Sorry for the wait guys, but finally after all the papers and group project sI had to do, here's part 10!

Let me know what you think!

I'll be updating TGMH at some point here soon...hopefully before finals start. If not I'll try to do my best to make time for one.

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Partying With Her Past

Despite ending the game against their biggest rivals with a tie, the girls of the Mahora Warriors had already forgotten about the game as they all excitedly whispered about the party later that night with each other. They couldn't wait to finally get back to the dorms and join the volleyball team and the rest of their class, as it had been quite a while since they all got together to celebrate. Probably the most excited of the bunch were Kazumi and Haruna. They had been trying to throw a party for weeks now, only to fail due to stacks of homework being thrown at their class as well as awkward timing between games and training times. This weekend was the first since school began that everyone could get together without having to worry about getting their work done. At the moment, the two forwards were huddled at the back of the bus close together, whispering things quickly to one another as Kazumi kept thumbing at her cell phone. They had to make sure they weren't overheard by the coaches, or else their plans would fall through.

Setsuna caught sight of the two girls from the corner of her eye as she leaned back in her seat. She turned her head a little more and scrunched her face up with a questioning look before leaning over the aisle and tapping Asuna on the leg. She waited for the ex captain to stop talking with Yuna before she asked her question. "Hey...what exactly are those two talking about back there?"

Asuna smirked and sighed as she shook her head. "Trust me Setsuna...we're better off not knowing...but if I had to guess, I'd say that they're trying to start something up for the party..."

"Start something up?" asked the confused defenseman. "...what exactly is there to start up?"

"...are you even a teenager Setsuna?" laughed Asuna as she leaned back into her chair, Yuna laughing a little from beside her. "...seriously buddy..."

Setsuna was still puzzled but decided to leave the questions in her head where they were; besides, they were almost back at school now and she didn't want to risk ruining a chance for a party by having them attract the attention of Takamichi or Negi. She would have leaned over and asked Konoka, but once again the goalie was passed out in a deep sleep beside her. The defenseman laughed as she watched her girlfriend slowly breath in and out in perfect time; twitching her noise every so often as she snuggled up to Setsuna's arm. It had been a long day for her, what with finding out a small portion of Setsuna's past as well as playing the hardest she had all year. The defenseman thought that it was a good idea for the goalie to catch a bit of rest on their drive home so that she would be all ready for the party tonight. She still couldn't believe that the "Princess of the Warriors hockey team" could get as jealous as she had after learning about the defenseman's past with Tsukuyomi. Setsuna thought for sure if she hadn't stepped in back when they were doing their warm up, that Konoka would have jumped the Demon captain and beat the crazy out of her. Setsuna felt a surge of happiness flow through her upon this realisation; it had been the first time she'd seen anyone be willing to defend her.

Setsuna's face flushed slightly with a blush as she watched Konoka's eyes slowly open and look up at her from their spot on the defenseman's arm. She wasn't expecting the goalie to wake up so soon, and had been basically staring at her while she slept. She cursed in her head as she imagined how creepy she probably looked to the goaltender and quickly looked down to the floor in an attempt to make it look like their eyes met by chance. She stopped however, when she heard the soft, sweet giggle of her girlfriend meet her ears. Setsuna blinked before returning her attention back to the goalie, who was now looking at her with a devious smile on her face.

"What's s-so funny Konoka?" asked Setsuna with a slight nervous quiver to her voice. She was hoping more than anything that Konoka hadn't noticed her looking at her while she slept, but already knew it was for nothing.

Konoka now shrugged her shoulders playfully as she decided that it may be fun to toy with her favorite defenseman. "...just thinking that this is what it must feel like to have a stalker..."

Setsuna's eyes went wide as she completely missed the sound of mocking in the goaltender's voice. She immediately began apologizing. "I-I'm so sorry Konoka...I didn't m-mean to! I just couldn't help it..." The defenseman then mumbled something under her breath as she looked away with the blush from earlier still formed.

Konoka leaned in closer. "I'm sorry Setsuna...what was that last part? I couldn't really catch it?"

"I said...I said that you just looked so cute sleeping it was hard to not look..." whispered Setsuna almost ashamed.

Konoka rolled her eyes as she giggled again. "I was just kidding about the stalker thing..." she then moved in to kiss Setsuna on her warm cheek, smiling as she felt the signature freeze up. "...and you're really sweet, you know that?"

Setsuna smiled as she eventually relaxed again. "It's no problem miss...I...I was just telling the truth is all..."

"Well thank you..." replied Konoka as she snuggled back into the defenseman's arm. She shivered a little as she realized her skin felt colder than that of Setsuna's.

Setsuna being as perceptive as she was, felt the small odd movement and quickly acted on it before Konoka even had time to say anything. The defenseman reached down into her small gym bag at her feet and grabbed a hold of her team hoody. She quickly brought it up and wrapped it around the surprised goalie like a blanket; being sure Konoka's arms were comfortably covered before sending her a smile.

"There...now you can continue on with your nap comfortably..." whispered Setsuna. "You need all the rest you can get if you want to have fun at the party...and to hear all about what happened with me and Kyoto Prep last year..."

Konoka smiled back as she heard the last part of Setsuna's sentence. She had almost forgotten about having a talk with the defenseman about her past since getting on the bus and listening to the rest of the girls get excited over the night ahead of them. "You're right...I guess I should nap a little more..."

