A big city full of bustling streets, and everyone was heading somewhere or doing something. It was a city full of activity and it never slept.
On a tall building, a boxing match between two fighters could be seen. This city and its people are known for producing top-tier boxers and for this reason nearly everyone had the dream of going pro.
And near the outskirts of the city where the crime rate is the highest and most people in poverty live.
There lives a boy and his mother, who works 2 jobs just to pay the rent and feed him. Due to overworking, her son was always at home by himself and sometimes had to feed himself while she was working.
He wished so much he could help her but he was useless, that's all he told himself.
"Oh yeah, the first day of school is starting soon. Freshmen year...."
The boy sounded nervous about his future school endeavors, but he calmed himself and tried not to think of it.
The tan-skinned male grabbed a VHS tape and inserted it into his old TV.
It was boxing, two men sat in their designated corners waiting for the second round to commence. They spat out blood and had their small cuts attended to by the people at their side.
"I always love to watch this knock out!" the boy sat before the tv in a Criss-cross position as his face lit up with a sense of joy.
The two boxers stood up and walked near each other as the bell rang for the round to start, and after 10 seconds of exchanging blows the man on the right dodged the other's punch and countered it with a punch of his own, knocking the man out.
Everyone cheered and clapped for the man, they screamed his name and surrounded the ring. The man would grasp the belt and sit it on his shoulder.
The boy had his eyes glued to the screen, he imagined what it was like to have others scream your name. He wanted to box but due to his skinny and weak body, he knew it was near impossible.
The VHS tape would stop and the boy would remove it from his TV.
"Sigh~ I should probably head to bed, I have school tomorrow. Mom probably won't be back for a while..." He was scared, he was frequently bullied all throughout middle school and he just wanted it to change but of course, It didn't.
Takumi walked through the school hallways looking like he was completely lost trying to find his class.
While walking he heard a familiar voice, it was one he couldn't possibly forget. Loud, obnoxious, annoying, and cocky. It was the sound of his bully, his throat was now dry and his heart was beating so hard he felt like it was beating out of his chest.
"Hey, ~ Takumi....been a minute huh? did you miss me?"
Takumi was silent, he was afraid of being bullied and humiliated he just wanted a new start. 'Why me?..."
"Y-Yeah Urata...I-I'll forever miss my friend." Urata wrapped his arm around his shoulder and smiled with a mocking face, "I knew you would." He then started to smack Takumi's head back to back. "Haha~ just some friendly playing..."
"Y-Yeah.." Takumi was on the verge of crying but he held it back.
"Haha~ why's that freshman hitting that other kid? haha!" the older students laughed at Takumi.
A girl with long dark hair that went to her back and blue-azure eyes that looked like gemstones stood before the two. She was very pretty and it nearly made Takumi's heart skip a beat. "Hey, stop it Urata! you've been messing with him forever!"
"K-Kana.." It was Takumis's long-time crush who he's liked since elementary school, she was sweet and treated everyone equally, and along with being a model student, she was nearly perfect.
Urata slicked back his spiky hair and put out his tongue. "Huh?? f*ck off will ya!"
"No! Just leave him alone! you know that he's weak..you can't just hurt him like that." Even though it was harsh words and she didn't mean it in a rude way but it was just the truth.
Those words struck him hard, "He's weak.." he wished he could change he wish he wasn't weak.
Urata smacked Takumis head once more before walking off, "Yeah, Yeah!"
Kana walks over to Takumi and looks into his eyes, "Are you okay?" she says with a worried tone.
Takumi's heart beats harder and a small blush grew on his face, "Y-Yes.."
He stood up from the floor and walked into class, the students snickered at the sight of seeing him.
And of course, Urata was also in this class, Takumi saw an empty seat and took it. As he seated himself near the middle row he already started to feel small stuff being thrown at him.
He grew angrier and angrier, but he knew he was no match for them.
The bell rang for lunch time and the students rushed out of class and headed toward the cafeteria.
There Takumi stood in line waiting his turn to grab his food, but came Urata to mess with him. "Excuse me~ you wouldn't mind if it cut, will you? Keke!" He shoved Takumi out of the way and took his spot.
"H-Hey! that's my spot!" he yelled out.
"Oh? Did this bastard grow a pair over the summer?" Urata would slap Takumi.
But he wouldn't back down, he wanted to finally stand up for himself. "G-Give it back!" Takumi ran at Urata and started to pull on him, "W-What the hell? Weirdo get off!" Urata would shove him away and wipe his school uniform off. "Fine take it you damned crybaby, but after school, we'll be having a talk!"
Takumi smiled a bit because, for the first time, he stood up to his bully, but he knew what was awaiting him after but he didn't wanna think about that right now.
Takumi found a place to sit and as he sat by himself, Kana would walk over to sit down next to him.
"Hello!~ I feel as if no student should be left out so I'll be sitting here today!"
"H-Huh??..Oh okay.." He had a faint smile on his face as he ate his food.
"Why is Kana sitting with that guy?" one pretty girl gossiped, "Who knows, she is really kind I guess."
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Urata stood before Takumi with 2 other boys with cocky smiles on their faces. "Yo~ remember our little talk during lunch right?"
"Y-Yea-" Urata would rush at Takumi and punch him in the face knocking him to the floor. "AGH!"
"W-Wait..."
"Shut up!" Urata kicked him back to back, and the other boys in the back snickered. "What are you dumbasses waiting for come help, Koda and Tobe!"
Koda and Tobe stopped laughing and walked over, but Takumi would stand up. 'I...I can't just go out like this, I need to fight back! I know I'm weak but at least I'm fighting back right?..."
Takumi would put up his fist, "Oh?...." Urata would do the same and smirked boldly "Idiot.." He rushed at Takumi and sent a body blow to his ribs "AH!" he then hit him with a jab to the face and knocked him back down.
"Just stay down you bastard."
"N-No way!" Takumi sent sloppy and wide punches, Urata just had a disappointed look on his face and weaved each punch.
"sigh~" Urata would smile and then send a strong right hook to his jaw.
Takumi fell to the ground and just lay there as Urata, Koda, and Tobe walked away while laughing and mocking him.
"I wish, I could fight...I wish I wasn't so weak."
[DING!]
[BOXING SYSTEM FULLY BOOTED..]
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