Disclaimer: I don't own Wolf's Rain or any of it's characters, which causes me great pain; nonetheless, I must go on.
This is my first fic, so go easy on me? PLZZ?!?! No flames plz...............................
Here goes.
A SACRIFICE FOR PARADISE
Chapter 1 The Finding
"It seems as though the walking and the snowfall are the only things certain in life," thought Tsume as he walked behind Kiba. He looked back now and then to check on the younger wolves behind him. Kiba wouldn't let them stop until they reached the shelter of the trees about 9 miles north of them, so Hige and Toboe were beginning to lag behind. By the time they reached the entrance to the small forest, it was well past nightfall, but the snow was still falling so the moon could not be seen.
They found a small cave and made camp. As soon as they were settled in, Tsume volunteered to go hunting; neither Hige nor Toboe offered to go with him, insisting that they were too hungry to move, so Kiba said he would go. He didn't know why, because he normally wouldn't care, but he had a feeling that he should go.
They made sure that the fire had enough wood, then headed off, leaving Toboe and Hige laughing at each others jokes. Their wait was mostly uneventful except for the snowball fight that left Toboe with a bloody nose. Tsume and Kiba, on the other hand, found a lot more than food.
As they walked through the forest, looking for anything edible, they began to smell something strange.
"Do you smell that," asked Kiba. "It's vaguely familiar, don't you agree?" When Tsume made no return comment, he decided to drop the subject, but he remembered the surroundings so that he could check it out later; perhaps when he wasn't so hungry.
A few hours later, after having caught three regular sized hares, they passed the area with the strange aroma again. This time, Tsume was in a little bit better mood after his kills, so he reintroduced lingering scent.
"Yes," was all that came from him. Kiba, who had forgotten his earlier question, was extremely perplexed.
"Yes to what?"
"Yes, it does smell familiar, but I can't place it."
They started to really search for it, but instead of being in just one place, it seemed to be concentrated everywhere. Just when they were about to give up and get back to camp, Kiba tripped over what he first thought was a root. He soon figured that it wasn't, since roots don't turn over and groan.
"Hey, Tsume, Over here," yelled Kiba over his shoulder, while examining the strange creature. Either it was very large or it was wrapped up very generously. Tsume came over, picked up a stick, and poked what looked like the side of the large pile. This seemed to have no effect on it, so he touched it with his finger.
"It's cloth. We pull it off on three," whispered Tsume.
"One...two...THREE!" As the cloth unraveled, it revealed a girl of about eleven, with shaggy, light, brown hair, and a light complexion.
"What are you going to do with her?"
"We are going to take her back. She'll die out here, and besides, don't you smell that?"
"Yea,...ok...but only because of the smell." So Kiba scooped her up in his arms, and carried her back to their temporary settlement.
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