Chapter 1: First Day of School

"This is the last box packed." Mom said taping the top of a box with my books in it. "I'll drive you to school tomorrow. And if you want, you can walk home from school."

"Okay," I said laying down on the couch.

I had fallen fast asleep from exhaustion from working all day with packing the rest of our stuff. Half of our boxes were at our new house.

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"I'll see you later Weevil." A kid said leaving the store with a bag of groceries in one hand. And a schoolbag in the other.

"See you Rex." Weevil said walking the opposite way to his home.

On his way home, Rex noticed a moving truck in the driveway of an old beige and white house.

"Looks like someone's moving in." He said looking back at the house. "I'm home." He said walking into his house across the street.

"Welcome home, Rex." Miaka said coming out fo the kitchen.

"Hi, Mother." Rex said taking his shoes off by the door. "I see someone's going to be moving in the house across the street."

"Yeah. I had talked to the mother who's going to be moving in there. She's very nice. Her daughter's going to be going to your school starting tomorrow."

"I see," Rex said a little annoyed.

"You sound upset." Miaka paused then asked, "why?"

"Girls are annoying," Rex said angrily.

"Not all girls. Or did you forget I'm a girl too?"

"You're not a girl. You're my mother," he said grabbing an apple and went upstairs to his room.

Rex thought back to his duel against Mai.

"Damn girls are nothing but trouble." He said working on his homework.

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Rex had gone to sleep with dreams of Mai beating him.

When he awoke it was 5:30 in the morning.

He had gone to get his shower before getting dressed for school.

"I'm leaving," Rex said walking out his front door.

"Hey Rex," Weevil said walking up to him.

"Hey." He said back.

"Why are you grouchy?"

"The girl who's moving across my house is going to our school starting today. Hopefully she won't be in our class."
"Why don't you like girls?" Weevil asked.

"What are you? My mother?" Res asked angrily. "My mother asked the same thing. Remember Duelist Kingdom?"

"You talking about losing your room to Mai?" Weevil asked.

"They're nothing but trouble." Rex said back.

They had arrived at school.

They went and sat down in their seats.

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"We have a new student joining our class." Mr. Takanaka said.

"Don't tell me," Rex said annoyed.

The classroom door opened and I walked in.

"Whoa," Rex said looking at me.

"I thought you thought girls are annoying, Rex." Weevil said smiling at his friend.

"This is Kara Takamori." He paused saying, "you can take that empty by the windows behind Rex Raptor."

I had walked passed him and sat down.

I had stayed quiet the whole day not talking to anyone.

I had decided to take a different way home.

"Hey check out the cutie." A man said evily.

I looked back angrily at the guy.

"Where're you going?" Asked a man walking in front of me.

"Get out of my way." I said looking at him.

The man pushed me against the brick wall.

"Who do you think you're talking to?" the man asked smiling evily at me.

"A disgusting pig," I said.

"Bitch," the man said punching me in the stomache.

I felt my eyes open wide as I got the wind knocked out of me.

"Bastard!" I said angrily.

Before I knew it. I felt my head hit the ground. My eyes closed as I saw blood mixing with my hair.

"Let's finish and get this over with." The man said.

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"I'll see you later," Rex said to Weevil.

"See you Rex." Weevil said.

While Rex was walking home. He passed by some colleged punks.

"That girl was good. Maybe if she didn't put up a fight she'd be in better shape than she is."

Rex looked at them thinking what jerks they are.

He looked into an allyway and saw someone walking out of it.

"Kara?" He asked shocked to see me.

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"Kara?" I heard the voice whisper my name.

I looked towards the vioce and saw Rex Raptor.

"What do you want?" I asked angrily. "Do you want a peice of my body too?"

"What do you-," he paused asking. "Did they attack you?"

"If you don't want anything from me. Then leave me the hell alone." I said walking while leaning on the buildings.

"Then there is something I want," he said walking up to me.

I looked at him and saw his eyes filled with rage.

When he blinked them I saw compassion in them. "I want to walk you home."

"Are you trying to be nice to me?" I asked angrily.

"Yes. I'm trying to be nice to you," Rex said.

"Why?" I paused then said as a tear fell out of my eye. "I don't want it. Especially from a guy."

"Why not?" Rex asked holding my right arm over his shoulder with his other one around my waist.

"Because, I don't. And you don't need to know." I said as I felt my pulse speed up.

"Is your mother home?" Rex asked looking at me.

"Why?"

"Because, if she isn't. My mother can fix your wound." Rex paused then said looking at me, "I'm not like those assholes that attacked you."

"Like I'd beleive you," I said feeling my pulse speed up again.

Rex took me to his home. I noticed we had lived across eachother.

"Mother," Rex said walking into hs house. "I'm home."

"Welcome back." She paused then asked seeing me. "What happened?"

Rex looked at his mother as he said, "she was attacked by some college kids. She has an opened wound on the back of her head."

"What did they do?" Miaka asked me.

"I don't remember. They had knocked me out before I could walk passed them." I said.

Miaka looked at Rex and saw a hint of worriness in his face.

"Rex? Do you know what happened?" Miaka asked looking at him.

Rex closed his eyes and shook his head.

"She wouldn't tell me anything." He said.

"I see." Miaka said getting a wet towel and started wiping the back of my head.

As soon as the water touched my head, it felt like it was on fire. I curled my fingers into tight fists. Rex saw my hands turning read. He saw my knuckles beginning to turn white.

He went over to me and placed his hand over mine.

"Don't touch me! You've had your hands on my body for too long already." I said glaring at him.

"Fine. See if I ever help you again." He said walking upstairs to his room slamming his door shut.

Miaka had watched Rex go up to his room.

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She had finished cleaning and stitching my wound.

"It's all finished." Miaka said.

"Thank you. I'll be leaving now." I said walking out the front door.

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Rex had watched me walk across the street to my house.

"Good she's leaving. Why on earth did I bother to help her?" He asked himself angrily. "Because I couldn't let her walk home with an opened wound."

He looked out his window and saw me in the bathroom. He could feel his cheeks grow hot as he watched me undress.

"What am I doing spying on that girl?" He asked himself as he laid down on his bed.

He had fallen asleep and dreamt about what the college kids had said and how I looked when he first saw me.

He had woken up and decided to go for a walk.

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I looked out my bathroom window and saw Rex leave his house and walk down the street.

"Jerk!" I thought angrily as I remebered his hand around my waist. "How dare he touch me. He just like any other guy who tries to be nice." I thought as tears fell out of my eyes. "They always get what they want in the end."