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This chapter goes out to Hiyami! Not only did she review for the last chapter but she reminded me to update! It was you that got me off my lazy butt and made me continue writing. You also got me out of my writers block.

Note that I will NEVER abandon a fic. I'm stubborn and like to finish what I start. So no worries. I just need a little kick now and again. Hiyami you are my angel right now and so this chapter is dedicated to you. Hope that it is to your liking.

Warnings: Angst (sort of)

Thank you Ravynne Nightshade for being the wonderful beta you are. Love you lots!

Shattering Memories
Chapter 06: TheSymphony of Violence

Toboe had no destination in mind, just walking, away from the looks, the questions, the others in general. The young wolf needed to think. What would he tell them? The Truth? A half truth? What would they do when the DID tell them. Abandon him? Show pity and help? Too many questions with not enough answers.

The back streets were quiet, his foot steps echoing off the walls of buildings. Then he heard a second pair of feet. Perfectly in time with his own steps; stride for stride.

He didn't dare turn around, which would give his opponent the advantage; more time. Toboe would listen, and mind his business. What if it was just a random person trying to get home or to work? There would be nothing to fear.

What if it wasn't?

The steps increased two for Toboe's one. Panic gripped the wolf. So he quickened his pace. The other sped up as well. Their steps louder then before. His pursuer was close. Then the unknown person broke out in a run. Toboe new his time of avoiding was up. He stopped suddenly and turned to the stranger, ready for anything except for what would happen next.

Back at the hide out place thingy
Gena's face had a tired look to it, as everyone gathered around the table (with the exception of Yuki and Hitomi)

"I know you have questions, but I'll tell you this, there are things that happened that we don't even know about.

"Once upon a time there was this pack of wolves, who lived in a city. Humans and wolves alike lived together happily believe it or not. But like all good things, it must come to an end…"

Back to Toboe
The person, a young woman ran past him as if she didn't even see him. Toboe let out a sigh of relief. But that turned into shock as a cool cylinder found its way to his temple.

"Looky at what we got 'ere. A wolf."

The gun holder gave off a crooked smile showing off his yellow stained teeth from smoking and lack of care. In one swift movement Toboe ducked down and swung his foot hitting the older man in his shins, causing him to loose his balance.

Toboe found his advantage and used it, sinking his teeth into the man's left arm, assuming it was his dominant arm (the hand that held the gun). Warm thick irony liquid filled the wolf's mouth spilling over his lips and down his chin. He bit down till he heard the snap of bone signaling it to be broken. The man below him screamed in pain leaving Toboe with a feeling of satisfaction. But where there was one hunter, there was bound to be more.

His prediction was accurate, as more foot steps were heard running towards him. Then the chorus of bullets sung in the air towards its target.

Toboe let go, running into one of the dark ally ways then proceeding to jump on to the roof top of one of the many buildings.

Adrenaline replaced blood as it ran through his veins. Excitement hit him like a breeze wrapping around him like a second skin, consuming him. The rush was unbelievable. A high like no other as he ran his tongue across his blood stained lips remembering the actions that just took place only moments before.

Back to the others
"Hunters didn't care that both races lived peacefully and decided to go on a killing spree."

It was Hiro's turn to tell the last part of the story.

"Toboe, his family, and myself were just outside the city playing in the fields when we saw them coming. There was no warning. We pups ran while his parents tried to hold them off. It didn't do much good. They were captured and skinned right in before our eyes."

Hero gave off a forced laugh. "It was like in slow motion… I can still see their eyes as they died. And their screams… oh God their screams," the wolf put the heel of his palms towards his eyes almost as if he was trying to wipe away clean the memories that are resurfacing. "I can still hear it in my mind…" His voice came out in barely a whisper. The others around him didn't make a sound, didn't even move from the position they were currently in.

The yelling continued and multiple steps echoed off the walls below Toboe's feet. He was almost free from his pursuers; the hunters. You can tell they're hunters by smelling them. The sent of many wolfs came off those people like a cologne or perfume. A wolven sent mixed with death and blood. If you look into the eyes of a hunter you can see your death and the deaths of others like you. And if you were not to be killed you were to be sold as fighters. Something that is viewed worse than any death inflicted by a hunter.

This type of trade was banned long ago but since wolves went into hiding, re-enforcing such laws were not needed anymore; or so the humans and wolfs alike thought. Wolf/dog fights have gone underground; it is not to be talked about in public, to many it has become something like a cult. And like most things like this, placing bets was a given, blood and gore, and death were a curtain out come for at least one opponent and forced breeding was not unheard of. Life as a fighter was anything but pleasant.