Konoka watched as Setsuna nodded approvingly to her before turning her attention to Asuna, who had tapped her on the arm. The goalie snuggled deeper into the defenseman's arm and pulled the hoody closer around her, breathing deeply as she did. The hoody smelt exactly like Setsuna, causing her to feel warm all over as she thought about how great and caring the defenseman was towards her. Her eyes once again stared to close as thoughts about her talk with Setsuna filled her mind. She couldn't wait to finally get to really know her girlfriend...and the chance at some alone time was just the thing to top it all off...

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The party was already in full swing by the time the team changed and showed up at their floor's common room. The music was pounding, their classmates were laughing and talking, there were even some girls from the other floors joining in on the fun. The hockey girls were greeted by everyone with cheers and whoops of excitement, happy that they had managed to come back to the school without adding a loss to their stats. The girls broke out among the room or made their way over to Ayaka's room to talk with their other friends. Setsuna had come in with Konoka, Makie, Asuna, and Yuna and was now looking around the room. She had noticed that the two sketchy planning forwards were still missing and was growing more and more interested on what it was they were up too. Despite only having the pleasure of knowing Haruna and Kazumi for only a short period of time, Setsuna knew one very important thing about the two; they had a knack for getting up to no good. Fortunately for the defenseman, her questions were answered when the two girls burst into the room; hauling a large stuffed gear bag and a bulky looking knapsack.

"Haruna...where the hell have you two been?" asked Asuna as she took in the sight of triumph coming from her team mates. "As soon as the bus stopped, it's like the two of you vanished or something..."

Haruna pushed back her glasses and smirked at her accomplice before answering. "We were out taking care of a few things...you're all welcome by the way..."

"Welcome for what?" asked Yuna, sounding just as confused as Setsuna felt.

"For being the heroes of this party, that's what..." replied Haruna.

The two girls laughed as they saw all of the girls in the common room turn to them with the same questioning look. Finally, Kazumi couldn't hold it in anymore so she bent down and began to unzip the bags. "Thanks to my sources...this party's about to bump up a few notches...move all your asses and fill up some glasses girls...time to booze it up!"

The excited forward came back up, hands full with two large bottles of vodka and tequila. There was a loud cheer throughout the room as some of the other team mates moved in to help the two girls set up everything on the nearest table. Setsuna's eyes grew wide as bottle after bottle and case after case of various hard liquors and beer stacked up in front of her. Aside from the question of how her two team mates came about getting this much alcohol, the defenseman also had the nagging question of how Haruna and Kazumi could afford it all. She turned to Konoka and was about to ask when she was greeted with a laugh.

"You're about to ask how these two could afford all of this aren't you?" asked the goalie. She watched as Setsuna nodded at her with a surprised look. "It's kind of cool actually...both Haruna and Kazumi make extra money outside of school. Kazumi writes little articles for the newspaper and Haruna is a published manga artist and writer...they both make a ton of cash over the breaks and summer holidays."

"You're kidding?" asked the defenseman bewildered.

"Nope...it's true." replied Konoka with a smile as she crossed her arms. "I even heard that Kazumi got offered a job as a journalist after she graduates without even having to go through university, she's really good at what she does...and Haruna isn't planning on going either...you should read her stuff sometime..."

Setsuna smiled as she watched the two girls in question grin at each other and give one another high fives. "Already have their future's planned out huh? That's really cool..."

Setsuna gulped as she quickly realized that she had no idea what she wanted to do with her life upon graduating from high school. She couldn't believe that two trouble makers like Kazumi and Haruna already had everything figured out. The defenseman then began to feel a surge of pride fill her chest from having the opportunity to share the ice with two girls who had set goals in life. The feeling quickly left however, when she saw the two of them filling up glasses over halfway with rum before adding a bit of mix and throwing it back down their throats.

I guess no matter how mature Haruna and Kazumi can seem when it comes to thought out futures, they're still just reckless kids like the rest of us...

Word spread to Ayaka's room about there being drinks, and soon every girl on the floor had something in their hands. It took a little convincing from Asuna and Yuna, but eventually Setsuna gave in to peer pressure and had grabbed a few bottles of beer to drink. The defenseman was no stranger to alcohol, as she had been to many parties during vacations from school and to celebrate the end of another hockey year; but usually she tried her best to stay away from it while hockey was still in season. It was hard to train with a hangover, and the defenseman wasn't really a fan the sloshy feeling she got from drinking too much.

The team was starting to get rowdy as the buzz started to set in. Sakurako and her line mates along with Ako broke out the gear for rock band Madoka had in her room for the common room's Playstation, and were now belting out song after song while some of the other's cheered them on or joined in singing. Mana had challenged Kaede to an arm wrestling match over in the corner of the room, and was now putting her all into not being shown up her defense partner. Kaede just sat there, not so much as breaking a sweat as she grinned and watched the hard look of determination spread over Mana's face; she was oddly patient for a girl her age. T.O.T were busy hustling money from the others in a high stakes game of poker, Evangeline laughing deviously every time she lay down a winning hand and pulled in the pile of cash from the center of the table.

Setsuna was laughing along with Konoka at a joke Makie had just told them when she noticed their tall blonde class representative and captain of the volleyball team make her way towards them. "Hey Ayaka...what's up? Congrats or your win today!" she said as the rep came to a stop when she reached their small group.

