Chapter Five
Kari had to, she had no choice. She told her father her feelings were hurt by her friend T.K, and told him she's fine now.
"How did he do that when he never saw you in school today?"
Kari quickly made up an excuse.
"This happened before school when we met at the gates. But it's fine now, really"
"Allright, allright, just don't do it again"said Mr Kamiy and he leaft.
Kari fell back and sighed.
"Why did T.K call? He probaly is trying to make absoloutely certain my life is a living Hell"thought Kari.
She flexed her elbow a little bit, still slightly soar from earlier.
"I wonder what I'll have to do tomorrow"thought Kari covering herself up with the blankets.
She took her socks off as her feet would get too warm with them on and snuggled in her bed. There was another knock at her door.
"Not now"said Kari tiredly.
She was more exhausted then she thought. Kari was very weak so she could get tired easily. Another knock at the door, Kari just took her pillow and held it over head head to block the noise out. The door creaked open slightly and Tai poked his head in, unknown to Kari who wasn't looking.
"Kari"whispered Tai.
Kari poked her head up from under the pillow.
"What is it"asked Kari grouchily.
"T.K sent this message to you"said Tai handing Kari the letter.
Curious Kari got up, tensin rising as she grabbed and read the letter. It read:
Dear Kari
Listen, I wanna apoligize to you for today, personaly. Meet me downtown
T.K ********************************************
Kari couldn't believe it as she headed downtown for where T.K was to meet her. She was so excited, friendship was no longer out of her reach. Kari walked down, her guard down. Big mistake. She was yanked int an alleyway and slammed against the wall. Who but Sakura was there.
"You are too easy Kari, I swear you're too gulable to be human"mocked Sakura.
"You wrote thatr letter"gasped Kari.
"That's right Kari"said Sakura getting her knife out.
Kari immdiately put her hands in the air in a sign of surrender.
"You were lucky last time Kari, but this time you won't be so fourtanate. I won't kill you but I will teach you a lesson"
"What did I do? I followed Moninoke's orders to the letter"
"Shut up you ignorant fool. Just shut up now"
Kari was not foolish enough to test Sakura's patience so immidiately shut up. Sakura held Kari's hands behind her with one hand and held the knife to Kari's back with the other as she walked her down the alleyway until they approached a metal fence.
"Listen up tramp, I won't kill you but I will hurt you badly if you try anything funny, got it?"
Kari nodded, sweat running down her back.
"Kneel down you worthless maggot(hey, gotta keep this PG)with your hands up"
Kari did so, unaware of what Sakura had planned.
Sakura put her head on Kari's shoulder so their faces were next to one another.
"I can feel you trembiling Kari, are you scared? That's good, it shows you have brains"said Sakura.
Sakura took Kari's gloves off and Kari's shirt. She used one glove to tie Kari's hands behind her and one to gag her with.
It was wrapped tightly.
"Struggle and talk"ordered Sakura.
Kari did so and she couldn't break free or get a sound out. Sakura kicked her against the fence.
"Don't worry, someone will find you eventualy"said Sakura as she walked off. *****************************************************
"KARI! KARI!"
Tai was running through downtown like a madman. His sister was supposed to be back by 7:00 but it was 8:30. She wasn't at T.K's, who never even wrote the note.
"Maybe she's in here"said Tai running into an alleyway.
After a turn he found her there struggiling and squirming to get free.
"Kari!"
Kari's gasp was muffled as she turned around. Tan kneeled beside her.
"Are you allright"asked Tai.
Kari nodded.
"Thank God"he said hugging her.
After a brief second he let go and took Kari's gag off.
"The letter was phony Tai"
"I know"
"I'm so sorry, I shouldn't have been so foolish, so ignorant"
"Easy there, the important thing is you're allright. Do you know who did this to you"
Kari shook her head. If she ratted on Sakura, she would be dead for sure.
"Where's your shirt"asked Tai.
"She took it from me"said Kari as Tai untied her.
She put the gloves back on. Tai looked on her back, there was a cut from the knife.
