TsubakiTwilight: Hey hey yo! Sorry for not updating this story in like forever (please put down any and all weapons at this moment). But I had a good reason! You see I had to spend the last month studying for an apprenticeship test; if I get in I get paid $19 and hour and they send me to school so it's kinda a big deal for me. BUT, enough about me, let's get on with the story!
Oh, and for all my male readers out there please don't take offense to Yumiko and her intense hatred for men; her views and beliefs towards them are NOT a reflection of me (I love guys, have two annoying brothers and love them to death).
God, I felt horrible writing the Yumiko and the fat, creepy guy scene... Ugh.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own KHR in any way, shape or form. I DO own any and all original characters used.
REBORN!
First Person POV
I hate men.
They are all the same. Dirty, filthy human beings who only care about themselves and their needs. Women are subservient to them and only exist to carry on their bloodline and give them pleasure. They are no better than animals... no... they are the dirt and filth that stain this world; the lowest of the low.
I hate men.
If you look back in history the reason wars began were because men were in charge and men dictated what people did. When couples tell the police of abuse in the relationship, men are the ones beating the women and degrading them. Men are the ones who set the rules and say that the rules don't apply to them. When people are being robbed and killed, it is always men doing the act and women are the ones being hurt.
"One day my Prince Charming will come and we'll live happily ever after! Just like in my stories!"
Men are the worst.
I hate men.
REBORN!
Disciplinary Committee Room...
The sound of a pen on paper was the only noise in the room on the third floor of Namimori High School. The pen continued to glide over the paper even as the door to the room slid open.
"Y-Yumiko-san..." spoke a soft voice. The voice belong to one Chie Matsumoto, a petite and quiet girl with light brown hair that was styled into a pair of loose, braided pigtails which were brushed over her shoulders. Big, brown eyes were framed by a pair of black, hipster glasses and she clutched a stack of papers to her chest. Chie was dressed in the Namimori High Girl's Uniform which consisted of a white shirt with a navy and black sailor collar and a black, pleated skirt; at the end of the collar lay a black ribbon. The brunette also wore a pair of white, knee high socks and the school's black penny loafers – around her left arm lay the bright, red Disciplinary Committee band that all members wore.
CHARACTER PROFILE
Name: Chie Matsumoto
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Grade Level: Freshman, 10th Grade of High School.
Personality: A quiet girl, Chie is the type of girl who blends into the background. Even with her status as the second-in-command of the Disciplinary Committee, she is still overlooked and forgotten; this makes her an excellent information gatherer.
At the sound of the voice, the girl sitting at the desk at the far end of the room paused in her writing and glanced up at Chie. "Yes?" was the curt reply as she waited for Chie to continue.
"A-Ah... Natsuo-san and Daichi-san have arrived for the meeting..."
Yumiko placed the pen she held down and nodded. "Very well, let them in." Chie squeaked out a reply before hurrying out the room.
As the door slid shut, Yumiko let out sharp exhale and narrowed her eyes. "Tch, just like a man to show up late..." she muttered. Yumiko was a slender teen graced with the genetics that made all Hibari men handsome and their women beautiful. She stood at five foot five inches with long, thick black hair that contrasted sharply against her cream colored skin. Rounded, almond shaped eyes the color of clouds on a stormy day gave her an aristocratic air. She wore the Namimori High Girl's Uniform the same way her second-in-command wore hers.
CHARACTER PROFILE
Name: Yumiko Hibari
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Grade Level: Junior, 11th Grade of High School.
Personality: Yumiko is a cold and aloof girl. It's common knowledge that she absolutely hates men and considers them dirt. She is very strong and is the Head of the Disciplinary Committee which she has staffed with all girls. Yumiko controls half of Namimori.
Placing the pen she held down on the desk, the Head of the Disciplinary Committee moved the stack of papers she was previously signing off the side and she waited impatiently for her... guests to enter. Daichi and Natsuo walked into the room a few minutes later – quietly followed by Chie - and was met with a harsh glare. "You are late." was the cold statement as Natsuo took one of the chairs situated in front of Yumiko's desk – Daichi stood on the right side of Natsuo as Chie took up a similar position behind her leader. "Tch, just like a man to take a seat that was not offered to him."