"Thanks Setsuna!" replied Ayaka happily as she sent a smile to her newest class mate. She then became serious as she turned her attention to Konoka. "Hey...could I ask you something?"

Konoka nodded. "Sure...what's up?"

"Well..." began the blonde. "It's just...does Asuna like anyone at the moment?"

Makie's head snapped towards Ayaka. "Asuna? Don't tell me you have a thing for her Ayaka...I thought you had a mad crush on that kid teacher of ours..."

Ayaka huffed and crossed her arms. "He is not a child...he's a brilliant young man...that being said, a girl has needs...and unlike most of you I swing both ways..."

"Oh geeze here we go..." laughed Makie. "You sure it's not the booze talking Ayaka?"

Konoka and Setsuna laughed quietly as the class rep shot the pink haired defenseman a look. "No it is not just the booze...it's true. Asuna and I have been friends for a long time now...and truth be told...I've always sorta had a thing for her..."

Konoka smiled and reached out to pat Ayaka on her shoulder. "I like the idea of the volleyball captain hooking up with the hockey captain...ex hockey captain..."

"You just like the idea of girls hooking up in general..." laughed Kazumi as she popped up behind the goaltender, earning her a swift punch to the arm. "Geeze Konoka...what's with you and my arm?"

Konoka playfully stuck out her tongue before turning back to Ayaka. "Anyway...to answer your question, no, Asuna doesn't have her mind set on anyone right now...I say go for it!"

"Yeah, I'm sure Asuna wouldn't say no to you." added Setsuna.

"Do it up!" smiled Makie.

Ayaka laughed a little and nodded. "Alright...I'll give it a tr-..."

The class rep's words halted as she caught sight of the ex captain in question making her way towards them. Asuna had a beer in hand and her sights set directly on Setsuna. Ever since finding out about Setsuna's old team, the red head desperately wanted to hear about what happened concerning the usually calm defenseman's hasty dismal. She knew that there was a chance of Setsuna telling Konoka all about sometime tonight during the party, and decided that now was as good a time as ever to get the story going. She saw her class rep standing in with her team mates and smiled at her with a nod of acknowledgement before returning her complete attention on Setsuna.

"Oi Setsuna...can I grab you, Konoka, Makie and Kazumi for a minute outside?" she asked as she made to grab another beer. She watched as the small group looked at her in confusion as Ayaka seemed to just look away from her. "It's really important guys...seriously..."

Setsuna looked around at the others and shrugged as they one by one nodded. "Yeah...I guess we can come with you...what's this about?"

"Just come on..." replied the ex captain as she started towards the door. "...I'll tell you along the way..."

The small group of Warriors made to follow their ex captain, Konoka turning back to mouth sorry to Ayaka with an apologetic look as she tagged along. They had all just made it outside the door when the girls came to a slamming stop behind Asuna. The ex captain had suddenly halted and put her hand to her chin as she looked up and down the hallway. She ignored the cursing and groans coming from her team mates who had just recently become acquainted with the hard floor, and tried to think of a good spot to sit down and talk. Just as suddenly as stopped, Asuna made off again, this time towards Ayaka's dorm room. As the class rep and as someone who shared a dorm room with two others, Ayaka had the largest room set up on the whole floor. The red head didn't want to draw attention to their leaving, so she figured the best way to go about things was to make their way through the party and into the blonde's room. The group quickly made their way to Asuna's planned destination, all still wondering what the hell was going on as they watched their ex captain smile and wave off anyone who called out to them. They finally came to a stop inside Ayaka's room, Asuna closing the door behind them.

"Asuna...what the hell are we doing in here?" asked Kazumi as she made herself comfortable on Ayaka's bed. "...and what exactly is so important that you had to drag us away from everyone else?"

Asuna turned around to face her irritated looking team mates. "Look...we had a rough day today and none more so than Setsuna. I know that you were planning on telling Konoka anyway...so do you think that you could tell us too...about what happened between you and your old team?"

Setsuna looked shocked that this had been the reason for the ex captain to drag them all here. She should have known this was coming as she had agreed to let at least three of them know she would tell them about everything when she felt ready. She sighed and made her way to a couch across from the side of Ayaka's bed. The defenseman sighed and lowered her head, feeling the eyes of the others on her. She took a drink from the beer she had managed to save from the floor when she fell before looking back up at them.

"Alright..." she said with another sigh. "...everyone sit down and...I'll tell you everything that happened between me...and the demons..."

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~About One Year Ago~

Setsuna had gotten up early that day in order to get a good solid run in before heading off to Kyoto Prep's gym for a hard work out. It had been quite some time since she had last put in this much effort for training, but lately she felt like she really needed it. It was hard to explain, but for some reason, the defenseman felt like she was losing support from the rest of her team. She swore that they had been looking at her differently over the last month and some of the girls she was closest with even seemed to give her looks of either annoyance or pity. Setsuna figured that it had to be because she was falling behind in setting a good example; she had been spending a lot of time Tsukuyomi over the last year or so and seemed to let that relationship have first dibs over her time. Maybe if she started picking it up, she could win them back to her side. They had a big game tonight, so now was as good a time as any to show them she deserved to be their captain.

