『Felix Karl Grimm』
A pregnant silence fell over the yard at my declaration. They looked at me with utter bafflement which was fair to give them some credit. I was quite lean, which under this jacket made me look a bit wiry. And you don't often see other teenagers approach a 1v5 looking to get their ass beat.
The ringleader, at least from what I remember, sighed and tossed his cigarette away before walking closer to me with a condescending expression. He was a solid half a head taller than me, his height was quite unusual for a Japanese boy.
"Who do you think you are? Are you stupid or something? You must be suicidal, that's it."
"Haha! Look at him, Itou-kun, it's that Gaijin kid! He must be delusional!"
His girlfriend pointed a finger at me and laughed. I admit it was a bit irritating. From the attitude of the two, the other guys got their wits about them and started laughing and taunting me too, while Junpei looked away and squeezed his eyes shut.
Slap!
"!!!"
"Ito-kun!" "What the hell!?"
Their laughter died down instantly the moment I slapped the boy in front of me, making sure to regulate my strength to the level where it barely stung, but the hit to his pride was bigger than anything else.
"You fuck-!"
Smack!
Without hesitation, his face contorted in rage, and he swung his fist at my face, connecting with my cheek. It stung a little bit. Just a little bit, I was still a Kure after all. I rubbed my cheek and gave him a pitying look.
"That all? I met little girls who hit harder than that."
Albeit, I'm not sure Rebecca exactly counted as a little girl, but it was enough to make his temper boil over as he punched me again.
"I'll fucking beat you to death!"
"You little shit!"
And his friend joined in too, punching me in the shoulder as I put in the bare minimum effort to defend myself. Letting them gang up on me and counting the hits they landed.
"How's that feel, huh!? You Gaijin fuck!"
Ok, that should be enough to make this look like self-defense. It would make my life a lot easier if it did.
"Alright, enough of that."
Thud!
"Bleurgh!"
Suddenly, I went from taking punches like a dummy to lashing out with a fist of my own, landing solidly on the stomach of one boy. I had to remind myself that, despite how much they pissed me off, these were just High Schoolers and not gangsters. I wasn't going to wail on them as hard as I would on a 6th Streeter.
"What the-! Arrgh!"
The kid doubled over and emptied his breakfast all over the floor from my punch, and not letting the surprise go to waste, I grabbed the arm of another boy and twisted before applying some pressure, making the elbow let out a muffled crack.
"Hu-!"
I lifted my foot and stomped down on the shoes of another boy, breaking his toes. He did look like a soccer player too. Hopefully he'll feel that.
Crunch!
"AAAAAAHHHH!!!!"
Oops, got a bit too enthusiastic there.
Spinning on my heel, I punched one of the boys on the arm, except I accidentally put a bit too much jıice into the punch for a [Kure] with the trait [Strong]. That arm is definitely broken.
I looked down at him writhing on the floor in pain and shrugged my shoulders.
He'll get better.
"Wha... what the fuck?"
"Suicidal was it, Ito? Right back at you."
I cracked my knuckles while approaching the ringleader. He was about to run, but I grabbed him by the collar before tossing him against the wall.
"Oof!"
Thud!
"Gah!"
Kicking him in the side and sending him tumbling onto the floor, I put my foot on his knee and applied a little pressure, making him groan.
"Y'see, I don't like bullies. I think they are nuisances, so I don't want to see you and your friends bully anyone ever again, you get me?"
"Y...yes! Yes! Okay! Just let me go!"
When exposed to the language of violence, someone who is only used to bluffing using it crumbles instantly. He was not someone with a spine; he was just a small fish who saw prey. Pathetic really.
"I could trust your word on that, but... nah. I want this lesson to stick with you. Spend a week in the hospital and reflect on your actions in crutches."
Crack!
"AAAAAAHHHH!!!"
I broke his knee by applying a bit more pressure before turning to Junpei who looked at me with sheer awe and a bit of fear.
"Yo, Junpei, mind testifying that these guys were ganging up on me and I managed to enact self-defense after a grueling battle? You know? Partners in crime?"
"U-uh, un. Yeah, I can do that. Definitely."
"Good man."
Now then.
Lese Majeste, don't fail me now.
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I got suspended for a month.
Which was rather obvious, I had just beaten the absolute tar out of 5 students, and sent 3 of them to the hospital. And as per school policies, they didn't care about the bullying going on, just that it interfered with their business. But, I had the bruises on my body as proof and the eyewitness of Junpei as a testament, so they didn't want to bother dragging me to court.
Thus, they decided to settle this quietly because the other boys were also too shit scared to say how dirty I did them. If it weren't for the girl who booked it out of there the moment I took down the first boy, there probably wouldn't even have been authorities involved.
Regardless, all is well that ends well. Not like I gave a damn about my suspension, in fact, it basically worked in my favor anyway. Once I was shooed out of the school, Junpei tagged along with me.
"I mean, that was incredible, Grimm-san! You moved like Jonathan Wicker, it's such bullshit that they suspended you, but... thank you, really."
Feat Achieved! Divert Junpei's Fate
1x Silver Trait Gacha Ticket
"It's all fine, Junpei. All in a day's work. I said I was repaying you for those papers, no?"
Well, that was mostly an excuse to get him off my back. I wanted to hurry up and hunt some more cursed spirits as practice, but he stuck around me to chat; at least he was not really that boring. It had been a while since I talked to a normal person. So I suppose you could call this me getting normalized.
