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Author's note: It's been a while hasn't it. Whoops! I meant to update earlier, but life got in the way (as usual) and now I'm on spring break so I have time. You guys are super special awesome for leaving reviews when I totally don't expect any. Thank you for the encouragements and I hope you keep reading. And for my readers (and everyone else) that's in Japan right now please be safe and stay strong. I'm always thinking about you guys. As Yankumi would say…fight-oh!

Chapter 7: Helping Hands

The cold night air sent her a rush of adreline, making her lungs pump faster than normal. Yankumi literally bumped into her group of students. "I heard from Odagiri-sensei, where did Takasugi go," she asked urgently.

"He took off," said Muto. "To settle things with the bikers."

"He's going to get his ass kicked for sure," Masushita added. The four boys looked guilty.

"Why the hell did you guys let him go?" Yankumi said fiercely. They winced. "Why did you let him go alone?"

"That's because those guys are seriously bad…"

"That's not the point!" said Yankumi. "The point is if he is your friend you wouldn't just drop him…I thought you guys were friends." She was beyond pissed and ran off, leaving them behind.

They just stared after her and minutes later Shin saw them and clenched his fist. "Why are you guys here?" he asked.

No one answered until Muto spoke up with surprise, "Ahh! Aren't you Shin Sawada, who graduated from Tokyo University and then went to do some volunteer work in Africa?"

Shin raised an eyebrow. "Yankumi told you…"

Before he could finish, Mochizuki interrupted him. "Nah, don't you know? Sawatari actually blew up a giant poster size of you and put it on the bulletin board of the teacher's office."

"Yeah, straight As, number one rank on the entrance exam…"

"That aside," Shin cleared his throat. "Weren't you guys caught up by some biker gang?"

They shifted uncomfortably. "Yankumi went after Reita," Muto said.

"Who went by himself," added Igarashi.

Damn, why does she have to be so reckless Shin growled. And these guys…

"Her ideas on friends and loyalty…at first they seem meaningless and annoying, but we thought so too. Now we understand. The things she taught us," Shin said remembering. "Calling yourselves as friends is easy, but that's just talk. If you guys are really friends you stick together no matter what happens. Right? Now where's Yankumi?" He said, pulling the shirt of one of the guys until he felt his phone vibrate.

Shin opened his cell phone and saw a text he had gotten from Odagiri, telling him the location. Yankumi was going to need all the help she could get, even with her super abnormal strength. Without another glance at them, Shin started to follow the directions on the map Odagiri had sent along.

Please don't let do anything rash and let her be safe.

…

"If I win, you better stay away from our school," Reita negotiated calmly.

The head biker smirked. "Did you guys hear that?" he told his companions, who laughed as if it was a very funny joke.

"Stop laughing!" Reita snapped.

"I don't fight one-on-one."

Shit. He should've known it wouldn't be just him and that guy. It was a trap.

Coward Reita thought bitterly and smirked. He kept his cool and put his hands into his pocket. More and more members started to pour in on their bikes.

…

Yankumi ran as fast as she could, following the route Odagiri had sent her.

Just as things were starting to get worse, the door of the warehouse was opened with force, stopping them. Gone with her glasses and ponytails. Everyone stared, including Reita, who had never seen his homeroom teacher like this. She just walked into a trap damn it and was going to get killed. What the hell is she thinking? Or wasn't she thinking at all…

"You're all pathetic," she said. "All of you…ganging up on one high school kid."

"Who the hell are you supposed to be?"

"Me?" Yankumi asked. "I'm his homeroom teacher that's who am I."

"We're teaching him a lesson Miss homeroom teacher," the head biker mocked, picking up a metal rod. "This is his punishment for being a cocky asshole. It's called common sense." He raised his rod at her threateningly.

Yankumi smirked.

"What's so funny?" he scowled.

"Common sense?" she scoffed. "Don't try and pretend that you don't know what you're talking about."

"You might be his homeroom teacher, but If I were you…I'd watch out."

