the end in the beginning

by max333

Its been a month since Galaxia left, Usagi, the girls, Mamoru and their friends are all in a new phase of their lives just as a new enemy emerges, bent on destroying them. Will the strength of the senshi together be enough? With old friends and new friends coming in to help everyone must fight to protect everything they hold dear.

21. bonding time for Ami & a confrontation

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The end in the beginning ch.21

Ami POV

I went over it point by point in my head on how I was going to tell my mother the truth about everything. As smart of a doctor as she is she can be a bit oblivious at times. Especially when she works so much. Its hard to catch everything so when she got home to make herself up a dinner, but, change first and foremost she seemed tired yet still. "How are you mom?" I asked delaying in a sense as I try to gauge her mood from the day.

"Happy to be home for more than a few hours." She told me as she decompressed on the couch once she grabbed her noodles, rice and curry. That with a full glass of water and she began to eat and I could easily see how ragged she'd been pushing herself lately. to much work could definitely wear down on a person especially a hospital worker. "I was honestly beginning to feel like the nap room was my bed after these last few weeks." She told me as we ate dinner in somewhat peace.

Yet I couldn't fully eat my meal. I had to much on my mind, yet I wanted to let her be able to eat hers. It was the least I could do with the news I had to give her. So, after she went through telling me about the surgeries, the patient out cries and the numerous people who had been in from the monster attacks who had been drained or injured in the recent battles, nothing to serious but enough for them to be concerned enough to go to the ER.

"How was your day?" she asked me and frankly right now THAT was a loaded question. "I remember you telling me you were studying for that test the past few weeks." I nodded recalling that was to be today when what happened, happened. I had already spoken with Miss. Haruna about it earlier as she uploaded it online and let me take it then and there. I was thankful that I wouldn't be missing out on it.

"Had a lot happen today…these past few weeks actually…" I muttered as I added on, "Mom I need to talk to you." I told her once she finished her food. Despite her tiredness once she heard the tone in my voice she was concerned and there for me. Tiredness drained from her face in seconds flat. "What's wrong Ami?" she asked as she turned towards me. It was moments like these that I was reminded of why my mother was so amazing.

Even in her exhausted state she still gave me her undivided attention when she sensed something was wrong. "It's something I've needed to tell you for a while now but didn't for your own safety." Now she looked stunned, "Ami what are you talking about?" she pressed. I stood up, "I think it's better if I show you." Even though my mother knew me well, I can't very well say she knew I'd never lie to her as I have for years about this now.

I transformed in front of her, "I'm Sailor Mercury mother." I stand back so she can see and fully digest what I'm about to tell her. she looks up to me and examines all over as if I'm a patient now and I know it's just her inner medical doctor analyzing things, "Oh Ami…" she sounds torn between amazement and concern. That's when I go into all the details of what we've all done, the monsters we've dealt with, basically I give her the summed-up story that Usagi told her parents that we were there for.

As much as I would love to have the girls by my side for this, I need to do it on my own. I need to have this heart to heart with my mother. Usagi's relationship with her parents and brother while close differs sometimes greatly from mine to my parents. With my father not a prominent figure in my life who only sends me pictures and paintings of his art once in a while its just mother and myself.

We have a different bond and I know she will have a different response than Ikuko and Kenji had to Usagi's news. Not to mention Kenji was less than thrilled and seemed to want to think of being a senshi as something to push away and that wasn't the case. Ikuko while trying to be sympathetic was definitely going through her own mental process of it. Though she seemed more accepting of it than he did.

This between my mother and I needed to be done just between the two of us. Usagi needed the support as she knew how her father could be and needed more analytical help to explain certain things and support from the rest of us so that she could confront them and not become overwhelmed especially by her very well known and established, over protective father. As wonderful a father he could be at times his need to be over-bearing and controlling could result in shutting other people down or out.

If anything, I felt for Makoto the most as she didn't have parents to have to tell. She will try to make light of it, but reality is its just a grim and bleak reminder that she has no blood relatives left to tell. We're all the family that she has. I remember she even mentioned once that her caseworker who was helped her get her own place had tried to look up any relatives that could aid her, and that's how she found out about her parents being single children themselves and how even their parents had already passed.

