It started when Ria met Kyoko and Haru on her way home. The girls were being picked on by three high schoolers in front of the cake shop. During normal circumstances, she would normally let this kind of scene pass by and let both parties settle their difference. But things look like it's heating up.
"Haru didn't do anything bad!" said the brown haired girl. "If anything, it's your fault the cakes we bought are now ruined!"
Ria recognized the girl from her uniform. She knew this is a fellow student from Midori Middle School. Haru Miura was best known in Midori because of her outrageous costumes.
"But you we're the ones who bumped into us!" shouted the tallest boy. "Now look at this mess!" He pointed at his uniform with several stains of icing on it.
"We apologize. We didn't mean to do it." said the orange haired girl politely.
"And how do you plan to compensate us for it then?" asked the other boy slyly.
Ria saw the boy winked at his companions. They tried to approach the girls.
"How about you come with us then?" The mean looking one even tried to have his arm around Haru's shoulder.
"Hahi! Haru don't like to go with boys like you!" she tried to get away from the grip.
"We should be leaving soon." The orange girl this time held Haru by her hands and started inching away from the boys.
"Now that's not a nice way to apologize. You should be coming with us."
The boys then started dragging the girls. Ria decided it was time to interfere.
"Haru!" Ria greeted and approach the girls casually.
"Ria-senpai!" Haru breathe a sigh of relief. She knew this senpai around school; she was popular with the upperclassmen and sports club members. The girls look obviously hopeful.
"Are you guys going home?" she asked with a smile on her face as if she didn't notice the tense atmosphere. "We could all go home together!"
She took both the girls hand and started walking away from the high school boys.
The boys who were momentarily dumbstruck by the appearance of a cool looking girl came to their senses.
"Stop right there! We still need something from those two." shouted one of the boys.
And here she thought they could at least avoid them until they got further.
"But we are going home!" she turned smiling at them.
"No." the leader nodded to his companions and surrounded them. "Maybe you could come with them then."
Ria resisted the urge to roll her eyes at them. One boy tried to grab Haru's wrist which earned a slap from the girl.
"Hahi! Haru didn't mean to hit you! Haru was startled…"
Ria would have clapped her hands. Awesome reflex movement… hehe.
"Bitch!" the boy tried to retaliate.
She quickly deflected the boy's knuckle that would have bruised Haru's face. Ria got pissed.
"You did not just do that…" she said darkly.
"So what if I did?" the boy retorted smirking.
Haru screamed. When Ria looked back, both girls are being forcefully dragged away.
She turned just to find out that she too was being dragged forcefully by her wrist.
She snapped.
Ria grab the boy's pinky with her other hand and then pulled it the other way effectively removing the grip from her wrist. She continued pulling it down in such a way the boy was left with no choice but to pull back and kneel.
"Gaahhh… you bitch!" the boy screamed in agony.
She preceded with a forceful arm lock that bended the boy's arm the other way before kneeing him in the face.
"One down." She counted.
When she reached the orange haired girl, she freed the girl by doing the same technique with the boy's hand. She delivered a quick upward elbow blow to the boy's chin before turning for a roundhouse kick to his side.
"Two." She muttered before catching up to Haru and the boy's leader.
"Stop." She called.
The leader turned just to see his companions staggering behind him. "What the fuck did just happened?"
"They tripped." She shrugged. "If you just kindly return my friend to me, we'll all be happily out of your way."
"No wa—" the boy yelped in pain. Haru tried to bite her way off of the villain.
Ria would have laugh out loud but realizing that they were free they should be running now.
"Run!" she called to the two girls before proceeding to take their hands in hers and running away from the scene as fast as they could.
So the three middle schooler ran so fast until they run out of breath.
They sat by the riverbank to catch their breaths.
"Haru is tired." Haru gasped. "Thank you so much senpai."
"Yes, thank you for saving us." seconded the orange head. "I'm Kyoko. Kyoko Sasagawa. I go to Namimori Middle."
"No problem." Ria replied breathing heavily. She realized that it has been a long time since she last ran like that. "I'm Ria. I attend Midori just like Haru here."
"That was so cool senpai!" Haru exclaimed. "Haru would like to learn how to fight like that, too!"
"That was basic self-defense." she shrugged. "A girl at least needs a way to defend herself once in awhile."
She look up to find the sun setting fast. She got up. "Oh well, gotta hurry and prepare dinner. Be careful on your way home. See you later!"
She wasn't even far from the riverbank when the two tried to catch up with her.
"Wait senpai! Haru would like you to teach her how to fight!" the brunette hurriedly said.
"Uh… what?" she asked surprised.
"We'd like you to teach us self- defense." Kyoko spoke up. "Please."
Who could say no to those puppy eyes those two gave?
