Sucker Punch Prologue
Kosaka Taiga: 1st Year
"Hey!" A feminine voice called out. It was about 4:00 in the afternoon. Tennis practice was over, and a group of 2nd and 3rd years were surrounding a group of 1st years. "What the hell do you think you're doing?!" Her eyes narrowed dangerously, and the 2nd and 3rd years stopped what they were doing, which were bullying the 1st years.
"Little girl," Her eye twitched. "Why don't you go home? This doesn't involve girls like you." She gritted her teeth, but the older males laughed, while the freshman stared in awe at their female savior. She had a dangerous, ferocious glare planted on her face, and her hands were on her hips. The males went back to bullying the freshman, breaking someone's glasses, the other was holding his left arm protectively, the other 4 were covering themselves in order to protect themselves. This disgusted Kosaka. Bullying the weak, huh? How pathetic. Out of the corner of her eye, she spotted a tennis ball laying innocently on the court. She picked it up, and with all her might, threw it against one of the heads of one the older males, which made him yell in pain, and caught the attention of the males.
"You looking for a fight, brat!?" The hurt male question, clutching the back of his head, tears brimming in his eyes. Kosaka smirked, and got into an upright stance(AN:Do see wikipedia for a more descriptive description.): Bringing her right elbow in front of her body, wrists bent slightly, her chin tucked in slightly.
"Bring it!" She shouted as the 3rd and 2nd years began to charge at her.
Kosaka found herself at the nurse's office after the brawl, as well as the rest of 2nd and 3rd years that she beat up. Their captain, a teenager with long black hair, and a pair of circular glasses. She was crossing her arms, slightly wincing at the pain, she had bruises from head to toe, and the beginnings of a black eye.
"Can anyone explain what happened?" The captain questioned, while the 2nd and 3rd years (In a more or less worse shape than she was in) flinch. That girl is a demon. They all thought.
"She beat us up, Yamato-buchou!" A 3rd year lied. Kosaka's eye twitched and was about to protest, but the captain shot her a look.
"Is this true?" Yamato questioned. The other males nodded. He looks at Kosaka. "So. You're telling me a 1st year female beat up all of you for no reason?"
Maybe as the 2nd and 3rd years heard that logic, their faces began to pale significantly. "What was it from you're perspective?"
"They were bullying the first years," Kosaka stated. "And they didn't listen to me."
"So you decided to start a fight instead of looking for a teacher?"
"Ah," Kosaka nods, and the captain chuckles a bit.
"What a kindred spirit you are," He states. Her eyes twitches.
"What's that suppose to mean?" Kosaka questions. Yamato shakes his head, in order to dismiss the question. Soon, enough after the 2nd and 3rd years were dismissed from the nurse's office, leaving Kosaka and Yamato to be alone.
"I'm going to deal with them afterwards," Yamato states. "But first I must deal with you. What's your name?"
"Kosaka… Taiga," Kosaka answers. He nods as if he was expecting it.
"A fitting name. My name is Yamato Yudai," He responds. "Why didn't you look for a teacher instead of dealing with it on your own?"
"Teachers are slow," Kosaka answers, averting her eyes from looking at Yamato. "If I got a teacher and then went back, the bullies would've been gone, and I wouldn't know their names."
"What did you feel when you saw them getting hurt?" He continues to inquire. What is this? An interrogation?
"Angry. Who wouldn't be?" Kosaka questions rhetorically.
"I see," He says. "You like protecting people I suppose?"
"Uh…" Kosaka trails off. "I don't like it when strong people hurt the weak, so I take it into my own hands. So I guess."
"Are you in any clubs?" He suddenly asks. This caught her off guard.
"I used to be in boxing, but… I quit because my parents had to move. Seigaku doesn't have any boxing clubs here," Kosaka states.
"Why don't you create one?" The nurse comes comes over to treat Kosaka.
"I don't see any girls here interested in fighting. Besides, tennis is the most popular club here."
"Ah…" Both were silent. "Would you like to be the manager for our tennis team?"
"…eh?" Kosaka questions. "I just beat up most of your club, and you want me to be manager?"
"Ah," He answers like it was nothing. Her eye twitches. What is wrong with this man? "Protecting the weak isn't so bad. I can tell that you're a kind person, someone who uses their strength for others. I ask of you to use those fists to protect the dreams of this club."
Kosaka blushed slightly at the compliment, "I-It was nothing that noble. And stop being so theatrical."
He laughs, "So what is your choice? I can let this go and not report to the office." (AN: I know he's not the one for blackmail but for story purposes…)
Yamato notices the expression on her face. Are you kidding me? Is this blackmail?
"Can I think about it?" She questions. He nods.
"I'll give you a week. Please attend the practices to help you better your judgement," Yamato states politely. Soon, the nurse patches Kosaka up. There were bandages all over her arms and legs, and a medical patch over her eye.
"Make sure you put ice on your arms and legs," The nurse orders, and Kosaka nods. Both the captain and 1st year female walked out of the nurse's office, only to be greeted by the 6 freshman that were being bullied earlier.
"AH! Y-y-you-" The freshman squeaked. He looks like an egg. Kosaka thought. He seemed frightened by her overall appearance.
"Is there something wrong?" Kosaka asks, eye twitching because of his obnoxious behavior. He seemed to pale.
"U-um. You're just-"
"Oishi-san, calm down," Another boy with closed eyes stated with a smile on his face. He turned to Kosaka. "Sorry about that. Oishi-san's a worrier."
