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In the storage room, Isoda and Kumada were having it on. Not in the romantic way, more like a getting in each other's faces screaming type of on.
"YOU THINK YOU'RE SUCH HOT SHIT ISODA. NEWSFLASH, YOU AREN'T!" Kumada yelled, right in the red heads face. Isoda stumbled back to gain space, not knowing why Kumada was going insane.
"Can you stop getting up in my face?! God! I'm just saying your story doesn't match with what Yaitabashi told me!" They argued, just trying to get the facts out there.
Kumada went closer again, shoving at Isoda's chest with each word she spoke. "OH SO YOU'RE CALLING ME A LIAR?! HUH?!"
Isoda scowled at the shoving, stabilizing their footing with one foot behind the other before pushing Kumada's hand away. "That's not what I'M SAYING! AND STOP PUSHING ME!"
"STOP PUSHING YOU?! OH I'LL STOP PUSHING YOU ALRIGHT!" The blonde with pigtails argued, Isoda saw her pull something out of her jacket's pocket.
And a surge of pain through their side.
"I DIDN'T KILL MY BEST FRIEND." Kumada yelled, holding the now bloodied knife as Isoda huffed from the sudden spike of pain.
Isoda felt the knife be pulled out and they stumbled back. Their freckle decorated face filled with panic as they spoke with a wheezy voice "Kumada—"
But something hit them, the memory of how they said that they would be Hirose's bodyguard if he would patch them up when they inevitably got snapped in half.
How could they defend Hirose if they can't even hold their own against Kumada? They didn't have anything to prove that they were able to hold their own. So now they were faced with a choice, which became apparent when they saw Kumada go for a 2nd stab.
Before Kumada could land it, Isoda went headfirst and slammed their own body into Kumada, causing her to stumble. "WHAT THE FUCK—" Kumada yelled out, having a tight grasp on the knife still. The colorful eyed teen holding a sleeve covered hand over their wound. Their eyes were glossy from the pain, a scream threatening to tear out of their throat from the amount of pain they were in at the moment.
Their breathing was heavy as they looked around before their eyes landed on it. A frying pan. Thanks to the fact the storage room has more than snacks, and has extras of certain items in case something were to happen.
They held their wound over with their left hand, the right grabbing the pan and going to swing at Kumada with it. Easy to say the blonde wasn't injured and reacted quicker, stepping back narrowly before being met with Isoda going straight into another strike.
The genderfluid teen was on an all adrenaline high, when it wore off, were they going to crash? Absolutely. They were literally bleeding out as they were fighting against Kumada. But now they weren't the only bleeding.
Kumada got her nose busted and now had blood flowing from her nostrils, the "gang leader" stumbled back, clutching her nose while staring daggers at Isoda.
"You... Why the FUCK were you blaming me?!" The blonde still demanded, Isoda was starting to get tired of her voice. They held the frying pan in a tight grip as they spoke again.
"How many times do I need to say it?! I'm not blaming you! I'm saying what you're saying doesn't match with what I was told!" They argued back, taking a step forward as if they were going to strike again to shut Kumada up.
In response, Kumada readied her knife again, nose still bleeding as she snarled at Isoda. "Oh please! You're thinking it! "Why is Kumada's story not adding up with Yaitabashi? Is she guilty?!""
"THAT'S ENOUGH!" Isoda snapped at her, swinging the pan and landing it on her head with a loud sound. Obviously this wasn't expected and Kumada was knocked down with a loud curse.
Isoda went to swing again, but Kumada used her lower point and slashed at Isoda's leg from below. "SHIT-!" They yelped, before stumbling, their back slamming into the shelf behind themself to support their weight up. The would severely affecting their ability to stand as the blood loss was getting to them.
But they were determined to live. Kumada got up, storming over to Isoda and going to make a stab, in which she was met with Isoda slamming the pan into the side of her head, accidentally loosening their grip on the pan and sending it flying across the storage room. This momentarily disoriented the girl before Isoda decided to crash onto Kumada to bring them both to the floor. Isoda trying to jam the knife out of Kumada's hand, Kumada trying to slam them off of her.
