A/N: Hello! I couldn't sleep so I finished this chapter. Umm Trigger warning. This goes a little further into the sexual abuse than normal. So just prepare yourselves. And when in doubt return the happy chapters. You are all sweet.
Thank you all,
Traditional Twist
Chapter 15
A week passed since Sora's outing with Hawks. Hawks had been trying very hard to go above and beyond for the two birds. He now sat in a conference room, beside Tokoyami, staring at a stack of papers in each of their hands.
An U.A. Lawyer sat before them. He pointed to a final paper with a long black pen. "Finally, I need your signature here."
Hawks moved fast, as usual, and took the pen a signed the paper. He placed the pen down in the paper and slid it to the teen sitting beside him.
Tokoyami picked up the pen. It felt heavier than he expected it to. With a shaky hand he fumbled his name along the line and write the date. The lawyer smiled and collected the two papers.
"I will see to it that these are delivered. I am going to bring them to the Family Courts myself." The lawyer placed the papers in a large brown suitcase and closed it up. "I will be in contact with you all, shortly." He bowed and left the conference room.
Hawks patted Tokoyami on the back. "Alright! Our part is over. See that wasn't too bad."
Tokoyami stared at the table. "On the contrary, this is the scariest part."
"Look, kid. There is a ton of evidence in your favor. It doesn't make sense for them to not follow through."
"It also didn't make sense to let my Grandmother return home, yet she did."
Hawks just grabbed Tokoyami's shoulder tightly. "You got support. This will be fine."
Tokoyami shared a weak smile. "I hope you are correct."
Back in his room, Tokoyami strummed at his guitar while Sora colored. He wasn't aware but the words he had meant to be thinking were coming off in whispers.
Sora looked up from her colors. "Is that another song for me?"
Tokoyami looked up, surprised. He didn't think his words were too loud. "In a way, I suppose."
"Can I hear is? I want to hear it loud." She moves her arms far apart to emphasize.
"It's not done," Tokoyami states.
"I don't care."
Tokoyami nodded his head and began to strum his fingers across the guitar.
"Embers that dance across the sky
Tell me is there a life that is divine?
And are they watching me as I fall
If I'm to spread my wings and fly
Tell me Gods, the great Devine,
Will you be there to catch me if I fall?
Is this worth it if I just lose it all?
Is flying worth the danger after all?
I have taken the plunge into the night
I don't know if I'm wrong or right
And when I know it will be too late to go back.
If this was only my life I would be fine
But who is watching my angel as she cries
Will the Devine intervene if this goes wrong?
All I can is apologize in this song."
Tokoyami sighed as he put down the guitar. Sora frowned. "That song was sad."
"It is," said Tokoyami.
"Are you sad, Fumi?"
"Perhaps," Tokoyami acknowledged. "I'm anxious about today."
"You signed a paper that made you sad today?" Sora cocked her head.
"No, I signed off that I am suing mom and dad to release us into Hawk's care."
"Do you think it won't work?"
"Hawks seems rather confident. All I can do is trust him."
"And trust me you should," Hawks said from the doorway.
"Hawks!" Sora hopped up to greet the hero with a hug.
Hawks picked the girl up. "Hey Red! How are you?"
"I'm good how are you, Hawks?"
Hawks laughed. "I'm doing well. What are you doing?"
"I was listening to Fumi."
"Would you like to go do something else?" Hawks asked.
"Like what?" Sora asked.
"Well, I happen to know a really good place that sells cookie dough like ice cream." Hawks smirked as he saw the girl's face light up.
"You can eat just cookie dough?"
"Absolutely."
Sora bounces excitedly in the hero's arms. "Let's go!"
"I was even thinking you could bring your friend Eri along. And who's the blonde guy that watches her?
"Oh! Mirio!"
Hawks smiled. "Yeah! Mirio. Get those guys to join us. Maybe even old Eraserhead will want to join. What do you think Fumikage?"
"I think I would rather stay here," Tokoyami mumbled.
"Oh, come on! It will be our first family outing. It will be short and simple. Tell him to join, Red," Hawks turned Sora around to look Tokoyami in the eyes.
"Please Fumi! Its cookie dough! You love cookie dough! We used to eat a whole roll of cookie dough together."
"Woah! When was this?" Hawks asked.
