Under the Full Moon

Chapter 1

Twilight Run

Disclaimer:

Toboe: Okay. This is going to be a little different then my normal stuff. First of I want to try first person point of view. Second of none of the Wolf's Rain cast will make an appearance except in mentioning. If you want something with Kiba or Tsume check out my other wolf's rain fanfics k. This is in the wolf's Rain world so that all belongs to Bones. The characters are mine so no stealy or I killy. Okay then, on with the story.


-Ryuu-

They were close behind. I stretched my legs forward. Harder, faster, better. The rough ground was making my paws raw but still they were following me. The droning of their vehicle was drowning out the noise of my short pants as I tried desperately to gain the air I so urgently needed. Eerily they followed me making no noise other then what their engine sputtered out. My chest expanded in a feudal attempt to gain more air. This wasn't the running of a noble wolf in chase after prey. That sort of wolf ran with his head held high, tail touching the sky. I was running the desperate run of the prey. Head hung low, tail streaming behind me. I had no pride now.

A large oil smelling puddle suddenly loomed out of nowhere and I winched as my raw paws landed in it. The foul liquid stung like acid. Well, knowing my luck it probably was.

I had traveled to this city because I though it would be safe. One of the largest domed cities; it was also the most run down. Figuring I could blend in with the rest of the hobos and vagrants, I though I would be safe. After all my illusion is perfect. Humans could touch me yet their mind would tell them that instead of fur they were touching clothing or human flesh. But somehow, someway they found me. And now they wanted to kill me. Aren't humans just the nicest things?

But this all didn't matter right now. I needed to escape before they brought out the big guns. So far though I hadn't been able to find an alley small enough that they couldn't follow me in. So I kept running. But the strain was starting to tell. My movements were getting slower and I was sure that if they struck they would now. This was how I used to hunt elk with my old pack. Run them to the ground and then strike.

There you go.

With a defiant bang a bullet hissed blast my head, clipping my thick fur. I pulled onward using my head to throw my body weight forward. An alley, an alley, all I need is an alley. I really wasn't worried about them hitting me but still no one wants bullets shot at them. There! A small crack between two buildings. It was only wide enough for two wolves to go through at once, definitely not wide enough for a truck. Even better, a pile of rubble as tall as a man blocked the entrance. Course that was no problem for me. I spun to the side and with a leap I launched myself towards it. I would make it. Then I heard the bang and felt my flesh burn. They hit me! I can't believe it; those damn humans actually hit me. Somehow they really did it! Damn Luck, my fickle Lady.

I slammed hard against the building with the impact and crumpled on the pile of the rubble. Lady Luck was on my side this time though and I tumbled into the ally. But still, something didn't feel quite right and I threw my legs down, trying to land on my feet. To bad I'm not a cat because that was a stupid, stupid mistake.

Dizzy from the pain and tired beyond belief, I landed with all my weight in my fount right leg. It couldn't take it and with a loud crack I sank into the darkness.

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I didn't last long like that. I couldn't have been under longer then a few minutes but I gave the humans enough time to scramble up to the top of the rubble pile. Trying not to whimper I pressed my body as far as I could into the shadows on the mound. My leg was broken, if the jagged piece of bone was any indication. There was no way I could out run them. Hopefully my dirty fur would be enough to disguise me in the twilight. With a grunt a man slide down the pile to land a few feet away from me. I cowered deeper into the shadows and closed my eyes. I didn't want their gleam to alert him. He shuffled forward a few paces and swiveled his head around, the gun trailed at the shadows.

"I think he got away"

My ears twitched at his words and for a minute the guy froze as if he saw something. Damn those uncontrollable movements. He took a step towards me and stuck his gun it the shadow I was hiding. I almost flinched as he poked my side. Damn that hurt! He made a few more jabs, this time hitting the rocks I was hidden by. It seemed to satisfy the bastard because he straightened back up and headed back up the rubble. 'Lets play pin the tail on the wolf who thinks he had a broken rib kids! Come on its fun! He whimpers so well! Feh, dumb humans.'

