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Author's notes: Wow…it's been a long time huh? Well I hope this chapter is long enough for being so late so here it is.
When the sun shifts and shines upon someone new
A bit of husky sunlight had run down from the grey skies the wolves had been traveling under for some days now. Mostly those clouds bore wind storms of snow and ice but today the sun warmed their backs as they roamed the barren fields. Kiba, who was also enjoying the warmth of sun, slowed the pace of the pack down to a relaxed trot. Toboe was all smiles at being able to enjoy himself for once, he hoped there would be many more bright cheerful days in the future for the group. However not everyone was enjoying their brisk warm walk, Tsume's shoulders were hunched up rather odd like and stiff as he watched the back of Kiba's head. Sometimes he appeared to be talking to himself, lips moving quietly and quickly, at times he would let out a small laugh and when the others turned to see what was funny his face had turned back to stone and he would glare at them.
"I think this trip is starting to get to Tsume." Hige whispered to Kiba while he continued to glance back at the gray wolf that had now locked eyes with him. Kiba didn't answer nor did he glance back but began to slow to a walk now.
"In my other pack we wouldn't have allowed this, there was this one wolf though, a couple screws missing from that one I tell ya! Always muttering to himself, sometimes he would just starting howling for no reason, started scaring the little ones," As Kiba listened he kept thinking that maybe he had let Tsume get too strange recently, he didn't want something to happen to anyone, especially Toboe who Tsume had taken long hours to watching now while smiling and muttering.
"So yea we had to get rid of him, left him back in this small valley….he didn't really seem to care. 'Course we explained to him why we were doing this….can't have a nutcase around especially with small pups running around and such…yea it was quite sad…" Kiba had altogether stopped now and was fully listening to Hige who suddenly lost his voice and looked alarmed.
"Hey what are you doing?"
"Listening to your story…."
"….so that's what it looks like to be listened to!" The large wolf exclaimed.
Toboe suddenly came over, his smile still stuck in the same place; he bounded over to Kiba and nuzzled his head under his lover's neck. Hige got a wide smile to match Toboe's now only it wasn't a sweet smile but one that seeped with great mischief.
"Well would you look at this!" He grabbed Toboe away and wrapped an arm around him.
"Found yourself a cute little mate eh, Kiba?"
"Stop it Hige!" Toboe hissed and tried to get out of his grasp, unfortunately for him his older friend had no intentions of letting him go so easy.
"OOO smoochy smoochy!"
"SHUTUP!"
"When can we expect the first litter?"
"I HATE YOU HIGE!"
During all the commotion Kiba had walked up to Tsume whose eyes bore into him with such rage Kiba could feel the hatred from within the other wolf.
"Tsume, we need to talk." To his surprise the gray wolf smiled, bringing back his lips so that his teeth shown along with his thick pink gums. Kiba was immediately tense, he knew Tsume was planning something and a "little talk" away from the group would be perfect for whatever he had planed. However Kiba being the bullheaded leader that he was straightened up even taller and glanced at Tsume with blank eyes.
"Can we talk somewhere else?"
The two strong wolves where sitting far away from where Hige and Toboe where now. They both stared at each other, the views of the others were blocked by some surrounding boulders and a steep dusty valley lay not far behind them.
"I asked to talk with you since you have been acting quite unnatural lately."
"Unnatural"…" Tsume whispered, still smiling but staring at the black earth.
"Yes….either stop acting like this or you can head back to wherever you came from or would like to go. We don't need some mental wolf around us, we already have enough to worry and concern ourselves with." Tsume's smile faltered and he suddenly stood up.
"I'm not going anywhere without Toboe…." This time it was Kiba whose eyes clipped down to small slits and glared at him, also rising.
"Toboe is a part of this pack, my mate, he is not going anywhere and no one can make him do anything he doesn't want as long as I am the leader!"
"We'll just have to fix that then!" Tsume let out a fierce growl and lunged at Kiba's neck, breaking open old wounds as fresh blood splattered against his own grey fur. The white wolf latched onto the side of Tsume tarring out a thick piece of flesh when he suddenly felt one of his back paws slip over something. Alarmed he glanced back to see that they had both reached the steep valley. With great force Kiba pushed himself back foreword knocking down Tsume who let out a yip as his paw smashed against a sharp rock. The padded foot ripped open now and crimson painted the grey stone.
At hearing the close howls and angry yips Hige and Toboe took off in the direction of the other too.
"Oh no! What has Tsume done?"
"Nothing good that's for sure." The two ran as fast as they could and Toboe leapt up onto one of the boulders circling the area the two where in.
"Kiba!" The young mate screamed when he saw the white fur burning with blood.
"Toboe stay away-!" during that split second of distraction Tsume had bolted upright and knocked Kiba off the ledge of the valley's mouth. Two large golden eyes opened wide as he felt his legs touching nothing and dusty burnt air pushing against his back as he fell down.
"Toboe…" Kiba whispered before the sounds of his body smashing against the valleys sides echoed everywhere, dust flew up like swarms of flies dancing in the thick sunlight now.
Toboe ran howling towards the hanging but Tsume intercepted him, cradling him with the force of his body he smothered the side of his face with his own.
"My little Toboe, your mine again." The small wolf's eyes were bleeding tears that ran off his face as he screamed and howled trying to fight of Tsume's body. Hige went to run towards Tsume but he suddenly lifted Toboe high in his grip and edged him near the side.
"I'm the pack leader now," He breathed, his eyes where insane with energy and excitement.
"There's nothing a fat wolf like you can do about." Hige growled low and stretched out his body in an attack position.
"Do you really want to see fragile, little Toboe's body crushed to bits by the rocks below….?" Hige had no choice but to slowly straighten himself up, he was growling slowly still and eyeing the gray wolf with hate.
"I thought so." He began nuzzling Toboe again as he sobbed and screamed for Kiba but Tsume wouldn't let him get a look over the ledge, instead he ordered Hige to walk in front of him and dragged Toboe in a fierce lock next to him.
"This hunt for Paradise is over…" Tsume smiled and turned what was left of the pack off into a different direction. As the three wolves became specs now a sound of scratching and clawing echoed about. A white paw suddenly slapped against the top of the valleys ride, black claws dug deep into the tough dirt and slowly something pulled itself up.
TO BE CONTINUED?
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