Author: Thanks so much for the reviews! I really appreciate it! I know it's been a while, but I have been working on a few fics at one time and I've decided to work on four different stories at once.(I really need to stop writing on so many stories at one time) Now…to answer some question…I had thought about bringing in the whole Senshi business into the story, but I think it will make things a bit more complicated and deter away from the story; so I've officially dropped the idea. I know many of you have asked if the kids are going to grow up in this story and yes they will. I am still trying to decide at what point I want them to age…I still have a few things I want to happen before I get to that point. I also haven't forgotten about the therapy sessions and it will soon come into play in the story. Now bare with me everyone, I am writing this story off the top of my head and I do plan on finishing this…it's just taking a bit longer than I had first planned. Anyways! I hope you enjoy the chapter and don't forget to review! It really does help to motivate me! ^_^
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Serena gritted her teeth and held her side as she made her way out of the classroom as Lita looked down at her with worry.
"Are you okay?"
"I will be." muttered the blonde with a small frown. She looked up and spotted Molly, Amy and Mina leave the line of their other classmates and head towards them.
Mina reached them first with wide eyes. "Oh my God! What happened?"
Serena sighed. "Beryl."
Molly and Amy frowned deeply as Mina cocked her head to the side in confusion. "Who's Beryl?"
"The devil." bit out Serena causing her cousin to furrow her brows and shift blue eyes upon Lita. The brunette sighed with a roll of the eyes.
"She's Diamond's older sister."
Mina frowned deeply turning Serena. "The kid that hit you in the face with that dodge ball?"
"Yeah…him." Serena said darkly.
Mina's frown only deepened as her confusion grew. "Why would she do this?"
Serena shrugged, only to wince in pain. "I don't know…maybe she was getting back at me for the fight I had with Diamond a few months ago."
"What fight?"
Serena rolled her eyes with a heavy sigh. "Look I'll explain all of this later; right now I want to eat and sit down."
Mina sighed but nodded her head in defeat, wrapping an arm around her cousin's shoulders and escorted her towards the cafeteria.
"Okay, we'll talk about this later."
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Beryl growled lowly under her breath as she felt at the tender scratch wounds she had on her face with her fingertips softly; she hurt like hell and was beyond pissed off. If it wasn't for that meddling brunette, Serena would have been a goner and she would have had Darien all to herself.
The red head scowled…this wasn't over…no…this was far from over.
The young girl made her way to her classroom, opening the door and entered, causing her teacher to stop in the middle of his lecture to stare at her with wide eyes, her fellow classmates doing the same.
"W-what happened?" stuttered the elderly man, eyes wide with shock.
"Nothing." muttered Beryl as she quickly found her seat at the back of the classroom.
"You need to go to the nurse's station."
"No I don't!" snapped Beryl as she opened up her history book and pulled out her notebook. If she didn't want to go anywhere…than she wasn't…it was as simple as that.
The teacher frowned deeply at his student's lack of respect, but all he could do was shake his head. This was typical of Beryl and there was no point in arguing; the girl was born to be defiant.
That girl was going to have a hard life if she kept that nasty little attitude of hers.
Pushing the thoughts passed him, the teacher cleared his throat, gaining the attention of his students and continued on with his lecture.
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Lita couldn't help but keep a worried gaze upon Serena as she helped the blonde down the hall and towards the nurse's station. Serena was extremely pale and looked as if she was going to start blowing chunks; her jaw line and neck already turning purple.
"Serena…are you sure you okay?" asked the brunette for the millionth time.
"I'm fine Lita…I'm just …I just have a headache."
"A headache?" questioned Lita.
"Beryl rammed me head first into the trashcan…my head is pounding." The blonde swallowed deeply, trying to ignoring her stomach turning painfully and the sudden sensation to gag. "The sooner I get an icepack the better."
"You're going to need more than one icepack." muttered Lita.
"I heard that." muttered back Serena.
Lita let off a small giggle as they came up on the nurse's station's door. Opening it up, Lita helped her friend inside as the nurse was heading towards them. The woman's face fell as her eyes landed upon Serena.
"What happened?" exclaimed the nurse as she rushed towards Serena and quickly got the child seated. Lita came to stand beside Serena's seat as the nurse was pulling out some ice packs. She quickly came to stand before Serena, handing the blonde two ice packs. Serena placed one on top of her head and winced as she felt a rather large bump residing there. Biting down on her bottom lip, she used the other icepack to press against her side, nearly whimpering at the contact.
"What happened?" questioned the nurse once more.
"I got into a fight."
"Again?" asked the woman incredulously.
Serena pouted. "Yes…again."
The nurse squatted down before the blonde, pulling at the girl's shirt. "Let me see your side."
The blonde nodded, letting the nurse pull up her shirt, only to hear the older woman gasp. "I think you need to go to the hospital."
Serena's eyes widened as she shook her head. "No!" The blonde suddenly lurched forward, puking up her lunch at the nurse's feet.
"Now you're definitely going…looks like you have a concussion." replied the nurse, taking another quick glance at the heavy bruising decorating the child's ribcage. "…and possibly a few broken ribs."
She quickly made her way over to her desk, and picked up the phone, calling for a custodian for clean up. Hanging up the phone, she than shifted her gaze towards Lita, just now seeing the brunette's battered hands.