"Yeah. I see that," Kosaka says.
"Nya! You're like a superhero! Beating up the bad guys and saving the day!" An overly cheery boy with a bandage on the side of check compliments. "Oh! How dumb of me! I'm Kikumaru Eiji!"
"Uh…" She rarely got compliments like this. "I'm-"
"Kosaka Taiga, an ex-boxer, whose from Shinjuku. Participated in 50 championships, however lost 1 out of all of them," Another boy supplied, the one whose glasses broke, but it seems as if it didn't matter as he was wearing new ones. "Ah. Sorry. I'm Inui Sadaharu."
"How the he-"
"I've got my sources," Inui answered vaguely, while pushing up his glasses. Another boy with glasses bowed.
"I am Tezuka Kunimitsu. I'm grateful for you risking your health to assist us, despite your methods being… unorthodox," He thanked. Her eye twitched.
"Yeah. You're welcome."
"My name is Fuji Shusuke. I have to thank you for saving us as well," Fuji said. There was another boy who didn't introduce himself, he seemed to shy away from the spotlight.
"I-I'm Kawamura Takashi. T-thank you so much!" He said, bowing as well, face turning red.
"You're going to be okay right? Nothing too permanent?" The egg-head, Oishi, questions.
"Yeah, yeah. This isn't anything new. The girls back home punched harder," Kosaka brushes off, rubbing her check where one of the boxing members did a right hook, which knocked out a canine tooth. She looks at Yamato. "I'll think about your request later. I gotta go."
"Take your time," He says, as Kosaka begins to leave the school.
"Er… Captain?" Oishi questions. "What request?"
"To become the manager of the tennis team," He answers simply, like it was nothing. The freshman males eyes' widened when Yamato answered.
"I am grateful that this girl helped us, but…" Tezuka trails off.
"Don't worry. The girl has honorable intentions, despite her actions," Yamato says. "The tiger, who sharpens its teeth to kill, needs to learn how to act with care before it can overcome the strongest."
"What the heck is that suppose to mean?" The freshman looked at each other with confusion.
"Mom, Dad, I'm home," Kosaka called out. Her mother was in the kitchen as well as her father. They seemed to start eating dinner.
"Taiga," Her mother, Kosaka Yumiko, gasps. "Were you boxing again? I thought I told you-"
"I wasn't boxing, mom, I was just-" Taiga stops slightly. "I fell."
"Taiga, don't lie to me," Yumiko warned. Her father, Kosaka Akira, sighs.
"Leave the girl alone, dear. It's not like she did anything illegal," Akira dismisses. Yumiko fumes at her husband.
"How can you be so carefree about her? She's not even old enough to make her own decisions!" Yumiko shouts. Akira places his finger over his mouth and points at Taiga, who was now sitting on the couch. He mouths the words 'I'll talk to her'. Yumiko rolls her eyes, as Akira walked out of the kitchen to Taiga. He plops down on the couch.
"Hey there, sport! Where'd you get those wounds?" Yumiko face palmed. He's not even being secretive about it.
"School. People were bullying other people so I decided to stop it," Taiga answers. Her dad nods.
"Awfully noble of you," Akira compliments. Taiga shrugs. "Why didn't you ask the teachers to handle it?"
"They're too slow," She answers staring at some random Japanese game show. Akira nods understandingly.
"You know why we don't like you fighting anymore?" Her dad whispers. "We don't want a repeat of last time."
"Yeah, yeah," She grumbles, slouching down on the couch. Akira slaps her shoulders.
"That's my girl! Who wants some Udon!?" Akira shouts before noticing the pained expression on her face. "Oops. Sorry."
"No problem." Taiga got up to go into the kitchen, and as she was eating her meal, she couldn't help but wonder what would happen if she took the deal.
Kosaka slams the form on the coach's desk, the next day, and there was an amused smile on Yamato's face. The coach, Ryuzaki Sumire, looks confused.
"Look if you want to join the tennis team, you have to turn in a girl's tennis form," She states. Kosaka shakes her head.
"I'm joining the boys' tennis team as manager," Kosaka corrects. Ryuzaki sighs.
"We have thousands of girls asking to be manager, I think you'll have to-"
"Okay," Yamato agrees. Ryuzaki looks confused, but Yamato shoots her a look meaning that he'll explain later. Ryuzaki offers a hand to Kosaka, and she takes it.
"Welcome to the boys' tennis team. Be sure to be at practice after school," Ryuzaki informs, and Kosaka bows, saying 'thank you' and leaves the room. "Why her?"
"She has that look," Yamato explains vaguely. Ryuzaki rolls her eyes. She could never understand Yamato's logic. "The look of someone who has been beaten and wants to become stronger. She didn't beat up the tennis members just to protect them. She did it to test her strength. Kosaka Taiga will never learn the meaning of strength through violence and raw, physical training. She needs to learn through mentality, and having people to rely on. This was the best method of action, as the tennis team could learn through her that raw power is not an answer."
"She was the one who beat up our tennis members?" Ryuzaki asks, eye twitching. Yamato nodded. "And you didn't tell the principal?" He shakes his head. "This was all for blackmail (AN: Again. I doubt Yamato would be the type of person to use blackmail but…)?" He nods. "What have you done?"
I hope that this was a good prologue because after this, it shall time skip to their 3rd years. Hopefully everyone was in character.
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