NOTE:
To Demon Girl: Is all you say "IT IS GOOD BUT DO A NEW CHAPTER!"??
To Northern Pheonix: Yeah, I liked that chapter too... takes a brownie thank you XD
To Kiba: Oookay... so their age isnt what I expected... Toboe is 11, Hige is 17, Kiba is 18, annnndddd Tsume is... 22... this doesnt make sence now... And their relationship sorta started like... in the 3rd flash back I believe... when Tsume was 10 or something? I dunno... They didnt start when they just met... Tsume did like her but ya'now, it's 7 and 5, liiiilll too young... I know.
Chapter 12: Lacking Needs
[Tsume and Kira]
Tsume had opened his mouth to speak, but closed it. He still wasnt sure... he really wanted to but... he was afraid she would hate him, or reject him, now that she loves Hige...
He slowly shifted his nose to her neck, placing a soft kiss on her neck. That made Kira slightly afraid...
She pushed lightly pushed him away, so he would let go of her, but not send him down. She frowned.
"I-Im sorry, I..." she started.
"No, I should be sorry." said Tsume. "I shouldnt have, Im sorry. You just remind me of... someone... and no... I've... never met you before."
Kira could tell he was lying... but why? And why couldnt she remember who he is?... She decided to put it all aside for now, she was sleepy and needed rest...
"Well Im... going to sleep." she smiled. "Good night."
Tsume nodded slowly, but didnt move. He sat in the same spot he had been for the last hour or so and began to drowze off...
He closed his eyes and let his body fall to the ground. He curled up into a loose ball and began to sleep as the memories of their time together continued to play again and again in his mind...
Kira walked back to Hige, and was looking back at Tsume as she did. When she turned around, Hige was still asleep. Thank god... she thought. She didnt want him to see what happened, so he wouldnt get into conclusions... She snuggled herself back into his arms, and realized half Hige's shirt was soaking wet from Tsume's tears...
"Wow..." she thought while frowning. "...that someone must have really meant a lot to him..."
She slowly closed her eyes as she began to fall asleep...
"Kira??" someone poked her cheek. She opened her eyes.
"Huh?..." she murmured.
"Wake up, it's morning." Hige smiled at her. She glanced around sleepily. Everyone was awake now, including Tsume. He looked like his normal self again...
"Already??" she yawned while stretching.
((It wasnt morning after she went back to sleep, it's just it went by fast...))
"Yup." he grinned. "Or... we think so atleast."
He pointed up. There was no sunlight shining through the trees. It covered the whole forest top... not a speck of sunlight... She frowned.
"It's so dark here." she glanced back down. Hige helped her up.
"Well... it IS the Forest of Death." he chuckled. She giggled.
"Let's get going." said Kiba. He stood up, as well as everyone else. They continued their way through the dead forest...
[Later...]
"Ow!!" Toboe cried. "Dont touch there!! That's where it hurts!!"
He had twisted his ankle when he got his foot caught between two roots of a tree. He had one of his pants legs rolled up while Kiba examined it. Hige, Kira, and Cheza watched. Tsume kept his distance by standing several feet away with his back to them. He hadnt said a word since last night.
"Well, I can carry you untill it gets better..." Kiba suggested. Cheza crouched down infront of Toboe and held his foot. She gently began to rub where it hurt.
"Hehehe..." he giggled. He soon burst into laughter.
"What?" Hige asked.
"Hehe... it tickles!! Hehehe!!" he said between his laughing.
"Oooh!! Pet me! Pet me!!" Hige crawled to Cheza.
With her other hand, she began to rub his head. He started off giggling, then growled softly. Kira giggled.
"Tsume, you have to get pet by her!" Hige yelled over to him. "Hehehe... it feels good!"
Tsume looked over his shoulder disgusted. He frowned, his mouth almost shaped like a horseshoe. He turned his head back around and shook his head.
[Later...]
The pack walked along the forest. After Cheza's touch, his ankle was fine.
Cheza began to feel dizzy. She wobbled back and forth occationally, then eventually fell. Kiba had caught her before she hit the ground.
