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Suddenly, Sasuke emerged from the woods between me and Tsume. Sasuke suddenly looks around and sees that he came at the wrong time.
"Kira? I, uh, was going to get a drink, but I see you've met some new friends," he says nervously, eyeing each wolf.
"Most of them are friends," I say and glare back at Tsume. Sasuke turns his head and nods in agreement. I could see that it took Sasuke a lot of strength just standing there, so I couldn't imagine if one of them was to attack him. Tsume seemed to read my thoughts and got ready to spring at him.
"Over my dead body!" I scream at him and launch myself in front of Sasuke just as he attacked. We collided in mid-air, biting each other until we hit the ground. I looked over at Sasuke who was lying on the ground in pure shock. I jump away from Tsume and stand by Sasuke's side protectively. Tsume stands up and looks over at me and starts laughing. I growl at him and he laughs even harder.
"A wolf... protecting a... a human!" he said in between laughs and I was about to attack him when Kiba jumped in the middle of us.
"Tsume, stop! Or me and you will just finish our duel from the beginning, and guess who'll win," he smirks at Tsume while Tsume glares knives at him. Tsume finally stands up to his full height and spits on the ground.
"A wolf loving a human," and he snickers.
"You better shut it before I rip you to shreds!" I say in an 'I'm-gonna-kill-you, you-just-wait' tone and he smirked at my comment. I heard shuffling behind me and I look to see Sasuke standing and was heading towards the river. He was glaring at Tsume who just watched him like a waiting cat at a mouse hole. I walked between Tsume and Sasuke, making sure Tsume didn't try to make a move on Sasuke again. Sasuke reached the river's edge and started to drink and I sat behind him, glaring at Tsume the whole time. Kiba walked over to me and I eased my glaring to look at him.
"I'm sorry about what Tsume said," he said and looked back over at Tsume.
"It's alright," I say to him, "As long as he keeps his trap shut then you won't find him dead in the middle of the night," I finish, making sure Tsume could hear me.
"Who were you left with?" Kiba suddenly asks me.
"What do you mean?" I ask, getting suspicious.
"Who took care of you until you found out you were a wolf?" he asked me, clarifying the question.
"Why?" I asked him, getting curious now.
"Were their names Brad and Julie?" he asked me. I gasped and looked at him with suspicion and then anger.
"How do you know?" I asked him, ready to kill him now. He looked away for a second, then turned his gaze back to me. I could tell Sasuke was listening with curiosity too and I saw Kiba look back at Sasuke and I nod my head, telling him he could hear it too. He sighed and sat down in front of me.
"I don't know how to say this, but, I'm..." and he trails away. I look at him annoyed.
"Yes??" I ask him, getting a little more than annoyed now. But before he could finish, I saw a red laser hit the ground out of the corner of my eye. It didn't strike where we were, but it struck in the woods. Then one thought ran across my mind: Kikyo.
"Kikyo!" I scream and run around Kiba to get to the forest. I leap over the bush, managing with my injured leg, and run as fast as I can back to the clearing. I burst out between the trees and I saw this ship start to fly off in the opposite direction from the river.
"Kikyo!" I scream again, and was about to pursue the aircraft, when I remembered Sasuke. Dammit! I thought as I quickly turned on my heel and ran back toward the river. When I jumped through the bushes, Kiba was now standing in front of Sasuke, fangs bared at Tsume and I saw Sasuke holding a kunai and was in a fighting position. Great I thought sarcastically as I ran over to Kiba.
"Sorry Kiba, but we have to leave. Some damn ship thing took Kikyo. Come on Sasuke, you can lean on me," I said as I stood next to Sasuke. I was a very big wolf, small compared to others, but it would be easy for Sasuke to put his hand on my shoulders and lean on me without bending his body to look like he was doing stretches.
"So you have to go save the other human? How pathetic," Tsume growled at me and I hardly heard him.
"Sorry Tsume, but our match is postponed until everybody close to me is safe. Humans and wolves alike," I snarled at him. Sasuke put his hand on my shoulder and leaned on me for support.
"So, what did the ship look like?" Sasuke asked me as we were heading toward the tree line.
"It was black and when I got there, it made a horrible noise. Kind of like nails on a chalk board but much louder," I say to him and we were about to enter the forest.
"That's a noble's ship," Toboe suddenly perked up. I stopped dead in my tracks, almost making Sasuke fall. I heard him mumble something unintelligible as I turned to look at Toboe.
"A what?" I ask him.
"A noble's ship. Maybe Cheza's on it, what do you think Kiba?" Toboe asked and looked over at Kiba. He seemed to be in deep thought and, after a minute, spoke up.