"Man that's a nasty cut there, let's get you home"said Tai. ************************************************
"You seem cheery tonight"said Moninoke as Sakura walked back in with some weed. Sakura never usualy walked in with a smile.
"It's just one of those days I guess"she said.
Moninoke lit the cigars and they all smoked. Getting revenge on Kari, she could finaly enjoy it.
"So what do we do tomorrow"asked Sakura before taking a puff.
"I don't know, I'll talk with Jaken tomorrow and see what he has planned. If he dosen't have anything planned then we'll have some fun"said Moninoke.
"Oh the fun I had tonight"thought Sakura with a smile.
Jun just smoked. It was as though she was an inaniment object, no life, no thoughts seemed to be going through her, it was weird and dreamlike, not that she has had a dream before really. *****************************************************
Tai was able to cover Kari with his coat on the way home. Mrs Kamiya was attending the cut on Kari's back. Kari had allready said she didn't want to get the police involved. Her parents just did what she said, not wanting to upset her further. Kari layed in her bed trembiling, thinking of what Sakura would do to her next, what the students would do to her next. Was suicide truly the way? It didn't seem likely Kari could escape all this any other way.
"Stupid people, are you too blind to see the truth? I didn't do it, I didn't do it"thought Kari to herself angrily. ************************************************
Kari walked angrily, getting angry glares from the other kids but she just gave it back to them, she was in no mood for this.
"Jerk!"yelled one girl.
Kari just flipped her off.
"Why you little"
But she couldn't see where Kari went. Finaly she found T.K leaning against the wall. She stomped up right in front of him.
"Allright, what were you thinking calling my house T.K? WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU!"roared Kari.
"Leave him-
"Shut up"yelled Kari at a Brown haired boy with goggles.
"What's your awnser"asked Kari.
T.K was caught by suprise, he didn't think Kari would be this angry with him.
"WHAT!"roared Kari again.
"Everyone else tomd me to"said T.K.
"What!"
"It's true, they had me call you since I was the only one with your phone number. They wanted me to call you"
"How did you get my number? Let me guess, Tai told you"
"No, he told Matt who told me"
"Now everyone knows my number"said Kari getting angry.
"Um, yes"said T.K.
"Hey, you mugged that girl and set fire to a building"
"WHAT!"gasped Kari.
"Yeah, we heared. The adults do too but they can't convict you without evedence, you lucky skank"
"I HAD NO CHOICE IN THE MATTER! IF I DIDN'T DO THOSE THINGS I WOULD'VE BEEN KILLED!"
"Better that then what actualy happened"said Davis.
Kari's rage was burning like never before.
"GO TO HELL YOU BASTARDS!"
Kari ran off with that.
"Um, you think I should call her back here?"asked T.K.
"No man, let her go, good riddens. C'mon, the bell will be rining any minute"said Davis. *****************************************************
Kari ran and ran as fast as she could. She stopped to take a breather at a bus stop and sat down.
"It's over, it's all over"thought Kari to herself.
She buried her face in her hands.
"You better stay away from us Sakura. What you did was absoloutely hanous, get lost"ordered Moninoke.
Sakura ran from the alleyway.
"You'll pay Kamiya"threatened Sakura as she ran off.
Kari poked her head up as Moninoke and Jun walked out.
"You okay kid?"asked Moninoke.
"No, everyone at school hates me, and they all know my phone number now. My life as I know it is over, I don't think i can go on much longer"said kari.
Moninoke slapped Kari and grabbed her by the shoulders.
"No way kid, c'mon you're a lot stronger then that. I admit we haven't exactly helped, in fact this is all our fault"said Moninoke.
"They would've hated me anyway, I know it"said Kari.
"Look, you gotta give yourself more credit then that. You've lasted this long, right?"
Kari nodded.
"Yeah, thanks Moninoke"said Kari.
"That's what buds are for, right?"asked Moninoke putting her hand out.
"Sure"said kari shaking Moninoke's hand.
"By the way don't worry about Sakura, she's always had problems. Anyway, let's get going"said Moninoke.
TBC *************************************************
A glimmer of hope is shining but for how long? Find out next time!
