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Disclaimer: I don't own Wolf's Rain. If I did, I wouldn't be writing this story.
Wolf's Requiem
2 - Turquoise
::Kiba's POV::
She put a blanket over me earlier, before she went to sleep. Her mother told her that it was dangerous to keep the fire up while they slept, so they doused it. It's much later now; so late that it is early. I turn into my human form after a few hours of sleep folding the blanket and struggling to my feet. I stagger past the fireplace, but slip and fall on a wet spot nearby causing a cacophony of crashes and bangs and more bruises to add to my injuries. I try to stand up, but my balance is off, so I crash back down to the ground with loud, wet splat. I hear the girl rushing down the steps to see what all the noise is. I stand up as the familiar shuffling draws closer. Dammit! I reopened the gash on my haunch! It's bleeding everywhere again; bleeding through the bandages, making them saturated with blood. I can't take this. I need to get out of here, NOW! I quickly turn back to normal. There's the girl. I can smell the mixture of fear and relief oozing from her. I stand near the window and look at her for a second. She starts to come to stop me, but it is too late. As soon as she moves a jumped out of an open window and ran off.
::end::
The girl had just finally fallen asleep. Suddenly there was a loud noise, like someone was trying to break in. She jumped up to full attention, bolt upright in her bed. "What's that noise?" she asked no one. "A burglar?" She stood up and groped around in the darkness until she found a long wooden stick she sometimes used when she went out for walks. "Oh no! I forgot to close the window!" she squeaked in horror, rushing silently out of her room and down the steps. She made it to the bottom of the steps and heard a soft splash and a few muffled swears. She gripped the stick tighter and shuffled closer towards the fireplace. 'It was that dog.' she thought when she saw the large dog standing there. 'It was just him.' The dog looked at her...its bright blue eyes piercing through her, as if it were looking deep within her soul. Those same eyes looked sad, as if searching for a reason to stay. She took a step toward it and as soon is she did, the dog leapt out of the window it a blur of white. She stared in momentary stun out the window. A blizzard was raging; the snow three feet high. "It's still injured." she realized. "It'll die out there in that weather!" Without a second thought, she pulled on a coat two sizes bigger than she was and ran out into the cold.
::Kiba's POV::
Ugh, this snow is too high for me to run in, in the condition I'm in now. I need to find a place to rest until the snow dies down. There's something up ahead. A hollow tree it looks like. It'll work I suppose. I go inside and get comfortable in the soft bramble and pine needles. What is that smell? No, it couldn't be. It is. It's that girl from the house. I don't believe she actually came after me. How stupid of her. I guess I should go over and help her; she looks tired and completely abused by the storm. Humans are so stupid.
::end::
It had been a few hours after she had left and she was beginning to reprimand herself for chasing after an injured dog in a blizzard. Now she was completely lost and chilled to the bone, not to mention scared out of her wits. Her entire weight was supported on that stick now; she was too tired to walk by herself. That's when she started seeing things. She thought she saw the dog limping towards her...no, not a dog, a young man. 'I didn't know you could see mirages in the snow.' she thought. 'Just my imagination...' She rubbed her eyes wearily to make the vision go away, but it didn't. It did, however, seem to keep flitting from a dog to a man, until finally deciding on one form to sustain. The man called out to her, beckoning her to come. "Mirages can't talk..." she muttered to herself. The man just looked annoyed. "Hurry up! It's cold out here!" he called. Was this real? She quickened her pace towards the man until she finally made it close enough to touch him. "About time..." he grumbled. He looked down to the girl standing nearby him. "Would you stop poking me already!?!" She looked at him apologetically. "Sorry." she said, barely audible. "I was just making sure you were real." The man looked as if he were going to say something, but decided against it. "Follow me." he said. After a little while he looked back and saw she wasn't following him. She looked at him, mistrustful. "How do I know I can trust you?" she said suspiciously. The man just groaned. "Look," he began. "Either freeze to death out here alone, or come with me where it's relatively warm. Those are your options." She shifted uncomfortably and after a moment of thought, she chased after the young man. "In here." he gestured at the hollow tree. "There?" she said in shock. "Well, I guess it's better than out here."
