Me: No, Ryoma's favorite song isn't Pain from 'Jimmy Eat World'. That's just one of my favorite songs. A lot of my friends never heard of it, so when they read the last chapter, they went, "Huh?".

Trey: Nobody wants to know about you Arabella.

Me: That's what I'd expect from Ryoma. Hey, where is he?

Eiji: We don't need him for this chapter. Remember?

Me: Oh yeah, we're doing the flash back chapter about the past in America. Aren't we?

Sam: Duh!

Me: Wait! I plan on making this chapter longer and-

Natashi: OMG! It's a miracle...

Ryoma: Why's everyone so loud?

Me: Thank goodness, we can start the chapter! Oh, flashback very important, if you do not read, you'll miss the whole point of the story!

CHAPTER 5

They were all at Sam's house, since it was the closest. Renji left, knowing it wasn't anything he should be involved in. "Alright, explain to me how four reasonable preteens can be caught up in this kind of a life?" Momo asked. Natashi just had her head down in shame, Sam too but her hands were balled up into fists, Trey sighed, and Ryoma just stayed quiet. "It's not exactly something that we can explain in ten minutes." Ryoma said. "Oh don't worry, we'll be here all night if that's what it takes." the tensai Fuji said. Trey couldn't even look at Taka, he felt ashamed. "Well, here goes..

FLASHBACK

"Ryoma, I want you to be careful when going by yourself. Don't tell your mother about this." Ryoma's father said as he placed a pistol in his son's tennis bag...

9 DAYS LATER

Ten year old Ryoma signed up for his first tournament under the fourteen and under catagory. He was going to play the finals soon, but for now, he was talking with his friends. "Now Ryoma, just because this is a self judge tournament, doesn't mean that you can't call for a lines person. If you think your opponent is cheating you, you ask for one." Sam said. Natashi nodded. "First tournament and you're going to take the title. You really are amazing Ryoma Echizen." Trey said. Ryoma smiled. His friends were rejected a lot, and when he went out with them, people would stare and whisper. Sure they wore weird clothes and mostly black, but they weren't weird. They were the best of friends anyone could ask for.

"Ryoma Echizen and Eric Kirsher!" the person at the desk yelled. Ryoma got up, grabbed his bag, and walked up to the desk to get the balls. Ryoma then got a look at his opponent. His opponent was fourteen years old, with short brown hair. His brown eyes had an emotion of happiness in them, and he had a big tennis bag. Probably has about six rackets anda bunch of other stuff. Like shoes, shirts, pants, shorts, and socks. Ryoma glared at him. 'This guy thinks he can just win so easily, but I'll wipe off the smile off his face.' Ryoma said to himself.

The match didn't last for even fourty-five minutes. Ryoma won 6-2, 6-2. Eric shook his hand. "You are a very talented player new kid. I hope I get to play you again soon." He said. Though, the boy's friends weren't having the same mind set. Especially the boy's friend Vincent. 'How could that puny punk beat Eric?' Vincent shouted to himself. Unknown to Ryoma, that this boy was going to be trouble...

"Ryoma! Let's go!" the trio said. "They have to take pictures of me and the trophy, and then make me do some other stuff. Just wait up at my house." Ryoma said. They were reluctant, but then started walking away.Once he was done getting his pictures taken and stuff, he started walking away. Then soon he was pulled into the empty men's locker room, and into it's shower room. "Dare make any noise and I'll snap your neck in two." the captor spoke. Ryoma gasped. They boy started licking at his neck and ripped his shirt off. "I will make this as painful as possible..." the voice said.

Then two sharp fangs inserted themselves into Ryoma's supple skin. Ryoma winced. Once the captor stopped sucking his blood, he pulled Ryoma into a kiss. Ryoma hated very minute of it. The taste of blood and the stranger's poison in his mouth, god it sickened him! "VINCENT! What are you doing?" a voice gasped. It was Eric. The stranger left Ryoma and started running. Eric grabbed some bandage tape from the locker and started wrapping the wound. "I am sorry about him.I wish there were some way to stop him from being so unstable." Eric said. The brown haired boy handed Ryoma a T-shirt, and then ran after his friend.

