Disclaimer- I do not own Wolf's Rain, 'cause if I did, Moon would definitely be in it!
Note- In the story: "talking" 'thoughts' 'Tsume's evil little voice'
Dedicated to Anarya, who thought up the perfect title!!!
xWhit3StaRx- I'm glad you love it! I love it too!!!
Usagi the Mage- I have granted your wish, o loyal one. (No cough drops for me, just regular day-to-day craziness!)
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thiswolflovesnoone -I'll try!! I love Tsume too!
Ms. Mug- Adrian is an olf friend, there'll be more on him later! Tsume is so OOC? I didn't think it was as bad as I made Sessy! As for my beta, I don't have one! I check all my own stuff. I beta others though. Check my bio page and you can find one!
Anarya- Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As you can see, I used your title!!!!!!!!! It is PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! for your qusetions, you'll just have to read the rest to find out!!!!! But I'll tell you now that Praen is dead... -tear-
Suaru- Thank you for your suggestion, but I HAD to use Anarya's instead. But I'm glad you like my story!
CH 4
Tsume woke up to the sound of Toboe yelling. He jumped up, instantly awake. Everyone was awake, with the exception of a certain human female. Moon was gone.
'Tsume! She left! I can't believe it! I thought she was gonna let us go with her!" Toboe was upset. He had really liked Moon, and didn't wan her to be running around on her own. The fact that she was a wolf capable of taking care of herself didn't matter.
Kiba was trying to calm Toboe down. "Toboe, it's okay. If she didn't want us to go with her, then we won't."
"No! We had to go with her! Tsume, c'mon, you want to find her, don't you?"
Tsume just stood there, silent. He shouldn't feel this way. If she wanted to go alone, then she could. There was no reason for him to stop her.
"Yes there is. You love her.'
'I do not!'
'Yes, you do.'
'I don't!'
'You do''I- why am I fighting with myself?'
'How should I know? Anyways, your sanity isn't the issue here. You going to find Moon is.'
'Why? Why should I go after her? She left. Didn't tell us or anything. Just left, as if she was hiding something. Why should I find her?'
'Because you love her. That's the only reason you need.'
'Why do you keep saying that? I don't love her!'
'Ya know, this is getting kinda boring. So listen. You love her. Just admit it. You can figure out the reasons why later. She needs you. She can't do it alone.'
'Do what? And why does she need me for it?'
'Because she's chosen you. Why, I don't know.''Why?'
'I can't through to you, can I? I'm not even going to try. All I'm gonna say is that she needs you. Go find her.'
"Damnit. Why?'
No answer.
'God. I'm having an argument with myself. I'm goin' crazy. But why do I feel that it's true? Why do I feel that I have to find her?'
"Tsume? Hello? Earth to Tsume!"
Tsume focused to find Hige in front of him, waving a hand in his face.
He grabbed it and moved it away. "Get your hand the hell away from me."
Hige moved away. "At least you've finished spacing out. So, what do you wanna do about Moon? Do we go find her?
Tsume looked away. "I don't care. It's not like it matters to me where she goes."
Toboe and Kiba exchanged glances. They knew what was wrong with Tsume. Denial.
Suddenly, Hige noticed a strange smell. "Hey. Do ya smell that? It smells like a wolf!"
Tsume sniffed. His ambereyes hardened. "Yeah, it does. And it smells like it was just here."
Instantly, everyone started looking around them. Toboe couldn't hold it in anymore. He burst out laughing.
Tsume spun to face him. "What's so funny, runt?"
"You guys! I can't believe you only just noticed that smell! Oh god." He stopped to gasp in some air. "Don't you guys know who it is?"
Hige and Kiba shook their heads, Tsume just watched him.
"Moon! Moon is a wolf!"
Expressions: Oo
"Moon is a wolf?" Kiba asked, startled.
"Yes!"
Tsume reached out and grabbed Toboe by his shirt collar and lifted him right off the air, Toboe still laughing.
"Why didn't you tell us this earlier?" Tsume questioned in a soft, deadly tone.
Toboe ignored the warning in his voice. "I thought you guys would find out sooner or later. And I thought Moon would tell you."
Tsume gave him a look, then dropped him and stalked away, like he always does.
Kiba helped Toboe up. "How did you know, Toboe? And why didn't you tell us?"
Toboe got serious. "I smelled her, that's it. But there's this real heavy scent of humans on her. It almost smothers out her wolf scent. And I didn't tell 'cause…well, I just thought that she would tell us, or that one of you would smell her too. And it didn't seem so important."
Kiba studied Toboe. "What if she's dangerous? She could have killed us."
Toboe flinched. "I… I didn't think about that… Oh, god, I'm so sorry!"
Hige smiled. "Hey, it's all good, Toboe. You just meant well."
"Yes, it's okay, Toboe. But what's with Tsume?"
The three wolves turned in the direction Tsume had gone. "I dunno," Toboe lied.
Tsume walked aimlessly, mind once again filled to the brim.
"She's a wolf??? I can't believe it. And I could've had a chance with her. Do I want a chance with her??? I can't believe she's a wolf.'
His mind went in circles, over and over again. He kicked a rock. He had never believed in "love at first sight". But why did it feel that way?
He knew almost nothing about her. He knew she had secrets, secrets that had made her toss, turn, and moan when she had fainted.
But he had a feeling that that wouldn't matter. He plopped down on the hard ground, a very, very, very, very rare look of vulnerability comingnh over him. 'Ah hell. Might as well admit it. I care for her. I'm not goin' to say I love her, but I do care. That's gotta be good enough for now.'
He picked himself, put on the badass mask again, and walked back to the others, still occasionally kicking a rock or two.
Hige was the first to notice Tsume coming back. He walked to meet him. He noticed the look on Tsume's face, a combination of resignation and annoyance. "So, we goin' after her?" he asked softly.
Tsume nodded. "Okay." Hige left. Tsume had been waiting for Hige to make fun of him or something like that. He watched Hige change his pace to a run, and start talking and laughing with the others.
Sometimes, he got a feeling that Hige wasn't as dense as he acted.
I am so sorry this is short! I just wanted to hurry and get this part over with! Please review!!!!!!!!!!!!
