Chapter 2: Sisterly Love

Kiba looked up at the sky as he watched the snow fall. Tomoe and Koji had lived in an abandoned apartment near the center of Sin City. He smirked at the nickname the people gave it. He laid his wrist down and felt a sharp pain throughout his arm. He winced and then pulled it back. He looked at the bandages and the tight wrapping that Tomoe did for him and the others. For what it was worth, it would be good to keep Tomoe around. She knew all kinds of remedies and nursing techniques. Then, there was Koji. It was obvious that she would never leave him alone. She had said herself that she wasn't his mate, so what was he then? They acted more like lovers then friends at times. His brows furrowed up in curiosity. There was the mystery of why Toboe and Tomoe looked so much alike. The only thing different about them was that their hair or fur was different. Toboe himself could pass for a girl at times. Tomoe said that her family was killed, but then she muttered something about her brother. He wasn't sure what it was, but he was sure that Toboe was her brother. But then if he was, why doesn't Toboe remember her? A heavy hand fell on his shoulder and he jumped. He growled as he heard a chuckle. He gave Koji a death glare and the red-head merely raised a brow. "I was only kidding." He said "You go in and sleep, I'll stand in watch."

"I can handle it." Said Kiba

"Quit being a stubborn ass. Look at your bandages; you're starting to bleed again."
Sure enough, when Kiba took off his jacket, the blood was seeping through his arm. According to Tomoe, he was lucky that the bullet didn't hit a vain or a bone, or they would have something to worry about. "How did you know?" asked Kiba

"Sense of smell." Answered Koji "You smell blood faster in Sin City."
Kiba merely nodded and placed his coat back on his shoulder. He was about to walk away when Koji grabbed his arm. "What were you thinking about?" he asked

"Why?" asked Kiba

"I was just wondering; when I touched your shoulder, you seemed deep in thought."

"I was thinking about Cheza."

"Whatever, you should give it up before you get killed."
Kiba growled and pulled on Koji's collar, picking him up a couple of inches. "What the hell is your problem!" he exclaimed

Koji gripped Kiba's wrist and squeezed a bit. Kiba's eyes winced a bit, but he refused to let up on his strength. The black wolf smirked. "You keep that up and you'll re-open that wound." He said

Kiba dropped him and stomped off. Koji smirked and rubbed the back of his neck where his bandages were. "Any and he could've re-opened my wounds…" he muttered

Tomoe smelled the flowers around her. The sun was shining high in the sky and all around her were wolves. A gentle breeze flowed through her fur and she closed her eyes. The sweet smell of the forest filled her nostrils. All of a sudden, she felt a pair of paws on her. She looked up and there was her brother, pouncing on her. She laughed and flipped him around, putting him on his back. He used a paw to push her off, and she just got off of him. Both wolves were equal in strength, but Tomoe always used more force. As she walked away, her brother started chasing her. She ran fast and she could feel the air getting colder. The scent of fresh flowers was starting to go away. When she heard the yelp of her brother, she skidded to a stop and looked behind her. There her brother was being held down by men in black uniforms. She bared her teeth and went straight for the men. As she did, something pushed her back and she tumbled down a steep hill. When she got to the bottom, a sharp pain went though her right paw and she realized that she sprained it. Frustrated, she made her climb back up the mountain. It was a long struggle and it seemed to take forever. When she got to the top, her eyes widened. The forest was on fire and wolf carcasses laid everywhere. She rushed over to smell life but all she could smell was death. Tears spilled down her face as she nudged the other wolves to wake up. She was getting desperate and she wanted someone to be alive. She saw a shadow over her and she looked up. A woman with long green hair wearing a mask stood over her. She wore a sliver knight outfit and she was laughing. Tomoe growled and came straight for the woman's throat, but she felt some kind of force push her back. She fell to the ground with a large 'thud' and she groaned. When she recovered, she saw the blade of the woman's sword come down upon her…

Tomoe screamed and sat up, taking in deep breaths. Tsume, Highe, Toboe, and Koji immediately woke up and looked around. She hugged her knees up to her chest and laid her head on top of the knees. "Tomoe, what's wrong?" asked Toboe

