He hit my face. I felt my vision get blurry and I started getting dizzy. I fell down with a thud on the floor. I was about to lose my consciousness. But I heard Makino and Keisuke rushing over. I reopened my eyes and told them to wait.
" But you're bleeding!!" Makino had a worried face.
" Yes yes, yes I can see that." I stood up and wiped the blood with my shirt.
" He took a direct hit from Narukami and is still standing."
" Is it really because he's stronger?"
" What are you playing at?" Narukami asked.
" Sigh...are you satisfied now that you hit me? Can I go home?" I yawned.
" H-how dare you!." Narukami got angry and once again leaped to attack. Instead of dodging, I caught it this time. There was a loud noise and then the room became silent. I gripped the bat so hard that my fingerprints were stuck on it. He looked scared at what I did.
" You know I'm planning to let you go because you're a nice guy. If you were some kinda scum like that Akihito guy, then I would've beat you up. Usually the people I often fight with end up attacking the people I know." I looked at Makino and Keisuke
" But you showed no interest in them. Even after telling you all this, you still want to fight...." I totally crushed the bat with my hand and then I stared at him in the eyes.
Cold sweat dripped from his face and he fell on his knees looking down with despair.
" I admit defeat." He said.
" You weren't weak." I lent my hand," Out of all the people I've ever fought. You lasted a bit longer. A normal person wouldn't be able to see through your spinning attack."
He grabbed my hand and stood up. The people in his gang were confused. They had no idea what to do.
" Let's go" I took Makino and Keisuke.
Both of them nodded. When we exited the door, I heard people following us.
"Oye oye....now what?" I was about to turn around and I saw what they did. They bowed with respect.
" Thank you Aniki (means brother here) for sparing Narukami san."
" Sigh.... Yeah yeah no problem."
" That was kind of dangerous back there. Every time you dodged or just simply moved, Keisuke made weird noises like ooh and woah." Makino laughed.
" No but seriously, when the bat went bam and you moved with a whoosh, it felt awesome back there." He really looked like an elementary school kid.
" Am I that interesting?" I asked Keisuke.
" Of course you are. This is the first time I've witnessed a fight. And not only a plain one, it felt like a pros battle."
" Pros battle huh? "
"Anyway, what happened to that Akihito. Didn't see him after Sugawara San finished." Makino asked.
" I guess he ran away. And by the way, when did you give him a bruise?" Keisuke asked.
" Hmm....I'm pretty sure that I just lifted him up. I didn't do anything more than that." I replied.
" Well it's nice that this problem was solved as early as possible."
We reached the cycle stand area.
" Ok then, I'll see you tomorrow. You guys try waking up early tomorrow." Keisuke went in the opposite direction from where we came.
" Get on" I told Makino.
" I feel like the same thing which happened in the morning will occur again." Makino laughed.
" Oye don't jinx it."
She sat behind and yes the same traffic officer was after us again.
" Don't think you can run away from me!" He yelled.
And yes we got away from him. We reached the place where Makino left her cycle.
" Well then, see you tomorrow." She waved her hand as I disappeared into the distance. I returned home and found it empty. It was always empty at this time. My dad's shift started right after my school got over. He's a firefighter by the way. I haven't seen him putting out fires anywhere. I asked him why I didn't see him around here and he said that fires in cities are rare, so he has an office near a chemical industry. Almost 3-4 fires break out daily and he has to put it out with his team.
I took a shower and after getting dressed, I went straight to the kitchen for lunch. My dad keeps some leftovers he made before leaving for his Job. He probably knows that I eat cornflakes and nothing else when I'm home alone.
I mean what's wrong with eating cornflakes three times a day?
The house felt nice and quiet. I finally relaxed after a long time. Today was really a troublesome day. I prefer a really quiet life. Sure there was a time when I wished for an adventurous life and I attained it. But I stepped out of my line and crossed my limits. From then onwards, my life went downhill.