(I do not own Wolf's Rain, but I do own Taro, Kana, and whoever else isn't a character from the show. Though, it would be kind of cool to own Wolf's Rain.. :} )

CAUTION, WARNING, ETC.: This fanfic does not follow the plot of the show. It just has the same characters, with their same personalities, etc.)

Epilogue

In the middle of a barren wasteland, where a city of Freeze was the only civilization for miles around, a figure, or rather, a mass of mostly-black fur matted with blood, stepped gingerly on three legs towards the distant city. The fourth leg was held up near the beast's chest, twisted at an odd angle that would certainly indicate broken bones. One golden eye peered from the animal's face, the other seeming to be either blind, or torn out, by the way it was closed.

As it neared the city, its breathing grew heavier, and its tongue lolled from its place behind slightly-yellowed fangs. White-tipped ears were laid back against a streamlined head, and the once-magnificent canine fell onto a cobbled walkway on the outskirts of the city, laying its head down on the stones in defeat. Perhaps it would rest awhile... wait for its strength to return. It always did.

Claws clicked frantically on the stones, and then stopped suddenly. The wolf lying on the ground opened his eye, staring up at the tall wolflike-dog that had halted above her. It scrutinized him with deep blue eyes, then stepped back, growling. The dog's lips curled into a nasty snarl, and it began barking, whereupon the dog's master emerged from an alleyway and skidded to a stop, gun held in his arms, a heartless look in his eyes.

"Good job, Blue."

The hunter raised his gun, driving three bullets into the helpless wolf's skull. In the last seconds before it died, the wolf poured out a howl, the effort eating his strength before his head fell with a dull thud to the stones.

At the other side of the city, in the bowels of a dirty sewer, someone heard the howl.

(Whoo. Short epilogue. The next part's longer. R/R, please.)