New Moon
Chapter One
The Encounter
Kiba and the gang had just left the nearby city to stock up on new supplies. Blackstone was just around the corner. Everyone quickened up along the streets not wanting to stand out. Kiba's pace slowed, leaving him behind the group to explore. The gang went clear out of site by the time Kiba turned back around. The streets were engulfed with human customers; of course no one realized Kiba was the only wolf among them. He stopped by an old antique shop along the side of the road. Confused and unfamiliar with the items of humans, he slowly walked inside. Once inside he was fascinated with the mysterious items in the shop.
"May I help you" a young lady behind the counter yelled out. Her beauty surpassed even Cheza's delicate eyes. Short smooth black locks streamed majestically to her shoulders while her supernatural smile put Kiba into a gaze. With a cute giggle she asked him again, "what can I do for you?" Kiba blushed and ran pass her to catch up with the gang.
"Kiba what's wrong" Toboe asked staring at Kiba's now cherry red cheeks.
"Nothing" he answered feeling a little uncomfortable lying to Toboe like that.
Later that night the pack slept nearby the town. Cheza gently song the wolves to sleep, but Kiba refused to sleep. He kept seeing that human girl's face in his mind, and was filled with embarrassment. In dismay he headed back to the town once everyone was a sleep. He kept his wolf form just in case he needed to make a quick get away. He returned to the store only to find out it was closed. A disappointed smile ran across his face, he knew what this term meant, but wish it wasn't there.
"Hey there." The girl from early today walked out from the side and approached Kiba. His downcast eyes shine with joy quickly running to her.
"I'm Koharu, and you must be new around here. We don't see to many dogs around here you know." She replied scratching his adorable wolf ears as he wagged his tail.
Koharu sat next to Kiba on the steps and rubbed his head more gently. Kiba moved closer and layed his head on her lap.
"At least you like me." Koharu sighed and continued scratching him.
Like a child uplifted by his mother, Kiba forgot everything in the world except joy. The relaxing feeling of Koharu's fingers moving up and down against Kiba's neck released him from all worries. Kiba loved the adoration and thanked Koharu for giving it to him. For one brief moment Kiba stopped panting long enough to want to tell Koharu everything about him. Several minutes went by as Kohaur made her way down to Kiba's stomach. Kiba soon yelled out a hormonal howel into the moonlite sky. Koharu's brief, but calm hands came to a quick halt and covered her ears. Kiba noticed she was staring at something and looked too. Tsumi, Toboe, and Hige stood across from him. All looked discussed. Kiba lifted himself from Koharu's lap and joined the others. Koharu quickly ran inside.
"Kiba, what were you doing? We saw you howling like a horny, lovesick puppy." Tsumi yelled angrily at Kiba. Kiba bent his head in shame and walked ahead of them.
The next day Kiba made his way through the town unnoticed by anyone. Avoiding the nobles, he found the shop again. To his surprise the air reeked of human blood and noble guns. The shop doors and windows were boosted and some of the artifacts were missing. Kiba dashed in and searched the place. Lonely bodies lay lifeless on the dirt floors. Kiba checked every carcass for a scent of Koharu. She couldn't be found anywhere. Still worried about Koharu, Kiba searched every room. A simple trace of her would slightly raise Kiba's chances of finding her, but any scenet of her had completely vanished beneath the aroma of blood. The strong scent of blood had caused Kiba's vision to fail. While Kiba worried he had failed to notice the smell of toxic gas in the air as well. Every second spent in the building could badly affect Kiba. Twenty minutes later Kiba began to realize the affects of staying. His bones and limbs began to feel fragel and weak. Taking a step would send a sharp pitching pain up through his whole body. Kiba could feel the cains within him being squeezed, preventing the blood to run his head. Kiba suddenly felt his heart stop. In a quick reaction kiba collapsed on the floor. Everything went blurry and then vanished beneath a thick blacket of darkness and emptiness.