Welcome to High School (2)

Much later in the morning, at the gymnasium of Kaimon High School, it is nearly time for the opening ceremony for the students. As their principal and teachers rehearsed out their intentions and goals, various reactions from the students entering are shown. That of intrigue, interest, apathy, and maybe an occasional eye rolling. Regardless, it'll be the official start of high school for many of these students.

However, a small group of punks not from this school stood at the unoccupied school gates.

"After all that waiting, Mikamura ain't here." One of them, wearing a hoodie, grumbled as he looks at various students passing by, as they looked on with weary of the small group. "This is stupid, he obviously knew there will be consequences for his actions, so why bother showing up?" His companion, wearing shades, only shrugged in response.

"Who knows?" Shades said with a follow-up sigh. "Still, Lingstein must be a bit off his rocker, asking six guys to go along with Brody. How strong is this Mikamura guy anyway?"

"Dude, I think Lingstein made the right call..." Hoodie said with a cautious tone. "I heard tales, but what I gather, Heiji Mikamura ain't human." He continued, recalling rumors regarding East Kaimon's top banchou. "In his first year, he destroyed five major gangs and knocked out his predecessor with one punch in just one week...How is that possible?"

"Damn, one week?" Shades muttered in disbelief. "You're right...But there's no way he could be an enemy now, right?"

"Who knows?" Hoodie said with a shrug. "He didn't answer the call during Tokyo, even when he heard about our plight." He couldn't help but growl. "That's...That's just inexcusable, ignoring the Masuda Empire. With us and Brody, Mikamura better explain himself..." He suddenly gave an exasperated sigh as he glares at Brody, their large and in charge ringleader, ogling at the schoolgirls coming through the gate. "But since this idiot is only looking at skirts, I'm beginning to think we're screwed here!"

"Ah, keep your panties unknotted!" Brody said with a grin as girls look at him with disgust. "I know when to separate work and personal pleasure. Ain't the Eastern Warden for nuthing!" He then gave a scowl. "But seriously, how come chicks my age ain't this hot? Bunch of uggos and freaks."

"Well, that's freaking reassuring." Hoodie muttered. "Warden or not, you better fight like your life depends on it." It is then they notice three men walking past them, surprised at the presence of one of them. "The hell, Hiro Onimada?"

"Know him?" Brody said, scratching his head in confusion.

"Good grief, actually know the people around East if you're Warden." Hoodie growled out. "Onimada's a tough son of a bitch in the street fighting circuits round here years back. You think a guy like him would end up in Sutogi Commerce from South Kaimon..."

"Funny story, actually." Shades said with a pondering expression. "Heard round here he's gone the straight and narrow road. Wanted a normal school life I guess."

"Gee, that sucks." Brody said with a disappointing tone. "Sounds like a guy I'd recruit and replace any of you jokers."

"Man, you're just glad you're stupid strong." Shades replied in annoyance. They then hear the school bell as students began to quicken their pace. The group couldn't help but grumbled at the lack of presence of their intended target. "Shit, he ain't coming after all. Lingstein ain't gonna like this." Brody simply stood with a scowl on his face. "So, we gonna head back or-"

"No, we're gonna stay." Brody said sternly. "I won't go back empty handed...I'll make him show up if I have to!"

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A good hour later.

"Oh man..." Hiro groaned as the students finally stood up from their seats, leaving the gym not long after the ceremony ends, a majority of the staff long having went straight to the main building. "That took forever."

"You said it." Jin replied curtly. "Should have recalled going to the straight and narrow is a pain in the ass. God, what I would do for some smokes."

"You read my mind." Hiro muttered as the two exchange bumpings of fists.

Yuu couldn't help but feel rather discouraged at the lack of excitement for high school life from his friends. "Delinquency must be one hell of a drug." He finally said bluntly. As the three exited the gym, they soon notice a few students with hall monitor armbands checking the bags of other students to their chagrin. "Damn, Murakami sure got ready." Yuu said, biting his lip. "This better work." The three then notice a student with bleached hair being forced to follow a hall monitor carrying a box cutter to the school.

