Wow, this is the last chapter. I've had fun writing this fanfic and I hope that you reviewers have liked it. I also hope that you'll read the sequel when I write it.
Disclaimer: I dont own Wolf's Rain, just Rexy.
Chapter 26. SheWolf's Rain
"The world where you will go hand in hand with the flower maiden has neither perfect happiness nor joy nor life. This is because it also does not contain perfect sadness nor misery nor death." Darcia said as he slowly walked down from the ledge he was on. "What lies in waiting is a paradise for wolves alone, the unclean humans are no more...come with me Cheza, it is time" We all gasped, but Kiba snarled instead.
"He did it!" Hige exclaimed. "He turned into a wolf!"
"I'm going to kill him!" I snarled.
"The uncleanly humans are no more…" He said menacingly, he continued to walk closer to us.
"You killed pops." Blue growled dangerously low. Blue looked as if she could rip Darcia's throat out. I didn't blame her.
"Come to me Cheza." Darcia said when he saw Cheza hiding behind Blue.
"Don't come any closer!" Kiba snarled. Darcia stopped, but it probable wouldn't be for long.
"Hige take Rexy, Cheza, and Blue keep them safe." Kiba said. He ran over to a bunch of rocks and began to hop up them. Darcia jumped down from where he stood.
"Hige watch out!" I screamed now in wolf form. Hige stood his ground in wolf form, he was protecting Cheza who was behind him. Blue saw this and jumped up attacking Darcia. She tried to grab hold of his neck, but when she grabbed it Darcia flipped over and landed on her. She gasped as the breath was knocked out of her. Darcia jumped away and was a few feet away from Blue; he started to advance on towards her. Hige growled and ran towards Darcia. Darcia noticed him and flung him back words; Hige landed with a thud and the injury he had from Jaguara prevented him from getting up.
"Blue!" He cried. I snarled and ran right in front of Darcia; keeping him from Blue.
"You're going to have to get through me first!" I snarled; my tail raised.
"Bad choice, she-wolf." Darcia snarled. "Or should I say she-Grim?" I snarled angrily.
"It's she-WOLF!" I screamed as I launched my self towards his jugular. He was faster; Darcia opened his huge jaws and clamped onto the left side of my head. I let out a howl of pain. My pain fueled his rage and he held on to my head even harder then before.
"Stop!" Hige growled from where he laid. I began to thrash; my claws searching for Darcia's hide. I could tell Darcia was becoming bored with this. He decided to clamp down one more time, his large fang ripped through my eyelid; piercing my left eye. I screamed out a howl of pain, and Darcia threw me carelessly aside. He advanced on Blue but I couldn't do anything, I just laid there clawing at my eye. I was losing a lot of blood, and the pain was unbearable. Darcia slammed his paw on Blue's solder, leaning down he sank his teeth into her neck.
"NO!" Hige and I screamed in unison. "BLUE!" Hige clamped his jaw onto Darcia's back leg, unable to do anything else. Darcia turned his head to look at him; his eyes were full of bloodlust. He whipped around and slashed Hige's throat. Darcia ran towards Cheza and bit down on her back, he lifted her up and just stared at us. Darcia then turned tail and ran up the mountain towards where Kiba had gone. Hige got up unsteadily and walked towards Blue. Once he got to her he sat down next to her and began to stroke her blood-covered hair.
"That feels good…" She whispered. I got up from where I was lying, and stumbled over to them in human form now.
"I'm so sorry!" I said. "I tried…" I felt tears come to my eyes.
"It's not your fault." Hige said. I looked at the gash on his neck, and my fears were correct. It was fatal…
"Hige!" Tsume's voice came from behind us. I had to crane my head completely around to see him; I would never see out of my left eye again…
"Cheza was taken by that creep…" Hige said, his breathing becoming harder. "Kiba's trying to get her back."
"Rexy what happened to your eye?" Tsume asked. I snarled.
"What do you think happened…" I whispered.
"Tsume…" Hige whispered. "Will you do it with your own fangs?…" We gasped.
"Do you still not trust me?" Hige asked. Tsume hesitated. "Please I'm suffering…"
"Hige please you can make it!" I begged. "You're my best friend…"
"Yea, and I'm sorry." Hige whispered. "Run, go help Kiba you don't need to see this." Tears rolled over my good eye. But I nodded.
"Run she-wolf warrior." Hige said. I turned to wolf form and started to run up the mountain, but not fast enough I still heard Tsume as he clamped his jaws around Hige's neck. I felt empty… Hige my best friend, was dead… I wish I could have time to mourn but that would have to wait till we got rid of Darcia, now he was going to pay!
"We'll meet again…" I heard Hige's last dyeing wish. "Next time… in paradise…" I pushed every thing out of my head and kept running up the mountain, it didn't take Tsume long to catch up I was hurt. Every where hurt not just my left eye. We made it to where Kiba and Darcia were, Darcia ran towards Kiba. Tsume was quick to react and ran towards Darcia; knocking them both back. Tsume landed right next to Kiba.
"Where's Hige?!" Kiba asked, Tsume didn't answer him. I ran up to where I was standing next to the last members of my pack. Darcia looked enraged when he saw that I was still alive.
"Rexy what happened to your eye?!" Kiba asked. I growled and looked straight at Darcia.
"It doesn't matter now…" I whispered.
"Why do you continue?" Darcia asked in an almost mocking tone. Darcia's eyes moved on to something else. Kiba looked back to see what it was.
"Cheza!" Kiba growled. Cheza was walking further up the mountain.
