Hey I'm glad you all liked the last chapter so much! I'm also surprised
some of you figured it out. But I guess I kind of put it out in the open. I
wouldn't have figured it out if my life depended on it. I'm not good at
those kinds of things!
WARNING! This chapter contains some ABUSE so don't flame me about that unless you're telling me something about it that sucks or whatever. But I just want you to know so it doesn't come to shock for some readers.
I usually don't post this soon after just adding a chapter but I can't help it because I just want to post so many chapters and get this story done because I'm really exited to write the end!
Well have fun reading this chapter of the story!
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Hige walked into the main street of the city glancing at the faces of people trying to see if they were looking at him. It seemed as though the time he stepped into the street people were watching his every step. Like he was sticking out o the crown somehow. He couldn't lock eyes with any people in the street meaning he wasn't being watched. At least by any people he could see.
Listening with his ears sharp, he could slightly very slightly hear a bell ringing in the distances that lead further into the city. Hige looked back and saw Kiba with an angry look on his face. He didn't trust any human what so ever. It didn't matter if it depended on his life or not. He just plainly didn't trust them. Toboe still looked sad about Tsume. Hige never knew if they would find him or not, he didn't even know where he was. But he knew, that he would risk his life to get him back. At least get him back for the sake of Toboe.
Hige still had the feeling he was being watched. Somewhere, someone had his or her eyes on him. And this just wasn't a feeling he had at the top of his mind it was real. Hige searched the top of some building with his eyes, looking for any person. Still, he didn't see anyone. It was really starting to bug him now. He was just about to ask Kiba if he felt it too, but instead he got distracted. Infront of him was Konis and Jaker selling out another deal to a customer. Konis looked bored while Jaker and the customer were laughing loudly.
Konis glanced over to where Hige was and smiled. He received a smile from Hige as he walked over to Konis. Hige glanced back at Toboe and Kiba who both had their eyes on Konis studying him to see if he really was a trusting person or not.
Hige finally reached Konis and stood infront of him with Kiba and Toboe on both sides of him. "Hey what's going on?" Hige asked.
"Uhhh, nothun' much." He glanced over at Jaker who was still laughing loudly about the customer. He shrugged and turned back to Hige. He gave an unsteady glance at Toboe and Kiba then looked back to Hige with a look that he needed answers.
Hige gave a weird look back wondering what he was so unsteady about then realized Toboe and Kiba were here. "Oh, Konis, this is Kiba my older brother and this is Toboe the annoying one I told you about." Hige glanced down at Toboe to see him glaring at him.
Konis gave an ,'oh' look and glanced at Kiba who was giving a sort of angry look at him. He looked at him for a second then decided to ignore him and he looked back at Hige who was still receiving glares from Toboe. "Where's your other brother at?"
Hige looked back to Konis thinking of what to say, "He's... lost." He only got two 'what-the-hell,' looks and one confused look.
"He got lost in this city?" Hige looked at Konis alittle worried about what he was asking. True, someone could get lost in this city but what were the chances of it being Tsume. Hige had explained Tsume as a strong person and all that stuff. But with him being lost in this city made Konis wonder who he really was. Hige just kind of gave Konis a hopeful look as he wondered if he would believe him.
"Off topic," Hige finally said. Hige stepped forward halfway infront of Toboe as he continued what he had to say. "We were all kind of wondering if you could find a place for us to stay. I mean, we don't know the city and you know it, and well, our last home got torched by accident." Hige gave half a smile as he waited for what Konis had to say. "Oh and a place where we're out of sight and a private place. You know, just to teach Tsume a lesson as he tries to find us."
Konis gave him an odd look as he wondered what to say. He sighed a few times still thinking if it was worth it and if he really did know a place where they could stay. After standing still thinking about what to do, Konis finally moved his head in a response and then looked back to Hige. "Yeah, I know a place. Follow me. I'm sure I could get some time from Jaker. Hold on."
With that Konis walked away to Jaker and Hige turned around to Kiba. "Told you he could help us."
"He may have helped us this once but I still don't trust him."