"I-I don't know how that got in there!" The delinquent shouted in protest, though it seem he was more embarrassed than angry. "Please, don't do this in my first day! I'll look like a weak bitch!! Please!!" The whining may have die out, but the cringe of many still lingers.

"...Now this really better work." Yuu said feeling both sympathy and shame for that idiot. "I really don't want our first day to start like that."

"Relax, it's foolproof!" Hiro reassures Yuu with a firm pat to the back. "Don't worry so much, right Jin?"

Jin gave a nod, staring at Miki, she herself in a considerable distance away talking with other students. "Yeah, Tozawa's such a tight ass, nobody's ever gonna suspect her to check her stuff." Miki quickly notice the three staring and...Threw a middle finger at them with a quick scowl to boot before going back to her conversation. "...Such a tight ass, I bet a can of soda would explode between her ass muscles." He muttered in annoyance.

"Give her some slack, skinhead." Hiro said with concern over Jin's behavior. "Miki's uptight but she really wants to get people to see her as anything but the kid of some crazy ass doctor who works with shady clients." He gave a sigh. "Maybe I wasn't being fair to her. She didn't want to be a mule the way you didn't want your head looking like a pachinko ball."

"Wow, this personal hell of mine is never gonna end, huh?" Jin muttered in seething rage. "You really testing my ability not to kick your ass in front of these people."

"Jin, you're gonna get back some hair in like a week or two anyway." Yuu snapped back. "You really gotta let that go."

"Man, you can say that shit when you got bugs on your freaking head!" Jin shot back with a hiss.

Yuu only shrugged. "Well, that sounds nice to invite me to your place to get lice, but I'll pass."

Hiro suddenly snorted out a laugh before stopping. "...Shit, he really got you there."

Jin furrowed his brows. "For the love of-" He grumbled before walking away, hands in pockets. "Let's just get this shit over with." His mood turn quickly from somber to excitement as the three quickly found Kiyo, having just finished checking a student's bag. "Kiyo, my man!" He shouted out with a grin. "Doing a great job in something so stupidly trivial! You definitely earn a medal for that!"

Kiyo gave a blank stare before letting loose a sigh. "Ah hell, you're up to something Jin. I know that look anywhere."

"I ain't hiding anything." Jin replied boldly, with that huge cocky smile. "Check my bag. Hell, do a freaking strip search, I got nothing to hide."

"Oh geez." Hiro muttered. "He ain't being subtle at all." Yuu only nodded in approval.

"In fact, start with those two!" Jin continued as he points to Hiro and Yuu. "They're that eager to let you do the honors-"

"Shut up, you bald douche!!" His friends cried out in horror at his stupid bold confidence.

Kiyo simply rolled his eyes as he motions two additional hall monitors to him. "Alright, I guess we'll do a full inspection for these three then!" He ordered as Hiro and Yuu continued to be horrified at the new arrangements. "Look Jin..." He muttered as he scratched his head, unsure what to say. "...We're not going that far with inspections...Please stop removing your clothes."

Jin paused as he is midway in unstrapping his belt, having removed his jacket and unbuttoned his dress shirt, all with horror written on everyone's faces. "...Say what now?"

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Several minutes later.

"What the hell was that all about, you stupid asshole?!" Hiro cried out as he placed Jin in a sleeper hold not long after their inspections, feet dangling a few inches in the air as he chokes the bigger man. "Losing all that hair probably made you a bigger dumbass!"

"Ack! My revenge...A total failure!" Jin choked out as he fought back. "Yuu, help me out here!"

Yuu only shot a glare. "Yeah, no...That was a dick move, man."

"I'm gonna wreck ya!!" Hiro cried out. It took a few minutes, but things then finally calmed down. "Alright, we bout even now?"

Jin rolled his eyes, rubbing his strained neck. "Whatever, but I guess." He noticed Yuu looking at the crowd still in line for checks. "Is Tanuki head even out yet?"

Yuu shakes his head. "Not yet."

"Don't worry, we're in the clear!" Hiro said with a small laugh. "Ain't no way Murakami can bust us now-"

"Murakami's heading towards Tozawa." Yuu interjected with a worried tone. Hiro and Jiro immediately dropped their jaws at such a reveal.

