Moriki ate his cereal as he listened to his music. He was tunning the screaming coming from his father. The other siblings sat there and ate too. Moriki looked at Shio and noticed his face. He rolled his eyes and went back to eating. As Shio got up from the table, got yelled at by their dad, then left, Moriki put his bowl in the sink, and made his way into his room. He grabbed his leather jacket and put it on. He walked back towards the front door and stood up.
"Hi, Tide!" Lucy smiled. Her cat tail started to wag. Tide is the nickname she's given him.
"Sup, Lucy," Tide walked down the stairs and gave her a peace sign.
He pulled out a ciggerate and a lighter. He lit the ciggerate and took a puff from it.
"Phew... I needed that." He said.
Lucy nodded as they started walking towards their school. A kid with white hair stood at the gate. Cat ears and a cat tail.
"Sup, Silver," Moriki started their handshake.
"How's it hangin', Moriki?" Silver chuckled.
"Good. Let's get this boring day over and head over to the arcade."
"Hell yeah." Silver nodded.
After school let out, Moriki headed to the arcade with Silver and Lucy. Moriki walked in and the man at the desk sighed.
"Afternoon guys."
Moriki nodded and made his way over to a game. A long line was up for the game. Moriki looked at the guy playing the game.
"Game over, buddy. Move." He said.
The kid looked at Moriki and whimpered as he ran away. Moriki stood in front of the game.
"Alright, let's do this." Moriki chuckled.
Tapper. Yep, his best game was Tapper.
Lucy leaned against the machine as she watched him play. Silver played Donkey Kong. The kids in the lines sighed and walked away to play other games. Dancing With Myself by Billy Idol played in the background on the crappy ceiling speakers. Moriki spent hours playing Tapper. He cleared the leaderboard. Lucy smiled as she watched him. Her tail wagged bath and forth. Finally, Moriki decided to leave. He made his way over to the front door and walked out. Lucy and Silver followed. He was immediately stoped by another kid in a leather jacket.
"Azrail." Moriki scoffed.
"Moriki. Nice to see you again. It's been awhile since our last encounter, hasn't it?" He said.
"You mean the last time when I kicked your butt?"
"I felt sick that day." Azrail coughed.
"Sure you did. You picking another fight?" Moriki cracked his knuckled.
"I'll beat you this time." Azrail laughed.
"Then I'll give you the first hit. Let's move to the alleyway." Moriki started walking to the alleyway next to the Arcade. "Don't wanna disturb the peace here."
Moriki walked to the middle of the alleyway and turned around. Azrail smirked.
"You got this, Tide!" Lucy yelled.
"Of course I do..." Moriki smirked. "I'll beat the crap out of him."
Azrail ran towards Moriki and delivered a right hook to Moriki's face. Moriki was launched into the wall. Lucy gasped. Azrail looked at him and chuckled.
"Got too cocky. I've been training since then." Azrail walked up to him.
Moriki stood up and got into his fighting stance. Blood poured out of his nose.
"I'm not down yet."
"You will be," Azrail snickered.
They started throwing punches at each other. They both delivered swift punches and dodges. Finally, Moriki landed a got hit on Azrail's chest. It knocked the wind out of him as he fell onto his back. Moriki grabbed a lead pipe on the ground and held it above Azrail.
"Maybe you'll learn your lesson this time."
"Never..." Azrail growled.
Moriki brought the pipe down and it slammed into Azrail's stomach. Azrail yelled in pain. Moriki's phone rang and he threw the pipe to the side.
"Hello? This is Moriki speaking."
Somebody on the other end started talking.
"What...?" Moriki's eyes widened and his face changed expressions. "I'll be right there." Moriki hung up and put the phone in his pocket. He looked over at Lucy. "I'll talk to you later..."
Moriki turned around and ran out the Alleyway. Lucy and Silver were confused. Azrail was stupid and took that as a forefeit. Moriki ran all the way home and kicked the door open.
"SHIO? HIROKO? MOM?"
He looked over at the three on the floor crying.
"What the hell happened in here?" Moriki ran over to them and stopped as he noticed his dad on the floor with blood all over his stomach. He noticed the blood on Shio. "Shio... Did you kill him?"
Shio looked up at Moriki and sniffled.
"Y-Yeah..."
"WHY DID YOU DO THAT?"
"He was... about to kill mom..."
"I get that he does some bad stuff, but I doubt he would try to kill her."
"He... Was trying to push a knife into her as she held his hands back."
"T-That... That can't be... Dad is better than that. Hiroko?"
"It's true..." Hiroko cried louder.
Moriki fell onto his knees.
"Dad... You... You had this coming." Moriki started to laugh. "You abused her every single day. I had to wake up to the sounds of my OWN MOTHER SCREAMING! THIS IS WHAT YOU GET!" He started laughing louder. "FINALLY THAT OLD MAN IS GONE! I WAS GROWING TIRED OF THE CONSTANT ASSASIN JOBS. I HATE KILLING PEOPLE! I'M ONLY SUPPOSED TO BEAT THEM UP LIKE THE COOL THUG I AM! Avatar... Please help me..." Moriki fell onto his side as he cried softly.
