Chapter 9
New Friends
BANG! I felt something wiz by my ear. "Shit they have found out we're gone!" Max shouted.
They opened fire on us, the sound was deafening.
We sprinted for the town.
I hung back looking over my shoulder trying to see were the bullets where coming from.
I turn just in time to see Max reach the first building. A man came around the corner and hit Max flat out on the head with the back of his gun. Max fell to the floor. "MAX!" I jumped at the man, raping my fangs around his neck.
As we fell back I jerked my head hard resulting in a loud crack. He was dead before he hit the ground.
"MAX." there was blood pouring down his face. He had been hit in the forehead.
He sat up, his eye glazed over and he was very pale. "He got me, got to go now, bloody gun.." he said, his words blending to gather.
I look at him in alarm, that did not sound good. He got up swaying.
I ran in front of him, he had his eyes fixed on my back.
I was starting to panic, I could not think of any were to go.
Men were jumping out of alley ways shooting at us. Lucky they could not shot to save their lives.
I jumped down an alley with Max right behind me. We came out on a deserted street. Thank the moon we had lost them for now. I looked around and saw a hill. It was looking down over the town, over there.
I ran towards the hill, Max stumbling as he ran.
I got to the top and froze.
The four wolves and the girl were sitting there looking at me in alarm.
"What the hell are you doing here dog?" the grey one snarled.
"Eight are these your friends?" Max mumbled. THUD! I turned. Max had collapsed on to the floor, and there was blood all over his face from the wound.
He was unconses that was all. I stood over him glaring at the wolves.
The white wolf walked foward. "You escaped?"
I held my stance over Max staring into the wolf's amber eyes.
"Get out of here you sick dog." the grey one stood and walked over teeth beard snarling.
"You stay back, if you no what's good for you? I said coldly.
"Is that a threat?" he growled.
"No it's a fact." I stated, staring back at him not giving any thing away. I didn't want to fight. My wounds had not healed from the fight, and they were hurting from the run. The last thing I wonted to do is lose myself in the blood and kill everything.
He leaped at me, and I sidestepped him, grabbing him by the neck and used his momentum to throw him. He skidded across the ground; he got up shaking in rage. I smiled inwards, all to easy.
Suddenly a beautiful humming filled the air. I felt so relaxed all of a sudden, I shook my head trying to clear it.
That girl was humming her soothing song to me. I fell to the floor, sleep creeping up on me.
She sat down next to me and put her hand on my side, "You're safe now, this one will help you, this one will save you from the darkness"
I fell into the first sleep I had had were I was not being haunted by nightmares. Instead, I dreamed of white flowers with me and Max sitting among them. We were looking over a stunning country side full of mountains, rivers, and animals.
After a while the dreams were raided by a dark figure carrying a huge cross over his back.
Priests POV
"Ah priest." Jason Wynn look up from his desk his evil grin in place.
"I've got good news for you my friend," he continued whilst counting wads of money.
They had bet heavily on that wolf in the fight, and had won a lot of money. I'd never seen him in such a good mood.
"That man with the wolf is dead," he said, not taking his eyes off mine.
A smile spread across my lips, in reply.
"The wolf and the boy escaped last night after the fight, and killed that fat bastard while doing it, crushing his head." he smiled at the thought.
"I want you to go out and kill the wolf, we have no need for it any longer. it's just a nuisance." he looked back down at his money and began counting it again.
I smiled to myself. Good, one less wolf in the world sounds good to me.
"What about the boy?" I said looking Jason in the eyes.
"Do what you like with the slave." he said not bothering to look up.
I turned to walk out a smile on my face, finally I get a chance to hunt the things that ruined my life. "Kyrios," I whispered to myself when I was safely out of ear shot.
I was the priest in Kyrios, when we were attacks by wolves. Somehow a fire started and the whole town burned down, and only I and my good friend and his dog survived.
I walked towards my weapon, I lifted it onto my back, and walked off to find my prey.
Triple Eights POV
I awoke with a start. I was alone; the other wolves were huddled around the girl sleeping.
The girl was staring at me with a sweet smile on her face.
I got up and turned my back to her, and walked off to find Max, his was the only smile I enjoyed receiving.
As I walked through the trees, I was amazed by the wonders around me. I couldn't believe my eyes.
The birds were singing, little squirrels were collecting nuts and food.
I had forgotten about all the wonders of nature.
I suddenly came out of the trees, to a large shallow lake.
Max was standing in the water; he had taken off his shirt, letting the sun warm him up. He was also covered in scars just like me.
His chest had long claw marks; his for arms were severely scarred too.
His eyes were closed, his face was turned to the sun letting it warm him up. Perfect, I creped towards him as quietly as I could.
Just before I got to the waters edge I pounced.
"Not going to be that easy Eight!" he shouted.
He grabbed my outstretched paws and threw me into the water.
He laughed; I jumped up and jumped on him, sending him splashing in to the water.
We played for what seemed like hours. Running alone the bank, fighting in the water.
After we had had enough we sat on the bank looking across the lake.
"So my friend we are free," his words sent a shiver of excitement down my spin.
"We can travel the world make new friends, see new places, live life the way we want to live." he said dreamily, looking down at me with his warm smile, his green eyes sparkling.
I lay there wagging my tail also dreaming of the new life that was now at my paws.