Kari had to, she had no choice. She told her father her feelings were hurt by her friend T.K, and told him she's fine now.
"How did he do that when he never saw you in school today?"
Kari quickly made up an excuse.
"This happened before school when we met at the gates. But it's fine now, really"
"Allright, allright, just don't do it again"said Mr Kamiy and he leaft.
Kari fell back and sighed.
"Why did T.K call? He probaly is trying to make absoloutely certain my life is a living Hell"thought Kari.
She flexed her elbow a little bit, still slightly soar from earlier.
"I wonder what I'll have to do tomorrow"thought Kari covering herself up with the blankets.
She took her socks off as her feet would get too warm with them on and snuggled in her bed. There was another knock at her door.
"Not now"said Kari tiredly.
She was more exhausted then she thought. Kari was very weak so she could get tired easily. Another knock at the door, Kari just took her pillow and held it over head head to block the noise out. The door creaked open slightly and Tai poked his head in, unknown to Kari who wasn't looking.
"Kari"whispered Tai.
Kari poked her head up from under the pillow.
"What is it"asked Kari grouchily.
"T.K sent this message to you"said Tai handing Kari the letter.
Curious Kari got up, tensin rising as she grabbed and read the letter. It read:
Dear Kari
Listen, I wanna apoligize to you for today, personaly. Meet me downtown
T.K ********************************************
Kari couldn't believe it as she headed downtown for where T.K was to meet her. She was so excited, friendship was no longer out of her reach. Kari walked down, her guard down. Big mistake. She was yanked int an alleyway and slammed against the wall. Who but Sakura was there.
"You are too easy Kari, I swear you're too gulable to be human"mocked Sakura.
"You wrote thatr letter"gasped Kari.
"That's right Kari"said Sakura getting her knife out.
Kari immdiately put her hands in the air in a sign of surrender.
"You were lucky last time Kari, but this time you won't be so fourtanate. I won't kill you but I will teach you a lesson"
"What did I do? I followed Moninoke's orders to the letter"
"Shut up you ignorant fool. Just shut up now"
Kari was not foolish enough to test Sakura's patience so immidiately shut up. Sakura held Kari's hands behind her with one hand and held the knife to Kari's back with the other as she walked her down the alleyway until they approached a metal fence.
"Listen up tramp, I won't kill you but I will hurt you badly if you try anything funny, got it?"
Kari nodded, sweat running down her back.
"Kneel down you worthless maggot(hey, gotta keep this PG)with your hands up"
Kari did so, unaware of what Sakura had planned.
Sakura put her head on Kari's shoulder so their faces were next to one another.
"I can feel you trembiling Kari, are you scared? That's good, it shows you have brains"said Sakura.
Sakura took Kari's gloves off and Kari's shirt. She used one glove to tie Kari's hands behind her and one to gag her with.
It was wrapped tightly.
"Struggle and talk"ordered Sakura.
Kari did so and she couldn't break free or get a sound out. Sakura kicked her against the fence.
"Don't worry, someone will find you eventualy"said Sakura as she walked off. *****************************************************
"KARI! KARI!"
Tai was running through downtown like a madman. His sister was supposed to be back by 7:00 but it was 8:30. She wasn't at T.K's, who never even wrote the note.
"Maybe she's in here"said Tai running into an alleyway.
After a turn he found her there struggiling and squirming to get free.
"Kari!"
Kari's gasp was muffled as she turned around. Tan kneeled beside her.
"Are you allright"asked Tai.
Kari nodded.
"Thank God"he said hugging her.
After a brief second he let go and took Kari's gag off.
"The letter was phony Tai"
"I know"
"I'm so sorry, I shouldn't have been so foolish, so ignorant"
"Easy there, the important thing is you're allright. Do you know who did this to you"
Kari shook her head. If she ratted on Sakura, she would be dead for sure.
"Where's your shirt"asked Tai.
"She took it from me"said Kari as Tai untied her.
She put the gloves back on. Tai looked on her back, there was a cut from the knife.
