Kibaou was off and away faster than i could say 'I got your tail'. I didn't even know he could run that fast. Then I looked over at the guard. He had taken flight and was making dives at the beast while trying to distract it long enough for the rest of us to get away. I was about to go with Alicia and Argo, who were waiting at the edge of the clearing, when I heard a yell.

The Alpha wolf had grabbed the guards wing. Though it would grow back, it was still painful and took time. So I charged in to help. As the wolf was distracted, I slide underneath it to the soft underbelly and slashing it where I assumed it would hurt. The wolf did not like that. The wolf tucked its legs in, trying to crush me. But I reacted quickly. I adjuted the sword again so the wolf impaled itself, causing it to roar in fury. That gave me time to roll out and see the guard getting ready to swoop down again.

But the wolf would have none of that. It reacted faster this time, knowing the patterns he uses, and swiftly snapped it's neck around, catching the guard in the leg, before throwing the guard at me. And he was moving too fast for me to dodge, so he hit me right in the stomach, knocking me down but sending him rolling past.

I looked up from my now-kneeling position in between a guard and a snarling wolf. Wait,coulditwork?Well not many other options. And without further time for thought as the wolf lunged forward, I dove forward, straight into it's mouth with my size as an advantage. But I wasn't small enough. Right above my tail it bit straight into me. There was no other optiion anymore. So I stabbed upward through the mouth, straight into it's brain. And then it collapsed, the weight of it's jaws still there, as with the last things picked up by the senses was two familiar voices shouting, it all faded into blackness.

"Get him over..."

"Move now to..."

"What happened..."

Bright, searing light straight into my eyes. Everything hurt. Especially my waist. I tried to move my body only for it to explode in pain. As i held in my scream so i was only a bit of an odd grunt, i heard a flap move. As I saw a small cat, I knew this was the infirmary. They had three taimed cat per nurse that would wander to their patients and run back if anything was odd. And so the cat looked, turn, and ran.

I layed down, looking at the bland wooden roof. It was a bit like maybe... maple? No, impossible.

"Kii-bou" Oh no, duck! was my first thought but, being in a bed, there was little I could do as Argo jumped on to the bed.

"AAGH" I shouted as pain was immediatly present at my waist.

"Oh, my bad Kii-bou I didn't know it still hurt!" Argo squeiled while waving her hands in the air. Then she composed herself."Your stupid Kii-bou." She said, sitting on the side of the bed. "What were we supposed to do? Run. What did you not do? Run. Very stupid." And with those words she gave a halfhearted glare at me before going back to normal. Then the door creaked open. It was a rather nice nurse I had seen around Freelia before. What was her name? Ah, yes, it was Aki. Nurse Aki.

"Hello kirito. It is good to see you are fine since that run in with a wolf. You had many people worried," she said as she got closer. "Now, let us begin your checkup. Argo, please leave. Now, first, tell me, does it hurt ..."

Several hours later

I can not believe all that was part of a checkup. But, at least by the end of that horrifically long 'checkup' the pain had subsided enough for me to walk around. So I was on my way home. As I reached the house I saw something odd. There, in the shop my parents owned, was our faction leader. A rather nice, relaxed person, of about average stature, really just average everything, except for the fact that he had the best head for polotics around. Plus, he kept us in good relations with the sylphs since they happened to have his cousin, a rather nice lady, as their secretary. It most certainly helped.

"Hello, Mister Kirito. I would like to talk to you about something."

A/N

Hello, this is foc or friendofcats. I would like to say that I am working on getting a spell checker. Also, I would like ideas on things to do. I wrote this twice, each time twice as long, and couldn't think of what to do after scrapping the first two. Also, any tip or correction woould be appreciated, especially since this is my first story.