Red Wolf
AN: This story was inspired by Thatdude2106's Old Habits Die Hard. An interesting read for me as far as I'm concerned. However this one may be a bit more violent thanks to the OC and his style of fighting.
Disclaimer: I do not own Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple or Virtua Fighter.
Chapter 1
Walking down the hallway was Tsukuba Saijo, vice president of Koryou High School's Karate Club and member of the delinquent gang Ragnarok and he was annoyed. Why? Because he had wasted his time earlier fighting Kenichi Shirahama and just when he expected a challenge all he got was an easy fight.
Earlier at the Karate Club he had seen Shirahama manage to defeat Daimunji even when it is an infringement of the rules that made Shirahama still lose. Daimunji was a weakling with large muscles, but Shirahama was even weaker than him but still in a week's time he managed to get strong enough to defeat the muscle bound idiot which is a huge accomplishment. Shirahama displayed incredible footwork and good reflexes during the fight. That made the vice president of the Karate Club to find out for himself whether the guy was really strong or it was just a fluke. And with what he'd seen it seemed to be the latter. After he was done with him he had returned to his gang leader to report how much of a waste of time Shirahama was and then he got another target to recruit.
Now he had just finished beating up the new target who was supposed judo prodigy and was returning back in a foul mood.
'What a waste of my time! A total weakling.' Tsukuba thought as he continued walking down the hallway.
"Tsukuba Saijo." Tsukuba's thoughts were interrupted as he looked behind him to see a freshman student he hadn't seen before walking towards him. He was 5'10" in height with an athletic frame, had red feral hair, with blood red eyes to match and he wore a red jacket over his school uniform.
"Yeah…you want something?" Tsukuba growled.
"Yeah…you to be my messenger boy to those shitheads at Ragnarok." The feral looking person said as he removed his jacket, dropped it on the floor and got into a kickboxing stance with both hands up, chin tucked and moving his head.
"Oh really? Like you can actually take me on?" Tsukuba smirks, "But I can see that you're strong and I want to fight strong people." Tsukuba raises up his arms and begins to bounce on the balls of his feet. "So don't disappoint me."
The feral looking redhead watched his opponent charge at him and throw a straight. He responds with his own strike.
A cracking sound fills the air as spit and blood flies out of Tsukuba's mouth and he's rolling on the floor for a moment before stopping. He clutches the side of his head, confused at what happened. One second he was charging at the redhead and throwing a punch, the next he's cracked in the head and sent rolling on the floor. Tsukuba raises his head to stare at the redhead, who is standing calmly with a disappointed expression.
"If a weakling like you is part of Ragnarok then I guess the rest are just as pathetic." The redhead said. "Get up!"
Tsukuba's eyes narrow in anger at the insult. He stands up getting back into his stance.
"I'll show you who's a weakling."
"Then what are you waiting for?"
Tsukuba charges towards the redhead with the freshman responding in kind. He spins on his heel to throw a roundhouse kick. The redhead catches it and then counters with a right hook followed by a left hook knocking Tsukuba backwards. The sports karate fighter manages to maintain his balance and charges once more and the redhead ducks under the punch thrown and attacks with a blast double leg takedown and dumping his opponent on his back.
Wasting no time the redhead mounts Tsukuba and proceeds to rain elbows and punches on his opponent's face with savagery. With one last punch the redhead knocks out Tsukuba whose face is barely recognizable as it's all bloodied up, full of numerous cuts and swelling. He gets up and looks at his unconscious opponent one last time before stomping on his face for good measure and was satisfied at the sound of bones crushing.
'Ragnarok! You're now on notice as the Red Wolf is on the hunt for your fucking souls!'
The redhead turned around and went to pick up his red jacket and puts it on as he walks away from his handiwork. Whether that punk from Ragnarok lived or died didn't matter to him as the rest were going to share his fate. Unknown to him there had been a spectator who had seen the fight and it was going to actually get him the attention he wanted.
