Chapter 10.

"When nighttime fell there was a strange and eerie silence, as if the whole world knew the three's plan. But did they know? No. The humans unsuspectingly took in their tamed beasts they called dogs into their dens unbeknown what was going to happen right underneath their small, squished noses."

"Could you shut up Tobiume?" Hyorinmaru asked the female wolf beside him. "We're supposed to be on lookout not narrating what we are doing like we're in some story."

"Hey, you never know." The female replied back.

Silence.

"It was good until you said 'squished'." The white wolf commented.

"Eh. We all can't be good narrators." They watched as Hitsugaya made his way slowly towards the fenced-in pasture that was holding the herd. "This is boring."

"Well what else can we do?"

"We can save Hitsugaya some time and rescue all the other animals."

"Nope."

"Then… uh, we can talk about the female you love."

"What?"

The female nodded. "Don't think I forgot about that day in the pass."

-Flashback-

The only female sighed. "Do you guys always act like this when someone you love is in danger?"

Hitsugaya looked at her with a 'what the fuck' look on his face while Hyorinmaru answered the question. "Yea… pretty much."

It was now Tobiume's turn to look at the white wolf with the same expression on her face. "How would you know?"

-End-

Hyorinmaru looked at the female, noticing even in the night that smug smile of hers. She was going to have her way no matter what he does. In one hand he doesn't tell her the truth about his feeling for her and they go off to rescue the other trapped animals, in another he could tell her and the aftermath can be questionable.

"Well?" She pushed on. "Which is it going to be?"

"… Let's go rescue some animals!" The male wolf quickly got up and sprinted away. "Go tell Hitsugaya were helping him!" He quickly said as he disappeared into the town.

Tobiume sighed. "I knew he was going to do that." She then pulled herself up and trotted after him.

To Momo:

She couldn't sleep. Sure she couldn't sleep at first while she was stuck in the crowded area but that blew over as sleepiness took over. This night was different, and she felt it. Still stuck on the back end of the fence, she reached over and pulled on Hanae's mane.

Hanae moaned as she woke. Looking over at her new friend she shook out her head and yawned. "What…is… it?" She got out in through her yawn.

"I can't sleep. Something feels…"

"Wrong? Weird? Strange? We're trapped in corrals; it's going to feel like that."

"No. No. Something feels right."

Hanae made a small snort. "Hey, you're not turning tamed are ya?"

"I hope not."

A new voice came up beside them. "I hope not, or I came all this way for nothing."

The two females looked over. Momo's eyes widened as she recognized who it was. "Hitsugaya?"

The white horse nodded as he came forward to nudge Momo on the snout. "I've come to get all of you out of here."

She nudged back. "Oh good." Pulling her head reluctantly away, she directed her head over to Hanae. "This is Hanae. Hanae this is Hitsugaya."

"Hello Hitsugaya."

"You're Hanae?" After seeing a nod Hitsugaya gave a short nod. "Good. Your still here then. Himeko told us to rescue you as well."

"Himeko! Fine human she is."

"Hold on a moment." Momo interrupted. "You know a human and 'us'?"

Both horses nodded but Hitsugaya was the one to speak. "'Us' as in Hyorinmaru and Tobiume and we know Himeko too. She's the only cool human in the world."

"Ah…"

"Enough talk." Hanae stated. "Get us out before the humans so their first night cheek."

Hyorinmaru and Tobiume:

The male wolf went over to the wild herbivores. Thus doing this the animals freaked out. "Shh!!" Hyorinmaru sharply shushed them. "If you alert the humans how am I supposed to get you out?!"

"… You'll eat us afterwards!" A boar yelled which in turned started the ruckus again.

"If I was going to eat you why would I set you free when I could save a chase and eat you now?!"

"… Good point." A serow stated.

"Thank you. Now stay quiet while I try to pry this plank off wood of."

Meanwhile Tobiume inspected the bears' cages. They were hard and not so easily broken. "Ugh… I can't get you guys out. I can't bite through this." The bears' expressions saddened as they heard the news.

"I can help." A new voice appeared from behind her.

Turning around, Tobiume saw a white horse that looked like Hitsugaya but was taller. Not only that the horse was tied up to a post and had reigns on him. "And you are?"

The white horse nodded at the wolf. "Ukitake. Jurshiro Ukitake."

Hitsugaya, Momo and Hanae:

Hitsugaya moved up to the front of the herd's corral. He saw the plank of wood Momo had told him about. He quickly placed his nose under the wood and lifted it up and over thus opening the gate. The horses would have stampeded over him if it wasn't for his sharp but quiet neigh. "Listen, even though I got the gate opened I need you to stay here. Let me send Hyorinmaru or Tobiume down the pass to make sure no humans are down there to capture you. Do you understand?"

The herd looked at each other. Momo made her way up to the front. "We understand."

Hitsugaya nodded at her. "Make sure they don't move." She nodded back. That was his cue to find one of the wolves and while he was doing this he would open other corrals and tell the animals the same thing.

Tobiume and Hyorinmaru:

"Why should I trust you?" The female wolf asked Ukitake. "You're tamed."

"Only on the outside."

Tobiume looked over the horse. "Fine. How can you help?"

"Make your way towards the bar at the end of this path. Right outside the door is a nail in the wall that holds a key, get it but quietly. That one key will open all the iron cages."

"Alright." She was about to go when she realized something. "How do I know if you're not sending me into a trap?"

"If you get caught by the dogs tell them 'Fly the coop', they'll let you pass and in the long run help you out the best of their abilities."

Tobiume looked confused. "'Fly the coop'? And they won't run away with the rest of the animals."

