July 1/First Encounters/PG-13/Closed

[xiaomei]

Characters: Meilynn Xiu, Yumiko Kameshiro
Time: 8:32 PM
Location: Field - Track

“8:24 PM … I-I should get going soon …”

The brunette was out working out as usual around the evening time – seeing as how no one else is really out on the track field at night and the cool September breeze made her feel a lot better jogging than in the broad daylight with everyone watching. She wasn’t too good with people staring, especially while she was exercising. Her pony tail bouncing up and down from her constant movements finally came to a halt when she slowed down and began to walk with her hands resting flat against her hips; trying to catch her breath. Her auburn hues gazed up against the starry sky; trying to count how many are visible, figure out the constellations, and of course – connecting the dots.

As it got deeper into the night, the breeze was getting cooler and cooler in return made Mei shiver a bit. “I guess that’s the big guy upstairs giving me the sign ~” She said playfully to herself. Mei began to make her way back to her dorm while looking up at the sky still; counting and connecting the dots. She always did prefer the night time over day time, everything seemed better when things were like this … The breeze felt better, the stars were blinking beautifully … Nothing seemed too dangerous or wrong around the school either, everything felt safe and secure to her as always.

She continued her way back to her dorm and slowly, she began seeing strange little figures from a far distance. The distance between the two decreasing with each step they both took, Mei could make out a better image and she began to define them as students. The closer they got, the more she began to see and from the looks of it; she saw four male students not dressed in their school uniform, but jeans and shirts. “Hrm, I wonder what they’re doing out …” She thought to herself quietly. “Maybe they’re going out for a midnight stroll around the track.”

[megan]

The stars in the night sky greeted Yumiko as she walked by herself in field. Today had been more tiring than she had expected since she had run into a handful of people and introduced herself more times than expected. I might like it here, she thought. But not everyone is to be trusted. The only person she considered being close friends with was Saku, her roommate. For everyone else, they remained as acquaintances in her book. In time we might become closer.

Yumiko noticed that she had reached an area close to the track field, somewhere she didn't really expect to spend much time in. I don't even like to run that much. Uninterested, she began to turn around, when she heard the low murmur of male voices coming from close by her.

Squinting, she tried to see if they were students, but the lack of school uniform indicated they weren't. They don't look like teachers either, she assessed. Not wanting to be caught in their sights, she continued on her way back. From the corner of her eye, she spotted another figure. A female.

Her amber orbs widened, panicking. What if they do something to her? Despite Yumiko's tendency to spend her time alone and not care that much for others, especially strangers, she felt the need to stay and keep an eye out of the girl. She obviously was a student, and Yumiko knew that if something were to happen to her, she would feel guilty for not lending her services to help her.

Finding a nearby tree, she stood behind it, close enough to watch them, but far enough so that they wouldn't spot her. Crouching down, she kept an eye and ear out for the girl, silently praying that nothing would happen to her.

[xiaomei]

Closer and closer Mei got to them, the more visible they became in her auburn eyes. Unfortunately, Meilynn being so oblivious to the world – she didn’t suspect anything harmful from them and even mistook them as students. Walking in a pack, they seemed like regular students to her who weren’t in their school uniforms. Passing each other slowly, Mei slightly bowed and smiled as she continued to walk in her direction of the dorms. They also returned the favor as they walked by her, but one turning back around.

“Excuse me! Hey!”

Meilynn slowly stopped and looked around before turning to face the four, confused. “A-Are you talking to me?” The group of guys were now standing right in front of her, all looking at each other with the same idea. “Yeah, we were. Hey, do you want to go out for a drink with us? We’ll buy, all you gotta do is come along~” He nudged his elbow over to his right, signaling his partner. “Yeah, come on miss, just come with us. You don’t even have to change; you look fine in what you’re already wearing.

Confused and a little disturbed, Mei smiled and shook her head declining their offer. “No thank you, sir! It’s getting late and I have class tomorrow so I don’t believe I’ll be able to join you guys ~ Maybe next time, and Mei’s sweaty and gross right now; A lady should never be like this.” When she heard them offer a drink she figured, it was water or something for her to cool off from her work out. With that said, she bowed gracefully and smiled to the four. “Have a wonderful evening, guys!”

As soon as she turned around to head back, she felt an unusual touch and a tightening in her wrist. Mei flinched slightly and turned back around to find one of the guys holding onto her with a smile.

“Sorry miss, it was a offer at first but now – you don’t get to choose.” [/size]

[megan]

Yumiko lost it as soon as one of the stranger's hands came in contact with the girl's wrist. What the fuck does he think he's doing?! Angrily, she ran across the field to where they were, no longer caring about her own safety. She looks so fragile, she thought as she ran close. She could get hurt. She needs my help.

