Here comes a new challenger!
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1) "You've taken this too far, Lily" You recognized that voice. It was Jessica Pilgrim, also known as the 'merchant girl' and a one-person full emporium of literally anything imaginable

"What do you mean? I bought that thing just for this" Lily replied, turning to face the petite redhead

"Did you have to do the whole gladiatorial circus number too?" Jessica frowned, glancing at Jen and Lillian, still knocked out cold on the floor

"They brought that upon themselves. They didn't need to fight me like they did... and they even ganged up but still lost, how pathetic is that, huh?" Toxic Lily chuckled

"You know that this is a huge red flag that will point at you, don't you? What will you do when the Principal comes for you?" Jessica added, but Lily remained completely nonchalant about the whole thing and just shrugged

"There are too many students in this school for the Principal to notice one went missing"

"Lily, you really are an idiot, you know?" Jessica facepalmed

"I'd watch my tone if I were you" Lily frowned for a split second "But... why? What do you mean?"

"Blaise is the Principal's friggin' cousin!" Jessica replied in the most deadpan tone anyone ever could pull

"...what" Toxic Lily felt a single but freezing cold shiver run down her spine

"You heard me. Not many people know... but yeah... he's her cousin... so of course she's gonna notice he's missing and she's gonna be so mad"

"Shit!" Toxic Lily wasn't expecting that, she knew how fearsome Principal Abalos was, and this, as Jessica said, pretty much pointed to it being her doing, but now she needed to think about how to proceed with this knowledge

"Yeah, you pretty much signed your death sentence... plus... I definitely can NOT let you snitch on me" Jessica said in an oddly casual, yet threatening tone that Lily herself didn't like at all, but she had just beaten two of the school's strongest girls, she didn't think Jessica would be stupid enough to confront her head-on, but then again, she had taken quite a considerable beating

"Is that a threat?" Lily ominously asked.

"You should already feel threatened by the other things that will happen" Jessica shrugged, but then gave her a cheeky smile.
"But on practical terms... yeah... I can't let you get away with this anymore"

"Fine. Have it your way..." Toxic Lily stuffed you down into her back pocket before cracking her knuckles and getting ready to fight yet another foe, though she knew Jessica wasn't the kind to come face someone head-on without a plan, so she had to keep her guard up
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2) There was no response, but Lily felt as if someone had been there just a moment ago. Just then, and out of the corner of her eye, she saw the tip of a wooden katana emerge from behind her. Her heart skipped several beats, that was one of the few things she wouldn't want to see, especially at this time. Gulping quietly, she took a deep breath and turned around, facing the one student that was more fearsome than she was... Zaniki Orihime, also known as the Yakuza Princess, and often treated as such

"What do you want?" Toxic Lily said, regaining some bravado and giving her a somewhat disdainful look, as she wasn't on good terms with her

"Bold of you to address me as rudely as that, bully" The Japanese girl replied, giving her a piercing glare, still holding her wooden katana in a way that pointed at Lily's chest, giving off a threatening intent

"I don't have the time nor the energy to play your game 'Princess'... so you better state your business or get out of my sight..." Lily growled "I will only repeat once... what do you want?"

"Hand him over" Orihime said in a very serious tone

"Huh?!" Lily then realized that she had been dangling you before her face this whole time, mentally facepalming for not noticing earlier The last thing she needed was witnesses.
"Since when do you care about other people?!" She growled, her authoritative tone instantly irritated her

"I will not repeat myself, bully" Orihime narrowed her eyes, a look that terrified everyone in school, nobody wanted to make an enemy out of her. Even you were scared, the way she demanded Lily handed you over was overly intimidating, and you couldn't possibly imagine why she even stepped in, or what she wanted out of this whole thing

"Sorry, 'Princess'... but not today... I'm not gonna give in to your ridiculous demands this time... See what happened to those who tried to stop me! Provoke me and you'll be next!" Toxic Lily said, pointing to where Lillian and Jen laid unconscious, though it was more of a bluff. She was an opponent she'd ideally face at full strength and with backup, but here she was forcing her hand. But she wasn't going to back down, and she hoped her bluff worked. However, in response, Orihime took on a fighting stance, much to her chagrin. She'd have to fight yet another annoying girl that stood in her way

