Fight for Love!


2nd Fight: Taekwondo Club

The next day, I stood at the bulletin board again but this time, I was alone by myself as Hotaru ditched me with her new friends. I kept staring at the Taekwondo Club bulletin for no particular reason until a male voice interrupted me. I turned and looked at a grey haired boy, Yoichi Higiri. He was my childhood friend too but he seldom communicated with me after joining high school. Though we were from the same high school, we were from different classes. How sad...

"Mikan, are you interested in that violent club?" Yoichi asked while raising one eyebrow. "I don't think it might be good for you though. Do you want to join my club instead? It is Fortune Telling Club."

I shook my head and replied, "I'm sorry, Yoichi. I am not really into fortune telling. Neither am I into fighting..."

"Then, why did you fight two years ago?" another voice joined in our conversation.

It was Ruka. I was stunned and hid behind Yoichi. Yoichi glared at Ruka but Ruka smiled sweetly at us again.

"I was not fighting! I was protecting myself, idiot!" I shouted.

"I like your protection skills then since you can even injure Natsume with it," he said while laughing. "Why don't you join the Taekwondo Club? Your 'protection' skills might come in handy, you know. We will welcome you anytime, Yu-ki-ha-ra."

Yoichi frowned and barked at him, "Stop making fun of Mikan!"

"I was not making fun of her, kouhai. I was trying to recruit her," Ruka spoke gently.

I clenched my fist tightly and retorted, "Fine then! I will join that club!"

"Mikan! Don't!" Yoichi shouted while holding onto my shoulder.

I did not flinch at all and I remained firm. I had enough of Ruka's rattling about me beating up Natsume whom I had no idea who he was but I wanted to show him and Ruka that a girl should not be taunted like this.

Ruka clapped his hands and cheered loudly, "Yay! I hope to see you after school in the gymnasium. See you!"

With that, he waved his hands at us and strolled away to join that raven haired boy who had just came out from the restroom.

Yoichi let go off me and sighed deeply, "Why are you always making weird decisions? That blondie is obviously making fun of you. If we were to be separated again..."

He paused and I looked curiously at him. His face became pink and he immediately looked away.

I queried, "Yoichi, what happened?"

He stammered softly, "I don't want... you to be... be... hurt again... by those fan boys."

He was right. During my middle school days, there were many boys chasing after me and Yoichi was the one who always protected me from them. However, one day, I was nearly raped by some fan boys but Yoichi was not there so I defended myself by kicking them. I could vaguely remember that there was one boy who happened to be there too and he tried to save me from those boys. After saving me, he commented about me being a flat board which aggravated me and in the end, I punched that boy too. Suddenly, everyone gathered around the scene and gaped in awe as they thought I had beaten up those boys by myself and soon, rumours about me beating up many boys within a minute spread like wild fire. When Yoichi heard it, he became depressed for not being there for me and I had to comfort him until he got better. That time was the time which I would never forget as I had troubled many people because of it, including my reputation.

I reassured Yoichi, "I'm fine, Yoichi! Anyway, I just can't keep relying on you and Hotaru for help. I must know how to fight and defend myself against those fan boys."

"I see." Yoichi brightened up and put on a small smile. "Then, I will support you! If you need any help, you can always call me. I will be there for you, no matter how distant we are."

I was so touched by his words that my tears nearly came out. I just loved Yoichi, as a friend. Of course, Hotaru too!

Finally, school ended hours later. Hotaru and I headed to the gymnasium together and we opened the door without hesitation. I thought there might be no one there but I was wrong. The gymnasium was filled with boys clothed in white and ribbons tied around their waists. If I was not wrong, they were doing stretching exercises.

Just then, I caught sight of Ruka talking to another boy who had a small star tattooed beneath his left eye. Ruka turned to look at the door and waved at us. The star-tattooed boy saw me and immediately ran towards me with his arms spread opened.

"Welcome to the Taekwondo Club! You are our first female participant! I am so glad!" that boy cried and hugged me tightly. "By the way, I am the club captain, Tsubasa Andou, and Ruka had told me about your participation. Want to take a look inside?"

"Stop hugging her. You are disgusting," Hotaru grunted. "Anyway, I can't just let Mikan participate in an all-boys-except-for-one-girl club, so I am joining this club too."

Tsubasa laughed and let me go. "Sure! The more, the merrier!"

After that, he led us to the side of the gymnasium and ordered Ruka and that raven haired boy to guide us with the rules and regulations, together with some stretching exercises.

That raven haired boy walked towards me and gave me a deadly glare which made me shudder.

"It's you, flat-chested boxer," that raven haired boy muttered.

Ruka burst into laughter and I shot back, "I am not flat-chested! Neither am I a boxer! Get that right! And lastly, don't make it sounds like you know me! It is my first time knowing you!"

"Are you sure?" he asked while giving me a smirk and he reached out to caress my cheek.

I immediately pushed him away and gritted my teeth.

Ruka stopped laughing and spoke, "Natsume, stop teasing her! She has no idea who she had beaten up two years ago."

Natsume looked at me and said, "Oh, really? She should be thanking me for trying to save her priceless body from those boys who tried to rape her. Who knew that she would actually punch her saviour at that time? How interesting."

Suddenly, something was dawned on me as I realised that Natsume was that boy who had tried to save me but in the end, I punched him because he had called me a flat board. Just then, everything made sense to me.

Hotaru yawned and then snorted loudly, "Geez! Stop this tense atmosphere and start the training before I quit."

Her voice echoed throughout the gymnasium and Tsubasa heard it.

He immediately ran towards us and cried, "Please don't quit! We need females in our club and you two are the only first year students who join this club. Please don't quit! I beg you!"

Then, he turned to face Natsume and Ruka, and said in a very serious tone, "Stop fooling around with the girls. You two are my best kouhais and are Black Belts, so don't disappoint me."

They nodded obediently. I just could not help wondering what was wrong with the boys in this club. Want to know why?

I had just found out that there were too many two-faced handsome guys in this club.


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