Hey people I hope that you all had a nice Thanksgiving. Anyways I am so sorry for my lack in consistent updates. I'll try harder I promise!!! Well to make up for that I made this a really long chapter!!! It seemed kind of rushed but oh well better than nothing!!!

I don't own St. Tail

*We All Need Something to Believe In

"Come on Asuka you have to get to practice."

This only prompted the teenager to lean in again and give her a kiss. It would take couple more seconds for anyone to say anything.

"Why? This is a lot funner." He said grinning. Sawatari was right, there were a lot of benefits to having a girlfriend.

"Well yea but you were late last time and you had to run two extra miles." She answered back putting her arms around his neck.

"Yea and it was worth it."

"Hehe yea but I'm going to the next game and I don't want to be embarrassed and have to tell everyone that we broke up."

He glared at her. "Always driving a hard bargain huh stony? Well fine but you know it seems like you're always trying to get rid of me."

"Well I don't want you to be there when I meet up with my other boyfriend." She smiled teasingly starting to walk away.

"What? No come back here." He ran in front of her and left another lasting kiss on her lips.

She smiled as they separated. "Well he can't kiss the way you do so I guess I'll have to keep you around."

"You know if I wasn't so secure about how hot I was I would be worried."

Meimi rolled her eyes. "Oh of course. Bye, I'll meet up with you later ok?"

"Yea, say hi to your other boyfriend for me."

"Yup sure will."

Memi smiled walking towards her locker. She smiled looking at the pictures hung up in there. She especially liked the one that Rina took of her and Asuka kissing. Granted at first she was mortified but it was kind of sweet.

"Haneoka?" She heard someone call her and as evidence from past events this was probably not good.

"Yes." She said shutting her locker. She turned to the person and placed her hand over her mouth gasping.

"No."

"Surprised Meimi, I told you that you couldn't escape me."

"What are you doing here Kuyo?"

"I transferred and came to get back what's mine."

"I'm not yours I never was. You hurt me, you were the reason that everything happened the way that it did, and you think that you can just waltz in here asking for my forgiveness."

"I'm not asking for your forgiveness. Let's just say that I got bored and you were always a feisty one."

"You're disgusting." She turned around and walked back down the hall and went to the library needing a quiet place to sit and think.

'I never thought that I would see him again. How dare he just come here and, and, argh! Come on Meimi that part of your life is over. You have Junior now. Asuka! I can't let him find out what happened, he'd probably be disgusted and break up with me. I can't lose him too.'

She opened her folder trying to get some homework done but her mind kept floating back to Kuyo and wondered just what he was planning. She stared at the clock and decided to go meet up Asuka, she needed to see him.

She saw him walk up to her she smiled and gave him a long kiss.

"Hey, what was that for?"

"Nothing just couldn't resist I guess."

"Well of course I am irresistible."

She swatted his shoulder. "Yea I guess, I mean if you go for arrogant green haired people."

He grinned. "Well you did didn't you?"

"Uh."

"Yea well that's what I thought. Oh hey I want you to meet someone he just joined the team he's pretty good. Hey Kuyo come over here."

Meimi was horrified as she saw him walking towards them.

"Hey Askua."

"Hey Kuyo this is my girlfriend Meimi, Meimi this is Kuyo the newest member of our team he just transferred."

"Hi nice to meet you Meimi so Asuka how long have you guys been dating?" He asked glaring at Meimi.

Asuka not noticing this tension answered, "Eh not long but its been a great couple of weeks right Meimi?"

"Uh what yeah." Asuka wondered at her disposition, she was normally really friendly when it came to meeting new people.

"Alright well it was nice meeting you Meimi I'll see you around bye."

Asuka was driving Meimi home not understanding why she was so quiet. So he pulled over into a parking lot.

"Thanks for driving me home I'll see you tomorrow." She was about to get out of the car when she realized that she wasn't home.

"Um Asuka this isn't my house."

"Yea I know what's wrong Meimi you really seem out of it."

"What, nothing, I'm just tired."

"Are you mad at me?"

"What? No I'm not mad at you its just stuff."

"Well I thought that you could talk to be me about stuff."

"I can its just that its not that important seriously everything's alright." She leaned over and gave him a kiss.

"Fine if you don't want to tell me but don't think that you can just kiss me and I'll forget about it. I'm serious Meimi if something's wrong tell me ok?"

She reached over and took his hand. "I know and I will come on I have to get home."

He grazed his lips over her knuckles then started driving again.

"Seira, its bad they're becoming friends."

"Well I'm sure that if you told Asuka what happened then they wouldn't be."

"Seira I can't tell him."

"Why not?"

