"Where are we?" I asked Sachiko.
"I don't know." She replied.
"Ugh, why did I listen to you?!"
We were standing in front of a village. The houses looked like they were made from rock.
I didn't smell Cheza.
"Wait..." I said, grabbing Sachiko before she could walk into the village.
"What?"
"Gunpo-" Gunshots split through the silent night.
Me and Sachiko both split to avoid being hit. I felt something sharp hit the back of my leg, another hit my side where I had been shot before. I fell to the ground and crawled up next to a tree.
"More outsiders," a man said. "Don't let them get in!"
More? I thought.
I looked up at the moon. It's color was a bright orange. Everything blurred and I closed my eyes.
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Sachiko leaned against a tree, breathing hard.
"I need to find Kita...Then we can leave."
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Someone patted my head.
I looked up and seen a girl with black hair. Her hair was braided.
"Are you okay?" She asked.
"Think...I got shot."
"Your sides bleeding and your back leg." She said helping me stand up.
"My names Tia."
"Kita."
We started walking through the forest.
"A few days ago, wolves came here." Tia said quietly. "Their going to Paradise with the flower maiden. I wanted to go, but they wouldn't let me."
I looked over at her.
"Wolves?" I asked.
"Your one of them, aren't you?" She smiled. "I seen you in your wolf form before I woke you up."
"If you want," I said, "we can take you to Paradise with us. Honestly I don't know if it's real, or if humans can come, but I still have to try."
"Okay." Tia laughed.
We stopped at a small run down house. We walked inside and I shifted into a wolf. Tia cleaned my wounds and then bandaged them. Then she gave me water and deer meat.
"Earlier, why did you say we?"
"Me and Sachiko. She should be getting here soon."
Just then, a white blur jumped through Tia's window.
"Yo, Sachiko!" I waved.
"What the hell?" She looked over at the human who was standing beside me. "She's a human you idiot!"
"Can I please go to Paradies with you?" Tia begged.
"I don't know." Sachiko frowned. "You might get killed."
"I can at least try!" Tia said, laughing at my glare.
"I know the way out. Follow me!"
We walked outside and went through a tunnel that would take us out of this stupid village.
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"Have they arrived? The ones who are drawn by Paradise..."
"You are the key to Paradise. They've come to take you back. But I won't give you up that easily. Do you understand? Cheza. Soon we will return to the place you were born."