My Life as a Teenage Neko

Chapter 5 : Cat's Tail

     I walked down the stairs and saw that my mom was in the living room. She was sitting in a chair, holding a cup of tea, and looking off into space. She broke out of her haze when she heard me coming. She turned to look at me and from her look I knew that I had some explaining to do and suddenly my fears were put into words. “We have to talk,” she said looking at me seriously. I gulped and slowly moved to sit on the couch beside her. My mom looked at me silently for a few minutes. I just waited; too afraid to do anything. Finally, she started to speak and I waited to get  an emotional, though I wasn’t sure which kind of emotion, outburst. Instead, she spoke calmly, as though she had considered each word in advance. “Sweetie, you know you can tell me anything, right?”

     I was taken aback by her calmness and couldn’t reply right away, though I had noticed that she wasn’t sneezing around me, so that was a plus. I couldn’t think of where to begin so I simply replied, “Yes.”

     “I’m glad, Sara." She took my hand gently in hers and looked at me with a mother's love. "Now what I wanted to talk about was that I heard you talking in your room. My heart froze at her words. She knew. There was no longer any use hiding it. I had to come clean.

     “Mom, I didn’t mean for it to happen, it just sort of did. I’m so sorry!” I could barely control myself as I felt everything pent up in me pour out. Though, it was surprising how good I felt about telling the truth.

      “Sweetie, don’t be sorry,” send my mom soothingly. “I just want to make sure you are safe.”

     “Oh! Don’t worry. I’m taking every precaution until the problem is solved”

      “Problem?” asked my mom confused.

      “Yeah,” I admitted, shifting uncomfortably in my seat. “I can’t control it and it’s getting worse. My tongue feels so weird!

      My mom was visibly shaken after hearing this. She had a wide eyed look on her face and her mouth was a gap slightly. “N-now, Sara, there are ways to help deal with your condition…”

      “No mom,” I said, cutting her off suddenly. “There is no way of dealing with my problem. I just have to accept it until Kyubei can fix things,” I said, looking down and feeling a bit depressed at hearing my situation out load.

      “Wait! Who is Kyubei?” inquired my mom sharply. She was slowly getting more upset. I gulped before answering.

      “Kyubei is the one who did this to me,” I stammered. "And he doesn't know how to fix it. He was at it all morning trying to find away.

       “Well, Hun, mabey you shouldn’t see this Kyubei anymore,” said my mom obstinately.

      I was a bit taken back by this. “No. I can’t. I need him. He is the only one who can help me. He is up in my room now…”

      Suddenly my mom stood up and made her way purposely toward my room. I walked hurriedly behind her. My mom went up the stairs and towards my room, She stopped in fron of my door and grabbed the handle. She flung the door, but stopped in her tracks suddenly. She quickly scanned my room, but the only thing she could see was a cat sitting on my bed.

     “What is going on here?!” asked my mom, shocked. She looked at me worriedly and then looked at Kyubei.

     "Mom that is Kyubei." My mom looked between me and my furry friend and then, suddenly, collapsed on the floor.