[RATING M] For language and maybe for future lemon, we're never sure how things will turn out. X'DD
Hey guys, SweetFantasyDreams here. :)
I am back from my summer vacation and I'm at my college's residences room on the campus, since last 19 of August (but didn't had Internet access in my room before the Monday (21 of August), so I prefered to wait before showing signs of life. X'D
So, I've been able to write around 3 new chapters while my summer vacation, but...I kinda losed my touch. I wasn't sure if I should send this chapter or not, but I sent anyway so you guys can tell me if I'm on a good direction or not (your opinions counts for me).
...I just hope that it will be good enough for you all.
So, here's the fourth chapter of Wolves's Destiny, I hope that you guys will like it, I did my best to keep the story interesting so far. ~
I do not own any of Inuyasha CCs (Canon characters, which means: CHARACTERS BELONGING TO THE MANGA AND SHOW.)
I only own the FCs (Fan characters, which means: CHARACTERS CREATED BY A FAN).
Message(s) from the ''author'':
-1. The author of this chapter's quote doesn't really seem to have a name, but it was writen Celtic Wolf Code.
-2. You guys will agree that even if it is a fanfiction, that sometimes only sticking to the CCs isn't enough, and it includes species as well, for me.
I ''created'' a new species of demons for the plot of my story, which is Tiger Demons. I will introduce the Tiger Demons's species and 3 more FCs that I created for this story in the next chapter.
Here, that was my message(s), I hope that you will enjoy the chapter ! ~
The Great Council of the Wolves
''Protect your family.
Honor the elders.
Teach the young.
Be loyal to your friend.
Voice your opinion.
Stand your ground.
Take charge when others show weakness.
Play when you can.
Work when you must.
Always leave your mark.''
It was the night, now.
The moon was already high in the starry sky, sending its bright, silver light, down on the land. There was a huge fire in the middle of the Northern Yôrô Tribe's den main area, and the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Yôrô Tribes where gathered around it.
The only things missing, that would allow the council to start, were Koga and Ayame.
Yuri - Ayame's best friend - was standing near the Wolf Elder, and she was starting to get slightly worried: where was Ayame...? The last time she saw her, was earlier that morning, and she had left her with Koga, Ginta and Hakkaku.
Seeing Ginta and Hakkaku near the fire, Yuri locks her eyes on them, sharpening them in suspicion. The two seemed to feel observed, because they looked at her after a minute, and they widen their eyes a bit:...who was that, and why was she staring at them with suspicion...?
Yuri grits her teeth, then walks straightly to Ginta and Hakkaku. Haru - the Western Yôrô Tribe's Leader - was facing Ginta and Hakkaku on the other side of the fire, and watches Yuri going to them with a discreet look.
The young Omega female was really beautiful, with her long pale brown curly untied hair, and her beautiful cyan sky blue eyes...She was mesmerizing Haru, without even being aware of it.
Ginta and Hakkaku, for their part, didn't know what to expect from the young Omega female: they only knew which pack she was from - Ayame's pack -, thanks to her white thin head band, and white wolves furs for her skirt, insteps and arm guards.
Yuri stops in front of Ginta and Hakkaku, staring at them intensively with suspicion - but not with menacing intentions.
-''...Are you...Koga's friends...?'', she calmly asks them.
-''Yes'', answers Ginta, blinking in confusion. ''We're Koga's best friends, in fact...I am Ginta.''
-''And I am Hakkaku'', adds Hakkaku, confused too.
Yuri gently smiles, and hold out her hand to them.
-''Nice to meet you, Ginta and Hakkaku'', she gently says. ''I am Yuri, Ayame's best friend.''
-''Nice to meet you too, Yuri'', gently smiles Ginta, shaking her hand gently.
-''Yeah, nice to meet you'', agrees Hakkaku, smiling gently and gently shaking her hand, too.
Haru was still watching them from the other side of the fire, in silence, and his arms crossed on his chest armor. He could sense that Yuri wanted to ask them something, and he has an idea about what she wanted to ask them.
-''I have something to ask you, guys...'', hesitantly says Yuri, griting her teeth.
-''What is it...?'', asks Ginta, blinking.
-''...Do you know where are Ayame and Koga...?'', asks Yuri.
Ginta and Hakkaku should have expected that question, but they didn't. Both became a bit nervous, and rubs their necks, avoiding Yuri's look. Yuri frowns a bit, becoming slightly more suspicious, now.
-''Well...'', says Ginta, nervous. ''It's...''
