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A/n-Well I did this last minute because my friends invited me to an Amustment Park. It is going to have a lot of typos in it, I'm sooooo sorry. But I am leaving for ten days on a vacation with my family that I don't want to go on. Ehhhhh, I really don't want to go. So I will write Chapter Five during a vacation and update when I get back. Maybe if you giuys are lucky I will be able to write two out of my bordem. I doubt it though. And this is a longer chapter than usual, be happy dear readers!
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Chapter Four
The room was decorated to look like some one's living room. There was a fire place which stood empty and banked which was on the same wall as the door. The one couch two love seats and four arms chairs were in a semi-circle facing the fire place. A wooden table was in the middle of the furniture.
While Sakura looked around the common room using her eyes, ten pairs of eyes stared at Sakura. When Sakura noticed this, she blushed and became extremely self conscious, especially since she did not have her black shirt on. She had not grabbed it when she was running away from him. Sakura looked at all of them briefly and then lowered her eyes to the floor which she studied in great detail, making it look like the floor was the most interesting thing she had ever seen.
"Alright girls, this is Sakura, the new student at the school. Everyone is to make her feel welcome," Emika said, and then turned to Sakura, "Ok, and now to introduce them to you."
Emika led Sakura to the middle of the semi-circle and started the introductions.
"Danieru," pointed Emika and a girl with straight black hair and light green eyes outlined by a dark green ring that smiled and waved.
"Miaka," and a girl with green eyes and brown hair which was up in twin buns with bangs, she gave her a big smile and waved frantically.
"Yui," and the girl sitting next to Miaka who nodded and smiled. She had short blonde hair and blue eyes.
"Subaru," and a girl with long pearly hair and grey eyes nodded toward Sakura.
"Aya," and the girl lying on the couch. She said, "Hey." She had light brown hair and grey eyes.
"Soi," and a girl with reddish brown hair and blue eyes nodded towards her.
"Ayla," and girl with reddish blonde hair and purple eyes waved.
"Her twin, Rika," the girl sitting next to Ayla and reddish blonde hair as well but blue eyes, she waved and smiled at Sakura.
"And lastly your room mate Megumi," who had long black hair with bangs and red eyes lined with silver and black who like Sakura had black eyeliner on. Megumi smiled at Sakura and said "Hey."
"Alright Sakura, I've introduced you to all the girls. Tomorrow you and I will pick up some of your things and I'll have your uniform ready by tomorrow morning. Megumi, I leave it to you."
"Alright Miss. Emika," Megumi said.
"Good night Miss. Emika," all the girls except Sakura chorused together.
"Good night girls," Miss. Emika answered and walked out the door leaving Sakura standing all alone.
The girls continued to stare at Sakura and Sakura looked at the floor again continuing to blush. A minute of awkward silence passed when Megumi stood up and said to Sakura "I'll show you our room, follow me. And while we're up there we can find you a shirt to wear."
Sakura nodded. Megumi walked towards the staircase and walked up to stairs. Sakura followed. They went up two flights of stairs and walked down a short hallway where they stopped in front of a door with the name Megumi on it. Megumi opened the door and motioned for Sakura to go in first and closed the door behind both of them.
"They will probably get your name plate up tomorrow," Megumi told Sakura.
Sakura nodded.
The room was quite large for a dormitory. There were two twin sized beds with the same quilts on them. The quilts were black with the four ancient gods in a circle in the middle. Each bed had two shelves above them on the wall. There were two desks opposite each bed and a bathroom. There were also to bureaus in the room.
"That bed is yours," Megumi said pointing to the bed furthest from the door, "Hold on, I'll get you a shirt. All I have is black, that's ok, right?"
"Yea, black is fine," Sakura said.
"Ok, here," Megumi said tossing a shirt at her.
"Thanks," Sakura said while putting on the black scoop neck tight shirt.
"No problem."
"There was now an awkward silence. Sakura sat down on her bed and looked around the room. Megumi followed Sakura and sat down on her own bed facing Sakura.
"So, I'm supposed to show you around. I'll show you the dormitory tomorrow," Megumi said.
