Chapter IV
Disclaimer: I don't own Wolf's Rain. (But now I do own there CD by Yoko Kanno!)
Hige looked up, "Kiba! I don't wanna walk any more. Can't we stop and eat? Please?" He tried to turn puppy eyes on his 'secret' lover.
Tsume had gotten way beyond annoyed with the pudgy pooch. "Why don't you just shut-the-hell-up? We've only been walking for three days. We could go for five or six days without food." He put his hands in his pockets and continued walking behind Kiba and Toboe.
The brown haired wolf sniffed around. "Wait!" He caught something.
Toboe turned first. "Wait, I can smell it too."
Hige continued to sniff. "It smells like hasenpfeffer. There's a rabbit around here!" He started to jump around and yap like a puppy. "Kiba! Kiba! There's food!" Toboe shook his head. and he calls me a puppy.He could smell the rabbit too, it was mingled with something. It was a strong harsh smell. Like whenever the four wolves ran into a human. It's fear.He followed the scent as Hige kept up his 'yay-there's-food' dance in front of Kiba and Tsume.
The forest was thick. The sun was not able to be seen through the trees and the ground was covered in dead leaves and pine needles. Other then the rabbit and its fear the forest smelled of peace and goodness. One could hardly see past their nose in this forest. As Toboe walked on he could hear less and less of his pack's bickering and cajoling. Finally he came to a clearing and in the dead center of the clearing grew a great strong oak tree. It was by far the tallest and greatest in the forest, looking like a great protector and guardian of the woods. The smell of rabbit was strongest here. The red wolf poked his nose into some of the numerous knots and holes of the tree. In one of the smallest holes in the great oak he poked his nose into a small ball of wet fluff. Toboe looked inside the small hole. If it hadn't been for the fact that he still smelt the rabbit he would've been sure that it wasn't there. "Hello?"
The black rabbit looked at him with glowing red eyes. "T-thenlay." Was all he could say.
Toboe started to back away from the freak-like glowing eyes before he thought about how the rabbit was more scared then him. "Come on out, I won't hurt you." Toboe spoke softly so as not to frighten the little one any further.
Marlizorm sniffed the air to make sure it was safe. It doesn't smell like anything I've ever smelt before.When he looked out he saw something that looked like a dog, but it was a lot bigger then the one he had seen from Nuthanger Farm. But it doesn't smell like a dog, so it should be ok.... Right?He hopped to the entrance of the small hole and fell out.
Toboe giggled. "Are you ok?" He nudged the little one to get up.
"Uh-huh." Was all he said. Now that he was even closer the dog-thingy was huge! He had redish fur and seemed to still be young. Once Marlizorn sniffed around again he could smell three other beings like this one. One smelled like a leader, like he was always calm. Another was much like the first but more with a bit more anger in his scent. The last creature was much like the one in front of him but he smelled like he was kept better, like he ate more. "More you?" He looked about nervously.
"More wolves you mean?" Toboe nodded. "Of course, we're a pack. You look lost or something. Hige won't want to eat you. You wouldn't make a very good meal." He licked the small rabbits face. "It looks like you haven't eaten in days. Are you ok?" He noticed the rabbit start to go imp and his eyes to fade. "Rabbit?" and he was out. "Hey, kid you ok? Hmm, musta passed out." Toboe bent down to pick up the little one in his jaws, trying to be gentle not to cut him with his sharp canines.
When the smallest wolf got to the rest of his pack he found Hige fighting with Tsume about some stupid trivial thing and a very bored Kiba. He turned his head to acknowledge the younger wolf's return. "Who's that?"
Toboe set down the rabbit on a small patch of moss by a large rock. "I found him."
Hige jumped up. "Hey, the pup found food!" He lunged for the sleeping rabbit.
"Get the fuck away from him!" Toboe suddenly came on the defensive as he blocked the larger wolf from his charge. "You won't touch him!" The hair on the nape of his neck stood up, stiff as needles and his teeth gleamed white.
Tsume stepped back from the little one he called a lover. "T-toboe?" He tried to get closer.
