Maplestory Werewolf 2 A Wolf's Travels
Chapter 8
Earning Money, Meeting Zaicho's Friend, and Truth
"Alright, we'll be coming to a port soon so we should each accept a short job to get money for supplies." I said.
"Right. Arcane and I will preforme for people." Linda said.
"Yeah." Arcane said blushing.
"I'll make silverware and sell that." Jason said.
"I guess I'll tell people their future." Jasmine said.
"I can do magic tricks for kids." Drake said.
"I'll do some crafts." I said.
Jasmine, Jason, and Arcane stared at me as I pulled out a few things I carved out of wood and had painted with a lacure paint on it.
"You carved these?" Jason said.
"Yeah, I make things mostly for Lisa." I said.
"Cute." Arcane said.
When we arrived to the town we split up and I opened a stand setting up my wooden carvings. A strange man walked to the counter after an hour of selling crafts and he stared at my carved figurines.
"My my, what beautiful figurines young man."
"Would you like to buy one?"
"Maybe, tell me though, why would a werewolf make carvings instead of attacking the people?"
I froze at what he just asked me and stared at him.
"Come now, its only a question."
"My father taught me its important to restrain beastial instincts like Zaicho taught him."
"Zaicho you say? I have heard the name before, so he taught your father?"
"Yeah, my dad never tasted blood and neither have I."
The man rubbed his chin looking surprised and curious.
"A werewolf who is born of a pure werewolf, and here I thought that was only legend."
"Its more than legend, to bad the Masquarade don't want to see it that way."
"You mentioned Zaicho...How is he doing?"
"...He died, he was killed by a werewolf hungry for power when my dad was a teenager."
"..." He said nothing. "I knew he died, I didn't know how."
"Did you know Zaicho?"
"Yes, I trained along side him. Forgive me, I haven't introduced myself. My name is Anako Graves. Some call me Dou Blade for my use of two blades. Alex, I have been watching you as you travel and I need you to know that Caiden R. was able to wipe your image from General Green's memory all they know is that a werewolf bit General Green." he said. "I would like to train you and your friends, you have a very challanging fight ahead of you."
"But..."
"Alex, you will find you need to do things you wouldn't ever do in order to survive." he said before handing me a bottle with a flower in it. "Here, I know you're trying to help someone, so here's a blue lavender flower."
I took the flower bottle and looked at him.
"Thanks and where should we meet up with you to train?"
"There's a mythyical white forest 10 miles south down the river."
He picked up a wooden rose and paid me for it.
"See you there Alex, be ready."
He vanished and I continued to sell my crafts and I sold out. Metting up with the others I asked how they did.
"Linda and I made about 45 dollars playing music and singing." Arcane said.
"I made about 20 dollars." Drake said.
"I earned 100 dollars for the silverware." Jason said.
"I earned 26 dollars." Jasmine said.
"What about you Alex?" Linda asked.
"I earned 150 dollars, people here really love carvings." I said. "So in total we all earned 341 dollars. Not bad really, we need to use the money for supplies only."
"Alex, where did you get that flower in a jar? Did you actually make more than you're telling us?" Jasmine said accusing me of stealing.
"No, this was given to me by a friend of Zaicho." I said. "He said his name is Anako Graves."
Jasmine and Jason froze.
"D-did you say Anako Graves?" Jasmine asked.
"Yeah?" I said.
"Dude, they say he has no mercy towards anyone or anything." Jason said.
"He's going to train us." I said.
"What?!" Why would you accept the offer of a man who is so very violent?!" Jasmine yelled.
"Because I need a mentor. At the level of skill we are at we won't last against The Masquarade." I said.
"We can find another mentor." Jason said.
"No." I said. "Think about Linda's safety on our group, there's only so much she can do right now. I'd hate for us to have to get stronger by a way we don't want."
"Alex is right." Drake said.
"How is he right? He's insane!" Jasmine yelled.
"You know I've had just about enough of you cat." Drake said growling.
"Listen, Alex is making a good point. Linda is the only human on our team." Arcane said.
"Wait she's human? Why do we have a human with us, she'd be even more of a turncoat than Alex." Jasmine said hissing at Linda.
"Don't hiss at the girl who played music to make the guards fall asleep so that Alex and Arcane could save your sorry ass." Linda said.
Jasmine shut up instantly and Jason looked up.
"...Your right, I'd hate to wind up fully demon to fight the hunters. I'd lose my humanity." he said.
"I'm already at risk for losing my sanity because my father tasted blood and even killed people before my mom and Alex's dad became his friends." Drake said. "I'd go into some kind of mode if I tasted blood."
"I don't want to drink blood, I'd never be able to go in sunlight ever again and I'd be a constant threat not to just anyone but you guys too. I don't want that." Arcane said.
"My father never tasted blood when he became a legendary werewolf. I don't have any idea what would happen if I tasted blood and I'd rather not find out at all." I said.
We all had shut up suddenly thinking about what fate holds and Samantha smiled appearing. We all looked up and she sighed the smile fading.
"Children, I should tell you of your fates one at a time, let us go to the boat."
So we followed her to the boat, what is she going to tell us I wonder? Nothing bad I hope.
