Chapter 5:

A sweet time turns for the worst part II

The door creaked opened, silencing the people. "Hey! Guys! Look it's Kouji!" A boy's voice yelled. Kouji seen and was happy to see all of his friends, but confused. "Hey Kouji!" A boy that looked like Kouji, but with short hair and different clothes yelled. "What are you guys doing here?" He asked. "Isn't it obvious? We came to see you for the weekend!" A Chubby boy's voice yelled. The first boy that talked had a red sweater, yellow shirt, and grayish green cargo pants on with a chain on the side, his hat on to the side like mamori's but red and yellow. He had brown messy short hair and brown eyes. His shoes were yellow and red, his shirt had some sort of symbol on it also.The chubby boy was wearing a long blue shirt with blue jean shorts on and blue shoes with white socks. He had brown spiky hair and a goofy smile. The other boy that looked like kouji had dark blue eyes, a long sleeved maroon shirt with a green vest going over the top and a blue hat on. He had white baggy pants on and green/purple shoes. He looked more hyper than Kouji. The last one was a girl with a pink hat that had points on the sides with a pink coat on, blue and white striped shirt, and pink sweat pants to match her coat. She wore her hair up in a high ponytail.

Mamori looked around, a bit startled by the loudness of these people. "These are Kouji's friends he told me about?" She said in her mind. Just then a girl with blonde hair, green eyes had glomped Kouji, hugging him. He turned red blinking once. "Oh Kouji! I missed you so much!" She said in a lovey dovey voice. She blinked and spotted Mamori who was standing outside. "Who's that?" She asked while letting go of Kouji. The three boy's looked up.

"This is Mamori, uh… Mamori, meet Zoe (zoh-E), Takuya (tah-koo-yuh), J.p.(jay-pee), and Kouichi (Ko-e-g)." The boy in the red was Takuya, the one in the blue was Jp, the one in the green who was his twin as anyone could tell, was Kouichi and the girl was Zoe. Mamori started to back up.

"Sorry Kouji, I uh…have to go do something, I'll see you tomorrow" She said as she backed up and started to walk away.

"Ok, seeya" Kouji replied, not really expecting her to leave so suddenly. Takuya scratched his hair underneath his hat. It got really quiet.

"Strange girl, is she your guide?" Takuya asked finally, breaking the silence.

"Yea, she is" Kouji said in a quiet voice.

"Man glad I don't have a weirdo like that" Takuya said poking J.p. in the side jokingly.

"What did you say?!" Kouji yelled, grabbing him by the shirt and holding him up. "Hey…I was just messing around! Let me go!"
Takuya said between gasps. "Let go now!" Zoe yelled.

"Let go Kouji your choking him!" J.p. said grabbed one of his arms, while Zoe and Kouichi grabbed the other. Both Zoe, Kouichi and J.P. had to strain to pull him off. "You don't know nothing about her!" He yelled and stormed outside. "Hey! Kouji! Come back you know were were just kidding!" Zoe said, but this only made him run. He disappeared into the forest. Zoe made a sad expression, Takuya was angry, and the other two just watched as he ran, both confused, and a bit sad.

"Fine! Get killed out there see if I care!" Takuya yelled. Zoe and the others were shocked at what Takuya said. All three of them saw Takuya heading down the hill. They looked at each other,

"Maybe it is a good idea to leave…" Zoe said. "Yea, if we have enough money, we might be able to see him some other time, when He and Takuya calm down." Kouichi said. J.p. nodded and they started to follow Takuya.

Meanwhile…

Kouji walked up the hill more behind his cabin. He was too angry to see the beautiful calm landscape around him. The sun had finally set and the Twilight shone down on him and the landscape. The moon was shining beautifully, making the land around him glow.

After a few minutes he finally came to the top of it. He turned around, and seen the beautiful landscape covered in a white sparkling blanket of flurries. Small flakes of snow swirled in the wind around him, taking in a deep breathe, he could smell the clean, cool, crisp air of the close by mountains that surrounded the small town. He looked to his right, then to his to his left, before venturing down the side of the forest to an open field area. The snow crunched beneath his feet as he walked down the small hill.

