"Eli-chan…" Nozomi took a breath in to recollect her thoughts and breathed out to relieve her tension. She smiled at her, "It's okay."

"These people were harassing you. It will never be okay. It's unforgivable.." Eli replied without turning away from the redhead. While Eli was never good at fighting, she could definitely throw a punch or two. That wouldn't mean they'd save her from walking away unscathed, though.

But, if a fight was what this woman's looking for, then she'd get it. Even if this group was a gang – notorious even – she was never going to let them touch Nozomi in any way. Not even a single strand of her hair.

Chika's eyes slightly widened; doesn't Eli know who these people were? The blonde surely had guts. If they were the common gang, she would have stepped in already. But, these people were dangerous.

Then again, if she was in her younger self, she would have stepped in either way.

Meanwhile, a tall figure that had gathered astonished attention was heading its way towards the coffee shop. It was a woman with curtain fringes. Slightly tanned and with strikingly, calm reddish-brown eyes. Judging from the white polo shirt with black, punk-fashioned body harness, she looked like a police officer but at the same time, not.

Her black slacks matched the color of her tactical boots and long hair that was tied into a low tail. Sleeves were rolled up to her elbows and the first button of her polo was undone.

She wasn't just tall; she had a lean and slightly muscular physique as well that she looked like she could crush a human skull with one hand.

Each of her footsteps would make someone gulp.

Especially now that she finally reached the café and had set her foot in. Her soles clomped against the floor and the next thing she knew, all eyes were on her.

One of the gang members was taken aback in surprise because of her height, "T-Tall…"

Uh-oh, the Tank is here. Chihiro thought and all she could say was…

… Poor bad people.

The tall woman scanned her eyes around until she caught sight of Eli. It wasn't that hard to notice.

"Eli."

Her voice. It was deep and calm yet it sent chills down everyone's spines.

Eli flinched but she immediately attempted to ease the tension while she rubbed the back of her head, "Y-Yuri! W-What a pleasant surprise!"

"You didn't inform me that you would be taking a day off, Umi was really furious."

"Ack." Eli forgot that Yuri wasn't the one who was actually scary. She'd be dead as soon as they got back.

"Let's go." Yuri approached them but the gang leader suddenly grabbed hold of her wrist.

"Hold on a minute, you don't have any business here. Get the hell out." The redhead said and Chika closed her eyes.

Oh well… Chika thought.

Yuri blankly stared down at the redhead; she knew this woman, how couldn't she know? This redhead was simply one of those hooligans she had been after the past couple of days but for some reason she wasn't planning to capture her just yet.

Then, one of the gang members decided to sneak up behind her with a chair nearby and as soon as he raised it up for a surprise attack, Yuri suddenly pulled her arm back, hitting the member's gut and dragging the redhead along with great power.

The redhead stumbled forward with a yelp when she landed her knees and other hand on the floor. The gang member coughed and had let go of the chair as he fell on his knees as well while he tightly clutched his stomach from the counter.

Damn it, my stomach!. The gang member thought as he tightly closed his eyes in pain while cold sweats formed across his face.

The redhead's eyes widened; what on earth happened? Was Yuri a damn tank? She just pulled her weight like she was nothing.

"I see now that you people aren't here for a cup of coffee."

Eli managed to sneak in and gently held Nozomi's hand who instantly looked her way, "Come on, let's not get in the way."

Nozomi nodded and they immediately stepped away, rushing towards Chika and You.

"Why you giant–!" A female gang member grabbed a cup and threw it towards Yuri, but the black-haired simply slapped it away before her hand sharply thrusted to the woman's chest, causing her to fly back upon impact, hitting her back against the cafe's glass wall, shattering it as she passed through.

"Yuri-san! Don't break things too much! Most of them are newly bought!" You said.

"Nothing I can't afford."

"W-Wow, she's taking care of them all by herself." One of the female customers commented as she watched Yuri blasted her way through each one of the remaining gang members with precise and subtly explosive punches.

"That's Yuri for you. An Imperial is a master of fighting." Another replied and realized that Yuri was already done; the thugs were all on the floor, either unconscious or writhing in pain.

"Though, how did you know it was Yuri-san? She and her twin sister virtually don't have any difference." Chika asked You.

"Well, apparently, Ryoko-san doesn't know Umi-chan." You grinned.

"Seriously? Yuri-san and Umi-chan are married, how come she doesn't know?"

"Oh they aren't really married yet–"

"You guys sure are having fun here." And that voice was more than enough to stop everyone and everything that had been happening.

Dia sighed in relief; she was wondering when she'd come in and Ruby's eyes lit up,

"Jesi-chan!"

Jesidril looked around and crossed her arms; guess she was a bit too late. The furniture was all ruined and now she had to pay repairs for the glass walls and buy new tables and chairs later.

"Yuri-san came in at the right time! These thugs were harassing Nozomi-chan for no reason!" Chika told Jesidril.

"Hoh, looks like some people will be getting some freebies from me." Jesidril then cracked her neck side to side as she approached Yuri and the thugs.

"Some of these people have broken bones, you should take them to the hospital." Yuri said.

Then, Jesidril lightly tapped her foot on one of the unconscious gang members, "Damn it, you could have at least saved one or two of them for me."

"Sorry."

Jesidril then turned around to face everyone else, "Sorry for this inconvenience guys, as compensation, all drinks are in the house and whatever you paid for, will be refunded."

"Refunded?" Yuri raised an eyebrow towards Jesidril who gave her a deadpan.

"Your mess."

A/N: Hiiii everyone! So sorry this took so long! I had to deal with a lot of things lately. Still do but hopefully, I will be done so I could spend more time writing. I'll try to write more buds!