Chapter 4: All is decided: What is a monster?
The darkness bust, dissipating in Luna's shining light. Rakes-the- Wyrm growled low in his throat, the sound rising until it was almost a hiss. The other Lords did the same, bringing me a thought. They had all gone Wyrm mad! I got up off the stone, trying to back away from the nightmare. However, the Lords surrounded me and prevented me from leaving. They didn't attack, but instead kept giving that long low hiss sound. Suddenly A great roar sounded from the remnants of the darkness. It rose, forming a shape resembling a Crinos form Garou, with piercing red eyes. So unlike the boy buried deep inside the blackness. The creature staggered forward, and Rakes-the-Wyrm came before it. He started making a speech, trying to honor the thing, but it growled a warning. The Shadow Lords balked, not expecting that. With a wild howl, the thing that had been Rakes- the-Wyrm's son had thrown him against one of the rocks. The rock became red with his blood.
Rakes-the-Wyrm screamed then, a horrible sound. Garou don't scream. "M...my son.wha.." The great black beast then devoured his father, never pausing to mourn. The Shadow lords did something then that had never been done by Garou before. They ran, trying desperately to escape the jaws of death. I stood, shaking, watching it all. Not one of them survived. Then the beast turned itself to me, eyes flashing. I backed away, only to find it came forward. I could see it would not let me escape. I almost grabbed my fang dagger when I heard a voice coming up the rocks. "Yamato, hold on!" Taichi, the stupid goggle boy that he was, climbed over the hill and came face to face with the black creature. His legs shook and his eyes were as wide as I had ever seen, but he stood his ground. "Tai! Get out of here!" I cried, trying to get his attention. I jumped at the creature, slashing down the smoky black of its back. It howled and turned on me, leaving Tai to fall to his knees.
It proceeded to jump at me, making use of its ample claws and teeth. I couldn't avoid it; it was just too fast. I was covered in blood and very tired. The thing just stared at me. I was dead, my life was over, and it wasn't fair. Tai just watched, horror and sadness creeping into his eyes when he had realized the inevitable. My fang dagger dropped from my hand as I lost the strength t hold it. As my lifeblood dripped away I shifted to Homid. My heart cried with broken promises and unforgiven mistakes. I searched for something to say, but could only come up with one. "I'm sorry I couldn't protect you like I promised." I whispered. "Do whatever your hate wishes with me, I'm a lost cause." I dropped to my knees then, feeling the Garou vigor inside of me burning, trying to save my life. However, the wounds burned just as deeply, and caused the burning of my will to cease. I sat there, waiting to die.
"NO!" I heard someone cy, and the black mockery doubled over. It started attacking itself, biting and slashing while trying to block. Suddenly the blackness twisted into two forms. One was the same black creature, but the other looked.normal. It was a panting, bloody black Crinos Garou. The creature howled, and truly became what it always had been, a mad Garou, a Black Spiral Dancer. It jumped upon the other Garou, but the other fought back, digging its own claws in. A heavy rain had started, washing away my blood and the blood of the black Crinos. The Black Spiral Dancer howled then, something inside itself tearing it apart. I could see Taichi through my red-rimmed vision, hurling rocks at it, distracting it enough so that the black Garou had torn its heart. The Black Spiral Dancer screamed once, then dissipated into the rain. The night turned quiet, except for my ragged breathing, and Tai's fearful gasps.
"Hold on a little longer.we have to get to a hospital." The black Crinos hacked next to me. Scratches on his arms and chest bled freely, as did my own wounds. "Normaly these would heal," I said, "but that thing was a part of something pure evil." "I could tell." He said, then growled a little. The rain ran into his wounds, making them sting. "You did fufill your promise though..." He gasped, then his form shifted into a pale, dark- haired figure I knew so well. "Shit! Ken!" I cried, wrapping my arms around the pained boy. His first change.yet under such bad circumstances.a horrible memory. I held him in the rain, the cold seeping into my clothing and skin. "Come on." I said, trying to rise. I was too weak. The blood was still seeping and sapping my strength. Ken managed a weak laugh. "Don't try to be too heroic. I don't want you to die trying to take me to a hospital." I sank to the wet stone again. He pushed himself to me and pushed up against me. "You saved my life. Thank you." I said, holding his long slender hand. He said nothing, but curled even closer. I looked at him then, his face shining white in the moonlight, and his eyes so deep and beautiful, and I leaned close and kissed him gently.
He didn't respond, and I thought I had frightened him. But he also looked at me and kissed, this time harder. We did that, until we were lying in the rain, blood mixing on the stone, kissing and holding each other as if the world was going to end. I had never felt so.complete. The Garou taboo against two Garou relationships and the human taboo against same-sex relationships rang in my head only briefly. How could I worry about such things when I felt wholly that this was right? Since there would not be a Metis created from this, the Garou didn't matter, and I never cared about human taboos anyway. There was only me, and Ken, and the rain.
