The older girls in front of Danuja had a mean strike and stronger scream to boot. They would swing the tools towards Danuja and scream awfully at her while swearing and cursing her entire lineage.
Danuja realized quickly what their goal was and later on she would like to tell herself that no, that shovel she got hit in the head wasn't at fault for her slowness. They weren't exactly trying to hit her but their screams and yelling was enough to make her blink startled more than a single time.
They were trying to attract the teachers attention with their screaming or at the very last some older students, boyfriends or brothers.
'' Menaces.'' Danuja said spitting the closest girl to her right in the mouth making her choke and retch in disgust. She was quickly silenced by Danuja shovel slamming into her side, throwing her away. It was a little blurry from that point on.
Fighting with persons of the same genders means that one way or another they have the same tactics as you. The senior would spit their gum at her and tug at her hair when she was careless, they would slam their tools on her chest making her gasp and scratch her with their long, fake nails before Danuja would grit her teeth and finally take a hold of them with her fists.
'' Don't you have no shame?!'' one of the last ones yelled at her much more quiet than before '' We are still girls like you! ''
'' And?'' Danuja monotone voice echoed in the room '' I don't discriminate by gender. If you deserve a beating then you get a beating. '' she said before she knocked her out with a jab between her eyebrows
When the girls were finally quiet and the boys weren't getting up anymore, Danuja turned around locking eyes with Ryota own red, desperate eyes.
'' Believe it or not-'' Danuja begin tugging him on the ground from his high horse, seeing how he was trying to go away from her ''- I don't mind beating a corpse either. ''
'' Shishijima!'' Ryota yelled curling on the floor, startling Danuja in the process
'' What the fuck did you just said?'' she growled, taking a of her shovel, knocking his arms away and pushing the rusty metal in his throat
'' Shishijima.'' Ryota said much more subdue than before '' Newly it's the only thing that can stop you. Or so I hear-ghk!'' he choked when Danuja pressed the metal harder, leaving behind a trace of red skin and teary eyes
'' The goons that come after you, which group are they part in. And don't tell me they aren't from any group cause I know better.'' she said seriously thinking just to smash his face with the shovel and be done with him
'' The what?'' he blabbered before looking at her shell shocked '' Wait, wait wait! You mean that all this-'' he showed around them at the still bodies ''- it's because I ambushed you at that time? I-'' he pointed insistently at himself ''- I searched for you since I come back from the hospital to take my revenge from that time and you are still hung up on that meeting? Which I lose?''
For a couple of seconds it was silence then Ryota started to laugh under her narrowed gaze.
The dull noise of metal hitting flesh brough the silence back. Ryota head was turned, half his face red and blood trickling out his mouth.
'' Names. Before I smash your other side.'' she gritted trying to stay in control of herself
'' The only 'goons' I have are around us.'' Ryota said spitting bubbles of blood '' I was a little too busy trying to keep my shoulder to send someone after you. Though it looks like I wasn't even in line to begin with.'' Ryota joked, laughing when Danuja face remained expressionless
It didn't make sense after all. If it wasn't Ryota who send them then who? If it wasn't her only, fucking, suspect than who? He could be lying but what for?
Why did they come at her at that time? Was there a motive to begin with?
'' When you come here I though you already found the rumors. That bitch, Shishijima must had loosened her tongue at you.''
'' What?'' Danuja said, the ringing in her ears stopping
'' Then you are just plain crazy.'' Ryota retorted, snorting before his face was turned to the other side, face swollen from the new hit '' She is an easy target you know?" he said without prompting '' Always trembling and crying at any touch. It was so fun that I almost forget about you.''
Ah, so that's how it is Danuja thought, her mind empty I wanted Ryota head for sending those goons and touching Dad and he wanted mine for humiliation and injuries. But then when I wasn't around he took the closest important thing for me.
It was like someone, something, took hold of Danuja mind and hit. Or at last that's what she would liked to say.
The truth was that Danuja looked right into Ryota eyes before baring her teeth at him and raising her shovel. The first hit was pleasant, like a relief. The next was curious, when a small piece of tooth fall out of his mouth. The next was gleeful when bubbles of blood appeared in his nose. Danuja looked at him, at how his face deformed from the hits and enjoyed every moment of it.
Kana was dangerous in Danuja mind. She was the most dangerous person she ever meet before. Dangerous with her sweet words and mischievous laugh. With soft eyes and softer skin. There was relief in her touches and presence.
But the truth was that Danuja was the dangerous one. The one that guarded and lashed out. That spit and fought. That wanted to take hold of Kana and never let go. To hide her away and treat her like a royalty.
Danuja was insane like that.
And then the bell rang and the spell was broken.