"OI!" Yumiko shouted as she inched closer. "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!" As she reached them, she smacked the guy's hand away as hard as she could, causing him to jump back, surprised. "Are you okay?" she asked the girl. She eyed her wrist, noticing that it had began to redden where his hand was. "Damn it," she hissed under her breath as she ran her fingers gingerly across it. "You'll be fine.. but we should do something about this soon."

Turning back to the group of guys, Yumiko cracked her joints, preparing herself for the worst. "You picked the wrong time to be out here, and you especially picked the wrong girl to pursue." She watched, satisfied, as the four's eyes widened, shocked at her threatening posture. Her burning, amber eyes bore into theirs, slowly turning into menacing slits. "You better leave here right this second, or you'll regret it."

"She's cute too," one of them said to the other. "She could come along with us." Snickering, the tallest of the four approached her, probably thinking that he would be able to grab onto her like his buddy did to the other girl. Think again, Yumiko thought as she kneed him square in the balls. "Do NOT come near either of us, GOT THAT?" She was outraged by their ballsy behaviour, thinking that since they were female, they'd be easy to target.

Her eyes widened as she watched one of them pull out a knife. "Shit," she hissed, positioning herself in front of the girl. "Stay behind me, okay? Stay close, and if we run, try to keep up." Yumiko was losing energy, her strategic abilities becoming weak. Damn it. What do we do now?

[xiaomei]

“Y-Yes, I’m fine …”

She looked up in surprise to find another female be her little knight in shining armor. She flinched a bit when her fingers glazed her wrist, not knowing how firmly he had held her down. Mei looked up and found herself standing behind her; under the protection of another. “T-Thank you for coming out of nowhere, s-stranger-chan! I-I’m Mei and w-what’s your name?” Completely oblivious to the situation that the two were in, she smiled a generous smile towards the female and popped her head to the side of her to wave out to the others while holding onto her wrist. “E-Excuse me, sir … T-That really hurt, p-please don’t hurt other people like that..! I-It’s not nice …”

Meilynn finally realized how serious and dangerous the situation became when things started to get a bit rough between the two sides. Frightened, she flinched at every contact the two had and slowly stepped backwards before being stopped by an obstacle. Startled, she looked back only to find the male who grabbed her before now behind her, smirking. “Nah ah ~ Where do you think you’re going missy?” Before she could make any sudden movement, she was pulled violently into a tight grip with both her arms twisted and locked.

Letting out a painful scream, Mei had tears in her eyes now as she looked behind her to face this criminal of hers filled with confusion. "Y-You're being really rude right now, s-sir! P-Please let me go!" The male simply laughed at the pathetic girl, locking her arms together even tighter - making Mei flinch in pain. "I can't believe this, what're you stupid?!" As he continued in his laughter, Mei suddenly froze at the word 'stupid'. She turned back and this time, she glared directly at the perpetrator who was putting her through misery and pain. The criminal only stood there, continuing to laugh as he slapped her cheeks playfully, "Aw, what're you going to now princess? Scream for your prince charming?" he spoke to her in a high pitched tone, in an effort to imitate her.

She continued to glare up at the male in disgust and hate as she spoke, "You're going to regret this, sir."
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[megan]

“T-Thank you for coming out of nowhere, s-stranger-chan! I-I’m Mei and w-what’s your name?”

Yumiko was taken aback by the girl's shy and innocent behaviour. No wonder they targeted her. She's oblivious! Sighing, she gave a weak smile to Mei. "Not a problem. I'm Yumiko, it's nice to meet you, though I wish it didn't have to be through something like this." Turning back around, she glared at the group of men. "I would rather we do our introductions away from them, don't you agree?"

Yumiko's eyes widened as she watched Mei be torn away from her protection, her screams filling the air around her. "YOU BASTARD!" Yumiko yelled, as she stepped forward. She heard as Mei spoke clearly, sounding awfully threatening. A minute ago she seemed so harmless, Yumiko thought. No matter. As she approached the man, she made eye contact with Mei, signalling her to move herself away from the man as much as she could.

With a swift turn of her body, Yumiko's knee came in contact with the man's lower back, causing him to gasp for air as he lost his grip on Mei. Before letting him fall over, Yumiko caught him, thrusting her knee once more into his groin. "You shouldn't have come here," she said in a tone just above a whisper. The young man looked up at her, confused and shocked, as Yumiko threw him onto the ground and jumped on his back, colliding her heels with his body in a way that caused several snaps to sound.

"Mei," she said as she turned to face the other people in the group. "Be careful."

