They say there's no such thing as Paradise. Even if you search to the ends of the earth, there's nothing there. No matter how far you walk, it's always the same road. It just goes on and on. But in spite of that, why am I so driven to find it? A voice calls to me. It says 'Search for Paradise'.
It's a cold winter. The snow is blowing like a blizzard. There's a sound of a train. And also the sound of cars. Then, there was the sounds of explosions on the train as well as guns that were firing at the ones who were trying to get on.
"Let's go," a silver haired twenty-five year old man that wore leather simple ordered. One of the humans shot a gun that created an explosion on the train. The red jeep pulled up next to the train. One boy was nervous about it.
"Hurry up! Dumbass!" A human shouted over the sound of the wind and train. He kicked the boy over to the train. Once of the humans then hit the lock on the train, breaking it. Once the door opened and the human was shot off before the robot arm opened the door more and came out. It started shooting at the moving vehicle before shooting up at the humans on the train. Gel, the boy, was watching it from the side, scared. Gel closed his eyes and suddenly heard the machine screeching. He opened his eyes to see the leader of the gang, Tsume.
"Tsume!" Gel gasped. There were more explosions and the train screeched, slowing down. Tsume and the rest of the humans got into the jeeps and drove off. The humans were cheering while Gel was feeling disappointed in himself. There was a sudden whistling and Gel looked up to see a Noble Ship.
"That's a Noble Ship," Sedo mused.
"I hate that sound," Tsume muttered looking up at the ship through his black shades.
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A young girl, no older than twenty-one, was walking around. Her long burgundy hair was in a ponytail accept for some hair that framed her natural pale and flawless face. Her light, crystal blue eyes close as she walked. She wore a brown corset that showed of her navel and also wore a leather jacket that ends are her torso. She also wears black skinny jeans with black knee-high high heeled boots that clicked a little as she walked. The only pieces of jewelry she wore was a black choker and a belly button piercing. She walked down the streets of Freeze City and accidentally bumped some guy. She didn't stop to apologize though.
"Hey, bitch! The least you could do is apologize!" The guy said grabbing her bicep. The girl sighed and looked at him with a bored expression.
"Either you let go or I'll break your wrist," she said in a monotone voice. The guy smirked.
"Please, like a hottie like you could do such a thing. How about we go into that alley and have some fun?" He asked her. The girl, Unari, smirked and placed a hand on his wrist.
"Sorry…but I don't fuck for fun," she said in a sickly sweet tone before gripping his wrist harshly. She then twisted it, freeing her arm as the guy cried out in pain. She then pushed him away and walked off. "Tsk, pathetic humans," she muttered to herself. She didn't even know why she came here. She caught the scent of something and was curious about it. Just what was that nice smell?
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A man was walking with a black dog that had blue eyes. He tied her leash up to fire hydrant before walking into the bar that was next to it.
"Vodka," he simply said to the bartender there. The bartender got up and got the bottle and glass for the drink. "I tell you this lousy city isn't goof for a dog much less a man. Never thought it would be so cold inside a dome," Quent said to the bartender.
"Well, I don't know where you're from, mister, but I doubt there's anywhere fit to live these days," the bartender said pouring some vodka into a glass. The bartender saw the shot gun hidden in Quent's jacket. Quent smirked.
"Always helps to have a friend when you're crossing the mountains. Never know what you might run into, like bears…or wolves," Quent said, shakily picking up the vodka glass.
"Wolves? Hn, now there's something I haven't heard about in a long time. Not since my grandpa was alive," the bartender said as he held his cigarette. Quent drank his vodka. "He always used to tell me when the world finally comes to an end Paradise will appear on the earth. But the trouble is only wolves would know where to find it. Who knows? Maybe the world is coming to an end right now," he mused. Quent slammed his shot glass down.
"Wolves are only servants of death! Don't you think about that pagan garbage!" Quent snapped. The bartender sweat-dropped.
"Relax, old man. Wolves have been extinct for two hundred years. It's just a kid's fairy tale," the bartender told him.
