Second chapter of the three part release. Is this the end for Haru?
I… wasn't actually prepared… when the trio spoke how haru was kidnapped by the shishigumi… I froze. I.. I needed to find Lois. I've kept out of his way… so… he shouldn't have to go down the dark path… I grabbed his arm… His dependable arm…
"Louis, thank goodness I found you… Haru's been taken! By the Shishigumi!" C'mon Louis let go and save h-
"it's nothing new… it's too late to save her anyways..." Louis… but… you're supposed to save her…
"but you're in love with her! And she loves you too!"
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He… He hit me… Louis…
"Don't act like you know anything. you're just a wolf who pretends to be powerless. Who pretends to be a nobody! I can't break the peace of the city for one life! So do what you always do, and pretend you belong!"
P...retend?
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I… I want to stop pretending… I… want to stop hiding…
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I don't want to keep lying to myself… an observer… living inside of a book. I want… to live my life.
I felt something from inside of me…
DEVOUR...
right… you've always been here… the new instincts that come with my body…
HUNGER…
I'll use you… I'll make you mine, and save her!
I… grabbed Louis… he looked startled at me, like a deer in headlights. "If that's how it is… I'll show you. My Anger for this world… My anger towards the group who took her… And my anger towards you for doing nothing!"
I punched him in the face. He flew ten feet. And I was shocked. While I tried to make sure I didn't accidentally break something. He kicked me in the stomach, knocking me off my feet. Our brawl lasted scant seconds before onlookers grabbed us and pulled us apart…
I can't… if you refuse to change… if you refuse to take another path… then… "Haru, will be mine!"
I broke away from those restraining me, and ran off…
I rushed to the black market… I knew that the Shishigumi's hideout was at the lake… but, I didn't know where the lake was.
"Antelope legs, 9,500 yen!" the vendors should know!
"h-hey! Wheres the lake?" he backed off quickly, stammering pathetically… Is it that the lake is synonymous with Shishigumi?
I asked several people before two others offered to take me to the lake. We rounded a corner before one of them pushed me to a wall!
"Heh, this'll teach you to not go around with such a sinister expression." I felt them ruffle around in my pockets. My wallet only had a small amount of cash in it… but… they're stalling me… every second… Haru gets closer to death! I felt some sort of rage at this…
DEVOUR…
they were pushed towards the ground off of me, their stunned state only lasting momentarily before I was pushed back towards the wall, this time with a knife to my throat…
thunk.
A bamboo arrow embedded the wall next to our heads. "get your hands off my patient."
The two left in a hurry, the Panda was strong…
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"It's not panda, it's Gouhin!" oops, was that out loud?
"but I gotta say kid… it's not everyday somebody comes into the black market with that expression." that… expression?
Right… he'd probably know… "you know the Shishigumi..? Or just the location of the lake is fine… I'm in a hurry."
"They're an organization who prey on herbivores as a business. I don't know what business you have with them, but they'll rip you to shreds! It would be the equivalent of burying yourself alive!"
Am I… prepared? "yeah… probably… but… I have to do this. I'm tired of pretending that I don't belong. You know… the rabbit that I talked about earlier? She's in trouble, and nobody is willing to do anything. I can't accept that world! I can't accept that reality! I- I want to see those eyes… one more time."
"Hmph… I can't believe it. This is the worse idea you'll probably ever have. I'll back you up… lets go." Gouhin… I… thank you. I know… I'm not the naive wolf who you originally meet, but your confidence in me… makes me want to change this world even more!
We were outside the Shishigumi's place. A broken tower, with naked corpses strung up at the gate… perhaps it said something about me… that I didn't gag or swear at the sight, but looked up at them in solemnity… I slicked back my fur… In this pouring rain, the world was providing water, for me to drown in…
"Intrusion, or solicitation, doesn't matter, you two are both trespassing..."