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Chapter 7

Taro looked intently at Usagi loving how her eyes looked in the setting sun light. He loved how beautiful Usagi was getting only really remembering how she looked when they were younger and he had only seen her from a distance. Only seeing her up close that time when Motoki took him to Usagi's house that one summer day. And even then, just like at the mall that one day, Usagi wouldn't look at him not like now while she sat there looking at him with her eyes starting to get wider. Taro still didn't believe Motoki after his friend told him Usagi's age. No she had to be older, she looked older, Taro thought.

Taro smiled again than said in soft deep voice, "Do you remember me Usagi? I'm Motoki's good friend, Taro."

Usagi nodded her head yes then looked over toward where Mamoru had walked off toward seeing him still walking to the vendor. Taro glared and moved to block Usagi's view of Mamoru just as she went to open her mouth. Taro smiled after Usagi looked up at him again as she closed her mouth.

"You are getting very pretty with each passing day. I would love to take you out sometime on a date." Taro said in a soft voice letting his eyes dip to her lips.

"Yes very appealing with kissable lips that I bet are dieing to be kissed deep and long - with love." Taro whispered as his eyes dip to her chest than back to her eyes.

Usagi looked away from him wondering what she should do. Taro really wasn't doing anything but talking at the moment. And he was Motoki's friend. A friend Motoki trusted so he couldn't be that bad. Usagi thought.

"Usagi look at me, talk to me please." Taro's voice purred out as he reached to touch her chin. Usagi pulled back a little while she blushed never before hearing a man's voice sound the way his did, so gentle and smooth and soft, like melting butter.

"Please Usagi. Let's be close friends like me and Motoki. I bet we could be even more than just friends." Taro said letting his fingers gently stroke her cheek with a feather like touch.

Usagi gave a gasp then stood up to start walking in the direction Mamoru had gone. Taro closed his eyes and pictured hearing that same gasp coming from Usagi while her body lay under his in his bed.

Taro opened his eyes and got angry seeing Usagi walking away. Taro walked fast and snatched Usagi from behind before she could get too far and covered her mouth. He carried her to be behind some low trees and bushes. No one was around and it was darker out now.

Taro started to feel Usagi's chest and tried to left up her skirt while Usagi started to slap and hit him. He tried to kiss her but Usagi moved her head as he ripped her blouse open. Usagi slapped him making Taro glare then hit her in the mouth a few times making Usagi cry even more while her body wiggled faster trying to get out of his grasp.

Taro forgetting that Mamoru really wasn't that far, got lost to the feelings of trying to have Usagi right then and there. He never had someone try to fight or deny him before and it made him suddenly feel powerful. Her protesting him only seemed to inflame Taro, fueling his rage and making him more determined in having Usagi as his own.

Usagi screamed when Taro uncovered her mouth for a second so he could try to kiss her. He recovered her mouth again then reached with his free hand under her skirt ripping her panties. He uncovered her mouth to tear her bra open with both of his hands causing Usagi to scream out Mamoru's name again.

Taro was suddenly pulled from Usagi and Mamoru started hitting him not holding back.

"DON'T YOU EVER TOUCH MY LITTLE ONE AGAIN!" Mamoru yelled out as he attacked Taro.

Usagi cried harder as she fell to the ground as Mamoru made Taro fall down with him on top, to the hard ground not far from where Usagi sat.

Mamoru, who had caught Taro off guard, gave him a black eye, cut lip, a bloody nose and was able to crack a rib. Taro was able to get a few hits in but not as many as Mamoru since Mamoru had the advantage. Mamoru finally stopped in his attack after Taro lay on the ground moaning out in pain and not moving as they heard Usagi's cries while trying to say Mamoru's name.

Mamoru looked at Usagi as she sat there sobbing harder, trying to keep her ripped blouse closed. He noticed her skirt up around her thighs showing her panties half off. Mamoru ran over to Usagi and picked her up. He walked fast to his car and put her in. Mamoru ran over to his side and got in. He drove home fast never seeing Taro sitting up fast and watching while his eyes narrowed.

