Chapter 2: Cry-Baby Hero

Today is a simple Monday.

Kids crying, tantrums thrown, and toy's broken.

Sigh~ 'I've only been going to this school for a couple weeks and I'm already hating it,' I thought.

I would pick up my pencil as I wrote down the stuff on the board.

The teacher would sit down her drawing marker, and say "Okay! so today..we're doing show and tell!.."

Yikes.

'I DIDN'T EVEN BRING ANYTHING! WHY DIDN'T THEY TELL US BEFORE?'

'Oh sh*t, they did.'

"UGH!~" I groaned.

"What wrong, Riku?" The teacher asked.

"I ... I didn't bring anything, Ms Miyuki," I told her. "Oh, well that's fine! You don't have to participate if you don't want to," Ms. Miyuki said.

I would let out a sigh of relief.

I would then lay my head down until the bell rang.

*BINGG!*

All of the kids would dart out of the classroom and head to lunch.

"Really, again?" The table that I usually sat at was full, again. I didn't like it one bit so I would walk over to the table and tap on the kids shoulder that took my spot.

Maybe this was a bit childish, but...

"Hey!.." I said.

"Hmm?..What do you want." He was a big kid, if you first saw him, you wouldn't believe he was in such a grade.

"You're In my spot, dude." I said to the big kid.

"Yeah?..So what!" I would look down on the kid. "Get up..!"I demanded.

'I couldn't just let some little bastard punk me like this..I'm a grown man!,' I thought.

"Heh..I've heard about you! You're the new kid, right? Well my crush likes you! And I don't like that..so I'm gonna beat you up!" He said.

'Crush? My goodness, kids these days.' I thought. "You? Beat me?..." I would burst out into a wheezing laugh.

He didn't really like that.

Veins would pop out of the boy's head. "Me. You. behind the monkey bars at recess. Don't chicken out!" He said as he walked off.

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Lunch had finally ended.

All of the kids were currently walking out to recess and I followed.

As I exited the building, From afar I could see the big kid and his little goons.

'So, it's really down to this.'

As I walked over toward him, most of the kids saw what was about to happen and followed. "So, what do you want?," I asked him.

"To kick your butt!" He said while snickering.

"Hey! Leave him alone!"

It was someone I didn't expect to meet this early, Takemichi. I presume that he must have thought I was getting bullied or picked on.

"Hmm..Takemichi?" The kid would laugh at him.

Before anything could even happen, teachers walked over to us and asked what we were doing. "N-Nothing, Just talking and playing!," The kid said. "No! he was trying to pick on the new kid!.." Takemichi said.

"Now Shun-Kun you know we talked about this!" The teacher said.

Recess had to end early and we all went back to our classes. But before we went inside, Shun would look at me and do a choking gesture toward me.

Sigh~ ' Why me..'

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Takemichi and I were for some reason becoming good friends. We talked almost everyday and even ate together at lunch.

He even shares some of his snacks with me during classes.

Maybe school isn't so bad, now that I have a friend.

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*BINGG!!*

I would instantly pack up my things and walk out to the school bus. It was chaotic as always, kids swearing, and the bus driver swerving on the roads everywhere.

'How haven't they lost their job yet?,' I thought.

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Getting off of the school bus, I would see a group of kids at the bus-stop.

The bus would drive off and head to the it's next stop.

I would turn around and head home, but before I could leave the bus-stop, one of the kids that was most likely the leader stopped me. "OI!" He yelled out.

"What?.." I would turn my head around to slightly look at him. "Come over here.." He demanded from me. "Why?"

"Why?.." He repeated.

I would let out a sigh and walk over.

"What do you need?" Now just because I was once an adult doesn't mean anything. I'm now in a child's body and can easily lose to kids like him, that were slightly taller and older than me. And since he had a couple of other kids with him he kinda intimidated me.

"Fight me," He asked. "Why?," I said.

"Well..I've beaten up most of the kids in this area already and I'm looking for someone new to fight, and I have never seen you around here before, so you must be new."

Me and my family recently moved to this new neighborhood because my dad got a job in this new area, and he didn't want to be too far away from us, so we all decided to just move.

And here we are, "Hmm..." I sat there in deep thought wondering If I should fight or what.

"Heh..why not." I sat my bag down near a small-skinny tree that I was standing close to. "That's more like it." a flame in his eyes lit.

"By the way, what's your name?," He asked me. "Riku," I replied. "How about you?"

"James."

Bam!

He threw a punch.

I'd block and kick the kids ribs, sending him at least 2 feet away from me.

"J-James! are you alright?" One of his goons asked. "Yeah, get off me and stop being a wuss!"

I would get in a ready stance and use of my martial arts.

<Using 'Capoeira'> The systematic voice said.

I would execute the moves perfectly on the boy, basically demolishing him.

'Jeez, the system is really over powered.' I thought.

" *COUGH* Y-You're strong, I admit. So.. you win." He told me. "Hm..already?"

[MISSION COMPLETE 'BEAT GANG BOSS']

'Hm...When did I get this mission?'

<REWARDS: +5 points on all stats>

I couldn't add points to my stats, so in order to get even stronger I had to either train my body which gives me one stat point for each thing I work on, and or complete missions to earn stat points.

'Status' I thought.

"What is he so deep in thought about?" One of the goons said. "I don't know." James replied.

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(Name: Riku Tanaka)

Strength: (13/100)

Endurance: (9/100)

Agility: (11/100)

SKILLS: N/A (You haven't bought any skills.)

MARTIAL ARTS: (Capoeria)

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I got most of my stats from training my body and working out. So completing that mission really helped a lot.

[MISSON COMPLETE: 'Successfully take over gang.']

"Take over gang?" [Yes, since you defeated their leader who is a gang boss you inherently took over his position.]

Sigh~ "Oh God.."