Chapter Nine: Tension, Anger, Guilt and Sorrow
Lita smiled as she looked at her friends she had long to see for so many years. She took in their new look and compared it with the last time she saw them and giggled. Her hand that held Touya's dropped as she moved forward. "Minna," She whispered before finding herself walking towards them.
Amy ran half way to meet her and encased her in a tight hug as she cried. "Lita, I missed you so much!" She exclaimed as her tears fell from her eyes in a rapid movement.
Soon the girls surrounded Lita. She was so overwhelmed of the thought that they really wanted her back with them that she couldn't help crying. She was sure how they would react when she came back and now…it just made her want to cry. Her friends really loved her. She made sure that she hugged them all before she stood tall and wiped her tears. "You guys I swear." She sniffed as she wiped a tear. "Making me cry like this."
They all laughed at the small joke she had said. While the girls still surrounded Lita Raye broke free of the group after drying her tears. As she looked around she saw her brother smiling at the reunion amongst her friends actually all the men were smiling except for one small boy who seemed lost. She had never seen him before. 'That must be Lita's son.' She thought as she looked at him, taking in his appearance. The raven-haired boy wore loose black pants and a simple red shirt. She noticed that his eyes reminded her so much of Lita's, although Lita's were darker shade it made no difference. He was a handsome little man that had promise of becoming gorgeous when older. Raye gasped when his eyes fell on hers.
Lita looked at Raye and noticed that she and her son was staring at each other. She smiled as she beckoned Touya to come next to her. Silently the young boy obeyed. "I want you guys to meet," She looked at the girls in front of her with a smile as she placed a hand on her son's shoulder. "Touya Kino." She announced.
"Oh Lita he's so cute!" Mina spoke and immediately Touya blushed from embarrassment. "Oh how cute he's blushing!" She giggled.
"Mina stop harassing him!" Serena spoke with amusement. She reached her hand to hold his. "I'm Serena." She introduced. "That's Mina." She pointed at the other blonde. "That's Raye." She nodded towards the raven beauty to the side. "And this is Amy-chan." She patted Amy on the shoulder.
"It's a pleasure meeting you." Touya spoke calmly.
Mina squealed in delight. "And he has manners too!" She looked at Lita with approval. "You did a wonderful job raising him, Lita!!"
The brunette blushed before she shook her head. "I had help with it." She turned to look at the guys behind her and walked towards Ryo who stood in the middle. She smiled at all of them before facing her friends. "Guys these are my new family." She spoke. "To the far right is Cye." The English man nodded and offered them a smile. "Next to him is Rowen." The blue haired man smiled. "This is Ryo." She spoke as she intertwined her fingers with his. He smiled friendly at them as he looked at all of them before his eyes rested on Raye's and smiled a small secretive smile. "This cutie here is Sage." She spoke as she smiled at Sage and he only grinned. Mina only rolled her eyes slightly before giggling. 'Always loved compliments.' She thought.
"Next to him is Kento." The blue haired man grinned widely at the ladies in front of him as he nodded. "Shorty, over there is Yuli."
The younger man frowned as he looked at his sister. "I'm not short!" He spoke irritated. "I'm the exact same height as you."
The guys laughed at this while the girls giggled except Darien who just looked at them and Mako who only smiled sweetly at her brother. "Anyways, the woman by his side is Mia." The older woman bowed her head in respect as she smiled at them. Lita looked around as if looking for someone. Ryo frowned. "Li, what's wrong?"
Lita looked at him surprised he had actually called her by that name. They had even got into an argument because of it. She loved the nickname but Ryo had always had a hard time with it. "Where is white blaze?"
"He's right here mommy!" Touya said as he was laying on the tiger's back who was laying under the tree looking at everyone. They all laughed when they saw this. "I guess he got tired of standing." Yuli said deeply amused.
"So Lita who's the guy?" Kento asked as he looked over at Darien.
At the mention of him everyone turned to look at him but Lita quickly averted her gaze from his. She didn't see the glares Ryo was giving him at the moment as she tried to pull herself together. Sage and Rowen saw hers and Ryo's reaction and frowned as they wondered why they acted like that until it hit them. This man was responsible for Lita's pregnancy. Immediately they narrowed their eyes towards him.
The air around them got tensed until Lita cleared her throat and stepped forward. She looked at Darien with a small smile. "Hi."
Darien smiled at her, half in regret and half in guilt. "Lita."
When he took a step forward Lita immediately took a step back. She could feel the body heat of Ryo behind her. Seeing her retrieve like that Ryo glared more at Darien as he warped his arm around her waist.
"Lita I really need to talk to you, please." Darien spoke as he looked at her. He ignored Ryo's glares for now.
Lita shook her head no. She wasn't ready to face him alone not now anyways.
"Lita please…"
"She said no Darien." Ryo sneered at the older man. "So leave her alone."
Kento growled. "You mean he's Darien?" He asked in slight disgust, as he looked the man over. The man that stood a few feet from them looked young but he was in his early thirties.
White Blaze raised his head when he felt Lita's and the other's discomfort towards a man that stood in front of them. Slowly Touya wouldn't fall from his back he stood up and walked towards them, while narrowing his eyes. He stood in front of Lita as if to guard her from him.