"Cheza!" he set her down on the ground. "What's wrong??"
Her breathing was heavy. She felt weak... but tried her best to point up to the sky. Everyone looked up.
"She needs sunlight..." Toboe murmured.
"We have to get out of here quickly, she needs water and needs to bask." Kiba picked her up on her back, giving her a piggy-back.
"Let's go!" he broke into a run through the forest. Everyone followed behind him.
Few moments later, Hige stopped. Tsume ran into him.
"What the hell??" he growled. Everyone else stopped.
"What is it?" Kiba asked.
"I hear something... a bird!" his eyes grew wide. "Food!!"
He ran another direction.
"HEY! Where are you going??" Tsume growled. "Keep going, we'll catch up to you!"
With that, he ran after Hige...
[Hige]
Hige slowed down and searched for the bird. He didnt see anything but trees...
"Aaaahh!!!" he ducked as an owl swooped down near him and perched onto a tree branch.
((I dont remember what the owl said so Im making it up...))
"Get out..." it said.
Hige blinked.
"I must be hearing things..." he shook his head. "...probably because Im so hungry, heh."
"Ggggeeeeeettttt oooouuuuuttttttt..." it hooted. It tilted it's head and blinked at the wolf.
Hige dropped his jaw.
"Since when had owls spoken??" he frowned. Tsume found him and ran to him.
"What are you thinking?? We need to get Cheza out of here..." his eyes drifted to the owl. "What the..."
"Lllllleeeeeeaaaaavvvveeeee..." it hooted.
Tsume jumped in suprise.
"What the hell??" he growled. "It... talks."
Hige nodded.
"Who cares? I'll just go kill it."
He prepared to jump at it, but Tsume stopped him.
"Wait."
"What?? Arnt you hungry too??"
"But it has no scent." he growled.
Hige sniffed.
"You're right..." Hige frowned.
"Leave now, or face the consequences!" said the owl and flew away.
The last part sent shivers running up their spines. Hige shuddered.
"Okay, let's get out." he nodded.
They suddenly heard a howl. It was Toboe. The two began running towards the howl...
When they returned, Cheza lay in Kiba's arms. She was still alive, but something began to form on the skin of her neck.
They both gasped. Tsume peered closer.
"Is she... withering??" he gasped.
Kiba nodded.
"We have to find some water and light or she'll die..." he frowned. Cheza reached up and grabbed a handful of Kiba's shirt.
"This one... is fine." she whispered softly. "...This one... does not... want to... hold back... wolves..."
Kiba placed her on his back again.
"We just have to keep going..." he said. "... and just hope..."
They were about to continue when they saw the owl again.
"That thing again!" Tsume growled.
"What?" Kiba asked.
"The owl... it talks." Hige answered.
"You're kidding... righ-"
"Leaaaaaaaavvve nooooowwww..." it said.
Everyone, except Hige and Tsume, looked shocked.
"...umm... Maybe it can help us find water!" Toboe suggested.
"We can give it a shot..." Kiba nodded.
"Do you know where we can find water and light??" he asked the owl. "Please! Our friend is dying!"
The owl tilted it's head. It lifted one wing and scratched under it with it's beak.
"What you seek is not here." it said in an eerie voice. "Leave now, and it will be near. Once you find them, they are just ordinary things. It is in the dark, in a cramped place not so far. Only those who step in with courage will there be a blessing for only they."
"It's speaking in riddles!!" Tsume growled.
It hopped off the branch it was perched on and flew away.
"We should follow it!!" Toboe suggested. "Maybe it's leading us to water and light!"
Kiba nodded and quickly ran after the owl. The rest of the pack followed.
The owl had let them to a dark cave. The pack stopped several feet away from it, just incase anything popped out...
"Should we go in?..." Kira murmured.
"Is it in here?" Kiba asked the owl. It blinked at him.
"Only those who step in with courage will there be a blessing for only they." it said.
The pack stared at the owl blankly.
"Well, it's better than being lost in here and letting Cheza die." Kira frowned. "Let's go in..."
Kiba nodded. She was always the one who would suggest the decisions before anyone else...
