This story is pretty old, It was one of the first ones that I wrote on the computer. And as you can tell it was written way before any books about sparkly vampires ever hit the shelves, so any similarities between my werewolves and the ones in those books is completely coincidental (Not that I've actually read the Twilight books, but someone told me the ideas were similar).

Aside from that, re-reading this story has reminded me of how much my writing has changed over the years, and now that i look back I've found this piece is full of errors that bug me to no end. But, The plot has been lost on me and I don't really feel like re-writing this, or continuing it in any form. So into the drabble collection it goes. (And yes, just so you know, I am aware that it is crap)

File Name: Werewolf
Date last updated: 4/6/2008
Note: When I originally wrote this it was broken up into three "chapters" which i have separated with lines.

They were on the chase. Nothing could stop them now. They had to get that werewolf. Yumi only saw him for a minute, that hair those clothes. They were the same ones that she had dreamt of for a long time. She couldn't think of that now. She was the daughter of the chief, in charge of hunting down werewolves and killing them. She had to remain focused. She ran after him, until he vanished from her sight.

'Where did he go?' The rest of them kept going, thinking that he was still running, and had put on a burst of speed. She stopped and looked around. Unlike them, she knew this one. She had had a crush on him for as long as she knew him, Until now that was. He wouldn't have kept running he would have stopped. He was good at running, but only for short distances, that was why he had super sprint on Lyoko. He must have run out of energy. She looked around for any traces of movement; any sign that showed where he was. She spotted it; there was a red patch on that bush.

'Blood, he is bleeding. Ulrich is bleeding.' She started remembering countless times that she shared with Ulrich. The person who she had loved, until she learned his secret. 'No do not think that name. That will only stop you from completing your mission.'

He was a werewolf. Not like in the stories where a human transformed into a human-wolf creature during the full moon. A human or wolf that could turn into the other one, by using the moons power or their own energy. There was no moon out tonight. He would have to rely on his energy. Energy that was running out fast. Energy that he needed to run. There was no way he could transform.

She started moving slowly to the place where she thought that he was hiding. She pulled out her gun and prepared to shoot while she quickly went around the bush so the tip was pointing at the heart of her target. There was a cliff near the bush. He couldn't have run even if she did make noise while going to this stance. She looked at him. He had the same clothes that he had worn the day she learned his secret. He had run that day away from the girl now pointing the gun to his chest.

It had been a normal day for them XANA had launched another attack. Yumi and Ulrich had to fight off some XANAfied people. Ulrich had been pined to a tree also possessed by XANA and couldn't move. A XANAfied person was attacking Yumi. Ulrich tried to help her but the tree held him tight. She was going to be killed. The moon was out. Ulrich had transformed to make the tree let go and had attacked the XANAfied person. Yumi saw all and told him she would have to kill him, she tried too and almost succeeded when the return to the past bubble engulfed them and they had to go back to the previous day. It was right before lunch. Yumi had raced to the lunchroom to find him, but he had left. He didn't get any lunch or breakfast that day. She went out of her flash back and looked at him.

His cheeks were hallowed out and his clothes now hang loosely on his skeletal frame. He had scratches everywhere from branches or other things that had tore at his skin and ripped his clothing. His eyes had dark lines under them. The anti werewolf force had been hunting him day and night for almost a week now. She was surprised that he could still move, he probably hadn't eaten or slept in all that time. She moved her gaze to his eyes. They looked frightened.

"Yumi please don't do this." He said in a horse voice. She just looked at him with eyes full of hatred. It then seemed that he realized what was going on and looked at his chest with the tip of the gun pointed at his heart. 'So she is actually…' he looked at her eyes again full of hate. He couldn't continue his thought as his whole body realized that he was going to die. He couldn't look up. He couldn't look into those eyes full of hate in the face of the one person who he loved. The person that he still loved. He couldn't hold it back anymore. He couldn't think that it was a dream. This was real. She was trying to kill him with all her might. This wasn't a game. She wasn't pretending. It was real.

"If y-you r-really want t-to d-d-do this." He stuttered, "Then you should aim h-here." He moved the point to his head where his brain was. If she shot now she would instantly kill him. 'I cant live if you hate me,' He looked at the gun then looked at the ground. Yumi was standing at the edge of the cliff. The cliff was starting to break. All sadness left his body.

"Yumi move the cliff is breaking." He half yelled. She looked down as the part of the cliff she was standing on broke and the rock fell of the edge. A gunshot broke through the night as she fell. She barely was able to grab on to the edge. She couldn't hold on much longer. She started to scream.

Ulrich put a hand on his new wound. The bullet had entered through his shoulder, spewing blood on the ground. He heard Yumi scream.

"Hang on I am coming." Yumi started to fall when a bloody hand grabbed her. She looked up surprised at Ulrich who was trying to save the person who just tried to kill him. She stared in wonder and shock as he somehow pulled her up onto solid ground. She couldn't move. She just sat there shocked as Ulrich sat against the tree holding his bleeding shoulder and panting heavily. Silence passed for a minute while they stayed there, until the sounds of the other members of the Anti werewolf squad came drawn by Yumi's screams.

