SuperNatural Paradox

Volume 5 Chapter 5: Sophia's Morals

"I can't believe we lost." said one of the kids that Krean and Toshio had faced.

"Yea I know. I didn't even know that Toshio was good at basketball."

"Did you see the looks on their faces!" Toshio laughed as they walked out from the building.

"I know." Krean started. "Their faces were completely frozen throughout the game from out good defense and offensive moves. You really surprised them there. You even surprised me. I didn't even know you were good at basketball. You should try out for the team sometime."

"Nah! I like my freedom right now. School is enough for me, so I don't want to waste any of my freshman years stuck in a sports all year long. I know how they are, they train for hours and a lot of kids don't even get a chance to play more than two minutes per game."

"Yea, that's actually true. I remember playing basketball and sitting most of the time on the bench. I was dedicated to playing the sport, going to practice and everything, but the coach would only put me in for a short time. So, what do we do now?" Krean said trying to change the subject.

"I have an idea." He took off.

"Mom! Have you seen Toshio anywhere?" Sophia asked. Mrs. Katatsuin is all over the kitchen. She moved across the floor fast as lightning to get to stove, microwave and fridge to get supper ready.

"I'm sorry Sophia. I haven't been able to see him." She answered in a soft mellowed voice, but didn't pay much attention to Sophia. "He snuck out and hasn't come home yet." She added as her voice began to sound a little irritated. "And when he does," her eyes burst into flames. "I'm going to make him pay." She began laughing to herself. A flame burst up from the frying pan in front of her face. "Oh no! I got distracted!" she quickly ran to get the fire extinguisher. "Sorry dear. Can you leave me alone right now, I'm sort of busy trying to get supper ready tonight."

"Oh yes mother. Sorry to bother you." Sophia walked out of the kitchen. "So he didn't finish his chores." she mumbled.

"Supper's ready!" Mrs. Katatsuin announced when putting food on all the kids' plates.

"But mommy, it's burnt." Said Shiro.

"I don't care!" she yelled. "I worked hard in making that and you all are going to eat it!"

"Right!" Shiro said in fear. "Don't worry mommy! I'll eat it!"

"That's a good boy." Takuya threw his steak at her face. "Takuya! What do you think you're doing?" he giggled and picked up his plate and threw it at her. "You brat!" she yelled after the plate hit her. "I'll teach you to not waste food or destroy my gorgeous plates!" she darted for him.

"Uh-oh! Mommy getting angry. Me better run!" Takuya mumbled before he got off the chair and started running.

"Oh! When I get my hands on you you're going to be very, very sorry!"

"He didn't finish his chores yet?" Sophia thought to herself as she walked up the stairs after supper. "I think," she started smiling. "I'll do something nice for him." Then she began to giggle.

Toshio tiptoed through the house, hoping to pass by his mother without notice. "Toshio!" he heard a voice. "Where have you been? It's almost ten." His mother stood there with her arms crossed and foot tapping the floor. One eyebrow was higher than the other as she tried giving him the death stare.

"Oh! It's you. I was… uh… I was… you know…" Toshio began mumbling.

"What! I can't hear you! And you're in serious trouble you know!"

"I was out picking these for you." Toshio quickly held out a bouquet of flowers. "It took forever to find them all."

"Fl-fl-flowers? Her tone of voice sounded happy. "And were these all handpicked just for me?"

"Especially for you, I had help from a friend I admit it."

"Thank you so much!" she grabbed ahold of Toshio and gave him a big hug as a thank you. "You don't understand how much this means to me from day after day having to deal with you kids all the time."

"Um, mom you're squeezing me too hard. I can hardly breathe. If you don't let go you're going to smash the chocolate."

"Chocolate!" she quickly let go. "Give me! Give me! Give me!" she reached for his arms and grabbed them. "Thank you so much sweetie." Her eyes sparkled in excitement.

"Well anyways," Toshio began to walk off. "I'm off to bed now. Hope you like your present."

"Oh I do!" she said while forgetting that she was mad at him. "Flowers and chocolates!" she spun around while holding them tight to her chest. "He always knows how to butter me up. Why don't you ever do this kind of thing for me dear?" she asked her husband as he entered the room.

"Don't you realize that he tricked you into letting him go for not doing his chores?"

"He what?" her mouth dropped to the floor. "Oh, never mind that he told me what he was doing. He spent the whole day picking these flowers just for me."

"Darling." He walked over to her and laid his hand on her shoulder. "Today was the festival. I'm sure he just quickly stopped at a booth and bought those flowers and chocolates just for you."

"HE WHAT!? That brat! When I get my hands on him." She opened her box of chocolates and started to eat them out of frustration. "He's going to be very sorry."

Toshio laughed as he walked up the stairs. "That was too easy. I can't believe she fell for it that easily. She never was that bright of a mother." He opened up the door to his room. "Huh?" he noticed. "My room, it's cleaned. How? Did mom do this?"

"Do you like it Toshio?" Sophia walked out from the shadows. "I thought I would be nice and do all of your chores you skipped for you today."

"Really?" Toshio's eyes sparkled. "Thank you Sophi! I really appreciate it." He smiled at her with a big smile.

