The sun was high in the air, teenagers in uniforms were filling the streets of Kanagawa. Each of them are heading towards their school. As for the start of the day, some were meeting up with their girlfriends and boyfriends who were both in the same or different school. Some were walking together because they were on the same way. Erika, however, was the one who was standing still by herself in the train station. She wasn't the only one alone, though, but unfortunately among any souls around her, she was the solitary one who didn't know the direction of her school. Looking around, she hoped to spot another student in Kainan uniform. There was barely any.

The shuttle train arrived just in the scheduled time. After letting the passengers step into the station, Erika walked inside without hesitation. She knows to jump off when the train stops at the Kainan High station, but she hasn't got any idea where she would go after that. 'Let's just hope this won't be a long day…'

The last time when she went to Kainan wasn't long from here, but she wasn't alone. She was accompanied by her mother who had led the way. All the time she just followed her path wherever she was going. She paid absolutely no attention to the curves of the road that they had to go to. How she wished to inform her mom that she hadn't got the directions in her head on the morning. It's too late for that now, she was now already arriving at the Kainan and Shohoku high post and she must leave the train or else it'll take her to unwanted, foreign places.

"Whoo…! What a cutie. Hey there, sugar," a group of youngsters from the corner of the station approached her. They all looked filthy and dangerous. Most had piercing and tattoos all over their bod. Erika knew by this that she was in quite a simple peril. One of them licked their lips and then the other rejoined with making sucking noise. Erika stood calmly, her face were still cool as if she didn't know what surplus thing might molest her in the near time. "Want to play? Come on, we'll take you to a nice place with us. I know that you won't say no to us." One of them, the leader, started. The rest started giggling nastily. They were all broad-shouldered men, tall and muscled.

"I'm sorry, I have to go to school. Oh yeah, do you happen to know where Kainan High is? If you don't mind would you please tell me the way?" Erika replied with unruffled tone.

"Ooooh, Kainan High," the boss tilted Erika's chin up with his index finger, "your momma's rich, huh? Heheh. Sure do, but it will take a price, though, honey."

Erika pulled out her wallet and then looked quickly on what she had inside. She then frowned and then looked up to them. "Sorry, I don't have quite much, though. I'll give you whatever I had for now, if you don't mind."

The gang leader bursted out in laughter. "How cute," he said between his laughters. "It's okay if you don't have any money. You can pay in another way." One of the gang members who stood straight behind the boss' back rubbed his pants; on the area beneath his lower stomach (a.n : you know where it is ^^;;).

"Really? Can I? How?" Erika beamed up naively as she put her lavender wallet back in her short skirt's pocket.

"Here, here… I don't wanna discuss it in public. Why not follow us to a safe, quiet place. Come on, it wasn't far away from here…"

Erika bit her lower lip and then looked down. "I'm sorry but I don't have a lot of time. I'll be late for school today."

"Come on," the tall guy snatched Erika's arms with his hands and pulled her violently, "Hehehe. I suppose you wanted a little force, do you?"

"…Cut it out Toshi, I want to taste her as soon as possible. My little Jimmy's aching for her pussy." The guy behind the boss who they called Toshi fixed his sunglasses that kept slipping from his nose.

"What…? What are you talking about?"

"What am I talking about? You'll soon know!!" Toshi pulled her feet up in the air and then placed her on his shoulders. Erika looked around, searching for help. There was nobody around her. The people that came along with her from the previous train had already parted. What's left are the people who's getting on board. They're not around in the current floor, though, they're downstairs.

"Horaaaaa!! Kisama!!" A rowdy, hoarse voice called out from their side. Kiyota then jumped out from a corner. It seems like he had been spying on her all the time, though. Thank goodness it came out with benefits this day. Unlike the any other prior days where he ended up being slapped in the face because of tailing some girls in his school. "Put your meathooks off the girl!"

"Wow. What do we got here, a superhero." Toshi snorted as he twisted his back to see who dares to meddle their business. "Tryin' to save the girl, huh? How sad, you'll end up in cuts and blood."

