A/N: Well, for some strange reason, everyone seems to like this ficcie of
mine. ;; Weird....anyway here is another chapter for your liking. Hope
you do like it. Review please.
Oh, and someone got upset because Toboe-chan chickened out. Umm...he probably wouldn't survive it to tell the truth. He's so tiny and not all that strong yet. Anyway, you'll find out why in this chapter why I didn't make him go. It'll be obvious when you start reading. Ja ne.
IIIII (Kiba POV)
Though my body ached, my heart ached more and more as I thought of the possibilities of what Toboe was going through as we ran across the rocky and sandy path. My paws began to throb because of pebbles digging into my pads. But that would only be an itch to what Toboe would be going through. Hopefully nothing to serious happened to him. I'll probably have to hold Hige and Tsume back from killing those guys that hurt Toboe. As much as I would love to see them dead, knowing Toboe, he won't want to see any more death than he already has. He still is a pup. It's our duty to protect him. I hope that he'll forgive us for not helping him earlier. I'm just worried about him. He's so young...
I look over to see Tsume who has suddenly stopped dead in his tracks. Hige, who had been right behind me, slid into me. We both fell down onto the rocks. Tsume had started sniffing the air. At first I thought he was smelling food. This is no time for food, Tsume! Then I really thought about it and realized that if it had been food it would have been Hige who stopped, not Tsume. Finally, I sniffed the air too, I realized what he was smelling. It was faint, really faint, but it was there.
The scent of Toboe was traveling somewhere nearby. It was coming towards us but the scent stayed faint. Sadly, it couldn't be Toboe, but someone had obviously been near him enough to smell like him.
We just stood there in our human forms, not wanting anyone to see us in our wolf forms, waiting around for whomever was coming our way. We could hear the cries and whines of wolves. One of them was howling into the night. That alerted us right away. The three of us started running towards where the noises were coming from. I begged for Toboe to be there. By some chance, be there, be okay, don't be hurt, be okay Toboe, be okay! Without you this group really is nothing!
Sadly enough, it wasn't him. I was just hoping what was happening in front of me was just a simple illusion. That I didn't really see what was happening. The others were just as pissed off as me. What we saw stopped us in our tracks in shock. Roi, that bastard who had taken Toboe, was whipping another wolf that was lying defenseless on the ground. All of the others were growling, trying to get out of their harnesses to attack them, but he just whipped at them too so none of them had the guts to dare to attack him. Except one. A brown she-wolf. She was the one who had been howling. Probably to get someone to notice them. Well, we were here now, and we won't let him hurt anymore of these wolves. Besides, he'll know where Toboe is. And if he is reluctant to say I know one angry leather wearing man that would be more than happy to make him talk.
"That..." Hige started swearing under his breath.
"He's that ass that took Toboe. I'll tear off his limbs and then rip his heart out nice and slow if he has hurt him," Tsume threatened, his teeth gritted. He was obviously pissed off.
Hige turned to Tsume. "Your leg. You can't fight with it."
"What about your hand?" he hissed back.
I turned around "You should get the bullet out. Not sure how but you'll find a way. It'll hurt but it'll make it easier to fight without it giving out in the middle of something."
And then I remember, that's right, Hige's hand was still hurt and Tsume couldn't really do all that much with his leg like that. It must be really hurting with all of the running he was doing. The bullet was still inside. If he wanted to be of any help he would have to get it out like Hige bit his out.
"You two, stay here, I'll stop this," I said, turning into a wolf. I didn't even wait for their reply and I started running at the wolves.
IIIII (Toboe POV)
Even if it was late at night I couldn't go to sleep. No matter how hard I tried. My mind wondered off into other thoughts. Like, how the others were. If I really should have went instead of Tanis, I mean, I would have gotten it out, but she seemed so determined to do that herself. I'm not so sure anymore. My mind is abused right now. Confused until no end. My body was crying out at me for it to be treated properly. Kuro did a decent job but my body hated itself. I felt like my skin was going to be ripped apart so I didn't dare move for if I did my back pain would double by a hundred. Why couldn't I be more strong? Why couldn't I be more like Tsume?