"Sometimes mom would cook, and it would be horrible because she usually burned it. So, whenever she made use eat her really Burt stuff Fumi would take me to the store and we'd buy a container of cookie dough and eat it," Sora explained.
"Wow. And here I get the chance to live in the nostalgia. Stand up and get out of this room Fumikage. I'm not letting you mope all alone."
Tokoyami flinched at the paternal tone Hawks took. He glanced up, Hawks face twitched, as if he were also surprised by the tone of his voice. Tokoyami cleared his throat. "Fine." He stood up and exited his room. Sora held his hand and skipped down the hall.
"I'll race you to the end of the sidewalk, Sora!" The white haired Eri started to race ahead.
"No fair! You got a head start!" Sora sprinted off behind Eri, closing the gap between the two girls.
"Those two really like each other," Mirio said with a smile. "I'm glad Eri has someone her age to play with."
I'm glad Sora has a friend as well," said Tokoyami. "She never had many friends."
"Those Two just seem happy to out and about," Hawks sighed.
"Where is this place, Hawks?" Mirio asked looking at his watch. "I promised Aizawa sensei we would be back in an hour at the latest."
"It's just around the corner."
Sure enough, the two girls began jumping up and down when they saw a large stand with a giant cookie on it. "That's it!"
Everyone smiled and hoped in line. The cookie dough was worthwhile. All had cups with ice cream shaped scoops. Hawks, Tokoyami, and Mirio had scopes of sugar and chocolate chip cookie dough flavor. The two girls took the flavor Magic, a rainbow Cotton candy flavor, along with a scoop of chocolate chip.
The group stood, huddled together eating and enjoying their treats. Sora and Eri were making quite the mess. Cotton candy stuck to their faces. Mirio couldn't help but laugh.
Mirio tapped Eri on the shoulder. "Would you go get some napkins for everyone?"
Eri nodded and raced over to the napkin tray, carrying her treat. She took a moment to take a bite before reaching up and grabbing some of the disposable paper.
"That looks very yummy, sweetheart."
Tokoyami froze at the sound of a very familiar, and ghastly voice of an old woman. He looked up to see Eri standing next to his grandmother. The old shrew was just about as tall as Tokoyami. Her long grey hair fell down her back along a long yellow dress. She wore a large sun hat decorated with a variety of flowers.
"It is yummy," Eri said with a smile.
Tokoyami felt his fists coil. Eri didn't know who this monster was. He had to do something. She was getting too close. "Dark Shadow!" He yelled out and imminently the beast popped out of Tokoyami's chest and snagged Eri in its hands before pulling her back. The Shadow beast left her with Mirio, Sora, and Hawks, bringing attention to everyone in the surrounding area before disappearing back into his hosts body.
Sora grabbed onto Hawks' leg to hide. "Grandma," she whispered.
The old woman looked up and smiled. She began to walk towards Tokoyami. "Oh, my goodness! I didn't expect to see my Toki Toki!"
"Don't come near me!" Tokoyami shouted.
The old woman stopped and tilted her head to see Sora standing behind Hawks. "Is that my little Sora? Hero! You found my Granddaughter! We've been looking for her everywhere."
"Don't even think about!" Tokoyami stepped forward to block the old woman's view.
The old woman smiled. The Shadow she cast spilled onto Tokoyami. Try as he might, the teen realized he was unable to move. Fear tightens the breath in his chest as he felt the all too familiar feeling of shadowy fingers and hands glaze up the insides of his legs.
"Even though you have grown my little Toki Toki," his Grandmother breathed in his ear, "you still make my heart go Doki Doki."
Sora, too familiar with this situation, pulled on Hawks. "Do something!" She cried, pointing to the woman's shadow crawling its way across Tokoyami.
Hawks face turned to a look of horror when he saw what Sora were pointing. Fury built in him. This woman was going to take advantage of him here, and now? He couldn't believe it!
Hawks pulled Sora off his leg before charging in at his frightening speed. He pushed the woman away and pressed her firmly against a nearby fence.
"What is the meaning of this?" The grandmother gasped.
"I'm not an idiot. I saw what you were doing." Hawks pulled out some handcuffs and slapped them on the woman. "A registered sex offender knows their boundaries. You clearly crossed those."
