Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Rippling Pain ❯ Chapter 1

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

All right. I have editted the chapter, and here's the release. Enjoy it, and review, please. :D It'll give me an idea of what you all like, and if I should keep going with the outline I already have for it. ^_^; By the way, I go by Mae. xD

Toodles!

Disclaimer:
If I owned Sailor Moon, I'd be relaxing at my penthouse in some overpopulated-oversmogged city in the heart of a state in the US. But, unfortunately, my name is NOT Naoko Takeuchi... Too bad reality had to kick in. xD

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School had just gotten out and I was furious... and sad. I narrowed my eyes as tears welled and threatened to spill a path down my pale cheeks. I wouldn't cry. Not over him. Not over any guy, ever. How could he do that to me? I raised my eyes to the pale blue sky and ran. I just wanted to get home, bury my face in my pillow and scream.

I took the fast route home, entering the forest and taking a dirt path that wasn't well used. Mother always told me never to take that way home because it was dangerous when there weren't a lot of people in that area, but today I could really care less. It served a quicker way to get home, rather than going around the forest, and I just wanted to get home and go to bed.

My eyes flashed when my mind strayed to Akuru. Tomahashi Akuru. My boyfriend. I laughed bitterly and closed my eyes to the tears that flooded my eyes again. I would not cry... and yet how I wanted to. I couldn't understand why he'd do such a thing. I thought I meant so more to him than... than that whore. Well, Fate just decided to prove me wrong, again. I could hear the distant voices that would be whispering loudly in school the next day. Eyes that turned when I looked upon them, sympathetic glances would follow my back, and I'd be left to deal with... him.

I could almost hear the way people would be whispering, saying things like, "Awww, poor Usagi'chan. I heard her boyfriend, Akuru-kun cheated on her with Serita." True, some of what would be said would be genuine, but most of the comments would be said with malevolent glee. That's the way it was at Furukata High.

I clenched my fists and thought of Hikara Serita. I wanted to scream in frustration. The bitch. How could he have turned to HER, when he had me?? She was the school whore, known to tumble with anyone, and everyone, in bed. The flirt that couldn't wear skirts long enough so that when she bent over her underwear would show.

I stared through the trees that were in front of me, not realizing I had stopped and that the tears I had heeded earlier were already falling, sliding down my cheeks in ignorance to the girl who didn't want them to. A strangled sob left my mouth as I hunched over, and held a hand against the smooth bark of the oak tree. I leaned against it and closed my eyes.

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I was walking out of school, my arm looped around Akuru-kun's. I smiled up at him, delighted that he had asked me to go with him to the beach festival.

"I'll meet you in about twenty minutes. I forgot that Mina-chan pulled a last minute meeting for the Senior Prom Council." I smiled and a dimple flashed in my right cheek as I stood on my toes to press a soft kiss to his lips.

He chuckled and caught me in a hug. "Sure, Usa-chan. I'll meet you by my car, later, all right? Tell Mina that she shouldn't hog my girlfriend all the time, ne?"

I laughed and pushed out of his arms. "I'll be back, soon. Throw my bag in your car, please?" I handed him my bookbag as he nodded, turned and went back up the school stairs.

I headed for the gym, where we'd be helping to set up the prom favors. Rolling my eyes, I turned back around. I forgot to get my folder from my backpack with the sign in sheets. I raced out the doors, knowing Minako and Rei would be hounding my butt later on about always being late.

I rounded the fence that surrounded the parking lot and headed for the car. I saw Akuru and was going to wave to him when I had turned the corner of his jeep and saw Serita in his arms. I stopped, my face pale. No, no, no. This can't be happening to me. He <i>wouldn't</i> cheat on me. Right?

Their mouths were in a passionate liplock, their hands roaming one another's body. Akuru didn't have any qualms of sticking his hand up her blouse and his other one down her skirt. My eyes were dark as my mind laughed at me. What an ignorant girl I'd been. Akuru and I hadn't even gotten to that stage in our relationship, yet. Especially because I preferred to take things slower. Much slower. I should have realized something was up when Akuru had stopped pestering me to have sex with him. I felt sick as I turned around and ran back into the school, sign in papers forgotten.

