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Chapter Six
"Dishes need cleaning new guy!" Pong yelled across the almost quiet bar with its last few patrons sitting at the now dimly lit bar nursing a flat beer.
Getsu was cleaning the bar table as the new guy jumped up from his already full tray of dishes he picked from the tables near the far left of the place and ran over.
"Yes Yamka-sensie!" He squeaked his glasses almost falling off his freckled covered face. As he pushed through the double barreled doors to the back room kitchen
Getsu chuckled and shook her head she remembered what it was like to bus tables, now with the new guy she mostly took charge of the bar and sometimes took orders.
A man hiccuped next her, she stopped her cleaning to lightly flick the old man's nose. He jolted up and snorted wiping his nose off a old ragged coat sleeve.
"Ughmh…what who!?"
"Goul-san isn't it time you start heading home?" Getsu said lightly, the man looked at her rubbing his prickly untrimmed grey beard yawning.
"Mmmmm really bah! I don't believe you!" He proclaimed, Getsu rolled her eyes taking his empty beer glass from him.
"Were closed look Pong-sama is working on getting the other two out do you really want him to come over here and take care of you like last time?" As she placed the glass near the bar mixing table, turning back around as she saw Goul fixing his coat standing up grabbing is leather bound portfilo suitcase shuffling himself together, putting on his top hat.
"Mmm well then I will head out ado to you and your friends." He spoke placing his pipe in his mouth and walking towards the door.
"Looks like he is giving up too easy I'm worried." Pong's voice came out of no were. Getsu looked too see his Pong's shiny bald head and tight lined eyes squinting more than they normally did watching Goul slowly shuffle out the door. His huge arms crossed over his chest.
"Mmm I'll make sure he leaves Pong-sama…" Getsu said, lifting the entrance table to the bar, as she started walking towards Goul from behind.
The nervous new bus boy was walking back to the dish room again the last stack of dirty dishes. Goul looked at him struggling with the weight of the dishes with uneasy feet and Goul stuck his foot out lightly. Which the boy walked right into, his feet tangled up and his arms flung the huge tray of glass dishes into the air over his head.
Goul kept walking like nothing happened towards the door. Getsu's eyes widened those glass dishes came out of Pong's pocket they cost him a fortune. Not a second after Getsu caught herself doing was full on sprinting towards the tray, the dishes being held in there so far.
Getsu watched her muscles lash out and her hands grip the tray. She felt her feet slide and skid , bending down on one of her knees, lowering the tray to the ground. She spun around and saw a lone glass cup flying and was able to dive and stretch out her hand as sliding onto her stomach catching the glass cup with the palm of her hand.
Getsu felt the environment around her grown tense and quiet eyes all on her after she successfully caught that lone glass cup. She looked around and stood looking at the greenish tinted glass cup. The boy was on the ground shaking tears in his eyes probably relived the glasses didn't break not wanting to lose his job on the first day. Pong san was already there grabbing Goul by the collar of his jacket, but was looking at Getsu and Goul tipped his hat up a little bit to stare at her.
"Man those leeks they can do stuff to the body can't they…" She laughed a few moments, before they all stared at her for a few seconds more.
"Indeed what a show!" Goul yelled laughing breaking the silence.
Pong shook his head and turned back at Goul snapping at him. "You really did now!" As he dragged him to the door pushing it open and throwing him out. "I better not see your ass around here for a while!" He roared and slammed the door shut as he locked it.
He walked over picking up the tray of dishes, walking over to Getsu gesturing to the cup to be placed in there.
"Tell that punk he can leave for the night, but he has onion chopping when his ass gets here tomorrow for almost destroying my dishes." Pong grunted as Getsu placed the glass cup in the tray and he walked over to the back double barreled doors.
Getsu walked over to the boy and stuck her hand out. The boy with shaky fingers gripped onto to Getsu's hand as she hauled the boy up, practically almost flinging him into the air.
"Oh Geez sorry!" Getsu proclaimed, hands out ready to catch him as The boy steadied himself.
The boy shook his head. "Don't mention….it….if it it it..wasn't for you I would have nu-nu-not been able to keep mah-mah-may juh-juh job…" He stuttered, as he gathered himself he bowed then quickly walked away.
"Um the backdoor is the other way…" Getsu said pointing behind her, the boy blushed intensely and nodded.
"Right Right sorry sorry!" He ran to the other direction past Getsu.