I looked over to Kuro who's awoken up. It's midnight and he went back to bed at seven. Good. Atleast someone's getting sleep. I'm loosing sleep because my head won't turn off, it keeps on worrying itself. I'm so scared. I'm hungry but I'm afraid to eat because I'll throw it up. Though, I am doing my best to be brave, atleast I haven't done anything stupid to get out. I know that they'll come for me. Then I'll get my revenge. I'll get all of these baby wolves out of here. Then my family and pack will be together once again. But...where will everyone go? What about Kuro? He doesn't have any family. Tanis has an imouto but she has no clue where she is. If she's alive or not. If I had a family member I would look for them too, but Tanis, she probably couldn't survive out there on her own. Niether could Kuro.
Kuro asked me, all of a sudden, "Toboe? You look pretty pale in the face. Are you feeling okay?"
"I-I'm okay," I lied. I didn't want to seem like more of a whimp than I already put on. It's pathetic. This is so embarrassing, unable to move, stuck on my stomach. He frowned his eyebrows while giving me that look of 'I know your lying'. "Kuro....it's just that...."
"You feel guilty?"
"Yeah."
"And you want to see your pack again?"
"Sure enough."
"And your in pain. Aren't you?"
"How could you tell?" I asked as he towered over me. He sat me up, I crunched in pain as my back screamed in agony. The lashes burned so badly that I wanted to lay back down but he wouldn't let me. "Please...let me lay back down...please...owww..."
"I know, it hurts, but be patient. I'll put peroxide on it. That'll kill all of the germs that are in your wounds," Kuro explained as he took it out of his back. I began to take off my shirt slowly so the fabric wouldn't touch my sore back. "Toboe-kun? I want you to be quiet. I'll be truthful, this will hurt, a lot. But you can't yell. Okay? Fujii-san will here you and come in here. If he finds out that I'm treating your wounds without permission he'll hurt us both."
I nodded and prepared myself for it. I thought to myself (I won't be afraid. I won't be afraid. I won't be afraid. I'm not going to yell. It's okay, Toboe, it's okay)
The pain hit like your flesh really was being ripped off of your skin. I clenched my teeth and tried not to cry out in pain. It was all at once, he said that was the only way to get it all out, it seemed like it would never end to me. But actually it was only a minute and thirty seconds. I sighed as it began to dull down. He rubbed my back with a towel.
"A fine job, Toboe-kun," Kuro congratulated me. I smirked at him slightly. "I'm sorry about trying to give you a guilt trip earlier. I knew that Tanis-san would want to go no matter what. We could tie that girl down and she would still manage a way to go. That's just the way she is."
"Yeah..."
"What's your pack like?"
"Hmmm..." I thought to myself. What to describe them like. I never really thought about it all that much. "Well, there's Kiba. He's the serious one. The leader. He always knows what to do, how to do it, and he's the one that's leading us to find paradise."
"What's paradise?" asked Kuro, cluelessly.
I was shocked. "Are you serious, Kuro-chan? I thought every wolf knew what paradise was."
"No. I don't."
"It's supposed to an amazing place! With flowers as far as the eye can see. Where everything's perfect. That's what I imagined it to be like. My Granny would be there. Everyone that I love and care about would also come along with me. That would include everyone here of course."
"Cool!"
Then I continued on with my descriptions. "Hige's the one who's always hungry or chasing after girls. He's the playful older brother type."
"Sounds like Ayakato."
"My favorite though is Tsume! He's so cool! He's tough, rough, and kicks butt. He's really not all that chatty, likes to keep his distance, but I think that with us he's growing out of it, little by little. I'm not really all that sure why but he seems to not like Kiba or Hige all that much but sticks around. I hope that he does. They're like my family. Really, the only family that I've ever had."
I just sighed. And I want that family back...
IIIII (Narrator POV)
The white wolf dashed gracefully at Roi whom, by stupidity, had just stood their in pure fear. He didn't have much time to move when Kiba bit him in the arm, making him drop the whip. Roi hit Kiba down to the ground but the white wolf wouldn't be hurt that easily. He sprung up and aimed for his jugular. This way, Toboe would never be hurt again. But he just bit him on the shoulder thinking that would suffice in enough pain. The man cried out and fell to the ground, blood dripping from his bite wounds.
Meanwhile, Hige and Tsume had let all of the wolves out of the harnesses. Most of them ran free. Freedom. That's what they wanted all along and they weren't going to give it up now. But they wouldn't let that one that smelled most like Toboe leave because she would lead them to him. Tanis felt the same way. It was faint but she could also smell the Toboe on them. This had to be his family/pack. They seemed to be able to smell the Toboe on her too. She turned into her human form and immediately went over to Roi and looked over his wounds. She took out some bandages from the box of which hung over the side of the sled and started treating his bites.