Apparently, the movies in this world were knockoffs of the Prime Earth. Instead of Jaws, they had Teeth; instead of Scream, they had Screech.
Weird stuff, but the plot seemed to be relatively same. Just that everything was changed just enough that you'd assume they were a very high-budget parody of the original ones.
"And so Addison-"
"Junpei? Is that you? What are you doing here? Is that a friend?"
A feminine voice interrupted us as we were walking down the city and just chatting. Turning around, we saw a woman with several shopping bags in her hands. She was a mature beauty, slim but still with sizable... assets, she had the same black hair and eyes as Junpei.
"M-mom, he is... a friend of sorts, I guess. He is a classmate. He helped me out with something."
Her gaze looked over both of us, lingering briefly on Junpei and the already fading bruises on me. Yeah, she already knew, I wasn't going to bother dancing around it. I jabbed a thumb towards Junpei.
"Yup, I'm Felix, Junpei's classmate. There were some pretty mean guys who were picking on him, so I dealt with them. I got suspended."
"G-Grimm-kun!"
His mom placed her hands on her hips and let out an appreciative whistle.
"Well now, I'm glad Junpei found a good friend. Thanks for taking care of my son, Felix-kun. Would you like to join us for dinner?"
I rubbed my chin. Join a hot mom for dinner? Tasting some home-cooked food for once could be great. I never got to experience home-cooked food back on Earth. My parents kinda speedran the whole leaving me an orphan thing with my mother leaving my father out of nowhere and going to another country with his savings, while my father threw himself out of the 20th-floor apartment window once he found out.
"I'm starved anyway. I'll be in your care, ma'am."
Junpei rubbed the back of his head.
"I guess that's fine? I could show you my movie collection. I have a lot of DvD's of old movies lying around."
His mother laughed.
"Alright, good, it's been a while since you had any friends over, Junpei. I've got plenty of meat with me. You'll taste the cooking of a mother who has to feed a growing boy!"
"I'll look forward to it."
Honestly, I really was. This was going to be a good note on my food tour. Home-cooked meals weren't something I could pay for out of pocket.
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"And then Junpei went BWAHHH!!!"
"Mom!"
His mother did an exaggerated motion while Junepi complained. She was telling me stories about his childhood while sipping on her beer. All the while I focused on my meal, it was a great hotpot. Junpei's mom was one hell of a cook for sure. It wasn't quite pizza, but home-cooked meals just had that extra warmth to them.
"Yup, I can see it. He seems like the type to jump like that."
"You too? Urgh..."
"I know right? Bwahaha! You're pretty cool Felix-kun. You seem really mature for your age. Junpei keeps talking about you like you're an action hero. Do you do martial arts? Like kung-fu or something?"
She did some air chopping movements that made my lips quirk up a bit. To demonstrate, I took off my jacket and flexed my arm, making the defined muscles pop out clearly.
"Kinda, it's mixed martial arts and boxing. Mostly boxing, I was taught by a man named Fred. used to be a professional heavyweight boxer."
They both stared at my arm with a mixture of awe and surprise, making me blush a bit. It felt quite weird to get stared at like that. My physique wasn't really anything impressive back in Night City.
I felt a pair of cool, feminine hands land on my bicep and squeeze as Junpei's mom's mouth widened.
"Woah! You're built like a rock! I can't even dent these muscles. Are you sure you're a high schooler and not a bodybuilder? I'll be dammed, girls must be swarming you. I'd say you probably have to beat them off with a stick, but who needs a stick when you've got these guns."
Her eyes locked on my arm with laser focus, a mix of appreciation and something else. Junpei, on the other hand, rubbed his forehead.
"Mom, you're embarrassing me. But yeah, you're really built like an action star Grimm-kun, I didn't know you worked out that much. You usually keep to yourself in class."
"Yeah I- oops, sorry Felix-kun, shit!"
I stared unamused as Junpei's mom pulled her arm back and accidentally knocked over her half-full can of beer, causing the beer to spill everywhere and soak my shirt. She slapped her forehead, and Junpei sighed deeply.
"Mom, be more careful, please. Let me see if I can find a shirt for you Grimm-kun, though I doubt most of mine would fit on you."
He got up and went to his room while his mother rubbed her head and bowed it slightly in apology.
"I'm really sorry Felix-kun, forgive me, I'll wash it for you, in the meantime you can borro- ooooh my god, you could grind meat on those."
Her words were cut off when I took off my bear-soaked shirt in order not to get sticky underneath, exposing my rather substantial build, clearly defined abs and obliques, a sturdy chest, and even "cum gutters" as Rebeca affectionately liked to refer to them.
She blushed and took a deep breath. I was usually very unused to dealing with females, but I've hung around Lucy long enough to know that look.
Seems like today will be... very interesting indeed.
Sorry Junpei.
A/N: Grimm is miraculously levelheaded despite being a former Night City resident; he is even capable of holding back against utter civvies. While the bullies are scumbags, compared to the Scavs, Corpo, and Maelstrom Grimm had to deal with daily, they may as well be saints. Of course, he had the slightest of personal stakes in this; he delivered karma unto them.
Junpei's mom can get it; that is all I will say. What's the point of travelling the multiverse if you won't sample the finest milfs it offers? Jokes aside, I thought it would be fun to include Junpei's mom as an encounter; she isn't a full waifu, mind you, but she will be getting her scene.
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