"Guys, come quick! Tenro's fighting back against Rishon."
Harmony heard these words from a student passing by and was left stunned.
"Tenro?" She whispered to herself in disbelief.
She had known the boy since they were little, before joining the academy. He had always been someone who allowed others to trample over him.
It started in pre-school. His unnatural pink hair and eyes had made him an easy target.
She had always wanted to step in and do something, but her parents forbade her.
"A man who cannot defend himself doesn't deserve to be defended." Her father would tell her.
Harmony clutched at her skirt nervously as she started to hurry down the hallway towards the commotion.
He's finally fighting back!
---
Yohan blocked out the noise around him as he charged at the giant.
On Earth, he wouldn't even need to focus against such an opponent.
However, in this frail body...
I'm weaker in every way. I can't rely on strength at all.
I need to overpower him with skill.
The pair stepped into range, and Rishon threw a dangerous overhand right.
Too slow.
Yohan ducked underneath the blow, pushing himself forward with his back leg and dropping his front knee to the ground.
Using his momentum, he drove himself into the front leg of the brute and wrapped both arms around it.
A single leg takedown. One of the most common moves in wrestling.
Using his shoulder to push into the man's stomach, and his hands to pull on the man's leg, Yohan managed to send the giant toppling to the ground.
He fell atop him with a thud, and the crowd went crazy.
"What the fuck? When did Yohan learn to wrestle?"
"It was luck. Let go of him and fight like a man, Pinky!"
The crowd cheered and booed at the same time as Yohan managed to straddle his opponent.
Rishon tried to use his hips to thrust the man off of him, which should have been an easy task, considering he was so light.
However, Yohan already had his legs wrapped around him. Using basic Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, he was able to take the better position.
But then...
THUD!
Just as he was about to mount and make another attack, one of the giant's goons booted him in the chest, flat-footed.
Yohan tumbled backwards, rolling over himself. The wind was knocked from his lungs in an instant.
Fuck. This bodies core is so mediocre!
Before even coming to a stop, he felt multiple fists and feet hitting him from all angles.
He was being jumped.
Yohan tried to struggle, but his body was too weak. All he could do was curse himself as he took the beating.
It only stopped when a voice came from the other side of the hallway, loud and stern.
"Is this how the strongest gang of year two fights? Four on one?"
The hallway seemed to quieten down, as their attention turned towards the voice.
Yohan, who was battered and bruised, looked up. The students jumping him took steps back, but remained in range.
There stood a handsome man of average height. He wore the black academy uniform and his hand rested in the trouser pockets.
His hair was blonde and slicked back elegantly, and his eyes were a mismatch of colours. One gold, and one silver.
Rishon looked at the man, eyes wide with fear that he tried to hide.
"Nubian. This isn't any of your business. Pinky tried to fight back so we're putting the fucker in his place."
Nubian looked down at 'Pinky'. There seemed to be disgust in his eyes.
"It takes four of you to beat one of him? To be fair, it seems like he had you on the ground there. Was you struggling?"
"W-what, no! If I didn't trip he would've been—"
Before Rishon could finish the sentence, two arms wrapped around his legs.
He looked down to find Yohan with his hands around his ankle, and his legs curling around his.
In that same moment, Yohan pulled and twisted at the leg with all of his force, sending the man falling to the ground once again.
Rishon tried to kick and landed a successful boot on Yohan's face.
But it was too late. The crowd was hardly able to react before it all happened.
CRACK!
Yohan released his hold of the ankle as soon as he felt it twist beyond what was humanly possible.
He rolled away, and made it back to his feet, waiting for the screams to follow.
"AHHHH!"
Rishon looked down to find his right ankle torqued at a disgusting angle.
The crowd screamed in disbelief. Rishon's goons were torn between helping their leader or beating the shit out of the pink-haired brat.
But before any decisions could be made, Yohan was already fleeing the scene down the hallway.
He had no idea where he was going, but he was certain that he couldn't fight against all those opponents with his weak body.
For now, he would find a place to hide and collect his thoughts.
After all, he needed to find out what the fuck was going on in this world.
---
Nubian watched the scene unfold with an interested look on his face.
As Rishon screamed whilst clutching at his leg, cursing at the boy who had done it, Nubian rubbed at his chin.
"That was a perfect heel hook." He said to himself. "Isn't that the pink-haired orphan brat that's been bullied for his entire life? Where did he learn that?"
Another figure stepped up beside Nubian. A woman.
She looked similar. Hair bright blonde and eyes a mismatched gold and silver. It was clear to all that they were siblings, or perhaps even twins.
"Have you taken an interest in him, brother?" The girl asked curiously, but Nubian shook his head.
"No. He'll probably be killed by the end of the day by the leader of the gang Rishon belongs to, and that will be the end of the story."
He looked down at Rishon as the man was carried away on a stretcher by the school nurses.
But at least Pinky managed to go out with a bang.