Disclaimer- How many times am I going to be writing these damn things? I don't own Wolf's Rain, and Lupus and Vi are my original characters. Get ready for a really evil twist in the plot.
Chap. VI
It's been a few weeks since I met Kiba, Hige, Tsume, Toboe, and Cheza. And a lot has happened since then. I left the city I'd never ventured out of before. I've become part of their pack. I've become close friends with Hige, Kiba, and Toboe. Tsume keeps his distance from me. At first, I didn't mind so much, just thought it was his personality, but now I'm starting to think it's got to do with me. All three of the other wolves say not to worry about it; he was like that to them, as well. But I am worrying about it, dammit! I mean, how could I not be mad at myself if Tsume despises being around me? At least I know the others don't. Even Cheza shows that she enjoys my company, and I know plenty about Toboe and Hige. But Kiba's so mysterious. He's considerate, but really, really mysterious. I know hardly anything about him or his past. Then again, who am I to talk? I don't know much about my past, either. It's kinda weird, thinking about it. Kiba and I are complete opposites. He's a white wolf, I'm a black wolf. He's gentle and quiet where I'm aggressive and loud. But I know at least how determined he is to find Paradise. That's what every single one of them's looking for. Paradise. But to me, finally feeling a sense of belonging is Paradise all in itself. I even have Vi to talk to now. Her supernatural powers have developed really quickly, and she can talk to me anytime she wants, now. I was loving life, even if we did have to be wary of nobles.
It'd been an uneventful day once again.
"Full moon tonight..." Hige seemed like he was looking forward to it. I stared at the setting sun.
"What's so great about it? I mean, all I really do is just howl a lot more on full moons."
"It's kinda like that, too, but with Cheza around....it's amazing." Toboe looked pretty perky, as well. I wondered what the hell Cheza could do to make full moons so special. "Eh? Is that a noble's ship?" Toboe asked, pointing to a speck in the distance. I heard a weird sound in my ears.
"I think it is...we'd better hide." Kiba motioned for us to get going. But I didn't move. Something....something just felt weird. I have no clue what.
"Lupus?" Kiba wondered aloud. The speck rapidly got bigger. I didn't move.
"Let's go!" Hige added. I still didn't move. The noble's ship was getting pretty close.
"Just leave her," who else but Tsume suggested. "We won't have time to hide."
"We can't do that!" Toboe screamed. "She's one of us." The ship was getting closer and closer. The sun was close to disappearing under the horizon.
"Lupus!" Kiba called. But something lured me to the ship. I paced closer, and closer.
Go, Lupus. Go on. Vi's voice encouraged. I wandered closer.
"What the hell're you doing?!" Hige yelled.
"Get back here, Lupus!" All the yelling snapped me back to reality. The urge to get to that ship disappeared. What the hell was I thinking?
Don't listen to them...Vi ordered.
But they're my pack...
You're not one of them. You're just a stray. They're just using you for your power.
No! SHUT IT!
Go, Lupus.
I REFUSE TO ABANDON MY PACK!!!
You don't have a choice, now. The ship was directly above me. And, all of a sudden, ropes shot from every direction, and before I can utter a long stream of curses, I couldn't move. The smell on them started making me feel woozy...
"LUPUS!"
"Guys..." I murmured before I felt myself black out.
I awoke still tightly bound and staring at a masked figure.
"Such power....such power....finally, all within my grasp." This guy was scaring the crap out of me. But fear doesn't get anyone anywhere...
"What the hell do you want, weirdo?" I really, really hoped that my face and voice weren't disagreeing with my words.
"Heh heh, feisty as always, Lupus."
"H-how the hell do you know my name?"
"You're Lupus, a 14-year-old black wolf, a discerning characteristic of yours being your odd eyes, one mud brown, the other light green, kinda like that sweater I always wanted...sound familiar?"
I was speechless. Those were Vi's exact words for describing me...even the stupid sweater...
"I kinda expected you to be at a loss for words." Vi's exact words again.
"How do-"
"How do I know all the stuff your so-called 'friend' told you? Because I am..." The mask was taken off. I thought I'd get a heart attack from the shock (Honestly...help me out here....do wolves actually get heart attacks? Put the answer in the reviews if you'll be so kind as to answer...thanks.).
"V-Vi?!" I managed to stutter. There it was. Vi's exact face, exact eyes, exact scent. That mask must've been holding it back or something. (Here comes a nice, looong speech....I'll make sure I'll let you know when it's over for sure.)