"The hell?!" They cried out, aghast in horror that Kiyo may have unraveled their secret plan. They notice from afar Miki's blood immediately draining away from her face as Kiyo confronts her.

"Oh shit, please don't go nuts Miki." Hiro muttered in terror. "Just play it cool." From a decent distance away, Miki simply gave cold sweats as Kiyo approaches her.

"M-Murakami!" She said in a nervous tone. "I didn't think you'd be going to Kaimon High, what with all that fancy swordwork of yours suited for Tora Rokku!" She followed up with a nervous laugh, Hiro from afar placing a palm on his face upon noticing her reactions. "How's your morning so far?'

Kiyo sighed and gave a stern stare. "Tozawa, your bag please." He said politely, though heavily firm to Miki's growing horror.

"U-Uh, can-can we j-just chat a bit first?" Miki muttered quickly, flustering by the minute. "L-Like that loss record of yours Hiro always told me about- She immediately bit her tongue upon realization she chose a terrible topic. "Shit, I forgot he hates that." She said quietly to herself, cringing all the while.

"Damn you Onimada." Kiyo hissed under his teeth though he regains his composure. "Look Tozawa, I am not going to place you responsible with what's in your bag if I find something." He continued, frowning all the while. "I know you don't want people to lump you in with your father, so just tell me if you're being forced to carry something. I won't hold it against you...And please don't look like you're going to wet yourself."

Miki remained hesitant, eyeing the trio from afar subtly, all three have now been resigned in defeat. She swallowed hard...And gave Kiyo a firm stare. "Thanks for the offer, but I refuse." She said quietly. "My Dad and I are a lot of things...But we never throw any associations of ours under the bus." She then gritted her teeth, fists clenching. "If those idiots get into trouble, then add me in too."

Kiyo couldn't help but be impressed at her gumption. "Well, I guess Jin and Onimada should appreciate having you as a friend. Alright, just follow me and-" Kiyo is suddenly struck by running kick to the side of his head, sending him tumbling on the ground a good several feet away. Everyone froze in shock of what just happened, all eyes on the perpetrator.

"Well, can't say I'm not curious bout what's going on here." Brody said with curiosity in his tone as he looks at Miki. "I seriously thought I'd have to go through these boring ass inspections. Then they decided to check on you, a rather nice looking chick, for some reason." He then snatched Miki's bag from her hands quite easily.

"H-Hey!" She cried out, trying to reach out for her bag. "You can't just take that!"

"Hold it!" Brody shouted with sudden force that left Miki frozen in terror. "Don't be such an uptight bitch, I'm simply doing my job as the East Warden of the Masuda Empire!"

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From afar, Hiro couldn't help but found himself growing irate at what is taking place.

"What the hell is going on?" He muttered. "Ain't someone gonna stop this asshole?" He clenched his hands into fists. "Fuck this, I'm going over there and-" Jin, with little warning, suddenly placed a firm grip on his shoulder. "What the hell are you doing, Jin?"

"Man, I don't know how to say this...But you can't do something, not where he's from." Jin said quietly before gritting his teeth. "...She's screwed."

Hiro is taken aback from this statement. "Are you crazy?! That's Miki right there!"

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"I know! But that guy's from the Masuda Empire! That's serious shit compared to the crap we run into in Junior High!" Jin retorted. "I don't like it either but doing something is asking for a target on your back, man! Besides, do you want Miki to suffer one humiliating moment or suffer far worse shit for years because you lose that temper of yours?"

Hiro growled, feeling frustration at such terrible choices as Brody begins to rummage at Miki's bag. "Damn it!" He muttered out.

Yuu could only grow confused. "Jin, are you serious about these guys?"

Jin nodded, frowning all the while. "I don't like saying it, but those guys...Are real full blown gangsters compared to me and Hiro. Every damn punk in this town may as well be chumps compared to them. Mess with them, you'd be wishing for an early grave. Fuck, even adults don't wanna screw with them."

"Oh god..." Yuu muttered in horror. He soon bit his lip. "Tozawa..."

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It wasn't long for Brody to start tossing all sorts of junk on the ground with a bored look on his face.