Later that day, Setsuna was walking back to her room after class to put her things away before the heading to the rink for the game. She was excited to get out on the ice and show how good of a leader she could be. The defenseman was extremely calm and patient, and worked very well under intense situations on the ice. She strived to lead her team in the right direction by enforcing good, clean hockey; she hated it when they played against cheap, dirty teams who relied on taking out people instead of taking the puck to the net. She could tell at times that some of the girls found this style of play frustrating, but knew in the end they thought it was best. She was just about to make her way up the front steps to the dorms when she heard her name being called from a few feet behind her. She smiled as she recognized the voices of two of her senior players.

"Oi Setsuna! Hold on for a second would you?" called out one of her forwards.

"Yeah...please wait up!" called out her defense partner.

Setsuna stopped and turned around just as the two girls came up to her. "Yeah, what's up Takane, Mei?"

The forward Takane gave her a serious look as she finally came to a stop with Mei panting as she came up beside her. "Look...can we talk to you for a minute at your place...it's really important...and Mei and I feel like it's gone on for too long."

"O...ok..." said Setsuna as she looked at them with an odd confused face. "Let's go up to my room then."

The girls then quickly made their way up to the defenseman's room, Takane and Mei constantly looking around nervously. They finally got inside, and Setsuna made her way to her mini fridge to grab a bottle of water before plopping herself down on the couch. She started to drink, stopping as she noticed her two closest friends on the team, aside from her girlfriend Tsukuyomi, still standing and looking like they were guilty of murder. She waved them in to join her, and both nervously sat down on the small couch across from her.

It was quiet for a few moments before Setsuna cleared her throat and moved to the edge of her seat, placing her water down on the coffee table in front of her. "Soooo...what's up guys...why do you look so nervous?"

"Well..." began Takane as she shifted in her seat. "It's just...we feel really guilty about the whole thing...we should have came to you awhile ago...but we were scared of what they might do..."

Setsuna raised her eyebrow out of curiosity. "Scared of who? What's going on guys, come on..."

Mei fidgeted with her thumbs before slamming her hands down in her lap. "...I...I should have said something anyway...I'm you defense partner, it was my responsibility!"

"Enough guys please...just tell me what's wrong, ok?" smiled the captain. "I promise I won't be mad at you."

"I just need to know one thing first..." replied Takane, now looking up to her captain with sad yet determined eyes. Despite being older and in her last year of high school, the forward saw Setsuna as someone she could look up to, someone she could count on when she was in need. It was for this reason that she felt horrible for being a coward and keeping everything she knew secret for so long. She continued to look at her confused captain, hoping that the answer she gave her was different than what she expected. "...did you...tell Tsukuyomi that you loved her?"

Setsuna squinted her eyes in an attempt to hide her blush. Her mind flew back to that day a month ago when she had Tsukuyomi spend the night in her room, and after a long night of heated play in the sheets, she had indeed told the girl in question that she loved her. She was doing everything she could to not give herself away, but Takane and Mei knew her too well for the calm act to work on them. The captain then watched as the faces of her two friends fell right before her eyes.

"I had a feeling..." mumbled the forward.

"I was hoping more than anything that you didn't..." added the defense partner. "It would make the next part a little easier to tell you..."

Takane shook her head and decided that it was now or never. "Setsuna...Tsukuyomi has been cheating on you for the last few months now with some of the girls on the team...she's pretty much settled now on hooking up with that oaf Chigusa any chance she can get behind your back!"

"We caught them one time and the two of them threatened us, saying that they'd make our lives a living hell if we ever told you!" added Mei through sobs. "W-we still should have came to you! We should have ignored the threat and came straight to you!"

For the first time Setsuna had any memory of, she felt something twist inside of her. The defenseman was currently feeling a wave of rage course through her upon hearing that the first girl she had ever confessed her true feelings for was running around behind her back; hooking up with their own team mates no less. Even though she could feel the anger coursing through her, Setsuna had to keep a cool head. She wasn't about to let something like this ruin her or the team she had once put so many hours of effort into producing. After a few moments of silence and focusing hard on keeping her feelings deep within her, the defenseman looked up to her now sniffling friends with an attempt at a smile.

"Guys...it's ok..." she said as she saw her partner put her head in her hands in shame. "It's fine, I swear that I'm not upset with you...you were threatened, it's understandable that you would be scared to tell me...please, please stop crying...it breaks my heart to see the two of you so worked up..."

"But Setsuna!" began Mei.

Setsuna put her hand up gently to stop her. "No buts Mei...I appreciate that you guys were able to finally come to me with this...I know how hard it must have been to keep this to yourself for so long."

Takane rubbed her eyes with her sleeve before looking to her captain. "What are you gonna do about Tsuki? You can't let her get away with this Setsuna...she's been making you look like a fool. Everyone on the team knows!"

Again the defenseman felt her insides turn in agony, but managed to pull through straight faced. "...Well, I guess I'll just have to talk to her after the game and end it...I mean, it happens right? Relationship can come and go...it was my first one after all...it wasn't meant to last forever right?"

Mei stared at her partner and felt her heart break as she picked up on a slight break in her captain's voice. She knew that once again, Setsuna was putting on her calm and cool act to hide the fact that she was really hurting inside. "...Setsuna..."

"Really guys...I'm fine alright?" replied the captain. She was about to drop it but for some reason, she couldn't ignore the nagging question eating at the back of her head. She cleared her throat and slid further to the edge of the couch. "Do either of you know why she decided to suddenly up and cheat on me?"

