4 Episode 4

Jacq arrived at his school a quarter before the first period started. After attending his classes, he sat down to eat his lunch. He was looking forward to going home today, after all, this was the first time he would be celebrating his birthday with someone else.

The feeling of loneliness was being washed away slowly. He had been feeling down these past years, with no one at his house to give him company. He had slowly built up his emotions, day by day he would become less immature, however this could not compare to adults. After all, he was still a child.

However when he turned thirteen, he had a painful dream. He could not remember the context of the dream, but he clearly remembered the pain. Only thing he knew was, no matter how painful he felt, the version of him in the dream would always remain calm. Maybe this triggered a seal in his brain, but ever since then he had become more calm.

He looked at it this way; if he could not fight the enemy, why worry about it? If he had a chance to fight back, then he would do his best. Jacq ate his lunch as he thought about the past few years, until he had caught up with the current events.

After he had finished, he walked towards his next class. Near the entrance of the cafeteria, he heard about "Freshmen Friday". Thinking today was a Thursday, he didn't pay much attention to it, even though he would be the target this time around.

He was happy to have gone through so much of the school year without issues, a small matter like this could be overlooked. After the next class, he walked towards the restroom to freshen up. While inside he realized that there were three senior students who usually would not be found in this area during this hour. He had a bad feeling about this, but he did not show it on his face.

After using the urinal, he washed his hands and was prepared to leave the restroom, thinking he was home free. After all, no student would dare to fight in the halls. Usually the bathroom and locker rooms were the best spots.

It didn't take long to do your business and walk away. Most students would not like to be on the bad side of seniors, so they would not tell the teachers. The teachers would need time to get to the bottom of things, even rushing to the fight circle would require a few minutes. This would be more than enough to do what needs to be done.

The tall senior blocked his path, "Hey Jacq, where do you think you are going?"

"I'm going to class, can you please step aside? If you wish to talk to me, we can always chat during lunch tomorrow," Jacq replied.

"Well buddy, I can't really do that. You see today we choose you for our fun," the tall senior spoke. The two other seniors were average height, around 1.55 to 1.65 m tall. One was a little chubby and the other one was around 63-65 kg. Both were standing behind the tall senior as they prepared to rush at any given moment.

"I see... so there is no way out," Jacq said as he prepared a mental plan in his head. The three seniors had blocked his path to the hallway, the only two options left were to scream loudly and get a teachers attention or even other seniors.

The other option was to fight.

Thinking about how he had not gotten into any fights, Jacq's blood started pumping, his heart beat started increasing. Maybe he could use this experience to become stronger, he had been toning his body for a few years, battle experience on the other hand could not be gained so easily.

The seniors on the other hand had one plan in mind, that was to flush his head down the toilet, a "swirly". The tall senior led the attack, he rushed forward and tried to grab Jacq's shirt with his right hand. The senior was almost 2 meters tall, he would be able to lift Jacq off the ground, thus reducing the chances of resistance from Jacq.

Jacq used his left arm to deflect the incoming hand, then he grabbed the senior's wrist. He stepped forward, catching the opponent off guard. He then placed his right foot behind the tall senior's legs before using his right hand to push the senior against the wall.

*Thud*

The senior's head hit the wall with a force he was not prepared for. His mind went blank before he could understand what had happened. His two lackeys were no better, they had not seen the situation clearly and were only looking outside to stop anyone from entering. Upon hearing the noise, they turned around to see their leader knocked out.

The eyes of the other seniors went red as they rushed towards Jacq. Once again Jacq did not retreat, instead he sped up towards the two. Before they could react, he had pushed forward with both his hands against the stomach of the fatter senior, hitting him with enough strength to cause the lackey's feet to become lifted from the ground by a few centimeters.

As soon as he hit the chubby senior, Jacq, turned around while still heading towards the light weight senior. Using his elbow, he hit this senior on the chin, stunning him momentarily. Taking this chance, Jacq grabbed his head and flipped him from behind onto the ground in front of him.

The fight had taken so long to describe, but it happened in a moments time.

Jacq breathed heavily as he analyzed the situation. His body was able to lift them off the ground for a bit while using gravity and physics. "Looks like working out and learning some basic martial arts helped me after all. I honestly didn't have confidence in winning, just holding them back would have made me happy. But this situation..." Jacq thought to himself.

He had knocked two of the three out, and the third senior had recovered by now. He stood up and looked at Jacq before running away. Jacq couldn't stop him, and he did not have the idea to do so either. He knew this would be reported and he had no way to stop it. He had only acted in self defense, but he knew he would be punished all the same.

A short while later a hall monitor, a teacher and the school police officer rushed into the bathroom. Looking at the situation in front of them, they knew it was hard to believe a thirteen-fourteen year old freshman had taken on three seniors and won.

"Are you going to come with us to the Principal's office quietly or will we have to force you?" The police officer asked cautiously.

He knew a little about Jacq, that he was to be kept an eye on. Through the first half of the school year nothing had happened so he was a little relaxed, thinking the order was just there for show. But looking at the situation now, he knew he should be more careful regarding Jacq in the future.

Of course Jacq didn't want any trouble. He didn't even want to fight! But there were some things that one could not control. Jacq nodded his head to the officer, implying that he would walk back with him.