Disclaimer: I don't own Wolf's Rain.
Warnings: Shounen-Ai, YAOI, Violence, a little bit of bad language in some places.
A/N: Umm, it's 6 in the morning. I really need to have a good sleep. And I think I've been reading too many snarry fics, but it's the only thing that gives me inspiration (I almost typed 'keeps me sane':) Oh, allright, I just feel like talking... I'll shut up and, finally, you can read the chapter. Not that it's very good (the chapter). While I've been typing it, I had the happiness of hearing Mylene Farmer's "Fuck them all" four times, so if the end of the chapter seems, heh-heh... Thanks for reviews, by the way! Have any ideas how to make our wolves suffer? -kicks herself hard- Oh, shut up, and let people be...
Chapter 10
- No, BLUE, stop! Don't do this, Blue! Please, don't do this!
Tsume desperately tried to still Toboe, who lurched forward and shut his mouth only when Blue looked at him. Toboe's forehead immediately turned out to be at gunpoint. Blue threw a scornful glance at Tsume, who, finally, grabbed Toboe and closed his mouth with a hand just in case.
- Keep your little friend silent, Tsume the Claw. You better thank me, for I'm here not because of you. Otherwise, I would be glad to blow the boy's brains out. The murders he committed will not go unpunished.
Toboe gasped, but Blue had already turned away from him, her attention returning to Hige.
- Now, my pathetic excuse for ex-lover... Have I not told you to stay away from me as far as possible?
Hige closed his eyes, head low.
- No need for meaningless talks. Just do it.
Blue grimaced in disgust and removed her gun from a safety lock. For a moment she just stood there, her eyes not leaving Hige.
- As much as I long to do it... I have to admit, that after all... I owe you.
With that she threw the keys to Hige's legs. With a trermbling hand he took and squeezed them.
- Farewell, Hige. I really hope to never see you again.
Hige was still sitting, when Blue reached the end of the hall and said in a loud, cold voice.
- If I were you, I'd better hurry. I think, I hear guard's footsteps.
As if a lightning had struck him, Hige leapt to his feet and opened the cell. He tried to do the same with the opposite one, where Tsume was already planning the way of their escape. But suddenly Hige threw the keys on the floor.
- Fuck! None of the keys is suitable!
Tsume stood up, hit the wall and put his head against it.
- Take Kurt and run away.
Toboe shuddered and caught Hige's hand.
- Can you... can you turn into...?
Hige nodded with determination.
- But you'll have to distract Tsume somehow... - he whispered back.
Toboe blushed for a second, and, catching Tsume's hand, pulled the man towards the dark corner, so that the man's back was to Hige.
- What?
Instead of answering, Toboe placed Tsume's hands on his hips and, gulping his own fear and embarrassment, blurted out:
- Kissmenow!
Tsume, slightly shocked, stared at him unbelievingly, though, didn't move his hands away. Hige behind them leaned on the bars, his arms already turned into something resembling wolf paws. His face also started changing. And Toboe understood: one second and a real wolf growling would come through Hige's gritted teeth.
He had no more time to think. He grabbed Tsume's head and brought their lips together, hands covering man's ears. At the same time Hige growled and plunged his teeth into the lock, succsessfully breaking it.
Setting the jaw back and feeling his again human body with his fingers, Hige winced at the amount of pain, accompanying the transformation. He didn't think it would be that hard to turn into his wolf form. He only managed to change his upper body, but, thankfully, that was enough to get rid of the lock.
He opened his mouth to tell the others that they were now free, but froze immediately right where he stood. He even blinked several times to make sure he wasn't seeing hallucinations. The scene in front of his eyes was somewhat... shocking. Maybe, even more that... somewhat. Hell! When he asked Toboe to distract the man, he, surely, didn't mean...
He watched, completely tacken aback, as Tsume pinned Toboe against the wall, literally attacking boy's lips with his own mouth, as if intending to show the world, that the boy, whom he held tightly by hips, was only his. Hige continued to gaze, dumbfounded, until Tsume, not giving a damn about the outside world, lifted one of Toboe's leg by thigh...