Taro wiped his lip as he stood up and walked to his car to drive home knowing he was about to have to deal with his grandfather. Taro suddenly wished his father wasn't gone on a business trip. Taro knew that he hadn't meant to hurt Usagi or to scare her. He had wanted to hurt Mamoru and his plan to make Usagi fall in love with him was now going to be harder for him to do.

After Taro got home he ran to his private room and waited while his mind drifted to Usagi and thinking about how much he wanted her as his own. He glanced over at his karate trophies knowing he could have hurt Mamoru if he hadn't had been caught off guard and wanting to have Usagi at that moment.

"No, I won't hurt you physically little brother. No - I will hurt you by taking Usagi from you and having her as my own since I can tell you love her. But I will have Usagi's love and you will be left alone!" Taro said to himself than started laughing and thinking of Usagi again as he sat in a chair drinking the cold beer that he kept putting up to his cut, swollen lip.

Taro reached over for his phone and called his father praying he would answer, knowing he was going to need the man there later to help him.

Mamoru put Usagi's head in his lap as he drove and at one time put some tissue to her lip since she was bleeding.

When Mamoru got home he saw Motoki outside in the front yard smiling. Motoki was there waiting to see Mamoru's car since he hadn't been at the arcade. Motoki raised an eyebrow while losing the smile when Mamoru glared at him as he parked his car than again as Mamoru got out of his car. Motoki went wide eyed when he saw Mamoru's face, his hair messed and ripped shirt and heard Usagi crying.

Motoki ran to go into Mamoru's house while Mamoru took Usagi out and started carrying her toward the house. Their parents started to walk out but stopped when they saw Mamoru with Usagi in his arms. Ikuko and Miko ran to him with the two men following fast. Kenji took Usagi and carried her to the house and to the living room with the others following.

Mamoru Sr. picked up the phone to call his father to come over when his son started to yell at Motoki.

"I TOLD YOU THAT TARO WOULD HURT HER! BUT YOU WOULDN'T LISTEN! OH! HE'S NOT LIKE THAT YOU SAID! BULLSHIT!" Mamoru screamed out. He went over and punched Motoki who only stood there with his eyes wide looking at Mamoru then back at Usagi.

Kenji pulled Mamoru back before he could attack Motoki and asked what happened. Mamoru took a few deep breaths than sat down in a chair after his mother made him. While she cleaned his face, Mamoru told what he knew as his body shook. Mamoru had a cut lip, a cut under his left eye and another one on his right side on his cheek.

Usagi cried harder and tried to tell between crying what happened as her mother held her. They could all tell by her blouse, bra and lip what Taro had tied to do to her. Mamoru sat in his chair looking down at his clenched hands wishing Taro's neck was between them as Usagi had tried to talk. Mamoru's grandfather showed up while Usagi was speaking. He touched Mamoru on his shoulders making the young boy relax his hands just a little.

After Usagi stopped talking, the five adults went into the kitchen to talk alone with Motoki following since he could tell Mamoru didn't want him near him and Usagi at the moment.

The five talked about marrying the two sooner but Ikuko and Miko both said no, not yet with Mamoru Sr. and Kenji agreeing. Mamoru's grandfather said that if Taro didn't get sent away than the two would be married sooner since he knew that it was the only way Usagi would be safe making the four agree.

The older man didn't tell how he knew for a fact that Taro had told his own grandfather a few days back that Usagi wasn't taken at the moment and as long as she was free, she was up for grabs. Both men were surprised and a little shocked by Taro wanting Usagi since before he had never shown an interest in her. Now all of a sudden he was and it worried the two friends.

Motoki only sat and half listened to the adults talking. He was upset, hurt and shocked at the moment by the man he thought cared for him not only as a friend but also a lover. They had just been talking about moving in together since Taro wanted them too.

The five adults soon came out of the kitchen and told Mamoru to watch Usagi and her brother and they would be back. They left the house with Motoki following them with his head down.