Mei looked quickly at Takane, who shot her a look back before answering. "From what we heard from the rest of the team...it's because Tsuki thinks you're too much of a push over with your whole calm act...she says that she needs more attitude and backbone in the girl she's dating..."

"She also has a huge issue with the style of game we play..." added Mei in an irritated tone. She was completely on Setsuna's side, especially when it came to this issue. "Apparently she holds you responsible for the way our season is going and thinks that we'd win more if we got a little more forceful on the ice..."

Setsuna cursed in her head as she heard the reasons for her girlfriend's cheating. She should have guessed that coming off as calm was going to come back and haunt her; that mixed with the fact that deep down inside she was bashful. She had also heard from Tsukuyomi at least a hundred times since they started dating that they should be a little more rough with teams they played against. Everything was starting to click into place now, and the defenseman was beginning to feel even more like a fool for saying she loved Tsukuyomi. If only she had paid more attention to what was going on around her. Setsuna shook her head and tried her best to clear her mind; she would have to deal with this later, right now they had a game to get to. She once again told her two friends that she was fine, knowing that they most likely didn't believe her, before they picked up their things and made their way to the rink.

Now that Setsuna knew the reason behind the stares and looks she was getting from the rest of her team mates, she couldn't help but feel the anger bubble up again with every pair of eyes that rested on her. As soon as she walked into the dressing room she could feel them. The only thing that was keeping her grounded right now was the fact that she had her reputation to uphold and that she had to worry about what would happen to Takane and Mei if the others found out they had informed her. She quickly sat down at her bag and began to fish around for her warm up clothes, breathing calmly as she did. She was finally starting to feel a little like herself again when her team got up to go outside for their warm up; that is, until Tsukuyomi came striding over to her. The defenseman scowled in her head as she took in the sight of a fake innocent look currently resting, just as it always had, on her soon to be ex's face. What really got her going, was what the forward did next.

Tsukuyomi came to a stop just in front of her before leaning in and kissing the defenseman just as she always did. She then pulled back and looked at Setsuna with that same smile she always gave her. "Hey Sets, I missed you on the walk over today."

Yeah...yeah I bet you did...

Setsuna cleared her thoughts before speaking. "Yeah...sorry about that Tsuki...I just had to take care of a few things back in my room before coming to the rink..."

"Oh well, it's fine Sets." said the forward with what Setsuna was now seeing as an over dramatic smile.

"Hey listen Tsuki...after the game..." began Setsuna as she leaned closer and hushed her voice so the others who were left couldn't overhear. "...could I talk to you...it's kind of important..."

Tsukuyomi blinked at her in confusion. "It's Thursday...you know I have my tutoring session tonight with Chigusa...you know...midterms are soon and she can't afford to fail..."

A light flashed in her head as Setsuna finally realized that what Tsukuyomi was doing on Thursday night's with her line mate Chigusa, was far from anything school related. She then began to beat herself down; wondering how it was she could be so stupid, thinking that this whole time her girlfriend was actually doing what she said she was. She was about to get serious and put her foot down to tell Tsukuyomi that she really needed to talk with her when they were interrupted by another girl from the team. The defenseman groaned in her head as Tsukuyomi quickly turned and followed their team mate out the door for warm up. Looks like Setsuna would just have to try right after the game before her girlfriend got away.

The game itself was a hectic one, as the Demons were taking on the second place team just under them in their region. They had varying results when it came to hitting the ice against this team; usually coming out with a win but with the odd tie and a few losses. Currently, the Demons were ahead by a single goal which was set up as a last minute ditch effort scored by Mei upon receiving an unusually horrible pass from Setsuna. Try as she might, the raven haired defenseman couldn't get her head in the game. Her thoughts were still completely wrapped up with Tsukuyomi and everything she had lied to her about. She also couldn't believe that all of her team mates, aside from her partner and her best forward friend, knew and went along with it as if it was perfectly fine.

What did I ever do to anyone on this team to deserve this treatment? I was a fair and good hearted captain...I worked us all hard and stayed true to the real way to play...do they all agree with Tsukuyomi and want to play rougher and dirtier? Are they trying to build everything up until I found out on my own and quit the team? I can't believe that Tsukuyomi would ever do this to me! I mean, she was the one who was obsessed with me before we even started dating...Hell, she was the one who asked me out! I treated her so well...and this is what I get? A girlfriend who gets around and causes issues between me and the rest of the team...I'm soooooo done with this...

Setsuna shook her head and tried to refocus on the game as Mei tapped her on the shoulder to signal that they were about to head onto the ice. She nodded and quickly followed her over the boards as the other defensemen came through the door. It was getting late in the game and the other team was starting to pour everything they had into scoring to at least tie the game. It was crunch time, and Setsuna finally felt her heart and head come back to her. She managed to get a hold of the puck down in their end and began to turn and skate up the boards with it to look for a decent breakout pass receiver. Her heart jumped to her throat though, as she noticed that the forwards had managed a quick change, and now Tsukuyomi and Chigusa were calling out to her for the puck. As much as she hated to do it, the defenseman sent a hard pass up to Tsukuyomi before taking off after it. The forward then made her way down the ice as fast as she could; her line mate on her heels just as they were about to hit the blue line. Tsukuyomi raised her stick for a shot, and quickly sent the puck at the goaltender with an odd spin on it. The puck then bounced off of the goalie's shoulder when she dropped down to her knees before rolling back out in front on her. The goalie didn't even have a chance to reach out and cover it before Chigusa swept in and rammed her stick into the puck, forcefully pushing it past the goaltender and into the net. There was a thunderous roar from the crowd and the Demon's bench as the forwards all clambered together in front of the net to celebrate. Reluctantly, but still acting as calm as possible, Setsuna made her way over to them with Mei in order to congratulate them.