The younger wolf turned back to the small black rabbit and started to lick him to cleanse him of the dirt the little one had accumulated. "Tsume, would you please find some rabbit food for the little guy?"
"Anou.... Sure..." Tsume sauntered off to try to find something green that the small rabbit could easily eat.
Kiba chuckled, mostly to himself. "Toboe, you try to order me around and you will die ahead of your time." He got up and walked to the kit. The younger wolf started to growl at first but then, remembering Kiba was Alfa male, he let him pass. Kiba sniffed the small bundle of black fur. "sniff This little guy isn't from around here. This is the woods, he smells like prairies, hills, and sniff he lives by humans." Kiba licked the rabbit all over so that the scent off wolf enveloped the little one. Once he was done he turned to Toboe." He is yours. I have given him the scent of our wolf pack so no one will go after him. You lick him and your scent will cover him. He is your child from this day forward. I will go to a lake and get the little one some water." He left, leaving a scared Hige with a defensive Toboe.
"So your son is food?" Hige giggled to himself.
"He is not food." Toboe had a hint of a growl in his voice. "I don't care how hungry you get, if you come near my little one..." His eyes glowed as he turned toward the larger wolf. "I will rip your lungs out of your neck."
Hige backed even farther into the tree. Toboe=scary!
Tsume came back with a strange leafy plant. "I found another rabbit and asked him what they ate, he said that this thing was 'flay' or good stuff." He set it down on the ground for the rabbit to eat it, the little one didn't react. Toboe bent down and started to chew the green leafy substance to a pulp. "Toboe?"
"He's unconscious, so he can't chew. If I chew this up he will be able to drink it with the water Kiba brings." He made a quirky face. "But I hope this tastes better to Sukunai then it does to me."
Tsume gently kissed Toboe and sucked at the greenness in his lovers mouth. He started to chew at the stuff. It tasted bitter, like ripened apples with lemon juice on it. Once he figured it was crushed enough for the child to swallow it he plucked a large leaf from a Maple tree. "I can stand the taste of anything if I can taste you in it."
Toboe blushed cutely. "You know, since this is my son and you're my lover," He put his small gentle hand into Tsume's large calloused one. "He is also your son."
Tsume smiled for a moment and nodded, before his face turned to a white almost paler then Kiba's fur. "I think I know why wolves don't eat greens." He clasped his hand to his mouth and ran to the nearest tree and lost his... whatever the last meal he ate was. Hige laughed so much that he fell on the floor and started to roll around. "What can't you hold your stuff Tsume?" Tsume turned back to Hige and picked up a handful of the green stuff the he and Toboe hadn't chewed. "You wanna try it?" He smirked and tackled Hige, trying to force the pudgy brown wolf to eat the plant. "Sorry, I'm on a no-veggie diet." They kept rolling around on the ground trying to get the other one to, literally, 'eat it', when Kiba came back with a small bowl-shaped rock full of water. He looked at the two wolves going at it like puppies and quirked an eyebrow. "Glad to know you guys can hold down the fort if I leave for two seconds." He set the bowl down by Toboe and his charge. "You better feed him soon, I don't think he's eaten for a couple of days. Rabbits aren't as strong as wolves." Toboe took the maple leaf with the mashed plant and mixed it with the clear water using his paws to knead it all together. Next he took his paws from the bowl and put them up to the small rabbit's mouth. "Come on Sukunai, wake-up, please." He repeated his actions and words several times before anyone noticed any sign of his waking.
Mmmm... That tastes good. Cowslip I think. Why can I taste cowslip? I can smell something funny, like Fiver but... different. Mmmmm... I feel warm. I've never felt like this before. Who is this? Maybe if I open my eyes.Marlizorn opened his eyes slowly. He looked around. He was still in the forest. It was night know and he could here the serenade of the forest night. but why am I so warm?As he looked around he noticed two great paws around him. When he followed the paws up to a face he remembered the creature with red fur. did he save me?He was still so tired, he couldn't have cared less if General Woundwort himself had helped him. He was still in the same predicament. No one wants me...And that was the last thought that he remembered before going to sleep
Disclaimer: I don't own Wolf's Rain. (But now I do own there CD by Yoko Kanno!)
