𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐃𝐄 1

: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐠|

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It's a fine sunny weather and everyone is on a day off. Normal people spends their time either working on their hobbies, watching tv, studying, or just plainly sleeping.

However, not everyone spends their time in comfort and laziness - there's these gangs around the area who always seeks for violence, but there's also who protects. It's a violent and cruel world for the both.

The famous small girl-gang is no exception. The name Kōketsucho is very popular, for it means a butterfly that is a attracted to the smell of blood. Although that is the gang's name, they actually just spends their time hanging around in public places - while also not hesitating to help those who are in need. Playing hero, but they know to themselves they are not some superhuman who can always help someone.

There is a girl, however, who stand out but doesn't catch attention at all. She stuck out like a sore thumb, but no one is interested in her. She's not interesting enough.

"Karin! Let's go buy some dorayaki!" Miyu latches herself into Karin's arms and pulled her into the shop. "B-But, didn't you just ate those just a moment ago?" Karin softly said, afraid to anger her precious friend.

"Eeeh? I want more!" Miyu whined, resulting into Maika smiling scarily at Miyu. "Do you still have money for the train, hmm?" Maika asked gently with hidden malice.

Miyu flinched, "I-I do!" She rammaged her bag and opened her wallet, only to find a single hundred yen in her wallet.

"!!!?"

Shocked that her money's gone by a wind, she stared at her wallet in disbelief. "Where did my money go?"

"Geez. Now, i need to lend her some money she won't even pay for later." Yui grumbled under her breath, sighing in annoyance before she inched over to Karin's side.

"Hey, we're actually going to watch a fight later. Wanna come with us?" Yui asked the quiet Karin. Hearing what Yui said, Karin contemplated whether she will come or not - but coming with them means more spending time with them right?

It's not like she wants to go home anyways. "Okay." She smiled.

"Okay! I'll call Shuna for a moment to tell her that you'll come. Stay there."

"Mh."

Yui walked away, leaving Karin who sat on a bench near the huge sakura tree. She watched Miyu and Maika bicker in front not far away from her place. Since the other members are not here, it's not completely rowdy like how it is when they are complete.

Today, there's only Karin, Miyu, Maika and Yui strolling around the city. Since Yuuka, Shuna and Arisa had other plans. Yuuka being busy studying, her parents reprimanded her and told her she will have to keep her grades intact because they kept slipping from a passing grade to a near zero.

Shuna, on the other hand, is busy helping her father train the newbies at the dojo. And Arisa is busy playing her games, wanting to defeat the final boss. But they all made plan that they would all meet later today to watch a fight. Gang fight, it seems. Maika and the other girls seems to know alot about it, except Karin.

"Sorry to keep you waiting, Karin! Shuna said that we will meet near the park - since it's near the destination we will go. You should be there by five or we'll leave you, 'kay?" Yui started explaining to Karin, who only nodded her head.

"What's the gang fight for, anyway?" Karin asked and looked up at the standing Yui, both hands placed on both of her waist. Smiling sweetly at Karin. "They place bets on who will win while the boys fight or something. We're just gonna watch to entertain ourselves, and maybe find some cute guys."

Karin sweatdropped. "So, that's how it is."

"Yes. it is. Now let's go! We still need to patrol the area for some suspicious gangsters causing some trouble."

"Okay, let's go." Karin stood up and walked up to the fuming Miyu who was heavily reprimanded by Maika who's smiling triumphantly. "Miyu-chan, let's get going now. I'll buy you some dorayaki tomorrow, my treat." Karin smiled, which made Miyu brighten up immediately. It also made Maika to frown.

"Yay! You're the best, Karin!" Miyu latched herself again to Karin. Smiling from ear to ear.

"You can't keep spoiling her, Karin. She'll end up being dependent to you someday." Maika sighed, also matching their pace while walking.

"Maika-nee is right, Karin. Miyu is being heavily spoilt by you, it would be a huge backlash someday." Yui agreed with Maika, poking Karin's cheeks while she sticks out her tongue at Miyu who kept glaring at Yui.

Karin just smiled, "I love spoiling Miyu, so I think it's okay. But I hope she can be considerate sometimes." At Karin's last statement, she smiled softly at Miyu so she won't offend her in any ways. While Maika and Yui sighed in exasperation.

"Okay, I'll do my best to be considerate sometimes." Miyu pouted, her hug on Karin tightening just a little bit. Showing how much possessive and protective she is of Karin.

"Mh. I hope you do well, Miyu." Karin patted Miyu's head.

"Geez. I still wonder why you're so kind. Like you've been locked in a house away from the negatives." What Maika said made Karin flinched just a little, but it's enough for Miyu whose holding her to notice how stiff she became after what Maika said.

