Here comes the storm
by Tately E Delaure
chapter 3
Tsunami's P.O.V
It has been a week since I was brought to the hospital, and today I was finally able to go back to my dorm. I techogoly have to go 'home' but because of the fact that I still need time to recover. Tomoe was looking at the paper work, hoping he could find a loop hole. Luckily Riyuki knew about my family problems so he had vagly written out the doctors orders.
"Tomoe can we get going? I want to get home." I mumble into the top of his teddy bear. For the last week Tomoe has been in and out every day trying to get me to talk to someone other than his teddy bear. It wasn't until he called Dr. Kane did he get anywhere.
"Give me a sec Tommy, we needed to wait for Riku. He was helping out at he bakery today, seeing as it's Saturday." he said sitting next to me. The last few days have been hard on me, seeing that I don't like this time of year. Something about the spring always makes me want to cry. It doesn't help that my father came to pay me a visit early in the week. He was fuming mad and had started shaking me like a rag doll. I had been so scared that I started screaming like a little kid, but luckily a nurse had been pasting by my room and heard what was going on. If she had not come in than I could of been hurt far worst than anyone would like to see. The police had been called after and my father might be losing custody over the three of us. As it stands Riku is the only one staying at the house, seeing as me and Tomoe both live in dorms provided by our schools.
"Hey sorry I'm late, dad held me up with even more chores than normal. If our step mother hadn't stepped in and told me to go I wouldn't even be here right now." Riku said entering the room. He looked out of breath, so he must of been running, somethings never change. I looked up at him and made Tomoe's teddy wave at him.
"Hi baby girl, you must be happy your going back to your dorm today." Riku said pulling me into a hug. To me my brothers have always been like a safety net, someone to catch me when I fall down and help me back on my feet.
"Yeah, I can't wait." I said reaching for my sweater on the back of the chair, only to get my hand smacked by Tomoe. I should mention, I am not to be lifting or pulling anything towards me, as that can rip open my stiches. That is the one rule that Riyuki was not going to giving up. Riyuki know that he couldn't stop me from going to class, seeing as I had already missed a full week of classes. If it hadn't been for my team mates from England coming every day to bring me the notes and assigments, I would of been far to behind.
"I can't wait to go to classes, sure my team-mates have been bringing me notes and assigments but it's not the same as actually going to class." I said squeezing Tomoe's teddy bear.
"Smile big brother Tomo, today is going to be a good day." The bear said. I still sounded weird because of the fact that my Japanese had been so broken. I watch as Tomoe starts laughing under his breath and shaking his head. It wasn't untill someone knocked at the door. We all looked up fearing that it was our dad here to make our life horrible again. I wasn't sure who the group of guys were but Tomoe seemed to relaxed so I gusse I could trust them.
"Hey guys, what are you doing here?" Tomoe asked standing up, looking at the three boys.
"The whole team has been wondering where you keep running off to. Tomoe is something wrong with you or Riku?" the boy with green hair asked sitting down on the bed. I blinked a few times. 'Am I really that invisable.' I thought playing with the IV still hooked to my arm, that was until Riku smacked my hand a little to hard. I was about to cry when one of the other two boys smacked Riku upside the head. He was wearing a blue scarf around his neck.
"You shouldn't hit girls. Even if they aren't meant to be playing with their IVs." the other one said in a dull tone; that one had a red scarf around his neck. So they could see me, but not the other guy, was he some kind of air head. I reached forward and pulled on Tomoe's sleeve, so that I could ask him something. Again I got my hand smacked, I was about to hit someone when the guy sitting on the bed with me finally seemed to notice me.
"Oh hello, I didn't see you there..." He started but I kicked him.
"Tsunami Sakaru Yagami we do not kick people who are older than us. Apologes right now young lady." Tomoe said looking at me. I looked away from him; I was mad that him and Ruki kept smacking my hand and that the green hair boy just notice that he was sitting next to a young lady on a bed.
"Oh so this is the famous Tsunami, Tomoe senpai?" the guy I kicked asked. I was still not looking at anyone until the boy with the red scarf got right in my face. I am shamed to say that I screamed like a little girl, I might of also fallen off of the bed I was sitting on.