"So what you think about those wolves and the girl?", I looked up at him, he was still smiling at me. I rolled my eyes and rested my head on my paws.
"Right." he said suddenly getting up "I'm going into town to get some food."
I got up and whined softly.
"Don't be such a worrier I'll be fine," and with that he grabbed his shirt and walk back through the trees.
I laid back down.
After a while I could feel someone's eyes on my back.
I was up in a flash looking into the tree line.
"Who's there show yourself." I growled.
The pup trotted out of the trees, his bracelets clinking as he walked. I stayed alert, my tail high, ear pinned forward.
The pup hesitated "Umm I don't want to fight, I just came to talk."
He walked slowly up to me, he was really pushing his luck, I could crush him in seconds.
He came next to me and sat down looking across the lake. I sat down not showing any emotions at all.
"My name is Toboe". he said smiling.
"Triple Eight." I said simply.
"Triple Eight, that's a strange name." he said not notices me glaring at him.
"I'm sorry about Tsume he's nice really, just a bit aggressive," he paused.
Yeah right you obviously weren't concentrating on my fight.
The wolf with the collar walked out of the bushes.
"That Hige." said Toboe happily.
Hige sat down on my other side, and put his hands in his pocket, smiling kindly. "You can really fight can't you? You were amazing, even better than Kiba." he said still smile.
Seeing the blank look on my face he quickly added "Kiba, the white one, the leader."
"Where did you learn to fight like that?" he said smiling warmly.
"I was trained to fight like that." I said quietly.
"Umm how come you don't growl or bear your fangs, like when Tsume started on you? he said rubbing his neck nervously.
I'd never been with wolves like this before, I felt safe talking to them.
"I don't know it just doesn't feel natural." I shrugged.
"In the fight you were growling and bearing your fangs." he said.
I smiled evilly. "That's because I had my..." I trailed off, still smiling.
We sat there talking for a while; they told me about their travels. I became more and more relaxed with them.
Hige was fun to talk to, full of fun. Toboe was funny too, still a happy naive pup, all that I should be.
"Hey we got some new friends." a voice said from behind. It was Max. Hige and Toboe tensed up.
Suddenly a growl came from somewhere. Toboe gave Hige a look.
"What I'm hungry." Hige said in annoyance.
"Oh are you? Well I've got something here that can solve that." max pulled out a piece of meat, and held it above his head rotating it slowly for all to see.
Lumps of drool came down Higes mouth.
"You can have it." max threw the meat to him
Hige wasted no time and dove in.
?"ou can have some too." Max said to Toboe.
Toboe smiled and nodded, and started eating too. Max beamed and sat down next to me, and handed me a piece of meat.
I took it and started to eat, as Kiba walked out of the tree line hand in hand with the girl.
"Hey look Kiba, he got us food." Hige said with his mouth full.
Tusme followed them out of the trees but, instead of sitting with us he sat up against a tree and glared at me.
I glared back, and was about to get up and challenge him, when Toboe stood in front of me.
I blinked and looked up into his face. He had was smiling kindly, "Here have some more meat, there's plenty for all of us."
I looked up at him blankly. In truth I didn't know what to say so I nodded.
He sat down next to max in his wolf form. Max jokingly went to grab his food. Toboe growled playfully and moved his head. Max went for it again but this time got a hold on it.
They played tug of war for a while, then max let go and Toboe fell back.
He got up head low, tail high into the air wagging madly.
Max went to grab it again but Toboe ran away and Max speed after him.
I don't know why but I felt safe and at ease with these wolves. I could finally let go, and for the first time in all my life I let my true feelings show to strangers, I smiled, as I watched Max and the pup play together.
We were free and had made our first new friends.
After a while I joined them in there play and eventually Hige joined in too.
We chased, played fight and played fetch.
"Come on runt you're so slow!" Hige shouted.
"Yeah and you're so ... porky!" Toboe retorted.
Max and I laughed.
After a long time we all sat down back on the hill overlooking the town. Max and the pup were lying close to each other for warmth.
I sat there smiling watching my brother sleep.
"We watched you fight." I looked over at Kiba, his face was blank and unreadable.
"Yeah, what did you think?" I said simply.
He looked at me long and hard. "You were out of control" he said in the same tone.
Well duh I'm a fighter what does he think I should do, I thought to myself.
"Look I'm a fighter." I paused for a minutes, then told him all about my past, Max's past, why I lose control and why I don't growl or bear my teeth when challenged.
He sat there without saying a word, just listened.
It was like a weight had been lifted from my shoulders, I could finally talk about my life.
After I had finished he talked about how they had met and that they were searching for Paradise together.
After a while Kiba rested his head on Cheza's lap and fell asleep instantly, but I was far from tired.
I looked out over the town, we're free, we're free. The words kept repeating themselves over and over in my head, we're free. And every time I heard it I got more and more excited.
It was like being bathed in blood again, it gave me a new energy. But this was a different type of energy, it was good.
I looked around and everyone was asleep. I allowed myself tears of joy. "We're free Max we did it. No more training, no more crappy food. We will see the world, live the way we want to live." I said. The words made my heart swell.
"And one day I'll get this collar off and be able to talk to you."
yay im finaly back yay sorry for the long wait :)
you might have noticed the priest is out of another anima you should be abal to gess who he is. he is my fav char out of the anima and he is completly out of char cos he is evil in this. lol
