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"The Late Results of Stubbornness"

Chapter one: "The Mysterious Guy"

Ai slowly woke up. She looked at the sky and saw it's still completely dark; the cicadas and owls were also very noisy. At first, she didn't know why she woke up. Until she saw few boys around 18 years old looking at her. And they weren't friendly looks. She was sure her heartbeat was as fast as Formula 1 now. "Ummm… Good evening…?" The boys grinned in an unpleasant way and came closer.

"As for whom, you little cutie…" one of them said. He had very fashion clothes and seemed to be the boss of the gang. "Wanna a little party with us?" His grin widened. Ai gulped and shivered uncontrolable.

"N… no… maybe some other time… G… gotta going, bye!" She quickly jumped out of her mats but two of the boys caught her wrists in the turn of hand. The boss came closer.

"I think we didn't understand each other. That wasn't an offer. That was an order." She shivered more and almost lost her consciousness out of fear. Looking around she saw only ignominious faces of these boys. In desperation, she tried to bust out but the grips of two 18 years old boys were definitively way too strong for one 15 years old girl.

"L… Let go of me, please!" she almost begged. Those only made them laugh. They completely ignored her words.

"What is so sweet little girl doing in the middle of a scary forest? Aren't you scared? We may see you out, you know. We're nice guys."

"I… I'm more scared of you all than this forest!" she shouted angrily, suddenly encouraged. The boss made out a pained face.

"You don't act like someone scared if you yell at us… Perhaps we should teach you a lesson?" He came closer. Ai desperatively looked for an opportunity to bust out but the two boys who were holding her previously, now were already holding her arms. The boss came closer.

"D… don't you dare doing something to me!" she yelled.

"But why should I dare to do something to you?" the boss asked. "I only thought since you're so sad girl, maybe we can teach you how to play? With… tongues perhaps? Later we can teach you some… advanced lessons." He laughed very ominously and came VERY close. She could almost feel his breathing. It smelled with alcohol, in addition. That heartbreaking scared-to-death look in her eyes was enough to make anyone who has even the littlest amount of mercy feel guilty. The problem was they did not have ANY amount of mercy in their black hearts. He finally reached her, slowly putting his hands on her hips and moving them up.

"If you want to rape me, I'd rather like to be killed instead!" she cried with a last hope of melting their hearts. Hope often blinks at a fool.

"Well, it can be done." he said taking out a big butcher knife out of his jacket. She didn't expect that. Her breathing, which was so fast in the last few minutes, now almost stopped.

"So, we have a deal? I'll kill you now and then rape your death body. Then everyone will be happy. Is it okay with you?" He looked at her, waiting for an answer.

She couldn't say anything. Her mouth didn't want to open. She felt that there are passing the last seconds of her life. "Here I come, mommy…" she thought and closed her eyes, waiting for a mortal slash…

… which has never come. "Well, it's definitively not okay with me!" a filled with anger male voice came out from nowhere. Ai quickly opened her eyes and saw boys are looking around for an owner of that voice. Suddenly the boss flew about ten meters away and crushed into a tree. Ai quickly looked in the direction the impact came from and saw a furious man around 35 years old with a fire in his blue eyes. She didn't get to look at him closely because he quickly punched two guys who were holding her on the face. The punches were strong enough to make them lose their consciousness. Ai stared blank at the strange savior but he already turned to the rest of the gang. All of the boys looked scared to death. Then they all pulled out guns.

"So, what will you say now, mister?" Ai looked to the man who, surprisingly, didn't look scared at all. He just smiled and let a sigh.

"I'll say you're really pathetic." he said and suddenly rushed to the aggressors. Before any of them could react, he already knocked one of them out. They quickly took few steps back and began shooting. Ai quickly covered her eyes but she still could hear the battle chaos, shooting and shouting…

She didn't know how much time has passed. She just stood there completely frozen, with her eyes closed. Once everything finally calmed down, she was sure she will be next to be killed. There was no chance for a strange man to win against five guys with guns. As she expected she felt a hand on her arm. She didn't try to run or something. "At least, I'll meet my mother…" she thought. To her surprise, she heard a friendly and caring voice.

"Are you all right?" Surprised, she opened her eyes widely. At first, she couldn't believe that. All of the boys were lying unconscious on the ground, tied up with a rope and the strange man was standing next to her, smiling. She gulped and looked into his eyes.

"Um… Ye… Yeah… I'm fine…" Man's smile widened.

"That's good. Who knows what these guys could do to you…" She looked at the man closely. He had dark ruffled hair and blue eyes covered by small glasses. He was wearing a loose T-shirt and black jeans. She found his face quite handsome. Mostly because of his smile. She didn't know why, but this smile made her calm, as if nothing bad could happen with that man. Now, when he wasn't angry, he seemed to be a really nice and kind guy. And maybe he actually was since he risked his life for her.

"Um… Thank you for… um…" She searched for the right words. "For saving my life… and chastity, mr…" He smiled again.

"Urashima. Keitaro Urashima."