Kyle is now 16 years old.

His skate under his feet and rolling.

He went to the first day of high school, at grade 10..

The autumn is fresh through the season, he is great in maths, english and science.

But he never feel accomplished..

It's like school is becoming boring after all that happened before..

Yet there is no bullies, and he can defend himself now.

But it's feel like something is missing..

Something that should matter to him.

Something.. But he cannot tell much himself.

He have a serious face all the time because of this,

even though after school. Kyle run on his skateboard

and go to the local park where he met his new friends.

Tim, Jess and Mike. They are from another high school..

They are three teenagers 1 year younger than him.

But he is the less experiemented in skateboarding still.

So they teach him out new tricks everytime, and he learn fast.

it's almost impressive to watch actually.

As Mike jokingly say Kyle might never do a Laser Flip.

Our hero ask what is it like, and they show him on the phone

a video that a guy does it exactly..

So Kyle stand on his skate, and roll.

And does it in one try.

"Yo, how did you do that? Is it the first try!?" Yells Jess, surprised by Kyle learning potencial.

They ask him to do it again, and he does it.

Still succeed, without effort.

"Damn.. " Says Tim all discouraged.

"I never learn that fast.." He says as Kyle look at him.

Then Mike tell him another trick, and Kyle try it out.

They stay in the skate park until it's 8 p.m

and then left the place to all separate afterward.

Kyle went home, holding his skate board and walking while the cars pass him.

He thinks about his life so far. How he manage to get to this way of being

so good at things.. But still, he felt like it wasn't much important.

Yeah, he love being with his friends.. Yeah, the gym keep him in check.

But he was still feeling out of touch in this world..

Like if something was missing..

What was important to him?

Maybe he will find out one day..

As he walk home, he turn in the corner of the street and suddenly bump into a girl..

She was around his age.. 2 heads shorter than him..

She have dark brown mid long hair, she wears a coat and a skirt.

Not really good for this season, but she was beautiful..

"Sorry.." She says.

Kyle look at her all surprised and says.

"No, I am sorry.."

She shrugs her shoulders, as she look down and walk pass him.

Kyle look a bit at her than he shrugs and go

home. Who was this girl..? He thinks to himself.

Time goes on, he pass the rest of the week doing things like school and skateboarding.

Until friday happen and he sees her once again. But this time at the park.

She walk in the parking and talk to a man talking with his buddies around his car.

She hugs him and left afterward.

Kyle noticed the whole thing.

When 8 p.m arrived, Kyle left his friends and go home.

Take the same route and bump into her again..

"Huh, damn sorry.." He says all confused.

But this time she was crying, and she almost yell.

"Sorry!!"

And run away, like this.

What was going on? Did he hurt her?

Kyle hesitate, but he decide to talk to her..

Ashe follow her steps, he notice something about her.

Her skirt was slightly ripped.

"Hey, are you okay?" He says as he grab her hand and she panic at the contact.

"Back off!!" She yells.

Kyle remove his grip from her, and says.

"Hey easy!"

She look in distress and glance at him like she was a prey..

Her eyes full of tears.

"I am not going to do anything wrong.. Please tell me what's going on." Says Kyle.

She hear him saying it, and for a moment. She look around and then finally tell him.

"You.. You are the guy from the other day.. Right?"

"Yeah.. Sorry if I bumped you twice.. It's my fault.." Says Kyle all shy, as he rub the back his neck.

She glance at him more properly. As she realise he wasn't a real threat to her and then she says..

"I am Claire.." She look away, crossing her arms and felt less anxious.

"I am Kyle.." He say and after a moment of both of them silent here, in the street. He asks her.

"Can I walk you with you?"

She look at him and say. "Sure."

And like that, he escort her out of the street and they went to the direction of his place.

Kyle felt nervous, he never did that before.. So he was all silent..

But he instinctively hang his arm, and she hold it.

Like if they were a couple now.

She then ask him one question. "You are living alone?"

Kyle react all surprised. "Hum.. No.."

