Utagaibukai
Peach Girl Fanfiction by Yohko.

Chapter Fifteen: Reality Check

"C'mon, Toji~!" Chi and Sae were dragging Toji onto the dance floor as he tried to convince them to leave him alone.
Momo sulked in her chair, 'this is cruel...'
"Hey," Kairi nudged Momo with his elbow and motioned towards the dance floor. Momo looked up to see Sae whispering to a group of girls just as they all nodded. "I wonder what they're up to..." Kairi raised an eyebrow.
Momo also raised an eyebrow, that didn't help her confidence level right now. "Kairi..." Momo looked to him for comfort, and he smiled while rubbing her shoulder, "relax kiddo, the night is young and I'm right here."
Momo smiled, content with Kairi's words.

Many songs passed by and Momo stole glances to Chi and Toji on the dance floor. She also noticed Sae's glare at Chi for every slow dance that came on. Just as things sped up a bit, Kairi rose from his chair and smiled to Momo, "I'm going to get a drink, you want anything?"
Momo nodded, "water, please."
Kairi winked, "you got it."
Momo watched him leave, a faint smile on her lips. It wasn't until just a few days ago that Momo realized how great of a friend Kairi is. Past his pumpkin outer-shell, he really does have a caring heart and personality. Suddenly Momo blinked, right before her eyes, Kairi was flirting with another girl. Her face dampened, some things never change.
"Excuse me."
Momo looked beside her to see a young man talking to her. He looked a little older than Kairi, and might have been in his grade. He wore black baggy pants with a chain connected to his wallet in his back pocket, and a light blue silky shirt with one breast pocket on the left. He held out his hand to her and smiled, "care to dance with me?" Momo looked at him oddly for a few moments. No one was watching, he wasn't offering her money... "Well?" he asked her again.
"Alright..." Momo said cautiously as she took his hand and they walked onto the dance floor. It was a slow song, Momo hadn't heard it before but it had a nice flow to it. He rested his hands on her hips and Momo rested her hands on his shoulders. He was a bit taller than Kairi, and seemed much more mature physically. She concluded he was older, but still young enough to be a student. He didn't say anything, and Momo didn't dare say a word; the silence was just fine with her.
Momo was relieved to hear the song end and it mixed into a fast dance song. Only the guy didn't let go of her. She cleared her throat and stepped back, "thank you for the dance."
Suddenly he wrapped his arms around her tightly and she couldn't get loose. "Hey!" she yelled but the music was too loud for anyone to hear. The guy was squeezing her too tightly, and her struggles to get loose slowed as she was having difficulty breathing. Just as she was about to faint, the guy let her go and she fell to the floor, coughing and gasping for air. Her vision was blurred but she got to her feet.
A group of girls started to push her across the dance floor, calling her rude names and grabbing at her clothes. It wasn't long before one of her shirt straps ripped and her hair was down and ruined. Momo couldn't take it anymore, she ripped herself away from everyone and fell to the floor, crying.
Kaiti noticed something was happening, but by the time he pushed past everyone, it was too late. Momo was holding her shirt up just as a few guys came towards her. "Admit that you staged the whole thing!" They all chanted, demanding Momo apologize to everyone and beg their forgiveness.
"Never!" Momo cried loud enough for everyone to hear.
They grabbed her arms and head, her shirt fell and revealed half her breast to everyone just before her head was pushed to the floor. Tears ran down her face, the last of her self-control and dignity destroyed and she became a crying, defenseless kitty.
"THAT'S ENOUGH!" A voice roared across the whole gym and stopped everything but the music.
Momo looked up to see Toji's fists tightly clenched looking at the guys pushing her to the floor. They all let go right away and stepped back. Chi and Sae ran towards Toji, as Kairi jumped forward and helped Momo off the floor. She was trembling, holding up her shirt again, her dress was dusty, and her hair was a mess. Kairi held her head to his chest and wrapped a protective arm around her, ready to fight anyone who came near.
No one said anything directly to Momo and Kairi until Kairi finally said something.
"Are you happy?" He yelled to Toji.
Toji turned to him surprised, "How could I be?"
Momo took that as her signal, and stepped away from Kairi's comforting arms. She smiled warmly to Kairi, her silent "thank you". He nodded, and they both turn towards Toji, Sae and Chi with serious faces.
Momo gave the coldest and hardest stare of her life to Chi and Sae, sending shivers down their spines. Momo looked ready to kill, and they grabbed onto Toji for protection without even realizing it. Momo's hard stare turned into a smile of cruel satisfaction, "Sae, I've had enough of this childish play. Chi, I just want you to know, you can Toji because I don't want him."
Kairi stepped forward, beside her, with a devious grin to Toji before winking to Chi, "if you can rip Sae off of him, that is."
Chi and Toji became shocked, and everyone gasped. Momo and Kairi stood confidently against the whole world.
"You, You want Toji?!" Chi let go of Toji's arm and looked to Sae is dismay. "I thought you just wanted to get rid of Adachi!"
"Yeah," she also let go of Toji, "so I could claim Toji!"
"The only reason I agreed to this was so that I could have Toji!"
"You had him, now he's mine!"
"WHAT?!"
Chi and Sae continued to argue until Toji yelled out "STOP!"
Everyone turns to him in surprise. He looks to Chi and Sae in disgust, "I am NOT an object who belongs to anyone! I don't even like you girls, but you're always following me around!"
"Toji!" They both cried.
Kairi put his hand on Momo's shoulder, their plan had worked.
Toji stepped forward towards Momo and Kairi, his face was saddened. "I tried to stop them from teasing you, but they told me you didn't care... Now I see that's a life, I hope you can forgive me Momo, I am very sorry..." He looked to the side, blushing deeply, "I really wanted to come to the dance with you... I really like you, Momo."
Now it was Kairi and Momo who became shocked. Momo almost melted, she was right all along. "Oh Toji..." she stepped forward and dug her face into his chest, releasing all the tears of her suffering into his caring arms, now wrapping around her.