Raika Appears

The three bullies continued to antagonise him. "You know, this blazer cost a lotta money, you're gonna pay for it right?"

The victim stood there in silence, he was now surrounded by the other two goons and couldn't do anything to escape. His fear preventing him from answering or thinking clearly.

In response to the boy's hesitance, the man asked again, this time walking up to him and firmly placing a hand onto his shoulder. "you're gonna pay aren't ya? Hand over 50 bucks and we'll be all good"

"I-I don't have that kind of money," the kid whimpered, aware of the punishment he would receive for this answer.

Now his tone shifted to a more aggressive one. "Come again?" The two at his side started to grin as they boxed the kid in. "Let's try this agai----"

"He said he doesn't wanna give you money bonehead," a voice interrupted confidently. "Also, if ya only got a stain, you don't have to buy a new one. Just get it cleaned idiot." This unexpected comment came from a female's voice behind them.

After recognising the voice, Ray quickly turned back around, and as soon as he saw her face, he smiled in relief.

The bully viciously turned to face her. "Huh! who the hell said that?" he shouted, "you got a death wish girl?"

There she stood, with short brown hair and a resolute expression. She wore the school uniform in a tomboyish way with an untucked shirt, no tie and her sleeves rolled up. She also wore numerous bandages wrapped around her fist and a white bandanna on her head.

After seeing her uniform, the two underlings finally decided to open their mouths. "Not good bro," one of them said, "that symbol."

He was referring to a dragon pattern that was stitched onto her blazer.

"that girl is with--"

Before he could finish though, the very person he was trying to warn had already started to walk in her direction. "You really want to die that badly, huh," he remarked with a pissed off expression, stretching his arm in a circle.

The girl gave a confident smile in order to provoke him further. This worked, since his veins were now visibly popping from the surface of his forehead and the speed at which he approached her increased.

As soon as she got into his range, the large man aimed for a punch.

But before his fist could even think about reaching her, in an instant, he was met with a fierce uppercut that managed to knock out one of his teeth.

The upward force alone, enough to knock him right back to his buddies. His minions stood there in shock. "Bro!" They cried. The man was knocked out cold with his goons next to him, dancing around in confusion and surprise.

Ray looked at him, lying on the floor just a meter or two away from himself. He was nervously watching the altercation taking place, and whilst he certainly had faith in Raika's fighting capabilities, he was also worried about the possibility that she would have to fight multiple opponents.

In the end, the two minions had to carry their boss away, mimicking paramedics holding a stretcher, as they rushed out of the cafeteria.