T/W themes of intense bullying and depression. This is a warning.

"What the hell?!" Kokichi yelled when the light faded. They all looked around to see they were in the past...at Akira's junior high school...

"Oh, no..." Shinobu sighed shaking his head. He knew where they were...and he knew why... Shuichi looked over at him about to ask him a question before someone shouted through the hall.

"Where are you going, you nasty bitch!!" A guy yelled at a girl who was running past them trying to get away from a group of students. The students were 3 males and 4 females. They all seemed to be trying to catch the girl running...not in a playful way...

"Who the hell are they?" Shuichi asked looking down the hall. Kokichi was frowning...he was dissatisfied with the way these dumbasses were acting. "They are bullying that girl..." Kokichi whispered growling at them.

"Who was that girl anyway?" Shuichi asked looking over to Shinobu. ".  .  ." He didn't say anything for a moment. He hated that he had to come back to this time frame... "That was Akira..." He whispered glaring at where the kids went.

"That was-" Kokichi gasped infuriated a "Yeah, those must have been the friends she mentioned she had..." He sighed already knowing they must have found out how submissive she really was...and have used it against her already.

The good thing about her personalities is that when she is in danger they switch accordingly. So she must have let another one of her personalities take over her, seeing as she was now running.

"This must have been after..." He said trailing off not wanting to mention the boy...he claimed to be her boyfriend...he said he cared about her...only to be dishonest and use her...just for his own pleasure...

"After what?" Shuichi asked wrapping his arm around Kokichi's waist trying to calm down. "That boy that yelled at her...claimed that he had feelings for her...she only accepted his feelings because she didn't want to be rude to him...but he just wanted to use her for her body..." He said in a cold tone his eyes going dark.

"He did what?!" Kokichi yelled drawing attention from the other students in the hallway. "Yeah...we should probably go find her..." Shinobu said gesturing for them to follow him. Kokichi felt sick that Akira had to deal with people like this...

"So, she called us to come back here to help her get away from that boy?" Shuichi asked as Kokichi protectively put his arms around his torso. Kokichi felt nervous because there were a lot of girls in this school...and Shuichi was pretty handsome...so he didn't want one of them to try to flirt with him. Because Kokichi knows better than anyone how flustered Shuichi gets when someone flirts with him.

"I think so, but it's probably not just that..." Shinobu said pointing to the girls writing nasty notes to put in her locker. They were writing words like worthless, waste of space, slut, ugly bitch, and psycho. They were slipping them through the crack in the top of her locker...so they next time she would open it she would definitely see them before they could figure out the combination to get them all out.

"Why do they treat her this way?" Shuichi asked feeling genuine concern for this girl he only met a couple of days ago. "Rumors have been spread throughout the school. People telling others that she killed someone and she only wants to try to hurt others...and that she is submissive and should only be used by others...even as a sex toy..." Shinobu whispered glaring at the girls.

"Why would they?" Shuichi asked knowing that none of that was true...and even if some of it was...the Akira he knew was so kind and selfless...someone who should never have been used like this...

"Because like that boy, they just want to use her for their own gain. Her parents aren't much better." He sighed. Kokichi walked over to the girls while Shuichi was distracted and he slammed his hand on the lockers making them jump. "What are you guys putting in her locker? Don't you know you can get into some serious trouble if it's something bad?" He asked in a cold tone. Although he has vandalized with his group before...he never did it to target someone...

"Yeah, but the dumbass bitch needs to know that she should just kill herself. That would make all of our lives better and easier without her dumbass around." She said in a matter of fact tone. This made Kokichi snap. "How can you say that?! You are scum if you think doing something as fucked up like this to someone else is ok!!" Shuichi walked over and wrapped his arms around Kokichi's torso pulling him back before he could claw their eyes out.

"Oh, are you a fag just like that faggot?" The girl finishing off the word 'hopeless' said pointing at them. "So you are one of the little bitchy homophobes I have heard so much about," Kokichi said bitterly scoffing at them. Shuichi just sighed and glared at the girls. "It really isn't very kind of you to treat others this way...you know what that makes you look like right?" Shuichi said eyes going dark.

The girls flinched under his gaze. "Sorry, uh, I have to go!" One of them yelled before running away from the lockers with the others trailing close behind. "Jesus! What the hell is their problem?!" Kokichi yelled trying to get out of Shuichi's grasp. "I'm not sure..." Shuichi sighed.