The others raised eyebrows at this. Why was she trying to help him? Wasn't this the guy who hurt them and her friends so many times before?"
Kiba transformed and asked "What are you doing?"
"I'm helping him," she replied.
The three closed in. Tsume continued with the questions "Lets put it this way. WHY are you helping him? Isn't he the one that hurt all of you?"
"Yes," she nodded.
"Then why help him?!" the wolf shouted.
"Because, even if we killed him, it wouldn't bring back Everen-san back to us," she explained. Tanis just wrapped his bites, making sure that none of them were bleeding excessively. "My best friend Everen-san was killed in this pack by those bastards. But I know that she wouldn't want me to kill them just to avenge her. No one has the right to decided who lives and who dies."
"Riiiiighhhttt..." Hige said, scratching his head in confusion.
"Anyway, you have to know Toboe," Kiba came in to the important stuff. "Where is he?"
"Then it is true! You are his pack! Good, good!" Tanis jumped around for joy. She shook their hands saying "Hi, I'm Tanis, a recovering sugar- holic. But nevermind my hyperness! Let's just get out of here and go save Toboe! Alright!"
All of them were stunned by her sudden change of moods.
Hige asked to Tsume "Do you think she's mentally unstable? Toboe does have a way of finding these weirdoes."
"What? You calling us weirdoes now?" Tsume questioned.
"No, just you."
"The faster we run the faster we get there. Toboe needs you guys right now. So lets get going!" Tanis announced, pointing to the way of which she had came from.
Wanting to see Toboe, all of them changed into wolf form and ran along the path. Hopefully Toboe would be okay. Be unhurt. Because if he was....it was going to be hell.
IIIII
;;; I'm sorry this is so short. I needed a short chapter though. Ummm...I'm sorry. It sucked, didn't it? Well, review please... T.T Even if you didn't like it.
Oh, now you see why Toboe wasn't supposed to go. Tanis was supposed to meet up with them! If they found Toboe now it would just be to easy. I know, I'm evil to poor little Toboe. (huggles Toboe) (Gets hit by many of fan girls for hugging him) Owwww....
Oh, and someone got upset because Toboe-chan chickened out. Umm...he probably wouldn't survive it to tell the truth. He's so tiny and not all that strong yet. Anyway, you'll find out why in this chapter why I didn't make him go. It'll be obvious when you start reading. Ja ne.
IIIII (Kiba POV)
Though my body ached, my heart ached more and more as I thought of the possibilities of what Toboe was going through as we ran across the rocky and sandy path. My paws began to throb because of pebbles digging into my pads. But that would only be an itch to what Toboe would be going through. Hopefully nothing to serious happened to him. I'll probably have to hold Hige and Tsume back from killing those guys that hurt Toboe. As much as I would love to see them dead, knowing Toboe, he won't want to see any more death than he already has. He still is a pup. It's our duty to protect him. I hope that he'll forgive us for not helping him earlier. I'm just worried about him. He's so young...
I look over to see Tsume who has suddenly stopped dead in his tracks. Hige, who had been right behind me, slid into me. We both fell down onto the rocks. Tsume had started sniffing the air. At first I thought he was smelling food. This is no time for food, Tsume! Then I really thought about it and realized that if it had been food it would have been Hige who stopped, not Tsume. Finally, I sniffed the air too, I realized what he was smelling. It was faint, really faint, but it was there.
The scent of Toboe was traveling somewhere nearby. It was coming towards us but the scent stayed faint. Sadly, it couldn't be Toboe, but someone had obviously been near him enough to smell like him.
We just stood there in our human forms, not wanting anyone to see us in our wolf forms, waiting around for whomever was coming our way. We could hear the cries and whines of wolves. One of them was howling into the night. That alerted us right away. The three of us started running towards where the noises were coming from. I begged for Toboe to be there. By some chance, be there, be okay, don't be hurt, be okay Toboe, be okay! Without you this group really is nothing!
