Toradora!:Spin-Off Legend of the Black Catboy of Misfortune

Legend of the Black Tomcat of Misfortune

"...... d- d- d-, did you see it?"

"It's no use, the trees over there are obstructing...... a little more to the left"

"......h- h- h-, how?"

"It's no good, that tree is obstructing it this time. ......ah, darn! It's quite frustrating! Can we cut it all down!?"

--I may do it.

Takasu Ryuji struggled as he crouched down silently in order to drop the hooligan off his shoulders. The hooligan got down on the ground violently with both feet.

"Damn!"

He swore at the whole world, unleashing his frustration, He tore off an innocent leaf of a shiso plant in the lush flower bed. The mint's scent drifted in the hellish heat of the noon of midsummer.

"Oh forget it, it's okay, that's a wrap. ......aaaah, even though I took the effort to come to school during summer vacation, I can't get one clear view of Kitamura-kun in his club activities. I am extremely unlucky......Hey, why are you ignoring me when I'm feeling down!?"

As Ryuji crouched down to pick some shiso leaves, the hooligan, known as Aisaka Taiga, kicked him right down and into the middle of the buttocks with the toe of her shoes.

"Ow...... that hurts, you dumbass!"

"You stupid idiot! You impudent dog!"

Whack! And he got slapped in the mouth this time, then Ryuji's fierce eyes shone as he shouted back at Taiga without backing off one bit.

"Hit me or whatever you want to do, but I, these shiso, you can't stop me from taking them! These mints are FREE! I'm free to take them! Do you understand!?"

"Tch! Waitaminit! Spit! Gross!"

"Shut up! It's free, I'm free to take it. besides, mint is my favorite! You should be happy to be able to enjoy these in the delicious salad noodles and pickled tuna covered rice every day! Incidentally, here, it was me who planted the mint! On dry days I'm also the one who waters them, sending the pests to the afterlife was also me! Therefore I have every right to harvest these mints!"

"......"

"Nevermind that! Help me pick them if you understand! Ah... It's good that I remembered, last time I finished picking them all, I wasn't sure how soon they would grow again. So careless, so careless, to almost forget. And I don't usually come here when summer vacation begins...... but then, the shiso plants are strong, look at this lush growth!"

Happily-- totally forgetting the original purpose for coming to school, Ryuji became preoccupied with the shiso plants. Casually keeping one step apart, he didn't notice Taiga's eyes glaring at him.

Even with the violent like a wild carnivorous animal known as "palmtop tiger", in the face of the golden sun in the hot day, concentrating on the shiso harvesting, any thought of running by Ryuji was not to be found anymore. Instead Ryuji went "he he", laughing happily, occasionally smelling the fragrance of the crop going "mmm..." while narrowing his eyes and thinking, I wouldn't mind putting some of these shiso into a sachet for my wallet and mobile phone. Whether it was the demonic eyes or the scary features of the face, he looked like a hopeless addict picking some illegal weed that was secretly cultivated in the Hokkaido region., although he was just enjoying the feeling of having a miniature agricultural life with his small personal herb garden.

"Ah, that's right, Taiga!"

"......"

A smug smile and the usual cold silence was all he got. But Ryuji crawls over to Taiga on his knees from the mint plants without minding,

"In the flower bed over there, I have also planted eggplants and cucumber. Say, don't you want to take a look!? The seedlings grew and flowered before the closing ceremonies! Though I attempted last year, it was tragically caught by the gardening club and removed...... But this year!"

"Don't want to"

"Why. ......Hey, why are you so unkind to me? What is that strange look you're giving me?(Why are you looking at me like that?)"

"You are becoming more and more detestable! I knew I should have come on my own after all."

"Why is that!?"

In the first place, the reason why we came to school in the middle of summer vacation was to get the needed textbook which Taiga left in the locker. Although he wasn't asked particularly, but Ryuji, who was bored with a lot of free time, decided to accompany her.

