Hey people, I'm back!! (dodges tomatoes) yeah, yeah ya know you missed me---what? You didn't? well---I'll live I suppose (sigh) lol hope everyone likes this chapter!! : )
The painted wolf pup: YAY : ) nothing's better than knowing at least one person has my back on this fic! I'm glad I could make you happy with the up-date, what can I say, I live to serve. LOL! Yeah that chapter was kinda sad but it was mostly setting up the scenes for the next, or errr this chapter. Hope you continue to enjoy the fic, thanks for the review!
Mayako: (helps you kill whatever makes the power go out) Can't let you have all the fun, now can I!? Lol, anyway, thanks for the review I'm trying my absolute best to get these chapters out quickly despite my slightly muddled schedule!! It's worth it though!!
The Planner Conspiracy: It's a-aaa-awesome?? (teary eyes) really!? So y-you like it!!? BWAHAHA thanks (sniff) yes, I'm overdramatic XD I'll do my best to update quickly, you have my word!
Whiskers: I can't tell you , sorry---I enjoy this torment, does that make me evil? Diabolical? Oh well, you'll find out soon enough : ) I will update Red Moon it's just that, well, school started back and I kinda forgot about the things I did during the summer. And now I can't update till I go back and re-read it, but rest assured I already have a plan of what's going to happen and I have half the chapter typed already. It will come very soon, this I can assure you!
Toboe's pup: Hige can tough it out he doesn't need a hot dog!
Hige: (bonks Nami on the head) what are you saying, you fool?? Of course I want that hot dog!
Nami: Oh shut up and get back in the fic or I'll let a pack of lions eat Blue-
Hige: Lions?! In the snow?
Nami: It's my story, I'll do what I want!! And if that means making a certain big nosed wolf not be able to eat for weeks on end cause he's an annoying little twerp--well then I'm willing to make that sacrifice (nod)
Hige: OK OK!!! I'll be good!
Nami: If only he had showed that terror over the Blue threat -.-;
Maiden Cheza: heehee thanks : ) you're too kind, really! Anyway, I'll try to keep up this fic's good name, at least I think it has a good name---hmmmn---(scritch scritch) Well we'll say it does (nod)
Magical Girl Pretty Sammy-Chan: Sorry I didn't write you in the first chapter -.-; I had already written the first part and forgot to go back and add this. Gomen!! (sigh) anyway, I'm glad you liked it, aren't Blue and Hige just the cutest couple ever?! Oh Lord, i-it can't be happening---I---I'm turning into a FANGIRL!!!! (falls on knees) NOOOO!!!! Lol, I know, I'm weird : p
Inu-yasha and snago luver: Hey I love Inu too!!! But did you mean Sango? Ah well, I'm glad you liked the story : ) Blue doesn't bother me, as long as she goes no where near Tsume or Toboe (shifty eyes) If she crosses that line she's dead. I'd love to read your fic! If you need a beta just tell me, I love to help people out! Hope you like this chapter, thanks for reviewing!!
That's everyone! (claps hands together) ok off to the ficcy!!
"blah"-- dialogue (duh)
'blah'--thoughts
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'Where is that dumb mutt?' Quent's head pounded, as he swooned over the liquor in his system.
"Barkeep, 'nother drink!" He commanded in a slightly slurred voice. Suddenly, leaning his body over the bar, he slammed his glass cup to the surface of the soft maple wood, shattering it into numerous glittering pieces.
"Dammit, that's the third cup you've broken tonight, I think you've had enough, sir." The agitated bartender leaned over the splintered mess; expertly swiping the jagged pieces with a white rag to the trashcan he held bellow.
"I'll tell you when I've had enough!" Quent bellowed in a drunken stupor, sloppily reaching for the gun hidden in the long swathes of deep brown material. Before he could reach the weapon his arm was gruffly pulled around his back, sending pulsing pains through his head as he felt the soft metal mouth of a pistol against his hair.
"Sir, it's time for you to leave." The bartender whispered in a new no nonsense tone while still maintaining his polite purveyor demeanor.