Ulrich stiffened and got up, running away from the voices still holding his shoulder. Yumi just sat there her mind buzzing with thoughts. 'Why? He why? I tried to kill him but he still...' She remembered countless times where they had been in the same position. Yumi dangling from some cliff while Ulrich went out of his way to save her. The same person that she had just tried to kill.

'He has always been a werewolf. I just didn't know it. He still tried to save me. He still is Ulrich and he still…' Her thoughts were interrupted by someone talking.

"Are you ok. We heard a scream." She looked up to see one of her teammates staring at her.

"Yah I am fine." She said. "I just need some rest."

"Okay. Why don't we find a nice clearing and set up camp. The others will find the werewolf."

"Yah okay." She said as they walked away. Him holding the hand without the blood on it. She looked at it and completed her thought from earlier. '…And he still loves me.' She closed her fist. 'And I love him.'

She was guided to a clearing where another team had already set up a tent. Her teammate explained the situation and she was rushed into a tent all to herself. The tent was cameo like all of the things that they wore. She couldn't stop thinking about Ulrich. Ulrich hiding somewhere in the woods with a broken bleeding shoulder, hunger clawing at his stomach, probably freezing with his tattered clothes in the cold night, and little energy. She couldn't sleep. It was all her fault. She had called the squad when she found out his secret. She was the one who hurt his shoulder, and he had tried to help her. She couldn't sleep. They were probably hot on his trail while he was quickly running out of energy. They would catch him.

He was nothing like the werewolves that her father told her about in his stories. He wasn't cruel beyond all belief he was the opposite of that. He was kind, good and loyal to his friends. He was more of a weredog. She thought of Ulrich as a dog. That almost put a smile on her face.

'Maybe they won't kill him right away maybe they will bring him in for questioning to the whereabouts of the other werewolves. Then I can rescue him when they bring him to base.' She knew this was hopeless. They wouldn't do that it was against the code. If anything, they would try to force it out of him when they caught him. She just couldn't sleep. The sound of a horn broke the silence.

"Hear that they almost caught it." An excited voice said. "Let's go help."

'See they already are close enough that they can use the horn. Wait near here. Ulrich is near here. Maybe I can still save him.' She thought and quickly jumped out of her bed grabbing her pack. She walked out the back and into the forest before anyone noticed her.

"They are coming this way we can get him when they drive him in this direction." Someone said and they all went down hiding, ready to get their prize.

'Ulrich.' She thought as she went deeper into the forest toward the sounds of the bellowing horn. She only stopped when she thought that she had gotten close enough. Sure enough, she soon saw a running figure coming toward her. He was staggering and he was barely still running. As he got close enough she realized that his shoulder was still bleeding and he looked as white as a sheet. She watched as he gave one last feeble step and fell to the ground. She immediately sprung into action and grabbed him pulling him to the side before his pursuers came. She hugged him tightly as she flattened them to the ground so the people going by wouldn't see them.

'I won't let them hurt you anymore.' Once she was sure that they had gone she got up and looked at him. He looked the same as before except he was paler and unconscious.

"Oh Ulrich." She picked him up and draped him over her shoulder as she walked away from camp. With her bag full of necessities, she wouldn't have to go back. Once she was sure that no one was following her she put Ulrich down and tended to his shoulder. It didn't look pretty. Most of the blood had bled out so now you could see the bone. Imbedded inside the white bone was a small black bullet. The skin around it was pale and dead looking. She shivered and then went to work. First, she used tweezers to remove the bullet then she took some cloth and wrapped it around the wound into a makeshift bandage after wiping it with disinfecting wipes. She used more cloth to make a sling for his arm. She then turned to the smaller scratches and put bandages on the ones that were the deepest. She felt his skin, it was cold. She couldn't build a fire because someone might see it and come to investigate. Therefore, she found some clothes in her bag that might fit him and put them on him. It wasn't the best fit and the clothes were meant for a girl but it was better than nothing. He still felt cold so she hugged him tightly so some of her body warmth would help. She looked at his face, still pale and cold, and she cried.

'What have I done?' Soon she cried herself to sleep. When she woke up Ulrich was still unconscious.

'That is good he feels warmer.' The sun was up and Yumi felt that it was safe to start a fire. She used some matches and then started making food from her bag. She hummed as she started cooking the food over the fire.

'Lub.' Ulrich thought 'What is going on?' He managed to open his eyes a little. 'I smell food.' He tried to get up but was too week to do so and slumped back onto the ground. Yumi heard the noise and turned from her work.

"Ulrich." She said as she ran over and hugged him. Then helped him sit up so he wasn't on the ground.

"Yumi?" he asked as he stared at her.

"Yes." She looked him in the face.

"Why? Where? What? How?" he asked confused.

