My armor blocks the incoming attack of the club and snaps on impact. I grab the end of the club, pull it out of the man's grip, and hit him upside the head.
He stumbles a bit and falls over. The man I threw into the table gets back up and tosses the table at me which catches me off guard and I fall on my back with the table on me. I throw it off of me and tackle the man down and start punching his head.
I get up from him and turn around to see one man left holding a knife and backing off. He looks around him and grabs the kimono girl from before and holds her in front of me with the knife in front of her neck. He is holding her hostage?
"D-don't move! Or this girl gets it!"
I stop where I am and not risk it. He is desperate. He might accidentally cut her if I am not careful. I back off and show my hands are empty and he smiles closing the knife on her neck which is cutting a bit into her.
"W-wait! Stop! Alright you win just let her and the other people go..." I say
"Why should we. It is the only leverage we have against you boy."
"Because they have nothing to do with it so please just let them go."
I get on my knees and bow down to them begging them to let them go. I can't risk them getting hurt. I can handle pain but not them. I am here to save them not hurt them or be the cause for them tog et hurt.
"Hey guys, come here..." he says with a sour tone.
His two other goons move back behind him passing by me and looking at my sorry state. They stand behind the main man and cross there arms.
"We will let them go if you remove your armor"
"Fine."
"Just like that?"
"If it means they are safe, then yes anything for them"
"Hehehe, remove your armor now."
I get myself up and start removing my armor throwing my chest plate and throwing the plate of armor on my thighs and legs. Including my greaves.
"There, now let them go..."
"You heard him people start running before we change our mind."
People start running out of the restaurant and begin fleeing the premises. All except the girl with the knife at her throat.
"Now now, we can't let our final hostage go otherwise we have no chance with you...now your gonna take a beating otherwise imma cut this girl right here and now!"
Suddenly one of the guys punches me in the snout staggering me back following up by a knee in the stomach. I fall backwards into a chair and he gets on top of me punching me which I start blocking.
I catch one of his arms and punch him in the throat but not to hard knowing I could kill him if I am not careful. I look back on the girl and he is still pressing the knife against her throat. I can't risk it...
The guy who I punched in the throat takes my horn and head butts me in the snout. Causing blood to start running out of my nose. He then tosses me to the ground and begins to kick me with the other thugs several times. God this hurts not defending myself.
"Agh! Stop!" I groan out
"Keep kicking him down till he breaks!"
"Stop! Leave him alone!" the kimono girl screams.
But they ignore him and keep kicking me down. One of them kicks me in the face causing one of my teeth to come out and blood to come out of my mouth. I block them from kicking my face but they kick my back and stomach many more times.
Eventually, I go limp and they stop. Except they give me one final kick in the stomach for good measure with another one into my ribs. But then I hear and feel a crack.
"Agh!" I scream out.
I think they just cracked a rib! Shit oh god, this hurts like hell! I hold my rib cage and turn over onto my back heaving for air. I hope my lung didn't get penetrated.
*huff huff huff* I breathe heavily with my holding my rib cage.
"Ha lizard boy took quite a beating I must admit. Finish him off"
"N-no leave him alone!" she says trying to get out of his grip.
"Shut up girl or your next!"
She shut up right after that and begins to cry.
"Now finish him!"
The biggest guy walks over to me and hovers above me. I think he should know how I feel about him.
"F-fuck you agh!" I groan out unable to speak with the amount of pain in my ribs. God this hurts.
He lifts me up and above his head and drops me on a table break it.
*crash*
"Oh my god!" she screams out.
I go limp as the pain is hard to deal with. I start moving however trying to fight back and and get up. He picks me up again and then moves towards the window and raises me up. I brace myself and then he throws me through the window.
*Crash*
As the window shatters everything goes in slow motion as glass shards goes into me. I lay on the ground bleeding from the nose and a glass shard got into my thigh. Agh!
*huff huff huff* "Sh-shit..." *Huff huff* I groan out trying to pick myself up.
*cough cough*
As drag myself to the window and lean myself against the open window, the three of the men surround the girl and forcefully strip her down. She tries to resist but they're too strong for her.
"Someone help me please!" she cries out but only I am here.
I *sigh* I need to get up. C'mon Coda you got this. No more being the punching bag.
I get myself up wobbling all over the place and hold my ribs. I need to get back inside. I start limping inside with the pain of my ribs holding me back from running inside. I spit up a bit of blood in my hands.
*cough cough* Ack! *cough*
I look at my hand and realize I likely am bleeding from the inside. At least I am not dead yet. I move myself slowly and push the door open quietly. They're trying to have their way with her but are distracted.
I pick up the broken club that was used against me and walk up behind him. I then raise my arm up and clubber one of them breaking the stick and then toss him aside.
"What the-!" one of them says.
He one of them gets up and attempts to tackle my but I catch him and use all of my strength and throw him into the ceiling and drop him into the ground. I then knock him out with a kick to the head.
"B-back off man I got a knife!"
"And...*crack* Agh!" my ribs snap again causing me to fall to my knee and he takes this chance and kicks me in the head knocking me over.
"Agh *huff huff*"
I am on my back on the ground and exhausted and tired. I need to get up! As I try to get up my ribs start shifting in my body and I can't move.
"Agh! God this hurts"
"Gonna hurt a lot more boy," he says holding the knife. He gets on his knees and stabs me in the other thigh
"Aaaah agh!" I scream out.
The girl is horrified seeing these turn of events taking place in front of her and can't feel anything and helpless. She stands up holding what is left of her ripped kimono and walks over to the counter while Coda is getting punched in the face.
"C'mon boy, *punch* I thought you were tough* *punch*
He keeps punching Coda several times causing his nose to bleed and bleed from above the eye and side of his cheek.
The lady takes a heavy pot and slowly carries it over above the man and drops it on his head staggering him.
"Oof!" the man says as he falls forward.
I take this as a chance and I lean forward regardless of the cracking ribs and bite him on the neck and pull!
"Aaaaaaaah!" the man screams out in pain.
I bite deeply into his neck and rip out his throat and swallow down the blood I just got from him. I then punch him one last time in the face knocking him out.
*huff huff huff* "Urk!" I groan out in pain
"T-thank...Thank you..." I groan out trying to get myself up.
"Yeah...no problem sir..." she says looking down at me on her knees.
"Call me Coda..*huff*"
"Thank you Coda...for saving my life. And my virginity. You took a beating for me...How can I ever repay you?"
"H-help...Help me get up." I try to get up with the shifting ribs in my body starting to shock me in pain. I start limping out of the restaurant.
"W-wait!" she exclaims.
I turn around leaning against the door frame and examine her.
Her kimono is half ripped off and she is holding it close to her trying to keep her covered.
"We-I...If you like you can stay here...If you like. We have an extra room available if you like. This place functions as a hotel slash sushi restaurant..."
"t-thanks...But I have someone....someone" my vision starts getting blurry as I start leaning against the door frame and fall over onto my side.