Mama Bear (Tokyo Revengers Fanfiction)

8. Izana Kurokawa

Tokyo Revengers belongs to Ken Wakui.

This is purely fanfiction.

January 10, 1998

"Nee-chan?"

"Hmm? Yes, love?"

I gazed at this adoring child, someone who deserved all the world had to offer. I fear that his heart would become so callous, guarded, ....broken. Sano-san introduced me to this beautiful boy. His features indicate his foreign blood but he is just as precious as any child.

"Am I a bad kid?"

I was on the verge of tears as I motioned him to climb in my arms. I stroked his head as gentle as I can humming to him.

"No, love. You aren't. Sometimes the world just deals us a bad hand, but don't worry I'm here now and I will guide you, care for you, and love you with all my heart."

My chest was soaked in his tears when he finally calmed down. I've made up my mind to take this child with me. 

"Hey, I only left to get some ice pops, what happened?" That all familiar mischievous voice was now guarded. I raised my head to look into those black pools I've come to know. I turned back to little Izana and gestured for him to take the bag.

"Go play with your friends, little one. We'll be right here." I waved to him as he ran to catch up with another boy his age.

"So, I take it your grandfather has no idea of his existence?"

"No."

"And your mother? The woman who left him?"

"Hopefully rotting in hell."

"His father?"

"No clue."

"Why haven't you taken him in? I'm sure with the surplus of students in your grandfather's dojo, you're more than capable of having another mouth to feed."

He looked like he was in deep thought. My mind was a whirlwind of emotions and a mouthful of questions begging to be answered. I know that raising a child isn't for everyone, especially a child who isn't your own. The betrayal that woman must've felt, being forced to raise a child from her husband's affair while mourning the loss of her own through miscarriage. I can only guess the father was in a particularly difficult situation. I've heard that martial law in the Philippines hasn't completely disappeared as fights and brawls still break out in broad daylight. Or maybe old grudges came up to haunt the man, we will never know. 

"It's not easy to raise my siblings. Gramps had to work more often to feed us, my little sister just recently began opening up to us, but I know she's still wary of me. I have a lot of enemies for leading the Black Dragons right now and I know I can't protect everyone. So, I thought that maybe it would be safer and better for him to stay here. I don't know how you do it Yui,