Chapter 7

Birds, Wolves, A Fox, and Soldiers

Disclaimer:

Tsume: You know I kind of like it…

Toboe: You can't seriously mean that! Hurry get a doctor Tsume needs a visit to the Happy Farm!

Reaven: Well! I think he looks cute!

Toboe: -rolls eyes- Lets go on with the story before I get the need to kill Reaven!


Toboe and Klaue rushed over to Kawa as the sickly sweet odor of blood reached their noses.

"Schwester!" Klaue yelped as they got close enough to see a crimson red patch on her shoulder. She stumbled and dropped the crying Chi onto the cold ground her sides heaving.

"Toboe!" Klaue barked, "Go get the others!" Toboe looked at him then Kawa then Chi who he scooped up in his mouth and bounded of with. He crashed across the stream (just a reminder they are upstream from Kuni) splashing Roukan who growled and Mika. He dropped Chi into the surprised Roukan lap and raced of the willow where he new Kiba and Getsu had gone.

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Kuni lifted her head as she say Toboe scampering by his feet wet and muddy. 'I wonder what that is all about' she thought and looked over to the tree line where she had seen Toboe and Klaue disappear then Toboe reappear. She surged and took another long deep drink. 'Funny,' she thought, 'the water tastes a little different, like-.' The she wolf gave a strangled yelp and fell back dropping the water.

"Like," she whispered out loud, "metal… and blood" She turned and raced after Toboe towards the willow.

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"Kawa what happened?" Klaue said as he shook his sister's shoulder. He had resorted to his human illusion and was trying to get some sense from the wolf.

The wolf drew in a shaky breath and shuddered and whispered horrified with herself "I killed a human…" she started crying and Klaue gave an exasperated sigh. Not many wolves liked to kill humans but Kawa had never before so… 'Well anyway,' he reasoned with himself, 'I'm not going to get anything out of her.' He jumped as he heard a flurry of wings and spun around.

"Hane!"

The hawk had landed behind him its golden eyes fixing him with a piercing stare. Klaue moved his hand over to the hawk who lifter a bloody talon and climbed onto his arm.

"What happened Hane?"

The bird hopped a bit then started speaking in a jerky high screech.

"We goniego inz leafygreen. BiggieeyesBarran waza sleepysleep. WolfieKawa sappysnap ands growlygrowl. We sittas on za laky-lake and mea huntz hoppy-hop. We eata when big-a-big manzie appears. WolfieKawa growlygrowlz and talkizes. Big-a-big manzie uses bang-a-bang. WolfieKawa leapyleap and bitiebite. She a killiekill! Other manzie comes and me a killiekill eyes with sharpieclaws! WolfieKawa bloodybleed and runnizerun with DogfoxChi. I seezs a birdieship on highielands and tellsie WolfieKawa. She runn fasterfaste and tellsie mea to Gozie geta BrotherWolfieKlaue and Wolfiepack. Mea stayes though and protectize WolfieKawaMazer. Mea tellie and youa get helpie?" The great birds head cocked to the side while Klaue tried to udersand everything he had said in his fast dialect.

"Okay Hane listen carefully. Go find Barran and bring her back here. Okay?"

The bird nodded his red brown head, "Mea findze biggieeyesBarron shez za sleepyfool. Meazies be backizes soonzs! Hawkyspeed mea willz goes!" with that final jumbled up sentence he flapped his mighty wings and took off. Klaue turned to see Kawa had gotten control of herself and was licking her wound quickly.

"And I had finally got it so he would talk without blurring everything together," she said sadly, "this tama is going to put him back to 'WolfieManzerFangieFang' all over again."

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"So" Getsu said, "they looked like those dead soldiers?"

Kawa nodded. Getsu had called a pack meeting together and requested Kiba and his pack to be there. They were all in human form sitting in a large sloppy circle. Kawa was sitting across from Getsu and Kiba with Kuni bandaging up her shoulder, with Toboe holding Chi next to her while her brother standing protectively over her. She had just told them what had happened, and it being a much better expiation then Hane's, who still wasn't back, the pack where trying to figure out what to do.

"Jaguara came back to finish of her work," Tsume pointedly.

"I sense a little bitterness Tsume," Kris said, "You act like life is about to end. Instead of mopping a suggest action! As I always say-"

"Don't get mad, get even," Jess interrupted with a smile on the edge of her mouth. Kris let out a trumpet grin and continued, "We go off in groups one or two out patrolling and the others guarding camp. We strike hard and fast. They'll regret the day they mess with us!"

"But," Reaven pointed out from next to Tsume, "They cane see us from the sky if they look. We should move camp to a covered area that way they can't find us."

"That would be running away!" Kris yelped, surprised at the idea.

"But it is better then being dead," Mika said.

The conversation went like this for a little while longer the conversation getting out of control.

"Quite" Nearly every one of the wolves fell silent at this except for Kuni who was talking to her self about what medicine she would need, "lets see a little yarrow and lets see… some dock leaves. hmm… some bandages-" She broke of as she saw everyone staring at her. "Oops continue…"

"Anyway," Getsu announced, "Kris's idea was a good one. We will spilt into groups of three. I want Kiba in charge of one, Tsume another, Klaue the next, then Roukan and I'll take the last."

"Hey! How come a girl isn't in charge of one?" Mika demanded angrily.

"I just picked good fighters," he continued with a glare, "Okay in Kiba's group let's have Kuni and Blue, Tsume's umm... Reaven and Mika, Klaue's Kawa and Toboe, Roukan Hige and Jess, and I'll take KaYasha and Kris. We will only send out two groups at a time with Hane and Barron to help scout. And," He paused then took a deep breath, "And we will move camp." Several growls issued from the pack and even an outburst of no. Getsu was about to say something when, with a flurry of wings, Hane appeared followed by a White owl who perched on Kawa's unhurt shoulder.

"Hane wasza Hawkspeedy. Mea gotta Bigieeyes sleepyfool." He boobed his head and clucked then continued, "mea sawzes a troopitroop theyz acoming toa Wolfiecamp! Needa hidiehide!" He cocked his head at the wolves, most who didn't understand a single word he said.

"Let me assist" The owl hoped of Kawa's shoulder and walked into the middle of the circle, "While Hane and I were flying back to you facility we saw one and a half score of soldiers along with half a score of them wearing big shields and battle pikes. Terrible looking things! Why I remember one summer when-" Kawa gave a little cough and Barren fixed her luminous eyes on her and continued in her deep voice, "Got a little sidetracked did I? Apologies. Any way they are about twenty minutes away and-." She was cut of as Getsu jumped up.

"Tsume, Roukan take your groups and distract the soldiers. Take NO unnecessary risks. Klaue you and Toboe get Kawa to the caves and take Chi with you. Everyone else help me gather stuff and take it to the new site. Klaue, Toboe wait till a few of use are ready with stuff to be safe. Hane you and Barren help Tsume and Roukan." He looked at the wolves his bright yellow eyes on fire. "Well what are you waiting for lets go!"


Toboe: -panting- It is so hard to write Hane's stuff. It took me almost a half of an hour to get my stupid computer to leave it alone… -hits computer- Evil

Hane: Smackiesmack

Toboe: –groans-

Barren: Why you fluffed up flee bag stop talking you are giving our dear friend Toboe a most horrendous headache.

Mika: Big words! 0.o

Hane: -glares-

Toboe: You, my fans are disappointing me… not enough reviews, so this time I'm lowering it to 44 so hurry and review.