Chapter 247 - Nutjob Tranny

"That's right. I'm a fox spirit. I'm here to punish bad boys…"

Without further ado, Ara jumped from the electric pole and landed on her feet without much effort. The way she did it looked so casual that it made the young men step back. It was as if they had an idea that what they're dealing with was some kind of supernatural.

"What are you?"

The leader, the guy who did most of the beating up earlier demanded. His voice sounded terse, but his body language and eyes told a different story. Ara was reminded of a porcupine upon seeing him with his spiky hair and messy leather ensemble.

"You're asking me after I just told you what I am?" Ara was incredulous.

She wondered where these guys intelligence went, but then realize she had to be patient as it was obvious they were just some underlings. The only somewhat smart member was the one who had tricked all of them and was now battered on the floor after the punching and the kicking his teammates gave him.

"It's a woman!" another chimed in from behind the leader and Ara wanted to palm her face.

She was, after all, wearing a tight, black ensemble that showed off her curves. If she had a cat mask on, she'd be Cat Woman. Also, she had spoken earlier and her voice was definitely female's. How in the world did these guys not know she was a woman from the start?

"Of course she's a girl. Are you dumb?" the leader snarled as he turned to his henchmen with disbelieving expression, then back to Ara. "Or maybe she's a transvestite…"

Ara had to stop herself from laughing out loud there and then. She hadn't been out for a week, and she just had to deal with dumb, dumber, and dumbest on her first night out.

"A… transvestite?"

Ara's hand immediately went to her chest and felt relieved that it was not flat. How dare did these guys call her that?

"Of course! Where can you see a tall nutjob like that?"

Well, the boss had an argument, Ara surmised. It was not common for girls to be as tall as her in Japan. Then again, she'd never been called a nutjob or a transvestite before, so she grinned at the given reason to beat them up.

"A nutjob?" Ara scoffed as she approached.

By now, the earlier surprise had washed off, and the young men's wariness was gone. They deemed her as nothing more than a crazy girl behind a fox mask.

"Of course. Which sane girl would walk around wearing a mask like its Halloween?" the leader snorted as he turned away and turned his attention on the guy on the ground.

The latter had already crawled partially away from the group, while they were distracted earlier. But now, he was dragged back in. The leader signaled someone to pull the guy by his foot, and dragged him to the side to be kicked again.

Well… he's right. She was probably the only one who'd walk around Tokyo with a mask on, so she relented. As she was adamant about not helping out a jerk, she was also not going to beat up someone with a logical argument.

"He's going to die, you know?"Ara commented, but remained unmoving as she watched.

There's no way she'd help out someone who's equally bad. So, seeing as she had no intention to meddle with them, the young men totally regarded her as a weird big sister.

"Then he better left a will. I ain't stopping 'til I smashed his face enough," the leader growled, and Ara rolled her eyes heavenwards.

This was starting to be boring.

"Why are you even ganging up on someone who can't fight back anyway?" Ara asked as she watched the guy got beaten up further.

"Why are you asking, big sister? Are you going to help him?" an underling mocked, but Ara was too bored to even get angry.

"Nope. Carry on," she answered nonchalantly, finally decided to let them be. But the idiot minion wouldn't let her off and continued to mock her.

"Aren't you playing the superhero?" he asked and Ara snorted.

"Totally not. I'm a bad guy, you know," she answered as she crouched on the ground and propped her chin with her hand.  

Still, the guy didn't stop.

"Then better scram, big sister. You're in the way. We don't want any tranny in here messing with our matters," the nasty crony said, and this time, Ara was annoyed.

Tranny? Scram?

Ara stood up. "And if I don't want to?" she countered stubbornly, and the guy only got nastier.

He was not a tall guy. He was even shorter than Ara in height, but his very thin frame and blondie Mohawk hairstyle made him appear taller. He had a pair of unfocused eyes that Ara just noticed. It seemed he's currently high on something and it was why he was determined to ruffle her feathers. She was his chosen target.

"If you don't go you'll get hurt big sister," he said in a singsong voice, but there was definitely a hint of a threat there, that even his comrades noticed.

"Oi Goda, what are you doing? Leave that nutjob alone," the others said, but the young man with the glazed eyes was beyond reasoning.

"Why? She came to our territory. She can't blame us if we don't welcome her, no?" the guy said, and the others seemed to finally agree, even the leader.

"If you're going to get rid of her, do it fast you dumbo,"the leader snarled as he paused from beating up the other guy to watch.

It seemed he was interested seeing Ara get beaten too. Too bad, that's a totally impossible feat. Also…

"Oh? You're going to beat me up? You?" her voice came out equally mocking, making the Mohawk guy incensed. It was as if he was not expecting her spunk, and was angry for being mocked in return.

"I wasn't going to but if you seem to be volunteering so don't blame me, big sis," the guy said, and Ara's amusement returned as she watched the dude charged at her with his fist high up, ready to land a punch at her as soon as he reached.

Ara didn't even flinch when he did, however. She lifted her hand and caught his fist mid-air, shocking everyone. The guy tried to struggle but he couldn't get his hand free.

"That should be my line, don't you think?" Ara asked as mischief danced in her eyes. "Do you like flying?" she asked again but didn't wait for an answer before suddenly pulling him only to throw him so far away like she did the car back in Hakone.

"Bon voyage," Ara said as she waved and everyone watched him catapult into the air as he screamed.