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The Way We Weren't
Part 13
Author: Usa
Disclaimers in Part 1
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Mari was beyond pissed off. She was livid. How could Mamoru just drop her like a hot potato? He was going to pay, but how she didn't know.
What would break him? A light bulb went off in her head. "Of course! It's so obvious!"
She pulled out her cell phone. "Uriko-kun, I have a proposition for you..."
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"Mina-chan, look!" Iku exclaimed, pointing at the tiger. "Kawaii!"
"I know!" the girl replied. She glanced over at Usagi, who seemed to be lost in her own world. "Ne, Usagi-chan, daijobou?"
Usagi smiled. "Hai, I'm just thinking about what happened last night. Gomen, I'm ruining the day for the two of you!"
"No you're not."
"Mama," Iku said, looking up at her mother from her stroller. "I wanna see the monkeys!"
Usagi nodded. "Lets go then!"
The three walked on, laughing at animals. None of them noticed the lone figure watching their every move.
Kujara Uriko was the lone figure. He had known Mari since they were little. He loved her like the sister he never had and he would do anything to make her happy.... Anything.
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"Minako-chan, I need to use the restroom."
"Me too!" she said, giggling. "Too much water!"
Usagi went first while Minako stood outside with Iku. "Are you having a good time?"
"Haaaii! Ice cream?"
"You are your mother's daughter!" Minako replied. "Here she comes. Why don't you ask her while I take care of some business?"
Iku clapped her hands when Usagi walked over to her. "What is it, Iku?"
"Ice cream!"
Usagi smiled. "That sounds--"
Before she could finish, she felt a searing pain in the back of her head.
Uriko looked around quickly and grabbed Iku from her stroller. "Mama!" she cried.
"Shut up!" Uriko said, putting a hand over the little girl's mouth. "I'll hurt your Mama more if you say another word."
Iku nodded, tears spilling from her eyes. If she was gone, her Mama would be sad... Iku's tummy began to hurt as the man took her away from her Mama.
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Minako's legs nearly gave out from under her when she saw Usagi lying on the ground and Iku missing from her stroller.
She looked around for help, but could see no one. "Usagi!" she cried, kneeling next to her friend. "Kami..."
"What happened?" A woman asked, kneeling next to Minako.
"I-I don't know. I went to the restroom and when I came back, she was unconscious and..."
"And?"
"Ikuko! She's gone! Usagi-chan's daughter is gone!"
The woman, who introduced herself as Yuhka, told Minako she was a nurse. "I'll call my brother, he's the manager here and he'll call an ambulance. See if you can wake her up."
Minako nodded mutely as the woman stood up to use the phone. "Usagi," she said. "Ne, Usagi-chan, wake up."
"Iku..." Usagi whispered.
"Usagi, open your eyes."
"Minako-chan? Where's Iku?"
The Way We Weren't
Part 13
Author: Usa
Disclaimers in Part 1
************
Mari was beyond pissed off. She was livid. How could Mamoru just drop her like a hot potato? He was going to pay, but how she didn't know.
What would break him? A light bulb went off in her head. "Of course! It's so obvious!"
She pulled out her cell phone. "Uriko-kun, I have a proposition for you..."
***********
"Mina-chan, look!" Iku exclaimed, pointing at the tiger. "Kawaii!"
"I know!" the girl replied. She glanced over at Usagi, who seemed to be lost in her own world. "Ne, Usagi-chan, daijobou?"
Usagi smiled. "Hai, I'm just thinking about what happened last night. Gomen, I'm ruining the day for the two of you!"
"No you're not."
"Mama," Iku said, looking up at her mother from her stroller. "I wanna see the monkeys!"
Usagi nodded. "Lets go then!"
The three walked on, laughing at animals. None of them noticed the lone figure watching their every move.
Kujara Uriko was the lone figure. He had known Mari since they were little. He loved her like the sister he never had and he would do anything to make her happy.... Anything.
************
"Minako-chan, I need to use the restroom."
"Me too!" she said, giggling. "Too much water!"
Usagi went first while Minako stood outside with Iku. "Are you having a good time?"
"Haaaii! Ice cream?"
"You are your mother's daughter!" Minako replied. "Here she comes. Why don't you ask her while I take care of some business?"
Iku clapped her hands when Usagi walked over to her. "What is it, Iku?"
"Ice cream!"
Usagi smiled. "That sounds--"
Before she could finish, she felt a searing pain in the back of her head.
Uriko looked around quickly and grabbed Iku from her stroller. "Mama!" she cried.
"Shut up!" Uriko said, putting a hand over the little girl's mouth. "I'll hurt your Mama more if you say another word."
Iku nodded, tears spilling from her eyes. If she was gone, her Mama would be sad... Iku's tummy began to hurt as the man took her away from her Mama.
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Minako's legs nearly gave out from under her when she saw Usagi lying on the ground and Iku missing from her stroller.
She looked around for help, but could see no one. "Usagi!" she cried, kneeling next to her friend. "Kami..."
"What happened?" A woman asked, kneeling next to Minako.
"I-I don't know. I went to the restroom and when I came back, she was unconscious and..."
"And?"
"Ikuko! She's gone! Usagi-chan's daughter is gone!"
The woman, who introduced herself as Yuhka, told Minako she was a nurse. "I'll call my brother, he's the manager here and he'll call an ambulance. See if you can wake her up."
Minako nodded mutely as the woman stood up to use the phone. "Usagi," she said. "Ne, Usagi-chan, wake up."
"Iku..." Usagi whispered.
"Usagi, open your eyes."
"Minako-chan? Where's Iku?"