"That's fine with me. It doesn't matter what we do or where we go," said Sakura.
"Then can we go to the gardens? I'm supposed to meet a few guys there; my boyfriend Nuriko and his friend actually. We just got together the other day," Megumi said blushing with a large grin on her face.
Sakura paled. 'Guys! No, guys are bad, I don't want a repeat of earlier this evening,' Sakura thought nervously then said, desperate to get out of going, "Oh, no, I couldn't come with you. Go meet your boyfriend; I'd only be in the way. You can show me around tomorrow."
"I couldn't leave you here!"
"Yes you can. I'll be fine. I'm kind of tired any way," Sakura said trying to avoid her roommate's eyes.
"Why don't you want to go?" Megumi asked in a calm and almost dangerous voice.
Sakura looked down and made sure her bangs were covering her face.
"Look, I was once new here too, and I know that it's a big change and hard to adjust to. You've been alone your whole life and now you have a whole bunch of friends who care about you. I'm your friend Sakura!"
"I just had some bad experiences with guys, ok."
"When did it happen?"
"Sakura blushed and said "tonight," in a barely audible voice.
"Does it have anything to do with you not having a shirt on earlier?"
Sakura blushed again and nodded.
"What happened?"
Sakura lifted her eyes up and looked into Megumi's eyes. They weren't mocking or nosy or mean. They were full of concern, concern for her. Sakura felt she could trust Megumi, so she spoke, but she could barely hear the words coming out of her mouth.
"Rape…he tried to rape me."
Megumi's red, silver, and black, eyes widened in shock.
"Oh Sakura, that's horrible. If you ever need to talk I'll listen," Megumi paused, then said, "Oh, and you thought Nuriko or Hotohori would try to…try to do the same thing."
Sakura nodded.
"They wouldn't dare. They both are such nice guys. I'd kill Nuriko if he ever touched another girl and Hotohori would never do anything like that. Although if that happened to me, I wouldn't exactly trust guys anymore."
"I don't."
"Then we can go somewhere else."
"No. Go meet your boyfriend. I would feel bad-"
"I'm not going anywhere without you!"
Sakura looked at Megumi skeptically, and then said, "Fine, fine, I'll go with you. I'm just going to be in the way though."
"No you won't, you'll see, that's why Hotohori is with Nuriko. And you'll see what nice guys they are! Oh, Sakura you won't be sorry."
"She stood you up! Let's go in," said a young man pacing.
"She did not and will not stand me up! I'm waiting for her here, she said she'd be here but she might be a bit late," said the other young man sitting on a bench.
"Well, we are leaving. We are tired of waiting for her to come. You can wait, but we are leaving," said the first young man turning to leave.
"You are not going any where!" the young man on the bench said grabbing the other's wrists and pulling him down to sit.
"Let us go!"
"No way! Besides Megumi said she would be late because there is a new girl coming."
"And how does that affect us being here?"
"The new girl and Megumi are room mates, so the new girl will be coming with Megumi."
"So we are only here to keep the new girl company while you and Megumi are busy?"
"Pretty much."
"Well she better not be ugly, we cannot stand looking at ugly things," said the first young man shuddering.
"I know, you have the weirdest pet peeves you know that?" said the second young man.
"It is not strange. If you were as beautiful as us, you would not like being near ugly people or things either."
"But wouldn't being around ugly things or people just make you look more beautiful?"
The young man seemed to think about this then answered, "Yes, that is true, but we still cannot stand seeing something ugly."
"You're never going to get a girlfriend if you keep thinking like that."
"Well, if she isn't as beautiful as us, which won't happen-"
The rest of the words died in his throat. He saw two girls walking towards them. One he recognized as Megumi, the other he had never seen before. As she came closer he could see that she was dressed in a tight black scoop neck shirt which showed her curves quite nicely and a pair of black very loose bondage pants which looked like they were barely staying on her hips. She had stunning purple eyes which contrasted beautifully against her long black hair and pale skin. He couldn't take his eyes off her.
As Sakura and Megumi approached the two young men stood up. Sakura tensed.
"Don't worry. They're really nice," Megumi said reassuringly.