"O-Oh. It's not like that." Karin warily smiled. Her previous tense figure relaxing into a more calm one.

"Why are you so nice though? Well, it's not like we hate it. We're just wondering why you seem too kind sometimes." Yui added. She looked at Karin, expecting her to answer her somehow. But she was given an awkward silence when Karin just stared ahead with a distant look on her face.

With that look on Karin's face, Maika finally caught on. She diverted their attention away from Karin when Maika said there's a bunch of gansters causing some trouble under the bridge.

"Looks like those bunch of guys are ganging up on those two." Maika pointed at the scene. Yui and Miyu looked at where Maika were pointing, Miyu being excited to fight - didn't said anything and just jumped down from the bridge to the ground.

"Hey! Miyu!" Yui was too late when Miyu already jumped. Miyu gracefully landed infront of the two guys.

The two widened their eyes in surprise when a girl suddenly landed infront of them, and so gracefully at that. From the looks of it, she jumped from the bridge, it's a high place to jump from, but she seems completely fine.

Miyu looked up, expecting the other girls to jump down as well. "Hey! Don't be a wimp and go down as well!" Miyu shouted.

Yui, hearing her last statement of being a wimp annoyed her - so she didn't waste her time to jump down as well. Fortunately, she has a lot of lower body strength. So, she landed completely fine. "Don't call us a wimp. you baby spoiled brat." Yui barked at Miyu, but was completing ignored.

"Maika, Karin! Are you two not coming down?" Miyu shouted again. Now, all the guys looked up at the bridge, and noticed a pink haired girl standing on the railing. Standing with her left hand place on her waist, she smirked down at Miyu. "I can go down there, but remember that Karin won't be fighting."

Miyu remembered Karin's condition, so she ended up giving up that idea. She focused her attention to the bunch of gangster infront of her. She smirked along with Yui's little sweet smile.

"So. what are you guys doing?" Miyu started. Eyeing the guys from head to toe.

"Oi, little girl. I suggest you stop sticking up your nose in other people's business, or you'll deeply regret it. I'll give you time to run for your lives before I smash both of your head with my bat." The guy, who seems to be the leader, threatened the two - which failed miserably because one, Miyu isn't scared at his shit and two, Yui is merely confident with her skill.

"Why don't you try?" Yui smiled - and without saying anything, Miyu dashed forward in a fast rate. Surprising the bunch of gangster, she slid on the ground before she kicked their balls off.

"OOF-"

Yui chuckled at Miyu's merciless move, before she moved too. Noticing two men coming her way, she ducked and used her hands to support herself on the ground as she raised her legs to kick both of guy's face, swinging to the right side.

Maika who was watching, didn't hesitate to record the whole fight - smiling proudly. "That's my girls!"

Karin who was watching, shifted uncomfortably on her place. Both worried for the two, and not liking the scene infront of her. "Will they be okay? There's a bunch of guys and they're only two of them." Karin asked Maika.

"Well, yeah I'm worried they'll get injured. But Yui there is completely a monster at fighting, along with that violent baby monster right out there. Do you think they will lose by merely fighting a bunch of middle schoolers, without any sort of real experience of fighting an expert?" Maika smiled.

Karin had to agree to Maika's statement, even though deep inside of her - she's still worried about them. After all, too much strength will pay them consequences. She clenched her teeth as she suddenly remembered an unpleasant memory.

"Okay.." She uttered softly, shaking the thoughts away.

Back at Miyu and Yui, they took almost all the guys and were now staring at them in fear as Miyu is pressing her feet at the guy's head, and Yui is glaring at the other guy beneath her as she stood tall. Their eyes gleaming a dangerous glint.

"Leave these two boys alone, or we'll come and get you all again." After Yui's threat - the guys scrambled away for their life.

"What a bunch of wimps. Hmph!" Miyu huffed, placing both of her hands on her waist.

"What do you expect? Those are gangster who takes pleasure on beating weaker people to boost their egos." Yui sighed, turning her head behind her to see the two guys looking at them in pure admiration.

"Are you two okay?" Yui walked to them, her kind smile on her face to reassure them that she's harmless.

"Yes. Thank you for saving us." The guy with longer blonde hair who seems to be timid bowed in gratitude, while the other guy who has plum colored hair with pompadour hairstyle smiled.

"It's our job to make sure the other gangsters aren't causing any trouble. Don't worry about it!" Miyu cheerfully said, nearing her face to the blonde guy.

"Still, those guys are our bully. We're thankful that you saved us. Takuya here is very frail, so I had to protect him. But I'm not very strong."

