**Hellow! Yay next chapter yay!!! Well I hope that you like it! Uh that's all that I have to say I think....

Don't own St. Tail

*We All Need Something to Believe In

"Asuka I need to get to class its all the way over on the other side." Despite her protests his arms held firmly around her waist.

"Fine fine go ahead I'll see you at lunch I guess." Meimi reached up and gave him a short kiss and started walking off.

Asuka turned back to his locker and took out the books that he needed but stopped at hearing someone clear their throat. He chuckled slightly seeing Meimi standing there.

He grinned. "What happened?" She smiled shyly.

"Nothing, I just thought that one more kiss wouldn't hurt."

He leaned over and gave her a kiss that would suffice until they saw each other again.

"Alright now I am really late bye!" She said running off. He shook his head and shut his locker. He walked towards his first period but heard someone call him back.

"Meimi I thought you had to go to class..." He stated while turning to face the person who he thought was Meimi but he simply stopped and stared in shock.

"Who's Meimi? Whatever haven't you missed me Asuka?" She smiled hugging him. Asuka ran his hand through his hair.

"No way."

"Taru?" Seira said trying to get his attention when the teacher left the classroom.

"Yea Seira?" He asked turning towards her.

"Do you know what happened with Asuka and the girl that was with him this morning? From the looks of it they don't look like strangers. And if he is just going to just end up hurting Meimi then I'm gonna have to come after him."

"Seira hun calm down. I'll tell you just don't freak out on me and if Asuka does hurt Meimi then we'll both go after her."

"Alright so what happened?"

"Hey do you think that she knows?"

"I don't think so she just got here today."

"So what I mean that's all anyone was talking about this morning during first period."

"Yea I was in the hall when she came up to him, I can't believe that she came back."

"Yup and you know that she isn't going to stop at anything to get him back."

"How sad poor Meimi."

Meimi's head snapped up from her desk at her name. She was sitting in her second period trying to block out their conversation, which was similar to the other ones that she had heard that morning. Something about a girl coming back, she never got the whole story. But their statement of sympathy proved that she was involved some how. When she walked into the class it went silent and everyone got a look of sympathy on their faces, now she had to know why. She turned back to the gossiping girls and waited till they acknowledged her.

"Um excuse me I didn't mean to eavesdrop but can you please explain to me what is going on and what it has to do with me."

The girls went silent and looked at one another unsure whether they should tell her.

"Well I guess that she should know."

"Um Asuka's ex girlfriend came back today. She appeared in the hall after you left."

Meimi sat there is shock. 'He said that I was his first girlfriend. What's going on?'

"Thank you." She said unsteadily and gathered her things when the bell rang.

Meimi sat outside during lunch not really wanting to face Asuka and his ex girlfriend who was probably with him. She tried all that she could not to think about him but the though that he was going to break up with her and go back to his ex scared her.

'Argh why are people always trying to separate us? He lied to me he said that he never had a girlfriend before what was that a line. Did he ask me out to replace her or something?' Meimi felt herself tear up and brushed her hand across her eyes.

'No I won't cry over this. It's his decision and he has the right to chose who he thinks will make him the happiest. And that's all that I really want for him.'

"Hey Meimi what are you doing out here?" She looked up and saw Sawatari leaning over her.

"I don't know I wanted fresh air that's all." She said absently playing with the grass.

"So this has nothing to do with Asuka's ex." Meimi sighed and nodded her head.

"Meimi don't listen to what people say about him especially about this situation, its kind of complicated."

"Sawatari you're his best friend can you tell me about it I mean I have all these people who feel sorry for me but I don't know why. If he's going to break up with me over this then I think that I should be ready for it."

"Asuka should be telling you this but I don't want you to worry about it. First off I don't think that he is stupid enough to break up with you over something like this. Alright her name is Shinomiya Sayaka they were never really official. They would date and stuff but it wasn't anything like what you two have. Everyone just assumed that it was that way and for the most part it was. I mean Asuka seriously thought that he was falling for her but she did something that ended the whole perception of their perfect coupling. She was from a rich traditional family. And because of that she was betrothed she tried to tell her parents that she didn't want to marry whoever it was because she was with Asuka but they said that if she didn't agree to the betrothal then she would inherit nothing. So she agreed to it and broke off whatever she had with Asuka. So you must understand what he's going through because of her being here all of a sudden. Meimi you can't give up on him he needs someone like you. When they were together he lost sight of everything. He ignored his friends, school it became all about her and if she can get her claws into him again then he'll be completely lost to us. So get up and claim your boyfriend back." Meimi nodded getting up and headed with him to the cafeteria.

"Oh my goodness thank god you are here Sawatari." Rina cried hugging him.

"What's with the warm welcome?" He asked sitting next to her.

"The wicked witch came back and is trying to kill us with her conversational skills." Shinomiya heard this comment and shot her a glare to which Rina only smiled.

