After amaya left the shrine, she made her way down the road. She had to be home by 6:30, or she would be in serious trouble with her 'parents', so she needed to figure out what time it was, she walked over to a man and asked for the time, and he told her it was 5:51.
"Arigato." She said bowing to the man. " maybe I can make it to the library and checkout some books before I have to start heading home." She thought to herself.
Amaya started walking in the direction of the library, but as she was walking, she saw a man and a woman inside of a dark alleyway, they were shouting at each other, and suddenly the man raised his hand and brought it down on the woman's cheek, causing her to fall to the ground, her cheek bright red.
Amaya's eyes were wide, she had been in alot of incidence where people put their hands on her, but she never saw other people do it to each other, especially a man to a woman.
Amaya acted on impulse and ran over and into the alleyway.
" Hey, stop hitting her!" She screamed at the man.
The man looked up at her, his brown eyes staring at her with hatred.
" Shut up bitch and mind your famb business!" He yelled as he grabbed the woman by her hair and balled his fist up, about to strike her again.
" If you hit her again, I'll go and get the authorities." She said with a glare on her face.
" You know what?" The man said while dropping the lady. " All you women are the same " He said while walking closer. " You bitches just don't know when to shut the fuck up and walk away. "He looked up at Amaya with a sadistic look in his eyes. " Now I have to teach you a lesson."
After that word escaped his mouth, Amaya took off running, fast as her legs would carry her. Amaya ran through a park, no one was in it, which was unfortunate for her, yet fortunate that no kids would be here to get hurt, she looked behind her to see the man still chasing behind her, so she pushed herself to run faster, which was proving to be more and more difficult, seeing that she was getting more and more tired, it was becoming harder to breathe. Amaya tried shaking him off by running into the woods, but he stayed on her trail the entire time.
" You better stop running from me bitch, your fucking pissing me off!" The man yelled from behind her.
Tears sprang to amaya's eyes, she was running out of breath, but the man was still behind her so she couldn't stop running. Amaya looked back to see that he was getting closer, she realized that her running was getting slower. When she turned to look in front of her, her foot got caught onto a branch protruding from the ground and she lost her footing.
" Ahh!" She screamed as she fell to the ground, she stood back up to being running again, but she was harshly tackled to the ground, knocking the wind out of her.
" Hahaha! Finally caught you, you stupid bitch!
The man made amaya flip around on her back, and he held both of her hands above her head with one hand and started to undo his pants with the other.
". Please stop and let me go! " said Amaya kicking around, trying g to vet him off of her.
The man looked down at Amaya and pulled his pants down, giving her signs that he wasn't in anyway, shape, or form going to release her any time soon.
" Get off of me! Somebody help me! Please help me!" Amaya screamed out, thrashing and kicking.
The man raised his hand and slapped her in the face, her head turned to the side from the force of the slap.
" This should teach you not to be a nosey dumb bitch! " The man exclaimed.
He reached down for her pants and tried to pull her pants down with his nasty, rusty fingers.
" Stop it! Someone help!" She screamed again.
The man raised his hand to smack amaya again, but he was jerked off of her and thrown across the forest floor.
Amaya looked over to her rescuer and her eyes widen when she saw that it was her redhead ex best friend.
" Shuichi?" Amaya said all shaken up.
" You wanna pick on girls you good for nothing asshole, let me show you a thing or two on beating someone. " shuichi said walking over to the man and landing a punch to the mans face.
" Your what my best friend would call a bitch." said shuichi. "Beating up on people who has no chance of fighting back." Shuichi said punching the man in the face again.
" No, No please I'm sorry " said the man pleading to shuichi.
*punch*
" Now get out of here!" Shuichi yelled and pushed the man away from his person.
The man took off running, never once looking back. Shuichi then turned around and ran to amaya, who was trying to get to her feet.
"Amaya, are you alright, did he hurt you?!" Shuichi said while helping her to her feet and checking her over for injuries.
" I'm fine shuichi." Amaya said monotonous. " Thank you for saving me."
" Your my best friend, I couldn't just stand there and do nothing when I heard you calling out for help." He said smiling at her.
Amaya stayed quiet after that statement, her mind wandering to the incident that happened in class this morning, noting how he didn't help her then.