"Because, its just so, well"

"Exactly, listen Meimi you did nothing wrong it was all that creeps fault, he's the one that screwed up and you shouldn't feel bad for what happened you didn't deserve the treatment that you got from him."

"I guess hey I'm gonna go now."

"Alright fine, but talk to him ok it will make you feel better."

"Yea, bye."

"Bye."

Meimi struggled with what she should do for most of the night trying to figure out whether or not she should tell Asuka. But the thought that she might lose him scared her more than anything than Kuyo could do.

"Hey Meimi."

"Oh morning Asuka." She answered groggily.

"Hey what's wrong?" He asked leaning against her locker.

"I'm so tired I didn't get any sleep last night."

He went over to her and wrapped his arms around her, she smiled leaning against him. She felt so warm that she could have easily gone back to sleep.

"Meimi its just like you melt right into me."

"Mmm."

The bell rang breaking the fragile bubble that they created around them.

"Uh I don't wanna go to class." Meimi sighed.

"Come on it's the only class that we have together." He took her hand and dragged her towards their next class.

Asuka sat their bored listening to the teacher drone on more about their project. He took out a small piece of paper and scribbled a note to Meimi. He tried whispering to her but she didn't turn around.

"Mr Asuka is their something that you wish to tell Miss Haneoka?" He heard the teacher ask him. He cursed under his breath.

"Actually yes there is."

"Well then please share it with the class I mean if you can't wait till class is over to tell her this important piece of information then it must be vital to the rest of the students in this class." He glanced back to Meimi and smiled then walked toward the front of the classroom."

"Hey Meimi, you look really cute today. Anyways I was wondering if you wanna go to Sawatari's party this weekend. Write back, Asuka."

"Well Meimi?" The teacher asked her. The whole class stared at her.

Meimi was blushing bright red wondering how Asuka could still have this silly grin on his face.

"Uh um sure."

"Ok well there is your answer Asuka. I hope that there won't be anymore disruptions. I mean a party is much more important than you final grade in this class.

"I'm sorry." He chuckled walking back to his seat where Sawatari was laughing his head off. He patted his back.

"Asuka that was beautiful." Prompting more laughs from the rest of the class.

The teacher sighed, 'I should have become a lawyer.'

"Oh my gosh Asuka you are so lucky she didn't give you detention or something." Meimi laughed as they waited in the lunch line.

"Come on you think that a teacher is going to miss an opportunity to humiliate one of their students." Sawatari added as they put their things on their lunch table.

Asuka shrugged. "Yea I guess, it wasn't as bad as it seemed."

"So you're having a party?" Memi asked Sawatari.

"Yea I have one every year around this time cause my parents always go somewhere for their anniversary. They haven't caught me yet."

"Yea he throws the best parties I'm surprised that you've never been to one." Taru joined in their conversation. Him and Seira finally got it together and became a couple.

Meimi shrugged. "Well I guess that it's about time that I see what all the hypes about."

"Yea so I'll pick you up around 5 so we can help set up then we'll go get Kuyo-"

"What he's coming with us." Meimi interjected.

"Oh yea well he's new so I thought that I would help him out and introduce him to a bunch of other people and since I'm team captain I have to show him the ropes." He said nonchalantly not understanding why it would be a problem.

Meimi shifted in her chair, "Hey you know what I can't go I just realized that I had stuff to do."

Asuka got a questioning look on his face. "But I thought that you wanted to go?"

"Yea I do but I realized that I have to stay home."

"But-"

Meimi got irritated and picked up her things. "Listen I can't go ok. I have to go."

"Meimi wait!" Asuka yelled after her.

Meimi continued walking out of the cafeteria as faces stared at her.

Asuka sighed running his hand through his hair. "What's wrong with her she's been acting so weird lately. Its like she hates me again or something."

Seira sighed to herself getting up. "I think that I know, Rina you wanna come?"

"Um yea sure."

They found Meimi sitting in the bleachers.

"Meimi, whats wrong with you? Do you not like Asuka anymore or something." Rina asked wondering why she would want to hurt her friend.

Seira sat next to Meimi and grasped her hand. "Rina don't. Meimi listen you can't let Kuyo take anymore from you. You especially can't let him destroy what you and Asuka have."

It was Rina's turn to be confused. "Seira what are you talking about? Meimi knows Kuyo?"

"Yea we used to go out. He said that he loved me and I really thought that I loved him but he kept pressuring me to.you know and I kept pushing him away. But I really thought that I loved him and I didn't want to lose him so one night I went to his house and I found him in bed with this other girl from his school. He said that it was my fault, he kept telling me that if I had just slept with him then he would have never had to cheat on me and I believed him. Asuka's the first guy that I have gone out with since then." She whispered dazed.

