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This chapter isn't as long sadly. Sorry it took me so long to update. It usually doesn't take me this long. Well have fun reading this because I had SO MUCH fun writing this chapter. Like I said in the last chapter you can review me anything you'd like.

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"Hey." His voice was so groggy and tired. Everyone just starred for a minute looking down upon Hige wondering what to do next.

Toboe knelt next to Hige and put his hand on his shoulder. Hige looked into his eyes and wondered why he was laying on the ground with everyone looking at him vexed. He then realized his shirt wasn't on. Lifting his head, he looked down and saw tons of marks across his chest. Then he felt the vibing pain in his neck making him gasp and drop his head.

"Careful Hige. You'll make it worse it you move." Hige glared at Toboe who was messing with his wounds. He then saw Tsume walk away and sit down by a boulder. Kiba looked where Tsume was and walked to another place and sat by himself also. "We have to get him to a city or something that sells bandages. His wounds will get infected if we don't."

Tsume growled and then glared at Hige. "We should let him suffer from what he caused us in the last town. We almost could have lost our chance of finding Paradise."

Hige looked away so his face was away from Tsume. After a second or so he had to relise his neck muscles because the pain in his neck was driving him crazy. Out of the corner of his eye he could see Tsume looking off into the woods and Kiba looking down at the ground. Toboe just sat there with his hands on his lap looking off into space.

Everyone just sat in silence all thinking different thoughts most likely. Kiba broke the silence by saying, "I'll go back to that town we passed through earlier yesterday." Kiba stood up and looked back to the way they came.

"I'll go with you!" Toboe piped as he stood up.

Tsume looked at them and said, "I would go with you two but Chubby here made it so everyone in that city knows what I look like. Besides, I don't think Chubby would want to spend a night here alone. (A/N: I don't think Hige's fat or Chubby. I'm just using it for character uses.)" Hige glared at Tsume. Everyone knew he only was staying to protect Hige of anything that would try and hurt him.

Hige just sighed and listened to Kiba and Tsume talk about how to make sure not to get caught and stuff like that. After he heard Kiba tell Tsume that he would be back later the next day, he could slowly hear the sounds of Toboe and Kiba walk away in the distance and leave him alone with Tsume. 'Great.' Hige thought to himself over and over again.

He watched out of the corner of his eye Tsume look up to the sky and watch the clouds. He then saw him sigh and look down to the ground. Hige looked up to the sky too and remembered what had happened to him. It made the pain in his chest all come back.

He grasped and shut his eyes tight. He then felt Tsume next to him kneeling by his side. All Hige could say was, "It hurts so much."

"Yeah well if you wouldn't have let that cougar attack you I'm sure you wouldn't have been like this right now." Tsume smirked and moved away and once again looked up to the sky.

((HIGE'S POINT OF VIEW))

I watch him for a moment. Why does he always do that? Look up to the sky and just watch it. I guess he just thinks about his past or something. Or maybe even his future. Does he even believe in Paradise? Or is he just coming with us so he can see the look on Kiba's face if he never finds it? Maybe, but sometimes I really think he believes in it. Just too tough to say he does.

I wince at the shocking waves of pain my neck and chest were in. You'd expect it to just feel like small cuts, like a house cat or something, but this felt much worse. It felt like someone took big butcher knives and slashed you with them, then aimed for you're neck but only lightly got it. But enough to make you know it's there.

Finally the pain passed slightly and I can see him looking at me as though I was about to die. He moves slowly over to where I am and touched my scratches. I yell out in pain from the unexpected touch or his rough hands. He doesn't move them away and sketches along each and every red line. "What the hell are you doing?" I shout.

He ignores my comment and pushes down on my most painful one. I yell out and try to move away. Without even looking, he took his other hand and held my shoulder so I couldn't move away. Now this was really pissing me off.

I look at him in the eye trying to read what he was thinking. He almost looks, worried. No, this can't be Tsume. Tsume has almost never had this look on his face. I wonder what the hell he's so worried about. "What do you see?" I ask nicely and almost concerned too.

He looks at me in the eye with a different look on his face now. Anger. But why would he be angry? Was it something I said? "Damn fucking humans." He hisses. Humans? Where did the subject of humans come in?

"What?" I ask.

He sighs and looks away from my eyes. He hasn't answered my question yet. "Damn it Tsume what the hell is going on?!" I shout as loud as I could to try to get him to 'hear' me.

He looks at me in the eye and rubs his temple. Something bad must have just came through his head or he wouldn't be acting like this. Finally he opens his mouth to talk then says, "That cougar that attacked you... had a virus created by the beast humans."

((TSUME'S POINT OF VIEW))

I look to the sky wondering how long they really will be. I hope not too long. I can't stand to be stuck here alone with this...twerp. I just want to sit here, not think about anything for a few minutes. Just relax from all the previous events from the earlier days. I guess I just blanked out because the next thing I realized was the sound of a wince coming from Hige's body next to me.

I glance over at him to see his eyes shut tight. I was about to turn my head away when I noticed his chest. it wasn't just covered in scratch marks, it was swollen and all blue and purple with red surrounding it. It looked like something I'd seen before. Then I remembered when I was listening to a few humans talk. No it couldn't be it.

I move slowly over to him and touch one of his cuts. He yells from the touch of my hand. I ignore him and take my finger and sketch it along each and every one. He yells, "What the hells do you think you're doing?" I ignore him and feel them. They all felt so warm and hot. I couldn't believe how hot they felt.

I see a big red slice and push down on it. He yells and tries to move away. Before I knew what I did I held him down with my hand on his shoulder. I couldn't understand what was happening. He was showing all the side affects for it. His cuts were all swollen and deep dark red. Around them it was blue, purple and red. It was also hot to the touch and very painful for the victim.

I then feel angry. How could those bastards do something like this? I want to kill each and every one of them who thought of something as inhumane as this. It makes me sick to think about it.

I look at him in the eye reading him. He asks me 'What?' kind of worried himself. I can't stand to look at him anymore. I feel so angry at everyone. I rub my temples trying to calm myself down. I knew it was for sure what was happening.

"That cougar that attacked you... had a virus created by the beast humans."

OOOH! (Sorry for the cliffhanger.) What does Tsume mean? What's going to happen to pour Hige? Find out next chapter! Evil laugh