This first chapter is gonna be skipping ahead in years pretty quickly; but I promise, after that things'll be more consistent. And most of the main characters in this are my own OCs, but I may throw in some characters from the game later on (not sure yet). Anyway, it's better than it sounds, so just give the story a chance and read the first couple of chaps.

Kodomo no Aku

Chapter One:
"You'll Never be Like Us!"

"Mr. and Mrs. Masumi, congratulations!" The nurse at the Clock Town Hospital exclaimed as she walked into the room holding a newborn child. "Here's your new baby daughter."

"Oh! She's darling," the mother cried, laying in the hospital bed.

"She is beautiful," her husband agreed. "What did we agree to name her again?"

"Honey!" the woman yelled. "She's only been in the world for ten minutes and already you've forgotten her name!"

"Her name is Takitra."

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"Mother, we're home!" The man yelled as he walked in the front door of his house, his wife right behind him holding their first child. The man's name was Takato and the woman was kittara. Living with them were Takato's parents.

"Oh, where is my beautiful grandchild?" Takato's mother said as she walked into the room. "Hideki, hurry up and get in here!" she called to her husband in the other room.

"This is our new, little Takitra," Kittara said to her mother-in-law. The child had dark, teal hair and beautiful, purple eyes.

-- -- Five years later -- --

"Mama...?"

"What is it, Takitra?" The woman not even looking up as she spoke to her daughter. She just continued on with her cooking.

"Is it okay if I don't go to school anymore? The other kids don't like me?" The little kindergartener complained.

"Honey, it's only been one day since you started school," her mother tried to make the girl feel better, coming over and giving her a tight hug. "I'm sure tomorrow will be better. I mean, what's not to like about you?"

-- -- The next day -- --

"Hey, look everyone!" a little boy at Clock Town Elementary called to his friends. "It's snot hair girl. The other kids just pointed and laughed. "Takitra, it must have taken a lot of boogers to get your hair that green."

"W...Why do you have to be so mean to me?" the little five year old asked, trying to hold back her innocent tears.

"We're only nice to normal people," another kid answered.

"Yeah, you'll never be like us!" the first kid added.

The shy Takitra stared down at the ground and, without responding to the insults, walked away silently. She then sat down at a picnic table and cried, covering her face in hopes that no one would notice her sniffling.

-- -- Eight years later -- --

"Oh, look at you, Takitra," Kittara smiled at her now thirteen year old daughter then turned to face her husband. "Takato, she's growing up so fast." The woman then looked back at her daughter. "Honey, stop growing!"

Takitra giggled slightly. "I wish I could just for you Mama, but I don't think I can do that."

"Well, okay, I guess I can forgive you," her mother joked.

"Takitra, have I told you how proud we are of you?" Takitra's grandmother entered the conversation. "Being a year ahead of everyone else your age in school." the elderly woman patted Takitra on the head. "Really, you're only a thirteen years old and just about to leave for your first day of High School. You're much brighter than your father was at your age," the woman said, casting a small grin at her son standing beside Takitra.

"Eh...heh...thanks Mom..." Takato sarcastically replied.

"Thanks Mama, Daddy, Grandma," Takitra beamed at the support of her family. At least they had her back in everything. She had survived all the way through elementary and middle school without a single person she could truly call her friend...but as long as she had her family there to comfort her, then nothing else mattered. "Now I gotta go before you all make me late for my first day." With that, she smiled and stepped out the door to walk to hr new school in western Clock Town.

Gosh...High School? she thought to herself as she strode along the sidewalk. It's gonna be so much different from my other school. The work'll be so much harder...the students will probably be so much meaner. she shuddered at the thought. The kids at her middle school had been bad enough, leaving no self-esteem left for her to boast of. But...maybe I'll finally be able to find some frien... Her thought were cut off when she got to the school...twice the size of her old one. The students were all far bigger than her, seeing as she was younger than any of them.

"Who's the new shrimp?" Takitra heard someone whisper.

"Don't know," another answered. "Is she a midget?"

"She sure looks like one. Shh...she's getting closer."

The two students stared at her out the corner of their eye, oblivious to the fact that Takitra had heard every word of their conversation. Ugh... Takitra inwardly moaned. ...to find some friends... she thought, finishing her previous sentence. Well unless there's a green haired midgets club, I don't think that's gonna happen. There was really no reason for Takitra to be unpopular. She was smart; and, although she didn't see a modeling career in her future, she still wasn't half bad looking. I guess fate just frowns on certain people, even when they don't deserve it, she pessimistically thought to herself.

The young girl nervously stepped into the new school, unsure of what to expect. The first thing she noticed was a pair of students to her left leaning against the lockers and making out. Oh, yeah...that's pleasant... she thought with sarcasm. They're only like sixteen years old.

A boy on the other side of the hall caught her staring at the couple. "What's wrong? Jealous?"

Takitra turned around suddenly, startled that anyone was even talking to her. "Eh, of that?" she asked, gesturing to the disgusting sight in front of her. "Hardly."

"Yeah, no one ever wants to admit when they're jealous of others," the boy continued. He looked to be about two or three years older than her. Takitra just glared at him, not sure where he was going with this. "But ya know," he added. "I could give you a little action if you wanted."

Takitra's jaw dropped in shock. "Ugh," she exclaimed in disgust. "What do you think I am? A slut? I don't just go off with any guy who asks me! I'm only thirteen years old!"