"Ow that hurt." I said sitting up while rubbing the back of my head. I looked at Tomoe and Ruki to see them both laughing their heads off. I picked up my shoes and throw one at each of them. I felt better about getting my hands smacked now that I had gotten even with them. That was until a sharp pain ripped up my stomach. I started to curl up on myself while whimpering.
"Tommy, what's the matter? What hurts?" Tomoe rushed to my side before picking me up and holding me like a toddler.
"Stomach." I whimper in his ear, as he sat down with me.
"Figure, and that is what you get. You know it's wrong to throw things at people a long with kicking people, Tsunami. You also know that you are not meant to pick anything up over ten lbs." Tomoe said rocking me slowly. Sometimes I am really glad to have older brothers that love me unconditional. Other times not so much. This was one of the times where I like having them around.
"While I think we are going to get going." the green hair boy said getting up.
"Wait you guys can stay. I have to be here until this evening and sometimes it's better to have other people other than my older brothers." I said sitting up straight once Tomoe put me down. Everyone looked at me, even Riyuki stuck his head in after I said that.
"Tsunami, pumkin are you feeling okay?" Riyuki asked using his stupid nickname for me. I picked up a pillow and throw it at him full force.
"Don't call me that stupid nickname Riyuki." I hissed at him.
"She fine." he said before walking away, leaving the pillow right where it fell. Tomoe had his head down in shame, while everyone else was laughing. I was wonder what was so funny when Riyuki stuck his head back in.
"They are laughing at me Tommy, not you. But what happen I heard like four thuds?" Riyuki said, coming into the room. I looked at him.
"The first thud was me kicking the guy with the green hair, the second was me hitting the ground, while the other two was me throwing my shoes at Tomoe and Riku, who we're laughing after I fell off of the bed." I explain to him while pulling out my coloring; this week after our father attacked me Riyuki had gotten me the book for something to do other than sleep.
"While that makes sense. Boys we don't need a blood bath anytime soon. So please don't piss off you sister. I have seen her when she is pissed and you two will not be able to out run her at all." Riyuki said before turning on his heels and walking away. The look on Tomoe and Riku's faces was to funny and I started laughing.
"What was he talking about Tsunami?" the boy with the blue scarf asked.
"When I was about ten I was over at my godmother's house. And the triples, Riyuki and his brothers, walked into the kitchen while I was baking. While Ryan and Richard thought it would be funny to switch my sugar for confection sugar. So the cookies I was making were ruin thanks to them. They thought they could out run me, but they some how forgot that I can out run Tomoe." I said looking up from my coloring book.
"By the way who are you people?" I asked going back to my coloring.
"We are on the same stride team as Tomoe. My name is Toya Natsunagi, I am the relationer for Kakyoin. Oh that's pretty did you do that?" Toya said looking over my shoulder at my coloring book.
"Thank you Mr Natsunagi. Now what about you two?" I said looking over at the other two boys.
"I am Hajime Izumizo and this is my twin brother Ryo." The one with the blue scarf said, looking bored.
"It's nice to meet you Hajime-kun and Ryo-kun again." I said smiling at them. For a minute the twins looked shocked before they went back to being bored. Toya looked like I had gone nuts.
"You know I saw you two once at the cricus when I was six, watching you two is what encounage me to pursue Gymnastic." I said reaching into my pencli case to show them the flyer, that I kept from that night. And held it out to them. I hadn't even told my brothers about this so it was a shock to everyone. Tomoe looked over the twins shoulders to look at the flyer.
"Tsunami that makes total sense when it comes to you. Watching these two would inspire you to reach for the stars." Tomoe said folding the flyer back up and handing it to me. Toya had taken over looking through my coloring book, at the drawings I had done. He stopped at one before handing it to Tomoe. I swear once he looked at it Tomoe had tears in his eyes. Tomoe nevered cried, sure there had been some bad times when we were younger when Tomoe would be in tears because of pain, but other than that I had never seen him cry.
