Chapter three
Draco vs. Walker, 'Bad Fellow' and Thieving Twins
The Nobleman stared down at the two men, or should he say, 'wolves'.
"Wolves." He said, making them flinch. "You have my gratitude, for it was you who woke her."
"What?" "Who the hell are you?!" They exclaimed.
"The Flower Maiden is mine." He said, making Kiba's eyes narrow and Hige blinked in confusion.
"Flower Maiden...Is that...Cheza?" Hige asked, as they watched him lift her up by her throat into the moonlight, and her teary eyes became wide.
She screamed, letting off a high pitched wail, making Toboe yelp and cover his ears and Tsume grunt in pain.
Toboe yelled in pain, Tsume growling out"Cut it out!" Yet the boy kept yelling.
"Toboe, be quite!" He snapped, trying to hold back the pain himself."Just shut up!"
Draco yelped in pain, covering his ears, while Teru's ears only lowered slightly.
"Close your eyes and think of something peaceful." Teru tried to soothe him, watching as the other close his eyes and tried, even as he kept screaming in pain.
"We'll meet again, in Paradise." The man said as the light flashed on him and the Maiden.
"If we meet again that is."
Kiba narrowed his eyes and ran towards them, only for them to vanish before he could.
Kiba stared in madness, while Hige uncovered his ears to stare where they use to be as well, as the power came back on in the Tower.
The halfbreed watched from the window, having heard the scream as well.
"Hey." Tsume called out, when the boy didn't move he called out again as he kicked him lightly with his foot."Hey!"
"Huh?"
"Snap out of it kid."
"It's gone. It's gone. You felt that, didn't you? You heard it right?" Toboe asked him, as he tilted his eyes down sadly. "Such a sad voice."
"It was a machine," Tsume blew it off, "That's all. Probably the sound of some robot breaking down."
Kiba and Hige walked in the sewers, the Himalayan Wolf complaining.
"Why are we down here?" He whined, "These scent are like rough on my delicate nose, ow."
"I've got a hunch that there's food down here." Kiba said, as they kept walking.
"Huh?" Hige perked up at the mention of food.
"Just a hunch." He said.
Small rats ran in front of them when he said that.
Kiba placed rat bones one at a time in a line, Hige pipping up with a "Looks like that guy got the last only clue we had. And the scent of Lunar Flowers is gone too."
"Hige. Do you know about Paradise?" Kiba asked, "That's why he took her."
"Whelp, we'll just have to find another Flower." Hige shrugged, "She can't be the only one around, right?"
"That man knew us," Kiba said suddenly,"He saw what we were the minute he looked at us."
"Why don't we blow this town?" Hige edged on,"Come on, let's look for Paradise!"
"He'll meet us there." Kiba answered to his edging. "That's what he said."
Hige sweat-dropped,"Hnnn...He said alot of crazy stuff. Listen if your thinking of going after him, your out of your mind."
"He's a Noble, if I've ever seen one." Hige said.
"Noble?" Kiba asked.
"I keep forgetting your new here." Hige said, leaning back,"Look, those guys are bad news," He looked away,"And I for one am smart enough not to mess with them. Trust me Kiba, just let it go. Forget about them." He laid on his side, going to take a nap.
"I only desire one thing." A masked man said. "Bring me the White Flower."
"So, what are you going to do now?" Toboe asked Tsume. "Do you have somewhere to go?"
"Who knows?" Tsume asked, then straightened up as he heard growling and barking. Smirking, he rushed forward, Toboe yelling out,"What's wrong?!", as they rounded the corner.
"Well well, how interesting~" Tsume purred, watching as a dark red wolf fought with a lightish dark brown wolf with long red scars on it's chest, though his attention soon turned to someone familiar.
"If it isn't the weakling who got hurt by a human boy~" Tsume taunted, causing the black wolf to turn to him, and snarl at the taunt.
"If it isn't the wolf who almost got killed by my mate." He taunted back, coming to walk in a half circle, Tsume doing the same. "What are you doing here?"
"You're on my territory. I'm sure you and Red smelled the scent marks." Tsume said, "What's the matter, the white one wasn't enough, so you went for another?"
"Don't you dare talk bad about Kiba!" The black wolf snarled, baring his fangs, "And if I'd known it was your turf, not Walker's over there," He pointed his muzzle at the light brown wolf, "I wouldn't have stepped through here, especially if your stupid face would show up."
"You got a lot of talk." Tsume snarled, stepping forward, Toboe trying to stop him,"I say you and I finish what 'Kiba' couldn't the other day."
