Hi everyone~! I'm quite aware that I am making mistakes, I am quite busy doing things at home. I'm open to suggestion on how I can make the chapters better and how to improve! I was also wondering what would be the best way to show that a character is thinking… I didn't really want to use quotations because I thought that would be more confusing, but let me know guys!
…" Everyone started talking to themselves. Kouga sat on the bed and looked at her with shocked eyes. 'This woman is the LAST one?'. "I came here looking for sanctuary until I can stand on my own find out who killed off my tribe… My father and the elders talked about the Eastern Tribe, so this is the only tribe I knew of…" Rose said staring down at the bed.
"Of course, stay as long as you wish, I'll help you find out who did that to your pack." Kouga said while using his finger to lift her chin back up. "Thank you uh… Kouga." Rose then looked towards her wolves, "Listen up! No one is to harm, threaten or disrespect anyone in this tribe you got that?! Any trouble makers will be reported by Kiba and then punished accordingly." The wolves lowered their heads. And the other wolf demons were surprised by her, she can get the wolves to do anything, usually wolves were a little wild, her's were wild too but listened to her every word.
"And you knuckle heads don't bother her or her wolves, ya hear?" Kouga shouted. They all quickly agreed, then commanded "someone form a group and go hunting, we can't leave the woman and her wolves starving can we?!" People started running around to find who would do it. "No please! I caused so much trouble all ready! I will go hunting! It's the least I could do!" Rose quickly got off the bed and her legs gave out again, but this time Kouga caught her. "You haven't eaten in the last two days! You don't have energy to do anything!" he picked her up then put her back on the bed.
"Let us handle that for now." Kouga smiled. Rose just looked up, "Okay, I will recover soon! So please don't worry, I will be able to care for myself soon enough!" Rose looked with a determined look in her eyes. Kouga just laughed and agreed, then went with a group of people to go hunting for their new guests. Soon everyone left the cave and only two stayed.
"I'm Ginta!" " And I'm Hakkaku!" They both smiled as they introduced themselves. "You know, your wolves would only allow Kouga, the healer and sometimes us in! They're really protective! They only allowed Kouga to change your bandages, he was actually quite worried about you, though he doesn't show it." "Oh really? You guys actually allowed people near your master?! I guess I too can trust these people…" Rose turned her head to talk to the wolves.
She turned her head back to the boys in front of her. "You have my thanks, I'm glad my wolves didn't hurt anyone while I was away. They can get carried away sometimes, the small ones are the boys, and the large one is Kiba, she's a girl. And they're all very protective of me. They're my family, and we've always been close, I've raised them carefully since birth, and they're quite attached to me." Rose laughed rubbing her head.
"They're friendly I promise! Come here Ginta and Hakkaku, pet Kiba, she's quite soft! She's extremely close to me; I think she understands me best." Rose smiled. While putting her hand out. Kiba then came to her hand and she took the boys hands and made them pet Kiba's head to show she meant no harm or fear. They struggled at first, they tried to pull there's hands away but Rose forced them. They ended up amazed and smiling and started petting her by themselves along with the other wolves.
"Could you guys give me a quick tour around before Kouga comes back?" Rose asked very happily and smiled then put her hands together. "How do you expect to move around? You can't even stand" They questioned. "Who says I had to stand?" Rose called over Kiba and got on her back, and then Kiba and the wolves ran to the exit then stopped before jumping through the waterfall.
"What are you waiting for? I really wanna look around!" "Uh… okay! Coming!" Ginta and Hakkaku shouted and ran through the waterfall leading the way. Rose gripped Kiba's fur and jumped through the waterfall. Rose looked around and her jaw dropped in amazement! There was this gorgeous waterfall, and little water area along the bottom, then on the sides of the waterfall there was all types of ledges and grass and rocks where all the pack was currently sitting.
