Disclaimer: I do not own Wolf's Rain! And I did not write (nor do I own) the song titled "Less is More" (by Relient K).
Red Snow
Note: hello faithful readers! I just wanted to type a reminder…
1) those of you who have not yet seen the end of Wolf's Rain might want to watch it before reading the end of this story. The rest of this story contains IMMENSE (and I mean IMMENSE) SPOILERS! So this is a spoiler alert for those of the readers who haven't seen the end of this lovely series.
2) Those of you have seen the completed series of Wolf's Rain…. Congratulations! You get to read the rest of the story!
3) I shall still be using the song "Less is More" (eventually) which is not mine! Read the disclaimer (points upward) for details.
4) ENJOY!
PART EIGHT
---The edge of the forest---
"So you're sure you don't want to come with us?"
The girl nodded in answer to Kiba's question.
""But why not?" Toboe asked. He was obviously disappointed that their new friend wasn't going to join them on their journey to Paradise.
The girl glanced at her feet before saying: "Toboe. It is not that I don't want to go..." She knelt down in the snow to say something more, "Even though I have only known you a short time, Toboe, you are the one who has taught me…" With this the girl stood up again and said to the whole group, "This is where I leave you. I believe the direction you are headed is due west." She pointed in the direction behind the five other wolves.
"Thank you." Was all that Kiba said before turning and running in the proffered direction, eager to be on the road once more; Tsume followed soon after, without a word in good-bye,
"It was nice to meet you." –Blue
"See ya…" –Hige
Toboe took one last sad look at the girl, then turned and ran to catch up with the others.
When they were some distance away from the forest, Toboe stopped and glanced behind him at the tree line, which was obscured by the wind and slight snow. The one thing he could see through the snow blowing in his eyes was the red fur of the nameless wolf at the edge of the forest. In further farewell to his new friend, Toboe gave throat to one long howl before Hige's voice called to him from where the others were ahead of him, "Hey, runt! C'mon! Let's go!"
And that was the last time they saw the nameless red wolf. That would be the one sight Toboe would always remember her by, the sight of her red fur through the blowing snow...
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I smiled when I heard Toboe's howl. And I stood there in the blowing snow and wind, until I completely lost sight of the odd colored group of five wolves. Even when I had lost sight of them, I stood, still staring at where I had last seen them, even if it was just a smudge of color. I felt oddly lonely now that they had gone… Why is that?
My ears picked up a strange sound. I spun around and stood alert, waiting. This sound… it seemed to be getting louder… What is that?
This sound quickly became intolerably high-pitched and whiny. I couldn't really tell which direction it was coming from, but it sounded like it came from above, or maybe everywhere at once. I covered my ears with my hands. And watched in horror as a large I-don't know-what landed in the snow some distance from me. It looked like a large metal bird, but I could be wrong.
The sound then became so unbearable that dropped to my knees, my hands still covering my ears more tightly. Then the side of the large metal thing opened and a figure stepped out. This figure was dressed in black. It was a man. I glared and began to growl in discomfort and anger as he approached me. But as he stared down at me, on my knees, I could vaguely make out a slight smirk on his cold face. That image stayed with me as I blacked out from the noise of the metal bird…
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Darcia watched the red wolf in front of him collapse into the white snow piling beneath it.
"Another one of these miserable creatures?" He said to himself, "Well, I think you may come in handy, my furry friend." He said as he knelt down next to the prone form of the wolf in front of him. Darcia then lifted up the apparently unconscious wolf and carried it into his plane. Once inside, the door closed out the wind and snow.
Darcia pulled out a muzzle, from who knows where, and proceeded to equip it over the red wolf's snout. Then he carefully tired a rope around its neck and then chained it to the wall of the plane. Then without another word, Darcia sat in the pilot chair and drove the plane into the air. He was headed west. The same direction that Kiba and the clan were headed: towards Jaguara's Keep.
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NOTE: How was that? Darcia is evil! I hope you all enjoyed it! Reviews would be most welcome!
--HOWLS-- riawolf