"Are you sure?" Sakura asked quietly.
"Of course, I'm not going to go out with an asshole. All the guys here are nice. Tomo is a bit odd, Nakago can be a bit…, Tamahome is an idiot and I don't really like him, but they are all really nice guys."
Sakura nodded nervously.
"Hey Megumi," a young man said before he kissed her quickly on the lips.
"Hey Nuriko," Megumi said, "Nuriko, Hotohori, this is Sakura, my room mate. Sakura this is Nuriko and Hotohori."
Nuriko seemed to be the shorter one, and Megumi's boyfriend. He had short purple hair and brown eyes. He also had a birthmark under his left eye. He looked like he was in very good shape and was muscular.
Hotohori was…beautiful. He was tall and carried himself with a lot of muscular grace. He had long brown hair which was in a loose ponytail and beautiful amber eyes that hadn't left Sakura's face. She blushed, and with a flick of her wrist, she had her side bangs out from behind her ears to hide her left eye. Their gazes locked, and all Sakura could see was amber eyes; she felt breathless. She wanted to look away, break the eye contact but she couldn't bring herself to look away. His eyes were so deep and beautiful; Sakura thought that she could look at them forever and never grow tired of them.
Ever since he had seen Sakura he hadn't noticed or cared about anything else. Her eyes were bewitching and he found that he couldn't take his eyes off them. They were the perfect shade of purple and had thick lashes. She had black eyeliner on and it made her eyes stand out even more. Her skin was a pale, but not a sickly pale, for there was a tiny tint of color to her cheeks (when she wasn't blushing) and a few freckles sprinkled on each cheek and nose. Her lips were full and looked red against her pale skin. Her hair was down to her waist and the blackest he had ever seen. He could stare at her forever and never tire of her beauty.
Megumi sneezed snapping Hotohori and Sakura out of their study of each other's faces.
"God bless you," Nuriko said to his girlfriend.
"Thanks," she replied and gave him a quick hug, "So shall I show you the rest of the garden Sakura? I think we have to go in soon though."
"Umm…Sure whatever you want to do Megumi," said Sakura softly.
"Megumi, if you want we'll show Sakura around, we wouldn't mind at all. That way you and Nuriko can be alone," Hotohori suggested to Megumi, then turned to Sakura, "If that's alright with you."
Sakura studied Hotohori. His eyes were sincere, kind, and gentle. His hands looked strong but gentle. Like Megumi, she felt like she could trust Hotohori.
"That's fine. Megumi, if you want to go be with Nuriko, go ahead," Sakura said.
Megumi looked apprehensive.
"Go, I'll be fine, honest."
Megumi smiled at Sakura then took Nuriko's hand and walked out of Sakura's and Hotohori's sight.
"Why were you worried about Sakura being with Hotohori alone?" Nuriko asked Megumi, "They seemed to like each other. Hotohori couldn't take his eyes off of her, and Sakura couldn't take her eyes off him either, although she was a bit shy about it."
"Sakura doesn't really trust guys right now. She was telling me why in out room, and she was even a bit nervous about coming to meet you guys," Megumi nervously.
"What happened to her?"
Megumi hesitated.
"Did her father or a family member do something to her?" Nuriko asked.
"Nuriko, I love you, and I can tell you any thing, but not this. It's her business and I don't think she would want me to tell everyone. She trusted me and it just doesn't seem right if I tell you. And I'm not really sure who did it to her, she didn't mention any names."
Nuriko smiled at her, "Alright, I understand, and I'm glad that she has such a good friend. I love you too."
Megumi smiled and blushed. He smiled and pulled her in for a kiss. When they broke apart he whispered in her ear, "How was your day?"
"Awful."
"What! Why?" he asked sounding concerned.
"I missed you."
"We saw each other all day."
"I know. I still missed you though."
Nuriko laughed softly into her ear, then whispered, "I missed you too," his breathe tickling her ear. He hugged her to his chest tighter then gave her a deeper kiss than the first.
After Nuriko and Megumi left there was an awkward silence between Sakura and Hotohori. Sakura felt nervous and wanted to run away back to her room, which ever way that was. She shifted from foot to foot and played with the rings on her fingers.
