"Talking"

'Thoughts'

"Fae Language"


Toshinori sighed softly as he slept in his hut. The young man grumbled in his sleep, not wanting to wake up and face the day. Though it seemed that his new wolf friend had other plans as he poked the blonde's cheek with his cold wet nose. Nuzzling him before licking his cheek. Toshinori grumbled a little and waved at the animal, hoping to shove him out of his face though the wolf just kept coming back.

"Uhwha?" Toshinori mumbled before he opened his blue eyes a crack. The wolf seemed a little happy that he had woken up the blonde as his tail started to wag happily behind him. "More sleep…"

Though the wolf didn't seem to like that as he slammed is paw on the blonde's chest. Toshinori's eyes widened as he sat up with a wheezing breath only to glare at the wolf. "What is your problem?" He asked, though the wolf just tilted his head at Toshinori as if not knowing what he had done wrong. "You're lucky you're an adorable creature or I'd chase you out." Toshinori sighed softly before pushing himself up onto his feet and started to make his way to the nearby stream needing to wash his face.

The water was always cold, though it was something that would wake him up. So that had to be something that he could be thankful at the very least.

Splashing the cold water onto his face, Toshinori let out a shiver as he looked over at the wolf watching as the furry animal just had a morning drink. "I bet you're hungry huh…" Toshinori whispered softly, as if understanding him the wolf looked up at the blonde hybrid and wagged his tail. Toshinori chuckled a little before moving back to his hut. If there was one thing that he hated, it was hunting poor animals but even he needed meat.

Though, he figured that was the elf-side of him. Elves did like meat, while fairies preferred fruit more than anything. They didn't believe in hunting while elves did it as a means of survival. "Just another fact that I'm neither one nor the other." Toshinori whispered to himself before grabbing his spear and short cloak. Maybe while he was out he could see if he could find some cloth that he could use to make this cloak longer or even just make a new one altogether.

Staring at the spear, Toshinori couldn't help but recall the happier times when he was with his parents. His mother had taught him how to survive out in the wilderness. It was something that he was thankful for, but at the same time he just wished that he was accepted by someone. Someone that he could have a nice conversation with. Though even he knew that was impossible. Everyone knew what he was, everyone knew that he wasn't a fairy, or an elf. Only that he was fae.

Nothing more.

Soon, he felt something cold and wet nudging his hand, causing the blonde to look down and blink in confusion. The wolf looked up at him, tail hung low and ears drooping against the sides of his head. Toshinori couldn't help but smile a little before petting the wolf, running his fingers through his fur. "It'll be okay, don't worry I'm fine." Toshinori said, hoping that it sounded reassuring. Though, he felt like that he couldn't sound as convincing as he had hoped.

Though the wolf just stared at him, tilting his head to the side before licking Toshinori's hand slowly. As if he was concerned for the tall blonde. Chuckling a little, the blonde rubbed the concerned animal's ear before saying "You don't have to worry so much about me. Let's go out hunting, I bet you're just as hungry as I am."

The wolf yipped out in joy before walking out of the hut.

Shaking his head, Toshinori couldn't believe that this was happening. If he had told anyone that he would have a friend, regardless if they were fae, human, or animal no one would ever believe him. It seemed that his first friend ended up being a wolf as the wolf seemed to not want to be anywhere but near Toshinori.

It was strange, yet at the same time Toshinori found it rather comforting. He couldn't help but feel a little happy for the first time in a long time. It just seemed as if he could live a happy life though, at the same time he just hoped and wished that he would have someone to talk too. Well, at least someone that could answer him back.

Turning his gaze to the stream, he saw the wolf happily running around in the water, splashing around him as if he was a child that had gotten the greatest prize while they hunted. It was rather adorable, though Toshinori couldn't help but wonder about something.

If this wolf was indeed wild, why didn't it act like one? It acted almost civil, docile and rather calm. If not a little hyper but, the wolf just reminded him of a child in some way. Not that he had much experience with children as all the parents in his village would hide the little ones from him as if they would catch something from him. Whatever it was that was going on in their heads, he had no idea, but he had a feeling that he just didn't want to know.

Shaking his head, Toshinori chuckled as he called out to the wolf with a small low whistle. The wolf stopped his playful splashing in the stream and blinked his big blue eyes at Toshinori. Huh… his eyes really were blue. Why did his eyes remind him of someone?

Shrugging to himself, the blonde made his way over to the stream, making sure to grab his cloak as he did as he said "Come on, time to go hunting. And scouting for items, let's hope though that we find something that we can use." The wolf yipped happily before walking with Toshinori to the forest.

