Shaming Of The Duo

10:34 am July 28th, 2018

Akira arrived in a busy city square, where many cars and people gathered. Before him stood a guy and a girl, who were the third years that had called him from the day before. As he approached them the third year began to laugh while pointing at his injuries,

"I wonder how you got those??"

The girl that was holding onto him playfully pinched his cheek while she said, "You're the one that gave him those Goro. You silly guy!"

"So his name was Goro huh?

Akira spitefully approached the two as he scoffed to himself. The bully held out his bike keys, which Akira reached for but in that moment he immediately pulled them back.

"Bank account first buddy.", The bully demanded.

Akira pulled out his wallet and quickly told him the pin to his account. The bully then dropped his bike keys onto the floor which he then spat on. Before Akira could pick up the keys, the bully rested his arm on his shoulder and said,

"If this account is empty or fake then don't expect to leave school in one piece next time. Seriously I might actually kill you. Anyhow I left your bike attached to some random lamp post in a park."

Picking up his keys, Akira quickly darted away from the two while they laughed at him. While all this was going on, the nearby public treated them as if they were invisible.

2:39 pm July 28th, 2018

After hours of searching Akira finally found it. His bike. It was around a public garden that was partially merged with the Fushimi Inari Taisha Shinto shrine.

He got onto his knees and immediately began to cry, causing the small crowd to be repelled by him.

The front tyre of the back was missing as well as bent, and its back was destroyed and slashed up. The seat was missing only leaving a thick piece of metal behind, and the framing was deformed. It would be impossible to restore it to its former condition.

Eventually, Akira dragged himself over to a bench that was nearby and continued to cry while gripping his head.

"Why??", he thought. "Why me? What did I do to deserve any of this?? Life was alright even if Dad wasn't here, but now that I'm in high school my life changed like this. God why??"

As he agonised over his horrible life, he heard footsteps that stopped in front of him. As he looked up he saw a boy taller than him, but still close to him in age. He had unusually white hair and strange yellow eyes but even then they emitted a sort of darkness that slightly scared Akira.

"Are you okay?", the voice asked.

 Clearly, he wasn't. He was still drenched in tears and snot that oozed from his face. The boy sat down next to him while patting him on the back.

"There, there. Calm down and tell me what happened afterwards," he said.

Akiras face suddenly turned into one of disgust as he said, "What the hell? Are you trying baby me??"

The boy said while sarcastically laughing, "I saw on TV that if someone is upset, then you should pat them on the back while talking to them softly. I guess this was the wrong time for that?"

Akira scoffed while saying, "Are you looking down on me too? Im just pathetic aren't I? I can't even protect my own belongings."

He then pointed to the trashed, bicycle near the lamppost.

"Bullies huh? Just like in those in the TV shows? So what have you done to be rid of them?", The stranger asked him.

Akira hesitated for a moment. This was when he realized, it had only been 7 days that he had been attending high school, and in that time he was immediately antagonized and outcasted for reasons he couldn't understand. In those 7 days, he had not attempted to make a peaceful resolution or even take the issue up with anyone, all with the excuse of not wanting to worry his mother. He tried to fight back and was instead humiliated which should have told him that he picked the wrong battle to do this in, yet he ignored the signs and went straight in.

"Once upon a time, I had nothing. Not even a single belonging to my own name, much like you do now. But eventually, I was found and saved by someone I loved. Unfortunately, that person is gone now, and to this day I still miss her. If a loved one found out about your suffering they would also feel hurt. Do you have any loved ones?"

Akira then asked, "My mom I guess... If she finds out about this, she will try to fight the whole school."

The stranger laughed at that thought. "I guess you know what you need to do now, don't you? But even that you may still lack the will to do it. Although it's that bravery that you will have to find for yourself."

From inside the nearby forest, a girl with long blonde hair tied up in a ponytail jumped out from nowhere while laughing. Oddly she was wearing traditional Japanese priestes clothing.

She pointed at the stranger while saying, "I found you first, does that mean I win?"

The stranger groaned as he said, "I'm still not gonna do it. Even if you beg me to."

What seemed like tears poured down her face as she cried and wined like a child. She then started to rock on the stranger's arm while screaming,

"Do it!!! Shiro please!"

When Shiro sighed, her crocodile tears immediately dried up as Shiro agreed. He let her piggyback ride on him until Shiro then asked,

"What's your name?"

"Akira?", he responded.

Shiro then put his fingers against his lips while saying, "Please don't tell anyone about this?"

Both of his legs then exploded, releasing a great amount of blood that propelled him upwards. This repeated until he flew off far into the horizon never to be seen again.

Akira sat next to the pool of blood while looking mortified.

"What the hell?"

11:00 pm July 28th, 2018

Akira tried to quietly close the door behind him and attempted to tip-toe up the stairs. But when he arrived at his room, he found his mother in there waiting for him with a slipper

The second he entered, she smacked it on his forehead causing him a great amount of pain while tears leaked from his eyes.

"What do you think you're doing, returning back at this late hour? What did I tell you about going out when I'm not home??"

As Akira rubbed on his injured spot he weakly said, "I'm sorry Mom, but the truth is I have a confession to make."

2:30 pm July 30th, 2018

"DO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW SERIOUS BULLYING IS?", Akiras' mom shouted, "I SHOULD SUE YOU GUYS FOR THE DAMAGES! HAVE YOU SEEN MY SON'S FACE??"

"Please calm down Miss. Ito. We were unaware of what was happening, and I'm sorry to say that it was Akira here who never told us what was going on. We could never do anything about the situation but now that we know, we are happy to correct this mistake.", the Teacher said.

The mother then turned to Akihikos' father and Goros' parents while shouting, "AND YOU ARE MEANT TO BE THEIR PARENTS! HOW COULD YOU TEACH YOUR CHILD TO ACT LIKE THIS IN SCHOOL?"

The parents then bowed as they all shouted, "We are sorry!"

The father of Goro grabbed his head, while forcing him to bow too. This caused him be visably upset and very frustrated while Akira smirked to himself. This was his sweet revenge!

"Following our school regulations, the first-year Akihiko and the third-year Goro will be suspended from school for the next week. I once again apologise for any inconviniencies that this may have caused you."

"ONLY A WEEK?? THESE PEOPLE SHOULD BE SUSPENDED PERMANETLY!"

The Teacher sighed as he said, "Miss. Ito, we ask that you understand that Goro is one of our troubled students and is in his last year of school. And Ahikiho year has just started the school year, he still has much to learn. One week is the maximum we can give them in their current situations."

Akiras' mother grunted when she heared this. She then grabbed Akiras hand and exited the room.

"We are leaving, I think we're done hear."

As the two got into their car from the outside, Goro and Akihiko watched them from the window.

"You and the others should find out what route their car takes and where they live. They aren't getting out of this unscathed.", Goro said with the most serious tone.

Akihiko hesitated a little when he said, "Isn't that taking it a little too far?"

Goro then grabbed Akihiko by the collar and shouted, "DOES IT LOOK LIKE IM FUCKING JOKEING? WE ARE NOT LETTING HIM MAKE A MOCKERY OF US DO YOU UNDERSTAND??"

The look on Goros' face was one filled with bitterness and hatred. As Akihiko looked into his eyes, all he could see was a bottomless pit of pent up anger and aggression. If Akihiko didn't listen to him now, then he would be defiantly be made the next target of bullying.

"I'm sorry Akira, but I gotta save my own skin..."