"The damn thing got away. Come on let's go. He is injured so he won't get far Artyom."

"If he does it will be your head. I was the one who shot him; you were the one that missed. Lord Gennadi won't be made at me" a voice answered as the truck engine revved. I would remember those names. The guy who shot me and the one who wanted me dead. I should invite them to a New Years Eve party. They would be sooo much fun.

'What did I ever do to them? Nothing that's what', I thought as I lay my head down. I had raw paws, a gun shot wound on my back with the bullet locked inside, a broken leg, and possible a few broken ribs. Hadn't ever had any predicament worse then this. Yep, my life sucks at this moment. With a whimper I got up. It's no use just sitting here feeling sorry for myself. My broken leg hung of my body in such a way it fascinated me. Yep, I am a pretty twisted specimen of a wolf.

Looking up at the sky I gazed at the growing darkness. Twilight was just falling, night beginning, though it was hard to tell through the dirty thick dome overhead. Most people would soon be asleep in their homes now. But I didn't have anywhere to go. There was no way I would be able to make it back over the pile of rocks and old wood so I headed deeper into the alley to find some shelter.

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I was shivering violently and the gunshot wound and broken leg throbbed with every step. I knew that if I didn't find shelter soon I would die. And that is no way for a proud wolf to go. I looked around, my giant maw open as I panted, my body shaking with the cold. It was snowing outside the dome, and while none of it was actually falling on me my thick undercoat wasn't keeping the cold at bay like it usually did. My blood coated fur was ice incrusted and as I walked it crackled ominously.

And there it was. My salvation. Under a dumpster was a half opened window. I could feel the heated air leaking out of the house and the need to get warm over powered my need to hide from the humans. Just for a few hours…

-Kin-

I woke up without waking up. It's how I always did things. Life is always so quite in the morning. I love it! I sat up in bed and rubbed my eyes, yawning so hard my jaw cracked. Reaching to my ceiling I stretched up clenching and unclenching my hands. Scratching my belly I swung my legs of the edge of my bed.

"Kin" My mother called as she knocked on my bed, "We open up in an hour. You might want to wake up."

I sighed and stood up. This is what you get for living and working with your parents. I'm not complaining though. In this run down city I was lucky enough to have a job that didn't involve my clothes- or more specifically taking off my clothes. My parents owned one of the few needed clinics in the city. They had trained me to help them since I was old enough to be of help, which I must add was pretty young indeed. And now at the ripe old age of eighteen I was their assistant nurse. If only the colleges were still open. Then I could have real training, but my parents have done a pretty good job on their own. So I was a nurse till further notice. To be a doctor has been my goal since I was small. My dream… I would have to get back to you with that.

We were one of the richest families in town which was not saying much. It meant we always had food and we could afford to waste money heating this ruin. Walking to my bathroom I ran one of my thin pale hands on my soft yellow wall. Such a pretty color.

As I pushed open the door to my bathroom I was greeted with a blast of cold air. Great, I forgot to close my window again. Every night I opened it for a few minutes to feel the cold air. Ever since the gas prices rose the air seemed cleaner, crisper, and I relished in it. Before our world had decayed so much, when I was small, my parents took me camping. Even though I was only seven I remembered it so clearly. The fresh air, clean water, tall trees. Now that was a Paradise. And though I loved this stinking city and its stinking inhabitants my heart belonged in the wild-or so I believed. But the forests were long gone and the wilderness was now just a barren wasteland.

Shaking my head at my wanderings, I reached out and closed the window, feeling the coarse grains of the wood on my hand. I walked over to my sink and grabbed my tooth brush. Fiercely scrubbing my teeth I looked at myself in the mirror. I was just a plain young woman really, not any female Tarzan. My dark brown eyes seemed much larger then they really were, accented by my thick eyelashes and prominent cheekbones. My brown hair, which I normally kept up, hung to my shoulders in soft waves. I smiled at myself.