They walked closer to the cave and began to enter one by one...
((Kay, here's what I said for the commercial: Whoo! Owl is SCARY!! WAAAAAAHHH!! hides in corner while huggling stuffed animals AAAAAHH!! ITS A TALKING PARANTAH!! screams
Okay, I might have been hyper that night...))
"I swear we've been here 5 times now." Hige grumbled.
They had been walking for hours, and werent getting anywhere. They had been walking in circles... again.
"Well we went right last time, let's go left." Kiba suggested. He was wearing out, and needed rest... but he wouldnt let himself, he couldnt... Cheza's life was in their hands now...
"Kiba, let me carry Cheza, you're going to pass out like her if you dont rest." said Tsume.
"No, I can handle it." he growled. He suddenly tripped over a small rock, but quickly regained his balance.
"Damnit!" he growled.
"Kiba!" Tsume snarled. "Put Cheza down."
"NO!" he snarled back.
Toboe backed away from the two and ended up stepping on something. It cracked under his foot. He jumped back further in suprise.
"What the..." Toboe looked down. It was a skeleton of something.
"What is it?" Kiba asked.
"Some sort of skeleton..." he murmured.
"It looks like... an... owl..." Hige stared at it in shock.
"It was a trap!" Tsume growled.
Suddenly, a rollie bug burst out from under the skeletons and attacked Toboe. He screamed and wacked it away. Suddenly, more crawled out from where it came from. It began attacking the wolves.
Kiba began to panic. He dodged the bugs while trying to find a place for Cheza to be safe...
"Kiba, let me take her." Kira quickly grabbed Cheza off of his back before he could answer. She quickly hopped away, stepping on some of the bugs while escaping.
"Kira, up here!" Tsume yelled from above a huge platoe or platue (forgot what you call it) lookin' thing.
Kira threw her up to Tsume. He caught her perfectly and set her down gently. She opened her eyes.
"Tsume..." she smiled and gently touched the scar on his chest.
((Wonder how he got that anyways...))
Kira (wolf) ran up the side of the wall up to where Tsume and Cheza. Tsume let go of her and walked (wolf) over to Kira. They both nodded, Kira with a large grin on her face (or it seemed). They both hopped down towards the bugs and killed a couple on their landing.
The pack continued to fight the bugs, they bit and scratched back...
[Cheza]
She rolled over and peered down at the wolves fighting the bugs. She saw them covered in small cuts.
"This one..." she whispered. "...does not want to see wolves hurt..."
She closed her eyes, then opened them again as she heard something.
"This one... is being called." she stood uo and jumped down. Bugs grabbed onto her red poncho (let's call it that...) and clung on a she ran off.
"Cheza!" Kiba yelled.
"What's she doing??" Tsume growled.
Kira ran past everyone to help Cheza. She sensed she was up to something, so cleared the way for her. The rest of the pack followed behind her.
Cheza rolled into a narrow hole and tumbled down to the ground. The bugs crawled into giant fly traps...
"Whoa!" said Toboe.
"What are those?" Hige asked out loud.
"Fly traps." Kira murmured. "They eat bugs."
"Plants that eat insects, cool!" said Toboe.
Kiba ran to Cheza (everyone human now) and picked her up.
"Are you alright?" he asked.
She nodded.
"This one is alright." she whispered.
"Hey guys! Over here!!" Toboe waved his arms near a light. "It's a way out!"
The pack ran past the fly traps and towards the light. When they exited, it was already nighttime again.
Tsume tackled Toboe, who tackled Hige, who dragged Kira with into a small pond. They wrestled in the water for a while before watching Cheza walk into the water. Whatever was forming on her neck dissapeared as she basked in the moonlight and drank the water.
Kiba sighed and smiled. They had saved Cheza in time, and escaped the Forest of Death.
After that, they all sleep peacfully under a tree under Cheza's watch.
End of Chapter Twelve.
NOTE: Well this only took a day!... it was only 9 and a half pages anyways... the longest was I think 22 pages. The next chapter shouldnt take long either... since it mostly had Cher, Darcia, and those people besides the wolves... so yeah.
