Chapter Two
Kari awoke slow and subtly in the cool air of night.
"I must've been really out of it"thought Kari.
The cool breeze refreshed Kari without waking her up more then she was. Th fact that she missed diner crossed her mind but more urgent matters came to mind. It was like a bomb exploding in her mind. Moninoke, Sakura, Jun! She had to meet them after school. Dread weighed her down like a 30 pound metal ball.
"If only I could wake up to find this all a dream"thought Kari.
It felt too real to be a dream so she knew she would be kidding herself if she started thinking this was all a dream. Her throat was worse then ever after being forced to smoke that garbage.
Kari tip toed out of her room(or her and Tai's room) into the kitchen. She fixed herself a glass of ice water and gulped it down. It definetly made her throat feel a little better.
"I just hope I don't get addicted to it"thought Kari.
She sighed and went back into bed, her dread stil just as bad if not worse. She tried to sleep but the thought of facing tomorrow or any other day was too much. She managed to doze off for a few seconds on some occasions until she finally fell asleep. *************************************************
Usualy Kari just waited for scool to come to an end, hoping it would be over soon. She still did, but needed time to think of a way out. She couldn't focus on her schoolwork, she was too busy trying to figure out how to escape this new delema.
In gym when they were playing soccer, she was worse then usual. She kept getting tripped, going in the wrong direction. On the few occasions the ball came over to her she passed it to the wrong player and cost her team a point. Kids kept yelling at her all through class. Even while changing people kept telling her how horrible she is at playing and they hope to God to never play with her again.
This brought a slight tear from her eye but she held the rest inside. It still hurt. All she wanted was friendship, at least one friend. Well, she had T.K, but how long would that last? Kari heared about how T.K was such a good athlete. She was the opposite. From what she heared he was popular too, she wasn't. She was weak while he was strong. This brought a few more tears but she kept them hidden.
She slammed her head against her gym locker and let some more sobs come out. The room was now empty so she didn't have to worry about anyone teasing her. Was there anyway out of all this? There was one, but it would be a heavy price to pay. But she could do it, she just needed to wait for the right time. But did she want to? *****************************************************
Without choice Kari walked out onto the parking lot where she had met the 3 yesterday. To her suprise they weren't there.
"They aren't here? Am I FREE"she thought.
But her hopes collapsed like a tower when Moninoke jumped from behind and scared her. The girls laughed at her.
"Allright let's get down to buisness. Kari follow us to our clunhouse for so to speak"said Moninoke.
Not a word was spoken as they walked towards the clubhouse. The trip was short, they just took a turn, walked down and took another turn, went through a junkyard and wala.
It was bigger then Kari thought. Reluctantly she stepped inside. It was dark except for the little light escaping through the door creaks. There was a small table just high enough for them.
"Take a seat"said Moninoke as she and the others sat.
Kari did as told.
"At least it's comfy"thought Kari feeling a little more relaxed.
Sakura gave Kari a dirty look quickly but got rid of it before the other girls saw.
"Listen up Kari. You are our little errand girl, got it? You are just our servant, nothing more"
"I understand"said Kari.
"Good. Now, you know a kid named Yolie?"
"No, I don't really know anyone except you"lied Kari.
She didn't want to tell them she knew T.K, it might put him in danger.
"Listen up, she has this really cool necklace we want. Worth a lot. That's why we're gonna need you. We gave Yolie a message to meet someone outside of here, well wen sent it to her. I want you to lure and distract her so the 3 of us can jump her. Is that understood?"
Kari nodded.
"Now go out, she should be coming shortly"said Moninoke.
She was right, as soon as Kari stepped out a Purple haired girl came walking.
"Excuse me, are you the one who sent that invatation"asked Yolie.
"Is your name Yolie?"
"yes"
"Then come in"
"Why?"
"You'll see"said Kari walking in. Yolie followed her into the shed.
"Close the door"said Kari.
Yolie did so. As she walked in further, Moninoke came up from behind and broke a beer bottle over Yolie's head. Yolie fell to the ground unconcious.
"Leave her out there to freeze"ordered Moninoke.
"But why? You could just leave her here and leave"said Kari.
"We need to teach her a lesson. We asked her nicely to give it to us but she refused. We want to teach her a lesson about respect"said Moninoke.
Kari could do nothing but watch.
Sakura picked the unconcious girl up and walked her out.
"Sakura, now place her somewhere in the junkyard and leave her there"
Kari never thought she would see this, even from a gang. But protesting would get her killed. Moninoke turned around and slapped Kari to the ground.
Kari felt the sharp sting of pain on her face and decided to stay down. It turned out to be the wiser choice as Moninoke kneeled down to look at her.
"Ever question me again and I'll beat you to the ground"
Sakura walked back, necklace in hand. She handed it to Moninoke.
"Nice work"said Moninoke.
Sakura stared superiorly down to Kari, laying on the ground.
"I better not see you walking out of here Kari. Let's go girls"said Moninoke as she and the other girls walked out. Kari felt tired for some reason, and drifted asleep. **************************************************
"Wake up"
Kari grogily opened her eyes and saw Tai above her. Kari groaned as she felt her head.
