The Past Has No Place In My Heart

Okay, another chapter is up, I know I upload real slow but school is way stressful. But thankfully, it's our Semestral Break so I have more time to work on my chapters. This chappie has some quotes in it too, and I tried to put a little humor into it but I'm just not that gifted in writing. SOB Oh well... And just F.I.Y., I think there'll be six chappies of this ficcie... This is the fourth right!(Talking to myself) Yeah, it's the fourth. Before you read this ficcie, I DON'T OWN SUPERGALS! But I do own MoonGAL mall... I made it up so I own it, dig? And pleaseohplease review.

Okay, I made some changes in this chapter because I reread it and I found that there were a lot of errors and hanging parts of the story that make it sorta confusing. So I'm sorry that I'm gonna have to ask you to read this again, just so that you won't be confused with how the story turns out.


The sun shone brightly one afternoon and it excited the three girls very much. All in fact, except for one...

"Yes! Today will be a great day to go shopping!"

"I can go to the park and study Chemistry there!"

"I hope I can see Yamato today. Perhaps I can go to his station later."

"Everyone looks so happy... Why couldn't I be like them? Don't I belong here?"

"The coldness of the rain...

This pain that only I can feel...

Love that has left me scarred forever..."

She had told Ran and the others about Hiroku, her ex-boyfriend who just happened to be in town. Before she could think about it anymore, a loud obnoxious voice snapped her our of her reverie.

"Eli-san!"

Ran leaned over to her desk whispering "Meet at MoonGAL mall later kay?" Elile just nodded her head and before Kotobuki could reseat herself at her desk, Naka-teach's voice boomed "KOTOBUKI! How many times do I have to tell you! No talking in class!" Ran's face, usually so proud and determined, now looked like that of a terrified goat "Demo-Naka-teach..." she began, but the teacher didn't let her finish.

"Do problem numbers three to twenty-four, on the board!"

The terrified look on Ran's face was replaced by an angry stare. "Eh! That's abuse! You can't possibly let a minor do that much work! Wait'll my parents here about this!"

"Is that right?" Naka-teach smirked. "Want me to call them up right now?" he said as he held up his phone.

"Mou!"

Elile giggled, so did Aya and Miyu. It was a funny scene seeing the two look like they're ready to rip each others' heads off.

"Seeing you smile makes me laugh...

Seeing you frown makes me mad...

You can always count on me to be there..."


After class, Ran complained about what happened. "Mattaku! I hate it when Naka-teach does that! He's always picking on me!".

"Ran," Aya soothed, "Naka-teach just reprimanded you because he's tired of you failing his class(along with all your other classes except gym) and he doesn't want you to be retained."

"That's right!" Miyu added with a smirk "No person whose met you couldn't stand you for another year and live to tell the tale. Goodness, Ran! You'll drive him to his grave, fifty years earlier than planned by death!"

Ran glared hard at Miyu, who couldn't help but shudder under her friend's chilly stare. Elile took her cellphone out of her pocket and dialed Rei's number. "Moshi-moshi? Rei-kun, Ran says to have a gimmick later at MoonGAL mall. Will you come?"

Meanwhile, on the other line, Yuuya watched Rei's face disfigure. He knew what that look meant, Ran had something in store for them and Rei had to go. Rei always thought that these outings were big wastes of time. "I don't want to." he replied "Yuuya and I have plans already."

"Sou ka?" Elile said sounding disappointed.

Yuuya grabbed Rei's phone before he could answer and talked into it "Eli-san? Yes, we can go, we'll meet you there in half an hour, okay?"

"Asuo-kun? Sure! But I thought you had plans with Rei already."

"Don't worry, we've cancelled them already, they aren't important anyway..." Before he could finish, Otohata sprang up and tugged his phone from Yuuya's hand while Yuuya held onto it tightly. The struggle caused one of them to push the "reject" button and cancel the call.

"Yuuya? Rei? Hello?" No answer. "I guess that they must have hung up." she thought. When she looked back at her three friends, they were all staring at her.

"Nani? Do I have something on my face?" she asked dumbly

"Iya! We want to know what they said." Ran said impatiently.

"They're coming."

"Yatta!" Ran exclaimed. "And they said yes to you right away? It takes us so long to try to convince them to come to our outings, especially Otohata. Really Eli-san, you are amazing!"

Elile smiled nervously "Well actually Ran..." before she could continue, Ran grabbed her arm and started to drag her forward. "We're going to the mall! Now!" she said.

"Mochiron, Kotobuki-san!"

Miyu followed, telling Ran not to jerk Elile so hard because it hurt while Aya lagged a little bit behind. "Why does she have to be so close to Rei? Doushite?"