-''Complicated...'', says Hakkaku, also nervous.
Yuri sighs: why were they nervous...? She wasn't being menacing or anything, just suspicious and slightly worried about her best friend...
-''Ginta, Hakkaku...'', sighs Yuri, crossing her arms on her chest armor. ''I just want to know where they are...''
-''We...We don't know where they are...'', says Ginta, nervous still.
-''You don't know where they are...?'', repeats Yuri, blinking in confusion.
-''No...'', answers Hakkaku, nervous still as well. ''We're sorry to not be able to answer you...''
-''But...How can't you know where they are...?'', asks Yuri, getting more suspicious. ''Koga's your best friend...! And Ayame is his fiancée...!''
Ginta and Hakkaku didn't know what to say: they really didn't know where Koga and Ayame were...And the only thing they knew was that Koga left to go and find Ayame, for what he did...
Haru decided to intervene, to help them. He calmly walks around the fire, thowards the three Omega Wolf Demons. Ginta and Hakkaku saw him approaching and they stares at him. Seeing them staring behind her above her shoulders, Yuri slowly turns around, and fell face to face with Haru.
-''Koga and Ayame somehow fight each other'', calmly says Haru. ''He said something that he shouldn't have said to her, and Ayame ran away. Koga leaved her alone for three hours, then decided to leave and go find her to apology for what he said. I guess that Ayame ran quite away from the Den, and that they're probably on their way back here, by now.''
Ginta and Hakkaku let out silent sighs of relief: Haru didn't completely lied about what happened, but he avoided telling the truth as well, which was certainly better that way.
Yuri blinks, a bit shocked - because she didn't expected to ever talk with Haru. She then shakes her head, and stares at him with suspicion.
-''...And what did he say ?'', asks Yuri, suspicious. ''I can only guess that it was serious, because Ayame's got one hell of a character, to get so easily upset like that !''
-''I'm sorry, Miss, but I can't answer to that question'', calmly answers Haru. ''I promised that I wouldn't say anything and yet, I told you what was about it...in a way. And besides, it is between Koga and Ayame.''
Yuri sharpen her eyes, still suspicious: he was right, but it didn't helped her to not worry about Ayame... and whatever Koga said to her, it was obviously very serious...
Haru was incredibly calm and didn't fear to look at Yuri in the eyes, which made her blushing after a minute or so. Ginta and Hakkaku were looking at each of them, wondering what would happen.
-''...Alright...'', mumbles Yuri, looking away. ''...Thank you for let me know about the situation, at least...''
Yuri was about to walk passed Haru, when two whirlwinds appears behind Ginta and Hakkaku, making them to slightly jump in surprise, also forcing Yuri to sharply turn around to face the whirlwinds, while Haru was staring at them calmly and silently. While Ginta and Hakkaku both are both turning around to face the whirlwinds as well, the whirlwinds are slowly disappearing...
...to finally reveal Koga and Ayame.
Ginta and Hakkaku silently sighs in relief: he made it...Koga made it just in time to be back with Ayame for the Great Council of Wolves...
Yuri blinks in surprise, her eyes on both Koga and Ayame:...something about them was different...
Haru is the first to notice the silver crescent moons scars marks on both Koga and Ayame's left sides of their necks. Slightly frowsing in surprise, he looks at Koga in the eyes, and Koga slowly shakes his head, answering Haru's silent question: he didn't forced Ayame in any way, or Ayame would be looking extremely angry and outraged.
Yuri then also notices the silver crescent moons scars marks on both Koga and Ayame's left sides of their necks and her eyes widen in surprise and shock:...what the heck happened between these two...?! She stares at Ayame with a questioning look, but Ayame slowly shakes her head. ''Not now, later...'', she silently mimics, and Yuri bites down on her lip, griting her teeth, but she remain silent.
Finally, both Ginta and Hakkaku notices the silver crescent moons scars marks on both Koga and Ayame's left sides of their necks as well, and they widen their eyes in surprise and shock, staring at Koga. Koga grits his teeth and, just like Ayame did, he silently mimics the words ''Not now, later...'', too. Ginta and Hakkaku both blinks, but they remain silent and they slowly nods at Koga, showing that they understood.
With that, they finally all head back to their respectives packs. Ayame kneels down on her knees, next to her grandfather, on his right side, while Yuri silently kneels on her knees behind Ayame.
The Wolf Elder discreetly looked at his granddaughter, and blinks in surprise when he saw the silver crescent moons scar mark on her neck:...that mark...
