As God Intended

Chapter 19/ The Vandal Gang

January 17th 1896
{two months after prologue #1}
[Vincent "Benny" Smith]

The young chipmunk of Valentine was caught in the fields near the outskirts of town. While a beautiful Sunny day-Vincent was caught in a fight with someone who regularly challenged him and while he sent a flurry of punches towards his target, some were connecting but others were just simply whiffing past his intended target, his breath becomes heavy as he grows tired.

His opponent ducks underneath his right hook then slams their fist into Vincent's body, delivering a deadly and familiar liver shot that puts the rodent down on his knee as he tries to get air while gritting his teeth-

His opponent only wiped the bit of red on their lip then laughs uncontrollably, snorting and cackling..almost loony-like.
"And that ladies and gentlemen is how I crumbled the cookie! You're not down and out right?! Probably down..definitely counting this as a down, get up and let's go again!"

The child pushed himself up with a bit of a frown on his face as he looked at the other, his red shirt getting streaks of dirt on it as he tried his best to dust it off.
"I'm FINE- you didn't win, I'm just taking a breather"
The young Vincent rolled his eyes as he walks to the top of the hill again for the third or fourth time.

"More of you is on the ground from where I'm standing"
She shakes her head and crossed her arms, proud of her win but ready to go again
"Come on"

Vincent gets to the top of the hill and sees his younger brother sitting in the grass, pulling strips of it out of the ground and throwing it in the air, the elder brother watched as the blades of grass fell on Denzel while he laughed uncontrollably, entertained by the littlest of things.

"Hey look, Denzel likes the ground too"
The female rodent teased while elbowing the taller munk

This caused Vincent to grunt, walking over to pick up and place Denzel by the massive great grandfather oak that stretched over the hill providing decent shade for the three of them. He turns to face her while licking his lip of some red that leaked a bit
"Fine, Nissi, one more and this time I'll give you my all"
Vincent punched his hand and cracked his knuckles, grinning almost manically but is his posture was straightened up just like Nissi's was

"You sayin that...but I heard that two minutes ago"
The "girl" known to be Nissi Amberlena Brown. A short hair chipmunk with knack for roughing up the toughest boys round these parts. She was loud, strong and met all qualities of what it means to be a force in this world-wether that's for better or worse.

"I mean it this time"
The both of them stood there looking at each other with determined glares that Buffalos make before charging. Vincent liked the way she fought and the fact she loved it as much as he did, only gave birth to a friend that would last a lifetime...and a excellent yet unlikely sparring partner.

"Just keep your arms up, Benny"
Advice that didn't register with Vincent since he had kept his arms to his side most of the times they started

"I know"
Vincent chuckles as he puts his set of hands up to Nissi, who was in her stance as well. Nissi was your average middle class academic and she often rough played with Vincent since he was the only boy who sort of treated her equally and didn't nearly patronize her like the other boys did.

The air was heavy again as the two of them seemed overly excited and eager to go at it. Suddenly, Denzel's sudden burst of laugher unintentionally sets their game in motion