'He's been doing this along time,' Quent thought smugly. "Alright I'm gone," The old man took a step out of the barkeep's grasp, taking a moment to smooth out the wrinkles of his coat. "Better watch your back though," he turned his head to the disgruntled bartender's face as he opened the door. "The man you try to pull that stunt on next time might be a lot younger and faster than me." He winked, before stepping in the cold night air, leaving the tavern with only the sound of a tinkling bell to fill its stone corners.
"Stupid old man," The young barkeep sighed, leaning his head in a quick prayer before continuing to polish a stray glass on one of the dusty shelves.
'I can't keep this up much longer.' Hige thought to himself as his vision blurred, mixing the white snow and gray sky in a sickly mixture of dribble. The young man turned his head to his feet in hopes of clearing his mind, only to become instantly nauseated at the sight of his racing steps.
"Hige, Hige are you okay!?" Blue croaked through her barely audible voice as her love gagged and coughed below her.
"I'll be okay I think I just have to rest a while." Hige huffed as he slowly turned his rushing tempo to a brisk walk, shuffling his shoes feverishly through the packed snow below. 'This isn't right,' his mind races anxiously. 'I-I can't be sick; I have to take care of Blue!! Nothing else matters, if I stopped she could die---' His thoughts suddenly ceased as he slowly pitched forward, body heavily flopping to the rigid, glacial ground.
"HIGE!!" Blue coughed, struggling to pull her leg from his weight. "Hige you've got to wake up!!" She wailed sore throat tensing with fear of her companion's condition. 'This is all my fault,' her mind pounded angrily as pearly cold tears streamed down her tan cheeks. 'If he hadn't given me his sweatshirt---n-no, if I hadn't turned my head when he called my name-- i-if I had just paid attention to the battle, none of this would've happened.
"Hige," Blue tried again, viciously coughing from the overuse of her wounded throat.
"Mn," Hige moaned in response, slowly opening his glossy maroon eyes to stare upon his lover's panic knitted brow. "It's okay, Blue, I'll be fi--," He started before rising abruptly to his knees and vomiting on the soft white snow.
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"It's no use, we can't find him anywhere." Toboe whimpered, grasping Tsume's leather vest in his pallid fist.
"Don't whine to -me- runt," Tsume grumbled indignantly, pulling from the pup's weak grasp. "You were the one who wanted to look for the mutt."
"I'm not whining!" Toboe argued jutting his jaw out resentfully, "I'm just worried about Hige, that's all. I mean, it's not like him to go missing like this. I just hope he's okay." The runt sighed in an almost inaudible whisper turning his shining golden eyes to the icy black roads below his snow-encrusted boots.
"That's not necessarily true." Tsume reasoned hesitantly dropping his hand to Toboe's slender shoulder. "We haven't know him very long; and even if he did get into trouble, he's a big dog, he can take care of himself." The white-haired man affirmed, quickly retracting his arm to his side as if afraid to be spotted providing a comforting gesture.
"I guess that's true." Toboe turned his head up once more, slightly more enthused having been granted the honor of Tsume's compassionate touch. "A-and even if it wasn't, Kiba might've found him, right?" The runt's soft auburn hair swirled across his soft pink cheeks, shining with new hope.
Tsume's heart skipped a beat faintly at the sight of the runt's hopeful eyes. "Sure, whatever, pup," he stumbled through his words awkwardly. "We won't know unless we find him, though, so enough talk." The white-haired man nodded, sniffing the air for his companion's scent before setting briskly off into the silhouette of thick cold fog and tall metal buildings.
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'This pain, what is this pain!' Hige struggled with himself, trying desperately to move his arms, his legs, anything! 'I-I've never felt anything like this,' the storm in his mind commenced, brutally twisting his stomach in knots of throbbing pain.
He winced slightly as he felt a cool hand gently wipe his forehead. 'That touch,' he recalled suddenly feeling the pain slightly dissipate enough to clear his raging mind. 'Blue's touch,' he sensed, sending a new wave of chills through his aching muscles.
"Hige, it's okay, love." She soothed through her raspy voice, trying desperately to bring him to consciousness.
