This is my first Shugo Chara fanfic. I hope you enjoy this story! I really really do hope so! ^.^

Today is my favorite day of the week. It is Friday, the day when we get to go home and not worry about school the next day.

Everyone in the school was counting down the seconds to the release of being chained to their desks. 5……. I was putting my books in my book bag……4……..3……..I put my book bag on my back…..2…………I was getting myself ready to dash out of the classroom……..1……….RRRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNGGGGGGGG!

There was the bell and I was already out of my seat and heading to the royal garden. Tadase, Amu, Yaya, and Nagihiko were already there. "Hey, guys!" I said.

"Hi, Marshiro-san! We were just about to discuss the problem about the teachers giving out homework on the weekends," Tadase said. I groaned suddenly remembering I had homework. Thanks, Tadase for reminding me. NOT!

"What's the matter rima? Oh does this discussion apply to you also?" Nagihiko asked, "Well, I guess I'm the only one who does their homework during class when the teacher hands it out."

"Thanks for the info, Nagihiko" I practically hissed out his name. I gave him one of my death glares. He is very annoying, especially when he has to state something smart in every sentence he says! I sighed. Well, we can't change that now can we? I mean, its kina cool to be smart and all but its annoying when a certain person rubs it in your face.

"Rima-tan, rima-tan! Yaya got cookies and cake for this meeting! Here you go, here you go!" Yaya practically yelled out.

"Um……no thank you. I dnt want any cake." I said.

"Yay! Yaya gets more cake!"

"Now, now Yaya. Haven't you eaten enough already?" Nagihiko asked.

"NO" Yaya snapped. Nagihiko, Tadase and I sweat dropped.

"OK, OK! Guys we need to finish this meeting! I have to get home early because mom and dad want me to babysit Ami! Tadase please continue!" Amu yelled. Nagihiko, Tasase, and I double sweat dropped.

"O……..k……, continuing on with our meeting" Tadase started saying. I zoned out for the rest of the meeting. How did I know that I zoned out? Well, at the end of the meeting Nagihiko called my name out like 100 times and he waved his hand in front of my face.

"Hello earth to Rima!" Nagihiko said.

"Ahhhhh----oooofffff!" I sreamed because his hand was in front of my face and my chair fell backwards. "Owwww that hurt!" Nagihiko chuckled. "What are you laughing about? I could have gotten a concussion!" I yelled.

"Oh, Rima, Rima, Rima, you are just too funny!" now Nagihiko's chuckling became a full blown laughter. I scowled at him. Oooooohhhh it's on Nagihiko! It's on!

"Hey, Nagihiko. What time is it?" I asked. I wanted to know how much time I had to make my payback. Nagihiko stopped laughing for a minute and looked at his watch.

"Its 6 o'clock, why?" he asked. Oh, crap! Did he say 6 o'clock? I'm soooooo dead when I get home. I got up quickly and gathered my stuff. "What's, wrong Rima?" he asked worried. I wondered if he noticed my distress.

"I gotta get home quickly!" I said. I gave me that are-you-sure-because-I'm-worried-about-you look.

"Is there something wrong Rima?" he asked slowly. Oh, shut up I have to get going before I get it at home!

"Oh stop worrying over nothing! I just had to b home before 5:30 everyday, but today I'm late and I'm probably not gonna get away with it" I answered. He gave me a suspicious look before I ran out of the royal garden.

I slowly walked back home because now it didn't matter anymore. I was in trouble anyways. Kusukusu came out with a you're-so-dead look on her face. "Awwww come on Kusukusu. Even you think I'm not gonna stand a chance huh?"

"Rima-chan! You should have been looking at the time! Your dad is going to kill you!" she said. She was as scared as I was. I sighed. Ever since my mom died 4 years ago nothing has been the same. Everything came at me 120mph! Life was hard! No one needed to know what I go through everyday just so I can have a roof to live under. No one would understand.

I reached my house and slowly turned the doorknob. 'Welcome to hell' I thought. I carefully step into my house. Then, BANG! I felt a really hard thing hit my head. "Where were you, you worthless girl!" HE said, "What did I say about being home late!!" he started kicking me and hitting me with his baseball bat that I was pretty sure he it me in the head with. When he was finished he yelled "I'm going out! This mess better be cleaned when I get back!" I heard the door slam shut. I was hurting every where.

I cleaned the mess up in record time. I struggled to get upstairs to the bathroom, but I managed to make it. I took a look at myself in the mirror. Now, by just taking one look at myself, I was glad there was no school tomorrow. I was bleeding everywhere and there were bruises forming on my face and on the rest of my body. How the hell am I supposed to hide these from the guardians, especially when one guy in particular was very observant? I groaned. I hate Nagihiko for being so observant. He almost found out about this numerous times. But, as always, I had an excuse ready for him just in case.

My cell phone rang. Yes, I had a cell phone and a computer. They were given to me before my mother died. HE never took them away from me. I really don't know why. Anyways, my phone was ringing.

"Hello?" I asked. I forgot to check the caller id.

"Hi Rima! What happened when you got home?" a familiar masculine voice asked.

"Oh, Nagihiko? How did u get my number? And that's none of your business!" I whispered harshly.

"I asked Amu for your number and why not?" he pressed on.

"Fine, if you have to know, I got grounded for the weekend," I answered.

"Sorry, was that my fault for not waking you up earlier? I didn't know you'd get in trouble for being late." He rambled on.

"It's ok. Hey, I gotta go because I wanna take a nap. You woke me up from it earlier." I said desperate to get rid of him.

"Ok, bye Rima, and I'm sorry again!" he said. Probably just to annoy me.

"Bye" I said quickly and I hung up. I sighed. I bandaged my body up yet again. No, this isn't the first time. The first time wasn't as brutal as it is right now. It was the day after my mother died in that accident.

FLASHBACK

(Rima was 10)

It was a rainy day and my mom is driving her car. She is happy and all smiles. Then, she ran a red light and before I could react, another car ran into ours and our car skidded across the intersection crashing, yet again, into another car. I was lucky to only get away with a few scratches. But, the crash was too severe on my mother. She was battered up and she had to be put on the breathing machine. She said her last words to me, "Be strong!" she said and she slipped into a coma and died an hour after that. I was crying rivers out of my eyes.

"Mommy!" I cried. Kusukusu was trying to cheer me up. Then, my dad came to the hospital just so they could tell them that his wife had already passed away. On the drive home, he stopped at a liquor store and bought some wine. When we got home I went to my room and cried.

An hour later, my dad called out to me, "Rima, come downstairs!" I got out of bed and slowly went downstairs. He looked at me with evil eyes. "Stop that bawling! You killed her! You killed your mother! Now u will pay!" he yelled. I screamed. He started hitting and kicking me until he got bored with it. "I'm going out, and this better be cleaned when I get back!" he slammed the door shut. I cried for what seemed like forever. Then, I realized things weren't gonna get any better. I stopped crying. I vowed to myself that I will never cry again. At that moment, I realized, no one can help me now. I haven't shed a tear since.

BACK FROM FLASHBACK

I lay on my bed wincing at the stabbing pain going throughout my body, and a slowly drift on to sleep.

Ok, everyone! Here's my first chapter of this story! I do plan on continuing it. Hmmm……I just have a feeling that I'm going to surprise myself with this story. See you in chapter 2!

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