Yuna ran for god knows how long, yelling Toboe's name over and over as loud as she could but he didn't answer. Her worse fears made her panic and think irrational, bumping into people and into buildings as she continued to look for him.
Her blinded vision made her bump into a young girl who was carrying a paper bag. The girl and Yuna exclaim loudly as they both fall on their bottoms, the girl drops the bag on its side, her things fall onto the street. "Oh no, our groceries!" she yells. Yuna pushes herself up and picks the bag up that was laying on its side. "I-I'm so sorry! I didn't mean...!" Yuna stammers as she quickly gathers the scattered food on the ground.
"Oh no, it was my fault for running into you." she says as she helps Yuna pick up the food.
Once that was done, Yuna hands the bag to the young girl and smiles.
"Again, I'm really sorry." Yuna says as she bows. "Don't worry. Thank you for helping though." The girl looks closely at Yuna with observant eyes. Yuna, startled, says "Um, what is it?" The young girl then smiles and says, "Oh hey, I know you. You're that really pretty lady that was selling flowers in the square."
Yuna smiles back at her, happy that she acknowledged her with that compliment.
"Yes, that's me. I'm Yuna, by the way. What's yours?"
"My name's Leara."
"Nice to meet you, Leara. That's a nice name." Yuna says as she bows again to Leara. She was very kind for a human. Though she meant plenty of nice humans, there was something about her that seemed more gentle than the others. The tan-skinned girl notices Yuna continuingly look around her. Yuna was still hoping to see Toboe somewhere in the street, but it was useless. She couldn't tell from the large number of people.
"What's wrong? Are you looking for someone?" Leara asks.
"I am, in fact. Maybe you seen him. He's about... this high, he wears a red button up, and has bracelets on his right arm..." Before Yuna could finish, Leara says, "Bracelets? I know who you're talking about. I met a boy who looks exactly how you describe."
Yuna, happily, jumps and says, "You have!? Where is he?"
Leara turns to points down the street. "I met him down that way. Maybe he's still there if you hurr..."
"Okay! Thank you very much!" Yuna shouts as she runs in the direction that Leara was pointing to. Leara, confused, just waves and continues to walk ahead. The she-wolf runs to the area that Leara pointed to, but she didn't see Toboe anywhere. "Toboe! Where are you!?"
Yuna turned and ran down an alleyway that flowed together like a maze. Everytime she turned and searched, she ended up in the same area that she has been before, but she was determined to find the young pup before the worse came. Nearly out of breath, Yuna halts herself and heavily breaths, wiping off the sweat that formed on her brow. Yuna continued her pace, only speed walking. She didn't want to tire herself too soon before she could find him.
For what felt like a long time, Yuna turned into an alleyway and saw a familiar sight. Toboe was standing still, not moving a muscle. "There you are, Toboe. I've been looking all over..." Walking closer, Yuna saw Quent, pointing a gun at Toboe. Quent was stumbling in place, the old man must be drunk off his ass. "You...you're not a boy..." she heard Quent say. Remembering what Quent said he did; hunting wolves with Blue. Blue must have ratted him out.
Quent stops stumbling and hold his rifle up, ready to shoot Toboe.
"NO!"
Yuna kicked it into gear and ran towards them as fast as she could. Seeing Quent about to pull the trigger, Yuna, in her wolf form, jumps onto Quent, landing him on his back. "What the hell...!" he exclaims as Yuna grabbed the rifle with her mouth and tossed it to the side. Quent's dog began to bark furiously at Yuna, realizing who she really was. Blue lunges at Yuna. Yuna jumps back away from the attack and reverts to her human form.
Yuna stands back to her feet and looks back at Toboe with concerned eyes. "Toboe, are you all right?"
Toboe, with sweat dropping from his face, nods. "Yeah, I'm fine."
Their conversation is cut short when Yuna feels the coldness of the barrel against the back of her head and the click of the rifle. "You... you were one of them all along...!?" she heard Quent growl. Yuna's heart ached, feeling like she betrayed him for not telling him. Yuna twists around and locks eyes with Quent. She didn't show eyes of hate or anger, but pity and empathy.
Yuna rises both of her arms in the air.
"Yes... I'm a wolf as well. I'm sorry for lying to you..."
"Shut the hell up!" Quent cuts her off. "I should have known. The way you killed those men, their throats being ripped out like that, the blood on your face. It was right in front of me and I didn't see it. Wolves do nothing but kill, you're no different."
Yuna felt her blood boil by Quent's accusation. The crimes against his family were grave, but he didn't know that she tried to resolve it with not having to kill them a long time ago, he didn't know that those men were going to rape her and wouldn't lose a day sleep after doing the deed.
"If that's how you feel... then shoot me! You'd be doing me a favor!" she yells as tears began to build up in her eyes. Yuna just stood perfectly still, with Toboe behind her. Quent, with his finger on the trigger, stares at the she-wolf with confusion. "Leave him out of this. He's only just a pup. Kill me instead!" she yells. Quent thought he could, but for some reason, something in the back of his head made him hesitate.
In an instant, someone drops from the building and strikes Quent in the hand, causing him to drop the rifle. Yuna opened her eyes and saw a tan-skinned man, with white hair that had a ponytail in the back, turn to her. He had a X-shaped scar on his chest and wore leather clothing and black shades. "Jump, you two!" he yells.
"We were just getting ready to!" Toboe yells back.
Quickly, both the mysterious man and Toboe jump high and from wall to wall to the roof of the building. Yuna didn't follow behind, she just stared at Quent, who was holding his injured hand. Quent burns Yuna with his hateful gaze on her, making Yuna gasp and back away from him. "I'm sorry... I'm really sorry." Yuna says sadly.
