IV. Yamabuki – Akutsu Jin

Akutsu Jin appreciated good things in life. (Many of the things he liked weren't exactly kosher, but the ones who thought so wouldn't dare say it to his face, so they could shove it.) Good smoke was fine, so was good time, good food, and company that wasn't totally stupid. He hated his mom running after him with that stupid sad look on her face, but it wasn't as if he hated her or anything; he mainly wished she'd grow a spine, maybe even try and rein him in a bit. Wasn't she his mother? It wasn't even fun pushing her because she always gave way to him.

He didn't mind Kawamura because he didn't treat Jin any different. Also, Kawamura was one of those stupidly innocent idiots who really were that much of a bleeding-heart and always got screwed over by the rest of the world. But Kawamura was his the way his mom was his, and there was no way Jin would let others fuck with him.

And he didn't mind Dan, because he was about the only person who was genuinely unafraid of Jin. Oh, the kid would cower and wilt if Jin glared or yelled, but it wasn't because he was afraid of Jin. Besides, Dan had guts for a little kid, and not half as obnoxious as that Echizen brat.

Just because he saw how stupid the world was, it didn't mean Jin didn't recognize good things when he saw them. And the good things in life - when they didn't annoy him - were nice to keep around. If that meant he had to break few bones to keep stupidity off them, that was fine with him.

He was Akutsu Jin, and he lived his life his way.