3 DAYS AFTER

Ryoma was walking back home from school, the pistol in his backpack. In a split second, Ryoma was pulled into a dark alley. "Guess who?" the voice was all too familiar. He was pushed up against the wall, his face facing it instead of the stranger. His skinny wrists here held other his head out stretched by the captor's left hand, while his right was unbuttoning his clothes. His hands soon started trailing slowly down Ryoma's pants, becoming hard. The boy, Vincent accidently let go of his grip on the younger boy, and Ryoma grabbed the gun from his backpack and shot Vincent in the head...

BANG!

BANG!

..twice.

Ryoma then collasped to the floor in shock, and curled up into a ball. "Dad was right, the bad man went away..." Ryoma said to himself. Trey was walking to Ryoma's house to play some video games, when he saw it. Ryoma curled into a ball, crying, a pistol next to him, and an older boy lying on the floor... dead. Trey pulled Ryoma up and hugged him tightly. "Ryoma, what happened?" Trey asked softly in Ryoma's ear. Ryoma hiccuped. "I, I-I don't-don't n-n-nknow what happened! It-it-it just went so-so fast! I, I shot him Trey!" Ryom sobbed into Trey's chest. "Did he attack you?" Trey asked. "He was touching me!" Ryoma cried. Soon he became so tired from shock that he fell asleep in Trey's arms, Trey rubbing his back.

"Come on Ryoma, I'll take you to our special place we haven't showed you yet." Trey said as he picked Ryoma up bridal style, and carried the light boy all the way...

"Trey, why are you- what happened!" Sam yelled. "Ryo-chan!" Natashi cried and hugged the boy. Trey laid him down onto the couch and explained what he saw. "I'll alert the authorities." Sam said. With that, she walked away. "I'll go sneak into my father's office, he has a pain killer to help with his neck. Why didn't we spot this sooner?" Natashi asked to no one in particular. "Cause the idiot didn't tell us." Trey said. Soon, two hours past and Ryoma woke up. It was strange.

The building looked dirty, with it's paint starting to crack. The couch he was even laying upon was covered with lint and smelled of spilt beer. "What is this place? Why am I... why am I here?" Ryoma asked. "It's going to be okay Ryoma," Trey said. "Where's here?" Ryoma asked. "It's a run down building where we sometimes hold raves. You know what those are?" Sam asked. "Yeah... where's Natashi?" he asked. It wasn't very often that the four of them weren't all together. "She said she was going to get some pain killers for your neck. He bite you pretty hard. So who was that guy?" Trey asked. I mean, his friend almost got raped by the looks of it.

"I don't know, I think he was friends with that guy in the tournament I just won...- "You mean Eric Kirsher?" Sam asked. "Yeah," before he could say anything else, Sam slapped him in the face. "You are so god damn stupid!" she yelled. She was about to slap him again when Trey grabbed both her hands and put some handcuffs on her. "Whoa Sam, you'll make things worse with your violent logic. Ryoma was just attacked, so let him rest." Trey said. "So it's okay if I sleep?" Ryoma asked. "Yeah, of course," Trey said.

FLASHBACK OVER

"That still doesn't explain the situation we are in..." Momo yelled out. Sam sighed. "If the impatient monkey didn't interrupt, Ryoma would get to that!" Sam said.

FLASHBACK (again, cause of stupid momo-chan-sempai's outburst)

Natashi gently woke Ryoma, and gave him two pain killer pills and some water. "Don't worry, it's just water. Nothing in it, otherwise it would mix with the medicine and might increase your pain." Natashi said. Ryoma swallowed them and tried to go back to sleep. But he couldn't help but hear the conversation that his friends were having...

"We can't introduce him to our world." Trey said. "I am afraid we have no choice, after all, we are going to have to bring him with us 24/7," Natashi said. "I don't think so, this probably won't happen again. I informed the police already, and told them where the body was. Good thing Trey was there," Sam said. "But if I were there sooner, then the guy- "If Ryoma shot that asshole, he probably deserved it." Sam huffed. Trey sighed. "Well, what are the chances of it happening again?" Trey asked. Natashi said, "Absolute zero!".

