Well, I was able to update this story! ! ! YAY! ! ! I'm going to try to
update agian before the end of the week, but I doubt it. I'm in the middle
of finals week, and spare time is getting harder to find. I hope you enjoy
the addition to the story.
* Important reminders*
Thanks for all of the feed back that you guys have been sending this way. (You really know how to make a girl blush : p)
This story is still Rated R for several reasons, so you can't say I didn't warn ya.
I do not own Sailor Moon or Icy Hot. I also found out a few days ago that I also didn't invent the internet. . . . . However, fear not! I did create this crappy Fanfic.
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Lita was in complete and utter comfort. She didn't know how Ami's touch on her bare skin make her feel more relaxed, warmer. Ami fingers not only worked her upper portion of her body, but the lower as well. The best thing was that she didn't have to do anything, but lie there and let Ami take care of her. As she felt the warm sensations work it's way up her spine she muttered, "How are you doing this Ami? It feels so good!"
Ami calmly put the lid back on the container and simply stated, "It's just your run of the mill Icy Hot."
"I'll have to remember that next time." Lita said as she still laid on her stomach, as Ami was finishing rubbing her back.
"See, me tending to your injuries is not nearly half as bad as you made them out to be." Ami said as she covered up Lita's back with her tee shirt.
"I know! From now on, I'm running to you for the littlest of injuries." Lita said as she sat up. Ami then handed her two white pills and a glass of water. "What's this for?" she asked.
"They're for your pain and. . . "But before Ami could finish, Lita interrupted.
"But I'm not in pain Ami."
"That might be the case, but the aspirin will help with your bruises and swelling." Ami explained.
"Alright, alright. I'll believe ya, you haven't given reason to doubt you so far." Lita said then proceeded to pop the pills in her mouth and swallow them with a big gulp of water. She turned to Ami and noticed that there was something bothering the doctor in training. "What's wrong Ames?"
Ami was nervously ringing at her hands. She looked up at Lita and asked, "Do you think I should tell the others. . . about. .. .well, you know?"
Lita personally wanted to keep that information as far away from the scouts as possible. In her eyes, she felt as if the scouts would condemn her in the same fashion that she condemned herself. However, Ami needed people to lean on. She needed the scouts to get through it. Lita saw how the situation was tearing Ami apart. There was only one thing she could do. Lita pulled out her communicator and called Rei. "We need an emergency meeting, can we have it over the Temple? . . . In about an hour. . . . .I'll tell ya when I get there . . . .Do me a favor and call Mina and Serena for me. . .. .Thanks, bye."
"Thanks Lita." Ami responded as she gently hugged her friendly giant.
Lita was taken back by the response that Ami gave. "She must be taking it harder than I previously believed." Lita thought as she returned the hug and whispered, "Your welcome."
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Serena and Mina were at the mall, shopping, when they got the call. They immediately left their shopping spree behind, and headed straight to the temple. By the sounds of it, this was not a meeting they wanted to be late for. Once they got there, they didn't know what to expect. Was it about Lita's recent behavior, Ami's mysterious black eye, or even a new enemy? They did the only thing they could, they waited.
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"LITA!" Rei screamed at the top of her lungs, "WHAT WERE YOU THINKING! YOU COULD HAVE GOTTEN AMI KILLED WITH YOUR STUDIPITY! Christ, why do we even tolerate you!"
Lita, for once in a long time, was scared. She never saw anyone so vivid, so angry, especially with her. She knew it was her fault, but she thought that they would be able to forgive her. She thought wrong.
"Lita, you might as well just stabbed one of us in the heart and turned it counter-clock wise." Mina stated coldly.
"Back is more like it!" Rei bitterly chimed in.