The storage room was filled with grunts and sounds of thrashing, the different fabrics of their clothes rubbing against each other as they fought over the sharp object. "GOD JUST QUIT IT! DIE ALREADY!" Kumada screamed, before Isoda just slammed their knee into Kumada's stomach from where they were on top, resulting in a loss of air.
Kumada wheezed at the impact, trying to recompose herself as to fight back against Isoda. She grabbed a handful of their hair and went to slam them to the side, which worked momentarily, Isoda landing on their side. But Kumada was kicked away as Isoda struggled to breathe, their vision becoming spotty as they continued to fight.
Kumada instantly went to get Isoda, being the one on top of them now. They grabbed them by the bangs and slammed their head against the floor. "WHO'S GUILTY NOW?!" She yelled, practically in a manic state while she had her own blood dripping off of her face. Isoda was dazed, not fully in it, but they were there enough to have a thought in mind.
If they can't do this now, they'll never see Hirose again, never get to spend late nights laughing with Ninomiya.. This couldn't go out like this. They couldn't leave the others alone, they couldn't leave Hirose alone. The boy would absolutely destroy himself if they were killed. They knew it.
"..." Isoda couldn't speak, limp as Kumada was screaming in their face. They suddenly regained feeling in their arms and wasted no time, using their right hand to grab a handful of Kumada's pigtail and yanking her off. She landed face first on the floor.
Isoda took this as an advantage and used their arms to push themselves up before managing to they on top of Kumada, successfully restraining the struggling girl.
"Y-you.. You're such a bitch!" Kumada yelled as she squirmed under Isoda's weight. "What? Blaming me wasn't enough for you?!"
... They were tired, they were scared, they were hurt. They wanted this to be over with. "I'm not gonna repeat myself again, Kumada! ... I don't think you're guilty. But one of us will be guilty if we keep going at this."
They spoke sternly, eyes narrowed as the intent behind the last part was obvious. If they kept fighting, they would take it too far and one of them would kill or severely injured the other.
Kumada paused, gripping the knife tighter as she gritted her teeth. "... Fuck you." She hissed out, giving up her struggle but holding the knife firmly. Isoda frowned at her, but stayed silent. They couldn't do much anymore, just holding a hand over their stab wound as they tried to not pass out then and there. Their only other hand, aka their right one, was against the back of Kumada's neck, pushing down to keep themselves up.
...
Suddenly, the door to the storage room opened, Matthias poking his head in and immediately noticing all the blood. Then Isoda on top of Kumada, the tan boy going straight into action. Hirose trailed in a few seconds later, probably noticing Matthias going off.
Matthias took Isoda off of Kumada, in which Hirose booked it to Isoda and instantly checked on them. ".. H-holy shit Mion, you're bleeding. Like fucking bleeding-"
"mmgh- yeep." Isoda mumbled out, their voice slurred from their hazy state. "It hurts. A lot." They spoke again, Hirose looking stressed out of his damn mind went to hell them up. "Mion, we have to get you to the Medbay!"
The red head groaned in response, wincing in pain at every single movement "I can't stand, Shingo.." The boy with long black hair simply adjusted his grasp on them, that way he could carry them for the main part.
"Hirose!" Matthias called out, noticing Kumada also bleeding. "Uh.. Kumada's bleeding a decent amount, would you like me to help her to the medbay too?" Hirose paused in shock, they both were hurt. They both fought and not just one person, he felt something in his chest knowing that Isoda managed to damage Kumada.
"Yes, please. Make sure she doesn't bring a weapon with her." Hirose spoke in a steady tone, yet he felt anything but steady. Why did they fight physically? What could've prompted this?
Either way, the 4 headed to the medbay to patch up Isoda and Kumada.
They both were roughed up, and obviously Isoda got the short end of the stick, being attack by someone with a knife really put them at disadvantage. When they were all there, Hirose wasted no time in going to stitch up the deep slash and work on the stab wound.
When Isoda was done, he moved onto Kumada, which was much easier than Isoda's injuries. The two injured rested for a few minutes before the 4 of them all had to head to the trial according to what Monomoko said after appearing behind Hirose and nearly getting kicked. There was already a delay due to the whole injury situation after all.