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Chapter 4 "Cry to the Moon"
"Changes"
Tsume came back, his jaws around a dead elk's neck, who was some what still giving a struggle to get away from the sheering pain and the wolf which was more than a threat to it.
Hige was starving as so as Hige, who stood beside him all the time, to make sure he would not get sick or something of the sort, he gave them quite a scare back there when he collapsed.
Tsume dumped the now dead elk in front of the group, his fur tainted with dark blood and his expression held no regret nor sadness towards their meal; not like Toboe, who would sometimes not even eat the dead animals his friends hunted with great skill. He being used to domestic and dog food has never had to deal with the bloody meal.
After a big meal, the pack began to make a move to find their lost friend; having now rested and with a full stomach, their strength was completely back. Kiba led them, as always; Tsume and Hige always on tow, as they hurried through the vast forest, which gave them the beautiful colors of the blue, clear sky and the fresh scent of life after the storm.
Hige saw this as a good sign, maybe Toboe was well and maybe they would reach him on time.
"
The sky cleared somewhat, but gray clouds would still roam from time to time, invading and blocking the sunrays to go through the dense bed of clouds and branches of trees.
Blue sniffed the air and growled somewhat at an unseen, approaching threat, which gave Quent the notice that the small pack of wolfs was close to them. He smirked evilly as he reached for his hunting knifes and large gun, readying it for any sudden attack from the savage animals.
He turned to see the sleeping form of the boy. "Thanks kid, if it weren't for you, I would've taken longer to find your pack." He chuckled maliciously, having planned everything for his guest arrival.
The oblivious boy slept away from the reverie of reality. His once labored, fast breathing was now calm and slow; the fever was almost gone, but he had to rest, he was still very weak, and his wound was still in danger of reopening. Quent had not the heart to kill the boy...he would've had, because he hates wolves more than anything and he made himself a vow that he would kill every single last one of them. But this wolfs appearance was a very deceitful weapon for the hunter. He dared not to harm the boy...he was so...human.
He cursed silently. Why was the damn boy not in his wolf's form? It would've been so easy killing him right there. But that human for he took, it reminded him of his own son.
"Damn it all!" he cursed mentally as he looked upon the figure.
He took his hunting knife, unsheathed it and kneeled beside the boy. His once pale features were now a very lively color, his cheeks were slightly flushed, and his lips were now a more healthy color, not compared to the life-drained ones he had when he found him.
He brought the knife to Toboe's throat, the dangerously sharp blade touching the warm delicate skin of his neck. Quent applied some pressure to it, but his hand trembled when Toboe murmured something in his sleep.
He couldn't do it...It was so hard! He has killed men, wolves and many other creatures, yes. But children...? That was a different story, and it was killing him from the insides.
"Tsume" Toboe spoke in a very soft, weak voice, oblivious to the grave danger Quent imposed to him at that point. His eyes kept shut, his breathing and heart rate remained irregular; he was still asleep.
Blue came in, almost rushing inside to her master to warn him of the approaching wolves. Quent's eyes narrowed, abandoning all warmth there was in them, replacing them by dark slits of a murderous, vengeful hunter.
He sheathed his knife and took his gun, stepping outside, not even bothering to hide and surprise them. He just...stood out in the open, ready for them to come.
And they did. He saw a blur of white, gray and light brown heading towards him, but surprisingly disappeared in the woods.
Blue growled her tail stiff and high, her posture ready to jump and attack on sight of the enemy, but her owner kept still and relaxed.
"Come to me...come to your doom." He said out loud, as he pulled up his gun.
"
Kiba stopped when he saw Quent, and separated from the small pack, planning on attacking the human from every angle possible.
Quent murmured something between greeted teeth as he raised his gun. He seemed like he knew they were coming, for he was all ready for them.
It was Tsume who broke the silence and peace of the forest, as he jumped from the bushes, snarling at the human; a gunshot reverberating throughout the once calm forest, barely missing his vital organs, hitting him in the front leg, but not stopping him.