Sadly enough, it wasn't him. I was just hoping what was happening in front of me was just a simple illusion. That I didn't really see what was happening. The others were just as pissed off as me. What we saw stopped us in our tracks in shock. Roi, that bastard who had taken Toboe, was whipping another wolf that was lying defenseless on the ground. All of the others were growling, trying to get out of their harnesses to attack them, but he just whipped at them too so none of them had the guts to dare to attack him. Except one. A brown she-wolf. She was the one who had been howling. Probably to get someone to notice them. Well, we were here now, and we won't let him hurt anymore of these wolves. Besides, he'll know where Toboe is. And if he is reluctant to say I know one angry leather wearing man that would be more than happy to make him talk.
"That..." Hige started swearing under his breath.
"He's that ass that took Toboe. I'll tear off his limbs and then rip his heart out nice and slow if he has hurt him," Tsume threatened, his teeth gritted. He was obviously pissed off.
Hige turned to Tsume. "Your leg. You can't fight with it."
"What about your hand?" he hissed back.
I turned around "You should get the bullet out. Not sure how but you'll find a way. It'll hurt but it'll make it easier to fight without it giving out in the middle of something."
And then I remember, that's right, Hige's hand was still hurt and Tsume couldn't really do all that much with his leg like that. It must be really hurting with all of the running he was doing. The bullet was still inside. If he wanted to be of any help he would have to get it out like Hige bit his out.
"You two, stay here, I'll stop this," I said, turning into a wolf. I didn't even wait for their reply and I started running at the wolves.
IIIII (Toboe POV)
Even if it was late at night I couldn't go to sleep. No matter how hard I tried. My mind wondered off into other thoughts. Like, how the others were. If I really should have went instead of Tanis, I mean, I would have gotten it out, but she seemed so determined to do that herself. I'm not so sure anymore. My mind is abused right now. Confused until no end. My body was crying out at me for it to be treated properly. Kuro did a decent job but my body hated itself. I felt like my skin was going to be ripped apart so I didn't dare move for if I did my back pain would double by a hundred. Why couldn't I be more strong? Why couldn't I be more like Tsume?
I looked over to Kuro who's awoken up. It's midnight and he went back to bed at seven. Good. Atleast someone's getting sleep. I'm loosing sleep because my head won't turn off, it keeps on worrying itself. I'm so scared. I'm hungry but I'm afraid to eat because I'll throw it up. Though, I am doing my best to be brave, atleast I haven't done anything stupid to get out. I know that they'll come for me. Then I'll get my revenge. I'll get all of these baby wolves out of here. Then my family and pack will be together once again. But...where will everyone go? What about Kuro? He doesn't have any family. Tanis has an imouto but she has no clue where she is. If she's alive or not. If I had a family member I would look for them too, but Tanis, she probably couldn't survive out there on her own. Niether could Kuro.
Kuro asked me, all of a sudden, "Toboe? You look pretty pale in the face. Are you feeling okay?"
"I-I'm okay," I lied. I didn't want to seem like more of a whimp than I already put on. It's pathetic. This is so embarrassing, unable to move, stuck on my stomach. He frowned his eyebrows while giving me that look of 'I know your lying'. "Kuro....it's just that...."
"You feel guilty?"
"Yeah."
"And you want to see your pack again?"
"Sure enough."
"And your in pain. Aren't you?"
"How could you tell?" I asked as he towered over me. He sat me up, I crunched in pain as my back screamed in agony. The lashes burned so badly that I wanted to lay back down but he wouldn't let me. "Please...let me lay back down...please...owww..."
"I know, it hurts, but be patient. I'll put peroxide on it. That'll kill all of the germs that are in your wounds," Kuro explained as he took it out of his back. I began to take off my shirt slowly so the fabric wouldn't touch my sore back. "Toboe-kun? I want you to be quiet. I'll be truthful, this will hurt, a lot. But you can't yell. Okay? Fujii-san will here you and come in here. If he finds out that I'm treating your wounds without permission he'll hurt us both."
I nodded and prepared myself for it. I thought to myself (I won't be afraid. I won't be afraid. I won't be afraid. I'm not going to yell. It's okay, Toboe, it's okay)
The pain hit like your flesh really was being ripped off of your skin. I clenched my teeth and tried not to cry out in pain. It was all at once, he said that was the only way to get it all out, it seemed like it would never end to me. But actually it was only a minute and thirty seconds. I sighed as it began to dull down. He rubbed my back with a towel.
"A fine job, Toboe-kun," Kuro congratulated me. I smirked at him slightly. "I'm sorry about trying to give you a guilt trip earlier. I knew that Tanis-san would want to go no matter what. We could tie that girl down and she would still manage a way to go. That's just the way she is."
