Amanda found it and knocked on the door… and Yukie opened the door, narrowing her eyes at Amanda.
"Leave me alone in my time of need." Yukie responded, flatly before eating more.
"Like it or not, we have to work together so stop this anger towards me, alright?!" Amanda replied, startling Yukie.
"If you're trying to scare me, it's not working. Exactly like the way you didn't do anything to help save me back in high school." Yukie responded, before slamming the door at her face.
Amanda backed up to bust it down but was stopped… and saw Finn.
"If you're still there, take your little loser boyfriend and go!" Yukie retorted, before stuffing her mouth with chips.
"Just let her vent in her own way, Darlin'." Finn responded before they left… and Hunter walked by and saw the anger in Amanda's eyes and stopped her and Finn.
"Yukie?" Hunter replied.
"Being her usual self when she gets angry. Any last minute changes you want to let her know of, run them by her without me and Finn around." Amanda responded before she jumped as Cult Of Personality by Living Colour blared from her phone and she walked away and answered it. "You scared me!" She replied.
"Sorry. How bad are you feeling?" Phil replied.
"I'm feeling like I was in a fight with Brock instead of Yukie… and Yukie's not happy with me." Amanda answered before she sniffled. "I don't like the past being thrown in my face but she keeps doing that…" She responded, which Finn heard when he caught up to her.
"Well, I know why she's mad, because she told me. She told me that you weren't there to save her back in high school, a month before leaving her for good. You probably don't remember or either Sumire didn't tell you. Remember when Sumire told you that Yukie got hit by a bus?" Phil explained.
"I didn't know but why is Yukie holding that against me? I didn't cause it." Amanda responded as Finn wrapped his arms around her after she turned to him.
"Actually, kiddo… that's not the real truth. Her mother said that so you won't have to worry much and turn down your future. The real truth is, on the final day of your days in high school, your parents were throwing a party for you, right?" Phil started to explained before telling the rest of the story. "You were wondering where Yukie is, and she got kidnapped and tortured by school bullies, knowing that she was going to be alone without. Before they hurt her, she sent you a message saying to call the police. And hours later, Yukie never got the help… And Sumire found her unconscious body inside of a crate outside of their house with so many cuts, burns and bruises on her."
"I called the cops… they didn't believe anything I said so we all went looking for her. After that, it's blurry… gone basically." Amanda responded as Finn saw a faded burn scar on Amanda's right collarbone.
"If you think it was all Hiro's fault, it wasn't. He wanted Yukie out of the house. Yukie just asked for help on the day of your party, but she felt betrayed. Ever since she came back into your life, she was hoping for a better future, but… wait, you said you don't remember?" Phil replied, stopping himself.
"Someone whacked me with something and just left me in the warehouse." Amanda explained, Phil realising it.
"No wonder Yukie hid everything after that. She was trying to cover up the fact that she'd miss you. She tried to tell you, but didn't stop you in time." Phil responded.
"So she just kept burying it…" Finn replied as he kissed Amanda on her forehead and brushed her tears away.
And Amanda thought back…
May 25th 2005…
14 year old Amanda stopped to catch her breath, the late spring night air oddly cold… and she felt something slam into her right ankle and fell to her knees, screaming as she was pulled back by her hair and saw another student.
"Looks like Shirabuki finally got your attention, huh?" One of them responded, before another one lifted up Yukie and threw her to the ground.
"Mandy…" Yukie cried out quietly, before the second lit a cigarette, burning the side of her ear.
"Let her go!" Amanda yelled, pulling the one who held her down by his ankle before kicking the one who burned Yukie down and breaking the bully's jaw by kicking it before Amanda was hit from behind and fell again, holding her hands to her head.
"What do we do with Cena's sister?!" Another one questioned.
"Just… just kill me. Don't hurt her… she has a future, not me." Yukie cried, while looking up at them.
"Run." Amanda whispered as she discreetly cut the tape on Yukie's wrists, helping Yukie up as the bullies argued and Yukie made it out of the warehouse as Amanda grabbed a crowbar.
And when they noticed that Yukie was gone, they were furious.
"Where the fuck she'd go?!" One of them retorted.
"Hmph, some kind of friend she is. She always runs away when Mandy has everything under control. She can't even hurt anyone with her poor self." The second explained… before Yukie came back with a metal pipe and whacked one of them on the side of the head, rendering him unconscious.
"Get… Away… From… My sister!" Yukie screamed through her tears.
Amanda whacked another bully in his knees and then in his nose as she and Yukie continued fighting back.
But then she was hit and lost consciousness as police sirens were finally heard… and when Amanda woke up, she was in an ER and saw Dan holding Hiroki back.
"Now isn't the time to go off at anyone!" Dan responded.
"Why didn't she save my damn sister in time? She was at the same school and the same time she was kidnapped!" Hiroki retorted.
"Warehouse…" Amanda managed to say, Hiroki, Dan and everyone else looking at each other.
"There are some down by the docks, edge of town." Sean explained to Hiroki before Sean lightly rubbed Amanda's head.
"Oh… I didn't know about that…" Hiroki responded as he tried to leave the hospital room but was stopped by officers.
"Sir, you need to stay back and let the police find your sister." One of them explained as the second one, a woman not much older than Amanda, walked to Amanda and stopped her as she tried to get up.
Amanda just wanted to stop hurting…
Present time, January 25th 2016…
Angel by Depeche Mode blared through the arena as Amanda walked out there and got in the ring with Finn's help and the fans cheering.
"Welcome to Monday night Raw, I'm Michael Cole, joined by Byron Saxton and Booker T and The C.O.O is standing in the ring along with the Demon Lovers." Michael responded before the camera turned to Hunter.
"Thank you two for joining me… now Yukie, it's your turn." Hunter responded.
Yukie stood up and left her locker room, heading to the curtain… and walked out there without any music, getting in the ring.
"Now whatever needs to be said before this ends… go on." Hunter replied, Amanda holding up her microphone with her left hand… and sticking to the script but Yukie saw faint redness in her eyes.
"Ever since last summer, we've torn each other apart repeatedly… now, it's time for that all to end." Amanda responded, extending her left hand after handing the microphone to Finn.
Yukie look confused at first while circling around Amanda and stopping.
"What's that mean? What am I supposed to do?" Yukie questioned.
"Civility." Finn replied, Yukie gripping Amanda's hand and the handshake ending after a few seconds, the two letting go.
In the backstage area, Yukie angrily pulled Amanda aside.
"What was that? Some trick or something on your hand?!" Yukie questioned.
"I remember what happened… I don't like when you hold things against me that were out of my control." Amanda responded before she walked off, Yukie following her.
"It's not that… I didn't know… what to do when your hand was out. Was I supposed to break it? Or was I supposed to slap it, like a high five?" Yukie explained.
"Who mentioned the idea of you trying to break…" Amanda started to question before she saw Baron. "You need to reevaluate your taste in men." She responded, which startled Yukie and Baron.
"No, it's not that. You know I grew up in a different household, I didn't know what to do." Yukie explained.
Amanda walked away and Baron walked to Yukie.
"She didn't buy that at all, I wonder why she doesn't trust you." Yukie replied as they kissed.
"Hey, forget her. And besides, it's all part of our plan, Doll." Baron responded.
Amanda found Finn and they embraced each other… and Finn felt how tense Amanda's body was and guided her to sit down before he massaged her.
Amanda closed her eyes and began to relax… and Finn leaned in closer.
"I got what we need… do you?" Finn whispered, Amanda opening her eyes and pulling up her tank top to reveal it.
This was gonna go in any way it would go.