"Meimi what are you doing just standing there come over." Sawatari called over to seeing her standing there frozen. Meimi saw Asuka look up at her with an apologetic and sad look on his face.

'Ok Meimi breath this is Asuka you have to fight for him he's worth it. If she wants a fight then she's gonna get one. You deserve to be with him.'

She walked over to the table her usual spot next to him occupied by the 'other woman.'

"Hey Asuka." She said sititng on his lap. She smiled smugly at the outraged look on Shinomiya's face.

"I missed you so much today classes were so boring. You know I could have stayed longer this morning cause we had a substitute so why don't we make up for it now." She ran her hand through his hair playfully.

"Go Meimi." She heard Rina cheer.

"Ahem but who do you think you are?" Meimi heard Shinomiya ask angrily.

"Oh sorry I'm so rude. Hi I'm Meimi, who are you Asuka's cousin or something?" She asked sweetly.

"No actually I'm Asuka's ex girlfriend." She said venomously.

"Really how's that possible he told me he never had a girlfriend before me. You must have done something really horrible if he didn't even want to mention you." She tuned back to Asuka and laid her head on his shoulder with a look that dared her to fight back.

"You've got to be kidding. You mean to tell me that he would really go out with someone like you. What is this a charity case?"

Meimi fumed she was tired of people who kept thinking that Asuka was bestowing some sort of favor upon her by going out with her. She glared at her hard with a look that her friends had never seen before.

"You listen to me. You have no idea who I am and what I am capable and if you think that you have enough guts to take him away from me go ahead and try it because daddy won't be able to buy you a win in this game."

She turned back to Asuka the anger that had possessed her erased and she smiled at him. "Asuka sweetie can we get out of here I feel a bit unwelcomed." She got up and he followed after her.

"Nice to meet you Shinomiya." Meimi said waving bye.

"Hey Shinomiya just a bit of friendly advice you should give up whatever plan you have because Asukas not about to give up Meimi for you and if you try to take him away from her she will come after you. See ya." Rina laughed walking off with the rest of their group leaving an enraged Shinomiya.

"Asuka we need to talk." He nodded leading her over to a bench.

"Sawatari told me what happened between you two so you don't really have to explain that part, I'm just worried about you. Are you ok with her coming back?"

He got up and walked around. "No of course not. God it's just like another reminder that I'm not good enough or something. I wasn't good enough for my mom for her. It makes me think that you are gonna realize that I'm not good enough for you either."

Meimi ran up to him and taking his hands and stared up at him. "Asuka don't say something like that. She just had different priorities I guess. But you don't have to worry about not being good enough for me ok."

He leaned over and kissed her forehead "Thanks Meimi. That was quite a show you put on in their that's a side I never saw before."

"Haha yea I know I think that I might have scared Seira a bit, I've never acted that way before."

"I like my women aggressive especially when they fight for me." He chuckled kissing her. She looked up at him with a dreamy look.

"You're worth it."

Asuka walked towards his car tired after such a long day. Meimi had already gone home with Rina and she convinced him to stay on the basketball team. The coach made sure to keep him and Kuyo away from one another. But he was exhausted and the last thing that he needed was Shinomiya sitting on his car top.

"Shinomiya what do you want I really want to get home. Plus Meimi is expecting me to call her."

"Asuka really what do you see in that girl? She so fragile and innocent. You two must have nothing like what we had." Asuka opened the car door and threw his gym bag in.

"You're right we don't have something like what we did because what we have is a lot better."

"God Asuka are you still mad about what happened. It was totally out of my control my parents were set in their ways it didn't matter if I was with you or not they would have forced me to marry him."

"Listen I understand that I know that you didn't really have a choice but what I can't get over is how much crap I went through when we were together. You had no problem being with me when we were with my friends but the second that I come into your rich snobbish world you acted like I was diseased. What was I some sort of embarrassment?"

"Asuka fine I admit that I was kind of embarrassed but hello do you know those people do you know how much they place on wealth and status. I didn't have much of a choice."

"Yea whatever you say."

"I realized how wrong I was I shouldn't have broken it off that's why I came back. I want you back." She moved towards him and wrapped her arms around his neck.

Asuka looked at her bored. "What about your fiancé?"

"Well I am still betrothed to him but those things don't mean anything and I know he isn't exactly going to be all loyal to someone he doesn't even know. So we can be together again and I can still please my parents."

Asuka pulled her arms away. "Why does this always happen? I'm always in the shadows when it comes to you. I've moved on and I think that you should do the same thing."

"Are you serious. God you act like you love her or something." This made Asuka pause and he got a serious look on his face.

"You know what maybe I do. Now if you don't mind you've wasted enough of my time should you go out to the front to wait for your chauffer? One more thing don't you ever address my girlfriend the way that you did at lunch. I didn't say anything then because she said it all. Stay away from her I better not hear that you reverted back to your old ways." He got in his car and left Shinomiya staring at his retreating car.

