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Chapter 10
Nix was exhausted, it'd been a very long and stressful day at the station, and she was looking forward to getting home and relaxing for the night. But of course, that was not meant to be. As she struggled to get her key in the lock, all of a sudden all of her front windows exploded, throwing glass shards everywhere.
"What the hell is going on?!" she shrieked, upon entering her house to see her adoptive son laying comatose on the couch, glowing a faint green and several very guilty looking males looking back at her.
"Nicky?!" She said worriedly, shoving past the Akatsuki members to crouch down beside him. Her fingers found the pulse in his neck and she sighed in relief at the strong and steady beat.
"I want to know what happened, and I want to know right now," she stated harshly, feeling anger take the place of fear.
"Nicky-san returned from school a little while ago with Tobi. Tobi apparently brought up chakra and mentioned that his body has it. He came to me as soon as they returned and asked if I could make it so he could access it. I insisted we wait until you return, but he was insistent. The others overheard and Sasori offered to do it. It did not harm him any, the glow is chakra entering his body, and the energy from combining his physical and chakra system, exploded outward, destroying the front windows as you witnessed," Itachi explained, throwing his fellow Akatsuki members under the bus with no remorse whatsoever.
Nix groaned and buried her face in her hands.
"Ninjas or not, boys are reckless I guess," she grumbled to herself. Looking up, she fixed a glare on them.
"Why didn't you listen to Shadow? Nicky is my kid in the eyes of the law. If they think he's in danger here, they will take him away forever and we will never see him again. Do you understand that? If you want to do something, talk to me first! What were you thinking?!" She snapped.
"But he wasn't in any danger,un!" Deidara protested. The others nodded in agreement except Itachi.
"Apparently none of you have ever had kids or younger siblings except Shadow," Nix said dryly as she gently shook the small boy on the couch.
"Nicky? You okay, honey?" she said softly, trying to wake him.
Nicky gave a little groan as he started to come around.
"Mph,what happened?" Nicky groaned, sitting up slowly and rubbing his head.
"You're body shut down to process the increased amount of chakra," Sasori said, coming forward to lay a pale glowing hand on his forehead. "But, everything seems to be functioning properly," he finished.
"Well,I'm glad you're okay, because it would have been difficult explaining what happened to someone at a hospital, don't you agree Nichalos?"
Nicky jumped in surprise and gulped as he looked up at his guardian slowly. She looked pissed.
"Hi," he mumbled, looking down.
"Nichalos Emandi Leedlow. What the HELL were you thinking?!" Nix exclaimed, crossing her arms and fixing him with an angry stare.
"I was fine," Nicky started, mouth snapping shut with a cringe when Nix's expression got angrier.
"You don't understand, do you?! Why would you do something so reckless without asking me first? If it truly wasn't dangerous, do you think I would have said no just to be cruel? I care about you!" She said, voice raising to a shout by the end.
Nicky felt anger swell. "I never asked you to care! If I'm so much trouble, why don't you just get rid of me, Huh?! Besides, you aren't my mom! I don't have to ask for permission, cuz you aren't my parents! They're dead!" Nicky screamed back, standing up and hugging himself defensively.
"Nicky-San..." Itachi said quietly, shocked.
"Shut up! Just leave me alone!" Nicky screamed.
Nix gasped as she was slammed into the wall by an invisible force, the wind knocked from her lungs. She winced as her head cracked again the corner of a picture, feeling blood trickle from the injury.
Nicky stared, going several shades paler.
"Nix-Chan, are you alright?!" Itachi asked, going forward as nix slumped to the ground, the force having released her. She put a hand to her head, feeling a little dazed.
Nicky's eyes filled with tears when he saw the blood on her hand.
Nix looked up to see his expression. "Nicky..." She started.
Nicky bolted from the room.
With a little groan, Nix hauled herself to her feet, waving off the others concern.
"I'm fine, it was an accident and I'm not hurt, it's just a scrape. I'm going to go find him and talk to him, I want the rest of you except Shadow to go kitty again. I want him to call the police and come up with a believable lie about my front windows that don't involve the money to fix them coming out of my paycheck. Understand?" She said, eyeing everyone with hidden satisfaction as all but one human became a cat once again.
She walked up the stairs to her room and paused outside the door, hearing the muffled cries from within. Opening the door gently, she entered the room to see Nicky wrapped up in her blanket, on the floor in the corner, back to her.
She sighed quietly when he stiffened, but crossed the room to sit next to him.
"I lost my entire family when I was around your age. I couldn't do anything to save them. So I promised myself that I'd never let that happen again. So when you, or anyone else who is precious to me puts themselves in any sort of danger, I hate it. I love you so much, it would kill me if I ever lost you. That's why I was so angry, I'm terrified of losing you pup." She said softly.
Nicky whirled around and threw his arms around her, sobbing and apologizing hysterically.
Nix wrapped her arm around him, tugging him into the circle of her arms and curling over him protectively, tugging the blanket to cover him fully as she stroked his hair with her other hand.
"'M sorry," he whimpered repeatedly as he clung to her.
"It's alright. I forgive you, I love you," she whispered into his ear.
"They died two months ago, why does it still hurt so much?" Nicky whimpered.
Nix sighed. "It'll always hurt pup," she whispered. It was silent for a few moments before she began to sing in soft voice.
"Shattered, like you've never been before. The life you knew, in a thousand pieces on the floor. And words fall short, in times like these, when this world drives you to your knees, you think you'll never get back to the you you used to be.
Tell your heart to beat again. Close your eyes and breath it in. Let the shadows fall away, step into the light of day. Yesterday's a closing door, you don't live there anymore, say goodbye to where you've been, and tell you're heart to beat again."
As she sang, tears trickled down her cheeks slowly, her own grief still making her heart ache, even after so many years.
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean it. I love you to, please don't leave me. It hurts so much" Nicky whimpered into her neck.
"I know sweetling, I know," was the only thing she could say as she held him tight, unaware of their audience spying from the doorway.