As they passed through the school gate, they found the baseball club practicing. Taiga's crush, Kitamura, was there. Since the closing ceremony, Taiga has not seen Kitamura. Kitamura was of course busy with club activities and can be seen from a distance, so she would not like him to see her spying on him.

And so Ryuji and Taiga hid down beside the flowerbed at the side of the school building where the flowers grew thick, nestled between the sunflowers which swayed whenever they peeked. However, the huge weeds of the mid-summer was larger than the petite body of Taiga and blocked her view. So he let Taiga sit on his shoulder. For Taiga's sake, he showed some kindness. And then,

"You said I'm detestable, how am I detestable?!"

"There are lots including......such as your face, or such as your sweaty back. You, your entire shirt is drenched. Ah, that reminds me......"

Taiga puts her hand inside her own skirt, thinking about the close contact between her buttocks and Ryuji's shoulders earlier. Her eyes widened in shock, her small face twisting with disgust.

"Uh......ugh! My ass is wet with the sweat from your back! eeew! eeew!"

She stuck out her tongue and pretended to throw up. No matter how good-natured Ryuji is, it still felt insulting.

"Oh, don't you think it's also possible that my back is getting wet from the sweat of your butt as well!?"

"Not a chance!"

Instant denial, cutting off further talks Taiga turns around going, yuck! yuck! and starts to kick at the dirt with her foot like a cat after it uses a toilet. Sweat pours from Ryuji's skin, leaving spots on the ground.

"Ow! Ow! ......cough! Stop that you idiot! I was even kind enough to carry you on my shoulders!?"

"I'm now regretting that! What a disgusting sweaty dog! go away! get lost!"

"I will be using these shiso in tonight's tempura for our dinner, how can you say such a thing!? May lightning strike you down!"

"Ha! Lightning strikes can kill the germs! Whatever, I'm going to hurry and get that thing I forgot (textbook in the locker), as for you, you can stay here and bake in the heat!"

Like more lightning strikes hurting Ryuji's feelings further, Taiga's long hair fluttered as she turned towards the school building and ran off. Ryuji quietly rubs his sweat-soaked back, while shaking off the dirt on his hair like a dog, and biting his lip thinking. I knew it, she really is a terrible person.

--that witch, definitely, will have a horrible end.

Brushing her light colored hair with a tinge of gray, Taiga walked the deserted corridor towards the classroom on her own. Her exquisite profile as refined as delicate etched glass made her look like a French doll.

If she doesn't opens her mouth, rather, if not for "that" personality of hers, everyone would see Taiga as a very beautiful young lady. Her large eyes with light-colored pupils move relaxedly, looking like a kitten as it opens its mouth, the palmtop tiger lets out a lovely yawn. At times when no one is looking, Taiga does have a most captivating face.

However, the calm arch of Taiga's eyebrows suddenly raised steeply. From the other side of the corner, loud footsteps can be heard. It seems to be coming towards this place.

Disliking such a noisy person -- ignoring her own shortcomings, Taiga pouts with irritation at once. At this rate they may collide at the corner.

......or maybe not.

She did not try to change the route to an empty path nearby, this girl is called "the palmtop tiger" for a reason . Taiga absolutely walks where she wants to walk. Even if the other person is a guy from the sumo club or even if the other person is a teacher, she did not intend to change her way. She is walking properly, the other person is breaking the rules running, there is no reason to give way.

Resolutely sticking out her elbow sharply in out, Taiga lowered her head, continuing to plunge towards the prey which approached quickly. And sure enough, the moment she reached the corner,

"Ow... oh!"

"There it is...... kiyaaaah!"

Crash, the elbow connected bluntly. The other party who was knocked over screams loudly and lands on their butt, sitting in the hall due to the force of momentum. Standing firmly like a rock, before the eyes of the unperturbed Taiga, the schoolgirl's rather short skirt opened and was exposed fully. Both her pure white thighs and the seams of her light blue underpants were 100% exposed.

"......ah ah ah uuunggh~!"

