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Living In Fear
Part 3
By Usa and Emiri
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Tanaka, shocked, fell back. "Stupid bitch. You're not gonna get away with that!"
Usagi tore out of her room to the stairs, not once looking back. Usagi heard Tanaka following her. She then realized that she had left her communicator on her dresser. *Kami-sama...*
"Bitch!!! How dare you do this to me?" Because of his larger size, he easily overtook the girl in the middle of the stairs, kicking her down the rest of the flight.
Usagi screamed as she flew to the first floor. She felt a few ribs crack followed by her head on hardwood floor. Laying on her back, Usagi's vision was swimming in and out of focus. She had no idea where Tanaka was.
"Delinquent onna! You should respect me!" He kicked her in the side.
She curled into a ball to try and protect herself. *Mamo-chan...*
Just when Usagi thought she was going to die, a very pissed off Makoto, Minako, Rei, Ami, and Mamoru burst in the door. "Minna..."
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Makoto screamed. She was livid.
"It's not your business how I treat my family," Tanaka sneered. "I could have you all arrested for breaking and entering."
"Techincally you can," Ami spoke up. "However, it is VERY illegal to beat people up!"
Mamoru was seething with rage. How could this bastard do this to his koishii, his tenshi? He didn't know what he could or would do. Mamoru felt like he could not move or speak, then, as if in a dream, he moved across the room. Before anyone could stop him, he kicked Tanaka squarely in the chest, knocking him to the floor. He kicked his face, bloodying his nose. He kicked his sides, his groin, everywhere. Mamoru couldn't control himself. Tanaka was going to die for hurting the one he loved.
The girls eyes widened in shock. "And I thought I was bad!" Makoto muttered. She turned to the others. "Help me, minna!"
Tanaka was shocked by the blow, and couldn't react in time to block it. Then he was on the floor, helpless to the attacks. Ami and Makoto grabbed Mamoru's left arm while Rei and Minako grabbed his right arm. "Mamoru-san, he's unconscious, stop it!" Ami cried.
Mamoru shook his head, then fell to his knees, exhausted. "Usako!" he cried, getting up and running to her side. Usagi could barely move. She turned her head slightly when she heard the shound of Mamoru's voice. "Mamo-chan..."
"Minna, we have to get Usako to a hospital," he cried frantically, afraid to move or touch her for fear of causing more damage. She looked so...fragile lying there. If they had been any later...
**
Ikuko was smiling when she opened the front door. However, that smile quickly faded when she saw her husband and her daughter lying on the floor, beaten. "Kami-sama!" she exclaimed. "What happened?? Usagi! Tanaka!" She rushed over to Tanaka first.
"Ikuko-san?" Minako was the first to speak, being somewhat of a diplomat.
"Nani, Minako-san?"
"I don't know what you're thinking, coming home to this scene. Demo, we need to explain it to you." Minako paused, wondering where to begin.
She nodded. "I think that would be nice..."
"Well, yesterday, I came over to take Usagi-chan shopping. She had a huge bruise on her face, that she claimed was from tripping over a shoe. I know our Usagi is klutzy, but logically her face wouldn't bruise like that."
"I asked her what happened," Rei chipped in. "I just got this...bad feeling when she told me she tripped, like there was something more to it."
"And she seemed to be really sore lately," Makoto added.
"Usagi-chan hasn't been herself since you went out of town," Ami said. "And, medically speaking, a person would not be in distress unless there was a cause of it."
"Stop talking about me as if I'm not here," Usagi gasped out. She attempted to sit up.
Mamoru gently cradled her back, helping her sit. "Usako, be careful."
"Usagi!" Ikuko said, rushing to her daughter. "What happened, baby?"
"Mama... Tanaka doesn't like me very much."
Ikuko was about to have a heart attack... or at least, she felt like she was. Two of the people she loved dearly were severely beaten and the only suspects were Usagi's friends. How much does really know about Usagi's friends... Mamoru. Not very much. She doesn't even know how Usagi met any of them... *Usagi, my baby*.