"Selina…" she muttered

"Whad'ya know, the spunky runt had a nightmare." Said Hige

Tomoe took deep breaths and stood up. She wiped the sweat off her forehead and walked out of the room they were sleeping in. On the way out, she bumped into Kiba. "Sorry Koji…" she muttered

Kiba gave her an awkward look. "Sleepwalker?" he asked

"Try half-sleep and just had a nightmare." Said Hige

"Tsume?" asked Toboe

The three of them looked over and there slept Tsume, unaware of what just happened. Hige rolled his eyes. "That guy can sleep through a rave." He said

"What's a rave?" asked Toboe

"I'll tell you when you get older runt."

"I'm not a runt!"

Outside, Tomoe looked at the faucet that collected dirt. The apartment was abandoned, meaning that had no food, water, electricity, and heat. She slumped around and walked out of the apartment. Her feet creaked on the floorboards as she turned back to her wolf form. Her left paw fell through a floorboard and she growled. Pulling hard, she got it out. She licked the splinter that had gotten into her paw and she walked off, annoyed. Out in the street was no different. The air was freezing and people were walking around. The looks on their faces were despair or one of exhaustion. Sin City never stopped working. Everything was 24-hour and there was hardly any sun. As the wind blew, she rubbed her shoulders. Being in her human form did have its downsides. She wore nothing but a pink halter top and a black skirt complete with black boots. A heavy hand fell on her shoulder and she whirled around to see a guy with long black hair, blue eyes hidden by sunglasses, wearing a long black jacket looking at her. "Aren't you out a little late?" he asked

"Leave me alone." She said

She turned around to leave, but he grabbed her arm. "Let go!" she yelled

"I don't think so." He said "You're gonna take me to those wolves."

"I don't know what you're talking about!"

"I think you do. You were in Haven's Night when they appeared. If I'm not mistaken, the dogs went for you first, right?"

Tomoe went swung her leg around and went for the guy's head. Unfortunately, he grabbed her leg and made her trip. She growled and was about to switch to her wolf form, but then she felt something sharp stick into her side. Her mind got hazy and she blacked out, changing back to her wolf form. He picked her up and slung her over his shoulder.

Selina smirked as she looked inside the cage. Inside was a sleeping brown wolf. Its eyes were rolled back into its head and it was breathing a bit heavily. Her gloved hand went into the cage and she petted it. "Such a cute fur." She said "It'll make a good fur coat."
The man in the black coat took off his glasses. "Milady, maybe we should use her as bait for the other wolves." He said

"Other wolves?" asked Selina "You never told me there were others."

"Yes ma'am, I know there were others, but I couldn't find them."

"So you came back with this one, lounged around in my keep, and didn't even bother to go out and find them!"

"Lady Selina with all due respect-"

The noblewoman turned around quickly and the man felt a blade to his throat. "You imbecile, when I send you out there to find wolves, I want you to find all of them!" she said

"Lady Selina-"

"Find those others wolves or I will hang your carcass across the city like I'll do with this wolf!"

Koji looked around the apartment that morning. He couldn't find Tomoe's scent anywhere and it was staring to worry him. "Tomoe?" he asked

"Why are you so worked up over that runt?" asked Hige "She just went out last night."

"She went out last night! And you're telling me this now!"

"What's the big deal?"

"Tomoe had a nightmare and she looked scared." Said Toboe

"What!" exclaimed Koji "Dammit!"

He ran out of the apartment and Tsume looked at him awkwardly. "What's up with him?" he asked

Both Hige and Toboe just shrugged and went back to eating. Koji sniffed and looked down to see a large silver hoop earring. He growled and picked it up. "Dammit Tomoe…" he muttered "Now I have to go after you too."

Tomoe took off her left earring and sighed. The soldiers had thrown her into a large steel cage and she had no idea how to get out. The lunar moon was over, but now they all knew that she was a wolf. She got up and got up on her tip-toes to see the outside. Down below she could see the soldiers standing guard and the servants were moving in and out. She turned around and slid down to the floor. She rested her head between her knees and she heard the sound of sad singing. Tomoe got up and listened through the bars. She caught the scent of lunar flowers and her eye widened. "Cheza…" she muttered

Tomoe went over and grabbed her earring. She began picking with the lock and she got a nasty shock. When that didn't work, she knew she had to find another way out. When a soldier came in, she got a sly idea. She ruffled her hair a bit and started fake crying. When the soldier came over to look, he saw her hair. "Hey aren't you that dancer girl at Haven's Night?" he asked

"Uh-huh." She answered, sobbily

"What are you doing here?"