"The thing about fairy tales is there's always some truth in them," Quent stated. There was banging outside. The dog, Blue, looked over and saw some humans walking and kicking some things. Her eyes widened when she saw a silver haired man who stopped and looked over at her. She started barking and growling which got Quent's attention. Quent took his gun out and ran out of the bar. "What? What is it, Blue?! Did you see one?!" He asked running to take a look. There wasn't anyone and he saw foot prints. He walked over and saw wolf prints.
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Tsume was running a head, his human gang following behind.
"Hey, Tsume!" Chen called making the said silver haired man stop and look at them over his shoulder with his gold eyes. "Where's the fire? Can't we slow down a little? There's nobody following us," he panted with Gel and Sedo.
"I know," Tsume replied simply.
"Haven't we gotten enough already? I mean there's plenty to go around," Sedo said to him.
"The provisions for the Nobles will be passing through the check point tomorrow," Tsume stated making the three humans look at him a little shocked.
"We're going to hit 'em again?" Gel asked. Tsume just looked at them over his shoulder.
"Chen, Sedo, you're in the advanced squad," Tsume told them.
"Why doesn't that surprise me?" Chen asked sweat-dropping.
"Yeah, but we messed up bad there last week. Security's going to be even tighter now. We lost two of us today as it is," Gel said nervously.
"Gel, you're on stand-by," Tsume said making Gel look at him with a little shock. "Anyone who isn't willing to fight should get out now," Tsume said gruffly before walking off.
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Unari walked around and soon saw a white wolf walking around. She raised an eyebrow as she followed it, being careful to not let it know she was following. She quirked an eyebrow.
'Is he an idiot or something? He'll get killed if he stays in that form,' she thought as she looked at him. She saw he had an injury on his left hind leg. She watched as he went to a huge tree that had a den at the bottom. She jumped up to one of the roofs and watched him crawl in and rest there. She soon saw at least ten humans flooding around it and frowned. Three of them were looking into the den. She suddenly saw a man dressed in leather walk up. She would admit, the human form of that wolf was kinda cute.
"What is it?" Tsume asked. She also liked that gruff baritone voice of his.
"It's a dog, but I don't think it's gonna make it," one of the humans said. Tsume gasped a little, his eyes widening slightly at the 'dog' the humans mentioned.
"Maybe it's worth something," one of the humans said.
"Maybe we can eat it."
"I've never seen a dog this big. This sucker's huge!"
"That is not a dog," Tsume said getting the humans' attention. "Pull it out," he ordered. Two of the guys in front of the den looked at each other nervously.
"Uh, okay…" one of them said before going to take the wolf out. It's then the white wolf attacked, killing the guy. The other human tried shooting arrows at it until the white wolf jumped and bit the man in the neck, killing him. Gel looked at the wolf with fear as he held his long handled power drill. The wolf looked at him as he let go of the neck. He growled at the boy who was shaking. Tsume pushed the boy out of the way and smirked at the wolf.
"How interesting," Tsume mused before backing up. He then started to run, leading the wolf away. The white wolf followed him as well as a smirking Unari.
'Finally, some action,' she thought following them. Gel also got up and followed them. Tsume led the white wolf up to roof of a ruined building. He soon showed himself as a grey wolf to the white one. Tsume went back to his disguise.
"That was quiet a stunt," he mused.
"I was protecting myself. That's all," the white wolf, Kiba, growled.
"Don't be so quick to kill," Tsume told him. Unari watched them from a far, with interest.
"What's wrong with killing?" Kiba asked, growling still.
"I don't know what mountain you came down from, but you're in the city now. There are rules," Tsume stated.
"Rules? Is running around this city with a pack of idiots one of the rules?" Kiba spat. Unari smirked at this.
'He has spunk,' she thought.
"I'm only using them," Tsume shrugged a little.
"You're rules stink like this city. What's the point of living if it means throwing away your pride?" Kiba growled at him angrily. Tsume glared at him.
"You've got a big mouth for someone half dead," he growled back. Unari watched at the two wolves attacked each other, drawing blood.
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A young woman in a tank, wearing a white and gold solar suit, opened her eyes. The parts of her eyes that were normally white were red. Her irises were pink, her short hair a shade lighter than her pink eyes. The two scientists that were there looked up and were shocked to see the young Flower Maiden awake. The female scientist ran out of the room then.