He would've landed on Quent, and most probably bit down on his neck, but Blue intersected, throwing herself at him, biting him from the side. She was a very loyal pet to her master, and she would protect him from the raging wolves, and most probably try to kill them, and stay with the cub.
Hige and Kiba had no other choice but to follow suit the attack of the older wolf, which had little patience, being so close to rescuing Toboe, seemed like nothing would stop him now from getting to him.
Kiba and Hige threw themselves to Quent, as he almost shot Kiba in the arm blade but this, being the wild and proud wolf, with its agile movements and speed, managed to fool the man, and bit him on the arm with his sharp teeth.
Kiba growled between Quent's curses and struggles but he managed to call out to Hige, who was about to attack the man. "Hige! Get Toboe!" he managed to say as he pinned down Quent, and bit harder on him, drawing forth spurts of dark blood from this raging human..
Hige blinked a few times but nodded and sprinted towards the small shelter, entering and seeing the boy lying shirtless, his body bandaged and treated from wound. "Toboe" he breathed in relief as he kneeled beside him and picked him up gently, returning to his human form.
"Toboe, wake up...come on.... Damn it" he cursed, as he felt his burning forehead. "I have no time for this." He said as he carefully stood up with Toboe cradled in his arms, and ran outside getting away from the fight.
When Quent saw this, his blood boiled to the highest, as he took his gun and hit Kiba harshly in the head, this knocked him unconscious, and hit the ground. "Damn you animals!" he cursed out loud as he tried to shoot at Kiba, but Tsume attacked him before he could do anything, breaking his gun in two with his sharp teeth.
Blue was left sprawled in the ground, bleeding from wounds an angry Tsume inflicted upon her in their fight.
Kiba stood up when he saw this and ran after Hige, who had Toboe; Tsume soon followed their trail.
Quent screamed like a mad man, as he tried to get up, not caring of the searing pain the wolves inflicted on his body. He angrily took the remainder part of his gun and threw it with rage at the forest, where the wolves left, screaming bloody murder to the sky.
They had fooled him and taken the boy, he was fooled by some stupid animals!
"
They all made it to a small cave, and ventured inside it to treat their wounds and rest.
Hige placed Toboe carefully in the cold floor of the cave, and noticed blood in his own hand. "Huh?" he asked himself as he examined his hand from any wound. It had none.
Tsume was now in his human form, and as for Kiba, who was leaning against the wall fro support, holding his head with one hand, some blood trickling from it, but it was no major harm. Besides the white lone wolf would never admit pain nor help from others, like Tsume, both shared a high pride.
Tsume made his way to see Toboe as soon as Hige muttered something.
"What was that you said under your breath?" he asked not in a very good mood as he kneeled beside Toboe to shake him awake, but stopped as soon as he saw blood in his once white bandages.
He turned to look at Hige, who was looking at him, hand bloody with the boy's fresh blood.
Tsume turned his head again to Toboe and almost ripped the bandages from his torso, and gasping to find the once healthy wound reopened and bleeding profoundly. "You idiot..." he said to no one in particular as he tried to stop the bleeding wound.
Toboe whimpered in pain as soon as Tsume's hand touched his wound; his eyes fluttered open to look around him, only seeing blurs and silhouettes.
"Damn...you idiot, you made the wound bleed again!" he snarled at Hige, this backing up at the other's angry retort.
Hige placed his hands in front, defending himself from the anger of the other wolf. "Hey, calm down Tsume! I carried him with much care as I could!" he said in defense, before the other attacked him.
Kiba was already between them, trying to calm the both before they would do something stupid.
Toboe called out Tsume's name, barely audible, but it was Tsume whom he called for.
Said man turned his gaze to the boy, his cold eyes softening some, just some. "Shut up runt, you'll have to save up as much energy as you can."