"Tomo is everything okay?" I asked unsure of myself again. Tomoe looked up at me before sitting next to me on the bed. I looked at the drawing and saw that it was one of the few good picture I have of our family. I had thought about giving it to Tomoe as a gradution present, but than I had some doubts in my ability, and desied against it. I looked at my hand hoping that my bangs would hide the tears that were streaming down my face. But knowing my brothers they would know what was going on from how I was sitting or from the shaking in my shoulders. It was than that Tomoe wrapped his long arms around me, knowing fully well that when I am upset the best way to cheer me up is simple with a hug.
"Thank you Tsunami. The picture is beautiful, do you mind if I take it? " He said sounding sad.
"Tomoe what's the matter you sound sad?" I asked looking up at him.
"It's just after you and mom left dad burnt all of the pictures of you and her. Even the ones you drew." Tomoe whispered so that no one could hear. I wasn't shocked mum did the same thing, but luckily Dr Kane had pictures of my brothers so that I would never forget what they looked like.
"It's for you any ways." I said before barring my face into his shirt. I was happy right now, curled up in my brother's arms. I felt like I did when I was a little kids. When I was a little kid everything that I draw or colored Tomoe would tape it to our bed room wall.
"Thank you Tsunami, when I get back to my dorm. I'll put it into a frame." Tomoe said rubbing his hand up and down my back. I looked up when there was a knocked on the door to my room. Standing at the door was Kaedo Okumura, and Reiji Suwa.
"Hey Kaedo, Reiji. So are you guys done with practice?" I said pushing away from Tomoe. I have wanted to get up all day but that's to much stress for me to take. So when Tomoe finally let me up I was shocked.
"Why don't we take a small walk, around the grounds." Reiji said pulling a wheele chair into the room. I looked at him like he was joking. I looked at Tomoe and Riku, only to see that they had this planed.
"I will get you two later but for now I will follow along because I want out of this borning room." I said slowly making my way over to the wheele chair. Once I was sitted Riyuki choose than to pop in.
"Taking Tsun for a walk? While have her back in half an hour and than she can go 'Home'." he said before turning and leaving the room. I was about to rip my shoe off and throw it at him. But knowing my brothers I would be in even more trouble than I already was. I put my fist on top of my lap, most can't tell when I'm upset, unlease you know the ticks I have. Riyuki stuck his head in again before backing up.
"Okay what did I do this time?" he asked.
"Riyuki, you know I hate it when people call me Tsun." I said while my left eyebrow twitched, he know not to get my upset. He backed up, so that he wasn't in my range of throwing things. It wasn't until Tomoe put his teddy bear into my lap did I start to clam down. I pulled teddy to my chest and snuggle into his head. Teddy fur was soft even if he had been drowled over for the last week. Teddy was one of the few things that I loved.
"Tsunami what is it with you and your brother's teddy bear." Kaedo asked, looking down at me. I looked up at him and smiled before holding teddy out to him. It's rare for me to hand something to someone, let alone smile. Kaedo took teddy and hugged it.
"I gave Tomoe that when he was at his darkest point in life. For so long I have been fighting agaist my own emotions. That when I was four I lived somewhere else, away from my mom, for a whole year. I was living with our godmother, who also happens to be my therpist. My doctor happens to be her middle son. What most people don't know is that my parents have been abusing the three of us, since I was a baby." I said looking at the inside of my hand. Where the brun scars from when my dad made me pull a tray of brunt cookies out with out anything on my hand when I was three. For as long as I could remember my parents had never loved any of us.
"I didn't know that. I've been looking you up all week but it never mention anything about your parents." Reiji said while he pushed the chair.
"When ever someone asked about my parents I would give the same respsions, no coment. I never liked talking about my home life. I used to spend a total of two days a year with my mum the rest of the year I lived with Dr Kane." I said putting my hands out to take Riku's. He smiled down at me and gave my hand a squeezed. I squeezed his hand back before lending my head back tried and almost asleep.
"Hey baby girl are you tried?" Riku asked bending down so that he was closer to me. I nodded my head before yawning, I could barely keep my eyes open, let alone form a compelet sentence. I was debating that Riyuki had done something to me again. But than I remember that he had been staying out of my throwing range so he couldn't have given me anything. Maybe with everyething that has been going on today has finally caught up with me. I felt someone put something over me. I opened my sightly closed eyes to see Tomoe standing infront of me smiling, I looked down to see he had put a blanket over me. I snuggled under it only to feel even more love, coming from the warmth of the blanket.