Motoki really hated Taro at that moment for what he had tried to do to Usagi after Taro had told him the day before that Usagi was a little girl and Taro didn't have time for little girls after he pushed Motoki back on his bed than got on beside him the whole time smiling before kissing him.

After the front door was closed, Mamoru walked up to his room to change his clothes. He soon walked down the stairs after he had checked Usagi's little brother who was in Mamoru's bed asleep. Mamoru also had some new clothes for Usagi to put on. Only he knew about her panties being ripped.

Mamoru walked back over to the couch where Usagi was still sitting. He sat down and Usagi moved over and threw her arms around him and hugged him crying into his neck. Mamoru picked her up and placed her on his lap.

"You are safe my little one. I'm here Usako." Mamoru whispered into her ear while rubbing his hands on her back going up under her blouse. He reached and removed it and her bra. Mamoru put one of his tee shirts that he had brought down for her to wear over her body, the shirt going to her knees.

Usagi stopped crying hard and loud when Mamoru stood her up and reached up and removed her rip panties. Mamoru helped her put on a new pair than he stood up and made her sit back down. He than gathered her clothes and put them in a pile on the floor by an armchair.

Mamoru sat back down beside Usagi and pulled her back onto his lap. Leaning back, he took her with him and held her tight in his arms while whispering to her that he was there for her and she was safe and how he wouldn't let anyone hurt her ever again.

Usagi soon fell asleep with Mamoru holding her tight while tears fell from his own eyes. Mamoru adjusted him and Usagi to be lying on the couch and he went to sleep.

Mamoru was woken up when he heard the front door being opened when their parents got home with his grandfather following them in. Mamoru looked at them all than watched his mother with Ikuko who was holding her in her arms walk away and up the stairs. Mamoru could tell that his mother was upset and crying.

Mamoru looked at his father when he told him that he and Usagi wouldn't have to worry about Taro any more since Taro had been sent away by his grandfather and even his father who only agreed since Taro had attacked Kenji's daughter and Kenji had threatened to go to the cops. Mamoru stayed silent but nodded his head thinking that Kenji should have gone to the cops but he was kind of glad the man didn't since he didn't want Usagi to have to deal with Taro again with the cops.

Mamoru stood up and picked up Usagi, who was still asleep. He carried her over to her parent's house and to her room. He laid her down then took off his clothes to his underwear. He got into the bed after closing the door and felt Usagi move to be in his arms. Mamoru stayed with Usagi since she needed him and he didn't want to be at home knowing his mother was upset.

After Mamoru had left the room with Usagi, Mamoru Sr. walked over and picked up Usagi's clothes. Kenji spotted the ripped panties as it fell to the carpet. He reached and picked it up and looked at his best friend who reached out and grabbed his arm.

"Usagi is okay! Yes she is shaken up a little but Taro didn't rape her. She is still innocent as far as that is concerned." Mamoru Sr. said knowing that Kenji was going to try to leave. If Kenji had known about her panties before he would be in jail at the moment for hurting a younger man.

Both men looked at Mamoru's grandfather as he took all of Usagi's clothes. The older man held each item while looking at his son than at Kenji.

"Mamoru will be Usagi's first and Kenji you better start preparing yourself for when they do make love. Because it will be sooner than any of you think." The older man said in a somber voice as he thought about his grandson and his studies. He turned around and walked out of the house with Usagi's clothes still in his hands, knowing he didn't want Miko and Ikuko to see them.

Kenji and Mamoru Sr. looked at each other after the older man was gone. Mamoru Sr. pulled Kenji close and hugged him.

"It will be okay. Junior will make Usagi forget what Taro did and Taro is gone for awhile so he can't hurt her again." Mamoru Sr. said into Kenji's ear. Kenji nodded his head as he thought about his little girl and her future husband.

"He will wait for her right?" Kenji whispered pulling back and looking at his best friend who was smiling.

"He's my son." Mamoru Sr. said than he smiled while Kenji's eyes widened.

"I know!" Kenji said as he let his friend go and turned away.

Mamoru Sr. grabbed his arm and turned Kenji toward him.

