The bartenders past

It's a blistering cold October night.

But the temperature doesn't bother me one bit.

Negative thoughts are being processed through my head as I walk in the park still hot and heated from a verbal argument with my folks. It's like this every night, and I'm so damn tired of it. I usually take a walk afterwards, or just escape for the whole night. My parents are too wasted to even care about where I am.

For several minutes it's silent outside, just the sound of my shallow breathing and feet crunching on the frosty leaves. Then I make a turn around a tree and into the playground area.

That's when I see a group of good-for-nothing thugs. All three of them are wearing orange bandanas over their mouths. They've got a girl surrounded, she's whimpering, and they're laughing hysterically at her. She's covering her head, but it's no use against the group of gangbangers trying to strip her of her coat and shirt.

I'm watching behind the tree, several voices are telling me several different things, things to choose, ideas to pick. But normally I don't interfere with these kinds of things, shit like this happened everywhere in this stupid city.

I peek over a branch, and see the one of them has pulled off the girl's top, leaving her in her undergarments.

Those sick minded bastards.

Guess I've made my choice.

"OI!" I yelled, making my way over to the play structure. The three of them turn at me, surprised to see another kid this late at night.

"What the hell do you want, kid?" One of them said, he had a giant scar slashing down his narrow face.

"You should leave her alone, before I beat your ass" I challenged, and one of them threw his head back in laughter.

"Just get lost, brat" He said, standing over me like a clock tower, dark eyes peering into my own.

"Brat…?" I smiled. The shit head asked for it.

I kicked my leg straight into his gut, sending his body flying into the play structure. The two others came after me. I grabbed one's wrist and threw him into the other guy, both in the same direction as the other guy.

"GET THE OUT OF HERE BEFORE I KILL YOU!" I roared, and the three shrieked and they ran for the parks exit.

Shizuo sighed, and turned around. His eyes widened when he saw the girl, he'd forgotten about her for a moment.

She was shivering, with only a bra covering her chest. Her expression was masked in fear. Shizuo grabbed her shirt from off the ground, turned his head the other way and handed it towards her. She fumbled for a second while grasping it and then took it fully in her hand, pulling it over her head and shaking her straight brown hair from the collar.

With one final sigh, Shizuo walked away and back where he came from, until he heard the girl's feet shift on the bark dust.

"Thank you…" She said softly, her voice was like soft wind chimes playing on a breezy summer day. Shizuo stopped, but did not face the girl.

"Go home".

"If…If you didn't save me…I could have been…" She mumbled nervously, and Shizuo turned around to face her.

"GO HOME. It's idiotic to be walking around this late at night" he said, and she cocked her head slowly.

"Then why are you out here?" She asked. Shizuo rolled his eyes.

"As you can see, girl, I can take care of myself" he said, and she frowned.

"My name is not girl. It's Kohana" She said. Shizuo shrugged.

"I couldn't care less. And I never want to see you out here again, because when the next time comes around I won't help you".

Kohana sat on the edge of the structure, gazing upon the full bright moon, glowing through the parks trees.

"I sort of come here every night" she says, and then looks at me with a small smile, "I see you around a lot too".

"I see" I said, "But why do you?"

"Because I can't see the moon through my window, I live on the left side of the orphanage"

"Oh, so you're an orphan girl?"

"Shut up! I said my name is Kohana" she pouted, and jumped off the play ground.

"And how did you sir, learn to fight like that? Or do you not like being called sir?" She giggled, and I nodded.

"I admit, nicknames are annoying" I said "And I don't need to tell you how I fight like I do, it doesn't really matter".

"Well then…" She bit her bottom, "Can you tell me your name?"

"Heiwajima Shizuo" he said, and Kohana grinned cheerfully, extending her hand out to his.

"It's nice to meet you, Shizuo-kun" She said, and Shizuo hesitated, before taking her hand in his shaking it slowly.

"Yeah, I guess so" he said, and she let go.

"Listen" Shizuo started, "I have to go, and remember what I said, and it's really dangerous-"

"Will you be here tomorrow?" She interrupted, and Shizuo halted.

Should he…?

"Um…yeah, I will be" He said, and waved her a goodbye. She waved back grandly at him, "See you later, Shizuo-kun!"

And with that, Shizuo walked back to his home, with a small smile unable to disappear from his lips, and his heart beating heavier and heavier.

Awesome! Got the new chapter out, and it was all thanks to you guys, your reviews really keep me going. I liked writing this chapter, and trust me I got this story all figured out and it goes many places! So please look forward to more, thanks for all your support!

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