Rider
Rider's eyes widened as the girl reeled off a list of very familiar names. The similarity between her and Sakura was uncanny. Even her name, Oka, meant "cherry blossom", just like Sakura did. She surely had to be some sort of alternate version of Sakura, named differently for some odd reason. At the same time, though, there were definite differences. Sakura would never, ever say she missed Zouken. The guy was nothing short of a monster. And, Shinji too seemed different, more like a bad brother than the cruel rapist that Rider had been forced to serve under.
Still, despite the surprise, Rider's compassion for the girl was only growing. She felt so sorry for her, trapped in a strange and frightening new world, without her family or her lover there to help her. The girl needed support and comfort, and Rider was happy to do her best to provide it. Unlike her date, apparently, who was insistent on acting like an insensitive moron. His comments had obviously upset Oka, as Rider had expected they would and, despite her best efforts at comforting Oka, she simply could not hold back her anger. Rider did not blame her one bit for her response, aware of the idiocy of Tony's comment. In fact, she simply returned to glare at him once more, hoping he would make some kind of genuine apology and salvage both Oka's feelings and their date.
Instead, though, he decided to do something even stupider. Rider's look of contempt turned to one of confusion, followed by astonishment and, then, finally, even more withering contempt as he got up from his seat, walked to the janitor's closet, took out a bottle of bleach and began to drink it, as the girl had demanded.
What the hell is he doing? Rider thought, astonished at the utterly moronic display.
She wasn't sure if he was actually mocking her, or just really, really bad at apologies. Either way, though, she was utterly flabbergasted, and simply glared at him angrily as he washed down the bleach with beer, seemingly suffering no ill-effects from his supposedly-toxic drink. Yet, despite her anger and disbelief, she did not act yet, instead watching Oka to see how she reacted to it. Unfortunately for Tony, though, it rapidly became clear that Oka was absolutely seething with anger. She clenched her fists angrily and trembled with rage before, finally, she got up from the table and began to walk away in silence.
Rider sat there for a few moments, not entirely sure what to do. Part of her wanted to give Tony a chance, but that part was soon drowned out by the quiet sobs she could hear as Oka retreated sadly. The girl was lonely and frightened, there was no way Rider could simply ignore her, even if that meant giving up on Tony. And, besides, with how he was acting, she was sure he would have ended up upsetting Sakura anyway. Dumping him now was for the best. But, even so, she was still very annoyed. She'd been enjoying the date until he started acting like an idiot, and had been looking forward to what might come later.
Glaring coldly and angrily at him, Rider got up out of her chair.
"You moron!" she said, loudly as she walked towards him. "What the hell were you trying to prove?"
With that, she swung her arm as fast and powerfully as she could, her palm connecting with his face with full force. Then, not even waiting to see his response, she rushed off after Oka at a speed which was clearly beyond human capabilities, if not anything close to her maximum ability.
"Are you OK?" she said, trying to soothe the girl.
