Kotori was a new student in high school and she was introduced as a new student. She was seated right next to a girl with long blue hair.
"Hi, there my name is Umi Sonada" Umi said
"Hi Umi, my name is Kotori Minami" Kotori said
Kotori was happy that she already made a friend in her new school. Kotori was now walking in the hallway and was heading towards her locker but she tripped over something and fell to the floor. Kotori wondered what tripped her. She looked back and saw that it was leg which made her made her realize that someone had tripped her on purpose. Kotori wasn't going about to become someone's punching bag. She got up and turned around to see who it was that tripped her. She saw that it was a girl with ginger hair that put up in a side ponytail. The girl also had blue eyes.
"Oops, sorry" The girl said in a sarcastic tone
Kotori could tell that she was being sarcastic and that made her upset.
"You did that on purpose!" Kotori said
"So what if I did?" The girl asked
"That wasn't very nice! What if I really got hurt?" Kotori asked
"Then tough luck on you" The girl said
Kotori was at her limit and raised her hand to slap the girl but before she could make contact her wrist was grabbed by the girl. The girl gripped Kotori's wrist hard and that made her wince in pain. Kotori went from mad to scared in an instant when she realized how strong this girl was. Kotori tried to yank her hand away but the girl's grip on her was too strong.
"Were trying to slap me?" The girl asked
Kotori just stared at her in horror when she realized how intimidating she was.
"Maybe I should teach you what happens when you mess with me" The girl said
"Knock it off Honoka!" A voice shouted
Kotori and the girl turned around and saw that it was Umi. Umi was glaring at the girl.
"Let Kotori go right now!" Umi said
"Kotori? So you're the new girl" Honoka said
Honoka let her go and Kotori rubbed her wrist. Kotori looked at her wrist and saw that it left a mark. Kotori looked back up at the girl and saw that she was looking her.
"Since you're new here I'll let you off easy. But I'm warning that if you try to do something like that to me again than I won't hesitate strike you down" Honoka said
Honoka turned around and left. Umi went up to Kotori to make sure that she was alright.
"Kotori, are you okay?" Umi asked
"I'm fine, but who was that?" Kotori asked
"That's Honoka Kousaka. Make sure that you avoid her. She's a known bully around here" Umi said
"Bully?" Kotori asked
"That's right. You better stay away from her if you know what's good for you. Trust me" Umi said
Kotori nodded and continued her way to her locker after she picked up all of her stuff off of the floor. For the rest of the day Kotori couldn't stop thinking about the school bully that she ran into. She wondered why she was a bully in the first place. Kotori was in the courtyard when she heard some yelling. She ran in the direction that the screaming was coming from. She saw that it was Honoka again and she was picking on another girl. Kotori remembered that Umi told her to avoid her but she couldn't leave knowing that this was happening. Kotori ran forward and put herself between the girl and Honoka. Honoka saw that she was blocking her way and told her to move.
"I suggest that you move before you get hurt" Honoka said
"I'm not gonna let you pick on this girl" Kotori said
Honoka shrugged her shoulders.
"Suite yourself" Honoka said
Before Kotori knew she felt herself being punched in the gut. Kotori doubled over and held her gut in pain. Honoka followed up by kneeing her in the jaw. Kotori was on the ground holding her jaw.
"I did warn you what would happen if you tried to mess with me" Honoka said
Honoka turned back to the girl that she was picking on before Kotori showed up. The girl had short brown hair. Honoka already knew that this girl was Hanayo. She did the same thing to her like she did Kotori. She fished in her pockets and took some money that she had in there.
"I'll be taking this" Honoka said
Honoka left the two girls who were on the ground in pain from the blows that they received. Kotori was able to recover first and saw that the girl received the same treatment that she did. She checked on the girl to make sure that she was okay.
"Hey are you okay?" Kotori asked
"Yes, I'm fine thank you for trying to help me" The girl said
"Your welcome, I'm sorry that I couldn't be much help" Kotori said
"It's fine. By the way I'm Hanayo Koizumi" Hanayo said
"I'm Kotori Minami" Kotori said
The two girls went their separate ways after introductions. Kotori found herself thinking about Honoka again because she needed to come up with a way to make her stop the bullying. Kotori didn't know how she was gonna do it but she had to try. She could always report this to her mom, who's the chairwoman of the school, but she knew that if Honoka ever found out that she told on her than she would make things worse for her and she didn't want things to be worse for her than they already were.
"What am I gonna do?" Kotori asked herself
"There's nothing you can do" A voice said
Kotori jumped and turned around to see that it was Umi who spoke to her.
"Umi? What do you mean?" Kotori asked
"You need stay away from her if you can because she's not gonna listen to anyone" Umi said
"What would she do? Send some lackeys to come after me?" Kotori asked
"She doesn't have any lackeys, she does everything herself. She doesn't even have friends but that's not a big surprise" Umi said
Kotori decided to think more about this situation when she was at home.