Hige looked up, "Kiba! I don't wanna walk any more. Can't we stop and eat? Please?" He tried to turn puppy eyes on his 'secret' lover.
Tsume had gotten way beyond annoyed with the pudgy pooch. "Why don't you just shut-the-hell-up? We've only been walking for three days. We could go for five or six days without food." He put his hands in his pockets and continued walking behind Kiba and Toboe.
The brown haired wolf sniffed around. "Wait!" He caught something.
Toboe turned first. "Wait, I can smell it too."
Hige continued to sniff. "It smells like hasenpfeffer. There's a rabbit around here!" He started to jump around and yap like a puppy. "Kiba! Kiba! There's food!" Toboe shook his head. and he calls me a puppy.He could smell the rabbit too, it was mingled with something. It was a strong harsh smell. Like whenever the four wolves ran into a human. It's fear.He followed the scent as Hige kept up his 'yay-there's-food' dance in front of Kiba and Tsume.
The forest was thick. The sun was not able to be seen through the trees and the ground was covered in dead leaves and pine needles. Other then the rabbit and its fear the forest smelled of peace and goodness. One could hardly see past their nose in this forest. As Toboe walked on he could hear less and less of his pack's bickering and cajoling. Finally he came to a clearing and in the dead center of the clearing grew a great strong oak tree. It was by far the tallest and greatest in the forest, looking like a great protector and guardian of the woods. The smell of rabbit was strongest here. The red wolf poked his nose into some of the numerous knots and holes of the tree. In one of the smallest holes in the great oak he poked his nose into a small ball of wet fluff. Toboe looked inside the small hole. If it hadn't been for the fact that he still smelt the rabbit he would've been sure that it wasn't there. "Hello?"
The black rabbit looked at him with glowing red eyes. "T-thenlay." Was all he could say.
Toboe started to back away from the freak-like glowing eyes before he thought about how the rabbit was more scared then him. "Come on out, I won't hurt you." Toboe spoke softly so as not to frighten the little one any further.
Marlizorm sniffed the air to make sure it was safe. It doesn't smell like anything I've ever smelt before.When he looked out he saw something that looked like a dog, but it was a lot bigger then the one he had seen from Nuthanger Farm. But it doesn't smell like a dog, so it should be ok.... Right?He hopped to the entrance of the small hole and fell out.
Toboe giggled. "Are you ok?" He nudged the little one to get up.
"Uh-huh." Was all he said. Now that he was even closer the dog-thingy was huge! He had redish fur and seemed to still be young. Once Marlizorn sniffed around again he could smell three other beings like this one. One smelled like a leader, like he was always calm. Another was much like the first but more with a bit more anger in his scent. The last creature was much like the one in front of him but he smelled like he was kept better, like he ate more. "More you?" He looked about nervously.
"More wolves you mean?" Toboe nodded. "Of course, we're a pack. You look lost or something. Hige won't want to eat you. You wouldn't make a very good meal." He licked the small rabbits face. "It looks like you haven't eaten in days. Are you ok?" He noticed the rabbit start to go imp and his eyes to fade. "Rabbit?" and he was out. "Hey, kid you ok? Hmm, musta passed out." Toboe bent down to pick up the little one in his jaws, trying to be gentle not to cut him with his sharp canines.
When the smallest wolf got to the rest of his pack he found Hige fighting with Tsume about some stupid trivial thing and a very bored Kiba. He turned his head to acknowledge the younger wolf's return. "Who's that?"
Toboe set down the rabbit on a small patch of moss by a large rock. "I found him."
Hige jumped up. "Hey, the pup found food!" He lunged for the sleeping rabbit.
"Get the fuck away from him!" Toboe suddenly came on the defensive as he blocked the larger wolf from his charge. "You won't touch him!" The hair on the nape of his neck stood up, stiff as needles and his teeth gleamed white.
Tsume stepped back from the little one he called a lover. "T-toboe?" He tried to get closer.