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The three wolves and human all walked in a uneven line as Konis lead them to where he claimed he had a place where they could stay. Hige followed Konis with Kiba behind him and Toboe to follow them all. None of them really talked at all accept for a small word 'ow' when one of them tripped on a twig or stone that lay in the dirt path. It actually was a peaceful walk in the suburb part of the city. They still hadn't gone beyond the city limits even though it was mostly shrubs and trees in the area.
Konis kept very quite as he walked through the path. He seemed to be thinking deep about something. He kept to himself not getting near anyone and kept very distant. He never stopped once even when he tripped or stubbed his toe on a rock he never saw. Most of them blended in with the light brown dirt making it hard to see any of them.
Hige felt Kiba's anger around him. He knew he hated humans and every aspect about them. But he had to trust Konis. It depended on their lives. If they stayed in the woods they would surely be caught and if they stayed in the city they would be caught there. But they couldn't just leave. If they did Tsume would be left behind. Possibly even killed. Hige didn't know how Tsume was doing, if he was being tortured or if he escaped. He may even be kept fine and not hurt at all. But no matter what his state was they had to get him back even if it cost their lives. Hige really hoped he wasn't hurt though. He would definitely feel terrible then.
Poor Toboe. He too kept quite. He seemed all fine on the outside and all, but on the inside everyone could tell he was worried sick. He was just trying to be tuff even though Tsume wasn't here. He possibly would even be trying to act tuff for Tsume. So that when he came back everyone could say that Toboe never shed a tear. Well at least when they were around.
Konis finally stopped and kept his eyes on a small little place. He glanced behind himself to make sure everyone was with him. Then he cut off the path and headed through tall grass and thorn bushes. He headed for an area that was surrounded with trees and was all shaded on the inside. If you looked at it you would be afraid to even go near it. You couldn't see inside it so nobody would be sure if it was safe or not.
Konis kept walking towards it that made everyone feel that it wasn't harmed in any way possible. Hige still couldn't make eye contact with Konis whenever he looked back to check on them. Hige was starting to become worried at what made his friend so tense and quite. He wasn't like this back at the city. He only began to be like this when he got on the trail. Possibly he wasn't too sure about being alone with one person he knew and two he didn't way out in the woods. But knowing Konis it would be something serious.
"Here we are. I call this place 'The Grove.' Nobody knows about this place. I used to come here as a little kid." He stopped and swallowed and looked up to the sky. "I visited this place when my parents died. And when my brother got... violent." He looked back to everyone to see a worried look, frightened look and a glare.
Konis continued walking on until he reached the surrounding trees. He squeezed himself through the trees and was followed by everyone else who was doing the same thing. It surely was dense. Kiba and Hige were hoping that the whole place wasn't like this. Toboe just hoped he wouldn't be hurt. But what they saw made them have wide mouths as they stood in awe. The trees and bushed finally stopped and then became fresh green grass. Inside was a huge area with a clear pond and some trees beside it. It was a beautiful place like nobody had ever seen. In the pond were some coy swimming gracefully and every once and a while was a turtle sitting on a rock. "What do you think?"
"It's beautiful!" Toboe said with delight. "I've never seen a place so magical." He breathed.
"Yeah," Hige agreed. Everything was perfect. It seemed, as this place was Paradise except for the fact there weren't any flowers. But everything else was perfect. This place was like a giant wonderland nobody had ever seen.
Kiba stood amazed at the sight at what he was looking at. He didn't expect it to be like this. He looked at Konis who had a sad look on his face like something terrible had happened to him and this was his home. Maybe he wasn't such a bad human after all. But, he couldn't be trusted.
"This is where I would go. It seemed as if this place was my only hope to getting away from everyone and everything. When my parents died, this was the place I turned to. I didn't have anyone to turn to. My brother never cared and I never met anyone else. I was alone in the world." He turned with his back facing them. "Well, I better go back home now. Have fun you guys."
Hige turned to Konis. "Konis! I'll come with you." Konis nodded and they both headed out of the trees. After reaching the outside Hige began to talk. "It's a beautiful place. I never imagined it to be like that." Konis only nodded and looked away. "Is something wrong?"
