the mechanic book 3 the trial arc

chapter 5

Days later

With Eri

We see her in a seat, waiting for the new school nurse, Orihime Kurosaki, to finish healing Monika's injuries. Why did she have a black eye, you may ask? Well...*

Flashback

It's been a tense first half of the day for Eri and her group of friends. Eri felt as if a bomb was strapped to her chest that could go off at any moment. We see the Eri squad at their table enjoying their meal when Eri flinches, feeling something cold and wet on top of her head. The cafeteria grew quiet as Eatsuki purposely spilled her milkshake on top of Eri's head.

Satsuki: Oh, I'm sorry, I thought you were a trash can. Your hair color is the same ugly ass color.

The sarcasm was thick in Satsuki's tone. The cafeteria started to laugh while Eri's eyes started to get shadowed by her hair. Eri started to shake in anger, but before she did something she "might" regret, Minoka jumped up before her.

*and lunched Satsuki right in her face*

Minoka:left hook!

Satsuki fell to the ground as Minoka sat on top of her, and both started to beat each other for 30 seconds until the teachers got involved and separated them, with Monika kicking and screaming insults at Satsuki. Minoka had a tooth, a broken nose, and a black eye. But satsuki? Most of her teeth were on the ground, black and blue all over.

Present

Orihime: Alright, that should do it.

Minoka:thanks doc.

Minoka hoped out of bed and walked to Eri smiling.

Monika: Well, shall we get going? They're waiting for me.

Eri:yes...

*They started walking with Minoka's arms in the back of her head with a huge grin on her face while Eri was looking at her feet.*

Eri: Minoka, I'm...

Minoka:nope

Eri:eh? B..but minoka...

Minoka: I said no, Eri. You did nothing wrong. What Satsuki did was way over the line, and if I get suspended for what? A few weeks for knocking some sense into that bitch, so be it.

Minoka hugged Eri's shoulder, giving her a warm smile. Eri smiled shyly at her. Being a little bold, Minoka kissed Eri's cheek, making Eri blush a deep red and Minoka grin.

Mínoka:Beside not like my mom will punish me hell, she'll throw me a freaking party for doing what I did since she's the one who taught me how to fight.

Soon enough, they reached their destination, Nezu's office. Mínoka let go of Eri, winking at her.

Mínoka: I'll text you later. Go home, Eri, ok?

Eri:a..alright ummm...

Eri hugged Nanoka tightly, making Nanoka smile softly and hug her back.

Eri, thanks so much for this.

Mínoka: Don't sweat it.

Eri let go of her and walked away. She turned around one last time to wave at her minoka, smiled, and waved back. Once Eri was gone, Nanoka took a deep breath before her eyes glowed with determination as she walked inside.

Inside Nezu's office

*Minoka glanced around, seeing satsuki also healed up. Only she could see some bruises that would take another day or two to fully heal, making mínoka oh so very happy. With satsuki behind the little bully were her parents, Ganma and Beru. Next to them was the woman that adopted mínoka, Rumi Usagiyama.