HEY! I know its been like more than a year since my last update but I lost this story. Not that I literally lost it but it was gone from my head. I mean there was nothing in my mind when I wanted to write. It was all gone. And then it happened. I heard a song called "War" by Poets of the Fall and it all came back. That song should be listened to by anyone who likes this story. It is so damn perfect for it that its almost unrealistic. If this were a series and were to have an opening that song would have to be it.
Thanks for reading in spite of the HUGE time gap!
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Chapter Four: New Alliance
Two forces
Different by far.
Similar by far.
Joined by blood ties,
by bloodshed
by blood thirst
Two forces. Alike
Two forces that meet in the
Alliance of the blood.
"What are we going to do now?" asked Midori to the red eyed.
"We must raise our numbers, that's a fact. However I must say that I am not very familiar with the surroundings and have no particular idea of where to find any potential warriors" said the Setter with a somehow humble tone.
"I think all we need is a good strategy and numbers won't matter. The Aswald have won many battles against the Garderobe that way" said Midori. There was a short silence that was broken by a tiny voice which forced every dog to lower their gaze.
"Considering the Fuka army has gotten its numbers up to 269 members from which about 100 are experienced soldiers, I regard Shizuru-san's decision as wise" said Yukino "And as an experienced strategist I do have some knowledge about packs close by" Midori felt a smile coming to her lips, that dachshund was certainly something.
"Will they join us?" added Haruka, with a somehow scared tone "I mean, not even the Alpha unit was eager to join the Bubuzuke, what will make this dogs any different?"
"South East of Garderobe territory there is a medium sized pack, about 100 dogs, who call themselves the Artai, who will probably join our cause. They were very loyal yo your father, Shizuru-san, but I doubt Hiro has had time to report his death to them"
"We better hurry then, before that bastard makes his way ahead of us" said Natsuki, being this the first time she had talked during the whole meeting.
"You are mostly right Natsuki however, me must consider that after the recent battle our troops deserve some rest" all the present dogs felt relieved "We'll leave tomorrow morning"
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"I'm beat" said certain half wolf, as she allowed her body to fall over the deer skins she had just acquired after a well deserved meal.
"I am very tired too, my Natsuki" added Shizuru, who was sitting about a meter away. The half wolf couldn't help but to be attracted by the gaze that the other dog had upon her eyes. Those were the eyes of someone strong, of someone with a purpose. That was perhaps what she liked the most about her. Besides, of course, of the sweetness she applied in her words when they were directed to her when in private.
"I missed that" the green eyed blushed, having just noticed what she had said. The setter turned around puzzled and asked.
"Missed what?" Natsuki blushed even more. Nervously she directed her eyes to the floor.
"Uh... Well..." she had nothing to lose, she should just say it. It was not like there was anyone else around to listen to her words. Just her and her Shizuru "You are different with me when we are alone... More... Intimate"
"And Natsuki likes that?" the red eyed walked towards her guardian and laid down next to her. She was just too cute. It was amazing how the half wolf, who was so ferocious at times of battle, could be so sweet with her. She felt the black one cuddling with her and couldn't help but to do the same. Once more their furs brushed, almost losing their colors in each other, combining as if red, white and brown, where the most harmonic combination ever to be formed.
"Yes" the half wolf said "I like it a lot, my Shizuru" the Setter turned around to face the other one. The emphasis she placed on the possessive pronoun was almost scary. Almost. It had been sweet, actually, kind of heartwarming. Shizuru sometimes couldn't understand what had gotten her so close to the half wolf. Perhaps it was the deepness in her green gaze. There was something really warm in her eyes, something that made her feel safe when she was by her side. Gently she licked the other one's muzzle.
"I love you Natsuki" she said, as she positioned herself to sleep. She didn't expect the black and white one to answer.
Natsuki wasn't ready to say it yet, but it was obvious she felt the same way or at least she thought so. Placing her head as close as she could to the Setter, she drifted to dreams.
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"NATSUKI" she heard in the dark "HELP ME NATSUKI" she opened her eyes, frightened. What had happened? The last thing she remembered was falling asleep next to Shizuru. Had something happened? She looked at her side and there was no sign of the Setter. She stood up quickly, where those words of desperation part of her dream? Or where they part of reality?
"Shizuru!" she called. There was no answer. She felt desperate. What had happened? "SHIZURU!" she called again, her voice breaking. If something had happened to her...
