Chapter 13

After they ate the rabbit they left to go to the clearing she practice training with Claw. Angel then remembered, "Claw!" she forgot that she was supposed to be training with him but for the pass days she had not seen him. She began to run to the clearing, Tyco behind her.

"Who's Claw?" he meowed as they raced off through the Twoleg place. "He's my mentor, and I have not seen him for days."

"You don't see him in the ally?" she shook her head. "He doesn't live in the ally, normally he stays away from others." She meowed.

They ran into the clearing and Angel called out, "Claw! I'm here, sorry for not coming the past couple of days. Something came up and well-"

"Shut up." Meowed someone from the shadows. They both looked over to see a grey tom coming from a bush. "I was wondering when you come back," he looked at Tyco and snorted. "Who's that?"

"This is Tyco, he's new around here." She meowed, lowering her head and eyes.

"I don't care!" he snarled, then he turned to Tyco. "Go, I don't want you here!"

Tyco looked Claw in the eyes for a bit, then simple meowed. "No." Curling his tail around Angel, he narrowed his light blue eyes at Claw. This made Claw growl even more. "She's mine."

Claw flatted his ears then looked at Angel, sadness filled his eyes. Then he turned and ran back into the bushes.

"Tyco, why did you say that?" Angel turned to him, "Why did Claw look sad and run away?"

"He was in love with you."

Angel's eyes widened, then she raced after Claw. She could hear Tyco racing after her and she quickened her pace. 'How could I not of noticed? I saw him every day, Claw I'm sorry!' she followed his scent to an old burrow.

She padded in, and followed Claw's scent until she found him whimpering in a corner. She slowly padded up to him. "Claw, are you okay?" she whispered. He stiffened, then turn to look at her, sadness in his red eyes.

"What?" he meowed harshly, turning away from her. "Why are you not with your new mate?"

"First off, we're not mates." She sighed, then meowed, "Second, why didn't you ever tell me?"

"Cause I was afraid you would not feel the same, and I was right." Then he muttered. "Who could ever love a monster like me?"

"Claw I do love you, but no I don't love you like you love me. I love you like an uncle or second father. You're not a monster, you never were."

Claw turned to her, "Really? You don't think I'm a monster or unlovable?" he looked hopeful.

"Of course, I'm sorry." She moved toward him and rubbed her cheek against his. He looked at her and meowed. "For what?"

"I'm sorry I don't love you like you love me."

"You love me and that's all that matters." He mumbled.

"Come back to the ally with me." She looked at him, and looked back a little hesitant then nodded, "Okay."

They went back to the clearing to find a worried Tyco. He rushed over to her and rubbed his muzzle along her cheek. "I was so worried." A growling from Claw made Tyco stop and look at him. "What?!" he snapped.

"Claw be nice." Angel commanded, "That goes for you too." She pointed her nose at Tyco. They flattened there ears and looked in different directions, but both nodded. "Lets go back to the ally, and on the way we can hunt." She meowed cheerfully.

When they entered the ally they had caught two rabbits, five mice, a bird, and four squirrels. They dropped them in the shallow hole used as a food pile.

The two toms had refused to speak to each other the whole time they had been hunting. Angel had tried to get them to talk to each other, but failed. So she gave up.

She padded up to her mother and her friends. "Hi!" the she-cats looked at the two toms behind her, staring death glares at each other.

"Hmm. They don't like each other do they." Meowed Rose, as she watched the toms.

Whisker looked at them then stood and padded to stand in front of them. They turned their glares at her and hissed, "What!?" They turned back to each other and glared then turned away. Then Whisker slapped them both with her tail.

"Stop acting like kits." She hissed, both toms looked at her in shock.

"She's right you are acting like kits, and you're not making Angel happy." Stream meowed, coming up to the tom baring her teeth at them and unsheathing her claws. The toms looked at her then at Angel. They both lowered their heads and meowed, "Sorry."

"Now get along or I'll cut both your prides off." The toms both put their tails between their legs. "Uh...we understand." "Good! Now about my grand-kits-" Stream began, Angel snapped her head in her direction.

"MOM!" Angel screeched, Tyco looking at Stream with amusement and Claw looked at her in shock. "We are not having this talk again." She stormed off to her den, both toms following. As she padded into the den Tyco followed her in, but Claw hesitated unsure what to do then laid outside of the den.

Angel noticed he had not come in and went to the entrant, poking her head out and meowed, "You can come in, you know." he looked up at her then stood and followed her back into her den. As she lay back down, both toms laid next to her. Claw on her right and Tyco on her left.