"The boy who was responsible for this, along with his accomplices during the 14th,"

Hearing the voice of the young girl caught them off of their thoughts as they all saw her finger tapping against the white bandage on the right side of her temple,

"Stand up."

With no one complying instantly, her gaze hardened and they only found themselves turning even more pale. They all started to beckon for that one guy to get his ass up, which he did with a small squeak.

Letting out a light hum, the next thing she did was narrow her eyes and lift her hand. "The boys who tried to bring harm to my brother, up." She said with a swift move of her finger and letting her hand fall back to her lap.

Within a second, seven people could be seen standing while three guys were left still sitting on the ground.

[Y/n] stood up from her seat and delivered a punch on the face of the first boy who stood up, and reached out her hand to grab the collar of his shirt in a harsh way then yank him towards her. Eye to eye.

"Do you have any idea how much trouble you caused for hitting my head?" she rasped while the boy shrieks and cowers in utter fear under her eyes that was murderous and filled with malice.

How can a kid – a mere 12 year old who's also a girl scare him so damn much?

'Is she really a kid?' He starts to think as he couldn't bring himself to break away from the eye contact due to such apprehension.

Even though [Y/n]'s punch didn't hurt that much, he couldn't stop himself – his body from trembling so badly as complete dread washed over his entire being.

He know he shouldn't feel something except for anger as he was being humiliated, and yet there he was, trembling so badly just by a – no, it's not just. Her gaze terrifying.

'That's no kid!' Earlier, he recalls how he felt the bloodlust and deadly vibe emitting from her the moment his eyes caught sight of the familiar girl entering their hideout, and he chose to think nothing much of it despite already having goosebumps.

The color on his face drained when he came to a conclusion while beads of sweat trailed down. It felt like he was being choked when in reality, he wasn't as the grasp on his collar only tightened.

"Of course you don't." When [Y/n] finally lets him go, he stumbled and slowly fell down on his knees with wobbling legs.

The female scoffs as she found his state pathetic. She takes a deep breath while her fingers run through her [h/c] locks. "Fuck." She hissed, undoubtedly frustrated as an exasperated sigh passed through her lips.

She menacingly glared at the profusely sweating boy whose throat felt dry. His breathing was ragged and he didn't even know that he's been holding it the moment he locked eyes with her.

[Y/n] walks towards the seven men, who all gulped a tad loudly when they saw her figure stand in front of them. Tilting her head to side, Her blank expression lasted for a second as it went grim when she sent a swift, harsh kick to one of them on their stomach.

She watches with apathetic eyes when the boy fell down on the ground with a painful grunt while clutching his stomach.

"Seriously, it would've been much better if my abilities also didn't return back to zero." She muttered with half lidded eyes as she raised her left foot to step on the teen's back to have him stay on the ground. "It's such a hassle learning them every single damn time."

Lifting her right hand up, she sees that the knuckles had turned red. She gave it a small shake with a click of her tongue.

Putting her other hand on her nape, she tilted her head backwards first and inhaled then slowly exhaled before stretching her neck and earning little crack sounds from it.

"All of you." She spoke once again, voice low and stern. "Get on all fours." They, except for the kid that was still under her foot, complied fast this time and scrambled their ways to do so while [e/c] focused and watched every move they made.

"Start barking." Was the command she gave them that it made the boys exchange incredulous looks yet still went ahead the next second, and started to bark without asking her.

"A-Arf??" One finally started after a little hesitation making the others to follow.

"Arf..."

"W-Woof!"

Their pale faces went to a shade of red due to how embarrassed they felt.

That didn't matter to her obviously and that made her friend – Izana, who's patiently waiting for her to finish up and make sure that no one would dare retaliate or lay another filthy hand on her, watch with clear amusement at the sight in front of him.

"You three." She called out to the three teens over her shoulder who looked relief before her attention went to them. "Since you didn't had anything to do with both incidents," Her foot finally left the boy's back when she turned around to face those males that had turned tense.

"I'm gonna have to do something else with you."

Her monotonous voice made them shiver and their hearts to pick up its pace as they start to wait with anticipation on what's to come their way.

"Spread word to your delinquent friends or to any gangs on what would happen," taking a few steps towards their direction, [Y/n] stopped and went down on knee. "If they ever plan or to lay a single hand on me and my little brother."

Nodding their heads aggressively, they sprinted right away after hearing the go signal from the female.

"U-Uhm...are we also.." standing up, [Y/n]'s sharp gaze made the boy flinch and shut his mouth tight. "Who told you stop?" Her brows furrowed as she stared at them out of disdain.

"As a matter of fact, who gave you the permission to speak?" Slightly tilting her head upwards, the boys gulped the lump in their throats as they hear her speak again but in a dangerously low way.

