Sticks and stones can break my bone, and words will always hurt me

Chapter 1 – A tail of Unfortunate events

Summary: This is a tale of abusive and hurtful things happening to a charming little girl. Don't worry, we can't be in the dark forever ;D
Warning: Violence, Bad language, Adult content and it's all O.O.C (Masaya Aoyama fans won't like this)
Disclaimer: Mushka no owns Tokyo Mew Mew :3

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It had been a while since she had had a fight. Well, a fight that mattered, one saving the world. This had been playing on young Ichigo's mind for a while. They hadn't had a fight since they 'disposed' of Deep blue. They'd seen their friendly neighbourhood aliens since then of course, but no fighting. It was making her edgy; she had gotten too used to the chaos.
"I guess I should be thankful for the peace, I get to just go to work then on a wonderful date with Aoyama-kun and not have to worry about it!" she grinned and cuddled her robo-companion tightly.
"Wonderful" Chirped Masha.

Ichigo curled up in bed with her little fur ball and tried her hardest to go to sleep but it just didn't work, she spent the whole night just staring at her celling. It got to about 6am before she decided to move. She managed to get washed and get dressed at her own pace instead of rushing, a welcome change for her. Not knowing what else to do on this Saturday morning she just went for a walk. She didn't have to be at work till 9 so the walk was going to be a long one. She walked to the park and just sat for a while, watching the fountain. It startled her when someone turned up beside her and confused her with the next events.

"I must still be asleep, Ichigo, awake, at this hour. She may even show up in time for work" Smirked Ryou.
"Hey! I'm not late that often! What are you doing here at this time anyway?" Ryou sat down next to her. "Well I could ask you the same thing. I'm just out here walking, not much to do this morning."
"Same I guess, couldn't sleep all night" The pair sat talking for a while, Ichigo taken back a little by his friendliness. Unknown to them they weren't the only people in the park. A rather angry friend of theirs stood stirring in the distance. As he saw the pair walk off together something in his mind snapped, this would be a day Ichigo would never forget.

Ichigo and Ryou went back to the café and started getting ready for the shift. Keiichiro was already there and made them all some breakfast then started prepping for the day. Ichigo decided she quite liked mornings at the café, if she managed to wake up earlier she thought she might do this more often. Keiichiro was as cheery as ever and Ryou seemed to be having a nice streak. The day went by quickly; she was getting off at 3pm and had the date with Masaya at 3:30. Mint was playing her normal game of 'testing' the teas instead of working and Pudding was trying to entertain the customers with Lettuce following her with a broom. Ichigo seemed to be the only one working as Masaya and Zakuro had the day off.

3pm came around quicker than she expected, she tried to sneak off to the changing rooms hoping no one would notice; she was wrong.
"Ichigo-san," called Kiichiro. "I know it's a pain but could you please stay just a little longer, I'll make sure you get paid over time."
He had a pleading face she could never bring herself to say no to. "Okay," she sighed. "But, I'll need to tell Aoyama-kun first."
Kiichiro smiled then returned to making up the orders. Quickly, she texted Masaya then continued to serve.

It read: Sorry, I've got to stay here longer, see you at 4? Love Ichi xox

Eventually, she went and met him in the park like they had discussed. He didn't look very happy. She ran up to him and hugged him but he just said that he wanted to go to his today. They got there and he kept acting strange, really distant.
"Aoyama-kun, is something wrong?" she shuffled closer to him on the sofa.
"Oh, nothing, just wondering really, where was you earlier?" He stood up and leant against the wall with his arms crossed, and a dark look across his face.
"What do you mean; I was working like I said? Akasaka-kun needed the help"
"Akasaka-san…Akasaka-san. You sure it's not Shirogane-san. The two of you were very close this morning. Early morning fling maybe? I saw him walk you off." He started sounding crazed.
"What are you saying!? I would never do something like that…"

Something in Masaya had snapped; she could see the anger in his eyes. He grabbed Ichigo by the arm and threw her against the wall.
"Mmmm don't look at me like that Ichi-chan. I know you like this. Big mean guy treating you rough." He slapped her across the face and held her by the throat, watching her well up. "I don't like it when you lie to me, lies make you bad. Bad girls need to redeem themselves." He forced his lips against hers, pinning her to the wall with his own body. She was scared. She couldn't do anything to stop him. She couldn't hurt her 'true love'. His hands wondered her body, up her skirt, under her bra, tugging and pulling at her clothes.
"Aoyama-kun…Stop it…I don't want this…" Ichigo sobbed
"So it's okay if it's Shirogane-san but not me, I thought you loved me."
"Shirogane-kun has never touched me! I do love you!"
"STOP LYING! Fine if you do love me then you won't mind"

He picked her up tight and dragged her to his bedroom throwing her on the bed. The door was slammed behind them. "NO! STOP IT! AOYAMA-KUN!" screams and cries of pain were herd for the next hour before a rather worn, roughed up version of Ichigo immerged outside is front door. Bruised limbs, legs shaking, blood stained skirt. Masaya appeared behind her and kissed her on the head. "My little Ichi is a good girl really". She gave a weak smile then walked off. She couldn't face her parents like this. Not the mess she looked. She went to the park and sat on the cold stone bench next to the fountain. It was soothing on her ruined womanly areas. She was still in shock over the events of the day, she was damaged goods.

"Ichigo-san, I think maybe we should clean you up." Never in her life had she been so happy so hear Keiichiro's voice. Silently she followed him to the café, allowed him to clean her up and call her mother saying she was staying with Pudding, looking after her sibling. Then put her to bed in one of Ryou's shirts, leaving an ice pack with her. She hadn't told him what had happened. She had decided to keep it to herself. 'I'm a bad girlfriend anyway…'