"What is it my guardian?" right behind her said brown furred appeared, lightly wagging her tail. The half wolf, unable to say anything coherent ran towards her, making her fall to the floor "What's the matter of concern Natsuki?"
"I...I think I had a nightmare" she admitted, feeling more than embarrassed. She couldn't remember the last time she had had one. Perhaps as a pup, living with the wolves.
"Oh well I had to answer a call from nature" she joked "But I know how to keep bad dreams away" the red eyed said with a glimpse of malice in her eyes.
"H-How?" the half wolf asked, a little bit scared at the other one's gaze.
"Just allow me to comfort you, my half wolf" Shizuru replied as she cuddled with the black and white one. Natsuki blushed as she felt her muzzle next to the Setter's. Not before had they slept so very close, not again would they sleep in any other fashion.
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"¡RED EYED!" Midori called, but the Otome leader was nowhere to be seen. Dammit! Where the hell was she? She needed orders or she was going to explode. She had that quality, or she had a mission or she would go crazy. As a leader that was not a problem, since she could assigns herself tasks. But now that she was under the Setter's command, the Collie needed instructions.
"Calm down" said Youko "It's still pretty early and the troops are tired" the Border Collie walked next to the long haired one and gently rubbed her body against the other one's. Midori flinched.
"That behavior, coming from a leader, is not acceptable..." she took a deep breath and exhaled as hard as she could "I'm really bored Youko... I can't be just standing here I need to..."
"You need to rest. You have recently recovered from a broken leg" she wagged her tail and moved her head to one side, trying to convince the other one with a cute face. It worked, of course.
"You know I can do nothing when you look at me like that Youko" she giggled a little bit, but quickly regained her usual self as she saw the Setter and the half wolf appearing in the distance.
"Midori, Youko, we are leaving now, will you please assemble the troops for departure?" said Shizuru with a kind but still strong tone. The alluded ones nodded and quickly ran to fulfill the assigned task. The red eyed one had that effect, she could easily make others obey her commands.
"Shizuru-san" a tiny voice appeared and Shizuru knew exactly who that was. She looked down into wisdom filled eyes.
"Yukino-san" she greeted, as Natsuki quietly sat behind her. Somehow Natsuki's guardian-like attitude was what made her so charming.
"We are soon to depart?" the brown haired nodded, somehow respectfully. If there was someone in Fuka that she considered invaluable, it was Yukino. She was glad the dachshund was on her side and not on Hiro's. She knew she would have been lost if the little one developed strategies for that bastard.
"Where exactly are the Artai located?"
"About 50 kilometers South East of here is the main base of the Artai, we may arrive there tonight if we do not stop running" Yukino said. Such exact data was typical of her. One could wonder how, being so short, she could see so much.
"Bubuzuke!" that voice pierced her ears but she gently turned around and asked the golden what was the matter. Irritated the golden one answered "The collie said something I didn't quite understand. Something about compacture"
"Departure, Haruka-chan"
"Yes, we are leaving soon" she was about to say something else but was interrupted by a husky voice.
"They are all here Shizuru" it was Natsuki, who had decided to speak for the first time in the morning, perhaps to interrupt the golden, as she knew the Setter was not very fond of her voice. Nothing personal of course, it was just unbearably screechy.
"Very well" Shizuru replied. She took a deep breath. It was time to leave. She looked into green eyes and felt a lot more calm. She knew that as long as Natsuki was with her everything would be okay. Hiro was doomed. She was going to kill that Belgian bastard "Otome, we shall depart now... Mai, Yukino, Haruka, Midori, Youko, Shinta behind me" The ones that were called walked up to the front, knowing they had been chosen as the elite. But they were all aware there was someone else between them and the rightful heir to the Fuka lands "Natsuki, next to me"
They smiled at each other.
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The Otome ran for a complete day. All of them were completely exhausted when their red eyed leader declared it was time for a rest. Most of them just laid down where they were due to exhaustion. Others, however, had other things in mind. Certain orange colored Akita had a sudden urge and was about to consult her almost newfound friend to accompany her in a little trip.
"Hey Natsuki" Mai called as she walked towards the half wolf. The black and white one turned around to face her and wagged her tail as she recognized her friend.
"Hi ya Mai" she answered.