Kiba was already kneeling on his side, as he inspected the wound, drawing a cry of pain from the younger wolf. Tears brimmed in Toboe's eyes as Kiba pierced his fingers deeply inside the wound. Tsume and Hige watched almost in horror as the other wolf did not stop from torturing the cub.
"What the hell are you doing!? Cut it out!" Tsume snarled at Kiba, trying to push him away from the pup, but stopping as soon as Kiba retrieved something from the wound.
It was a long plastic-like object, and it was soaked with Toboe's blood.
Tsume looked at it, and growled as soon as Kiba spoke. "This is what kept him from healing... the human must've inserted it on him so Toboe would never heal."
Tsume snatched the object from his hands and threw it angrily at the wall, this breaking upon impact. "Damn that stinking human to hell! Now what are we supposed to do with the injured runt??!" he snarled at everyone, not controlling the anger he felt towards Quent for causing so much pain to the pup.
Kiba's eyes narrowed. "There is no need for you to scream, you'll attract more humans with your rambling and screams." He said calmly.
Meanwhile, Hige kneeled beside Toboe, which was now trying to stop his own bleeding wound with pale hands. "Calm down pup, don't touch it, let me try to heal it...It's alright, we have you, you're safe." He tried to comfort the young boy, as he carefully removed his hands to try and do something about it.
Toboe raised his hands to his face, and his golden eyes widened as he saw the amount of blood. That was a terrible mistake; he lost all color from his face, as he felt his head beginning to feel light, his heart pounding fiercely in his head. The fact that he knew how much amount of blood he was loosing made him feel so weak and made him realize he was dying.
His breathing became hard again, as he started to freak out.
Hige saw this and tried to calm him down before his excitement increased his heart rate and as a result make him bleed more. "Shh, it's all right Toboe, you'll be all right...Hey you guys, help me with this!" he almost screamed as both Kiba and Tsume were completely oblivious that the boy was dying.
Tsume went to his side and added some pressure with both hands on the weeping wound; Kiba went to the forest quickly to look for something that might help Toboe and as for Hige, his nose, active as always for some food, found the recognizable odor of water nearby.
And he quickly made his way to the depths of the cave to find a small spring created by the heavy rain of yesterday, a small whole in the ceiling of the cave brought light to the place.
Kiba returned with some herbs and Hige quickly informed Tsume of the spring. Tsume carried Toboe, who was loosing consciousness again, and carefully placed him in the spring, washing away any dirt and clotting blood.
"I don't...want to d-die...Tsume...please. I'm so afra-aid." He sobbed as warm tears made their way down his pale face.
Kiba brought the concoction he made with the herbs he found and smashed together, meanwhile Hige ripped part of his clothes to make a new bandage for Toboe.
Tsume carried Toboe and placed him again in the ground, spreading the concoction Kiba made and wrapping the wound again with the bandages Hige made out of his own clothing. "Don't you dare say that runt, shut up, you aren't going to die. Stay with me...don't you dare close your eyes." He said as he finished with Toboe.
"I'm so tired....I just...want...." He began to drift, his eyes closing, tears still falling from his eyes.
"No! Come on Toboe, be strong, don't you dare...Toboe! TOBOE!" he called out miserably, as Toboe's breathing became irregular and slower, his eyes closing.
TBC
O.o uhm..people requested to make Toboe a little bit more miserable and feel more pain, so...here it is.
Seems like Quent really didn't care for him huh? He does have a heart, but sometimes vengeance is stronger than affection.
Hum sorry for taking "long" but I really wanted to write, LOL
Guess I'm starting to really like how this one is turning out.
Well...Toboe might be saved or who knows, he might die in the next chapter.
Thank you for all of your reviews! Much appreciated, keep them coming! They're like fuel to my brain and creativity!
Hoped you guys Liked this one...you must know it was kinnda rushed, my computer was dying on me, LOL.
