Disclaimer: I do not own Wolf's Rain or any of it's characters. I do own any characters that I made up and the plot.
Shiroi Hikari: Well, didn't think I'd have this chapter out so early. It would've been earlier, but my computer froze and deleted it before I could save it. Anyways, I think in this chapter we will find out who Kozue and the mysterious stranger is. Yep. But that is if everything goes according to my muses plans...
Now, on with the chapter! Oh, and some of this chapter will be bloody, gore-y, stuff like that, so if you get queasy, then just skip the bloody parts. Now, on with the chapter!
White Evolution
Chapter Four
Paradise Lost
I turned on my back as I gazed up at the moon through half lidded eyes. My ears twitched as the wind moved the branches in my line of vision, making the large white object even clearer.
What had happened to me earlier? Kozue...that name brought back so many memories. But the man. That voice.
I shuddered slightly as I recalled the man's voice and his laugh. The image where he slaughtered Kozue was engraved into my mind, and every time I shut my eyes I could see the horror-stricken face of my love, Kozue.
Flashback
I smiled at Kozue as we watched the sun rise over the mountains in the East.
"Ne, Kozue-kun, will you always be with me?" I asked quietly. Kozue smiled softly.
"I promise that I will always be with you, Chey-chan. We will find your Paradise."
End Flashback
But Kozue didn't keep that promise. I despised him yet loved him at the same time.
Flashback
"Kozue!" I screamed as I watched him fall to the ground, a spear sticking out of his back. I ran over to him, tears stinging my eyes.
"Chey-chan...remember my promise that I made to you?" He gasped out. I nodded as I cradled his head. He smiled.
"I am sorry...for breaking it. But...remember, I will always be with you...and when you find Paradise...I will be there...waiting for you...Aishiteru, Cheylie...my wolf." He gave out a choked sob, and then he was gone.
"No...Kozue...you can't leave me. No. No! NO!" I screamed as I reverted into my wolf form.
And then I heard the laugh.
"My dear she-wolf, humans and wolves are not meant to be together, let alone lovers. It was only right that he died. What would your family say if you had become mates with a piece of human scum? Do you want to end of like that mutt Blue? No, my dear Cheylie, I imagine that you do not." The voice said as he laughed again.
"Shut up!" I yelled into the darkness. I circled Kozue as a figure walked towards me.
"You did not truly love him, Cheylie. Love is just a mirage of the mind, it is not truly real. You used him. You did not love him." He taunted.
"Shut the hell up!" I snarled as I crouched into an attacking position. The man laughed again.
"You will not attack me. You love me." I flattened my ears on top of my head.
"No, I do not love whoever you are." I growled. The laughter stopped and was replaced by the growl of the man in front of her.
"Has your mind clouded over with so much false love from this human that you do not remember me? Think back to when you truly were a wolf, and you hated humans." He said. I stopped and considered what he had said, and decided to see if I really knew him, or if he was just playing with my mind. I sat down on my haunches, and cleared my mind, which caused myself to become human again. I closed my eyes and thought, back to when I was a pup and running with Toboe...back to when my pack had been killed, except for three of us.
My eyes snapped open.
"No...you can't be him. He died years ago." I whispered. The man laughed again.
"Oh, but I did not die, Cheylie. I am very much alive and well." I shook my head as I choked back a sob.
"But, if you really are him, then why did you come to find me? And why did you kill Kozue?" I asked softly.
"Simple. You are mine and mine alone, Cheylie. I will kill anyone that tries to take you away from me. And I came back for you, because I love you and you are mine." I backed up as the figure came closer to me.
"S-stop. Don't get any closer to me. I don't believe you. Jagara sent you after me, didn't she?" I said, frantic. His laughter echoed throughout the darkness.
"No, I'm afraid she did not. Jagara is not stupid enough to send me to find you. I came on my own free will." Suddenly the man was in front of me with his hand around my throat, not tight enough to kill me, but tight enough to warn me of what would happen if I did not listen to him.
"Do not get in my way of fulfilling the prophecy. If you do, I will kill your brother, Toboe. Every time you see something dead, whether it be human or not, I will be close by, making sure you do not interfere. And in the end, I will have you, my dear Cheylie. Now, I must be going before that bitch Jagara sends someone after me." And with that, the figure disappeared. My black furred body dropped to the ground, limp. I gazed sadly at the dead figure that lay a few yards away from me.
"Kozue...what have I done? Eclipse will kill us..." I whispered, only to have it carried away by the wind."
End Flashback
I gasped as I launched myself to my feet. That memory...Eclipse. I shook my head and gazed at the moon, a few tears rolled down my cheek. I was now human again, though I had two small black ears twitching on the top of my head.
"You are wrong, Eclipse. I do not love you. I loved, no, love Kozue. I will destroy you and find Paradise, where Kozue will be waiting." But something inside me said that Kozue was not the one that I truly loved. Nor was Eclipse. Then...who was it?
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Shiroi Hikari: Well, interesting chapter. And, yes, I did change Kozue from a girl to a boy. And don't ask me who Jagara is, I have not been introduced to her yet, though I know her purpose in the series. I think. -Cough- Anyways, review responses:
Tengu Queen
- Thanks for reviewing! Yeah, I know that's bad, but my muses just took over writing the story. -Sweatdrop-Midnight Insanity
- Thanks for reviewing! Actually, 90 lbs. is the average weight of an anime character. But in Cheylie's wolf form, she gains ten pounds, and is 100, which is fairly normal for a female wolf. And 5'5" is the average height for that weight.Onray
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- Thanks for reviewing! It wasn't that corny. Glad you like!Runa Wanderer
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- Thanks for reviewing! -Gasp- It's you!!!!!!!! -Points- Yep, Toboe's kawaii, and no, that doesn't sound weird coming from a guy. Trust me, I've heard worse. And sure, send me the first chapter. Oh, and tell me when you change your name.halfdemongurl
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