Brown eyes narrowed slightly as Natsuo slouched in his seat a bit. "Enough with the resentment already Yumiko, it's getting real annoying having you blame everything on men."
"That's Yumiko-senpai to you Natsuo and the reason I blame men for everything is because men are the reason to blame for everything wrong in this world."
Daichi placed a hand on his Banchou's shoulder to stop him from saying something that would get both of them thrown out; looking up at Yumiko Daichi said, "Yumiko-senpai, we did not come her to discuss your hatred towards men."
Yumiko's gray eyes flicked over to Natsuo's second-in-command before resettling on the golden-brown haired teen before her. "Right, we are here to talk about the punishment your men will receive for trespassing on my territory."
"As per our agreement says, they will be subjected to whatever punishment you deem correct as long as it does not involve their immediate death in anyway." Daichi said, reciting the agreement from memory.
Yumiko smirked sadistically. "Have them come here before school tomorrow morning to receive their punishment, they will also be used as a reminder of what happens when men go against my rules."
"Not gonna happen Yumiko." interjected Natsuo, crossing his arms over his chest. "You see there is another reason why I had Daichi set up this meeting between us."
"Just like a man to have ulterior motives." the Head of the Disciplinary Committee sneered.
Natsuo's brown eyes narrowed and he let out a soft growl. "Watch it Yumiko," he said in a warning tone, "this was the only way for me to warn you about the Mafioso that my men and I encountered."
"I've known about their presence for quite some time now Natsuo."
Natsuo sat up and nearly yelled, "You knew about them and didn't tell me about it?! Do you know how badly my men were injured?! If I hadn't arrived when I did they could have died!"
Storm gray eyes narrowed. "That is not my problem Natsuo. I do not care what happens on your side of Namimori and from the information Chie gathered those Mafioso were not planning on crossing over to my side anytime soon. Also, regarding your men being attacked, is it not your responsibility as their leader to accompany them into battle? It is not my fault you came late."
The golden-brown haired teen glared at his upperclassman. He couldn't deny the truth in her words, if he hadn't shrugged off Daichi's information and had gone with his men to the warehouse then perhaps they wouldn't be as injured. 'And besides,' he thought, still sporting a glare, 'if Yumiko had told me about the Mafioso I wouldn't have believed her so there's no reason for me to blame it all on her...'
"... You're right." Natsuo said after a minute of silence.
"Excuse me?"
"Tch, I said you're right! It is my fault that my men were badly injured. If I had gone with them from the beginning and actually acted like a leader none of this would have happened!" he paused and bowed his head lightly. "I'm sorry for getting mad at you Yumiko."
Chie could tell that her leader was shocked that a man had actually apologized and bowed his head at her. Yumiko narrowed her eyes and growled, "What trick are you trying to pull?"
Natsuo's head snapped up and he stared at the raven haired teen before him in shock. "What?"
"I said, what kind of stunt are your trying to pull? I can tell that you have some kind of motive for apologizing to me and I want to know what your plan is."
Natsuo continued to stare at Yumiko in shock. "... You paranoid, conceited bi-" Daichi immediately placed a hand on his Banchou's shoulder to keep him from exploding. "You, you actually think I have some kind of 'plan' in store?! That I'm apologizing to get you to lower your guard and stab you in the back?! Oh my god... what the hell Yumiko? Has it ever crossed your mind that I'm actually saying sorry?! What? Do I have to get down on my hands and knees and beg for forgiveness?! And even if I did that I bet you still would accuse me of having some sort of secret plan!"
"Watch your tongue Natsuo." Yumiko warned, eyes glinting dangerously.
"No!" Natsuo stood suddenly and slammed his hands on the desk separating them. "I'm not like those guys you beat up for stupid reason Yumiko! I won't back down and conform to your rules just cause of a stupid, little grudge you have towards men!"