Yuna follows the others lead, jumping high and then from wall to wall till she reached the roof of the building.
There, she collapse to her knees, silently weeping from the confrontation. Toboe kneels down to her and pats her back. "It's all right, Yuna. We're safe now." but that didn't make her feel any better. She felt so vile for what she done, she betrayed the trust of the man who helped her when any others would just turn away. She gave nothing in return but betrayal. "Quit your crying, you're giving me a headache." the voice of the man said.
Yuna looked up at the man, who was standing there like he was all tough. She never seem him, but Yuna automatically knew who he was. He is "Tsume", a wolf who ran a human gang, attacking supply trains that belong to the Nobles. She heard it from the crows. They said that he had scars on his body, that's how she knew that was him. Despite his comment, he reaches a hand to her. "Come on, take my hand." he stoicly says.
Yuna, face plastered with anger, slaps his hand and growls at him.
"Don't touch me!" she yelled.
Tsume didn't lose his expressionless face. With a hand on his hip, he hisses, "Maybe I should have just let you die like a dog instead of saving your ungrateful ass." Yuna stood to her feet and scoffs.
"Then why the fuck didn't you!? I was willing to die, I didn't ask for you to save me!" Tsume scoffs and turns away from her. "If that's how you feel, then get the hell away from me." he growls as he walks away. "Hmph! Fine!"
Yuna turns and was ready to jump off the roof, but Toboe grabs her by her sleeve, "Wait, Yuna! Please don't leave! Can we at least go with him?" Yuna jerks her hand away from Toboe's grip. "You want to go with him!? You know who he is, don't you?"
Toboe looks up at her and begs, "But he saved our lives. He wouldn't be all bad if he did that. Please, Yuna." Toboe's begging made her remind her of herself a long time ago. She used to believe that not everyone was naturally bad, even after she was abused, and tortured by "those men" when she was younger. That way of thinking slowly began to disapate from her logic. He did save them, and she was now feeling regretful for snapping at him. With that, Yuna sighs and nods.
"Kay, fine. But only because I don't trust leaving him alone with you."
Toboe and Yuna catch up to Tsume on the bridge.
"So who was that guy anyway? And what's up with his dog?" Toboe asks
"...I have no idea." Tsume says with no emotion. Though Yuna knew the answer, she remained silent. Walking next to Toboe, Yuna kept alert if he tries to do anything, but when Tsume turns his head to Yuna, Yuna couldn't help but blush when she saw his eyes at the corner of his shades. His eyes were a beautiful yellow that matched his handsome appearance. She sheepishly turns away from him, blushing, still feeling regretful for being a bitch to him. "Why are you following me? Thought you'd be long gone by now." he says to her.
"D-Don't flatter yourself." Yuna sheepishly exclaims, "I'm just here to make sure that you don't stab Toboe in the back... literally"
"Hmph, whatever." Yuna puffs her cheeks in indignation. Before she said anything irrational, she calms herself and says in a kinder tone. "I... I just wanted to thank you... for before. I didn't mean to snap at you like that."
"Apology accepted. Now get lost." Tsume says harshly. Yuna stops abruptly and clutches her fist, Toboe stops and starts to worry when he saw stream coming off her face. He never seen her so angry before. "I wasn't trying to apologize, you dick." Tsume stops and turns around to the two wolves. "You talk big... for a girly pup."
Yuna scoffs at what he said and crosses her arms, her cheeks blushing furiously. "Who are you calling a "girly pup"? I'll have you know that I know complex hand to hand combat and can use a human weapon if needed."
"Then you don't need me to protect you... now get lost. You're starting to piss me off, and that only happens when I'm around idiots."
Yuna sticks her tongue out childishly as Tsume turns back around and continues walking. "Hey, wait..." Toboe begs.
"Let him go, Toboe... wolves like him, you need to keep away from anyway." Yuna says as she gently places her hand on his back.
In moments, Tsume turns his head and saw the two wolves gone, out of sight and out of mind.
Yuna and Toboe continue walking down an empty street. They were both sinking into depression, Yuna because of Quent, and Toboe because of Tsume. He was happy to find another wolf, but was sadden that he didn't want nothing to do with them. Yuna didn't care though, he was no different than any other human thug. But she kept having this flattering feeling in her gut whenever she thought about the way he looked at her, and she felt more vile than she did already.
"Are you all right, Yuna?" Toboe interrupts Yuna's train of thought.
"Yeah, why?"
"Well, your cheeks were really red when Tsume looked at you, and you were getting really angry."
Yuna furiously covers her cheeks, which felt extremely warm from blushing, as they continue to walk. "I-It's just your imagination." she stammers. "Which reminds me. What did you do with my basket of flowers?" Toboe fiddles with his index fingers and stammers as his cheeks turn red.
"Come on now, I'm not going to get mad."
"Um, well... I dropped them off a ledge as I was running... sorry." Yuna kept herself from getting upset. She treasured those flowers more than anything but she knew it wasn't Toboe's fault. "Oh! But I did save this one though." Toboe says as he pulls out a beautiful white flower from his pocket. Yuna gasps as this flower was more important than the rest. The white flower is called a "Lunar Tear." Her grandfather told her about it when she was younger. It was said that anyone who collected enough Lunar Tears can have one wish granted, but they're very rare as the fields that grew them either withered or were moved somewhere else. Her grandfather only had one.
Yuna always kept it with her, she never sold it.
Yuna takes the flower from Toboe and places the flower into her hair.
"Thank you so much Toboe. This means alot to me." Yuna exclaims happily as she hugs him tightly. Toboe cheeks turn bright red as he giggles and says, "Sure, no problem."