To Northern Pheonix: Yeah, I liked that chapter too... takes a brownie thank you XD
To Kiba: Oookay... so their age isnt what I expected... Toboe is 11, Hige is 17, Kiba is 18, annnndddd Tsume is... 22... this doesnt make sence now... And their relationship sorta started like... in the 3rd flash back I believe... when Tsume was 10 or something? I dunno... They didnt start when they just met... Tsume did like her but ya'now, it's 7 and 5, liiiilll too young... I know.
Chapter 12: Lacking Needs
[Tsume and Kira]
Tsume had opened his mouth to speak, but closed it. He still wasnt sure... he really wanted to but... he was afraid she would hate him, or reject him, now that she loves Hige...
He slowly shifted his nose to her neck, placing a soft kiss on her neck. That made Kira slightly afraid...
She pushed lightly pushed him away, so he would let go of her, but not send him down. She frowned.
"I-Im sorry, I..." she started.
"No, I should be sorry." said Tsume. "I shouldnt have, Im sorry. You just remind me of... someone... and no... I've... never met you before."
Kira could tell he was lying... but why? And why couldnt she remember who he is?... She decided to put it all aside for now, she was sleepy and needed rest...
"Well Im... going to sleep." she smiled. "Good night."
Tsume nodded slowly, but didnt move. He sat in the same spot he had been for the last hour or so and began to drowze off...
He closed his eyes and let his body fall to the ground. He curled up into a loose ball and began to sleep as the memories of their time together continued to play again and again in his mind...
Kira walked back to Hige, and was looking back at Tsume as she did. When she turned around, Hige was still asleep. Thank god... she thought. She didnt want him to see what happened, so he wouldnt get into conclusions... She snuggled herself back into his arms, and realized half Hige's shirt was soaking wet from Tsume's tears...
"Wow..." she thought while frowning. "...that someone must have really meant a lot to him..."
She slowly closed her eyes as she began to fall asleep...
"Kira??" someone poked her cheek. She opened her eyes.
"Huh?..." she murmured.
"Wake up, it's morning." Hige smiled at her. She glanced around sleepily. Everyone was awake now, including Tsume. He looked like his normal self again...
"Already??" she yawned while stretching.
((It wasnt morning after she went back to sleep, it's just it went by fast...))
"Yup." he grinned. "Or... we think so atleast."
He pointed up. There was no sunlight shining through the trees. It covered the whole forest top... not a speck of sunlight... She frowned.
"It's so dark here." she glanced back down. Hige helped her up.
"Well... it IS the Forest of Death." he chuckled. She giggled.
"Let's get going." said Kiba. He stood up, as well as everyone else. They continued their way through the dead forest...
[Later...]
"Ow!!" Toboe cried. "Dont touch there!! That's where it hurts!!"
He had twisted his ankle when he got his foot caught between two roots of a tree. He had one of his pants legs rolled up while Kiba examined it. Hige, Kira, and Cheza watched. Tsume kept his distance by standing several feet away with his back to them. He hadnt said a word since last night.
"Well, I can carry you untill it gets better..." Kiba suggested. Cheza crouched down infront of Toboe and held his foot. She gently began to rub where it hurt.
"Hehehe..." he giggled. He soon burst into laughter.
"What?" Hige asked.
"Hehe... it tickles!! Hehehe!!" he said between his laughing.
"Oooh!! Pet me! Pet me!!" Hige crawled to Cheza.
With her other hand, she began to rub his head. He started off giggling, then growled softly. Kira giggled.
"Tsume, you have to get pet by her!" Hige yelled over to him. "Hehehe... it feels good!"
Tsume looked over his shoulder disgusted. He frowned, his mouth almost shaped like a horseshoe. He turned his head back around and shook his head.
[Later...]
The pack walked along the forest. After Cheza's touch, his ankle was fine.
Cheza began to feel dizzy. She wobbled back and forth occationally, then eventually fell. Kiba had caught her before she hit the ground.
"Cheza!" he set her down on the ground. "What's wrong??"
