Chapter III
It was Corii's favorite part of a hunt, the part where she spoke the most fatal words to the opposing Clan leader, see his eyes grow wide, and his face grow pale as all 5 (Brittany was to young to participate) of the Chi-Tsuki Clan all came down upon the man, one of them (This was picked in advance) went for the throat, whilst the others just had fun. When every one was calmed down, Corii would dip a scrap of the man's clothing into his blood that was now pooled on the ground around him, and, in front of his dying eyes, she would paint a red moon on the wall beside him. When she was finished, she would jump onto the rooftops, the rest of the Pack following, and they would transform into their true forms and howl at the full moon. Each voice intertwined with the next, as they became one, and at this time, the whole world seemed to disappear, and all the sadness and pain would be sung out through this very song.
Suddenly, a new voice joined in, and Corii opened one eye to see Kiba singing as well, then Hige, as they brought the moon to tears.
Quent Yaiden walked along, searching for a bar that did not have so many bugs in it. All of a sudden he felt a tug on the leather leash and turned to his majestic dog, Blue.
"What is it, girl?" He asked, strained to hear what she was listening to.
Then he heard it; howling in the wind.
"Wolves!" He exclaimed gruffly, and turned to hurry towards the sound. Suddenly a black shape shot out of the alley right in front of them. In one fluid motion, Quent whipped out his gun, and shot the animal. The bullet pierced its shoulder. It fell to the ground with a yelp. Quent approached it cautiously. It was a huge gray dog.
"Wolf." Quent murmured, standing over the immobile animal with a look of distain on his face. Blue sniffed the Wolf and growled.
"Not dead yet, huh Blue?" Quent said, cocking his gun to shoot the animal again, when without warning, it jumped up and threw him to the ground, the gun flying out of reach. Blue jumped to attack the gray Wolf, but it had already disappeared down an alleyway, running despite its injuries.
'Damn it!' Quent thought, standing up and retrieving his gun. 'I need a drink, a really strong drink.'
"Have you guys ever heard of Paradise?" Kiba asked as they finished what was left of the bread Brittany had stolen.
"Parwadiz?" Brittany asked, mouth full of bread.
"Okay, chew, swallow, then speak." Sam said, laughing.
"I said what's Paradise?"
"It's a place run by only Wolves, and can only be accessed during a blue moon. Or so the ledged says." Corii spoke up, and every one looked at her in surprise.
"You know of it then?" Kiba asked, giving the rest of his bread to Brittany, who was looking at it hungrily.
"Well, why don't we go look for it?" Brittany asked, before biting down into the piece of bread.
The rest of the pack nodded their heads in agreement.
"Yeah, lets go!" Toboe exclaimed, jumping up as if they were going to leave at that moment.
"What are you talking about? We have it perfectly fine right her-" Nicole began, but was cut off by a gun fire. Every one cried out and jumped down to the floor, except Corii and Kiba.
"Corii, what the hell do you think you are doing? Get down!" Tory exclaimed, tugging on her leader's sleeve.
Corii gently removed her self from Tory's grasp and walked to the window.
"We're surrounded." She stated in a cool voice. Corii never showed much emotion.
Kiba came up behind her to look out the window, and as his breath hit her neck, her heart started to beat faster.
'What the hell?' she thought, trying to control her emotions.
"They must have followed one of us back here." He said. Turning around, she came face to face with Kiba.
"Excuse me." She said, and he moved to the side for her to get past.
"Okay, here is the plan. Sam and Toboe, you two will attack from the left. Keira, Tory, and Hige, you three will attack from the right, Nicole, you get Brittany and Clay out of here. Kiba, you and I will attack from behind. Everyone, you will attack on my howl." Corii said but was cut off by Brittany,
"But, where are we going?"
"Paradise." Was all she said before running off towards the back exit with Kiba right behind her. Once they got out she turned sharply left, and took the back alley. Once they where behind the men she transformed onto her true form ready to bay.
"Are you really coming?" Kiba interrupted, having already traded skin for pelt.
"Yes." She replied before howling to the others.
With that, she jumped up and ran at the men surrounding their home. She could smell their fear, and inhaled it with glee. Growling, she jumped on the first man, grabbing hold and breaking his neck with her iron jaws. She growled in delight as warm, red liquid spurted from the wound onto her muzzle. She saw Kiba attack another man, breaking his neck as well. As she attacked the third man, she saw four men run after Nicole, Brittany, and Clay. She quickly hurried after them, dodging men and jumping over bodies. She then saw them, cornered at a dead end, 6 men, all their guns pointed at Nicole, who was in her Wolf form, snarling in front of Clay and Brittany. She jumped up, in wolf form, and bit the first man's neck from behind, feeling the satisfying snap and it broke between her powerful, bloodstained, jaws. With the men distracted, Nicole attacked them as well. All of a sudden, just as she was about to jump upon another man, aiming for his jugular, she heard a shout, "Corii!" and suddenly she was out of the air just as the sound of a gun echoed off the alley way walls. She looked up; snarling at her attacker, when her heart gave a leap as she realized whom it was. His eyes wide, he gazed into hers, both of them panting slightly.
"Kiba? What the hell are you doing?" she asked, when he didn't move.
His eyes widened as he realized he was still on top of her.
"Damn it Corii, I'm sorry, but he was going to shoot you." He said, getting up, allowing you to get as well.
"Oh, well then thank you." She replied, as she looked around. All the men where dead.
"Come on!" she heard Brittany cry from the mouth of the alleyway. They followed her back to the old warehouse. Her eyes widened at the sight. There were orange, red and blue flames licking the inside.
"We have nothing left here then." She said, and turning to Kiba, she added, "So, where is this Paradise?"