Meimi laid on her bed staring up at the ceiling. She was still kind of worried about Asuka and prayed that Shinomiya wasn't trying anything. She let out a sigh. 'Is it really supposed to be complicated?' She found herself drifting off when she heard her phone ring. She reached over and answered it groggily.

"Hello?"

"Hey beautiful." Meimi smiled hearing Asuka's voice.

"Sorry I didn't call earlier I got stuck at school longer than I expected."

"No it's ok. Are you alright?" "Yea don't worry so much about me Meimi."

"I can't help it you need someone watching over you. So did everything go alright at practice?"

"Yes I am proud to announce that I did not hit anyone for you today." She let out a small laugh.

"Good cause I think that I am going to end up hitting Shinomiya for you soon and kind of for me too."

"You're beautiful, sweet and dangerous. I sure can pick 'em."

"Anything for you Greeny." They stayed on the phone until Asuka's parents demanded that he stop talking and eat.

"I'm sorry Meimi I have to go."

"No it's alright I'll see you tomorrow."

"Hey Meimi I have to tell you something." Meimi noticed a hitch in his voice and he sounded really nervous.

"Sure what is it?" Meimi heard a long pause.

"You know what it's not that important really I'll see you tomorrow. Bye."

"Alright bye." Asuka sprawled himself across his bed after dinner.

"Could I really...no I can't think it. Ok this makes no sense I don't believe in that emotion. It can't be that its not like we've been going out for a long time. Doesn't this sort of thing need time to develop there is no way that I could.' He groaned and rolled to his side. 'I don't even know if she feels the same way. If she knew what I was thinking about she would freak out. I think that's it because Shinomiya came back and she has me so stressed out that now I can't think straight. Yea I'm just stressed out that's all. I need to get some sleep and tomorrow everything will all be normal.'

"Hey Asuka." Meimi said throwing her arms around him.

"Uh hi Meimi." He said nervously pulling out of her arms.

Meimi couldn't help but feel a little hurt. "Hi... hey is something wong."

"Yea nothings wrong hey I need to get to class I'll see you later." Meimi watched him walk off wondering what was with his change in behavior.

"Aww Meimi trouble in paradise?" Meimi ground her teeth hearing Shinomiya's voice behind her.

"Believe what you want Shinomiya I don't know why he's acting this way. Yea and save your breath I know that you are gonna try to convince me that its because of you which we all know is just a lie. We talked for an hour about how irritating you are. Now why don't you get to class I need to find out what's wrong with my boyfriend." Meimi tried all day to talk to Asuka but he kept blowing her off saying that he had something else that he had to do or he had to go somewhere.

"Asuka!" She ran up to him in the cafeteria.

"Oh hey Meimi." He murmured grabbing some more food.

'Well at least he said something to me.'

"So yea I was wondering if you wanted to talk after school."

"Ya I'd like to but I have this group project and we're meeting today actually they really wanted to get working so I need to go meet up with them. I'll see you around." Meimi walked in a daze toward the table and sighed heavily as she sat in her seat.

"Hey Meimi are you ok?" Seira asked concerned she saw Asuka run off when Meimi came up to him.

"No not really I don't know what's wrong with him. He sounded fine when I talked to him yesterday and I'm pretty sure that this isn't Shinomiya's doing. So I don't know what it is." Meimi blinked back a couple of tears but a few managed to get out.

She smiled shakily. "I'm really sorry I don't know why I'm getting all emotional. I'm gonna go now alright bye." She picked up her things and exited the cafeteria.

"I'll kill him that's it. What's wrong with your gender." Rina hit her fists against the table yelling at Sawatari and telling him all the reasons that males were to blame for everything.

"Rina calm down. I'll talk to him alright. And I'll have you know that guys don't mess everything up right Taru."

"Hey don't bring me in this." Taru said defensively. Seira and Rina stared at Sawatari warily. "Fine, fine whatever I'm gonna go find him."

Sawatari wandered around campus trying to find his friend and was about to give up but he spotted him just sitting in his car in the parking lot. He got in on the passengers side Asuka looked at him and Sawatari reached his hand back and hit the side of his head.

"Hey what was that for?" Asuka yelled at him rubbing his head.

"For messing up the best thing that you have in your life. What the hells your problem? Why do your keep avoiding Meimi like a plague. I swear this better not be about Shinomiya cause I will run you over with your own car."

Asuka stared forward. "It's not about Shinomiya alright. Besides who asked you to fix my relationship with her."

"Asuka I swear if we didn't know each other for years I would have socked you. And in a way Meimi asked me. God do you know that you've resorted that poor girl to tears over you not once but twice this week. God knows why but she really cares about you and all you wanna do is push her away. Do you realize just how many other guys would love to go out with her but she chose you out of all of them and here you are acting like you are some sort of god. Newsflash you're that to every other girl in this school, Meimi well she see you as her equal."

