The next day at school was a quiet one, due to Yoshiki's absence. Word had gotten out about the accident, and Yoshiki's heroic sacrifice to save Ayumi's life. Mostly everyone was shocked but a few people were bitter towards him, some even quite glad about what happened. Over the years, Yoshiki had gained a few enemies, him spending some time dealing before he met Ayumi and she had turned his life around for the better. Once he stopped selling, a few people thought of him as cowardly, thinking that he backed out because he couldn't handle the stress, while others respected his decision and actually used that as an influence to stop themselves. Unfortunately for the drug trade, they were now low on sellers, causing everything to slow down. Sales were low, and everyone was having a tough time in that business. All because Yoshiki backed out. There was a local dealer that wasn't very happy with Mr. Kishinuma, and he decided that he would stir up conflict. This ended in a brutal fistfight between him and Yoshiki, and the dealer was hospitalized for three weeks. Yoshiki got out with a broken nose, and a few cuts and bruises. Ever since, that man had wanted revenge on Yoshiki. Was he the one that hit Yoshiki with the car? No, but he envied the person who did. His name was Naofumi Imamura, but some people called him "The Hyena" because he was known for being a fast and aggressive person. Although Yoshiki was able to beat him in that fight, he had won many others, earning him his notorious title. He too attended Kisargi Academy, although he earned very low grades and had a dark future ahead of him...

It was lunch time at Kisargi the next day, and Satoshi and Naomi were headed out for lunch at a close by coffee shop. Although it was a sunny day, everyone was down about recent events. The group of now six were all wondering if Yoshiki had awaken from his coma. "How are you doing," Naomi asked, lifting her arm to touch Satoshi's shoulder in comfort. "You seemed down in first and second period."

"How could I not be down?" Satoshi replied with frustration. "My best friend is in the hospital suffering in a coma, and I can't help but a feel a little bit of blame. If he wasn't so distracted from my text, maybe things would've been different."

"You can't be serious," Naomi started, "It wasn't anywhere close to being your fault. We were at the movies, ten blocks away from the restaurant. It wasn't your fault, so cheer up." With that, she planted a kiss on his cheek and smiled.

"Thanks," Satoshi muttered. "You're one of the only things that can bring a smile to my face these days. I need you." After this, the two hugged in a warm embrace, and continued down the street to their destined location.

The two were about halfway through their lunch when Seiko walked in to the coffee shop. "Hey Seiko," Satoshi called over to her, waving to catch her attention.

"Oh, hey guys," Seiko smiled and walked over to join them. She sat down beside Naomi and smiled at the couple. "Aww, you guys are so cute!" She hugged Naomi and giggled. Satoshi continued to eat as the two conversed in front of him, talking about their favorite television shows and what not. It was nice that the three were pulling away from all that had been going on lately during, and Satoshi wished that this could happen more often. But unfortunately, the lunch break was almost over and they'd have to be getting back to school for the second half of their day.

Satoshi sighed, "Well it looks like we have to go back now. I wish this could have lasted longer," He frowned. "Do you guys wanna go to the hospital later and check up on Yoshiki, see how hes doing?"

"Sure," Seiko replie in agreement. "I think we should all go." Naomi nodded her head and with that they all headed out of the cafe and onto the route back to the high school. as the exited, the trio passed this sketchy group of boys that were standing outside of the restaurant, smoking what looked to be cigarettes. They were ignoring the group, until Satoshi heard Yoshiki's name getting brought into the conversation.

"I heard he got hit by a car or something," one of them muttered.

"Oh ya?" One of them asked in a sarcastic tone. " . He never did us any good, to me he's just a waste of space. The sooner he's dead, the sooner this world has been done a favor."

Satoshi's ears perked up at what he said. Yoshiki had done a heroic deed and he was being disrespected behind his back. What good did that asshole have in saying that? "Hey," Satoshi said, catching the group's attention. "Why don't you shut up, Yoshiki is more brave than all of you guys combined. You shouldn't even have the right to talk about him. While you guys sit around her smoking who-knows-what, at least he tried to make something of himself. None of you can say the same." The group stared a Satoshi, dumbfounded by his speech in attempt to stick up for his best friend.

The group soon snapped out of it and were back to normal. "Kick his ass Imamura," one of them chanted with a stupid looking grin on his face. He knew what was coming, as it had happened many times before. When someone tried to stand up to the Hyena, they didn't last long in that situation. The only exception was for Yoshiki, he stood up to him and won the fight.