…
"So Tsukuba was defeated. The question is who?" A pretty girl with short red hair that is mostly hidden by a green beret and emerald eyes. She's also wearing a red top and blue jeans with one side ripped to show one of her legs.
"He was beaten by a recent transfer student from the United States named Jake Enji Lewis, Kisara, but he prefers to be just called "Red". A person named Shiratori answered. "Worse he beat Tsukuba into a coma."
That got Kisara smirking in excitement before she destroys a cement brick with a high kick. "Is that right? Interesting."
"Do you want me to send them?"
"Go ahead, I want to see how good this Red really is."
Next Day…
"Huh? Tsukuba-sempai was defeated?!" Kenichi exclaimed as he stares at the school paper article with wide eyes. After getting beaten by him, Kenichi had gone back to Ryozanpaku to train some more so as to defeat him this time. But by the time he came back today he sees that Tsukuba was already defeated.
An evil laughter makes him turns his head to see Nijiima with a devious smirk.
"Oh he wasn't just defeated, he was thoroughly annihilated that he's in a coma right now." The alien looking classmate of Kenichi said.
"He's in a coma?!" Kenichi gasped in shock. Miu too was surprised by the brutality of whoever beat the senior student into a coma.
"Who did it?" she asked.
"Jake Enji Lewis. The redhead that transferred to our class from America." Nijiima answered, "Saw him beat Tsukuba-sempai with my own eyes. Seemed to have a bone to pick with him too with the way he confronted him before beating him like a drum."
Miu and Kenichi's eyes widen in realization. The American transfer student who preferred to be called "Red" who seemed to be anti-social with the way he introduced himself to the class and how he acted to everyone.
Flashback…
"Hello class we have a transfer student joining us today from the USA…so please try to make him feel welcome." The teacher for Class 1A announced before he signaled for said student to enter. The class watched as a young man standing at 5'10" in height with an athletic frame, light skin, crimson red hair that reached his shoulders, and blood red eyes wearing the Koryou High School uniform walked into class with his hands in his pocket. The student's face had a feral look to it as he stared blankly at the class and then sighed.
"Go on. Introduce yourself."
"Fine…name's Jake Enji Lewis but I'd rather be called "Red". I'd like to say that it's nice to meet you all but I'll be lying. So I'll make it easy for us: Stay out of my way and I'll stay out of yours."
That got most of the students sweat dropping at his broody introduction. A blonde girl with glasses named Miu however looked at him critically. She could tell that this Red was holding back a lot of power and rage, just waiting for a chance to let it out.
Red then got assigned to seat behind her friend Kenichi Shirahama.
At lunch time most of the other students in class avoided the redheaded transfer student which he didn't seem to care about. Then Kenichi came to him and tried to interact with him but he was outright ignored by the American. Kenichi sighed in surrender and left him alone.
Flashback End…
Miu however had suspected that there was more to Red than what he allowed people to see when they first saw him and now it seemed she was right after all. He was definitely very dangerous if what he did to Tsukuba was any indication of that.
"I don't understand. Why did Red fight Tsukuba?" Kenichi asked not understanding at all.
Nijiima sighs. "From the way he confronted Tsukuba it seemed that he has a bone to pick with Ragnarok. As for why I can't say as no one has dared to go after them."
"Why would Red go after Ragnarok?" Miu asked.
"Like I said I have no idea. But he did tell Tsukuba that he wanted to send a message to them through him since Tsukuba works as a recruiter for Ragnarok." Nijiima said and then smirked, "And it looks like they got the message alright. The Technique Trio have been sent after Red. Koga the Kicker, Ukita the Thrower, and Takeda the Puncher are the strongest trio in Kisara's gang. Red doesn't stand a chance!"
"I have to warn Red!" Kenichi said in panic.
"Kenichi!" Miu tried to stop him but he was already gone.
…
Jake Enji Lewis or Red like he preferred was sitting at his desk in boredom as usual. Ever since he transferred to Koryou High School he'd been bored out of his mind but he knew that he had to go through with it as his big sister wanted him to do something better with his life. He also didn't socialize with anyone as he wasn't here to make any friends even though his big sister insisted that he did so. He also had a reason for picking this school though and it was a personal one.
