Stingin' 'n' Swingin' [Hayley]

Kenshin was walking down the street. It was a nice evening. The breeze was refreshingly cool. The setting sun colored the sky in an orange hue. The young vigilante made his usual patrol of the city, looking for any troublemakers that needed to be stopped or civilians that were in need of saving.

The boy was wearing his usual disguise. What he called his vigilante outfit was just a brown and tan hooded jacket with a red stripe, and a yellow cap to hide his very distinct white and black hair. This was not exactly a good crime-fighting outfit, but considering the armor that Kenshin's quirk gave him, the boy did not see the need to get an actual suit or outfit. Not yet, anyway. Although if he were able to obtain one, Kenshin would not say no to wearing a red motorcycle helmet instead of the cap.

Suddenly, Kenshin heard a scream. It sounded like a woman's voice coming from the nearby alley. Without hesitation, Kenshin ran to the source of the scream. He saw a group of five men, all holding either bats or pipes. Four of them were surrounding a young woman, while the fifth one was gripping her arm tightly. She was clearly terrified and was doing her best to free herself from the thug holding her, but to no avail.

"Please let me go! I-I don't want any trouble!" The thug grinned as he stared at her. "Now now, don't be so loud. We ain't gonna hurt ya, not if we don't have to. We just wanna have a bit of fun. And hot chicks like you always makes things more fun. So what do you say, babe? Why don't you join me and my boys? We'll have a nice time together."

Kenshin was not going to tolerate any of this crap. He immediately ran towards the five thugs, glaring at them as he spoke. "Alright dumbass, listen up! I'm only going to say this once. Let the lady go. Now!" As the thugs stared down at Kenshin, the thug holding the woman glared at the boy before beginning to laugh.

"Bwahahahaha! Oh my god! Can you believe this kid? He thinks he's some kind of hero! How fucking adorable!" Once the thug finished laughing, his expression became very serious. "Now I'm only going to tell you just once. Piss the hell off. I do whatever I want, whenever I want, and no puny little shit stain is going to fucking tell me what to do. So either walk away this instant, or my boys will break your bones!"

The woman screamed loudly once again. This irritated the thug, enough so that he slapped her face hard enough to make her fall to the floor. As she began crying, the thug began to talk harshly to her. "Bitch, shut your goddamn mouth! You're yelling so close to my damn ear!" Kenshin immediately became pissed. "Don't lay your filthy hand on her, you worthless sack of shit!" The thug glared at him. "What are you, some kid playing hero? I gave you a chance to take your white knight bullshit elsewhere, but if you really want a beating that badly, my boys and I are more than willing to comply!"

As the thug's four underlings slowly approached the boy, Kenshin just stared at them coldly and sighed. Five against one? That was hardly fair! Maybe if there were ten of these thugs, then perhaps they would be able to stand a chance. These idiots had no idea just what they were getting themselves into. Kenshin smiled. Time to beat these criminal scum!

Word count: 606

Notes: And already we have an incoming fight