There were no cousins, no former generations to contact. Its what made her so strong in the end and why she and Mamoru would get along. He knew the hardships of being in foster care and of being on ones own for so long. They were like brother and sister in that department. So, this between my mother and I had to be just us. I wanted this moment with her as I talked about everything that was going on.

We had so few moments together as mother and daughter this was something that I had longed to cherish and spend with her for years. Something that was just us to discuss. Plus, as I went on, I could see her analytical side coming out as she took everything in. I saw how she was horrified at some of the things that had happened. Like when we died technically. A few times actually yet we came back again and again.

She listened to everything as I poured out my hearts worth of everything that had happened. This was another reason why I wanted to do this with her and just her, I could feel the tears coming forth from all the emotions and as she pulled me n to hug me I felt a little sense of being her child again in the motion. I de-transformed I was in her hold and held her. There had been a good reason as to why Usagi couldn't tell her parents about our deaths.

Kenji would have shot a gasket through the roof and Ikuko might have been right there with him, this though, I knew my mother being with her job, would see both the parental and clinical side of things. She would see why the job was necessary and once I went over why it could only be us she nodded her head. I knew she wouldn't like it, but she was so understanding that I was grateful to have this moment with her alone.

"Ami not that I'm not utterly proud of you, and worried for you, and stunned by all of this, along with still wrapping my head around it all…" she added on towards the end, "But why are you telling me this all now?" she asked, "Because our newest threat is doing everything she can to expose us and has so far succeeded in it. I'm being technically 'kicked out' of school and am being told that the rest of my schooling will be from home." I answer as she looks outraged as she sits up from the couch.

"WHAT?" her voice gets loud. Its strange and almost funny how all the senshi I tell her she's mystified, calm, silently horrified, even proud of what we've all done yet when the school kicks me out she's outraged by it. "The principal stated that having us in the school would be a deterrent for the rest of the students." I tell her, recalling his words to not just myself but to Usagi and Makoto as well.

Makoto and I had already spoken a small bit after we left the school. "Us?" my mother narrows her eyes at the word. "Yes, Makoto and Usagi have already been kicked out. Usagi first as she was the first to transform in public. It was the only way to save the people in the restaurant." I stand up myself, "She was fighting for their lives against the new enemy but had she gone on as herself in civilian form she - " my mother stopped me.

"I'm not mad at that Ami, you know I see your friends as extended family." I smile getting a little misty eyed from it, "No I'm upset that a school principal would value such stupid measures over the value of education." I nod, "Its like telling a female that since her skirt is an inch above the knee she has be kicked out or temporarily suspended as it will distract the boys…whereas in reality distracted boys are NOT our problem." I mutter towards the end recalling how Minako and Rei both got nearly nailed for it.

That was the first day in our new high school and those teachers were strict on that. It was then that all the girls learned the REAL reason teachers carried around rulers. "Very true, even if that isn't as accurate to an example as there is…" She adds as she looks to me, "It is however an accurate statement to make. How boys respond and act is not something that you cause, especially when you're doing what you're supposed to be doing and adhering to the policies of the school. It goes into victim blaming."

I nod as she hums for a moment to herself, "You're getting back into that school, ALL of you are and I know just how to ensure it." This made me feel a sense of happiness. Despite the bad day I've had my mother seems to manage to make it better. She goes off and makes a call. It's mere minutes later when she comes back in and says, "We're going to that school tomorrow. Let Usagi and Makoto know to, hopefully we can nip this in the bud before Minako or Rei are effected." She actually looks energized now.

I go up to her and hug her dearly, "Thank you mother." She hugs me back, "No dear thank you." I an hear the praise in her voice, "I understand why you kept it form me for so long but I'm glad that you told me. While I'm still getting over the shock of it…" she starts as she wipes a tear from her eyes as we sit back down on the couch, "I want you to know that you will always have my support." I nod and can't help but cry a little bit more.

