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Spoilers: Episode 30 (Wolf's Rain)/final episode
He rests against a frozen hill, blood seeping down his side and his torn legs.
He doesn't want this to be real… He has to continue fighting…
He can't be a coward like the last time, when he tried to flee, abandoning his friends and family. He can't abandon his… His pack leader… Kiba…
"Tsume! Are you all right?!"
His vision was starting to haze… But he had to stay awake, for just a little longer.
"I'm a little tired, that's all…" The words are like a shock, pulling his head from the enveloping murkiness like a wakeup call. "Go after him!" Tsume snarls before turning his head away.
"He's dead… Hige asked me to put him down…"
He winces and closes his eyes, leaning back as he clutches his side. The warmth is pulling him back down. "I don't feel like moving around anymore…" But he has to finish. He has to tell his leader… He has to tell it all to those searching, crystal blue eyes.
"I knew it all along… Somewhere deep down… I knew. That's why I lived the way I did." The words were starting to come more easily, despite the fog shrouding his mind.
"When I met you…" His eyes open slightly, but they are losing sight. "It was so obvious… That I would never be the one… to open Paradise…"
A surge of pain pushes scarlet flashes into his murky vision. "Just go…"
"Hang in there!" Kiba's pleading voice is a contrast to the whiteness around them, the night of desolation. It's clear and strong, rich and filled with hope. Tsume winces.
"He has to be stopped…!"
At this, Kiba extends his hand to Tsume. "Grab on."
Tsume slaps away the offer of help, snarling both from pain and hurt deep inside. He doesn't want to be seen as weak when he passes on. He wants to be just as strong as Kiba… No, he has to be stronger. Everything depended on it. "Just get the hell out of here!" he snaps.
Kiba stops, in shock. But after what feels like forever's hesitation, he turns. He runs away, back to fight off Darcia.
The darkness is pulling him faster. He's so tired… And so grateful. He watches Kiba run, finally feeling a contentedness blooming. He did his best. Kiba was going to find Paradise. He was going to fulfill their hopes. For Toboe. For Hige. For Blue, the old man. For everyone. He silently cheered inside, before turning to face the overwhelming warmth and darkness without fear. And it was then that he finally saw the truth… The same truth Hige had seen…
"Let's meet again…" he whispers. "Next time… In Paradise…"
He loses control of his muscles, finally seeing nothing but the upcoming darkness. He welcomes it with a howl, letting it seep in, carry him far, far away.
Win, Kiba. We'll all be waiting for you.
Geez. I'm just completely out to destroy everyone's feelings, huh? Including my own. I'm seriously in pain right now XD
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~Dfire