"sniff Lady Selina locked me in here. She thinks I'm a wolf."

"You're too cute to be a wolf. Tell you what; I'll get you out, if you would do something for me…"
She wiped her eyes and looked up at him innocently. "And what do I have to do?" she asked

"You have to give me a kiss." He said

She nodded and he used his access card to open the cage. When he did, she pounced and knocked him into the bars, knocking him out. She got up and wiped her hands. She picked up the access key and ran off.

Hige scrunched up his nose as he walked through the murky waters with the others. Koji scratched the back of his ear. "I hate this place…" he muttered

"So why are you here?" asked Tsume

"I have to save Tomoe." He answered

"Is she your mate?" asked Hige

"Like hell she is."

"Then why do you care so much for her?" asked Kiba

"Tomoe's a fragile person." Answered Koji "When she first got here with her pack, they were drawn to the lunar flower. Hunters killed her family, but she said that her brother was captured. She had the hope that he was still out there waiting for her. She joined another pack soon after. They believed in paradise too. What a joke…anyway, the wolf hunters had captured all of them, except for Tomoe. Jun and I saved her. To this day, she still hopes to find her brother."

"What did her brother look like?" asked Toboe

"I dunno, she said that he was her twin."

"What's so important in finding her brother?" asked Hige "I mean, he's gotta be dead by now."

"She wants to take him to paradise." Answered Koji

The four of them stopped. "You mean that Tomoe believes in paradise!" asked Tsume

Koji stopped at the pipe's ladder and sighed. "Yeah." He said "I gave up on it a long time ago."

As he climbed the ladder, Toboe noticed a silver necklace around his neck. At the top, Koji pushed up on the cover and looked around. He slid the cover off and got out so the others could follow. As he looked around he sighed. Old memories flooded back in his mind. "Jun…" he muttered

He gripped his locket and hid it back in his shirt before anybody could see. "So where do we go from here?" asked Tsume

The black wolf shrugged. "Dunno, I never been this far…" he said

"Are you saying you've never been in this keep?" asked Hige

"Nope, I told you, no wolf has ever made it out of here alive."

Tomoe bit her lip as she dragged another guard into a closet. She could smell Cheza, but it was hard finding her with guards at every turn. Nothing was going to stop her from getting Cheza, not even Selina herself. The brown wolf shut the door and locked it. She then ran ahead, turned a corner, and found nothing down the hall. She sniffed and Cheza's scent was very near. She ran quickly with her heels clacking loudly behind her. As she got close to Cheza's scent, she began to smell the scent of spices mixed in with it. Her eyes widened and she fell straight to the ground. A blade whizzed past her head and a few strands of hair fell from her head. She turned around quickly to see a woman with long green hair staring at her. She knew quickly from the iron mask that she was Iron Queen Selina. She quickly scrambled to her feet and stared at the queen with her cold eyes. "My dear sweet wolf, do you really expect to get out of here alive?" asked Selina

"What have you done with Cheza?" asked Tomoe

"She's fine in my chambers. Safe and sound, no worries about Paradise."

"She is meant to help us find paradise! Now let her go!"
Tomoe started choking and she found herself facing the dead crimson eyes of Selina. She stroked Tomoe's cheek and gripped her neck. "What is so important about paradise?" she asked "Tell me, have you even been there?"
Tomoe felt her air supply being cut off and she squeaked to make an answer. The noblewoman gripped her by the neck and dragged her into her bedchambers.

Hige sniffed around a bit. Tomoe's scent was faint, but he knew she was around somewhere. There were no guards, but a few traces of blood. When Koji opened a door, a guard fell out. The others got nervous and Koji shoved the guard back in, shutting the door behind him. "That was Tomoe's work." Said Koji

"You do a great job at keeping quiet." Said Kiba, out of sarcasm

"Oh shut up."
Hige sniffed around and then caught the scent of cinnamon and rainwater. "Hey guys, I think I've caught the scent of Tomoe." He said

"Really?" asked Koji "From where?"

