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Chapter 5!
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The knife flashed in the light. It swung down in a white arc, plunging into the body; cleaving it in half. Blood oozed out of the cut and dripped down onto the work bench. Tsume grunted in satisfaction, as she prepared her pack's meal.
She swiftly began dicing the lower half of the carcass into fifths, and dished it out into large metallic bowls, while adding dry dog food to the mix.
Tsume was head of the Inuzuka tribe and a renowned animal trainer, who specializes in the canine species. Her pack consisted of 5 hybrid-wolves; half-Eastern Canadian timber wolf, and half-Siberian husky dog. She trained them especially for movies and films. They had participated in the Byakugan studios movie: the Lion, the witch, and the wardrobe; as the white witch's secret police (the wolves that chase after the children and tear up the beaver's house). That was the last time Tsume would ever work with the Hyuuga family.
Letting lose a piercing whistle, Tsume summoned her pack; instantly five large greyish-brown dogs bounded to her side, barking and yapping for her attention.
She gazed down at them fondly, before calling them to order. One by one the dogs stopped barking and turned into calm-submissive mode. She smiled happily as she laid their food bowls down in front of them, starting at the highest ranking dogs; the alphas.
She set the bowl down under the mussel of the alpha male, quietly warning him not to eat until she permitted it, and then moved onto the rest of the pack. The alpha female was next to get her food. The young subordinates-who included the beta wolf-, were next on the pack ranking system, and then finally the omega.
The omega wolf is the lowest rank of any wolf pack. They are constantly being picked on, and yet they play a very important role. The omega relieves tension within the pack, and is the last to eat. Luckily Tsume gives every one of her dogs the same amount of food, so the omega never starved under her care like they might in the wild.
Giving a wordless signal she granted permission for the dogs to eat. Each dog followed the instinctual tradition of allowing the pack alphas to eat first, before tucking into their own meal.
She grinned to herself as she heaved the rest of the cow's carcass back into her huge freezer, slamming the lid shut. Her pack was apart of her family. She had been raised to see animals as equals, and she had raised her own children the same way. Her daughter was a successful vet, and her son was following in her own foot steps.
Feeding time symbolised the end of the day -or night-. Now was the time for relaxing and unwinding. During this time Tsume usually liked to sit down with a good book and a cup of tea or hot whiskey, before heading off to bed. She hummed as she watched the kettle boil. It was late, and the one thing that would guarantee an excellent nights sleep was a glass of hot whiskey.
Before she could even pour the golden liquid into her short glass, someone began pounding on the front door. This of course created a chain reaction of frenzied growling and braking from the dogs. Tsume cursed under her breath at the intruder. Who the hell was calling at this hour of the night? The elders knew not to disturb her unless of an emergency and even then; she had only spoken to them a few hours ago. Stomping irritably over to the door she flung it open, about to rip them a new one, when she realised the intruder was a bruised version of her son…and he had brought a friend.
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Hinata stared pleadingly up at the horrified face of Kiba's mother, all she wanted to do was collapse onto a soft bed and fall asleep…and pray to kind Kami that this was just some terrifying nightmare. That it wasn't real! That her life hadn't ended! That she didn't have to forsake her very identity to escape with her life!
"Why didn't you just use your key?" Tsume asked irritably, before ushering them inside, "honestly it's not that hard! Just reach into your pocket, take out the key, and insert it into the lock! It's not bloody rocket science!"
Kiba gawked at his mother utterly gob-smacked. They had shown up at her front door battered and bruised and all she says to them is "Why didn't you use your key?" Kiba shook his head, "That's it? That's all you have to say to us? Mam, in case you haven't noticed there are bigger issues at hand right now!" he snarled at her furiously… only to earn a chuff upside the head.
"Don't you use that tone with me young man!" she snapped back at him, "here I was trying to relax and you show up out of the blue, beaten to a pulp! How is that my fault? Well? I did tell you that mouth of yours would get you into trouble one day" she finished haughtily, "and to drag poor Hinata-chan into….have you no shame boy?" She pulled Hinata into a one-armed hug, and patted her head sympathetically, "Poor girl…my son seems to be bad for your health! You should find new friends!"
Kiba groaned at his mother's misunderstanding, and shot Hinata an apologetic look before turning to his mam "Mam please shut up for a minute!" he gave her a hard look before continuing, " I didn't get into a fight…this was marble-king's doing!" he said, using their pet name for Hiashi-sama to illustrate his point.
Tsume's blood visibly drained from her face at the news "how dare that incest freak hurt my baby-boy! She thought as vehemence flared in her stomach scorching through her system, igniting her blood with fury "I'll kill him!" she thought simply. Her concerned gaze roamed over Kiba's body, assessing the damage, zooming in on the large finger-mark bruises left on his neck, "yep I'm going to kill him!"