She look sad at that respond, but then she ask him and stop.

"Are you a.. High schooler right?"

Kyle look at her, and said "Yeah why?"

"Mmh.. Too bad.." She says, and restart walking as Kyle follow her steps.

"What do you mean too bad?" He asks.

"Nothing.. It's just that I never though a kid might help me out these days.." She said all serious.

They don't say a word after that, and went to the house where he lives.

Kyle stop and she observe the house.

"This is your home?" She says.

"Yeah.." He replied.

"Who rise you?" She asks.

"My dad.." He answered.

She don't look at him at this moment, and think for a second.

Then she unexpectedly went inside and he followe her.

As they open gently the door, Kyle and Claire notice his dad was asleep.

And they go in his room upstairs.

He close the door, and she drop on his bed.

Kyle look outside of the window in his room and saw some menacing shadows walking in the street.

"Tell me.. What happened." He says.

And he turns his head to look at her.

Claire gaze at him, all sad to hear the question and she says.

"They tried to rape me.."

"They?" Says Kyle and he look in the window again to realise the shadows were gone now.

"Yeah, it was my friend." She say as her mind think about the moment before.

Kyle sit on the chair in his room and ask.

"Your friend did this?"

"Yeah.." She says and she explain everything.

That she was 17 years old, that she fugue.. And that she tried to make new friends and all the rest.

"Then I ran away.. And I met you.." She finish.

Kyle close his hands in anger, but then he remain calm after a short second.

"What's wrong?" She asks.

Kyle sigh and says.

"Nothing.."

He stand up and go right on take some blanket and put it on the floor in his bed room.

"What are you doing?" She asks.

"I am making my bed.." He says while doing so.

"But you have one bed here.." She tells him.

"I know, you going to sleep in it.." He say calmly.

She look at him and rise an eye brown.

"You really gonna sleep on the floor.. For me?" She asks.

"I am not a pervert." He says.

She frown her eyes and open them wide after realising what he just said.

"Ahh.. Alright mister.." She says and don't even try to convince him to stop.

Kyle check the time on his alarm clock..

It's 9:45 p.m..

He go straight on closing the light and get in his new blanket bed..

"Good night." He says to her.

She don't say a word and look at him. Still surprised by the situation it seems..

And then she too go to sleep.

And she says finally.

"Good night.."

-To be Continued-

If you ever need this quotes, pick one and keep it as a souvenir.

1. Trust yourself.
2. No one is gonna know what you truely are made of, if you give up that easy..
3. People come, people go.
4. Among thieves, trust is the rarest thing to find.
5. Artists only rush their art when they don't care about the result.
6. Serve others for yourself, not for them. Since they won't say you are useless after you left.
7. Any emotions can be used for art, just find it somewhere in yourself.
8. Courage is found among fear.
9. The worst effort is to think about something good without doing it.
10. Do your best, do your worst.. So you know what is better do next.
11. Inspiration is good, plagiarism is bad.

So, I have to think about this.

My job contract is going to end soon in april.

I need to figure what I want and need to do for next year..

Like would I be better in art school than doing a soulless job that I have no passion in it?

Or get money quickly and buy some gear.. And do my stuff myself without going back in school.

I need a graphic tablet, a new PC and some programs to do art.

My skills have become somewhat better than before..

But I still need improvement.

I also want to learn programming properly.

Have little experiences here and there.

But that's it.

I am also moving out of my family and gonna live with my friends.

Finally! I will be able to have my own room and do some voice tracks.

I have so many ideas to work with..

I'll have to think this for a day or two..

If anyone have ideas and suggestions be open to share it.

These drawings are my attempt to try new poses and I failed at them..

Your thoughs? Should I still color them and post them anyway?

So I will do mature content, but I am not fully embracing NSFW.

I am learning things and try many ways to exceed in alot of things

without thinking about the majority of it all.

I got tired of the lack of ideas in NSFW stuff..

Since I love obscure subjects, fights, conflicts and other things.

I am not ready to go far in adult content..