"I knew I should be tired but I am REALLY hungry and so is Takumi so I was wandering if you might want to..." she couldn't finish the sentence as halfway through it the one she was talking to vanished from her sight and reappeared a couple of meters behind her.
"Let's go!" she called, playfully moving her tail and making her ears fall behind her head. The Akita sighed at the puppy like attitude of the other one and rushed towards her.
Watching the scene from the distance was a sandy brown Irish Setter who felt a mixture between happiness and jealousy. She was glad Natsuki had found a friends in the pack but she also meant to spend her free time with her beloved guardian. Lost in her thoughts, the Setter didn't manage to listen to Yukino the first seven times she called for her.
"Shizuru-san!" she snapped and looked down into irritated wisdom filled eyes.
"I am deeply sorry Yukino-san I happened to be lost in my thoughts. What's the matter?" she asked, with the most calm and apologetic voice she could use.
"We are very close to the Artai's main camp. I think we should send an expedition in a couple of hours to determine exactly how far away we actually are and maybe make an introduction" the dachshund said. Shizuru nodded. Yukino was such a great help, she thought, she was glad she had earned her trust.
"Please inform Midori about this. Tell her to take ten dogs with her and leave in two hours. Do not engage in any conflict, please be clear to her in that" the red eyed ordered. The other one obeyed.
Being at the top was kinda neat.
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"Hey Mai!" Natsuki said, as she saw the Akita lounge at yet another rabbit "You are incredibly good at this, this is the ninth rabbit!" the alluded one smiled and took the corpse of her pray with the other ones, which rested upon a wooden carcass.
"You aren't bad either Natsuki, you got almost half of them!" Mai said. She knew she was a very good hunter. She had to learn, since her mother died and someone had to take care of Takumi. The half wolf was almost as good as her, she had to admit. Almost.
"Yeah" Natsuki accepted as she began pushing the carcass with the hunt "Mind to help oh mighty one?"
Mai laughed, as she trotted next to her friend and helped her with the transportation. It had been quite a productive afternoon and they had bonded even more. There was some weird chemistry between them that made them almost instant best friends. That was what, definitely, made Natsuki realize that between her and the Setter, there was something else going on. She liked the purple eyed but there was something else with Shizuru.
And in Mai's friendship the half wolf recognized she was in love with the long haired one.
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"Shizuru-sama" a voice called her and she turned around. She was waiting for her guardian to come back to her. She missed her and was somehow angry at her for not telling her when she was coming back exactly.
"What's the matter Shinta?" the blue (1) Pittbull mix gasped for air, as if he had been running for quite a while.
"We met the Artai" he breathed heavily and sat down "Their leader is a young white Bull terrier by the name of Nagi and they are willing to form an alliance with you under one condition"
"And what would this be?" Shinta took a short moment to answer, as if he was planning on how to present the case to the Setter.
"They have heard about the half wolf and they say they won't join you unless you let them kill her" Shizuru's eyes widened for a moment. Keeping her calm demeanor was getting harder every day.
"Wha-What?" she mumbled. The Pittbull mix sighed.
"I know its atrocious, Shizuru-sama, but they claim wolves are the biggest threat to their territory and would like to take the chance to make an example out of her" One thing and only one thing came to the red eyed's mind. No way. There was no way. For what she cared the Artai could join her or not but Natsuki, her guardian, her half wolf... No way.
"I shall speak to them and reach an agreement" she raised herself from were she had been standing and, knowing Natsuki was still with Mai, she asked the blue furred one to lead her to the Artai. He hesitated, but the look one his leader's face told him to hurry. After calling for Midori the three of them began their way to meet the Bull Terrier's pack.
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"Mai!" Natsuki called as the Shiba Inu was left behind.
"Natsuki I can't run as fast as you, you know? I'm like half your size!" the half wolf smiled and stopped, allowing her friend to catch up with her.
"Sorry, I've gotten used to running next to Shizuru and she's even faster than me" once the purple eyed one reached her they began walking, Natsuki pushing on a wooden carcass that held their hunt.
"Yeah, Shizuru-sama is amazingly fast and strong"
They chatted as they walked back to camp when they run into Shinta, Midori and Shizuru. The three dogs stopped next to them.
"What's going on?" the black and white one questioned.
"Nothing to worry about Natsuki" lied the Setter "We're meting with the Artai to make an agreement"
"Let me drop this off and I'll go with you" her guardian stated.