"Man, just typical bitch stuff." He muttered disappointingly as Miki helplessly watches. "Don't know what those idiots saw in your bag." He shot a quick glare at the scared hall monitors, turning to see a few teachers from afar in a similar state. "Tch, once they hear we're from the Empire, they turn into pussies. Typical."

"Well no shit." Hoodie from nearby muttered in frustration at the rowing development. "They know the stories what happens if they try."

"Duh, but I expect some challenge-" He stopped, his hand having touch something within her bag. "What's this?" He pulled out the liquor bottle in front of all to see to Miki's embarrassment. "I'll be damned. A babe like you carrying something like this? Gutsy, I like!"

"P-Please...Just stop." Miki muttered, feeling much humiliation. "You got what you wanted...I-I thought about drinking that myself...Please leave me alone."

"Oh, we're not done yet." Brody said with a grin. "...On your knees." Miki immediately gawked in horror at such a request. "On your knees!" He shouted, enough for the girl to do so as he opens the bottle. "Lower your head."

Miki glowered at Brody before doing as he ask, face reddened in both anger and embarrassment. She gasps as a sudden cold feeling rains down her head and back, realizing just what the bigger man have done to her. The crowd continue to remain silent in absolute terror.

"Well, can't waste it all just yet!" Brody said with a chuckle as he stopped pouring the liquor down on the poor kneeling girl now gritting her teeth and fighting tears. "Alright one last thing...Lick that off your body, like a cute little kitten would do."

"You fucking asshole..." Miki muttered under her breath, nearly ready to choke on her own tears.

"Oh for fuck sakes, dude." Hoodie said in exasperation. "We're not here to do weird fetish shit. We got stuff to-" He found himself shocked as he found himself in midair only to crash onto the floor.

Brody only raised a brow. "...Well, didn't expect you to get back up."

Kiyo panted in exhaustion, on wobbly legs after pulling a throw on Hoodie, as he glared at the large man. "I don't care who you are, but that shit you pulled you won't get away with!" He stared at the frighten crowd. "I don't know what power you have over everyone but that ends now!" He charged into a dash, hands stretch wide ready to grapple...Only for Brody to smack him with a hook from his free hand that sends Kiyo flying right to a nearby tree face first. The crowd is terrified of such a display of raw strength.

"Fuck...He really does suck." Miki moaned out in dismay.

"Owww, son of a-" Hoodie groaned as he got back to his feet. "That...Kinda hurts."

Brody scoffed at that small display of failed heroism. "Trying to be a hero and he can't even knock out one guy." He turned to Miki, still drenched in alcohol. "Well? Lick yourself clean, then I'll leave. Simple as that."

"Dammit..." Miki growled, moving a forearm close to her face, ready to stick out her tongue.

"Okay, fuck this!" A familiar voice said to her surprise. She looks up to see Hiro suddenly landing a punch right at Brody's cheek. With that opening, she now realizes what she must do. "Miki!" Hiro cried out after punching Brody. "Get out of here and-Whoa." He turned his head only to see Miki making a wild dash right out of the school gates, running deep into town to his increasing surprise. "Damn...She can really run." He said in both amazement and bafflement. "...I don't think it's a good idea to see her for a while." He muttered, well aware of the potential wrath he may face should he see her again.

"Gah...Wow, that actually really hurt." Brody said with a groan as he held his cheek. "I gotta admit...You got balls defending your girl from a guy like me."

"What the-" Yuu cried out in confusion now that he realize what Hiro has just done. "Jin, what the hell just-Wait, he's gone too?!" He shouted in further bafflement as Jin is nowhere to be found. "What just happened?!"

"My girl?" Hiro said, as we head back to the confrontation. "Nah, I made her carry that bottle as a mule, to get those guys off my back." He said, eyeing at the unconscious Kiyo not too far off. "I didn't came here on her behalf." He pointed at the half empty bottle in Brody's hand. "I came here cause you're the asshole who wasted my good alcohol for your boner bullshit."

"...You know what, forget bout her." Brody said with a grin, putting down the bottle carefully on the ground. "Kicking your ass will be enough to satisfy those hours of waiting in this dump of a school." He waved a motion to his group. "Don't butt in till I say so."

