Chapter 32
'' You are doing it again.'' Mr. Touma said, his voice snapping Danuja out of her trance. She looked a him blinking unbothered before smiling '' Huh.'' he said surprised ''Didn't know you could do that.'' he said scratching his chin
'' Me neither.'' Danuja revealed before going back to her training, her good mood unbeatable
A couple of months passed since Danuja deal with Ryota and his friends. And with them Danuja and Kana relationship blossomed even further. Everything just looked better in Danuja eyes.
Dad wasn't scared anymore and was always at her heel following her everywhere she goes. Herself and Mr. Touma begin their training again with much more vigor than before. Ryota dropped out of school and if the rumors were right, his parents send him overseas in the States. There wasn't much talk about him after that.
No one found out that Danuja was the one who beat all those upper classmates but the old Gardening Club was officially closed till an unknow date. And after Danuja found out about Kana sensitivity officially at pretty much anything, she took it into her own hands to make every school day most bearable. Or at last more than before.
She was quite proud of her classmates willingness with her ideas.
Danuja constant good mood come from spending day after day beside Kana and just bathing in the girl presence. It was blissful.
'' Does it have anything to do with those girly smells around you?'' Mr. Touma asked smirking when Danuja uppercut missed it's target
'' What smell?'' she asked trying to play dumb in his eyes. Truthfully she was wondering if he smelt the new detergent softener on her clothes or Kana own vanilla scent.
'' Pff.'' he said rolling his eyes before throwing the tapped rope at her. Sometimes she wondered how the thing didn't fall apart yet. '' Kid your clothes are drenched in vanilla and flowery shit.'' he said waving his hand around before shacking his head hopeless '' I swear kids those days are weirder and weirder.''
'' Oh? What did your son do this time?'' she asked smirking amused
Mr. Touma son was an unknow face to Danuja even though his wife was sometimes coming here bringing them snacks or another bottle of water, the boy himself never showed up. That doesn't mean Danuja did not heard enough about him from his two parents. There was enough gossip to make her uncomfortable at the beginning.
'' Was it a new boyfriend or he got a new piercing?'' she asked still amused at his groaning.
'' You stupid brat.'' he snarked at her '' Stop enjoying my suffering and begin your warm up already.''
'' But I like your suffering. It's one of the highlights of my day.'' she said barking a loud laugh when he throw at her a bottle of water.
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'' What do you say about another fight at the Pit?'' Mr. Touma asked her before she could leave. Danuja was in the middle of tying Dad leash on when he asked, making her turn right back with a serious face
'' I'm in.'' she said before breaking into a grin, her dog-like fang poking her lip '' The money were good.'' she said nodding to herself, patting Dad side making the man snort amused
'' I bet they were.'' he said before grimacing '' If you fight again there we will need more precautions. Because coming a second time will make you a regular not a one-timer. What do you say?''
'' I say, if the money is good like last time I'm in.'' her answer made the man to flick her forehead harshly
'' Idiot boy.'' he admonished her clicking his tongue '' The First Ring doesn't have rewards like those. I told you already. Your case was special and that was just because of how you knocked that guy out. If you would have done it differently there wouldn't be any money for you.''
That just means I need to humiliate more guys like that one, enough to make the public mad she thought before smiling sheepishly
'' Yes, yes. '' she said '' I still want to fight.'' she said arching an eyebrow when Mr. Touma smiled at her just a touch softer
'' Course you do.'' he said before pushing her towards the door '' There are some angry karateka that want to take you on. I see what I can do to delay things till summer vacation.'' he said before poking her ribs '' You put more weight on you and continue what you are doing.''
'' See you tomorrow! '' Danuja yelled at him beginning to jog back home, Dad by her side
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Arriving home, Danuja made sure that Dad was comfortable first before she actually begin eating her fill. Because now she has money to eat her fill. Her pantry was filled with rice, pasta and her fridge with frozen vegetables and fish. So she wasn't worried anymore if there will be enough the next day or not.
'' It's good mm?'' she said scratching Dad head before taking out the old, battered laptop her sperm donor left behind a long time ago and begin searching
If her instincts were right, the same with Mr. Touma words, then her next fight will be with a karateka and if Shoto was a black belt in Shotokan then the next one must be something similar.
So Danuja searched karate styles, tried different stances and hits before she dived even deeper into karate history and anything similar with it. What she needed was humiliation, because that's what the crowd looked to like more than anything if those American dollars said anything.
'' Oh?'' she said a little too loudly, waking Dad in the process. Blinking surprised she looked outside at the dark night and Dad slumbering beside her
'' I think this could work. Maybe.'' she hummed chewing her lips before blinking startled at the next article '' Or maybe it doesn't need to.'' she said grinning madly reading the words
With her mind running madly around ideas and ideas, Danuja let herself fall asleep beside her furred companion, dreams filled with faceless characters that fought, green papers and amethyst eyes staring into her soul.