It wasn't until Setsuna turned to skate back to the bench for a change, when things all fell apart for her. The defenseman had extremely good and sensitive hearing; it came in handy for plenty of things. Today however, her sharp ears would be the cause of her next actions. As she skated away, Setsuna heard Tsukuyomi whispering at a slightly louder than normal level to Chigusa.

"Hmmm...you score just as much on the ice as you do off of it..." she heard Tsukuyomi say in a sickly seductive tone. "...let's see how many more times you can tonight...after the game..."

Whatever calmness Setsuna had in reserves quickly disappeared upon hearing the last little bit. Rage flowed through her, hotter than it ever had before. She had finally witnessed her girlfriend's cheating on her own, and everything quickly became real. Without even thinking and completely ignoring the scream of pleading from her defense partner, Setsuna turned around and took off towards Chigusa at top speed.

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"...And that's when I charged at Chigusa and threw my fist as hard as I could into her face..." said Setsuna with a defeated sigh. "...she flew backwards and cracked the back of her head on the ice...and the sad part is...I didn't even care. I had never felt so much anger before and had no idea what I should do with it...when she was down, I jumped on her and continued to pummel her...I even shoved my coach off of me when he came to break us up...it was the first time anyone had seen a player beat up on their own, especially during a game..."

The defenseman put her fingers up to her temples with one hand as her other raised her beer bottle to her lips to finish off what was left. She wasn't surprised that the girls around her were now dead silent; the whole thing was still unbelievable to her. She had no idea she could ever act like that, especially during a game. She watched from the corner of her eye as Konoka seemed to fidget next to her. It was possible she was coming to the realization that this was exactly the reason why the defenseman was so hesitant to be with her.

Slowly, Asnua snapped back to reality and rubbed the back of her neck. "...wow..I...I'm sorry Setsuna...I had no idea that's what happened...I can see why you can't stand to be around them anymore..."

"Yeah...that girl...she's horrible." added Makie as she also came back. "At least you had Mei and Takane though...what exactly happened after that?"

Setsuna sighed again as she fell back against the couch. "Well...the refs had to kick me off the ice for fighting...though they had no idea what to call it since no one ever fought their own team before...the coach tore into the room after me and went off...saying how disappointed he was in me and that he couldn't believe I would let something so petty get under my skin...he had no choice but to kick me off of the team and hand over my captaincy...I was also suspended from school for three weeks and given enough detention when I came back to punish a whole team of trouble makers...Knowing that I didn't want anything to do with my old team anymore, I transferred out at the end of the year. Takane and Mei both graduated but were given hell from the rest of the team after they found out the two of them were the cause for my attacking Chigusa...poor guys...I didn't want that for them..."

"That's fuckin' ridiculous!" said Kazumi in anger. "It's not fair that the only one to get punished was you...you have to tell me that Tsukuyomi at least got something for being an instigator!"

Setsuna shook her head. "Nope...the coach said that it was all stupid high school issues that had nothing to do with the team...that's how he saw it anyway...Tsukuyomi was voted in as captain almost instantly when she promised the girls a new rougher style...she couldn't sew on the C fast enough actually..."

Konoka snapped out of the stupor she was in and slammed her drink down on the table beside her. All of the girls, especially Setsuna stared at her. "I...I really hate her Setsuna...I can't...I can't believe that psycho bitch could ever do something like that...to someone like you...you didn't deserve anything like that..."

Setsuna couldn't help but feel warmth run a course throughout her body and smile as she watched how upset her girlfriend was getting over her past. It was almost heartbreaking how cute the goaltender looked when she got angry. The defenseman thought that it was something about the way she squinted her eyes and the red that lit up her cheeks that stole her attention. She was happy that she finally found someone she connected with so well, who shared the same feelings as her as well did everything in her power to make sure Setsuna was alright. The defenseman smiled a little as she continued to watch Konoka, which was all too obvious from where Kazumi was now sitting up on their class rep's bed.

"Well...at least everything turned out fine now..." began Kazumi as she quickly drained the rest of her bottle. "Huh...would you look at that...guess I should go grab another drink...how about you Makie." She sent the pink haired team mate a look and nudged her head towards Setsuna and Konoka on the couch.

It took the defenseman a second to catch on, but she quickly understood and made to get up. "Yeah I could definitely use one too...Asuna, wanna help me track down some more beer?"

Asuna shook her head. "Nah...I'll stay with these kids...I wanna bash the crazy bitch some mo-...OWW!" yelled the ex captain slightly as Kazumi came down from the bed and flicked her line mate in the back of the head.

"Will you just come on dumbass..." whispered Kazumi angrily as she leaned down next to Asuna's ear. "...are you blind? Can't you see what's going on in front of you?"

Again, the red head shook her head. "No, I don't se-...OWWW! Cut it out Kazumi!"

