Chapter 1: Who are you?

The rain poured down, clouding the vision of the young teenage girl walking through the forest. She clutched her arm, trying to apply more pressure to keep her blood from flowing out even more so. It was obvious she'd lost a lot of blood. As a matter of fact, she was close to fainting where she stood.

Somewhere in the back of her mind she heard a voice telling her to keep going. She had to, otherwise she'd die. She knew this much.

"Have to...keep...go..ing..." She fell forward, landing in the mud on her face. It took all of her strength to turn her head slightly so she wouldn't suffocate. I can't...I can't go on...Luna, help m...

Her thoughts hazed as she slipped into unconsciousness.

"Tsume, slow down!"

A brown-furred wolf raced after a grey-furred one, panting heavily as it rushed on. Its light brown eyes danced with dots as it pushed himself more and more.

The grey-furred wolf, though, moved swiftly, gracefully, and as though it had an endless power source. Its golden eyes were narrowed with concentration. A while ago it had picked up a strange scent. It smelled of something sweet yet death and, since it and its' chatty companion were on patrol tonight, it was a part of the wolf's job to go check it out. How something managed to smell of a flower and at the same time death was unknown to it. Maybe it was another flower maiden? So far that was the only conclusion it could come to so it had even more of a reason to rush. If a flower maiden was dying there was something wrong going on. Especially since it had been sunny and raining a lot recently. Flower maidens couldn't get over-watered, could they?

"Hey, what's that?"

The grey wolf came to an abrupt halt, looking to its right slightly and growling under its breath. In the mud laid a wolf. Its black fur was streaked with a flame red and a darker red around its shoulder. It looked as though the darker red was washing away into the mud, instantly making the white wolf realize it wasn't a part of her fur but instead blood.

The grey wolf slowly treaded towards the strange wolf, its broad shoulders hunched slightly. It stopped a few inches from the smaller, darker toned wolf, tilting its head a bit.

The scent of death was most definitely coming from this wolf. That was without a doubt. But what the grey wolf wanted to know was where it smelled the lovely scent of flowers. Its gaze flew around the area for a bit but the trees mixed with the rain prevented it from seeing too far. Even with its heightened sight it couldn't see too far through the pouring rain.

A sudden whimper startled the wolf, turning its attention to the black and red wolf at its paws.

The red eyes of the wolf connected with the larger wolf's gold ones, seeming to plead yet threaten it. The grey wolf scoffed, biting back a small, rather awkward sound. It couldn't help but think how much this wolf reminded it of itself.

Within seconds the wolf reverted to a human form. It appeared as a man in his late teens to early twenties with a white X scar across his tan chest. His once golden eyes were now hidden behind a pair of dark sunglasses that clad perfectly with his rather gothic attire. Leather jeans, black combat boots, and (since it had been raining) just his black leather jacket that stopped just above his mid-riff.

"Tsume, is she alright?"

The older man turned to look at his companion who, like him, had now taken on a human form. He didn't bother giving his partner a good look. He instead turned to look at the wolf laying on the ground, its fur starting to mat to its body. Whether that was due to the rain, the mud, or the blood was unknown to the man.

"Tsume...? What're we going to-"

"Hey, Toboe..." The one called Tsume spoke in a deep voice, looking over his shoulder to look at the younger boy. "She's changing back...Make sure you don't scare her too much with your hyper-activene..."

The man stopped speaking when he heard the sound of a light cough. Both pairs of eyes were downcast to look at the girl. She looked to be no more than sixteen, she was barely pushing seventeen. But, that was just her physical appearance. Looking in her eyes it seemed as though she were maybe eighteen or nineteen. There seened to be some sort of sorrow and...pain in her blood red orbs.

"You...you smell like...Lu...na..."

Tsume managed to catch the girl seconds before she crashed onto the ground again. He could tell she had used all of her strength to raise to her knees so she would be out for some time. What he couldn't quite determine was what she was doing in the middle of the forest. Alone, on top of that. She seemed far too small and frail to actually wander alone. Maybe her pack had left her behind? Maybe she left them?

"Oooh! Tsume's interested in a girl!"

The hyper boy chimed from behind Tsume, sending an irritated shiver through his spine. The older man was definitely not interested in this female. She was determined, yeah, but she wasn't interesting in the least. Besides, if she was traveling with a pack there would no doubt be some arguments later on. No pack allowed for one of their own to be so heavily injured and left things alone. Especially when there were other wolves around...

Tsume grunted. Troublesome...Nonetheless, he picked up the girl, gently holding her like he'd seen humans hold each other before. The girl winced a few times as Tsume took the first few steps but soon layed restless in his arms. There was a strong scent of earth on the girl, unnaturally strong...Even if she had collapsed hours ago (which Tsume doubted) there was no reason for her to smell this much like earth.

It took roughly twenty minutes for Tsume and his companion, Toboe, to arrive at a small cave. By then they were completed drenched and their eyelids hung heavy with rain droplets. Somehow, both men felt like they were just beginning to relax.

"Kiba, Cheza! We're home!" Toboe ran ahead into the cave, his hands outstretched over his head as he waved at a duo sitting in the center of the small cavern. Both turned to look at him with slightly bemused eyes. The young boy's hyperness ceased to amaze them.

Tsume, on the other hand, was starting to get sick of his friend's pure innocence. That innocence lead the young cub to often be deceived, hurt, and, ultimately, left in a corner somewhere huddled and crying. How could they possibly love someone as gullible as Toboe?

"Hey, what's that?" The brunette boy sitting down looked up from the fresh meat in front of him, raising a lazy finger to point at the body in Tsume's arms. He looked down for a moment, almost having forgot about the female wolf he'd found. With a deep sigh Tsume walked to the corner of the cavern, gently setting the girl down and placing his jacket over her. His hand raised to rest on her forehead shortly only to be yanked away.

She's running a fever...Should be expected, though. I mean, she was outside for some time. And it was raining. And it's kinda cold. And...A deep blush suddenly covered Tsume's face as he actually looked past the girl's face. She wore a mere band around her breasts that seperated once it reached the center of her cleavage. Her skirt barely covered her thighs and, for unknown reasons, she wore high heels. Wh-Wh-Wh-Wh-What?!

The only girl in the cave crawled over to Tsume and the female wolf, gently placing a hand on Tsume's arm while looking over his shoulder. A small smile crept onto her lips. "This one thinks she's pretty...But isn't she going to need more than that?" The young girl looked over the older one with innocent eyes, smiling as she crawled around the older man. "Yes, she's so cold..." The girl spread her body over the older one's, wrapping her arms around her neck in an almost possessive way.

Tsume could only look away, hoping he could get that image out of his head. It's not yuri. It's not yuri. It's not yuri. He risked a glance over his shoulder and his eyes widened. What had initially looked to be a mature scene now took on a whole other light. No, instead of it looking like two girlfriends Tsume couldn't help but think the image before him looked like that of a younger sister and her onee-chan...