- Chapter 11 -

Till death do us part.

Part 2.

Cruelty has a human heart
And jealousy a human face,
Terror the human form divine,
And secrecy the human dress.
- A Divine Image, by William Blake

Tsume's POV:

I walked past the hidden jeep from under the car park that positioned itself under the huge tree that thrived on sunlight. My shoe's soles echoed across the paving as I walked steadily away, unaware of the men standing by the tree. Unknown to me, my beta of my gang sold me out to the detective with a low-slung nod and that was all the detective needed. The detective looked at the guards and that was the cue they had been waiting for. The guards ran down the concrete stairs next to the huge tree and ran towards their target. I walked under a building's shade and then, as I heard the ragging footsteps of the guards, I spun round and glared at them under the shades of my glasses. They pulled back, one man gasping, then ran at me with a threatening human snarl as I looked at them. Before they knew it, they had already fallen to the ground as I ran inhumanly passed them with incredible speed. Then I leaped towards the two men who meant me harm and pushed the detective roughly into the tree's trunk. Then, as the detective fell unconscious, I looked at the one who sold me out. As my ex beta of my gang prepared to run, I leaped up in front of him and pushed him to the ground, blade to his neck, as he yelped and spoke my name with fright.

"Tsume!"

"You sold me out," I growled at him and moved my blade closer towards his neck, making it spill a single bead of blood.

"They caught us when we tried to sneak onto the train! We couldn't just let you get away Scott free," Sedo muttered half heartedly, which caused me to smirk sourly.

"You damn humans," I chuckled and then removed my blade from his neck as the guards returned with guns in their hands. I ran across the cement paving and then leaped building to building in my escape, surprisingly to the men below me. As I landed on a building's rooftop in a crouch, I looked down at Sedo, who held himself up with his hands against the cement and was wide eyed with shock, and then the startled guards once more before I started running away on the building's rooftops. Only one thought kept racing through my mind… What would I do now?

(Break)

"I have a better smell than you, Kiba, and I'm telling you I can't smell her!"

"Shut it, Hige! Kiba knows what he's doing," Drake snapped as he placed two fingers on his nose and rubbed it to calm himself down or just to show he was getting frustrated with the annoying pack member.

"Enough you two, we shouldn't be arguing," I soothed as Kiba climbed up the ventilation. We would never find Cheza if we kept on arguing. It was stupid and pointless. And, quite frankly, it was annoying me. I watched Drake as he allowed Hige to climb onto his shoulders to reach the ventilation entrance and then I rolled my eyes as Drake looked at me with confused look as to why I wasn't on his shoulders yet.

"I can get up there myself, don't worry about me." I told him as I walked over to where he crouched. Drake got up and stood out of my way as I leaped up towards the vents. I positioned my body perfectly and slid through the entrance, just for my feet to meet Hige's head. My lips curled into an embarrassed smile as Hige rubbed his kicked head and looked at me like he was an injured puppy.

"Sorry," I muttered politely as I winked at him and moved out of the way so Drake could get up. Drake leaped up from wall to wall with such agility and flexibility, I gasped in awe as I watched his body act to the moves with such grace when he pulled into the vent. He winked at me and then called to Kiba.

"Let's get moving. We don't have much time!" We then began crawling in our wolf forms on our bellies towards the exit of this cold and smelly place. Drake, being behind me, gave me a flustered, uncomfortable feeling deep down in my body and I felt his eyes always on me. Sure he had nowhere else to look but me and maybe I was just being paranoid, too. I clenched my fangs at these thoughts and then closed my eyes in annoyance. Drake was not like that. He would never disrespect my body. He just wouldn't. I pushed my thoughts of Drake looking at me away and focused on the sun's light from outside that crept through the holes of the vent further on. It was already late afternoon.

"What do you suppose we do with Cheza once we rescue her?" Hige asked curtly, shattering the silence. Drake sighed from behind me and kept quiet. That thought hadn't crossed his mind, as it seemed. I turned my head around and looked at him with my eyebrows knitted together and then I looked back as I snorted.

"You mean to tell me you guys don't even have a plan?" I scoffed in disbelief and then I felt a growl vibrate in my chest. "Are you telling me this is just a waste of time?"

"Ya, Drake! And plus, didn't Louis say Cheza was in Darcia's Keep? Why's she here?" Hige backed me up in an astonished tone as he suddenly stopped and looked at Drake and I. I wanted to be annoyed with Hige for butting in, but it seemed quite pointless really. Drake is the alpha and yet he hasn't thought of a proper plan… This day started out great and it keeps getting worse.

"You could say that my father knew this was bound to happen," Drake replied in a casual voice and then I sighed at his answer, it just didn't make sense to me. "And, my dear, when did I say I didn't have a plan?"

"Oh? What is your plan then?" I asked with a raised eyebrow at Drake, but just as his mouth opened, another voice answered for him.

"She's going to lead us to Paradise," Kiba told me in a quiet voice as the afternoon's light crept through the vent's cracks onto his white fur. I turned my head towards him and looked at him with a confused motion on my face.

"Pardon?"

"We're going to rescue Cheza and she's going to lead us to Paradise, Gypsy, now drop it." Drake said wretchedly as he looked away. I felt horrible for doubting Drake and I knew he sensed that I doubted him… It felt like a cloud of dark despondency that emanated from my very soul just because I didn't trust my love and now he was sulking. Oh dear… Finely after a silence that lasted minutes… maybe hours, I'm not sure, Drake spoke up in a soft, calm tone.

"Let's get moving,"

We crawled at a normal pace towards the exit and then reached it in no time. Although Hige fell down with a large 'thud' he wasn't harmed, but his brain seemed damaged. Or was he always like this? Brain damaged? I didn't know, so I merely grinned as I leaped down next to him and helped him up. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Drake jump down and then look up, his eyes hard with an unfriendly emotion, followed by Kiba and Hige. I followed their gaze and then a gasp escaped my human lips. A creature that was neither human nor wolf walked across the metal railing before us as he held a gorgeous girl in his arms. A sweet smelling essence whiffed off her body, as she lay there in his arms, seemingly unconscious. His one eye stared down at as, the other hidden under a ghostly mask and then he murmured to us.

"Wolves," The mysterious figure muttered as he looked down at us. Hige and I gasped at the figure as Kiba and Drake glared coldly up at him. "You have my gratitude for it was you who awoke her."

"Shut it, Darcia! We're not playing. Hand over Cheza!" Drake spat and snapped his fangs. So this guy is the one who seemingly 'hurt' Louis and his family? And this was the Flower Maiden? I don't want her to go and she won't. I then felt my mouth twisted into an angry snarl at Darcia.

"The Flower Maiden is mine now," He chuckled, but it lacked any humor and then he vanished into a beam of light as his last words echoed through my head. "We'll meet in Paradise… If we meet again, that is."

Ooohhh, drama! Looovee it! :p

So I'm taking some scenes from the true Wolf's Rain and I'm sure most of you have noticed that I jumbled in scenes from episode 2 and episode 3, I intended that, so don't worry. ;) Now I'm also sure you noticed the Darcia meets the wolves is in the afternoon, I intended that too. So when they find Toboe, it will take place in the afternoon and Tsume in the evening. Just please bare with me everyone.

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