Chapter 7
Kasumi
Kasumi woke up to the smell of cooking meat, meat? Her eyes flashed open. Ryuu was roasting a rabbit over the fire. Kasumi's eyes widened, "I thought the cave entrance was sealed! How is it possible that you caught that rabbit?!"
Ryuu smiled, "oh when you were asleep I found another entrance to the cave."
"What! Where is it?!"
"Come on I'll show you," he offered her his hand; she took it and got up.
"Oh my Lupus," The forest was beautiful, there was a stream running along the cave and brambles climbing the trees the grass was a dark green and the sky a brilliant blue.
She could hardly control herself from changing forms right there and then. She walked into the forest with Ryuu trailing slowly behind. Ryuu shouted something at her but she couldn't hear him. A shot rang out, a bullet whisked past her head, she turned her head and saw it, they was humans one had a hunting gun, and the other had a cage with two small animals a wolf pup and a fox cub. "It's the wolf and fox devil kill them!" Kasumi didn't understand what they were saying it defiantly wasn't Japanese but she could guess what it meant they were orders to kill. Quick as a flash Ryuu was on them he took out a sword and slashed, the humans' gun was thrown to the ground. Kasumi walked up to the human holding the cage, "Please Buddha destroy these demons and send them away" she took another step and he dropped the cage screaming. Kasumi opened the cage and the poor animals tumbled out shaking and crying.
Ryuu came up to her and picked up the fox cub, "come on Kasumi let's take them back to the cave."
The wolf pup looked up at her with yellow eyes he was gray with darker tipped ears, she was surprised when she heard its voice inside her head, "Who are you? Where is my mommy?" he sniffled. Dad told me about this, Lupus Glacialis' can communicate with wolves telepathically. She looked at Ryuu, and he nodded, he could also hear the fox talking to him.
What's your name?
The wolf looked up at her, "Kanji"
"Well Kanji, I'm Kasumi and this is Ryuu."
The wolf looked up at her puzzled, "Why is a Lupus Glacialis with a Vulpis Ignis?"
"Well it's a little embarrassing but he saved my life."
"What happened? Do you have a crush on him?!" The question was sincere but it made Kasumi fluster up.
"What? No why would I have the hots for a Vulpis Ingnis? That's ridicules! And it's forbidden."
Kasumi later learned that the fox's name was Asana and that she and Kanji had lived together being taken care of by a bear! Kasumi would never understand bears and there customs. Why take two animals, mortal enemies and have them raised as siblings?
