I have my English Finals tomorrow, so I hope I'll be able to finish this chapter before then.
I also have oral exams in a couple of weeks, but after that, I don't have anything hanging over me except from a convention I'm going to.
So yeah, hopefully, I'll be able to write a lot ~

"You..!" Ryuuji said with a hate in his voice. Taiga couldn't see who he was talking to, and she didn't dare go up to him now.
He simply looked to scary. She could hear a slightly harsh voice coming from the living room, belonging to a man.

"'This him?" he asked. Taiga could hear someone stand up, making the tatami mats squeak a bit.

"Y-yes," she heard Yasuko's voice, sounding a little nervous.
"That's him."

Ryuuji stood there, staring into the living room with anger in his eyes.
"What the hell do you think you're doing here?" he practically shouted towards the person in the room that Taiga couldn't see.

"Who are you to answer your father like that, kid?" the man answered with a sharp voice. Ryuuji's stance didn't falter.

'Father?' Taiga thought, widening her eyes.
'That's right, he left before Ryuuji was even born, didn't he?'

"How can you call me your father," Ryuuji said with a voice that made it clear how much he detested the person in front of him, "when you were never here from the beginning?"

Taiga could hear the father chuckling a little.
"No matter what you say, I'm still your father," he said, "and I'm here to take you with me. I'll be your proper father from now on, together with my new wife."

Ryuuji clenched his fists, going into a fit of pure rage, literally shouting at his father.
"How could you possibly think that the court would ever take you in favor and let you have custody, when you ran away so long ago?"

Taiga noticed that the father stayed in the living room, almost as if trying to keep his distance from Ryuuji.
"I've talked to your mom about it, and I promised to help her out with her financial problems if she let me take you with me. I have my reasons for wanting to take care of you from now on." He said.

Ryuuji suddenly looked a little despaired.
"Yasuko.. you wouldn't, would you?" he asked as he looked at his mother. Taiga already knew the response when she saw the look on Ryuuji's face.

"S-sorry.." Taiga could hear Yasuko's voice, sounding sad and sorry.
Taiga saw Ryuuji's expression change, as if he understood something Yasuko was trying to tell him.

'Is there some other reason that Ya-chan is letting this man take Ryuuji?' Taiga thought, still staring at Ryuuji.

She could hear footsteps, as the man came closer to Ryuuji, but still out of Taiga's sight.
"It's not a problem, is it? My home is just 3 hours away from here, so you can do your last year of High School on a school there, right?"

Taiga shut her eyes wide open as she heard those words.
'3 hours?' she thought as she saw the blue haired man enter the kitchen, walking towards Ryuuji. His eyes had the same shape as Ryuuji's but Taiga could notice the difference quickly.

Ryuuji was much kinder, you could even sense it in his eyes. His father was nothing more than a horrible person.

'No!' Taiga found herself running towards Ryuuji as his father came closer to him, and they hadn't noticed her standing there. Taiga grabbed Ryuuji's hand firmly, making him look at her with a surprised expression.

She used the other hand to hold out in front of them, signaling for the man to stop.
"Don't you even think about taking him away," Taiga shouted with sadness and determination in her voice, "Ryuuji is mine, so don't you dare lay hands on him! I won't let anyone else have him, ever!"

She looked up at Ryuuji with teary eyes, and he looked back down at her.
He nodded his head in determination and took off running, holding tightly onto Taiga's hand, rushing out the door.

They both disappeared out the door, leaving Ryuuji's dad with a slightly faltered expression. He turned back to Yasuko who sat there, staring into the table.
"That was.." he raised an eyebrow, waiting for Yasuko to explain.

"Yes. That was Ryuuji's salvation." Yasuko said with a monotone voice.
The man sighed and looked back at the door.

"I see."

…

Ryuuji leaned towards a wall on the street they had reached. Taiga stood in front of him, breathing heavily.

"Are you really going away?" Taiga asked him with a sad voice.
She looked up at Ryuuji, doing her best to look him in the eyes.

"Never," Ryuuji said, taking a step forward and looking into Taiga's eyes, "he scared my mom into letting him take me, I could see it in her eyes."

Taiga looked a little surprised at him, wondering about what kind of person Ryuuji's dad was.
"How horrible," she said, looking almost sad. Ryuuji grunted and looked at the ground.

"Yeah, I always had the feeling my father wasn't much of a good man," he said, "and that's why I don't even want to consider him my father. He has no feelings at all, it seems."

…

Yasuko smiled a little at the man as he left the house, waving her goodbye.
"Thank you," she said with a low voice, "maybe you're not that bad after all."
The man smiled as he got into a car and took off.

…

Taiga looked back up at Ryuuji.
"But, what if he forces you? You can't really do anything about it, can you?"
She asked with a worried voice.

Ryuuji clenched his fist a little and looked down at her.
"If that's the case, I'll run away!" he said with a determined voice.
Taiga widened her eyes a little in surprise.

"R-ryuuji.." She said, glaring into his eyes.
Ryuuji seemed even more determined than before.

"If he tries to force me away from you, I'll run away. I'll run until it's my birthday," he uttered, "and when I'm 18, he can no longer force me to do anything!"

Taiga suddenly jumped forwards, grabbing Ryuuji's arm.
"If it ends up like that, I'll run away with you," she exclaimed, "and like that, you can never leave my side!"

Ryuuji looked down at Taiga, suddenly blushing a little.
Taiga looked back up at him and smiled a gentle smile.
"There's no way I'm going to let go of you that easily."

Ryuuji smiled at her words.
"Then, let's do our best."

"Yeah. Let's go on until we find true happiness."

"Yeah. Let us."

And thus, that chapter was done! I am actually, hands down, extremely pleased with how this chapter turned out.
And as you may have noticed, most of it was written from Taiga's point of view, and how she saw the discussion between Ryuuji and his father.
Please leave a review and tell me what you think. :3