It was 8:00 and it had been a long day. Usagi lay in her bed and thought about the events that had taken place earlier in the day. She thought about how all of the kids in her class picked on her. All just because she had a tail. Usagi looked at her tail, which was wrapped around in a bundle of blankets. "Stupid tail!" Usagi cried softly to herself. This had been the worst day she had ever been through. She did not want to go back the next day.

Usagi's bedroom door opened and let the light from the world outside peer in on her. Usagi was startled. She was supposed to be in bed. Her parents never disturbed her once she was put to bed. She didn't know what this could be. "Usagi?"

It was the voice of her father. Usagi wiped the tears off of her face and stared at her father hoping that he hadn't seen or that he wouldn't turn on the lights. "Yes daddy?"

Goku knew that there was something bothering his daughter. He couldn't quit put his finger on it. "Are you alright? I thought I heard something in here?"

'Oh no,' Usagi thought to herself, 'Did he hear what I actually said?' Usagi coughed. Her throut was clogged from crying. She didn't want him to find out that what she had been doing a moment ago. "No, nothings wrong."

Goku didn't know what to say. He didn't want to accuse his daughter but if something was bothering her she should have told him. He might have been able to fix things for her. He didn't want her to be in pain. That was the last thing that he wanted her to live through and he would have done anything to make her feel better. "Ok." Goku left Usagi's room and closed the door behind him.

Usagi sighed. "That was close." She lay her head back in her pillow and tried to sleep. She couldn't though. Every time she closed her eyes she could see Haruka and Michiru laughing with her classmates behind them also laughing and taunting her. Usagi squeezed her pillow as tears spilled out of her eyes again. "They wouldn't be mean if daddy was around."

~*~*~

Goku had noticed that his daughter had acted strange ever since she had come home that night. She was trying to hide her true feelings by covering them up with happiness. She wasn't doing a very good job of it. Her sadness showed itself in her eyes. They looked so sad.

Goku lay next to his wife in bed. He looked over at her. She seemed to be reading a magazine of some sort. "Chi-Chi?"

Chi-Chi put down her magazine. Goku had a habit of interrupting her right when she was in the middle of a juicy gossip article. "What is it Goku?"

"Do you think we are doing the right thing by sending Usagi to school?"

Chi-Chi didn't understand the nature of the question. She didn't understand where it came from either. It just kind of popped out of no where and hit her in the face. "What do you mean Goku? She loves school. She said so herself. Now stop worrying and let me read." Chi-Chi went back to her reading magazine and had hoped that there would be no more interruptions.

'Maybe Chi-Chi is right. Maybe Usagi was just tired. She still seemed like she was hiding something.' Goku decided to watch the situation more closely.

~*~*~

Usagi arrived at school with her father at 7:30. A half-hour before it started. She looked around to make sure that Haruka and Michiru were no where in sight.

Goku found this strange. The day before she had barely been able to not jump off Nimbus and now, today she was as cautious as well, no one he knew. He couldn't understand what she was doing. She seemed to be searching for someone. "Well, aren't you going to go?"

Usagi wanted to say 'No.' She didn't want to go to school. She wanted to go back home and spend the day watching her father and brothers train like she had before school. She hated school. "I guess so." Usagi kissed her father and UN-wound her tail from his waste. She reluctantly jumped off the cloud and looked back up at her father.

Goku definitely sensed tension coming from her. "Goodbye Usagi, I'll be back after school." He looked into his daughter's eyes and saw it. It was a plea from his daughter. As if she was asking, no, begging him to not make her stay. 'What happened yesterday? Why won't you tell me?'

"Goodbye daddy." Usagi waved and watched her father leave. She was all alone now. Vulnerable to everyone's jokes and taunting. She turned around headed for her classroom. She thought about yesterday again and the boy who had called her a freak. She thought about how that boy had gotten the whole class to call her monkey girl. That was her new nickname. Then she thought about Minako and how nice she had been to her. "At least not everyone hates me." She said to herself as she quickened her pace.

"Yeah well pretty much everyone does."

"Huh?" Usagi looked behind her. She heard a voice in the bushes behind her. "Who's there?" Haruka and Michiru emerged from their bushes and showed themselves to Usagi. "Stay away from me." Usagi began to back up. She hoped that they wouldn't be dumb enough to start a fight again. They had gotten detention yesterday.

"You know, you got us in a lot of trouble yesterday Monkey Girl."

Usagi started to tremble. Haruka was challenging her with her body movements. She kept coming closer. "How do you know that name?"

