User blog:Vrinda.dance/Ninja "J&K" Chapter 10: Story of the Past



Jack's POV 

I sat at the edge of Kim's bed holding her hand in my own. Jerry, Eddie, and Milton stood with their hands crossed. They look mad and I think I know that they're mad because nobody told them anything until now. Tyson leaned against a window with his hands in his Golden Tiger sweater. My mother and Kim's parents sat in the three chairs while my grandfather stood ready to tell the story.

"So you want to start, Mr. Brewer?" Kim's mother said.

My grandfather looked at me and all I could do is nod.

"Very well, I will keep my promise and start," he cleared his throat and started.

Flashback in Jack's Grandpa's POV 

I was studying aboard just has Jack have for 3 years. I went to the same school and everything. <span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Anyway, when I went there, I made a friend named Takayuki Setsu. <span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">I spent 5 years there with him and we practice karate there for a long time. We were the best of friends. Nothing or nobody got between us or so we thought until Yuki Sohma transferred into our school. <span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Yuki was a beautiful girl with long black hair and light brown chestnut eyes. I fell in love with her at first sight and the problem is that so did Takayuki. <span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">But Yuki loved me so we dated in secret for awhile, just Jack and Kim have. Everything went well for half a year until one day when we were just walking in the forest together. <span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"Hey Scott! You know how I really like Yuki Sohma, right?" Takayuki asked me in Japanese. <span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"Y-yeah," I said. <span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"Well, I really want to ask her out. You should help me ask her! Man, I'm really nervous." <span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"Y-you should be, she's very beautiful," I answered, unconcernly. <span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"I know she is. But there is something bothering," he stopped in his tracks. "You two have been spending a lot of times together lately." <span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"What are you saying?" I stopped in front of him. <span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"What's going on between you and Yuki?" he looked at me accusingly. <span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"Nothing why would you say that, Takayuki? Don't you trust me?" <span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"Of course I do, Scott," Takayuki looked away from me. <span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"Then why are you accusing me of?" <span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"You do like her, too, don't you?" my friend glared at me. <span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"Well, yeah she's really nice and everything, I guess so," I rubbed the back of my head. <span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"You're dating her, aren't you?" <span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"How do you know?" <span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"You just told me! How could you?!" <span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"Date her? I guess I like her." <span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"You didn't even give me a chance! Did you even ask me? You only like her, you don't love her like I do!" <span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">At this time, anger has taken over me, "I don't need to ask you about who to date! I love her! I love Yuki and there's nothing you could do anything to break us up!" <span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"I will hurt her just to get to you. You just made the worst enemy." <span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"I didn't want to make you an enemy!" <span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"I will find a way to hurt you." <span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"Okay! Just because you're a 3rd degree black belt and you're from a ninja family, doesn't mean that you could break me that easy." <span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"I will hurt you not only physically, but mentally!" <span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"Takayuki couldn't you be happy with me like any other normal friend could be?" <span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"Being happy for you is like walking on my own grave! No, forget Yuki. One day, I will get your family not just Yuki. But if you do marry her, I will kill her." <span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">And that's what he did. I married Yuki and had your mother before he went and killed her. <span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Present (Jack's POV) <span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Kim rested her face in my shoulder mind. I rested my hand on her head to soothe her.

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"I'm sorry about your wife," Kim's father spoke for the first time.

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"How did my mother died?" my mother looked up.

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"Takayuki came back after you were about 6 months old and took your mother's head."

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">My mother looked away and I gritted my teeth at my grandmother's gruesome death.

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"But for some reason, that wasn't enough for Takayuki. I wasn't suffering enough for him. He then vowed he will hurt my children for me to continue to suffer."

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"So he killed the woman he loved and now he's still going after Jack?" Tyson asked.

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"Obviously, he didn't love her at all that would drive him into killing her," Rudy came in.

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"You heard everything?" I asked.

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"Yeah, I stood outside when I heard Mr. Scott talking. That is a gruesome ending for Yuki."

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"Listen Jack, you trained as a ninja in Japan under his teachings. He wanted you to come back here and finish me off—"

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"Which is never going to happen, Grandpa, I will never hurt you. I want to find a way to destroy him and then find away to get Atsuko back to her old self."

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"But she hates us being together," Kim spoke in a weak voice, "she seemed like she would do anything to get to you."

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"Love drives people insane," Kim's mother spoke.

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"That is true," my grandfather took the fourth chair.

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"Listen, this is all my fault for actually believing that I could get stronger just by saving a friend who quickly turned on me. I will end this," I stood up, "I'm going to find Takayuki and Atsuko."

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"Jack wait!" Kim called, "You're just rushing into this with your head ready to be lost just like your grandmother. You need to think this through."

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">I stood there and let my girlfriend's word sink into me. She was right about this. I need to be more patient about all of this.

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"Well, does anybody have any suggestions?" I looked around.

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"Your father," my mother finally spoke up.

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"My dad? You never spoke about him before."

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"Yes," Mom nodded, "He'll know what to do."

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"You really ready to talk to him again?" Grandpa turned to Mom, "After the divorce, you had vowed never to ask him anything ever again."

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"I felt like I really didn't need him. But he's very strong and clever. He hates me, not his own son."

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"Fine," I spoke up, "I'll go tomorrow. I'll find him tomorrow."

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"I'll go with you," Kim offered, "I'm getting release tonight. I want to at least help out for this."

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"Alright, I'll stay here with you overnight and we'll leave tomorrow."

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">I looked at Kim's parents for permission and they nodded.

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"She needs someone to watch over her sometimes and now you're the only one that can provide her that protection. I entrust our daughter to you," Mr. Crawford smiled.

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"After all of this, I just want Kim to be with someone like you to love, you have to promise to never break her heart," Mrs. Crawford added.

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"Don't worry, Mr. and Mrs. Crawford, I'll do everything with and without my power," I said, "Thank you for believing in me."

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"Listen, dude, no matter what, I vowed that I will help you and Kim out of this mess and I will," Tyson walked over and rested his hand on my shoulder, "I'll continue to collect information about everything, okay?"

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"Sure, thanks Ty, we appreciate it."

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"Well, it looks like the kids have everything under control right now. Let's go home and get some rest," Grandpa left the room with my mom following him.

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Kim's parents went over and kissed her on forehead before leaving.

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"Well, we'll stay outside just to keep watch for now," Milton talked, "You two get some rest."

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"Sounds good," and the guys left the room.

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Before long, I and Kim were alone in the room.

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">I walked over and pulled the pillows out from behind her head and puffed them out for her. Helping her lay down she looked at me with her brown eyes.

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">I bent down and gave her a kiss on her cheek. She kissed my cheek in return ,

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"I love you, Kim. No matter how everything turns out tomorrow, I will never stop loving you," I whispered.

<p style="line-height:9.2pt;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">"I love you, too, Jack and I will never stop loving you either."