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"Cry to the Moon"
The group had been traveling for long in search of paradise with neither food nor drink through the vast desert, their once quick, steady pace began to slow even more because of the pup.
Toboe breathed hard as he tried to keep up with the others, the sun beating down on him and the burning sand on his paws made his footing even slower.
They had been persecuted by some poachers who had their target on wolves like them, which made them quicken up, for they were many.
Hige turned around, noticing the pup had fallen back even more than before, and called for the others to stop and wait for him as they all turned back into their human form.
"If we keep on stopping like this, the hunters will find us. We must hurry up." Tsume grumbled, glaring at Toboe, who just mad it to the group, his brow was sweaty, his golden eyes were almost half closed, and his breathing was hard and quick.
Kiba got worried at how Toboe breathed; he was almost making a wheezing sound each time he took a small breath. "Tsume is right, we can't stay here, the hunters will surely find us, let's walk; It's been long since we had a thing to eat, and Toboe is not used to this." He said, concern growing more for the little cub.
Toboe saw Tsume's expression, and if he were in his wolf form, you could've seen clearly how his ears would've dropped in shame...or rejection.
"I'm so weak... now Tsume thinks I'm just a burden to them...but, I AM a burden to them. They always have to slow down pace so I can keep up and all.... I have to be stronger, I have to be like them!" he thought to himself, determined to be stronger.
"Don't worry I can go on." He said, his gaze lowered, looking at the golden sand being swept lightly by the wind.
Hige raised one eyebrow, his arms behind his head. "Are you sure, runt? You don't look so good." He said, a little worried for him. But it was Tsume who answered for Toboe, hands in the pockets of his tight leather pants.
"If the pup says he can keep up, let him. It was about time he decided not to stop all the pack for a break." He said, his tone was harsh, and Kiba noticed Toboe's expression fall even more.
"Well then, lets go." Kiba announced, giving another chance for Toboe to prove himself to the pack, he would stop is he saw Toboe fall back again; they all took their wolf form and started running again.
No one noticed Toboe's hard breathing. It's been another day of hard work and cross-country run through the desert, and the pack finally made it to a canyon area, and searching for a place to rest, and probably find some food.
The moon was up on high, and the night proved to be relieving for the pup, now he did not have to worry of dying in the sun.
Toboe collapsed, and Kiba looked back at the pup, which took his human form again to try and get up, see if it would make a difference, but all of his body hurt terribly.
He felt as if his throat was closing and made his breathing harder, he was thirsty, hungry and he could already see spots in his vision.
Everyone stopped, Kiba made his way to Toboe and helped him up, but the boy almost doubled in pain as he had a cramp in his abdomen due to his hard breathing.
Tsume grunted, and Hige looked at him. "What's your problem? The kid has been doing more than he can, he's been pushing himself real hard, at least you could sty quiet."
Hige said, not looking very happy, because he knew Toboe did it because of him; no one could ever understand why he chose to look up to Tsume, but he did.
"The pup has to toughen up, because we will not always be with him to save him from every mess he gets himself in! He has to toughen up or he'll be killed!" He snarled at the other male, things would've gotten worse if it weren't for Kiba who stopped them.
"That's enough you two!" Toboe got up with some help from Kiba, who as a good leader, would not let behind any of the members of his pack.
"It's alright Hige...I merely tripped." Toboe said between breaths, but Kiba would not let him push himself any further, not anymore.
"It's ok Toboe. We all need rest. We will find a place to stay over the night and we can go on tomorrow, I'm sure the humans will take some while to try and keep up with us." He said, as they all started walking, Tsume looking back from time to time to check on Toboe, who seemed very tired and worned out.
They all made it to a small cave, the moon was on high, but not any of the wolves would sing to the silver plateau. They were indeed all tired, and had to take their strength back for the incoming morning.
Everyone woke up to the stench of humans and the sound of engines. They had indeed gained up on them, which made Tsume really mad, giving glares to Toboe.
"Great, the humans are here. Now we have to run or it's open season for us." He growled as he, Hige and Kiba stood up.
Toboe managed to stand up shakily, he felt as if he had no strength at all, and everything seemed so slow and blurry. He almost let out a whimper escape his lips, but they all started moving, and Toboe said nothing.
They all took their wolf form and sneaked from the humans, trying not to be spotted. Toboe was an amount of paces behind, and he pushed himself even harder to get to the others. But to his dismay, they all broke into a sprint, hearing some bullets past his ear. They've been spotted and were starting to get shot at.
Toboe felt the adrenaline in his blood starting to spread throughout his body, as he followed the others. They all ran and Toboe saw them stop, but they all jumped to the other side of the canyon.
When Toboe made it to the edge, he stopped abruptly too scared to even jump; the fall was more than 50 feet high, and in the bottom was a raging river. He felt his heart skip a beat as he heard the poachers behind him, screaming rubbish and laughing.
"TOBOE, JUMP!" Called Hige from the other side. The three adults had forgotten about Toboe for a while and jumped without him.
For the first time in his life, Tsume feared for the cub's safety, as he watched from the other side.
Kiba was about to go after him, but Toboe backed up as soon as another shot flew past his head. "Jump!" Called Hige, desperately to the young cub.
Toboe took a deep breath and sped up, when he made it to the edge, he jumped.
He would've made it.
There was blood as the sound of a gun was heard. Hige, Kiba, and Tsume watched helpless as they heard Toboe's howl of pain, he turned back into a human because of the shock, and fell to the raging waters below.
"TOBOE!" Called Tsume out as he saw the boy fall.
TBC
Cliffhanger!
Poor Toboe...yes I'm very cruel heheh. If you wanna know what happens next, you'll review heheh. Yes I'm very evil.
Thank you for reading, hoped you liked this.