Lita was now desperately trying to hold back tears as she tried pleading with them, "I didn't mean for this to happen. I would give anything to take back everything. I would never intently try to cause you any type of harm or discomfort. PLEASE, I'm begging you, please understand that I never wanted this to happen." She looked up to see the Rei and Mina gave her disgusted looks and then turned away from her, with their backs facing her. Her body felt as if a ton of bricks hit her. "They hate me," she thought to herself, as her legs could no longer support her. She collapsed to the ground as the tears she desperately tried to hold back, now started to brim over her eyelids. "I am now alone, again, always alone." Lita thought, as she looked up and saw Serena. Hope had lifted her heart just enough to give her the strength to crawl over to her. "Serena, Serena will forgive me. She'll understand. She won't leave me alone." Lita hopefully thought as she crawled to Serena's feet and sobbingly said, "Serena, Please tell me that you won't shut me out."
Serena gracefully bent down to Lita's level, grasped Lita's chin so that she could look her right in the eye, and said, "Lita, listen because I'm only going to say it once. Stay away from my friends and me. We don't want anything to do with you, as friends and as sailor scouts." As she stood up she venomously spat, "You disgust me!" and walked away from Lita.
Lita's world had been ripped to shreds. She couldn't even lift her head to watch her leave, she was that devastated. She wanted to curl up and die, after all she deserved it. She ruined the only family she had left because of her stupid selfishness. As she knelt their crying for everything her lost, she heard someone call her name. She didn't want to response. She didn't want to face them ever again. She ignored whoever was calling for her; she was too busy realizing that everyone was right to bother to notice anymore. Suddenly she felt a hand on her shoulder. It was frail, but warm and reassuring. She turned around and was surprised by who it was. "Ami!"
"Are you alright?" Ami asked politely.
Lita wanted to scream out, "ARE YOU KIDDING? ALL OF MY FRIENDS HATE ME!" but she realized her surroundings. She wasn't at Rei's temple. She was on a public street corner. "I was day-dreaming, I guess? Sorry." Lita responded half heartedly, not knowing for sure what had happen.
"It's okay." Ami said as they continued to towards the temple. Once they got to the bottom of the entrance Ami asked, "Are you ready?"
Lita didn't want to face them, she didn't want to lose them, but she had to go through it. After all, whatever came her way, she deserved it. "Yea. Let's go." Lita said as they started up the temple steps. As Lita grew closer and closer to the meeting, she felt the butterflies go wild in her stomach and the bile rise in the back of her throat. This wasn't going to be easy, but she was demanded to get through it for Ami's sake. When they got to the temple, they started the meeting.
"So, why did you call a meeting Lita?" Rei asked. She was concerned with her friend's health lately. Something was up, and it seemed to be tearing her up on the inside. She knew Lita was too proud, too stubborn to let her friends help her sometimes. She knew that Lita though of it as a weakness, but everyone needs help once in a while. Everybody.
"Well, there is something I need to say to all of you first, and then Ami has something to tell you as well." Lita answered in an eerily calm voice.
Serena knew there was something was wrong. The look in Lita eyes were of guilt, as if she killed and innocent child. Also her friend seemed a little pale and blood shot. Serena feared, she feared that Lita was losing a battle with herself and wouldn't let anyone help her win. Serena then looked over to her blue haired friend. There was something not right there either. Ami hadn't smiled in the longest time, and the new black eye worried her as well. Ami's face held a story, but it would have to be her, and her alone that told it.
"We're listening." Mina said, as a million thoughts raced through mind, but it ultimately can down to the same question, "What is going on between those two?"
Lita took a deep breath and then stated, "I am sorry about my behavior lately. I should have never yelled at any of you. I was acting like a child with a temper tantrum. You were right and I was simply angry and wrong. I hope that you can forever me." Lita then took another breath and looked at her friends' reactions. None of them seemed upset, just a little surprise.
"That's okay Lita. Hey, there's no use in crying over misplaced silk." Mina reassured, and even though she saying wrong, Lita understood what she was trying to say.
"It's water under the bridge Lita. Nothing to worry about." Rei said accepting Lita's apology.
"Lita, you will always be forgiven. I don't think there's anything you could do that would make me not forgive you." Serena stated.
Lita felt a sharp jab through her heart. "She says that now, but will she still after Ami tells her what happen?" Lita though to herself. She then response to them all, "Thanks. It means a lot to me."