"Junior loves Usagi and he will wait for her to get older so don't worry." Mamoru Sr. said while Kenji half smiled and nodded his head in understanding. They both looked at Ikuko as she walked down the stairs holding her sleeping son.

"Miko is in your room waiting for you Mamoru. Come on honey lets go home." Ikuko told Mamoru Sr. than Kenji handing the boy to her husband.

Kenji and Ikuko told Mamoru Sr. good night and left to go home while Mamoru Sr. went up to console his wife who he knew was upset, not only by what happened to their son and Usagi but also because of how Taro and his father had acted toward her during the meeting since she had refused to leave the room. Mamoru Sr. had been proud of how Miko stood her ground but knew that now she was hurting because of it.

In Usagi's room that night, Mamoru woke her up a couple of times during the night when she cried out in her sleep for him. He would tell her that she was safe with him and how he wouldn't let anyone hurt her again, making Usagi smile and hug him than go back to sleep with Mamoru holding her tight.

The two stayed home from school that next day since their parents let them. Ikuko and Kenji had both heard Usagi during the night crying now and than and Mamoru giving her comfort. They were both glad that Mamoru had been there for Usagi.

Motoki showed up later that day to apologize to Mamoru for not believing him and to Usagi for what happened to her. After Usagi hugged him tight and told him she wasn't mad at him, Motoki took Mamoru to another room to talk alone with him. Usagi headed back to her room since she could tell that Motoki wanted to talk to only Mamoru.

Motoki told Mamoru about the night before and how he broke up his friendship with Taro for good. Taro got upset and tried to blame Mamoru but Motoki said that it wasn't Mamoru's fault at all for how Taro acted toward Usagi. At one time when Motoki mentioned to Taro to stop hating Mamoru, Taro attacked Motoki and punched him making Motoki punch him back just as hard. Motoki yelled at Taro for attacking his cousin and trying to rape her and how she was still only twelve at that moment.

Taro had gone to attack Motoki again but Motoki grabbed him and held him while he stood behind him. Motoki whispered to Taro that they could still be together if Taro would get over his hatred of Mamoru and tell him and Usagi sorry. But only if and when Taro did that would Motoki allow him in his life again. Taro got out of Motoki's arms and turned around glaring at Motoki while telling him that he would never stop hating Mamoru and if Motoki was going to side with Mamoru then Motoki could just leave his place right then and there. Motoki walked away going to the door and left out not looking back once and never seeing the tears in Taro's eyes or knowing how Taro tore up his room that night in a fit of rage.

Mamoru stood there letting Motoki hug him as he had talked. Mamoru looked at Motoki after he was done talking and asked Motoki why Taro hated him so much. But Motoki couldn't answer and only hugged him again telling him he was sorry. The two never saw Usagi as she hid from their sight while she had listened.

After Motoki left Mamoru went to Usagi finding her in her room. He lay beside her on her bed while they held each other tight in the silent room. Mamoru lay there being glad that Taro was gone for some time and Usagi lay there thinking about everything she heard Motoki telling Mamoru as they lay there for the rest of the day.

It was after that day that Mamoru's possessiveness with Usagi came back full force and no one in the families stopped him or seemed to care. Mamoru was there to help Usagi forget and to protect her from Taro Darmoo and everyone wanted her safe.

It was also after that day that Usagi, who wasn't quite thirteen at the time, who believed with all her heart and soul that Mamoru was already her husband, started to do everything he asked her without questioning any of it not like she had done before.

Mamoru had after all saved her from Taro. Mamoru was after all the only one her mom and his mom said that Usagi would ever need. And Mamoru was after all the only male, outside family and best friends, her father let near her.

Mamoru who had been there for Usagi from when she was first born, Mamoru who had always looked out for her at school and Mamoru who had said his vows while looking into her eyes with a soft genuine smile, was who Usagi wanted.

No other would ever make Usagi happy and she would make sure Mamoru, her HERO, was happy always - forever.

TO BE CONTINUED

Oh yes! Overprotective Mamoru and naive Usagi - LOVING IT! hee! hee! hee! Until next time! EvaC.