D.C talk: I'm back ;) I'll be honest with you, the whole time I was gone I was thinking about how I wanted to execute chapter 16 ;D…
Also, before I forget I thought I would give a shout out and say thanx to all loyal reviewers, and to spice things up a bit I thought I would say thanx to the following people who have silently read this story.
- Please review…D.C out
The night air was cold and crisp. The nighttime sky was now a dark horizon, making it seem almost impossible for there to be a full moon. Tsume just lay there motionless; his whole body seemed numb with pain. Having nothing else to do he just laid there starring up at the sky. Hoping, praying that a full moon would appear and heal his wounds.
In an instant his prayers went from himself to Toboe.
'If he lays a finger on her it's going to be hell to pay,' Tsume thought.
Ash
Guilt covered Ash like a blanket for leaving Tsume out there to die. Ash had seen Tsume fall off the train and some other guy follow him.
'I guess I could call up his girlfriend and let her know that he's out there somewhere. I suppose I owe him that much,'
Ash grabbed his cell phone and dialed Tsume's apartment number.
The phone kept ringing until it beeped.
'I guess this is where I leave the message?'
"Umm…this is ash one of Tsume's friends," 'Boy if he lives to hear this message he's going to kill me!' ash thought before he continued.
"Anyways I was just calling to let you know that he had a little accident tonight. So if you would like more details and a ride let me know…bye" Ash finished before hanging up.
Kiba's apartment
Toboe cracked one of her eyes open for the sixteenth time. Hoping that Tsume would come by Kiba's apartment. Kiba was lying on the ground beside the couch curled up into a ball. Kiba had been on edge too, about Tsume not being back yet. His sharp gold eyes starred up at Toboe.
/You not getting any rest isn't going to help out the situation you know/ Kiba said in his pure white wolf form.
Toboe changed into her wolf form to and curled up into a ball.
/I know… but I'm worried, and I feel safer when Tsume's around/ Toboe sighed.
It had never dawned on Kiba that Tsume was like a security blanket for her.
'Makes since I mean they are mates after all,' he thought silently.
Kiba jumped onto the couch and curled up around Toboe.
/Feel any better/ Questioned Kiba.
/Yeah, but I still miss him Kiba/ Toboe said as she laid her paws on her forelegs that were stretched out.
/It sounds pathetic doesn't it? That I can't hardly stand being away from him just for a day/ Toboe said beating her self up on the inside.
/Toboe your just going to have to get used to him being away for short periods of time and if the time comes you might even have to be away from him for weeks/ Kiba said
/I know…But Kiba for him to be just on a raid I think he's been gone too long/ Toboe said starting up again.
'She does have a point,' Kiba thought.
/Maybe your right lets go look for him/ Kiba said nudging her with his muzzle.
Toboe it medley got up off the couch and changed to her human illusion and started putting her combat boots on. Toboe started walking off to Kiba's room to get Hige and Blue.
Kiba quickly noticed what she was doing and grabbed her shoulder lightly. Toboe turned around and gave Kiba a 'huh?' expression.
"I think it would be best if we went alone, something tells me that Quent is probably in evolved," Kiba said with a serious tone in his voice.
"Okay," Toboe replied before she walked over to the door and turned the knob and walked out.
When they were walking side-by-side Toboe asked,
"Do you think we should check out his apartment first? I mean we don't have any other leads,"
"Sure," Kiba replied emotionless.
When they reached the apartment Toboe had turned the knob thinking that it was lock but it actually opened. Toboe and Kiba walked around the apartment searching for any sign that Tsume had been there.
"Nothing," Toboe said after coming back from checking the bedroom.
"So what did happen before you came back to the apartment?" Kiba asked hoping to find something that might give him a clue on where to look next.
"Umm…Well, after I woke up I put on my cloths," Toboe said while blushing Kiba had noticed and took a mental note that they had courted. "When some guy came into the room telling me that Tsume requested that I went to your apartment. I was a little curious at what Tsume was doing so I asked and he replied back that they we're preparing for a raid," Toboe finished out of breath.
"Did he tell you where the raid was going to take place?" Kiba asked.
"No," Toboe replied as she dropped her head knowing that they had no leads of where Tsume might be.
Kiba looked around the room again hoping to find something to give them a lead. When his eyes went over the phone an idea hit him.
'Maybe the phone might have a number that we could call to find out some information,' he thought before voicing his idea he noticed the phone had a red light blinking.
"Hey Toboe a lights flashing do you think that…" Kiba said Toboe looked over at the phone while he was talking, Toboe immediately knew what Kiba was thinking. She ran over to the phone and pushed 'play'
"Hello, my name is Grant and I just wanted to tell you that I saved money on car insurance by switching to Gyco!"
Toboe and Kiba sighed.
"Why does he think Tsume cares?" Kiba asked.
(He's never seen the commercial)
Toboe hit her head with her hand.
