A Scarlet Ray of Hope
Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters, so um…yeah. Although Ashella and Hemolal are Flower Maidens which I made up, I don't own them, cause yeah...I didn't come up with the concept of a Flower Maiden.
Chapter One: Four Wolves, One Hope
The sky over Myuge (a Noble town) was a deep crimson, the color of blood. Toboe looked over the edge of a two-story building, eyeing a hot dog stand with hunger. Cheza, who sat beside Toboe, stared at the red sky.
"Hey! Runt!" shouted a gruff voice. Toboe turned around and saw Tsume carrying a carcass so mutiliated and deformed, that it was impossible to identify what it was. Toboe turned into his wolf form, and wagged his tail happily. "Where's Kiba and Hige?" Toboe questioned. A black wolf jumped out of the chimney of the building. It shook its fur, and ash flew everywhere. Cheza laughed.
"What were you doing in the chimney, Hige?" Toboe asked innocently.
"I was chasing after a rat," replied Hige, reverting to his human form. He pulled a bloody rat out of his coat pocket, "You can have this. It's too dirty for me," Hige siad, tossing the rat to Toboe, which he caught expertly between his teeth. After finishing his ashen rat, he asked, "Where's Kiba?"
Kiba put his head up to the door of a dingy little hut. He could hear Cher talking to Hubb.
"What? There's another Flower Maiden?" questioned Hubb in surprise.
"Apparently, a few pages are missing from the Book of the Moon. I went through a great deal of trouble to track them down. From them I learned there are actually three Flower Maidens," informed Cher, twirling her hair.
"Three?"
"Yes. One for each moon. Cheza is of the White Moon. Ashella is of the Black Moon. When the two fuse together, they will create Hemolal, the Maiden of the Blood Moon."
"I've got to tell the others," thought Kiba. The door to the hut opened. Kiba ran away as fast as he could, to avoid being seen.
"What?" exclaimed Hige, "There's three Flower Maidens?"
"Yes," said Kiba, "Ashella of the Black Moon, and Hemolal of the Blood Moon."
"My friends the ones from my kind…they're still alive?" gasped Cheza.
"Heh. I wouldn't believe it if I were you," said Tsume, 'I don't really believe in the whole Paradise thing myself."
"I guess all we can do is hope…," sighed Blue.
"Hey, where did you come from?" Hige asked, blushing.
"I just got back from the market. I thought you guys hadn't eaten yet, so I brought everyone some sasuage links."
"Yum!" muttered Toboe. He remembered the girl who had fed him sausages of the same time awhile back.
"Anyway Blue. There's two other Flower Maidens out there," said Kiba.
"I know. I heard."
"Hubb. I'm sore. Would you mind giving me a back rub?" Cher asked, lying on the sofa.
"You still act like we're married," said Hubb, massaging the blonde's shoulders.
"I know," she sighed. The door flung open.
"State who you are!" ordered Hubb, pulling out a revolver and pointing it at the mysterious figure. The figure did not respond, and kept walking.
"Stay back!" shouted Hubb, firing a bullet at the shadowy figure. It didn't affect the shady figure at all. Then, before Hubb could do anything else, he blacked out.
"Hubb! Are you alright!" Cher interrogated, shaking Hubb's body. Then she too, passed out.
"I need these," said the figure, picking up the Book of the Moon as well as the pages that were torn from it. Then he walked away, leaving the door wide open.
Meanwhile, back in the building near the hot dog stand, the five wolves (and Flower Maiden) snoozed peacefully. Everything was seren and peaceful, and a fire blazed in the fireplace. There was a sudden chill in the air. The fire died out. Darcia walked over to Cheza, who was fast asleep, dreaming of about oceans of vodka and chocolate. Darcia scooped Cheza into his arms, and she awoke.
"Kiba! Tsume!" she screamed. Everyone woke up. They edged towards Darcia, in their fierce wolf forms.
"Come any closer and the Flower Maiden dies," said Darcia, pulling out a knife and holding it up to Cheza's neck. A trickle of green fluid spilled down her neck. A single tear rolled down her face as she held a hand out to the wolves as if she was saying "help me". Then, after backing slowly out of the building, Darcia got into his ship. The engines of the ship roared, and soon, the ship was but a speck in the sky.
"DAMN!" snarled Kiba.
"There's two other Flower Maidens out there. We have nothing to worry about," growled Tsume.
"But we can't let Darcia into paradise!" Toboe pointed out.
"Then," sighed Kiba, "We shall go after Darcia. We leave tommorow morning."
To Be Continued….
So, how did you like it? It is one of three of meh stories that doesn't include killing something lame (Mizu-haters rejoice! XD). Toboe Wolf got me started on this anime series, not The Year of the Wolf. Please don't flame me if you don't like it, alright? If you do I shall sic my Beer Monkeys on you, and you won't like it. However, light criticism is accepted in reviews, but if you do criticize, please include good comments as well.