"Urusai!! I'm not here to babble with you slimes. I don't intend to, at least. But saving the innocent from the villains are my duty as a gentlemen!" Kiyota scrunched up his fingers into a fist as the other hand rested his briefcase on the floor.

"You sound like superman… Chi. I'm sick of him. Jun, Sho, Ekko, deal with him. I'll take on the girl first." Immediately the 3 guys who were standing behind him walked to the front. They positioned themselves in a fighting stance as they lifted their fists before their chests.

"Kusso… Amateurs…" Kiyota pulled off his tie and then took off his indigo suit. One of them quickly ran to the front and swung his arms to hit him in the face. The other two stalked him on the back and was ready to counter attack. Thank goodness Kiyota eluded, causing the first man with denim vests to fell to the ground, bumping on someone who was standing before the drink machine to purchase some soft drinks.

"Ngeh!?" The man turned. His hair was red. Guess who? Yes, Sakuragi Hanamichi. His eyes sharpened and stared down to the guy who was crawling on his belly just on top of his toe. Sakuragi then looked up to see who were the other fellows. "…You!!! Nozaru!!!"

"Akage-zaru!!!!!" Both of them cried in unison, surprised at their unexpected meeting.

The guy, Jun, who were back on his feet after slithering on his abs, raised his hands in the air, ready to hit Sakuragi. "Get out of my way, asshole!!" His hands then met with the freshmen's left cheek. Bad choice.

Sakuragi Hanamichi only stood there as his finger touched the stream of blood that were running down his nose. His eyes then whetted and he growled ferociously. "Baka yarou!!!" As usual, Sakuragi cupped Jun's face with his both hands and head-butted his forehead hard. Jun fell to the floor as light smokes were coming from the red bump on his head.

"Jun!" the remaining two cried aloud in accord. "How dare you….!!!" They jumped high in the air and swerved their feet. Sakuragi wasn't that dumb. The two of them were too slow for him. He caught their feet with his hands and tossed them to the ground, joining their bud, Jun, who was still unconcious.

"Temee!!! That's what you'll get if you interrupt the tensai's business!! Are you one of them too, Nozaru?!"

"Yarou!! Hell no!! Got business to do, Akage-zaru!! Erika-san!!!!!!" As fast as lightning he run and turned at the corner, trying to catch up with the boss. Fortunately, he was there before his eyes. His legs were locking Erika to the wall and his hands were fiddling with her blouse, trying to get it off her slender figure. What's strange is that Erika is not trying to struggle to slip out or avoid his hands groping around her entire body. "Erika!!"

"Nobu-kun!" Erika flashed a smile.

'What the hell?! Doesn't she know that she's in a menace right now?! Why on earth is she smiling?!'

"Hey!" Erika shrieked aloud when she found out that the broad-shouldered gang leader had managed to do the buttons on her uniform shirt and was entirely open, giving a nice view of her bust that were covered in maroon bras.

"Erika!!" Kiyota reached out his hand to seize the guy's arms but before that, Erika had already had her hands on it.

"What are you doing? How dare you touch the breast of a woman that you had only met for once?!" And soon after that she hit his vital area with her knees and twisted his arms, locking it in hers. She then slid her arms to his muscled stomach and then hurled him to her side, flying in the air. "Perv." She then dusted her shirt and her hands before she buttoned her shirt again. "Ow!" Something in her hands throbbed. It was a muscle strain or something, perhaps.

Kiyota, who was dazzled by her defense, snapped back in reality. "Erika- san! Daijoubu ka?!" He ran forward and gently grabbed her hands in his.

"Ow… my hands…" Her lips twisted in pain. It wasn't a muscle strain, it was a scratched caused by her thumbnail when she was about to throw the guy in the air. It was bleeding now.

"Daijoubu… It will be okay. It's just a small wound. Here," Kiyota begin to blow the dust or dirt off the gash but then he paused and blushed. He hadn't realized it until now, that beyond him were Erika's bras exposed between the gaps of her unbuttoned uniform shirt. He stared at it for quite a while, not knowing that time is ticking.

"Ehm," Sakuragi, who had just stepped into the scene, cleared his throat. Kiyota almost jumped back in jolt. His face were steaming red. "So that's what you call "business", huh, Nozaru?"