Noticing the embarrassing position, she hurriedly sat down in the hall panicking and cried out again, pulling down on the hem of her skirt. And expressing "ouch" while pressing down her considerable chest that is best seen from the above. But by pressing down too strongly, did she know that it further enhanced the rounded shape to become clearly visible?

For some unknown reason (without any explanation), an even deeper cruelty and malevolence appeared in Taiga's eyes, looking down at this figure.

"......You, pay attention"

"Ah, s.. s... sor......"

Realizing that her panties had been exposed to just another girl, she lifted her eyes in that instant with a tinge of relief. However, with a blink of an eye, she realized that it was "the palmtop tiger" that stood arrogantly in front of her.

"......te... te... te..., teno...... eeek!"

Her round cheeks lost all color of blood in that instant.

Between Taiga's eyebrows, furrows looking like sawblades appeared.

Not even apologizing for knocking into me. Instead acting frightened like a victim. I hate this kind of person the most. Incidentally, I also hate those irresponsibly big breasts. ......without stating any apparent reason.

”......can't you even say "I'm sorry"? or is it, in your world, the "te... te... te..., teno..." acts as a form of apology? eh? what a barbarian!"

"o... o... o... urk!" (TL comment:the girl is trying to say "sorry")

"You're still not apologizing!"

To quickly settle this simple issue. Facing the frightened girl, Taiga ruthlessly stepped forward. Whether the other party is a guy or a girl makes no difference, Taiga's hostility to either was easily aroused. But at this moment, it felt like her foot was stepping on something.

"......?"

The girl who collided dropped her notebook, and it was under Taiga's foot. She notices it, and grimaced,

"Aaah...... Kota-kun's notebook...... the only symbol of our love......"

she cried out in despair. Tch, and Taiga clicked her tongue while, with some emphasis, picking it up with her hands, and playing with it in her hand without returning it,

"You're really good at acting as the victim......since having something so important stepped would make you cry, then you shouldn't have dropped it in the first place......."

Glaring through her glittering and brutal eyes, sizing up the girl from head to toe. Her nasal breath was rough with excitement going "ngggh nggggh", and blood rushes throughout fueling the serious malicious intent emanating from her body. "or-, or-, sor-", the female freshman cries tearfully, seemingly frozen in that spot.

a cruel smile twisted on the rosy lips of Taiga -- now then, let's see what we can do to this big-breasted girl with audacious panties that are fully exposed.

"What is it, Sakura?"

From the other side of the corridor, a voice echoed coldly

"sis-, sister!”

the big breated girl who had her panties exposed stands up and runs away, hiding her body like a rabbit behind the girl who appeared. Taiga recognized that girl,

"......it's here......"

muttering with very low voice. From her entire small body, the scent of danger from a 1 ton tiger emanates. All reason seem to disappear from her eyes -- Taiga hates this person the most.

"What have we here. ......aah, Aisaka Taiga. You are Kitamura's friend, I believe. I,"

"......think"

The girl with waist-length flowing black hair, was cold and spoke rudely like a man, which did not match her good looks. Taiga knew her. It was the president of the student council.

The student council president work with Kitamura everyday, and often as cleaning volunteers, they walk alongside together, and Kitamura would smile happily without a word -- Taiga was bitterly jealous of that girl.

"You recognize me? ......well then, why? why are you bullying my younger sister? Can you give me a good explanation"

calmly, without showing even a trace of fear, with an indulgent smile, the obnoxious student council president asks Taiga.

"......your younger sister?"

"Ah, this is my younger sister, Kanou Sakura, a freshman. ......bullying an underclassman girl, as expected of the Palmtop Tiger, aren't we attacking an easy prey?"

The big breasted panties girl hide behind the president of the student council, her body trembled going "pu ru pu ru". Taiga points at her without hesitation,

"Hey, as the elder sister, you should be ashamed of that exhibitionist. Your younger sister was running in this corridor, and crashed into the blameless me, rather than apologizing to me she spouts some crazy words and crying as if I were the one at fault, and now hides behind you"

"Hey. ......Sakura. Is this true?"