My sincere excuse to not finishing stories I started.

Yeah I do that alot..

But hey this is why I made this account, to learn and do stuff.

And since NG is an open minded place for creative people like me.

I will try my best to do and make the best of what I can.

I make few mistakes, but that's not the end of my journey.

I have begin the new story Among The Mighty..

Still working on it..

Anyway.

On a high note, I thanks @Tomfulp for all his work on the website.

I wish him and his team a merry christmas.

Have my gratitude!

You are all the best and keep going.

The end of the year is coming to a close

and I am very happy for everything tonight.

Hope you all get gifts and love!

Thank you!

ZombieGhost.

Merry Christmas to all of you!

As they walk on top of the hill, the sun set show its light fully.

Matthew stand there with Kyle on his side.

"You are a tough kid.." He says with a soft tone.

A silent goes on and Matthew says.

"I was like you back in my high school years.."

Kyle doesn't say a word, as Matthew brush his hair gently for few seconds before he stop and say.

"You gonna pass through it."

Kyle look at him, but Matthew doesn't.

They stand there, Kyle look at the sun set and the orange glow is at its strongest.

"What happened back than.." Asks Kyle to him.

"I did what I have to." Simply answered Matthew.

"And what did you do.." Asks Kyle.

"I fought my problems rather than letting them take me away from my goals.." He says with a calm voice.

Kyle look at Matthew, realising what he is saying and nod.

"What is your goal, Kyle?" Says Matthew.

Kyle say nothing for a moment and than he says.

"I don't know.."

"Good.." Says Matthew and he tap Kyle's shoulder.

"Me neither." He says with a smile while looking at Kyle.

They laugh, and go back in their homes after they split up.

This was the first time they was alone together

and hopefully Kyle would love to keep this going.

The next day.

Kyle get back to high school.

The seasons goes on..

The year will go fast..

And he is ready for anything.

But he learns that the bullies that used to attack him got arrested.

So, he was fully free from any assault now.

He grow up, get stronger over the course of time.

He train at home, and sometimes he go back

to the gym..

Where coach Tyler ask him about school, and Matthew help him out too.

Then one day.

Matthew is not there..

His usual spot left empty, people seem to be worried

and as Kyle arrive there.

He asks confused.

"Where is Matthew?"

"He is not here.." Says Tyler.

Kyle can see something is wrong about the fate of his friend.

But nobody tell him anything.

"Is he dead?"

Ask Kyle.

"No kid.." Says Tyler and he left Kyle alone.

For the remaining 3 months of the year at school, Matthew is no where to be found at the gym.

Kyle is anxious about this..

What happened to Matthew?

After the summer started, his friend is still not here..

Kyle start doing skateboarding in his free time at summer,

he went to a skate park and met few guys who do the same

thing. He never talk much about his life to them,

but he enjoy life at this place.

He start by learning kickflips, then more and more tricks.

Until he learn alot through the summer.

He still go in the gym some other times, just to keep the

training in his life. So he doesn't loose that edge.

As the time keep going, Kyle feel much lighter in his life..

Even though, someone is not here..

The summer goes on without Matthew coming back at the gym.

-To be continued-

Kyle arrive with Chris at the location simply named Fierce Champions Gym.

Chris open the back door of the police car and Kyle get out carrying his gym bag on the shoulder.

"Are you coming?" Asks Kyle to Chris.

"No, but I told them everything about you. Take care." Says Chris as he drive off and Kyle is left there.

He look at the gym and finally get inside.

As he open the door, and walk down the stairs to get in the main room.

He sees everyone.

Some train on the ground, others built up muscles with machines and a couple of guys fight on ring,

sparing or literally beating each other as hard as they try.

Kyle walk around, and some notice him but didn't bother about it.

Then a deep voice call him by his name.

"KYLE right?"

Says a black man in his 40s. Kyle look at him and nod.

"The name is Tyler. I am the coach and the owner of the place." Says Tyler.

They handshake while Kyle remain silent, but Tyler seem to understand his behavior

and tap his shoulder.

