When the bullies woke up, they were still in so much pain they could barely notice that they were naked and embracing each other. A huge crowd surrounded them and started taking photos of those bullies.
The bullies started crying and it seemed that they were looking for a place to hide.
Alex was seeing all of this from behind and started laughing internally, "They got what they deserved for making my life a living hell" Alex muttered.
Later Alex returned home almost singing in happiness. He had never felt so proud of himself and had the completely undeserved confidence that he would never think about those bastards ever again.
The bullying ended, but his social life never stopped being miserable. How could he possibly make any friend with such a shameful private life?
He had to constantly hide the bruises with long sleeves and had run out of plausible excuses for his streak of black eyes before. His classmates and professors simply pretended to not know and he just pretended to believe being that good of a liar.
It was painful, but manageable. He had no one to share that pain with.
But when that age came, he started having crushes toward girls in his school, and those feelings weren't as easily suppressed. Once again, he felt utterly helpless.
He could not tell anyone about his problems, and could not allow people to get close to him, otherwise he would have to think of an explanation for not being allowed to bring any friends home. Let alone a girl he liked.
Alex was tormented by cruel thoughts, often demanding the heavens why what others took for granted was but an impossible dream for him.
Fueled by the hormonal storms Alex's rage started growing relentlessly. He started having troubles sleeping at night, thinking about all those couples out there.
Alex knew he was different from them. His crippling flaw wasn't being shy or having a bad case of acne. His problem couldn't be cured by any doctor, because it had a name and surname. Oliver Smith, his trash bag of a father.
One day during personal training with sensei Tatsuo, there was one thing that was bugging sensei for many days, "why Alex had those bruises on his body and face." He thought.
Earlier he was thinking that Alex was getting into fights, but that cannot be the case because he was an excellent fighter who would not get these bruises. So sensei asked Alex today.
"Alex what are those bruises on your face and body, if there is something you want to tell me, you can, I will resolve it?" Sensei asked in a concerned tone.
"Yes sensei I have something to tell you," Alex said.
Alex was looking at this situation as an opportunity to get rid of his bullying father.
"All of these bruises were inflicted upon me by my father, without any proper reason," Alex stated in a sad tone.
Sensei had a flabbergasted expression on his face when he listened to what Alex said.
"Explain to me everything in detail, why your father is acting like this," sensei said in an angry tone.
Alex started explaining to sensei how his father always bullied him and beat him on the smallest mistakes, Alex also told sensei how his mother neglected him and never gave him love and affection, and how Alex's parents were always there to remind him how wrong he was, and how they yelled at him for the slightest mistake.
Sensei was listening to all of this with eyes closed and a calm expression on his face.
After a few minutes of explanation, sensei opened his eyes, "come with me, Alex." Sensei said with an aloof expression.
Alex knew where sensei was asking him to come with him, but he still asked "where are we going sensei."
"To talk to your parents," sensei said in a cold tone.
***
When sensei and Alex arrived at Alex's house, sensei knocked on the door.
After some time a man opened the door, he was a fair-looking man with a small beard and blonde hair, he had a height of 5.7 feet, and a small belly which made him look like a 45-year-old man.
"Yes, what's the matter, Mr. Tatsuo?" the man said, who was no other than Alex's dad.
"I am here to talk about your son," sensei said, with a serious expression on his face.
Alex started getting glares from his father, but Alex did not spare a glance at him.
"Did Alex do something wrong?" Alex's father asked with anger on his face.
"No, I am here because you did something wrong," Sensei said in a cold tone.
Alex's father had a bewildered expression on his face. After hearing the answer Alex's father understood why sensei was here, "you little bastard," Alex's father muttered.
"Are you the reason why Alex has these injuries and busies," sensei asked in a cold tone?
"So what if I have done it, he is my son I will do whatever I want to do with him, you cannot stop me" Alex's father shouted.
"If that's the case then I won't live with you, I won't accept you as my father!!" Alex shouted.
"Oh, so you have got some balls to shout on your old man you little shit." As Alex's father said this, he was about to hit Alex but sensei grabbed his hand. Sensei let Alex's father's hand go, after that.
"If you want to act like this, fine get out of my house and don't come back again, I don't want you in my life. You are just a parasite leaching on my hard work." said father shouted with rage and anger on his face.
"And remember once you are out of my house, doors will always be closed for you. You don't even have a place to stay where will you go" Alex's father added with a smirk on his face.
"No need to worry Alex you will stay with me and never come back here again. Have you recorded it all?" sensei said in a calm tone.
"Yes sensei" Alex replied.
Alex's father had a flabbergasted expression on his face when he heard the word recorded.
"Now we have a piece of solid evidence against this man", Alex said with a slight grin on his face.
Alex immediately mailed that clip to social service, how abusive Alex's father was.
Later strict action was taken against Oliver Smith for abusing his son.
Alex started living with Sensei and practiced martial arts in the dojo.
Later sensei Tatsuo taught Alex more martial arts like judo, Japanese aikido, Shorinji Kempo, Kyūdō, Iaidō, and kendo. Sensei started loving Alex like his son.
After mastering kendo, sensei Tatsuo taught Alex how to use a katana. Later Alex learned all forms of breathing in katana and mastered it.
Alex started participating in martial arts tournaments and won all of them, he also won the 'World's Strongest Living Martial Artist' title at age of 16.
Later sensei Tatsuo taught Alex 'Dango family martial arts' these martial arts were passed down from father to son by the heirs of the Dango family.
Alex was so happy when Sensei taught him these martial arts because he gave him the same importance as his son.
Later Alex pursued his career as an engineer.