Yumiko snarled at the last sentence and whipped out her pair of tekko from the holster tied to her thigh. The tekko resembled a pair of brass knuckles with the only differences being that the tekko was made of hard wood and metal and instead of fitting against her knuckles, the metal bent to form an arch over the back of her hand. She immediately threw a punch at the younger teen who quickly used the desk to push himself back.
Falling into the chair behind him, Natsuo looked up and saw a fist heading towards his face and threw his weight to the side – sending both the chair and himself to the left. As the chair clattered on the ground behind him, Natsuo quickly got into a low crouch and brought a hand up to catch the tekko aimed at his neck. Twisting his arm, the golden-brown haired freshman sent Yumiko flying to the side as he used the distraction to get back into a standing position.
Growling, Yumiko landed in a crouch and also stood. "A 'stupid, little grudge'?!" she yelled, eyes alight in anger. "You don't know a thing about me Natsuo! You don't know what men have done to me! What they took from me!"
"Whatever happened to you in the past does not give you the right to look down on men Yumiko! Not all men are the same! Don't you realize that?!"
"All men are the same! They only care about themselves and do what they want without thinking of the consequences or how it affects women!"
"When have I ever done that to you?!"
"Just now," Yumiko growled, "you got angry and started yelling at me without thinking about how it made me feel!"
"I only did that because your grudge towards men is completely ruining your and everyone around you! Tell me, what happened to you so I can understand!"
Yumiko glared at Natsuo before saying, "Get out. I don't want you here any longer."
"Fine! I don't want to spend another second in here!" Natsuo turned to his second-in-command. "Daichi, let's go."
Daichi nodded and followed his friend out the door but turned around in the hallway. "Yumiko-senpai," he began, "our men cannot attend their punishment tomorrow as all of us are in the hospital at the moment, when we are all released I shall send them to you immediately." Yumiko only glared in return. "And... I just want to warn you that people in the Mafia are stronger than we are and that you must not fight them alone."
"Get out." Daichi inclined his head and slid the door shut. "... Can you believe it?" Yumiko growled, sitting back in her chair. "'Don't fight them alone' he says; he's looking down on me Chie. Doesn't think I'm strong enough to take care of myself!"
"I-I don't think that's what he meant Yumiko-san." said Chie as she righted the chair Natsuo had been sitting on. "I-I think he just wants us to be careful... all of Natsuo-san's men were badly injured from what I have gathered and they only went up against a small family."
"We are stronger than them Chie, we won't lose to a bunch of men."
"R-Right."
The Head of the Disciplinary Committee didn't respond right away as she rested her chin on the palm of her hand. "... Don't feel sorry for them Chie," she said, "do not forget what they did to us – what they took from us."
"I-I know... I will never forget."
"Neither will I."
REBORN!
Namimori Hospital...
"'Get out.' she says," grumbled Natsuo as he walked down the street with his hands stuffed into his pockets. "Who does she think she is? No one orders me around!"
"And yet you still left." Daichi added, walking next to his Banchou.
"Hey, I only left cause I wanted to NOT because she told me to!"
"Of course Natsuo... do you think she will listen to my warning?"
"Who cares? It's obvious she doesn't care about us so why should we care about her?"
"Because it's the right thing to do and also because you do care about her in a way – if you really did not care about her then you would not have set up this meeting to try and warn her about the Mafioso."
"... Let's hurry back to the our hospital room Daichi; I don't wanna get caught by the old hag."
"And just who are you calling an 'old hag' Natsuo?" spoke a new voice.
The two teens froze in place and slowly turned around. "Nurse Mason." Daichi said as he and Natsuo looked at the woman standing behind them.
Evelyn Mason – or Nurse Mason – was a young woman in her early twenties with long, chestnut brown - hair that was always styled in a neat bun – with lightly tanned skin and brown eyes. She was tall and slender and wore a white Nurse uniform consisting of a v-neck shirt, baggy white pants and plain sneakers. On her chest a metal name-tag was pinned displaying her name. Nurse Mason had a frown on her normally cheerful face and her brown eyes stared down at the two patients before her. "What are you two doing out of bed?" she asked in a quiet tone.