'This situation is hopeless,' she sensed, sending a surge of desolation through her weary body. "It wouldn't be so bad," she rose her voice to the silent night of darkness engulfing her apprehensive body. "I-It wouldn't be so bad knowing I was going to die with the one I--- the one that I love, it's just---" She tried to continue but her voice tightened in pain sending gentle tears to trace her gloomy face. "It's just-knowing it was my fault for our deaths--"
Blue turned her head to the snow packed earth as strangled sobs escaped her chapped lips. She squeezed her eyes shut, hoping the world would dissipate if she were not to look upon it, only to feel a light touch against her cheek.
"Hige?" She asked, quickly straightening in surprise while hastily wiping away her tears.
"Yes," he nodded slightly as his radiant maroon eyes stared to the depths of her soft azure orbs. "Don't blame yourself, please Blue." He begged in a weak voice, gently sending two quivering fingers to caress her tender cheek from its tearful offenders.
"I can't help it." Blue sobbed, pulling her legs into her chest as her back pulsated angrily.
"Blue, you're going to kill yourself if you keep this up!" Hige huffed, wincing as he pulled his body into a sitting position and his vision slowly cleared. His eyes hungrily swallowed the surroundings; it wasn't until now that he noticed the embankment Blue had brought them to. As far as shelter goes it was well placed, a soft ditch, dipping a good 6 feet into the earth to block from the cold harsh wind with long pine branches pulled crudely over the top to block from snowfall.
"Blue how--," he started, slightly puzzled as to how this sick, injured girl could create such a shelter by herself.
"Oh," Blue sighed following the gaze of her lover's claret eyes. "Gomen, Hige, I know it was dangerous but when you passed out I knew I had to get you out of the snow and this was the closest thing I could find--"
"You mean this was already here?" Hige asked apprehensively, fearing the answer he might receive.
"Y-yes, I know what you're going to say, that I shouldn't have risked it, that whoever made it might come back. But the scent was weak, and you were in such a state, I just panicked." She sighed, letting her words trail off into the silence of night.
"It's okay, Blue, I'd never be mad at you." Hige whispered as his sides heaved in pain sending him crumpled over his knees in agony.
"HIGE!! Hige are you okay!?" The blue-eyes girl screamed compassionately placing her tan hands on Hige's quaking shoulders, sending her to reel back in pain at memory of her own ailments.
"I'll be okay," Hige gasped through gritted teeth, just worry about yourself he begged as warm sweat coursed his forehead. Silence drummed Hige's haggard ears as he waited patiently for Blue's response. "Blue?" He asked, wincing, he straightened and turned his head to his lover's face only to see her sprawled awkwardly on the cold, snow-covered ground, crimson blood running from her lips.
"BLUE!" He yelled, desperately he struggled to rise to his feet, only to have a feverish fit of dizziness pass over him each time. He finally gave up holding his burning forehead in his soft palms, trying to regain his composure to reach his lover's side.
"Lieutenant, I think I heard voices coming from the trench," a barely audible voice faintly crossed Hige's ears, causing him to stiffen in rigid fear.
"Well go check out, soldier, Mr. Darcia won't have any pesky animals disrupting his plans," Was a deep malicious voice's reply. "Oh and soldier, don't forget your gun. You never know what kind of rabid animals are in these parts," the voice cackled deeply.
"Yes, sir," came the quick response making Hige's hair stand on the edge of his neck.
'I've got to get us out of here,' Hige's mind stormed as his vision blurred and a piercing pain throbbed through his muscles, once more making him fall in the black of unconsciousness.
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Hee Hee I'm EVIL!!!!!!! Does everyone hate me? Oh man I really do feel bad for this, it kills me when a fic leaves off in a cliff hanger! But as a writer it's well---fun's not quite the word--I guess it's just evil, neh? -.-
Anyway, I'm so proud of getting this chapter out this week at all!! It's been truly hectic for me, I'm not even going to be around a computer for the next 4 days! (gasp) (faint) LOL, well it's not tragic for me but if some one likes this fic it might be a little annoying. But I'll make a vow. If I feel it necessary to at least start writing the fic in a notebook or something, judging from the reviews, that is, then I will. See? I'm not -that- wicked : )
Well anyway, as always please R&R----wait if you're here right now you've probably already read it haven't you? Well then ummn please review, reviews make me happy! Thanks to all you nice supporters (glomps the people who like this fic) Until next time, ciao! : )
The painted wolf pup: YAY : ) nothing's better than knowing at least one person has my back on this fic! I'm glad I could make you happy with the up-date, what can I say, I live to serve. LOL! Yeah that chapter was kinda sad but it was mostly setting up the scenes for the next, or errr this chapter. Hope you continue to enjoy the fic, thanks for the review!