After another few minutes, he noticed the field was just up ahead. What really astonished him were the beautiful fluffy grayish brown wolves that were on the snowy plains. Each of them were playing with another, all seeming to only be under two years old. Kouji sat criss-crossed and watched the wolves for a while. He was amazed at how close they were to his house, although, he never really got to look for any wolves because he had a broken arm. He grabbed his cell phone from his pants pocket that he had with him all along and snapped a few pictures. He felt so happy observing these beautiful creatures in their natural habitat. Snow was flurrying around as they played, when one of them stopped, making the other's stop. Their ears twitched as they looked around. Suddenly, they started to run south, which made Kouji confused.

Just then he heard a loud gunshot! It startled Kouji making him fall backwards. He heard a shrill cry out of pain! He scrambled around, standing back up on his feet and seen one of them had fallen, blood spilt on the ground around it. It cried with terrible pain in its voice. Kouji seen the people who had shot the wolf, he also seen them about to aim again! He ran out in front of the wolf and yelled "STOP!!!" The hunters pulled their guns to the sides, the wolf got away luckily, but the people ran after Kouji! Kouji turned around and tried to run, but they grabbed him by the back of his coat and pulled him back, making him fall backwards on his back! Two of the hunters grabbed his arms while one covered his eyes, and the man that shot the wolf, was gripping his hand on the gun above the barrel. They stood Kouji up, but still held onto his arms, and the wrag over his eyes.

"Why did you do that you kid?" He asked in an unusually calm voice.

"You were going to kill that wolf!" He yelled and struggled, trying to get free of the grip of the people, but was unsuccessful. The man made a gesture, and the one covering his eyes let go.

Kouji opened his eyes, and was shocked. He saw the same man that had given him a ride home, was now standing in front of him. The men that followed every order of the guy, let Kouji go. "My name is Dan the Wolf hunter. I hunt the wolves to keep a good population." He said lying through his teeth. Kouji could tell, but pretended to understand.

"Oh" Was all Kouji said. "That's cool, I was hoping to get to kill one of them myself, when they got a little older, that little thing wouldn't really cost much, but when it's full grown, the pelt will be thicker and bigger, meaning more money." Kouji said. Dan put a hand on his shoulder. "That's great kid, which one did you have in mind?" He asked.

"The white one" Kouji said. He shifted his felt into a different, more comfortable position.

"Oh? Well, how about a practice run, we know exactly where a group of wolves are that a big and old. Their perfect for a beginner" The man said in a hoarse loud voice, they all took Kouji and his men following, to a new area. Kouji, didn't know what he would do, he definitely didn't want to kill a wolf. He hated himself for going with them, but he knew he couldn't escape because if he did, they would surely kidnap him.

They walked on for a couple of hours, which now made the sky black with gleaming little stars covering the sky. The light from the moon still reflected down on the earth. The men all suddenly, bent down on a rocky little mountain that was no bigger than 10 feet high, the gestured Kouji to bend down, when Dan put his hand on his shoulder and made Kouji bend down with them.

"Right there kid, there's the oldest wolf pack around…" Dan whispered into Kouji's ear. Kouji pulled away angrily, right after he did, he was pushed to the front and given a gun.

Kouji was shaking. He brang the gun up to his shoulder and started to aim. He stood there, not able to move.

Perspiration going down his brow, when just for a second, he though he seen a human's face in the face of the black elder wolf. An old indian's face, with long black hair in braids and dark brown skin with wrinkles and a smile upon his face as he watched the other wolves play. Kouji gasped, going into even more shock as one of the men pulled the gun away from him and aimed for the wolf!

"Stop!!" Kouji yelled, but the man pulled the trigger and the bullet flew out of the shotgun! Kouji jumped up from the rocky hiding place and ran out, only to see Mamori jump out in front of the wolf and got shot in the shoulder! Kouji's eyes widened, for a split second, he saw the face and body of a white wolf blur around Mamori. She was bleeding in the shoulder, but quickly picked the wolf leader up and ran off with the wolves!

Kouji stopped, the men ran away as they heard voices coming through the forest. Out of nowhere, the two same huskies that lived in the abandoned cabin next to koji's had ran at him, grabbed his arms, and threw him down, making his head hit the ground with so much force, it knocked him out. The last thing Kouji saw was a blurr of people surrounding him.