Konis swallowed then started to speak. "My whole entire childhood I lived in fear. My parents were killed when I was young and my brother hated me. I ran away one day after my parents died. My brother also beat me to get his anger out that same day. I ran and ran and just never stopped. I saw that bunch of trees back there and decided I wanted to die in there. Alone. When I walked inside I couldn't believe it. Everything was so beautiful, like my mother. And it had the same protectiveness surrounding it, like my father. It just had the peace I had been looking for all the time, like the life I wanted. But nothing turned out the way I wanted it." Konis looked over to Hige then looked away again. "I don't want to die. I love life. Life is something I never understood until I met you."
"Me? How did I make you understand it?"
"You and your brothers have been traveling your whole life. You're not like a human. Whenever I see you I feel like there is something missing to you that I can't understand. Don't get me wrong when I say this, but there is something more to you that the bare eye can't see. Not even I can see it."
Did he know?! Hige began to worry as he thought about it Konis knew. But he said he couldn't see it. "Yeah but how did that make you understand life?"
"I don't know really. But it gave me the thought that there is more to something even when you can't see it. So I know my life isn't meant to be over yet. I need to keep living and put my past behind me for now and live life. Live life and learn from it." He stopped and sighed, "That's what my parents would tell me. But if I figure out my life it may work out instead of just ruining it. I've heard Jaker say this but he used to say, 'Suicide is a permanent answer for a temporary problem.'"
"I see." Hige said quietly. He didn't really understand too much of what he was saying. But he figured that whatever Konis was saying was more important then he really thought. Konis had wanted to die at a time in his life. Now he didn't because Hige met him. Hige felt somewhat good that he helped someone but at the same time he felt weird. Konis could sense something about him even though he couldn't see it. That was the only reason why he understood life. It was kind of weird, but it made somewhat sense.
For the rest of the walk back to the city, they both didn't talk and didn't make eye contact. Hige still tripped over rocks and stuff but Konis kept his eyes locked on the dirt floor and watched out for anything to trip on. As Hige was walking, he looked up to two birds flying and didn't realize the half buried rock in the path. This time when he tripped he fell to the earth's floor with a loud 'thud!' Konis looked down and smirked. Hige only grumbled and stood up. "If Kiba or Tsume saw that they would bug me about that for the rest of time."
Konis laughed alittle then said, "Kiba looked alittle I don't know, mad about something." Hige picked himself up and looked at Konis thinking of what to say that wouldn't seem like his other bonehead ideas.
"I guess he was alittle tired. He didn't get much sleep and Toboe was crying all night because he was scared. It got really annoying after a while." Hige stopped and wondered if that would pull off the trick of what Konis was wondering. "That or I think his hair is getting to him. I keep telling him he has to do something with it."
Konis smirked once again then said, "Look who's talking. Your hair is all over the place."
"Hey! It's not all over the place... it's just... poofy. Besides, mine looks much better then his."
"I don't know. I'm still trying to debate whether your hair is light red or light brown. It's all too confusing."
Hige knew Konis was cheering up and took his chance to make him happier when he was beginning to be. As quick as he could he rammed his body into Konis and pushed him off the trail and into a ditch. Konis was filled with shock as he went airborne and landed on the ground without a sound. He lay still for a second or so then looked up a laughing Hige. Konis jumped up laughing too and climbed the ditch. Knowing he had to get revenge, he shoved his body into Hige's stomach and they both went flying down the other side of the road and into another ditch.
Both tumbling down the small hill, they rambled on to try and get the other person off. None of them were making progress and they finally came to a stop, which sent Hige off Konis. Hige didn't have time to get up and Konis took his advantage and jumped on Hige to keep him from getting up. Hige struggled as Konis's body weight held him down. He almost wanted to loose the illusion and go to wolf but he knew Konis would be rather freaked out. Keeping the illusion, he pushed Konis off him with all his strength and held him down. Hige grabbed one of Konis's swinging fists but missed the other one, which flew into his face by pure accident. Flying off of Konis, Hige landed next to him and they both paused.
