15. And Then It Made Sense
Tomoe's ear perked, and his blood ran cold rather quickly. His tail flicked about and Nanami looked at him confused.
"Did you hear that?" He questioned with little to no emotion on his pale but beautiful face.
Nanami shook her head back and forth and Tomoe sighed out in annoyance. Then the car alarm started to blare louder making Tomoe's ear ache proceed to his head. The sound echoed throughout his being and he winced.
"Stay here.." Tomoe muttered and pulled on a jacket over his T-shirt. He walked out the double doors of their white house and blinked.
It was cold that was for sure, but thats not what made him flare up in anger. There beside his dads car was Nanami's dad.
He was chugging a bear in one hand and holding a baseball bat in the other. The windows of his dads car was burst out and prayers were laying all over the ground.
Tomoe hissed, His eyes slitting in absolute anger. He bared his teeth as the man looked at him with blurry vision.
"You!" He sqeaked, " I never, Liked you !" He slurred.
He lifted his bat but Tomoe didn't flinch. The fox stood there; staring the man down with his vivid violet eyes.
"You! Are a Yokai!" He cackled and staggered towards Tomoe.
The white haired fox glared at him and even though the man was a few feet away he could smell the nasty and disgusting alcohol in his breath. The man stepped forward and swore.
"I'll beat the crap out of you kid! Always making my daughter laugh... EVEN WHEN YOUR A DEMON!" He lifted his bat with a heavy arm and Tomoe closed his eyes.
He would not bow down to someone like this; someone who wasn't thinking straight. Tomoe didn't like Nanami's father, but he would never use his fox-fire against him. He respected his best friend far to much.
But when Tomoe didn't feel the bat he opened his eyes and stared at the man confused, The drunkard's eyes were wide with fear and this made Tomoe arch his brow.
Then he heard a rather loud, 'Click' Behind him. Tomoe's eyes widened as he turned and saw his father with a pistol pointed at the mans head.
"Get Out, " Mikage seethed and pulled Tomoe back behind him, " You hurt to many people; And if you touch my little boy again? I'll kill you.."
The foxes eyes grew wide with shock the staggering man dropped his bat. Gwen hugged Tomoe and started to look for wounds as Mikage cocked the gun again.
"Leave, Now." He hissed out.
The man slowly turned around and walked down the sidewalk. Once he was out of sight Mikage dropped the gun, turned around and grabbed Tomoe into a strangling hug. The fox blinked as Mikage lifted his arms in a panic.
"Did he touch you? Where's the Blood!? WHERE'S THE BLOOD!?" He started to throw his arms about and Tomoe just looked at him, his eyes blank.
"Dad..." He muttered quietly.
Gwen looked at the fox worried. he was quiet and his eyes were glasses over. He started to shake in her arms and Mikage looked at Tomoe in terror.
"Dad.." Tomoe covered his mouth, his hands shook and his legs trembled.
That man was coming towards him and Tomoe wasn't going to fight back; He was scared for a moment. He was scared...
"Dada he was... D-Drunk." Tomoe whimpered out. He hated alcohol! Everytime he heard it name it made his stomach twist in knots; It made him crawl up and shake.
And Nanami didn't know why. He wouldn't tell her about his hatred towards it and he wouldn't tell her his hatred towards her father. Her child abusing father..
Tomoe shook and Gwen winced, " I think hes in shock.." She whispered it out and Mikage shook his head.
"No, Its mental.." He sucked in his breath as he hugged the fox and stroked his head; trying to calm him down, " Its to do with his mother."
Gwen paused, She didn't know anything about Tomoe's mother. All she knew was that she was beautiful and loved her son to her very last breath. She didn't even know how she died.. But right now Tomoe was shaking like he had seen ghost from the past. He was clinging to Mikage with a fear she had never seen.
Even Nanami, Who was standing in the doorway, Looked at loss for words.
"He's terrified.." Gwen muttered slightly.
She was a doctor and yet she couldn't think of a reason to why he was shaking and pleading Mikage to stay. The woman had knwn him ever since he was little, but then again. She came in the picture after his mother had passed away.
"He had to deal with a few things." Mikage whispered and made sure Tomoe didn't hear him. The fox was to scraed right now to get mad at him, but he was never going to cross the line and tell Gwen or her daughter how much Tomoe had to deal with Nightmares and shock.
It was too personal to tell the world, Tomoe would have to make that step himself; but right now.. He was shaking and trying to be strong in front of his best friend.
" He was drunk.." Tomoe muttered again, but this time quieter. He stared at the bashed car and the bat that was on the ground, " He was going to... Kill me.."
'Kid! Stay still! Watch out!'
'MOMMA!'
'Keep him back! He shouldn't see her like this!'
Tomoe's eye jerked open as he sat up and gasped out for air. His heart was racing as he looked at the clock. It was only three in the morning, Great.
Tomoe ran a hand through his hair and slumped against his bed, He hadn't had that dream in so long; but.. Tonight had brought it to light. He was so.. Shocked and scared. He didn't think he harbored those type of feelings anymore.
He didn't think he was terrified.
It happened so long ago.. So very long ago. He never really got over it, The fox just pushed it aside and hoped it didn't come back.
Nanami seemed to help him calm down. He was grateful for a friend that took his memories away.
Tomoe brought his knees to his chest and breathed out slowly. He buried his face and whimperd, his ears flattening. He was...
So Scared..
Gwen paused, She was confused, In fact she was fearful. She was shocked that her husband had the guts to beat Mikage's car, and to threaten his son.
But she was to worried about Tomoe.
He was shaking and after that he went straight to bed. She had never seen him like that and even Nanami looked shocked.
The women sighed and walked into the living room. She was preparing to go to bed until Mikage looked up at her from his work.
"Gwen.." He muttered quietly.
She looked at him, " Yes?"
"I am going to tell you something that you must keep a secret. Not even Nanami should know. Its up to Tomoe to tell her." He said seriously.
Gwen sat beside him and looked him in the eye. Then Mikage cleared his throat and glanced at her; showing off his looks. The ones she had seen Tomoe make. Of course he inherited them from his father..
"Tomoe's hates alcohol."
"Why?" She questioned.
She could understand why he hated it, but he seemed to despise it. He had to have a reason behind that... He had to have reason to why he was shaking so hard.. Of course he could have died with just one smack of that bat, ( If it hit him the right way, ) So what was going on?
"His mother was killed by a drunk driver.."
Gwen sucked in her breath. She knew Nanami didn't know that; But it made sense. He would always look at Mikage and say, 'Be careful' Or, 'Take me in the car with you.' He seemed so frightened.. And then it hit her.
It wasn't the bat, Or the alcohol that reeked from her husband...
It was the car..
It was the glass and the dented metal.
And thats when...
It made sense.