"Red!"
He is snapped from his thoughts as someone comes running into the classroom. And it was Kenichi Shirahama.
"Yes? What do you want Kenichi?" Red asked in annoyance as he was in no mood to make friends.
Kenichi frantically grabs the table. "Red, they are coming for you."
"Who is?"
"It is Ragnarok's Technique Trio."
"Is that right?" Red has a wolf's grin on his face which scares Kenichi. "That's good to hear."
"Are you crazy?!" Kenichi exclaimed in shock, "You need to run away!"
Red tilts his head as he stares blankly at Kenichi. "And why the hell should I do that?"
"Because Ragnarok is aiming to beat you up for what you did to Tsukuba sempai. The Technique Trio is a strong group of fighters that were sent to do just that." Kenichi explained.
"And I'll just send them to the ICU like I did that Tsukuba punk." Red said nonchalantly.
Kenichi face desks. Then he lifts his head up quickly. "Aren't you worried?"
Red shrugs and turns his head to stare out the window. "I've met worse people. A bunch of delinquents are nothing compared to them." He then faces Kenichi with eyes full of anger. "Besides I have a bone to pick with that group of delinquents so let them come."
Kenichi looks at the American wondering what Ragnarok did to make Red want to go after them. Then the bell for homeroom rings as the rest of his classmates arrive.
"Thank you for the heads up anyways Kenichi." Red said. "Now leave me alone."
Kenichi looks on in sadness as he sees the look of sadness, loneliness and anger in Red's eyes before he goes back to his seat.
…
A tall muscular boy with short hair slams his opponent down onto the ground. A groan comes from the downed boy before he passes out. He looks up to see his more athletic companion with silver hair in a ponytail finish dealing with his own opponents with punches just like a boxer. The guy seems to be bored as he chews on a blade of grass without a care in the world.
"I can't believe that Kisara is sending us to deal with some freshman." The taller boy grumbled.
His companion shrugs. "Well this freshman beat Tsukuba into a coma. That should tell you something, Ukita."
"Yeah right, Takeda." Ukita scoffed. "Tsukuba is a weakling. I never liked the fool at all."
"Well maybe you can thank this Red guy when we meet him." Takeda said in amusement, only to get an annoyed expression from Ukita. Then the boxer turns around to look at a younger boy beating up another person. "Alright! No more playing around Koga, it is time to go."
…
Red was walking down the street in a red tracksuit, white MMA gloves and trainers. The redhead just wanted to get home, eat supper, do whatever homework he got and go to bed after some training. Also he had Ragnarok in his mind as he now has their attention thanks to the beating he put on Tsukuba and they've sent their Technique Trio after him. The name itself sounded corny to him.
'Looks like things are starting to heat up now. Time to up my training.' He thought.
"Red? Is that you?" asks a familiar voice. Broken out of his thoughts, the redhead looks up and sees Kenichi and Miu both in casual clothing of their own. He sighed in annoyance at meeting his classmates here. That Miu girl though was getting his instincts going haywire. He could tell that this girl was very strong and while he wouldn't mind fighting her, he wasn't in the mood for that right now.
"Kenichi…fancy meeting you here. Miu too."
"I see that you like working out." Miu deadpanned.
"Yeah…It's one of the few things I can do to relieve myself of boredom." Red replied with a yawn, "Or DO YOU have a problem with that?"
"And why would I have a problem with that?"
"Um please don't fight you two…" Kenichi interrupted while walking between them.
"Whatever…See you two tomorrow." Red said as he turned around, only to find a group of delinquents in the way.
"What are you three doing?" Kenichi, Miu and Red turn to the one who talked who was a short kid a year or two younger than them. The kid immediately locks eyes onto Miu. His eyes staring at her figure.
"Eyes on her face kid." Red deadpanned. "Ignore the huge rack she has."
"Hey!" Miu throws up her hands over her breasts. "They are not large!"
"Actually they are." Red said.
