The first rule is --- | Closed to Jack
How long had something like this been going on, without detection? While she wasn't sure if it was illegal, the fact that it was A: underground and B: pretty damn secretive meant that she had her doubts. Oh well, all in the name of good fun, right?
It was slightly ironic that she'd found out about it, actually - the first rule, naturally, was not to talk about it. But people in bars couldn't help themselves, usually, and nobody would ever ever suspect the ditzy girl with the pink drink to be eavesdropping, would they? It'd sure been helpful at parties, and occasionally for tests; now it seemed that her oh-so-innocent persona meant she'd get to do something that almost reminded her of home
The don't-tell-people, fighting in a kind of ring sort of thing more than the fighting. Momma was just too scary for the family to fight each other.
"Jeez, you'd almost thing you're not wanting people to come in here." Almost disappointingly, there wasn't some collective gasp or shock; she'd swear they almost seemed to expect people to just turn up. It didn't take too long for them to tell her the rules; you don't talk about it, you don't talk about it, a couple of less important ones, and if it's your first night...
Seeing as Makoto was - for whatever reason - apparently the only girl to turn up, they'd let her almost ignore the sixth rule. No zips, buttons, or anything other than cloth, but that was fine - she wouldn't have been that bothered if she'd had to follow it, but apparently it could be uncomfortable for the others. She would have expected grown men beating each other to a pulp to be less conservative, but it didn't really matter. Probably only because it was her first night, right?
Not that she was entirely unfamiliar with the concept; she was sure she'd seen a movie on this, and that her father had told tales of his days in one. Whether exaggerated - as her mother claimed - or real as his muscles suggested, she'd never known, but it had always sparked some form of interest. It was good learning how to fight, and how to actually deal with people fighting back, especially if you had to walk home at night.
It seemed to take an excessively long time - then again most waiting was unbearable - for it to finally be her turn to fight. Maybe she was in a little over her head - the people telling her it was too late to back out seemed to think so. Not that it was going to stop her; she'd just make up an excuse at school, if it looked really bad.
"Hey, you ready?" Her opponent seemed a little older than her; probably still one of the younger men here, but she wasn't entirely sure. Still probably not what most people would think looked like a fair fight; a twenty-something year old man against someone who was still a schoolgirl? But she'd always been strong - besides, she'd totally convinced them with her lie about her age. Maybe.
"Don't hold back, now! I'd hate for you to think you can't hit me 'cause I'm a girl."