"Shizuru-sama I don't think that's a good idea the Artai want the half wolf dead" Shinta whispered at the leader's ear. She nodded lightly.
"No. You'll stay here and watch the pack while we are gone" the red eyed said, looking directly into light green eyes.
"There is no way I'm going to let you go without me what if something goes wrong and..." Natsuki was interrupted abruptly.
"Natsuki! Its not a suggestion. Its and ORDER and you will obey it" Shizuru said, coldly. The alluded one shivered and regained her usual demeanor, as if she had just noticed there were others around.
"Yes, Shizuru. I apologize for what I said" she turned around and retook pushing the wooden carcass.
"Good luck, leader" Mai said making a small bow and rushing towards the black and white one.
"That's gotta be the most I've ever heard her speak" Midori exclaimed "She has her temper eh red eyed?"
"Indeed. But she's jut worried about me..." she sighted. She actually felt pretty bad for having spoken to her like that but experience had thought her that that was the only way in which she would obey "Lets go" Shizuru said and they retook their way.
She could hear the faint noise of Natsuki's angry footsteps.
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The Artai territory wasn't very vast as they were not a huge pack, but it was quite beautiful. Winter was ending and the remaining snow had placed itself atop the trees. Flowers, butterflies and trees caught her eyes and a gentle breeze touched her face. It reminded her of Fuka.
"There he is" Shinta said to her and pointed his nose towards tall rock. On top of it was Nagi, their leader.
"You must be Shizuru" he said as soon as the laid eyes upon the Setter. There was definitely something about the tone the Bull terrier used that got her nerves. The Artai base resembled Fuka in many ways. The same shelters, the same coexistence. But she felt fear and blood lust in the air.
"Yes, indeed I am" she couldn't lose her temper. Not even when she was facing someone that had wished to murder her guardian.
"So, have you brought the half wolf?" Nagi asked, as the dogs surrounding him let out different laughs.
"No" the laughing stopped "There is no way I would sacrifice Natsuki"
"Then why are you here? I told your mutts that was going to be the only way in which the Artai would help you"
"I believe you had an alliance with my father an in name of that past alliance is that I request your help"
"Sorry gal, but that is no going to happen. You see I have just gotten up here and I never knew your father at all so I don't really care about this" Nagi stepped forward, looming over Shizuru with an evil grin upon his face "The Artai will soon conquer Garderobe, the Aswald and even Fuka. I don't really care if I fight you or that Belgian Shepherd. However, if an offering is made we could reconsider"
"I am sorry to hear that. The I'll be on my leave" astonished, Shinta and Midori followed Shizuru as she began walking away.
"W-Wait!" the Bull terrier called with a different voice "That's it?"
"I have no intention of sacrificing Natsuki" said the red eyed without turning around.
"Okay, okay... Then let's make another deal" Shizuru smiled for herself. Male dogs are easy to control, they are just too proud.
"What do you suggest Nagi-san?" she said, the last word said with somehow a picking tone.
"If you can defeat my strongest warriors we shall follow you. If you are defeated however you will accompany us in conquering Fuka" Shizuru suppressed a smile. That was more like her kind of deal.
"I take the challenge, Artai. I, Shizuru of the Otome, agree to your terms"
"Very well then... Yuuichi, Takeda, Kazuhiko" he called, and three Kai Inu, orange, black and brown respectively, appeared behind him. They looked strong, but nothing Shizuru couldn't handle.
"Midori, Shinta" she ordered "Under no circumstances interrupt the battle" both of her subordinates nodded scared at how red her eyes looked. Fighting was never a thing Shizuru really liked, but showing her strength in front of those who would soon follow her was the greatest opportunity.
"We'll see if the Perfect Warrior from Fuka can handle this" quite an audience had gathered around them. Shizuru could estimate those were about one hundred dogs that, according to Yukino's data, was the complete pack. This was her shot "Attack!" Nagi ordered his minions and the three Kai Inu lounged at the Setter. She jumped, avoiding the three of them, landing right behind them. She intended to attack the brown one but was intercepted by Yuuichi with a bite to the neck. It hurt like hell, he sure had a strong grasp.
But she was Shizuru after all.
The red eyed violently moved her head, making the Kai Inu that held her neck smash against the one she had originally intended to attack. The grasp on her neck was gone and so she took the chance to bite at the third dog's face. That was technique she learned from her father. When facing multiple enemies it was best to undermine them rather than killing them the regular way. Biting the face blinded them and made them undergo extreme pain. Takeda backed off and moves his head sideways, as if trying to regain eyesight. She hadn't bitten that deep, he would be okay in a couple of days.
