Next chapter this story will end. I'm actually amazed at myself how fast I wrote this entire fic... I'm actually fairly proud of this story, sorry if that makes me sound big-headed XD

Enjoy!

Disclaimer; I do not own Wolf's Rain, or Bex.


It felt so weird.

Everything was calm and quiet, all apart from the birds singing and the typical peaceful symbols like that. Despite everything that had happened, the town seemed to turn a blind eye to it all. Nobody even noticed the fact that Rex was no longer around, and nobody mentioned the destruction of the warehouse. Either nobody cared, or nobody deemed it important.

Shauna had been in hospital for a while now and was still not awake. The doctors had assured them it was not life threatening right now, but if she were to get strained her wounds would not heal as fast as they should.

Tsume, Bex and even Hige had taken it in turns to visit her, each time they hoped she wake up. Each time so far has been disappointing. Kiba had decided against visiting as he did not know her well enough. He stayed around for awhile, he wanted to make sure the whole issue was dealt with completely before leaving. Which it pretty much was; Rex was gone, and he was the issue, so everything was fine.

Not everyone was fine, however. Tsume was rather irritated for the past few days since Shauna had been hospitalised. He was constantly tense and Bex had warned him that if he didn't chill out, he'd be the next one in hospital.

Bex sighed as she sat in the room Shauna was kept in, sitting on the edge of the bed. She glanced at the blonde with concern, it was scary to see her so pale, even though she normally is pale, she's never been so white in the face. The fright that they had all gotten was difficult to even put into words, because all of them, whether they admit it or not, had thought their friend was dead. The fact that they were so close to losing someone they cared about frightened them all, and it made them each think about the events leading up to this.

Bex felt guilty. She thought back about how harshly she snapped at Shauna and felt her heart drop to the pit of her stomach. If the blonde had died, her last words would have been horrible towards her. She glanced back at the "Missed Call" on her phone and her guilt multiplied; would things have turned out differently if she had answered in time? Could she have prevented this situation if she had simply picked up the phone? She couldn't help but feel almost responsible for her friend's condition the more she thought about it.

A groan made the brunette jump in surprise and she whipped her head around to see the blonde slowly opening her eyes. Bex's silver coloured eyes widened and she gasped, "Shauna, you're awake!" She cheered, grinning as she instantly through her arms around her.

The blonde let out a weak laugh, "Awe Bex, the only time you show me love is when I'm injured? That's cold." She weakly hugged her back and patted her back, "Better not let Hige see this."

"Whatever." Bex brushed off her half hearted flirts and pulled away, frowning, "We thought you were dead!"

"You thought I was that weak?" She pouted, "Bex, you wound me."

Bex rolled her eyes and sighed, sitting back on the bed, "Do you even realize how injured you were? You're ribs were broken and you were so close to having your lungs punctured." She frowned, "You could have died, Shauna..."

Shauna slowly sat up and winced, being careful, "I know that," She grumbled, "But what the hell do you expect me to do about it?" She sighed slightly, calming herself down.

The brunette frowned at her, "... I'm sorry... How are you feeling now?"

Her friend looked at her for a moment before giving a cheeky smirk, "Well... I guess you can say I'm getting bi~." She winked.

Bex sweatdropped, "... I kinda regret calling an ambulance now..."

Shauna couldn't help but laugh, "Awe Bex, you know you love me really."

"Yeah yeah." Bex smirked at her, "You know Tsume would kill me if he heard you talking like this."

Shauna paused and blinked, "Tsume's... here?"

"You didn't know? He showed up before Rex could actually kill you... He was worried sick, and by that I meant he's been wrecking the place. That guy, Kiba, has been trying to calm him down... He's at Hige's right now, but only cause I told him I wanted to stay here for a bit."

"Oh..." Her green eyes looked down and she frowned, "Why has he come back...?"

"He knew you'd be in trouble," She explained with a sigh, "So he came rushing back. Though to be honest the whole hero thing doesn't suit him, it's weird."

Shauna smiled slightly, before giving another smirk, "Awe, are you jealous? Feeling threatened Bex?"

"You wish." Bex made a face at her, "What's with you? You're even more annoying today and you've only just woken up."

"Maybe I realized how much I love you?"

"Oh my god shut up."


