Wolf Meets Fullmetal
By Toboe Wolf and D.C Talk
Chapter 4
Haunting Memories
Toboe: Hey-o all waz up? Been awhile. Sry Hope everything is spiftacualar in yousville. Yehhhh…. Mkay. What ever
-Kawa-
As Kawa followed Kiba like a lost puppy dog she took in her surroundings. To her left and right were tall heaven bound buildings. The streets that were litter with trash; every breath that Kawa breathed in seemed to be doing her more harm to good. But in the horizon Kawa saw a small patch of forest. She was glad the wolf had so easily excepted her story of becoming lost in a strange city, alone and in need of help. She was glad he offered to let her join his pack. She was glad that they were heading there right now. Her tail gave a small wag but she was too tired to do much.
'The rest of the pack must be there,' Kawa thought. As the pair reached the city limits Kiba stopped for a second so Kawa could catch up. Kiba barely noticed her labored panting as they paused.
'Yes! Finally a break!' Kawa's mind and body screamed when she came to a stop, dragging her paws.
"We're almost there," Kiba said casually as he took off again, this time at full speed.
'You've got to be kidding me! Is this some kind of sick joke or something!' Kawa thought in exasperation as she started to run as fast as her strange new body would carry.
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"This is Kawa" Kiba said to four wolves. He had led her outside of the city in to a decaying forest by a stream. In these dense woods there was one spot that was cleared of all vegetation except two trees, where four wolves were spread out only by a matter of feet. The gray wolf with a cross shape scar on his chest was lying beside the tree starring at her with his piercing gold eyes. It was making her uncomfortable, till she realized she was doing the exact same thing! She quickly turned her gaze towards the next wolf but couldn't help but think about how jealous Raven would be when Kawa found her. The next wolf was yellowish with a black leather collar engraved with the letter 'k' on. A black female wolf with blue eyes lay right beside him, with her eyes halfway closed. The last of the wolves was the smallest out of all of them, otherwise known as the 'runt' of the pack. (But of course Kawa didn't think about that). He was trying to get as close to Tsume as he could get, but still kept his distance. Fearing the rage of Tsume, as all mortals should. His coat was a honey color, matching his eyes with silver bracelets on his paw.
"That's Tsume, Hige, Blue, and Toboe" Kiba said introducing his friends. Kawa seriously thought she was going to faint.
"Are you going to paradise too?" the naïve Toboe asked, cocking his head.
-Raven-
Raven seeing this as a good chance to take off, turned sharply around and took off running in the opposite direction of Scar and the teenager. The cold rain stung her like a thousand bees.
'Need to find shelter,' Raven thought, starting to feel dizzy again, 'Must be the blood loss getting to me.'
Raven scanned her surroundings, looking for any time type of shelter from the rain. Her head ached and she couldn't stop coughing.
'I need to find shelter…and fast!' Raven thought again as she starting to have a nervous breakdown. Her vision was starting to become blurry, but she could still make out buildings to her left and right… when she looked forward again she caught a glimpse of an oak tree in a park.
'Bingo,'
When she reached the tall tree, she leaned heavily on it. Her eyes closed for a short while but she struggled to get open them instead of letting herself sink into the darkness. It was a battle, fighting to stay consciousness. But finally she had to give up. She dropped heavily onto her knees and then forward, hitting the ground and blacking out instantly.
-Kawa-
"Paradise" the word felt like sweet nectar on her lips and she temperately forgot about Raven… Raven!
"You could come with us… right Kiba?" Toboe said and looked at the older white wolf. Toboe really liked the new female wolf. She seemed really nice even if she did look a little different. Lanky long legs and a red colored coat made her stand out in the group. She had black paws, a black neck, and a tail tipped white. In a lot of ways she looked like fox.
"Um…" Kawa stammered, "I would love to but I'm looking for someone… and I have no idea where to look."
"Well" Kiba said, "I don't see a problem with you traveling with us till you find your friend."
"Really!" Kawa practically shouted.
"Sure" the older wolf replied casually.
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"Come on" Toboe yelled! They had spent the night in the decaying forest. Kawa was full of mixed emotions but she wasn't sure which one weighed more than the other: was it exhaustion, starvation, or missing Raven?
