"Help! Somebody help him!" The boy on a wheelchair cried. He felt all too helpless; he couldn't help his friend in the state he is currently in. His friend was only protecting him. The bullies wanted to hurt him and his friend tried to protect him only to be thrown to the river.

The worst part is...

...his friend cannot swim.

Why must it happen?

A black haired kid and his pudgy companion walked over to his side.

"Please...help my friend..." Tears streamed down his face as he pointed at his drowning friend.

"Oi Ryoukan...is he asking for help in English?"

"Seems so, Youichi.." Ryoukan looked at the direction the kid was pointing at. "Oh no, someone is drowning! Let's help him!"

"This better be good." Hiruma grumbled as he went down the hill and removed his shirt, proceeding to save the poor boy. As he swam towards the boy, he was surprised as he was pushed away by the boy himself.

"They...they will come back and hurt him...! Take him away from them!" The raven haired boy gasped for air as he said the words weakly.

"We're strangers; we might even be bullies too. But we decided to help~" Hiruma teased, testing if the boy is feisty.

"Fuck you! I'd rather...I'd rather drown!"

"You would rather fucking drown and leave your friend behind?"

"...n-no..."

"Then shut up and let me help you!"

Hiruma wrapped his one left arm around the boy's waist and the other was used to swim back to the hill. Kurita pulled them out of the river while the raven coughed out the water in his system.

"Are you two okay?" Kurita asked, earning a nod from the two. They went back to the handicapped boy's direction. The two friends hugged each other tightly.

"I'm so sorry Alma...I shouldn't have left you."

"Don't worry, Yuu. You did nothing wrong."

"If you only understood..."

"Aaaah all that English speaking hurts my ears! Look, my nose is bleeding because of you lot!"

"But Youichi, I have a stash of tiss-"

"Fatty, it was an expression."

"...oh."

"How can I thank them, Yuu?"

"Hey moron, Alma wants to know how to repay you two."

"Feh, the name's Hiruma Yoichi. And all you need to do is to give me the names of the fucking bullies and a sugarfree bubblegum then we have a deal." He smiled evilly as he raised his Devil's Handbook.

"That's...all?"

"Ahh but Youichi! We haven't properly introduced ourselves!"

"Yeah well, they're the same, so let them introduce themselves first~"

"Tch...if I have to...Kanda Yuu. Just call me Kanda. My friend here is Alma Karma. He was born in America and that's why he can't speak Japanese."

"I'm Kurita Ryoukan! Nice to meet you!" He smiled widely.

It's how their unusual friendship began.