The rest of the evening goes by without much of a hitch. Really it becomes more about the strange occurrences that I confirm which are senshi related and which ones were actually random attacks. We drink some decaffeinated tea as we bond over it. That night we both fall asleep in our respective rooms with a much needed closer bond than before. Even Usagi and Makoto are happy about the confrontation we have planned for tomorrow.

When the next day arrives, we get up bright and early as mother makes sure she has the day off needing to not just take care of this with us but rest and relax so she doesn't burn out. I call both Usagi and Makoto to come in with us as we all arrive an hour earlier than the rest of the students and most faculty members to. "Are you sure about this?" Usagi asks as I sense her nervousness being back here considering.

"I'm sure. My mother wouldn't have insisted on us meeting here if she wasn't sure about this herself." I smile. Technically she had been up for hours prior. To wound up to sleep for long and wired so she put herself to what she considered use and started to making filing motions with someone on the phone. I was told to go to sleep as I would have school in the morning and one thing I've never done, was defy my mother.

Yes I did feel bad that she was spending her first day off like this but I knew it was necessary and while I could have told her to hold off till she had more time she slipped into parenting mode and wasn't going to come out of it till she wanted to. Besides, I think one of her calls was to her work so she could take a few sick days and sleep the next few days afterwards. How she got this all together in less than 24 hours was beyond even me.

All four of us were in the office as the receptionist looked rather pressed for her morning cup of coffee, holding the Styrofoam cup like a lifeline as she appeared obviously stunned to see us there so early. My mother though was a force to be reckoned with as she stated kindly yet firmly, "We're here to see the principal." It was just his luck that the principal came out, mug in hand obviously looking for the coffee himself as he spotted the four of us standing in the direction of his path. "Hello."

He entire tone and demeanor was obviously caught off guard and part of me wondered if that was my mother's intentions to. He plastered on a smile, "May I help you?" he asked, "Yes, I'm Dr. Mizuno, Ami's mother and the representative advocate of these two young women." The three of us just stood there stunned as my mother took the reigns of this. "We, or rather I am here to speak with you regarding the decision to no longer attend this school." Her tone clear as the principal cleared his throat.

"Yes, of course, come in." this was obviously something he DIDN'T want to be dealing with first thing in the am. If he hadn't kicked us out, I'd almost feel sorry for him…almost. As he escorts us inside the door is promptly shut behind us as we girls sit behind the two adults in the room. I sit next to her as I have a feeling I'm about to get a front row seat to what many kids would love to see.

Their parents at a verbal war with their principal on their defense when they did nothing wrong to begin with. "I see your daughter made you aware." He briefly looks to me, both regretful of the action and knowing it was necessary of it on his end. "Yes, and I have to say that I'm absolutely appalled at the decision that was made with regards to these girls academic future." He gives her a half assed smiled.

One that one gives when they're trying to be appeasing and nice but really just want to conversation to me done with. "With all due respect Dr. Mizuno…" he carefully makes sure to call her by the greeted name she gave him, "But with your daughter and her friends other duties, its not wise nor recommended for them to attend classes where other students can't focus on school work." Gasoline has been poured.

"So instead of putting the responsibility of other students being unfocused on the teachers who are supposed to HAVE their attention anyways, your placing blame on the students in this room for their life saving measures they take on a daily basis?" I looked over to the wide eyed, yet very excited looks on Usagi and Makoto's faces. Both are doing their darndest to control it as they enjoy the metaphorical ball bouncing back and forth.

The principal gets caught up for a moment, "It's a teacher's job to teach yes but even they can only do so much. This was a necessary measure. Besides Ami is taking the rest of her courses online as Usagi has been and even Makoto will get that." He tries to brush it off as that seems to only infuriate my mother as she gestures with her hands just enough to get her point across, "So you think that the decision that's made here is acceptable?"

He nods his head, "I'd rather NOT to have made it but yes, this is the best solution given that your daughter and her friends are in the media as they are now. The other students need to be able to focus and while we do appreciate their other 'duties'…" he looks brief to us and I can sense something uneasy about it. Like he either can't believe it still or is unwilling to admit something to himself.

