(https://youtu.be/ND-4SmGaGyU?si=nzM76Y-H2KpG8BJN) Asahi Yakushi cruises through the streets of Ponyville in his 1987 Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z. Inside, Asahi bobs his head along to one of the songs he produced. An 80's inspired synthwave piece with a very "Lunar Bay" feel. He drums his fingers on the cover of his steering wheel, very much happy to not be in Baltimare traffic for once. It's not often that he comes back to his hometown, and he really wishes he could visit more. Unfortunately, his music career hasn't been as successful as he'd like. It pays enough for him to pay rent, bills, and groceries, but he rarely has the money to make such a long trip to Ponyville. Which makes the few trips he's able to manage all the more bittersweet.  Asahi's Camero pulls into a parking lot at the edge of the town's central street. He takes a moment to inspect himself in the mirror. He runs his fingers through his hair, and adjusts his aviator sunglasses. Then, he pops the collar of his windbreaker, and opens the doors of his car to step out. Lookin' good, Retroh! Maybe you'll get a compliment from a girl that you aren't related to today! Asahi swaggers out of his car with a confident smirk that just screams 'please don't yell at me, I'm sensitive, but don't want to look it.' He takes in the cool Ponyville air, and immediately wishes he'd opted for a long sleeve shirt instead of his windbreaker. He forgot that winter isn't as cold here as it is in Baltimare.  Excitement grows as Asahi steps onto the sidewalk. Down the street is the restaurant he, and his friends used to hang out in back before he moved away. His sister, Sue, and their best friend, Julie should be waiting for him inside. His attention is pulled away by something he sees out of the corner of his eye. Across the street, two mares stare at him, and talk amongst themselves in hushed voices. Asahi responds with a sly smirk, and two finger guns. One mare is visibly repulsed. The other waves playfully. Oh wow! She actually waved! That doesn't usually happen! Maybe- Asahi nearly falls onto his butt after bumping into something, or rather, someone much bigger than himself. A large shadow looms over him as his head slowly begins to tilt upwards. All the confidence, and swagger draining from his face as he sees two broad, muscled stallions staring down at him. "Damn! Get a load of this guy!" The first stallion, a pegasus laughs. "Let me guess." The second, an earth pony, begins, leaning down meet Asahi's eyes. "Your mommy said you looked handsome today?" The pegasus rolls his eyes. Ashai quickly scrambles to his feet to back away, but the earth pony reacts quickly. He snatches Asahi's aviators, nearly crushing them in his meat fist. "Hey!" Asahi cries out. "Give those back! Those were expensive!" The pegasus scoffs. "Or what? You gonna pull out the moves you learned watching 80's kung fu movies?" Asahi can feel a heat creeping along his face. He's getting flustered, and quite scared with the way these two guys are closing in on him. Across the street, one of the mares has her phone out. She seems to be recording the interaction, while her friend urges her to call the guards. "Hey!" A female voice calls out from behind the two stallions. Asahi's ears perk at eh familiar voice. "Magnolia street is MY turf, an that's MY little brother!" The two stallions turn, and are met with an odd sight. Before them stands a unicorn mare with gray-blue fur, and messy, long, brown hair. She's a little on the shorter side, but it's not hard to tell she's quite hardy. There's a scar running across her left cheek, down to her chin, and what they can see of her arms are fairly muscled. They also feature scars, and other signs of previous injuries. Her horn is blunted from it being used for things it was not intended for. However, it's her outfit that confuses them the most. Atop her head is a very "lady-like" sun hat, accompanied with a white sun dress with a floral pattern. However, atop the sun dress, she wears a black leather jacket. It's once sleek sheen faded after years of use. The various scrapes, and few tears in the leather a sign of the battles it, and it's wearer have endured. Underneath the sun dress, the mare wears a pair of rugged blue jeans, and a pair of heavy duty sneakers. Over her shoulder, she carries a cutesy messenger bag that's shaped like a bunny. In her hands is a well used aluminum baseball bat. Asahi can see splotches of dried blood speckled all along it. His big sister has arrived to save the day! "Sue!" Asahi calls out with more emotion than he'd wanted to. This causes the mare's expression to change drastically. Her mouth opens in a wide, bright smile, revealing a missing tooth. She waves between the two stallions excitedly. "Hi Asahi!" The two stallions look at each other for a moment. One points to Sue to ask the other. "Isn't that the girl they call 'The Phoenix'?" The other shrugs."Look at her! She's like, 5'3 max! You think she could do anything to us?" The pegasus laughs, taking a step forward. Sue smacks her bat into the palm of her hand. Her mouth contorts into a wicked grin. "Try me." (https://youtu.be/PZwPk5BYI0Y?si=no0IAvAz27JoYkb6) The first punch thrown is from the earth pony. Sue avoids it by taking a step back. His fist whiffs only inches from her nose. This is repaid with her bat slamming into his stomach. Asahi scrambles backwards as the earth pony lets out a breathy gag, and stumbles backwards clutching his stomach. The pegasus closes in on Sue, trying to grab hold of her bat. He manages to grab hold of the bat, but in retaliation, Sue slams her blunted horn into his face. There's a wt crunch, and the stallion releases the bat with a surprised yelp. His hands shoot up to his nose to try and staunch the sudden river of blood flowing out of it's mangled form. The earth pony manages to recover in time to lunge forward, and grab Sue's bat before she can smack the pegasus with it. Sue goes for the same trick on him, but he sees it coming, and moves his head back just enough to avoid the headbutt. He responds by kicking Sue in the stomach. She winces, but doesn't double over as he was expecting her to. Asahi doesn't quite see what happens next, but after a few seconds, the earth pony is on one knee, clutching his his stomach again. Sue is face down on the concrete in front of him, and the pegasus is picking up her baseball bat. "Fucking bitch!" The pegasus spits his words out, clearly upset to have nearly been beaten by a mare much shorter than him. "Teach that bitch a lesson!" The earth pony growls. The pegasus begins to lift the bat over his head. Do something Asahi! They might kill her!  With a shrill battlecry that's more fear than courage, Asahi launches himself onto the pegasus' back. His hands wrap around the pegasus' face as his fingers claw at the stallion's eyes. The pegasus shouts in surprise. His arms reaching around to try and grab Asahi as he tries to buck him off with his wings. The bat drops to the floor, only to be picked up by the earth pony. The struggle is short. Asahi is thrown back down onto the sidewalk. Pain shoots up his elbows, and back from the impact, causing him to let out a small yelp. When he opens his eyes, he sees the earth pony with Sue's back raised above his head, ready to bash Asahi's brains out. Then, suddenly, the earth pony's left knee buckles outwards, and he cries out in pain. A hand grabs the bat from behind him. "That's MINE!" Sue's voice growls. "Give it BACK!" The bat is wrenched from his grip. The pegasus turns, but he's just half a second too late. The bat slams into his mouth, knocking more than a few teeth out. The pegasus tumbles to the ground. He's still conscious, up until his head smacks the pavement. The earth pony finds a pair of arms wrapped around his throat. He reaches up to try and pry them off, but they're much stronger than he'd anticipated. After a few moments of struggling his stomach bows outwards as his head is forced backwards. His head slams into the concrete, and he goes night night.  Asahi is still in shock when Sue picks him up in a tight hug. She's visibly bruised from the fight, but smiles as though it hadn't just happened "Asahi! C'mon!" She cheers. "Julie's waiting for us! We need to get going!"  All Asahi can manage in response is one word. "R-right." Then, Sue practically drags him down the street to their old stomping grounds.