I don't own Wolf's Rain or any of the characters. I only own this story and the characters not in the anime.
The pack had decided to wrest for the night on the top of a roof. Everyone was asleep besides Kiba who was sitting in silent vigil. Kiba jumped as he felt a hand on his shoulder. The white wolf looked to see Akina smiling at him.
"You should get some sleep; it will be light in a few hours. What exactly are you doing up anyway?" wondered Akina.
Kiba smiled and let out a quiet chuckle.
"I was sitting in silent vigil. It was a tradition back in my village. When our parents were both sitting vigil, my siblings and I would take turns keeping watch over each other the entire night. Old habits die hard I guess." chuckled Kiba.
Akina smirked and playfully pushed Kiba. The two wolves sat on the roof, looking at the stars, for the rest of the night.
Akina decided to take a risk and leaned into Kiba's chest. Kiba slightly blushed as he looked at Akina. The two wolves looked into each other's eyes and realised something both had been ignoring until that moment. Kiba gently grabbed Akina's hands, a slight blush growing on his face.
"Akina, I know we haven't known each other that long, but I think I'm in love with you." confessed Kiba.
Akina leaned into Kiba's ear.
"I think I love you too Kiba." whispered Akina.
The black and white wolf leaned in and shared their first kiss. The two lovers soon fell asleep in each other's arms. Kiba had the most pleasant sleep he had since his village was destroyed.
At first light everyone moved out. The pack found the noble's factory in the center of the city. They had left the roof tops behind and now travelled by ground.
The three native siblings got changed behind some trashcans in an ally. A moment later Wind Eagle emerged wearing his buck skin leggings, shirt and moccasins, spear in hand and axe on his belt. Shy Deer appeared a moment later wearing her buck skin dress and moccasins, the bow and quiver of arrows over her back. Wind Eagle had his hair in a single braid down his back and Shy Deer had her hair in two braids.
Kiba followed after his siblings a few moments later wearing his faded buck skin pants. Two feathers were tied behind Kiba's left ear. Wind Eagle pulled out his bear skin, Shy Deer's flute and Kiba's necklace from the backpack.
"We will need these. They hold power from our father and ancestors. Don't lose them. This is all we have left of our father." exclaimed Wind Eagle.
Wind Eagle draped the bear hide over his shoulders. Shy Deer tied the flute around her neck. Kiba put on the necklace sending a silent prayer to his father. The siblings then looked at their wolf friends.
"Let's go!" dramatically said Kiba.
The group found a tunnel and entered the military factory. Suddenly the scent of flowers overcame all the wolves' senses. They followed the scent to a lab.
They could see people dressed in white lab coats walking over the grate they had been looking through. A large sphere filled with a green liquid was in the view of the wolves. A female human like figure wearing a single piece purple bodysuit was in the sphere. Kiba was drown to the figures chin length violet hair and bright red eyes.
They memorised were the flower maiden was located and continued to look for the surviving villagers. Farther and farther down the pack climbed until they found a door with guards. Something instinctive told the native siblings their people were behind the door.
Before any of the humans could react, Wind Eagle, Shy Deer and Kiba had knocked the guards unconscious. Wind Eagle took a set of keys from one of the guards and opened the door. As the doors opened the people from behind the doors cowered in their cages.
Shy Deer closed the door once everyone was safely inside. A light switched on automatically. Kiba's face light up as he saw his mother in the cage far to his right. Kiba ran to his mother and looked at her through the cage.
Singing Bow had her face hidden, but Kiba could see the burn marks and torte marks on his mother's arms and legs. Kiba reached his hand through the bars.
"Mom! It's me Kiba. I've come to save you and the tribe. Wind Eagle and Shy Deer are here with me. Just look up mom. Please just look at me mom." begged Kiba.
Singing Bow looked up and stared into the lightly crying eyes of her youngest child. The wounded mother crawled to her son. Kiba's siblings knelt by their brother as their mother crawled to them.
Instantly Kiba saw his mothers broken and swollen leg right leg. That's why she had been crawling her leg couldn't support her.
"Mother what happened to your leg!" gasped Kiba.
Singing Bow gently touched her wolf son's face.
"Don't worry about me Kiba. Get the others out before those people come back. Hurry now before they notice you are here." panicked Singing Bow.
Wind Eagle, Shy Deer, Kiba and all their friends got to work getting the villagers out of the cages. The villagers were mostly elders and woman. The youngest was an eighteen year old girl named Robin's Song, who Wind Eagle was happy to see. The oldest was Chief Raven Wing.
Chief Raven Wing put a hand on Wind Eagle's shoulder. The young warrior looked at his chief and future grandfather-in-law.
"Wind Eagle you must take my granddaughter and run. Find the flower maiden, protect your brother and get to the cliff. Then the world will be set right. Go now we will be fine. Hurry before it is too late." bellowed Raven Wing.
Wind Eagle grabbed his betrotheds arm and ran back into the tunnel. Shy Deer and the wolves followed after the two lovers. Kiba hugged his mother one last time.
"I don't want to leave you mom. I lost dad, the tribe, Digging Badger and now I'm going to lose you. I can't take much more of this." sobbed Kiba.
Singing Bow held her son close to her chest and gently pated his hair.
"I know you have been through a lot lately Kiba. So much has happened in less than two weeks to change your life forever. You still have your brother and sister. You must be brave my little warrior. Your father and I will be watching over you from the afterlife." promised Singing Bow.