It's hard to configure just with a simple glance as he talks to my mother, "It doesn't exempt them from being treated as any other student if what is going on effects the other students." I see the slightly agitated smile that nearly crosses her face, "I don't expect them to be exempt - HOWEVER…" she continues before he can try to cut her off, "I do expect you to NOT act as if this is something they can control OR for that matter, that they really can't continue on in school as we BOTH know they can." He presses his lips together.

The creases in his forehead growing, "Dr. Mizuno with all due respect their mere presence in here makes other students nervous. It makes some of the faculty nervous. They have access to powers that could kill a person." He seemed to have reached his tether as it finally becomes apparent as to why he looks nervous now to. He's afraid of us. The very thing that Usagi mentioned earlier to us to back when she first got kicked out. She has sensed it to and now it was right in front of us.

The very thing that the evil princess was instilling into people. Fear of us. People were no longer seeing us as those to who others but as people, things to be feared. The only ones we wanted to fear us were our enemies. Evil. "So yes 'kicking them out' was the best option here." He iterates as he begins to lose his patience. My leans in towards him, her protective parental mode in high gear now with him.

"Not to mention all that what's been on the news. I'm actually shocked that they haven't been picked up by the police." His words strike a cord in her and in us as I can feel the temperature drop slightly again at that and notice the lighting flickering. It only stop when my mother bursts out with, "How dare you throw out three good teenagers who have done NOTHING wrong just because you're saying it'll be disruptive to the other students? Bull! That's a cop-out and you know it!" her voice rises as she stands up.

He, now having realized he's losing this battle of wits here stands up to and fires back no longer caring it seems about his demeanor, something he should have really thought about, "With all due respect to your daughter, despite her near perfect academic record along with her poorly chosen little delinquent friends…" he glances at Usagi and Makoto who rightfully take offense to his assumptions about them.

Usagi's grades have improved greatly since the start and up until this Makoto has had no problems with the school…none. This was a blatant abuse of power of the principal to be making assumptions about a person based solely on prior issues and now rehabilitation and changes that were made for the betterment. No, he more than likely was just WAITING for a reason to kick them both out and found it with everything going on.

I saw it clear as day now, Usagi's prior academic record was at one point dragging the school down and despite her now good record at maintaining nothing less than a C+ she was still being stigmatized for it and Makoto, she was still being thrown under the bus for her prior in school fighting that wasn't truly her fault. I was mad for them. I went to go talk as my mother put her hand on mine.

Though to help her NOT hit the principal for his words or to keep me from talking or speaking against him I wasn't sure. "Have become a liability to this school. We can't have news reporters out here every day waiting to get a glimpse of them. Blocking traffic, giving this school a bad reputation that we let them continue to pursue education through us." His shout is followed by a knock at the door with a 'sir you can't go in there' followed behind it. I recognize the voice though and now I know who my mother called.

This time my mother smiles, "Your going to want to open that." He gruffly replies, "Come in." clearly though he doesn't want to let unknown to him man in right as I see my uncle walk in, looking professional as ever as he gives a curt but nice smile to both my mother and I as he hands the principal three forms of papers. He doesn't even bother to shake his hand as he hands them all over to him.

"And this is what?" he asks grasping for a set of glasses to put on to read the fine print. As he reads a small part of me can't wait to hear what it has on it. "Forgive the directness of my greeting, a little last minute but I was told of this issue last minute." My mother roles her eyes at him as he tells the principal, "Those right there are court mandated orders to allow these young ladies back in school."

The principal looks crescent fallen as he sits back down in his seat and sighs. He looks up and inhales deeply. It's clear as day that he lost this battle as he goes over the documents in detail. I guess to make sure he can see if he can find any loopholes that can have him keep us out. I know my uncle though, the mans a thoroughbred when it comes to court cases. "Until I have more conclusive evidence it will seem to be that you three may return to school." The principal clearly didn't want to give in but now he has no choice.