"Cry to the Moon"
The group had been traveling for long in search of paradise with neither food nor drink through the vast desert, their once quick, steady pace began to slow even more because of the pup.
Toboe breathed hard as he tried to keep up with the others, the sun beating down on him and the burning sand on his paws made his footing even slower.
They had been persecuted by some poachers who had their target on wolves like them, which made them quicken up, for they were many.
Hige turned around, noticing the pup had fallen back even more than before, and called for the others to stop and wait for him as they all turned back into their human form.
"If we keep on stopping like this, the hunters will find us. We must hurry up." Tsume grumbled, glaring at Toboe, who just mad it to the group, his brow was sweaty, his golden eyes were almost half closed, and his breathing was hard and quick.
Kiba got worried at how Toboe breathed; he was almost making a wheezing sound each time he took a small breath. "Tsume is right, we can't stay here, the hunters will surely find us, let's walk; It's been long since we had a thing to eat, and Toboe is not used to this." He said, concern growing more for the little cub.
Toboe saw Tsume's expression, and if he were in his wolf form, you could've seen clearly how his ears would've dropped in shame...or rejection.
"I'm so weak... now Tsume thinks I'm just a burden to them...but, I AM a burden to them. They always have to slow down pace so I can keep up and all.... I have to be stronger, I have to be like them!" he thought to himself, determined to be stronger.
"Don't worry I can go on." He said, his gaze lowered, looking at the golden sand being swept lightly by the wind.
Hige raised one eyebrow, his arms behind his head. "Are you sure, runt? You don't look so good." He said, a little worried for him. But it was Tsume who answered for Toboe, hands in the pockets of his tight leather pants.
"If the pup says he can keep up, let him. It was about time he decided not to stop all the pack for a break." He said, his tone was harsh, and Kiba noticed Toboe's expression fall even more.
"Well then, lets go." Kiba announced, giving another chance for Toboe to prove himself to the pack, he would stop is he saw Toboe fall back again; they all took their wolf form and started running again.
No one noticed Toboe's hard breathing. It's been another day of hard work and cross-country run through the desert, and the pack finally made it to a canyon area, and searching for a place to rest, and probably find some food.
The moon was up on high, and the night proved to be relieving for the pup, now he did not have to worry of dying in the sun.
Toboe collapsed, and Kiba looked back at the pup, which took his human form again to try and get up, see if it would make a difference, but all of his body hurt terribly.
He felt as if his throat was closing and made his breathing harder, he was thirsty, hungry and he could already see spots in his vision.
Everyone stopped, Kiba made his way to Toboe and helped him up, but the boy almost doubled in pain as he had a cramp in his abdomen due to his hard breathing.
Tsume grunted, and Hige looked at him. "What's your problem? The kid has been doing more than he can, he's been pushing himself real hard, at least you could sty quiet."
Hige said, not looking very happy, because he knew Toboe did it because of him; no one could ever understand why he chose to look up to Tsume, but he did.
"The pup has to toughen up, because we will not always be with him to save him from every mess he gets himself in! He has to toughen up or he'll be killed!" He snarled at the other male, things would've gotten worse if it weren't for Kiba who stopped them.
"That's enough you two!" Toboe got up with some help from Kiba, who as a good leader, would not let behind any of the members of his pack.
"It's alright Hige...I merely tripped." Toboe said between breaths, but Kiba would not let him push himself any further, not anymore.
"It's ok Toboe. We all need rest. We will find a place to stay over the night and we can go on tomorrow, I'm sure the humans will take some while to try and keep up with us." He said, as they all started walking, Tsume looking back from time to time to check on Toboe, who seemed very tired and worned out.
They all made it to a small cave, the moon was on high, but not any of the wolves would sing to the silver plateau. They were indeed all tired, and had to take their strength back for the incoming morning.
Everyone woke up to the stench of humans and the sound of engines. They had indeed gained up on them, which made Tsume really mad, giving glares to Toboe.
"Great, the humans are here. Now we have to run or it's open season for us." He growled as he, Hige and Kiba stood up.
Toboe managed to stand up shakily, he felt as if he had no strength at all, and everything seemed so slow and blurry. He almost let out a whimper escape his lips, but they all started moving, and Toboe said nothing.
They all took their wolf form and sneaked from the humans, trying not to be spotted. Toboe was an amount of paces behind, and he pushed himself even harder to get to the others. But to his dismay, they all broke into a sprint, hearing some bullets past his ear. They've been spotted and were starting to get shot at.
Toboe felt the adrenaline in his blood starting to spread throughout his body, as he followed the others. They all ran and Toboe saw them stop, but they all jumped to the other side of the canyon.
When Toboe made it to the edge, he stopped abruptly too scared to even jump; the fall was more than 50 feet high, and in the bottom was a raging river. He felt his heart skip a beat as he heard the poachers behind him, screaming rubbish and laughing.
"TOBOE, JUMP!" Called Hige from the other side. The three adults had forgotten about Toboe for a while and jumped without him.
For the first time in his life, Tsume feared for the cub's safety, as he watched from the other side.
Kiba was about to go after him, but Toboe backed up as soon as another shot flew past his head. "Jump!" Called Hige, desperately to the young cub.
Toboe took a deep breath and sped up, when he made it to the edge, he jumped.
He would've made it.
There was blood as the sound of a gun was heard. Hige, Kiba, and Tsume watched helpless as they heard Toboe's howl of pain, he turned back into a human because of the shock, and fell to the raging waters below.
"TOBOE!" Called Tsume out as he saw the boy fall.
TBC
Cliffhanger!
Poor Toboe...yes I'm very cruel heheh. If you wanna know what happens next, you'll review heheh. Yes I'm very evil.
Thank you for reading, hoped you liked this.
