CHAPTER 25

PAST SINS

Later, Chase and Taku were in Chase's messy room sitting on the bed taking hits from a small glass bong.

Taku stared at the black fox as he inhaled the smoke from the bong. He couldn't stop thinking about what had just happened between Chase and his grandmother. 'I can't believe he's living this way. No wonder he's so angry all the time. Maybe he just misses his parents…' He was then brought out of his thoughts when he felt a light punch hit him in the shoulder, making him wince a bit from the impact. He looked over to an annoyed Chase who held the small glass bong near him.

"Stop spacing out on me, dude. It's your turn", he spoke as he blew out some smoke from his mouth calmly.

Every time Taku's eyes shifted from place to place, he could feel water form in them from the smoke hovering around the room. Once he took the bong from Chase's hand, he saw him coughing with his hand over his mouth. He knew Chase smoked a lot, so he had gotten the cough. As he took his lighter and lit the bong, he began to intake the smoke inside it. He handed the bong back to Chase as he let the smoke settle in his mouth for a bit. 'I wonder whatever happened to his parents', he thought as he finally exhaled the smoke from his mouth calmly.

Chase began to light the bong with his lighter, "This is good shit huh, Taku?"

The brown hybrid completely ignored his comment as he turned to him with a curious look. "Chase, what happened to your parents?"

The fox stopped what he was doing and set the bong down on a small table beside the bed. Afterwards, he took out a pack of cigarettes from his pants and took one out. "Why do you care?" He spoke in an annoyed tone as he placed the cigarette in his mouth and lit it.

He shrugged a bit from him asking while he wasn't trying not to make it such a huge topic. "Just curious is all."

The fox sighed as he began to take a puff from his cigarette. "If you must know, they died in a car crash two years ago."

Taku remained silent for a moment or two after when he realized Chase's sad reason to always be angry. "I'm…I'm so sorry, Chase…"

The fox blew out some smoke from his mouth and turned to the hybrid with a confused look. "Why the fuck are you apologizing for? It's all no big deal. They never cared about me so why should I care about them?"

Taku's mouth hung open in shock as he couldn't believe how heartless Chase had become just because he had lost his parents. "Chase…", he spoke in a soft tone.

The fox turned to the worried hybrid until the door to his room had flung open. His eyes were then set on a black teenage female cat and rabbit hybrid who was closing the door behind her and walking towards him with a warm smile. He formed a smirk at the sight of her, "Hey, babe…"

Taku watched in jealousy as he saw the hybrid girl walk over to Chase and kiss him on the forehead.

"Hey yourself", she spoke with the same comforting smile on her face. She turned to the brown hybrid sitting beside Chase and waved her hand to him. "Hey Taku, how's it going?"

It annoyed him from the fact that Mesu was Chase's girlfriend because deep down inside of him, he had liked her but knew he couldn't dare take her away from Chase. He shrugged as if everything that had happened in his life was no big deal and tried not to worry Mesu about his confusing feelings towards her. "Just the usual I guess."

Mesu began get concerned for Taku and was about to reply to his uncaring answer until she was suddenly grabbed by her waist and was forced to sit on Chase's lap. She blushed in embarrassment as she felt his arms wrap around her stomach. "Chase?"

"I missed you, babe", he whispered as he began to kiss her neck gently.

She giggled a bit over Chase's undying affection for her, but felt uncomfortable with Taku watching them. "Heh Chase, not now. Taku's watching…"

Taku glared at Chase who had sent him a teasing look back. He clenched his fists in anger because he knew that Chase was doing everything in his power to make him jealous over their relationship. Even though he was angered in the inside, he still tried to put a calm look on his face. "No…it's fine…really", he murmured.

Chase placed his hand on Mesu's chin and made her face him. "You heard the guy. He doesn't give a shit."

Before she could say anything, Chase had made her lips come in contact with his. A moan escaped her as his tongue slipped inside of her mouth. When she tasted alcohol on his tongue, she pulled away from him knowing that he was drunk. "Chase, you're drunk."

He shrugged as he gave her an annoyed look. "So the fuck what? I'm always drunk. What the fuck else is new?"

Taku noticed how his attitude had suddenly changed on Mesu and quickly got concerned about her safety. He knew that Chase drinks a lot and when he gets drunk, he tends to get more aggressive and violent towards others.

She placed her hands on Chase's face and made his bloodshot eyes look into hers. "Chase, when I came in the house, I saw your grandmother on the sofa crying…Did…did you get into another argument with her?"

