And... I'm back!

It's been such a long time! I really had this huge writers block and I didn't know what to write. But i got my inspiration back after re-reading some stories. I'm now actually re-watching the entire Gokusen season 2!

By the way, I changed the tittle of the story. And this is actually a re-vamp from the first one. The writing for that one was just shi-tty :P

Anyway, continue with the story!

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Chapter 2: Downtown

It was late.

The Sun had set hours ago and yet she was still downtown, while linking arms with her delinquent childhood friend. Aoi was surprised that she had actually stayed that late with him. So far, they had almost gotten into fights twice but Aoi had quickly apologized for the boy before a fight broke out. She didn't know how to fight and it would be bad if Sho got into a one he couldn't possibly win, no matter how good a fighter he was. And even if he got into a fight that he could win, it was still bad.

"Don't worry. I'm with Sho and I'm coming back soon." The boy read her text from behind her, peeking. Aoi rolled her eyes at her friend's childish behavior and sent the text to Ryohei, her 19 year old step brother, who was older than her by two years. "Something tells me that he won't be the least calm when he sees that you're with me."

Aoi laughed, "Yeah, I guess so." Ryohei detested Sho in every aspect of the word and thought that he wasn't worthy of even being an acquaintance to Aoi; he thought the same of her biological brother though not to such a degree – he was an Odagiri after all.

Just as expected, Ryohei had replied the text, within seconds; with a 'loud' lecture on safety before demanding her go home right then. Shutting off her phone and rolling her eyes, the girl walked forward towards the train station. Earlier in the day, she had convinced the chauffer to go back. She wasn't a baby and she could take care of herself. Besides, there were her pepper spray and feet to rely on… And of course her black belt in Aikido.

Sho immediately began following her like a puppy would a butterfly. Turning around to walk backwards and talk to her at the same time, the boy had a floppy smile on his face.

Laughing at something he said, their conversation was interrupted by a slight 'oof'. Sighing inwardly, Aoi assessed the situation at hand.

Sho had bumped into someone and was refusing to apologize. Again. The boys around here must have valued their honour more than normal human beings. That, or they just wanted to fight. It was probably more of the second one.

"What the hell's your problem, brat? Looking for a fight?" The first boy growled, shoving his own face near to Sho's. Sho, being Sho, just rolled his eyes and demanded what the guy's problem was. The opposite group was quite huge compared to the both of them, with four people in it. They all looked like high school students.

Before Aoi could step in, one of the guy's buddies seemed to notice her. He grinned, almost predatorily, and walk over to her coolly. He leaned over her, being slightly taller. "Hey, pretty girl. You wanna come with us?"

Aoi frowned slightly. She hated it when guys thought they were superior. "No thanks. I'm sorry my friend got in your way, we really don't want any trouble."

Her right hand crept into her handbag, and made contact with her pepper spray. She didn't want to have to use it, and like her aikido, it was only for emergencies. By that time, the two other boys had made their way over, and had about cornered her in.

"Aw, don't be that way." Another boy said, grabbing her arm and spinning her to face him. He leant down and whispered in her ear. "I bet we're much better company than him."

It was about then that Sho had realized that Aoi hadn't stopped the argument yet, and come to pull away the boy who had been touching her, before punching him the face. The other three boys retreated into a line, opposite Sho and Aoi.

The girl couldn't help but sigh. So a fight was inevitable then.

Sho chuckled by her side, sensing her exasperation. "Whatever. You so knew it was gonna happen." Aoi rolled her eyes, showing him a glimpse of her pepper spray. "I guess I don't need it anymore."

That was when one of the boys charged at them, swinging a punch without even looking where his target was. Sho just ducked him simply, before running off to deal with the other two. That boy grinned when he saw that it was only Aoi in front of him. "Where's your little protector now, huh?"

Aoi's eyebrow twitched slightly in irritation. She marched right up to him, pulled out her pepper spray, and sprayed him right in the eyes.

Aoi grinned as the boy moaned in pain, his hands shooting to his eyes reflectively. He so deserved that. She slammed a hand into the left side of his abdomen, before grabbing hold of his hand, kicking his feet under him, and twisting his arm permanently. The boy never knew what hit him, and cried out in pain and held his arm as he lay, rolling on the floor.

Aoi dusted her hands. "Who needs a protector?" She looked up to see Sho laughing at her heartily. Both other boys lay on the floor, groaning and semi-conscious. He'd done the job, but he hadn't been as clean cut as her. The two boys he'd done in had blood oozing out at some places. But for a boy who had never attended a self-defense class before, he was a genius.

She smiled back. The both of them continued on their way to the train station without casting a look back. Conversation returned back to normal, until Aoi spoke up about her brother. "Sho, could you pass a note to Ryu for me?"

Sho made a face, though he seemed slightly tensed. But he understood why she'd asked him. The three of them used to be extremely close, and Aoi wouldn't have known about the rivalry between Ara and Kurogin. She didn't even live in the neighbourhood! "Uh, yeah, sure. I guess I have some stuff to tell him too."

Aoi grinned at him, and pulled up his hand, passing him a note in pink paper. It had been origami-folded into a rectangle, with the words "Ryu Odagiri" written in her neat handwriting on the top. Sho blushed slightly, smiling back at her. "Thanks, Sho! I'm really sorry, his phone's been in and out of the repair shop lately, so I haven't talked to him in a while."

She waved, and Sho waved back. Turning around as she left, he walked back towards the down town area to meet his friends. Letting out a frustrated sigh, he scratched his head. He'd never been able to refuse Aoi, and because of that... He was so going to die when he walked into Kurogin the next day.

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