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Chapter 25. High Tide, High Time
The next thing I knew was that I was running in the direction of the gunshots. I had a very bad feeling, I didn't know what the feeling meant but something in my gut told me. I soon lost track of Kiba and Tsume, because they hesitated when I ran towards the sound. I knew someone was hurt when the smell of blood caught my nose, I'm not bragging but I could probable smell blood before anyone else. For certain reasons... I turned to my human form when I came to a clearing where the dust seemed to settle down. My eyes searched the area for a few moments, until my eyes saw something that almost made my heart stop. Their was two figures lying down in the snow. One was Toboe... I ran to his side, and once I got there I knelt down.
"T-T-Toboe?..." I asked reaching towards the pup, my hand resting on his head. I gasped tears came out of my eyes and spilled over my checks. Toboe's fur was blood stained and his skin was cold and hard as a rock; the pup was... dead...
"Toboe!" I yelled. "Dont leave! Please not again!" I didn't want him to die, he couldn't die! I considered him as the brother that I never had. Heck he was my brother! I didn't want to lose him, I thought about Lexy... I had failed her, her death was because of me! I should have gone with Toboe, and then maybe he would still be alive. Was his death also my fault?! Lexy died protecting me, I should have returned the favor. Toboe...
I put my hands on my head and let out a scream since I couldn't think straight.
"Toboe!" Tsume yelled falling to his knees near the pup. I didn't see them show up; I guess they just got here. Kiba looked shocked he then ran off into some direction. I looked at Toboe, more tears coming out. I had just seen him a few minutes ago, he was smiling. If only I knew, then I would cherished that time we had spent together; when we first met and then just recently in Jaguara's city, and the many more times before that... Cheza walked slowly over to Toboe and reached down to pet him, tears going down her face. Blue and Hige came running up; they both gasped.
"Toboe!" Hige said his eyes wide. "Oh man!" He ran over to where we all were, around Toboe's and Quent's dead bodies. Blue knelt down next to Quent with tears in her eyes.
"Pops…" She whispered. Quent slowly looked up at her before his eyes clouded over. "POPS!" Blue screamed, just like I had a few minutes earlier. I just don't get it, it happened so fast… Hubb came running and when he saw Quent he fell to his knees and started to cry. He was the last human now… Kiba knelled next to me and put a hand on Toboe's head.
"Toboe…" He whispered. Unable to keep myself up on my own for any longer a leaned onto Kiba. I let my whole courage, that I held onto through our whole journey even when I was mortified, slip and I cried. Kiba wrapped his arm around me, but I only felt sorrow. Kiba turned to wolf form and lifted his head up to let out a mournful howl, I followed since the pain was so bad there was only one way to let it out. I howled a ghostly tone, the others probable shuddered at this unfamiliar howl; the howl of the Grim. Soon Tsume, Hige, and Blue were howling as well, and the whole opening in the dust storm was filled with howls. In the sky above us the moon shined a bright blood red…
"Now what do we do." Hige asked in a growling tone, but it sounded as if there were still sadness in it as well.
"Keep searching." Kiba answered; his arm still around me, but I still had a blank expression on my face. "Jaguara's paradise was false, Darcia knows that. He wants our paradise."
"There is a tree over the horizon." Cheza whispered. "It called to this one. We must go there."
"After coming all this way…" Hige mumbled looking at Toboe's lifeless body. "You're the only one who can make it. Go all the way."
"What are you going to do?" Hige asked turning to Blue. Blue got up proudly.
"I'm still going!" She said. Hige gasped.
"B-But-…" He stuttered.
"Theres no where else to go." Blue said. "So I might as well go to paradise of die trying!" Blue walked over to me and grabbed my wrist pulling me up. I jumped since the action startled me.
"Rexy, nothing is going to bring Toboe back." Blue said softly. "I've seen that look before; I had the same one when my family died. Toboe's death wasn't your fault." I started to listen to her.
"Rexy I kinda admire how you were able to travel all this way." Blue said getting louder. "I hate to see you like this." Every one stared with shock on their faces, but within me something clicked. Whether it was Blue's words or my inner Grim, but I let out a snarl.