"Welcome boy to the club, pick a locker and put your things in it and get ready."

But before Kyle move to the room, Tyler hold him.

"Here is your key to open and lock your locker at anytime. Go now."

Kyle obey and walk in the gym locker room, as he is in..

He sees a man well built, with mid-long hair here alone. That man glance slightly

at him with a serious eye. But then he look away, and close his locker with a firm hand.

Then he left Kyle there completely by himself.

After Kyle get ready and lock the locker. He walk back to the gym.

Coach Tyler give him few warnings about what to do and not do here.

"First off, no insults and you must respect everyone here. Take my words kid."

Kyle nod as he speak.

"You must take time before getting in the fighting ring, as long as I choose to. No pushing."

As he talk, they arrive at the corner of the gym and Tyler tap his shoulder again.

"What am I doing here?" Says to Kyle to Tyler curiously.

Kyle look around and see a mirror and a ball hanging on a rope on the roof.

"You will do shadow boxing here, and train your reflexes."

Kyle look at the mirror, he see himself clearly with a little bit of regret.

"Hey kid, this is just the beginning. Tomorrow you will be prepared for the next thing."

As Coach Tyler finish to explain every details about the training and shadow boxing.

Kyle position himself and do some punchs in the air as he look in his reflection in the mirror.

"Right, you know the whole game. Now I leave you alone. Take care."

And Tyler left him.

Kyle do every moves he can and at some point. He let all his energy out and imagine punching

the guys he fought back in school.

That memory suddenly take him back there, but this time he wasn't on the ground at the end.

He punch and keep punching.

While he was in the zone, people look at him, even the man who was in the locker room before than.

Kyle keep punching, then that man comes and stop him from going further.

"You will injure yourself if you punch too hard and fast like that." Says the man.

"Who are you..?" Asks Kyle.

"My name is Matthew. Here immitate me." Says the man as he position himself next to Kyle and does proper

shadow boxing.

Kyle follow his lead and they practice for quite awhile. Until Kyle immitate Matthew exactly like he does.

Matthew do some kicks in the air too.

But Kyle can't do that on point like he did.

"Yeah sorry, you didn't do much of that before, ok.. Lets keep on boxing rather than spicing things up.." He says to him.

The time out rings happen just as he said that.

"Break time." Says Matthew and they both separate.

Kyle look around and nobody talk to him as the time goes.

He decide to go drink some water.

After the break, he go back doing shadow boxing.

This time with more precision and care in his movements.

The day goes on and Tyler comes back to tell him the gym is closing.

Days goes on, he learn about how to train rightfully.

He does some sparing fight.

And start to appreciate his life.

As the summer wear off, the coach teach many things to Kyle.

He even befriend Matthew.

The last day of summer appear tomorrow.

Matthew invite him to go walk on a hill with him.

-To be continued-

"You are here.." Says the leader of the bullies.

They all have their hands in their pockets, looking at him with malicious intent.

But Kyle doesn't care. He feel no fear right now..

He just think about what to do next

and he says.

"Not for too long."

The bullies look at each other and the leader reply him.

"Yeah, you think so?"

Then the leader crack his knuckles, and step forward. His followers in the back

as he walk face to face in front of Kyle.

Kyle look straight at him and don't flinch.

The guy throw a punch at him, but Kyle deflect it with his hands and make him trip on the ground.

The leader is confused, did Kyle just do that.

Kyle give him a kick in the face as he tries to stand up and the other bullies run at him.

The young teenager put himself in a fighting position and prepare to fight them off.

One throw a kick at him, Kyle grab his leg and the other guy try to punch him but

Kyle block with his left arm.

Kyle give a kick to make the guy he hold his leg drop on the ground, then punch him in the face.

Then he receive a punch in the guts, Kyle hold his breath for a second, but he receive another blow.

And he get assaulted by the rest of the gang.

The leader soon join them to kick Kyle in unison.

Kyle stay down and curl in a ball to defend himself.