Her breathing was heavy. She felt weak... but tried her best to point up to the sky. Everyone looked up.
"She needs sunlight..." Toboe murmured.
"We have to get out of here quickly, she needs water and needs to bask." Kiba picked her up on her back, giving her a piggy-back.
"Let's go!" he broke into a run through the forest. Everyone followed behind him.
Few moments later, Hige stopped. Tsume ran into him.
"What the hell??" he growled. Everyone else stopped.
"What is it?" Kiba asked.
"I hear something... a bird!" his eyes grew wide. "Food!!"
He ran another direction.
"HEY! Where are you going??" Tsume growled. "Keep going, we'll catch up to you!"
With that, he ran after Hige...
[Hige]
Hige slowed down and searched for the bird. He didnt see anything but trees...
"Aaaahh!!!" he ducked as an owl swooped down near him and perched onto a tree branch.
((I dont remember what the owl said so Im making it up...))
"Get out..." it said.
Hige blinked.
"I must be hearing things..." he shook his head. "...probably because Im so hungry, heh."
"Ggggeeeeeettttt oooouuuuuttttttt..." it hooted. It tilted it's head and blinked at the wolf.
Hige dropped his jaw.
"Since when had owls spoken??" he frowned. Tsume found him and ran to him.
"What are you thinking?? We need to get Cheza out of here..." his eyes drifted to the owl. "What the..."
"Lllllleeeeeeaaaaavvvveeeee..." it hooted.
Tsume jumped in suprise.
"What the hell??" he growled. "It... talks."
Hige nodded.
"Who cares? I'll just go kill it."
He prepared to jump at it, but Tsume stopped him.
"Wait."
"What?? Arnt you hungry too??"
"But it has no scent." he growled.
Hige sniffed.
"You're right..." Hige frowned.
"Leave now, or face the consequences!" said the owl and flew away.
The last part sent shivers running up their spines. Hige shuddered.
"Okay, let's get out." he nodded.
They suddenly heard a howl. It was Toboe. The two began running towards the howl...
When they returned, Cheza lay in Kiba's arms. She was still alive, but something began to form on the skin of her neck.
They both gasped. Tsume peered closer.
"Is she... withering??" he gasped.
Kiba nodded.
"We have to find some water and light or she'll die..." he frowned. Cheza reached up and grabbed a handful of Kiba's shirt.
"This one... is fine." she whispered softly. "...This one... does not... want to... hold back... wolves..."
Kiba placed her on his back again.
"We just have to keep going..." he said. "... and just hope..."
They were about to continue when they saw the owl again.
"That thing again!" Tsume growled.
"What?" Kiba asked.
"The owl... it talks." Hige answered.
"You're kidding... righ-"
"Leaaaaaaaavvve nooooowwww..." it said.
Everyone, except Hige and Tsume, looked shocked.
"...umm... Maybe it can help us find water!" Toboe suggested.
"We can give it a shot..." Kiba nodded.
"Do you know where we can find water and light??" he asked the owl. "Please! Our friend is dying!"
The owl tilted it's head. It lifted one wing and scratched under it with it's beak.
"What you seek is not here." it said in an eerie voice. "Leave now, and it will be near. Once you find them, they are just ordinary things. It is in the dark, in a cramped place not so far. Only those who step in with courage will there be a blessing for only they."
"It's speaking in riddles!!" Tsume growled.
It hopped off the branch it was perched on and flew away.
"We should follow it!!" Toboe suggested. "Maybe it's leading us to water and light!"
Kiba nodded and quickly ran after the owl. The rest of the pack followed.
The owl had let them to a dark cave. The pack stopped several feet away from it, just incase anything popped out...
"Should we go in?..." Kira murmured.
"Is it in here?" Kiba asked the owl. It blinked at him.
"Only those who step in with courage will there be a blessing for only they." it said.
The pack stared at the owl blankly.
"Well, it's better than being lost in here and letting Cheza die." Kira frowned. "Let's go in..."
Kiba nodded. She was always the one who would suggest the decisions before anyone else...
They walked closer to the cave and began to enter one by one...