"I'm glad that you're happy. Well, it's getting late and I should be getting to bed myself." Sophia walked out of the door before Toshio had closed it. "I'm so glad that he looks happy." She thought to herself.

The house was completely noisy the next day. All the kids ran around everywhere playing games and running away from their mother. "Get back here you little brat!" she yelled as she chased them down.

"The house sure is lively today." Sophia mumbled as she walked down the stairs.

"Oh Sophia." Her mother stopped before she ran past her. "Would you mind if you could run some errands for me? I would ask Toshio but," Flames began to burst into her eyes again in anger. "He ran off again this morning without telling me! That pest of a son is going to pay one of these days." She grabbed ahold of Takuya as he ran by. "Ha! Got you now!"

Sophia giggled from all the excitement. "Ok mom. I'll do it."

"Thank you so much sweetie. You're the only one around here that I can really trust with their work." She pulled out a list from her pocket and handed it to her. "This is everything that I need you to get for me."

"I'll be back shortly then." Sophia left after grabbing her jacket and some money.

"Now, where were we?" she looked at Takuya with an evil smile. "I got you now." She gave an evil laugh. Takuya's elbow flew back and hit her in the gut. Her hand let go of his arm from the sudden shock and he took off running. "OW!" she yelled. "You little brat!" she chased after him again. "You'll be sorry when I catch you!" Takuya turned around and stuck out his tongue and mooned her. "Is this how we're going to play?" she asked. "Two can play at that game." She then stuck out her tongue and mooned him back. Takuya quickly picked up a glass plate and threw it at her butt. "Ow!" she turned around after pulling up her pants. Gwen and Tina stood on the table giggling. "Gwen! Tina! Don't you be encouraging him! And get off that table now you two!"

"Uh-oh! Mommy mad at us. Run!"

Sophia looked at the list on the way to the store. "My goodness. She sure has a lot of items on this list. I sure hope I can carry it all back home."

"Toshio! Oh Toshio!" Anne waved her hand at him. "Oh my sweet Toshio!" she then started running towards him.

"Oh no." Toshio mumbled. "Krean, you need to hide me now."

"Hid you? From what?"

"Anne Tutnum is coming this way. I can't stand her. She's to lovey dovey all over me all the time. It drives me insane."

"Don't be ridiculous. Why would I hide you? This is your chance to finally get a girlfriend. She really likes you so you should try to get to know her, and maybe you might be able to get some." He smirked.

"I don't want a girlfriend right now, especially one like her. You don't understand, she's too hyper and annoying. Not mentioning how obsessed she is with me. I can't stand it."

"Really? I haven't seen her act like that?"

"Toshio!" Anne jumped into the air and held out her arms and Toshio moved before she could land on him. She landed on her stomach with a smack. "Ow! Love hurts." She moaned.

"Few!" Toshio sighed. "That was a close one. Let's get out of here right now!" he grabbed Krean's wrist and darted off.

"Wow! I can't believe I got everything on the list already." Sophia mumbled as she walked up to the cashier. A man stood in front of her. He wore a black coat with a black hat. "That's strange; he doesn't seem to have any items on him." When it was his turn he pulled out a gun at the cashier.

"Hand over all your money now!" the man yelled.

"Oh, ok!" the cashier said. He opened up the cash register and handed him the money.

"Give that back! That doesn't belong to you!" Sophia demanded. "Don't you have any morals?" The guy turned around to face her.

"If I were you girly, I would keep my trap shut." He turned back to the cashier.

"If I were you I wouldn't do such a cruel thing such as stealing money from people."

"Look girl, I don't give a damn! You're starting to get on my nerves. If you don't shut up right now then I'm going to shoot you!"

"Just let it go." The cashier said. "It's safety first."

"No. He needs to know what's right and what's wrong."

"That's it!" the man turned around and shot her. Her stomach began to bleed. "if anyone else is going to try to be as foolish as this girl, I won't hesitate to shoot." The man fled with the bag of money shortly after.

"Someone! Call the ambulance!" the cashier yelled as he watched Sophia drop to the floor bleeding from her stomach.

"Hah! Hah! Hah! I hope we'll, hah, hah, loose her in here." Toshio said while trying to catch his breath after reaching the grocery store.

"I wonder what's going on in here." Krean pointed out. They saw a crowd gathered around a medical team inside the doors.

"I don't know." Toshio pushed his way through the crowd after entering through the doors to see what happened. "No!" Toshio froze in fear.

"What is it Toshio?" Krean asked as he pushed his way to him. "Huh?" he saw what Toshio was looking at.

"Sophi!" Toshio ran over to her.

"I'm sorry sir, but you can't come over here." said one of the medical people. Toshio watched as they strapped Sophia down to a table so they can transport her to a hospital.

"I'm her brother!" he yelled. "What the hell happened!?"

"To-Toshio," Sophia moaned. "Is that you?"

"Sophia," Toshio stood there silent from a distance.

"I'm sorry kid, but this is an emergency so we beg of you to move out of the way. If we don't hurry she could die."

"Die?" Toshio froze. "What exactly happened?"

"There was a robbery and she tried to stop the man and ended up getting shot." The cashier answered.

"Stupid!" Toshio took off running out of the store.

"Hey Toshio! Where are you going!?" Krean asked.