Bex had left Shauna to rest for a little bit, finally getting fed up with the amount of flirts being sent her way. She told her that Hige would stop by later to visit, and she'd tell Tsume that she was awake and getting better. So as she waited, Shauna simply stared out the hospital window, watching as the sun slowly began to go down, her mind replaying the events that put her in this hospital bed.

Bex was defiantly right when she said that she was so close to dying. A roof almost crushed her, but thankfully she had been saved just in time. She had never felt that fear, the fear of waiting to be killed. Having never considered herself a weak person before, it was now that she was starting to feel incredibly vulnerable...

Would it have really mattered if things didn't turn out that way? Would it have an affect on anyone's life if she had disappeared? After all, she wasn't this town's most favoured person, was she?

A knock broke her from her thoughts and Shauna looked up, blinking. The door slid open and Hige walked in, a grin on his face, "Yo!"

Shauna smirked, "Hey Porky..."

"You seem to be doing well, despite everything." He blinked and sat down in the chair next to the bed, "Are you doing alright?"

"Yeah, I guess so... Was just... thinking about what would have happened if I had died." She shrugged and sighed, "I've never been that close to death before..."

Hige frowned, "... What would have happened?" He echoed and looked down, silent for a few moments. "We were terrified ya know, that'd you die... It'd be too quiet without you around..." He rose an eyebrow, "Besides, you're our friend. We'd be devastated!"

Shauna looked at him in silence for a moment, before smiling and looking down, "Tch... Even if I'm constantly plotting to steal your girlfriend?"

"... I'd prefer if you didn't, but... yeah..."


It was surprising how quickly the night came after Hige left for home, and the entire town went back to being still and quiet. Shauna tried to sleep, she knew she had to in order to heal but she couldn't. Somehow, she couldn't shake off the disappointment that Tsume hadn't shown up. She understood that it was very late, and that he might visit tomorrow, but she wanted to see him. She never felt like this; she never felt like she needed the attention of someone like this before. It was strange to her, almost foreign, yet every attempt to brush it off failed.

When she was finally starting to fall asleep, the room suddenly got colder and she heard something slid open. Sitting up slowly, she rubbed her eyes and narrowed them to try and see, her eyes finally adjusting to the darkness. She blinked and gave a small gasp at who she saw.

Rather than using the normal entrance, he had decided to climb in the window instead. He quietly shut it and turned around to face her, his golden eyes glowing softly with a gentle look.

For some reason she felt tears well up in her eyes and she covered her mouth, a smile forming on her lips as she softly whispered, "Tsume..."

He walked over to her and sat next to her on the bed, his arms wrapping around her as gently as he could manage, and he couldn't help but nuzzle his nose to her hair, his eyes closing, "I thought you were dead." He mumbled.

Shauna blinked and wrapped her arms around him as well, mindful of her condition. She smiled slightly, "You're the third person to say that to me today..." She replied, sighing in comfort as she rested her head to his chest.

He frowned at her, "He almost killed you..." He gritted his teeth and narrowed his eyes, "I should have gotten here sooner but-"

"Shut up," Shauna sighed and leaned against him, "You're here now, and I'm still alive... that's all that matters..." She hugged him tighter to her, biting her lip, "... I missed you..."

Tsume sighed and ran a hand through her hair, which wasn't up in the usual ponytail, "I know... I'm sorry..."

"Don't be, I know why you left..." She sighed, relaxing slightly, "Thanks for coming back though..."

"I didn't do much..."

"So? You're here. That's all I need." She shut her eyes and shifted closer.

Tsume leaned over and pressed a kiss to her head, "You worried me."

"I know," She sighed, "Sorry..."

He frowned and said no more for a while. He closed his eyes and pulled her closer to him, gently.

Shauna frowned, something was bugging her and she needed to ask, "You're gonna have to go back, won't you...?" She asked quietly.

He almost flinched at the question, nodding, "Yeah..."

She bit her lip, afraid he was going to say that even though she had expected it. She pressed her face against his shoulder, "I don't want to be left alone again..."

Tsume sighed, "I'm sorry... if I could bring you with me, I could..."

Shauna blinked. An idea suddenly sprung into her head and she pulled away from him, which made him look at her in question. She tilted her head at him, "Maybe you could bring me though..."

He frowned, "I can't. My alpha, Max, despises humans. He'd kill you..."

She frowned, "... Well... what if I wasn't human?"

Tsume blinked, "What?"

Shauna looked at him with a blank face, her eyes staring into his.

"What if... you turned me?"