"I believe your right Toboe, but which way did it go? Maybe, since we're heading toward the same goal, we can travel together," Kiba suggested and I looked at Sasuke for his input. He shrugged his shoulders and I turned to look back at Kiba.
"Fine." I said and the five wolves and human became one pack as they pursued the noble's ship.
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When I woke up, I felt cold steel beneath my head. I knew I fell asleep in the clearing, but I didn't remember any steel.
"Because there wasn't any there. Listen to the noises around you, then you might see you are no longer with your friends," Banyruu replied in my head and I carefully listened. I heard the very loud hum of an engine beneath me. I pretended I was still asleep so that I could find out where I was and possibly escape. I opened one eye and looked around. I was on some sort of ship and I saw a chair raised in front of me facing a screen. I saw somebody was sitting in it, but I didn't recognize him. I saw that he was wearing a black coat and he seemed to have blue hair. I then heard footsteps behind me and I quickly closed my eyes and steadied my breathing. I then heard the person pass me and he started talking to the man in the chair.
"So, when will we reach our destination?" I heard a voice ask and I recognized it was Itachi.
"In about ten to fifteen minutes," the man in the chair said. "What are we going to do with the demon?" he asked.
"I'm going to put her in the dungeon and I know Sasuke and Kira will come to rescue her, and we will both get what we want," Itachi said and I could tell he smirked at the end.
"Yes, I know Itachi, we just have to wait until the, Akatsuki was it, to arrive," the unknown man said.
"Well, Darcia, I'll get the ship ready to land, we should be landing soon and I need to get her locked up before she wakes up," Itachi replied to the one named Darcia and I heard Itachi leave the room. I heard the swish of a coat and I was startled when Darcia started to talk to me.
"So, what's your name?" I suddenly sat up and I was looking straight at a man who had shoulder length blue hair and had a patch over one eye. He was looking at me curiously and waited for my answer.
"Kikyo, why?" I asked him, wondering what he wanted from me. He nodded his head and went back over to sit in the chair. I was curious as to what he was doing, so I slowly crawled over to sit beside the chair on the floor. I saw him glance at me, but took no other notice of me and continued to press random buttons and soon, the screen changed. I watched as it became a picture of a castle that looked very old and used. It probably looked gorgeous in its day, but now the paint was peeling and some of the windows were knocked out. I looked beyond the castle and I didn't see anything but wasteland. I saw the castle become bigger and I figured that that was the castle Darcia and Itachi were talking about. I heard a door slam open behind me and I jumped up and faced the person who barged in. I was in my fighting stance and I was reaching into my weapons pouch. I saw Itachi standing in the doorway, and when he saw me, a smirk appeared on his face.
"Well, well, well, looks who's finally awake," he said and started to approach Darcia. He stopped ten feet away from me and looked at me with a fake frown.
"Looks like I'll have to knock you out now won't I?" Itachi asked and a smile appeared on his lips. I glared at him and silently challenged him to do so. He chuckled softly.
"We're ready to land Darcia," he said, not taking his eyes off of me. I saw Darcia nod his head and continue to push buttons. I then saw Itachi take a step toward me. I glared at him more forcefully and got into a defensive position. He took another step forward and I took a step back.
"Looks like that jutsu did work. Your chakra level is extremely low and you are still weak from where the rasengan backfired," Itachi pointed out and smiled wider.
"But you underestimate me Itachi," I said before I could hold the words back. He smirked at me and took another step forward. This time, I didn't move.
In Tasha's mind
I walked up to this huge cage and I saw green eyes staring at me.
"So, you've come back?" the thing inside asked. Its voice rumbled around me and its green eyes looked down at me from its huge height.
"Yes," I replied. "I need some of your chakra because I need to protect myself from Itachi and also my big mouth got me into this," I said and looked through the bars and looked up into the green eyes.
"But you already used some of my chakra and you lost it when Itachi used a jutsu and made my own chakra backfire," he said and I saw him move closer to the bars and now I could see his black fur and three magnificent black tails.
"I just need some chakra so that I could get us out of this mess. I'm not planning on a full scale battle," I said and looked back at him. He seemed to think about it, and finally spoke up.
"I'll lend you some of my chakra, but not as much as last time. Sure I have more chakra than you could imagine, but I still like having all of it. Be wise on how you use it," he said and the cage started to disappear.
Back in reality...
What I saw in my mind only happened within five seconds. I looked back at Itachi, a slight black glow surrounding me and I knew it was Banyruu's chakra. I felt someone staring at me and I looked out of the corner of my eye and saw Darcia staring at me with awe and amazement. I focused my attention back on Itachi as he looked at me with a small smile. I could tell he was not expecting Banyruu to help me, now it was my turn to smirk.