'Goddamnit! Why is everyone trying so hard to ruin my day today?!' She thought as she got into a fighting stance herself, nonchalantly stuffing you down her cleavage, simply because it was the first spot that came to mind

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3) "The hell you think you're doing?!" Your eyes widened, as you heard none other than Romina calling Lily out

"None of your damn business, argie" Lily disdainfully replied

"I think it is my damn business, stupid gringa!" Romina said, seeing Lillian knocked unconscious on the floor

"I thought you'd be happy to see her beaten" Lily smiled wickedly

"See? You really are stupid, in addition to being a gringa bitch" Romina said "Lillian's my rival, but not my enemy!"

"Well, I'm sure you two can get back to whatever the fuck you do when she wakes up" Toxic Lily dismissively replied

"Oh no... Not just like that... What you did to her... That can't be forgiven..." Romina cracked her knuckles
"Also, I saw what you did to Blaise" She added, which made both of your eyes and Lily's widen
"And why do you even care?" Lily growled

"He's an alright dude, and a fellow Latino so, we gotta look out for each other, you know... besides... even you must know he's hers..." Romina said as she pointed towards Lillian with her thumb without looking

That remark actually made Lily's blood boil, as you could feel the temperature increase since her fingers were still holding you. You certainly didn't like Romina's wording, she made it sound like you were Lillian's possession, but that awkward statement was outweighed by the others, she was at least on your side and wasn't going to let Lily get away with this

Without further warning, Romina lunged at Lily with surprising speed, as both she and you often forgot that she was the captain of the female soccer team, whose very formation was something she pushed for herself, and was arguably on the same athletic level as Jen and Lillian. Lily's eyes widened in panic as she hastily stuffed you down her cleavage and prepared to fight again

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4) "That was super mean, you know?" You perked up, as that was probably one of the voices you definitely didn't expect to hear in this context. It was Chelsea, your classmate, and also known for being a prominent player for the girls' football team

"Get lost!" Lily tried dismissing her, as she wasn't quite in the mood to deal with any more people that weren't bent to her will
"Besides, they ganged up on me, but I still defeated them" She added

"I wasn't talking about the fight" Chelsea replied, and this is when Lily paused, quickly remembering that she was still dangling you before her own face, rolling her eyes up as she realized what Chelsea was referring to

"Do you have any business with this guy?" Lily dismissively asked, shaking you a little as if you were a worthless item

"What if I do?" Chelsea smiled, making both of your eyes and Lily's go wide, albeit for different reasons

While you weren't expressly interested in her, you recognized she was probably on Jen's levels of objective beauty, though with her being blonde and a sports star, she felt like she was way out of your league by virtue of sheer popularity plus said beauty... only to remind yourself that Jen probably would be too if you didn't have such a close friendship with her, though Jen wasn't as openly popular since she only hung out with you and Lillian and didn't do things to seek fame. Still, you wouldn't think Chelsea would bother giving you a second thought, as she surely had her own admirer crowd. Yet here she was

"Well, too bad then!" Lily cackled after recovering for being stunned for a moment "He's my 'little' prize. So... I don't think you'll see him anytime soon"

"I don't think I can trust you to take good care of him in that state after what you did to his friends..." Chelsea said in an almost uncharacteristically serious tone. This was someone who was often relaxed and seemed almost impossible to piss off

"I honestly didn't imagine this useless bastard would be worth this many girls' attention. Seriously, you have many guys falling head-over-heels for you, why even care about one that isn't even that handsome?" Lily said, shaking you again, trying to convey that you were basically trash, and sadly, you couldn't exactly argue her point, you weren't really one of the guys that stood out much, though then again, you often preferred it being it that way

"That sounds like personal perception. But let me ask you a similar question... there are many other boys here in this school... why do you care specifically about this one?" She said and subtly winked at you. Lily growled, as she wasn't willing to answer that, and, shoving you into her pants' side pocket, she decided to skip straight to the fighting
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May 12, 2023