"You passed out. I don't know exactly where we are but I carried you here." She said answering some of his questions.

"But why did you?"

"I… I … I am sorry!" she cried out hugging him tightly.

"What?" he asked. Yumi had started to cry and had to wipe away her tears.

"I am sorry. I shouldn't have tried to…" She couldn't finish her sentence and broke into more tears.

"Hay. Don't cry." He started stroking her hair with his unbandaged hand. Even though he couldn't get up on his own, she felt safe.

"I am glad that you are ok." She said through sobs. Ulrich clutched his stomach as it gave a loud growl.

"I wouldn't say that." He said through clenched teeth. Yumi laughed and was able to get over her tears.

"I forgot about that. Come on I got some food over here unless I burnt it." This made Ulrich laugh. He tried to follow her found he couldn't and just fell down.

"Am I wearing your clothes?" He asked just realizing that he wasn't wearing his clothes anymore.

"Yah… You were so cold I had to do something." Yumi refused to look him in the face, as she said this, not wanting to say that she had also held him for most of the time he was unconscious.

"Oh… ok." He started blushing, trying not to touch the clothes. Yumi smiled yep definitely Ulrich.

"Are you hungry or not?" she asked looking at him.

"Yah but… uh… could you help me get over there pretty please." He blushed deeper. Yumi went over and helped him to his feet.

"Maybe." She said helping him to the food.

"Thanks." He said leaning on her for support.

"Your welcome." She said as she set him down on the ground.

"So what are we having?" he asked trying to see what was on the makeshift rock plate.

"Food," she answered shortly.

"I guess that means I don't know." He said looking at the rock-plate.

"Pretty much." She gave the Rock-plate to Ulrich, who immediately started gulping it down.

"Why aren't you having any?" he asked looking at her.

"I am not hungry." She wanted Ulrich to eat all of it. He needed the energy and she knew that he wouldn't eat any of her food even if he was starving.

"Come on Yumi I know you are lying." He tried to get up but couldn't. "You need to eat some too." She looked at him then sighed knowing that he wouldn't eat any more until she took some.

"Ulrich, I'm fine, besides you need it more than I do."

"I also need you to be strong. I cant move far on my own and if you don't eat anything because I need it more then no one is going anywhere." Yumi sighed. She knew that he was telling the truth.

"I'll make some more food but you still eat all of that."

"'Kay." He started eating again as she made more food. As she was almost finished, a loud thump came from behind her as the rock plate hit the ground. She turned around in alarm and saw Ulrich leaning over with his arm across his chest as if something hurt.

"Ulrich what is wrong?" She asked as she rushed over to him. He didn't reply and just stayed in the same position except now he was holding his hand over his mouth. "What's wrong?" her answer came as he opened his mouth and barfed all over the ground. But the barf didn't worry her. It was the color of it that made her look at her friend with worry. Red, blood red. Blood all over the ground coming from the inside of her friend. He was still holding his chest and grimacing.

"Ulrich where does it hurt?" he said nothing. "Just point." He pointed a spot over one of his lungs. She practically ripped off the shirt to look at it. It just looked red nothing wrong with it. He wasn't breathing. She tried everything she knew. It managed to get him to breathe but it still was red and painful and he was still coughing out blood.

"We are getting you to a doctor." She helped him lie down.

"How." He managed to say weekly still gasping for air.

"I don't know."

Ulrich had fallen asleep an hour ago. He still had trouble breathing but he could relax enough to fall asleep. Yumi was sitting by him making sure that he was ok when a loud horn bellowed from somewhere in the forest. 'Wait I know that horn.' Yumi thought

"Ulrich, Ulrich wake up." She said shaking him. 'They sound it right before they play that other one.' No sound came this time but it looked like a loud wind tore through the forest. She could hear wolves howling and dogs barking. "Wake up!" she screamed in his ear as she picked him up carrying him behind a tree and covering his ears. As the wind passed she could hear nothing but the wind made Ulrich squirm in his sleep. "Ulrich." He grasped his head as if he could hear a loud unbearable noise. He started to open his mouth to scream but Yumi held her hand over it. "Ulrich please don't scream that's what they want." Somehow he heard her and closed his mouth. Soon the wind died down and Ulrich stopped holding his head.

"What was that?" He gasped.

"A horn that the anti-werewolf squad uses to find werewolves in their human state. It makes a noise normal humans cant hear but is unbearable wolves. So they sound it and look for a human screaming in pain. Since normal humans can't hear it the human has to be a werewolf." She explained.

"I don't like it." Yumi laughed.

"That's kind of the point."

Yeah, this kind of goes with my theme of torturing Ulrich as much as possible. And as you can tell it was never finished, so if you feel like it, you can finish it, take this story under your wing, do whatever. But if you do, just please, PLEASE get rid of the small errors that are probably only visible to me *twitch* o.o They're still bugging me. (All the crappiness! Gah!)

*Eve*