I see both Usagi and Makoto looking with happiness to be granted access back inside as we all part form the office and leave out. Both Usagi and Makoto praise my mother for the help, "You have no idea how happy you've made us. Never thought I'd be happy to be back in school." Usagi nearly cheers as we all laugh, "Thank you very much." Makoto nods her head with a large smile on her face.

My mother smiles, "No thanks needed, if anything thank you all for everything." Usagi, Makoto and I nod and smile. It feels nice to be appreciated instead of ostracized for once. "Now if you'll excuse me…" she slings her purse back over her shoulder, "I have a date with an elongated nap." She says as she goes to leave, my uncle nodding his head to us as he leaves out himself. Ready to get to the rest of his own workday. At least till one thing hits me as I watch my uncle leave out the doors, "Mom!" she turns to me.

"How did you manage to do this on such short notice?" I ask knowing that the proper filing should take days if not a week to go through the right legal channels. She just smiles at me though knowing the legal boundaries herself, "I called in a favor…turns out one can get things done in a few hours if one can find the right means. Plus, it helps that you all at one point saved the judge. He was all to happy to sign the orders." As she walks out the three of us can't help but smile as we have one small victory to be happy about.

Usagi POV

Before we can leave the area around the principals office he comes out and we suddenly don't know whether to feel on top of the world still, even if that world is currently very small, or pressed right back under a shoe again as he puts on a professional near dismissive tone, "Now that your back in there will be ground rules." I arched a brow but didn't argue, "Rule one, you are to come in through the back-entrance way."

No one spoke as it was just entering in here, "The last thing I need is to have my school surrounded cause one of you was recognized and their waiting for you out front." I bite my lip on that as I already had that at home. "Rule two, and this goes especially for Miss. Kino, any fights that happen you all will be suspect number one." That seemed highly unfair. Students might use any reason to pick a fight with us.

He stopped me from talking though as he held his hand up, "Rule three, if any of your GPA's fall below the average that their at then you will be sent back to home schooling." I knew we had it in us to keep up with the rules but that would mean – I spoke up, "On that second rule, there needs to be a rule to the other students as well that they can't initiate a fight with us to begin with." He looks towards me.

"Fair enough…though I can't see why anyone would WANT to pick a fight with you." I narrow my eyes at the insult as I can't help but snap just a bit, "Like that's NOT how Makoto got kicked out? A few students egged her into it, picked on her and somehow its her fault the last time." These rules were nearly a bait and trap for us. I saw how he looked at Makoto, as if he was waiting for her to slip up firs ton that rule.

"Just follow the rules and things can go by smoothly. Failure to comply will result in the homeschooling of you three. Mind you I'll be watching you." He looks to us before going back inside. "We need to warn Minako and Rei of this that way if he tries to make them go through it to - " I mean we were all in the same high school now. "I'll let my mother now about it to." Ami adds as she messages her mother, "Oh and my uncle to." She mutters.

She's already typing away fast on her phone as we all head off to the next class for each. The day passes by slowly, but I can't seem to be tired or itching to get out as I usually do. Instead I feel like I'm happy to be here. I smile to myself never thinking I'd be happy to be in school. Yet I know why. It was the normalcy of things. Just to have a touch of that back was a small win for us, such a small win that I hardly noticed the other students.

Not till nearly lunch time when tests were being passed out and then I finally noticed that I was receiving patronizing looks. I took a glance around and saw that students were actually hedging either away from me or giving me scrutinizing looks of disbelief. The teacher in my last class before lunch barely even looked at me as she went over the course material. When class was over I grabbed the small lunch I had pre-packed thanks to Ami giving me a warning of what was to come for today and went to go eat with Makoto and Ami.

"Is it me or is feeling a little chilly?" I asked once I sat down with the girls. Its not till Naru and Umino sit down with us that we some semblance of slight normalcy again. "No, it's not just you." Makoto adds as she eats some shrimp, "I had a teacher actually drop the chalk a few times with me in the room." I sigh, "I had students looking at me between perplexed and fearful." I tell them, "Same here." Ami chowed down on her sandwich.