"W-who a-are you g-g-guys?" Akira whimpered holding her forehead and her arm. She looked like hell...her face had two bruises and some blood dripping down her forehead. "Akira?!" Kokichi gasped rushing over to her. She backed away her eyes going wide with fear. "P-please d-don't h-hurt m-m-me..." She whimpered again moving her hands to cover her face. Kokichi froze not thinking that she would have been afraid of him.

"Sorry, you must be scared. I'm Kokichi and this is Shuichi and Shinobu." He said offering her his hand. She slowly moved her hand to place it into his. She flinched when he gently grabbed her hand.

"Are you ok Akira?" Shinobu asked gently checking her wound on her forehead. She was shaking under their stares. Scared of what they wanted to do to her...why they were helping her...why were they helping her?

"It's going to be ok, we are going to take care of you," Shuichi said while helping Shinobu help her up. She stayed silent letting some tears fall out of her eyes. Kokichi felt guilty and angry at the other girl's, the other students who did this to her.

"Akira, do you want to tell me who did this to you?" Kokichi asked after they brought her outside away from the other students. They sat her against the wall making sure that she wasn't in any pain. "T-they didn't d-do anything w-wrong!! It w-was all m-me!! I'm t-the o-one to b-blame!!" She gasped waving her hand around.

Kokichi frowned. "You didn't do anything wrong, it was them. You shouldn't have to get hurt like this..." He sighed as Shinobu was dressing her wounds. She flinched when he touched her hand that was covered with her jacket sleeve. "Did they hurt you here?" He asked gently not wanting to freak her out. She just nodded and let more tears fall down her face.

"Can I see it?" He asked concerned. She nodded at him and clenched her eyes shut. Shinobu flinched seeing her hand. He already knew her hand hurt because he rememberers treating her after she came home after school almost every day.

After slowly treating her wounds they all stayed silent for a moment. "A-Ah...s-Sorry f-for being s-such a b-burden..." Akira apologized putting her head down. "You could never be a burden on us! We care about you Akira," Kokichi said gently pulling her into a hug. Akira started to cry again...tired of always having to hold it in all the time.

"It's ok to cry...we are here for you..." Shinobu whispered in her ear slowly sitting next to her. "It's ok now..." Kokichi said keeping his voice hushed. "I-I'm s-Sorry..." Akira sobbed. Kokichi just held her and Shinobu started to rub her back. "Shhhh...it's not your fault...it's ok...shhh..." He said comfortingly as her breathing slowed and she fell asleep in his arms.

"What are we supposed to do now?" Kokichi asked looking over at Shinobu. "We should bring her home and explain the situation to her parents..." He hesitated to bring her to her parents already knowing what they would say.

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"Sorry for making you have to take care of her! She can be such a drama queen!" Her mother said while her father rolled his eyes. "We can take it from here." Her father went to take her from Kokichi's arms, but he held her away from him.

"No, it's alright! We can take care of her!" He exclaimed not wanting to have to give her to these bastards... "Give us our daughter." Her mother said darkly...Kokichi flinched at her words but handed her over with a frown.

The door slammed shut and they could hear yelling before it went silent. "What are they going to do to her?" Kokichi asked. Shinobu shook his head. "They probably yelled at her for making a scene and told her to go to her room because they didn't want to have to see her." He said glaring at the door.

"This is terrible, is this what she has to deal with?" Shuichi asked feeling tears pricking at his eyes. "Not anymore, after an incident we got to have her move in with us. Then she joined the VR killing game and met Sora and moved in with her." They walked away from the door.

"How long did this go one?" Shuichi asked putting his hand over his mouth. "Her childhood up from kindergarten, and up until her 17th birthday, when she graduated..." He said still not looking away from the house. "Damn..." Kokichi glared at the door wishing that they didn't bring her back to her 'parents'.

"I'm assuming since you know this much you must have been friends with her at this time?" Shuichi started walking with them to go to a nearby park. They all sat on a bench, Shinobu looked up at the blue sky. "Yeah, me and Mizu knew about this and we were trying to convince her parents to let her move in with us...she is 13 in this time frame..." he sighed.

"Why do people treat her this way?" Kokichi kicked his feet in the air. "The world is just so fucked up to sweet people like her," Shinobu stated. They all sat there in silence.

How did this happen?

-One more part! Thank you so much for reading!-

-ShuichiOuma010-