"Go!" Tsume yelled. "We'll handle this." Kiba looked at us and nodded. Kiba started to run towards Cheza; Darcia was intent on keeping up, but Tsume tackled him grabbing a piece of fur around Darcia's neck. I ran towards the now thrashing Darcia and leapt on his head. I grabbed Darcia's ear, since it was the only thing I could get a hold of. Darcia kept ramming into a huge rock trying to get us off. I felt Darcia's ear rip under my weight, so I jumped off and ran a few feet back. Tsume had a hold of Darcia's fur and that was about to go too. Darcia managed to fling Tsume off, with a clunk of his fur in Tsume's mouth. Darcia ran towards Tsume and collided with him, but he kept going towards Cheza. Tsume was lying on the ground but then he got up into a sitting position; in his human form. He grabbed his side and gasped.
"Tsume!" I yelled running over. "Are you all right." Tsume growled angrily and leaned against a big rock.
"Tsume!" Kiba yelled as he came running over.
"Hige's dead." Tsume said. Kiba's eyes grew wide. "He asked me to put him down…" I whine escaped my lips. My friends…
"I should have known…" Tsume whispered. "That I would never be the one to open paradise…" Kiba walked closer to Tsume.
"Here grab on." He said.
"Get out of here!" Tsume snarled. "I'm as good as gone…" Kiba turned to go.
"What do I do?" I asked silently.
"Stay here." Kiba growled. "Darcia is mine!" Kiba turned and ran towards the dark cavern that Darcia had disappeared into. My heart hurt to see him go.
"We'll meet again in paradise…" Tsume whispered. I turned to look at him.
"You will be missed…" I whispered. Tsume smirked before turning to wolf form and letting out a long mournful howl. Tsume then collapsed onto the ground; he was dead… I couldn't believe it all of my pack, my friends were dead. In a matter of minutes I had lost them Toboe, Blue, Hige, and now Tsume. If anything would happen to Kiba I don't know what I would do. I had to go fight Darcia with him. I turned into my wolf form and ran towards the dark crater. I looked into the darkness, was I having second thoughts? From down below I could hear the fighting of Kiba and Darcia. I took a deep breath before I leaped into the darkness…
Once I landed I looked around my surroundings. Darcia and Kiba were rounding each other off, and Cheza was in the corner beginning to bloom.
"You should be dead by now!" Darcia snarled with a crazy look in his eyes, it made me shudder. Kiba turned to look at me; he was in his wolf form and was covered in scars and blood.
"I told you to stay." He lowly growled turning back to Darcia.
"Have you ever known me to leave you to go off on your own?" I asked as I walked cautiously towards him. Kiba shook his head.
"Since we're all here." Darcia laughed madly; making me shudder again. "You, she-Grim couldn't have expected to get into paradise could you?" Darcia smiled a crazy wolf smile, his chops going over rows of deadly daggers, what made me mad is that they were covered in the blood of my friends. Kiba looked at me. I didn't answer him.
"That is why you all had to die." Darcia snarled. "Only those chosen to go to paradise are aloud." His words registered, but I only growled lowly.
"We'll see about that!" I yelled. Darcia seemed tiered of all of this, he wanted paradise for himself. Darcia's gaze moved to Kiba, and I saw his intentions…
Lexy and Hige had died protecting the ones they loved. Lexy was protecting me, though she never showed it she loved me enough to sacrifice her own life. Hige died trying to protect Blue, who he could not live with out… My heart hurts because of the lost of my friends, and I hoped they were okay wherever they were. Just like Hige had, I realized that I couldn't live without Kiba. I couldn't take anymore pain…
I let out a snarl and leapt in front of Kiba, my jaws wide open ready to strike I jumped towards Darcia. I fell into Darcia's trap… I felt something-sharp go across my throat; the blow made me fly a few feet back. The shock hurt worse then the pain at first. I sat up in human form, I felt something warm going down my chest and my hands flew up to my neck. I slowly looked at my hands and gasped, tears coming to my eye; they were covered in blood.
"Rexy!" Kiba yelled running over to me. He changed to human form. I wrapped my arms around my legs, not daring to look at him. I was a goner. Kiba put his hand on my shoulder, which made me look at him. His eyes grew wide and he gasped when he saw the gash on my jugular; a fatal claw to the throat.
"I'm sorry…" I whispered, it was hard to talk or… breathe…
"D-Don't be…" Kiba said. I leaned onto him, the pain making it to hard to sit up any longer, and sighed.
"As I lay here dying in pain…" I whispered, tears came to Kiba's eyes over the realization. "I just can't help think that the journey was wasted… because all along, you were my paradise…" Kiba held me tighter as if it would keep me here.
"You will be with the others…" Kiba said reasuridly, but I was no longer afraid to die.
"No…" I Whispered. "Heaven's Not Enough… for me…"
"Rexy…" Kiba whispered laying me down. I changed to my wolf form and he followed.
"At least I died as a wolf…" I tried to growl but it just came out as a grumble.
"You did…" Kiba whispered looking at me.
"We'll meet again…" I whispered. "Next time in… paradise…" I shut my eye and Kiba's mournful howl was the last thing I heard as the darkness took over…
"They say there's no such place 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 that 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…"
The End
The last chapter, and now I'm kinda sad. I was listening to 'Heaven's Not Enough' when I was writing this which explains some of Rexy's words. Okay please please R&R since this is the last chapter of this story. And keep an eye out for the sequel, which will be called 'A Lost Paradise' or something like that. Okay, see you guys later… (I hope you'll read the sequel when I write it.)
