Previously, on Kouji and the wolf girl…

Mamori got captured, but then saved by her pack. They convinced her on killing Kouji, be she still doesn't want to. She really likes this human. Now they have him cornered what will Mamori do?

Chapter 8

When heartache turns to courage!

Part II

Kouji felt like he couldn't breathe, his lungs tight with fear. The wolf Darkrai walked a little closer to Kouji, eyes looking straight at him. Anger seemed to show in his eyes. Did this wolf want to kill him because Mamori cared for him so much? Kouji honestly didn't know. The wolf started to growl, digging its claws into the ground.

All of the wolves circled Kouji, waiting for Darkrai's signal, when suddenly, a gun shot boomed through the air, making the trees of the snow white forest rattle and rumble like thunder. Shortly afterwards, they heard a thud. Darkrai, Mamori, and everyone else looked over towards the direction of one of their comrades, and saw Kon, a young red wolf shot, laying on the ground, lying motionless with blood oozing out of his side. Everyone got scared. Darkrai was even getting shook up, but his anger was growing also.

Mamori ran over to the young wolf cub and sniffed him. She could tell he was still alive, but just barely.

"He's still alive…" She finally said.

"This is all your fault!" Darkrai growled and jumped at Kouji! Mamori looked up quickly and seem Darkrai going for Kouji's throat! Mamori ran in front of Kouji and turned, sliding snow on the ground and jumped at Darkrai tackling him.

"Knock it off Darkrai! Or I'll kill you right here!" Mamori growled. Darkrai struggled and growled, but it was all useless since Mamori's fangs were closed tightly around his neck choking him. She threw him into a tree.

"We have other matters to worry about" She growled.

She turned her head and looked over her shoulder at Nagachi. "Nagachi, take Kon and go home, John, help me stall time for our younger members by holding off the humans, and Darkrai get your older brother Oki, we need him." Oki was one of Mamoris' most closest friends. Darkrai was a year younger than Mamori and Oki, Nagachi was Darkrai's age and John was right in the middle of everyone.

"Hai!" All of the wolves said. Darkrai said nothing, until he looked at Kon one more time. He finally looked back up at Mamori and "Hai!" He barked finally. Mamori nodded and Darkrai took off back towards the place where he knew his brother was at.

Everyone left and all that remained were Kouji, Mamori, and John. It was quiet for a long time as a cool wind past through the trees. Finally, Mamori spoke, "John, now that everyone is gone, you must take Kouji with you to a safe place and don't come out until it is safe." Mamori said in a calm tone. This sudden order made John gasp in fear, Kouji was shocked by this also. She had her back turned towards them.

"I am sorry, I brang you into this Kouji, I never wanted to hurt you, but now is not a time for sorrow good byes…" She turned around and looked at him. "I am a wolf, that may be true…but my feelings for you will never change. I…" She stopped talking at that moment, a silent moment passing by.

Finally, she spoke, changing that subject a bit. "I will die in order to make sure you and John are alive, if I live through this, I will protect you from my pack, and don't worry, John knows everything and understands me. He will protect you from them as well…"

She nodded and John beckoned Kouji to follow. Mamori ran fast through the forest.

"No…" Kouji said. John stopped and looked behind him. "I'm not going, I want to help her, I'm not gonna let her die because of me, she is my friend, and I never abandon my friends…" John sighed. "Kouji, you are a human, you can't do anything, humans like you cannot fight with their fangs and claws. All you have is a hunting knife, against a pack of humans with guns. Didn't Mamori tell you what she and I and Oki really are?" John stopped right at that moment knowing he said to much. "Just come on" He said.

Kouji growled. "But there's gotta be something I can do! I hate watching her get hurt and not being able to do anything about it!" He turned and ran back towards Mamori! "Kouji!" John yelled, he growled and ran after him.

Mamori came to the humans and growled showing all her fangs at them. The dogs came at her on command and started to fight! She fought vigorously through all of them and managed to wound four of them so they couldn't move. The last two went for her neck and bit down hard, but Mamori spun around and kicked one of them in the jaws, launching him into the air! He landed on his head, crying out with pain as he ran away all along with almost all of them. One remained, but this time before Mamori tried to attack, a gun shot at her! She managed to dodge three of the shots, but the fourth guy lined his spy cam thing up with her, and clicked the trigger, the bullet faster than lighting, shooting her right in the front arm!

When she landed, she tripped, and tumbled onto the ground. The shot went straight through her arm. She stood up, raising her tail and growled as the blood came down her fur, her lips curled showing her fangs and yet still no fear in her eyes. They shot again, scraping her cheek as she dodged it barely. Two scratch marks were on top of her head. She was breathing heavily. She decided one thing, if she was gonna die, she would atleast take one of them with her. She took off back towards the way she came, the men following on horseback Little did they know, she was heading for a cliff that dropped down about thirty feet into a huge lake. She slid on corners, a bit slow, but able to dodge the unsteady shots of the men. She slid to a stop at the edge of the cliff. She turned around and growled, while one of them this time, brang out a bow and arrow, a deadly weapon that seemed to be more painful than anything. Mamori shifted her golden eyes towards the lake below, then at the men. She was at the very edge.

