Next chapter for all of you.
Nabari halted when the scent became even more powerful. Nabari sneezed and said
"Fuu-sensei, it's gotten more powerful."
Fuu frowned and glanced at the queen, knowing she had heard Nabari as well as he had. She nodded slowly and Fuu sighed before turning back to Nabari
"We're still following it."
Nabari nodded and said
"Straight ahead, not five miles out."
Fuu nodded and turned to the Queen before saying
"My Queen, there might be a possibility of whoever is injured dying before we get there."
The Queen frowned and said
"Pick up the pace, Fuu."
Fuu bowed his head in obedience.
"As you command, my Queen."
Fuu turned toward the other Foxes and said
"Fast pace for this one, everyone."
The Foxes nodded and picked up their pace.
Sound returned slowly for Naruaki. She could feel the ground under her, the grass brushing against her bloody fur, so she knew she was still alive, if only barely. However, she wasn't stupid. She knew her chances of surviving for much longer were close to nil, but it didn't stop her mind from hallucinating. It didn't truly matter to her anymore. Her life, what little it had been, was finally ending.
She didn't bother trying to open her eyes. She wouldn't see anything anyway. Just the empty darkness that surrounded the clearing during the night. She could almost feel the bite of fangs as they latched into her dying body, the creatures of the darkness here to feed off of her dead carcass. A pathetic fate to die by...
But she no longer cared. All she wanted was for the pain, which had throbbed in the back of her conscious ever since Sange and his ragtag group had attacked and left her, to end. Soon, it would...so soon...
Nabari led the group into the clearing, where they halted. Only Fuu and Nabari stepped closer to the nearly dead vixen lying in a puddle of blood in the clearing. It was clear that if the vixen had been awake, she would have been in pain, and struggling, so the fact that she wasn't was slightly worrying. Fuu and Nabari heard the Queen approaching, so they backed away slightly as she examined the vixen for a moment before she said
"We'll take her with us."
There, next chapter done and probably short, but that's how it is currently.
SF~