"My name is Kaida." the girl said matter-of-factly. "I'm nine. What's yours?" The young man looked at her, slightly annoyed. "Kiba." he said roughly. She stuck out her hand and smiled. "Nice to meet you, Kiba." When he didn't respond to her hand, she sighed and put it back next to her. Kaida looked concerned at the red bandage wrapped tightly around his left thigh. "You need to change that bandage, you know." Kiba looked at the girl, his irritation written all over his face. "I would, if I had bandages." he snapped. Kaida shifted nervously. "Oh. Sorry." It was silent for quite awhile before she spoke again. "Do you believe in wolves?" Kiba looked at her, this time with a mix of shock and nervousness in his face. Kaida, however, took this a different way. "My grandma used to tell me stories about them." she said defensively. "She said that they were giant dogs that roamed the forests. She said they were magic and could turn into humans on a whim, and that most people think they're extinct now." "Do you believe?" Kiba asked calmly. The girl nodded. "I think they're real." she said, this time, eyeing the bite marks on Kiba's neck and shoulders. This time, he was the one who shifted uncomfortably. "I think that they're everywhere, we humans just can't tell." She looked at a small cut on his arm that looked like a graze wound from a bullet. That's when the light bulb clicked. Kaida smiled triumphantly. Kiba looked at her, kind of confused. "What?" he asked. "Can you transform?" she asked calmly. He rolled his eyes and looked at Kaida. "What the hell are you talking about?" he groaned. She just got louder. "Can you transform!?! Back to a wolf I mean." Kiba rolled his eyes again. "You think I'm a wolf." he stated, as if trying to get the facts straight. Kaida looked ecstatic. "I KNOW you are!" she said. "I saw you transform when you were trying to get my attention earlier! Plus you have the same injuries as the wolf I found yesterday; gash on your leg, bites on your neck, shoulders and arms and a cut on your right arm from a bullet, not to mention a most likely few wounds on your back from the bullets." Before he could even put up a protest, Kaida was behind him, lifting up his shirt. "Yup, I was right!" Kiba glared at her. "Haven't you ever heard the word 'modesty'!" he yelled. Kaida wasn't paying him any mind. She was busy hurling accusations at him. "Admit it! You ARE a wolf, aren't you! I SAW you transform! I HEARD you cursing in my house earlier!" She crawled up so close to his face that their noses were touching and looked Kiba straight in the eyes. "You have the same eyes as that wolf! Those beautiful, turquoise eyes! No one has those type of eyes; the ones that can see right through you. No one."
::Kiba's POV::
I don't know what to do now. She knows what I am. Should I pretend that I'm not what I am, or should I just give in? She looks at me as if she can read my thoughts. "I promise I won't tell!" she says, almost pleading me to turn back. "No one will know except me!" She's still staring at me, straight in the eyes, her arms on my legs for support. I wince in pain. All of that pressure hurts my wounded leg. I glare at her coldly, trying to get her to back off, but when she doesn't I just sigh in defeat. "Fine." I hear myself say. I say it again, just to reassure myself. "Fine!" She backs off of me and sits back down, the way she was before. I transform back to normal and look at the girl, Kaida she said her name was, hoping that she did not freak out. She looked at me, amazed and in awe. "I was RIGHT!" she says triumphantly. "Wolves really do exist!" I growl loudly, to remind her of her promise. She just smiles. "I won't tell a soul! I'll take it to my grave!"
::end::
There! And that's the end of Chapter 2. I really don't have any ideas for Chapter 3, so if you have any ideas, leave a review. I'd like at least 5 before I write the next chappie. Peace out! shadow
Disclaimer: I don't own Wolf's Rain. If I did, I wouldn't be writing this story.
