CHAPTER 4

"No!" cried Shadow and his eyes shot open. He did not want to deal with his friends worrying about him at the time but luckily they were asleep so he did not have to.

Shadow sighed and slowly went into the clearing. Dead scilence.

Then a dark shadow burst through the trees.

Shadow's eyes widened in fear... Wait... Eyes...? Shadow had two eyes! Fang had healed him! That must have meant that he had also healed his friends too! He ran into the den to his friends and wakened them and sure enough their bodies that were usually bloody and bruised but they were now healed!

His friends began jumping in joy.

:Wait! quiet... I hear something... Hide!" cried Shadow. Shadow turned around to come face to face with a cat he never wanted to see again... BLACK! The feral deputy!

"hELLO... kittens!" sPAT bLACK.

bLACK HAD KILLED MANY CATS IN HIS LIFE AND sHADOW WAS NOT GOING TO LET THAT HAPPEN AGAIN.

He suddenly felt a power rise up inside of himself and he launched himself at Black, Unexpectedly and knocked Black to the ground.

Shadow's friends watched in horror as Shadow began attacking Black with unseathed claws. Black threw Shadow offf himself with his hind paws.

Shadow landed on his side in the dust.

Black slowly walked towards him. When he was close enough and Shadow saw the perfect oppirtunity, he spun around and kicked Black out from under his feet. Black fell to the ground and grunted in pain.

Shgadow jumped on Black, holding him down. Then all the pain and hatred Shadow had ever felt in his life rose up inside of his body, and with unseathed claws, he delivered a final blow that would surely end the battle... His paw connected to Black's cheek, and Black yowled in severe pain.

Shadow stood rooted to the spot, as blood trickeled out of Black's mouth. Shadow tried to close his eyes but he was paralyzed in fear. He could not move. He was forced to watch as Black gave a final shudder... And died...

"You... Killed him..." meowed Leaf...

"No...!" cried Shadow. "I... I did''nt mean to I..." But Shadow stopped and looked at his awe-struck friends. Then he turned-tail... And ran, into the dark forest.

"NO! Wait!"
cried Leaf after him but Shadow had made up his mind and was already gone.

Leaf ran and ran but she could not find Shadow anywhere. She jumped onto a tree trunk and clawed her way up it. She sat on a high branch and looked off into the disctance. Shadow was on the beach sobbing loudly. Shadow hopped branch to branch down to the ground.