"Its like were a freakshow to them now." Makoto muttered, "Well you're not a freak show to us." Naru breaks in with a comforting smile, "Yeah your our good friends and we need to have another study session. I'm only two chapters ahead now." Umino chimes in, "I'm only three chapters ahead now." Ami looks almost sullen as I arch a brow, "You two do realize that being multiple chapters ahead means your way ahead of 95% of the class right?" the sheepishly nod as we continue to eat.

It's nice though, I haven't unfortunately seen Naru and Umino for a small while and its nice to see them again. "Its not till one of Naru's friends comes by that we see the extent of how bad things are getting. Naru greets her charmingly as she seemingly ignores her. "That's strange." She utters, "Its not strange its obvious." Another girl nearby snips towards us. We look to her and see that its Kyarorain.

"Isn't that…?" I ask as Makoto nods, stopping in her quest for food as she prepares to come to bat for her friends as the rest of us do. "What's obvious?" Naru plays ignorant on purpose as Kyarorain rolls her eyes at her, "If your picking to be around them, you're on their side. You can't play both." Now I'm getting upset, "Naru and I have been friends for years. What kind of person drops their friend when they did nothing wrong?" I snip back.

She stands up from her seat and walks over towards us, "A smart person. You don't get it do you?" she places her hands on her hips as she shots us a disgusted by our mere presence expression. Its nearly enough to make Makoto get up only to have Ami pull her back down, "It's a tactic." She warns her, "Go ahead Makoto, why not act out. Your so good at it." I put my hand over Makoto's before I get up now, definitely having lost my appetite for food after her cutting words at my friends.

"I don't know what your problem is and don't say its 'you should let the military handle it' bit cause guess what, the military can't handle what we deal with. They don't know how to deal with it, or what their up against. Its why we do it ourselves." I tell her, hopefully putting her into her place. That's when she instead of backing down stands up to me. She is a few inches taller than me so when she gets into my personal space I stand my ground.

"How does a mousy little, klutz with the attention span of a gnat get to be in your position?" the insult is very much in the air as I can't help but clap back with my own retort, "I find it funny that you as a cheerleader seem to have nothing better to do with her time than to bully those around her…is that really all you useful for…bullying others? Is that the high light of your life while in high school? Or are you so high up your own ass that you really think that everything that comes out of your mouth is gold?"

My question leaves her grinding at her own teeth. I however make the mistake of turning around feeling the verbal confrontation is over with when she says, "So I'm guessing that guy I've seen you with is your boyfriend?" I stop as she continues with, "If I recall correctly you mentioned to a few friends that he's studying to be a doctor. I wonder what would happen to his own academic career if it got out that he's dating a high school student that was on the bottom of the academic food chain." I turn around and see the bliss filled smile on her face.

Its hard NOT to respond to her jabs and pokes but before I can Naru speaks up, getting past me and into her face. "Serious! What's your problem?" it's one of the few times I've seen her get right up into someone else's space. "You don't have enough drama going on in your life you have to start up more?!" problem is were seeing more and more students gathering around. I go to pull her back and Makoto gets up having seen it to.

"I'm just speaking the truth." Kyarorain says, putting her hands up in a mock defense. She knows that the other students can't hear her to well so it will look like she's being the victim of this and NOT the aggressor. "Can't handle the heat then get out." Her voice seems to get a tad darker on us as Makoto pulls Naru back, Ami getting up to as all of our food now lays abandon on the ground.

I then see Both Minako and Rei coming up as lunch had just started when we came out. "You're not wanted here, none of you are, no sympathizers either." As she walks off towards the crowd, pleased with having gotten away with her words and us NOT being able to really defend ourselves without risk of violating the rules I can't help but want to snap out the built-up anger at her however it's a male voice that takes all of our breaths away.

"YOU UNGRATEFUL BITCH!" my anger begins to dissipate a bit as I see Umino having been quiet for most of the spectacle rises up and walks up to her. Everyone, myself included are shocked by his words as he appears beyond upset. I see how the students react as it's the same as both my friends and myself. With utter shock that he not only called her out for it but did so with such anger that it shut everyone within radius up.