The big breasted panties girl was startled, she grimaced, and then looked up at her elder sister gasping,

"mo... mo... more or less.... !"

as soon as she nodded, the top of her head was struck! Even Taiga felt a little sympathy seeing that merciless karate chop. With some uncertain steps, her back was pushed down in front of Taiga,

"Now, you've made me look bad! You should properly apologize! How long are you going to hide behind me!"

having been yelled at with such a resounding voice. Tears formed at the corners of her eyes as she cowered down and looked up hesitantly,

"s.. s.. s-sorry...... I'm very sorry......Aisaka-senpai......"

In front of Taiga she bowed down deeply. "Keh", and Taiga snorted through her nose losing some of her fury, brushing her hair up and decided to forgive her this time, she starts to turn away.

But,

"uhm... uhm.... no..., notebook...."

"......huh!?"

at the sound of the soft voice, Taiga turns back again and her eyes filled with murderous intent. Although the big breasted panties girl shivered with fright, she didn't hide behind her elder sister again, even though both her legs were shaking, she desperately reaches her hand out.

"uhm, uhm, the notebook......? Please return it! It's not mine! i... it's from someone important, it's our only connection! i.. i... i'll do anything~!"

however that desperation, strikes at Taiga's heart......no, it lit an inherent fire of fury.

"SH... SH.. SHUT UP! You, to what degree do you want to falsely accuse me!? I just forgot about giving this to you! You think I would want something like this!?"

"Not!"

Taking the notebook in her hands, Taiga violently throws the notebook towards the throat of the big breasted panties girl, hitting back like a butcher.

While trying to catch the notebook the big breasted panties girl fell down on her knees groaning painfully. "aaaah", hitting her elbow while the student council president looks on, Taiga turns around and starts to leave.

But just at that instant. Something jumped deliberately right into Taiga's sight.

On the cover of the notebook with the distinct 22.5 cm shoeprint in the hands of the big breasted pants girl, the owner's name was clearly written with a felt-tip pen. ------"1-A Tomiie Kota".

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”waaah~, today it's somewhat extravagant~! Ryu-chan, how much prawns are there?"

"3 pieces per person"

"yay~, yay~"

Having completed her makeup except for the lipstick, with a hot curler still attached to her brightly dyed hair, Ryuji's mother - Yasuko, wearing a pink camisole and Ryuji's old middle-school jersey (track) pants and her huge breasts swaying wildly.

The innocent child-like face happily holding the chopsticks, looked like a young girl with her makeup, with beautifully painted rosy pink glossy nails, her hair flowing over her smooth collarbone, highlighting her feminine charms with a sweet scent that emits from Yasuko's skin more suitable for her real age and her evening work.

"properly eat the vegetables too, ok? and also the shiso"

"tempura shiso, I loooo~ve it! Ryu-chan too, I loooo~ve!"

At the narrow and low dining table, like peeking through a sheer cloth the colorful vegetables can be seen as well as Ryuji's wonderful tempura all lined up. In the miso soup, there is tofu, daikon (radish/turnip), vegetables; the steamed rice mixed with five spices; and today's side dish, pickled eggplants --- grown in secret in the school's gardens. As for the tempura sauce, lemon juice, or grated daikon, or anything to suit the personal taste.

half past 6 in the evening, Takasu family living room. Sitting around the low dining table were Ryuji, Yasuko, and Taiga, ready to have their usual dinner.

"bon appetit", they all said together, Yasuko reaches over for the prawn, Ryuji brings the miso soup to his mouth. Taiga's chopsticks hovers over the prawns, but why is she hesitating,

"Hey, move your chopsticks"

Ryuji scowled. But Taiga just grimaced, without any retort, and just like that stopped moving.

"......what is it?"

"......what's the matter? Taiga-chan?"

Even though she was being asked by both mother and son Taiga remains seated rigidly. "......" keeping her mouth shut. The usual Taiga would have taken even Ryuji's share of the mains together when she extended her chopsticks. Yasuko is concerned, and puts down her chopsticks,

”I see... I see..., sorry ＊ Ya-chan absolutely looo~ves Taiga-chan~ ＊"

"huh"

swoosh, and Taiga was hugged tightly. she kisses "tsup tsup tsuuuup". Being buried between those huge breasts Taiga couldn't make a sound, before long, her small hands pushed painfully with a pitter-patter sound

"I can't breathe! I can't breathe!"