"Whatever, not that we give a damn." Hoodie muttered. "This shit was started by you anyway."

Hiro raised a eyebrow. "You seriously not gonna ask your goons to-" With rather frightening agility, Brody quickly closes the gap between them as Hiro barely blocked a wild haymaker, with a surprising look on his face. "Damn, I figured he's tough...But fast too?!" Hiro thought as he quickly moves to the side, took hold of Brody's back, and lands a knee right at the big man's gut. He grew unnerve as it apparently didn't do much, given Brody's glare at him face to face. "Shit, what's it gonna take to take you down?!" He threw more punches at what may as well be a wall composed of muscle and bone. Suddenly, one punch right at Brody's chest have students hearing the rather hard impact before it just stops dead cold. "...You gotta be kidding me." Hiro muttered out in bafflement.

"Well, I gotta give credit when it's due..." Brody said with a grin. "Those kinda hurts like hell." With that, he landed a blow right at Hiro's gut, Hiro quickly reeling back in pain. Brody then threw a vicious and fast wild punch right at Hiro's face before the latter could react, sending him flying a few feet before tumbling onto the floor. "Too bad, feels like you're actually slacking." To his surprise, Hiro slowly sat back up, spitting out blood before wiping his mouth, slowly rising to his feet to Brody's surprise that turns to excitement. "Good, you ain't dead yet, compared to that loser from before." He crack his knuckles as he slowly moves towards Hiro, now both exhausted and unsure what to do next.

"Hell...I haven't been fighting for months till now..." Hiro muttered, trying to regain his bearings. "I'm rusty." He sighed as Brody advances slowly towards him. "Well, first day of high school and already I fucked things up." He chuckled to himself. "Well, guess this means I better pull a good trick outta my ass if I wanna live."

"Alright, any last words?" Brody said with a bit of glee as he towers over Hiro.

"Sure." Hiro said with disappointment in his tone. "Kinda too bad you wasted some probably shitty liquor I was gonna share with my pals..I'll haunt your ass for that."

Brody smirked as he raises his fist. "I can't believe I won't be hearing your smartass comments after this!" Then he felt a powerful blow to his side, enough to send him tumbling to the floor in surprise. "Gah!! What the-"

"Yuu?" Hiro said in shock as Yuu had just landed a straight punch to Brody's side. "Dude, what are you doing? You know you don't like using your karate after that-"

"Shut. It." Yuu said as he tightly bit his lip. "I just want to forget that time, have a normal life...But you're my friend dammit." He then entered into a fighting stance. "Friends don't leave friends high and dry."

Hiro could only blink twice. "...At least don't fight back tears like a bitch then."

"Do you think I wanna do this?!" Yuu cried out in frustration. "Did you seriously need to punch him without a plan?!"

"How about remembering I'm still here?!" Brody roared as he strikes both Yuu and Hiro with each arm slamming right at their necks. Both young men crash right to ground, reeling in pain from the double clothesline.

"Ah shit..." Hiro moaned. "I thought that martial arts crap of yours was gonna help. Are you seriously that out of practice?"

"Man, just shut up." Yuu groaned as Brody grabs them both by the neck, lifting them up with sheer strength. "Good grief. Who trained you, gorillas?!" Brody in annoyance slammed Yuu's head at Hiro's in retaliation.

"Gah!" Hiro cries out in pain, blood running down his head. "What the hell, Yuu?!" He barked out. "Are you trying to get us killed?!"

"Heh, save your wisecracks in hell once I crack your heads in!" Brody said, growing rather unnerving the more this fight unfolds.

"Hey, heads up." And with that, Jin suddenly strikes Brody at his back after such a nonchalant statement. His broom in hand suddenly shattered into pieces as the large man arches his back in pain.

"Gaahhh!!" Brody cried out while Hiro and Yuu kick him off his grip on them, quickly back stepping away while Jin calmly walks towards them.

"Well, shit." Jin said annoyingly, tossing the now useless broom. "That was pointless."

"Bout time you got your bald ass here." Hiro said, panting as both he and Yuu catch their breaths. "What the hell were you doing when he was gonna crack our skulls like an egg?"