"You didn't think Banyruu would help me after what happened last time," I said to him, watching for signs that he would attack me. He didn't move, but he smirked a little.
"Alright Itachi. Go and make sure everything's in check for landing," Darcia said behind me. Itachi gave a dirty look at Darcia and gave a grin at me.
"Be glad you got saved. Next time you won't be so lucky," Itachi said in a dangerous tone.
"Itachi! Out!" snapped Darcia. Itachi gave one last dirty look and disappeared out the door he came in. Darcia sighed and sat back down in his chair. I let Banyruu take his chakra back and from the lack of the chakra, I plopped down on the floor and sighed as well. I wasn't that tense around Darcia, so I wasn't worried. Now don't get me wrong, I could tell he was really strong, but I felt more at peace with him and rather be with him than Itachi. And besides, I had Banyruu.
"So it's true?" Darcia suddenly asked.
"What's true?" I asked him confused.
"That you hold the three-tailed fox demon inside you," he said and looked and me. I shuffled my feet from his gaze and looked back at him.
"Yes, it's true. His name's Banyruu," I told him and he looked shocked, but only for a second. He nodded his head and then went back to pushing buttons. I then felt the ship lurch and I figured we landed. I got my balance back and stood up. Darcia did as well.
"Follow me and obey or else Itachi will knock you out," he said glancing at me and walked out the door that had lowered itself onto the ground. I followed after him and walked down the slope to the ground. He then walked to the doors of the castle and I followed, slowing down a bit so that I could look around. If I was going to escape, I needed to know the layout of the castle. Then I felt a presence behind me and before I could turn around, they whispered in my ear, "Nice try, but you won't be able to see the castle so you can escape." It was Itachi and I reached down to my weapons pouch and was about to stab him when I was knocked unconscious.
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We had been walking for about an hour after we no longer heard the ship's engine. The reason we were moving so slow was because Sasuke still needed help even though he refused to believe it. Tsume still glared at me and Sasuke and I would always glare right back when I caught his eye. Kiba was in the front and took the position as leader once I showed him where the ship had disappeared. I could tell Sasuke felt bad for holding up the group, but I couldn't do anything to comfort him. Sure words might've helped, but I couldn't block out wolves like I did with humans and I didn't want to get into another fight with Tsume. I then saw Kiba stop in front of me and I looked around him to see what he was looking at. I saw wasteland, and in the distance, I saw a castle rise up to meet the sky.
"Is that Darcia's keep?" I asked Kiba. He sniffed the air and nodded his head.
"I think we should rest a bit before we go," he said and glanced at Sasuke who was practically panting with exhaustion. I nodded my head at Kiba's suggestion and walked over to a tree with Sasuke and he took his hand off of my shoulder and sat down at the base of the tree and sighed. I also sighed and laid down beside him and rested my head in my paws. I heard Sasuke moving around and I opened one eye to look at him. He was getting in a position to lay down. I watched him until he rested his head against the tree and instantly fell asleep. Then a breeze suddenly whipped through and I cought a familiar scent. I looked around only to see Kiba. I sniffed again and I realized it was Kiba. I found that odd and closed my eyes.
I wonder why he smelled familiar. I mean, I've only known him for a few hours, but it seems as if I should know him I thought to myself before I fell asleep.
Dream/Memory
I was nestled up against fur and I buried my head deeper into the nice warm fur. I heard talking around me and I felt safe for it was my mother and father.
"What should we do with her?" asked the female in which I was snuggled against.
"I'm not sure, but you both have to leave. I cannot risk either one of you to get injured or worse, killed in this war," replied the male.
"No. I will make sure Kira is safe and I will fight by your side," said the female and I heard a small growl. The male sighed.
"Well, I know when you make up your mind, there is no way I can change it," said the male and I could hear him give a small bark of laughter.
"I will give her to an old couple that live a few miles away from here. They have no children of their own so I'm sure she'll be fine," replied the female and I felt myself being lifted up by the nape of my neck and I immediatly curled up into a ball.
"But how will she fit in?" asked the male. I could tell the female smiled at this.
"Simple. I'll change her into a human. She won't know of her wolf past and should be fine," replied the female and I felt her start to walk away. I opened my eyes to see a white wolf with yellow eyes staring after me.
"Daddy!" I whimpered and my mother shook me a little.
"Hush little one. You'll be fine," she said and she started humming which put me to sleep.
End of Dream/Memory
I suddenly woke up in a cold sweat and I looked around me. My eyes scanned over the sleeping wolves, but then stopped at one.
The white wolf with yellow eyes I thought and my dream suddenly flashed in my mind and it replayed the events.
Is Kiba my father? I question myself before I fall back asleep.