Serena then turned her attention to Ami. "You too had something to tell us?"
Ami looked at them all, took a deep breath and started to tell them what had happen. "I asked Lita to set up this meeting to inform you of the reason behind my odd behavior and appearance." She looked up and saw that she had their complete attention. She continued to speak, "As you can recall, at our last meeting I came to a disagreement with Lita and promptly left the meeting." Out of the corner of her eye she saw Lita's head lower in a submission of guilt, she continued with her story. "On my way home, unknown to me, someone was following me."
A light gasped filled the air at this point. The girls now knew nothing good could come out of this, and listened as Ami continued.
"While I was going beneath an underpass, I felt two hands wrap around me. Then a voice of warning as I was dragged into an alley."
The girls knew what was going to happen, and prayed that it wasn't true. Things like this don't happen to good people, or sailor scouts. They all hoped that it wasn't true and they listened for more.
"I tried to fight back, but that's how I got this." Stated Ami as she pointed to her black eye. "I tried to communicate with you guys, but just as I was about to reach my communicator 'he' roughly took control of my arms."
At this time Ami looked up to see what everyone's reaction was so far. Rei's eyes blazed with angry and hatred, but it wasn't towards her but her predator. Mina was digging her fingers into the arm of her chair so tightly that Ami actually feared that she might break it. And Serena, well Serena looked as if she was going to break down and cry at any moment. However she failed to see how Lita was reacting to the story. She figured that she has heard it all before and be used to the shock value that the story processed. She was wrong. Lita with her head slightly bowed, afraid to see the others reactions, was balling her fist so tightly that blood started to seep from them.
"'He' then produced a knife and threaten to kill me if I didn't cooperate. So I did what I had to do in order to survive." Ami stated with a tremble in her voice.
"Did he rape you Ami?" Rei asked coldly.
"No, he didn't rape me. He was only able to touch before he was interrupted." Ami answered chocking over the word 'touch.'
"How was he interrupted?" Mina asked in a soft calm voice, even though inside she was furious. Furious that someone could do that to another human being, furious that she couldn't get her hands on him, and furious that it happen to Ami.
"Well, right before he could cut away the rest of my clothing, someone grabbed him from behind. They fought it out, and during the confrontation the person that pulled away my attacker was cut. Still, they where able to knock out my attacker." Ami took a deep breath and continue to recall what happen next in a shaky voice, "I didn't know what was going to happen next. I didn't know if this new stranger would try to take off right where the other one left off. I honestly thought I was going to die. I curled up into a little ball, and waited. I heard feet come closer to me, and I started to tremble. Then I heard the person's voice and immediately realized who it was."
"Who was it, Ami?" Serena asked timidly.
Ami simply answered, "Lita."
All the scouts looked over to Lita. Lita felt their eyes burn through her. She knew what was coming next. The screaming, the accusations, the guilt, and of course the pain. She waited for it all of it to crumble down, for the rest of her life to shatter. But it didn't happen.
"Are you alright now, Ami?" Serena asked, diverting the attention away from Lita.
"I guess so. It's just that it was such a close call, and to just think what could have happen. It still sort of frightens me." Ami answered on the verve of tears, however she did not allow them to spill over.
It was a different case for Serena though; she went over to Ami and hugged her. "It's over Ami. No one's going to hurt you now. No one." Serena said through her tears while she was still hugging Ami.
Of course this started a chain event of crying, with Ami first, then Mina, and Rei to bring up the rear. Lita, however, refused to let a single tear fall. She couldn't believe that no one said anything to her. She thought that they were waiting until Ami left.
Soon the hugging and the tears stopped. Things were slowly going back to normal, when Mina suggested, "Hey, the day is still young. Why don't we head out for more shopping?"
"Yea! That sounds like a great idea." Serena stated, then turned Ami and asked, "If that's okay with you, Ami?"
"Actually," Ami started her statement, "That sounds like a lot of fun." She finished it off with a smile. She then turned to Lita and asked, "Are you coming with?"