Jin scowls at that rather ungrateful statement. "Well, you're welcome." He muttered dryly. "The moment you decided to charge in like a moron, I went to the gym shed to get a weapon." He gives a frown. "Then turns out that 500 yen book on pick-locking I bought was a lying piece of shit, so I kicked the door in...And this school doesn't have anything at all!" He growled annoyingly. "So I picked up a broom...That was useless."

"Guys, I think we should focus on the rather pissed off giant here?!" Yuu cried out as Brody recovered from Jin's attack. The three immediately give an uneasy feeling as the big man looked more angry than hurt.

"Shit, I hit em with everything I got..." Jin said quietly in disbelief, watching the big man straighten out his sore back.

"Agh, that's it!" Brody shouted in anger, clenching his fists. "I'll teach you punks not to mess with us! Guys, get over-Uh?!" He is flabbergasted as he finds his men on the floor, nursing various wounds. "How in the-"

"T-That B-Baldy..." Shades sputtered out while coughing as he lays face down. "J-Jumped us when you were messing with those two..."

"So quick...My damn side." Hoodie muttered in pain as he lays on one side. Hiro and Yuu couldn't help but be impressed at Jin's excellent swordsmanship.

"Jeez Jin, I can't believe without a sword, you're pretty much trash." Hiro said as the three slowly circle around Brody.

"Shut it. At least I carried you two all the way to this." Jin hissed out. "Man, this day blows."

"Please, let's just cut the chatter and get this over with?" Yuu said bluntly. "I really I don't want to explain things to my Dad, but I guess I got no choice now, huh?" He then chuckled nervously. Brody stands alone, eyeing at each of his oppositions.

"Well damn, who knew instead of Mikamura, I get these troublesome assholes?" Brody thought as he looks at all sides, waiting to see who would make the first move. "Onimada I can see why people say he's tough. The baldy, I don't know jack bout him but he might got nothing on me without a weapon. Still, he's something alright." However, he frowned at the sight of Yuu. "And that one...Why the hell does he make me nervous?"

"Let's take this jackass down!" Jin roared out in fury as he charged in for a tackle from behind, only for Brody to turn suddenly as he slammed his knee right at Jin's face, sending him crumbling down to the ground. Hiro lunged for a punch yet Brody catches him before grabbing him by the collar to throw him right at Jin still lying on the floor. However, Brody suddenly gets rattled as the heel of a sneaker smashes right at his chin, as Yuu struck him with a spinning wheel kick.

"Agh, damn!" Brody growled, rubbing his sore chin as he grew even more irate as Yuu gave a deep breath before entering a fighting stance. "You got to be shitting me using that basic karate bullshit." Brody muttered before roaring out followed by a rush, fists raised. "Don't look down on me!"

"Good, looks like he's got all his screws loose." Yuu thought as he backpedals, easily parrying and avoiding numerous sloppy jabs and hooks. "Guess he doesn't use kicks, and his footwork really sucks...He's making this easy." The crowd couldn't help but be shocked at the display of Yuu's martial prowess, as he defend himself near trivially from such an onslaught of wild blows. "Time to end this." He suddenly sidesteps, kicking low at the back of Brody's knee.

"Guh!" Brody grunted as he found himself onto one knee. He looked up at Yuu only to be shocked as Yuu raised his hand, in a knife hand position, readying to take aim right as his now exposed head. Yuu's purple eyes glowered down at his, like a beast poised to strike.

"Sayonara."

A booming crack is heard all around the stunned school yard, those around shocked at Yuu with all his might struck his hand right at Brody's head in a chopping motion. It wasn't the speed of such a blow, which half the students couldn't see that shocked them. Nor was it the sheer strength behind it, cracks of the pavement forming around Brody's feet. It was the fact that the larger man still stood his ground, blood dripping down his face as he gave a grin.

"N-No way..." Yuu muttered, biting his lip.

