ERM.. soo… three characters left. I am almost done and now have no Microsoft Word for my laptop because the thing expired. HOORAH! Anyway.

29.

A strange wind brushed against their fur. Something wasn't right. Rain was starting to fall, in big droplets that crashed into the stone. With bowed heads and tails held high, Kiba ,Tsuki, and Tsume climbed the rest of the path to the dead looking tree.

Kiba noticed a familiar face etched into the bark, a face he once loved.

"Cheza"

Bright yellow eyes glanced up to Kiba with bewilderment. Before a word escaped Tsume's mouth, he felt a sharp pain in his side and it threw him sideways, his body slide along the damp stone.

"Tsume!"

Tsuki yelled and rushed to his side. A dark laughter rang out.

Kiba looked up to the black shrouded figure. The only thing able to make out was the wolf mask on his face.

Kiba's eyes narrowed as the figure continue to chuckle. Tsume took his chance and sprung up from the ground towards Tsukimono. His fangs bared, golden eyes a blazed. As he moved closer to Tsukimono's neck, Kiba saw the scene moved in slow motion. Tsume moved closer and closer to him, Tsukimono stopped laughing at that second, his head did not move but Kiba could tell he was looking at Tsume. Before Tsume could touch him, his body was flung back.

Kiba jumped and aimed low for Tsukimono before being hit by some invisible force to stop him. Kiba was thrown back also. He finally felt the pain in his body that he didn't know was there before. As he landed on his back with a bounce, he looked up at the blue full moon. For a second, he felt alive…

" Stop now, wolves. Though I may not look like one of you, I have your power, strength and cunning."

Kiba stood up, he saw Tsuki standing guard with the fur on her back erect and her fangs fully bared.

Tsume was standing on three legs, his front paw had been damaged somehow. Blood flowed freely down his flanks staining his grey fur red.

All three wolves were growing. This set Tsukimono to smirk under his mask.

" Dear wolves, I remember how it was like to be one of you… My coat was a light grey, my wolf eyes green. Everyone followed me, I was the leader of the pack. I loved to kill and killing humans was all to wonderful. Then, YOU wolves turned against me, making me into a human… A MONSTER!"

With those last words he threw the mask off his face and the robes fell down around him. He displayed the scars of his broken body. Many bite marks and claws. Over those his body was lined with tattoos of wolves, the wolf he once was. On his chest he had a vest that worked as armour and same with his legs. Nothing else besides a pair of daggers at his sides he used for weapons.

Tsume leapt at him again, this time with full speed. He managed to dig his fangs into Tsukimono's shoulder. He just turned his head and grabbed hold of Tsume's mouth, he was able to rip Tsume off. A loud snap echoed.

Kiba saw Tsume on the ground whimpering in pain. His lower jaw was broken, leaving his mouth open.

Something else rumbled in the near distance and a ten-foot machine walked out from the rocks. It was powered by an Agent in the dome like control room. He raised the guns and pointed at Tsume.

Kiba howled and charged at the machine, Tsuki soon followed but it was too late. The guns fired hitting Tsume until he looked like swiss cheese.

Tsukimono laughed loudly as he watched the wolves attack his machine.

The Full Sapphire Moon shined brightly against the dark scene off the mountain. Even though the rain fell, the clouds still parted around the moon.