"Dogs aren't supposed to talk."

"Ah, that's right. He was there with her..." Hakkai mumbled to himself as he ignored that stinging pain that felt like stabbing his heart and making it ache.

"Nah." Draken answered too with a shake of his head after hearing Chifuyu's question. "Instead of forgetting us, [Y/n]'s memories were kinda all over the place." He explained while Keisuke hums in agreement.

"Yeah, that's right." Mikey chimes in. "Back then, I overheard [n/n] say 'loops', and how she can't believe that she forgot the important things. Any idea on what that means?" He asked his Vice President who replied with a, "No."

A small hum erupted from Takemichi when he heard the word 'loop'. It felt like he was about to remember something but when someone spoke, it got pushed back.

"Anyways, those punks deserved that." Said Emma with a scowl on her face. "Not to long after that stunt they pulled on [Y/n], they even tried to bring in Akio, who may I remind you was only five years old then!"

"How cruel!" Hinata exclaimed with a gasp out of disbelief as she thought of her younger brother all of a sudden. "To think they'd even do that to a little boy..." she shoots a sympathetic glance at the said kid who was unaware about their topic.

"Thankfully, Akio wasn't alone." Senju chimes in with a beaming smile. "He was with Draken and Mitusya!" Said boys nodded their heads, looking a bit proud of themselves.

"And when [Y/n] learned about what happened, she wasn't pissed." The lilac haired boy states with a light chuckle at the memory as his twin Dragon tattooed buddy joins in.

"She was furious, even if her brother was unscathed." Draken finished, a huge grin present on his handsome face when he told those words.

"[Y/n] was as scary as how she did back at the fight earlier." Peh-yan recalls with a bag of junk food in his hand, his free one inside it to take a handful which leads him to shoving them in his mouth and chew them.

With crunchy noises coming from him, Takemichi turn a little pale as he also recalls the shivering look on the [h/c] girl in that fight.

"She first started with destroying that gang's reputation, right?" Inquired Mucho while leaning towards the table to grab his drink and take a sip.

"Didn't even took her a week to do so." Keisuke's voice and laugh was the next that was heard. He cocked his head to the right while the left corner of lips tugged upwards as a glint of amusement shone inside those ombre orbs of his.

"Obviously. It's [Y/n] we're talking about here after all." Hakkai states with a smile and eyes sparkling with adoration as tint of pink could be seen spreading across his cheeks.

"She's always amazing..." He suddenly turned tense as he realized his mistake. Those last words of his weren't meant to said out loud!

"Ooo~" Senju snickers with a teasing smile causing for Hakkai's face to turn a deep shade of red and shy away, even more so when he also saw his older sister's taunting look while the others laugh.

It was nothing new that a friend of theirs has a crush on the [h/c] girl. They've discovered that ages ago when hanging around with each other.

Some tends to be clingy, some tends to be flirty, some tends be touchy while some were all of the above...

If [Y/n] were to get a question about her friend's behavior towards her, she'd most probably reply with a serious face and a firm: 'They're cute but they tend to be a pain in the ass at times.'

"For real?" Chifyu muttered, bewildered at first then amazed the next second. "As expected of [Y/n]." He huffed quite proudly, the corner of his lips tugging upwards as he imagines how the story of the [h/c] girl made the group of delinquents disband in his mind.

Haruchiyo exhaled as he leans his head back while sat on the couch. "[Y/n] didn't even gave them a much harsher punishment." He scoffed, a scowl forming on his pretty face. "If I were her, I woulda done more."

"Like what?" Peh-yan asked out of curiosity while silently Mucho shakes his head when his vice commander only showed a charming smirk since the pink haired boy has his mask off and is currently resting inside the pocket of his black pants.

"Ah," Senju turns her head to face Mikey. "I don't get how you thought that [Y/n] would even cry over a broken wrist." She said, returning the topic from earlier.

Mikey slightly tilts his head to the side, wondering at first on what the pink haired girl was saying. "Oh! Well, just a thought since I really haven't seen [n/n] cry." He replied with a shrug of his shoulders.

"Correction, no one has seen her cry." Ran comments with a lazy smile. "No matter how much she's been harassed by your or her own enemies...[Y/n] has never once shed a tear." He shifts on his seat then leans back on the couch while he watches how everyone was probably searching through their memories just to prove him wrong.

"Watcha lookin' at?" Keisuke glowered towards the person who's currently glaring daggers at him and is sitting across him from the couch. "You asking for a fight, huh?"

"I'm gonna kill you for making my hair look like shit." Haruchiyo said in a deep voice as an icy look accompanies his already dark and menacing expression.

"Huh? When and how?! I didn't even do shit to your hair!" Retort the ravenette while finding his friend unbelievable due to the sudden accusation.