"Gladly!" The black wolf jumped forward, biting into the gray wolf's scruff, as Tsume bit into his leg.
The black wolf pushed the other back with his other front paw, sliding his leg out from his jaws. He then kicked him back, sending Tsume sliding, til he ran into him and knocked him on his back, causing them to flip over, each trying to come out on top as Alpha.
Hearing a yelp, the black wolf broke away from the tumble and stared over, seeing that the red wolf had come out as the victor, the other having submitted.
"Hn." The black wolf stalked forward, ignoring Tsume's calls of "Coward!"
"There is more to life than this wretched city. I'm sure even you know that, Walker." He said, the other turning away. "Why not come with us? I'm sure Paradise has something you want."
"If it's a mate, then I'll go." The wolf became a human male, with a somewhat shaved head and tan skin, with brown eyes and glasses. He wore a black and white sleeved hoodie and blue jeans, sneakers over his feet and finger-less gloves over his hands.
"I am Teru." The black wolf said loud enough, becoming his human form as well as the red wolf, showing similar looking features, so Tsume and Toboe could hear as well." And we are headed to a place where your heart's desire shall be for filled." He turned and walked off, though not before saying,"We shall finish this later, Tsume."
Teru walked through the town, looking around suspiciously, while Draco and Walker talked in the back.
"What's up with him?" Walker asked, making Draco shrug.
"It's hard to explain Teru to somebody...Hey dude...aren't you missing something?" The red wolf pointed out his missing hoodie, making the brown wolf blink and stare down, only to see his white muscle shirt.
"The hell? I had it on just a moment...hey, aren't you missing something as well?" He pointed out to where the gauntlet use to be on his arm, making Draco
yelp and look around for it, yelling. "It was just here!"
"I don't know who the hell is doing this..." Teru said darkly, as an evil black aura appeared around him, making the two flinch. "But they better give me back the
damn necklace my mate gave me!" The two gulp as the other male ran off after sniffing the air, before following him.
Two twins laughed in glee as they set their items around before them. One was a male with sea-green eyes and blonde hair, the other was a girl with sea-blue
eyes and blonde hair, her hair ending in two dragon tails at her waist, wearing a white dress with black stockings and boots, white his hair was tied back in a
short dragon tail, while he wore a white muscle shirt with blue jeans and boots. The stolen gauntlet was wrapped around his arm, while the hoodie was
around her waist and the necklace on her neck.
"I'm sure your mother," The twins froze as a dark voice spoke behind them,"Taught you not to steal from people?"
Turning slowly, they came face to face with a black wolf, red wolf and lightish dark brown wolf, all three snarling as they saw their precious items on the twins.
The male stepped forward, prepared to protect his twin, but when he saw how mad the black wolf was, he lowered his ears and crouched, along with his sister.
Seeing him reach a hand forward, the girl flinched, til she only noticed he took of the simple necklace, which had black and white eagle feathers and teal beads
surrounding a black gem in the shape of a half heart, clasped beneath metal shaped like wolf claws.
"Though since I don't see a mother, I'm assuming you're abandoned or orphan?" When the twins shook their heads, he simply sighed, and turned to the others.
"What do you think? Do you think Paradise might change these two?" He asked them, the red wolf shrugging and stepping forward.
"I'm sure they can atone for their actions on the way to Paradise. What do you think Walker?" The brown wolf shrugged and looked away.
"Don't ask for my opinion. I don't care, I just want my hoodie back."
The twins yelped and hastily gave the other two their stuff back, each putting on a sad face.
"We're sorry! We didn't know they were important items."
"It's alright." Teru ruffled their hair, making the girl whine and try to fix hers, "Why don't you come with us then? To Paradise?"
"Paradise?" The girl said, then grinned at the other. "Sounds like an adventure, right Taka?"
"Yeah, Tama!" The boy grinned back, before turning to the others,"Sure! I'm Taka, and this is my twin, Tama!"
"I'm Teru. And this is Draco," The red wolf waved friendly, "And Walker." The other simply threw a hand up at his name.
Tsume and Toboe went back to his lair afterwards, biting into burgers they had stolen.
"I wonder if I'll ever see Leara again..." Toboe wondered out loud, then turned to Tsume with excitement.
"Hey! Do you think it'll be okay if I went to visit her?" He asked him.
"You saw that look on her face." Tsume said as he kept eating,"Didn't you?" He took another bite.
"She was just," He went to defend her, then looked down sadly," A little surprised, that's all."
"You can't be serious," Tsume chuckled,"She was pissing in her pants."
"She was not!" Toboe yelled.
"That girl was reeking of it." Tsume clarified.
