"RIING!" It was recess time, and everyone was let out to play. Ryoki crossed his arms and stared at Hatsumi.

"There's something about her that bothers me."

Ryoki frowned and walked up to Hatsumi. She was picking flowers out of the ground and placing them in a bucket. Ryoki stared at the flowers in disgust. He picked up the bucket, dumped out all the flowers and stomped on them. Ryoki smirked at Hatsumi and then laughed. She looked up at him in fear. She made an "x" with her arms to cover her face.

"Please don't hurt me!"

Ryoki tightened his fist and threw it at Hatsumi. But right before his fist met her face, he heard someone shout out his name.

"Hey! Ryoki! Why don't you pick on someone your own size, huh? "

Azusa walked towards Ryoki.

"Why you little…"

Ryoki pulled his fist away from Hatsumi's face and fired it at Azusa instead. Azusa was smart, and managed to dodge the hit. Sadly, Ryoki threw an unexpected punch at Azusa that hit him hard in the stomach and knocked him to the ground. Azusa held onto his stomach and looked at Ryoki. Ryoki approached Azusa and said something that kind of scared Azusa.

"You don't…wanna mess with me."

Azusa, still holding on to his stomach, stood up.

"Your just…just a-"

Before they know it, a huge crowd gathered around the two. They all started chanting.

"FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!"

But before anything else could happen, a teacher named Miss Ochiwa broke up the fight.

"Boys…I would like to see you inside."

Azusa,Ryoki,and Miss Ochiwa walked into her classroom. They sat down at a table in the back at the room. It was quiet for a few minutes…until Miss Ochiwa broke the silence.

"What happened out there?"

The two boys started talking at the same time.

"Ryoki was being mean to h-"

'He was about to hit me so I-"

"Wait, wait, stop. One at a time."

Miss Ochiwa listened to both of the boys' side of the story. As she was doing this, Hatsumi walked up to the door. She could hear scolding both Azusa, and Ryoki.

"Um…Miss Ochiwa…"

Miss Ochiwa was startled.

"Oh, Hatsumi!"

"Azusa didn't do anything. He was…protecting me."

Miss Ochiwa looked at Azusa. He was all beat up and injured. Then at Ryoki, all clean and perfect.

"Very well then. Azusa you are free to go, but I will need to talk to you after school."

Azusa stood up,and walked out the door with Hatsumi