Chapter 2: Chapter 2
A/N: Since Chapter I and II are done anyway, I'll post it both today. I'm in a roll! But expect the next chapter probably next week. I'm still working on it and writing Kuroko's character is rather hard because he's so... dull, for the lack of a better word.
Well, on with the story!
Disclaimer: Should I even write this?
CHAPTER II
Rin stared at the rambling teacher yet not really understanding or even listening at anything she said. She'd been in Seirin for almost a week now and she can't help but feel a little bored. True, she'd been into so much trouble outside the school but never inside its premises for she didn't want Junpei-nii scolding her. The multi-personality, respect-oriented guy was all she was afraid of. She had avoided as much social interaction as she can to prevent the uncontrolled fluctuation of her mood. Her fists were so aching to be in action and her mouth was itching to blurt something foul though.
One person to vent her frustration was all she'd ever need.
Rin was about to doze off when the bell rung signaling lunch break. The teacher who she didn't even know what subject taught or even her name finally went out the room. She stretched gratefully in her seat and grabbed her bag. She's skipping classes. Classes are boring in this school anyway.
She was walking through the hallway when a hand covered her mouth and pulled her in an empty classroom. Her reflexes were useless because she was too stunned to move or even realize she'd been dragged rudely by someone. If she was in her right mind, she would've never let something like that happen. It was too late when she felt herself being pushed forcefully to the neatly ordered row of chairs. She felt one of the corner of the wooden table dig her side and it was not gentle.
"You bitch," one of the guys bit out. There were three of them and she can vaguely remember them as the goons at the alleyway on her way back from the school some nights ago. They were awesome frustration and stress absorbers for her but she never knew that they were studying here. "You should think twice before you randomly invade a territory!"
Rin gingerly rubbed her side and gave the hoodlums a cold stare that could turn fire to ice but didn't say anything. She refused to curse when she didn't feel like it. Besides, these trashes don't even deserve her wits.
"What are you gonna do?" the other guy said as he bent so they're at eye level. She supposed he's the leader of their gang. "You gonna cry? You're outnumbered this time and you won't catch us off guard ever again!"
Almost there, Rin thought. She narrowed her eyes at the guy and when his head was close enough, she banged her own head at his nose. He wailed at the contact and Rin heard the unmistakable sound of his nose breaking. She smiled with satisfaction.
"Your breath stinks," she remarked down at the ugly gorilla while wiping invisible dusts off her uniform after standing up. She thought it was just her imagination when she saw something blue at the corner of her eye. She dismissed it immediately because there was no one else in the room but her and her assailants.
The holes of the gorilla's broken nose flared in anger. The two other guys were coming at her and she was more than ready for them when the leader raised his hand to stop them. "I'll make you regret this."
The guy's fist shot quickly, aiming for her gut. She almost failed to avoid it but her reflex was fast enough, she side-stepped to dodge the damage. Finding an opening, she dug her knee in his gut with all the force she can muster which made him groan in agony. He crumpled in pain at the floor.
The other guy attacked but she saw it coming. She quickly grabbed a random object, which turned out to be a heavy textbook, and hauled it at his face, strong enough to knock him off and he followed his leader on the floor.
What she over-looked was the third guy. She failed to see him close in and she realized too late when a solid punch landed on her jaw. It wasn't long after a resounding slap followed across her face. She felt her lip burst and the tangy taste of blood was strong on the inside of her cheek. He was huge and buff so Rin was doubtful that she'll be able to knock him off or cause any major damage but she knew where his weakness lies. The guy sent another fist aiming for the side of her head when she suddenly ducked and kicked him where the sun doesn't shine. He grabbed his groin, pain painted all over his ugly face. She narrowed her eyes in rage and smashed his face with a flying round house kick. He laid unconscious on the floor with a hard thump.
Rin dabbed her fingers on the corner of her lips and was not surprised to find it bleeding. She scoffed in disappointment and righted her uniform. "Wimps," she muttered under her breath.
Flicking her hair across her shoulder, she turned to leave the goons and forget anything ever happened inside that empty classroom since class was about to start anyway. She just missed her lunch because of those losers.
Rin was surprised when the leader suddenly stood up and caught her in a headlock. She squirmed but the guy was strong, and even though she wouldn't admit it, she knew it would never be easy breaking through it.
"What makes you think you can just walk away, huh?" his rasped voice was a disgusting sound to her ears, and it was so close too. "You little—ahh!"
His face contorted into a hideous scream when she bit his arm as hard as she could she knew she drew out blood. He unknowingly loosened his hold and Rin took the chance. She elbowed his ribs which caused him to take a few steps back. Using the nearby chair as leverage, she boosted herself up and gave him a hard cuff from above as she fell down. His face whipped to the side with the force of her punch and he landed in a heap on the floor.