Lita didn't want to rain on their parade, or end up hurting anymore of her friends the same way she hurt Ami. She figured the best thing for her to do is avoid the situation completely. "I haven't been feeling to well lately Ames, I think I'll head home early." It was true, Lita hadn't been feeling well. What she had been going through emotionally was equal to a train wreck. She just needed time to sort things out, or at least that's what she hoped she needed.
"Are you okay?" Ami asked with concern. She had been worried about her tall friend lately. Lita had been hiding a lot of things from her and the rest of the scouts. She was beginning to worry about her and if there was more wrong than it seems.
"I'll be fine. I just need a little rest." Lita answered truthfully.
"Are you coming with, Rei?" Mina asked.
"Sorry Ami, but there's some chorus that need to be done around the temple." Rei said hesitantly.
"It's okay, Rei. We'll catch you guys later. Okay?" Ami responded.
They all nodded in agreement. As the girls where getting up to leave, Rei asked, "Lita, would you mind staying behind for a moment." Rei then looked up at Serena before she left and nodded. Serena then nodded back.
"Rei, I'm really tired, and. . . " Lita was saying before Rei interrupted her.
"Please." Rei pleaded with her, "It will only take a moment or two."
Lita reluctantly agreed to stay, and the others left, leaving Rei and Lita to their lonesome.
"So, what did you want from me?" Lita asked coldly. She didn't want to stay long, fearing that her daydream would soon become a reality.
Rei had been concerned for Lita for a long time. There was so much bearing down on her shoulders, Rei was astonished that she could get through a day, let alone a life, with all of the baggage Lita carried with her. First there was the untimely death of her parents, leaving her to fend for her own, completely alone. Then her height alienated her from most people, and was the cause several of the fights she has been in. People found it easy to tease her about it, however Lita never responded well to that and fought back. Which lead into another problem, her ability to stay in one school long enough to learn something. For the most part, it also hindered her ability to actually make friends a well. Outside of the scouts, Lita didn't have many other people to call 'friends.' Then her love life has been always the never-ending roller coaster. Anytime a guy dated her it was for one of three reasons. One, they wanted protection from someone. Two, they plainly wanted to have sex with her. Or three, they wanted to date her so they could just brag to their friends that they dated the roughest, toughest girl in Tokyo and broke her little heart. Rei hated these people, and wished that she could get her hands on at least one of them, but she couldn't. Lita was a sister to Rei. At times Lita played the role of older sister, always protecting her from whatever may try to hurt her. At other times, it's Rei whose the older sister, being the one to tell her that it's going to be okay after another stupid boy rips out her heart, the one who comforts her when she suffers from one of her horrible nightmares, she's the one whose Lita's shoulder to cry on, the one she leans one. Now there was something bothering Lita, and she wasn't allowing anyone to know. Rei hated when Lita bottle something up, it actually hurt Rei in a way. Rei felt that Lita couldn't trust her with the problems she was having. However this time, she wasn't going to let Lita hid under tough front. She wasn't going to let Lita suffer alone. Just as she was about to ask Lita how she was doing, saw notice Lita's hands. They were trembling, but there was something else as well. Rei noticed something drop down from Lita's hand and land on the ground. She easily made the connection. "LITA!" She shouted in surprise, "What have you done!"
Lita winced and lowered her head. She knew what was going to happen now. She had heard that tone of voice from Rei before. It was in her daydream that Rei had sounded so shocked and angry from what she had done, and now it was all coming out at the seams. She felt Rei presents grow closer to her. She was expecting Rei to slap her, or something. But instead, she felt Rei's hands gasp hers. "Rei, I'm . . " Lita tried to apologize, but Rei cut her off.
"Lita, your hands." Rei said in a softer, but still urgent tone of voice.
Lita looked down at her clenched fists and saw the red fluid slip through the sides of it. She slowly unclenched her fists to revel a bloody mess. There where four deep gashes in each palm, and blood was still flowing out of them.
"My God Lita!" Rei gasped as she look at her friends predicament, then continued to say, "Come on, let's get you cleaned up." Rei lead Lita into the temple with her one arm around her shoulder. There was something definitely wrong with Lita, and she was going to find out one way or another.