Haruka laughed. "News travels fast. Everyone in the school knows it now. Your rep is over before it starts."

Usagi could have cried right then and there. "I never did anything to you. Why don't you just leave me alone?"

"Oh, is the baby gonna cry? Well don't worry, we will get your mommy in here. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha." Haruka grabbed Usagi's bag from her.

"Hey give it back, that's mine." Haruka held her bag high in the air. Usagi jumped for it.

Haruka shook her head in disbelief. "No, no, no, little baby monkey's shouldn't play with human toys." She began to pull things out of it. "Oh what's this I see?" Haruka pulled out a little pudding container. "Mine. You know, just because I'm nice. I'm going to test your food and make sure it's not poisoned."
Haruka opened the pudding and stuffed it all in her mouth. "Yum, this is good food, but chocolate isn't for monkeys." She pulled out some rice balls and ate them too.

Usagi just sat and watched her lunch be devoured by her bullies. Fear flowed through her body.

"Yeah, you would have died if Haruka hadn't eaten it for you." Michiru grabbed the bag from Haruka and started rummaging through it. Usagi didn't know what to do. She was too scared to grab the bag from the aqua haired girl.

Michiru stopped looking through the bag when she came across an orange ball. "Oh, what's this?"

Usagi scowled at the girl. "What?"

Michiru pulled the ball out of Usagi's bag. "Ooooh, looks valuable. It's mine now."

Usagi could have screamed when she saw what Michiru was talking about. She was holding the dragon ball that her father had given her on her 4th birthday. It was the 6 star dragon ball. He had given Gohan the 4 star ball and Goten the 5 star ball. "Nooooo!" Usagi began to run up to Michiru. She couldn't and would NOT loose that ball to a couple of bullies. She didn't care how big or strong they were.

Haruka pushed her out of the way. "Get lost kid."

Michiru examined the ball more closely and threw down Usagi's bag.

Usagi sat on the ground and watched as the two walked away with HER dragon ball. "Just wait until my daddy hears about this." It was yesterday all over again. She got up, brushed herself off, and walked back to her class.

~*~*~

Usagi arrived to class late. "Miss Son, I hope you won't make this a habit."

Usagi looked at her teacher. "I'm sorry Miss Haruna. It won't happen again." Usagi took her seat by Minako.

"At this school we want our kindergartners to feel welcome, like they belong to this school." Usagi felt everything but belonging. "And so that this can be accomplished, we have some of our upper classmen come by at lunch." Usagi didn't know if she liked the sound of that. It sounded more like an invitation to bad feelings then good sounding.

~*~*~

Usagi met Minako once again at the playground for lunch. She greeted her friend with a shinning smile. Although people were mean to her she didn't forget the fact that Minako didn't make fun of her when she could have very easily. "Hi Minako!" She sat by her friend who was already eating. She pulled out her lunch bag that her mother had packed for her.

"So are you excited about those upper classmen coming today Usagi?" Minako watched her friend fiddling with her bag. She looked as though she was searching for something.

"Not really. What if they are mean to us." Usagi couldn't believe it. It was missing. She closed her bag.

"Usagi, just because some people are mean to us doesn't mean everyone will." Minako watched her friend put her lunch bag away. She started rummaging through her book bag now. "Usagi?" No answer. "Usagi? Are you listening to me?"

Usagi put her bag down on the ground. "Huh?" She realized that Minako was talking to her. "I'm sorry. What were you saying?" Usagi got a look of anger on her face.

"Are you ok Usagi? Where's your lunch?"

"My lunch?" Usagi stood up and frowned. "My lunch is in the stomach of some bully. I can't believe it! Haruka at it all!" A hand on her shoulder startled Usagi. She turned around to see who it was. She couldn't believe it. She wanted to dig a whole and then climb in it. She smiled a fake smile. "Oh, hi Haruka."

Minako recognized her. But from where?

"Hello, monkey girl." Haruka had an evil smile on her face. A smile that could scare ANYONE.

Usagi stood there and clenched her fists. "Stop calling me that."

"Look up when you're speaking to us monkey girl." Michiru wasn't mean by nature. Haruka had turned her into a bully.

Usagi looked up. "What do you want? Why are you here?"

"Little monkey…"

"Hello, she told you to stop calling her that." Minako was taking a chance here. She knew it wasn't a good idea to try and stand up to an older kid than you. Especially if they had the traits of a bully.

Haruka diverted her attention to the girl standing next to Usagi. "And who are you? The assistant monkey?"

