A/N: I decided to post 2 chapters in one day, woo ~
This chappie is pretty dramatic compared to the previous ones. Oh and just a warning, this chapter contains a bit of bullying and coarse language.
Special thanks to me-CANINEtheCAT and xXxRedFullMoonxXx for reviewing :)
I really appreciate it 3
"Mommy!!!" she called to the woman lying on the ground.
"Baby its okay… you'll be fine. Just smile and it'll all be okay. Keep smiling for me, please?"She managed to say.
"But…"
-Silence-
A shadowy figure of a woman appeared behind the child stained in red.
It whispered in her ear- "You're not alone".
"BEEP BEEP BEEP"
Ami hit the snooze button and looked at the time.
"What the… Why did my alarm go off at 3AM?"
She felt something stir within her, but she was too sleepy to notice.
I'll wake up again at 6.
And with that, she quickly went back to sleep.
Ami woke up at 6 and resumed her normal routine, forgetting about her dream.
"Hmmm, it seems like a gloomy day today…"
She walked through the school gates and was greeted by Kyoko.
"Good morning, Ami-chan!"
"Good morning Kyoko-chan!! Ah, I forgot to ask yesterday, how did your exam go?"
"I think I did a-"
"KYOKOOOOOOOO!!" Ryohei interrupted, "You forgot your lunch TO THE EXTREME!!"
"Ahah… thanks onii-san…" She smiled brightly
"Oh, Ami-chan is here!!!" Ryohei looked at her for a long time, as if analyzing her.
She felt her cheeks warm up
"HOW'S YOU AND THAT OCTOPUS HEAD GOKUDERA GOING?!"
"Hu-"Ami got interrupted by the school bell
"AH SORRY NO TIME TO LISTEN, I'M IN HIBARI'S CLASS SO I CAN'T AFFORD TO BE LATE!! BYE KYOKO AND AMI!!"
Kyoko and Ami both stood there in confusion as they watched Ryohei run off to class.
"Hey, we should go to class too"
Class went as usual, with the exception of Tsuna and Yamamoto failing all their tests. Ami has Gokudera to thank for getting top marks in maths.
At lunch, Ami made her way to the cafeteria to join Haru and Kyoko.
Or was ABOUT to when Kumiko gave the signal for her other fan club members...
They all came out from behind the corner at the same time and dragged poor Ami inside the girls toilets and locked the door behind them.
In all the confusion, Ami couldn't utter a single word of protest.
Four of the girls grabbed by her hair and forced her to kneel in front of Kumiko.
"You piece of trash, I warned you not to go anywhere near Gokudera-sama, DIDN'T I?!" She inched closer to Ami.
"But I..."
"Shut up!!" one of the girls slapped her, Ami whimpered in pain.
I'm scared...
"Okay, so you baked him cookies… You've made him lunch… that alone is UNFORGIVEABLE" she glared down at Ami, "But then… I see you and him walking to your house every day after school. What's going on between you two, huh?! I HATE how you act so innocent, smiling all the time like you're at the top of the world, like you've got what we don't!!"
"There is noth-"
"Don't you dare try to deny it!!!" Kumiko's nostrils flared out of rage, "Just because you're placed in this situation… Don't you dare deny that you haven't done anything to Gokudera-sama! What is it, huh?! What is it about you that makes Gokudera-sama feel comfortable enough to walk home with you, to casually allow you to make food for him and actually eat it, to walk next to you, to look at you in the eyes, what is it about you that makes him look at you all morning?! What are you to Gokudera-sama?!"
All eyes were fixed on Kumiko, who's breathing hard from sheer anger and at Ami, who just stared at the ground, not knowing what to do.
"Ah. So… you're jealous?" Ami virtually thought out loud.
Everyone held their breath. That girl has a death wish, they all thought.
Kumiko knew Ami was right, but hated to admit it.
"Shut up, bitch!!" She slapped her.
Kumiko paused to take a deep breath to calm herself.
"Gokudera-sama must be attracted to your innocence, huh" she smirked, "let's see if he'll still look at you when we destroy that pretty little face of yours…"
She raised her eyebrow at the short, brunette girl next to her.
"Why don't we give you a little makeover…" the brunette smiled evilly.
Someone...
Help...
"No!! Please let me go!" pleaded Ami with tears in her eyes.
Her pulse quickened; the two girls holding onto her arms tightened their grip, her knees ached from kneeling on the cold tiles.
