The mountains, the valley, it was all unfamiliar to Gin. Several times, the Akita had been around Japan and has never come across a place like this. This could only mean that he wasn't in Japan anymore. It seemed like he could have a home here. Seemed like a good place to start over. But there was one problem, he didn't know where he was. He had never been in North America before.
Gin sighed. "Well, I'm not gonna find a home standing here. Might as well try to find out just where on Earth I am."
With that, he began walking towards the mountain. He grunted in pain and looked down at his chest, blood. Earlier when he had gotten here, he ran into a sleuth of bears, a large sleuth, at least a dozen bears. As a bearhound, Gin could take out a couple bears on his own, but fighting a sleuth is like fighting Akakabuto. Not even Gaga or Riki could face that monstrosity alone. Akakabuto just wasn't your average bear.
His nose twitched slightly when he picked up a scent. The scent of wolves. He wasn't sure what to do, as these wolves might not be friendly, but then again, some of his allies were wolves, so maybe the wolves that lived in this area could help him out.
However, as Gin kept walking, his vision began to blur as he started slowing his balance. Something was wrong. Looking back down at the wound on his chest, he took a closer look and realized that it was deeper than he thought. Based on the pain, the rate it was bleeding, and how deep it looked, one of the bears' claws had pierced his heart. He was running out of time as he began taking deep breaths, trying to stay conscious.
But that wasn't enough. Gin dug his claws into the dirt as he began coughing off blood. And soon, his vision was completely blurred as he struggled to stand.
"Hey, are you okay?"
The Akita looked up and managed to make out the outline of a male wolf. "Please... help..." And then, Gin fell onto his side as he lost consciousness.