Rina reached over and hugged her. "Oh, I'm so sorry Meimi, I mean you just stormed out of there leaving us in the dark I mean Asuka Jr. thinks that you hate him or something."

"No, I was just really upset about having to spend time with him since Asuka is set on having him as a friend."

"Meimi you need to tell him-" Seira tried telling her again.

"I can't and Rina please don't tell him either." She pleaded with her.

"Fine, but you have to give him some sort of explanation."

She sighed. "Yea I guess. I'll go and try to smooth things over with him."

"Asuka wait up come on I have to talk to you."

Asuka just kept walking forward and she ran up in front of him.

"Stop please."

He looked down at her. "Why so can you just blow up at me again?"

Meimi surprised by the angry tone in his voice continued. "No I wanna explain why I got so mad."

He stood there crossing his arms. "Alright then what is it?"

Meimi quickly tried to make something up. "I was just really tired."

Asuka laughed to himself. "You know you've been saying that a lot. Meimi I can tell when you are lying to me. What's wrong, I thought that things were going great."

She grasped his hands in hers and stared up at him. "They are, listen Asuka there are some things that you don't know about me."

"So why won't you tell me? I haven't kept anything from you but you still don't trust me."

She looked down. "Asuka I trust you I just don't like Kuyo."

"Why you don't even know him."

She continued to stare at the floor not really knowing what to say. "Well I um don't know why. Just trust me on this."

"Meimi I do trust you but that's really not a good reason not to like someone right. Give him a chance he's new and he seems really nice."

"Please Asuka don't."

"Don't what be friends with the guy. He hasn't even done anything to you to deserve this kind of treatment. Meimi if there is something about him that you know you have to tell me but just saying that you don't like the guy without a reason isn't good enough."

Meimi shook her head feeling defeated. "Ok, I'm sorry I'll try to get along with him. I'm sorry for being so weird the last few days."

Asuka lifted his hand up to brush away her bangs. "Meimi I know that I haven't had a girlfriend before but from what people have told me couples usually talk about things. Meimi I really care about you and I wanna know what's going on in that head of yours."

She smiled wrapping her arms around his waist. "Ok I will just don't get mad at me again."

"Haha I'm sorry but you know my woman needs to know her place."

"Ahem your woman?" She asked untangling herself from him.

He threw his arms around her. "Of course, you're mine and you'll always be." Meimi shook her head.

"Well you have to let me go sometime."

"Nuh uh you are going to stay with me forever and ever just like this."

"Well I guess if I am going to be stuck somewhere forever this is a nice place to be."

Asuka came to pick her up at her house when he said that he would and instead of taking her with him to pick up Kuyo she dropped her off at Sawatari's house. She spent the whole night around Asuka and avoiding Kuyo at all costs.

"This is nice." Meimi whispered wrapped up in Asuka's arms dancing to a slow song.

"It's perfect."

At the end of the song Meimi excused herself needing to go to the bathroom.

She walked up the stairs looking in various rooms trying to find it and when she was about to walk in someone came behind her placing their hands over her mouth and dragging her into a room. He threw her into the room and locked the door.

"Meimi." The dark figure whispered.

"Oh my god Kuyo what are you trying to do?"

"Well since you wouldn't sleep with me then, I decided that this is the right time."

"No Kuyo, you're drunk you really don't wanna do this." She tried reasoning with him, not believing that this could actually be happening.

"Yes I do, I wanted to then and still do. But you just had to be with that idiot Junior, I can't believe that he trusts me. Why didn't you tell him about us Meimi, is it secretly because you've been waiting for this, cause you want this as bad as I do."

"Kuyo no, please don't." She ran towards the door but he pulled her back.

He gripped her arms tightly as tears started coming from her eyes. "No don't." She struggled but he was holding on to her too tightly. She tried to scream but he pressed his lips on her.

'Asuka, help me.'

"Hey Junior, where's Meimi?" Rina asked walking over with Sawatari, Seira and Taru.

"Oh she went to the bathroom."

Sawatari looked at him strangely. "What are you talking about I was just in the bathroom."

"Well then she has to be around here somewhere." He answered calmly pouring himself another drink.

Seira started looking around franticly.

She got a frightened look. "Rina, Kuyo isn't here either."

Rina lifted a hand to her mouth. "No he wouldn't do anything would he? Sawatari was there anything different upstairs when you left?"

"No just one of the doors was closed." Wondering why she wanted to now.

Seira started running towards the stairs. "Oh, my god. Come on we have to get up there, Meimi could be in danger."

"What the hell are you talking about?" Asuka asked running up the stairs with them.

