Chapter 10: Assault

A single fist slammed down on a table, it shook everyone around the dark and small room. A young man, probably a high schooler had an extremely angry look on his face with veins bulging from his hand and forehead.

"How did you stupid idiots let them tag up our neighborhood?! Why wasn't a single one of our members there?!"

The entire room fell silent, not a single one of them dared to say something that would get them beat senselessly. 

The one yelling at all of them was the leader of the <<Death Birds>>. He had dark hair with silver highlights at his tips and a pretty lean build. But he was extremely strong for a high schooler, even though he ran a pretty small gang it probably wouldn't be long before they grew bigger.

Meanwhile, I was busy setting up our next plan to fuck with these guys even more. Riku and Zen were in the background just slapping each other, leaving small bruises on each other faces. 

I finally can't take it anymore and turn behind me, "Will you idiots sit down?! gosh..."

They both frowned and just sat down near the wall.

It was getting pretty late, It wouldn't be long before Zen's parents made it home, I had to grab my stuff and get out of her swiftly. Not long after, I gathered my stuff and went out the back window of his home, just in case.

Tomorrow my second plan was going to commence. It was time to beat a little fear into his gang and him. I walked through the door of my home, my dad still sitting on the couch watching TV and drinking like usual. I don't even look at him and just keep walking to my room. 

I open the system panel.

[-----Gang System-----]

[Name: Yama]

[Level: 5]

(Exp: 350/3200)

[Gang(s): The Saints]

[Fighting style/skills: Basic Boxing Style, Aikido, Judo]

[-----Attributes-----]

[Strength: 34]

[Agility: 40]

[Endurance: 36]

[Stamina: 33]

[Dexterity: 27]

[-Quest-]

[-Shop-]

[-Lottery-] (UNLOCKED)

SPINS: 0

______________________________

I open the shop.

[SHOP]

[-WEAPONS-] (LEVEL 3 AND UNDER)

[-FIGHTING STYLES-]

[ELITE FIGHTING STYLES] (UNLOCKED!)

[COINS: 1825]

"Oh, elite fighting styles are unlocked!"

[ELITE FIGHTING STYLES] 

[Kick-Boxing] (Advanced) - (500)

[Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu] (Advanced) - (900)

[Muay Thai] (Advanced) - (700)

I would buy Kick-Boxing and Muay Thai.

"I only bought Kick-Boxing because I'm used to boxing, and Muay Thai because it's the second cheapest, I'll be sure to buy Jiu-Jitsu next time."

An overload of information from each fighting style flooded my brain, I tried to stay calm and let things run their course. Once It was done I stood open and got into a kick-boxing stance, I would send a couple of jabs and straights at the makeshift sandbag hanging up in my room, and I began sending a couple of strong left kicks to the lower area of the bag, I raised it a bit higher and reached for the very top, ending it with a side blow.

I relaxed my shoulder a bit and got into a strong Muay Thai stance, I started with an elbow to the bag and quickly sent a knee its way as well, I threw a couple of punches and finished with a few more strong elbows.

This punching bag was nearly done for, It was about time for an upgrade, time for a real sandbag, but I didn't have that type of money. I couldn't ask my dad because he would just refuse and I didn't have time to go get a job, not with all of this going on. I had to do something, come up with some type of income.

The next day, the Death Birds arrived in their destroyed and tagged neighborhood, all over walls, cars, windows, and the ground. <<The Saints>>.

Just looking at the sight made the Death Birds leader angry, he couldn't wait to catch the people who did this, he hadn't ever even heard of The Saints, but he was ready to meet them.

He had a couple of his men searching around, looking for anything to find some type of clue. 

"Kazuki. I think we have something."

Kazuki, the leader of the Death Birds grinned, his smile growing more and more. He finally had something, he was growing eager to catch us.

As all of the Death Birds stood in one area, it was time for us to make our move. We scoped out the scenery for a while, we all watched them for hours, being patient and waiting for the right time to strike. I also did a bit of digging.

Kazuki Dean, a 17-year-old who is heavily involved in the streets, was part of a small gang called <<Wrath >> 2 years ago but was kicked out due to certain circumstances. He has a bad temper and gets angry quickly. Most of his gang is full of people he has known for a long time, but he only has about 3 guys that could be a problem for us.

But this was still good, my gang only had 4 people, 5 including me, if we played our cards right then we could easily take out half of them and then do the boss fights for last. I ordered everyone to get ready and strike.

Zen, Riko, Julius, Kane, and I all dash from where we were hiding, the Death birds are instantly alerted, but we have them surrounded. But because we are outnumbered they feel the need to underestimate us and overestimate themselves, so Kazuki sends his all of his weakest.