He turned his head back towards his group. "Mirio! Take them back to the dorm. All of them!" Hawks beat his wings and flew up in the air.
Sora rushes to Tokoyami's side. She pulled on his left hand. He hadn't moved, still frozen from the touch. "Fumi, she's gone. Fumi come back."
Tokoyami's body began to move. It followed Sora's lead. He gripped her hand tighter. Then lifted her up into a tight, quaking embrace.
"Fumi?" Sora's concerns bounced off her brother. He simply held her closer. She could feel his heart racing in his chest as he silently walks beside Mirio.
It didn't take them much time to make it back to the Heights Alliance dorms. Upon entering, Tokoyami, sister in his arms, glided over to the nearest sofa and sat down. His arms locked in place and he placed his head on top of Sora's. A far-off look glazed his eyes.
"Tokoyami? Mirio shook the teen's shoulder. He didn't budge. Mirio grew concerned. "He's shut down. I need to call Aizawa." Mirio pulled out his phone and began to dial.
"Grandma does that to him," Sora said. "Whenever she did something bad happened he shuts down."
"Shuts down? What the fuck?" Bakugou entered the common area.
"Bakugou! Fumi needs help," Sora said.
"Bakugou," Tokoyami whispered. He moved his head up and stared at the blonde. In a robotic like motion, Tokoyami released Sora from his arms and pushed her towards Bakugou. "Go with Bakugou," he whispered.
"Hey, Aizawa. You need to come to class A dorms," Mirio said into the phone. Eri worriedly held onto the upperclassman' hand.
"Fumi?" Sora stood confused. She was unsure how to help her brother. She turned to Bakugou who seemed equally confused.
"What the hell?" Bakugou said.
Tokoyami stood up. Mirio recoiled at his movement. "Where are you going, Tokoyami?"
"Shower," Tokoyami said. He walked into the bathroom.
Sora walked over to Bakugou and hugged his legs. "Bakugou, I'm worried."
"No, shit. Me too," said Bakugou. "What the hell happened?"
"Ehem!" Mirio glared at Bakugou, still on the phone with Aizawa.
Bakugou rolled his eyes. "Like they never heard it."
"Grandma was at the cookie dough place," said Sora. She gripped Bakugou's leg tighter.
"Did she touch you?" Bakugou growled.
Sora shook her head. "Not me."
Bakugou looked towards the bathroom. He could hear a shower running. "Him then."
Mirio looked shocked. "I didn't see that! When? Is that why Hawks attacked the old woman?"
At that moment Hawks rushed into the dorm. His eyes darted around, landing on Sora. He eyed the blonde she was standing next to. "There you are Red! Who is this? Where is Fumikage?"
"This is Bakugou," Sora said hugging Bakugou's leg even tighter. "And Fumi is in the shower."
"The shower?" Hawks turned and marched straight into the bathroom.
He walked into the room and saw Tokoyami, sitting against the shower while water poured down on him. Dark Shadow was nudging his master's head with his. "Fumikage, stand up."
Hawks ran his hands through his hair. "Shit. Kid what do I do with you?"
"He's getting wet," Dark Shadow whined.
Hawks walked over and turned the water off. "Fumikage, you need to get up."
Tokoyami didn't move. Instead he wrapped his arms around his knees. Dark Shadow made soft cooing noises and nudged Tokoyami.
Hawks heard footsteps. In came a tall, masked figure with multiple limbs. "Tokoyami!"
"Who are you?" Asked Hawks.
"I'm Shoji," the multi-armed teen said. He moved over next to his slumped over friend. "Tokoyami, what happened?"
Tokoyami lifted his head. When he saw those caring black eyes stare back into his own, his mind snapped. Tears began to fill them. "Shoji, she was there. Why was she there?" Tokoyami began to cry, and the six-armed friend wrapped each one around Tokoyami.
Hawks stood by the side lines and watched his mentee cry in Shoji's arms. After a few minutes he reached over to a towel and brought it over to Tokoyami. He pressed the cloth against the teen. "Come on, kid. Let's dry you off and get you upstairs."
Tokoyami wiped his face and nodded. He stood up. Hawks placed the towel over Tokoyami's shoulders. He and Shoji stood on either side of the raven teen, then walked Tokoyami up to his room.