"Sorry Hige!" Konis said jumping up. He hadn't meant to hit him as he did. He meant to push him off but yeah. Hige lay still for a second and stared up to the sky. He heard Konis yell sorry but he was still in shock about being hit. "Hige?"
Looking over to Konis, Hige finally scooted his body up. "It's alright. We'd better get to the city." Well, at least he got Konis happy.
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Konis walked inside his house and sighed. It was pitch black on the inside and he couldn't see a thing. Hige and him split up in the city long ago and he just had arrived to his house. The walk was long getting there and back but it was worth it. Plus, it was better then selling hotdogs and stuff.
Walking through the dark house, Konis entered the hallway of the dinning room and leaned on the wall frame. Reaching his hand over to a light switch he flipped it one. "Hello Konis."
Konis jumped up in shock and fell on his back. There at the table sat his older brother looking at him with intense cold eyes. Konis was filled with fear as he looked into those same eyes that ruined his life. "W-what are you doing here?"
Shnown chuckled then stood up. "I thought I would come home to see my little brother. Isn't that what you want?" Shnown walked over to Konis and stood infront of him. Konis scooted back until his back touched the wall. "What's wrong Konis?" He chuckled and reached down to help Konis up.
"Get away!" Konis pushed his hand away and tried to get up and run. Shnown was too quick and reached for Konis's neck and shoved him up against the wall. Konis coughed as his brother applied pressure to his throat.
"Now, if you behave I won't hurt you. Agreed?" Konis looked into his brother's eyes and debated what to do. He didn't want to help his brother but at the same time he knew his brother would kill him if he didn't. He was already running out of air and his brother applied more pressure.
"Okay," He coughed.
"Now that's the spirit." Shnown released Konis's neck and watch him fall to the floor chocking to get air. He waited for him to regain himself before he began talking. "Now that you agreed to help me, I need you to tell me something." Konis looked up into his eyes and waited for what he had to say. His brother just like him had brown hair but it wasn't curly. They looked exactly alike except for the height, build and eyes. Konis hated him. Hated him for everything he had ever done. "I saw you with another boy today. Actually three. One was wearing a yellow coat. Do you know what I am saying?"
Konis wasn't sure where he was leading and why he would want to know about Hige, Kiba and Toboe. He was a wolf hunter. Why would he have anything to do with humans? "Yes. But what do you want—,"
"Hold on. It's none of your business to know what I want with them. But tell me, where are they at? I need to know."
Konis looked into his eyes debating weather to trust him or not. He could just want to talk to them, but this was Shnown we are talking about. Shnown has no peace in his life. Everything seemed to be a war to him. Whatever he wanted with them it wouldn't be peace. "Forget it."
"Now wait a minute. I thought we had a deal. You were going to help me." He pushed his hand up to Konis's throat again. Konis knew there was no way out of it now. He couldn't tell him where they were. If he did they surely would be hurt or worse. Shnown meant no good. No matter what, he couldn't tell him. Even if it would take his life away. Choking and coughing, Konis tried desperately to not fall into consciousness. "No wait, this isn't any fun." He released Konis and stepped back.
Konis looked up at his brother to see what was happening. Why would he just let go? Konis started to think that it was all over before he got hit in the fast with his brother's fist. He could see his brother swing to hit him again but Konis hid his face in his arms and felt the pain of plenty more hits come at him again. This really wasn't what he expected when he would get home. Konis waited for what seemed like forever for the hits to finally stop. After they did, his whole body was in pain. He listened to his brother's footsteps walking away meaning he was done with his torment. Konis just lay in the doorway not wanting to move fearing Shnown would come back.
Whatever Shnown wanted with Hige and the others, he wasn't going to get it. And he wasn't going to find out where they were staying, well at least not from his mouth.
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Hey that's all for now! Tell me what you think about this chapter. And this isn't so I get more reviews. It's so I can understand what my readers are thinking and what I need to change in my style of writing and what really sucks about my writing. And if you do tell me, don't worry I won't chew you out or whatever, I just want to know so I can hopefully become a better writer. Thanx!