"Urusaii!!! I wasn't trying to do anything to harass her or something!!!!" Kiyota tried to explain, but he ended up stuttering.

"Come on, Nobunanga… Stop staring at her "thing" and put on your tie back." Maki appeared out of the blue.

"Maki-san!!!!!!" Maki only stared back at him with dull eyes. Meanwhile, Sakuragi were saying the word : 'pervert' repeatingly. Kiyota snarled as he fetched his tie and his uniform suit.

"Are you alright, Erika-san?" Maki asked the new student after she had finished fixing her white chemise and tucked it into her skirt. His conversation could be heard from the other end of the 2nd story station where Kiyota was standing up.

"Kusso… Darn Maki-san, trying to make use of the times while I'm not around! Grrr…" Kiyota hissed to himself. His hands were busy making the knot on his blue tie.

"I'm fine, Mole-san… Thank goodness you and Nobu-kun came. I was confused of the direction to school. I could get lost if you weren't around."

Sakuragi broke out in mirth when he heard the girl call Maki 'Mole-san'. "Hehehe… Mr. Mole… HAHAHA!!"

"…Urusai, Sakuragi…" Maki retorded in irritation.

***

The three made their way to the school. They were late, though. The school gates were almost shut. If they were tardy for just a minute, they won't be able to enter the school yard unless they call out for the gatekeeper who's old and virtually deaf.

"Nobu-kun… Where is the classes?" Asked Erika in a small voice. Maki had rushed to the third building on the west wing, leaving Kiyota and Erika all by themselves.

"Oh yea… I almost forgot that you are new to our school. So what class are you going to go in to? Have you heard of anything regarding it from your mom or the administrators?"

Erika slowed her pace to ponder for a while. "Uh… I once heard Ka-san say out 1-11. That's the class, maybe."

"1-11? That's my class!" Kiyota stated in amazement.

"Sou ka…? Lucky me!! Promise me to show me things around the school at recess okay, Nobu-kun?"

"No problemo!" He then stopped and turned towards a door on the hallway that they had been walking through. The sign above the doorframe bears the number 1-11 and the doors are closed. Not strange, the bell had rang already.

"Are we late?" Inquired Erika with worries. Kiyota only laughed. He then lifted up his chest and reached his hands out to slid the door open.

"Don't worry. You'll be safe. For me, I'll just tell Yurei-san that I was late because I was busy escorting you. Just say her that I am your next- door neighbor, okay? Yurei-sensei is old and blunt, she can be fooled easily."

"Ehm…" A deep woman voice came from their back. Kiyota felt his face turning blue. He veered his head and found Yurei-san standing behind them. Her hand were positioning her sharp glasses on her nose. "Excuse me, Kiyota?"

"Ehehe… Ohayou, Yurei-sensei…" Kiyota grinned sheepishly. Deep inside he knew he was in trouble. Yurei had listen to his sentence all the time. She had heard all those ill talks of his about her.

"You must be the new student… I believe you are Furisawa Erika. I was waiting for you down in the administration. It seems like this young Kiyota had dragged you to tardiness."

Erika smiled and shook hands with her new homeroom teacher. "That's not true, Yurei-san. I really didn't know which way to go to school and so I ringed Kiyota up to pick me up. His house and my house aren't on the same direction. Therefore he's late."

Yurei sharpened her eyes as she lowered her spectacles. Her face were now filled with suspiciousness over her reason. However, she couldn't find any hint of lies in Erika's face. She was a good actress. "Very well then, I suppose you are safe FOR THE MOMENT, Kiyota… You may enter the class and for you, Furisawa-san, I will introduce you to your new friends. Please, hurry, come in. I don't want to start on the lesson late."

Kiyota sighed in relief and smiled widely. He then glanced over to Erika and smiled at her. Erika winked and raised her thumbs up while she stuck her tongue out. The two of them then followed Yurei into the classroom.



a.n : quite long chap. Phew… I hadn't been updating this fic for a lonnnnng time, don't I? Gomen ne, minna… I just lost my notebook on this fic and I really need to re-do everything. Soon after this the fic will join the chain of my 5 ongoing fics. :)

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