(Chapter Two) The Beast vs. The Stray
When the bell rang to go to our next class, I darted out of there in a flash. I was trying to hold back the tears that were welling up in my eyes. I knew there was a catch to Ryoko; he is a she! However, through my blind race of sadness, I bumped hard into something and fell back, my ass hitting the floor stiffly. "Ow ow ow!" I whimpered, wincing a bit. Suddenly, the something I ran into turned around and faced me, glaring down with his intensely fierce red eyes. "A-Ah!?" I whimpered, "R-Ren-senpai?!" I sat there in fear, shivering in the upperclassmen's shadow.
Ren-senpai, or Darren, who was best know as the Beastly Yakuza of the school's gang, was a very tall superior, towering over everyone around him. His jet black hair stood straight up, angled back a bit and spiky. His skin was paler than Ryoko's, making him look like a ghost among most. He was very well-built, enough to make me stare a lot of the times when he wasn't paying attention to beating the shit outta me or teasing me harshly to the point where I end up crying. A toothy sinister smile stretched across his face when he realized it was me.
"F-Forgive me, Ren-senpai!" I yelped loudly when he reached down, pulling me up off the floor by the back of my shirt and hoisting up into the air before him, "I-I don't mean it!"- I pulled my skirt down to the best of my ability, but I knew my pink panties were probably showing in the back- "P-Please put me d-down!!" Darren just snickered at me, his hot n' sweet breath caressed my blushing face. "Tsk tsk, Hikari," he guffawed, "And here I thought you'd learned your lesson by now. Then again, you are very stupid." I was shaking from head to toe, trying not to cry, when out of the blue, a voice shouted from the crowd, "PUT KARI-CHAN DOWN, YOU PIG-FACED GIT!"
I heard many gasps from the crowd that had gathered around; Darren glared among them, barking, "WHO IN THE HELL SAID THAT?!" From behind us, Ryoko emerged, glaring up at Darren with her piercingly dark eyes. "Ooh?" Darren snickered, lowering me to the floor finally and letting go, "I haven't seen your pretty lil' face before, girly."- many around us looked confused (I'm guessing they too thought Ryo was a guy)- "What's your name, noobie?" Ryoko moved her left bangs out of her face, only to have them fall back in place again, before replying in an irate tone, "Ryoko Orenichi. Who the fuck are you to be treatin' Kari-chan like garbage?"
"Darren," he accounted with a devilish smirk, and I knew he was probably looking her over; he's a big man-whore as well, "So, lil' Stray, you think I'm a pig-faced git? Heh, you're messing with the wrong guy, missy." Ryoko smirked back at him, in a more cocky way however as her arms crossed over her flat chest, and retorted, "Pheh, you bullies don't scare me, puss-a-tron! I've dealt with shit-heads like you since I was four!" I giggled a little at the feud, covering it up 'cause I didn't want Ren-senpai to beat me up.
His smirk was slowly started to fade and he growled, "You better watch your fuckin' mouth!" Ryoko threw her head back and laughed loudly, countering back, "Or what? You haven't the balls. Why don't you just go crawling back to your creeper hole and save us the trouble of smelling your reeking stench of anarchy?" Darren darted at Ryoko, throwing a heavy punch, but the smaller opponent ducked down swiftly, swiping Darren's legs out from under him. KA-THUD! He hit the floor hard and loud as the second bell rang, warning us to get to class before the third one went off.
Soon, some of the teachers started towards the fight and I did the right thing, running off, and heading to my locker; I really wanted to thank her for sticking her neck for me, but I didn't want to ruin my perfect attendance. I opened my locker swiftly when I got there, switching my history book out for my science one, and slammed the door shut before racing to the Science lab. Slipping into the room, I made my way to my table in the back and sighed out in relief.
Seconds after the bell rang, Ryoko slipped in and I perked up a bit. Somehow, even though I knew Ryo was a she, a part of me kept thinking she was a guy. With a big dorky grin, she came to my table and halted, asking, "Mind if I join ya, Kari-chan?" I couldn't help but smile and I nodded. She sat down, leaning back in the chair; and all I did was stare at her throughout science class, thinking she was just plain amazing. I think I was developing a crush for Ryoko Orenichi.