"Lexy watch over Toboe!" I yell-whispered then nodded. "Thanks I needed that…" Everyone was up and ready to move out.
"What the heck was that about?!" Hige asked. Blue shrugged.
"It's a she-wolf thing." She said. "You wouldn't understand…" I don't know why, but I suddenly liked Blue a whole lot more. I started to walk towards Kiba, but the ground started to shake and I lost my balance. Luckily Kiba caught me before I fell.
"Are you going to be all right?" He asked softly. I sighed.
"I don't know…" I whispered. "The hole in my heart just reopened, after all my hard work to seal it up when my family died…" I looked back at Toboe, I doubted that the hole would ever disappear now. Maybe if we get to paradise, but how could it if we get there and not Toboe. We were so close to it… Hubb picked up a gun that belonged to Quent. It checked to see if there were any bullets in it.
"I'm going to go as far as I can too." Hubb said closing the gun. "If I cant I'll take care of it myself." We started to walk on towards where Cheza said that tree grew.
"I'll catch up…" Tsume said looking at Toboe. I had almost forgotten about him, he had not a said a word since he first saw Toboe lying there. "I want to say some things to the pup…" Kiba nodded and we all walked onward.
"Kiba how do you still trust me?" Hige asked. "After all I betrayed you…" Kiba looked at him.
"Because I trust you." Kiba said. "I will always trust you, you're one of the three wolves I would trust with my life. But if it seems like you're trying to kill me…" Hige let out as laugh.
"Hey I don't want to sound like the wimpy human…" Hubb said his breathing heavy. "But is anyone else having trouble breathing?" Kiba nodded.
"It's not just you." He said. "We are going higher up the mountain…" I looked to my right up ahead.
"There it is!" I cheered. "That is it right? That tree." Everyone looked towards a very tall tree, but the thing looked dead. Cheza walked over to the tree and started to whisper to it. The tree seamed to respond to her whispers and it started to glow bright white color. Above the tree in the sky appeared a beautiful array of lights, I think I've heard of them before though. Aura Lights or the Northern Lights, something like that. The tree instantly iced over, I looked at it with horror. Was the world going to ice up this fast?! I glanced at Kiba who was looking at something on the ground.
"What is it?" I asked looking at this weird rock that had a weird design on it.
"That's the Darcia family seal." Hubb said looking over at it.
"This doesn't make sense…" Kiba growled. "He told me that he saw Jaguara's fake paradise for what it really was. He saw it with his wolf's eye…"
"So you're saying…" Hige began.
"He's trying to become a wolf." Kiba said. We all gasped.
"Is that possible?" Hige asked. Kiba shrugged.
"I don't know, but he had the stone that opens the gate to paradise…" Kiba said.
"That one." Cheza said out of nowhere, pointing to a mountain. "That is the entrance to paradise." Kiba nodded and we all started for the mountain…
We easily hopped up, but Hubb was forced to climb up slowly.
"Hey mister you okay?" Hige asked looking over the ledge we where on. "A little further and you can rest!" Hubb paused and looked out into the aura lights.
"Aren't they beautiful Cher…" He whispered. The ground began to shack once again and I almost tripped, but Kiba held onto my arm. I heard Hubb yell, so we ran to the side of the ledge to look over. Hubb was barely holding onto a small ledge that he was able to get a hold of.
"I guess I won't make it to paradise…" Hubb said with an exhausted sigh.
"Don't say that!" I said.
"Yea, hold on!" Hige said.
"I'm not afraid of dyeing…" Hubb said. "I guess I didn't need the gun…" Hubb then let go and tumbled down the mountainside to his death, the last human… There was a loud thud as he landed on the ground.
"Only there will appear the retched beast." A dark familiar voice came from behind us. We all whipped around to see a huge dark purple colored wolf standing on a ledge. One eye was blue and one was an evil gold…
I almost, yes almost, cried when I was righting the part about poor little Toboe. Only one more chapter… R&R please…