'That was a dumb question,' Kawa thought knowing that the answer would defiantly be mourning over her lost friend. She looked down at her black paws. 'Well' she thought, 'It's not like she'll recognize me anyhow.' She looked up at the wolves to see they had taken up their human illusions. Kiba was a tall teenager with long black hair that was basically shoulder length. He was wearing a white tee shirt with a black jacket and jeans. Tsume on the other hand was going for the punk look. His cross-shaped scar was visible over his gray under shirt. Along with leather pants that hugged at the waist and his silver hair pulled into a rattail, he nailed that look.
'Boy, Raven would probably do anything to get this good of a view,' thought Kawa as she accidentally let out a light chuckle. Tsume turned his head about an inch to face the direction of where the laughter had come from; he noticed that the new comer was staring at him. When she noticed him returning the glance she looked over at Hige. Tsume just let out a grunt, turning his attention back to whatever he normally does. Hige was standing next to Blue in an orange hoodie and sweat pants while Blue was in a short blue trench coat and an orange scarf. His orange hair contrasted sharply with her jet-black hair.
Her heart fluttered when she saw Toboe looking at her. He wore forest green khakis and a red shirt with tons of buttons. His brown hair stopped right above his neck. He was holding his hand out to her, the one with bracelets. 'Oh my god," she thought, 'He is sooooo cute.'
"Come on" he repeated.
She tried to grab the hand but couldn't. She looked down at her hand… no… paw.
"Ummm…." She said, "How do I look like a human?" Kawa felt her cheeks flush… well they would of if they were human cheeks.
"Well" Toboe said, thinking hard, "You just kind think about being a human and it happens…"
Kawa took in a deep breath and concentrated. She closed her eyes and tried to grab a hold of all her thoughts on being human.
Nothing happened.
'Must not tug at the heart strings that much,' Kawa guessed. So she tried a different method. She thought of all of her memories with Raven. She remembered when she was ten and had just moved to the Texas. She had moved from her homeland of Germany to a small town outside of New York. They lived there for two years and had been fairly content, but her parents had to go and ruin everything by announcing suddenly they were moving to Texas. She remembered how hard it was to leave everything that was familiar again, but how on the first day at her new home Raven had popped out of nowhere bombarding her with questions. The next memory was when they were twelve and Raven had gotten her favorite book series for her, all twenty-three. The next was when they were thirteen and Raven told her she had a crush on her older brother. But the final memory grasped a hold of her mind, tormenting her. That look…Kawa remembered all too clearly that expression Raven had on her face. Her pupils had doubled in size, and her completion was as white as a ghost, with her cheeks stained with a watery substance as she yelled at Kawa. Kawa assumed that Raven thought she hadn't heard her last words, but boy, was she wrong. They were there to haunt her. Right before the alchemy waves had swept her away Raven had yelled,
"DON'T YOU DARE LEAVE ME ALONE KAWA!"
-Raven-
Raven was sweating and shaking tremendously going through similar flashbacks in her feverish state.
"Don't leave me alone Kawa," She whispered to the dark sky. The full moon was shining down on her, as if it was trying to protect her cold and desolate figure.
-Ed and Al-
Ed and Al were walking down Main Street, side by side, as usual.
"So Al, where do you think Scar ran off to?" asked Ed as he placed his hands behind his neck smiling.
"I don't know brother, but I don't think we should follow him when it's not necessary," Al replied back, not wanting to go looking for trouble. Al turned the corner and gasped as he caught a glimpse of someone lying down beside the old oak tree.
"Brother? Who is that?" Al asked Ed as he ran over to the figure lying underneath the tree.
"Huh?" Ed asked as he turned around to see what the heck Al was talking about.
'It's probably Scar,' Ed thought. At the thought of the Ishbalan he ran towards Al as fast as his short legs would carry him. Ed clapped and a blue electrical charge swerved around his left arm, exposing a blade on top of his auto mail.
Right when Ed was about slash out at Raven, Al's huge metal arm grabbed a hold of Ed.
"Let go of me Al! This time he's mine!" yelled a very ticked off Ed.
"Brother…I don't believe that is Scar, I think it's a…" Al laughed before Ed interrupted.
"A girl!" Ed finished for him when he leaned over to get a better look.
"Umm…yeah," Al replied back, amused at his brother's rash nature. But then he caught sight of the blood that drenched the ground.
"Brother!"
Ed ran his eyes over her body, taken in all the damage.
"Left arm complete removed, a couple scratches here and there, but it looks like she passed out from the blood loss," Ed said as he pointed at the puddle of blood that Raven was lying in.
Without a word Al bent down to pick up the limp girl.
Toboe: God I can be lazy!