"Sawatari you think that I like pushing her away I would much rather be with her right now."

"Then why aren't you?"

"Because every time I'm around her I fall for her more and more. If I don't push her away now then I'm going to fall completely head over heels in love with her."

Sawatari's mouth fell wide open. "Are you serious you're falling in love with her."

"Yes if you must know I think that I am. But I just can't let myself do that because if I do then I everything that I ever believed in will be changed."

"Asuka is that such a bad thing. Cause no offense but you had some really messed up beliefs there."

"Yea I guess so..." Sawatari's phone started ringing.

"Hello?"

"God Sawatari you need to get to the hospital Meimi's hurt someone attacked her."

"Rina calm down what are you talking about?"

"Someone found Meimi in the bathroom. She was unconscious and there was blood all around her just get to the hospital ok?"

"Yea we'll be there. Rina it's gonna be ok I promise I'll see you there."

"Sawatari what's wrong?" Asuka asked worried.

"We need to get to the hospital Meimi's hurt."

"Oh my god." Asuka started the car and sped out of the parking lot towards the hospital. 'Meimi please be ok, please I need you.'

They ran to the nurse's station and the told her where she was. They ran up there and Rina ran up to them and threw her arms around Sawatari crying into his shirt.

"Shh Rina its ok calm down." He comforted running his hands up and down her back. Asuka looked around the room and saw Seira crying against Taru and his gaze fell on Meimi's parents who were talking to the doctor. He went up to them and noticed her mom's tear stained face.

"Mr. Haneoka how's Meimi?"

"Oh hi Asuka. She's awake they said that she just got a couple of cuts there were a few deep ones so she did lose a lot of blood. She's resting now." Asuka sighed in relief.

"Do you mind if I go in there and see how she is."

"Go ahead I'm sure that she would like that." They led him over and let him in by himself. When he saw her lying there he felt his heart break he walked to her bedside and took her hand.

"God Meimi this shouldn't have happened to you." He whispered and a few tears hit her hand. 'This is all my fault.'

"Asuka..." He heard her say shakily.

"Yea Meimi it's me. How are you?" She tried to sit up but it hurt too much.

"Horrible but I'll be ok." He brushed her hair away from her face.

"Do you know who it was?"

"I'm pretty sure that it was a girl but I don't know for sure their face was masked. It was so scary." Her tears came back and Asuka rushed to brush them away.

"Hey hey its ok. It's never going to happen again. I'm going to do everything I can to find out who it is. God Meimi I'm so sorry."

"Why you didn't do anything wrong."

He let go of her hand and paced around. "Meimi you wouldn't be in this hospital if it wasn't for me. No one would have does this if we weren't together."

She stared at him trying to understand. "Asuka what are you trying to say you couldn't have prevented this."

"Yes I could have Meimi ever since we've been together you've had to face all this drama because of our relationship, you don't deserve that and I don't deserve you either."

Meimi felt tears welling up in her eyes. "Asuka please you can't mean that. The good things about our relationship completely outweigh anything bad. I know that there have been some obstacles but its nothing really."

"Meimi how can you call this nothing. God if someone didn't find you, you could have bled to death, you might not even-" He shook his head trying to keep away the dark thought.

"Meimi I care about you too much so I can't let something like this happen again. I can't be with you anymore. I would never be able to forgive myself I ever saw you like this again. 'I love you too much.' He thought to himself.

A chocked sob came from her. She tried to get up but it was like she was paralyzed there. "Asuka no you can't mean that. Please I'll get better, don't let it end this way not over this."

Asuka had to face away from her seeing her pained expression and he felt his own tears forming. "I'm sorry Meimi I only want the best for you and the best for you isn't me." With that he left the room.

"Hey Asuka where are you going?" Sawatari called after him as he left wordless.

"Meimi what are you doing? You are too injured to be up." He heard Seira say worried and turned to see her collapsed on floor in the doorway.

"Seira it's over, he..." She sobbed and shocked looks came upon all their faces.

"Oh Meimi its ok. I promise it will be. Come on we need to get you back to your bed." Seira said helping her up as gently as she could. And as much as it might have hurt she could tell her. Losing him hurt more than anything.

Asuka sat in the hospital parking lot for an hour before leaving just sitting there wondering whether he really did the right thing. 'Great Asuka you finally fall for someone and because of you she ends up in the hospital. I'm sorry Meimi.'

***Alright please don't hate me for this chapter. I had a chapter where they didn't break up but I kinda wanted to prolong the story because if I didn't add this chapter then the story would be over in like three chapters and I didn't want it to end so soon. Hehe sorry I know evil but it will all end well...or will it? Yes it will!!