...it was the mark of mates for eternity...
...That could only mean one thing: if Ayame's got that mark on her neck, then it is obvious that Koga's got it as well...The Wolf Elder doesn't say anything about it, and looks at the other Tribes, gathered all around the fire.
Taiyô, for his part, sharpen his eyes, glaring at the left side of Koga's neck - as he walks to take place by the fire on his pack's side -, then grits his teeth: if he thought that marking Ayame would make amends for his horrible mistake...
Finally, when the moon was at its zenith, the Wolf Elder sat a bit more straightly, then looked at each of the three other Leaders solemnly, and calmly says:
-''Koga, Haru, Taiyô...and my other fellow Wolf Demons friends...Welcome to our Great Council of Wolves. I am glad to see that all of you were able to gather here in time for this special reunion...In consequence, I declare that it can officially begin...''
All of the Wolf Demons cheered in agreement, and the Wolf Elder patiently waits for them to calm down. Once that they all calmed down, he spoked again:
-''If we are all gathered here, it is because we have to talk about political reasons, and some other things as much important for all of us...''
The Wolf Elder slightly looked at Ayame, then looked at all of the others again and spoked again:
-''To begin this reunion properly, the first thing we will talk about is about my succession for the new Leader of the Northern Yôrô Tribe...As you all know, I am old, and I can feel that my death is near, which is unavoidable...That is why, when I will be no more, that it will be my granddaughter Ayame that will became the new Leader of my pack.''
There are shocked gasps, but no one protested or anything, for that the females of their species were as great born Leaders as the males of their species...maybe even more great than them.
Looking at Koga, the Wolf Elder questions him silently. Koga slightly shakes his head, then stood up to speak:
-''...As you are all knowing it already, Ayame and I are engaged together...However, for...personal reasons, you will all have to wait another year, before to see that wedding, and the unification of the Northern and Eastern Yôrô Tribes into one and new Tribe, to become reality. ''
There are surprised gasps, following Koga's declaration: his words were clearly waking up their curiosity. Taiyô was about to reply something venomous, but a glare from Koga, Haru and the Wolf Elder dissuaded him from doing so.
Ayame didn't said anything, and waits that the othe Wolf Demons starts chatting and talking, before to stand up, and to walk away from the fire. She heads to a small cliff nearby, and watches the stars and the moon in silence. Foot steps are soon heard, and she doesn't turn around, already knowing who it is.
Koga remain silent, and takes place at her side, and also looks up at the stars and the moon. He didn't know what to say, and he didn't know how Ayame felt, because of his decision to postpone their wedding to the next spring without even talking about it with her in the first place.
After a few minutes of silence, Koga grits his teeth and closes his eyes.
-''...I'm sorry, Ayame'', he simply says.
Ayame blinks, and stops staring at the starry sky to look at him, silently. She didn't needed him to voice the reason of his apology.
-''...You don't need to apology'', she replies, calmly. ''Not when there's nothing to apology for.''
-''You're agree with what I said...?'', asks Koga, looking at her, slightly surprised.
-''...If I wasn't agree with what you said, you'd already know it'', slightly smiles Ayame.
Ayame then makes the gesture to take his hand...but stops halfway, hesitating, then takes her hand away, apparently changing her mind. She then looks away, slightly to the starry sky again, while Koga kept looking at her for a moment, before to also look up at the starry sky again, too.
Three hours then passed on, and the four Yôrô Tribes spoked about numerous things: training, possible alliances, quantity of food available, weather, ancestors, upcoming unions, upcoming newborns, etc...
While the adults were talking about important things, the few children from the four Yôrô Tribes were seen running and playing around, but not too far from their parents. Meantime, Koga and Ayame came back to take their places by the fire again.
Koga also finally decided to treat his arms - thanks to the many bites that Ayame gave him earlier that day, they were covered with bite marks that has stopped to bleed and that has slightly started to heal already. He headed to a river nearby, kneels next to it and threw some water on both of his arms. He then manages to put bandages around them. Satisfied, he returns to the fire, and talked with a few fellow Wolf Demons.
Taiyô never stopped glaring at Koga the whole time, but Koga ignored him: he was aware that Taiyô was having a hard time dealing with the fact that he unwillingly condemned Ayame to die within a year. But the Wolf Elder asked them to keep that fact secret for now, and Taiyô was clearly doing big efforts to not blow it away.