"Just come on." They went through the hall and found the door that Sawatari was talking about.

"Meimi are you in there?" Meimi's eyes opened when she heard Asuka's voice.

"Asuka!!" Kuyo slapped her and the door was thrown open.

"Oh my god Meimi." Rina and Seira ran over to her.

Asuka took Kuyo by the collar and threw him against the wall.

"I can't believe you. I trusted you and this is what you do try to rape my girlfriend." He started throwing punches at him and Sawatari and Taru had to hold him back to prevent him from killing him.

"Asuka stop, he's not your biggest problem." He looked over and saw Meimi crying with Rina and Seira. The murderous glint in his eyes faded and he walked over to her.

Seria and Rina followed Taru and Sawatari out of the room.

Asuak knelt on the floor with Meimi and she threw herself in his arms.

"Meimi I'm so sorry. Its ok he's gone alright. God I am so sorry." He tried comforting her rubbing her back.

"He was so close he almost.oh my god." He saw the rip in her shirt and how red her cheek was and a small cut above her eyebrow and on her lip.

"Meimi I should have been there, I should have protected you. I should have listened to you. God this is all my fault."

She rested her had against his shoulder. "No Asuka no, it wasn't your fault. I should have told you the truth about him."

'The truth?'

He kissed her forehead and pulled her closer. "You can tell me later. I'm just so happy that you're alright."

"Can we go to your house my parents aren't home and I don't want to be by myself." He helped her up and put his jacket around her shoulders. They walked downstairs to tell them that they were leaving.

"Hey Sawatari, me and Meimi are gonna go back to my house ok."

"Yea, call me if you need anything. Take care of her ok."

"I will."

"Hey Meimi go upstairs I'll be there is a minute ok." He told her standing at the base of the stairs.

He watched her walk up and saw his mom and dad coming from the kitchen.

"Asuka what is your girlfriend doing here?"

"Please mom just let her stay someone almost raped her and her parents are out of town. I told her that she could stay the night."

"Oh my. Is she ok?"

"Yea, barely."

"Ok, there are some extra blankets in the closet. I'll go make her some tea."

Asuka searched through the linen closet and slammed the door shut.

"Junior are you alright?" His dad asked him watching his son grip the blanket tightly.

"No I'm not, I can't believe jerks like that can just get away with that kind of thing. Isn't there something that we can do?"

"We could try, but since nothing actually happened it might be more difficult and also the fact that he was a minor. But I'll look into in ok. Go get some rest."

"Ok thanks dad."

Memi was sitting on Asuka's bed waiting patiently.

"Memi can I come in?" She heard someone's voice from the other side of the door.

"Yes."

Asuka's mother smiled walking in carrying a tray and a change of clothes.

"Hi Meimi, I made you some tea and this is one of Asuka's shirts that you can wear, he's grabbing some extra blankets for you."

Meimi took the cup taking a sip. "Thank you and for letting me stay here. I would have stayed at one of my other friends houses but I just really wanted to get out of there."

"Oh dear its fine. If anything I should be thanking you. You convinced my son to talk to me and I can't thank you enough for that."

She smiled, "Just be a mother to him, and that will be good enough."

His mother smiled gently. "My son is very lucky." She got up and walked to the door.

"If you need anything I'm just in the other room."

"Thank you."

Meimi laid against the pillows closing her eyes. Asuka walked over and kissed her cheek.

"Hi Asuka can you hand me that shirt I think that I am going to go change and then go to sleep."

He handed them to her and watched her walk to the bathroom and he locked the door and changed into some of his own clothes. He went to the bathroom and knocked on the door.

"Meimi are you done?"

"Yea just a sec."

He leaned against the wall and waited till the door opened.

"Come on we have to fix that cut."

She sat at the edge of the tub as he rubbed a little alcohol on it.

"Ouch."

"Oh I'm sorry." He blew on it a little then put a small bandage on it. He took her hand and they walked back to his room. He set up a spot on the floor.

"Hey you take the bed I'll sleep on the floor." Meimi offered.

"No you're my guest and what kind of boyfriend would I be if I let my beautiful girlfriend sleep on the floor." He pulled her toward the bed and she went under the covers and he tucked them around her. He bent over then gave her a soft kiss.

"I'm sorry for what happened Meimi."

She lifted her finger up to his lips. "Its ok I'm here where I belong, so I'm happy."

He smiled, "Good night Meimi."

"Night Asuka thank you."

**** Well there you go I hope that you liked it. Sorry for any errors and no flames ok?? If you're reading my Rayearth story I'll try getting a chapter up in two weeks or so. I dunno it totally depends on my workload for school but I will update!!! So have a much fun weekend then back to work and school!!!