WARNING! This chapter contains some ABUSE so don't flame me about that unless you're telling me something about it that sucks or whatever. But I just want you to know so it doesn't come to shock for some readers.
I usually don't post this soon after just adding a chapter but I can't help it because I just want to post so many chapters and get this story done because I'm really exited to write the end!
Well have fun reading this chapter of the story!
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Hige walked into the main street of the city glancing at the faces of people trying to see if they were looking at him. It seemed as though the time he stepped into the street people were watching his every step. Like he was sticking out o the crown somehow. He couldn't lock eyes with any people in the street meaning he wasn't being watched. At least by any people he could see.
Listening with his ears sharp, he could slightly very slightly hear a bell ringing in the distances that lead further into the city. Hige looked back and saw Kiba with an angry look on his face. He didn't trust any human what so ever. It didn't matter if it depended on his life or not. He just plainly didn't trust them. Toboe still looked sad about Tsume. Hige never knew if they would find him or not, he didn't even know where he was. But he knew, that he would risk his life to get him back. At least get him back for the sake of Toboe.
Hige still had the feeling he was being watched. Somewhere, someone had his or her eyes on him. And this just wasn't a feeling he had at the top of his mind it was real. Hige searched the top of some building with his eyes, looking for any person. Still, he didn't see anyone. It was really starting to bug him now. He was just about to ask Kiba if he felt it too, but instead he got distracted. Infront of him was Konis and Jaker selling out another deal to a customer. Konis looked bored while Jaker and the customer were laughing loudly.
Konis glanced over to where Hige was and smiled. He received a smile from Hige as he walked over to Konis. Hige glanced back at Toboe and Kiba who both had their eyes on Konis studying him to see if he really was a trusting person or not.
Hige finally reached Konis and stood infront of him with Kiba and Toboe on both sides of him. "Hey what's going on?" Hige asked.
"Uhhh, nothun' much." He glanced over at Jaker who was still laughing loudly about the customer. He shrugged and turned back to Hige. He gave an unsteady glance at Toboe and Kiba then looked back to Hige with a look that he needed answers.
Hige gave a weird look back wondering what he was so unsteady about then realized Toboe and Kiba were here. "Oh, Konis, this is Kiba my older brother and this is Toboe the annoying one I told you about." Hige glanced down at Toboe to see him glaring at him.
Konis gave an ,'oh' look and glanced at Kiba who was giving a sort of angry look at him. He looked at him for a second then decided to ignore him and he looked back at Hige who was still receiving glares from Toboe. "Where's your other brother at?"
Hige looked back to Konis thinking of what to say, "He's... lost." He only got two 'what-the-hell,' looks and one confused look.
"He got lost in this city?" Hige looked at Konis alittle worried about what he was asking. True, someone could get lost in this city but what were the chances of it being Tsume. Hige had explained Tsume as a strong person and all that stuff. But with him being lost in this city made Konis wonder who he really was. Hige just kind of gave Konis a hopeful look as he wondered if he would believe him.
"Off topic," Hige finally said. Hige stepped forward halfway infront of Toboe as he continued what he had to say. "We were all kind of wondering if you could find a place for us to stay. I mean, we don't know the city and you know it, and well, our last home got torched by accident." Hige gave half a smile as he waited for what Konis had to say. "Oh and a place where we're out of sight and a private place. You know, just to teach Tsume a lesson as he tries to find us."
Konis gave him an odd look as he wondered what to say. He sighed a few times still thinking if it was worth it and if he really did know a place where they could stay. After standing still thinking about what to do, Konis finally moved his head in a response and then looked back to Hige. "Yeah, I know a place. Follow me. I'm sure I could get some time from Jaker. Hold on."
With that Konis walked away to Jaker and Hige turned around to Kiba. "Told you he could help us."
"He may have helped us this once but I still don't trust him."
