"First of all, gross. Second of all, you need to come with me right now." Tomoki was, understandably, furious. In an attempt to drive her brother away, Tomoko had just accused him of being an abusive boyfriend. Now he's gotta deal with THIS bullshit, too.

However, there was an obstacle. The man accompanying Tomoko, a man she called Mr. Akiyama, was standing between Tomoki and the rest of the day off. "You know," Akiyama started, "I'm pretty tough to get riled up. I'm a pretty relaxed guy, most of the time... But when I meet guys who get their kicks from beating up girls?" Akiyama switched up his position, ready to throw down with Tomoki, "That's when I get serious."

He didn't have time for this, but Tomoki was more than willing to kick another guy's ass for his sister. Readying a kick for-

CRACK!

Fancy dress shoes violently slammed into the side of Tomoki's body, sending the young soccer star flying. After landing on top of a bicycle, which also hurt like hell, Tomoki slowly rose to his feet. "L-lucky shot..."

CRACK!

Once again Tomoki found himself flat on his face, whilst noting that asphalt does not taste very good. After spitting out a small bit of gravel, Tomoki stood up once again. "That the best you've got, prick?"

"Not bad," replied Akiyama, as he kicked the dust off of his shoes, "I expected you to turn tail and run after that first kick."

"I guess doing stupid shit runs in the family."

"Runs in the family...? What does he mean by- Tomoko!" Akiyama caught Tomoko running away from the fight, and down the street. Tomoki cursed the very moment he woke up under his breath, and then said, "My name is Tomoki Kuroki, and that's my sister."

"Sister? Why didn't you say anything?!"

"You weren't going to listen to reason after that little 'abusive boyfriend' stunt she pulled. Besides, I thought I could take you. You might wanna hurry up before I tell the cops you kidnapped a 15 year old girl."

Wait, this was too much fucking information! This guy's her brother? And she's 15? Why didn't she say anything? Akiyama shook these questions away, and settled on the facts he had, instead: This girl was running by herself in Kamurocho. Being a girl and by yourself is pretty fucking dangerous in any big city, but Kamurocho? She might as well have a big sign on her back that says, "Please kidnap me!" With these facts in mind, he bolted off towards Tomoko, hoping to rescue her from any trouble that she might get into.

"Shit, shit, shit!" Tomoko's little stunt to save her future might end up backfiring. As soon as Tomoki brought up family, she knew that she had to get out of there. She didn't know where she was running, but anywhere was better than there. She had the dress, and her hair all decked out, so maybe she could get a job at another hostess club? Maybe someplace like Shine?

"Tomoko!" A voice called out from behind her. Akiyama's voice. She ran as fast as her frail legs could take her, but Akiyama was a grown man who exercised regularly, and he was gaining on her. Right as she was about to give up, she noticed a rather large group of people, all packed close together... Without a moment's hesitation, she slipped right into the crowd. She moved past each person like she was a liquid flowing through the cracks of a floor. Akiyama had a bit more trouble, and was bumping into people left and right to try and stop Tomoko.

By the time he had escaped the crowd, Tomoko had not only managed to take a few breaths, but she was already quite ahead of him. She knew that the crowd was a short term solution, but she needed a way to lose him for good. Once again, fate was on the mojo's side: A wide open manhole. Sure, it was guarded by workers, but if she was fast enough she could slip right in without them noticing.

By the time Akiyama was almost on Tomoko once again, she had already began climbing down the ladder, and was heading into the underground. Akiyama was just about to head in himself, but he was stopped by the workers. "We're sorry sir, but you can't go down there!" Akiyama fought and argued with these guys, while he was losing precious time.

"Oi. My sister went in while you fucks weren't paying attention." Tomoki's voice broke apart the argument, and caused all parties involved to look upon him. He was bleeding a little from his date with the pavement from earlier, but here he was, standing like he had never even been kicked in the first place. "Let us through, and maybe you won't get fired after I tell your boss what happened."

Even though he was just a kid, Tomoki spoke with a level of authority that even some adults lacked. The men conceited, and told Tomoki and Akiyama that they could enter.

After both dropping down into the Kamurocho underground, Akiyama decided to apologize while they ran after Tomoko. "You know, I'm sorry for kicking your ass, like that. I should have-"

"Don't." Tomoki interrupted, "Wait until we get my stupid sister out of this. Then we can talk."

Tomoko's day had gone from amazing to life-threatening within the span of a few minutes. Boys, who can't be any older than 20, managed grab a hold of her after escaping Akiyama. Not only did they have the numbers advantage, but they also had the physical activity advantage, something Tomoko wished that she had. After surrounding and intimidating the poor girl into submission, it was up to them to figure out what to do with her.

"I don't know, I've never had a hostage before. I'm used to shaking down drunk old dudes."

"Think about it! What if her family's rich? We send them a ransom note, they send us the money, then BAM! Filthy fuckin' rich!"

"She's cute."

"Every girl's cute to you, Satoshi. Stop thinking about them for 5 fucking seconds and think about the future! We need to-"

A creepy laugh interrupted the the boy. All three of them were confused by the laugh's source, until they looked down at their hostage.

"D-d-did you just call me cuuute~?"

Whatever kind of face or voice Tomoko was putting on, it didn't have the intended effect. Her smile gave her the look of a serial killer rather than an embarrassed cutie, and this sight managed to put the three punks at unease. Satoshi even considered taking back what he said.

"O-okay, plan B. We put her somewhere where we can't see her, THEN we come up with our real plan."

However, before the hooligans could enact their plan, Akiyama and Tomoki had arrived on the scene. They weren't spotted yet, so they had some time to come up with a plan of their own. Akiyama was ready to charge in headfirst, but Tomoki stopped him. "Look, I'm pretty pissed off right now, and I need to do something to vent my anger. You stay out of the way, and make sure my sister does the same." Akiyama nodded, and let Tomoki do his thing.

After spotting something on the ground near the punks, specifically a motorcycle helmet, Tomoki rushed forward. Before any of the punks could react to his presence, he kicked the motorcycle helmet with all of his might, much like how he would kick a soccer ball. The helmet cracked one of the hooligans right in the skull, knocking the lad unconscious immediately. "S-satoshi?!"

Using the previous attack as a distraction in itself, Tomoki did a little sweep kick on the second punk, bringing out a leg from underneath him. With the punk on one knee in front of him, Tomoki then slammed his foot smack dab in the middle of the kid's face. He then shifted his weight forward, tipping the punk over and bringing the back of his head right onto the hard concrete floor. Two down, one to go.

"What the shit is going on-" Is all the last punk let out before a kick to the stomach silenced him. The force of the blow knocked him right into a wall, and left him wide open for another strike to the gut, this one a punch. The punk slid down the wall as he buckled over in pain, putting him in the perfect position to receive Tomoki's knee right onto his nose. With his cranium sandwiched between the wall and Tomoki's knee, he fell unconscious.

Ding ding ding! We have a winner! With a smirk and a clap, Akiyama congratulated Tomoki for his swift victory: "Looks like taking it easy on you would've been a bad idea."

Tomoki jerked his sister up by her arm, whilst ignoring her cries of discomfort. "Thanks, I guess. C'mon Tomoko, we're out of here." He shoved past Akiyama, leaving the man behind in the sewers.

"What a dysfunctional family. Christmas must be an absolute blast. But still... Tomoko, you wait a few years, and I'll give you another chance." Akiyama thought, as he watched the siblings climb out of the underground. He went to follow them out, but his eye happened to catch the motorcycle helmet on the ground, the one that Tomoki kicked. "Now that was a sick move... Hm, gives me an idea..."

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