A Bro's Life (AGG-ish Anime Bro Quest)

[Combat Checks]

[Hayato: Street Fighting: 20 + MMA: 10 + Fist: 10 + Physical: 24 = 64]

[Ritsuko: Brawling: 35 + Fist: 10 + Physical: 15 = 60]

[Hayato Wins! Close Victory!]

[+15 XP]

If there's one thing Ritsuko proves during your match, it's that she's nothing like her brother.

Where Yunagi had neither fighting skills nor experience, Ritsuko knew what she was doing. She quickly blocked your first jab and dashed in to close the distance. A swift uppercut hit your chin with a resounding crack. It rattled your brain bit but it was nothing compared to what Yato had put you through earlier in the week.

You retaliated by grabbing her shoulders and kneeing her in the stomach, twice. She withstood the first one but not he second. Hunched over in pain she couldn't stop the right hook you sent to her temple. Your attack hit, but she leaned into it to slip under your arm. She launched an assault on your midsection with four rapid fire blows. They knock the air from your lungs, but you return the favor with a hard hammerfist to her back. Your hit drove her back, giving you some room to breathe.

A second passes before you start closing the distance between you, readying your own assault. Ritsuko smiles and puts her arms up to defend her face. That smile turns to a shocked gasp as you launch a front kick straight to her solar plexus. She remains standing, but her arms lower to protect her midsection. This means she has no protection for when your side kick hits her square in the head. You send her to the ground, knocking her hat off in the process.

You grin a bit and walk forward to take advantage of her downed position. This turns out to be a mistake, as she takes the opportunity to tackle you to the ground. Your arms come up as she straddles you. This helps when she starts pummeling your head, but not enough to stop all the attacks. Eventually she gets through your defense and lands a few solid hits on your face. You start tasting blood and see a smile come over her face as she admires her work.

You don't waste the chance.

Your right hand quickly shoots up and grabs...something very soft that causes Ritsuko to let out unexpectedly girly gasp and Yunagi to stand up from his seat in the bleachers with his face red with rage.

Under any other circumstance, you'd start apologizing profusely for doing this...while secretly committing the moment to memory as it's the first time you've gotten this far with a girl.

However, this is a fight.

What you're currently doing is a calculated maneuver.

Because while she's focusing on getting your hand off her chest, you've managed to get enough leverage to counterattack. Your left hand unleashes a flurry of hooks on her side, sending her wincing and tumbling to the right. You get to your feet and back up while wiping the blood from your lip. She stands up a few seconds later and you prepare for a chewing out for what you did.

Instead, Ritsuko spits some blood on to the polished floor then laughs, "You're not half bad. Clever trick there. Hope you enjoyed it while it lasted."

"Thanks for the compliment," you intentionally avoid the minefields that are the last two remarks. You pinch your nose and straighten it with your right hand while rubbing your chin with your left, "You're not too bad yourself. That uppercut hurt."

"And you've got some mean hooks. Still feeling the shock," a wince and shifting of her weight occurs while she gets her guard back up, "Got your wind back?"

"Yeah," you get into your stance and start to advance. From there the fight turns into a, as Yato would say, proper exchange of blows. You vary up your attacks as the battle goes on. Sometimes you'd focus on sending punches towards her face. Other times you'd try to get her arm or leg into a lock and pummel away at an exposed area. Or you'd feint a jab and follow it with a roundhouse kick. You tried to keep Ritsuko guessing the entire fight. It worked well and soon enough you had her huffing with exhaustion and multiple bruises across her body.

Unfortunately, you were in the same boat. Ritsuko didn't change up her style in the least. She focused on one thing and one thing only; Hitting you hard and never letting up on her assault. While she did duck a hook here, block an jab there, or counter a kick here, much of her strategy relied on simply punching away at any weakness she could spot. If there wasn't a weakness, she'd make one by brute forcing her way through your defense.

Then there was the crucial aspect of her fighting style. Her punches hurt like hell.

While your attacks had left bruises on her skin, you were sure she had left bruises on your bones. Nothing major or vital enough that you couldn't keep going. But having your arms and legs scream in pain every time you blocked an attack isn't a pleasant experience.

Eventually the two of you separated. You stared each other down, both breathing heavily as the adrenaline pumped through your veins. You felt a leg almost give out and your vision was starting to get blurry. She was visibly straining to stay on her feet, arms barely held up to protect her face. You both shared a look that conveyed the same message.