Meanwhile, Yuuya, rubbed his head as he had fallen when Rei had pushed him "Man, Rei" He said "You look way harmless, but you have no idea how much trouble you could cause with that innocent bishounen facade of yours." Rei glared and replied "I don't look innocent. And, I don't cause trouble like-" he paused for awhile "Like Ran." Yuuya was puzzled, he had known Rei for years, did Rei actually like Ran?

"No, it can't be." he said to himself "I know Rei, he doesn't, he wouldn't" Yuuya looked at Rei and gathering all his courage(it takes a lot of guts to ask Rei personal questions) asked him

"Hoshino no koto suki na no?"(do you like Hoshino-san?)

Rei didn't answer, instead, he just took some CDs on the table and started to categorize them in the proper shelves saying "You said you were going to the mall with them didn't you? Well, why are you still here?"

"I'm waiting for you, Rei."

"I'm not going."

"What! I already told Elile-san that BOTH of us are going. What'll I say if Ran asks where you are?"

"That's your problem."

"Mou, Otohata-kun! Why would you want to disappoint your girlfriend?"

"I already told you, Hoshino is not my girlfriend."

"Not Aya, I meant Tsukino. Everyone knows that both of you were THE "item" before. Well, I guess it's only rumours but... It does seem convincing"

Rei turned around and headed for the counter where another pile of CDs was waiting. "That's all they were Yuuya." he replied icily

"Rumours".

Yuuya shifted in his seat uncomfortably. He was starting to realize the situation with Aya. Was she jealous! He shook his head.

"No" he thought, "Aya can't be jealous. She's not that kinda girl... But she does love Rei..."

Rei glanced at him and as if reading his mind said "I thought so too."

Yuuya looked up surprised and said "What!"

Rei looked away and said "I didn't think Aya would feel that way. But she certainly seems troubled."

"Haven't you even bothered to talk to her about it?"

"She's the one who's judging wrongly. If she doesn't understand something, it's better she come to me than I being the one to approach her with what, Hi Aya! I heard your jealous, let's talk about it?" Rei replied sarcastically.

"Oh boy." Yuuya sank deeper into his chair, exhausted. "Well, you could at least try to talk to her to keep her from getting too emotional on the subject. But you are right on the 'I don't know what to say thing', women don't take things very easily."

Yuuya stared at Rei, waiting for his response. When he didn't say anything, he decided to changed the subject.

"When are we going to MoonGAL mall?"

"What do you mean 'we'?"

"Rei." Yuuya said in this defeated way "You're coming, I already told you, Ran won't take no for an answer."

"Learn to live with disappointment."

"Rei, you'll totally diss Elile, Aya, Miyu and Ran!"

"I've dissed much worse people."

"C'mon Rei! For me? You're best friend in the whole wide world? I'm begging you Rei! I need you to be there while I make a move on Ran."

"Yeah right. I know that that's not the real reason you want me there. You want me there because of Aya and Elile."

"If you don't come with me, I'll stay here and annoy you!" Yuuya warned

"Darn." Rei thought.


At the mall, Elile notices a passerby with a cap who seems to be following them,

"Is it Hiroku?" she wondered.

She decided to keep quiet for awhile until she finally told Ran that she thought someone was following them. Ran turned around and Hiroku was there again. She turned to face him and demanded:

"What are you doing here, following us around the mall for the past half hour!"

The man turned around and started to run, but Ran caught him first. She lifted him up by his collar and threatened "What are you doing here? If you're thinking about hurting Elile-san or one of my friends, you'd better forget about it. If you mess with Ran Kotobuki's friends, you mess with the Queen of Shibuya herself!"(waaay assuming!).

The look of fear quickly passed Hiroku's eyes and they were replaced by a sneaky grin. "So you're Ran Kotobuki ay? Doesn't convince me much. Your act is way lame."

Ran's eyes blazed "What act! Why you little-"

Hiroku pushed his fist down on Ran's hands so hard that she dropped him and winced in pain. "I don't see what people in Shibuya see in you. You're nothing."

Ran fumed "And you're just an idiot! A stalker that's got nothing better to do with his time! Someone who can't find a lovelife and so tries to steal somebody else's"

Hiroku was surprised at knowing that Elile had a lover. Who was it? Elile pulled Ran back and whispered in her ear

"Ran, I don't have a love life..."

To that, Ran replied loudly and clearly enough for everyone in the mall to hear

"Of course you do! You're Otohata-kun's girlfriend right!"

Aya and Miyu gasped while passerbys started to whisper. It was obvious what they were talking about and you could hear words like "dumped", "Aya and Rei", "Elile's prettier" and etc. Everyone was too busy staring at Elile and Ran to notice that Aya's eyes were already filling with tears. In the midst of all the confusion, she fled and no one seemed to notice she was gone(This is happening quite a lot lately.). Or at least she thought, Hiroku had seen her and an evil plan formed in his cunning mind.When no one was looking, he too slipped into the crowd and disappeared. Ran had tried to chase him but got distracted when passing a Ramen noodle cart and eventually lost sight of him.