"Man that's a nasty cut there, let's get you home"said Tai. ************************************************
"You seem cheery tonight"said Moninoke as Sakura walked back in with some weed. Sakura never usualy walked in with a smile.
"It's just one of those days I guess"she said.
Moninoke lit the cigars and they all smoked. Getting revenge on Kari, she could finaly enjoy it.
"So what do we do tomorrow"asked Sakura before taking a puff.
"I don't know, I'll talk with Jaken tomorrow and see what he has planned. If he dosen't have anything planned then we'll have some fun"said Moninoke.
"Oh the fun I had tonight"thought Sakura with a smile.
Jun just smoked. It was as though she was an inaniment object, no life, no thoughts seemed to be going through her, it was weird and dreamlike, not that she has had a dream before really. *****************************************************
Tai was able to cover Kari with his coat on the way home. Mrs Kamiya was attending the cut on Kari's back. Kari had allready said she didn't want to get the police involved. Her parents just did what she said, not wanting to upset her further. Kari layed in her bed trembiling, thinking of what Sakura would do to her next, what the students would do to her next. Was suicide truly the way? It didn't seem likely Kari could escape all this any other way.
"Stupid people, are you too blind to see the truth? I didn't do it, I didn't do it"thought Kari to herself angrily. ************************************************
Kari walked angrily, getting angry glares from the other kids but she just gave it back to them, she was in no mood for this.
"Jerk!"yelled one girl.
Kari just flipped her off.
"Why you little"
But she couldn't see where Kari went. Finaly she found T.K leaning against the wall. She stomped up right in front of him.
"Allright, what were you thinking calling my house T.K? WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU!"roared Kari.
"Leave him-
"Shut up"yelled Kari at a Brown haired boy with goggles.
"What's your awnser"asked Kari.
T.K was caught by suprise, he didn't think Kari would be this angry with him.
"WHAT!"roared Kari again.
"Everyone else tomd me to"said T.K.
"What!"
"It's true, they had me call you since I was the only one with your phone number. They wanted me to call you"
"How did you get my number? Let me guess, Tai told you"
"No, he told Matt who told me"
"Now everyone knows my number"said Kari getting angry.
"Um, yes"said T.K.
"Hey, you mugged that girl and set fire to a building"
"WHAT!"gasped Kari.
"Yeah, we heared. The adults do too but they can't convict you without evedence, you lucky skank"
"I HAD NO CHOICE IN THE MATTER! IF I DIDN'T DO THOSE THINGS I WOULD'VE BEEN KILLED!"
"Better that then what actualy happened"said Davis.
Kari's rage was burning like never before.
"GO TO HELL YOU BASTARDS!"
Kari ran off with that.
"Um, you think I should call her back here?"asked T.K.
"No man, let her go, good riddens. C'mon, the bell will be rining any minute"said Davis. *****************************************************
Kari ran and ran as fast as she could. She stopped to take a breather at a bus stop and sat down.
"It's over, it's all over"thought Kari to herself.
She buried her face in her hands.
"You better stay away from us Sakura. What you did was absoloutely hanous, get lost"ordered Moninoke.
Sakura ran from the alleyway.
"You'll pay Kamiya"threatened Sakura as she ran off.
Kari poked her head up as Moninoke and Jun walked out.
"You okay kid?"asked Moninoke.
"No, everyone at school hates me, and they all know my phone number now. My life as I know it is over, I don't think i can go on much longer"said kari.
Moninoke slapped Kari and grabbed her by the shoulders.
"No way kid, c'mon you're a lot stronger then that. I admit we haven't exactly helped, in fact this is all our fault"said Moninoke.
"They would've hated me anyway, I know it"said Kari.
"Look, you gotta give yourself more credit then that. You've lasted this long, right?"
Kari nodded.
"Yeah, thanks Moninoke"said Kari.
"That's what buds are for, right?"asked Moninoke putting her hand out.
"Sure"said kari shaking Moninoke's hand.
"By the way don't worry about Sakura, she's always had problems. Anyway, let's get going"said Moninoke.
TBC *************************************************
A glimmer of hope is shining but for how long? Find out next time!