"Mamo-chan..."
"Hai?"
Before Usagi could say anything more, she lost consciousness.
"Usagi!"
"Usagi-chan!"
"Usagi-chan!"
"Usako!"
Tanaka's eyes blinked open. At first, the room was a blur. "Ikuko?"
Ikuko ran to his side, tears falling. "Tanaka! What happened?"
"How'd you get home so early?" Realizing the mistake of his words, Tanaka quickly added "Daijobu?"
"What do mean, 'Daijobu'? I'm fine... but Usagi is unconscious. You were both hurt badly."
"I know." Tanaka nodded. He could use this to his advantage. Ikuko waited for him to explain what happened. "Did those horrible people go yet?"
"What horrible people, honey?" she asked in confusion.
"Usagi's friends...they came in here, I thought they were going to kill us!" They tried to attack Usagi first, and I tried to save her, but they beat both of us. They kicked her down the stairs..."
"Nani yo??" Ikuko turned to face them all. "Is- is this true?"
"IIE!!!"
"Of course not," Makoto replied. "Usagi-chan is a good and dear friend. Tanaka was the one beating the shit out of her!"
Ikuko stood up. "How dare you say that about my husband?!"
"How could we hurt Usagi? That's an outright lie!" Rei was more than a little angry at this.
"If we had come any later...Usagi-chan might not be with us anymore," Minako added.
"You mean if I had come any later!" Marching to the door, Ikuko opened it and gestured for them to all leave. "I never want to see or hear from you again! Do not come near my daughter or I will have you arrested, is that clear!?"
"Ikuko-san..." Ami started.
Ikuko held up her hand. "Do not refer to me as Ikuko-san!"
Makoto eyed Usagi one last time before being the first to leave, followed by a forlorn Ami. Minako followed suit, and Rei was the last to leave. "Just make sure that Usagi gets better," she said sadly.
Living In Fear
Part 3
By Usa and Emiri
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Tanaka, shocked, fell back. "Stupid bitch. You're not gonna get away with that!"
Usagi tore out of her room to the stairs, not once looking back. Usagi heard Tanaka following her. She then realized that she had left her communicator on her dresser. *Kami-sama...*
"Bitch!!! How dare you do this to me?" Because of his larger size, he easily overtook the girl in the middle of the stairs, kicking her down the rest of the flight.
Usagi screamed as she flew to the first floor. She felt a few ribs crack followed by her head on hardwood floor. Laying on her back, Usagi's vision was swimming in and out of focus. She had no idea where Tanaka was.
"Delinquent onna! You should respect me!" He kicked her in the side.
She curled into a ball to try and protect herself. *Mamo-chan...*
Just when Usagi thought she was going to die, a very pissed off Makoto, Minako, Rei, Ami, and Mamoru burst in the door. "Minna..."
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Makoto screamed. She was livid.
"It's not your business how I treat my family," Tanaka sneered. "I could have you all arrested for breaking and entering."
"Techincally you can," Ami spoke up. "However, it is VERY illegal to beat people up!"
Mamoru was seething with rage. How could this bastard do this to his koishii, his tenshi? He didn't know what he could or would do. Mamoru felt like he could not move or speak, then, as if in a dream, he moved across the room. Before anyone could stop him, he kicked Tanaka squarely in the chest, knocking him to the floor. He kicked his face, bloodying his nose. He kicked his sides, his groin, everywhere. Mamoru couldn't control himself. Tanaka was going to die for hurting the one he loved.
The girls eyes widened in shock. "And I thought I was bad!" Makoto muttered. She turned to the others. "Help me, minna!"
Tanaka was shocked by the blow, and couldn't react in time to block it. Then he was on the floor, helpless to the attacks. Ami and Makoto grabbed Mamoru's left arm while Rei and Minako grabbed his right arm. "Mamoru-san, he's unconscious, stop it!" Ami cried.
