Chapter Seven:
I finally woke up and the weirdest thing, I was in my bed and surrounded by people.
"Serena?" she was the one leaning on me.
"REI I WAS SO WORRIED!" She blubbered like a baby.
"I'm...fine." I managed. Someone pulled her off me, I think it was Lita. I sat up and looked at everyone.
"The heart snatchers attacked you. Venus managed to attack them before they got away with your heart crystal."
I rubbed my chest instantly, I had never felt anything more painful in my life and that was saying something.
"How are you feeling?" Amy asked. She was examining me closely, I didn't like it too much.
"Fine...I seriously am!" I said when they didn't believe me.
"That was the scariest thing ever." Mina said and shuddered.
We had seen some people getting their hearts snatched but I guess it is different when you know them. I felt bad for everyone, going through that.
"I'm fine. Please can we forget about it?" I was really not liking this, I felt horrible. I was finally allowed to leave my bed and we decided to hang out and have a girls day. We shopped and gossiped and then hung out by the lake. Darien and Andrew joined us.
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It became monday morning, I still get slight pains in my chest every now and then. Mina felt terrible and hadn't left my side. She tracked me down first thing when I got to school.
"How are you?" she asked when she corned me at my locker. I sighed as I grabbed my Math book.
"I'm fine Mina, stop worrying."
"Rei." She sounded defeated, I sighed and opted for the truth.
"Slight pains here and there."
I hugged her when I saw he tearing up.
"What happens if we lost you?" she whispered.
I didn't know how to answer that really, I shrugged and smiled.
"You didn't. You saved me." I said.
We went to our class, we were in the same class, Ray and Max with us. They waved at us and we joined them.
"How was your weekend?" Ray asked us.
"Good, nothing exciting." I lied. We started to talk about the movie, we all loved it. I offered to sit next to Ray. He agreed and we took our seats. The teacher was rambling on about his weekend.
"I heard you dropped out the play. Why?" Ray asked.
How did he know? I tensed immediately. What was I going to say? I didn't count on the fact of people finding out. I didn't think people cared enough.
"I just can't juggle with my school work." I lied.
"Really? Your really smart though." he said a little confused.
Ray always believed the best in people, he was good like that. I sighed and turned to him.
"I just don't want to fall behind."
he nodded and let it go and instead talked about the camping trip.
"Are you going?" I asked.
"No, I wish I was though. I have a competition."
Where had I heard that? I smiled.
"What kind?" I asked, I felt like Serena.
"Beyblading." he answered. The bell rang and we all moved onto our next classes. I knew I had Chemistry. I walked in and jumped onto my stool. Lita came and sat beside me. Hilary behind us with Kenny.
"Hey Rei, I heard you quit the play."
I sighed, Lita just smirked. She had warned me this would happen. She wanted me to do the play, I didn't tell her why I didn't want to. I just didn't really know. I blamed it on the whole heartsnatcher thing.
"Yeah, just don't want to fall behind in my studies." I said.
The class got under way, we were dissecting a heart today. I felt sick with this, I started to feel the blood run from my face. I was excused from the class as was Hilary. Lita had called me a chicken, I glared at her when I left. We headed to the library to let our stomachs settle. We sat down and started to talk.
"So you quit the play because your your grades?"
"Yeah."
"Fair enough."
I was about to change the subject when someone behind me snorted.
"You don't need help with your grades. Why did you really quit?" Kai sat down next to me. I stiffened my back and turned my glare toward him.
"How would you know?"
"Your not an idiot. Answer the question."
"My grades are important."
"Not the answer."
we argued for about ten minuets, I kept rephrasing my grades are important that I ran out of words.
"I can help you with your work." he responded with this time, instead of not the answer. I was thrown off guard by this.
"What?" I asked.
"I can help you with your work."
he started every word slowly, I got irritated by this and in my moment of anger I punched him in the arm. He rose a brow at me but didn't wince in pain, instead my fist hurt.
"Ouch." I muttered, still glaring at him.
I sighed and turned away from him, this was going nowhere.
"Fine, I'll do the stupid play."
"Good, I swapped my part with Tyson though."
I scrunched up my face in disgust, I was not going to be doing it now. Kai got up and walked to my other side. He leaned down onto my shoulder so I looked up at him.
"Just kidding." he smirked. He walked off, leaving me there to fume.
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The rest of the day flew by, I had left and gotten home. I did all my chores and sat down in front of the TV. A Beyblading add came on about the upcoming tournament. I know Mina was going to support Max. Lita was going to support Michael. Serena was going to be with Hilary. That left me by myself on the camp. Gramps had already filled out my forms, all I had to do was hand them in. my communicator flashed. I felt alert and ready for action. These heart snatching losers weren't going to get away with this.
I raced off as Sailor Mars, to my shock, I saw both Amy and Lita down. The blood drained my face as fear crept over my body. Not them. I got closer, they had been hit. I searched for the monster as it tried to get away.
"Mars Flame Sniper." I speared the beast before he got too far. It screeched in pain and let the heart crystals go. Uranus and Neptune dropped by and looked at the crystals.
"Not damaged."
They ran back to the other two, putting their crystals back where they belong. I sighed and dodged some of the attacks. The other arrived and after another five minuets the beast was destroyed.
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The next week became a blur really. The enemy was picking up and somehow the scout became the talk tot he school.
"I like Sailor Jupiter." a few of the people said in class. I smirked. I liked her too.
"I like Sailor Venus." someone piped in. yep, I liked her too.
"I like Sailor Mercury." Kenny surprised me by saying. Yep, liked her.
"I like Sailor Moon." Tyson said. I giggled. Yeah, I had to like her.
They were talking about it at lunch.
"Who do you like Hilary?" Ray asked. He had said he liked Jupiter, she reminded him of his bit beast.
"I like Sailor Moon." she is so brave.
I had to stifle my laugh, if only they really knew. Sailor Moon could be fearless but she also needed coaxing.
"How about you Rei?"
I was a taken back, I hadn't heard anyone say me so I decided to be my own fan.
"I like Sailor Mars. The Fire Princess."
they just nodded and kept on talking. Oh I was so lame. When Kai was asked he just 'hn' and walked away. I was now curious to see who he liked. My money was on Venus, she usually won with her looks.