"Yamato.Yamato.wake up kid." I heard, breaking trough the hazy fog blanketing my mind. My eyes focused on just white light. "Where am I? Where's ken? What's going on!!" I jumped, sitting bolt upright. Then the sensations came of a warm bed and people hovering over me: my dad, a doctor, and a few nurses. "Nice to see you back with us." My dad said in a gruff but happy tone. The doctor felt my forehead and pulled back the blankets. The scratches on my body were bandaged, and there was no other sign of the fight. "That must have been some dog that bit you son," the doctor said, "these are some nasty cuts. However, I think you're going to be okay. Your friends going to be okay too." He turned to leave, taking the nurses with him, probably to check on Ken. My dad smiled and sat down next to the bed. "I was afraid you were gonna die," he said, "when you didn't show up yesterday, I was worried. I didn't know you were fighting something else. You need to take better care of yourself." I laughed. "Dad, I can't avoid this."
"I know. Don't those cuts usually heal?"
"Not these."
"Oh. That kid who brought you guys in. Isn't he a friend of yours?"
"Yeah. I don't know how, but he watched the whole fight without fainting."
"Huh. I can't even do that. Is he like me?"
"Kinfolk? I don't think so.but then, who knows about Tai." A nurse came in then. "A Mister Albrecht is hear to see you. Is he a visitor?" She said. My dad got up and nodded, leaving the roon with the nurse. She let King Albrecht in. He was a large white haired man, still wearing the band that signified his leadership of the Silver Fangs. He looked and me and grunted. "You did alright Yamato. You realize I've been getting glares from the hengeyokai around here. You better appreciate that I came out here to see you." I nodded. "Yes sir." King Albrecht looked pleased, and sat down. "That Shadow Lord that came in with you. Where did he come from?" "A destroyed sept, sir." "Around here?" "They were a strange group." "Hmm.does he have a pack of any sort?" "No sir, and he's just a whelp." "Heh .you've got yourself a partner cub. I need you to keep an eye on him for me. He's stronger than he looks." "I'll do it. Did you look into his background?" "Yeah. The Stargazer told me he was a Theurge." Albrecht got up and excused himself. I was left alone. I summoned my strength and left the room, creeping down the hallway to Ken's. I watched his sleeping form for a while, then quietly said, "We're partners now. Lucky us huh?" His breathing changed, and he whispered " Very lucky." He took my hand, and we kissed again, speaking of many more to come.
A/N: Yay! I finished a fic, and I did it in a reasonable amount of time! Anyway, I think I'm going to make this a series. One person from each season will be a member of this pack, making four. None will have a relationship like these two have, but I figure it will be interesting just the same. Please review, don't flame, watch Digimon, look for the sequel, and support Yamaken!!
The darkness bust, dissipating in Luna's shining light. Rakes-the- Wyrm growled low in his throat, the sound rising until it was almost a hiss. The other Lords did the same, bringing me a thought. They had all gone Wyrm mad! I got up off the stone, trying to back away from the nightmare. However, the Lords surrounded me and prevented me from leaving. They didn't attack, but instead kept giving that long low hiss sound. Suddenly A great roar sounded from the remnants of the darkness. It rose, forming a shape resembling a Crinos form Garou, with piercing red eyes. So unlike the boy buried deep inside the blackness. The creature staggered forward, and Rakes-the-Wyrm came before it. He started making a speech, trying to honor the thing, but it growled a warning. The Shadow Lords balked, not expecting that. With a wild howl, the thing that had been Rakes- the-Wyrm's son had thrown him against one of the rocks. The rock became red with his blood.
Rakes-the-Wyrm screamed then, a horrible sound. Garou don't scream. "M...my son.wha.." The great black beast then devoured his father, never pausing to mourn. The Shadow lords did something then that had never been done by Garou before. They ran, trying desperately to escape the jaws of death. I stood, shaking, watching it all. Not one of them survived. Then the beast turned itself to me, eyes flashing. I backed away, only to find it came forward. I could see it would not let me escape. I almost grabbed my fang dagger when I heard a voice coming up the rocks. "Yamato, hold on!" Taichi, the stupid goggle boy that he was, climbed over the hill and came face to face with the black creature. His legs shook and his eyes were as wide as I had ever seen, but he stood his ground. "Tai! Get out of here!" I cried, trying to get his attention. I jumped at the creature, slashing down the smoky black of its back. It howled and turned on me, leaving Tai to fall to his knees.
It proceeded to jump at me, making use of its ample claws and teeth. I couldn't avoid it; it was just too fast. I was covered in blood and very tired. The thing just stared at me. I was dead, my life was over, and it wasn't fair. Tai just watched, horror and sadness creeping into his eyes when he had realized the inevitable. My fang dagger dropped from my hand as I lost the strength t hold it. As my lifeblood dripped away I shifted to Homid. My heart cried with broken promises and unforgiven mistakes. I searched for something to say, but could only come up with one. "I'm sorry I couldn't protect you like I promised." I whispered. "Do whatever your hate wishes with me, I'm a lost cause." I dropped to my knees then, feeling the Garou vigor inside of me burning, trying to save my life. However, the wounds burned just as deeply, and caused the burning of my will to cease. I sat there, waiting to die.