Kiba slowly pulled away from his mother and turned into the tunnel, leaving her behind forever. Akina stayed close to Kiba as he caught up with the others.
A siren was heard from the back of the tunnel. Every guard and person in the factory ran to the holding cells. The group hid in the vents as they ran above them.
They found their way back to the lab. Wind Eagle made sure everything was clear before letting the others out. The group stared at the flower maiden.
Wind Eagle took his axe and swung at the glass. Kiba, Akina and Shy Deer knocked their bodies against the glass to help break it. Murky green water flowed from the cracked sphere, taking the flower maiden, Cheza, with it.
Shy Deer picked up the unconscious Cheza and looked back to her friends.
"Let's get out of here. They will probably be here any minute. I need someone to take the flower maiden. I will need open hands to use my bow. Robin's Song can you carry her?" asked Shy Deer.
Robin's Song took the flower maiden from her tribe sister. Shy Deer took her bow off her back and loosened the string on her arrows. Wind Eagle's grip tightened on his spear ad axe.
The group ran down a narrow hallway. Everything seemed fine until armed soldiers ran down the hallway in front of the group. Tsume saw a second hallway to his left.
"Down the corner now! It's the only way we'll get out of here!" shouted Tsume.
Robin's Song, Toboe, Akina, Hige and Blue ran down the hall first. Kiba and his siblings followed close behind. Tsume was at the back of the group.
A soldier aimed a gun and it hit Tsume in the shoulder. The gray wolf turned head over heels and landed on his back.
"No! Tsume!" yelled Shy Deer.
Shy Deer shot an arrow and it went through a soldier's throat, killing him instantly. Tsume had been knocked unconscious by his sudden accident. Shy Deer picked up the wounded gray wolf and ran after the others.
Wind Eagle had managed to open a six inch thick metal door with security codes. Shy Deer ran through the door as her brother forcefully closed it behind them. It seemed like it would be a safe journey from that point on.
On the other side of the door, the soldiers tried to open the door, but it was sealed shut. A man, with shoulder length blue black hair, wearing a black cloak that covered his body and had a black eye patch over one eye, stepped out of the shadows. The soldiers took notice of dark figure right away.
"Master Darcia! What are you doing here?" asked a soldier.
The man, Darcia, looked at the soldier.
"I heard the alarm from the lab and decided to investigate. Three of those intruders were humans, the rest were all wolves. Those three humans looked like the prisoners that were captured from the village. Soldier that boy, the one not wearing a shirt or shoes, did you notice anything about him?" emotionlessly said Darcia.
The soldier stammered before he answered his master's question.
"He looked just like another of those savages that worship wolves. We couldn't tell much since none of us had our visors on, or had any realisation they were there." stammered the soldier.
Darcia turned around and began to walk down the hall.
"Send note to the other noble families that I am leaving. I have to deal with a white wolf and an ancient legend." blankly said Darcia.
With that Darcia disappeared into the world of shadows.
The group had left the metal village far behind them. It would take about three days to get to the cliffs and they were half a day ahead of Darcia and his men.
Everyone decided to take shelter in a cave for the night. The only ones in the cave were Shy Deer and an unconscious Tsume. Wind Eagle and Robin's Song had gone on a romantic walk to catch up with each other. Kiba and Akina were out looking for more herbs for everyone's wounds. Hige, Blue and Toboe were out hunting. The flower maiden, Cheza, was outside the cave, basking in the moon light.
Shy Deer tossed another log on the fire before turning her attention back to Tsume. The gray wolf was covered in sweat and breathing heavily. Shy Deer whipped the sweat out of Tsume's eyes. In a matter of seconds the native girl was crying into the gray wolf's chest.
"Please don't die Tsume. I can't lose you. I love you, Tsume. I love you." cried Shy Deer.
Shy Deer looked up to see Cheza standing in the cave entrance. The flower maiden walked across the cave floor and knelt by the crying native girl and wounded gray wolf.
"This one can help. This one knows how to heal. This one can save him." gently said Cheza.
Cheza placed a hand on Tsume's wound and breathed deeply. A wild wind blew through the cave nearly blowing out the fire. As soon as the wind came it left, as Cheza raised her hand.
Shy Deer looked at the flower maiden then at Tsume's shoulder. The wound was completely healed and any other injury was also healed. Shy Deer smiled and looked back to Cheza who was shyly smiling.
"Thank you, Cheza. You don't know how much this means to me." thanked Cheza.
Within the next hour the others returned. They had found little herbs and food, but that would have to wait for later. Right now everyone needed to get some sleep.
Hige, Blue and Toboe fell asleep in the corner. Wind Eagle and Robin's Song cuddled together for warmth. Akina was asleep by Kiba. Kiba looked as his sister sleeping next to the tempered wolf Tsume, with Cheza close to them.
The sight made Kiba smile. His brother was about to be married, he was in love and it looked like his sister had found someone to love too. The future might have been unknown to Kiba and the others, but somehow, someway, they would make it to the cliffs and save the world from darkness.
I know that Kiba and Akina have just met, but this seemed like the right time for them to confess their feelings. There are plenty of storied, like old fairytales, were two characters just look at each other and they want to get married. And in nature animals that just met mate all the time. So this is a little bit of a rushed thing. I'd also like to know who your favorite character is in this story; you can give more than one if you like. Comment if you like the story and tell me your favorite character.