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Finding My Paradise Chapter 2- And what is left is separated from her
'Song lyrics'
'Wolves talking'
'Thought'
"Speech"
In some remote location in Japan, outside of Tokyo-
Normal POV
They were still running, in the freezing cold. Heavy snowflakes fell on them like pouring rain, and it didn't help that Kagome and Sota only had their fur and their backpacks to keep them warm.
Shippō shivered from inside the bag and burrowed in further. 'Its so cold,' he thought.
Kagome, sensing Shippō's distress, gave him a bark to tell him that she was sorry. (a/n: Yes I made it so that Shippō could understand them) Shippō only shook his head and yipped, 'It's not your fault.'
'Yes it is,' she thought. 'If only I knew it was snowing out I would have brought warmer things… Damn,' she thought.
She turned back and howled, 'Sota how are you holding up?' Sota howled back, 'I'm okay Kagome but can we rest?'
Kagome said, 'Let me try to find a city, hold on.' Sota nodded. Kagome sniffed around, trying to find the barest trace of a sign of civilization somewhere around them. She threw her head back in frustration a while later but then she smelt something.
She turned to the north and sniffed deeply. 'It's there, I can smell it,' she thought. She took another deep draught of the cold air and then thought, 'A city. Humans.' She yipped in excitement and Sota looked at her and asked, 'What, what is it sis?'
She turned in the direction of the city in the north and said, 'I smell a city in this direction, full of humans. We can stay there.'
Sota nodded and questioned, 'How far do you think it is? I'm hungry,' he whined.
'I don't know but I'm hungry too so try not to bring up the subject of food, and does it look like we can picnic here?' She asked him.
'No,' he barked sheepishly.
Kagome only sighed and started to run as fast as she could so that she could get there quicker, but not too fast that her brother could not keep up. She was used to traveling quickly- she was forced to by InuYasha. At the thought, her eyes watered and she only shook her head and kept running.
A sharp throb reminded her that she had to stop and bandage her foreleg soon, for she was losing too much blood. 'Damn demons…' She thought angrily. 'I have to keep going.'
Sota howled in concern but she only answered him in a howl of her own that said, 'I'm fine don't worry about me.'
'Yeah but you've been bleeding a lot…''I'll be okay soon I promise as soon as we're there I'll bandage it,' she told him. He yipped an 'okay.'
Soon they arrived at a gloomy looking city. They immediately changed into their human forms to not accumulate suspicion. I mean, wouldn't it look suspicious if you saw 2 wolves walking around with backpacks on?
'When passion's lost and all the trust is gone,
Way too far, for way too long
Children crying, cast out and neglected,
Only in a world so cold, only in a world
This cold
Hold the hand of your best friend, look into their eyes
Then watch them drift away
Some might say, we've done the wrong things,
For way too long, for way too long'
Kagome looked around. It was snowing less here, but the city's overall feel was gloomy, dark and sad. She saw homeless people huddled together in alleyways, and some kids were crying. Her heart went out to them as she could see they were either lost or without parents.
'Fever inside the storm,
So I'm turning away.
Away from the name
(Calling your names)
Away from the stones
(Throw sticks and stones)
'Cause I'm through mending the wounds of us'
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry for what you have to go through," she wanted to say. She soon stopped in an abandoned alleyway and set her pack down. "I'm going to bandage it, here eat something," she said and tossed Sota a cereal bar.
She pulled out the roll of the bandages and sprayed some disinfectant on her wound and hissed as it burned. Then, with some in her mouth, she tried to bandage it while she tried to do it quickly.
'Keep your thorns
'Cause I'm running away,
Away from the games
(Fucking head games)
Away from the space
(Hate this head space)
The circumstances of a world so cold'
She managed to finish it but however she knew it wouldn't last too long before she had to bandage it again. Once again she cursed that demons existence. It had taken away her family and broke it apart, and now she would probably have scars to remind her everyday of her failure to protect them.
'Burning whispers, Remind me of the days,
I was left alone, in a world this cold
Guilty of the same things, provoked by
The cause,
I've left alone, in a world so cold
Fever inside the storm,
So I'm turning away.
Away from the name
(Calling your names)
Away from the stones
(Throw sticks and stones)
'Cause I'm through mending the wounds of us'
She gave Shippō something to eat and munched on something but noted with displeasure that the bar was slightly stale. 'It'll keep us alive,' she kept thinking as she ate it.
"'Kaa-san?" Asked the cold kitsune pup. Kagome looked to him and said gently, "What is it Shippō-chan?" He looked at her with big teary eyes and said, "I'm cold 'kaa-san, and I'm tired… When can we rest?" "Yeah when sis?" Asked a weary Sota.
Kagome saw this and sighed, "Oh Shippō-chan, Sota, I'm sorry," she said and embraced them while on her knees.