Wolf's Requiem
2 - Turquoise
::Kiba's POV::
She put a blanket over me earlier, before she went to sleep. Her mother told her that it was dangerous to keep the fire up while they slept, so they doused it. It's much later now; so late that it is early. I turn into my human form after a few hours of sleep folding the blanket and struggling to my feet. I stagger past the fireplace, but slip and fall on a wet spot nearby causing a cacophony of crashes and bangs and more bruises to add to my injuries. I try to stand up, but my balance is off, so I crash back down to the ground with loud, wet splat. I hear the girl rushing down the steps to see what all the noise is. I stand up as the familiar shuffling draws closer. Dammit! I reopened the gash on my haunch! It's bleeding everywhere again; bleeding through the bandages, making them saturated with blood. I can't take this. I need to get out of here, NOW! I quickly turn back to normal. There's the girl. I can smell the mixture of fear and relief oozing from her. I stand near the window and look at her for a second. She starts to come to stop me, but it is too late. As soon as she moves a jumped out of an open window and ran off.
::end::
The girl had just finally fallen asleep. Suddenly there was a loud noise, like someone was trying to break in. She jumped up to full attention, bolt upright in her bed. "What's that noise?" she asked no one. "A burglar?" She stood up and groped around in the darkness until she found a long wooden stick she sometimes used when she went out for walks. "Oh no! I forgot to close the window!" she squeaked in horror, rushing silently out of her room and down the steps. She made it to the bottom of the steps and heard a soft splash and a few muffled swears. She gripped the stick tighter and shuffled closer towards the fireplace. 'It was that dog.' she thought when she saw the large dog standing there. 'It was just him.' The dog looked at her...its bright blue eyes piercing through her, as if it were looking deep within her soul. Those same eyes looked sad, as if searching for a reason to stay. She took a step toward it and as soon is she did, the dog leapt out of the window it a blur of white. She stared in momentary stun out the window. A blizzard was raging; the snow three feet high. "It's still injured." she realized. "It'll die out there in that weather!" Without a second thought, she pulled on a coat two sizes bigger than she was and ran out into the cold.
::Kiba's POV::
Ugh, this snow is too high for me to run in, in the condition I'm in now. I need to find a place to rest until the snow dies down. There's something up ahead. A hollow tree it looks like. It'll work I suppose. I go inside and get comfortable in the soft bramble and pine needles. What is that smell? No, it couldn't be. It is. It's that girl from the house. I don't believe she actually came after me. How stupid of her. I guess I should go over and help her; she looks tired and completely abused by the storm. Humans are so stupid.
::end::
It had been a few hours after she had left and she was beginning to reprimand herself for chasing after an injured dog in a blizzard. Now she was completely lost and chilled to the bone, not to mention scared out of her wits. Her entire weight was supported on that stick now; she was too tired to walk by herself. That's when she started seeing things. She thought she saw the dog limping towards her...no, not a dog, a young man. 'I didn't know you could see mirages in the snow.' she thought. 'Just my imagination...' She rubbed her eyes wearily to make the vision go away, but it didn't. It did, however, seem to keep flitting from a dog to a man, until finally deciding on one form to sustain. The man called out to her, beckoning her to come. "Mirages can't talk..." she muttered to herself. The man just looked annoyed. "Hurry up! It's cold out here!" he called. Was this real? She quickened her pace towards the man until she finally made it close enough to touch him. "About time..." he grumbled. He looked down to the girl standing nearby him. "Would you stop poking me already!?!" She looked at him apologetically. "Sorry." she said, barely audible. "I was just making sure you were real." The man looked as if he were going to say something, but decided against it. "Follow me." he said. After a little while he looked back and saw she wasn't following him. She looked at him, mistrustful. "How do I know I can trust you?" she said suspiciously. The man just groaned. "Look," he began. "Either freeze to death out here alone, or come with me where it's relatively warm. Those are your options." She shifted uncomfortably and after a moment of thought, she chased after the young man. "In here." he gestured at the hollow tree. "There?" she said in shock. "Well, I guess it's better than out here."