Hiroku searched the mall for his victim, his eyes keeping a close look-out for Ran. He found her in a cafe shop on the highest floor sitting by herself with a lonely, puzzled expression on her face, her hazel eyes telling the story of great pain. And he approached her. She looked up at him surprised. And when she finally recognized him, became frightened but stayed where she was. He grinned at her and without a word, seated himself directly in front of her.

"Hi."

She stayed silent. Somehow, she knew that she could not trust him. Instinct told her to run but she could not will herself to. What was he doing here? He laughed at her silence, causing her to be more afraid. He put his face closer to hers and said "I know what your feeling. Keep silent, but it will only expose your lies. I know you can't stand Elile. I want to help you. Tell me..."

"...Aya-san."

Aya closed her eyes and tears flowed down involuntarily. "I-I..." she stammered.

"Yes, go on..."

"I love... I love Rei!" she cried out "I love him. Even though he may not return my ardor I love him! I don't understand why she has to take him away from me!" He grinned secretly, his plan was going well. Aya's love would lead to her own demise.

"Yes, I understand your pain. I love Elile too... But your boyfriend has been keeping her away from me, and I only want her back. We're practically on the same side, and I want Elile back, just as much as you want Rei..."

Aya blinked. "What was going on?" Elie had told them that Hiroku was just some old lovesick maniac. But right now, the person she least wanted to trust was Elile. Blinded by love, she decided to trust him, counting that his intention was pure.

"I only want Rei back..."


Ran, Miyu and Elile were now in the parking lot of the mall. They had tried to search for Aya, but the crowd was too dense for a thorough search and everyone shot them uneasy looks. Elile sat on a bench nearby, her feet shifting nervously. Miyu sat down beside her to calm her friend "Don't worry Elile. Everything's going to be alright, there's no sign of that lunatic and if you want, you could sleep over at my place tonight if you feel too uncomfortable."

"Thanks Miyu. Yeah, I'm so scared..."

Ran stood and watched for any sign of Rei and Yuuya. At a distance. she saw them approaching. Waving, she caught their attention and they started to walk toward the trio.

"Where's Aya?" was the first thing Rei said to them

"That's just it." Ran replied "We don't know. She was in the mall with us a while ago, but then some maniac came over and..."

Ran's eyes widened in fear. Without another word to anyone, she rushed to the entrance of the mall. Instinct told the others to follow. Yuuya, being the closest to her, asked her breathlessly "What are you thinking Ran? Tell us what happened before you go cheetah on us and sprint for some deer you'd like to catch."

"There's no time." Ran said, and after a short look around the floor, she mumbled "She's not on this floor."

She took to the stairs and raced up to the second floor. After driving her eyes across the area, headed for the third floor. After a few more floors, the others finally caught up (Rei wasn't with them, by the way). Seeing that her prey was not in sight, Ran sighed. "Only one more floor to go. Wait, where's Otohata?" Naturally not the type who runs and waits for everyone else, the dude had gone off by himself. No one replied to that question and instead demanded what Ran was thinking, dragging them up several floors without even telling them what they were looking for. Ran told them her hunch:

"I think it's strange that while Aya hasn't shown up, neither has Hiroku. Don't you think it's uncanny that both are missing at the same time?"

Elile gasped at the thought and Miyu tried to prove the hunch wrong saying: "Ran, the only reason why Hiroku hasn't shown up is because you intimidated him back there and Aya was probably looking for us, but couldn't find us because we were outside."

"But Aya has a cellphone and would've contacted us if she were looking for us... And that guy... He's not the type who'd back off after something as small as that. If Aya is with him, she's in a lot of danger. That man is crazy for Elile, and he'll try to use Aya's heart for Rei against her!" Ran concluded

Elile was shocked. And hesitantly she asked, "Aya loves Rei?"

Everyone turned to stare, realizing what they had just blurted out. While everyone tried in vain to think of an answer, Yuuya thought to himself "Rei, of all times, why did you have to leave now?"

Meanwhile, the couple in thought were undoubtedly searching for each other, thinking the same thing:

Rei: "Aya..."

Aya: "Rei..."

"Where are you?"


Hehe... In one part, I actually made you think that Rei had something for Ran right? Don't worry, he doesn't. I know you may consider some parts weird but I need fillers for it not to become so boring. And I know that it is waaay dragging. The plot I mean. Sorry! Please review, feel free to point out my mistakes and push them in my face... I'll try to put up the fifth chappie soon, I'm working on it now that it's my Semestral Break. The problem is... I don't have any Internet connection. waaaa! Oh well, I'll find some way... The story must continue!

-Crissie, the Boremaster