Really, today was going to be rather exciting, though he just hoped that everything would be rather interesting.


Toshinori frowned a little as he wandered the forest. He wondered what he would find though, he had noticed something a little strange since he had walked in.

The animals were rather quiet.

Letting out a hum of confusion, the young man looked around, wondering if there was something that had disturbed the peace of the forest. No animal had ever been this quiet and it was rather unsettling. Toshinori narrowed his blue eyes, trying to find any sign of a struggle, any sign of a fight. Yet, he seemed that he couldn't locate anything.

Turning his eyes to the wolf, he saw that the animal was simply sniffing around. It seemed that even he was a little disturbed as his tail was bristled like a nervous creature would as if there was something terribly wrong with the forests energy. The balance had been disturbed in some way.

Sniffing the air, Toshinori had hoped that he would be able to smell something. Smoke, blood, ash, anything really. Though it seemed that there was something that would hide the scent from him. There had to be something going on, something that would have hidden the animals from him. Or from anyone for that matter.

"What do you think buddy? You find anything?" asked Toshinori, rather curious if the wolf could find something. Ears perking, the wolf looked up at the blonde and lowered his head. As if he had somehow disappointed Toshinori about something. No, more like he had felt something wrong, maybe his instincts were screaming at him about something. Something that Toshinori himself, couldn't sense.

Looking around once again, the blonde thought that he saw something glistening in the dim light of the forest. Rushing toward it, he carefully picked it up and frowned. It was a hunting knife. Gently running his thumb along the blade, Toshinori could feel how sharp it was. "Still in good shape, wonder who would drop such a thing…" He said to himself in confusion.

The wolf slowly crept up to Toshinori and whimpered at him. The blonde of course turned his gaze to the wolf and carefully pet his head. "What do you think boy? Think someone just merely lost it or carelessly discarded it?" He mostly joked about that, but he saw the worry in the wolf's eyes. Eyes softening a little, he calmly said "You don't have to worry, I won't use it on you. You're my friend." He chuckled a little before pushing himself back up onto his feet as he set the knife in his pouch.

For now, he'll use it as his other knife was starting to get a little dull and he had no way to sharpen it. As he gazed around the forest, the blonde had noticed that some of the branches had broken. Frowning, he made his way over to the broken twigs and saw a few scruffs of fabric stuck onto the broken trees.

Either someone was chased through here recently or someone was hunting something, or someone.

Narrowing his eyes, Toshinori made his way through the trees, hoping that he would learn on what had taken place here. Narrowing his blue eyes, Toshinori hoping that he would find something. It seemed that his friend had the same idea, as the wolf was running next to him, as if hoping that they would find something that would locate them to anything. Even to something that would give him something to use for himself.

Skidding to a halt, Toshinori frowned as he saw something else on the ground. Carefully, he reached toward it, his one hand tightly holding his spear, while the other reached out to grab the item in question. Carefully, he lifted it up and frowned a little.

It looked like some kind of pendent.

"What the hell?" Toshinori said, it was a simple pendent of course. It was white, with a drawing of the yin and yang symbol. But, the yang side was completely normal, plain and void of anything. As for the yin, it was lined with white flowers that almost appeared to be on simple vines.

The blonde felt like he had seen such a sign before but he just couldn't recall where he had seen such a sign before. Letting out a soft sigh, the young man was about to set it down until he saw the wolf snarling at him. Turning his head, the blonde frowned a little. "What's wrong?" He asked, not really sure what would have caused such aggression from the wolf. Normally, he was calm and rather happy. Almost childlike but now? As if he had just seen something that would piss anyone off.

Following his gaze, the blonde noticed that the wolf wasn't snarling and growling at him. No, he was snarling at the locket. "Do you know this boy? Do you know what this is?" asked Toshinori, not really expecting any kind of answer from him. The wolf only snarled, it made Toshinori wonder if he had even stopped long enough to take a breath. Slowly, and carefully, the young man carefully set the locket down and the wolf seemed to calm down a little bit anyway.

Frowning a little, the hybrid wondered what had caused the wolf to snarl like that. It was a little confusing, though he just hoped and prayed that he would be able to calm the wolf down for the most part. "There we go buddy, it's down now. You're going to be okay…" Toshinori wasn't sure what the wolf would do next, but it had him a little concerned as to what it was that the wolf would do next.

Though, it seemed in that moment the wolf had calmed down. As he simply stared at the blonde, as if nothing had ever happened to begin with. It was rather strange, that was for sure. But, Toshinori wondered if the wolf had some kind of past issue with this symbol that he just couldn't understand. "You alright now boy?" asked Toshinori with concern.

