Shira's Cryin'
Chapter 6
"Shira! No! Not that way!" Diego screamed out ahead of him.
They were closing in on her. All of them. The whole pack.
'Those savage bastards! What do they want with her?! Trying to kill your own kind?! It doesn't make sense!'
Diego tried his best to keep up with the rest of them, but he couldn't. He never did much with his life.
"I can't let them do this. I can't. Not to her."
Every sprint that the golden saber took was making him more and more fatigued. The ivy colored plants on the forest ground would brush up against him as he sped through them.
Determination. Revenge. Protection. That's all he could think about.
"I'll do anything for her. As long as you're safe, Shira. As long as I live, nothing bad will happen to you."
Diego could suddenly spot one of the attacking sabers. A much smaller in size compared to him, giving him the upper hand.
With all of the energy he had left built up inside of him, he caught up right to the side of the saber.
He then proceeds by slamming up against him, and luckily came in direct contact with one of the forest's strong 'built to last' trees, knocking him unconscious.
With him out of the way, Diego takes off towards where he could only assume that Shira was heading towards. A dead end.
The forest's end rose high above the ocean's waves, forming a tall cliff side area at the end.
As Diego was heading up there, he could hear her voice screaming. He knew right away that she was in trouble.
'No. Not now.'
He finally got out of the forest, and his heart instantly stopped.
He rested his eyes on her, who was leaning up against another male saber. Shira then began to rub her nose with his and lick his neck tenderly.
Diego's heart felt as though it had literally broke. He didn't say anything. He didn't think anything, because he didn't know what to think.
The only one he ever loved was gone. Metaphorically gone, and literally gone.
Shira smiled at her 'mate' that was up against her. She then turned her head to look at Diego, who had a feverish face embedded into him. He looked horrible.
She lightly laughed and turned back to her mate.
"Who's this loser?" She teasingly asked.
It traumatized Diego.
"He's no one." Her mate answered.
Diego could feel himself fading away, watching as his surroundings became darker and darker.
"He was born that way."
Diego suddenly finds himself alone in the mist of the night. He just sat there, looking at the ground below him. There was only one thought going through his mind. It was clear what had to be done.
He then started hearing a fairly dim voice.
"Do it."
He saw it all so clearly. What's the point anymore?
"Do it!" It said much louder .
Finally, the sky began to rain blood. Diego looked up into the the sky that was seemingly turning red. He smiled.
"She has abandoned me"
Blood. Everywhere. She left him.
Gasping for breath as he awoke from his traumatizing nightmare, Diego scanned the cave walls around him.
Realizing that it was again, a nightmare, he slowly rested his head back on her who was still sleeping.
Diego glanced his eyes towards her gently shut eyes. He began to feel tears form in his eyes.
He couldn't take it. That nightmare. What if it were to become reality? What if she was already taken? And even worse, what if her mate was out looking for her right now?
None of these thoughts mattered to Diego at the moment as he began to pull Shira closer into himself.
He needed someone. Someone who could be there for him. Someone he could talk to at anytime when he's feeling down just to make his life brighter. He desperately needed someone.
'I desperately need her.' He thought to himself and found it hard to believe, too.
Before he met Shira, Diego never would have imagined wanting someone so badly like he does for her. He's seen the way that other female sabers would act. All they cared about was when mating season was coming around. It sickened him. It overwhelmed him.
'It got old.'
As he continued to pull Shira into his warmth, occasionally stroking her shoulders, he couldn't help but think that life was perfect at that moment. He didn't know why. It's been years since he felt this way. It was just one more reason for why he needed her.
'I've got ten thousand reasons to be with her, but it seems like I need one more.'
He continued to stroke her shoulders for a while until he could hear her. She was purring in her sleep. Diego wasn't sure if she was purring because of her dreams, or if it was because of his comfort for her. Either way, it brought an even brighter smile to his face. He gently rested his head on the side of her body, letting his tears flow uncontrollably as he began to kill off his smile.
He just couldn't hide his feelings for her anymore. He couldn't stand how secretive she was being. He has to find out if she has a mate or not.
'But if she does...' He thought to himself.
'If she does, it'll kill me. She's the only one that I've ever loved.'
He began to hear her yawning, so he got his head off of her, and rested on the ground.
As she was waking up, observing her surroundings, she rested her eyes on Diego who was pretending to sleep, thinking that he might catch her saying something.
Shira looked at her side and saw that Diego had completely wrapped himself around her.
Shira let out a small giggle, "He's so cute."
Diego couldn't help but smile at her words.
'She thinks I'm...cute? I could say the same to her.'
Diego felt the need to purr, but forced himself to hold that in.
"You've made my life so much happier, Diego." She continued saying. Diego's heart felt like it had skipped beats as he heard this.
'What is she getting at, exactly?'
"And, I knew from the start, when I first saw you, that you were the one. I could feel it."
Diego couldn't believe what he was hearing.
"I love you, Diego. I really do. I want you to know that so badly, but I-" she began to form tears in her eyes.
'But what?'
"I can't. I've already..."
Diego couldn't stand her sadness anymore. He brings out a fake and rather unrealistic yawn as he lifted his head off of the ground.
Shira, now just realizing that he had woken up, had a look in her face that looked as if she was wondering if he had heard any of that.
'Yes, I did.' Diego thought. He looked up at her eyes, and smiled.
"Hey. You sleep okay?" He asked in a most concerned tone of voice.