"I gotta say, that was impressive." Brody said with a dry chuckle. "Never knew this side of town was secretly keeping such a monster in plain sight." He never shed his unsettling smile as he clenches his fist. "Grit your teeth, boy. I'll show you the strength of a Warden of Masuda." Before Yuu can even react, Brody's fist smashes right at his face, sending him hurtling several feet before crashing right to the ground face first. Brody stumbles as he slowly rises to his feet, wobbling a bit as he walked away from the cracks on the floor. "Jeez...To think Kaimon High School would be getting some annoying tough guys." He said with an irritated tone, groaning as his injuries were catching up.

"N-No way. Is he some kind of monster?" A student nearby muttered in horror. Yuu suddenly started wheezing, coughing as he lifted his upper body with his arms, blood running down his nose and mouth.

"The hell..." Yuu growled out, glaring at Brody from afar. "What kind of guys are running this empire he's yammering about if he's this strong?"

"Hey, asshole!!" Hiro roared as Brody was caught off guard as Hiro lands a vicious haymaker punch right to the side of the jaw, droplets of blood spraying to the ground, the bigger man backpedaling as he nearly loses his balance. "Huh?! How's that for a punch, bitch?!" Jin, not too far from Hiro, covered his bleeding nose.

"Don't think we're out yet, fucker!" Jin growled out as he raised his fists, letting his bloodied face trickle down his chin. "I don't give a shit if you're some big shot! We're gonna kick your ass!"

"Shit..." Brody said, a tinge of anger and disappointment in his tone. "One simple job, and it gets fucked up by a bunch of stupid first year students..." He looked at his fallen group of fellow delinquents. He gave another dry chuckle. "I wanted Mikamura...And all I got is three very dead persistent assholes." He then slowly sauntered towards Hiro and Jin. "Prepare to die."

"Hey!!" A voice shouted out, revealing an gruffed looking male adult wearing a suit carrying a collapsible baton, as he slowly advances closer. "You punks better get the hell out of this school, or else!"

"Shit, a teacher?!" Hoodie cried out, as he rises to his feet holding his injured side, the rest of Brody's group following suit as they grew uneasy. "Brody, we gotta go!"

"Aw hell, it doesn't look like it he's holding that baton for show!" Shades said in horror. "Let's split!"

Brody himself gritted his teeth only to cry out in anger. "Gah! Fine, retreat!!" He ordered his men as he himself is ready to walk away. "Don't think this is over..." He hissed out at Hiro and Jin before limping away with the rest of his group as they quickly head off to the school gate.

"Get back here!" The teacher roared out before stopping. "Tch, when an adult actually does something, they run off like rats." He said with loaded venom in his tone. "The hell this world coming to?" He then turn to glare at Hiro and Jin, as they head over to Yuu to carry him by their shoulders...While also trying to walk away. "Stay. Right. There." He said menacingly, the three injured young men suddenly frozen stiff in fear as they are caught. "You boys follow me to get patched up, and to the principal's office to explain yourself...Now!" He then gives a rather big glare at Jin. "Especially you, Jin! How the hell did you already get yourself in trouble?"

Jin looked away in shame as Yuu and Hiro gave him a baffled look as he apparently knows the man who caught them. "...I totally forgot Takahiro-aniki teaches in this school." He muttered. "High school blows."

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Deep into town...

Miki simply walked, having long been tired from running. She grimaced as she reeks of booze, light reflecting off her glasses that obscures her eyes, which she would preferred as it hides the tears she's barely fighting back. She finally stopped her movement, before violently kicking down a nearby trash bin.

"Gahhh!!!!" She roared out. "You jerks!!!" She then sniffled and put a forearm against her face as she was unwilling to show the tears now flowing down her face in embarrassment. "...Fuck this, I'm going home..."

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At a school gym in West Kaimon...

"Gee, that girl over there isn't paying attention to the principal's speech at all, huh?" A Tora Rokku student whispered to his friend. "I know it's kinda boring, but what's so interesting at where she's staring at?"

Keiko simply ignored their whispers, staring at a direction that was towards East Kaimon. She couldn't tell what exactly went down, but her gut feeling told her it was interesting. "I wonder...If there are anyone back East that can put up a good fight?" She said mostly to herself, a small smirk forming as her blood boils.

Thus began a high school year where nothing will be truly be the same...