Kyarorain turns back and fully and looks at him with a twitch in her eyes, like she doesn't believe what she just heard from him, "You heard me." He wasn't backing down either and we were all to stunned to go up and pull him back. Not that he was to close to her, far from it, he was still several feet away from her personal space yet the anger in his voice had everyone to stunned to even make a move.

"You talk all big and bad but at the end of the day, whenever an attack happened, whenever a monster came around to hurt us, whenever we were waiting for the cops to show up since they were to far away, she was there with them to stop it. Every time! Where were you?!" she gulped, backing down just the slightest with his words. She knew he was right and it was pissing her off. "Oh yeah hiding like the rest of us!" he slammed his words into her.

It was that commanding. When I looked over at Naru I could see the look of pride swelling up on her face as I saw along with it the satisfaction that they were going to have a heavy make out session tonight. Naru did have a thing for whenever Umino stood up for something he believed in. That's when we all see the bubbling up of anger that's happening within Kyarorain especially as all the other students out here are looking at her.

She legitimately appears like she's getting ready to explode yet Umino doesn't budge making everyone wait with anticipation to see what'll happen between the two. Her voice becomes near ultrasonic with her screech, "How dare you talk to me that way!" as she storms up to him, in big long paces that make her look bigger than usual. She was aiming to presumably to slap him or hit him in some form.

So, we reacted on instinct and get in her pathway, defending him as she does happen to have a few inches on him, as she does the rest of us. Besides, while I would LOVE to see Umino knock her out or at least knock her back on her ass as I had no doubt that in his angered state, he could it, I don't want him to get into trouble for something that was due to us to begin with. She may have started the whole thing, but I was going to end it.

"Listen to me…" I hedged her off, holding my hand up to keep her at a distance away. Where the hell was a teacher when you needed one? Now that the shock was wearing off the other students I wondered when the camera phones would come out and start to record. I just hoped this would tilt in our favor instead of against us. "I don't care what you say about me, you've got beef with me for some stupid reason…" I start.

"But don't you dare attack my friends!" I snap out, my anger building once more as I see both Minako and Rei standing right beside us all now, ready to take on the school to protect Naru and Umino if need be. "We've never done anything to you, yet you seem to be making it your mission in life right now to make us miserable. Why is that?" just as Kyarorain looks ready to do something towards me we hear the students part ways for a teacher. They merely have a glare aimed at us all.

Even Kyarorain as she seems to be debating the worthwhileness of coming at me still. When Ami pulls me slightly back at my arm, I let her knowing there's a teacher now here and even he's just waiting to see if we're going to violate the rules that I'm betting had already been sent to all of the faculty. "The time will come when you don't have your bodyguard's around to protect you." She nearly spits at me as she walks off.

It's in those few seconds though that something hits me. I see it in her eyes very briefly but it's there. A glint. Something more than just her eye color. A glint of something more. There's more to her than meets the eye…metaphorically speaking and literally speaking. No one speaks as the teacher merely tells the students to disperse as she walks off. "Fun lunch?" Rei asks as we get back to our spot.

"That was intense." Ami mutters as she barely pays attention to her rice bowl, "Tell me about it." Makoto mutters right before she smiles brightly at Umino, "By the way, way to go!" she gives him a high five that he smiles at. Now that the issue is temporarily over with, he's calmed down a bit, "Thanks for having my back, back there." He admits, "While I know I could handle her, you know how double standard it is for a guy to hit a girl…even if she deserves it." We nodded, "Very true…but you rocked it. Thanks." I gently nudged him.

"You definitely did…we should go out tonight, then maybe head back to my place for a movie…" Naru suggests as she gives him a glance. He reads it clearly, "Definitely." As we all smile for the two, I can't help but wonder what is going on with that girl. She really does seem to have it out for me and the way she spoke. 'how dare he?' Normally I'd say that was overly privileged cheerleader talk but she seemed…different about it. I needed to figure out what was going on here and to see if things were more connected than we knew.