That it was time to end this.

With what was left of your strength you took in a deep breath. You put your hands up and readied your last attack.

Ritsuko did the same. Her black hair and blazer flowed freely in the breezy air of the gym.

For a moment, there was silence.

Then you both let out a piercing battle cry and charged.

The sound of fists hitting flesh echoed throughout the building. You both stood in the center of the court with your arms across each other, fists in each others faces.

You held your breath as your burning eyes stared directly into hers.

After what felt like an hour, Ritsuko dropped to the ground.

You followed a second after, falling forwards....

[Bond: Blood Ties + He's my Brother]

....Onto the waiting shoulder of your bro.

"Well done brother," you welcome the sound of his monotone voice, even as he starts to chew you out, "We went through the trouble of getting you released from confinement, only for you to get yourself confined to the Nurse's Office until you heal."

"Ah, come....come on...Yamato," you gasp out through beleaguered breaths, "I'm not that hurt."

[Medicine Check: Surgery: 0: Fail!]

"Unlikely. A medical professional will give a more accurate diagnosis than you could at this moment. Not to mention the last time you said you weren't 'that hurt', you collapsed on the floor of our apartment building."

"Urgh....fine....bro," if it makes him happy, you'll go. And your head does feel kind of fuzzy...

"Hey....Nagai was it?" you look up to see Ritsuko pushing herself to her feet while her brother stands by her side with her hat in his hands. She grabs it and pushes it down on her head, blocking her face from view while her right hand rummages around in her blazer pocket, "That was a...pretty good fight....hope I didn't hurt ya too bad."

"Same to you," you pat your brother on the back. He steps away to let you stand on your own feet, "This was pretty fun. Haven't had a good old one-on-one fight in a while. Oh, and sorry about the....you know."

A hand goes to scratch your cheek while you chuckle nervously. The black haired girl turns her head and suddenly takes a keen interest in the floor, "D-Don't worry about that! It was fight and things like that happen. And.....uh...well...I had fun too. And ya seem like a pretty good guy. So, if ya want to do this again, or just hang out or something....oh here!"

Her hand shoots out of her pocket and shoves something into your chest. You grab it as she turns around and calls for her brother, "Yuna come on! Let's get home!"

"I told you to stop calling me that!" "Yuna" shouts as he chases after his sister, "A-and don't let dad see you like that! You know how mad he gets when he finds out you've been fighting!"

"And you know that I couldn't give less of a shit!" she shouts as the two of them exit the building. You and Yamato share a confused look as the door slams shut behind the two siblings. With a shrug you look down at what Ritsuko gave you and find a folded blue note with a cute little drawing of a...you think that's supposed to be a lion?

Confused you turn the note over...and find a phone number.

Your mouth falls open in surprise. Then it turns into a wide grin. A celebratory shout tears its way out of your throat as you jump into air while pumping your fist...then wince in pain as you hit the ground.

The note falls from your hands as they go to hold your sides, but your brother catches it between two fingers. He looks at the note then raises an eyebrow, "Brother, why did Ritsuko Satoshi give you her phone number?"

"Because, my dear sweet bro," you look up to him with a smile, "your brother is smooth as fuck."

"That would be favorable. Hardening of the skin usually means the formation of tumors which could be cancerous. But that does not explain why she wrote down her number and gave it to you."

"...You know what? Let's just get to the Nurse's Office."

[Hayato has won his bout against Ritsuko!]

[Health Changed to Injured!]

[Gained Ritsuko's Number! Relationship Unlocked!]

[Combat Victory = Ritsuko's Relationship Starts at Rank 3!]

[+15 XP]

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Here we go. I managed to get it done early.

The thing that took so long was the Combat Checks. I wasn't sure how I was gonna do them, so I went to check AGG: Eastern Rhapsody...where they were basically a single Check against a Difficulty.

So, I just went with comparing Skills.

Might add more to it as the Quest goes on though.

Fun Fact: The part where Hayato cops a feel was originally because I did Bad Maths and thought you guys had a 69 for your Total Combat Score. This was because I thought you guys had 10 MMA BEFORE the Yunagi meeting and thus should have 15 MMA. This was wrong.

But, rather than remove it, I decided to keep it.

1. Cause why not?

2. Cause this is anime. That stuff happens all the time.

3. Hayato would fight like that. Street Fighting is using whatever you can to win and get an advantage. WHATEVER you can.