The brunette narrowed her eyes and punched Ami straight in the stomach.
She gagged and coughed from the blow.
Ami's eyes widened as she saw the brunette pull out a pair of scissors.
"Let's start with that ugly hair of yours…"
The girls laughed and jeered as tears streamed from Ami's eyes when the brunette snipped haphazardly at her hair.
Kumiko, enjoying Ami's suffering, nodded at two more girls who splashed Ami with water from a bucket.
She grabbed her hair and pulled Ami close to her face, coughing.
"How do you like that?! I told you not to piss us off! Heh, teaches you not to heed our warning!"
By then, Ami felt her heart beating at an odd pattern.
It kept skipping beats.
She heard the girls laughing harder, Ami looked up.
To her horror, Kumiko had a lighter in her hand.
Ami, on her knees, started pleading for them to stop; her tears wouldn't stop flowing from her eyes.
Kumiko kneeled down to her level; bring the lighter closer.
Ami, sensing her hopelessness in the situation screamed for help. She kept screaming and screaming, for maybe someone might hear her.
"Hey Hana-chan, Ami should have been here 15 minutes ago" Kyoko turned to her, worried.
"Hmm…" Hana looked around the room, clearly worried.
Gokudera's grubby fan club girls weren't sitting in their normal seats.
A horrible thought struck Hana.
"Kyoko, stay here just in case Ami returns" she ordered and ran to the rooftop, looking for Tsuna and his friends.
"Tsuna!! You have got to help me" She ran to them.
"What is it?" Tsuna looked concerned, seeing the urgency in Hana's expression.
"It's Ami. I think Kumiko has her. Please, help me look for her!!" she pleaded.
"Tanaka-san?! This is bad… of course I'll help you"
Without a second to lose, Tsuna and Yamamoto nodded and ran off to look for Ami, leaving Gokudera, still leaning against the fence.
"Gokudera, what are you waiting for?!"
"Hn. That woman can look after herself" he grunted, not making eye contact.
Hana gaped at him. Unbelievable.
"What the hell are you on about?! She can't!! I know Ami!!! I thought you were smarter than this, you bastard!! You, of all people, should know what that Kumiko is capable of!! Don't you dare try to pretend that you don't know! Please, I'm begging you!!" Hana's vision blurred as she dropped on her knees, "Gokudera, you know me. I don't beg people like this. But you should know Ami as well. She can't survive on her own!! She has no family, WE'RE her family! That's why I'm so worried about her. So please, just follow Tsuna's lead and look for her, dammit!!"
Gokudera stood with disbelief written all over his face. His brows furrowed and he looked down; considering what Hana said.
"Dammit…" he muttered and ran off to look for Ami, Hana followed after him.
"Thank you…"
Gokudera and Hana ran past the hallways, when they heard someone screaming for help.
They stopped; it was Ami's voice.
"She's inside the girls toilets!"
They both quickly rushed to the door, only to find it was locked.
"I'll do it" Gokudera said, vehemently as he took steps backwards, charged forward and kicked down the door.
Hana rushed in to get Ami, Gokudera shortly followed.
She stopped for a moment to study the situation;
Ami was being held down by two girls, forced to kneel on the bathroom floor.
She was surrounded by the whole fan club.
They poured water over Ami and her hair has been cut badly.
Hana's anger rose when she saw Kumiko holding a lighter, turn around to see who interrupted their session.
"Kurokawa Hana…" She glared, then grew wide-eyed as she spotted the person behind her.
"G-Gokudera-sama!" She took a step back.
"All of you… stay away from her, OR I WON'T FORGIVE YOU" he raised his voice against them.
Hana glanced at Gokudera. She has seen him put on a menacing expression many times before, but not like this one.
Ami looked up at them, smiling weakly "Hana-chan…"
Gokudera took out a cigarette, "by the time I light this, you damn women better be out of my sight".
His fan club didn't spare a single moment and ran out.
Hana ran up to Ami and put her arms around her.
"Hey, are you alright?"
Ami looked at Hana then to Gokudera.
I was saved… she thought.
She started crying again, silently cursing herself for being so weak.
"I'm…"
She stopped.
She doesn't know what emotion to feel.
As if that thought was a catalyst, she felt a very strong pain from inside her chest, almost as if something was trying to get out.
She screamed from pain and clutched her chest, which felt like it was ripping apart.
"H-hey, what's going on?!" Hana looked so worried.
"I don't know!!"
She couldn't bear the pain any longer and passed out.