"No one asked for your opinion!"
"Like I care about your opinion."
"The guy's right. Your breasts are large." The kid interrupted, "Anyways, name's Koga, Koga the Kicker from Ragnarok. Why don't you leave behind this weakling and hang with me?"
Miu's eyes narrow in anger. "No thanks, I much rather hang out with Kenichi."
"Koga of the Technique Trio, huh?" Red smirks as his expression turns serious, "So Kenichi wasn't bullshitting me after all. Though Ragnarok must be pretty pathetic to have a brat like you in their ranks."
Koga scowls at Red. "And who the hell are you?"
"The one your boss sent after…Red." The redhead replied while spreading his arms out. "Well congrats for finding me."
"So you're the guy that beat the crap out of Tsukuba?" Koga smirked, "Thanks for that by the way. Never liked the weakling anyways."
"I wanted to kill him to be honest but a coma was a much better alternative just to send my message to you fuckers at Ragnarok." Red shrugged, "And now I'll get to do it to you too."
Koga laughs, "Hahaha! That's rich! Ok boys, take care of the boy and girl while I beat up their friend here." The delinquents surround Miu and Kenichi. Red glanced at them before focusing on Koga and blocking a kick from said person.
"You don't have time to worry about them." Koga said.
Red scoffed as he got into his stance. "What makes you think I am worried? I could care less about them."
Koga smirks as he leaps forward launching a barrage of kicks. Red blocks the first three and catches the fourth kick surprising Koga and sweeps the other leg from under him. Red attempts to stomp on Koga but the kid quickly springs back to his feet. Red quickly closes the distance throwing a flurry of punches. Koga dodges the punches and creates space to launch a kick at Red's face but the American blocks it in time.
Koga rushes in with another kick but this time Red catches the kick and drives in with a single leg takedown putting Koga on the floor. The American quickly gets the mount and begins to rain down elbows on his smaller opponent. Koga covered up while trying to get out from under him but Red maintained his position and continued his attack. Red keeps up his ground and pound, adding punches and hammer fists. A punch gets through Koga's guard and Red capitalizes with a vicious barrage of punches and elbows which turns Koga's face into a bloody mess, making Red become bloodthirsty and increasing the tempo of his attack and forcing Koga to turn over and giving his opponent his back. Red maintains back mount and continues raining down punches on Koga's head until the boy goes limp.
Noticing his opponent being unconscious, Red gets up as his bloodlust dissipates and then turns the body over with his foot. He also turned to see Kenichi knock a delinquent out with a punch while Miu slams the last delinquent to the ground. Kenichi was a little winded while Miu wasn't even tired at all. They looked at Red and the unconscious and bloodied Koga. Kenichi gasped at the sight while Miu's eyes widened in shock before frowning at Red.
"What?" Red asked nonchalantly.
"Y-You…y-you killed him!?" Kenichi blurted out.
"Hmph! I wish I did. He's still breathing." Red kicked the unconscious Koga who began to groan in pain. "See…he's still alive."
Kenichi sighed in relief. "That's good to hear."
"Good to hear? Are you actually happy that this brat's alive?!"
"Y-yeah. There's no need to kill them."
"Exactly. Martial arts isn't all for killing but for self-defense." Miu added.
Red scoffed at the pair and folded his arms across his chest. "Yeah…Keep saying that and see how long you'll last."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Miu snapped, "You can't just go around beating everyone that attacks you to death!"
"Not everyone can be dealt with just by beating them. Those ones you have to put down permanently or they'll return to make your life hell." Red said, "And that's what is needed for these bastards from Ragnarok. Now if you'd excuse me, I have to get home, eat dinner and sleep!"
With that Red turned around and made his way back home leaving his two classmates and a group of unconscious delinquents. Kenichi was glad that Red didn't kill Koga but he was shocked that the American would rather kill those who attacked him than just defend himself. Miu frowned at not just Red's words but also his fighting style which she managed to get glimpses of while she and Kenichi took care of the delinquents but not enough to get a definite answer.
End Chapter…
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