"It's faint but, it's coming from that direction."

Hige pointed down the right side of the hallway. as they kept running, they saw blood splattered all over. Toboe got nervous and got closer to Tsume. Kiba stopped in front of two large steel doors. "Cheza's scent is right behind this door." He said

"So is Tomoe's…" said Koji, "This isn't right."

Kiba pushed the door opened and the others followed. Inside, Tomoe lay on the floor with a blood red circle under her. Cheza was chained to a wall. "Cheza!" yelled Kiba, running towards her

As he did, he felt a sharp pain in his shoulder. In his left shoulder was a dagger, and it was buried inside him, to the hilt. "Kiba!' yelled, Tsume

He was about to run to his aid, but then he stopped when a blade came near his foot. Hige growled and looked around. He could smell something different, but he couldn't pinpoint what it was. The lights on the ceiling flickered on and a woman in a silver knight suit with dark green hair and a red cape flowed behind her. On her left was a sword and in her right hand were daggers. "Who is that?" asked Toboe

"You must be the girl's sibling." Said the noble, "Both of you has such beautiful fur."
Toboe felt a chill run up his spine as he looked into the noble's eyes. "Cheza…" said Kiba

"Will be coming with me." Said the noble "You wolves will die here in this very room."
She snapped her fingers and Cheza's chains opened, making the flower maiden fall to the floor. Kiba pulled out the dagger and ran straight for the noble, fangs bared. She pulled out her sword and Kiba jumped from her attack. But, when he looked into her eyes, he felt weakened. The sword came across Kiba's stomach and he fell to the floor. Tomoe groaned and woke up. Her body was sluggish, and she felt drained. "Tomoe!" yelled Toboe

As the young wolf ran to her, she could see behind him a shadow figure. Because of her blurry vision, she couldn't see who that was. "Toboe!" she yelled, "Stop!"

The brown wolf stopped and as he did, he felt footsteps behind him. He looked to see a man in a dark blue cloak and a mask stepping into the room. "Darcia…" growled Tsume

All the blue-eyed noble had to do was look at them and they felt pinned to the ground. "Selina…" said Darcia

The green-haired noble held Cheza by her arm and had her sword in the other hand. "How dare you…" she growled "How dare you show your face after you gave Harmona Paradise Sickness!"

He walked forward, continuing to put his spell on the wolves. The only one not affected by it was Tomoe, who was still in the circle. She watched as the taller noble walked slowly towards the smaller one. Selina muttered something under her breath and Darcia felt his breath catch in his throat. She gave him a psychotic look under her mask. "I'm going to take your precious maiden away from you." She said, "I'll take everything you have away from you."

"So you helped Jagara to kill Harmona?" he asked

"No." she said, "I loved my sister, but I hated when she married you. What made it worse was that you filled my sisters' heads with all that garbage about Paradise!"

Cheza cried out in pain as Selina dragged her to her feet. Because of the immense power Selina had, Darcia couldn't move. But then, Selina let her guard drop for one minute to make Cheza stand. When she did, Darcia's eye widened and Selina was pushed back a couple of feet. The room shook and something fell on the circle that was holding Tomoe. With the spell broken, she went for the two nobles. Darcia opened his wolf eye and she felt her head pounding. She fell to the ground, unconscious. Selina's head felt heavy to her as she looked into Darcia's eyes. She turned away from him and pulled Cheza along. Despite the spell Darica cast, he himself could only move but so much. Selina pushed a button on the wall and a door opened. She threw Cheza inside, and walked in with her. "Die with your precious wolves." She said

With that, the door closed. Darcia pounded on the door and by some kind of luck, the door opened and he walked inside after Selina. The door slid shut and the spell wore off on all the wolves. Toboe ran to Tomoe, but then the ceiling began to collapse. "Toboe!" yelled Hige

The large tan wolf ran for Toboe and made him fall to the floor. The floor cracked under the wolves and all six of them fell.