On cue one of the biker gang started to attack her, but she reacted quickly and threw him to the ground. The others started to back slowly away, but with their weapon held up in defense. "If words aren't enough…I'll fight you."

And that's what he did. Once down the others started as well, but they were no match for her.

Reita looked on with amazement. He didn't want to sit there and let her fight his fights, even as skilled as she was. This was his fight. Several of the guys had grabbed Yankumi's arm and she could feel their strength as she tried to throw them off her. No use she thought, struggling. She wouldn't give up, however. It was then she could sense an object was going to come.

"Look out!" Reita shouted. He was preparing himself to head butt them, but…

She closed her eyes and braced for it …it never came because Odagiri had got her back, as he stopped the guy in time. Close call, she thought. "Odagiri," she whispered gratefully, acknowledging his presence.

Odagiri grabbed the guy by the shirt. "Fighting is done with your bare hands, you coward."

He knocked him down and together they fought anyone within the vicinity who still wouldn't give up.

Reita could feel the ropes behind him, loosening and looked up as he saw a red head guy freeing him. "You alright?" Shin asked.

"Yeah, but Yanaguchi…she's outnumbered," he said, nodding to her direction.

Shin smirked. "I think it's going to be over soon…" Reita stared at him quizzically.

And he was right as always. "Had enough yet?" Yankumi roared.

"We'll get you for this," the leader warned her.

Scared, one by one the bikers started to run off to the direction of the entrance of the warehouse. "If I were you, I wouldn't do that," Shin called out casually. He took out his phone and the bikers gasped. "Let's just say the police will be here any minute." They stopped as they heard sirens.

"The police!"

"They're here."

Panic seized them and they slowly backed away…frozen until they heard footsteps. It got louder. "Freeze!"

…

"Ouch! That hurts," Reita said, as Yankumi applied some alcohol onto his bleeding mouth.

"Don't be a baby," said Yankumi. "Besides I did tell you that it would sting."

"You didn't even warn him," Odagiri muttered.

"Oh, shut up you," she said. She closed the medicine box and put it aside on the table. "There! All done. How do you feel?"

"Like someone who got a bee sting."

"Serves you right for going after those bikers by yourself. What were you thinking?" Yankumi said furiously, shaking her head.

Before he could open his mouth to retort the door to the classroom opened and the four boys, who called themselves Reita's friends stumbled in awkwardly and looking apologetic. "Reita, we're so sorry. We should've been there with you."

"Are you okay?"

"Sorry we shouldn't have let you go by yourself."

"We're really sorry!" They chorused.

"You guys…forget about it," Reita said, with a small smile on his face.

"Now you guys are real friends," Yankumi said.

"You…what kind of teacher fights?" Reita wanted to know curiously.

"This one," she said. "You fight to protect the things that are important to you."

"Important to me?" Reita repeated.

"Yeah you guys are very important to me," Yankumi said firmly. "Teachers have to protect their students, right? Yosh!" she said, getting up from her chair. "Now that's settle let's all go run out into the sunset." Just before she went out she said, "Thanks Odagiri and Shin…for earlier."

The two shrugged their shoulders. "Whatever," Odagiri said, looking sheepishly.

Without another word she ran out of the classroom excitedly. "Hurry up and follow me you guys."

"What a weird teacher."

"The weirdest one I ever had so far."

"Still," Shin said. "No one else tries so annoyingly hard to relate to her," he said. Odagiri nodded.

"What sunset?" Odagiri said amused. It was almost early in the morning. Sunset had ended several hours ago.

"You're right…guess we should follow her and run towards the moon," Shin smirked, taking off with his hands in his pockets.

"In my condition, I think I'll pass," Reita said. "Best we should head on home."

…

Somewhere in another part of town, police sirens went off. Ren Kazama ran as he thought it was safe. But he was wrong as flashlights pointed at him and a police said "Stop!"

He hadn't been in this much trouble since his high school days damn it. He was scared, he wanted to stop all this hiding business, but he had no choice. The police was coming towards him and he didn't want to be caught. He was so pissed at himself, at those people.

He had trusted them.

The problem was what was he going to do now?