"Dammit Takeda get a hold of yourself!" the Artai leader yelled as he saw the black furred dog desperately walking backwards. Shizuru smiled at the Terrier's desperation.
"You bitch!" the scream got her ears too late and she felt fangs piercing through her skin at her back. She smiled at the pain. Perfect position. Before the other Kai Inu could react she ran towards a tree and clawed her way up, once she was at least a couple meters above the ground she let herself fall to the ground. She noticed, as the dog at her back convulsed in agony, it was the brown one, Kazuhiko that had attempted an attack to her back.
"Its futile" she whispered, looking at the fallen Kai Inu. The black one, which she had already blinded tried to attack her. At the same time the orange one attempted the same from the other side. Perfect. She jumped and they almost collided against each other, Yuuichi stopping just in time and taking a bite of her hind leg. She fell hard to the ground and felt her neck was held by two pairs of powerful fangs. Takeda and Yuuichi both bit hard on her neck.
"That's more like it" Nagi said with a smirk on his muzzle once again, wagging his tail sideways in a teasing manner.
"Midori... Should we interrupt?" Shinta whispered in the collie's ear.
"She said not too" the green eyed stated. But should we? She wondered as she saw the Otome leader began to cease moving. But it wasn't for long. With both her hind legs she kicked up Yuuichi so hard he let go of her neck. She then proceeded to turn her head violently to a side, standing up and making the blinded one hit the orange one. As fast as she could she ran towards Yuuichi, who she noticed was the strongest, and bit his neck as strongly as he had bitten hers. Not wanting to kill him she let go and retreated. The three fallen Kai Inu began standing up, too weak to walk.
"I do not want to kill your warriors Nagi" Shizuru said, the pain starting to appear in her body. Her neck was killing her and so was her back, but the worst pain was her right hind paw.
"Well Shizuru nice battle but I may take this chance to kill you!" the Bull Terrier jumped at her, fangs shinning, jaws wide open. She tried to jump but her hind paw failed. Midori and Shinta prepared to defend her but the enemy suddenly disappeared from sight.
In a flash of black and white.
"Be glad you didn't touch her or you would be dead right now" the half wolf stood in front of the Setter in an offensive stance, looking directly at the Bull Terrier with hatred. Got here just in time Natsuki thought to herself. Luckily for Nagi she didn't know about the conditions he had wanted to apply to the alliance with the Otome.
"So, you must be the wolf..." he shivered and Natsuki liked that.
"Half wolf" she corrected and stepped towards him aggressively "Any problem with that?"
"Back off!" Nagi yelled, as he took a step backwards. Seemed the apparently brave Artai leader was scared of wolves, Shizuru thought.
"Natsuki stop!" the Setter called angrily and instinctively the other one obeyed and walked towards her, with a guilty look on her face. She had disobeyed her, she had followed her when instructed other way, her beloved one was probably mad at her.
Indeed she was, like hell, but now was not the time to be apparent.
Midori and Shinta stood next to their leader defensively, growling with fangs exposed and tails straight up and tense.
"Nagi, you attempted to kill me... For that I should have your live but I will content myself with your support against Hiro" Nagi tried to regain composure, not wanting to look weak in front of his pack.
"Very well. You defeated my strongest warriors as we agreed. Thirty of my dogs shall join you" he said with an angry tone "Units two, six and eleven... You shall go with her"
"But, boss..." Kazuhiko, who had just stood up, said "I don't want to..."
"Just do it!" Nagi yelled "I don't want you to be back unless Fuka has already been retrieved by her" every word he said sounded more and more upset and his eyes never left the half wolf's.
"Thanks Nagi" Shizuru said "I won't forget your kindness" her leg hurt like hell but she smiled for the Bull Terrier.
The thirty dogs assembled and amongst them were Kazuhiko, Takeda and Yuuichi. Shizuru was happy to have the Kai Inu by her side. Those three were quite strong and had tasted her strength, which would keep them in place.
As she walked away with her new followers she felt a body against hers, easing the pain it was to walk with her injured limb. She expected it to be Natsuki and prepared to give her the cold eyes for doing against her instructions but the fur that she saw when she looked to her side was not black and white.