"What happened to you?" exclaimed the nurse as she made her way to the tall brunette and took a hold of Lita's hands delicately.
"I broke up the fight…" replied Lita, turning her head to keep her gaze away from the nurse. The older woman shook her head in disbelief.
"You need to go to the hospital as well…I think your right hand is broken."
Lita's eyes widened. "No! I'm fine!"
"No you're not and neither is Serena. I'm calling your parents." replied the nurse as she made her way to her desk and pulled out a large binder that was full of students' names and their contact information. Once she found the right information, she picked up the phone to call the girls' guardians.
Lita turned her gaze upon Serena with a small frown. "So much for keeping this a secret."
Serena nodded solemnly placing both icepacks down on the table to rub at her aching belly. "Yep…"
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School had finally come to an end and Beryl quickly found her father's vehicle, causing her to slow her pace, seeing Sapphire climbing into the back seat on the driver side and Diamond stood at the opposite door with it half open, a glare upon his face. She sighed heavily as she saw her father's disapproving frown as he stood at the driver's side door, arms crossed over his chest.
She already knew she was going to get it.
Burying her hands in her jacket pockets, Beryl trudged her way towards the car and attempted to climb in the passenger front seat.
"Come here."
The young red head visibly gulped, dropping her hand away from the door and walked around the front end of the car and towards her father. She stopped before him, head downcast, not daring to meet his hard gaze. She nearly yelped when her father grabbed her by the chin and roughly pulled her head up so he can get a better look at the wounds upon his daughter's face.
"What happened?"
"Nothing."
"Damn it Beryl! I swear…" snapped Dom as he dropped his hand from his daughter's face and crossed his arms once more over his chest. "You better start talking."
Beryl shifted her gaze to the ground once again. "I got into a fight."
"With who?"
Beryl absentmindedly kicked at a small pebble that was at her feet. "Serena and Lita."
"I knew it!" shouted Diamond as he pointed an accusing finger at his sister.
"Get in the car Diamond!" yelled Dom as he watched his son huff and climb into the backseat of the car. Once the door was shut, Dom turned his gaze upon his eldest child.
"Who started it?"
"They did!"
"Try again."
Beryl frowned as she looked up at her father and could see that he knew that she just told a flat out lie. Becoming angry, Beryl turned away from Dom and attempted to walk away, only to feel her father's hand grab a painful grasp around her upper arm.
Dom pulled her back, pulling her close to him. "I told you if you kept doing this shit you were going to get it, didn't I?" whispered Dom harshly.
Beryl slowly nodded her head, her voice coming out a bit shaky. "Yes."
"Well you got it girl…get in the car!" Dom released his death grip from around his daughter's arm and made his way to the driver's door. He stood there as he watched Beryl quickly climb in to the car and the man shook his head. He couldn't believe it, his kids were fighting with his former best friends' kids…damn, Karma is such a bitch!
Dom quickly climbed into his vehicle as he heard the car behind him honk at him impatiently. Pulling on his seat, he shifted his car into gear and pulled off.
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Beryl sniffled as she made her way down the hall and towards her bedroom. Her pace was slow as she didn't want to further irritate the fresh welts that were now fashioned on her backside. She just couldn't wrap her mind around the fact that her father had actually hit her…yeah sure…he always made the threats but had never acted upon them.
She was his little princess…he wasn't suppose to hurt her…he had Diamond and Sapphire for that.
Stopping in front of her bedroom, Beryl threw the door open and took a few steps inside as her eyes landed on Diamond. The boy was sitting on her bed cross legged and a glare from hell upon his face.
"Why are you in my room?" snapped Beryl, wanting the little brat out of her room.
"I don't want you touching Serena ever again!" declared Diamond, completely ignoring his sister's question.
Beryl snorted with a roll of her eyes. "I'll put my hands on whoever I want."
Diamond climbed off of the bed, anger apparent on his face. "I'm warning you!"
"What are you going to do about it squirt?" mocked the red head as she shoved her brother's chest, causing the boy to stumble backwards and nearly fall. Beryl laughed and before she could react, Diamond was at her side, leg shooting out to kick his sister upon her badly bruised backside.
The red head cried out as she crumbled to her knees. Now angry, Beryl threw her hand back, hitting her little brother squarely in the nuts. The boy dropped to the floor haplessly as his sister smirked at him.
"Why do you care so much about Serena…I thought you hated her?"
Diamond grunted rolling over to his hands and knees. "I never said I hated her…and I never said I cared about her either."
Beryl arched a brow confused. "Then what's the deal?"
Diamond gazed up at his sister with a possessive gleam in his eyes. "She is mine and only mine."
Beryl frowned slightly recognizing those words…those words she has spoken many times when it came to Darien Chiba.
"If she keeps hanging all over Darien than I'm going to pound her face in every chance I get."
Diamond frowned deeply at his sister's words. "Who is Darien?"
"The love of my life!" declared Beryl with hearts in her eyes. Diamond felt a sweat drop trail down the side of his face and he abruptly stood to his feet.
"Serena likes him?"
"Probably…" Beryl nearly growled out at the thought. She suddenly looked towards her brother's retreating back as he stormed out of the room, slamming her bedroom door shut. Shrugging her shoulders, Beryl stood to her feet and began to head towards the bathroom…all she wanted was a nice hot bath.
Author: Hope you enjoyed ^_^ please review and tell me what you think!