A tiny girl with long brown hair, that was beginning to turn silver, looked on with sharp gray eyes as delinquents dominated the orphanage playground. She wore a second-hand gray jumper over a white sweater and matching gray pants. She wore battered sneakers that came from an older kid, like everything else she wore. Her parents died in a car crash when their car fell into an icy lake. She suffered head trauma and the shock of the events caused her hair to change colors. A cry of pain echoed in her ears sharply. The head trauma heightened her senses almost painfully, though the doctors believed it would fade with age. She looked over to her left and found a little boy being beaten by two of the orphanage gang members. The adults weren't going to do anything, so that just mean she would have to. With no hesitation she ran forward and blocked a punch to the young boy's ribs.

"Stop."

"Or what? You'll tell mommy and daddy?"

"Yeah, or what? What are you going to do, you look like you're an old lady with all that gray hair!" smoothly adjusting to the hostility, the girl smirked before sweeping the taller gang member's legs from under him.

"That just means I have more experience than you ever will." she said calmly, a look of confidence surrounded her like an aura that was almost visible to the naked eye. The gang member's friend was enraged as he ran at the little girl, easily half his size and a third his weight. But, as the growing crowd noticed, that meant little judging by how fast the older boy was sent flying across the playground. They began to cheer her on until a hard voice stopped them in their tracks.

"What's goin' on 'ere?" at seventeen years old the gang leader was a very imposing figure that no one dared to cross. No one ever said anything about his piercing, his green Mohawk, or any of the tattoos he got over the years. The Yankee accent was a taboo subject unless you wanted to die.

"Well, senpai, I saw this boy getting beat up, so I beat them up." the girl said, looking him directly in the eye despite the sign of respect she displayed in calling him senpai. Then, he did the most unexpected thing. He laughed. A loud roar that some say shook the sparse playground equipment to this very day.

"I like you. Got some moxy in ya! How would ya like ta be my success'r?" he said. The little girl blinked up at him owlishly for a moment.

"What's the catch?" again, he laughed, a sparkle in his eyes as he eyed the young girl.

"Well, you have ta beat me 'least once! Then ya get ta be tha lead'a!" a small smirk played over the girl's lips as the light glinted in her eyes dangerously.

"Beat you at what?"

"Anythin' ya can do."

"Well, a fight would be a bit unfair, considering the age difference and all, but I can see if I can lay you flat on your back at least once." the gang leader smirked and reached out to shake her hand, kneeling slightly to reach her properly. Between one moment and the next he suddenly found himself gasping for breath, flat on his back, with the little girl shaking his hand like it was perfectly natural. With a breathless laugh he tugged her down and gave her a kiss on the cheek.

"Ha! Like I said! Ya got moxy, Oneesan!" and so a short but beautiful relationship began between the little girl and the gang leader.

Okay, I promise not to unnecessarily overload my writing with random spurts of Japanese, the only time I will specifically challenge MicrosoftWord's idea of what's spelled correctly will be for names and moments where the suffix is important. Bolding the word just makes it seem threatening or something, so unless it carries special meaning, like in the last line, I will just put the English word down. By the by, Oneesan does mean big sister, right? I meant for it to mean that, as a way for him to show how she had seniority, despite her young age. A metaphorical nod of the head for her skills and soon-to-be gang leader status. And if I hear any complaints about how young she is to be flipping gang leaders, go rewatch the series or review the manga again! Honey, though I will admit he is older by far, is just as small! Her penchant for learning faster than normal will be revealed soon!

Keep Calm and OC' On!