"Why do you have to lie about everything?" Toboe asked sadly. "You heard that sound, didn't you?" He accused.
"And it must've made you feel sad." Toboe said, "So stop lying and just be honest with yourself."
"Fine. Whatever." Tsume said, frowning slightly,"If you want to go, then 's not like I care what happens to ya."
"so why did you save me then?" Toboe asked,"If you didn't care, you should've just left me or pretended not to recognize me. I mean...I'm not your friend or anything..." He said sadly.
"Your right." Tsume agreed,"Your not my friend."
Toboe frowned,"Yeah I forgot, your only friends with humans. It's easier that way, isn't it? Cause no human is ever gonna be as strong as you. They'll do whatever you tell them to."
"You don't know what your talking about." Tsume growled,"You have no idea what it takes to survive in the city. How dangerous it is. Nothing! You were practically whining in submission when you saw those other wolves!" He snapped.
"Go on, let's see how well you do on your own." When the pup didn't move, he threw his burger at him."Beat it!"
Toboe blinked in shock, before standing and heading for the door. Once he reached it, he turned back to stare at him sadly.
"Being alone...doesn't bother you?"
Tsume had a grimace on his face, which then contorted into a fake smile,"Hey I'm sorry."
Toboe turned around in surprise til the wolf said.
"I'm sorry I got mixed up with a kid like you." He sat on the windowsill of his lair, lounging back against its side.
Toboe frowned, hurt, as he left through the door and slammed it shut behind him.
"I'm sick of friends." Tsume finally muttered, with a frown and narrow of his eyes.
"Who needs them?"
Tsume left his lair, unaware of the man in a suit behind him with one of his old lackeys.
Tsume heard the soldiers come up behind him, and turned around, making them stop in fear, before going at him anyway, til he knocked them down and jumped at the man and his old lackey, knocking the man back into the tree. Then jumped up and in front of Seto when he tried to run.
"Tsume." The male didn't get a chance to finish as he was knocked to the ground with a knife to his neck.
"You sold me out?!" Tsume asked coldly.
"They caught us, when we tried to sneak onto the train." Seto explained,"We couldn't just let you get away scot-free."
Tsume let out a huff and smirked, "You damn humans."
Seto blinked in surprise at what he said, but before Tsume could do anything else, more soldiers came and he jumped away from the guy and ran off.
Leara looked around slightly, then asked.
"Dad? Is it okay if I go look around for it a little?"
"Let it go Leara."
"But it's true, Dad! I really did see one of them!"
Her father sighed,"Enough already! Keep talking like that and people will think your crazy!"
Leara frowned, hurt. "You already do, don't you Dad?!" Before she ran off.
"Wait,Leara!" Her dad yelled out, snapping at a man when he accidentally bumped into him.
"Sorry." He quickly apologized, before running after her,"Leara!"
A loud barking sounded, the crows from before flying away in fear.
Toboe stood panting, before turning to the garbage and began eating.
"What does he know? I'm fine by myself."
A gutter cover moved, causing Toboe to freeze and stare as it moved then was pushed off.
Hige lifted it up with his head and looked around, "Uh oh. Must've taken a wrong turn." He called out, before turning to see the young wolf.
"Huh? Hey hey! It's one of our own!" He then got a frown on his face, as Kiba pushed up from under him.
"Move it, will ya." He pushed him to the side and stepped out himself. "That's the last time I trust your nose."
"Well anyone's nose would go numb after a night in that stink hole!" Hige objected.
"You guys?" Toboe said in surprise,"No way, you are..." Kiba turned to him, then noticed something behind him, making him turn around.
Seeing the girl, he said with surprise,"Leara!" making her flinch as she noticed him.
"Don't be scared, I won't do anything." Toboe said with a sad face, lowering his ears,"I just wanted to see you again. I'm so sorry...about your bird."
"Daddy..."Leara began to call out fearfully, then screaming,"Daddy! Daddy!Daddy!"
"Come quick, it's the wolf! The wolf is here!" She yelled, making a certain hunter turn to her voice and her father look up.
"Leara! Where are you?!" He called out, while the hunter went to go the same way, yet his halfbreed began growling and wanting to go another way.
"Blue!" He grew frustrated and threw the leash down, the dog going one way, and he went the other.
Hige, Kiba and Toboe ran around a corner, but when Toboe got there the other two were gone, and the girl was getting closer.
"Daddy! Over here!" Toboe flinched and looked back, muttering,"Stay calm, stay calm, stay calm!"
Leara came around the corner, but instead saw Toboe as a boy and she flinched back with a gasp.