But all of a sudden, a police siren can be heard and the bullies run away.

Kyle look at the ground, coughing blood as the cops arrive.

"Are you alright son?" Says one of the cops, as he help him to stand up.

"What is your name." Says the cop reassuring him.

"Kyle.." He says.

"My name is Chris." says the cop and they handshake.

"What happened here.." He asks him with caution.

"I got my ass kick.. Again." Says Kyle.

"Again?" Asks Chris.

Kyle nod and he soon explain everything to the cops.

Chris and his partner help him to go home.

When the police car get noticed by Kyle's father.

He get outside and ask what happened.

"Your son is a warrior, but he was alone. So we help him out." Says Chris to Kyle's father.

"Sorry dad." Says Kyle.

His father look at him and say.

"You need to stay home, you have blood on you."

Then the cop and his father talk a bit before they left.

Later in the summer, Kyle was still training.

Then the phone rings and his father

comes to give him the phone.

"Yes?" Says Kyle.

"Hey Kyle it's Chris. How you doing?" Says the cop on the phone.

"Good.." Says Kyle alittle defeated by the memory of what happened 2 weeks ago.

"Good, I need you to come outside." Says the cop.

"Why?" Ask the young teenager nervous.

"I have friends who can help you to get better.." Explain Chris.

Kyle take a moment to realise what he is saying.

"Are you interested to do martial art?" Ask Chris.

Kyle have a bright flames coming into his eyes and he says.

"Yes."

"Good, bring your gym clothes and get in there. I am waiting." Says Chris and he close the phone.

Then Kyle prepare quickly everything and go outside where the cops were waiting for him.

And they go on the road.

Kyle was always getting bullied at school,

punched at for no real reason beside the fact

he was frail, didn't fight back and only 14 years old.

His mother passed away 4 years ago..

But before she died, she ask him to be a decent man when he grows up.

That was all she asked..

But when his face hit the ground, the group of older teenagers kicks him

in unison at the corner of the school and without a care for his sake.

Kyle didn't think much of that promise.

After the ring bells, they left him there.

Alone, beat up.

Kyle was weak..

He only wish he could be stronger..

Only just once..

Only for his own good to defend himself.

Just to show them how he can beat them back..

And so, after he stand up and feel the pain losing

its weight for a little bit.

He go home..

When he arrive at his house, he see his dad asleep in the sofa with a beer in his hand

and the TV on.

Kyle didn't bother to wake him up.

He go straight in his room that was in the second floor and lock the door.

Then, he fall on the ground and cry.

What did he do for this? What was the point to keep going? He asks himself..

Then his mind stop thinking about all the suffering, the pain and the darkness.

He remember his life back when his mother was here.

How all this was just a phase..

And he hear his mother telling him in his memory that he was going to be a decent man.

So, Kyle go in the garage.

Take some dumbbells.

And start training.

It was friday night.

No one was here for him.

And nobody will stop him.

He begin to train the whole week-end.

Then he go in the library..

He pick some books about training muscles.

And some other for psychology.

He wanted to be better.

Not just in strenght..

He started to go in the chess group in the library too.

At first it was impossible to beat anyone in the game.

He failed many times, but he didn't care.

He kept going anyway.

In everything.

He return in school monday.

But he know what was coming..

They were here, waiting for another round to kick his ass.

But Kyle this time turn around and avoided them.

By talking to the teacher.

His teacher noticed that he was different this time.

That he wasn't shy to ask things.

What was this sudden change?

So he help him out.

Kyle learn few things, after the class and get out of school 30 minutes later

then everyone.

No bullies were there waiting for him this time.

For 6 months, Kyle do all this repeatedly..

By trainning his body, his mind and the way to talk to people.

He wasn't shy anymore.

He felt confident..

He felt right..

When the last day of school happened.

Everyone was there. Even the bullies.

After the ending of the day, Kyle walk outside.

He seem a bit different..

Like if he was prepared for something.

The bullies awaited him at the entrance of the school.

They wanted a final moment to kick his ass.

-To be continued-