[xiaomei]

Bursting out in laughter, the male looked down at Meilynn and pouted. “Aw, I’m so scared. What’re you going to do –” Before he could finish his sentence, Mei moved in the direction that she saw Yumiko’s eyes flash over towards and closed her eyes shut. As soon as her hands were released from his grasp, Mei’s eyes tore open; frightened from the man’s painful gasp. She backed towards Yumiko’s side slowly this time, with her mouth covered by her hands.

“You shouldn’t have come here.”

Her words seemed powerful and stern, protective and caring. Mei flinched from the sudden snaps and screams from the man, feeling discomfort from the situation she caught herself into. Gathering up all the courage she had left, Mei slowly approached Yumiko and lightly grabbed onto her shirt. “Y-Yumiko-Chan … C-Could you s-stop please … I-I think he won’t bother us anymore.” Mei understood completely what Yumiko was doing, but pain on another wasn’t something she could hold herself up to see.

Mei released a carefree smile towards Yumiko when her caring words reached the brunette. Nodding in agreement, she turned around over to the other group of men and flashed the smile right at them. “You guys should be careful also! Yumiko-Chan is furious right now, and Mei will be sure to call the campus security if you keep bothering us like this!” She threatened the group, reaching and pulling out her cell phone from her pocket. [/size]

[megan]

“Y-Yumiko-Chan … C-Could you s-stop please … I-I think he won’t bother us anymore.”

Yumiko hadn't realized she was causing discomfort for Mei, suddenly feeling embarrassed. "S-Sorry," she said, backing away from the injured man. "I just.. wanted to help.." Angry at herself, she shut her eyes tight and let out a groan. "Why am I so impulsive?" she hissed at herself, hoping Mei didn't hear. "Whatever.." Looking back up, she realized that she had been talking to the rest of the group.

“You guys should be careful also! Yumiko-Chan is furious right now, and Mei will be sure to call the campus security if you keep bothering us like this!”

Though it wasn't likely that the men would listen to her, Yumiko silently prayed that they would. She didn't want to upset Mei any more than she already has, nor did she want to pick a fight where the odds were against her. Still, even if she were to get badly hurt in the process, she'd do what she could for these guys to learn a lesson.

Surprisingly, she watched as the group mumbled to themselves, retrieving their friend and retreating back to where they had come from. When they were out of earshot, Yumiko sighed. "That was easier than expected," she said to herself, grinning. That was sort of fun. She didn't dare say that beating up someone was enjoyable, especially while Mei was still with her. She probably wouldn't speak to her after that.

Turning to her, she placed a warm hand on her shoulder. "You okay? That was very courageous of you, speaking to them like you did." Giving her a big smile, she made a mental note not to act out like that again.

[xiaomei]

Mei was able to place a comforting smile towards the raven-haired, understanding that she was only doing it to protect, not harm. “Mei understands, you’re being her body guard – Almost like her knight in shining armor, right Yumiko-Chan?” She said in a perky tone, smiling brightly over towards the female as she held onto her arm.

As she watched the situation turn around, Mei was partially surprised at how successful she was with her little ‘get-away-from-me’ speech. Turning around, Mei laughed a nervously while scratching her cheek innocently. “I-I don’t know … Y-Yumiko-Chan had to do some tough things, I’m sorry for putting you in that situation--!” Mei bowed excessively, almost to a point where she almost got dizzy.

“Mei’s all healthy and good! I hope Yumiko-Chan didn’t get hurt… A-are you okay?” Mei slightly grabbed a hold of Yumiko’s arm, scanning around with her eyes for any cuts or bruises. [/size]

[megan]

“Mei understands, you’re being her body guard – Almost like her knight in shining armor, right Yumiko-Chan?”

Yumiko nodded, finding Mei's behaviour to be rather soothing, despite the situation they were just in. "You could say that, I guess," she replied, giving Mei a reassuring smile. "I'll be sure to be here for you if ever you need my help again!"

"I-I don’t know … Y-Yumiko-Chan had to do some tough things, I’m sorry for putting you in that situation--!”

Shaking her head, she waved her hand to dismiss the girl's apology. "Don't worry about it, Mei-chan!" Yumiko didn't want the girl to apologize for something that was out of her control. Besides, it was Yumiko's fault for getting into something like that. She had been the one who had decided to step in anyway.

“Mei’s all healthy and good! I hope Yumiko-Chan didn’t get hurt… A-are you okay?”

Laughing, she allowed Mei to examine her for any injuries she had missed. "I feel okay, and I'm sure none of them had laid a hand on me, so please don't worry too much!" Reaching a hand up, she patted Mei's head and gave her a grin. "Promise me you'll be careful from now on, okay?" Strangely enough, Yumiko knew Mei wouldn't have to worry too much since she herself wanted to protect her from this point on.