"Why Leara? Why did you scream?" He asked. She stepped back in fear.
"No, stay away! There's, there's something wrong with you. Your not normal, how can anyone ever trust you?!"
Toboe stepped towards her trying to explain, "Leara, please! I only showed you so that you could trust me!"
"D-Don't come any closer!" She screeched.
Toboe then grew mad,"Why? Didn't you come here to catch me?!" He reached out for her, causing her to fall back in fear.
Hige stuck his head out of a gutter, "Come on!" Toboe turned to follow, but then looked back, smiled sadly, then run to climb into the gutter.
Leara had her hands over her head to protect her, which is what her father saw when he found her.
"Leara! What happened to you?" The hunter came behind him, raising his gun to shoot, only to see nothing there.
Tsume ran across a bridge-like column, more soldiers chasing him on the ground.
Til he was stopped by the halfbreed jumping over to come before him.
She growled loudly, baring her fangs.
"You're pretty good." He commented, turning to stare back at the soldiers.
Making up his mind, he ran towards the halfbreed, who grab him by the arm and knocked him down into a stack of potatoes below.
When the soldiers got there, all they saw were potatoes, a gray 'dog' running away, and an unconscious halfbreed, which made them stare in confusion then looked towards where the gray 'dog' ran.
The halfbreed woke up to her master stroking her softly, then he grimaced as he noticed the gray hairs in with her dark blue fur.
Kiba complained as the three ran through the sewers.
"I told you, I hate smelly places!"
The came to another hole and a walkway, which they stood out of to get to the other, as Hige asked Toboe.
"Hey runt, what's eating you?"
"I'm not a runt!" Toboe denied,"My name's Toboe!" He jogged to catch up with them.
"Well, that's cool! I'm Hige and this here's Kiba." He introduced.
"Where we headed, anyway?" Toboe asked.
"Where do you think? To the exit of course!" Hige said.
"To the exit?" Toboe asked again.
"We're leaving town." Kiba clarified in better for the younger wolf.
"You're leaving town? But, where else are you going to go?" He asked.
"To Paradise." Kiba said simply.
"Paradise..." Toboe echoed.
"Hey guys," He called out to the others, causing them to stop,"Do you know Tsume?"
"Tsume?" Kiba asked.
"No, never heard of him."
"Is he the one with the scar on his chest?" Kiba asked.
"Yeah! That's Tsume alright!" Toboe said happily.
"Okay, what about him?" Kiba asked again.
"He's one of us," Toboe said with a frown," So I thought he might want to leave to. Maybe Teru, Draco and Walker do as well-"
"Teru?!" Kiba said with wide eyes. "You know Teru?! You've seen him?!"
"Oh boy..." Hige muttered with a chuckle.
"Y-yeah, Tsume and I crossed paths with him and those two the other day, Draco and Walker looked to be fighting, while Teru started fighting with Tsume."
Kiba growled with disappointment at the so little information, before Hige replied to what Toboe said earlier.
"Well I don't know'im. Where is he? Hiding out someplace?"
Kiba noticed a blood trail leading somewhere, while Toboe said,"I don't know, we got split up."
"Sorry pal. But it's too late to go back for him now!" Hige said. "So what, is he like a friend of yours?"
"No, he's not!" Toboe looked away with a frown,"He isn't my friend..."
"So?" Hige then shrugged him off,"Ditch him already."
"Shake a leg, runt."
"That's Toboe!" the younger wolf snapped.
Kiba looked up from the blood trail with narrowed eyes.
Tsume sat in his lair, one hand holding his bleeding arm. Then he turned around in surprise as the door handle turned.
The white wolf's human form appeared around the door, causing Tsume to stand up in shock.
"What a crap heap." Hige commented,"Why'd ya bring us here?"
"Tsume?" Toboe called out in surprise, making Hige blink as he noticed the other.
"You?" Tsume growled surprised.
"What-Hey is this him?" Hige asked.
"I could smell the blood from your wound." Kiba said.
"What?" Tsume growled.
"I smelled it all the way here from the town."
"And your gonna nurse me back to health?" Tsume snorted. "Well I don't need your help!"
"Tsume...look I" Toboe tried to explain to the gray wolf,"We're leaving the city, I really think you should come with us!"
"And just where is this merry band of yours going?" Tsume asked sarcastically.
"To Paradise." Kiba answered instead.
"Heh. Your kidding me." Tsume snorted, smirking slightly."Your going with him because you believe in that crap?"
"I don't know, but if we stay here, we'll have to spend the rest of our lives in hiding. Or worse. We just cant' live with the humans and survive."
