A/N: ZareEraz here! I just finished watching Wolf's Rain for the third time and as much as I love the series the way it is, the ending always bums me out because we never get to see anymore of what happens after the world is reborn other than the glimpses of Kiba, Tsume, Toboe and Hige in their new lives. So...I'm doing it! This is my first time writing for Wolf's Rain so hopefully I can get the pack's personalities on par with the anime. And remember: this is my interpretation so let's all just have fun together! Happy reading and don't forget to let me know what you think in the reviews section! :3
Prologue: The End
They say there's no such place as Paradise. Even if you search to the ends of the earth there's nothing there. No matter how far you walk, it's always the same road. It just goes on and on. But in spite of that, why am I so driven to find it? I hear someone's voice, calling to me...
The white wolf stumbled in the snow, his blood seeping into the whiteness as he tried to walk just a little further. He'd already lost everything…his clan…his home…Toboe…Hige…Tsume…Cheza…he'd lost everything precious to him except his pride as a wolf. Pain shot up his legs and back, his wounds opening further as blood dripped down his fur. He was so tired, but he kept trying to walk, trying to move forward, but his legs finally gave out on him. He crumbled into the snow, lying on his side, a single lunar flower clutched in his jaws. The wolf panted, watching as the world began to freeze over, his amber eyes flashing in pain as his body started dying. Up above him, the red moon was glowing silently, watching his futile struggle to live with cold indifference. He felt the air get colder, even in the crater he'd fallen into with the wretched beast and the flower maiden. They would never come out of it again…alive anyway. The others were already dead, the wretched beast incinerated as he tried to enter Paradise, bursting into flames upon the lake in the crater. The flower maiden had rooted herself in the snow, only to be yanked from the earth and thrown aside. She'd died in the white wolf's arms, her last breath collapsing into the seeds of unplanted lunar flowers.
The wolf was all that remained, lying on his side as he bled out, his breaths ragged, his fur soaked in blood. The world grew colder once more, ice covering everything, the snow fall touching everything with its icy winds.
The world held its breath. It waited for Paradise.
The wolf was dying; the light fading from his eyes and the dying world froze over and transformed itself. He closed his eyes, too tired to move. The snow fell and fell, blanketing the dead bodies of wolves and humans alike in a calm white silence. Everything that had ever existed stood still.
And then it happened.
The snow turned to rain, falling upon the earth like a cleansing breath. The rain fell on the lunar flower seeds, splitting them open within seconds. The flowers grew rapidly, reaching up towards the moon and the light it shined down into the crater. They bloomed, their white petals opening up to the light, fanning out and spreading like delicate lace. They were all around him, blooming on the ice and releasing a sweet scent into the air. The ice melted, relinquishing its hold on the lake and the white wolf sank into its depths, along with the flowers it so loved. As he opened his eyes for one last time and looked up, the wolf saw the moon, the moon that had once been as red as blood – turning back into its pure, white color like a pearl in the sky. He was content. Content to see the moon one last time and to die quietly in the beginnings of Paradise.
What the wolf didn't see was the birds flying through the air, given new life. He didn't see the snow and ice disappear, leaving behind miles and miles of flowers, growing in all shapes and sizes and colors. He didn't see the clear, blue lakes, the trees, the grass. He never saw the Paradise that he'd opened, but maybe next time…he would. If he found her again…if he found them and they traveled to Paradise together…they might just make it…next time.
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To be continued...
A/N: And there you go! Just a little recap of how the series ended and then we'll be off into the new world! See you all later! :3