Mamoru shook his head, then fell to his knees, exhausted. "Usako!" he cried, getting up and running to her side. Usagi could barely move. She turned her head slightly when she heard the shound of Mamoru's voice. "Mamo-chan..."
"Minna, we have to get Usako to a hospital," he cried frantically, afraid to move or touch her for fear of causing more damage. She looked so...fragile lying there. If they had been any later...
**
Ikuko was smiling when she opened the front door. However, that smile quickly faded when she saw her husband and her daughter lying on the floor, beaten. "Kami-sama!" she exclaimed. "What happened?? Usagi! Tanaka!" She rushed over to Tanaka first.
"Ikuko-san?" Minako was the first to speak, being somewhat of a diplomat.
"Nani, Minako-san?"
"I don't know what you're thinking, coming home to this scene. Demo, we need to explain it to you." Minako paused, wondering where to begin.
She nodded. "I think that would be nice..."
"Well, yesterday, I came over to take Usagi-chan shopping. She had a huge bruise on her face, that she claimed was from tripping over a shoe. I know our Usagi is klutzy, but logically her face wouldn't bruise like that."
"I asked her what happened," Rei chipped in. "I just got this...bad feeling when she told me she tripped, like there was something more to it."
"And she seemed to be really sore lately," Makoto added.
"Usagi-chan hasn't been herself since you went out of town," Ami said. "And, medically speaking, a person would not be in distress unless there was a cause of it."
"Stop talking about me as if I'm not here," Usagi gasped out. She attempted to sit up.
Mamoru gently cradled her back, helping her sit. "Usako, be careful."
"Usagi!" Ikuko said, rushing to her daughter. "What happened, baby?"
"Mama... Tanaka doesn't like me very much."
Ikuko was about to have a heart attack... or at least, she felt like she was. Two of the people she loved dearly were severely beaten and the only suspects were Usagi's friends. How much does really know about Usagi's friends... Mamoru. Not very much. She doesn't even know how Usagi met any of them... *Usagi, my baby*.
"Mamo-chan..."
"Hai?"
Before Usagi could say anything more, she lost consciousness.
"Usagi!"
"Usagi-chan!"
"Usagi-chan!"
"Usako!"
Tanaka's eyes blinked open. At first, the room was a blur. "Ikuko?"
Ikuko ran to his side, tears falling. "Tanaka! What happened?"
"How'd you get home so early?" Realizing the mistake of his words, Tanaka quickly added "Daijobu?"
"What do mean, 'Daijobu'? I'm fine... but Usagi is unconscious. You were both hurt badly."
"I know." Tanaka nodded. He could use this to his advantage. Ikuko waited for him to explain what happened. "Did those horrible people go yet?"
"What horrible people, honey?" she asked in confusion.
"Usagi's friends...they came in here, I thought they were going to kill us!" They tried to attack Usagi first, and I tried to save her, but they beat both of us. They kicked her down the stairs..."
"Nani yo??" Ikuko turned to face them all. "Is- is this true?"
"IIE!!!"
"Of course not," Makoto replied. "Usagi-chan is a good and dear friend. Tanaka was the one beating the shit out of her!"
Ikuko stood up. "How dare you say that about my husband?!"
"How could we hurt Usagi? That's an outright lie!" Rei was more than a little angry at this.
"If we had come any later...Usagi-chan might not be with us anymore," Minako added.
"You mean if I had come any later!" Marching to the door, Ikuko opened it and gestured for them to all leave. "I never want to see or hear from you again! Do not come near my daughter or I will have you arrested, is that clear!?"
"Ikuko-san..." Ami started.
Ikuko held up her hand. "Do not refer to me as Ikuko-san!"
Makoto eyed Usagi one last time before being the first to leave, followed by a forlorn Ami. Minako followed suit, and Rei was the last to leave. "Just make sure that Usagi gets better," she said sadly.