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The three wolves and human all walked in a uneven line as Konis lead them to where he claimed he had a place where they could stay. Hige followed Konis with Kiba behind him and Toboe to follow them all. None of them really talked at all accept for a small word 'ow' when one of them tripped on a twig or stone that lay in the dirt path. It actually was a peaceful walk in the suburb part of the city. They still hadn't gone beyond the city limits even though it was mostly shrubs and trees in the area.
Konis kept very quite as he walked through the path. He seemed to be thinking deep about something. He kept to himself not getting near anyone and kept very distant. He never stopped once even when he tripped or stubbed his toe on a rock he never saw. Most of them blended in with the light brown dirt making it hard to see any of them.
Hige felt Kiba's anger around him. He knew he hated humans and every aspect about them. But he had to trust Konis. It depended on their lives. If they stayed in the woods they would surely be caught and if they stayed in the city they would be caught there. But they couldn't just leave. If they did Tsume would be left behind. Possibly even killed. Hige didn't know how Tsume was doing, if he was being tortured or if he escaped. He may even be kept fine and not hurt at all. But no matter what his state was they had to get him back even if it cost their lives. Hige really hoped he wasn't hurt though. He would definitely feel terrible then.
Poor Toboe. He too kept quite. He seemed all fine on the outside and all, but on the inside everyone could tell he was worried sick. He was just trying to be tuff even though Tsume wasn't here. He possibly would even be trying to act tuff for Tsume. So that when he came back everyone could say that Toboe never shed a tear. Well at least when they were around.
Konis finally stopped and kept his eyes on a small little place. He glanced behind himself to make sure everyone was with him. Then he cut off the path and headed through tall grass and thorn bushes. He headed for an area that was surrounded with trees and was all shaded on the inside. If you looked at it you would be afraid to even go near it. You couldn't see inside it so nobody would be sure if it was safe or not.
Konis kept walking towards it that made everyone feel that it wasn't harmed in any way possible. Hige still couldn't make eye contact with Konis whenever he looked back to check on them. Hige was starting to become worried at what made his friend so tense and quite. He wasn't like this back at the city. He only began to be like this when he got on the trail. Possibly he wasn't too sure about being alone with one person he knew and two he didn't way out in the woods. But knowing Konis it would be something serious.
"Here we are. I call this place 'The Grove.' Nobody knows about this place. I used to come here as a little kid." He stopped and swallowed and looked up to the sky. "I visited this place when my parents died. And when my brother got... violent." He looked back to everyone to see a worried look, frightened look and a glare.
Konis continued walking on until he reached the surrounding trees. He squeezed himself through the trees and was followed by everyone else who was doing the same thing. It surely was dense. Kiba and Hige were hoping that the whole place wasn't like this. Toboe just hoped he wouldn't be hurt. But what they saw made them have wide mouths as they stood in awe. The trees and bushed finally stopped and then became fresh green grass. Inside was a huge area with a clear pond and some trees beside it. It was a beautiful place like nobody had ever seen. In the pond were some coy swimming gracefully and every once and a while was a turtle sitting on a rock. "What do you think?"
"It's beautiful!" Toboe said with delight. "I've never seen a place so magical." He breathed.
"Yeah," Hige agreed. Everything was perfect. It seemed, as this place was Paradise except for the fact there weren't any flowers. But everything else was perfect. This place was like a giant wonderland nobody had ever seen.
Kiba stood amazed at the sight at what he was looking at. He didn't expect it to be like this. He looked at Konis who had a sad look on his face like something terrible had happened to him and this was his home. Maybe he wasn't such a bad human after all. But, he couldn't be trusted.
"This is where I would go. It seemed as if this place was my only hope to getting away from everyone and everything. When my parents died, this was the place I turned to. I didn't have anyone to turn to. My brother never cared and I never met anyone else. I was alone in the world." He turned with his back facing them. "Well, I better go back home now. Have fun you guys."
Hige turned to Konis. "Konis! I'll come with you." Konis nodded and they both headed out of the trees. After reaching the outside Hige began to talk. "It's a beautiful place. I never imagined it to be like that." Konis only nodded and looked away. "Is something wrong?"