Shira shyly looked away, still smiling, "Y-ya, I did. Thanks."
Diego, again, let his mind think of nothing expect for how perfect she was. What was he suppose to do? Just blurt it out?
'She already admitted that she loved me. I have to say it to her!' But his awkward personality got the best of him.
"Diego." She began.
"Ya?"
"I don't think I thanked you for what you did back those couple of days ago. I just think that was something that most sabers couldn't stand up to do. Yet, you did it. And, what I've got to know is... why? Why did you do it?"
'Shit.' He began to think of excuses over in his head.
'What am I thinking?! Just tell her!'
"Shira, I- I'd do anything for you. I mean, all of these years, I've never been so happy before I met you. You just- you just changed my... life forever, and... Shira."
"Yes, Diego?" She asked, getting ever so closer to him as she placed her paw over his.
Diego looked down at their paws, and watched as Shira began moving her paw up his shoulder.
'Just do it!'
"Shira, I-"
"WHAT THE HELL, SHIRA?!"
Diego looked up by the cave entrance, and saw a very dark brown pelted saber tooth tiger.
"Soto! No! I just- I mean... Diego, I'm sorry! I just-"
She stumbled words out of her mouth. How could she possibly respond to this?
"I knew from the very start how much of a whore you were, Shira! What the hell were you thinking?!"
Soto yelled right in her face.
Shira could smell his breath as he continued to yell at her. Tears started forming in her eyes.
"I'm- I'm sorry, I just..." She started, quietly.
Diego could do nothing but hold onto Shira, promising her that he was there for her.
Soto, seeing what Diego was doing, brought a twisted smile to his face.
"You think you can have everything you want? You think you can just take things away from me?"
Diego wanted to fight him so badly, but he couldn't. First of all, this saber looked like he could just punch his way through a solid cave wall. The last thing he needed was for the cave wall to be his face. Secondly, Diego is already trying to get over the fact about that night when it all began. When he actually committed murder. If he were to somehow beat this son of bitch, it still wouldn't look good on him. Shira's seen enough of his dark side already. He doesn't want to unleash it completely. It would probably scare her half to death.
"Well, if your not gonna answer me, I guess I'll just take back whats mine." Soto said, as he reached towards Shira, and began yanking at her back side with his teeth, Diego could see her flesh being torn out.
"God, this saber is a bigger psycho than me."
Shira began screaming and kicking at Soto.
'Why does she live like this?'
Diego got up, and pulled Shira away from Soto, already accepting his fate.
"Listen, you fuck face! She's not a god damn trophy that you can just walk around with all day!"Diego scolded at him.
Soto had a look on his face that looked as if it were saying, "Are you for real?"
"I had to deal with enough of this bullshit already! You know how I found her? Another saber was mating with her. She was being forced to! That was more than enough for her! She doesn't need another full-of-himself saber to start the whole thing over again!"
Diego was positive that he had made his point.
"I see your point." Soto said.
Diego nodded in confirm.
"And here's mine: I'm her mate."
Dreams. Expectations. Fantasies. They were crushed. All of them. Gone.
Diego looked back at Shira, who could do nothing but lower her head and cry miserably.
Diego turned back to Soto, "You think she's happy this way? You think she's happy with you?"
"She doesn't have any other choice."
"Sure she does."
"Ya, like what?"
"Well... me."
Shira looked up at Diego who was glancing back at her.
"She's the most beautiful and most caring saber that I've ever met in my entire life. She means everything to me."
Diego looked back at Soto, who was not getting amused by any of this.
"I love her. I love her so much, it hurts."
Diego once again looked back at Shira, who was smiling with tears in her eyes.
"Aww, how sweet." Soto mockingly taunted Diego, "How pathetic. You think this will just work out for you? She was mine first!"
"Quit acting like a cub." Diego spat out.
"Alright, that's it!" Soto immediately tackled Diego, causing them to roll around the cave, while Shira could do nothing but watch in horror.
Soto started kneeing Diego in his privates, which was more than enough to get Diego on the ground defenseless. Soto then proceeds by clawing into Diego's right side of his face, and repeatedly slammed his head into the ground.
As every slam into the ground went by, Diego was feeling more and more faint. All he could here was her voice.
"Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!" And just like that, he passed out again.
As he regained consciousness, Diego looked around the cave, while rubbing the side of his head, realizing that it hurt like hell. He looked below him to see a pool of blood rested where his head was.
"Wha- what happened?" He asked himself. At the moment, he had completely forgot what the hell just happened, but as memories of her voice came back, he remembered it completely.
Getting up, Diego observes his surroundings with panic risen inside of him.
'Where did they go?!' He wondered.
Turning his gaze towards the entrance of the cave, he could see a trail in the snow. It looked as if Shira was still fighting to get out of Soto's grip.
"Oh, shit!" He said to himself as he darted out of the cave, following the trail in front of him.
What worried him the most was the how long he's been out for. He could have been passed out for hours, days, weeks even. Who knows.
'It's not gonna stop me from getting to her. I'll go through anything just to see her.'
He continued darting through the white blanket covered forest with fear and anger building up inside of him.
'I promise, Shira. I'll never let anything bad happen to you. No ungrateful full of himself saber will do anything harmful to you. That I'm sure of.'
Yet, no matter how determined he was, the main problem was killing his motivation: she has a mate.
'What the hell am I suppose to do about that?'
Finally, he reaches he edge of the forest, and couldn't believe what he was seeing.