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There was loud barking and growling as Gel ran up the steps. That's when he saw the two fighting. Tsume was back in his human disguise and blocked Kiba from biting his neck by using his dagger. He then kicked Kiba's injured leg making Kiba back up. Tsume pushed him away and Gel ran up, waving his power drill at the wolf. Tsume was a little shocked to see the human boy help him. Kiba looked at Tsume before running off. Unari was amused.
'Kid's got guts, I'll admit that,' she thought before going after Kiba. Gel panted as he watched the wolf run off. He then looked at Tsume.
"Are you okay, Tsume?" He asked. He saw Tsume's forehead as the grey wolf gritted his teeth. "Hey, you're bleeding," he said going to touch it.
"Don't touch me!" Tsume growled at him making the poor boy jump back. Tsume stood. "And stay out of my business," he said walking passed Gel.
"I wanted to thank you. You saved my life back there. I always thought maybe you didn't care if one of your friends got killed. I guess I never thought I would be one of your friends," Gel said with a small smile.
"We're not friends," Tsume said making the boy turn.
"Huh?"
"It's just…I'm not like you people," Tsume said before leaving.
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"I've never seen this expression on her face before. Has the solution been altered?" A blond women with glasses covering her blue eyes asked.
"No, it's the same as always," the male scientist asked.
"Do you think that she's awakened?" The female scientist asked.
"According to the date we found the first thing Cheza showed a response to was blood, wasn't it?" The woman, Cher, asked.
"Wolf's blood you mean?" The female scientist asked.
"Yes, the smell of wolf's blood," Cher agreed.
"But what evidence is there that-?" The male scientists asked.
"None. Many things exist that can't be explained by scientific proof due to simply lack of evidence. Cheza herself is the crowning achievement of an alchemy that cannot be proved. The Flower Maiden and the wolves are being drawn to one another like an ancient scholar's fairy tale," Cher smiled looking at Cheza.
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Kida was near a spot and getting a drink of water. Unari had been following him and Kiba stopped.
"I know you're there. Come on out," he said. Unari chuckled and walked out in her wolf form. She was a blood red wolf with a white underbelly, her legs, her chin, and under her tail. Her eyes shined like green emeralds and her scent was intoxicating to Kiba. Let's just say it took all he could not to jump her right there. "Who are you?" He asked her.
"Isn't it common curtesy to say your name first before you ask for someone else's?" Unari asked in a teasing tone.
"Kiba," the white wolf told her.
"I'm Unari," the she wolf said walking up to him. "That was quite the show you two put on back there," she said to him.
"You saw that?" Kiba asked her.
"I wouldn't have mentioned it if I didn't see it," Unari pointing out with a small smirk. Kiba felt a little embarrassed. She looked him over. "You know, you wouldn't last five minutes here," she muttered.
"What does that mean?" Kiba asked offended.
"There's a reason we can put on a human disguise; so we don't get killed," she stated.
"What about your pride?" Kiba growled a little.
"Hun, I have always and always will have my pride. Be it wolf or disguise, I'm a pride filled woman," Unari said as she helped him walk.
"You shouldn't hide who you are," Kiba said looking at her.
"Can't always get what you want. The thing is, I prefer to live," Unari stated. There was suddenly a click of a gun. Unari and Kiba turned and Blue ran at them before jumping up. Kiba blocked Unari from the attack but ended up getting shot in the shoulder.
"Unari, get out of here!" Kiba told her.
"No Kiba-!"
"GO!" Kiba shouted. Unari saw the gun being aimed at her.
"I'll come find you," she said to Kiba before running off quickly. Kiba watched her run off, thanking the maker that she would be safe before he passed out as the police sirens went off.
'I will find you, Kiba. Just hang on,' Unari thought as she ran and turned into her disguise.
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"Quent Yaiden. So tell me; what brings the Sheriff of Kyrios to our humble city? That's some heavy artillery you have there, but I doubt you came all this way for the hunting," Hubb Lebowski said to him.
"What did you do with it?" Quent asked ignoring what the blond haired, green eyed man said. "Where's the animal I put down?"