The forward grabbed her line mate's arm and gently yanked her up from where she sat on the floor. "I swear there's something wrong with you..." she whispered hard as Asuna stumbled to her feet. She then turned her attention to Makie. "Alright, well let's go get a refill..."

Setsuna hadn't even noticed that the three girls had even left until she heard the click of the door follow behind her defense partner's departure. She then realized that she was now left alone with the one girl she cared about more than anything; who had instantly picked up her beaten and torn heart from the cold forgotten ice and made it her own. The defenseman smiled bigger now, as she more than gladly replaced any memory she had left of being with Tsukuyomi with blank slates meant especially for things to come with Konoka. Her happiness was momentarily broken now as she heard a sniffle come from the goaltender.

"Konoka, what's wrong?" she asked quietly as she gently reached out and rested her hand on the goalie's shoulder.

Konoka wiped her eyes with the back of her hand. "It's just...It's not fair that you suffered that much...you loved hockey and because of what happened, you almost didn't come back to it...not to mention what Tsukuyomi did to you mentally...playing games like that...it's...it's no wonder you were so hesitant to be with me..."

Setsuna shook her head and laughed lightly. "I will admit that it wasn't the greatest of things to ever happen to me...and yeah, I almost gave up on hockey and relationships in general...but without everything that happened with the Demons...I would never have transferred here...and I'd never have met you..." she gently took Konoka's chin into the palm of her hand, causing the goalie to look at her. Setsuna instantly melted as she fell into the large, shinning chocolate brown eyes looking straight into her own. "...sometimes... you have to go through a round of hell before you can come out on top with the heavens...you're the good that's come out of it all miss...and that's all I need..."

Konoka's eyes once again began to water, this time out of pure happiness. "Set-Setsuna...that was..."

The defenseman smiled as she leaned in and kissed Konoka before coming back up and brushing a tear away. She laughed a little as she took in the sight of her water ridden girlfriend. "Geeze look at you Konoka...y-you're pretty little face is all covered in tears...let's get them cleaned up ok? I think Ayaka has some tissue over on this table..."

Setsuna quickly made to reach to the side table on the side of the couch behind her when she suddenly felt a sharp pain radiate through her arm. She cursed lightly as she had completely forgotten about the injury she had gotten from protecting Konoka from her crazy ex earlier during the game. Even though it had been popped back into place and was given the ok by the school nurse when she returned, Setsuna's shoulder was still bruised up badly from the hit and the force used to push it back in. She quickly brought her other hand up to her arm and began to rub at her shoulder in an attempt to rid herself from the pain, but felt no change.

"Oh my gods your arm!" said Konoka in a panic as she moved closer to Setsuna. "I bet it's still really sore from when you...when you protected me. It's all my fault for opening up my mouth and pissing that bitch off..."

Setsuna waved off the comment. "It's fine Konoka...please don't worry about it...it really wasn't your fault...Tsukuyomi would have tried something like that anyway, no matter who it was..."

Konoka sighed as she listened to her girlfriend try her best to downplay the whole situation. She still felt horrible for what had happened, and nothing Setsuna could say would change that. "Could I at least see it?"

Setsuna laughed when she saw the signature sad pouty face coming from the goaltender. "Of course...could you help me though? It's hard to take my shirt off when I can't raise my arm."

"Yeah...here let me just push your arm through here and..." she gently pushed Setsuna's arm back through her shirt sleeve before grabbing at the bottom and tugging it easily over the defenseman's head. Konoka froze for a second as she realized she had just removed her girlfriend's shirt, and she was staring at her muscular and toned upper body...in this room...alone. "Whoa..."

"Yeah it looks pretty gross doesn't it?" asked Setsuna as she laughed and scratched the back of her head with her good hand. "I didn't think bruises could get that dark so fast..."

Konoka gulped and shook her head as she tried to combat the heat pooling up between her legs and the increased rhythm of her heart. "Y-yeah...bruise...real dark..." she then had an idea pop into her head. "How about I massage it a little? I'll be careful and it may help with the stiffness..."

"Alright, go right ahead..." smiled Setsuna as she moved closer to the goalie, unaware of her intentions.

Konoka felt her heart pound harder in her chest as her hands came to a rest on the defenseman's shoulder. She gulped as she felt the warmth of Setsuna's skin reach the tips of her fingers before gently pressing her palm down. Despite having been dating, Konoka and Setsuna had yet to have a chance for any sexual encounters; what with all the training, school work, games and practises, and little everyday things getting in the way. This was especially new to Konoka, as she was used to sleeping with girls pretty much instantly. She knew that there was something different about her defenseman, and therefore didn't mind that they hadn't slept together right from the get go. Now however, their luck was just too good and the goalie would have been a fool not to try and take advantage of such a great opportunity. As she gently worked at Setsuna's shoulder, she slowly moved closer and closer to her, until her lips were mere centimetres away from where she was rubbing. She took a deep breath as adrenaline began to run through her, pressing her lips down on the defenseman's shoulder.

At first Setsuna hadn't noticed, as she was too wrapped up with how good her shoulder was feeling from being worked on. It wasn't until Konoka moved her kisses further up her shoulder to the base of her neck that the defenseman caught on. Her eyes flew open and her face turned a dark, hot shade of red as she felt soft, moist lips slowly trace further up her neck. Setsuna's whole body felt like it was on fire as she realized what is was Konoka wanted from her. Before she could even react, the goalie moved from the defenseman's neck and came up to her lips, kissing her gently. At first it started off slow, as both girls opened their lips and let each other's tongues enter, engaging in deep passionate kisses. As Setsuna reached up to gently grab onto the back of Konoka's head however; things quickly began to heat up.

