Chapter 9: Secrets Uncovered

Elena was looking over the pond and Tsume's arms were rapped around her waist.

"I wonder if that pond is full of diamonds?" She asked.

"I don't know, maybe."

"What to find out?" Elena turned around and gave Tsume a great big smile.

"What?" Tsume said in a confused tone.

Elena grabbed Tsume's hand and began running to the pond. Without warning she pushed Tsume in and jumped in after him.

As Tsume's head broke to the surface, he screamed. "What the hell!"

"I guess it's not filled with diamonds. See, we are soaked."

"No, I don't believe it. I'm as dry as a bone."

Elena laughed as she swam over to Tsume and kissed him. "I love you so much." She said.

"Be glad I love you too or I would have killed you."

Elena laughed and they kissed again. "Come on. Lets go home."

Meanwhile back at the house Hige, Chichi, Toboe, and Kiba sat in the livingroom watching T.V..

Hige yawed and said. "I'm going for a run. I'll be back shortly."

"I don't think that is a good idea. What if Sissy finds out that you've been out of the house in your wolf form?" Chichi said.

"Well she won't find out if no one tells her. Any ways I'll be fine, and she is at that party."

"Ok. Well, I'm going to bed just be careful."

"I guess I will too." Toboe said.

As Chichi and Toboe walked up the stairs together, Toboe asked. "Why doesn't Elena want to be a wolf?"

Chichi said nothing. Tears just filled her eyes and she kissed Toboe and said. "Good night." Then she entered her room.

That night Chichi had a dream. She was standing on a hill looking over a wide desert when she heard shoots in the distance. She ran toward the sound and found a pack of wolf laying, dead. Elena and Hige walked up behind her and they smiled. Hige hugged her but in the distance she could hear footsteps. It was Tsume and he was carrying a gun. He pointed the gun at Hige and shoot and killed him. Then he grabbed Elena and took her away. Chichi woke up crying, she got up and went into Elena's room. When she turned on the light, she found Tsume in bed with Elena, they both were naked. She began to cry harder and she turned off the light and ran back into her bedroom. It wasn't long when she heard a knock on the door.

"Go away!"

It didn't work the door opened and Elena walked in. "Chichi, what's wrong?"

"Tsume."

"What about Tsume?"

"He killed Hige and took you away."

Hige had just walked in. "He did? Last time I check I was alive and well."

Elena sat on the end of Chichi's bed and said. "Oh I see. You had a nightmare. Listen, Chichi, Tsume isn't going to take me away or kill Hige. I wouldn't let him. I already told you that there is no way anyone could ever take you away from me."

"Yea, Tsume maybe a jerk and mean but he would never kill me or ever try to take Elena away."

"Chichi, He loves me. He never meant to make you feel as if he was taking me away."

"Well he is and once you two have children you will be to busy to want to be with me."

Elena laughed. "I could never be to busy where I wouldn't want to be with you. You and Hige are all I have left. Also, right now I'm so busy with you I can't see a way where I could have children, and right now I don't want to have children. You and Hige come first in my life, if I lost you two I would die."

Chichi didn't say a word her eyes just filled with tears and she cried some more "I miss momma and daddy."

Hige and Elena began to cry.

"I do too." Hige said.

"Why haven't they come back?" Chichi asked. "Do you think they got lost in Paradise and can't find away to get back?"

Elena looked up at Hige began to cry. "Chichi, sweety, I don't think they ever made it to Paradise." Elena cried and held Chichi closer to her. "But nevertheless, Hige and I are still here and no one could ever take us away from you."

"Not even Tsume?" Chichi asked.

"Not even Tsume." Elena answered.

Two hours later Tsume got up and looked into Chichi's room and found the three wolf siblings asleep. He shut the door and turned to go back to his room. Kiba stood in the hall and watched Tsume. Tsume looked up at Kiba and said. "When we leave, we leave Hige behind. His place is here with his sisters."

"What about you? You can't just leave Elena behind?"

"I think it's best that I did." He went into his room and shut the door. He laid staring into the dark and crying himself to sleep.

The next morning Elena came into Tsume's room and kissed him, waking him up. He rolled over and looked at her. "I love you." She whispered.

He kissed her and said."I love you too."

"Well I would like to stay here with you but I have to go to work."

They kissed again. "Have fun. Tell Chichi I'm sorry for making her feel like I'm stilling you away."

"Oh you heard?"

"Just a little. Wait. I'll tell her myself this afternoon."

"I think she would like that. Bye, love you more."

Tsume smiled and watched as Elena slowly backed away.

That day at work Elena was sitting at her desk working on some paper work when Lin came in.

"Have you seen the paper today?"

"No, why?"

"Some people think they spotted a wolf last night."

Elena picked up the paper and looked at the picture of the 'so called' wolf. "Hige." She whispered.

"What?"

"Oh nothing. Lin, what time is it?"

"It's lunch time."

"Oh. Ok, well I'm gone to go check up on the guys."

"And get some more butty?"

"What?"

"I noticed you and Tsume left early. You got some didn't you?"

"Maybe. Well I'm going to go."

"Hey, aren't you going to tell me about it?"

"Once I get back."

She arrived back home and began screaming. "Hige, Hige! Get your ass over here!"

"What did I do?"

"You went out for a little run last night! Didn't you! Several humans saw you! It's all in the paper this morning! I can't believe you! What if that hunter comes looking for you! What are you going to do then!"

"No one is going to come after me."

Elena sat in a chair and broke out crying. "I can't lose you Hige. I can't lose you like I lost mom, dad, and the rest of our pack."

Hige walked up and hugged her. "You won't. I promise."

Elena cried harder.

"Sissy, it wasn't your fault that the pack was killed by a hunter."

"Yes it was. If you and I didn't go running around the nearby town scaring the life out of the town's people, they wouldn't have come looking for us."

"No, we were just kids and we were stupid."

"Just be carful. If it was up to me you wouldn't be on this stupid quest for paradise, and you and the guys would stay here where you are all safe."

Hige didn't say a word he just rocked his sister and tried to calm her down. That was when Tsume walked in and saw Elena crying.

"What's wrong?"

"It's nothing." Hige said.

Tsume gave Hige a nasty look. "Yes it is."

"Hige's been out running around and Humans saw him." Elena said. Tsume looked at Hige. "When we were little . . . " She continued. ". . . we were in a pack. It mostly was family members and their mates. Chichi had just open her eyes and Hige and I went away from the pack and Chichi followed us. We were goofing around, causing terror in the near by town. We turned around and saw that Chichi was following us. When we were taking her back to the safety of the pack when we got lost. We didn't know that area, we were only there for a short time, we too were looking for Paradise. As we were lost, we heard a shoot in the distance and yelping. We ran to that sound and saw that four hunters had found and shoot everyone in the pack." Elena and Hige broke down into tears. Tsume wrapped Elena into his arms and held her.

No one said a word that afternoon, until Chichi came home.

"Good afternoon everyone!" She yelled.

Tsume got up and meet her in the hallway.

"Yes?"

"Listen, Chichi, I never meant to make you feel like I was taking Elena away from you. I love your sister with all my heart and she means everything to me, and I just want to be with her. I never meant to push you away. I am so sorry. I know that Hige and Elena are the only ones left in your family, but I would be honored if you will allow me to be apart of your loving family."

Chichi was shocked; she did know what to say. She just stood staring at Tsume.

"So may I be apart of your family?"

"Um . . . Um . . . Um . . . I guess."