The younger wolf turned back to the small black rabbit and started to lick him to cleanse him of the dirt the little one had accumulated. "Tsume, would you please find some rabbit food for the little guy?"
"Anou.... Sure..." Tsume sauntered off to try to find something green that the small rabbit could easily eat.
Kiba chuckled, mostly to himself. "Toboe, you try to order me around and you will die ahead of your time." He got up and walked to the kit. The younger wolf started to growl at first but then, remembering Kiba was Alfa male, he let him pass. Kiba sniffed the small bundle of black fur. "sniff This little guy isn't from around here. This is the woods, he smells like prairies, hills, and sniff he lives by humans." Kiba licked the rabbit all over so that the scent off wolf enveloped the little one. Once he was done he turned to Toboe." He is yours. I have given him the scent of our wolf pack so no one will go after him. You lick him and your scent will cover him. He is your child from this day forward. I will go to a lake and get the little one some water." He left, leaving a scared Hige with a defensive Toboe.
"So your son is food?" Hige giggled to himself.
"He is not food." Toboe had a hint of a growl in his voice. "I don't care how hungry you get, if you come near my little one..." His eyes glowed as he turned toward the larger wolf. "I will rip your lungs out of your neck."
Hige backed even farther into the tree. Toboe=scary!
Tsume came back with a strange leafy plant. "I found another rabbit and asked him what they ate, he said that this thing was 'flay' or good stuff." He set it down on the ground for the rabbit to eat it, the little one didn't react. Toboe bent down and started to chew the green leafy substance to a pulp. "Toboe?"
"He's unconscious, so he can't chew. If I chew this up he will be able to drink it with the water Kiba brings." He made a quirky face. "But I hope this tastes better to Sukunai then it does to me."
Tsume gently kissed Toboe and sucked at the greenness in his lovers mouth. He started to chew at the stuff. It tasted bitter, like ripened apples with lemon juice on it. Once he figured it was crushed enough for the child to swallow it he plucked a large leaf from a Maple tree. "I can stand the taste of anything if I can taste you in it."
Toboe blushed cutely. "You know, since this is my son and you're my lover," He put his small gentle hand into Tsume's large calloused one. "He is also your son."
Tsume smiled for a moment and nodded, before his face turned to a white almost paler then Kiba's fur. "I think I know why wolves don't eat greens." He clasped his hand to his mouth and ran to the nearest tree and lost his... whatever the last meal he ate was. Hige laughed so much that he fell on the floor and started to roll around. "What can't you hold your stuff Tsume?" Tsume turned back to Hige and picked up a handful of the green stuff the he and Toboe hadn't chewed. "You wanna try it?" He smirked and tackled Hige, trying to force the pudgy brown wolf to eat the plant. "Sorry, I'm on a no-veggie diet." They kept rolling around on the ground trying to get the other one to, literally, 'eat it', when Kiba came back with a small bowl-shaped rock full of water. He looked at the two wolves going at it like puppies and quirked an eyebrow. "Glad to know you guys can hold down the fort if I leave for two seconds." He set the bowl down by Toboe and his charge. "You better feed him soon, I don't think he's eaten for a couple of days. Rabbits aren't as strong as wolves." Toboe took the maple leaf with the mashed plant and mixed it with the clear water using his paws to knead it all together. Next he took his paws from the bowl and put them up to the small rabbit's mouth. "Come on Sukunai, wake-up, please." He repeated his actions and words several times before anyone noticed any sign of his waking.
Mmmm... That tastes good. Cowslip I think. Why can I taste cowslip? I can smell something funny, like Fiver but... different. Mmmmm... I feel warm. I've never felt like this before. Who is this? Maybe if I open my eyes.Marlizorn opened his eyes slowly. He looked around. He was still in the forest. It was night know and he could here the serenade of the forest night. but why am I so warm?As he looked around he noticed two great paws around him. When he followed the paws up to a face he remembered the creature with red fur. did he save me?He was still so tired, he couldn't have cared less if General Woundwort himself had helped him. He was still in the same predicament. No one wants me...And that was the last thought that he remembered before going to sleep