"Don't get involved Minako. You don't know what you're getting into." If someone had told Usagi that the summer before she wouldn't have begged her mother to go to school. 'What a mistake.'

"Usagi, don't just let them push you around like this."

Haruka saw that Minako could become a problem. "Michiru, take care of her."

Michiru nodded. She grabbed Minako and pulled her aside. "Let me go you bully." Minako began kicking. She tried desperately to kick Michiru buy it did not work.

"Now, it's just me and you Monkey girl." Haruka was once again paying attention to the girl with the tail.

"Why are you here Haruka?" Usagi took a step back.

Haruka pulled out Usagi's 6 star Dragon Ball and began tossing it in the air. "Well, it seems as though the people in the office think we should be here to help you kids get used to school. All of the kids here are cool except for you two rejects."

"That can't be true. Your are too mean for that. NOW GIVE ME BACK MY BALL!" That was the one thing that would make her more aggressive. That ball meant a lot to her.

Minako watched Usagi from her holding. She didn't know if Usagi could handle herself out there. 'What did she do to make these two mad?' She began to struggle to free herself from Michiru's grip. No luck. "Let me go!"

Michiru kicked Minako. "Hold still."

"Oh, so this ball is of value to you huh?" Haruka tossed it in the air again.

"Give it back NOW!"

"Settle down. What can I make you do to get this ball back?"

Usagi jumped for the ball but Haruka dodged. Usagi fell flat on the ground. She pushed herself up and looked at Haruka and began to cry. "Wait until my daddy hears about this."

"Oooh, your dad, I'm scared. I can take him."

Usagi laughed. "I wouldn't count on that."

"I'll bet your dad is a stupid monkey just like you."

'Bad move' Minako thought.

Usagi frowned. "You take that back. My dad is not a monkey. I'm not a monkey." Usagi couldn't believe that this was her talking. She knew she was going to get a good beating for this.

Haruka was enjoying this so much. She could see the pain that she was causing Usagi. She got a rush from causing the pain in others. "I'll bet he is a monkey. That's the only reason why you have a tail. Or maybe your mother is a monkey. Ha, ha, ha, ha, your parents cross-breeded."

Usagi had no idea what she meant by this term but she knew that she was tired of Haruka slandering her family. "You'll pay." Usagi lunged herself at Haruka. She pushed her to the ground and sat on her chest.

"Usagi!" Minako got loose of Michiru's hold and ran to her friend and tried to pull her off.

Usagi was hitting Haruka in the face over and over. She was too weak to do any damage. Haruka threw he off. She ran at Usagi and began to kick her. Usagi was unable to move. The pain was too great.

Minako ran up to Haruka and pulled on her arm. "Stop it."

Haruka elbowed Minako back. "Get away you stupid monkey's friend. You're next." Haruka picked up and held Usagi against a wall and looked her straight in the eyes. "This is just a warning. I'm keeping your stupid ball too."

"Please, stop it, she can't defend herself." Every single kid on he playground had gathered around to watch the fight. They all rooted against "monkey girl."

Haruka was really getting tired of Minako. She was becoming a pest. "Michiru, silence her."

Michiru nodded in compliance. "Gladly." She grabbed Minako from behind and kneed her. Michiru let the little girl fall to the ground.

~*~*~

Mr. B went to check on Haruka and Michiru, he wasn't sure if putting them in the kindergarten wing was a good idea but they had sworn that they changed. That they wouldn't bully anyone. When he got there he wasn't in the least bit shocked at what he saw. He crossed his arms. "Girls, follow me now! All four of you."

Haruka dropped Usagi. "Damn, see what you got me into again Monkey girl? This isn't over." She waved for Michiru who stopped what she was doing to Minako.

Minako pulled herself off the ground. He back ached but she was sure that the pain she was feeling was nothing compared to the pain that her friend was feeling. She walked over to Usagi, who was using the wall as support. Her clothes were torn to shreds and her hair was all out of her odangos. It hung down to the bottom of her shoulder blades now. She had dirt all over and was even bleeding in her face. Minako let Usagi use her shoulder to brace herself on instead of the wall. "Are you ok Usagi?"

Usagi coughed. "No, I want to go home."

"I have a feeling that's where we are going to be going." The two walked towards Mr. B who was standing at the gate that left the kindergarten wing.

He looked at them with cold eyes. Like he didn't care. "Well, here we are again Haruka and Michiru. And you two," He turned to look at Minako and Usagi, "I'm disappointed in you. Only your second day of your school careers and you get yourselves into a fight."