* Important reminders*
Thanks for all of the feed back that you guys have been sending this way. (You really know how to make a girl blush : p)
This story is still Rated R for several reasons, so you can't say I didn't warn ya.
I do not own Sailor Moon or Icy Hot. I also found out a few days ago that I also didn't invent the internet. . . . . However, fear not! I did create this crappy Fanfic.
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Lita was in complete and utter comfort. She didn't know how Ami's touch on her bare skin make her feel more relaxed, warmer. Ami fingers not only worked her upper portion of her body, but the lower as well. The best thing was that she didn't have to do anything, but lie there and let Ami take care of her. As she felt the warm sensations work it's way up her spine she muttered, "How are you doing this Ami? It feels so good!"
Ami calmly put the lid back on the container and simply stated, "It's just your run of the mill Icy Hot."
"I'll have to remember that next time." Lita said as she still laid on her stomach, as Ami was finishing rubbing her back.
"See, me tending to your injuries is not nearly half as bad as you made them out to be." Ami said as she covered up Lita's back with her tee shirt.
"I know! From now on, I'm running to you for the littlest of injuries." Lita said as she sat up. Ami then handed her two white pills and a glass of water. "What's this for?" she asked.
"They're for your pain and. . . "But before Ami could finish, Lita interrupted.
"But I'm not in pain Ami."
"That might be the case, but the aspirin will help with your bruises and swelling." Ami explained.
"Alright, alright. I'll believe ya, you haven't given reason to doubt you so far." Lita said then proceeded to pop the pills in her mouth and swallow them with a big gulp of water. She turned to Ami and noticed that there was something bothering the doctor in training. "What's wrong Ames?"
Ami was nervously ringing at her hands. She looked up at Lita and asked, "Do you think I should tell the others. . . about. .. .well, you know?"
Lita personally wanted to keep that information as far away from the scouts as possible. In her eyes, she felt as if the scouts would condemn her in the same fashion that she condemned herself. However, Ami needed people to lean on. She needed the scouts to get through it. Lita saw how the situation was tearing Ami apart. There was only one thing she could do. Lita pulled out her communicator and called Rei. "We need an emergency meeting, can we have it over the Temple? . . . In about an hour. . . . .I'll tell ya when I get there . . . .Do me a favor and call Mina and Serena for me. . .. .Thanks, bye."
"Thanks Lita." Ami responded as she gently hugged her friendly giant.
Lita was taken back by the response that Ami gave. "She must be taking it harder than I previously believed." Lita thought as she returned the hug and whispered, "Your welcome."
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Serena and Mina were at the mall, shopping, when they got the call. They immediately left their shopping spree behind, and headed straight to the temple. By the sounds of it, this was not a meeting they wanted to be late for. Once they got there, they didn't know what to expect. Was it about Lita's recent behavior, Ami's mysterious black eye, or even a new enemy? They did the only thing they could, they waited.
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"LITA!" Rei screamed at the top of her lungs, "WHAT WERE YOU THINKING! YOU COULD HAVE GOTTEN AMI KILLED WITH YOUR STUDIPITY! Christ, why do we even tolerate you!"
Lita, for once in a long time, was scared. She never saw anyone so vivid, so angry, especially with her. She knew it was her fault, but she thought that they would be able to forgive her. She thought wrong.
"Lita, you might as well just stabbed one of us in the heart and turned it counter-clock wise." Mina stated coldly.
"Back is more like it!" Rei bitterly chimed in.
Lita was now desperately trying to hold back tears as she tried pleading with them, "I didn't mean for this to happen. I would give anything to take back everything. I would never intently try to cause you any type of harm or discomfort. PLEASE, I'm begging you, please understand that I never wanted this to happen." She looked up to see the Rei and Mina gave her disgusted looks and then turned away from her, with their backs facing her. Her body felt as if a ton of bricks hit her. "They hate me," she thought to herself, as her legs could no longer support her. She collapsed to the ground as the tears she desperately tried to hold back, now started to brim over her eyelids. "I am now alone, again, always alone." Lita thought, as she looked up and saw Serena. Hope had lifted her heart just enough to give her the strength to crawl over to her. "Serena, Serena will forgive me. She'll understand. She won't leave me alone." Lita hopefully thought as she crawled to Serena's feet and sobbingly said, "Serena, Please tell me that you won't shut me out."
