Chapter 12-Beautiful Outsider Part 3


Hige and Toboe's conversation was interrupted by howling.

"That was Kiba." said Toboe looking in the direction from which it came.

The three wolves ran towards the distressed call. When they arrived they found Kiba silently crying on the steps.Hige scanned the area around him.

"Kiba?What the hell happened here?"

"Most likely the robot went through here." Tsume kicked a rock.

Toboe sat next to Kiba trying to look at his face but it was shadowed by his hair. He looked behind him.

"Where's Kint?"He feared the worst.

"KINT?Where did the girl go?" Hige scratched his head in confusion.

"She's not here. She's gone."Kiba didn't move from his depressed state.

"What?"

"What do you mean by gone?"Tsume was beginning to think the unimaginable had happen.

"She's...dead.Kint is dead. The roof fell on top of us and killed her." It choked him to say those words.

"But where is she?"

"You're standing on her."

Hige looked down and jumped off the pile and began digging.

"You're wasting your time,Hige."

"I refuse to think she's gone. She may not mean that much to you but she meant the world to me!"

"Shut up! Don't even say that!" The rest of the pack was shocked at how emotional Kiba sounded. "Kint, meant more to me than paradise itself. She and I were one whole. I loved her more than words could explain. My feelings for her were tearing me apart. I wanted to tell her how I needed her with me and even when she was gone for a couple of minutes I couldn't stop thinking about her safety. So don't you even tell me she didn't mean a damn thing to me cause that's not true!" Tears filled his eyes. His love, his life, his paradise was gone forever.

"But s-she just can't be gone."Toboe stared at the pile of rocks where his "mother" was submerged under.

"Hm." Tsume looked away. It didn't seem he was hurting but he was. "So what do we do now? We don't have to worry about burying her since that's already been done for us."

"Was that supposed to be a joke, Tsume?" Hige was in tears.

"Enough you two." Toboe's voice was calm and soft.

"Hey he started I-"

"We're leaving." Kiba interrupted Hige and started walking off with his hands in his pockets.

"That's it. We're leaving?" Hige was a bit confused.

"You got a better idea? You heard Tsume,she's already buried. So let's go." Kiba's voice no longer carried sadness.

Hige looked down at the pile and placed his hand on it. Goodbye Kint.Tsume stared at the heap and walked away to catch up with Kiba.Toboe stayed with Hige and tried his best to comfort him.

"She's gone. She's actually gone." Hige's eyes watered as he had flashbacks of his favorite ebony wolf.

"Come on Hige.I don't think Kiba will wait for us." Toboe gently tugged on Hige's arm as they began to slowly stride away from the she-wolf's grave.

The gang was now back to their original number even though they weren't so fond of it.Kint made each of them feel special and needed but now the pack was charged back to their dangerous, foolish, and most all unwanted. They were loners again without her. The city limits were able to be seen as the wolves ambled across the dirty streets of Jinks City.Finally, Their days of torment would finally be put to an end.Tsume caught a dark figure out of the corner of his eye. The others noticed as well. The 4 leaped into the air as their "Kint killer's" fist came smashing down. The wolves decided this thing would pay for causing them so much pain. They were tired of running away.Hige wasted no time in attacking the robot but was swatted away like a fly by one of its massive mechanical arms.Toboe ran over to his rescue and pulled him into a near by building.

"Hige?Hige?"He lightly shook his unconscious friend.

The sky was turning a dark bloody red and it started to rain. But the rain wasn't clear. It was black. Toboe stuck his hand outside and a black rain drop splashed on it.He glanced over at his still fighting friends then the sky. What was going on?

Kiba panted loudly as the jet black rain streaked across his face. His yellow eyes full of hate and anger.Tsume's eyes were as deadly as ever. Nothing was going to stop him from killing what took away his first experience of joy and happiness.

"Kiba?"

The wind started to pick up and paper flew around them in a tornado like fashion. 'Do not panic pathetic wolves, you will all die.'

"What?"Kiba was surprised.

"D-Did that thing just talk?" Tsume was pretty stunned himself.

The robot set his aim on Tsume and fired several shots.It missed all of them.So it decided to use a heat-seeking bomb instead.Kiba recognized the bomb.

"Tsume! That's the thing that killed Kint!"But before Tsume could dodge the attack it was too late. The bomb didn't get a direct hit but it did cause Kiba and Tsume to soar only the gray wolf smacked into a brick wall, unconscious.

'Resisting is fatal. All enemies must be erased.'

Kiba hesitated. He was sure what to do next. It was impossible to touch the mechanical destroyer. The robot raised its mighty fist.Kiba braced himself for impact, but it never came. The robot seemed to be frozen. Electricity surged through it body and split in half. Kiba watched as the halves hit the ground with a loud crash.Toboe gasped.

"Kiba?What's that?!"

Toboe pointed to a figure that stood on top of a building behind where the robot stood. It leaped from its perch and landed in front of Kiba.The figure stared down at him expressionless. Kiba soon realized the figure was none other than a girl. She was about Tsume's height and wore a silver high cut tank top with straps that went over her shoulder, across her arms and down her stomach with connected with her silver shorts. She had pale skin with dark emerald green eyes. Her hair was a fiery red which she had in a ponytail. The color matched the two strips on each side of her cheeks. Her cold stare pierced through Kiba like an assassins' dagger. The sky cleared and rain stopped and went back to a peaceful sunny day. The windy blew through the girl's bangs as she continued to stare at the white wolf.

"Kiba!"Toboe ran over to him and helped him up. "Are you alright?" He kept an eye on the mysterious girl that saved them.

Kiba nodded. "Who are you?" He was now giving the girl the same lethal stare.

The girl smiled devilishly and pushed her long bangs behind her ears.

"Shives."

("Shives, the toxic flower.")