The four girls walked to the office glaring at each other with Mr. B in the middle of the two age groups.

~*~*~

When they arrived at the office Mr. B instructed them to sit in the chairs that sat just inside the office doors. "You four stay here, I'm going to get the principle and then we will call your parents after we ask you a few questions." He disappeared down a long hallway.

Usagi closed her eyes and grabbed her head. "Oh no, my parents?"

Minako slouched in her chair. "Great, I'm going to be grounded for sure."

Usagi had a headache. 'I wonder if Gohan or Goten ever got in any trouble like this before?' She was scarred. Not only scarred that Chi-Chi would have a total conniption over what she had done, but scared about what her father would think.

~*~*~

After 10 minutes Mr. B walked out of his office with the principle. The principle looked like a nice person but Usagi had learned in the past two days not to trust people on looks alone. The Principle looked down at the four girls who sat before her and shook her head. "Never in my life have a seen such a fight take place. A fight between a 5th grader and a kindergartner." Usagi's tail waved beneath the chair. She always did this when she was nervous. The principle looked at Usagi and then at Haruka and Michiru. "Who did this to this poor girl."

Haruka and Michiru looked at each other and said nothing.

"I'm going to say this one more time and I want an answer. Now, who did this to, excuse me what's your name?"

Usagi looked up. "Usagi."

"Who did this to Usagi?"

Haruka reluctantly raised her hand as she glared at Usagi. Usagi cowered in her chair. "I did ma'am."

"That's what I thought. Haruka, in the 4 years that you have been here prior to this year, you have been in more fights than anyone else, am I wrong."

Haruka looked the Principle straight in the eyes as if she were trying to challenge her. "No."

The principle looked at Usagi and Minako with unsympathetic eyes. "Who threw the first punch?" She hadn't expected the answer she got.

Usagi looked up at her. She had been taught to never lie. "I did ma'am."

"But only after Haruka teased her." Minako piped in.

"Quiet, young lady, I'll deal with you when I get to you." She looked back to Usagi. "Come, on, let's go call your parents."

Usagi carefully pushed herself up out of the chair with the armrests and looked back to Minako.

All she could do though was give her a sympathetic look. Minako watched as Usagi followed the principle into her office. Usagi walked in and the door slammed behind her. Right now she feared for her friend. She watched as Mr. B signaled for Haruka to follow him. Now it was just her and Michiru. She looked at her.

"What are you looking at monkey assistant?" Minako shot her attention away from Michiru to the secretary who was working at the desk in front of her.

~*~*~

The principle sat down in her seat and put her hand out. "Please, take a seat Usagi."

Usagi was nervous. She really wished that she hadn't started the fight but she couldn't let Haruka take her Dragon Ball and then call her parents a monkey. She sat in the chair.

"Now since you are new you probably don't know who I am. My name is Mrs. Willings."

Usagi watched her pull out some papers from a Manila folder. It was her blue emergency card that she had turned in yesterday. She knew exactly what it was for. 'Well, here it goes.'

Mrs. Willings picked up the phone that sat on her desk. She looked at Usagi's card and dialed the number on it.

~*~*~

Goku was in the shower when the phone rang. He hurried out of the bathroom into his room. The phone sat by Chi-Chi's side of the bed, which was farther away from the bathroom. He jumped over the bed and picked up the phone that was screaming at him. "Hello?"

"Hello, is there a Son Chi-Chi around there?"

"No. I'm sorry, she's out right now."

"Ok, is there a Goku around then?"

"That's me." Goku was drying off his hair with his towel.

"Well my name is Mrs. Willings, the principle at Meadows and I'm calling about your daughter."

Goku bolted up from the bed. "Usagi? Is she ok?"

"Yes she's fine sir, but she has been involved in a fight." Mrs. Willings filled out a disciplinary form as she talked with Usagi's father. Gees I hate those things don't you?

"A fight?"

"Yes, and you'll be surprised to hear that she started it. We have a no tolerance rule on fighting at this school and action will be taken against your daughter. I would like you to come down here so we may talk in person."

"Alright." Goku hung up the phone. "Usagi started a fight?" This did in fact surprise Goku. His daughter had never done anything like this before. He was both angry and disappointed. He was angrier than anything. He had not raised her to fight. He got dressed as fast as he could and called for Nimbus.

(Ok, that's it for this chapter. I got a review from someone saying that I was being mean to Usagi, Haruka, and Michiru, and please, trust me when I say this, I know what I'm doing. ^_^I like to set myself up so I can write a good story. Thanks for the reviews everyone.)