Serena and the others watched in surprise as the group in front of them seem to be protecting their friend from Darien. They stayed quiet and continued to watch the event unfold.
Rowen narrowed his eyes as he looked at the man in front of him with anger. Not only for Lita but also for Touya. Not once had this man ask for his son, he didn't even look as if he cared. "You know," He whispered in a harsh tone as he walked up to Darien to stand face to face. "You really have a lot of nerves. Not once have you asked for your son." He glared at him. "You just stand there as if you don't care about anything. You don't deserve Touya." Hissing violently. "Not from what I have seen."
Darien narrowed his eyes at the blue haired man. He was tired of this. He needed to talk to Lita and explained what had happened six years ago, but they wouldn't even hear him out. Of course he wanted to see his son! Any father would but he needed to talk to Lita first. "T…Rowen get out of my way." He spoke calmly.
Rowen's eyes got smaller as he looked at the taller man. "No."
Sighing frustrated Darien walked past him but stopped when Rowen caught his hand. Before anything else happened Lita stepped forward. She didn't want them fighting. She just didn't want to see it. "Fine I'll talk to you." She quickly spoke gaining everyone's surprised look. "But Sage and Ryo follow." The two men by her side looked at Darien with a frown.
Darien gazed at her with disapproval. "Lita…"
"Those are my terms Darien." She cut him off. "I don't trust you."
Slowly Darien nodded and felt Rowen release his hand. He watched as Touya went to stand with his mother and smiled at him. "Okay."
Raye cleared her throat to get their attention, when successful she uttered, "You guys can use my room." She looked at all four of them. "I trust you still know where it is Lita? Darien?" She asked the both of them. When they both nodded she smiled a little. "Good. We'll be waiting for you here."
"Thank you Raye." Lita whispered before she started heading towards her room with the men following.
Serena sighed as she turned away from them. "Well that was interesting." She whispered. She looked down at the small boy who stood by white blaze with a sad smile. She felt sorry for him and hoped that Lita and Darien resolve everything for his sake. Its not that she thought Lita should just forgive him just like that. No, she meant to try to act civil around each other at least for their son. She shook her head. 'If it was me I would have just killed him.' She thought grimly. 'If anyone had done that to me I would kill him.'
Touya ran to Yuli and looked at him. "Uncle, where's mommy going with them?" He asked.
Yuli smiled at him. "They are going into that lady's room." He pointed at Raye and Touya looked at her. "They are going to talk about something."
Touya frowned as he realized what was now happening. "They are talking about me, aren't they? Was that father?"
Cye who and moved closer to them knelt down in front of him. "Touya, we won't lie to you, ok?"
Touya nodded as she looked at Cye.
"That man is called Darien, and he is your father."
"A poor excuse for one." Kento mumbled.
"Anyway, your mom, Ryo and Sage went to talk to him. We don't exactly know for what though." Cye finished explaining.
Touya was silent for a moment as he thought it over and stared at the temple in front of him. He quickly turned to face Amy when she had placed a hand on his shoulder and just stared at her.
"Touya," She called to him as she smiled. "I don't want you to think that all this is your fault ok?" She whispered to him as she levered herself so she would be looking straight into his eyes. "Your parents will work everything out though it will take time, but you'll see everything will work out." She offered him a gentle smile as she brushed his hair away from his eyes. "Do you understand?"
Touya looked at her as if trying to understand why she would try and comfort him when they knew nothing of each other. Slowly he nodded his head and offered her a smile.
When seeing him smile Usagi giggled. "Its good that you do." She winked at him. "Don't worry about anything ok?"
Touya nodded again.
Kento, Mia, and Rowen all stood aside from them with smiles on their faces as they looked at the scene. "Touya will be well taken care of with them." Rowen spoke, as he looked at Amy pick him up. For some reason he thought he knew her from somewhere, not to mention the blonde that stood next to her. 'Why do they both seem familiar?' He frowned. 'I don't understand.'
Mia nodded as she giggled. "Not to mention spoiled." She looked at all the girls. 'Nice to see them again.'
"Hey that's my job." Kento spoke with a fake but cute pout.
Both Mia and Rowen laughed.
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"I don't believe you!" Lita yelled as she stood up from Raye's bed. Ryo was leaning on a wall while Sage stood by the door. They both looked at the scene in front of them with annoyance and anger. Darien stood up and frowned at Lita. "I won't lie about something like that!" He hissed. "That's exactly what happened. You had no clue they had spiked the punch and you got drunk so I took you to my place so I could watch over you to see if you were going to be all right. Things got out of hand and…" He stopped when Lita had lashed out and her hand connected with his face. Slowly he turned to look at her.
"Things didn't get out of hand, Darien!" She yelled at him. "You raped me." Tears stung in her eyes as she tried to blink them away. "You fucking raped me, don't blame it on alcohol! A lot of people get drunk, Darien and they still have the will to not hurt others, but you didn't. Do you know how much damage you caused me?" She asked as she looked at him. "I almost died in labor for god sake!!!"
