"They threatened you, Kuroki-san?"

Tomoko was surrounded by friends of hers, girls she had met over the course of her time in school. Yuri, Yoshida, and Mako learned about the threatening letter from Tomoko herself.

"Y-yeah, it's... It's pretty graphic. See?" Without any warning Tomoko pulled the letter up, forcing the girls to view every morbid detail. Mako read the first few lines and turned away in revulsion. Yoshida clenched her fists. Yuri gave the letter a glare that would make it run in fear if it were a sentient being. Tomoko holstered the threat. "This letter was hand delivered, too. The same guy who wrote it must've delivered it. Or had one of his lackeys do it."

When we find out who he is, we'll give him a thrashing that he'll remember for the rest of his life. Right?" Yoshida was already looking to beat up these guys, a sentiment that Tomoko shared. She showed this with a nod. "H-he won't be able to sit for a whole month..."

"These are the same guys that grabbed your brother, right?"

"That's what we're thinking. Those guys are really the only ones I can think of that'd be pissed enough to send something like that." As the four girls conversed, none of them noticed a fifth girl who was listening into their conversation. "T-they threatened her?! Scum! Bastards! DISGUSTING!" The woman's aura radiated pure malice, which could be felt by her friends who were sitting not too far from her. They were too afraid to say anything to her. "If I get my hands on them...!" Ucchi's hands were clenched so hard, her fingernails started to dig into her own skin. Yeouch.

Tomoko had already talked to Majima about the whole thing. He said that things were starting to get serious, so he wanted Tomoko to stay out of it. She wasn't too fond of that idea... She could fight now, so she figured that she could do things on her own. She started doing her own research. Remembering their original grudge against her brother, and using the fact that they seemed to go to the same school that Yuu-chan went to, she managed to figure out the name of the delinquent leader, thanks to an online database of the local soccer teams, complete with pictures. Thank goodness for the creepy fangirls that ran the database. Of course you, the reader, already know his name by this point: Yuuta Fuuma.

Dear ol' Kuroki didn't really follow the criminal underworld, so she had no idea about the Fuuma family, or Yuuta's status as the son of the boss. All she did know is that the bastard threatened her, and knew where she lived. She just had to figure out where HE lived so she could fuck HIM up. The best way to do that would to find some sports fangirls and ask them if they knew. The only sports fangirl that Tomoko knew was Komi-something-san, so that was going to be her first stop.

Unfortunately, Komi-something-san was a baseball fangirl. The only reason she had an interest in soccer was thanks to Tomoki being a player. The visit to her rival wasn't entirely useless, though! She did learn that an exhibition game was happening soon, so Tomoko figured that if these guys hate her and her brother so much, that they're gonna try and crash the game. She didn't care for sports, but this was a game she'd definitely attend. She was gonna tear this guy a new asshole.

With her investigation complete, she now had some time on her hands. She had a few days to kill before the game.

She spent some time wandering around the school. Looking for substories, collectibles, what-have-you. Ultimately, she came across Yoshida, who was just straight chillin'. Tomoko didn't really have anything to say to Yoshida, so she just gave a basic greeting to her acquaintance before attempting to move on. Yoshida, however, had something she wanted to say. "Yo, Kuroki-san. Before you take on those guys who threatened you, I've got something to ask... You know how to use your Fighting Spirit, right?"

What the hell was this delinquent going on about? "F-fighting Spirit?"

"You know, when you get real fired up during a fight? That feeling that helps you do a big move? There's other ways you can use your Fighting Spirit than just one big move, you know."

Now this was getting interesting. "Like what?"

"You can use it to give yourself a big boost. Makes you tougher to knock out, makes your hits hurt even more than they already do. You just gotta focus real hard when you've got enough Fighting Spirit."

Focus real hard? Like going Super Saiyan, or something? Tomoko could do that. It sounded ridiculous, sure, but Tomoko had done plenty of ridiculous things while fighting. This was just a continuation of that. "That sounds pretty handy...! I-I'll try it next time I'm in a fight."

Just as Tomoko was about to thank Yoshida and head off, some douche-ier students shoved into her as they walked by. "Hey, watch where you're going, bitch! You could've broke my shoulder!"

Our shut-in rolled her eyes and went to continue walking, but Yoshida stopped her. "You gonna let 'em get away with that? Now would be a good time to try out that technique I told you about." Tomoko agreed with that. As she turned around, the boys were already getting riled up. "Huh?! What's with that smug look, bitch? You think I'm not afraid to hit you?"

VIOLENT STUDENTS

As they raised their fists, Tomoko's heat was already at max. It came time for the writer to show off Tomoko's Ultimate Heat Mode: In this mode, Tomoko would don the palette of herself from the anime's intro. Unlike Kiryu's she wouldn't gain massive strength and be able to throw motorcycles... Instead, her Ultimate Heat Mode would focus on being really fast. Her quicksteps would be doubled, her combos would change to be faster, not unlike Kiryu's Dempsey roll. Only she'd do something more akin to like... The Rouga Fuu Fuu Ken. She'd still use those kickass slow motion combo finishers.

Apologies for stopping the story dead in it's tracks to explain mechanics for a hypothetical video game that would never happen. Back to the fight.

Using her Ultimate Heat Mode, Tomoko laid waste to all three students. She clobbered the first two by smashing their heads together several times in a row. She kept ahold of one guy as his pal tumbled to the ground, then did a Russian Leg Sweep to throw the guy face first on the back of his pal's head. The last guy got it much worse: She quickstepped towards him, then grabbed him by the leg. Once she had him, she pushed him over. With his leg under her control, Tomoko twisted it in a very unnatural way, causing the poor guy to scream in agony. He even tapped out, but Tomoko went on for a few more seconds. Ultimately she finished him off by stomping on his head, knocking him out cold as a twisted form of mercy. With the fight over, Tomoko calmed down.

"That was brutal, Kuroki-san! Your Fighting Spirit can definitely come in handy when you're in a pinch."

Tomoko was very proud of herself.

Some words from the author!

I planned this story before playing Yakuza 6. I did not name him Yuuta on purpose.

There was a long absence because I was writing up an Gouki from Street Fighter VS All Might one shot thingy, but after something happened and I lost all my progress I was so mad that I quit writing for a while.

Speaking of Yakuza 6, I played it and beat it. I won't spoil anything, but I will just say that it made me cry. Kiryu Kazuma is a good boy who did nothing wrong and doesn't deserve any of the shit he gets. Time Leap girl is cute.