No, Hige decided to himself. He wasn't going to simply stare. He coughed several times, in order to gain attention of the pair. Immediately Tsume let go of Toboe. The boy, not being able to stay with his shaking knees, slid on the floor, panting heavily. But what was priceless in the whole situation, Hige admitted to himself, were the looks on Tsume's and Toboe's faces. Well, Toboe turned red and looked like a lobster, but that wasn't as amusing as seeing a slight blush on Tsume's cheeks.
Tsume, not exactly meeting Hige's eyes, asked:
- What the hell are you still doing here?
Hige, sending dirty smirks to the man pointed at the exit of the cell.
- I've managed to break the lock. Come on, we have to hurry before someone decides to visit us.
Tsume, at once forgeting... no, he would never admit that he was embarrassed... suspiciously observed the remains of the lock. He wanted to ask Hige how he managed to do it, but again caught the cruel smirk of the young man. So, he turned away, entered the opposite cell and threw unconscious Kurt over his shoulder.
Hige sighed, thankful to himself for finding a good way to withhold the explanations about the lock. He turned to, now standing, still red, Toboe, who was pretending to straighten his dirty clothes and avoiding Hige's mocking gaze. Finally, Hige muttered "that was quite a show", only to meet Toboe's pleading eyes.
Behind them Tsume started to get irritated.
- You two, shut up immediately and let's get out of here.
Hige nodded, leaving his thoughts to himself, and questions to be asked for later.
IIII
He still couldn't believe it. They managed to leave the building and haven't met a soul. He even found his car, parked not far. No wonder here, Hellriders always liked to collect someone's else things. Thank God, he had a spare bunch of keys, hidden under the backseat, for it. The ones he left in the starter were gone, of course. Tsume grinned to himself. He always knew, that someday this little trick would serve him well.
He laid Kurt on the backseat, and Hige at once sat near the man, carefully placing Kurt's head on his lap, intending to watch over the man, who saved his life. Tsume gestured to Toboe to sit near him on the front seat.
Only when they reached another district, Tsume relaxed a bit. He cast a quick glance at Toboe, who curled on his seat and was asleep. The question, swarming in Tsume's head like an obtrusive fly, was disturbing him greatly from trying not to drive out on the wrong lane. What the hell was he going to do with the child then, back in the cell? Not that he didn't know what he wanted to do. Get rid of the clothes and shag the boy. Merciless. The question was why he wanted to do it so... No, not desperately, but obviously somehow close to the word.
Lost in thoughts, he almost missed the traffic light, shining with red. He abruptly applied the brakes, almost hitting the car in front of them. Hige yelled from behind him something obscene about his skills of driving. Toboe, whose head miraculously evaded the collision with the wind-shield, looked at him, worried. And tenderly, add to that. As if they were sharing some kind of a secret and now were silently exchanging thoughts about it.
Tsume cursed himself and parked the car, glad that they've reached the destination and, at the same time, averting his eyes. So as not to see the blush on Toboe's cheeks. What was the brat thinking about? No, he, himself, would NOT think about that...
Tsume told everyone to stay in the car and entered the building, where the meeting with his gang had to take place. He knew, he was late and, probably, his boys were cursing him with every word possible, but understood, that such a reason as a dead body on their territory would be enough to make them wait for him forever. In truth, Tsume suspected, that, most probably, the Hellriders were the ones, who left that damn body. After all, there always was this strange tradition among the gangs of making a sign before striking. Not that it was helpful, most likely, it symbolized the derision of the strongest at the weakest.
Pondering about the matter, Tsume didn't notice the moment he entered the dark room. And so, he wasn't prepared to the sight in front of his eyes at all. He closed them and slowly opened again. But nothing changed.
It simply couldn't be. He refused to recognize the truth. All he lived for...
Powers left him. He quietly fell on the cold concrete floor, teeth chattering, body shaking violently. He almost howled from pain, not wishing to see...
All he lived for was now gone, murdered. All he lived for now was a heap of dead bodies, spread over the room. He didn't dare to open his eyes again. Despite the darkness, he could still guess Den's features, eyes glassy and staring into nothing...
To be continued...