"Dead apparently," Hubb answered making Quent look at him a little shocked. "The dead carcass will be disposed of here."
"That's impossible!" Quent exclaimed slamming his fist down on the table. "There's not a chance in hell that thing is dead! I have to see it with my own eyes! Don't you get it?! It's a wolf!" He told the younger man.
"You think it's a wolf?" Hubb asked a little shocked.
"It may look like a dog, but it's not. It's a wolf!" Quent stated. Hubb gave a disbelieving look. "You don't honestly think we wiped those things from the face of the planet, do you, detective?"
"The last appearance of a wolf was over two hundred years ago. Just how do you purpose they survived all this time? The mountains and forests have been stripped bare. There's nowhere on earth they could live or hide," Hubb told him.
"They're all around us!" Quent said standing up. "They've all just put us under some kind of spell!" He shouted making Hubb raise an eyebrow is disbelief. "These wolves exist and we have to destroy them all!" Quent growled.
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Unari walked in with a young man she had met on the way. His name was Hige and he's a light brown wolf with a big stomach and wears a collar with the number twenty-three on it. He has light brown hair and amber eyes. She led him to where she had caught Kiba's scent. When they walked into the room, they took their wolf forms to show what they were when Kiba opened his eyes a little. Outside in the halls, Hubb was talking with Cher.
"I figured this sort of thing might be under your jurisdiction," Hubb told her.
"So it's alive?" Cher asked.
"Just barely, but it's only a matter of time," Hubb answered.
"That's sounds like the two of us," Cher said to him. Hubb looked at her as they walked.
"We're not over yet. All we have to do is keep trying," he said to her.
"I'm not so sure," Cher said with a small smile. They walked into the room where Hige and Unari were in their disguises.
"Hey, what are you doing? What department are you with?" A blond man asked. The wild haired boy scratched his head nervously as the burgundy haired girl fake giggled.
"Oh, sorry about that," Hige said to them.
"We were looking for cleaning supplies and we kind of got lost," Unari said with a fake blush in her cheeks to make her look embarrassed.
"The cleaning crew, huh? Just go out that door and it's on the right," Hubb told them.
"Oh, it is? Thanks," Hige smiled before he left with Unari.
"Idiots," Unari muttered when they were far enough away. Hige snickered at her.
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"So, do you think it's really a wolf?" Hubb asked as Cher stepped up and looked at the bloodied animal.
"I don't know. I've never seen a real one before. But if it is a wolf, it may be what's causing the sudden reaction in Cheza," Cher said.
"Oh please, not Cheza again," Hubb groaned a little.
"What's that mean?" Cher asked offended, looking at him over her shoulder.
"It's because of her you and I broke up," Hubb muttered. Cher put her hands on her hips.
"Stop acting like an idiot, Hubb and bring this up to the lab," she said with a tiny glare.
"I'll have someone do it later. Dogs and I don't get alone all that well. I'm kinda allergic to them," Hubb said scratching the back of his neck. Cher sighed.
"This is the reason you and I would never work," she muttered.
"I don't know. Maybe it is just a matter of time," Hubb mused.
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Outside there were trucks being unloaded with goods and there was security guarding the place. Watching from afar were Tsume and his gang of humans. Tsume looked over and sent a wave that said to get ready. He looked over and saw Gel.
"I'm coming with you guys. I wanna fight," he said looking at Tsume. "I wanna help you. Just tell me what to do," Gel said to him. Tsume contemplated it before agreeing.
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Hige and Unari walked back over to the cage after the two humans left. Both bent down in front of the cage.
"Man, you really screwed up," Hige said to him. "I mean, I've seen one of us get caught before, but never this badly," he said as he resting his cheek on his hand.
"I can get out of this thing whenever I feel like it," Kiba said peeping an eye open.
"Uh huh. So why are you in there?" Hige asked him.
"I just needed a place to rest for a while, that's all," Kiba replied.
"That and to save my tail apparently," Unari muttered making Kiba looked at her. Hige chuckled.
"I'm Hige. It's nice to meet ya," Hige said to them.
"So why are you in here anyway?" Kiba asked both wolves.
"I promised I would get you out," Unari stated.