"My name is Kaida." the girl said matter-of-factly. "I'm nine. What's yours?" The young man looked at her, slightly annoyed. "Kiba." he said roughly. She stuck out her hand and smiled. "Nice to meet you, Kiba." When he didn't respond to her hand, she sighed and put it back next to her. Kaida looked concerned at the red bandage wrapped tightly around his left thigh. "You need to change that bandage, you know." Kiba looked at the girl, his irritation written all over his face. "I would, if I had bandages." he snapped. Kaida shifted nervously. "Oh. Sorry." It was silent for quite awhile before she spoke again. "Do you believe in wolves?" Kiba looked at her, this time with a mix of shock and nervousness in his face. Kaida, however, took this a different way. "My grandma used to tell me stories about them." she said defensively. "She said that they were giant dogs that roamed the forests. She said they were magic and could turn into humans on a whim, and that most people think they're extinct now." "Do you believe?" Kiba asked calmly. The girl nodded. "I think they're real." she said, this time, eyeing the bite marks on Kiba's neck and shoulders. This time, he was the one who shifted uncomfortably. "I think that they're everywhere, we humans just can't tell." She looked at a small cut on his arm that looked like a graze wound from a bullet. That's when the light bulb clicked. Kaida smiled triumphantly. Kiba looked at her, kind of confused. "What?" he asked. "Can you transform?" she asked calmly. He rolled his eyes and looked at Kaida. "What the hell are you talking about?" he groaned. She just got louder. "Can you transform!?! Back to a wolf I mean." Kiba rolled his eyes again. "You think I'm a wolf." he stated, as if trying to get the facts straight. Kaida looked ecstatic. "I KNOW you are!" she said. "I saw you transform when you were trying to get my attention earlier! Plus you have the same injuries as the wolf I found yesterday; gash on your leg, bites on your neck, shoulders and arms and a cut on your right arm from a bullet, not to mention a most likely few wounds on your back from the bullets." Before he could even put up a protest, Kaida was behind him, lifting up his shirt. "Yup, I was right!" Kiba glared at her. "Haven't you ever heard the word 'modesty'!" he yelled. Kaida wasn't paying him any mind. She was busy hurling accusations at him. "Admit it! You ARE a wolf, aren't you! I SAW you transform! I HEARD you cursing in my house earlier!" She crawled up so close to his face that their noses were touching and looked Kiba straight in the eyes. "You have the same eyes as that wolf! Those beautiful, turquoise eyes! No one has those type of eyes; the ones that can see right through you. No one."
::Kiba's POV::
I don't know what to do now. She knows what I am. Should I pretend that I'm not what I am, or should I just give in? She looks at me as if she can read my thoughts. "I promise I won't tell!" she says, almost pleading me to turn back. "No one will know except me!" She's still staring at me, straight in the eyes, her arms on my legs for support. I wince in pain. All of that pressure hurts my wounded leg. I glare at her coldly, trying to get her to back off, but when she doesn't I just sigh in defeat. "Fine." I hear myself say. I say it again, just to reassure myself. "Fine!" She backs off of me and sits back down, the way she was before. I transform back to normal and look at the girl, Kaida she said her name was, hoping that she did not freak out. She looked at me, amazed and in awe. "I was RIGHT!" she says triumphantly. "Wolves really do exist!" I growl loudly, to remind her of her promise. She just smiles. "I won't tell a soul! I'll take it to my grave!"
::end::
There! And that's the end of Chapter 2. I really don't have any ideas for Chapter 3, so if you have any ideas, leave a review. I'd like at least 5 before I write the next chappie. Peace out! shadow