"That's right. I'm your little 'friend' that you believed everything from...and told everything to. And I mean everything. What you'd done for the past two minutes. Your thoughts. Your loved ones. And, inadvertently, your fears.
"You have no idea of how difficult it is to find something you desire so badly, badly enough to dedicate your life to it, and have it constantly slip away from your grasp. That was you, my dear Lupus. You displayed much power from the moment you were conceived.
"And it only grew. With each day, it strengthened more and more, exponentially, even. It's still hard to believe that your power is far from untapped. And to give you an idea of how much power and potential you hold, at a mere two years old, you held enough power to destroy an entire hemisphere of the earth.
"I know every single thing about you. The reason why you don't remember your parents, your birthplace....I erased them from your memories. I needed to know every single little aspect of you. I needed to know the real Lupus. Not a Lupus influenced by her past. A Lupus I could control, could eventually get all that power from...that's the sole thing that kept me going all those years I pretended to be your friend. I never liked you. I hated every single minute with you. Only the knowledge that it'd all lead to infinite power kept me from going insane.
And now, it's finally mine. I can finally create a new Paradise, completely to my liking. But why not have a little fun with a rechargeable power source, ehh?" (long speech is over.)
I was stunned. I was shocked. Sorta like my brain's power switch was flipped to 'off'. And, thanks to that, it took me a while to notice a bunch of wires had latched themselves onto my body, and the fact that I was going down or something.
But what greeted me at the bottom made me want to cry. My pack...every single one of them, desperately chasing the speeding ship (rem explicoLatin again. Means 'I explain the situation' (without any spoilers). Lupus's on a noble's ship that's flying above the ground, and the platform she's on is low enough for her to see Hige, Kiba, Toboe, Tsume, and Cheza sorta close up, but not enough for them to actually reach her. She's still bound up and can't move...stuff a bit less confusing now?). What choked me up was their exhaustion. They were wheezing for air and rest, barely able to pick up one paw, let alone run, but they pushed on. And Kiba seemed more deserving for rest than any other, carrying Cheza and maintaining the leading position. They were overexerting themselves, all for me. I already owe them big time from their rescue back when I first met them...why? Why wouldn't they just give up already and let themselves rest? Why wouldn't they...
"YAAAHH!!!" I hollered as some I-have-no-idea-what-the-hell-this-is draining feeling zapped through me.
"Allow me to show you just a sample of what I can do with your power..." She'd disappeared. She wasn't looking into my face anymore.
(Three guesses who's saying that). In all honesty, I was practically wetting myself out of fear. I wasn't actually doing that, thank gawd, but you catch my meaning. The full moon had just risen...
My somewhat lighthearted thoughts melted away as a blast of white sent them all flying (Kiba, Hige, Toboe, Tsume, and Cheza) (If I'm confusing anyone, that zappy feeling Lupus had was her energy being drained, then it's shot out with the white blast.). An impossibly high scream entered my ears....
All fear was instantly replaced with rage. The lust for revenge, blood...the lust to kill, burning within me...kill...kill....KILL!
Everything in me erupted with energy. I broke free from the ropes and wires. I wasn't going to ask how-the only thing on my mind was killing that bitch. That bitch that deceived me all those years. That bitch that erased my memories. That bitch that attacked my pack.
She was easy enough to find. I knew that stench anywhere. Getting to her and cornering her were of little problem, too. I finally had that bitch (no insult to female dogs intended X3). Kill....kill.....blood....kill...The lust to bloody myself with another's blood returned. I had no second thoughts as I lunged for her throat.
But my jaws didn't reach her throat. Fingers were curled around my muzzle, clamping it down and leaving me unable to open my jaws, and cold metal was pressed against my chest.
MUHUHAHAHA...I have complete control over your minds now....I HAVE SUSPENDED YOU BY A THREAD!!! Kukukuku....screwing around with my readers' minds is one of the best things in life. Pretty much the only things that top it are writing parodies and attacking my friends. Of which one is scared of InuYasha and constantly says "EEEEVIILLLL!!!!" whenever I wear my InuYasha t-shirt. everyone but the people who know me all too well which isn't a good gooey thing because I kill them on a daily basis but they kill me too especially Limey because if she kills anyone else they whine BREATHES sweatdrops. Wow that was a long sentence gee I wonder what will happen now wow I'm very hyper mow hey wait mow wow and now all rhyme isn't that cool and ooh look there's a little horsefly in my bathroom so I'm going to go horribly mutilate it and-
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