Chapter 5
"Are you serious?" John nearly laughed, soon ceasing his chuckle as soon as Weed glared at him with deadly seriousness. He then growled. "You're saying you want us to lose more of our resistance, just to save one comrade?!"
"At least he's being considerate, John," Ken soothed the Shepherd. "I'm pretty sure you would've done the same for Gin, wouldn't you have?"
John began to argue, but then remembered his greatest comrade's demise and silently wished it could've been him instead of Gin. Having been reminded of Gin's courage and skill, having seen such a thing in Weed with his own eyes, he breathed in reluctant anger but found himself smiling. "Who should accompany you on your journey to rescue Akatora?" he asked.
Weed looked around and examined his comrades. He knew Jerome had a hidden talent within himself, one that the Akita pup hadn't seen yet, but would eventually witness. Tesshin seemed more than flexible, strong, and skilled enough to (momentarily) wound Kaibutsu with his own fangs and might've had the necessary willpower to escape if needed. Ken and Kagetora would've made a deadly duo, but Weed sensed a slight inexperienced vibe from the two friends; so bringing them along was out of the question. John was obviously arrogant and hotheaded, possibly not being afraid of even hell itself, but those two traits would've easily gotten himself killed. Moss looked extremely strong, but wasn't as agile or limber as the other dogs appeared to be.
Having finally decided on his decisions, he announced to his comrades, "Jerome! Tesshin! John! You three will be the ones to accompany me on our mission to save Akatora!"
"You know that monster will be waiting for you too as well," John warned. "You all might get killed this time."
"If we're meant to die, for the good of man-kind," Weed responded, "then so be it." After watching John sigh in irritation, he focused all of his attention on his rescue crew. "Aright, everyone! Let's go!"
"Yes!" All at once John, Jerome, and Tesshin agreed with howls of eagerness and courage, something that would've made Kaibutsu's bones chilled. However, they were all unaware of the mutated Shepherd's motives and his own plans that were set into motions.
Is it getting better? Am I keeping everyone in their correct personalities? Should I continue? Please rate and review! ;)