Kiba followed Ginta and Hakkaku while Rose looked around. They did a little circle around the main area. Everyone was staring at her, no one ever seen a wolf demon ride on a wolf before, but then again, no one saw a wolf that large before either. Feeling all eyes on her, she told Ginta and Hakkaku she was going back and thanked them for the tour, then Kiba took her back to the bed.
All the wolves joined her on the bed. "You guys can't be on the bed anymore, you're getting all your dirty little paws on it, I'm sorry you guys. But you should really wait outside! You've been in this cave for a long time waiting for me to recover! So go enjoy the fresh air and sun, I'll let you know when you can come back in okay?" The wolves all gave a slight nod and walked to the left and right sides of the waterfall exiting, not getting themselves wet.
Rose lay back down and accidently fell asleep again. Kouga came back soon after with they're new catch and gave it to the woman of the tribe. You didn't often see any women because they're always in their own little caves together or they're sitting somewhere else together. They were usually all together with everything, the women often did the chores for their mates such as wash their clothes and armor, cook for them and keep their dens clean.
There were many other little caves and homes for all of the Wolf demons, but the main den was Kouga's, and his was a little further away than the other homes, but everyone still hung out around there due to all the space.
The women of the tribe prepared the food and made a little meat stew. Kouga went to his cave bringing the bowl of stew with him for the woman currently recovering. When he entered from the side of the cave he found her sleeping again. She looked around the same age as Kouga; she had long brown hair that went all the way down to her lower back. Her outfit reminded him of Ayame's outfit, but the furs were grey instead and her tail was grey as well.
Her faces looked so peaceful, and her skin was so soft looking. But before he could let his mind wander further, she kept moving and making little sounds. Her breath started getting heavy then her eyes flashes open and she sat up holding her hand to her chest trying to calm down. She took a deep breath and looked at Kouga, "Sorry I must of fell asleep again…" She smiled lightly.
"This is for you; eat something before you wither away. We'll feed your wolves too so don't worry." He smiled turning away. "Kouga!" he turned around. "Thank you, for everything… for letting me stay here and helping me with my bandages, I heard the wolves only allowed you to do it. Thanks for putting up with them." He just smiled and waved goodbye. Then Rose ate and put the bowl down. Then called Kiba and rode off, Rose and Kiba went to the very top of the mountain and sat down looking down at the nice scenery. It was now night, but Rose did not want to sleep. She sat on the ground and cuddled up to Kiba's warm fur.
Kouga saw a glimpse of Rose riding on Kiba's back going up the mountain further. He decided to see what she was up to. He jumped up with ease, and sat down beside her. "Why don't you just go back to the den and go to sleep? You're not fully recovered." Kouga suggested. "If I fall asleep one more time I'm probably going to go crazy." Rose lightly laughed trying to brighten the mood.
"Is that because you have scary dreams? What are your dreams about?" Kouga asked. Rose was playing with her thumbs. "Th- The dreams are about what happened when I found out…ab-about the slaughter… There was fire, smoke and lots of blood and bodies." Rose started trembling and tears slowly starting pouring down her eyes but she was still silent. She hung her head down letting her hair cover her face. "I'm sorry… it's just that I never said it out loud before…"
Kouga hated seeing women cry, he didn't want anyone to feel such sadness. He could only think of one thing to do, he hugged her and put his chin on top of her head. Rose was surprised by this but still couldn't stop the flow of tears. She buried her face in Kouga's warm chest and cried and quietly as she could. Kouga blushed as looked away; He usually wasn't the one to do this sort of thing. But he couldn't help it, what happened to her was terrible.
He decided to pet her hair to try and calm her down, but before he knew it, she fell asleep. 'As much as she said she wasn't going to sleep, her body had other plans...great, now I have to carry her back.' Kouga thought rubbing his head. He picked her up bridal style again and cradled her against his chest. And began carefully walking down the main den with Kiba following close behind. He carefully placed her on the bed and he walked away.