"W-We were just going to the school to say hi to everyone..." Natsuo laughed sheepishly, scratching the back of his head.
Nurse Mason smiled sweetly, her eyes still hard. "Really now? So you two decided to walk all the way to Namimori High School just to say 'hi' to everyone when I specifically told you to stay in bed? Is that right?"
"Uh..."
The older woman placed a hand on Natsuo and Daichi's shoulders and squeezed hard. "How many times must I remind you boys to listen to the nurse? Now that your little field trip is done, get back to bed! And this time stay there!"
"W-We will Nurse Mason." Daichi said as she let go of them. The half Indian, half Japanese teen tugged Natsuo's arm and began dragging him down the hall.
Nurse Mason let out a huff as she watched the two disappear around the corner. "... Quite a student you got there Reborn."
A cork board covered in fliers and advertisements slid open as the tiny hitman hopped down. "I didn't expect the descendant of Trident Shamal to be working at a hospital in Japan."
"When the Vongola were being hunted down my parents knew that anyone associated with them would be targeted as well so they sent me here to Japan to escape the dangers in Italy. My name was changed and I was raised by an old acquaintance of my parents who revealed to me my heritage when I turned eighteen; by then the most of the hunting had died down and I decided to go into the medical field and here I am. To be completely honest I didn't expect the next Vongola heir to be living here – I had thought that the bloodline had been destroyed."
Reborn smirked and pulled his fedora down. "That's what we want the world to believe. If everyone thinks that the Vongola bloodline has died out then when Natsuo is strong enough he can strike and tip the balance back into out favor."
"If you need help I will gladly assist you Reborn."
"Thank you Evelyn... but you should be getting back to work now."
"Of course, see you later Reborn."
As Nurse Mason walked down the hallway, Reborn turned and headed in the opposite direction towards his student's room. Arriving at his destination, Reborn quickly opened the door and launched himself at his student's head.
"Wha-? OW! Reborn! What the hell was that for?!" Natsuo yelled as he clutched his head in pain.
"A good boss must always keep his guard up Baka-Natsuo. Anyway, did you warn Yumiko about the Mafioso?"
"Ow... of course I did! But she probably won't listen to me and will go off and fight them all on her own or something stupid like that."
"Heh, if I recall correctly a certain baka student of mine did the exact same thing."
Natsuo flushed in embarrassment and turned his head. "S-So what?! I had a good reason to do that! Yumiko will probably go after them just to prove that she can beat a group Mafioso and I can't. In fact, she's probably doing that right now."
REBORN!
"I'm going to go beat up some Mafioso." Yumiko announced suddenly, startling her second-in-command.
"E-Eh?!" squeaked Chie as she stared, wide-eyed at her leader. "I-Is that wise?" she asked.
"Natsuo and Daichi think that I can't protect myself. I'll show them that I can do more than that."
"B-But..." Yumiko stood from her seat and began walking towards the door, causing Chie to freak out. "W-Wait Yumiko-san!" she called out, rushing after the raven haired teen. "Wh-What if you get hurt?!"
"Are you doubting my fighting ability Chie?" The answer was curt and cold.
"O-Of course not! You are the strongest person I know Yumiko-san! I-I... I just don't want to see you hurt or..." she trailed off but Yumiko knew what Chie meant.
"I've grown stronger since that time Chie, I will not let a man do those things to me again."
"Y-Yumiko-san..."
"I want you to contact all the Disciplinary Committee members and tell them to go home for the day, I don't want to drag anyone else into my fight."
"A-Alright... then after what should I do?"
"After that I want you to go home as well, do not try and follow me."
"B-But what if..."
Yumiko let out a sigh and turned to face the brunette teen. "Don't worry about me Chie. I'll I'm going to do is go and beat up some men; it's something I've done a thousand times and I've never been hurt."
"O... Okay... come back safely."
"I will, that's a promise." The Head of Disciplinary Committee flashed a small smile at her right-hand woman and walked out of the school building and into the town. As she walked past the surrounding buildings she slipped her tekko into her hands as a predatory smirk grew on her lips. "Time to go hunting."
