She had always been the nice little girl every one admired. Her hair had been pitch black and very long. The most intriguing thing about her were her beautiful eyes, pitch black but they held a warmth rarely seen. There was only one problem with the perfect picture, this girl was far from normal and therefore she had hardly any friends. There were only three people she really did trust and one of them was her older brother because she was sure he would never let her down but she was wrong. Half an hour ago her mother called her to inform her that her brother was the victim of a car crash and was at the moment in surgery. That was before her mother broke down on the phone and her father took over. He told his little princess to stay at home and not worry because he was sure her brother would make it. In the background the girl could hear a doctor telling her mother that her son would most likely not make it through surgery. Her father told her he would call again but the moment the young teenager had heard the doctor she decided she had to go, to be alone. The only person she ever really trusted was most likely dead and she could not live a single moment longer with her parents. They were not even her parents, they had adopted her. Her mother and father were in the process of explaining everything to her this morning when the hospital called. She was seventeen and in her opinion old alone to live alone. It took her less than an hour to pack up all her belongings into two large bags and her backpack. She encapsulated her belongings and another fifteen minutes later she was gone from her parents house with the car, a black Ferrari, she had got for her sixteenth birthday a little more than a year prior. When Negi and Paseri Sosai came home the next day they were shocked to see their daughter gone. Their son had made it through the night but now they had much worse problems. Zoe did not know who she truly was and if anyone would find out she could be in grave danger!

Oblivious to her parents worries Zoe had first driven to a party she knew her boyfriend would be at. She had said she would not come earlier that day but she didn't think he would mind her making an appearance. After all she was his girlfriend and he would be happy to see her. He had an apartment with a boy from their school where the party was held. Yamucha had problems with his parents which was why they agreed to pay for his apartment rather than having him stay with them. Zoe did hope she would be able to crash there later since she had no intentions to go back to her parents. After about ten minutes of searching she found Yamucha making out on one with the couches with a girl she had thought to be her friend. It did not happen every day that you see your best friend making out with your boyfriend. What made it even worse was that she had lost her brother the same day or at least that was what she thought. After she made her presence known they immediately parted with a guilty look on their faces. Zoe was heart-broken and it could be clearly seen on her face. It all was too much for just one day. Before she could turn and run out of the building Yamucha had pushed her into his bedroom trying to apologise for his actions but she was not willing to forgive. The nice and understanding girl she had once been was no more. That girl died when she left her parents house.

"Listen. I'm really sorry. I don't know what came over me. It was not my intention to hurt you in any way. Please you have to understand since you were cheating on me first." the boy tried to explain himself but it was no use. He could see his girlfriend was far from understanding. He did not think it was that bad what he did. Everyone said she was going behind his back with a friend of hers anyway. In fact Yamucha had just been angry after a friend told him that and wanted to pay her back.

At first Zoe did not take in what he had said. Why would she be cheating on him? "Have you gone completely crazy? I would never cheat on you. I loved you with all my heart and I thought you did that too. Obviously I was very wrong. Now let me through. I want to go." she said while trying to get around him to the door. It was all too much to deal with and she just wanted to get out even so she did not know where else to go. Going back to her parents would be better than staying here.

Yamucha did not seem to care what she wanted. He did not let her through. Instead he pushed her on his bed positioning himself above her. "A friend of mine told me everything. Your little meeting with this friend of yours, 17 was his name? Did you think I would just stand by and watch while you have your fun with him, giving yourself to him while you deny me?" he asked sounding very angry at her. He always wanted to take her but waited because she always told him she was not ready and needed more time. He was pissed and now wanted to make sure he got what he wanted. Yamucha started to rip her clothes of not caring at all if she did protest.

"What are you doing? Stop and let me go this instant!" she commanded while tears already started to gather in her eyes. Her boyfriend was going to rape her, she could not believe it. How was she going to get out of this? She had been training martial arts for years now but so had he. The reason she had not wanted to go this far with him was her fear that he would notice her tail and he was bound to notice now. He would think she was a freak and she was. In a last attempt to save her pride she cried for help. Her last hope was that someone would hear and help her. The problem was that that seems to anger Yamucha very much and with a punch in the face Zoe lost consciousness. She did not notice someone entering the room behind Yamucha and apparently he did not either.

Oblivious to what was happening in the hosts room the party was proceeding outside. It was a pure coincidence that one party guest was passing the door when Zoe was crying out for help. The young man, who head the scream, tried to open the door but it was locked. At first he thought about turning away but than he heard someone being punched and tried for the door again. This time he got through and what he saw made his stomach turn. Yamucha was hovering above one of his best friends, Zoe. She looked deadly pale and he knew that moment he had to get her out of there. Without thinking of the consequences he punched Yamucha from behind leaving him unconscious as well. He lifted Zoe into his arms, left the party and decided he would just take her to his place until she woke up. He had finished school the previous year and now had a flat of his own for a few weeks so it was not much of a problem. It took him about half an hour to get there and after carrying her upstairs he placed her on his bed while he went back to the living room to wait until she would wake up.

Zoe woke up an hour later. When she opened her eyes she was did not recognise her surroundings and let out an ear-piercing scream. A second later the owner of the bed was by her side and she did relax visibly because it was her most trusted friend she knew since early childhood. Before she could think better of it she jumped into his arms and soon her sobs were very audible. Finally she could not hold it in any longer. Too much happened in the last twenty-four hours to be calm. He put his arms around her in a comforting hug, glad she seemed to be okay at leas physically. In the end he had known something like this would happened. He had never trusted her boyfriend to treat her right but he knew that was most likely because he was at least a little jealous. To him it was a mystery why they had been going out in the fist place.

"Why am I here?" the girl in his arms asked finally. It seemed she had regained enough control to ask questions again. That was not uncommon since she normally was a very collected person that rarely did loose control.

"What is the last thing you remember?" he asked concerned if he should really tell her what happened earlier that day. It was not pleasant and he would prefer to tell her after a good nights sleep if she did not know what accrued earlier. In fact he did not want to be the one to tell her in the first place but he knew someone would have to.

After a few seconds of thinking she seemed to remember. "I was a that party when I saw Yamucha and your sister making out. Then he pushed me in his room and..." she broke off the sentence because she could not bare to say it out lour or at least not now. She did hope he would understand.

"...tried to rape you. He didn't do anything though. I found you and brought you here." he completed her sentence and filled her in on what she did not know. At least he did not have the one to tell her. In a way he was glad she did remember. "You can stay here as long as you want, okay?" he added in an after thought. He had seen the capsules in her bag and knew what they were since he had been the one to give them to her just in case she needed them.

"Thank you, Jun." was the last thing she said before falling asleep again.

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