Getsu sighed hands on her hips. "Mmm he seems like a decent kid. Speech impendent and clumsiness need to go." Getsu turned back around, and began working on cleaning up the tables. Putting up the chairs and mopping the floor. By the time she was done. Pong walked out drying his hands.
He smiled. "Looks good enough Getsu head out for the night you have an exam tomorrow…" He said with a slight chuckle.
Getsu sighed. "Did Chiro-kun tell you?"
Pong shook his head and smiled. "Didn't have to your weeks' pay is one the counter…good luck on your exams." He said simply, walking back through the double barreled doors. "I'll lock up for tonight don't worry about it!" He shouted before disappearing behind the doors.
Getsu sighed walking over picking up the white envelope feeling pretty full. She opened and realized Pong pretty much gave her all the tips. She felt like she should argue this, but instead just stuffed the envelope in her bag, and walked outside burrowing herself in her coat. She looked at the time it was exactly two o clock in the morning she had an easy hour walk without her bike.
She adjusted her bag and left out through the back door. As she stepped out she looked out at the only light in back area and Pong-sama's beat up old Cadillac gas car. She looked and saw the millions of stars and bit her lower lip.
She looked back down shaking her head she could star at the night sky for hours. She sighed and began walking as she turned to the front of the bar to the road she had to walk on she heard voices and saw a shadow of people surrounding a person who was cowering on the floor.
It was the new guy. She looked back to see if she could get Pong-sama till she heard a cry escape the boys lips, and notice that they were kicking him.
Getsu dropped her bag and ran over, stopping only a few feet from the crowd of four guys surrounding one.
"Hey!"
The laughter stopped as they looked up and turned around and split a bit apart to see the boy holding his head in the fetal position whimpering.
"Go home little girl if you know what is good for you this is personal business with us and this young man." A voice growled and turned around to kick the boy hard into his gut as he tried to get up on his knees.
Getsu could hear the crunch of his ribs and suck in grunt sound he made as the poor guy looked like he vomited up his dinner on the ground from the impact to his stomach.
Getsu grabbed the boy who kicked him and spun him around he didn't see what came next as a fist connected with his jaw and sent him spinning to the ground onto his back knocking the breath out of him.
The group stood shocked for a few seconds as Getsu herself looked down at her fist. She could fight knowing that she was definitely someone who didn't get knocked down easy, but she never hit someone that hard before. Not to the point where a single punch could knock someone out, 'where was this strength coming from?'
"You Bitch!" One of them roared and the next thing she knew she found her arms being held behind her. As the other two helped the one knocked on the ground up.
The one who was hit shoved them away and stood up wiping his mouth noticing the blood trickling. Without missing a beat he came up to Getsu and punched her hard in the gut. Getsu gagged and felt her body cradle into itself as her knees buckled into her.
"Fucking bitch I told you to stay out of it." The man growled.
Getsu through blurred vision noticed he must be the ring leader as the most of them where just lean, but he was built his upper body made into nothing but muscle from the workout he must do to himself.
She knocked him on his ass?
The ring leader grabbed Getsu by her hair lifting her head up. The man's dark eyes squinted and seem to recognize her face.
"The fuck I know you." He breathe his nasty beer breathe hitting her nostrils.
Getsu blinked a few times and she finally recognized the man standing next to her.
"Joan…." She spat out not even giving him a proper "san" like he even deserved it.
He was local town's Mayor's son who had a bias for any CT citizen or towns that got help from the city.
The boy was allowed to pretty much trash bars with his gang of 'Busters' and ride there dirt bikes and take money from people and take advantage of women.
The boy had two rape chargers on him and three burglary and five assault charges.
He got away with a slap on his wrist.
And like his father he had a bad hatred for CT citizens.
Joan smiled at her. "Oh orphan Getsy look at you all grown up." He clucked his tongue against the roof of his mouth.
"Hey boss!" One of the henchmen picked up Getsu's bag and tossed her bag to him which Joan caught in one of his big beefy hands that were all grimed up. He grinned showing his crooked yellow teeth from all his smoking and just plain not taking care of his teeth.
"Heh what do we have here." He said opening the bag, more like ripping off the latch buckle that attached her bag. And dumped out her literature books and pad with a clunk on the concrete pavement and the envelope filled her weeks' pay and tips out.
"Damment no." But the guy holding her jerked her arms like a puppet and she winced staying silent. Joan bent down and picked up the envelope revealing all the yen bills she worked for.
"Haha boys look what we have here looks like Rozie's is going to have some company tonight." He said tossing the envelope to one of them as the guy opened up the envelope to let his thumb brush over the yen bills as the others laughed.