REBORN!
The first place Yumiko Hibari went to was the seedier part of her half where all the low life and crooks hung out. As soon as she entered the area she was surrounded by a group of men – all sporting various weapons from broken bottles to baseball bats.
"You bitch." growled on man. "You dare show your face round here again?!"
"You'll pay for for beating us up!" yelled another.
Yumiko just stood there before pinning the men with a cold gaze. "If I recall correctly," she began, "you all were forcing yourselves onto some of my Disciplinary Committee members."
"The broads asked for it, coming around here dressed like that, they were practically begging us to jump them and besides... they enjoyed it."
As soon as the man had finished saying that, he was knocked by by a harsh punch to the face. "Looks like you bastards need to learn another lesson."
"Get her!"
REBORN!
Natsuo's Hospital Room...
"Natsuo-san," spoke a nurse as she ducked her head into the teen's room, "you have a visitor."
Natsuo waved a hand. "Let them in."
The nurse nodded before ducking back out and speaking to the visitor. "You can go in now." The visitor nodded before entering Natsuo's room.
"You're..."
REBORN!
Yumiko's Location...
Bodies littered the ground around the Head of the Disciplinary Committee's feet, her weapons were bloody and she wiped them clean on a man' shirt. Straightening back up, Yumiko strode over the bodies and kicked over a particular man; leaning down she stared at his face before saying, "Wake up, I know you are not unconscious."
The man lay still until a quick jab to his stomach "awoke" him. "Gah! Y-You bitch..." he moaned.
"I need information. I know there are Mafioso here in town and I want to know where."
"W-Why should I t-tell you anything?"
"Because," Yumiko said, placing one of her tekko on the man's throat, "if you want to live to see tomorrow you will tell me want I want to know."
"I-I won't tell you any-" the man was cut off as Yumiko's weapon cut off his air supply. Yumiko watched with cold eyes as the man struggled against her hand. "O-O-Okay!" the man yelled, trying to breathe. "I-I'll tell you!"
"Good." Yumiko raised her hand and the man greedily sucked in some air. "So, where are they located?"
"Hah... hah... I-I heard they're up a-at the mountain, have s-some kind of base there."
Yumiko didn't say anything as she stood and began heading towards the Namimori Mountain. "Time to go hunting again."
REBORN!
Namimori Mountain...
Yumiko crossed the rope bridge that allowed people to get to the mountain and paused when she got to the other side. 'Something's not right...,' she thought, looking around, 'I feel like I'm being watched...' She spun suddenly and blocked a pipe to her head; growling softly she quickly punched the man in the chin with her tekko and threw her over her shoulder. Bringing her weapon up, Yumiko darted forward and nailed another Mafioso in the gut before delivering three more punches to his face. As he fell, she spun around once more and roundhouse kicked the man approaching from behind. "You guys will have to do better than that to get me!" she smirked, throwing another punch at a man's arm. Suddenly she felt a sharp pain on her neck before blacking out.
The Mafioso standing behind quickly caught her limp body and threw the teen's weapons at another man. "Keep those away from her." he said, lifting Yumiko up and carrying her over his shoulder.
"Damn," groaned one man who had been attacked, "that girl can punch!'
"I say we just kill her now and leave her body."
"We can't, the boss has been feeling frisky lately and wants a new toy to play with." the man carrying Yumiko spoke, walking up the mountain trail.
"Should we give him her?" one man asked, nursing a bloody nose. "Shouldn't we give the boss a quieter chick?"
"Don't you know? Boss likes 'em feisty, says it's more enjoyable to break them when they have a strong spirit. Trust me, he's going to have a ball with this one."
REBORN!
Yumiko moaned softly as she regained consciousness. Her gray eyes shot open as she bolted up only to clutch her head in pain. 'W-What happened?' she thought as the pain subsided. '… Those damn bastards attack me from behind!' she looked up and growled. "They will pay..." The raven haired second year student was about to get off the bed she sat on when she noticed a thick chain around her ankle that connected to the bed frame. Fear shot through her as she continued to stare at the chain. Memories flashed through her mind as she began to tremble. "N-No..." she whispered, eyes wide.
