As the night passed by many hours later, Dororo woke up to check on Koyuki. As he turned around, he noticed she wasn't there.
"What!? Oh no... Did she leave? No... It didn't happen. She's not that!" He looked outside the window and saw the clouds clear away from the night sky, revealing the full moon. Dororo froze in his place, denying to believe it. As soon as he heard a wolf's howl, he knew it was very real. He had to go look for her.
He went to her futon and examined anything she could've left behind. No luck, so he went outside to find a trail. Dororo then came across a bush that had a piece of clothing on it. He recognized it right away and kept searching.
"Assassin magic: Eyes of Truth!"
As he used his technique, the vision only showed him Koyuki had ran away and got her sleeve caught in the bush, then ran off in the same dirrection she was going to. Dororo followed that trail and kept running til he reached the river. He found footprints on the wet soil by the water. He identified it closely and kept following. He followed til the prints got bigger by each step, then saw the tips of claws had began to form, hence the dots above the toes. Then it stopped when it looked like the person formed paw pads on their feet. No doubt, it was Koyuki's footprints at the beginning of the trail. Dororo rubbed his head and looked around for any more tracks. There was nothing else to find.
Suddenly, he heard the cry of a deer being killed. He followed the sound and came to a stop when he found an animal eating it.
The creature sniffed and chewed loudly, enjoying its little feast. Blood splattered everywhere and the sour smell stug Dororo's nostrils. He doesnt even know why he's still watching it. It just seems that the animal had some torn clothing on it. Then it looked up and sniffed the air, knowing someone's around its territory.
As soon as the animal turned around, Dororo's heart skipped a beat, knowing that the animal's face had the same features as Koyuki's. Same as the night before. It is Koyuki.
She still retained her spikey hair style, but her hair color blended with her brown fur. Dororo didnt know what to do. He was still frozen in fear, like last time. Koyuki stood up on her hind legs, looking into Dororo's eyes with her glowing blue eyes. She growled and walked towards him, her mouth drooling with hunger and pain. Everything she is feeling, is all in her eyes. She was then no closer than a foot away from Dororo, then crouched down and sniffed him. Now her face was about an inch apart from Dororo's face. Koyuki kept sniffing to identify him, then the glowing in her eyes faded and she flattened her ears, then began to whimper. Dororo snapped out of his fear and realized whats going on.
"K-Koyuki?..." Dororo asked to make sure she remembered her name.
She looked up at him and cried more. She nuzzled his chest and looked at him. Dororo sighed and pet her muzzle. Koyuki grabbed him and licked his face, purring, feeling a little better with his company.
Suddenly, Koyuki heard something and stood alert. She sniffed the air and grabbed Dororo close to her. Koyuki began growling as the dark wolf who attacked them before, stepped out into the field. Koyuki pushed Dororo back and stepped foward to face the wolf. Koyuki dashed towards it to make the first strike. The dark wolf dodged her attack and slashed her stomach. The wolf grabbed her tail and threw her into a tree.
Dororo couldnt handle seeing her get hurt, so he decided to do something about it. He unsheathed his sword and ran at the wolf with lighting speed. As he was going to strike at it, the wolf somehow stopped time and scratched Dororo in the chest, then crashed down, hitting his head on a rock Koyuki struggled to get up, roaring at the dark wolf.
Then it began to rain and Koyuki stood up, holding her stomach from bleeding as it slowly healed. She still had a lot energy, but doesn't think it will last long enough.
The dark wolf ran towards her scratched her face, and punched her gut. Koyuki wheezed out her breath then dodged the next move the wolf pull off. She ran around it and grabbed its arm and threw the wolf to the ground. Pacing her foot on its back, she began twisting its arm until cracking could be heard. The wolf roared in pain and smacked Koyuki off of it.
She jumped at it again, choking the wolf and biting its scruff. It growled and broke free and punched her nose. When Koyuki looked up at it, the wolf vanished into the air. She growled at her defeat, but looked for Dororo soon after.
She found Dororo bleeding to death after his head smacked onto the rock. Koyuki whimpered in shock and picked him up and went to get help. She figured she couldn't do anything with this form, so she ran to Natsumi's house.
As soon as she reached the yard, Giroro woke up and saw Dororo in Koyuki's arms. He summoned his weapons and aimed at her.
"What did you do to him!" He yelled, assuming Koyuki hurt Dororo.
She looked at him with pleading eyes and put Dororo down, begging Giroro to help. Giroro put his weapon down and went to Dororo's side.
"Shit what did you do!?" He yelled and grabbed a first aid kit and patched up the wound on Dororo's head.
"That should hold off til I get him inside." He carried Dororo inside the house and down to the base. Koyuki followed him until they both reached Kururu's laboratory.
'Please Dororo... Be ok..' Koyuki thought to herself