A/N: Chapter 2 of Ginga Densetsu Alayus. Enjoy!

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Chapter 2: Kaibutsu in Futago Pass

The day finally arrived when Rue had to go and get her cure from overseas. The master came early to fetch his dog for travel. He loved Rue as a friend and he really wanted her to be cured as soon as possible. He gave Alayus a pat on the head and the three of them walked down to the waiting vehicle.

"I don't know when I'll be back but, I will return. Do you know how to get to Ohu?" Rue told her pup as she was loaded into the car.

"Don't worry mom, I can take care of myself and I guess I can figure it out." A 5 month old Alayus told her mother confidently. Rue smiled at her daughter's bravery, it reminded her of a certain dog.

"We're moving out in 5 mins." A human's voice called out.

"Be good Alayus, mom will come back as soon as she can. Remember, there are those who wish to harm you but, if you show kindness then just maybe, they will have a change of heart as well. " Rue smiled as the door closed and the car drove off.

"I won't forget. Bye mom!" Alayus stood on the road, barking with all her might as she saw her mother's figure disappear. Wagging her tail, she bounded back up to the shrine. Looking around she spotted what she was looking for, an old pad lock.

With this on the door, no one would disrupt our items. Alayus thought as she shut the door to the shrine and locked it. Now I'm on my way to Ohu, where my dad is. She smiled cheerfully and went on her way to her first destination: Futago Pass.

In another part of the Alps...

"Weed, slow down!" An English settler called out as he crossed a river. He grimaced as he got some mud on his coat.

"Hurry up GB!" His companion, an Akita Inu pup called out. He was 5 months old and his mother died after giving birth to him.

"Weed is right." GB looked as an old French Spaniel mix padded up. With one of his legs missing, he walked with three limbs but, that didn't stop him from journeying back to Ohu.

"Uncle Smith, Weed needs to slow down a bit. If he rushes into things, he'll die. As his godfather I have the responsibility to protect him." GB huffed. Smith just grinned. After the battle with Akakabuto Smith and Gin went their separate ways. Smith was Riki's third platoon leader back in the day, a true commander and a best friend to Gin. Smith came upon Weed and GB and realized that Weed is the son of Gin after using the Zetsu Tenrou Battouga for the first time.

"Let him run along GB, he needs to enjoy his youth while he still can." Smith laughs at what he just said. "Ahhh here I am talking as though I'm a really old dog."

"Come on Uncle Smith, Ohu can't be that far right?" Weed looked up at the older dog with hopeful eyes. "That's where my dad is. Mom said that I need to go there."

"Of course, let us be on our way." Smith smiled and the two of them walked off. "Come GB, don't fall behind."

"O-o-okay." GB hurried to catch up with the other two dogs. They trek through unknown territory and met a lot of other dogs, members of their own group or members of the army who took down Akakabuto. They said something about a dangerous monster who roamed Futago Pass not too far from where they were. They forbid the group to go and try to defeat a monster who eats humans.

"A monster who eats humans?" Weed asked as the dogs they were talking to walked off.

"After Akakabuto's incident we have a human eater roaming the paradise? I hope Gin's ok." Smith murmured.

"Please tell me we're not gonna hunt this eater?" GB whined nervously.

"Of course we are, come along now." Smith took the lead followed by Weed who was beyond excited.

"What did I get myself into?" GB complained as he followed behind the others.

Alayus's journey...

This is? She looked up at the entrence into Futago Pass. She admired the colors of the leaves this time of the year, autumn. I must be at the right place, Ohu isn't too far from here. She walked further in when this stench hit her nose.

"Blood?!" Her eyes widened and she put her nose to the ground, sniffing for more evidence. "It's strong, someone must be hurt!" Alayus took off like an arrow down the path, following the smell of blood. Her first observation was this wounded dead dog laying on the path, his throat torn and his eyes bugging out. Some more bodies lay scattered around, same fate as the dog she saw earlier.

What happened to them? How horrible. She thought as she padded carefully around them. Not watching where she was going, she ran into someone.

"Oh I'm sorry, please forgive me." She whimpered slightly, waiting for someone to speak.

"What are you doing here puppy? This is no place for you! Go Home!" This rude voice spoke to her and she opened her eyes nervously. Standing over her was this really aggressive dog as he stared at her in a threatening manner. A Great Dane to be exact and this guy was really scary, his presence made Alayus take a tiny step back. A few more dogs showed up, surrounding her.

"Ken!" Another dog spoke. "This is not the time to squabble with young ones, we have a job to do as Ohu soldiers!" Alayus looked at the dog who spoke. He had tiger-stripes all over and he didn't seem to be that scary.