"What happned? Were you kidnapped"asked Tai.
Kari noticed it was night outside. Her head felt like crap, so did her body. The events of earlier that day were blurred with the ones from yesterday.
"No, I can't remember"said Kari.
"It's okay. I'm glad youre safe. When I saw that girl unconcious out there I thought you might have been killed"
"How did you know I was here?"
"My new friend Matt told me he saw you walking in this direction. Do you remember what caused you to come here?"
Kari shook her head. T.K walked and stood above her.
"Hey Kari, how ya feeling?"
"Fine"said Kari grogily.
"Don't sound fine. You're a cool kid Kari, so stay safe for me, okay?"
Kari nodded. She fell back into sleep as T.K walked away.
"I finally have a friend here" ***********************************************
Kari walked to the school doors with all eyes staring at her. A feeling of comeplete discomfort hit her like a bullet. She pretended not to notice, adreniline rush speeding through her body.
Since the doors weren't open to students yet she had to wait outside with all of those unerving eyes.
Kids surrounded her by the handful.
"W-what is it?"asked Kari.
"Don't play dumb with us Kamiya"said a girl.
"Yeah, Yolie told us how you led her into that shed and knocked her out"
Kari felt a surge of fear, a big one. They think she did this! It made sense. Yolie was knocked out before she saw the real perpretrators. She couldn't tell anyone about those girls or they would kill her.
Even if she told them the truth would they really believe her? Why hadn't Yolie contacted the police if she thought it was her?
"If she was 100% sure it was me wouldn't she have contacted the police"said Kari rassuringly.
"Yeah right, after you sent a message saying you would kill her if she did"
Those girls! They set her up! They just wanted the necklace, now Kari had the blame!
"You even took her necklace, the one her older sister gave her before going off to college, which she spent all of her allowance on"said another angrily. Kari just stood, unsure of what to do or say. Then the real blow struck her when T.K walked through the crowd to her angrily.
"To think I thought of you as a friend once. Should've known you were just trouble"said T.K. He walked away and the bell rang.
Everyone else walked in except Kari, paralyzed by pain, emotional pain. She could feel the tears well up behind her.
"My only friend gone, and now everyone hates me. It's over. There's only one thing to do"thought Kari as she walked away.
She was heading towards the junkyard. After an incredibly short trip, Kari searched for what she was looking for. It took about 15 minutes of deep searching but she found it. A piece of glass.
TBC *************************************************
Will Kari do the unthinkable? REVIEW!
Kari awoke slow and subtly in the cool air of night.
"I must've been really out of it"thought Kari.
The cool breeze refreshed Kari without waking her up more then she was. Th fact that she missed diner crossed her mind but more urgent matters came to mind. It was like a bomb exploding in her mind. Moninoke, Sakura, Jun! She had to meet them after school. Dread weighed her down like a 30 pound metal ball.
"If only I could wake up to find this all a dream"thought Kari.
It felt too real to be a dream so she knew she would be kidding herself if she started thinking this was all a dream. Her throat was worse then ever after being forced to smoke that garbage.
Kari tip toed out of her room(or her and Tai's room) into the kitchen. She fixed herself a glass of ice water and gulped it down. It definetly made her throat feel a little better.
"I just hope I don't get addicted to it"thought Kari.
She sighed and went back into bed, her dread stil just as bad if not worse. She tried to sleep but the thought of facing tomorrow or any other day was too much. She managed to doze off for a few seconds on some occasions until she finally fell asleep. *************************************************
Usualy Kari just waited for scool to come to an end, hoping it would be over soon. She still did, but needed time to think of a way out. She couldn't focus on her schoolwork, she was too busy trying to figure out how to escape this new delema.
In gym when they were playing soccer, she was worse then usual. She kept getting tripped, going in the wrong direction. On the few occasions the ball came over to her she passed it to the wrong player and cost her team a point. Kids kept yelling at her all through class. Even while changing people kept telling her how horrible she is at playing and they hope to God to never play with her again.
This brought a slight tear from her eye but she held the rest inside. It still hurt. All she wanted was friendship, at least one friend. Well, she had T.K, but how long would that last? Kari heared about how T.K was such a good athlete. She was the opposite. From what she heared he was popular too, she wasn't. She was weak while he was strong. This brought a few more tears but she kept them hidden.
She slammed her head against her gym locker and let some more sobs come out. The room was now empty so she didn't have to worry about anyone teasing her. Was there anyway out of all this? There was one, but it would be a heavy price to pay. But she could do it, she just needed to wait for the right time. But did she want to? *****************************************************
Without choice Kari walked out onto the parking lot where she had met the 3 yesterday. To her suprise they weren't there.
"They aren't here? Am I FREE"she thought.
But her hopes collapsed like a tower when Moninoke jumped from behind and scared her. The girls laughed at her.
"Allright let's get down to buisness. Kari follow us to our clunhouse for so to speak"said Moninoke.
Not a word was spoken as they walked towards the clubhouse. The trip was short, they just took a turn, walked down and took another turn, went through a junkyard and wala.