"Bet those girls might be willing to do more than dance around those Poles what do you think Joan?" The guy said holding the bills in his hand tossing the envelope in the floor counting the bills.
"That's my food money…" Getsu was able to gasp.
Joan turned to her and leaned in lightly tapping her left cheek with the palm of his hand. "Oh I'm sure CT can help you out right after all your under their care aren't' yah?"
Joan clapped his hands. "Alright boys let's get out of here!" He hollered
They whooped and hollered as they one by one got on their bikes revering it as they kicked their stands up. Joan kicked his as puff of black fumes escaped.
The man holding Getsu elbowed her hard the in here upper back. Getsu coughed fell on her knees, then sank to the ground her head smacking hard onto the concert she heard the rest of the bikes start off and disappear into the distance down the road.
Getsu tried to struggle to get herself up right, but it only caused her to fall back on the ground. She clawed her nails into the concrete thinking the pain from it would snap her body to stand up.
No use.
Finally she heard the sound of larger boots running towards her direction.
"Getsu!" The voice rang it was Pong-sama, he must have knelt down cause she felt her body being turned onto her back and the stars brighter than normal swam her vision as she closed her eyes and waved her hand in front of her face.
"Getsu what happened!?" He yelled or she thought he yelled as he lifted her body more upright to get the air breathing in her lungs.
"Mmm…kid the kid….." Getsu was able to sputter.
"I'm right here…" He grunted his stutter seeming to leave he was holding his rib cage, kneeling down next to Pong-sama his glasses off his bright green eyes staring into her, without any glasses on he seemed to see fine.
He must have been able to get up or yell to Pong-sama.
"Damment we have to get her to a hospital." The Kid said.
"No!" Getsu was able to yell, and winced rolling a bit to her left away from them holding her rib cage. "No hospitals just take me home I'll go to the Doctor's tomorrow."
"Getsu…" Pong-sama started.
"I said no please…just no…take me home…." Between breathes, she demanded.
The kid and Pong looked at each other, the kid shook his head, "this is all my fault I knew they would find out we were ex citizens…"
"Hush…" Pong ordered him.
The kid bit his lip and looked back at Getsu who eyes were half lidded her deep greenish hazel eyes glowing at him.
The kid's eyes brows shot up, but soon the glow he saw vanished and he shook his head.
Suddenly Getsu gasped and sat upright holding her rib cage. Taking in painful breathes. She looked around and as the same buzzing sensation she had earlier at the school came back, this time it was a lot less intense. More like a simple little buzz running through her body.
Pong still kept his arms under her. He looked at her and squinting his eyes. "That gash above your eyebrow looks nasty…"
She looked at him and the Kid, lightly touched her forehead with two of her fingers to put them down and feel the warm sticky goo on them.
"Come on kid help me get her to the bar and let's get that wound bandaged up I'll take her back to her place after that." Pong said shifting his body to put one of Getus's arms over his shoulders; the kid seemed to follow his lead.
"You can walk right?" Pong-sama said directing it to her. Getsu nodded and on uneasy legs struggled to get on her feet the dizziness over taking her for a minute as she almost feel to the ground again, but they held her up.
"Could be a concussion…" The Kid paniced
Pong-sama shook his head. "Nawh Getsu is many things, but I know if it was a serious injury she would go to the hospital herself…the kid just never seemed to ever get fully hurt every time she got hurt when she was younger and it looked serious we took her to the nearest hospital…and the x-rays that always sparked when they tried to take pictures of her…and we were left with expensive bills and odd looks from people around…"
The kid looked at Pong than and Getsu who was barely there as they mostly dragged her back to the bar.
Pong-sama laughed. "You know Getsu's name… Shingetsu?" He said to the kid who looked up and nodded.
"She gave it to herself when she was found as a kid nameless no memory and with a dead mother and no family they could track they found it written on her arm for some reason in magic marker the Japanese name for new moon." Pong-sama said softly looking at Getsu.
"It stuck because she now only goes by that name." He smiled.
The Kid looked at his coworker arching his eye brow, and he thought he had a background story to him. Guess his Boss to a liking too ones that were forgotten or not good history that followed them.
The Kid lifted his head and looked up to see a larger than normal star glow in the distance near the moon. He recognized what it was it wasn't a star it was a planet, planet Jupiter.
He shook his head and looked back at the task at hand as they reached the front door to the bar and helped get Getsu inside.
A/N: Yep...