Darien looked at her with tears as he listened to her words. They were true and he was sorry for them. For all that he had done, but he knew saying sorry was not all it was going to take to get her to forgive him. He turned he head away from her. "I'm sorry for what happened Lita. I truly am."
Lita shook with anger as she looked at him. "I shouldn't accept your apology Darien." She whispered before she sniffed and wiped her tears way. "But I will." She watched as Darien raised his head to look at her. "For that sake of Touya, I will accept your apology."
Darien hugged her as he whispered is thanks in her ears repeatedly.
Sage and Ryo looked up at Lita who hadn't moved in the man's embrace and was going to break them apart but stopped when the saw Lita slowly returning the hug. Both men looked at each other surprised but still kept their guards just incase he would pull something.
Lita stepped away from Darien. "Don't think because I accepted your apolo…"
"I don't Lita." Darien whispered cutting her off. "I know I have to regain your trust and friendship back and I will." He stopped when he thought of his son. "About Touya…"
Lita looked at him. "I already told him everything." She whispered. "I will not force him to like you. If he doesn't he has his reasons. If he does," She paused. "Then consider yourself lucky." She walked away from him and towards the door. "I guess you guys have something to talk about." She gently spoke before walking out of the room.
Silence and tension reigned over them as the men stared at each other. Ryo looked at Darien not to happy. "You don't deserve her forgiveness, or Touya's." He whispered.
Darien looked up at him as he narrowed his eyes. "Look people make mistakes. Not everyone is perfect." He spoke.
Ryo narrowed his eyes as he snorted. "Don't give me that bullshit Mamoru." He sneered. People do make mistakes, but I don't think yours was one." He stood up straight. "You see, I think you wanted her. You always gave her those looks but I pretended not to notice them." He was now in front of Darien. "And to think we are siblings…half siblings." He sneered. "You wanted my girl, though, you were given to the princess of the moon, but no, taking my friend's girlfriend didn't satisfy you. You wanted Mako. You wanted to feel her close to you. To…" Ryo stopped when Darien's fist connected to his chin. "Shut up Ryo. It was nothing like that!" Darien yelled.
Sneering dangerously Ryo retaliated pushing Darien to the floor he sat on top of him and punched him repeatedly on the face while he spoke with tears in his eyes. "I trusted you! We trusted you but all you did was hurt us! You ruined everything!!!"
"Shit." Sage whispered as he saw his friend loose control. He quickly ran to him and pulled him away from the man below him. "Ryo calm down." He whispered as he restrained him back. He looked at his friend's eyes and made him stare back. "Listen to me he's not worth it." He spoke clearly to the raven-haired.
While Ryo was trying to rid of his anger and Sage helping him Darien slowly raised himself to a sitting position and coughed out blood. He wiped his chin and winced as his bone ached slightly. He looked up at Ryo who was somewhat calmed while holding his jaw lightly. "You…you got it all wrong Ryo." He whispered as he tried standing up. "I did want Mako yes, but at that time I didn't know you two were a couple." He was now standing straight and looked straight at the two men. "When I found out that you and Mako were together I backed off not wanting to ruin our friendship. And when mother told me I was to be engaged with someone I didn't know it was Usagi until I saw her. I didn't want to take her away from Touma and if I had my way I wouldn't, but I didn't. What happened six years ago, believe it or not, but I didn't want it to happen. I wasn't thinking and I'm sorry."
Sage frowned. "Whom are you guys talking about?" He asked. "I know who Mako is but who are Usagi and Touma?"
Ryo stood up from the floor. "Serena and Rowen." He simply spoke.
Sage's eyes grew wide. 'Rowen????' He thought incredulous.
Ryo looked at Darien as he held his sore hand. "I don't want your apology cause, what you have done can never be forgiven in my book." He stared up at him. "She was sixteen! Not even an adult what the hell were you thinking!!!!"
"Then what do you want me to do!!! Be on one knee and beg!" Darien yelled. "I can't undo the past Ryo and…"
"I don't want to hear it!" Ryo snapped. "When she told me it was you Darien, I couldn't believe it." He spoke as he looked at him. "I couldn't believe it because you are my brother and Raye is your sister. I couldn't believe that my own blood would hurt us like that." Ryo wiped his tears quickly with his sleeve. "Then I realize that it is true. Do you know what kind of damage that did to me alone?" He asked him. "To know that my brother raped my girlfriend! The woman that stole my heart is taking care of your child!!!" He screamed. "If it weren't for Sage I would have killed you." With that threat Ryo walked out of the room.
The room was silenced as the two remaining men stood in the room. Darien sighed and looked at Sage. "Sage could you…"
"You better go get ice for those cut on your face." The blonde spoke insinuating to the two cuts on Darien's face before he left the room.
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Author's note: Hey!!! Well here you go Chapter nine! Thank you all to those who reviewed the last chapter! You got me inspired, see it does pay of to review lol. I hope you all like this chapter even though it was sad. It made me cry when I was writing it and re-reading it lol!!! I won't be paying much attention to the other stories until this one is done. Bai!!! And thanks again!!! HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!!!!!
::Sighs:: I really tried with the grammar and slip ups. Please pay no attention to those!
Have a nice day!
Keiko