"Sadly no. Those dogs are completely tamed but they refuse to let go of their wild sides. They will help you but they will stay behind. Just hurry. The humans are about to make their first night cheek."

"Right. Thank you." She quickly ran towards the bar. Once reaching the area of the bar, she slowed to a quiet pace. And just like Ukitake said, the key hung on the wall. Suddenly a small and quick growl came from behind her. She turned her head and saw a tamed wolf.

"What are you doing here wild?"

"Uh… 'Fly the coop'?"

"… Right." The dog nodded at her. "We'll keep the humans inside as long as possible." At that moment a lot of tamed wolves came out. Nodding at Tobiume the dogs ran into the bar. Screams and glasses breaking were being heard. "Take them to the wild. Please."

"We will. Don't you worry."

With a final nod he ran into the bar. Shortly after gun shots were being heard. Flinching, she quickly ran up the steps and got on her back paws. Taking the keys in her mouth she got back down and ran back towards the bears.

Hyorinmaru:

His head turned to the bar. Gun shots. Tobiume quickly ran past him. "Tobiume! What happened?"

She stopped to turn to him. She talked while she held the key in her mouth. "The dogs are buying us some time. Hurry!" She turned and ran again.

"Right." He quickly got back to pulling the plank. Finally it got out and the herbivores ran past him. At that moment Hitsugaya showed up.

"Hyorinmaru!"

"What?"

"Don't let them go! Humans could still be on the path!"

"Ah. Well then I guess I'm going hunting." Hyorinmaru quickly followed the herbivores.

Hitsugaya looked down the path towards the bar and then back towards the bears. He spotted Tobiume and he quickly ran to her. "What are you doing?" He asked as he saw her try to put the key in the right way and then turn it.

"Opening a cage what does it look like I'm doing Hitsugaya?"

"Hitsugaya?" Ukitake asked.

Said horse turned his head towards the voice. He quickly recognized the horse. "Ukitake! Hey!"

"You know each other?" Tobiume asked right before she went back to turning the key.

He ran up to the horse and looked at his situation. "Where are the others?"

Ukitake looked down at the ground.

Hitsugaya's eyes narrowed. "They're all gone."

"I was able to survive because I pretended to be tame all this time. It appears mountain horses aren't bought because of their fur. Too much maintenance for a horse I guess."

"Ugh… those humans."

"Got it!" Tobiume suddenly said as the gate swung open. The bears ran out and towards the pass muttering their 'thank yous'. She pulled out the key. "Only got two more now!" She trotted off towards the other cages.

Hitsugaya looked back at Ukitake. "You're getting out of here too." He reached his neck to the rope on the post. Using his teeth, he pulled the rope in many places trying to untie his old friend.

Ukitake pulled back once or twice. He looked over towards the bar where the gun shots were still heard. Ukitake unconsciously pulled and almost stumbled backwards. He was free. "

"Go to the other herds of horses and tell them it's safe to go."

"Ok." He trotted away.

Hitsugaya stepped back a few paces. There were 17 other tied horses. "Oi vie." He muttered before he made his way towards the nearest horse.

Hyorinmaru:

"And there he was. He was leading a pack of herbivores. Herbivores. He being a wolf would rather eat this meat but could he? No! In fact he was leading them to the oak tree!" Hyorinmaru narrated himself. The herbivores behind him all thought he was nuts. Moments later bears came up to the wolf. They offered their assistance in mauling any humans that comes in their way, which was of course if there were any humans stupid enough to be in the way of a stampeding herd of all these different animals. "Sure, why not?"

Tobiume:

After the first cage the other two were easier, she opened those two in a snap. After the other larger carnivores were freed she surveyed the area to see that all the other animals were freed as well. They sure made great time. She then looked over to the bar. Ukitake said they were tamed, but if they are holding up a fight for this long they still must be wild. She thought. She ran over to the bar and looked in through a window. She saw four dead dogs and two- make that three dead humans. There was no way she's missing this action. Smiling to herself she charged into the bar only to get pushed out by the same dog that first spotted her. "I want to help!" She yelled at the dog.

"You're already helping enough! Go!"

"No! You'll die!"

"We were all going to die anyway. We heard from the humans that we were going to get shot a week from now. We got tamed but it turned out that other humans don't want wolves, they want pedigree breeds."

"I don't even know what a pedigree is."

"Neither do I but you know what? I don't want to know." The dog howled and ran back into the bar.

Tobiume stood silently for a few moments. "You may be tamed, but to me you'll always be wolves." She said silently as she turned and ran towards Hitsugaya.

Momo, Ukitake and Hanae:

Ukitake lead the herds to the pass. He stopped right beside the pass and watched as all the horses ran through the pass. Hanae and Momo stopped beside him. Ukitake looked at the two females. "Why aren't you two going with the herds?"

"I don't have a herd, I have a human." Hanae answered.

"And I'm waiting for Hitsugaya." Momo replied.

Ukitake chuckled. "That makes two of us."

Tobiume and Hitsugaya:

He had just finished freeing the last horse when Tobiume came up to him.

"Are we all done?"

"Yea. We are."

"Great. We'd better get out of here before the humans come out of their little fight with the wolves."

Hitsugaya looked at her. "There are wolves here?"

Tobiume shook her head. "Just tamed dogs that can go by the word 'wolves'." She then sprinted towards the pass. Hitsugaya shrugged and followed after her. They ran into the three that were waiting for them. All together, the five were the last ones out of the pass.

Moments later the five caught up with Hyorinmaru. They all then congratulated each other in what may have been the greatest rescue mission in the history of rescue missions. Now the last leg of this mission was to go home.

All done! I think I only have at least two chapters left. Yay! Review please.