"Yeah..."
"What's your pack like?"
"Hmmm..." I thought to myself. What to describe them like. I never really thought about it all that much. "Well, there's Kiba. He's the serious one. The leader. He always knows what to do, how to do it, and he's the one that's leading us to find paradise."
"What's paradise?" asked Kuro, cluelessly.
I was shocked. "Are you serious, Kuro-chan? I thought every wolf knew what paradise was."
"No. I don't."
"It's supposed to an amazing place! With flowers as far as the eye can see. Where everything's perfect. That's what I imagined it to be like. My Granny would be there. Everyone that I love and care about would also come along with me. That would include everyone here of course."
"Cool!"
Then I continued on with my descriptions. "Hige's the one who's always hungry or chasing after girls. He's the playful older brother type."
"Sounds like Ayakato."
"My favorite though is Tsume! He's so cool! He's tough, rough, and kicks butt. He's really not all that chatty, likes to keep his distance, but I think that with us he's growing out of it, little by little. I'm not really all that sure why but he seems to not like Kiba or Hige all that much but sticks around. I hope that he does. They're like my family. Really, the only family that I've ever had."
I just sighed. And I want that family back...
IIIII (Narrator POV)
The white wolf dashed gracefully at Roi whom, by stupidity, had just stood their in pure fear. He didn't have much time to move when Kiba bit him in the arm, making him drop the whip. Roi hit Kiba down to the ground but the white wolf wouldn't be hurt that easily. He sprung up and aimed for his jugular. This way, Toboe would never be hurt again. But he just bit him on the shoulder thinking that would suffice in enough pain. The man cried out and fell to the ground, blood dripping from his bite wounds.
Meanwhile, Hige and Tsume had let all of the wolves out of the harnesses. Most of them ran free. Freedom. That's what they wanted all along and they weren't going to give it up now. But they wouldn't let that one that smelled most like Toboe leave because she would lead them to him. Tanis felt the same way. It was faint but she could also smell the Toboe on them. This had to be his family/pack. They seemed to be able to smell the Toboe on her too. She turned into her human form and immediately went over to Roi and looked over his wounds. She took out some bandages from the box of which hung over the side of the sled and started treating his bites.
The others raised eyebrows at this. Why was she trying to help him? Wasn't this the guy who hurt them and her friends so many times before?"
Kiba transformed and asked "What are you doing?"
"I'm helping him," she replied.
The three closed in. Tsume continued with the questions "Lets put it this way. WHY are you helping him? Isn't he the one that hurt all of you?"
"Yes," she nodded.
"Then why help him?!" the wolf shouted.
"Because, even if we killed him, it wouldn't bring back Everen-san back to us," she explained. Tanis just wrapped his bites, making sure that none of them were bleeding excessively. "My best friend Everen-san was killed in this pack by those bastards. But I know that she wouldn't want me to kill them just to avenge her. No one has the right to decided who lives and who dies."
"Riiiiighhhttt..." Hige said, scratching his head in confusion.
"Anyway, you have to know Toboe," Kiba came in to the important stuff. "Where is he?"
"Then it is true! You are his pack! Good, good!" Tanis jumped around for joy. She shook their hands saying "Hi, I'm Tanis, a recovering sugar- holic. But nevermind my hyperness! Let's just get out of here and go save Toboe! Alright!"
All of them were stunned by her sudden change of moods.
Hige asked to Tsume "Do you think she's mentally unstable? Toboe does have a way of finding these weirdoes."
"What? You calling us weirdoes now?" Tsume questioned.
"No, just you."
"The faster we run the faster we get there. Toboe needs you guys right now. So lets get going!" Tanis announced, pointing to the way of which she had came from.
Wanting to see Toboe, all of them changed into wolf form and ran along the path. Hopefully Toboe would be okay. Be unhurt. Because if he was....it was going to be hell.
IIIII
;;; I'm sorry this is so short. I needed a short chapter though. Ummm...I'm sorry. It sucked, didn't it? Well, review please... T.T Even if you didn't like it.
Oh, now you see why Toboe wasn't supposed to go. Tanis was supposed to meet up with them! If they found Toboe now it would just be to easy. I know, I'm evil to poor little Toboe. (huggles Toboe) (Gets hit by many of fan girls for hugging him) Owwww....