Rei had met me at the door of the gym, ready to rail at me. I looked up, my vacant eyes pleading with her not to start. She didn't ask me what was wrong. She didn't push me to tell her. She simply looked at me and then enveloped me into her arms, hugging me. Did she know? Was I the only one who was oblivious to the fact that my boyfriend had played me?

I firmed my resolve. No way was Aruku going to play me and then watch me cry, but it still hurt so much. I closed my eyes and wished the pain away.

"Usa-chan, do you want to go home? We're all right without you, you know." Rei's violet eyes held mine for a moment.

"Yeah." I smiled brokenly and turned around, talking to the walls of the corridors. I couldn't look at her reaction. "Rei, did you know? All this time, did you know?"

Rei winced and turned her head to the side. Her answer came in a soft whisper. "I'm sorry, Usa. We wanted to tell you, but you were so happy, and we couldn't bring ourselves to close you from that happiness. It's been so long since we saw you smiling almost everyday, you know."

My nod was mechanical. I faced her again. "I'm not that fragile, Rei. I can take things in stride, too. It just goes to show that males are assholes, doesn't it?"

"Not all. There are those few who are special." I knew Rei was thinking of Yuichirou, and in that moment I was covetous. I almost could hate her for the fact that she'd found a guy she could be so happy with. She was vibrant and beautiful, confident and joyous when she was with him. Since she had him.

I ran out of the school, not looking back when Rei called my name. I was desperate. I needed to get away. I couldn't stand it that Akuru could do something like this. With Serita.

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My eyes were staring blankly around my surroundings as they melted back into view. I didn't notice the shadow that had crept up behind me until it was too late. A hand grabbed my arm roughly and shoved me into a standing position as I shrieked in response. What the hell?

I looked into the beady black eyes of my molestor and my anger bubbled to the surface as I screamed, a crazy look in my eyes. I couldn't stand today. I couldn't stand men.

"What the hell do you want?" I glared, my hands in fists.

The man smirked. He wasn't too much older than my seventeen, and his brawny frame stopped me from hitting him. I wasn't going to be much of a challenge to this guy. My anger eased as fear spread through my system. Shit. I should have gone around the forest.

"Now, baby, I think you know what I want." A large hand was on my cheek, carressing the soft skin and I held off the urge to spit at him. I turned my face away and raised my hand to him. A silence filled as the resounding smack died down.

His eyes had narrowed as he lifted a hand and backhanded me, catching me across the temple and leaving a thin scratch from his ring. I slammed onto the ground, my arms braced for the fall. I should have been screaming right then, but I wasn't. For some reason I felt more than fear. I was angry and I wanted him to be the center for my wrath. I wanted... I wanted Aruku to feel guilty if he found out on some news bulletin that I had died after being raped. I was being childish, I knew, but it was one way to get back at Aruku. But it wouldn't be the way. I wasn't going to die over a bastard like Aruku. My eyes narrowed dangerously at my assaultor

I flinched when the man roared at me to get up. I slanted a look at him and muttered an oath. My knee had crashed on a rock and it felt badly sprained. I got up slowly, the mans leery gaze following. I ran for it, trying to keep too much of my weight off my bad knee. I ran deeper into the forest, circling around a lake that came into view. I heard the curses that followed me, the heavy footsteps that pounded on the dirt and grass.

The man had caught up to me and shoved me into the lake. The side of my head had struck a rock, dulling my senses with more pain. I could feel that the man's hands were on my limbs, groping and fondling as my upper torso was still submerged in the water. I was losing air. I let out one last scream before I succumbed to the pain, but not before I saw a man with blue eyes behind my assaulter. The water rippled as another body fell in the lake and I was lifted out.

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All right, that's it for now. :D I'll be back, hopefully. *coffs* ^^; I've still got some other fics that I have to work on. >>; I'll think about posting them on MediaMiner. But if you're interested, they're also posted on www.ariasink.net under KTstarShot or www.fanfiction.net under Maeli. I just can't make up my mind about my penname, can I? xD Review, please!