Mayako: (helps you kill whatever makes the power go out) Can't let you have all the fun, now can I!? Lol, anyway, thanks for the review I'm trying my absolute best to get these chapters out quickly despite my slightly muddled schedule!! It's worth it though!!
The Planner Conspiracy: It's a-aaa-awesome?? (teary eyes) really!? So y-you like it!!? BWAHAHA thanks (sniff) yes, I'm overdramatic XD I'll do my best to update quickly, you have my word!
Whiskers: I can't tell you , sorry---I enjoy this torment, does that make me evil? Diabolical? Oh well, you'll find out soon enough : ) I will update Red Moon it's just that, well, school started back and I kinda forgot about the things I did during the summer. And now I can't update till I go back and re-read it, but rest assured I already have a plan of what's going to happen and I have half the chapter typed already. It will come very soon, this I can assure you!
Toboe's pup: Hige can tough it out he doesn't need a hot dog!
Hige: (bonks Nami on the head) what are you saying, you fool?? Of course I want that hot dog!
Nami: Oh shut up and get back in the fic or I'll let a pack of lions eat Blue-
Hige: Lions?! In the snow?
Nami: It's my story, I'll do what I want!! And if that means making a certain big nosed wolf not be able to eat for weeks on end cause he's an annoying little twerp--well then I'm willing to make that sacrifice (nod)
Hige: OK OK!!! I'll be good!
Nami: If only he had showed that terror over the Blue threat -.-;
Maiden Cheza: heehee thanks : ) you're too kind, really! Anyway, I'll try to keep up this fic's good name, at least I think it has a good name---hmmmn---(scritch scritch) Well we'll say it does (nod)
Magical Girl Pretty Sammy-Chan: Sorry I didn't write you in the first chapter -.-; I had already written the first part and forgot to go back and add this. Gomen!! (sigh) anyway, I'm glad you liked it, aren't Blue and Hige just the cutest couple ever?! Oh Lord, i-it can't be happening---I---I'm turning into a FANGIRL!!!! (falls on knees) NOOOO!!!! Lol, I know, I'm weird : p
Inu-yasha and snago luver: Hey I love Inu too!!! But did you mean Sango? Ah well, I'm glad you liked the story : ) Blue doesn't bother me, as long as she goes no where near Tsume or Toboe (shifty eyes) If she crosses that line she's dead. I'd love to read your fic! If you need a beta just tell me, I love to help people out! Hope you like this chapter, thanks for reviewing!!
That's everyone! (claps hands together) ok off to the ficcy!!
"blah"-- dialogue (duh)
'blah'--thoughts
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'Where is that dumb mutt?' Quent's head pounded, as he swooned over the liquor in his system.
"Barkeep, 'nother drink!" He commanded in a slightly slurred voice. Suddenly, leaning his body over the bar, he slammed his glass cup to the surface of the soft maple wood, shattering it into numerous glittering pieces.
"Dammit, that's the third cup you've broken tonight, I think you've had enough, sir." The agitated bartender leaned over the splintered mess; expertly swiping the jagged pieces with a white rag to the trashcan he held bellow.
"I'll tell you when I've had enough!" Quent bellowed in a drunken stupor, sloppily reaching for the gun hidden in the long swathes of deep brown material. Before he could reach the weapon his arm was gruffly pulled around his back, sending pulsing pains through his head as he felt the soft metal mouth of a pistol against his hair.
"Sir, it's time for you to leave." The bartender whispered in a new no nonsense tone while still maintaining his polite purveyor demeanor.
