The expression that Emilia gave to Lann was expected. As the new guy of the group, it should only felt normal to be asking what his friends thought about him. That question would also be a good indicator whether or not Lann fits within the crowd of Hill View High School. Emilia had an answer in mind already as he saw from expression. Although she looked at me wildly before telling him what he really wanted to hear. "I think they really like you." That statement brought fulfilment in Lann. His new friends enjoyed his company. It felt good to be accepted with open arms. "It sounds strange, but somehow... It feels like you were supposed to be a part of our group the second you stepped into school." The statement caught Lann a little off guard. There was a brief silence between Emilia and Lann before she laughed and continuing to add to her comment that eased the situation a little from awkwardness. "So it was fate that you bumped into me like that, it would seem."

Lann giggled to Emilia's response until they turned around a corner. The street there was gloomier and far darker than the street he previously ventured. The streetlights were dim and some were flickering frantically before sometimes it would just turn off for a moment and on again. There were murmurs of people among this street and Lann couldn't help to tell Emilia to stay behind Lann. "Stay close... And hold on to me." He said before they attempted to cross the silhouettes of people passing by. He thought everything would went well, but the moment he attempted to pass through the three people, one of them cuts Lann off in front and another from the back. "Damn it." He murmured.

"Hey there pretty lady..." The guy prevented Lann and Emilia from moving on the street. He tried to avoid them by sidestepping, but they seemed intent on bothering them as they kept following Lann's movement until they were finally boxed in by the three guys, unable to go anywhere. "Well, well. Looks like we're also gonna be scoring tonight. Hurry up and hand your wallet over kid. And your bike too." Lann recognised the first mugger's voice. It took him a while to realise that it was a person from his old school. Most of the people there wasn't afraid to extort money from other students, so it would only seem natural that they were to mug people for stuff too. The two guys behind pulled Emilia away from Lann and subdued her by interlocking their arms to hers and stood back to see Lann's colleague trying to push Lann to hand over his wallet. "Come on kid... Unless you want your girlfriend there hurt, I'd suggest you pass your wallet and phone... And bike." Lann stood quietly, cursing at the three goons around him.

"You don't know who you're messing with. I suggest you just let her and me go before one of us would get hurt." Lann scowled at his colleague to try and talk him out of it. The end result was expected, he wouldn't let up.

"Oh no, no, no. I don't think so you little shit. Who do you think you are? The goddamn president? Now hurry up before I beat you up to a pulp and have fun with your girlfriend!" Lann's expression turned grim. He didn't want to do this but it seems there was no choice for him but to resort to his old ways. Even so, he still attempted to warn the guy to back off for his own good.

"I'm warning you... You let me go and [i]nobody[/i] gets a broken bone."[/i] His warning was nevertheless disregarded by the mugger. From underneath the shadow Lann could tell that he was pissed off. He had a terrified look into his face but just as he saw the other two muggers that were with him, he knew that he'd win because of numbers. Lann's warning came out as a taunt to him, and his fists itched to just assault him until he submits.

"You just sentenced your shitty life to death, kid." Lann knew now that there wasn't a single reason not to resort to fighting. Lann let his bike go, sending it crashing to the ground beside him before the guy was in with the pocket knife trying to stab Lann directly by his stomach. A lethal move if Lann was careless. The darkness around was also fortunate. The mugger couldn't see where his hand was going but Lann could. He forced his wrist away from his body to the mugger's side and twisted his arm as hard as he could. The immediate reaction was the knife falling from the muggers hands. Lann let his arm go by pushing him away before the other guy who was holding Emilia back tried to attack him by yelling with a knife as his hands were in the air. Lann quickly dispatched him by holding the forearm where the knife was held and gave a knee kick to his stomach that winded him the attacker. As he struggled for his stomach, Lann held his neck with one hand and prepared his fist and punched his nose upwards that sent him flying for several inches before falling onto the ground. He was certain that he would have his nose bleeding.

The third guy was watching, but continuing his grip on Emilia and Lann walked right over to him. Of course, the guy was slightly scared but thanks to Emilia... "Lann! Behind you!" He quickly turned around to see the other man trying to get at him by running directly at Lann. He threw his fist downwards at Lann but Lann caught it and bashed his face as hard as he could before denting his chest with several more punches and a round kick to the neck, knocking him out. Finally, the last guy... Now, he was terrified. He debated whether or not he should run for his life or try his luck in fighting Lann. He was hesitating and scared so he let his arm go from Emilia and ran towards the direction Lann came from. He heard the jingle from his bike and saw that the guy with his nose bleeding trying to get away towards the same direction. Lann ran as fast as he could and threw himself at him, kicking as he was in midair sending the mugger off his bike several feet away because of Newton's second law. Two were out cold and the other was scared for his life.

And finally... Emilia. Lann's heartbeat softened a little after the fight and he breathed in much slower. He jogged over to Emilia to see if she was okay. "Are you hurt?" He latched on to her shoulders and looked at her directly by her face. His fingers inspected her neck and cheeks.