"Soap." Snarled Haru as his brows that was already furrowed went deeper. "Does that fucking–"

"Kei-nii...Haru-nii..." Akio's voice despite being cute still made the two males flinch and turn tense in their seats.

Keisuke and Haruchiyo both turned their heads to look at the boy that was standing behind where they sat. When they did, their pair of eyes were met with big innocent ones but despite that, it bore into theirs in a hollow gaze which kind of creeped them out.

It felt like the kid was staring straight into their souls...

"You want chocolate?" Keisuke asked Akio through his smiling lips after he and his pink haired friend exchanged nervous looks.

"Nope." Akio answered with a shaking head before resuming back to staring at them with an innocent look this time.

"What about ice cream?" Now it was Haru's turn to negotiate with the kid as he also put a smile on his face. "You love ice cream, yeah?"

"I'm good." The little boy answered, his hands going behind his back while he starts to rock back and forth with his feet.

Haruchiyo and Keisuke both exchanged looks again before frowning. They were starting to get annoyed at Akio's behavior as it was obvious the little kid was screwing with the both of them and taking advantage of this situation.

That was the rule their [h/c] friend strictly told them ever since the little boy appeared in their lives and it's a must to abide it or else...who knows what will happen if that ever gets broken.

"Alright, say it." Haruchiyo huffed while the little Akio's lips stretched from ear to ear, a broad smile now shown on his cute face that it made the two teens scrunch their noses.

"1000!" He said, a hand behind his back while the one was stretched out. "Pay up or else..." he snickered with mischief glinting in his eyes.

"Like sister and brother..." Haruchiyo reaches for his pocket causing for Keisuke to stare in disbelief at his friend.

"You're just gonna hand him the money over??" He exclaimed which he only received a nonchalant shrug as an answer.

"Eh, I'm not risking myself getting on [Y/n]'s bad side." A casual reply from the Akashi boy while he gets his drink and takes a couple of sips.

Finding him ridiculous, Keisuke turns his head to face Akio, who has a beaming smile plastered on his face. "Why do you need money?"

"I wanna buy a good present for my big sis." An instant reply from the sweet boy who's eyes were sparkling with excitement and determination that it made the ravenette give in and just hand him the said amount of money.

"No way," Emma's voice caught the three boys' attention. "None of us had really seen [Y/n] cry?" She asked after looking at the people who knew the said girl during her childhood days.

Chifuyu hums. "Even though you've known her way before us?" He asked with his mouth formed in an 'o'.

"What about you, Akio?" Yuzuha inquired while the little boy pockets his new earned money. He hums as he starts to search his memory.

"Big sis only smiles at me..." he mumbled before shaking his head to give them the answer. "But I did hear from mom and dad that big sis cried the moment she held me!" He told them with a beaming smile that reached his eyes. He does seem really happy, and that made their hearts warm.

"Woah, no way! [Y/n] has a giant bear inside her room!!" Senju's booming voice that was filled with enthusiasm was heard from upstairs along with the ringing sound of the door bell.

"I'll go get it." Draken stands up while Emma goes upstairs with Yuzuha and Hina to check on the said bear.

"Huh?" Upon arriving, Yuzuha gives the bear a lengthy stare. "Hakkai, come up here!" She called for her brother who followed her request or order after a few seconds.

"What is it?" He asked a little stiffly because of the other girls but when his finally caught on what his sister was pointing at, his eyes widened a little and he forgot about being shy.

"Huh?? That bear..." he and his sister exchanged knowing look while Emma and Senju were gawking at the bear as they found it adorable.

"[Y/n] said she wasn't too fond of bears and yet here's one in her room – a big one at that!" The rosy pink haired girl recalled while Emma faced her.

"Ah, that's right! She gave you a bear before, right?" She asked, earning a nod and big a smile from Senju who's emerald eyes were practically sparkling while honey glaze eyes were filled with jealousy.

The blonde girl huffs. "I'll ask [Y/n] to give me one, too! Just you wait!" She challenged her smug friend.

Hina only watches the two girls with a sheepish smile on her face. 'Is this alright? What if [Y/n] gets angry at them...at us for barging in her room...'

"Yeah, it's the bear Taiju bought." Yuzuha states while Hakkai scratches his head with an incredulous look evident on his face. "So this was where it was all along...I thought he threw it or something since it just disappeared out of nowhere."

His elder brother really does tend to break out of character when the [h/c] girl's involved, even though they're first meeting wasn't so good. In any case, he finds his brother unpredictable and weird.

With Mochi and Shion entering the house with a plastic full of snacks inside it, orchid eyes glanced at the two boys and seeing Draken also come back after closing the door without even the smallest glimpse of a familiar [h/c] or at least a silhouette, Izana stood up with an icy gaze.

"Where's [Y/n]?"