Hotohori watched her nervous behavior and wondered why she was so nervous. She seemed terrified and nervous. 'If I ever want a chance with her, even as friends, I need to reach out to her now,' Hotohori thought.
"So which direction do you want to go in? Or if you want we can just sit and talk," he said.
"It doesn't matter to me; whichever you prefer."
"We are not the new student, you are. What you want to do, we will do it with you."
Sakura paused and thought, 'Which would be safer? If we walked around then he could get me lost, try something and I will have no clue where to go. If we sat and talked and he tried something I have some what of an idea where to go.'
"Umm…I guess where can sit and talk," she said nervously.
"That's fine with us."
They moved to sit down on the bench. Sakura made sure she was sitting on the edge of the bench; the furthest away from him. Hotohori gave her the space that she seemed to need so much.
"So what do you think of the school so far?"
"Well the girls seem very nice and the rooms are nice and large. The common room looked comfortable. The gardens are pretty and the grounds seem large."
"Oh yes, the grounds are very large. We have not even been on all of the property yet. The school says that they are getting horses soon. Maybe we could go for a ride."
"I don't know how to ride. I haven't been near a horse."
"We would love to teach you how to ride. It would be our pleasure."
"That would be nice Hotohori," Sakura said then thought, 'He seems nice; just like Megumi said. And I feel I can trust him, so I should just relax and give him a chance.'
"We hope we enjoy being here at the school."
"Do you like it here?"
"Us? Yes, we like it here. This is the happiest we have ever been."
"Really?" Sakura said, looking hopeful, "Then I'm sure I'll be happy."
"You have nothing to miss from home?"
"Home!" Sakura laughed bitterly, "I don't have a home. I don't know what a home is. I can't remember my childhood at all, and my father left us. Then my mother from grief became a drug addict and alcoholic and became a bitter whore who didn't care for her daughter any more so she offered her daughter to be a whore. Is that what a home is?"
Hotohori looked surprised at her out burst, his amber eyes wide with surprise.
"I'm sorry, I offended you," Sakura said quietly looking down at her lap. She felt the hot tears fall from violet eyes on to her cheeks. 'What the fuck is wrong with me, crying twice today. I really need to get my emotions back under control!'
"No, you could never offend us."
Sakura looked at Hotohori with surprise; she not used to the kindness and was surprised at his reaction. Sakura expected to be hit, or have cruel words thrown in her face. She sniffled, trying to maintain a calm passive face. He reached up and wiped the tears from her cheeks and from under her eyes with his forefinger.
"You have every right to be bitter about the way your mother treated you. You're right, that's not a home," he said taking her wrists in his hands to turn her body towards him and so she couldn't turn away.
When she felt the pain of her wrists she cried out in pain and pulled her wrists away.
"Sakura, what's the matter! We thought we were being gentle."
Sakura looked down at her wrists in the semi-darkness. She could see the black and blue of the forming bruises. From him pinning them forcefully to the bed and squeezing them.
"Sakura did we hurt you?" Hotohori asked fearfully.
"No, you didn't hurt me, its just a little scratch."
"Let us see," he said while trying to pry her wrists from her grasp gently so he would not hurt her.
"No really it's nothing."
"Who did this to you," Hotohori said in a quiet commanding voice, "How did this happen?"
"I was just being clumsy, no need to worry."
"Sakura, please do not lie to us," he said with a hurt look in his eyes, "Please tell us how this happened."
Sakura sighed and looked away, her wrists still in Hotohori's gentle grasp in his lap.
"I want to tell you, but I'm ashamed it happened and I feel so dirty. If you knew the truth you would turn away in disgust."
"Sakura, you will never disgust us. We think you are the most beautiful young woman we have ever met," Sakura blushed at his unexpected praise, "We would feel honored if you told us what happened."
