Disclaimer- Let's think…NO.

Y'know…it's pretty creepy. I was listening to Linkin Park's "Somewhere I Belong". The lyrics…they're almost exactly what Lupus feels like in the first two chapters of this fic. Creepy, I tell ya. Really creepy. But cool.

(And RB…I want to write either you or Fae into this fic. Don't bother protesting…I'm blocking all that shit out of my head :D. Anyways, just let me know the vital stuff...like who ((you or Fae or a new character)), the bio, etc. Trust me, you'll be happy with what happens. I hope.)

Chap. X

I felt like I'd gone into a trance as that relaxing tune kept playing…then, all of a sudden, it's like my memories are being played on fast forward. All my memories…no…all of the memories with Vi.

I watched as we played, hunted, talked, everything …all those times we laughed, had fun, were friends…then, it's like BAM!... the disease strikes…and she's gone. Vi was gone.

"Me…I'm a different story. I'm just a puppet in a book. And…even though the book isn't a tear-jerker, it's a…tragedy."

It was that dream I had…before I met them…my pack...my family. And then…it skipped right to her ship luring me away from the pack.

"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."

That…bitch…that bitch…it was all just an illusion, all those years….

No! It's not true…it can't be true…I don't want it to be true…but I know I can't deny the truth, no matter what.

Yet…I didn't feel like I was. Her words, her laugh, her smile…it all seemed so genuine. It never looked forced…no, it was never forced. It had to be real. I knew it…

I suddenly was surrounded by darkness. Everywhere I looked, darkness…not the empty darkness from a barren room, not the darkness that lulls you to sleep…the kind of darkness that reminded me of sorrow and pain. Sorrow and pain I had never encountered before, sorrow and pain that had just been revealed…I heard Vi's voice.

"Me…I'm a different story. I'm just a puppet in a book."

Wait…

"I'm just a puppet in a book."

Was she-?

"I'm just a puppet…"

Was she trying to tell me something with that? Some secret never revealed…

"And even though this book isn't a tear-jerker…"

…some pain held back…

"…it's a…"

What was she trying to tell me?

"…tragedy."

I suddenly realized something. Could it-? Maybe…it…made…sense…the way she'd acted sometimes, the recent events…but…this idea…was so…unlikely.

But your idea's absolutely right.

V-Vi?

You're completely right, Lupus. You're completely right…that my personality is like two people in one body.

Vi suddenly appeared, her face looking as if she was about to cry.

All my life I hid it from you. I just…I just couldn't reveal it…some fear, brewing inside me, holding me back. And before…when I first met you…I could hold the other evil personality back. Then…the disease came and wrecked it all. I couldn't control it anymore…I'd lost control. She was in control. And I just couldn't bear to watch you slowly suffer thanks to her malignant intentions…so I felt I had to leave. Keep you free. I faked my own death to keep you out of an imprisonment…

Vi…you…you should've told me…you shouldn't have had to go through that alone…

I didn't want to put you through all that pain. How could I do that, knowing that my best friend would suffer for my sake? All of what had been said after your dream…it was all her. She tricked you…she put you through so much pain and confustion…

You mean she put you and my pack through so much pain…

That's not importa-

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING, YOU IDIOT? YOU'RE MY FRIEND, AND IF YOU GO THROUGH PAIN, IT'S DAMN IMPORTANT.

Lupus…after all this, you still consider me as a friend…

You're damn right I do. But you're more than that…you're…like a sister. I can't remember anything before I met you…I was empty. You filled that emptiness; you're part of me…

I-I'm that important to you?!

Of course you are. Wolves are pack animals. They don't abandon one of their pack.

Tha-that means…

You're one of us, in my eyes. But all that pain, suffering you went through…I want to help. All your life you've lived with it…you need a break. A break that lasts a lifetime. I want to help you, any way I can.

There is a way…but…

I DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT ANY 'BUTS'! Tell me, I'll do it! You need this!

Then…set me free. Kill my evil side…and let me have my freedom.

I guarantee I'll kill that bitch as soon as I find her.

Lupus…thank you so much…but, there's one last thing you should know.

Huh?

She goes by a different name than mine. She goes by…

She goes by what?

Jagura.