Chapter 4 "Cry to the Moon"
"Changes"
Tsume came back, his jaws around a dead elk's neck, who was some what still giving a struggle to get away from the sheering pain and the wolf which was more than a threat to it.
Hige was starving as so as Hige, who stood beside him all the time, to make sure he would not get sick or something of the sort, he gave them quite a scare back there when he collapsed.
Tsume dumped the now dead elk in front of the group, his fur tainted with dark blood and his expression held no regret nor sadness towards their meal; not like Toboe, who would sometimes not even eat the dead animals his friends hunted with great skill. He being used to domestic and dog food has never had to deal with the bloody meal.
After a big meal, the pack began to make a move to find their lost friend; having now rested and with a full stomach, their strength was completely back. Kiba led them, as always; Tsume and Hige always on tow, as they hurried through the vast forest, which gave them the beautiful colors of the blue, clear sky and the fresh scent of life after the storm.
Hige saw this as a good sign, maybe Toboe was well and maybe they would reach him on time.
"
The sky cleared somewhat, but gray clouds would still roam from time to time, invading and blocking the sunrays to go through the dense bed of clouds and branches of trees.
Blue sniffed the air and growled somewhat at an unseen, approaching threat, which gave Quent the notice that the small pack of wolfs was close to them. He smirked evilly as he reached for his hunting knifes and large gun, readying it for any sudden attack from the savage animals.
He turned to see the sleeping form of the boy. "Thanks kid, if it weren't for you, I would've taken longer to find your pack." He chuckled maliciously, having planned everything for his guest arrival.
The oblivious boy slept away from the reverie of reality. His once labored, fast breathing was now calm and slow; the fever was almost gone, but he had to rest, he was still very weak, and his wound was still in danger of reopening. Quent had not the heart to kill the boy...he would've had, because he hates wolves more than anything and he made himself a vow that he would kill every single last one of them. But this wolfs appearance was a very deceitful weapon for the hunter. He dared not to harm the boy...he was so...human.
He cursed silently. Why was the damn boy not in his wolf's form? It would've been so easy killing him right there. But that human for he took, it reminded him of his own son.
"Damn it all!" he cursed mentally as he looked upon the figure.
He took his hunting knife, unsheathed it and kneeled beside the boy. His once pale features were now a very lively color, his cheeks were slightly flushed, and his lips were now a more healthy color, not compared to the life-drained ones he had when he found him.
He brought the knife to Toboe's throat, the dangerously sharp blade touching the warm delicate skin of his neck. Quent applied some pressure to it, but his hand trembled when Toboe murmured something in his sleep.
He couldn't do it...It was so hard! He has killed men, wolves and many other creatures, yes. But children...? That was a different story, and it was killing him from the insides.
"Tsume" Toboe spoke in a very soft, weak voice, oblivious to the grave danger Quent imposed to him at that point. His eyes kept shut, his breathing and heart rate remained irregular; he was still asleep.
Blue came in, almost rushing inside to her master to warn him of the approaching wolves. Quent's eyes narrowed, abandoning all warmth there was in them, replacing them by dark slits of a murderous, vengeful hunter.
He sheathed his knife and took his gun, stepping outside, not even bothering to hide and surprise them. He just...stood out in the open, ready for them to come.
And they did. He saw a blur of white, gray and light brown heading towards him, but surprisingly disappeared in the woods.
Blue growled her tail stiff and high, her posture ready to jump and attack on sight of the enemy, but her owner kept still and relaxed.
"Come to me...come to your doom." He said out loud, as he pulled up his gun.
"
Kiba stopped when he saw Quent, and separated from the small pack, planning on attacking the human from every angle possible.
Quent murmured something between greeted teeth as he raised his gun. He seemed like he knew they were coming, for he was all ready for them.
It was Tsume who broke the silence and peace of the forest, as he jumped from the bushes, snarling at the human; a gunshot reverberating throughout the once calm forest, barely missing his vital organs, hitting him in the front leg, but not stopping him.
