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[[ I've been having people say "Where the next chapter? I want the next chapter!" So, along with Ch. 11, I made this one longer. ]]

Sakura stayed after school for soccer practice and waited at Lee’s motorcycle so they could go home. Lee was walking to the student parking lot after track practice, but Sakura had beaten him by a good ten minutes to his bike.

Two men walked up to Sakura in the parking lot with smirks on their faces. One had long, black hair with yellow eyes and the other had short, spiky, blonde hair with brown eyes.

“Hey baby. You lookin’ for a good time?” the first one said to her as he leaned closer.

Sakura stepped back, kept a calm look, and spoke strongly. “No, I’m not. Now, if you don’t mind, I’d like it if you’d leave.”

The blonde came up behind her and spoke with a smirk. “But we DO mind and there’s one more thing,” the blonde said before the first one came up to her and put her on his shoulder. “We ain’t leaving until we get what we want,” the blonde finished as he followed the black-haired man behind the school.

Sakura screamed and punched as she was carried to a small field behind the school. They threw her onto the grass and then got closer to her. Sakura tried to fight back, but two against one was a horribly uneven fight. She was held down by the blonde as the black-haired one unbuckled his belt.
“No. Please don’t do it,” She thought to herself. Sakura screamed at the top of her lungs as his hand traveled up her leg and under her skirt. She closed her eyes and turned her head away, too afraid to see him actually touching her.

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Rahatani and Nyoko sat at the counter in the kitchen, sipping smoothies.

"They're amazing, Raha! To think, a Fire Spellcaster could make something so cold and wet so... delicious!"

Raha gave her a ghostly smile. "I'm glad you're enjoying yourself."

Nyoko bubbled brightly and took another sip before coughing really hard as her body froze. Raha put down her cup quickly and reached over to her sister, who stopped her spasms and looked at her with a very serious expression: not a good sign. "What's wrong, Nyo?" Raha asked.

"It's Lee... something's wrong. I can feel it." Nyoko looked towards the door, but Raha cut her train of thought off with a decisive, "I'll go to the school and check it out."

Nyoko looked to her and nodded, watching her sister go and sipping her smoothie worriedly.

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Suddenly, Sakura heard two people falling, felt the hand jerking away, and a pair of familiar arms lifted her up. She slowly opened her eyes, turned her head to the person, and smiled at the person.

“Lee,” she whispered as he smiled back.

He then flew to the ground next to her as the blonde’s fist collided with his jaw. The two men began to punch and kick at Lee as he lied on the ground. Sakura wanted to help him, but a fear held her back from even moving.

After a few minutes, the two got up and looked down at Lee’s battered body. They turned their attention back to Sakura and walked up to her. Her mind was numb and her body paralyzed.

Lee moaned and slowly got up to his feet. He spoke with a weak voice, but it was loud enough for them to hear him. “Don’t you DARE touch her!” he spoke as he wiped away a small trickle of blood that was coming from his eyebrow and was trailing on his left cheek.

The two turned to Lee and became slightly angry.
“This kid seems to be a fighter,” the blonde said.
The black haired one nodded and said, “Yeah he is. Maybe we should get rid of the fighter.” He then pulled out a switchblade and held it, ready to kill. They took a few steps towards him, but stopped short at what they saw.

Lee’s body was releasing a red mist and his eyes had become purely black.

Rahatani stood around the corner of the building and smiled grimly at what she saw. “It seems he’s finally unlocking his true power... but so destructive... We'll have to train him for that.”

The blonde ran at Lee and threw many punches at him. Lee easily dodged every single one and then jabbed him in the stomach. The blonde coughed up blood before Lee hit him with an uppercut, causing him to be sent ten feet into the air. The black haired man ran at Lee and began to slash away at him. Lee dodged the blade just as well as he had the punches. He then grabbed the man’s wrist and disarmed him. He reached into his pants, pulled out a gun, pointed it at Lee’s head, and pulled the trigger. Lee’s head jerked back and Sakura looked at him in horror. The man smirked, but his face was covered in terror at the next sight. Lee’s head stood straight up and the bullet was caught in his teeth. He spat the bullet to the side and then kicked the man to the ground.

As quickly as it had all begun, Lee’s eyes returned to their normal color and the red mist disappeared. He looked around at the scene and then turned to Sakura, who was now standing up.

He walked up to her and reached out to take her hand. "Sakura, are you-"

Sakura pulled her hand away and looked terrified at the sight of him. "Stay away from me."

“Sakura…” Lee took a step closer and managed to say her name before being slapped across the face, standing there stunned as she did it.

“Stay away from me you freak!” she said in a scared tone.

Lee’s head stayed in that spot as his mind began to race. Why’d she do that? Why’d she say that? Does she hate what I am? That can’t be true. She said that she’d always accept me for who I am.

After looking at her unchanged face for a moment, he turned around and walked away. After a few feet's distance between them, he ran to his motorcycle and rode off, not even bothering with Sakura’s ride.

Rahatani came from behind the corner and walked up to Sakura, spitting out sarcastically, “Thanks for breaking Lee’s heart. You’re a great person, aren’t you?” She glared coldly at the confused girl before leaving, shaking with rage at yet another person that hadn't understood.

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Rahatani walked through the front door and up the stairs to find Roseline and Nyoko standing in front of Lee’s bedroom. “What’s going on here?” Raha asked as she walked up to them.

“Somehow, Lee managed to create three magical locks that cannot be opened by anyone except him. He then locked himself inside and won’t let us in,” Roseline said with a look of worry on her face.

Raha looked at Nyoko and found a look of concern on her face. Nyoko looked at Roseline and Rahatani and said, “Let’s come back in a few minutes. Maybe he’ll be fine by then.”

The three went downstairs and came back up twenty minutes later. The magical locks were gone and the door was unlocked. When they opened the door and looked inside, they were stunned by what they saw. He had his back to the door and the room itself was a total wreck. Everything was either ripped, cut, or scattered on the floor. His knuckles were dripping blood from punching holes in the walls.

Rahatani looked down at Nyoko and said sarcastically, “He seems to be like his old self.” Nyoko laughed nervously, but stopped when she and Rahatani watched Roseline walk in and shut the door behind her.

She walked up to Lee, placed a hand on his shoulder, and spoke in a soft voice, “Are you okay?”

Lee shook his head from side to side and responded, “No. I’m not.”

She stepped in front of him, took his hands in hers, and whispered something: a soft blue light emanated from her hands as his cuts healed beneath her touch. She sat him down on the bed, taking the spot next to him, and spoken in a soothing voice.

“Lee, you are slowly unlocking your magic and normal people are afraid of what they don’t understand. They don’t hate you, they’re just afraid of what you might do,” Roseline said as Lee listened quietly. She placed a hand on his cheek and turned his head to face her. “I know that it hurts to see the ones close to you act the way they do, but you need to accept that fact. Magic can cause fear, but it will be accepted by those that are closest to you,” Roseline said to Lee and gave him a smile when she finished.

Lee looked into her eyes and hugged her. Lee whispered into her ear as he cried and she returned the sentiment. “I thought I’d have to learn to love you like a mother, but I realize now that I always have,” he whispered to her.

TO BE CONTINUED....