Serena gracefully bent down to Lita's level, grasped Lita's chin so that she could look her right in the eye, and said, "Lita, listen because I'm only going to say it once. Stay away from my friends and me. We don't want anything to do with you, as friends and as sailor scouts." As she stood up she venomously spat, "You disgust me!" and walked away from Lita.
Lita's world had been ripped to shreds. She couldn't even lift her head to watch her leave, she was that devastated. She wanted to curl up and die, after all she deserved it. She ruined the only family she had left because of her stupid selfishness. As she knelt their crying for everything her lost, she heard someone call her name. She didn't want to response. She didn't want to face them ever again. She ignored whoever was calling for her; she was too busy realizing that everyone was right to bother to notice anymore. Suddenly she felt a hand on her shoulder. It was frail, but warm and reassuring. She turned around and was surprised by who it was. "Ami!"
"Are you alright?" Ami asked politely.
Lita wanted to scream out, "ARE YOU KIDDING? ALL OF MY FRIENDS HATE ME!" but she realized her surroundings. She wasn't at Rei's temple. She was on a public street corner. "I was day-dreaming, I guess? Sorry." Lita responded half heartedly, not knowing for sure what had happen.
"It's okay." Ami said as they continued to towards the temple. Once they got to the bottom of the entrance Ami asked, "Are you ready?"
Lita didn't want to face them, she didn't want to lose them, but she had to go through it. After all, whatever came her way, she deserved it. "Yea. Let's go." Lita said as they started up the temple steps. As Lita grew closer and closer to the meeting, she felt the butterflies go wild in her stomach and the bile rise in the back of her throat. This wasn't going to be easy, but she was demanded to get through it for Ami's sake. When they got to the temple, they started the meeting.
"So, why did you call a meeting Lita?" Rei asked. She was concerned with her friend's health lately. Something was up, and it seemed to be tearing her up on the inside. She knew Lita was too proud, too stubborn to let her friends help her sometimes. She knew that Lita though of it as a weakness, but everyone needs help once in a while. Everybody.
"Well, there is something I need to say to all of you first, and then Ami has something to tell you as well." Lita answered in an eerily calm voice.
Serena knew there was something was wrong. The look in Lita eyes were of guilt, as if she killed and innocent child. Also her friend seemed a little pale and blood shot. Serena feared, she feared that Lita was losing a battle with herself and wouldn't let anyone help her win. Serena then looked over to her blue haired friend. There was something not right there either. Ami hadn't smiled in the longest time, and the new black eye worried her as well. Ami's face held a story, but it would have to be her, and her alone that told it.
"We're listening." Mina said, as a million thoughts raced through mind, but it ultimately can down to the same question, "What is going on between those two?"
Lita took a deep breath and then stated, "I am sorry about my behavior lately. I should have never yelled at any of you. I was acting like a child with a temper tantrum. You were right and I was simply angry and wrong. I hope that you can forever me." Lita then took another breath and looked at her friends' reactions. None of them seemed upset, just a little surprise.
"That's okay Lita. Hey, there's no use in crying over misplaced silk." Mina reassured, and even though she saying wrong, Lita understood what she was trying to say.
"It's water under the bridge Lita. Nothing to worry about." Rei said accepting Lita's apology.
"Lita, you will always be forgiven. I don't think there's anything you could do that would make me not forgive you." Serena stated.
Lita felt a sharp jab through her heart. "She says that now, but will she still after Ami tells her what happen?" Lita though to herself. She then response to them all, "Thanks. It means a lot to me."
Serena then turned her attention to Ami. "You too had something to tell us?"