Sakura looked at him hesitantly and he gently squeezed her hands to give her courage to speak. She then began, "Like I said, my mom is a whore; she brought home a different guy every night. Tonight it was the owner of the whore house. He told my mom…he told her that I was decent looking and would make a good whore. When I told the man no thank you, my mother started beating me and screaming at me. Then she locked me in a closet," she shivered when she said closet, "for two hours. Since I had told him no thank you my mother decided to make me a whore and 'teach me a lesson.' So after I was let out of the closet I was thrown into my room with a young man. He tried…he tried to…tried to rape me. He pinned me to the bed with his body and pinned my wrists to the bed over my head which is why I have the bruises on my wrist. I did get away, I kicked him and ran. Then Miss. Emika picked me up and brought me here."
Hotohori was silent and thinking, 'How dare he even suggest that she make a good whore. And she is beautiful not decent, and how dare he even touch her. We should kill him just for that. We will take care of you now Sakura, we promise.'
"I told you, you would be disgusted," Sakura said now in full tears, "I'm disgusting and it's my entire fault. If I had just kept my damn mouth closed-"
"We are not disgusted by you. It wasn't your fault either. We would still love to be your friend. No on here would even try to rape you, and if they did try they would have us to deal with."
"That you Hotohori; you have no idea how much that means to me."
"No problem to us."
Sakura's shoulders didn't stop shaking so Hotohori quietly moved over on the bench and gently pulled her into a hug against his chest. He rubbed her back and whispered to her, "Everything will be okay; you're safe now," over and over in her ear. He loved the way she fit perfectly in his arms. Although he hated to do it, he released her when her shoulders stopped shaking. He wiped the tears from her eyes again and smiled softly at her. It took all his will power not to kiss her. She looked even more beautiful with her eyeliner smeared and drops of tears still in her eyelashes.
"You must think I am such a cry baby. I never cry though."
"No, we do not think you are a cry baby. Any one would cry after what you experienced. We do not think badly of you." 'And we never will,' he added to himself.
"Thank you Hotohori."
"You're welcome."
They sat in a comfortable silence each of them thinking, Hotohori thinking about the beautiful girl next to him.
"That's why you were nervous," Hotohori said now understanding her behavior.
"Huh?"
"When we met you and after Megumi and Nuriko left, you looked scared and nervous."
"Yes, I was scared and nervous."
"And you were scared of us because you thought that we might try to rape you as well."
"Yes," Sakura confessed looking down.
"Sakura look at us."
Sakura looked into his eyes and they looked serious.
"We swear to you that we will never try to rape you or hurt you at all."
"Thank you Hotohori, but it's alright, you didn't have to say it, some how I knew you wouldn't. You seemed to gentle."
Hotohori laughed, "Thank you Sakura."
When Megumi and Nuriko came back they found Hotohori and Sakura in another comfortable silence looking up at the night sky.
"Sakura, Hotohori, let's go; it's almost time for us to be in our rooms," Megumi said.
Hotohori and Sakura stood up and the four of them walked to the dorms, Hotohori and Sakura flowing Nuriko and Megumi who were holding hands.
Sakura sighed contentedly and thought, 'This was the worst day of my life with the best ending. And for once I feel happy.'
A/n-See see! That cliffy wasn't bad and for once Sakura is happy! I'm not as horrible as I thought I was. Alright, I'm off to vacation starts to cry so to cheer me up when I come back I better see very long reviews and you should reward me for not giving you a cliffy. Yes yes you should. Any way five minutes after I posted the last chapter I remembered the question and I was too lazy to change it. I answered it so what ever. And as promised Sakura's profile.
Name: Sakura
Age: 16
Height: about 5 feet, 4 ½ inches.
Eyes: Purple; always has eyeliner on (top and bottom of eye)
Hair: Waist length and black with side bangs only on the left side of her face. The side bangs are angled and start where her lips begin and end at the bottom of her earlobe.
Complexion: Pale with only a few freckles and a red tint to her high cheeks.
Personality: Introverted an untrusting. She only trusts a few people. She is shy, has low self confidence, unsure of herself, loner, loves to write and read. Almost always is depressed unless she is with those she trusts.
Abilities: controlling fire. She can do any thing she wants with it. She can also appear unnoticed. For example, when she doesn't want to be noticed, when people look at her they can't see her, it's not invisibility though.