He would've landed on Quent, and most probably bit down on his neck, but Blue intersected, throwing herself at him, biting him from the side. She was a very loyal pet to her master, and she would protect him from the raging wolves, and most probably try to kill them, and stay with the cub.
Hige and Kiba had no other choice but to follow suit the attack of the older wolf, which had little patience, being so close to rescuing Toboe, seemed like nothing would stop him now from getting to him.
Kiba and Hige threw themselves to Quent, as he almost shot Kiba in the arm blade but this, being the wild and proud wolf, with its agile movements and speed, managed to fool the man, and bit him on the arm with his sharp teeth.
Kiba growled between Quent's curses and struggles but he managed to call out to Hige, who was about to attack the man. "Hige! Get Toboe!" he managed to say as he pinned down Quent, and bit harder on him, drawing forth spurts of dark blood from this raging human..
Hige blinked a few times but nodded and sprinted towards the small shelter, entering and seeing the boy lying shirtless, his body bandaged and treated from wound. "Toboe" he breathed in relief as he kneeled beside him and picked him up gently, returning to his human form.
"Toboe, wake up...come on.... Damn it" he cursed, as he felt his burning forehead. "I have no time for this." He said as he carefully stood up with Toboe cradled in his arms, and ran outside getting away from the fight.
When Quent saw this, his blood boiled to the highest, as he took his gun and hit Kiba harshly in the head, this knocked him unconscious, and hit the ground. "Damn you animals!" he cursed out loud as he tried to shoot at Kiba, but Tsume attacked him before he could do anything, breaking his gun in two with his sharp teeth.
Blue was left sprawled in the ground, bleeding from wounds an angry Tsume inflicted upon her in their fight.
Kiba stood up when he saw this and ran after Hige, who had Toboe; Tsume soon followed their trail.
Quent screamed like a mad man, as he tried to get up, not caring of the searing pain the wolves inflicted on his body. He angrily took the remainder part of his gun and threw it with rage at the forest, where the wolves left, screaming bloody murder to the sky.
They had fooled him and taken the boy, he was fooled by some stupid animals!
"
They all made it to a small cave, and ventured inside it to treat their wounds and rest.
Hige placed Toboe carefully in the cold floor of the cave, and noticed blood in his own hand. "Huh?" he asked himself as he examined his hand from any wound. It had none.
Tsume was now in his human form, and as for Kiba, who was leaning against the wall fro support, holding his head with one hand, some blood trickling from it, but it was no major harm. Besides the white lone wolf would never admit pain nor help from others, like Tsume, both shared a high pride.
Tsume made his way to see Toboe as soon as Hige muttered something.
"What was that you said under your breath?" he asked not in a very good mood as he kneeled beside Toboe to shake him awake, but stopped as soon as he saw blood in his once white bandages.
He turned to look at Hige, who was looking at him, hand bloody with the boy's fresh blood.
Tsume turned his head again to Toboe and almost ripped the bandages from his torso, and gasping to find the once healthy wound reopened and bleeding profoundly. "You idiot..." he said to no one in particular as he tried to stop the bleeding wound.
Toboe whimpered in pain as soon as Tsume's hand touched his wound; his eyes fluttered open to look around him, only seeing blurs and silhouettes.
"Damn...you idiot, you made the wound bleed again!" he snarled at Hige, this backing up at the other's angry retort.
Hige placed his hands in front, defending himself from the anger of the other wolf. "Hey, calm down Tsume! I carried him with much care as I could!" he said in defense, before the other attacked him.
Kiba was already between them, trying to calm the both before they would do something stupid.
Toboe called out Tsume's name, barely audible, but it was Tsume whom he called for.
Said man turned his gaze to the boy, his cold eyes softening some, just some. "Shut up runt, you'll have to save up as much energy as you can."