"Tch...Kagetora." The one named Ken snaps at his friend. "I was just teaching this pup a lesson on not to loiter around this area. You're right, we need to get out of here and take down that Kaibutsu bastard for what he did!"

"Kaibutsu?" Alayus asked.

"You lot, remember!" Kagetora addressed the rest of the group. "All of those dogs died because the Leader said to leave Kaibutsu alone!"

"Let's go, everyone!" Ken lead the call and the dogs ran off. Snapping out of her trance, Alayus ran after them.

"What the– ?!" Both Ken and Kagetora exclaimed when she ran along side them, even surpassing them. She turned around to face the group, who halted in their tracks.

"Get out of here, you don't belong here!" Ken shouted rudely.

"I have every right to be here!" Alayus countered, her claws were ready to fight if needed. "If you don't like it, tough. I'm not moving from this spot unless I know what's going on!"

"Why you little brat!" Ken pounced on her and the two dogs rolled around, claws and teeth flailing about. The other dogs made way for the whirling mass of fur.

"Ken!" Kagetora watched as the two dogs separated, facing each other. Ken has a lot of scratches and one of his ears is bleeding. Alayus has multiple scratches but, nothing major.

She's not as heavily wounded as Ken. What in the world is she? Kagetora was astounded.

"Look at what you–?!" Ken growled before he stopped talking, stepping back as he felt a powerful aura radiating from Alayus. She crouched in front of him snarling and her aura took the form of another dog, more powerful and skilled. It's eyes burned into Ken's and he lowered his ears, whimpering slightly.

This girl...she's not kidding about her strength. He thought.

"John! Is that you? Have you returned?!" A voice called out and Alayus looked up as this dog appeared into view, hobbling on three legs. Two more followed after him.

"Hmmmm? John's not here... I thought I felt his presence." The lead dog looked at Alayus with curiosity. "You look a lot like someone I know. What's your name?"

"My name is Alayus, daughter of Rue and John." Alayus stated proudly. The dogs gasped at the info.

"I thought you look familiar. My name is Smith, a friend of your dad." The French Spaniel mix introduced himself.

"Smith? Are you the one that mother mentioned time and time again in the stories of Akakabuto?" Alayus asked.

"Indeed I am." Smith nodded, then turned to Weed and GB. "Alayus, these are my comrades."

"GB, pleasure to meet you." The English settler nodded.

"Weed, son of Gin. Pleased to meet you." The Akita Inu pup shyly introduced himself., his tail wagged a bit.

"WHAT?!" Ken and Kagetora's group were blown away. Standing in front of them was the daughter of John and the son of Gin, not to mention one of the commanders during Akakabuto's reign.

"You lot..." Smith trained his eyes on the group, who coward in submission. "Tell me what is going on."

"Y-y-yes sir..." Kagetora responded as he addressed Smith. "Half a year ago, Paradise was suddenly attacked by a huge beast. It was Kaibutsu. He killed all of our fighters one by one, we could do nothing. He'd completely taken over Gajou. Since then, the Paradise on this mountain is referred to as hell. We lost many of our friend's lives. All we could do was run from it all...Gradually everyone disappeared. Us ordinary soldiers were guards who simply lived outside Gajou, so Kaibutsu didn't get to us. The leader survived. The top dogs ordered us to block Kaibutsu out. But he simply broke through us. He killed any humans who went near Futago pass. And so, the humans thought it was us who did it. They thought the dogs had gone mad. We couldn't do anything. The leader wouldn't give any explaination to things. We tried to persuade the leader to help us but he said it was risky and ordered us to not to come to Futago Pass."

"Dogs are being hunted down by the humans." Ken picked up the story from there. "We can't abide by the rules anymore. The leader is nothing more than just an ornament."

"Yeah. Obviously that guy can't even be trusted with Ohu." Kagetora agreed.

"You FOOLS!" Smith said angrily. "You dare sputter nonsense about the leader, how could you?!"

"W-w-we're sorry, please forgive us!" Both of them coward before Smith, terrified.

"Uncle Smith, we need to hurry!" Alayus called out, running back towards the path into Futago Pass. "If humans are here, the dogs will perish by the bullets. We can't let that happen."

"Alright then. Weed, GB let's go!" Smith ordered and the four of them raced off.

"Those dogs..." Ken looked after them.

"Ken, don't worry about them. Our priority is to get Kaibutsu." Kagetora said and they raced off to find the beast.

A/N: Done with this chapter. Hoped it was good enough.