" Why was that man attacking you in the first place?" He asked me.
" I tried to help a lady that he was beating on." She said simply.
Shuichi hesitated before asking.
"He wasn't able to-
"No, he wasn't able to touch me, you came just in time." She said. " look, thanks for the help, but I have to get home." She said as she started to walk away.
Shuichi grabbed her hand, stopping her.
" Please, amaya, allow me to walk you home." He pleaded.
" No thank you." Amaya said, never looking at him.
She heard him sigh and felt him turn her around to face him, so her eyes shot down to the ground.
" Look amaya." He said while lifting her chin. " I know I haven't been the greatest friend in the world, I've been a horrible friend, but I promise you, everything is going to change." He said as he looked deep into her eyes.
" I've always loved his beautiful eyes." Amaya thought to herself.
" I don't want you to jeopardize your popularity for me." Amaya said looking away from him.
She didn't hear shuichi say anything, but she felt his arms wrap around her waist and him pulling her close, her face resting on his chest, him stroking her hair.
" I don't care about the popularity, I just want you to be my best friend again, I thought about you all day today, that's why I was at the park, because I needed to clear my head, then I heard your voice, I heard you screaming and I ran as fast as I could to get to you, and when I saw that man on top of you, I just blacked out, I need you to be my best friend again, I want to protect you, I want to be there for you, to make sure no one hurts you, please amaya, be my best friend again." He said pulling back to look her in the eyes.
" Shoukd I forgive him, he did promise to change, and how bad could it hurt to give him one more chance." Amaya thought to herself.
Amaya looked up at shuichi with a warm smile on her face.
" Ok shuichi, I'll be your best friend again." She said smiling.
" Yes!" Shuichi said smiling and pulling her back in for a hug.
Amaya wrapped her arms around him and hugged him back tightly.
" just, don't hurt me again, I don't want to feel alone in a situation like that again, best friends stick up for each other, and be there for each other, promise you'll always be there for me?" Amaya said looking up at him.
" I promise." He said.
Amaya smiled big at him.
" great, now, I need to get home, or I'm going to be in some serious trouble with my parents." Amaya said while pulling away from shuichi.
" Well, come on, I'll walk you home." Shuichi said while wrapping his arm around amaya's arm and pulling her along.
Amaya laughed and followed him.
The whole walk from the park to amaya's home was filled with laughter, talking, and just all out fun.
" So, we've been friends for years now, and your fourteen years old and you've never had your first kiss before?" Shuichi asked.
" Nope." Amaya said simply.
" I can't see how, your so beautiful, anybody would be lucky to be able to kiss you." Shuichi said as they were sitting on amaya's front porch.
" Oh kurama, you and your flattery." Amaya said while blushing.
" but its true." Shuichi said while looking down at her. " Your a very beautiful girl, and it's ashamed that boys don't see the beauty of girls unless they are wearing skimpy clothes." He said.
Amaya smiled up at him.
" Thank you shuichi, your very sweet." She said while looking into his eyes, her heart stopped at seeing his beautiful green orbs.
Shuichi looked back into her eyes, and they both leaned in. There lips connected and sparks instantly flew. What started off as a innocent little kiss, turned into desire and longing, Amaya wrapped her arms around shuichi's neck, he wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer to him, her hands entangled in his crimson locks, bringing his head closer to hers. Amaya felt his tongue lick her bottom lip, pleading for an entrance, which she happily accepted, his sweet tongue getting familiar with every corner of her mouth, his tongue found hers and they battled for dominance, which she lost horribly, but the need for air was making itself known, and their lips parted for air, both teens panting from the event that had just taken place.
Amaya looked at shuichi dazed.
" So, I'll see you tomorrow at school?" She asked.
" Defiantly." He said while caressing her cheek.
They both stood up and hugged each other goodnight, amaya turned to open her door, but shuichi grabbed her hand and turned her back around, his hands on her waist and hers around his neck, he leaned in and kissed her again, but this time, more passionately. When they broke this kiss this time, shuichi turned around to walk home, and she turned around to go inside her house.
Little did either of them know about the pair of eyes watching the whole interaction, and not liking it one bit.
To Be Continued!
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