Tsume simply stared at him.
"Look, I hate to interrupt," Hige called out as he stared out the window,"But a nasty stink is headed this way."
Soldiers were hiding around Tsume's lair, making him grunt.
"We're surrounded."
"Let me ask you," Kiba said,"why did you guys come to this city?"
"It was because of the Flower scent, wasn't it?Well it's gone 's no reason to stay."
"The Flower has nothing to do with it." Tsume denied, "I'm here because I belong."
"I can see that." Kiba commented,"This city is a dump."
"I still have a score to settle with you, one your...other half...didn't for fill." Tsume said coming to stand before the other, making the other bristle.
"We don't have time for this!" Hige hissed.
"The last time we met," Tsume said, as if Hige wasn't even there."You said something about how your pride wouldn't allow you to pass as a human. Well, you
look pretty human now, where did you pride go?" He taunted
"No where." Kiba said,"Nothing has changed."
"Do you have the slightest of what leaving the city would mean?" Tsume asked.
"Yeah..."Kiba said.
"You'll just die." Tsume growled.
"Possibly." Kiba said,"Everyone's going to die, it's a natural part of life. But if life has no purpose, your dead already."
Tsume stared, til a bright light flashed on and the soldiers started shooting, as they ran across pipes.
Toboe ran behind Tsume, til a gunshot made him loose his foot hold and he fell, grabbing an adjacent pipe.
Tsume turned and ran back and grabbed him by the shoulder, Toboe wincing and staring in shock but allowed the wolf to pull him up.
"Thank you." Toboe said.
"Go on. Hurry up!" Tsume growled out.
"You're really not coming with us?" Toboe asked sadly.
Tsume went to answer, but the gun fire made him stop and caused them to run towards the others.
Tsume onto a lower pipe, Toboe calling out to him.
"Tsume!"
They finally reached the exit and out of the gunfire, Kiba coming to a stop.
"What the hell are you stopping for?!" Hige yelled.
Kiba simply stared at the way they came, til Tsume appeared.
"Tsume!" Toboe piped up happily.
Kiba stared back at the gray wolf, before calling out, "This way!"
They jumped to a pillar connecting the wall and onto the wall.
They then jumped out into the freezing cold, Toboe hesitating on his turn.
"Jump already!" Hige called out.
"I was getting ready to, alright!" He called back, til Tsume kicked him in the back.
"Move it!" The young wolf yelped til he fell into the snow.
A howl broke through as the hunter and Hub neared the exit, the hunter hearing a responding howl coming towards the exit and readied his gun again.
Blue growled threateningly beside him, ready to attack, when they all froze, as a group of five teens jumped over them, the hunter snapping out of it
and reaching for his gun, only to see one of the teens holding it up with a smirk, before dropping it before them and joining back with the others.
Teru jumped down, followed by Tama and Draco, who stared back up as Taka stared down in fear.
"Okay, here I come!" He yelled stepping back, only to be sent flying when Walker kicked him for being in the way.
(Earlier)
Tsume stopped before he jumped, making the hunter gasped and try to shoot, only for Hub to grab the gun to stop him, not seeing the young man as a wolf.
"Are you scared?" Kiba asked him, making the other smirk.
"Yeah, you wish." He said before jumping down to them.
(Now)
Once the group of five disappeared, the detective and his men stepped out, only to see two sets of tracks heading the same way.
"I'm not tracking them for pleasure and curiosity, ya know." The hunter said, as the detective stood up.
"It's for revenge."
The man turned to stare at him, as the he asked,"Now do you believe?"
"Believe what?" He asked, making the older man chuckle.
"That you've been deceived this entire time." He answered with a smirk, "By two packs of wolves." He too a gulp from his canteen.
"Your wrong." Hub still denied, "It's not possible."
Tsume stopped and stared back at the city that he had called his home.
'Screw this stupid journey. Paradise can kiss my ass.' He thought,'I'm just, fed up with this stinking town. It was time to move on anyway.'
He turned back and joined up with the others, not noticing the other pack slowly following behind them, as the snow blocked their scents.
Chapter is done! It'll be awhile til the last three members of Teru's Pack show up! (Spoiler: One shows up in: Song of Sleep, while other two show up in: Don't Make Me I'm still having Blue show up, she'll just be like a mother figure to the younger wolves. Oh, and Teru and Cheza will not get along, though they'll act nice for Kiba's sake. I might make them get along after they get stranded or Teru is left to guard her.)
Til next time in Chapter 4 in 'They reunite in the Scars in the Wasteland!'
Yep! Hope that gives ya a clue of what happening next x3
