Clawed Out

Why was she supposed to keep this a secret again? And why did they have to go as far as to do this in the woods just so no one would find out? Tadashi did keep some weird friends.
Well, Tomo wasn't really one to talk, she had weird-ass friends too.
Tomo was sitting on a tree branch, that she had cleared of snow. She was in her human form, waiting for this Alexis guy. Tomo preferred to be a cat when outside during winter, the fur gave her a good cover all over. Even now Tomo's legs and neck and ears were cold, it felt nasty.

Tomo hoped Tadashi was right and this guy could handle her if she went berserk. Tomo's bakeneko form was really strong, probably stronger than her siblings'. Tomo had seen what kind of destruction it left behind, in all honesty she was still afraid to use it. But Tomo wanted to get a grip of it, of her feelings, so she'd do this and kick the bakeneko form's ass. And then control it. Oh man, Tomo wanted to shift into a bakeneko in front of Shiro and Tada and brag...

Okay, the guy was here. Tomo had seen him around before, but had never had a reason to look into him further. She didn't even know what he was.
Tomo let herself fall backwards, so she was hanging upside down from the tree branch by the backs of her knees. She did that pretty close to Alexis, few meters to his right.
"Boo. Does this count as a sneak attack?"
Tomo said with a mischievous grin, and proceeded to drop smoothly on the ground. On her feet, of course. She was a cat and all, after all.

"Okay, so, you're here 'cos my bro says you can take a scratching."
Tomo said, walking bit more close to Alexis, her hands in her pockets.
"This thing I'm trying to learn is pretty unstable and I can go pretty much crazy. So if you're really all that you can do whatever. Throw me, restrict me, at least until I calm down or snap out of it. 'Kay?"
Tomo wanted to make it all clear, how this guy should handle her if she went berserk.

Well, wasn't this guy just a ray of sunshine? Well, not like he needed to be all smiles to be able to take or give a beating.
"My version of that is probably bit stronger than Tada's. But I'm sure a big tough wyvern can take it."
Tomo flashed a cat-like grin and pulled her hands from her pockets, walking bit further away from Alexis.
"You can pull your punches, like, 30%, but lower than that and it's not training. And if I get a bruise here or there don't worry. I hate hospitals, and got a friend that can heal me hush hush."
Tomo raised her finger to her lips to underline her point. Tomo got a lot of friends who could do hush hush stuff for her, nothing illegal though.

"Let's just get on with it, 'kay? It take me a moment to sorta load up, get riled up enough to transform. Wait a bit."
And with that Tomo went on and plopped down on the ground, sitting there her legs crossed. She closed her eyes, and started remembering things. All kinds of things that had made her angry, sad, jealous, bloodthirsty and anything else negative. The kind of emotions that pissed Tomo off. It took a few minutes, and a lot of frowning, until Tomo could feel she might be close to transforming. She could feel the monster stirring in her mind, woken by all the anger and anguish. But Tomo didn't fight it, no. She let it come, observed it, analyzed it. And she slowly let it take over her mind. Alexis would see Tomo's claws grow a lot longer and sharper, and white fur began slowly spreading from the tips of her toes and fingers. And when Tomo opened her eyes they were those of a cat.

Tomo slowly stood up, and took off her shoes. She didn't wanted them to be ruined by her long, sharp toenails. Tomo was struggling, and it could be seen from her frown and how she was biting her lip. Tomo's teeth, now becoming sharp, broke the skin and a small stream of blood dripped on her chin.
"I think...I got it..."
Tomo said with some difficulty, her voice resonated from her chest, lower than earlier.
"Come at me."

It was like Tomo saw Alexis' attack come at her in slow motion, and she easily dodged it by jumping up. But she wasn't still used to using the strength of this form, and jumped way too high, letting out a small surprised sound. Hell, she jumped over the treetops.

Tomo landed way behind Alexis, and didn't even stumble when she landed. She spun around, trying to keep the attack going, and jumped at Alexis her claws beared. But when she wasn't paying attention the monster took more space in her mind, and Tomo's eyes started to get a predatory gleam in them.

Tomo mrowed so deeply it almost sounded like a growl, when Alexis dodged her attack by turning into dust. She whipped around towards where he stood now and hissed at him. Without realizing Tomo's movements were becoming more and more animal-like and she was baring her teeth. Alexis' words barely registered, and even then they merely pissed both Tomo and the monster up.

Normally Tomo would've showed some caution, when Alexis shifted, maybe taken a moment to think and plan. But she was too far gone, and through her yellow eyes Tomo saw only red. Tomo launched herself at Alexis, in high speed and her claws and teeth bared. Her movements were unpredictable like those of a feral beast, and her eyes were gleaming from bloodlust.
What was I doing again?
Tomo let out a feline roar and attacked Alexis in a flurry of claws and teeth.