Konis swallowed then started to speak. "My whole entire childhood I lived in fear. My parents were killed when I was young and my brother hated me. I ran away one day after my parents died. My brother also beat me to get his anger out that same day. I ran and ran and just never stopped. I saw that bunch of trees back there and decided I wanted to die in there. Alone. When I walked inside I couldn't believe it. Everything was so beautiful, like my mother. And it had the same protectiveness surrounding it, like my father. It just had the peace I had been looking for all the time, like the life I wanted. But nothing turned out the way I wanted it." Konis looked over to Hige then looked away again. "I don't want to die. I love life. Life is something I never understood until I met you."
"Me? How did I make you understand it?"
"You and your brothers have been traveling your whole life. You're not like a human. Whenever I see you I feel like there is something missing to you that I can't understand. Don't get me wrong when I say this, but there is something more to you that the bare eye can't see. Not even I can see it."
Did he know?! Hige began to worry as he thought about it Konis knew. But he said he couldn't see it. "Yeah but how did that make you understand life?"
"I don't know really. But it gave me the thought that there is more to something even when you can't see it. So I know my life isn't meant to be over yet. I need to keep living and put my past behind me for now and live life. Live life and learn from it." He stopped and sighed, "That's what my parents would tell me. But if I figure out my life it may work out instead of just ruining it. I've heard Jaker say this but he used to say, 'Suicide is a permanent answer for a temporary problem.'"
"I see." Hige said quietly. He didn't really understand too much of what he was saying. But he figured that whatever Konis was saying was more important then he really thought. Konis had wanted to die at a time in his life. Now he didn't because Hige met him. Hige felt somewhat good that he helped someone but at the same time he felt weird. Konis could sense something about him even though he couldn't see it. That was the only reason why he understood life. It was kind of weird, but it made somewhat sense.
For the rest of the walk back to the city, they both didn't talk and didn't make eye contact. Hige still tripped over rocks and stuff but Konis kept his eyes locked on the dirt floor and watched out for anything to trip on. As Hige was walking, he looked up to two birds flying and didn't realize the half buried rock in the path. This time when he tripped he fell to the earth's floor with a loud 'thud!' Konis looked down and smirked. Hige only grumbled and stood up. "If Kiba or Tsume saw that they would bug me about that for the rest of time."
Konis laughed alittle then said, "Kiba looked alittle I don't know, mad about something." Hige picked himself up and looked at Konis thinking of what to say that wouldn't seem like his other bonehead ideas.
"I guess he was alittle tired. He didn't get much sleep and Toboe was crying all night because he was scared. It got really annoying after a while." Hige stopped and wondered if that would pull off the trick of what Konis was wondering. "That or I think his hair is getting to him. I keep telling him he has to do something with it."
Konis smirked once again then said, "Look who's talking. Your hair is all over the place."
"Hey! It's not all over the place... it's just... poofy. Besides, mine looks much better then his."
"I don't know. I'm still trying to debate whether your hair is light red or light brown. It's all too confusing."
Hige knew Konis was cheering up and took his chance to make him happier when he was beginning to be. As quick as he could he rammed his body into Konis and pushed him off the trail and into a ditch. Konis was filled with shock as he went airborne and landed on the ground without a sound. He lay still for a second or so then looked up a laughing Hige. Konis jumped up laughing too and climbed the ditch. Knowing he had to get revenge, he shoved his body into Hige's stomach and they both went flying down the other side of the road and into another ditch.
Both tumbling down the small hill, they rambled on to try and get the other person off. None of them were making progress and they finally came to a stop, which sent Hige off Konis. Hige didn't have time to get up and Konis took his advantage and jumped on Hige to keep him from getting up. Hige struggled as Konis's body weight held him down. He almost wanted to loose the illusion and go to wolf but he knew Konis would be rather freaked out. Keeping the illusion, he pushed Konis off him with all his strength and held him down. Hige grabbed one of Konis's swinging fists but missed the other one, which flew into his face by pure accident. Flying off of Konis, Hige landed next to him and they both paused.
