Another chapter, and to be honest, I think this is the most intense I've ever done? Well, regardless, I had so much fun with this. Hope you enjoy.
Disclaimer; I do not own Wolf's Rain.
Shauna knew that she was going to have a bad day, just from the way she woke up.
First of all, she woke up early. Early. And for her, that was always a bad thing, because it meant she lost valuable sleeping time that she couldn't regain. So, that instantly put her in a bad mood.
To make matters worse, she woke up with a horrible pain in her neck, and she wasn't entirely sure if it was due to the vampire bite or just her having slept on it wrong. Either way, it hurt like hell.
With nothing else to do, and still waiting for the sun to come up, she sat alone in the kitchen, scrolling through random news posts on her phone, while sipping on some very strong coffee. As usual, nothing of interest caught her eye, so she was left to her boredom, resorting to playing a stupid game for a few hours.
Eventually, Tsume woke up, walking downstairs in a half awake state, and she looked at him, "Well, look who rose from the dead." She teased, putting her phone down. She grinned slightly; he looked rather adorable with sleepy eyes and bed head.
Tsume turned to look at her and made a face, "Are you sick? Why the hell are you up so early."
She sighed, "I have no idea, I woke up early and couldn't go back to sleep... Just my luck that I woke early with a pain in my neck." She grumbled, clearly in a sour mood because of it all.
Her answer made him grunt in annoyance, he clearly knew that this meant a very, very snappy Shauna for the day, which also meant a few punches for him. None of them hurt too much, but still, his pride felt it.
"How many coffee's have you had?" He asked, smelling the amount of coffee in the air hovering above her cup.
"Only ten."
The response made him sigh, and yet, somehow he wasn't even surprised. This was Shauna after all. He's been with her long enough at this stage to know what she's like. And when she's tired, she relies very heavily on caffeine. Not healthy, but then again, he prefers that to alcohol, which usually hurt his sensitive nose quite a lot. "That's enough," He decided, picking up her cup and throwing its contents down the sink. Ignoring her cries of protest, he proceeded to make himself some food.
Shauna grumbled, "You ruined my only way to feel normal," She huffed, "How rude."
Tsume twitched and glared at her, "Grow up," He scowled, "You can't expect to run on so much caffeine, you'll end up having a freaking heart attack. You're still recovering remember?"
"Oh play a new tune will ya?" She scowled back, "That happened weeks ago. If I was still recovering, I wouldn't be doing this bullshit training you have me doing, which I don't see improving my chances of survival at all."
"Then maybe you should find a new teacher." He spat.
Her eyes glowed as she glared at him, "Maybe I will, and I might just learn something." She hissed.
He glared at her for a few moments, before mumbling something under his breath and grabbing his jacket, leaving the food he was making behind and opting to take an apple on the way out, shutting the door loudly behind him.
Shauna made a face, sighing as she rubbed her head, which hurt from lack of sleep. As she sat in silence, regret fell over her and she felt guilty about what she had said to him. What she said wasn't entirely true, she did feel like her fighting skills have improved thanks to Tsume, and she had learned how to jump, something that would probably come in handy down the road. As the day continued, things kept getting in the way of them both, it was almost as if something was making them avoid each other. When one of them was free, the other was busy, and vice versa. In the end, they only spoke to each other later that day when the sun began to set over the mountains. But by then, Shauna had been put in one of her worst moods, as had he.
One was a volcano, the other was a typhoon. And they were about to collide in a dangerous way.
It was ten past eleven in the evening when Tsume finally came home. At this point, Shauna was tired, low on energy, and had been snapping at everyone for the entire day. To make things worse, she had a massive bill to pay, which Tsume was supposed to have covered. After all, it was him that was making the money, not her. She didn't even have a job to begin with, and now she had no money either. Naturally, this made her extremely angry.
As soon as he walked in the door, she attacked, "Well look who decided to waltz in," She snapped, "Do you realize how much money I forked over? A bill you promised to pay ages ago! I had promised not to nag about these things, but seriously, this is fucking ridiculous. Next time a bill like that comes in, you're paying every single cent, not me."
Tsume glared at her, "I was going to pay it."
"Oh really, when? When you finally decided to get up off your ass and do something productive? You act like a sixty year old who smokes and does drugs every day of his life." She snarled.
He growled, "Which one of us has a job?" He stepped forward, "Which one of us spends every day patrolling these damn borders for any signs of a vampire attack? And which one of us took up training your sorry ass cause you were too terrified to step outside the fucking door?" He snarled at her, eyes glowing, "Don't you dare tell me that I haven't done anything. Unlike you, I've tried to make things normal for us, but you always manage to mess it up. Why I even bother trying any more is beyond me."