"Aaaahh......"

at the time she was released, she gasps for air and simultaneously collapses onto the seat futon (zabuton). After a little while, not wanting Ryuji and Yasuko to worry about her, she slowly straightens her body.

"......no.., nothing. actually, I just a little bit......don't really feel like eating anything"

"You don't have any appetite!?"

"That is just so~"

"......even me, even when I'm slightly ill, i would still have it! ......this, take this. and this too"

Taiga passes a prawn towards Yasuko, another towards Ryuji, and the other one left, after being dipped in the tempura sauce, she gingerly brings to her own small mouth like trying out the taste.

"Don't be unreasonable (don't force yourself to eat), are you really okay?"

taking a bite, Taiga nods her head while sprinkling salt, adding more. pauses and continues eating it as it is.

"......don't worry. I can eat this. delicious"

also taking in a mouthful of white rice.

"you should probably take back the prawn? you should savor it since you're able to eat, you will see shrimps on our dining table only once a year~"

"it's ok, after eating the vegetables I'm already good"

after eating one prawn, Taiga's appetite seem to have improved, as she also drinks the miso soup. And so Ryuji was relieved,

"Shiso can be considered medicine. You should take more"

The platter of mint was turned so that it faced Taiga. Taiga nods, and takes one piece to her mouth immediately. She seems to like it, taking another piece.

In the end, Taiga also eats the other vegetable tempura, the pickled vegetables, the miso soup, and also some rice (this is a very rare situation, normally she can easily finish three bowls), for the time being we have finished eating.

Yasuko also felt relieved after seeing that, and heads out to work taking the Chanel bag that she always treasured--some disaster would occur, several hours later.

"......Ryuji......I......may be dying......"

Ryuji turns his head upon hearing this shocking statement, it was already after 10 in the evening.

As usual they were relaxing after eating and having a good time, folding a cushion in half and spreading it, the two of them were carelessly lying flat down on the tatami mat watching television. Neither of them did anything, they begin to fall asleep.

"......I'm dying......"

"wh......what?"

Noticing Taiga behind Ryuji, she seemed to have sprawled down awkwardly, somewhat like toppling sideways holding her stomach, her complexion turned very pale. Although Taiga has always been very fair-skinned, her skin tone now was a tinge of pale beige, she was very pale. Ryuji hurriedly gets up, crawling over causing Taiga's hair to scatter on the tatami with his knees.

"How is it!? Is it a stomach-ache!?"

"i-.. it hurts... a... lot...."

"do you need to go to the toilet? can you stand? are you going to throw up?!"

"toilet...... I don't think the pain is that bad......"

Wheezing and coughing, she vomited, Taiga softly shivers. Traces of cold sweat form on her damp forehead, it was quite cold.

"Is it your Stomach!?"

"I-..., I don't know...... it just hurts..... here"

Around the navel of the dress which has a repeating cotton lace pattern which expands softly, she strokes that area with her small hand. Ryuji realized clearly, this is quite serious.

"w-, we should go to the hospital!"

Inside the birdcage placed in a corner of the living room, a disfigured parrot called inko-chan also chimed "that's right!" while nodding with the whites of its eyes bulging.

"oh yes, ambulance......must call the ambulance!"

"i-, i-, isn't that a bit exaggerated....?"

"but you can't walk, right!? aren't you dying!?"

"Calling an ambulance just for a stomach-ache......don't......I-... I can cope......uuugh~......"

Taiga strains her voice, and twists her body to try to endure the pain. It can't be helped---Ryuji quickly opened the phonebook, verifying that the nearby university hospital have night time emergency facilities, dials the phone while taking his wallet and the health insurance card and putting them in his pocket.

"Oh! use my insurance card!"