"Oh...is that so. Dang, thirteen?" He shrugged the information off. "Well, I could get everyone in this school to think differently of you. Ya see, I'm what you would call part if the 'In-crowd.' I can tell these people anything, and they'll believe it, no questions asked. All I have to do is tell my people that you were all over me, trying to get me to sleep with you. And next thing ya know, you'll have guys just like me bugging you every day for as long as you go to this school."

Takitra just kept silent. Who did this guy think he was? And who in the hell did he think she was? Gosh, she had thought that insults were bad, but after this, she realized that threats can be far worse than insults.

"And why am I your target all of a sudden?" Takitra retorted. "Don't you have some other girl you can sexually harass?"

"Well, you just seemed a little lonely, Babe. I figured you could use the company. Besides, you look like the kinda girl who wouldn't be able to get a guy unless you whored yourself anyway."

Oh, that was the last straw! How dare he! Takitra narrowed her eyes in a glare until they were only little slits of purple. "How...dare you?" she dropped her books on the floor and punched the boy square in the jaw. Suddenly, everything else in the hallway seemed to stop, all eyes were on the popular jock and the scrawny, new girl. Even the couple who couldn't keep their hands off of each other had stopped what they were doing to watch this confrontation. "I've tolerated some horrible insults," Takitra continued, "but nobody makes me look like complete trash and gets away with it!" She then picked up her books that had been scattered on the dirty, tiled floor and went on her way to find her first class. She actually smiled as she walked away, a new found confidence as she realized she had just stood up for herself.

A couple weeks had passed now since that incident and still people were talking about how the most popular guy in school had gotten his face punched in by a scrawny freshman. Today was Friday night and Takitra had been invited to a party by a group of girls she had become "friends" with. These girls were some of the most popular girls in her school, so why they wanted to hang out with a slow-life like herself was beyond her...but she didn't care what the reason was. All she cared about was that she had friends...finally.

She arrived at the party to see more than a few couples making out in the dark living room of one of the girl's houses. Ugh...why did I agree to come to this...? she asked herself, trying not to puke as she watched the appalling scenes in front of her.

"Hey!" the girl who was throwing the party yelled. "Taki, you're finally here!" she sighed after that, walking up to Takitra who was still standing in the doorway. "You're late," the girl added, waving a finger at Takitra.

Oh yeah... Takitra silently spoke. That's why I'm here...if I had refused to come, there's no way they'd wanna still be my friend. I have to come to things like this to show them that I like them. She wasn't really sure how true that was... "Sorry, Kina," Takitra smiled innocently. "I had a hard time convincing my parents to let me come."

"Oh, okay. The whole overly-protective parent thing," she sympathetically replied. "Well, don't worry Taki...we'll take good care of you here." the popular Kina smiled at her. "Real good care of you."

"Now come on," Kina continued. "We've got a surprise for you upstairs!" she said, grabbing Takitra's arm and half dragging her towards the stairs.

"Uh...surprise...for me?" Takitra stuttered, regaining her footing after being pulled away so suddenly. Maybe they really do like me, Takitra smiled at the thought.

Once they reached the top of the steps, Kina lead her to a closed door. "The surprise is on the other side," she whispered, as if the whole thing was a big secret. She then gave Takitra a small nudge on the back as if to entice her to grab the door handle and twist it.

So she did. She placed her hand on the door knob, opened the door up and to her surprise she saw...him! "You!" Takitra said in shock. "The one I punched!" she turned back towards Kina. "I don't understand. What exactly is the surprise?"

"Have fun!" was all Kina said in response. And she closed the door behind her, leaving Takitra alone in the dimly lit room with ... him.

She turned around glaring at him, her anger covering up the intense fear of what might happen to her. "What do you want with me?" she asked firmly, doing her best to show no emotion or thought.

"I think you know what I want, Taki baby...I want you." He stepped closer to her, grabbing her by the arm and throwing her to the floor.

"Let go of me!" she screamed. Her body hitting the floor too fast for her to break the fall, she slammed against the floor flat on her back, knocking her ahead against the bed post, but still keeping her hold on consciousness. Petrified with the fear of youth and dazed from the fall, Takitra laid on the floor in utter confusion of all the mayhem going on. Only a few seconds later, she awoke from her delusional state to find that he was now on top of her with one hand on her throat and the other on her chest, his legs pinning Takitra's legs to the floor.

"What are...you...gonna do?" she struggled to say as her throat constricted in the boys tight grasp. "Kill me?" she asked, her expression still not giving in to fear.

He just laughed in her face. "Killing you wouldn't be any fun!" He lowered his head down to hers until she could feel his breath on her face and Takitra turned her head to the side in an attempt to avoid looking at him. "What fun would raping a girl be," he whispered into her ear, "if she didn't squirm a little to get away?"

The thirteen year old's eyes widened, the fear now obvious on her face. Why didn't she see it before? It was obvious all along what he was planning! For a short moment, Takitra forgot all about the boy laying on top of her...she thought only of how Kina, the girl she had considered to be one of her only friends, had betrayed her...inviting her to this party knowing the trap she was leading Takitra into. These people were never my friends... she said to herself in the brief moment that the sorrow of betrayal was greater than the fear of rape. These people only lied to me in order to see my downfall... They wanted to see the girl who thought herself so strong after beating up the most popular guy in school get struck down like a dragon in mid-flight who's suddenly lost her wings...

After a few seconds of reminiscing on all the pain and betrayal she had endured over the years, Takitra was rudely forced back into the present as the boy she so hated with a passion now ripped her shirt down the middle...a shirt she had bought especially for this party.

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Sorry to leave the chapter like that. I like building up the drama. --laugh-- Please leave a review and tell me what you thought. But please, be gentle about it. Thank you!