The door to the room burst open and the Head of the Disciplinary Committee's head snapped to the person entering the room. The man was short and extremely overweight with a bald head and a thick mustache. He was dressed in a velvet robe and had a cigar in hand. "Ooh," he leered, looking at Yumiko with hungry eyes, "my boys caught a pretty one."
Anger replaced fear and Yumiko glared at the man before her. "Let me go you bastard."
The man laughed loudly. "She fights! Marvelous! The last one they brought me was so boring, no fight at all but you," he crossed the room and cupped Yumiko's chin, "you seem to have a lot more spirit than the other one."
Yumiko jerked her chin free and glared. "Go to hell bastard."
The man looked Yumiko up and down before jerking the teen forward by the ribbon of her uniform. "Such a pretty thing you are..." he murmured, "but you have such a bad mouth... I can think of other uses for such a dirty thing." He suddenly pushed the raven haired teen down and quickly pinned her with his weight.
"Bastard!" Yumiko yelled, trashing about. "Let me go!"
"I don't think so." the man leered, reaching into his robe pocket and retrieving a pair of handcuffs. Yumiko eyed the cuffs in fear and the man laughed. "Don't worry my pet, I'll treat you gently." The fat man quickly handcuffed Yumiko's hands to the headboard and began tearing off her uniform.
"NO!" Yumiko screamed, struggling against the man's weight. Memories began flooding her mind as the man continued his assault.
Hands.
Hands were everywhere.
"No! Please! Let me go!"
Leers and perverted gazes and hands.
"Okaa-san! Otou-san! Help me!"
"Scream all you want little girl, your parents can't help you; not anymore."
Screams and yells.
Darkness and pain.
"One day my Prince Charming will come and we'll live happily ever after! Just like in my stories!"
Hands. Everywhere.
"S-Stop!" Yumiko yelled, twisting her body this way and that way in an effort to escape the man's roaming hands. Those hands that just kept going lower and lower and,
No one was coming.
"STOP!" she screamed.
Her Prince wouldn't come.
The door burst open, drawing both occupant's attention. "Who are you little-" the man was cut off as a fist grabbed him and threw him across the room. The man hit the wall hard and being yelling in pain. "Ah! YOU LITTLE BASTARD!" he yelled.
"N-Natsuo..." Yumiko whispered as her gray eyes met Natsuo's brown ones.
Natsuo narrowed his eyes when he saw the state she was in and glared harshly at the man across the room. "... You're gonna die old man." he said, shrugging off his Gakuran jacket and tossing it over Yumiko.
"HA! YOUR THINK YOU CAN BEAT ME?! MY MEN WILL COME AS SOON AS I CALL FOR THEM!"
"What men? Oh, you mean those guys that were in the hall?" Natsuo asked mockingly, taking a step towards the man. "My men are taking care of them as we speak, for Mafioso you guys sure are weak."
"I-Impossible... No! You're lying!"
As if to prove Natsuo's point, another man was sent flying into the room. Daichi entered soon after with Chie not too far behind. "Y-YUMIKO!" she yelled, rushing over to the dark haired teen. "Oh my god... did he do anything to you?!" In her hand, Chie held a ring of keys and began unlocking the chain and handcuffs binding her leader.
"N-No, Natsuo came before he could do anything to me. How did you find me?"
"I asked Natsuo-san and Daichi-san for help." Chie said, breathing a sigh of relief when Yumiko was freed. The brunette teen gratefully took the sheet handed to her by Daichi and wrapped it around the older girl.
Flashback...
"Natsuo-san," spoke a nurse as she ducked her head into the teen's room, "you have a visitor."
Natsuo waved a hand. "Let them in."
The nurse nodded before ducking back out and speaking to the visitor. "You can go in now." The visitor nodded before entering Natsuo's room.
"You're..."