"Mhhh. Do you guys want to learn how to fight? Our leader runs a family dojo, she's insanely good at fighting." Yui suggested.

"Is it really okay?" The pompadour haired guy asked. Hesitantly looking at the two. As he was about to reject the offer, another girl jumped from the top - there he saw a pink haired girl with blue eyes, wearing a black tank top with spaghetti strap and a short red shorts.

"It's certainly fine. Newbies are always welcome, she'll gladly accept the two of you." Maika averted her eyes at the last statement, because she knows that Shuna is kind of sadistic - she'll be really happy accepting weaklings so she can satisfiy her sadist side.

"T-Then, we'll gladly take it! We actually have some friends, I'll ask them if they want to join as well!" The blonde guy said in enthusiasm.

"That's the spirit!" Miyu patted his back, although she is short and only manage to pat his lower back.

Karin walked to the side to go under the bridge, showing her face to the two. But not really catching their interest.

"What's your name?" Maika asked, taking out her phone.

"I'm Sendo Atsushi, and this is Yamamoto Takuya. We're both in middle school."

"Nice to meet the two of you, you can call me Maika, these two who saved the two of you is Yui, and Miyu." She pointed at the two, Yui smiling and Miyu grinning ear to ear.

"And our treasured member here, is Karin." Karin peeked her head behind Maika's body, and nodded at the two before showing herself completely.

"Nice to meet you two." Her voice is so low she was barely heard. But the two disregarded that and focused their attention at the three girls.

"Thank you again for saving us."

"Mind me asking, but who the hell are those gangsters?" Yui asked, bringing her hands behind her.

"They are Kiyomasa's Gang. Me and my friends are currently their target." Atsushi suddenly released a gloomy aura at his last statement. Causing the girls to feel guilty that they only just noticed them all these time.

"Don't worry about Kiyomasa's Gang anymore, we'll make sure to protect you and your friends. And you'll also learn how to fight, thanks to our leader." Yui reassured them, noting to herself that she should install security cameras all over the place, and the darkest corners included to make sure nothing dangerous will happen in the future.

"But, just make sure you don't anger our leader. She's a demon." Miyu said which stiffened the two, causing Maika to giggle to herself while Yui smacked Miyu's head.

"Don't scare them, Miyu." Yui scolded, Miyu just replied a simple pouting face before looking away.

Karin, noticing the sudden discomfort of the two decided to reassure them once again. "Don't worry about angering her, she's not all that bad to make you suffer. She's simply strict and sometimes intimidating. But she'll never do anything to hurt you and your friends." Karin's soothing voice calmed the two, and they just noticed how angelic her kind features are.

When they first landed their eyes on her, she just looks so ordinary they didn't notice how cute she looks upclose. Her eyeglasses added up to her cute features, and her shy smile is also very cute - igniting a desire to protect her from all the danger. They can now understand why she's the most treasured member of the group.

"Karin is right! Shuna is scary but she won't hurt you two!" Miyu's bright voice snapped them back to reality.

"Oh, that's reassuring. Thank you guys again." Takuya bowed again.

"No worries. And also, give me your phone numbers so we can contact each other." Maika showed her phone to Atsushi, asking for his number.

"Oh, okay."

After exchanging numbers and goodbyes, they parted ways and the girls continued on the patrol. But when they noticed there's only an hour left before the meeting time - they also decided to go home.

When Karin got home, she was welcomed by a pair of strong arms behind her. "You left me alone again." A husky voice trailed to her ears, sending electrifying tingles all over her body.

She wriggled her way out of the guy's embrace. "I'm gonna go upstairs." She didn't bother to look at him, and proceeded walking away. But freeze again after he said something.

She slowly looked at him in fear, her lips quivering. "Understand what I am saying?" He smirked, leaving the thunderstrucked Karin on her place.

Clenching her hands, she hid her emotions before going away.

To be continued....

So! How was the first chapter? I hope it's fine! Let me know what you think!

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༄𝚏𝚞𝚗 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚜:

› Out of all the Koketsucho girl-gang, Arisa is the top 1 out of 3 Worst Girlfriends voted by the other members of the gang.

› Yui, Miyu, Arisa, and Shuna is overprotective of Karin because at some part of their life, she's the only one who understood them all.

› Maika has a lot of photo collections of Karin, and Shuna. Since these two are the cutest for her.

› After Atsushi and Takuya returned, they told their friends about the girls who saved them - spreading the name of Koketsucho once again.

› Karin has two older brothers.

› Miyu's most favourite food is Dorayaki and Takoyaki.

› Miyu is considered a human cheetah because she's so fast and agile. Her reaction time is frightening as well.

› Yui is the richest member in the gang.