"Yuck! I need I shower", I said out loud and tugged my clothes off. Without my thick pajamas I really noticed how cold it was in here compared to my bedroom. Hoping on foot then the other I went over to my shower/bath and reached out to turn on the water.

And then I saw him.

-Ryuu-

"AHHHHHH"

A high girly shriek awoke me. I was so tried and as soon as I got inside the house I collapsed in the nearest slightly hidden place. A bathtub with a curtain pulled across proved to be the perfect spot. My last though as I drifted of to sleep was that if anyone needed to use the shower…

Lady Luck really had it out for me. Here, the worst possible thing had happened. A naked girl was leaning over me, her eyes wide, hand outstretched to grab the water dial. She wasn't half bad looking for a human too. Pale skin, nice curves, thick wavy hair that framed her wide eyes. She was like a deer in headlights, frozen still at the shook of seeing a stranger in her bathtub.

"Nice show," I chuckled weakly and gave her one of my stunning smiles. Shifting my body slightly I moaned as my unset bone was jolted and the darkness returned.

-Kin-

I lay slumped against my bathroom door, my breathing coming in gasps, clothes hugged to my chest. There was a stranger in my tub. In my tub! And he told me nice show!? Heat rushed to my face and I quickly pulled my clothing back on.

Pounding erupted on my bathroom door.

"Kin! Darling! What's wrong! Open up! Honey!"

My parents.

"Nothing… Nothing's wrong Mom, Dad. I left my window open last night and a … pigeon got in. It scared me a bit but when I screamed it flied out. I'm fine. I'll be out in a while."

I have no idea why I lied. No idea at all. A smart girl would have ran downstairs and called the police but something didn't seem right with this picture. The kind of guy I imagined sneaking into a woman's bathroom would not have just said nice show as said woman stumbled on him naked. In fact my intruder hadn't done a thing.

"Okay honey. Breakfast is ready when you are" I heard my Mom and Dad walking out of my room and the door close. Choosing to act instead of sit there in the corner I inched over to the tub.

"Hello… Um... Person in my tub. What the hell are you doing in there?"

No answer. Carefully I crept forward grabbing a curling iron off my counter. I clutched the curtain with my hand and jerked it back. Note to self, stop leaving the curtain pulled across the tub.

He was wearing a black sweatshirt that was unzipped partly to show an old shabby brown sweater. He's old blue jeans were faded and worn and his sneakers threadbare. But clothes aside he was a very handsome young man. His dark black hair just covered part of his eyes and was slightly messed up, making him look like he had tiny cat ears on the top of his skull. His skin wasn't as fair as mine, it had the telltale look of a hard and meager lifestyle out in the sun, but he was still very, very pale in the face. Unnaturally pale. Sweat beaded his forehead and his mouth was slightly parted. His chest heaved up and down, his eyes screwed shut. Carefully I reached out one hand to feel his forehead, the other securely holding onto the iron. He moaned as my hand touched him. He was burning up!

And then I saw it.

His right arm was crusted in blood and ivory bone jutted out of the forearm. Also blood covered, his shoulder looked just as awful He looked very, very bad indeed.

-Ryuu-

Am I sleeping?

Flowers all around.

The pain was gone.

I feel like I am sinking

That girl …. What girl?

It was so nice here

What about those guys who were…

Oh well it doesn't matter any more.


Toboe: Haha I know this isn't my normal style. I was challenged to do something different, a character that wasn't normal, a style that wasn't the same. So I hope you like it. I don't cuss myself but Ryuu (the wolf dingdongs) does. Cussing isn't good children. I also did first person, though I switched it between the two main characters. Oh and Flames will be used to burn said flamers houses down –manic grin- So try me! Tehe Loves. See you all next chapter. Review please!