Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN SOULEATER OR ANY OF THE CHARECTERS OTHER THEN MY ORIGINAL CHARECTERS MEI AND KUMIKO!

Chapter 29

—FLASHBACK—
Four-year-old Mei sits in the back of a rundown shack, not too far off of Star Clan territory. Her arms were bloody, and silent sobs shook her tiny body. A shadow appeared in the door way and slid across the room, a dark voice echoing through the room,
"Bitch, don't run away from us!"

Mei sniffled quietly and stared up at the man with both fear and hatred.

"Ha, feisty."

He crosses the shadowy room and holds her up by her arm. He chuckles as he reveals the bloody arms covered in stabs, slices, and cuts.

"You're going to learn to deal with the pain. So stop your damn crying and shut the hell up!

Mei sniffed again, "Yes, White Star…"

"Damn straight!"

White Star dragged Mei out of the room and pulled her through the rain, as the blood mixed with water on the ground.
White Star threw her into another darkened shed, but he followed in after her. He kicks a lump on the ground and shouts "Get up, Black Star! You bastard; did I say you could sleep!"

The lump shifts and reveals a spiky blue head, "No…"

He glares up at his father. White Star kicks the boy again, sending him across the room. He looks at a book on the ground…

"A Bible? Damn, boy, I didn't think you could read…"

He picks up the book and rips it in half, "Don't worry, no 'god' will come to save you…" White Star slams the door behind him and padlocks it before rushing off and cursing into the night.

"Are you alright, Mei-chan?" The young, bloody girl nods shakily and curls up next to him.

—END FLASHBACK—

Liz and Patti quietly stare at Mei as she finishes her story with empty eyes.

"M-Mei..."

"WAAAAH, MEI-CHAN, YOU'RE SO SAD! COME ON, LET'S BUY YOU SOME NEW GLOVES, AND THEN WE CAN TRAIN TO GET KUMI-CHAN AND KID-KUN BACK!"

"Shhh! Patti we're still in a store!"

Mei looks up and smiles at the two sisters and they walked off into the Sunset, which happens to be in a store in Death City.