I stared in front of the junior high school which I'd presumably be attending and made sure to run through the route I'd taken towards this institution in my mind so that I wouldn't get lost

I walked into Aldavera middle school, or at least that's what the sign outside says, with a casual walk and did my best to put an easy-going smile on my face. Even if people don't realise it a person's appearance does matter to them, how their clothes are done, the way they hold themselves, if they have an approachable expression on their face. These are all important social skills for you to learn in order to give yourself that charisma boost that will allow you to get along with people. I honestly don't know why I'm going through the trouble of doing this in all honesty, I'm literally going to be hanging around a bunch of kids. I'm not really looking to make friends with any immature brats. Still though if any of them feel like approaching me then they can go on ahead, I'll oblige them.

My classroom was, if my organiser wasn't lying, class 1-B the second highest class in terms of grades, not like that's a super massive achievement with how pathetically easy this school is likely going to be for me, and for the next three years- if I remain like this- I'll be doing absolutely nothing.

That won't do.

I spent all of the energy I could muster building up my business empire since I was just sixteen. That's years of work just gone. All of my effort and all that time was wasted.

Yet... maybe that wasn't a bad thing. It made my chest hurt to think that it was all gone but at the same time the idea of building up my legacy again was an idea that made me vibrate in excitement. It doesn't hurt that I'm at this age with years of practical experience under my belt, that will make starting over again way easier.

I did my best to force my grin back into my face, but it physically hurt just to do that, yet I just couldn't bring myself to care.

The future is looking bright today.

"Hey Ishida!" At first I didn't respond to that name, I didn't even really hear it looking back but-

'BONK'

I flinched in surprise from the unexpected hit and froze for a moment. Did someone just throw a ball at me?

Suddenly I whipped my head around only for my hand to immediately lash out on instinct and I caught the spherical object that someone was throwing at me. Huh? This body has sharp reflexes.

I took a moment to be impressed by my own actions and noticed that they'd thrown an.y.. apple at me? What a waste of good fruit.

Taking a good look up I was met with the sight of two boys that wore the same school uniform I did. One was an obese kid that seemed to be surprised that I caught his projectiles so easily whilst the other was a blonde kid with the blankest gaze I've ever seen. Seriously they didn't even look like eyes, he might have been a human mannequin.

They called me 'Ishida' earlier. I might not know the most about Japanese culture but I do know that unless you're very close to them you refer to the people around you with their last name. My mother called me Shoya earlier so that would make my full name Shoya Ishida. That's useful to know.

But, that also meant that these two brats knew me. And not in a good way. Are they my bullies perhaps? Well if they are then they're in for a rude awakening. The best way to deal with bullies is to show that they can't mess with you. So if they try and insult me I'll insult them back and outwit them. If they try and hurt me then I'll hurt them. I did that with my previous bullies and it worked like a charm, because in the end bullies are just cowards that push weaker people around to inflate their own egos, just show them that you're stronger than them and they'll back off. Physically anyway.

I threw the apple up in the air slightly and spoke with a little hint of amusement." You really shouldn't go around wasting food like that, you nearly ruined two perfectly nice apples." I placed the fruit in my right pocket casually as I spoke and to my unpleasant surprise he seemed to smirk and look down on me after I said that.

With blank eyes he spoke in a condescending tone." Funny that you're the one who's talking about throwing stuff at people. After what you pulled with Nishimiya you're hardly one to talk." Jesus the way he said that was kind of disturbing with those blank eyes. And just from the way his lackey seemed to nod along with his words and copy his smirk I could tell straight away who the alpha in this duo was, take out the alpha and the beta will fall with him.

Still though... I get the feeling that he wasn't just making that up. That this 'Nishimiya' was an actual person that I do know. Still I wasn't just going to take this bully's word for it without looking a little deeper.

Instead of stooping to his level I just chuckled a little at that. It's just so hypocritical, they're talking about bullying and morality whilst chucking shit at another kid. It's amazing what stupid children are capable of if you give them that little bit of ego.

Seeing me just look amused at that the two idiots stopped smirking and instead seemed annoyed that I hadn't reacted at all to their taunts. If they can even be called that since I have no idea what they're talking about. In response to my lack of a strong reaction the blonde kid walked up to me and tried to puff himself up to try and look threatening- key word being tried- as he spoke with a voice I could tell was fake." Now listen here Ishi-"

Okay enough of this bullshit. With a commanding voice I cut him off." No how about you listen up. This isn't the past and Nishimiya isn't here, so how about you cut the self-righteous BS and take a hike, find someone who can tolerate your bullshit."

I hate bullies. A bully is someone who doesn't have the security to compliment or be nice to someone else genuinely and mean it, or be nice for nothing in return. They're cowards, one time a guy told me to go kill myself and I actually laughed at him, if you want someone dead so badly then why don't you kill them yourselves? The obvious answer is that they don't have the balls to just go through with it themselves. If this idiot is really going to try and act all high and mighty when he himself is bullying another person then I don't want to waste my energy on him.

In response to my words the blonde actually reeled back and looked... offended. Is he for real now? What kind of-

Suddenly a hand went swiping for my head and with reflexes far too sharp to be my own I moved out of the way and grabbed that hand with an iron grip which made the boy who tried to hit me flinch away in pain.

My expression morphed into one of disgust at their actions. Did they seriously just try to take a swing at me? Oh the nerve of this boy.

Well I said that I would give them what they serve.

I decided to take matters into my own hands and swiftly slapped his hand away before promptly cocking back my fist and punching this kid in the stomach. Hard.

My closed hand seemed to bury into his stomach and the blonde's expression suddenly wasn't looking so smug or stoic anymore. He coughed and spit flew out of his mouth as the air was knocked right out of the little shit's mouth. After a few seconds of him hanging over my fist I withdrew my hand and allowed him to drop to his knees. He probably would have been cursing his head off if he was even capable of speaking at that point however he just tried to regain his breath with immense difficulty as I loomed over him and started to talk casually as though there wasn't a crying child below my feet.

"Not very nice being on the receiving end is it? Aye? What did you honestly think I'd do when you tried to come over and act all high and mighty about bullying when you're even more of a piece of shit than I am? That I'd take it all with a smile on my face? That you could use me as a punching bag to vent some stress? Bet you didn't think you'd be squirming on the ground in a pool of your own tears did you?" My words were insulting, he didn't react because he was just lying there and trying to nurse his injury but I knew that he was listening. Just like his fat friend was just standing over there and watching, completely frozen in place. Like I said, cowards.

I lowered my knees so that I was squatting above him. I just had to make sure that he wouldn't pull something like this again." Oh and you know this whole thing between me and you? This bully, victim dynamic? It's done now. If you try to push me around again then I'll do a lot worst than put a fist in your gut. Do I make myself clear?"

After I finished speaking that boy was finally breathing again. Though he still looked like he was trying not to scream out in pain. But I needed to hear him say it. The final nail in the coffin if you will.

"Do I make myself clear?" I made sure to speak with just an undertone of threat to get him moving.

It seemed to work since this blonde prick finally spoke with a breathless voice, practically a whisper, but I still heard a distinct." Yes."

I was satisfied with his answer so I stood up and left the two bullies, one with nothing but their own thoughts, and one with their only thought being the pain which they felt in their guts.

That felt pretty good.


It should be noted that this fanfic is only for my own fun so I probably won't be posting on it as much as my others that are on my P atreon. But I still hope you guys enjoy it.