Konoka needed to quickly get as close as possible to Setsuna, so she got up on her knees and slid her leg over the defenseman's lap so that she was now straddling her. The kissing picked up as she felt her girlfriend's slender fingers brush down her sides before coming to a rest on the goaltender's ass and lower back. Setsuna moaned slightly as Konoka playfully bit at her lip before running her tongue over it, soothing the sensitive area. The defenseman was being driven nuts by Konoka's teasing tongue and quick intakes of breath. She wasn't about to let the goalie think she was running the show, so she slowly raised her hand up to lift Konoka's shirt; exposing her perfectly rounded, orb like breasts that seemed to barely be contained by the lacy bra she was wearing. Setsuna smirked as she reached to the bottom of the lacy barrier and lifted it up. She was instantly greeted by a gasping moan as her lips hurriedly closed around the goalie's pert nipple.

It was like music to Setsuna's ears as she continued to hear approving gasps from the girl straddling her whenever she flicked her tongue over it or grazed her teeth on it. Konoka couldn't believe that Setsuna was so quick to take over, she had assumed that, despite the defenseman's appearance, that she would be the more bashful one in this situation. The goalie bit down on her lip as Setsuna's tongue was replaced by her fingers, thanking the gods that her assumption was wrong. She quickly reached down and pulled Setsuna's face back up to her own. The heat continued to pick up as the goaltender began to rock her hips in a slow grinding motion against the defenseman's lap.

Konoka moved over to Setsuna's ear and proceeded to whisper in a seductive gasp. "Set...Setsuna...are you ready to play a little?"

Setsuna slammed her eyes shut as she felt one of the goalie's hands slowly brush it's fingers down her taught stomach and her tongue graze over her ear. "Oh..you have no idea miss...I think I see this one going into overtime..."

Setsuna took in a sharp breath as she felt Konoka bite a little at her neck before soothing it with her lips and tongue. The defenseman felt the goalie's legs spread open a little wider, and took that as a signal to move in. She ran her hand along the inside of Konoka's thigh and felt her shiver with excitement as her hand slowly made its' way to its' destination. The defenseman heard a moan of pleasure as her hand came down to rest and cup itself between the goalie's legs. There was no need to rush, so Setsuna thought she would have a little bit of tease time with her hot and bothered girlfriend. She started by gently running her fingers over the crotch of Konoka's jeans, just enough so that she could feel the touch through her pants and right on her ever increasing sensitive spots. After getting some moans and hard kisses on her neck, Setsuna decided to pick it up and start a massaging motion using her full hand. Konoka was now going insane as she felt Setsuna's teasing touches increase. She wasn't going to be able to take it much longer, so she took it upon herself to reach down and gently take the defenseman's hand into her own. She moved the kissing back up to Setsuna's lips as she brought her girlfriend's hand to the button of her pants. She smirked into the defenseman's bottom lip bite as she felt the button to her jeans being pulled open. Finally, she was going to have her favorite defenseman touch her in a way that only she could.

Unfortunately for them, the door to Ayaka's room flew open with a loud bang causing both of them to jump and Konoka to lose balance and fall off of Setsuna's lap and to the floor. The goaltender cursed her luck as she rubbed her butt, wincing at the little bit of pain from falling.

"Oi Konoka Setsuna!" yelled Asuna from just inside the door way, head turned away from them like she was watching her back. "We've been busted out by the girls in the next dorm over...Takamichi's on his way over here right now! We gotta hide the booze and ditch the bottles before we get caught! You know how much trouble we'll get in if he finds out we've been drin-...Woah! uhhh ummm...Whoa...s-sorry guys..." Asuna had just turned her head around and became embarrassed as she realized that she had just interrupted a hot and heavy session. "I didn't realize...shit...I...shit..."

Setsuna ignored the pain in her shoulder as she quickly threw her shirt back on. "I-it's fine Asuna...you did what you had to do...we gotta get this stuff out of here or we'll all get in trouble..."

Konoka had turned her back towards her roommate and fixed her bra and shirt before re-buttoning her pants. "...Yeah...we can't have that now...can we..." she said in a very sarcastic tone.

"Uhhhh...yeah, ok...so...yeah..." began Asuna as she laughed awkwardly and rubbed the back of her neck. "Let's get to it!" she then took off back through the door.

Setsuna laughed as she bent down to help Konoka up from the floor. "Well...looks like we'll have to pick it up some other time..."

"Yeah...too bad though..." began Konoka as she moved in to give one final kiss to her favorite defenseman. "...you didn't even get a chance to see the special panties I bought just for you..."

She laughed as she watched Setsuna's face go bright red as her whole body froze up; at least Konoka could have some fun teasing the poor defenseman. She then ruffled up her girlfriend's bangs before heading over to the tables to grab their bottle and glass. As the two of them made for the door, Konoka sent one last look to the couch were they had almost had sex.

What are the friggin' chances...I'm going to kill those other dorm girls...gods damn it...I can't believe I just got Twat Blocked by my own roommate...oh well, guess we'll just have to try some other time then...