"No reason. It smelled like something interesting was going to happen and I just followed my nose, ya know? Besides, I got nowhere else to go," Hige told him.
"That's not your true form. Why do you hide yourselves?" Kiba asked them.
'Here we go again,' Unari thought with a sigh.
"So we don't end up where you are. These people are terrified of us. So you know, if we look like them they pretty much leave us alone," Hige said to him.
"You're living a lie just so you can die a miserable death in this city?" Kiba growled.
"Gotta do what you can to survive, right? Keep looking like that and you'll end up back here in no time. It draws too much attention," Hige said to him.
"That's what I told him before," Unari said to Hige. Kiba stood, growling.
"Have you given up your pride as a wolf?" Kiba asked glaring. Unari gave an amused look to him.
"You're a strange one alright. But having pride doesn't count for much if you're dead, you know," Unari said to him with a small smile. Kiba looked at me a little shocked.
"Listen to what she says. She took the words right out of my mouth," Hige chuckle.
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The sirens were blowing in the speakers as the security guards were shooting at the humans and Tsume as they ran to get away with the goods they grabbed.
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Kiba used his teeth to break the bars. Unari changed into her true form and started helping Kiba to get him out quicker.
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Tsume kept running, Gel was behind him and stopped when it came to the bullets in front of him. He then started running again, trying to balance on the piping.
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Three shadows of wolves appeared on the wall as two males and a female walked. Unari looked at Kiba and wrapped his arm around her shoulder while hers went around his waist. It made them look like a couple and helped him with his limp. Kiba looked at her, gratefulness in his now sea blue eyes. Unari gave a small smile to him.
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Gel slipped and dropped the package and his power drill, hanging on to one of the smaller pipes. He looked down and gasped.
"Tsume!" He called making the said wolf stop. Tsume dropped his goods and ran over. He went to grab Gel and turned into his wolf before, grabbing Gel by the shoulder with his teeth. Gel screamed in fear making Tsume drop him. Tsume sat there frozen as he watched Gel fall to his death.
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Kiba, Unari, and Hige walked out of the building. Kiba looked at Hubb over his shoulder a little. A man ran out.
"Sir, that big dog is gone!" He said.
"What?!" Hubb asked before running back inside with Cher. Kiba, Hige, and Unari just kept walking. Cher and Hubb made it back to the room and looked at the empty cage with shock. "It's gone. You think someone stole it?"
"Could be or maybe it escaped on its own," Cher said looking at the bars that were apart, teeth marks on them.
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"Your wounds, have they healed?" Hige asked Kiba.
"Yeah. After all, it's a full moon tonight," Kiba replied.
"So why did you two come to his crummy town anyway?" Hige asked, sitting on piping. Kiba was laying down, looking at the sky and Unari was sitting next to him.
"I smelled something. The scent of lunar flower. It's here in this city," Kiba answered.
"I caught the same scent and was curious," Unari said as well.
"Yeah, I know. My nose can tell when a dog's taking a dump ten kilometers away," Hige said to them.
"Yeah? That must really stink," Kiba said looking over at him.
"Sure does," Hige said with a sheepish grin. Unari smiled at them and Kiba returned that smile to her.
"So, why did you two escape with me?" Kiba asked them curious.
"I don't know, I just felt like it I guess," Hige said.
"Honestly, you seem kind of interesting," Unari smirked a little at Kiba.
"So what's next? Where you headed?" Hige asked Kiba.
"To Paradise," Kiba answered shocking Unari and Hige. "There isn't any moonlight in this place," he murmured. Hige gave a small smile.
"Paradise, huh? That sounds like fun," Hige smirked a little.
"My name is Kiba," the white wolf told him. Unari looked up at the moon.
"Paradise…what a load of crap," she muttered making the boys look at her shocked. Kiba frowned hearing that.
"You don't believe in Paradise?" He asked her.
"No, I don't. The only thing there is, is hell. My father and brother tried to find it, they ended up dead. That's all 'Paradise' is….a road to death," she said not looking at them. Kiba looked at her and saw the sadness and anger in her eyes. Somehow, he would get her to Paradise. He would get her to believe.