"... when she was eleven and he was twelve they had gotten into a fistfight on the playground over a game of soccer..."
ii. the fistfight
Before Jinora even knew what she was doing, she had pulled back her hand and slapped Kai Fong in the face. By this point, a crowd had gathered around the two middle-schoolers. Shock exploded onto Kai's face, his cheeks turning a bright red; she could make out the imprint of her hand on his left cheek.
"Fine then!" Kai fumed, and he hit her back.
Jinora's eyes watered, and she tackled him to the ground. He forced her onto her back, and she hit the pavement hard. Her fingers closed around a fist of his hair and she yanked on it.
And then a hand had closed around her arm and lifted Kai off of her first, and then pulled her onto her feet.
"What are you two doing?!" the teacher, Mr. WanShiTong screeched. His large glasses were dangling off his hooked nose, magnifying his large, owlish eyes. Jinora looked around her; the students that had gathered around the fight had vanished. Typical. "I expected better from you, Jinora Windson! And you, Mr. Fong! Your parents will both be getting a call, mark my words!"
Mulling over the day's events in detention that afternoon, Jinora decided that she hated Kai Fong, the no good, dirty liar...