Ami looked at them all, took a deep breath and started to tell them what had happen. "I asked Lita to set up this meeting to inform you of the reason behind my odd behavior and appearance." She looked up and saw that she had their complete attention. She continued to speak, "As you can recall, at our last meeting I came to a disagreement with Lita and promptly left the meeting." Out of the corner of her eye she saw Lita's head lower in a submission of guilt, she continued with her story. "On my way home, unknown to me, someone was following me."
A light gasped filled the air at this point. The girls now knew nothing good could come out of this, and listened as Ami continued.
"While I was going beneath an underpass, I felt two hands wrap around me. Then a voice of warning as I was dragged into an alley."
The girls knew what was going to happen, and prayed that it wasn't true. Things like this don't happen to good people, or sailor scouts. They all hoped that it wasn't true and they listened for more.
"I tried to fight back, but that's how I got this." Stated Ami as she pointed to her black eye. "I tried to communicate with you guys, but just as I was about to reach my communicator 'he' roughly took control of my arms."
At this time Ami looked up to see what everyone's reaction was so far. Rei's eyes blazed with angry and hatred, but it wasn't towards her but her predator. Mina was digging her fingers into the arm of her chair so tightly that Ami actually feared that she might break it. And Serena, well Serena looked as if she was going to break down and cry at any moment. However she failed to see how Lita was reacting to the story. She figured that she has heard it all before and be used to the shock value that the story processed. She was wrong. Lita with her head slightly bowed, afraid to see the others reactions, was balling her fist so tightly that blood started to seep from them.
"'He' then produced a knife and threaten to kill me if I didn't cooperate. So I did what I had to do in order to survive." Ami stated with a tremble in her voice.
"Did he rape you Ami?" Rei asked coldly.
"No, he didn't rape me. He was only able to touch before he was interrupted." Ami answered chocking over the word 'touch.'
"How was he interrupted?" Mina asked in a soft calm voice, even though inside she was furious. Furious that someone could do that to another human being, furious that she couldn't get her hands on him, and furious that it happen to Ami.
"Well, right before he could cut away the rest of my clothing, someone grabbed him from behind. They fought it out, and during the confrontation the person that pulled away my attacker was cut. Still, they where able to knock out my attacker." Ami took a deep breath and continue to recall what happen next in a shaky voice, "I didn't know what was going to happen next. I didn't know if this new stranger would try to take off right where the other one left off. I honestly thought I was going to die. I curled up into a little ball, and waited. I heard feet come closer to me, and I started to tremble. Then I heard the person's voice and immediately realized who it was."
"Who was it, Ami?" Serena asked timidly.
Ami simply answered, "Lita."
All the scouts looked over to Lita. Lita felt their eyes burn through her. She knew what was coming next. The screaming, the accusations, the guilt, and of course the pain. She waited for it all of it to crumble down, for the rest of her life to shatter. But it didn't happen.
"Are you alright now, Ami?" Serena asked, diverting the attention away from Lita.
"I guess so. It's just that it was such a close call, and to just think what could have happen. It still sort of frightens me." Ami answered on the verve of tears, however she did not allow them to spill over.
It was a different case for Serena though; she went over to Ami and hugged her. "It's over Ami. No one's going to hurt you now. No one." Serena said through her tears while she was still hugging Ami.
Of course this started a chain event of crying, with Ami first, then Mina, and Rei to bring up the rear. Lita, however, refused to let a single tear fall. She couldn't believe that no one said anything to her. She thought that they were waiting until Ami left.
Soon the hugging and the tears stopped. Things were slowly going back to normal, when Mina suggested, "Hey, the day is still young. Why don't we head out for more shopping?"
"Yea! That sounds like a great idea." Serena stated, then turned Ami and asked, "If that's okay with you, Ami?"
"Actually," Ami started her statement, "That sounds like a lot of fun." She finished it off with a smile. She then turned to Lita and asked, "Are you coming with?"
