"So Miu is having trouble with bullies at school?" The guy named Akisame said with a thoughtful expression on his face as Miu walked back into the room and handed Kylie her jacket then sat down next to her.
"That's right." Miu said, apparently having heard the man's question before coming back into the room. The man made a humming sound and then looked at Kylie.
"And you offered to protect her?"
"Yes."
"That's very chiverlous of you young man. However Miu has been trained in martial arts since she was young, so she should be able to take care of any one foolish enough to bully her." Kylie gave the group a surprised look then glanced over at Miu whom was fidgeting with her shirt sleeve and looking down.
"Is that so?" She said in a curious manner as she studied Miu before the blond said.
"Yeah. It's true. But even though I can actually take care of myself I'd rather not get into a fight with people weaker than myself so..."
"So you prefer to avoid confontation with your bullies because they are weaker than you. It's admireable that you don't want to hurt them, however it's also very foolish of you-" Kylie said in a chidding tone.
Miu looked up at her with her wide blue eyes and flushed as the others in the room fell silent so that they could listen. "Tell me Miu, what would you do if one of those bullies decided to use the fact that you don't want to hurt them to press his advantage? He could pull a weapon on you. He could even knock you around. Are you really willing to let someone do that to you just to avoid a fight?"
Miu opened her mouth to answer but Kylie cut her off and hissed. "Think carefully before you answer Miu. Consider all of your options. Think about all of the concequiences of not raising your hand to defend yourself. Could you live with them? Are you really willing to make yourself so vulnerable to attack?"
Miu looked confused and Kylie sighed. Crap. She didn't want to have to draw the girl a picture. Not with so many people in the room, but she needed her to understand that not defending herself was perhaps one of the most stupid things she could do no matter what her reasons were.
But she didn't see any way around this. So she would be blunt. And if Miu hated her for it well, she'd live with that.
"Alright lets use what happened to you earlier as an example of why you should defend yourself the next time you encounter those bullies of yours. Earlier today someone ripped your shirt open. Tell me, were they aiming for something else and merely got your shirt by accident. Or were they aiming to rip the damned thing off of you and take advantage of you?"
Miu gave her a horrified look as all the color bled from her face. Thought so. Kylie thought darkly feeling like a total bitch for doing this to the kid.
She glanced away from the blond and looked at the others and felt the need to snarl at them as they gaped at her with expressions ranging from shock to disbelief. Oh bloody hell! Don't tell me that they weren't aware of these things as well. Kylie thought in disgust before taking a deep breath and saying in a much softer tone.
"Look, the point here is that regardless of how strong you are, or how weak the people picking on you are; there will always be one or two individuals that will seek to do terrible things to you. That's why as a girl you must protect yourself. If you don't you could end up with wounds that never truly heal-" Kylie reached up and rubbed the back of her neck feeling a mite uncomfortable now that everyone in the room had managed to pull themselves out of their funk and were staring at her with calculating expressions on their faces.
This must be my cue to leave. Kylie thought as she muttered something under her breath and stood up. "And now that I've made an ass out of myself, I suppose it's time for me to go home. It was nice to meet all of you... Later Miu."