3 WEEKS

Ryoma was walking home like normally did. Ever since the incident, he always had the pistol in his backpack at the very front pocket. Where it was easy access. Suddenly, in that same alley, he was pulled in. Being pushed around like a ball when you play "Monkey-in-the-Middle". This mad him so dizzy that once he lay against the floor, he didn't know hisshirt was being ripped. One of his attackers, a boy, pulled him by the hair and kicked him in the stomach. "Ah!" Ryoma cried out. When hot, salty tears started falling down his soft cheeks, they just started laughing. "There's more to come kid, after what ya did to Vincent!" another one yelled as he punched Echizen in the ribs.

A sickening crack hissed in the air, meaning they broke one of his ribs. Ryoma was wailing. No help would come. He felt so dizzy that he couldn't remember how many were beating him. Three boys... four? All he could focus on in the situation, was the mind blowing pain. Then it suddenly stopped. He was on the dirty floor of the alley on his knees and his forearms. Every breath he took, he felt pain. But his lungs desperately air. Then one of them took hold of his hips and ripped the pants off. "Now you'll be our dirty little whore," he whispered. He thrust in slowly, making Ryoma feel the pain even longer.

Then once he was fully in, he then moved in and out of Ryoma as fast as he could. Ryoma was too exhaust to move from the beating, and this new pain made him feel like he was splitting in two. Blood was flowing down his unstable legs, and Echizen thought he was dieing. The pain was too intense and he fainted. While the young boy was unconscious, the other two had there way with him. Tainting him, forcefully taking him until they were satisfied (I don't want it too discriptive, otherwise might get mad at me).

4 HOURS LATER

Sam was walking by that same place, having an urge to check up on Ryoma. She felt it earlier, but she had to shake it off cause her sister wanted to teach her how to play tennis. She want to play so she could try and be like Ryoma. He looked so at peace when he was playing. She decided that she could have a fag before she saw the kid. He still didn't notice the nicotine in Sam's breath. Ryoma was so innocent.

When she went into the alley to smoke, Samantha gasped. "RYOMA!"...

FLASHBACK OVER

Momo hugged Ryoma. Taka looked sympathetically at the boy. Ryoma looked as if he was about to cry if he said anymore. He seemed so fragile. Inui decided that this information didn't have to be put into his data. Shusuke's eyes had the expression of revenge, wanting to kill those boys. "It's okay Echizen, you can tell us more when you calm down. How about everyone get some rest. Tomorrow's Saturday, so there is no school." Taka said. Fuji shook his head. "We need to know everything," he said. "Fuji is right," Inui agreed. "Well, Ryoma was unconscious during that part, so we'll tell it." Sam said...

FLASHBACK

Sam carried the almost naked boy to the same building, and layed him on the couch. She grabbed a blanket from the closet and wrapped it around Ryoma. He was still bleeding, and his face had dried tear stains covering it. His female friend didn't want to look at him, for she would probably break down crying. "Oh Ryoma," she sighed before calling Trey and Natashi for help. They arrived 15 minutes later. Natashi lay her hand against Ryoma's forehead, noticing that his breathing was slightly irregular. "He's running a slight fever," Natashi said.

"How are we going to hide this from his parents? When did you find him Sam?" Trey asked. "About four hours ago," Sam answered. "Damn..." Trey said. Ryoma began to stir a little. "Sh..." Natashi shushed and traced her index finger over the tear lines. Soon the bright and perky brunette started crying as well. Her best friend had just been raped and she could do nothing about it. She felt so useless. "Natashi, why are you crying? You're getting me wet," a voice remarked. She wiped her tears, and gave her now awoken friend a smile. "Hey Ryo-kun," she whispered. Ryoma tried to be in a more upright position, but then winced in pain. "Don't do that, just rest," she said, holding his left hand in both of hers.

Ryoma nodded and went to sleep again. He just felt so tired and drained. Though he hoped his parents didn't worry about him...