"Hey, You! You! You! You! And You! Get them!"

This made me smile, 'Good, just what I wanted, take out the little guys first so that leaves just him and the actual strong guys. What an idiot.'

We demolished the little runts with ease, and in maybe 3 minutes all five of us beat them to a pulp, he sent the rest of the weaklings and that also didn't end so well for him.

Luckily it seemed me and my gang had some pretty good stamina, so we weren't so tired. Now it was just us 5 and 4 of them. 

One tall guy with slit-like eyes and a lanky build, a pretty short guy with hair covering his eyes and a huge grin, a plain-looking guy who was clear not to be underestimated, and of course Kazuki.

I turn to them, "Riko, Julius, Zen, Kane, all of you be cautious. I know you are all confident in your strength but you don't know what these can do, use all your strength, no matter what."

Kazuki started to remove the leather jacket he wore, he slicked back his hair, golden eyes waiting underneath. 

"You guys should listen to your boss, well, even if you did, you're all gonna fucking be beat into mush."

I glare at Kazuki, I waste no time as I dash at him, I use my Muay Thai style, sending a knee into his solar plexus. Kazuki isn't slow and notices this, he moves to the side where he just barely dodges, but I'm not slow either, I roll backward and instantly switch to my boxing style where I throw a barrage of jabs toward his jaw.

Kazuki rapidly bobbed his head from side to side, but inevitably a blow landed.

Kazuki held his face, 'This guy's fast, faster than he looks, I knew he looked strong from his build alone but I didn't expect this. Where did he come from.'

I smirk before taunting him, "What's wrong?...you look lost!"

(Riko POV)

"Your arms and legs are extremely long, do you do boxing? taekwondo? how tall are you?" Riko showered him with questions.

"Do you ever shut up? why would I tell you how I fight?"

'True, but I should remain cautious like Yama said.'

The fight instantly started.

Our fists clashed, creating small cracking sounds of the knuckles. Me and the lanky male were so full of adrenaline that we didn't even care to stop because we didn't feel a thing.

I didn't use any type of martial arts, I was a brawler type, I just threw my fist recklessly, but in the end, it always worked for me so I didn't care to try out any type of martial art. 

I directed a sloppy kick toward him, but he caught my leg. I didn't let it stop me and awkwardly twisted my body to punch him, the punch landed but due to the way I had my body positioned the punch barely held any power. I was also at a disadvantage because of the way I currently had my body twisted.

This gave the lanky guy a lot of openings, and he didn't waste any time. He conveyed multiple punches at me, every single one of them hitting their mark accurately. 

I could feel my face starting to swell, my lip busted and one of my eyes starting to close from the swelling. 

'Damnit...this guy's good, or maybe I'm just trash.'

I look at him, "Hey, what's your name?"

He is startled yet confused, the tall guy grins, "Why? Once I'm done you won't even be able to remember it."

"Stop with the yapping and just tell me."

"Just call me Algei."

"Weird name...."

"Shut up."

Our battle continued, I wondered how the other guys were doing but I was too busy doing my own thing.

(Zen POV)

'This guy is kinda short, he stands at my chest, and I'm not even that tall.'

"Well, you gonna come at me or what?"

I stared down at the guy, "What's your name? I just want to remember the names of the people I beat."

The short guy laughed, he held his face for a good 10 seconds before calming himself and wiping away a small tear from his eye.

"Hudson. Happy now?"

"Cool, I'm Zen."

For a short guy, he was surprisingly powerful, his hits held a lot of power and were pushing me back.

His style of fighting was freakish, he stayed low on the ground, often looking like he was dancing or something, he would drop to the floor on his hands and boost up and use his legs for extra reach and kick me.

Another one of his perks for being smaller than most is that he was agile and swift, he could run around you and you would still be lost.

I was a street fighter, call me what you want but it's the way I am, I fight with my surroundings and often use whatever I can to win.

In the streets, there are no rules.

As he pushed me back, I fell onto my butt, I grabbed a fist full of dirt while he was off his guard and chucked It near his eyes, he shut them as quickly as possible but it was already too late.

"Agh!"

He started to rapidly rub his eyes and while he busy doing that I ran up to him and tackled him on the ground. I threw more dirt at his eyes, making sure he wouldn't open them. I held his arms down and slammed my head onto his, I repeatedly headbutted him. Over, and over, and over, and over, and over. When I was done, his forehead was bleeding a bit and he was out cold.

I stand up victoriously, I stretch my arms a bit and just smile.

"Thats it?"

<<Winner: Zen>>