Naomi and Seiko stood on the sidelines, worried about the endangered Satoshi. They already had one group member in the hospital, they didn't need another one. Seiko made Naomi cover her eyes, she was reluctant, but Seiko didn't want her to see it. She knew who Naofumi Imamura was - A dangerous man.

"I have to say," he started. "You have some balls to stand up for a coward like Yoshiki." He had a cocky grin on his face, and Satoshi wanted to wipe it off. all three of them did.

"The only coward here is you," Satoshi replied coldly. He had to stand up for what was right, and he wasn't joking around either. After this reply, the smug look Naofumi had was gone, and he returned Satoshi's glare. The two were standing off a little more than six feet away from each other. It was almost like one of those duels in a western movie, minus the guns and western setting. The two both looked like they wanted to beat the snot out of each other, and if someone didn't stop this, it would soon happen.

Naomi couldn't stand it any longer and interrupted the scene. She approached Satoshi and gently touched his shoulder. "Does this really have to happen," she whined. "Why can't you just leave each other alone?" Satoshi took this as, let's get out of here before he beats the living shit out of you.

"Great," he thought, "Now even my own girlfriend thinks I'm doomed." But before he could reply Naofumi did for him.

"Take care of her," he ordered, pointing at Naomi. One of the group members walked over to her and raised his hand as if to slap her, but before he could Satoshi grabbed onto his wrist with a dead grip.

"Don't," He said with intimidation. "That would be the biggest mistake you'll ever make." And with that, the dude backed off into the group.

"Alright then," Imamura sighed. "Lets get started, shall we?" Before Satoshi could look back to him, he landed a punch to the side of his face and then quickly added a punch to the gut, sending back and causing him to fall. Satoshi was lying on the ground now. He quickly glanced at Naomi and Seiko - Seiko was covering Naomi's eyes as she stared at the fight with shock. Naofumi ran towards him, but was interrupted when Satoshi kicked his legs out from underneath him. Now Naofumi was on the ground too. Using this to his advantage, Satoshi crawled on top of him and started to land punches into his face, feeding him left and right. Satoshi had landed three or four punches when Naofumi stretched his legs up until they were parallel from each other on Satoshi's chest. He kicked him back into a nearby fire hydrant, causing him to moan in pain. Satoshi looked to the right, where he saw a cafe sign. He picked it up, and when Naofumi ran at him he swung it full forced, knocking him to the side. Satoshi then kneed him in the side, sending him to the ground, where he continued to land punches on him. Imamura snapped out of it, and pulled Satoshi's shirt until he was in headbutt range. He then continued to headbutt satoshi in the nose, re-breaking it.

By now, there was blood streaking down each others faces, and there was a crowd of people around the fight. The two were throwing punches at each other like it was nothing. The crowd was mostly egging them on, considering no one had seen a decent fight in years. But someone must have gotten a hold of the police, because in the midst of the fight they had arrived and witnessed the end of it.

The two teenagers were in an all out brawl now, and it wasn't looking good for Satoshi. Naofumi had him on the ground and was throwing punches at him left, right, and center. If Satoshi didn't get out of this in the next few punches, it was game over. He looked over to the sign he had used on Imamura minutes ago and it was inches away. He reached for it and in seconds, had it in his hands. He smashed it up against his body, knocking him onto the ground next to him. He then grabbed onto his shirt and pulled him up onto his feet. The two then charged for the glass window of the coffee shop and ended up tackling each other through it. Glass shattered everywhere and around the almost empty cafe. and the two boys laid beside each other on the floor in exhaustion.

Satoshi was the first to get up though, but was on his knees. He had blood streaming from his nose, and a few cuts around his face from the glass. He slowly crawled over to Naofumi, who was very dazed but his eyes still were open. He pushed his arms down to pull himself up but was silenced with a punch to the face, followed by two more. Naofumi was knocked out, and Satoshi collapsed beside him and fainted from exhaustion and injury. Naomi and Seiko then rushed to his side as his vision soon went blurry, turning into darkness.

Author's Note: I saw a few of you guys asking for a longer chapter so I tried to extend this one a little bit. I hope you guys have enjoyed my story so far, and I plan on continuing this one for as long as possible regardless if I decide to start writing the apocalyptic fanfic. So you can expect some more of this story later on, it seems that you are enjoying it which makes me happy because that was the whole reason for me writing this. Thank you all for the continue support and criticism, I really appreciate it. Please continue to review, favorite, and follow, it shows that people want more and it pushes me to upload. See you next time :)