The fox grew annoyed from her being concerned about the relationship between him and his grandmother. "It's none of your fucking business got that?"

The black hybrid gasped at Chase's sudden behavior and had gotten frightened.

Taku could not take the way Chase was treating Mesu any longer. He stood from the bed and pointed at Chase with a glare. "Hey! You can't talk to her like that!"

"Piss off, Taku! I'll talk to the bitch however I like got it?"

Before the frightened Mesu could get away from him, her wrist was suddenly held in a tight grip. She looked back at the fox in fright, "Chase! Let go!"

"Get your hands off her, Chase!" Taku shouted as he clenched his fists.

Chase stood from the bed and held Mesu close to his body in a tight embrace. "Fuck off, Taku! She belongs to me!"

"She doesn't belong to anyone!" Taku spat when he saw her grip her wrist even tighter.

Mesu winced as she felt Chase's grip on her wrist tighten, "Chase, stop! You're hurting me!"

"Oh please! You're just a weak little bitch!"

As much as Taku wanted to hit him, he couldn't. He couldn't fight someone who was so confused and lost. "Chase, I thought…I thought you were someone else. I…didn't expect this to be the real you. If this is how you want your life to be run, then I want no part of it…and neither does Mesu."

Chase's grip had begun to ease from Mesu's wrist until he suddenly shoved her body into Taku's with him catching her in his arms.

They both turned to the angered fox in fright.

The fox crossed his arms and sighed heavily as his eyes fixed on the black hybrid. "It's over, Mesu. I hate stupid bitches." His eyes then flashed over to Taku, "Taku, get the fuck out of my life. You're nothing but a stupid bitch too…"

After hearing that, the two hybrids just stood there staring at the fox who was still hurt and confused in the inside.

"Taku, I never knew that Chase…was like that", Kayla spoke as she placed her hand in Taku's while they were sitting beside each other on the swing set.

Taku sighed heavily after telling his story about him and Chase. "He still is that way, but…I guess that doesn't make up for the things he's done to you."

The squirrel bit her lip in sadness after she remembered the awful feeling Chase made her experience, "Yeah…" She then turned to Taku when he took out a cigarette pack from his coat pocket. Her eyes widened at the pack of cigarettes and had hoped that he wasn't planning on smoking again. "Taku!"

The brown hybrid suddenly smashed the small box of cigarettes in his clenched hand and tossed them to the other side of the playground. Afterwards, he turned to Kayla with a warm smile. "Kayla, what happened last night made me realize that I was exactly like him and if I didn't want to carry his horrible habits with me, I had to sacrifice something that wasn't worth fighting for."

Speechless, Kayla stood from the swing set and hugged the hybrid in tears. "Taku…"

He stood from the swing as well and held her body close to his in a loving embrace. "I'll quit drugs Kayla, so I can protect you from now on…"

The two were then interrupted when they heard giggling near them.

"Look! There they are!" Mesu shouted as she pointed to the two.

Rai giggled from the sight of their embrace. "How cute, brother", she spoke as her and Mesu began to walk over to them.

While blushing in embarrassment, Taku released Kayla from his arms and turned away from the girls. "Shut up, Rai."

Mesu knew how scared and shook up Kayla had become since last night so she tried to approach her with a comforting look. She turned to Kayla with a small smile as she placed her hand on her shoulder. "Are you all right, Kayla?"

The squirrel made a small nod, "Yeah I am now."

Rai turned to the flustered Taku who had his back turned to her while he was still blushing. "Taku, about last night…" She began.

The brown hybrid turned to her when she had gotten his attention from last night. "What about last night?"

"The sword", his sister spoke. "A glowing sword had appeared in your hands remember? Where did it come from?"

Taku looked down at his hands as he slowly clenched them. He shook his head slowly, "I…don't know. All I can remember is that I felt weak and angry and all I could think about was helping Kayla."

Everyone was deep in thought from his answer until they suddenly heard a deep cold voice out of nowhere.

"Chaos powers…"

The startled group turned and spotted a black and red hedgehog appear from behind a tree giving them all a cold stare.

The squirrel's eyes widened at the sight of the hedgehog, "Dad?"

A/N:

Kayla: Oh crap! Dad is here! He's heard everything! We're all screwed!

Taku: I have...Chaos powers?

Vector: Do you know what The Demon Release Glove is?

Kainya: Tri...I think...I think something's wrong with me!