"Well done red eyed" Midori said and moved her head sideways "No...Well done leader"
A smile came to her face.
"Thank you Midori"
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The Otome leader was mad at her. She knew it. Her eyes, which normally shone with love and tenderness were now absent of any feeling. Natsuki looked at her, as she watched over the pack. They were getting close to a hundred members.
"Shi-Shizuru" the half wolf called.
"What is it?" the tone was cold and scary and she felt herself shivering.
"I'm sorry I disobeyed" she said, lowering her face in sign of submission. She felt that something hit her side and found herself laying on her back. On top oh her shone red eyes.
"Never again" the Setter said "You will never again do against what I say"
"I was worried about you I..." she couldn't finish the sentence. She felt a light bite at her throat.
"I am strong enough to protect myself" the red eyed said between her teeth.
"Then... You don't need me?" Natsuki yelled "You are hurt! I can't stand that! I must protect you Shizuru... If something were to happen to you I..."
"I understand that Natsuki! But I am leader of a pack, of a freshly formed pack! If not even my guardian, my right hand, obeys me what will the others think of me?" Natsuki yanked herself out of her grasp and reverted the position.
"Excuse me for worrying about you! I can't help it! When I saw you were hurt I fell like I had failed!"
"So its about failing or winning? Its a duty for you?" somewhere inside of her, Shizuru felt heartbroken "Its just a duty then?" her anger about the disobeyed command vanished as sadness took over her.
"It is a duty" Natsuki said "But its also more than that..."
"Even with that" Shizuru once again pined her against the ground "You must do as I say"
"Sometimes I can't" the half wolf stated with a stern look.
"Why is that?"
"Because I love you, Shizuru" the look on the Setter's eyes transformed completely to a shocked one. That was the first time Natsuki had said she lover her. Her heart skipped a beat. Or maybe two "That's why I can't be like the others. They respect and care for you and so do I. But I love you too much to let you get hurt, even if you command me too"
"If you love me... Then do as I say next time" she let go of Natsuki and walked back. The half wolf stood up and gently reached towards the other one's muzzle and lick it.
"I'll try"
"I guess that's enough" Shizuru smiled a true smile and Natsuki felt as if a boulder had been lifted off her shoulders. The leader of the Otome turned around and once again sat and looked at her pack. Her guardian walked and sat next to her. They weren't touching at fist, so the half wolf moved a little bit closer as the Setter did the same. The warmth of the other made them feel complete.
"I love you" the green eyed said.
"I love you too" responded the red gazed one. She sighted "Do you think we can do it?" she asked.
"Do what?"
"Defeat Hiro, get Fuka back..."
"Of course we will... I promised I would kill that Belgian bastard" there was hatred in those last words as she remembered Hiro.
"Will you be with me until the end of this?"
"No" Natsuki said "I'll be with you beyond the end"
"I didn't know Natsuki was so good with words..." Shizuru turned around, trying to hide a faint blush.
"Me neither..."
Silence.
"Why do you think they are fighting for?" the Setter asked out of the blue.
"I don't know... Why do you ask?"
"I feel like the reason behind a fight is the only thing that can justify the bloodshed..." she sighted "I fight to avenge my father and to protect Fuka from Hiro's leadership... To protect all the wild dog packs from his tyranny..."
"I guess the Aswald and the Fuka dogs fight for that too... The Artai I yet don't trust..." She looked at the pack and noticed the clear division between those two groups she had marked. She couldn't trust the dogs from that pack so easily when their leader had attempted to kill her loved one.
"Why do you fight my guardian?" she had a general idea of what the other one was going to answer but the blush that she had tried to hide appeared in her face again when the half wolf replied.
"I only need your name, Shizuru, to call the reason why I fight" (2)
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(1) Blue: when I say blue I don't mean blue. There is coloring for dogs that is called blue. A good example of this would be Junior from "The Dog Whisperer" who is a nice example of a blue pittbull. I didn't want to make Shinta a pure pittbull because he is not that strong and because and interesting character will be assigned that breed.
(2) "I only need your name, Shizuru, to call the reason why I fight": this is an adaptation of a line from the song "War" by Poets of the Fall which I mentioned before. You should REALLY listen to it. If I were to pick a theme song for Ginga Nagareboshi Natsuki it would be that one. It fits perfectly, as if Shizuru and Natsuki sang it together.