Lita didn't want to rain on their parade, or end up hurting anymore of her friends the same way she hurt Ami. She figured the best thing for her to do is avoid the situation completely. "I haven't been feeling to well lately Ames, I think I'll head home early." It was true, Lita hadn't been feeling well. What she had been going through emotionally was equal to a train wreck. She just needed time to sort things out, or at least that's what she hoped she needed.
"Are you okay?" Ami asked with concern. She had been worried about her tall friend lately. Lita had been hiding a lot of things from her and the rest of the scouts. She was beginning to worry about her and if there was more wrong than it seems.
"I'll be fine. I just need a little rest." Lita answered truthfully.
"Are you coming with, Rei?" Mina asked.
"Sorry Ami, but there's some chorus that need to be done around the temple." Rei said hesitantly.
"It's okay, Rei. We'll catch you guys later. Okay?" Ami responded.
They all nodded in agreement. As the girls where getting up to leave, Rei asked, "Lita, would you mind staying behind for a moment." Rei then looked up at Serena before she left and nodded. Serena then nodded back.
"Rei, I'm really tired, and. . . " Lita was saying before Rei interrupted her.
"Please." Rei pleaded with her, "It will only take a moment or two."
Lita reluctantly agreed to stay, and the others left, leaving Rei and Lita to their lonesome.
"So, what did you want from me?" Lita asked coldly. She didn't want to stay long, fearing that her daydream would soon become a reality.
Rei had been concerned for Lita for a long time. There was so much bearing down on her shoulders, Rei was astonished that she could get through a day, let alone a life, with all of the baggage Lita carried with her. First there was the untimely death of her parents, leaving her to fend for her own, completely alone. Then her height alienated her from most people, and was the cause several of the fights she has been in. People found it easy to tease her about it, however Lita never responded well to that and fought back. Which lead into another problem, her ability to stay in one school long enough to learn something. For the most part, it also hindered her ability to actually make friends a well. Outside of the scouts, Lita didn't have many other people to call 'friends.' Then her love life has been always the never-ending roller coaster. Anytime a guy dated her it was for one of three reasons. One, they wanted protection from someone. Two, they plainly wanted to have sex with her. Or three, they wanted to date her so they could just brag to their friends that they dated the roughest, toughest girl in Tokyo and broke her little heart. Rei hated these people, and wished that she could get her hands on at least one of them, but she couldn't. Lita was a sister to Rei. At times Lita played the role of older sister, always protecting her from whatever may try to hurt her. At other times, it's Rei whose the older sister, being the one to tell her that it's going to be okay after another stupid boy rips out her heart, the one who comforts her when she suffers from one of her horrible nightmares, she's the one whose Lita's shoulder to cry on, the one she leans one. Now there was something bothering Lita, and she wasn't allowing anyone to know. Rei hated when Lita bottle something up, it actually hurt Rei in a way. Rei felt that Lita couldn't trust her with the problems she was having. However this time, she wasn't going to let Lita hid under tough front. She wasn't going to let Lita suffer alone. Just as she was about to ask Lita how she was doing, saw notice Lita's hands. They were trembling, but there was something else as well. Rei noticed something drop down from Lita's hand and land on the ground. She easily made the connection. "LITA!" She shouted in surprise, "What have you done!"
Lita winced and lowered her head. She knew what was going to happen now. She had heard that tone of voice from Rei before. It was in her daydream that Rei had sounded so shocked and angry from what she had done, and now it was all coming out at the seams. She felt Rei presents grow closer to her. She was expecting Rei to slap her, or something. But instead, she felt Rei's hands gasp hers. "Rei, I'm . . " Lita tried to apologize, but Rei cut her off.
"Lita, your hands." Rei said in a softer, but still urgent tone of voice.
Lita looked down at her clenched fists and saw the red fluid slip through the sides of it. She slowly unclenched her fists to revel a bloody mess. There where four deep gashes in each palm, and blood was still flowing out of them.
"My God Lita!" Rei gasped as she look at her friends predicament, then continued to say, "Come on, let's get you cleaned up." Rei lead Lita into the temple with her one arm around her shoulder. There was something definitely wrong with Lita, and she was going to find out one way or another.