'He's been doing this along time,' Quent thought smugly. "Alright I'm gone," The old man took a step out of the barkeep's grasp, taking a moment to smooth out the wrinkles of his coat. "Better watch your back though," he turned his head to the disgruntled bartender's face as he opened the door. "The man you try to pull that stunt on next time might be a lot younger and faster than me." He winked, before stepping in the cold night air, leaving the tavern with only the sound of a tinkling bell to fill its stone corners.
"Stupid old man," The young barkeep sighed, leaning his head in a quick prayer before continuing to polish a stray glass on one of the dusty shelves.
'I can't keep this up much longer.' Hige thought to himself as his vision blurred, mixing the white snow and gray sky in a sickly mixture of dribble. The young man turned his head to his feet in hopes of clearing his mind, only to become instantly nauseated at the sight of his racing steps.
"Hige, Hige are you okay!?" Blue croaked through her barely audible voice as her love gagged and coughed below her.
"I'll be okay I think I just have to rest a while." Hige huffed as he slowly turned his rushing tempo to a brisk walk, shuffling his shoes feverishly through the packed snow below. 'This isn't right,' his mind races anxiously. 'I-I can't be sick; I have to take care of Blue!! Nothing else matters, if I stopped she could die---' His thoughts suddenly ceased as he slowly pitched forward, body heavily flopping to the rigid, glacial ground.
"HIGE!!" Blue coughed, struggling to pull her leg from his weight. "Hige you've got to wake up!!" She wailed sore throat tensing with fear of her companion's condition. 'This is all my fault,' her mind pounded angrily as pearly cold tears streamed down her tan cheeks. 'If he hadn't given me his sweatshirt---n-no, if I hadn't turned my head when he called my name-- i-if I had just paid attention to the battle, none of this would've happened.
"Hige," Blue tried again, viciously coughing from the overuse of her wounded throat.
"Mn," Hige moaned in response, slowly opening his glossy maroon eyes to stare upon his lover's panic knitted brow. "It's okay, Blue, I'll be fi--," He started before rising abruptly to his knees and vomiting on the soft white snow.
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"It's no use, we can't find him anywhere." Toboe whimpered, grasping Tsume's leather vest in his pallid fist.
"Don't whine to -me- runt," Tsume grumbled indignantly, pulling from the pup's weak grasp. "You were the one who wanted to look for the mutt."
"I'm not whining!" Toboe argued jutting his jaw out resentfully, "I'm just worried about Hige, that's all. I mean, it's not like him to go missing like this. I just hope he's okay." The runt sighed in an almost inaudible whisper turning his shining golden eyes to the icy black roads below his snow-encrusted boots.
"That's not necessarily true." Tsume reasoned hesitantly dropping his hand to Toboe's slender shoulder. "We haven't know him very long; and even if he did get into trouble, he's a big dog, he can take care of himself." The white-haired man affirmed, quickly retracting his arm to his side as if afraid to be spotted providing a comforting gesture.
"I guess that's true." Toboe turned his head up once more, slightly more enthused having been granted the honor of Tsume's compassionate touch. "A-and even if it wasn't, Kiba might've found him, right?" The runt's soft auburn hair swirled across his soft pink cheeks, shining with new hope.
Tsume's heart skipped a beat faintly at the sight of the runt's hopeful eyes. "Sure, whatever, pup," he stumbled through his words awkwardly. "We won't know unless we find him, though, so enough talk." The white-haired man nodded, sniffing the air for his companion's scent before setting briskly off into the silhouette of thick cold fog and tall metal buildings.
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'This pain, what is this pain!' Hige struggled with himself, trying desperately to move his arms, his legs, anything! 'I-I've never felt anything like this,' the storm in his mind commenced, brutally twisting his stomach in knots of throbbing pain.
He winced slightly as he felt a cool hand gently wipe his forehead. 'That touch,' he recalled suddenly feeling the pain slightly dissipate enough to clear his raging mind. 'Blue's touch,' he sensed, sending a new wave of chills through his aching muscles.
"Hige, it's okay, love." She soothed through her raspy voice, trying desperately to bring him to consciousness.