The only thing that can be done to avoid such a fate was to fight or run. At the moment running seemed like the best idea. If he could somehow get behind them, that might give him the advantage and the element of surprise. Like any animal, hunters were trained to kill, to them killing was a form of art, or expression. It is how hunters tell who killed what. That way the animal that was killed was like leaving the signature of the artist who worked the painting. Only their art work was painted through the flesh and polished with blood. The perfect combination for a hunter of any kind.

Toboe was relishing in his excitement mixed with fear. But soon fear will overwhelm the excitement when a shingle on the roof the wolf was running on at that present moment in time slipped out of place bringing Toboe down with it. They young wolf slammed down on the roof and rolled down to the waiting pavement. He was weightless as he fell but grace was on his side when he managed to land on balls of his feet while his hands barely scraping the gravelly ground as he squatting down as to not put to much pressure on his limbs.

It took only a second for him to find his barring before he was off again in a sprint. What he didn't see was small flicker of metal behind him as the barrel of a shot got steadied and took aim.

"Take him out!"

The shooter smiled with pure joy in eyes as he steadied his mark. "With pleasure."

And the shot flew…

"Then just as quickly the screams died down along with everything else. The hunters dragged their skins away leaving the rest of the carcass to rot. The meadow looked like it rained blood it was everywhere."

Hiro's eyes glazed over, his pupils small and crazed, and his voice was small like the child he was when he saw his friend's family's death. "It was everywhere… like rain… like a bloody rain…" the young man started rocking back and forth trying to comfort himself.

"Then I hearted Toboe scream they got him but he was alive. He tried to bite them to get away but they just laughed and taunted him and carried him away. I was too scared to do anything, I couldn't move, I just… watched… and cried… I couldn't help my best friend…"

He grew quite not saying anything else. After a few moments and realizing that he wasn't going to speak again Gena took up where he left off in telling the story.

"Hiro came back covered in blood and shaking. The only thing he said was that their gone."

Gena got up from the table and grabbed a glass and filled it with water and sat back in her place taking a sip while collecting her thoughts. Some of the others took her lead and did the same thing. It gave them something to do and a chance to absorb the story so far.

"Weeks after the accident Toboe stumbled into the door beaten and like Hiro covered in blood and silent. After a while Hiro started coming out of his sock and started to act normal again, but Toboe stayed quite. We tried to ask him what happened but he would just start laugh hysterically like it was some inside joke or something. We stopped asking and Toboe remained locked inside his own thoughts.

It was a few weeks after he came back that he finally said something. He said, 'She was so nice to me… I liked it there,' and after that he walked through the door and we haven't seen or heard of him till now."

Gena sipped her water softly signally the end of the story completely. Kiba and the others just sat there digesting all that was said. It gave them some light into the lapses their young companion seemed to go through recently but it still didn't answer the question if he was really that cool headed and sometimes cold before any of them ever met.

But there musings were cut short when a gun shot was fired. Hiro who seemed to be coming out of his thoughts looked around and smiled around at everyone.

"It seems like they got him again." Hiro rose from his seat and started to leave. The others just sat there shocked. Hiro made it to the door and from the angle the doorway to the kitchen and the front door was, Hiro could see everyone at the table. "Come on. If we want to save him then we better get a move on."

The only registering thought would be pain. Undeniable pain. The bullet pierced his calf and when completely through. Luckily for Toboe the bullet didn't hit bone so it was a clean shot, he will recover in time. But the hit caused the young wolf into a state of shock as his body fell towards the ground for a second time that evening. The only difference is that where the first fall ended gracefully the second fall will end in a thud.

Toboe couldn't catch himself in time and hit the pavement at full force causing the wind to get knocked out of lungs. Amber honey eyes glazed in pain as his world came in and out of focus (the beginnings of a black out). The last moments of consciousness were the foot steps from the dirty boots and the laughing from the humans that will take away his freedom for a second time.

Just don't look in their eyes… not the eyes…

Then the world went dark…

TBC…
Reviews:

Hiyami: You are correct about the song. . Congrats. The cast of Wolf's Rain is now yours. Enjoy. I put a little bit of his past in but I still didn't say what happened to him at least not completely. . I hope you enjoyed my chapter. Huggles

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There you go. Chapter six is complete! Hope everyone has enjoyed. Till next time.

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