It was bigger then Kari thought. Reluctantly she stepped inside. It was dark except for the little light escaping through the door creaks. There was a small table just high enough for them.
"Take a seat"said Moninoke as she and the others sat.
Kari did as told.
"At least it's comfy"thought Kari feeling a little more relaxed.
Sakura gave Kari a dirty look quickly but got rid of it before the other girls saw.
"Listen up Kari. You are our little errand girl, got it? You are just our servant, nothing more"
"I understand"said Kari.
"Good. Now, you know a kid named Yolie?"
"No, I don't really know anyone except you"lied Kari.
She didn't want to tell them she knew T.K, it might put him in danger.
"Listen up, she has this really cool necklace we want. Worth a lot. That's why we're gonna need you. We gave Yolie a message to meet someone outside of here, well wen sent it to her. I want you to lure and distract her so the 3 of us can jump her. Is that understood?"
Kari nodded.
"Now go out, she should be coming shortly"said Moninoke.
She was right, as soon as Kari stepped out a Purple haired girl came walking.
"Excuse me, are you the one who sent that invatation"asked Yolie.
"Is your name Yolie?"
"yes"
"Then come in"
"Why?"
"You'll see"said Kari walking in. Yolie followed her into the shed.
"Close the door"said Kari.
Yolie did so. As she walked in further, Moninoke came up from behind and broke a beer bottle over Yolie's head. Yolie fell to the ground unconcious.
"Leave her out there to freeze"ordered Moninoke.
"But why? You could just leave her here and leave"said Kari.
"We need to teach her a lesson. We asked her nicely to give it to us but she refused. We want to teach her a lesson about respect"said Moninoke.
Kari could do nothing but watch.
Sakura picked the unconcious girl up and walked her out.
"Sakura, now place her somewhere in the junkyard and leave her there"
Kari never thought she would see this, even from a gang. But protesting would get her killed. Moninoke turned around and slapped Kari to the ground.
Kari felt the sharp sting of pain on her face and decided to stay down. It turned out to be the wiser choice as Moninoke kneeled down to look at her.
"Ever question me again and I'll beat you to the ground"
Sakura walked back, necklace in hand. She handed it to Moninoke.
"Nice work"said Moninoke.
Sakura stared superiorly down to Kari, laying on the ground.
"I better not see you walking out of here Kari. Let's go girls"said Moninoke as she and the other girls walked out. Kari felt tired for some reason, and drifted asleep. **************************************************
"Wake up"
Kari grogily opened her eyes and saw Tai above her. Kari groaned as she felt her head.
"What happned? Were you kidnapped"asked Tai.
Kari noticed it was night outside. Her head felt like crap, so did her body. The events of earlier that day were blurred with the ones from yesterday.
"No, I can't remember"said Kari.
"It's okay. I'm glad youre safe. When I saw that girl unconcious out there I thought you might have been killed"
"How did you know I was here?"
"My new friend Matt told me he saw you walking in this direction. Do you remember what caused you to come here?"
Kari shook her head. T.K walked and stood above her.
"Hey Kari, how ya feeling?"
"Fine"said Kari grogily.
"Don't sound fine. You're a cool kid Kari, so stay safe for me, okay?"
Kari nodded. She fell back into sleep as T.K walked away.
"I finally have a friend here" ***********************************************
Kari walked to the school doors with all eyes staring at her. A feeling of comeplete discomfort hit her like a bullet. She pretended not to notice, adreniline rush speeding through her body.
Since the doors weren't open to students yet she had to wait outside with all of those unerving eyes.
Kids surrounded her by the handful.
"W-what is it?"asked Kari.
"Don't play dumb with us Kamiya"said a girl.
"Yeah, Yolie told us how you led her into that shed and knocked her out"
Kari felt a surge of fear, a big one. They think she did this! It made sense. Yolie was knocked out before she saw the real perpretrators. She couldn't tell anyone about those girls or they would kill her.
Even if she told them the truth would they really believe her? Why hadn't Yolie contacted the police if she thought it was her?
"If she was 100% sure it was me wouldn't she have contacted the police"said Kari rassuringly.
"Yeah right, after you sent a message saying you would kill her if she did"
Those girls! They set her up! They just wanted the necklace, now Kari had the blame!
"You even took her necklace, the one her older sister gave her before going off to college, which she spent all of her allowance on"said another angrily. Kari just stood, unsure of what to do or say. Then the real blow struck her when T.K walked through the crowd to her angrily.
"To think I thought of you as a friend once. Should've known you were just trouble"said T.K. He walked away and the bell rang.
Everyone else walked in except Kari, paralyzed by pain, emotional pain. She could feel the tears well up behind her.
"My only friend gone, and now everyone hates me. It's over. There's only one thing to do"thought Kari as she walked away.
She was heading towards the junkyard. After an incredibly short trip, Kari searched for what she was looking for. It took about 15 minutes of deep searching but she found it. A piece of glass.
TBC *************************************************
Will Kari do the unthinkable? REVIEW!