'Keep your thorns
'Cause I'm running away,
Away from the games
(Fucking head games)
Away from the space
(Hate this head space)
The circumstances of a world so cold'
Suddenly she heard gunshots. She froze in fear and whispered, "Shippō, in my bag NOW! Sota, wolf form NOW!"
Shippō jumped in and closed the flap, and Kagome and Sota quickly muttered, "Ookami Kagome!" and "Ookami Sota!" Then they took off as fast as they could.
"You wolves won't get away from me!" Hissed an old man with a black dog that barked at them. In one hand was a leash, and the other, was a shotgun.
'I'm flying, I'm flying away,
Away from the names
(Calling your names)
Away from the games
(Fucking head games)
The circumstances of a world so cold'
He shot at them repeatedly while following as fast as he could. Sota's fear was so great it almost madeKagome retch. A bullet narrowly missed Kagome's head and instead plunked into the sidewalk. She increased her speed and so did Sota. 'We have to get away!' She called.
Suddenly Sota turned around and faced them while shaking in fear. Kagome's eyes grew wide and she wheeled around.
'Why does everyone feel like my enemy,
Don't want any part of depression or
Darkness, I've had enough
sick and tired, bring the sun, or I'm gone,
Or I'm gone'
"What are you doing!" She barked incredulously. He didn't turn to look at her. He only replied,
"Kagome, go. Leave and I'll take care of them."
She shook her head. "No, I won't lose you! Come on, we can out run them!"
He laughed, or tried to, but it sounded like a weak bark. "Please Kagome. Run away and find paradise."
'I'm backing out, I'm no pawn,
No mother-fucking slave to this,
Never lied
Never left
Never lived
Never loved
Never lost
Never hurt
Never worry about being me, or anyone else
Not a care, no concern, don't give a shit about
Anything'
She said, "No… No Sota come on! I can't leave you behind!" She shook her head for emphasis.
The old man was drawing nearer, and he yelled, "Ha not being a coward are you? Well you'll die you bastards!" The dog barked and Kagome could see it's sharp canine teeth gleaming.
"Please go. I'll be okay, I'll lead them away in a different direction. Go Kagome," he said.
'Backing out, giving up, no mother-fucking
Slave to this,
Never lied
Never left
Never lived
Never loved
Never lost
Never hurt
Never worry about being me, or anyone else
Not a care, no concern, don't give a shit about
Anything,'
"I can't," she whined. Suddenly Sota turned around and Kagome could see an odd gleam in his eyes. Then he lunged forward and snapped at her.
Kagome jumped back, with fear and sorrow showing on her face. Sota turned back around and then he said, "Sis, just go…"
Kagome's silver eyes filled with tears and she nodded, then she turned around and ran as fast as she could, away from the old man, and away from the last bit of her family she had left. (She's talking about her biological family)
'I need to find a darkened corner,
A lightless corner,
Where it's safer and calmer,'
Silvery tears fell through the air as she could hear a gunshot and a yelp from behind her, and she ran even faster. "I'm sorry Sota…" She whispered. 'I couldn't protect you… I couldn't protect okaa-san or jii-chan…'
'I'm turning away.
Away from the name
(Calling your names)
Away from the stones
(Throw sticks and stones)
'Cause I'm through mending the wounds of us'
A mournful howl rent the air as she could hear a triumphant cry from the old man and from his dog. 'Damn you…' She thought angrily.
Shippō cried a little from inside the bag. He had been good friends with his adopted uncle. 'I'm all okaa-san has left… I have to protect her from now on…' He thought determinedly. From then on out he made a promise to himself that he would protect his mother as best as he could, for as long as he could.
'Keep your thorns
'Cause I'm running away,
Away from the games
(Fucking head games)
Away from the space
(Hate this head space)
The circumstances of a world so cold'
Kagome soon made it out of the city and noticed red seeping through her bandages. 'Dang it… I'll have to bandage it…' She found a forest nearby with her nose and thought, 'Perfect… I hope the hunter hasn't come after us… Sota… I'm sorry I couldn't stay with you. You didn't deserve to die!' Then her eyes turned even more silver, if that was possible. 'I swear… I will KILL that hunter… For what he has done…' (a/n: get it instead of red its silver because she's not a youkai… But no other wolves eyes turn silver when they're super ticked off) Then she howled a mournful, angry and sorrowful howl that could be heard even miles away from her.
But she didn't know that some one else had heard her cries.
'I'm flying, I'm flying away,
Away from the names
(Calling your names)
Away from the games
(Fucking head games)
The circumstances of a world so cold'
End of Chapter 2
AZ: Sorry it's a little bit shorter than my last chapter, which was about a page more. But in the next chapter she meets Kiba and his gang!
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