"E-Excuse me." Chie said as she entered Natsuo's room.
"What do you want?"
"Y-Yumiko-san has gone off to fight the Mafioso a-and I need your help to find her!"
"Feh, why should I help that woman? She doesn't care what happens to me."
"Y-You don't understand Natsuo-san..." Chie said, looking down at her feet. "Y-Yumiko-san and I were kidnapped as children and we were... the men... they... did things to us and the other children..."
Natsuo's brown eyes widened in realization. "You and Yumiko were..."
Chie didn't answer, she merely nodded her head. "W-We managed to escape when the place was attacked but ever since then Yumiko-san has held a deep hatred towards men."
"I see..."
"T-That's why," Chie looked up at Natsuo with wide eyes, "that's why I'm asking you for help! I'm afraid that Yumiko will be... I couldn't bear the thought of her having to experience that again! I know that the chances of it happening once more are slim b-but..."
The hospital bed creaked as Natsuo got off it. "Where do we begin?" he asked, eyes burning with determination.
End Flashback...
"A-After that we went to the places where we thought we could gather information and someone led us here."
"I see..."
"Now then," Natsuo began as he approached the man, "where were we?"
"P-P-Please!" begged the man as he huddled against the wall. "S-Spare me!"
Natsuo let out a cold laugh. "Spare you? Why in the world would I do that?" he brought a leg up and harshly kicked the man in the ribs before kneeling down and pinning him with a cold glare. "I'm gonna make you suffer for what you did to Yumiko." As he spoke, Natsuo's eye color turned a dark brown and he brought his fist back before slugging the man in the face.
REBORN!
Once Natsuo was done beating the fat man up, he turned around and approached Yumiko. "... Are you alright?"
Yumiko gave a light glare and asked, "What do you think?"
"Geez, next time I won't help you then."
"But... thank you... for saving me..."
Natsuo stared at Yumiko who had turned her head to the side, cheeks a light pink color. "... So you can thank men, I didn't think you were able to."
"Tch, just like a man to assume that I can't be grateful."
"Looks like you'll be fine," Natsuo turned and was about to leave when he looked back at Yumiko, "Yumiko... now we both now just how weak we are. Ah hold it, hear me out; we've both been defeated by Mafioso – true we lost in a different way, I was beaten up and you were... anyway what I'm trying to say is we both lost and in order to not lose again we must work together...," he paused and looked Yumiko in the eye, "I want to reunite the two halves of Namimori. We can both lead and protect it to make sure something like this never happens again."
Yumiko stared at Natsuo and saw the determination and honesty in his eyes. This wasn't a man who had some ulterior motive or someone who would hold her lost against her – no, this was someone who wanted to change things, to take their loss and to learn from it. Natsuo was a person who was willing to work with her in order to protect the things he held dear. "... I agree." she said after a minute of silence. "If we want to prevent another incident like this we must work together and share the information and resources we have."
"I'm glad you see it my way Yumiko, I'll have Daichi set up another meeting between us so we can finalize our agreement but until then you should get checked out at the hospital. Daichi and I have to go back as well so we can all go together."
Everyone understood the meaning behind the invitation. In her state, Yumiko would be unable to properly defend herself if attacked and would need protection.
"... Thank you Natsuo. I'm... sorry for everything I did to you."
"Don't worry about it, it's all in the past now right? Now c'mon, my men are waiting for us." Natsuo extended a hand towards Yumiko.
"... Yeah." Yumiko placed her hand in his and stood.
"One day my Prince Charming will come and we'll live happily ever after! Just like in my stories!"
Yumiko's POV
I hate men; but, ever since Natsuo stepped into my life things have slowly changed.
Maybe men weren't so bad after all.
F I N
Epilogue:
"Oh yeah, catch." Natsuo tossed a pair of familiar weapons at Yumiko. "Found that on one of the Mafioso."
"Thanks."
"Y-Yumiko-san there's something written on it." Chie said, pointing a some words that were written in ink.
To my beloved Bob.
The four teens stared at those four words before they all thought, 'Who the hell is Bob?'