I am a girl after all [WINDBREAKER - Umemiya Hajime]

Chapter 8

Chapter 8:

Finally! A worthy opponent.

It's been a while since I went against someone decent. The last time I fought someone challenging was when I was training martial arts with my old teacher.

"I completely underestimated you, kid," I told the half-and-half guy as I blocked his kick with my forearm, he jumped back while I ran towards him and tried to land a punch on his face but he caught my fist with his hand, "But you're still lacking," I added as I grabbed his hand, shifted my body under him and flipped him over my shoulder,

Once he landed on the ground, I tried to punch him in the face again but he rolled to the side, evading my fist.

"Oi!" 

"I'm not going to lose to some pipsqueak," Sakura said as he got up from the floor.

"Oi!" 

Someone kept calling out but I was too preoccupied having fun with Sakura to care who it was. We exchanged punches and kicks but neither of us were backing down. Sakura landed a punch directly on my face causing my nose to bleed, damn, I hope I didn't break my nose.

"Not bad," I told Sakura as I wiped off the blood dripping from my nose, "But I have other things to do so let's end this," I jumped up and tried to scissor-kick him but fumbled back,

"He's fast," I heard him mumble, and we continued exchanging kicks and punches, I completely zoned out and forgot about the tall, white-haired guy who kept yelling at us to cut it out.

He knew fairly well I would never forgive him if he interrupted my fight so he couldn't step in to stop it. Neither did Hiragi or the other Bofurin guys that were with him, they couldn't do anything to stop the fight.

Umemiya knew my goal was to defeat him and destroy Bofurin, he knew I was fighting underground so he had no reason to stop this fight.

"Oi, Sakura! Don't! Yuzuru is--," I heard Umemiya yell but neither Sakura nor I were paying attention to him,

I lunged in to punch Sakura but he grabbed my arm and twisted it behind me, from behind he grabbed the hem of my hoodie and pulled it over my head. I knew what he was trying to do, he was playing a cheap trick where you'd use your opponent's shirt to block out his vision and get him stuck.

But one thing Sakura didn't know... I was a girl.

So when he pulled my hoodie over my head, I was exposed, well, my breasts were. 

Well, I was wearing a sports bra but you still get how embarrassing that was,

It's like the world froze for a minute there, 

I wanted to cry,

I quickly pulled down my shirt and saw Sakura blushing the deepest shade of red, his jaw was on the floor.

He looked nervously scared,

I was in no better condition, I was also nervously stunned. I could feel my ears burning hot, I was more embarrassed than anyone else here.

I did something I have never done since I was a child,

I cried,

I started wailing in complete embarrassment,

Which made Sakura panic even more,

"O-Oi! D-D-Don't c-cry!" He was a stuttering mess, he didn't know what to do,

"I will never get married anymore!" I cried out loud as I hugged myself tightly, feeling completely embarrassed and shattered, someone saw my bare skin, no guy would ever like me anymore and I'll never get married!

"W-What?" Sakura stuttered again, 

"No guy will ever want to marry me anymore because of you!" I cried again as I continued to wail, practically throwing a tantrum. "I'm never going to get married or have kids or have my own family or--,"

"Yuzuru, calm down, I'll--," Ume said as he was trying to approach me, but he was quickly cut off by Sakura who was a panicking mess,

"T-T-Then-- I'll m-m-marry y-y-y-you!" He blurted out, still panicking.

Everyone who was there went completely silent,

My eyes grew wide in shock and my face turned the deepest shade of red, 

After realizing what Sakura said, he also turned beet red, completely embarrassed when he said that.

"W-W-What a-a-are y-you saying! Idiot!" I started stuttering as well, "S-S-Shut u-u-up!"

"Y-Y-You s-s-said you c-can't get m-married because of m-me! I-I didn't w-want t-to be t-the reason for t-t-that!" He continued to stutter, "B-Besides, y-y-you didn't s-say y-y-you're a g-g-g-girl!"

"I d-d-don't h-have to t-t-tell you that or you w-wouldn't f-f-fight me s-seriously!!" I spat back,

"I-I-I w-w-wouldn't fight you at a-all if I k-knew!" He rebutted nervously,

We both were bickering and stuttering back and forth with each other until Umemiya finally decided to interrupt us, and he looked extremely pissed,

"That's enough," Ume said as he came up to me and grabbed my arm, assisting me up from the floor where I was sitting, "Yuzuru, you were told not to be involved with fights anymore or you'll get expelled, remember?" 

Don't remind me,

"Bullshit! That wasn't even my fault!" I spat back at Ume as I pulled my arm away from his grip,

"We can't do anything about that, if the school finds out you were in another fight, I can't do anything about it anymore. Just stay home and keep yourself out of trouble until your suspension is over," He reminded me, I remember Kotoha mentioning that Ume convinced the vice-principal not to put the suspension on my permanent record, but I still have to finish it as punishment,

It was the best Ume could bargain, 

"I'd rather drop out," I muttered under my breath, Ume just let out a frustrated sigh,

"Sakura! Hiragi and I have things to do, you guys go ahead," Ume told the half-and-half guy before leaving the scene with Hiragi.

I was left with Sakura and his friends, which included Nirei and Sugishita

They were still in complete and utter shock at what just happened,

"Bofurin ass lickers," I cussed out to Sakura and the rest before storming out and heading to my martial arts training.

...

Arriving at my training, I spotted the one and only Suo.

We were both trained by the same teacher when I was younger, I don't know much about Suo except that he's extremely good at fighting.

I could never get him to fight me though,

"Sugawara-san, you're awfully late, I was just about to leave," Suo said, he then noticed I was bruised and there was dry blood on my nose and shirt, "Did you get into a fight? Wait, your eyes are red, did you cry?"

"N-N-No!" I answered defensively, "Never mind that, why are you leaving early?"

"Meeting," He answered as he grabbed his bag and waved goodbye, "I'll train with you tomorrow, your competition is coming up soon, right?" I just nodded in response and waved him off,

I then went on with my routine and started training,

The tournament is starting soon and I can't afford to lose, aside from Ume, I have more to prove to my good-for-nothing father who abandoned me,

I can't afford to stop now,

There is so much at stake,

Whether it be the tournament or Umemiya Hajime. I'll make sure I'll win.