"Mamori!" Kouji yelled into the forest, her name echoing through the trees. Mamoris ears went forward as she heard this,

"Kouji?" Mamori thought, her guard dropping a bit. The men looked back to where it came from. Mamori was about to run but was stopped by the click of a gun being loaded. She stopped and growled showing her fangs again.

Just then as Kouji spoke these words, a light shone from the sky. John and Kouji looked up in aw. Mamori looked up into the sky, the men were too preoccupied with her to notice. The light was shining right on Kouji, it seemed to call him.

His eyes began to glow a blue color as he floated up into the sky. John could only watch.

A white blurr shot through Kouji's sight and when he opened his eyes again, he saw kendogarurumon, his beast type digimon spirit from the digital world was now standing in front of him. "Do you want to help this young wolf Kouji minamoto?" Kouji worked up his courage and nodded. "Hai" He said.

Kendogarurumon nodded. "Very well then, I will grant you the power of a wolf" Kendogarurumon began to glow. Kouji blinked, and where kendogarurumon once stood, now a small blue and white spirit object sat. I came to him and he caught it. A light shining brighter than ever around him.

His hands had grey fur going up to his wrists as they turned into paws, the rest of his fur going blue, his underbelly grey and his feet took the designs of his shoes and had three dark blue stripes on his metatarsals, also known as the back of his feet, and his toes that now had black claws on them were grey, his tail was grey and raven colored as he had strange markings on the sides of his ribcages, two yellow jagged shaped lines that formed diamonds went along his sides with yellow circles in the middle of each one. The top of the line went up his neck and touched his dark blue eye. The rest of his fur on his back was dark blue. His ears grew fur on them, as they went pointed and appeared on top of his head.

"Although you now have this power, beware of the full moon. Anyone you love, you must get away from." Kendogarurumon's last words were before he disappeared completely.

When the transformation was complete, he floated down to the ground and let out a large howl that shook the leaves of the trees. He ran off towards the scent of Mamori, easily gliding through the trees towards her.

"Well well, well, if it isn't my old friend Silver fang" a voice came up behind the men. They suddenly seem to fall dead on the horses as they sagged in their seats. The horses shook in fear, first rearing up, but the men that were on them didn't fall off though for it seemed something held them in place. The horses took off back into the forest.

Mamori's eyes widened as she heard this distinct voice sounding familiar, the fur on her back rising. "Dan…" she growled as a wolf walked into the light of the moon, as it had gotten dark quickly.

His fur was an indigo color with a blue eye and a yellow eye. He was much larger than any wolf Mamori had ever seen.

"You betrayed your own comrades, after they took care of me right?" Mamori growled.

"Ah, but I am not a traitor like you who would've let her boyfriend get killed by her own pack. But oh no, that's not true is it? In your point of view you were only obeying commands. You had to betray one of them right? So you picked the boy. What a pity, now you're just like me" He sneered. Mamori growled, anger emitting an adrenaline rush through her entire body.

"I am nothing like you!!! I never betrayed Kouji nor intended to!" She growled opening her mouth and jumped at him! She bit down on his shoulder, but he turned his head and bit down even harder on her, making blood squirt out!

Kouji had slid to a stop and listened to Mamori's words. "I never betrayed Kouji nor intended to!" He growled his own adrenaline rushing throughout his body. He jumped out just in time to see Mamori laying on the ground, struggling to get up, fangs baring still.

"MAMORI!" Kouji yelled. Dan looked back at Kouji then grinned. "Say goodbye to Mamori, Kouji minamoto!" Kouji was too stunned to move. Dan opened his mouth revealing his giant curved gruesome fangs and grabbed Mamori by the back of her neck, making her let out a yelp of pain. He picked her up and was still grinning devilishly at Kouji. "RAHH!!!" He growled as he threw her over the cliff!

"NO!" Kouji yelled as he ran towards them. Mamori flew towards the cliff's edge, tumbling and finally, falling down towards the lake, growing smaller and smaller as she fell lower and lower into the lake, before finally, a splash was heard and she disappeared into the murky blue water that went darker and darker below. Kouji ran faster and faster, Dan waiting for him to attack braced himself, but Kouji jumped over Dan and soared through the air down towards the lake!

Mamori opened her eyes. "Is this…the end?..." She wondered as she started to sink to the bottom of the lake.

Kouji dove down towards the lake, making a bigger splash. After a few minutes, Dan walked away thinking they were dead, right after he left, Kouji bursted out of the water. He frantically looked around for Mamori when something caught his eye and seen a white blurr beneath the surface. He dove down deep into the water.

After a few more minutes, he plunged to the surface, holding Mamori in his mouth, he swam to the bank and pulled her onto land.

Breathing heavily, and dripping wet, he stood up above her. "Mamori! Mamori?" She didn't move. Kouji felt a knot forming in his throat. Was he going to really lose Mamori like he almost lost his brother?