Finally, at a moment, the Wolf Elder looked at Haru:
-''My friends, Haru and his pack have something important to say'', he calmly says.
Haru nods slowly in respect at the Wolf Elder, while all the other Wolf Demons stopped talking and chatting.
-''Thank you, Elder'', calmly says Haru.
The Wolf Elder nods slowly, and Haru breathes deeply, before to speak:
-''My pack and I wanted to warn everybody of a new danger.''
He waits a bit that the information enters everybody's mind, then spoked again:
-''On our way to come here, we saw a new miasma, yellow in color, descending all around on the Northern Mountains...It will soon reach the Northern Yôrô Tribe's Den. We didn't noticed any changes in our behaviors or our health yet, but right after we noticed that yellow miasma, we've been attacked by a few Tiger Demons and a few Birds of Paradise...they attacked us and they...killed a few members of my pack without any valuable reasons either...''
Haru closes his eyes, griting his teeth:...it was hard, for any Wolf Demon, to lose its brothers and sisters...
There are a few outraged gasps, and some protestations, following Haru's words: how dare those filthy cats those filthy birds to attack Wolf Demons...?!
And without any valuable reasons, provocations or whatsoever...?!
Haru breathes deeply again, then adds:
-''The Leader that was leading those few Tiger Demons claimed that they were coming to claim back what's theirs...our territories, in other words. He said that him and his followers will kill every single one of us, and hunt down the few survivors, if there are some...and the Birds of Paradise clearly allied themselves to those Tiger Demons.''
There is silence, then...
-''...So, they want war...'', mumbles Koga. ''That's not good...''
-''They want to annihilate us all, of course it's not good !'', snaps Taiyô, very angry.
-''But...we didn't do anything !'', protests Ayame.
-''We respected our vows of peace and to not attack the Tiger Demons !'', adds Yuri, upset.
-''Well, they didn't respected theirs !'', snarls Taiyô. ''If they want to fight, then we'll fight !''
-''...Well then...we will have to train more and harder, if we want to survive...'', says Kai, griting his teeth.
Haru grits his teeth.
-''...We've all been trained since we were able to run...a training that increased our strength, our endurance, our rapidity, our mind...everything was increased, through our training...'', he says, griting his teeth.
-''Then why do you look...worried...?'', asks the Wolf Elder, calmly.
Haru closes his eyes for a moment, then open them to look at the Wolf Elder in the eyes, and says:
-''...We are strong, Elder...but they are ten times stronger than us, and they are more muscular than us, to match their strength...They easily beat and killed many of my friends, and the rest of my pack and I barely managed to escape them...''
Haru then remain silent, and all didn't needed him to say anything more:...they were puppies, compared to those giants...
Tiger Demons were dangerous, and even more stronger than Wolf Demons...but to be honest, they didn't knew a lot of things about them...Only that they were living in Tribes, not Packs, and that some of them were known for having a horrible character. Finally, Wolf Demons and Tiger Demons rarely had any interactions, excepted for a few wars about territories...wars that were solved by vows of peace and of no attacks on each other...
...a vow that has been canceled by the murder of pratically half of Haru's pack.
On the other side, the Birds of Paradise were Wolf Demons's natural - and deadliest - enemies. They've been fighting each other for thousand of centuries, about their territories mainly, and no vows of peace has ever been done, since that the Birds of Paradise were refusing any agreement.
-''Did that Tiger Demon Leader told you his name...?'', asks the Wolf Elder.
-''No, Elder...'', answers Haru, shaking his head. ''He didn't said his name in any way, the whole time we fought.''
-''His name is Osamu'', calmly says an unknown voice, coming from the main path leading to Northern Yôrô Tribe's Den.
In the blink of an eye, all of the Wolf Demons jumped on their feet, snarling at a few figures slowly approaching them by the main path leading to the Northern Yôrô Tribe's Den...and those figures were very muscular. When they were close enough to the fire, the intruders stopped a few meters away from the four packs of Wolf Demons, and all of the Wolf Demons gasps in shock and slight outrage:
...Those intruders were actually Tiger Demons...!
Please, if you like the story so far, bare with me.
I'll do my best to keep on writing chapters as great and interesting as possible. :) I didn't planned on how many chapters there will be, but I will try to make the story interesting and worth to read.
I'll still be glad to get your reviews and your ideas (don't be shy, send me your ideas ! ~), both will greatly help me, if I have mistaken something (or if I have made mistakes with words and verbs X'D) and that it was pointed out. ^^
Thanks for reading !