Kiba was already kneeling on his side, as he inspected the wound, drawing a cry of pain from the younger wolf. Tears brimmed in Toboe's eyes as Kiba pierced his fingers deeply inside the wound. Tsume and Hige watched almost in horror as the other wolf did not stop from torturing the cub.
"What the hell are you doing!? Cut it out!" Tsume snarled at Kiba, trying to push him away from the pup, but stopping as soon as Kiba retrieved something from the wound.
It was a long plastic-like object, and it was soaked with Toboe's blood.
Tsume looked at it, and growled as soon as Kiba spoke. "This is what kept him from healing... the human must've inserted it on him so Toboe would never heal."
Tsume snatched the object from his hands and threw it angrily at the wall, this breaking upon impact. "Damn that stinking human to hell! Now what are we supposed to do with the injured runt??!" he snarled at everyone, not controlling the anger he felt towards Quent for causing so much pain to the pup.
Kiba's eyes narrowed. "There is no need for you to scream, you'll attract more humans with your rambling and screams." He said calmly.
Meanwhile, Hige kneeled beside Toboe, which was now trying to stop his own bleeding wound with pale hands. "Calm down pup, don't touch it, let me try to heal it...It's alright, we have you, you're safe." He tried to comfort the young boy, as he carefully removed his hands to try and do something about it.
Toboe raised his hands to his face, and his golden eyes widened as he saw the amount of blood. That was a terrible mistake; he lost all color from his face, as he felt his head beginning to feel light, his heart pounding fiercely in his head. The fact that he knew how much amount of blood he was loosing made him feel so weak and made him realize he was dying.
His breathing became hard again, as he started to freak out.
Hige saw this and tried to calm him down before his excitement increased his heart rate and as a result make him bleed more. "Shh, it's all right Toboe, you'll be all right...Hey you guys, help me with this!" he almost screamed as both Kiba and Tsume were completely oblivious that the boy was dying.
Tsume went to his side and added some pressure with both hands on the weeping wound; Kiba went to the forest quickly to look for something that might help Toboe and as for Hige, his nose, active as always for some food, found the recognizable odor of water nearby.
And he quickly made his way to the depths of the cave to find a small spring created by the heavy rain of yesterday, a small whole in the ceiling of the cave brought light to the place.
Kiba returned with some herbs and Hige quickly informed Tsume of the spring. Tsume carried Toboe, who was loosing consciousness again, and carefully placed him in the spring, washing away any dirt and clotting blood.
"I don't...want to d-die...Tsume...please. I'm so afra-aid." He sobbed as warm tears made their way down his pale face.
Kiba brought the concoction he made with the herbs he found and smashed together, meanwhile Hige ripped part of his clothes to make a new bandage for Toboe.
Tsume carried Toboe and placed him again in the ground, spreading the concoction Kiba made and wrapping the wound again with the bandages Hige made out of his own clothing. "Don't you dare say that runt, shut up, you aren't going to die. Stay with me...don't you dare close your eyes." He said as he finished with Toboe.
"I'm so tired....I just...want...." He began to drift, his eyes closing, tears still falling from his eyes.
"No! Come on Toboe, be strong, don't you dare...Toboe! TOBOE!" he called out miserably, as Toboe's breathing became irregular and slower, his eyes closing.
TBC
O.o uhm..people requested to make Toboe a little bit more miserable and feel more pain, so...here it is.
Seems like Quent really didn't care for him huh? He does have a heart, but sometimes vengeance is stronger than affection.
Hum sorry for taking "long" but I really wanted to write, LOL
Guess I'm starting to really like how this one is turning out.
Well...Toboe might be saved or who knows, he might die in the next chapter.
Thank you for all of your reviews! Much appreciated, keep them coming! They're like fuel to my brain and creativity!
Hoped you guys Liked this one...you must know it was kinnda rushed, my computer was dying on me, LOL.