Hana's P.O.V

I began screaming as he hit her, but my screaming was short lived as I was also hit, but not with a stick. Hiroki had backhanded me. I landed on the ground, my lip split open, blood dripping down my chin. I looked back over at Rei, who was looking at me. Her eyes were betraying her pain.

"All you have to do is be my pet again, and do as I say. Then all this will stop." Isao said as he continued to hit her. I saw her eyes dull, but before that could register in my head, she had looked away,

"Im sorry Hana. I didn't want you to see this." she muttered, but I heard it anyways. I looked at her in confusion. But she wouldn't look at me. She struggled to her knees and then clung to Isao's legs and cried.

"Please Master, Ill do anything, just let her go." she said and it went silent. Her eyes found mine, but she no longer seemed to be the Rei that I knew. This was a different Rei. Isao put his hand on her head and smiled.

"Anything? Even hurt a former classmate? For me?" he asked and I looked on with horror as she nodded, and then sat back and seemed to wait for something.

"well? Go get me a girl from down stairs." Isao barked at Hiroki and I watched as he ran down the stairs. I turned back to Rei and saw her staring at the ground, tears running down her face. I hoped that someone would show up and save both of us, before Rei was made to do something that would hurt her.


Ogata's P.O.V

Their whole family was talking on what to do. But the only one not saying anything was her father Kei. He seemed to be smirking about something. But when the others turned to him, his smile was gone. The old man seemed to be staring at Kei, and something told me that he had his suspisions on why he was acting like this.

"Is there something you would like to share Kei?" he asked and Kei paled as he turned to look at the old man. He shook his head and everyone turned back to what they were saying. But the old man was still watching him, as the others talked. It was unnerving to see him staring at this man with such a distrustful manner.

"We have to go for her. We can't let that guy have both Hana and Rei. This isn't a debate." Ayumi said as she stood up and glared at everyone at the table. Her mother stood.

" Yumi we are not saying that it is. But we can't just go there without a plan." she said and Ayumi glared at her before turning and looking at Emiko.

"I'm done talking. My cousins are with a group of men, who like to beat women, and all you want to do is talk. Maybe you all should ask him why he is fucking over there laughing about this!" she yelled as she pointed at Kei. Then she turned and motioned for Emiko, Ryo, and me to follow her. I saw the shocked looks on all their faces as she left the room. I got up and hurried out of the room. As I did so, Ayumi was talking to Ryo and Emiko.

"Since we won't get help here, its up to us. I know what happened with Rei. He was her Master, he made her hurt people, and broke her. We can't let him do this to her again. And We can't let it happen to Hana either." she said as she looked at Ryo and Emiko. Ryo seemed to look guilty and Ayumi smiled at him.

"She will understand Ryo. Everything will be fine." she said and as she said this he nodded.


Hana's P.O.V

It turns out that when they went for a girl, there were none. School had let out and no one was here anymore. Isao had sighed,

"Very well. You will just have to prove yourself tomorrow. Until then, you and Hana will remain on the roof." he said as he led the almost out of it Rei to the wall, where a railing was. She was tied to the railing by rope, and I was tied to the same railing, only a foot away from her, so that I couldn't reach her.

"Remember the rules Pet. No talking to anothers pet." he said and then turned and walked off. The two boys followed after him, shutting the roof door and I heard it lock.

"You might as well get comfortable Hana. They won't be back until school starts, and then you will need all the rest you can get." she said as she turned to look at me. She no longer looked happy. She still had that dulled look to her eyes, but she was speaking like the Rei that I knew.


Rei's P.O.V

After Hana fell asleep, I stayed up. I couldn't sleep, and every time I closed my eyes, I saw how me and Isao had first met, and the memory of how I came to hate him. I had come here to help Hana, but now I was in the position that I had been in before I transferred out. A position that I didn't think I could get out of again without help. I closed my eyes and let the memories take over, I wasn't getting off of this roof any time soon.

Flashback

I stood on the roof, he had brought me up here to meet his two friends. As he walked forward, he turned into someone else.

"Boys this is my new pet. She is #2." he said and I yelled at him that I wasn't his pet. I found myself slammed against the wall, his hand on my throat, choking me. As I gasped for air, he growled in my face.

"You are my pet until I say you aren't. You don't have a say." he spat and then let go. I went crashing to the floor, holding my neck. He leaned down, his face went back to being gentle,

"You love me right?" he asked and I looked at him. Slowly I nodded once. He smiled as he stood up,

"Then prove it." he said and then motioned to a girl that was standing there. She wasn't even 12 yet. She had been walking around the school with her brother, who had gotten his rank taken away. So that made her free game.

"Hurt her. And hurt her really bad. I know you have knives on you." he said and then sat down on the couch. I stood up and looked at the girl. I suddenly turned and told him no.

End of Flashback

I had gotten beaten up for that. I was from that moment on told to call him Master. When I was on the roof, I was forced to hurt other people, mostly girls, but there was the occasional man that came up and challenged Isao. My old friend Rina, wasn't known to the boys. And I had worked hard to ensure that she stayed invisible. So when they saw her, they saw a bullied girl, that I was bullying. And when a conversation on my family was brought up, I had lied out of my teeth, telling him a story that I had made up. I didn't want him knowing of my background, because he would use it. But now, I was sure that he knew and I wouldn't be able to lie my way out of it. I looked over at Hana and sighed, she was involved simply because they had found out about my family, and saw her. And I didn't know how to get her out of this. While I had begged him to let her go, I knew that he wouldn't. And I couldn't protect her while I was acting like the good Pet. It was one of my masks. But like all my other masks, it had never started out as a mask. I had actually been his good pet at one time before Botan brought me out of it and taught me to use it as a mask instead. Botan had saved my life.

Flashback

Botan stood on the roof, I had been allowed to stay on the roof, while Isao and the others left to deal with someone who had gotten out of hand. I was sitting on the couch, staring at the floor. I was never allowed to look at other men.

"So who are you really? I doubt you are the Pet that you act to be." he said and I caught myself looking up. He laughed when I looked down again.

"I won't tell. Look you need to break out of this. I know how this ends up." he said as he sat down next to me. He suddenly put a folder down on my lap.

"This is Daichi's Pet." he said and I opened the folder and nearly threw up. She had dull eyes. She was holding a little girl by the neck, and had a knife in the childs chest. I threw the folder back at him.

"She had been a strong girl until he got a hold of her. She stabbed the child simply because she had insulted Daichi. She is now currently in jail, waiting to die" he said and then stood up again. He looked down at me.

"I know who you are in real life Wakahisa Rei. Its time you came out as yourself, not as this thing that Isao has trained you to be. This isn't you." he said as he turned and returned to his spot. When the door opened, I felt anger. But the look I got from Botan made me go back to acting like I had before. And as he walked past me to leave he stopped for a split second.

"When you want out, just tell me. Ill have a plan ready. Don't show him who you are unless you want to be trained again. It gets worse each time." he said and then resumed walking.

End Flashback

That was the day that I had stopped being his pet. The pictures of that little girl hurt me, the fact that he would have someone do this to a child was sickening. And I realized at that time that I no longer wanted to be near him, or be his pet. That started a long process of planning to get out of that school. But it had worked, as I was able to leave and not return. But now, all of that work was being threatened. I hoped someone would come and save me before the mask became the real thing.