Chapter 8. Stay Away. (V)

"As much as I don't like his character today... he saved us." Chin completed her sentence.

Lin was surprised. Dot looked at her in a serious look. "Wait, what did you say?" he suddenly asked Chin angrily when he realized what was said but quickly turned back at Lin.

"At that moment I saw the fear in everyone eyes and the blood on Chin's head, I knew I had to do something. No matter what happened to me. No matter how scary it is, I have to act." Dot said remembering that moment.

In the kindergarten, Dot looked at the vortex. He shook off the kindergartener grip and stood in front of the powerful storm. The kindergartener wanted to bring him back to her, but with her hands full of crying and frightened children, she couldn't. Deep down, she knew she could try harder to pull him back to her. But, her immense fear, to come even one inch closer to the vortex prevented her from moving. She froze there, hoping that at any moment it would end.

In the face of the storm, stood Dot. He wiped his tears. The anger was evident on his face.

"At that moment, I made a decision. I was going to fight. Despite the obvious differences in power between us. I was determined to stop him, by any means possible." Dot remembered as shivers ran through his body. The same nostalgic shiver of excitement that runs through his body before every serious battle he has entered since then. A chill that reminds him every time, of his first fight ever.

"My father taught me that you have to fight evil. You have to fight even when it's inconvenient, even when it's hard. He taught me that as soon as you encounter a monster, you have to fight it instead of running away, and that's how you stop being afraid of it." Dot claimed.

"I waited there. For the right moment. I tried to find an opening. A way to reach him. And it happened." Dot said proudly.

The vortex began to disappear and within it, a fist was revealed. The punch hit Loy in the face and knocked him back a meter, straight on his butt.

Sitting on the floor, Loy looked up. He saw Dot standing over him.

He put his hand on his sore cheek. The whirlwind disappeared completely as Loy was left lying on the floor. Above him, was Dot with a clenched fist in his hand. In the eyes of both, were tears. Looking at each other, Loy could see the intense anger in Dot's eyes, when a moment later, he stormed on him.

He continued to attack him with punches and kicks, until the kindergarteners pulled him of off him.

Restrained by the kindergarteners but still furious, Dot went wild in their hands as he tried to continue attacking Loy.

The kindergarteners took a distance from Loy, as they instructed him to stay in the corner of the yard without moving. A few moments later, he was taken away from the kindergarten by his mother.

"I remember this event like it was yesterday." Chin said, "Me too." Dot added as he looked at her.

Despite the contrasting character between them that developed over the years, from their perspective, they both felt that there was still an event that was etched in their memory who will always link them together in some way.

"He protected us. He hit him and made the whirlwind disappear. But, the memories don't. They will stay forever. And so will the scars." Chin claimed.

"I protected everyone back then and I'll do it again if I needed to. I've gotten stronger countless times ever since. At that age, I couldn't even use my Energia. Today, I'm ranked as rank A, the highest Energia rank of them all. My offensive Energia weapon is far more powerful than anyone else in school, and even in all of Nash. I'm stronger than ever and can defeat anyone. Any monster, no matter how big and scary it is." Dot exclaimed with a serious look as he clenches his hand into a fist.

"To be honest, when you think about it, nothing happened in the last few years... but, it doesn't matter. The past can't be changed. The bottom line we're trying to convey to you is that it's dangerous to get close to him." explained Shira, "The fact that nothing happened in the last few years doesn't mean that something can't happen at any moment. You can't know what he's going through. Therefore, it's better for you to stay away from him. For you. For your safety." Shira concluded, as the bell rang.