Kana: I hate you all. Go die in the pits of hell...

aisha: Well thats mean... She doesnt mean it my fellow readers!

Kana: Your right... I only hate you...

aisha: *emo corner* what did I do...?

Kana: You exist...

aisha:...*cries*

Kana: Now I feel bad... Please read the chapter as I console your writer...She also doesnt own Wolf's Rain...

~Chapter 8~

"Na...Ka...na...Kana... Open your eyes damnit!" I groaned. My leg hurt like hell, my head was stuffy and my throat felt like I'd eaten a bee hive. I opened my eyes slowly, feeling the heat of the sun on my tender skin. I closed my eyes again, to tired to keep them open. I let out a soft moan as the pain in my leg throbbed to life. Something next to me shifted closer, leaning over me. I opened my eyes just enough to see what it was, before closeing them once again and whimpering.

"Tsume...?" I whispered, throat to coarse to do any more than that. I really didnt need to ask, I could faintly smell him over the left over scent of smoke that filled my nose. What was he doing here? I should have burned to death. Did he save me? Why? Something wet dabbed at my cheek and I sighed at the cooling feeling it gave me. It moved to from my face to my throbbing leg. I gasped slightly at the pain, however it didnt last long as the cold seeped into the burn. I relaxed, letting Tsume cool my wounded leg. I could slightly hear him mutter small curses as he worked.

"Kana what the hell... Trying to kill yourself? Damn your almost as bad as that pup..." I wanted to laugh, or retort something equally insulting, but my tongue felt thick in my mouth. I tried to lift my arms up so I could block the blister sun light from my warm face. It felt like my skin was stretching over my bones. Another shadow appeared over me blocking the light. The shade felt nice against my skin, and once again I was sinking into the dark void of sleep.

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When I opened my eyes the next time, I could feel something wrapped around my side. Shifting slightly, I looked, trying to see what was spooning me.

"Tsume? Tsume what do you think your doing?" I asked gently, trying to move away from him. He lifted his face, looking at my face.

"You where cold so I was helping you stay warm," He replied, pulling me up against his chest. I winced slightly as my leg jerked, sending small sparks of pain through my body, but I didn't move. I was cold, and Tsume was warm. I closed my eyes and relaxed.

"So... How bad am I?" I asked softly, my throat becoming more and more irritated the more I spoke. Tsume looked down at me with a hard expression.

"You have a burn on your leg about the size of my fist. You also breathed in a lot of smoke..." I shivered, disgusted at the thought of that nasty smoke inside my lungs. His arms tightened around my waist and he rested his head on my shoulder gently.

It took a while, but soon my throat stopped hurting, and I could speak normally again. Tsume got up a few times, bringing me water to drink from a little wooden bowl that was sitting around from an old camp area not to far from the clearing. After drinking my fill I worked on my leg, trying to stop the stinging that happened every time I jostled it the wrong way. It was getting late, the sun had just settled beyond the trees when Tsume started gathering fire wood to make a fire. As he lit the fire, small glimpses of what had happened the other night shot across my mind. I stayed away from the fire, close enough to stay warm, but not enough so that I would catch and burn.

"Tsume? How did you find me?" I questioned as he sat next to me, pulling me closer to keep me warm. He took a little while to respond.

"We are a pack, and the larger the pack the stronger. We need to get to paradise, and we cant get there with out you," He stated. I felt my heart sink just a little at his words. Even he didn't like me, I was just there to get them to paradise with Cheza... It was quiet again, the only sound came from our short breathes and the cackling fire.

"Kana?"

"What is it Tsume?"

"Why did you run off like that?" He asked looking at me. I glanced at the fire, before bringing my gaze to his face.

"I felt unwanted, and... alone," I whispered, looking away.

"How could you feel alone? You where surrounded by the others," He stated sharply, pulling my eyes back to his fierce eyes. I gulped slightly.

"Just... because your surrounded doesn't mean you cant be alone... Sometimes that's how you feel inside..." Something registered in his mind, I could see it working inside his skull. I let him ponder it as I looked at the forest that covered the edge of the clearing. I felt a cold chill spread through my body as an owl hooted not far from us, its laughing sound echoed through the valley.

"Kana?" I let out a whine.

"Whaaaat," Tsume chuckled slightly.

"Sing to me..." I felt my eyes widen slightly. The only one I sang to was myself most of the time, or that rare occasion Yuru had a nightmare. I looked up into his dark eyes.

"Please?" I shuddered slightly as his breath caressed my cheeks. I hummed slightly before nodding, giving into his request.

"Every night, I endure the pain that visits me on top of the squeaking, creaking bed.
Did I get something wrong? Thinking about this and that, I wallow in feelings of regret.

"The way it is now, it's no good." I don't know who said that anymore.

With the thought that all I can do now is live on alone, I gaze at the burning wasteland.
Like a wolf that endured its wounds, yeah, I don't want to disappear, not yet,
Because if I did, it would've been better if I'd fallen.

On Friday, as the weekend visits, I won't tidy up this noisy room.
Biting my nails that have grown a little long, I watch TV. At this point, everything starts to look good.
I bathed myself in alcohol from the head down. If I could get drunk from this, I'd keep on feeling good.

I don't think of the way that I can't laugh like I used to as a sad thing.
Is this just something that everyone chooses, even though it hurts so much?
In that case, it would've been better if I'd run away.

It looks like I'm going to fail, just as I predicted.
I'll just throw away the bad thoughts when I spit them out.

With the thought that all I can do now is live on alone, I gaze at the burning wasteland.
Like a wolf that endured its wounds, yeah, I don't want to disappear, not yet.
I don't think of the way that I can't laugh like I did that day as a sad thing.
The wolf that runs through the wasteland still doesn't look back even now.
In that case, let's hurry ahead and run with wolves!"

I went silent as the lyrics of the song drifted through the air. My body had fully relaxed itself against Tsume. He didn't move, and it was then that I realized he had fallen asleep. I smiled and helped him lay down, careful I so I wouldn't hit his head on the ground or mess up my wounded leg. As gently as I could I curled into a ball next to him, hoping that we could keep each other warm.

He let out a soft growl and wrapped his arms around me in his sleep. My heart beat quickened. This wasn't the first time we had laid together like this... why the sudden nervousness? I tried to push it out of my mind as I fell into another null void of sleep, this time dreams and nightmares danced in my head.

~Chapter End~

Kana: Good work with this chapter...

aisha:...thanks... I just wanted to thank all my beautiful readers! Thanks for the support and Band suggestions! I would also like to say that the song I used does not belong to me, its from Angel Beast a Girl Dead Monster song. :) It's really good and I enjoyed listening to it and using it!

Kana: The song is called 'Run with Wolves,' I also hope you enjoyed this chapter. Please read and review.

Aisha: Are you feeling ok?

Kana: Just peachy..