IT OUT" I walked forward and stopped him there "HEY EVERYONE, ITS NOT CALLED 'DUKING IT OUT' IN STREET FIGHTING TERMS, YOU NEED TO LEARN HOW TO DO THIS" i looked pointedly at the kid and Everyone laughed. I whispered some things in his ear and he took the mic back "IN THIS CORNER WE HAVE THE GREAT REN SMITH, AND IN THIS CORNER WE HAVE HAVEN PIPER. ARE YOU READY REN?" i nodded "ARE YOU READY HAVEN?" he nodded and we took stance and bumped knuckles. Good someone who knows what to do. The announcer kid hightailed it out of there and the bell rang. Haven threw a kick in my direction and i dodged it giving him a nice kick to the side, barely missing so the kids couldn't tell. Everyone was cheering so loud that he was able to say something without them noticing what it was "Ren, im in the underground, go ahead with it" I nodded slightly and we started really going at it. He shoved my back into the cage and i kneed him in the gut and punched him in the face. There was a chorus of 'oohs' all around the gym. He got me in the side with a roundhouse and got me in a triangle hold. I got him in the side with my elbow and then pinned him down. he was a bit stronger than me so he was able to flip us over, i was able to get my foot up through his legs and kick him in the stomach, he lifted up his abdomen and i kicked again throwing him off of me and into the cage. He ran at me and punched me good and hard a couple time in the gut. I took a swipe at his head and he dodged it. he smirked and i growled. i grabbed onto him and took him to the ground to get him in an arm bar. He snickered and flipped over my legs to get himself over and then pick me up by my legs. I lifted my self up and punch him good and hard in the side of the head to make him drop me. I got him in a triangle hold and wrapped both of legs over his arms. "Okay i give" He whispered and then pretended to pass out. I stayed there a moment and squeezed on his throat slightly before getting out from under him. apparently we had a ref who came and looked him over then the announcer kid came back in "LOOK AT THAT, CONGRATULATIONS TO REN SMITH FOR TAKING DOWN A 9TH GRADER!!" he lifted up my hand and i grinned shaking my fists a little bit while prancing around the arena. They had gotten haven out and into the locker room. "THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR COMING TO WATCH, NOW I DONT WANT YOU GUYS TO GO OUT LOOKING FOR A FIGHT TO HAVE OR WATCH. I AM TRAINED AND I KNOW WHAT I AM DOING, PLEASE BE CAREFULL AND HAVE GOOD JUDGMENT, ALSO DONT TELL YOUR PARENTS ABOUT THIS!" I waved and rushed out of the cage to go check on haven. "Hey dude you okay?" i asked rushing over to him. he smiled and nodded holding an ice pack to his eye "Yeah i am, you got me pretty good though, thanks for the fight." he nudged me gently in the shoulder and i smiled "It was fun, i dont think i am going to let this happen again though. It just isnt smart to do with kids." He nodded "Yeah, hey everyone else can we have some time alone?" he asked all the adults and they nodded. we sat down on the bench's and just started chatting about our lives, training, and everything under the sun. I learned that he fought at our arena and that i have seen him a few times. He fought under the name of Hellraiser, and was part of a fighter gang called the Hell's. He also had a rough life and pretty much lived at the arena and at school, He hadnt been home in 4 years.

On my walk back to the arena i spotted a pair of kids getting into a fight. There were a few spectators and i got them to help me break them up. "Do you go to maywell prep?" they looked at me weird "No, what are you a freak?" i rolled my eyes and gave him a nice punch to the gut. "No, now all of you are going to follow me" There eyes widened and they nodded kind of scared. I smirked and walked ahead of them confidently when i got picked up by someone. The jacket was only that of Axel's "Hey Angel, what ya up to?" i yawned "Bringing these guys to the arena, that okay?" he pulled me back over his shoulder into a bridals carry "You are the owner of it" i hit him in the chest "No im not! you are!" he shrugged "Nope, you are the proud new owner of the arena, oh and casanova handed the market down to me, which you will get in a few years." I gaped at him "Bullshit" he stepped inside the back and the boys tentatively stepped in after us. "Angel, this place is all yours, i'm sick of runnin" "NO! you will either hand it down to someone else or keep it and the market until i'm 16, got it?" He sighed and set me down then pinched the bridge of his nose. "I don't trust anyone else, especially not jason" "What about greg? he is still here" he shook his head "Please, no, he has a kid to take care of" "I AM STILL A KID!" i threw my hands up in the air then groaned. "YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE I TRUST REN! i don't think i could bear to give it to someone else, it is important that i hand it down because i am leaving soon." i paused "For what, and how long?" he knelt down to my level tears threatening to spill out of my eyes "At least 6 years" my jaw dropped "I will be almost graduating by then! you're just going to leave me!" he pushed back the tears but one spilled out tracing down his cheek and falling on to the floor. "Take the arena, take the market, the money is yours now, Greg is touring, jake will be staying with you. Jason is pissed so you might as well leave him be. Marcus and Evan can watch out for you. You know how everything works, be good, stand proud and tall. I love you my angel." i had crumpled into his arms by now. "no, no no no no no. Everyone is leaving me, not you too." i was full blown crying by now. he pulled back from me and removed his Marine Corps dog tag's that he always wears and put it around my neck. Then he removed his favorite jacket and hung it around my shoulders. It hit me right then "You're going back into the Corps." He bit his lip and hung his head, rubbing his nose with his knuckle of his pointer fashion in an Axel like fashion. "Yes angel i am, i love you. Bye sweetpea, take care." I stood frozen as he kissed my forehead and stood up. He placed a box and a manila folder next to my door and walked out. It really hit me and i rushed after him "AXEL!!" he picked me up in his arms "Stay safe, stay strong, and don't die on me okay" he nodded and i gave him one last squeeze "You are a father to me and i love you so much, Daddy" i knew he was crying. he set me down and rushed off. I just kinda plopped down on the ground curling up on the ground crying my eyes out.I later felt someone pick me up and place me in my bed.