She wrinkled her nose in annoyance and grabbed her forgotten bag.
"What a shame," the fallen guy murmured but loud enough for her to hear. He was saying something else but Rin's ears seemed to be suddenly plugged.
Rin's sight darkened. If there's one word she resented the most, it was "shame". Every time that word was mentioned to her, she remembered the disappointed looks of her parents, their piercing words rung inside her head, repeating and repeating like a mantra of sorts which made her anger and frustration rise up and blow up like a bomb. The control in her emotions would snap and she would see nothing anymore, like now. The next thing she knew, she was straddling him and pummeling his face with punches after punches. "I. Am. Not. A. Shame!" she shouted. Each of her word was emphasized with a punch.
Her next punch was stopped by someone, which turned out to be a teacher. She let them pull her off him but remained glaring at the guy's bloody face. Her left eye was still twitching, the way it usually did when she's blinded by rage, her knuckles were still shaking, and her breath was uneven. "Look at that, you monkeys," she said. "This is not over yet—"
"Enough!" the teacher bellowed. "You," he pointed at the male students behind him. "Take those three to the infirmary."
The students immediately obeyed the teacher and carried the unconscious forms of her victims out of the classroom.
That's when Rin noticed the students looking at her from the window. Some of them were looking at her with pity, some with contempt, but mostly, they were just judgmental. She didn't care what they thought of her. She was about to look away when something blue caught her eye. Her eyes narrowed at the boy standing behind the teacher. She remembered him from her first day in this school, Kuroko Tetsuya who didn't have much of a presence and could easily be over-looked, and he was that similar blue she saw a while ago before her fight had gotten too far. He must've been the one who told that meddling teacher.
How he could remain impassive despite of what's happening in front of him was maddening. Maybe it's the rage, but seeing him made her want to punch him in the face, too.
"You," she started as she stepped closer to him. "You son of a—"
"Enough!" the teacher bellowed again, stopping her at her tracks. Rin was getting tired of him cutting her sentences. "Young lady, you will go to the guidance counselor's office right this instant!"
She gritted her teeth in annoyance, shooting the teacher with an unwavering glare before stomping out of the cursed classroom.
Oh, her cousin is so gonna kill her…
"Your first week and you've already caused so much trouble!"
Rin flinched at the booming voice of the guidance counselor. After the incident inside the empty classroom, you can imagine what happened next. Rin was sent to the guidance counselor where her punishment would be decided. She doubted she'd be able to stay here after what she had done. Maybe she should have agreed with her parents and just homeschooled.
"I've read your profile and I've never seen anyone get expelled that frequent!" he continued.
Rin sat opposite him at the other side of his mahogany table while he sat at his leather swivel chair. She suppressed the urge to glare at the man who had been lecturing her for almost an hour now. Who is he, her father?
"The three hoodlums would be suspended for two months! You should be, too!"
Her ears perked up at his last sentence. "Should be? Meaning I'm not?"
He slammed his palms at his desk. "Not yet! You should be expelled after what you've done!"
"It was self-defense. I was trying to defend myself—"
"That is not how I've heard it!"
"But—"
"You will have detention for two weeks!"
"What? I—"
"And you will be helping the librarian for two months!"
"But I—"
"And you'll be cleaning the basketball court till the tournament this winter is over because the team would be too busy winning!"
A growl rose up from Rin's throat. What's wrong with people in this place? They never let her finish her sentence!
"Isn't that too much?" she asked or more like whined, irritated. Her patience was wearing thin. "It wasn't even my fault those guys were wimps and they were the one who hauled me inside that stupid classroom! And the basketball gym is huge! You can't expect me to clean that alone every day!" She added quickly because she's afraid that the counselor would butt in her sentence again.
"You should be thankful! I could've expelled you!"
The intensity of his almond-shaped eyes were daring her to defy him, prove him wrong, all the while his large belly shifted up and down in a disturbing rhythm every time he shouted. For a second, she wondered if she'll get away with one extremely rude retort just to see how far she could rile him up but decided against it.
"Fine," she muttered. Yeah, she should be grateful. Not all guidance counselor would give her that much. Any other school staff would have kicked her out of the school then and there.
"Good. Your detention will start tomorrow at 4:00 PM. You will go to the library after that and clean the gym when you're done, got it?"
She huffed. "Hai."
"Dismissed. Get out of my office."
She closed his door as gentle as she could despite the fact that she wanted to slam it till its hinges fell.
Damn it!
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