"Did ya see me out there, Nabiki?" Akane asked excitedly, throwing a few punches as they walked along the river near their home. "I kicked everyone's ass!"
"You sure did," Nabiki replied with a smirk as she ruffled through the bills she had made from the bets others had taken on her abnormally strong little brother, "but don't talk like that in front of Kasumi. You'll have your mouth washed out with soap and your gi taken away for sure!"
Kasumi, the eldest of the Tendo children, disapproved of Nabiki's tendency to gamble and frowned even more upon Akane's tendency to fight with older boys. After all, children aged ten and eleven were much too young to be participating in such activities. However, without the two of them behaving as they did, the financial situation of the Tendos would be a lot more worse for wear.
"Don't worry about me!" Akane said. "I'm gonna inherit the dojo someday and make a lot more money than I do now! Not even Kasumi can stop me!" he said confidently.
Nabiki giggled and became so absorbed in counting her yen that she didn't realize that Akane had suddenly stopped in front of her. "Oof! Akane, what gives?" she whined when she ran into his back.
"Over there," he pointed down the river, where a man in a baggy purple robe was being attacked by a group of what looked like young teenagers. He frowned. "Just because he's a weirdo doesn't mean he should be beat up. Come on, Nabiki!"
In a flash Akane was at the scene, dashing in front of the strange man and downing one of the boys with a powerful kick to the stomach. "Why don't you pick on someone your own size?" he growled, crouching down in a ready stance.
"Hey look," a particularly nasty kid jeered. "It's that pretty boy with the sissy name!"
"Shut up," Akane spat. People who mocked Akane's name tended to get hurt. His mother was ill from blood loss after he was born, and was so sure she'd be having another girl that she had named her son Akane. His father, crazy with worry over his wife, had not paid attention to the mistake, and thus Akane had officially ended up with a girl's name.
"Oh? The sissy girl likes her sissy name?" the teenager asked, sensing that his words were hitting a soft spot. "I bet you punch like a girl, too!" The boy rushes in at Akane, arm ready for a punch, but his opponent vanishes from sight. Feeling a tap on his shoulder, the boy spins around wildly and meets face to face with a very pissed off Akane.
"I'll show you just how hard I punch," he said, and the fight ensued.
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