'This situation is hopeless,' she sensed, sending a surge of desolation through her weary body. "It wouldn't be so bad," she rose her voice to the silent night of darkness engulfing her apprehensive body. "I-It wouldn't be so bad knowing I was going to die with the one I--- the one that I love, it's just---" She tried to continue but her voice tightened in pain sending gentle tears to trace her gloomy face. "It's just-knowing it was my fault for our deaths--"
Blue turned her head to the snow packed earth as strangled sobs escaped her chapped lips. She squeezed her eyes shut, hoping the world would dissipate if she were not to look upon it, only to feel a light touch against her cheek.
"Hige?" She asked, quickly straightening in surprise while hastily wiping away her tears.
"Yes," he nodded slightly as his radiant maroon eyes stared to the depths of her soft azure orbs. "Don't blame yourself, please Blue." He begged in a weak voice, gently sending two quivering fingers to caress her tender cheek from its tearful offenders.
"I can't help it." Blue sobbed, pulling her legs into her chest as her back pulsated angrily.
"Blue, you're going to kill yourself if you keep this up!" Hige huffed, wincing as he pulled his body into a sitting position and his vision slowly cleared. His eyes hungrily swallowed the surroundings; it wasn't until now that he noticed the embankment Blue had brought them to. As far as shelter goes it was well placed, a soft ditch, dipping a good 6 feet into the earth to block from the cold harsh wind with long pine branches pulled crudely over the top to block from snowfall.
"Blue how--," he started, slightly puzzled as to how this sick, injured girl could create such a shelter by herself.
"Oh," Blue sighed following the gaze of her lover's claret eyes. "Gomen, Hige, I know it was dangerous but when you passed out I knew I had to get you out of the snow and this was the closest thing I could find--"
"You mean this was already here?" Hige asked apprehensively, fearing the answer he might receive.
"Y-yes, I know what you're going to say, that I shouldn't have risked it, that whoever made it might come back. But the scent was weak, and you were in such a state, I just panicked." She sighed, letting her words trail off into the silence of night.
"It's okay, Blue, I'd never be mad at you." Hige whispered as his sides heaved in pain sending him crumpled over his knees in agony.
"HIGE!! Hige are you okay!?" The blue-eyes girl screamed compassionately placing her tan hands on Hige's quaking shoulders, sending her to reel back in pain at memory of her own ailments.
"I'll be okay," Hige gasped through gritted teeth, just worry about yourself he begged as warm sweat coursed his forehead. Silence drummed Hige's haggard ears as he waited patiently for Blue's response. "Blue?" He asked, wincing, he straightened and turned his head to his lover's face only to see her sprawled awkwardly on the cold, snow-covered ground, crimson blood running from her lips.
"BLUE!" He yelled, desperately he struggled to rise to his feet, only to have a feverish fit of dizziness pass over him each time. He finally gave up holding his burning forehead in his soft palms, trying to regain his composure to reach his lover's side.
"Lieutenant, I think I heard voices coming from the trench," a barely audible voice faintly crossed Hige's ears, causing him to stiffen in rigid fear.
"Well go check out, soldier, Mr. Darcia won't have any pesky animals disrupting his plans," Was a deep malicious voice's reply. "Oh and soldier, don't forget your gun. You never know what kind of rabid animals are in these parts," the voice cackled deeply.
"Yes, sir," came the quick response making Hige's hair stand on the edge of his neck.
'I've got to get us out of here,' Hige's mind stormed as his vision blurred and a piercing pain throbbed through his muscles, once more making him fall in the black of unconsciousness.
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Hee Hee I'm EVIL!!!!!!! Does everyone hate me? Oh man I really do feel bad for this, it kills me when a fic leaves off in a cliff hanger! But as a writer it's well---fun's not quite the word--I guess it's just evil, neh? -.-
Anyway, I'm so proud of getting this chapter out this week at all!! It's been truly hectic for me, I'm not even going to be around a computer for the next 4 days! (gasp) (faint) LOL, well it's not tragic for me but if some one likes this fic it might be a little annoying. But I'll make a vow. If I feel it necessary to at least start writing the fic in a notebook or something, judging from the reviews, that is, then I will. See? I'm not -that- wicked : )
Well anyway, as always please R&R----wait if you're here right now you've probably already read it haven't you? Well then ummn please review, reviews make me happy! Thanks to all you nice supporters (glomps the people who like this fic) Until next time, ciao! : )