The wolf merely wagged his tail before sniffing the air. That was when Toshinori could smell it too. It was a smell that revolted him, making him want to throw up what little contents that he had in his stomach.

The smell of blood and death.

Running through the trees, not caring about his own clock ripping and tearing as he ran. Toshinori knew that something had happened, something terrible had to have happened should this have had happened. There had to be someone alive, someone had to be okay from this. Though he knew that there was also a chance that there were no survivors in whatever it was that had happened.

Narrowing his eyes, the young man took a deep breath as he pushed back bushes, pushed back branches. The wolf running alongside him, trying to rub against him as if in the hopes of comfort. Toshinori couldn't be sure what it was that the wolf wanted to comfort him from.

Shaking his head, the hybrid pushed himself harder, pushing himself to run faster than he had ever ran before in his entire life. Yet, he couldn't be sure what he was going to see, but from how much blood filled the air around him, it was a lot. As well as it being old by how stale the scent was.

If there had been some kind of fight, then why wasn't anyone aware of such a fight? Why hadn't anyone alerted the guards of such a fight? Of any kind of war that was to be seen? Or even heard for that matter? Narrowing his blue eyes in anger, Toshinori kept running and pushing himself. The wolf of course, seemed to have a hard time trying to keep up with him.

Though, if there was one thing that Toshinori wished for in that moment, was that he hadn't rushed himself to see what it was that laid before him.

Eyes slowly widened as he saw nothing, but a wasteland that was filled with the bodies of the dead. Human, and fae, all of them dead and washed in their own blood as well as the blood of their enemies. Toshinori felt his heart stop in his chest for a brief moment as he tried to breathe!

Just what the fuck had happened here?!

Toshinori could only stare in shock. Not sure what it was that he should feel… not sure what it was that he should say for that matter. But all he knew, was that his body had gone into some kind of shock at seeing such a thing.

A whimper reached his pointed ears, causing his ears to flicker at the sound. Slowly, he turned his head as he stared at the wolf. The wolf looked up at him, ears lying flat against his head as if he sensed what it was that Toshinori was feeling. He reached down and carefully ran his fingers over the wolf's head, not sure what he could say. What he could do, what he should say, or even what he should do.

The wolf let out a soft whine, Toshinori could only pet the wolf still before his gaze fell back onto the battle field.

Gulping, Toshinori slowly made his way over to the battle field, wondering if he could tell what it was that had caused such a war. So much blood had been shed today, so much blood that Toshinori felt like it had stained his very being just by being here. Though, he knew that he couldn't stay for long… but, what sickened him the most was that he had hoped that there were some supplies here.

Biting his lip, the blonde felt like he was now becoming some kind of grave robber for this. It was a feeling that he despised more than anything but knew that he didn't have much of a choice. He had to do something. Closing his eyes, the young man looked around, noticing as he walked that there were many elves. The only way to tell them apart compared to the other fae, were their long ears. A bit longer than his, but still long. Though, they also usually have glowing eyes, varying in different colours but glowed with life and of course, allowed them to see in the dark.

Toshinori of course inherited that trait, for the most part. His eyes glowed, but only to allow him to see at night. Shaking his head, the young man took a deep breath as he slowly checked everyone. Again feeling rather disgusted with himself as he did this. The other bodies, he had discovered were indeed human. So, even humans were going to war with the fae it seemed, but at the same time he couldn't help but a little curious as to who had caused it first.

Frowning, the hybrid carefully turned over the bodies, finding a few things that he would need at home. Such as cloth, clothes that he saw would fit him. Even some tools that he could use for his home but, he knew that he just couldn't leave them all like this. It wasn't right… "They need to be buried…" Toshinori said with a soft sigh. Looking around, he wondered if there was something that he could use to start digging holes.

The search had taken a while to find a shovel, he had to settle for an ax that someone had once used in battle. It was for the most part, rather handy if he used it properly. Not for its intended use, but it was better than nothing.

Heck, even the wolf was helping him dig the holes.

Yet, as he moved the bodies, Toshinori had figured that they had been here for a few days, maybe a week at the most. Though he couldn't really be sure. Yet, as he was burying the elves, the young man couldn't help but blink as he noticed the same symbol on their armor as the locket did. It was something that had to be looked into at some point. Though, he wasn't sure when he would ever get to see such a thing as he wouldn't be able to get to the grand hall to look through the books or even old scrolls.

But he knew this, something was wrong. Something was off about this fight and he felt like he needed to search for whatever the reason behind this fight was. And fast.