PAST TIMES 2

Tokah came back hours later, she seemed pale like something bad happened to her.

"Tokah, what happened?" I called on to her, but she didn't respond. "Tokah!!!, You scared me. I thought we agreed that you are coming back before nightfall"

She didn't answer me she kept walking straight to our house, I ran and held her hand, she held my hand and threw me against a tree, I fell on the ground coughing blood, Tokah looked at me, and suddenly she returned to her normal self and ran to help me. We got home and I asked her about what happened.

"Big brother, I made a friend outside the barrier" she happily informed me.

"Outside the barrier!!!!!, Who is this friend of yours?"

"It was a young lady, she comes into the forest with her father to cut wood and takes it to the city" Tokah came closer to me. "Guess what brother?"

"What?" I asked confused

"She took me into town and showed me some places. The town is really amazing"

"You know, we're not allowed to go outside. How did you go outside in the first place?"

"Simple!!" She shouted proudly. "I tried to touch the barrier, but my hand just went through it as if there was nothing there"

Pass through a barrier, I once walked to the end of the barrier and tried to go through, but it wouldn't let me, Maybe she was able to pass because mom was outside.

"And big brother?" she called

"Hmm mm"

"I injured myself, could you make the pain go away" she asked as she pushed her thumb to my face.

"Okay, okay" I put her thumb in my mouth and suck on it, I mistakenly swallow a little of her blood, but I just thought I was okay, then did a little incantation, which was "pain, pain go away" mom always did the same to me when I get injured, it always made me feel better, then I tied it with a little clothing.

"Thank you big brother, I'm going to sleep now. Good night"

"Good night and sweet dreams" I sat there wondering how she passed though a barrier, or maybe the barrier isn't active because mom remove it to go outside.

My mother came the next day, I had earlier warned Tokah not to tell her. Everything went well that day, we took a family photo. My mom gave us some a copy each and told us to go to the attic and use the magic circle that was already drawn on the floor to teleport ourselves as far as possible, I asked her why.

"There are coming for you" the said in fear, she held my hand and kissed my forehead and did same to Tokah, all this time she was shaking, she was terrified. "Please Kakashi, protect your sister"

"What is coming mom?" I asked out of curiosity, she forced a smile and told me to hurry. Quickly, I took Tokah hand and ran upstairs, she was crying asking me to tell her what's wrong. I didn't respond to her.

Few seconds after we went upstairs, a group of people broke in coming from every angle, some broke down the door, some came through the kitchen, while some through the window.

We went upstairs, and I opened the attic and told her to activate the magic circle while I buy time, as I was about to leave she held my hand and asked me to promise her that I'll come back, and I have my word before running back downstairs to help. She has been capture, with two men holding her hands behind her back, the third man walked around the living room looking around, he looked at my mom, frowning at my mom like he was disgusted by the sight of her.

"Where are they?" He asked angrily, holding her neck. She was choking, I wanted to help her, but I couldn't move, the floor was stained with blood of some of the men she killed, about six of them and they were four left. "Answer me, dammit!!!!"

"The..... they are.....no… Not here" my mom struggles to speak even with the man strangling her.

"I can't believe you'll bring yourself down to this level, Moka." The fourth person added. "After what you did, you're still able to live peacefully. You don't deserve to live, not after what you did" my mom was able to free herself from the third man grip.

"What you did isn't it enough?" My mom replied crying, I've never seen her like this after that day we left the village. "My dad disowned me, you humiliated me and chase me out of the village. I'm just trying to forget about everything, so please, LET US LIVE IN PE....."

My mother was cut short of her word when the third man stab my mom in the stomach with a dagger. I rushed angrily at them, they were shocked, maybe surprised to see me. He pulled the dagger out of her and went for me instead, I jumped down the stairs and just as the moment he was about to stab me my mom called out to me, he got distracted, and I used the opportunity to bend sideways allowing me to avoid his attack, I caught his hand and drag the dagger and threw it away from sight before using my left leg to kick him behind his knee, he kneeled down, and I kick his face, sending him flying across the room. The other guy caught me from behind and hit me on the floor, using his weight to put me down. My mom tried to fight them to save, when the third man cut off her head. I watched my mom being killed because of my foolishness, I began to tremble, my body shaking, my eyes opened wide with disbelief as the blood splash me, the whole place was filled with blood. If he just killed her that means I'm next, I'm going to die, I didn't want to die, I still have to protect Tokah, but I was filled with hated, vengeance, I was filled with it too much that I couldn't think straight.

" I'M... I'M GOING TO KILL YOU, YOU EAR ME, I'LL KILL YOU!!!!!!!" I yelled out of anger. Then I looked down at my mom head which rolled to the stairs, she was crying and smiling the same time. I can, I say such a thing in front of my mother. Well, even though I die now, at least I was able to protect Tokah for once and not the other way round.

" Take the kid, at least he is still worth more than his bitch of a mother" I looked at him.

"You, mark my face, I'm coming for you. And you will pay for this, for all of it"

" Shut up, brat" that was the last word he said before he kicked my face and I fainted.