Kiba gulped in apprehension when he saw a murderous glint enter his mother's eyes. He glanced at Hinata beside him, only to find her cowering in fear at his mother expression; he sighed and draped a reassuring arm around her shoulders…he had forgotten Hinata was afraid of his mam, "um…mam…could you tone down the psycho…your scaring Hinata!"
At the sound of Hinata's name Tsume's attention was instantly on her. Hinata flinch as Tsume scrutinised her. It was like being caught in headlights.
Tsume's eye filled with pity "Please tell me this wasn't your father's doing! Please tell me it was just a nasty fall that you sustained by helping my son home!" she asked almost pleadingly, she didn't want to believe any father could beat his own daughter so badly. No matter how much she disliked Hiashi she had never thought him capable of such an extreme act of violence against one of his own daughters. It went against every paternal instinct that only a true monster could ignore.
Hinata's grimace was enough to confirm it. Anger flared once more in Tsume's system, though not as intense as it had been over her son. She liked Hinata, even if the girl was too timid for her own good. Hinata was a sweet girl; she didn't deserve such brutal treatment. "If I lay eyes on Hiashi I'll rip him limb from limb!" she vowed silently to herself.
Sighing she plonked down on the couch, gesturing for them to do the same, "Well out with it! What exactly happened? I want the whole story…so no trying to hide any info! You got that!" she barked, pinching the end of her nose "great now I'm getting a headache! Prefect…"
Kiba glanced over at Hinata. How was he supposed to explain what had happened, when he himself couldn't quite believe it?
Tsume didn't miss the exchanged look. "Oh for the love of Kami, Don't tell me you two were caught!" she growled at them. She had always known that her son loved Hinata even before he had known it himself. She also known that Hinata felt the same way even if she didn't realises it until now. "That's it isn't it! Let me guess…after a lovey-dovey confession you two started making out for the whole world to see!"
Hinata's face turned its signature red, while Kiba only muttered incoherently under his breath. She was right of course. Sometimes it was scary just how well his mother knew him. "Mam please don't put it like that! Look I know it was stupid… but Hiashi is ready to kill us…so can Hinata please hide here!" he begged, giving her his notorious puppy-dog eyes. This however only earned him a well aimed kick on the shin.
"You know that doesn't work on me…I don't know why you bother." She said dismissively with a wave of her hand, "…and of course Hinata can stay…what you thought I'd leave her to fend for herself? Please! The girl wouldn't last five minutes alone…that's only if she didn't faint from shock first!" Tsume scoffed brusquely; causing Kiba to wince in embarrassment at his mothers tactless words.
Hinata didn't seem to care, as she had flung herself across the couch and enveloped Tsume in a hug "T-Thank you…y-you are right a-about me! T-Thank you for t-taking me in!" she stammered happily, not the least bit offended. Tsume rolled her eyes at the overly emotional girl, but patted her on the head all the same.
"That's enough now…" she said pushing the girl off of her, she then turned to her son, "right… she can stay on one condition; if I catch you two at it under my roof I'll skin you alive!" she ordered, she had used the rule on her daughter: Hana, when she had brought home her first boyfriend…Hana had been 13 at the time.
She chuckled at the embarrassed expressions on their faces. Obviously they hadn't got around to disusing their relationship yet. "They were too busy making out!" she thought bitterly, while she wasn't surprised at her son's blatant disregard for his own wellbeing, she was none the less disappointed in his lack of consideration for Hinata's. What was to happen to the girl now? Hiashi wouldn't let something like this just drop… would he disown her? And wasn't the girl engaged? What about her fiancé… what happens to him? Questions and concerns circled her brain like flies around a horse's backside.
Her son was a bundle of hormones, so his actions were to be expected, but Hinata as a young women -who in the past had a slightly prudish attitude- should have been able to conquer those primeval urges, and stop things before they got too far. After all she had a lot more to lose then Kiba did. Men could not be trusted when it came to such things. That's when their dicks take over completely and their brains head south.
Tsume rubbed at the dull pulsing pain in her forehead "not only am I going to kill Hiashi for what he did to my baby and Hinata...but for the headache he has caused me as a result of his actions!"
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okay sorry for the short chapter but i'm going away tommorrow for a week and i wanted to post it before then!
i really like tsume! it was fun writing her! i really wish that they'd give her more time in the manga cause she's such an interesting character!
Ciara found out what their names mean! she got the meaning out of the anime show wolf's rain!
Kiba = fang
Tsume = claw...(the tsume in wolf's rain is a guy though)
i'm going to for a whole week! i have to share a room with my retarded annoying kid brother and my demonic gothic younger sister (owner of this user account...she bites!) pity me T~T
anyhoo...
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