Rose quickly woke up in a panic because she didn't want to sleep. "Kouga..." He turned around and went back. He sighed as he said "you have to go to bed sooner or later." "No I'm not tired, I don't have to sleep, and I'm okay!" Rose argued. Kouga just used his two fingers and pressed her forehead forcing her to lie down. "You're going to sleep and that's final. I'll even stay here until you fall asleep." Kouga lightly smiled. Rose nodded and admitted defeat.
She closed her eyes and tried to relax but couldn't. Kouga noticed her tossing and turning so he held her hand. She slightly blushed by this, but tried to fall asleep anyway. She eventually fell asleep and Kouga slowly pulled away his hand and went elsewhere to sleep leaving only Kiba and Rose in the cave. Morning came and Rose didn't have a nightmare this time. She slept really well this time. Rose stretched and got out of bed, her strength returned so she went for a morning walk.
Everyone was surprised to see her out of bed, but continued doing what they usually do. Rose walked down to the water down below and dipped her hands in moving the water around. Rose went all the way up the mountain again and climbed the highest tree looking down at all the people down below. Rose quickly jumped down and laid in the grass and started rolling and feeling the grass.
Until her wolves all jumped on her playing around and licking and barking. Rose got up and jumped on them all wrestling one to the ground while she was laughing. Meanwhile Ginta and Hakkaku wouldn't stop giving Kouga a hard time for being in the same den as the new girl for so long; they always liked to tease Kouga with such things. He decided to go walk around to get away from the two until he heard laughing, then he followed the laughter until he saw Rose covered with her wolves. He couldn't help but to laugh, the whole situation was quite funny.
Rose and the wolves stopped and looked at him, "hey! Don't laugh! You better hide now Kouga before they get you to!" Rose warned him with a smirk on his face. He just continued laughing, so Rose just pointed to Kouga and simply said "fetch" the wolves all started running towards Kouga at full speed. But Kouga caught on and ran away not using his full speed, but just enough to stay out of reach. He just kept dodging around watching Rose laugh her head off at the top of the hill. He quickly jumped up to her and admitted defeat, "fine, fine I won't laugh anymore!" Rose just smiled and whistled and the wolves immediately stopped. "I should go get someone to go hunting so supper tonight, I'll be back later."
Rose quickly grabbed into his shoulder "wait! Allow me! I can do it, I'll go hunting instead!" Rose pleaded. Kouga just laughed, 'this girl? Really? She can go hunting by herself? Oh well. May as well let her run around for a bit.' He just shrugged, "sure". Rose smiled and started running along side Kiba, then eventually jumped on her back and ride off into the trees of the mountain. Rose was going to find something fast! She had to show him what she can do! And that she can be of help. She kept going until she found a mountain goat; they carefully snuck up on it. Rose got off Kiba and signaled them to go to the right and hide.
Rose went to the left, and jumped out and scared to goat making it run left. The wolves all jumped out and quickly chased the goat, and then Kiba finally caught it and jumped on it ripped into the flesh of its neck. Holding on thrashing it until it was dead. Then Kiba and the wolves dragged it back with Rose by her side.
She brought it back to the den in half the time anyone else could have done it. Rose asked where to put it, then helped dragged it to the den where the food were prepared. After she dropped it off her went down to the water and washed all the blood off her hands and off her wolves. As Rose walked away someone rushed past her bumping her shoulder. "Hey what was that for?!" Rose spoke angrily. He just ignored her and walked off. Rose just shook her head and walked off.
Rose went to the den off all the girls and went to help prepare the food for everyone. They all giggled and pulled at her clothing mentioning how pretty she was and how she was actually sleeping in Kouga's bed for the past few days.
Rose was shocked and actually a little embarrassed. The girls just all giggled and explained their roles here. Supper was prepared and it was sunset already. Rose went to one of the many fires that had Ginta, Hakkaku and Kouga. She gave them all their meals and she sat down. She ate with them and listened to their stories and future plans. Until she got the chills as If someone was watching her. She saw the same guy as earlier glaring at her from another fire with his friends.
Kouga noticed this and offered to go talk with him. "No it's fine; I need to see what his problem is."