"Sorry Hige!" Konis said jumping up. He hadn't meant to hit him as he did. He meant to push him off but yeah. Hige lay still for a second and stared up to the sky. He heard Konis yell sorry but he was still in shock about being hit. "Hige?"
Looking over to Konis, Hige finally scooted his body up. "It's alright. We'd better get to the city." Well, at least he got Konis happy.
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Konis walked inside his house and sighed. It was pitch black on the inside and he couldn't see a thing. Hige and him split up in the city long ago and he just had arrived to his house. The walk was long getting there and back but it was worth it. Plus, it was better then selling hotdogs and stuff.
Walking through the dark house, Konis entered the hallway of the dinning room and leaned on the wall frame. Reaching his hand over to a light switch he flipped it one. "Hello Konis."
Konis jumped up in shock and fell on his back. There at the table sat his older brother looking at him with intense cold eyes. Konis was filled with fear as he looked into those same eyes that ruined his life. "W-what are you doing here?"
Shnown chuckled then stood up. "I thought I would come home to see my little brother. Isn't that what you want?" Shnown walked over to Konis and stood infront of him. Konis scooted back until his back touched the wall. "What's wrong Konis?" He chuckled and reached down to help Konis up.
"Get away!" Konis pushed his hand away and tried to get up and run. Shnown was too quick and reached for Konis's neck and shoved him up against the wall. Konis coughed as his brother applied pressure to his throat.
"Now, if you behave I won't hurt you. Agreed?" Konis looked into his brother's eyes and debated what to do. He didn't want to help his brother but at the same time he knew his brother would kill him if he didn't. He was already running out of air and his brother applied more pressure.
"Okay," He coughed.
"Now that's the spirit." Shnown released Konis's neck and watch him fall to the floor chocking to get air. He waited for him to regain himself before he began talking. "Now that you agreed to help me, I need you to tell me something." Konis looked up into his eyes and waited for what he had to say. His brother just like him had brown hair but it wasn't curly. They looked exactly alike except for the height, build and eyes. Konis hated him. Hated him for everything he had ever done. "I saw you with another boy today. Actually three. One was wearing a yellow coat. Do you know what I am saying?"
Konis wasn't sure where he was leading and why he would want to know about Hige, Kiba and Toboe. He was a wolf hunter. Why would he have anything to do with humans? "Yes. But what do you want—,"
"Hold on. It's none of your business to know what I want with them. But tell me, where are they at? I need to know."
Konis looked into his eyes debating weather to trust him or not. He could just want to talk to them, but this was Shnown we are talking about. Shnown has no peace in his life. Everything seemed to be a war to him. Whatever he wanted with them it wouldn't be peace. "Forget it."
"Now wait a minute. I thought we had a deal. You were going to help me." He pushed his hand up to Konis's throat again. Konis knew there was no way out of it now. He couldn't tell him where they were. If he did they surely would be hurt or worse. Shnown meant no good. No matter what, he couldn't tell him. Even if it would take his life away. Choking and coughing, Konis tried desperately to not fall into consciousness. "No wait, this isn't any fun." He released Konis and stepped back.
Konis looked up at his brother to see what was happening. Why would he just let go? Konis started to think that it was all over before he got hit in the fast with his brother's fist. He could see his brother swing to hit him again but Konis hid his face in his arms and felt the pain of plenty more hits come at him again. This really wasn't what he expected when he would get home. Konis waited for what seemed like forever for the hits to finally stop. After they did, his whole body was in pain. He listened to his brother's footsteps walking away meaning he was done with his torment. Konis just lay in the doorway not wanting to move fearing Shnown would come back.
Whatever Shnown wanted with Hige and the others, he wasn't going to get it. And he wasn't going to find out where they were staying, well at least not from his mouth.
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Hey that's all for now! Tell me what you think about this chapter. And this isn't so I get more reviews. It's so I can understand what my readers are thinking and what I need to change in my style of writing and what really sucks about my writing. And if you do tell me, don't worry I won't chew you out or whatever, I just want to know so I can hopefully become a better writer. Thanx!