Chapter Ten: The Silent Cry

Takeya stood there like in a daze then a voice said to him, What are you doing? Goa and chase after her! Takeya quickly ran out of the room, searching for Yushi. He finally found her behind the school, sitting down below a tree, crying.

He walked slowly and asker her softly," Dosano? Are you hurt?"

Without a word, she just shook her head.

He sat down beside her and asked again," What's wrong?"

She looked at him then answered slowly. "Before I moved here, I was living in Kyushu and studying in one of the schools there. There was one guy who was a good kendo player like you." She sniffed. "We became very good friends. One day, he asked me to study with him for an upcoming test at his house and I agreed."

Hot tears filled her eyes. "We studied in his room then he locked the room and.raped me.."

Takeya sat down silently with shock, not knowing how to react. He just turned her face to him and kissed her on the lips. When he stopped, he spoke softly. " Shimpai suna. If he ever comes here to find you, I'll protect you.always and forever."

He slung an arm around her shoulder, putting her head on his shoulder.

Yushi whispered," Why do you treat me so nice?"

She looked up and received a kiss from him. He answered," Because, I love you.."

/I finally found someone who loves me. He's like an angel sent down to take care of me./ She stayed in his arms. /If only I could stay in his arms like this forever../

She thanked him before going into her house. "Arigatoo."

Takeya smiled. "No problem. As long as you are safe. Oyasumi." He turned and walked away.

She waved and began to walk into her house then she stopped and ran after her. She hugged his back. "Can I hug you like this everyday?"

He took off her hands and turned to face her, holding her hands. He bent down to kiss her and whispered. "Of course."

They were always together from then on.

~End of flashback~ "I told you, you could hug me from then on." He hugged her. "Did you really forget all the memories we had together?"

Yushi sobbed. "I have not forgotten about it. I tried to but I can't." She dropped to her knees. "I tried and tried and tried but they keep coming back."

Takeya squatted down and fingered her cheek. "Yushi, we can forget all about the past.we can start a new beginning together."

"No, I can't do it. You hurt my feelings. You said you'll keep the secret about me but you didn't. You blurted it out to the media."

~Flashback~ They were walking hand in hand along the shore then they sat down on the sand with Yushi laying in his arms.

Yushi smiled. "The weather is nice, ne?"

"Aa."

"If only we could be like this forever."

Takeya smiled," We can if you'll marry me." He took out a velvet box and opened it, showing a beautiful silver ring with zigzag pattern.

Mesmerized by the beauty, Yushi took it and murmured. "It's really pretty." She kissed him and put her arms around his neck. "But, it's too early, Takeya-kun, too sudden."

His face fell but she continued. "I'll need a lot of time to consider about it. You'll wait, Takeya-kun, ne?"

He smiled again. "I will."

They had gone to a restaurant for dinner after spending time at the beach. Takeya was walking her home and the both of them were chatting happily.

Then, suddenly, Yushi kept quiet and showed a worried look.

Takeya asked," Dosano?"

Yushi put a finger on her mouth and listened intently. Faint whimpers were heard. She asked," Did you hear that?"

Confused, Takeya asked," Heard what?"

"Come on, follow me." She followed the faint cries. Coming nearer and nearer to the cries, she came to an alley.

She saw a few dark figures and continued to saunter towards them. They heard her footsteps and turned towards her.

A dark haired guy smiled. "Here's another beauty for us."

A second guy who had silver hair smirked. "Great. Tonight's our lucky day."

Yushi asked nervously," What are you guys doing here?" Then she saw a figure lying on the floor. She blinked and realized that it was Yamisu. She called," Yamisu, is that you?"

The girl looked up and cried," Yushi? You better run away before they do something to you!!"

A blond haired guy laughed. "Run away? There's no way you can run away from us."

The silver haired guy was about to hold Yushi's shoulder when a streak of mauve hair appeared.

Takeya narrowed his eyes. "Don't you even dare touch her."

The dark haired guy sneered. "Who are you? You are gonna protect this girl?"

Using his kendo moves, he attacked those punks and knocked them out. He turned to Yushi. "Are you ok?"

Yushi smiled. "I'm fine." Then she quickly, walk over to Yamisu. "Daijobu, Yami-chan?"

Still whimpering, she nodded.

Yushi beamed. "That's good to hear. We better go now before they wake up." She helped Yamisu to get up. They were about to walk away when they heard an arousing sound.

They turned and saw the blond haired guy standing up. He said," I'm gonna make you pay for that just now." He took a knife and run towards Takeya.

Takeya pushed the two girls back. "Let me deal with this guy."

Yushi said worriedly," Don't get yourself hurt."

The blond guy avoided quickly when Takeya was about to punch him and slashed him with his knife.

Takeya winced. Angered by the slash, he was determined and really knock the guy out this time.

Yushi walked over to him and took a look at his hand. "Are you hurt?"

Takeya smiled. "It's alright, it'll heal. We better go now before they wake up."

"Wait." Yushi put her hand on the wound. The wound slowly disappear.

Takeya widened his eyes. "What's this? Where did my wound go?"

Yushi replied. "Let's just get out of this place first. I'll tell you later, ok?"

~Fin~

Author's note: Howdy readers ^^ Sorry for the previous chapter's um..*ahem* disgusting part. Sorry for the late update too. I actually finished this chapter before my test but keep forgetting to upload it . Really sorry!! I know I'm a bad author. Hope you guys are not mad at me. One good thing today is that my test's over ^_^