"It's a car insurance add, you'd have to see the commercial to get it," Toboe replied.
"Lets go," Kiba said. Toboe was about to follow when she noticed that there was another message.
"Wait! Kiba there's another message," Toboe said then turned back around to play the next message.
Once the message was done playing Toboe picked up the phone and dialed Ash's number.
"Hello," said a familiar voice.
"Hello Ash, this is Toboe the girl that was in Tsume room," Toboe asked while she started blushing.
"Oh hey! Tsume's in some serious trouble; you see he fell off the train and hit some sharp object that was hanging from the side and I'm only guessing that it sliced his side up pretty good. And some other guy seemed to know him; I think he was trying to kill him. Well anyways I can give you a lift over there if you would like," Ash said.
"Yes please!" Toboe almost shouted.
"Okay where are you at?"
"Tsume's apartment," replied Toboe.
"Okay I'll be there in a second," he replied before hanging up while turning the jeep around towards the direction of Tsume's apartment.
"Well?" asked Kiba.
"Tsume's in big trouble," replied Toboe.
"Since when is he not?" Kiba asked casually.
"Yeah but Quent showed up at the raid and Tsume fell out of a train and supposedly ripped his side open. With Quent trying to kill him," Toboe said on the verge of tears. Even she knew that the chances of even Tsume surviving were slim.
Kiba looked up at Toboe's face, she had liquid trickling down her cheeks.
Kiba walked over to her and placed his arms around her pulling her into an embrace.
"He'll be alright Toboe…Tsume tough, he won't go down with out a fight," Kiba said.
Five minutes later there was a knock on the door. Toboe and Kiba rushed over to the door and opened it.
"Come on," the dark figure replied blending in with the shadows. Kiba, Ash, and Toboe all jumped into the jeep. Ash sat in the drivers seat, with Kiba in the passenger's seat and Toboe in the middle. Ash floored
The gas and the jeep took off with a roar.
Ash drove up beside the warehouse, then up the curb into the grass that was covered over with Snow. The night wasn't as dark thanks to the snow.
Kiba lightly touched Ash's shoulder.
"Stop right here, you better go home you've done all you can do," Kiba said wanting to change into his true form. Kiba jumped out of the jeep soon followed by Toboe.
"Are you sure? I could take you farther…" Ash said knowing that he was going to miss something cool.
"Here's fine, thanks for all your help," Toboe said smiling.
"Hope you find him," And with that he turned the jeep around and took off.
The jeep was becoming more of a speck each passing moment. Kiba kept a sharp eye on the vehicle.
"Almost there…now," Kiba said turing into his wolf form and started sprinting of in the direction that Tsume's scent was the strongest. Toboe was having a hard time keeping up with the athletic Kiba.
/So Kiba do you have a plan/ Toboe asked.
/I'm making it up as I go/ the white wolf replied. With the scenery being all white and Kiba being white also gave Toboe a headache. Kiba started following the railroad track hoping that it might help steer them in the right direction. With the wind blowing hard and with the help of snow masking Tsume scent it was confusing trying to decide where the faint smell of Tsume was coming from.
The whole time they had been running Toboe had been starring at the white wolf. But now she looked up at their surroundings. The land was flat and heavily covered with snow. Along the train tracks stood tall fir and pine trees. Toboe then looked up at the sky it was beautiful, being black and having snow falling from the sky. When Toboe fixed her gaze ahead of her again she noticed that Kiba was running faster.
'Maybe it's Tsume,' Toboe thought as she ran to the right a little so she could see what lay ahead of her. At least ¾ of a mile ahead of them was a small or at least it seemed as if it was small gray bundle of fur.
"Tsume?" Toboe felt a spark of energy form in her worn out body. With new hopes Toboe ran as fast as her legs could carry her.
"T-s-u-m-e!" She howled.
Tsume
Tsume's ears perked up and started rotating. Tsume's sense's recognized whom the howl belonged to, before his mind could register who it was.
Tsume's heartbeat was going at a dangerously slow pace. But for some reason whenever he heard that voice his body started functioning again.
After what seemed like hours Tsume's mind started realizing who it was.
'Toboe?'
He cracked one of his eyes thinking that it was just some kind of cruel joke that someone was playing on him. His eyes picked out a small brown figure moving towards him at a fast pace.
Toboe
Toboe's pace slowed down a bit when she got in range to where she could see blood all around his figure.
'No!' Toboe's mind screamed when she noticed that Tsume looked half dead.
When Toboe was three feet away she slowed down to a halt so she wouldn't land on him. She slowly approached him with her head hung low. When she was right beside him she laid her head on top of his stomach. Toboe turned into her human form so she could share her emotions better with Tsume.