"NO!" I heard someone cy, and the black mockery doubled over. It started attacking itself, biting and slashing while trying to block. Suddenly the blackness twisted into two forms. One was the same black creature, but the other looked.normal. It was a panting, bloody black Crinos Garou. The creature howled, and truly became what it always had been, a mad Garou, a Black Spiral Dancer. It jumped upon the other Garou, but the other fought back, digging its own claws in. A heavy rain had started, washing away my blood and the blood of the black Crinos. The Black Spiral Dancer howled then, something inside itself tearing it apart. I could see Taichi through my red-rimmed vision, hurling rocks at it, distracting it enough so that the black Garou had torn its heart. The Black Spiral Dancer screamed once, then dissipated into the rain. The night turned quiet, except for my ragged breathing, and Tai's fearful gasps.
"Hold on a little longer.we have to get to a hospital." The black Crinos hacked next to me. Scratches on his arms and chest bled freely, as did my own wounds. "Normaly these would heal," I said, "but that thing was a part of something pure evil." "I could tell." He said, then growled a little. The rain ran into his wounds, making them sting. "You did fufill your promise though..." He gasped, then his form shifted into a pale, dark- haired figure I knew so well. "Shit! Ken!" I cried, wrapping my arms around the pained boy. His first change.yet under such bad circumstances.a horrible memory. I held him in the rain, the cold seeping into my clothing and skin. "Come on." I said, trying to rise. I was too weak. The blood was still seeping and sapping my strength. Ken managed a weak laugh. "Don't try to be too heroic. I don't want you to die trying to take me to a hospital." I sank to the wet stone again. He pushed himself to me and pushed up against me. "You saved my life. Thank you." I said, holding his long slender hand. He said nothing, but curled even closer. I looked at him then, his face shining white in the moonlight, and his eyes so deep and beautiful, and I leaned close and kissed him gently.
He didn't respond, and I thought I had frightened him. But he also looked at me and kissed, this time harder. We did that, until we were lying in the rain, blood mixing on the stone, kissing and holding each other as if the world was going to end. I had never felt so.complete. The Garou taboo against two Garou relationships and the human taboo against same-sex relationships rang in my head only briefly. How could I worry about such things when I felt wholly that this was right? Since there would not be a Metis created from this, the Garou didn't matter, and I never cared about human taboos anyway. There was only me, and Ken, and the rain.
"Yamato.Yamato.wake up kid." I heard, breaking trough the hazy fog blanketing my mind. My eyes focused on just white light. "Where am I? Where's ken? What's going on!!" I jumped, sitting bolt upright. Then the sensations came of a warm bed and people hovering over me: my dad, a doctor, and a few nurses. "Nice to see you back with us." My dad said in a gruff but happy tone. The doctor felt my forehead and pulled back the blankets. The scratches on my body were bandaged, and there was no other sign of the fight. "That must have been some dog that bit you son," the doctor said, "these are some nasty cuts. However, I think you're going to be okay. Your friends going to be okay too." He turned to leave, taking the nurses with him, probably to check on Ken. My dad smiled and sat down next to the bed. "I was afraid you were gonna die," he said, "when you didn't show up yesterday, I was worried. I didn't know you were fighting something else. You need to take better care of yourself." I laughed. "Dad, I can't avoid this."
"I know. Don't those cuts usually heal?"
"Not these."
"Oh. That kid who brought you guys in. Isn't he a friend of yours?"
"Yeah. I don't know how, but he watched the whole fight without fainting."
"Huh. I can't even do that. Is he like me?"
"Kinfolk? I don't think so.but then, who knows about Tai." A nurse came in then. "A Mister Albrecht is hear to see you. Is he a visitor?" She said. My dad got up and nodded, leaving the roon with the nurse. She let King Albrecht in. He was a large white haired man, still wearing the band that signified his leadership of the Silver Fangs. He looked and me and grunted. "You did alright Yamato. You realize I've been getting glares from the hengeyokai around here. You better appreciate that I came out here to see you." I nodded. "Yes sir." King Albrecht looked pleased, and sat down. "That Shadow Lord that came in with you. Where did he come from?" "A destroyed sept, sir." "Around here?" "They were a strange group." "Hmm.does he have a pack of any sort?" "No sir, and he's just a whelp." "Heh .you've got yourself a partner cub. I need you to keep an eye on him for me. He's stronger than he looks." "I'll do it. Did you look into his background?" "Yeah. The Stargazer told me he was a Theurge." Albrecht got up and excused himself. I was left alone. I summoned my strength and left the room, creeping down the hallway to Ken's. I watched his sleeping form for a while, then quietly said, "We're partners now. Lucky us huh?" His breathing changed, and he whispered " Very lucky." He took my hand, and we kissed again, speaking of many more to come.
A/N: Yay! I finished a fic, and I did it in a reasonable amount of time! Anyway, I think I'm going to make this a series. One person from each season will be a member of this pack, making four. None will have a relationship like these two have, but I figure it will be interesting just the same. Please review, don't flame, watch Digimon, look for the sequel, and support Yamaken!!