The trembling becomes more apparent. The health insurance card is taken out and inserted into the slanting back pocket, carrying the light body of the weary Taiga who was lying down. Taiga was silent, like a ventriloquist's doll being carried in the arms of Ryuji, her face pressed against his shoulders,

"......nngh......nnggh......"

while enduring the pain she moans softly.

Impatiently locking the door with the housekey, Ryuji rushes out from the front door even though he was only wearing his sandals. Making loud "kang kang" noise that rang on the iron stairs as he ran down, carrying Taiga to the main street to catch a taxi,

"Sorry, there's someone sick here! Would you mind letting us go ahead!?"

Jumping out in front of an older office worker who had just stopped a taxi, he pleads. Under the light that shines on Ryuji's evil-looking sanpaku eyes, the older man felt threatened, and dropped his bag out of instinctive fear, and takes one step back,

"thank you very much!"

Ryuji interpreted that as a "Yes", and slides in the open taxi door. Informing the name of the university hospital and screaming "hurry, this person is sick!" to the driver, who adjusted the rearview mirror and nodded many times. Understanding the circumstance, made him realize it was not a car-jacking.

"Taiga, hang in there! we're almost there!"

Taiga cannot even sit properly, instead she could only lie prone on Ryuji's lap, even now trembling due to the pain.

So pitiful--no matter how she had verbally abused him, or the violent treatment he received, They were kindred who ate meals out of the same pot. Taiga is really a girl after all. Ryuji can see that she was patiently enduring the pain, trying not to cry out loud. And so he brushes her long hair gently that has become disheveled.

Just what on earth is going on? Is it food poisoning, appendicitis, or is it some other worse disease?

"......dead......"

"id-, idiot! stop saying you're dead or dying! saying such words will only make things worse!"

"......you're wrong......it's not me....that fellow......"

maybe he is dead.

While lying on Ryuji's knee, Taiga was babbling incoherently. Maybe it was playing dead, that fellow, that black tomcat, or maybe it really is dead. Then perhaps, this is its curse.

"wh~.., what? what do you mean?"

"......uhm, freshman's, female......final memento, those words......that thing......after death, that relic, that maybe....oh"

"that freshman's, uhm......are you talking about the incident this morning?"

It was when Ryuji was in the middle of harvesting the shiso and eggplants when Taiga encountered that incident in the school building with the freshman girl. Ryuji heard about this when they were on their way home.

"I..... stepped on it at that time, that notebook......because it was too ominous, i didn't say a word......that-, that thing, was......[Tomiie Kota's] property......"

Can it be? (No way), Ryuji instinctively stares around the ear of Taiga who's facing down. He knew Tomiie Kota. He is a close junior of Kitamura, a freshman in the student council, and is Taiga's so-called "black tomcat"--they say misfortune will follow when a black cat crosses one's path. In Taiga's case, it was Tomiie Kota in particular, who is the black cat that brought about this misfortune. Every time Tomiie Kota appears before Taiga, some unbelievable misfortune seem to happen to Taiga.

Her lunch sandwich would be trampled. The canned coffee would fly out of the machine and eventually slam onto her head. When cutting the tail of a fried horse mackerel, it gets stuck onto her forehead, this can also be attributed to him; when she was was walking from school, she would get hit by a dropped eraser; sometimes soya milk would be sprayed onto her face -- it's because he is Kitamura's junior, and simply for this one reason that he is able to still survive, if not because of this, Taiga would have already personally delivered this insolent underclassman to hell.

Ryuji also knows about this very well. Those encounters with Taiga were probably also miserable and unfortunate occurrences for him. But then,

"the-, the-, therefore, why the hell did this curse......"

"He's dead......that fellow, is dead......soul in that notebook......I, stepped on that......?"

Taiga's body continued shivering weakly. Her fingers grasping Ryuji's kneecaps through the trousers felt icy-cold,

"......it keeps following......that fellow's, bad luck, through his spirit.....ugh......"

Taiga continued to moan, the sound of her suffering echoing in the silent taxi.

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