(Meaning that she couldn't cry in wolf form)
Tsume
Tsume senses alerted him that someone was lying beside him. The intruder also held a familiar female's scent. Tsume's fur felt a little damp; but instead of a gritty feeling on his fur he felt a cool water substance on his fur. He halfway cracked his eyes open to find Toboe with her head on his stomach crying. Tsume felt a sudden will to live and slowly and painfully lifted his arm and placed it on Toboe's back and started to rub her back very slowly. (Tsume's in human form)
Normal POV
Toboe felt a strong arm pull her closer to Tsume. She lifted her face off of his scared chest.
"How did you manage to change?" Toboe asked.
Tsume took his gaze off of her and looked up at the clear sky, far off in the horizon was a full moon.
'Duh,' Toboe thought beating herself up again.
Toboe looked back at Tsume to find his eyes closed again taken in short breaths.
'He's having trouble breathing,'
Toboe took her trembling hands off his chest and started removing his clothing.
Toboe started off with the leather jacket, slowly sliding it off his chest and arms.
Tsume
'What the hell is going on? Toboe's beside me so I shouldn't feel cold,'
He opened his eyes to find Toboe working on taking his gray under shirt off.
"What…are…you doing?" Tsume asked painfully while coughing up a little bit of blood.
Tsume's energy was at an all time low. His eyes closed again embarrassed that he was so weak that he couldn't even wipe away the blood that was trickling down his chin. He felt a smooth hand go across his face. He cracked one eye again to see that Toboe had wiped the blood off his mouth and was rubbing it off onto the brown shirt she was wearing.
Toboe POV
Toboe took her gaze of his bare chest and into those golden eyes of his. That clearly stated that he was in maximum pain.
Toboe started blushing at the thought of what he must be thinking, about her starring at his chest.
'His gorgeous chest,' Toboe thought to herself.
"I'm trying to get to the wound on your side," She replied, Tsume just grunted.
'Poor Tsume he's probably dieing on the inside with me taking care of him,'
She leaned forward and kissed him on the lips.
"What…was…that…" Tsume tried to say before she placed her finger on his lips.
"Shhh," She replied to him like a mother would to her child.
Tsume licked the finger that was lightly placed on his lips.
Toboe smiled and stood up; she carefully placed her hands around his waist and picked him off the ground a couple of inches of the ground. A couple of feet away stood a tall pine tree with the moonlight shining on it.
'He can use it for back support,'
When they reached their destination Toboe gently placed Tsume up against the tree. She examined the wound on the side.
'I can't fix this!' her mind screamed.
'Maybe Kiba will know what to do, hey wait a second where is Kiba?'
Toboe gazed around but Kiba was nowhere in sight.
'Maybe he went to go get Blue or Hige,'
Toboe returned her attention back to Tsume. She replaced his gray undershirt and leather jacket. She gingerly spread his legs apart and sat down. She leaning up against his stomach but didn't apply any weight.
"I love you Tsume," Toboe said out of nowhere.
Tsume was still recovering in moonlight. So he leaned forward and kissed her neck as a reply.
'She taste good,' He thought to himself.
Tsume placed his head on Toboe shoulder, savoring her scent.
Quent
Quent had just about all he could take and stepped out of his hiding spot to revile his presence to the young wolves.
"I told you that you would bring death to your own mate," laughed Quent.
Tsume beat himself up on the inside because Quent was right whether he meant to or not he had sent Toboe to her death and there was no way of protecting her.
With all the strength Tsume could muster, he gave Quent a threatening growl.
"Touch her and die!" Tsume said sternly while giving Quent a death glare.
"I don't think you're in he position to being giving me threats wolf," Quent said chuckling at Tsume's pathetic attempts at keeping him away from his mate.
Quent reached out and grabbed a hold of Toboe's arm. Tsume realized that he was going to take his mate a way from him and went feral. He changed from human to wolf in three seconds flat and attacked Quent's hand; drawing blood.
"If you think that's going to save her then you've got another thing coming," Quent said sternly grabbing Toboe again but this time with success.
Toboe started hit him. "Let me go!" she yelled hitting him with her free hand. Toboe was having a hard time concentrating because Quent was twisting her hand back as far as it would go.
Toboe screamed
"Let her go!" Tsume shouted now enraged that Quent was hurting Toboe. Tsume ran at Quent on his shaky legs. Quent had been busy trying to dodge Tsume's attack that he forgot that he was still holding onto Toboe's wrist.
"Crack"
Toboe howled out in pain. Tsume turned back around to face Quent but turned his attention back to Toboe when he heard the sound of a bone breaking.
"Toboe!" He ran over to Toboe. Her eyes were huge with pain, tears were already making there way down her cheek.
Tsume turned back around to face Quent just smiling.
"You're going to pay for that bastard!" he yelled as he charged at him. Quent easily avoided him and pulled out his gun and pointed it at Tsume. It was a conformed hit and Tsume was send tumbling to the ground.
Yes i'm sorry about the cliff hanger, but i'm tired of writting. Plus i think about 3,000 words is enough... i bet you guyz are like-
Where the hell is Kiba?
Will Tsume be able to save Toboe...or for that matter save himself?