((Kay, here's what I said for the commercial: Whoo! Owl is SCARY!! WAAAAAAHHH!! hides in corner while huggling stuffed animals AAAAAHH!! ITS A TALKING PARANTAH!! screams
Okay, I might have been hyper that night...))
"I swear we've been here 5 times now." Hige grumbled.
They had been walking for hours, and werent getting anywhere. They had been walking in circles... again.
"Well we went right last time, let's go left." Kiba suggested. He was wearing out, and needed rest... but he wouldnt let himself, he couldnt... Cheza's life was in their hands now...
"Kiba, let me carry Cheza, you're going to pass out like her if you dont rest." said Tsume.
"No, I can handle it." he growled. He suddenly tripped over a small rock, but quickly regained his balance.
"Damnit!" he growled.
"Kiba!" Tsume snarled. "Put Cheza down."
"NO!" he snarled back.
Toboe backed away from the two and ended up stepping on something. It cracked under his foot. He jumped back further in suprise.
"What the..." Toboe looked down. It was a skeleton of something.
"What is it?" Kiba asked.
"Some sort of skeleton..." he murmured.
"It looks like... an... owl..." Hige stared at it in shock.
"It was a trap!" Tsume growled.
Suddenly, a rollie bug burst out from under the skeletons and attacked Toboe. He screamed and wacked it away. Suddenly, more crawled out from where it came from. It began attacking the wolves.
Kiba began to panic. He dodged the bugs while trying to find a place for Cheza to be safe...
"Kiba, let me take her." Kira quickly grabbed Cheza off of his back before he could answer. She quickly hopped away, stepping on some of the bugs while escaping.
"Kira, up here!" Tsume yelled from above a huge platoe or platue (forgot what you call it) lookin' thing.
Kira threw her up to Tsume. He caught her perfectly and set her down gently. She opened her eyes.
"Tsume..." she smiled and gently touched the scar on his chest.
((Wonder how he got that anyways...))
Kira (wolf) ran up the side of the wall up to where Tsume and Cheza. Tsume let go of her and walked (wolf) over to Kira. They both nodded, Kira with a large grin on her face (or it seemed). They both hopped down towards the bugs and killed a couple on their landing.
The pack continued to fight the bugs, they bit and scratched back...
[Cheza]
She rolled over and peered down at the wolves fighting the bugs. She saw them covered in small cuts.
"This one..." she whispered. "...does not want to see wolves hurt..."
She closed her eyes, then opened them again as she heard something.
"This one... is being called." she stood uo and jumped down. Bugs grabbed onto her red poncho (let's call it that...) and clung on a she ran off.
"Cheza!" Kiba yelled.
"What's she doing??" Tsume growled.
Kira ran past everyone to help Cheza. She sensed she was up to something, so cleared the way for her. The rest of the pack followed behind her.
Cheza rolled into a narrow hole and tumbled down to the ground. The bugs crawled into giant fly traps...
"Whoa!" said Toboe.
"What are those?" Hige asked out loud.
"Fly traps." Kira murmured. "They eat bugs."
"Plants that eat insects, cool!" said Toboe.
Kiba ran to Cheza (everyone human now) and picked her up.
"Are you alright?" he asked.
She nodded.
"This one is alright." she whispered.
"Hey guys! Over here!!" Toboe waved his arms near a light. "It's a way out!"
The pack ran past the fly traps and towards the light. When they exited, it was already nighttime again.
Tsume tackled Toboe, who tackled Hige, who dragged Kira with into a small pond. They wrestled in the water for a while before watching Cheza walk into the water. Whatever was forming on her neck dissapeared as she basked in the moonlight and drank the water.
Kiba sighed and smiled. They had saved Cheza in time, and escaped the Forest of Death.
After that, they all sleep peacfully under a tree under Cheza's watch.
End of Chapter Twelve.
NOTE: Well this only took a day!... it was only 9 and a half pages anyways... the longest was I think 22 pages. The next chapter shouldnt take long either... since it mostly had Cher, Darcia, and those people besides the wolves... so yeah.