"How could anyone do this to him?" Trey asked. His friends were the most important things to him, how dare someone harm them! "Well have to keep him with us. Show him our world. What more damage could it do to him?" Sam said sarcastically. "This is no time for jokes Sammy," Trey sighed. "Sh! He's asleep again," Natashi hushed. They walked into a different room, so they didn't disturb their friend. "So what should we show him first?" Natashi asked.

"We'll show him the clubs, but if anyone shows him a fag or drink, they're dead..."

FLASHBACK OVER

"IF you were trying to protect him, then why are we in this situation?" Momo yelled out. God, he loves interrupting the story, doesn't he? "I was getting to that," Trey said. "Everyone, calm down. Please, continue," Taka said. "Well, we were introduced to these things by just hanging out with kids that did them, and we started doing it too just to have something in common. Feel like we belong," Natashi said. "And soon we started effecting Ryoma- "It's not your fault!" Ryoma yelled out.

"Echizen, calm down. Continue," Inui said.

FLASHBACK

They four of them were in front of a place called 'The Demon Pit' (I know, it's stupid, but it's a real hang out in my town for teens, adults aren't allowed). "Password?" she asked Sam. "Silver Dragon," Sam said. The girl opened the door to the four of them, and they were allowed inside. "Come on,why are we here?" Ryoma asked. His friends took him to strange places he felt uncomfortable being, and they weren't even telling him anything. "Just be quiet and try to blend in, okay man?" Sam said. They were here for some more pot, a new shipment just came in.

Once they got what they came for, they went back to the abandoned building. "So this is what you guys do when I am gone..." Ryoma said. "Get high, yeah... it's awesome..." Trey said. The effects of the drug were already kicking in, and he started to grab another. Natashi was giggling like mad, and was lying on the floor with her legs spread. He skirt lifted up and you could see her black lace panties. Sam was lying inbetween her legs, and her face was at level with Natashi's neck. All of them wer under the influence of the pot and handed Ryoma one. "Come on Ryo-kun, take it," Natashi egged on.

Ryoma just took it to shut her up. "I am not going to smoke it though," Ryoma said. Trey laughed. "That's okay," Trey said. Sum huffed. "He's such a wussy, not taking it." Sam poked at. Ryoma grunted...

FLASHBACK OVER

"And he started to smoke?" Fuji said. Natashi nodded. "Then when we had to lost Ryoma in a rave, and some guys started shoving alchohal down his throat. Before we knew it, he had already passed out. We were so angry that we made a home made stink bomb and threw it in the guy's house the next day." Sam said. "And now, Ryoma- "I enjoyed the feeling of it, and kept going to those kinds of places. Even without them with me, I went there more than them. But my parents found out and they demanded that I move to Japan and come to Seigaku," Ryoma said.

"You went without us?" Sam gasped. Ryoma nodded.

"We were too high to realize what we had done, we had just wanted to protect him." Sam said. "We don't know the bastards that raped Ryoma, and if we told the police, they might go after him again." Trey explained. "What time is it?" Ryoma asked. "4:37 am" Inui answered. "We should all get some sleep," Momo said. Ryoma had already in Momo's arms, right after he asked his question. Taka grabbed Trey's hand and said he would take him home. Sam told Momo that he could stay over at her house along with Ryoma. Inui walked back to his house, andtried not to disturb his family.

TAKA AND TREY

Taka was holding the younger boy's hand, smiling sadly at him. Trey looked like a fallen angel. "Were here Taka-san," Trey said. Taka looked at the house and saw unkept the grass was. "Do you live by yourself?" Taka asked. Trey shook his head. "My mom and dad live with me, but they are on a business trip." Trey said. Taka didn't like this. "Well, if you would like some company. Um... would you like me to stay over night?" Taka asked. Trey gasped.

"OF COURSE! I mean... yeah, I would like that," Trey blushed.

Taka smiled...

"You are cute Rishard- "Call me Trey," Trey said.

"You are too cute Trey," Taka said.

And with that, he leaned down to give the red head a kiss...

CHAPTER 5 OVER

Me: Okay, it wasn't that long. It was about 3000 words...

Natashi: It's a start. Most just have 1800...

Me: Oh well, R & R! I know it's bad, but hey, I don't have an imagination!