She knew she should stop, calm down, take a few breaths; but she couldn't. Her temper flared and she fought back even though she knew she was in the wrong, even though she knew she was being unfair, "How do I mess things up? I didn't ask to be attacked by a vampire. And I never asked to get attacked by a fucking psycho werewolf, who you had promised would never return. Thanks for that by the way, when you left and abandoned me when shit hit the fan. I really appreciated it, could have died but hey, no big deal. I seem to be in a dire situation every fucking week nowadays."
Tsume glared, "You chose this life. You should have expected something like this."
"I'm not a psychic Tsume! I can't predict what will happen to me!" She yelled, scowling, "You keep telling me things will be fine, everything will settle down. Well it hasn't, and I don't see it settling any time soon." She scowled, "You being a werewolf hasn't improved my life in any way so far."
The grey wolf growled loudly and his golden eyes glowed with anger, "Well meeting you hasn't improved my life either, you've been nothing but a damn nuisance."
The clock ticked five minutes away from midnight, and everything seemed to stand still. Shauna stared at Tsume with wide eyes, hurt settling into her features as her anger distinguished. She gritted her teeth and brushed by him quickly, walking out the door and slamming it behind her. Watching her leave, Tsume instantly regretted his words and let out a groan of frustration. Normally, he'd go after her, but he thought it would have been better to let things cool down between the both of them. If he let her calm down, things would eventually settle down, and they could go back to normal quite soon.
How wrong he was.
She didn't know where she was going, but as she walked quickly down the street, she didn't really care. She bit her lip as tears blurred her vision, the cold wind blowing in her direction and causing her to shiver, her reaction being to pull her jacket tighter around herself. Her chest hurt, stung even, and it wasn't from the coffee she had. How did things get so bad? They had been fine before this ever happened, or so she had once believed. Thinking about it now, their relationship had begun to drift in the past few days as the pressure between vampires and werewolves built up. Finally, she stopped in the town square, in front of the small water fountain that was in the middle. She stared at the glistening water with tear-filled eyes, and as she quickly wiped them, her mind replayed everything that had happened.
She felt so guilty. Honestly, she knew that Tsume didn't see her as a nuisance. It had been her fault, she provoked him into saying something like that. She bit her lip, shoulders shaking as she fought back the urge to cry, 'I'm such an idiot...' She thought to herself bitterly, her tears rolling down her cheeks.
The moon was now high in the dark sky. The clouds were starting to roll in, predicting that a snow storm was approaching. However, as the clock drew closer to midnight, something else was approaching. The clock tower in the center of the town suddenly sounded that it had in fact struck midnight, and the bells rang out.
Shauna looked up at the clock, frowning. She needed to head back, and sort things out with Tsume-
She froze. Her entire body went still, and her heart rate picked up as her wolf side screamed at her that something was in fact very wrong. And she was right.
Explosions, left and right, happened all around her, as she watched, her body locked up with complete fear. Screams filled the air as the residents flooded from their homes, buildings collapsing and debris flying everywhere. Smoke quickly filled the entire town and the werewolves found it almost impossible to breathe. Figures in black clothing jumped from God-knows-where, grabbing the weakened and pulling them along. Trucks rolled in, the back opening where the captured were thrown inside. Yells, threats, and screams were heard all around the town. Everything was happening so fast, nobody understood what to do.
A flash of movement caught her eye and she had just enough time to block a punch, she ducked to avoid another but got kicked in the side, the force sending her crashing onto the ground. She snarled and her eyes opened to see her attacker, only to see a cloaked figure, who was soon joined by a second. It didn't take a genius to figure out that these two were indeed vampires. Pulling herself to her feet, she tensed up and got ready to defend herself, "What the hell do you think you're doing? Attacking us out of the blue?!" She snapped, "What the hell do you guys want?"
Only one of them replied, "We don't feel the need to explain ourselves to a mere werewolf. Now shut up, and stay still, like a good girl."
Shauna growled, "Don't talk to me like I'm your damn dog." She ran forward and threw a punch at them, but unfortunately, her actions were predicted by the vampires who moved expertly, sidestepping around her with ease. She was tripped up and kicked in the stomach, once again being sent to the ground, only this time, one of them appeared next to her and tied her hands behind her back, putting handcuffs around her wrists. Shauna's eyes widened and she squirmed, a burning sensation going through her arms, "W-What-"
"Silver," Her attacker smirked, his gloved hands grabbing her shoulders to make her stand, "Now get moving, or else I'll cut you open and drain you of all the blood you got."
She struggled against them, but it was pointless. With the silver burning her skin, the pain was too much to fight while trying to resist them as well, "You son's of bitches, this is why nobody likes vampires! This is why people like werewolves better, vampires suck! Literally!" She snarled angrily, but gave a loud yelp when she was suddenly thrown into the back of a truck, among other captured citizens.
The doors slowly closed as the vampire sneered at them, "Sit tight, you mongrels... Soon enough, werewolves won't even exist for people to admire."
The doors slammed closed, and as the truck jolted to a start, they all knew that there was a possibility of that threat being more serious than any of them could imagine.
