My Gladiator Family

Chapter 5

~TAURTIS'S P.O.V.~

 ~NEXT DAY OF SCHOOL~

 I waited until lunch time. Ellen and I sat at the table with J and Grian. I kept my eye on Dom the whole time. Eventually, Ellen said, "I'm going to the bathroom." I smirked. She walked off.

 Perfect.

As soon as I saw her enter the bathroom door, I walked over to Dom's table.

 I started it off saying, "I don't appreciate you hitting my sister."

"Great, she told you?" he growled.

I grabbed his shirt saying, "Bet you can guess what's happening next." Out of the corner of my eye, I see everyone grab their Jphones and start filming. I smirked.

 I punched his face. He pushed me away and charged me. He fell on top of me. I grabbed his shirt and pulled him away as he tried to grab my neck. I jumped on top of him and continued punching him. Everyone laughed at Dom. Ellen walked out the bathroom and began to call for Mr. Rowan. I just continued to swing at Dom so he could feel the pain he cause my sister all those years. Dom's nose started bleeding. "HEY, STOP THAT!" Mr. Rowan shouted. Mr. Rowan lifted me by the shirt, but I kept trying to swing at Dom. Mrs. Okami ran over and pulled Dom away. Mr. Rowan grabbed my arms and kept hold of them behind my back. Mrs. Okami kept hold of Dom's wrists. We all walked to the office. The last thing I saw was Ellen running into J's and Grian's arms, tearing up, and everyone stopped filming as we turned the corner.

 "YOU PIECE OF SHI-" Dom tried to say to me, but Mrs. Okami covered his mouth with her hand. I spit at Dom, and Mr. Rowan pulled me at a farther distance from Dom. We both continued to struggle to get out of their arms to fight more, but they kept firm hold of our arms. We eventually got to the office. The second they let go of us, I jumped on Dom, wanting more bloodshed. But, the second I got on him, Mr. Rowan pulled me off and held on to me tighter, so now struggling was pointless.

 "WHAT HAPPENED?" Mrs. Okami yelled. "HE HIT MY SISTER!!" I yelled. Mrs. Okami's furious eyes flew to Dom. "IS THAT THAT BRUISE ON ELLEN'S FACE?" Mrs. Okami yelled. Dom shook his head violently saying, "NO! TAURTIS IS BLAMING ME WHEN HE HIT HER!!" "WHY WOULD I HIT HER?! YOU IDIOT, YOU PIECE OF-" "HEY, OK!!!!!" Mrs. Okami yelled. "YOU'RE BOTH GOING TO THE COUNSELOR!!" Me and Dom looked at each other, still furious. "IF Y'ALL EVEN TRY TO SWING ONCE MORE AT EACH OTHER, YOU'RE SUSPENDED!" Mrs. Okami yelled as Rowan and her let go of us. We decided to end the fight here. The bell rang saying it's time for P.E, but we walked to the counselor. Everyone cleared the hall as me and Dom walked side by side to the counselor's office. Everyone was taking pictures, except Ellen. She was crying. I looked at her in the eyes, and I wanted to say sorry I really did, but she looked away, not allowing me to. Now, I was even more upset. We eventually got to the door with the sign saying, 'Counselor Loro's office'. We looked at each other in disgust one more time, and we walked in.

 We heard music playing softly. He turned it off, and turned his chair around to reveal himself. "Well, look, it's the fighters." he said in his deep voice. He laughed. "Step closer." We inched up closer. "So, why did you fight?" he said calmly. Dom kept quiet, so I told him. "He hit my sister." Dom's face burned up. Counselor Loro turned his head to face Dom. "Why did you hit her?" "...." "Dom, I'm going to need an answer." He mumbled, "because I liked her and she didn't like me.." "What, could you be a little louder?" "BECAUSE I LIKED HER AND SHE DIDN'T LIKE ME!" he shouted. "Why doesn't she like you?" "Because I bullied her.." "Why did you bully her?" "Because I didn't know how to ask her out..." Dom turned away and stared at the floor. I stared at Dom, wanting to hit him again. Counselor Loro turned to me. I looked away. "Why did you fight him?" he asked calmly. "Because I wanted him to feel he pain he put my sister through!" I yelled. Dom turned around to look at me. I stared at him back. "Why did you fight back?" Counselor Loro asked Dom. Dom shrugged. "Just so you could? Even though you knew Taurtis is for one, stronger than you, AND more blood thirsty than you! Look at your nose!" Dom grabbed a tissue and wiped the dry blood from his nose. "Well, since you both just wanted to fight, here's your chance." he said as he got up to reveal his muscular, tall body. We stared up at him. "Follow me."

 We followed him through a series of halls and doors, going down stairs a few times. Finally, we reached a big room with few lights, and a boxing ring. "Well, what are you waiting for? Go ahead, fight!" he said laughing. I looked at Dom. He looked at me. We both ran to the boxing ring. The fight was back on.

 I punched Dom, Dom punched my stomach. I hit his nose again, and it started bleeding again. He grabbed my head, and punched my head repeatedly. I got out, and grabbed his neck. I started tightening his grasp of air, and he punched my stomach. I let go, and Dom jumped on me and began continuously kicking me. I rolled away and tackled Dom. I kept punching his nose. Dom tried to push me away, but oh, NO, I'm not letting this end any time soon! Why can't I stop? He's gotta pay!! This isn't like me!! I finally forced myself to let go of my grab on him. I walked out the ring and sat down. Dom looked at me puzzled.

 Counselor Loro laughed. "Looks like he DOES have self control!" he said, continuing to laugh. "Taurtis, remember this moment every time you become angry. You DO have self control." I nodded, and he patted my back. "DOM, any time you even THINK of hurting someone, chances are, this is going to happen again! You are NOT the strongest kid here!" Dom nodded. "Alright, get out of my ring! Now I've got MORE blood to clean up.." he mumbled that last part. That kind of made me worried, but me and Dom continued to walk out the exit door. The bell for the end of school rang, and we walked out the building. Everyone saw us, and started whispering, talking about us. Dom walked back to his friends. J, Grian, and Ellen walked up to me. J and Grian stared at me, as if they didn't even know me. Ellen lightly slapped my cheek. Ok, I deserved that..

 "Don't ever fight again!!" she shouted. I looked away. I wasn't able to look right at her. I was ashamed of myself. Ellen has the ability to twist anyone's emotions just like that. She's such an Empath, being able to change people like she does.

 Well, actually she is an Empath..

 She can comfort anyone. She can understand anyone. She can do whatever it takes to make someone's feelings towards someone or something immediately change. Unfortunately, this whole empathy thing took a big whack out of her self confidence.

 I nodded, agreeing not to fight people anymore. We walked home. But I still didn't regret punching Dom and making his nose bleed.