I'm speaking from experience here, I had a bully attending high school when I was in 6th grade beat me up almost every day for an entire school year while I was walking home, our paths did cross, however he used to wait at the corner for me. Then my mother started dating a Vietnam Vet and he just wouldn't let this go, so, that summer I received a crash course in hand to hand combat, needless to say on the first day of school the next year I sent him to the hospital, guess what ? The very next day I was summoned to the principal's office, luckily my trainer also schooled me on interrogation.