"Why don't you take a nap baby girl? You have been up all day after all." Tomoe said tucking the blanket around me.
"Thank you Onii-chan." I said before closing my eyes and falling into a dreamless sleep.
(Tomoe's P.O.V)
"Thank you Onii-chan" Tsunami said softly before closing her eyes. After a little time her breathing had even out and she was sleeping peaceful. Kaedo moved the blanket I had put over Tsunami, so that my teddy bear was next to her chest.
"Yagami senpai, do you think they would mind if we took her to the outside garden?" Kaedo asked, moving next to me.
"Riyuki does it all the time from what Tsunami has told me. Than again he usaully does it after her afternoon nap which she skipped. " I said rubbing my forehead. Everything was catching up to me, and I frankly don't know how much longer I could last before breaking down.
"Tomoe how long has Tsunami been awake today?" Riku asked still holding on to our sister's hand.
"I think the nurse told me she was up at six this morning. I got here around ten, and she hasn't once taking a nap today." I said. Before hearing Tsunami whimper, she does that from time to time. I started to pet her hair back as a way to calm her down.
"Tomoe, how much sleep have you gotten this week?" Riku asked as we trun to go outside.
"After dad attacked Tommy, I haven't slept once. I was too worried that he would go after you or Tommy again." I said looking at him. But than I saw that he had that worried look on his face again, which couldn't be good. But than again it was understandable after what I had gone through before.
"You just haven't slept this week right, Tomoe?" Riku asked as if he was expecting me to say something else. I wrapped my right arm around his shoulders, as a way to convince him that I was perfectly fine.
"Toya, would of had my head if it was anything more than not sleeping thought out the night. So you have nothing to worry about Riku, everything is fine. I was just over worrying myself thinking about what he could've done to you or Tommy." I said looking down at them both. While we had been talking about how I was doing, we somehow made it to the outer garden, and Tsunami was talking with Kaedo under a tree. I walked over to them and picked Tsunami up before sitting on the ground with her on my lap. I also pulled out some of the toys that I had saved from our dad. I watch as she tried to figure out the wooden cross puzzle that Kaedo had handed her.
"Hey Tsunami come here for a second?" Reiji asked a few feet away from us. I watched as Tsunami got off my lap and walked over to Reiji, in her hand was the wooden cross puzzle. I had only seen her like this once or twice before, most of the time when I would go early to her meets and watch her practice.
"Tsunami I was wondering if you would join the stride team?" Reiji asked looking my sister in the eye. But the look on Tommy's face said more than words. She didn't trust him or any one else beside me and Riku; and maybe Kaedo. I'm not to sure about that one yet.
"So you want me to be your manger..." She started but never got to finish because Kaedo stepped in on the convection.
"No we want you to be a runner with us. Bantora, Reiji, Shizuma are graduating this spring. And when the girls from England told me that you ran through out the day. It really impress Asuma, that you work out more than we do." Kaedo said after getting in between Tsunami and Reiji.
"Wow I didn't know you trained that hard to be a gymnast." Toya said, standing behind Tsunami. Who in my opinion looks like she is about to lose her temper.
"No Tomoe used to take me and Riku to the park to play while mommy and daddy were fighting. It was there that we were introduced to the world of Stride. All three of us took to different expects of the sport." Tsunami said moving to sit back on my lap. While she ended up putting her head on my lap, with my fingers running through her long dark hair. I looked down only to see that Tsunami was once again sleeping. It had always had a calming affect on her when she was little. Most nights when she had been to scared to close her eyes after one of our parents many episodes. At this moment I wanted to wrap a blanket around her and shield her with my own body as away to protect her from any more harm. I might not have been helpful when she was a small child, but just seeing how far she had grown, was all the reward I could ask for.
"There is something I have to tell you all. But what I am about to say, can never be spoken about to anyone else." I said smiling down at the little bundle I called my sister. I looked up when everyone said nothing, I could tell that they understood the weight of what I was about to tell them.
TO BE CONTINUED:
Next time should be about how Tomoe was affected by have his little sister teared away from him. I hope you all like it please review if you notice somethings not right.