Shirou is sick, michiru has a job and slowly trying to get some space between her and the wolf. But Gabu has notice some changes on his mentor.

Anima City was a place meant to be the first step to reunite not only beastman but humans since a long time ago they all lived together but as their society developed, some nasty humans began to envy them and tried to get rid of them. Creating rumors and corrupting the way people saw them till the point it became clear that humans and beastman could no longer live as one and after nirvasyl incident, a rumor of a deity protecting them became so strong that people were afraid of this bein until fire weapons were created but still the icon Ginrou became was a beacon of hope for everyone….until now.

Ogami was half naked, laying against the wall on a corner as his clothes were nothing more than shreds of fabric stained on his blood as well as the carpet and he wasn't sure anymore of how much time had passed. At first he knew it had been a whole hour, then two, then three and then he couldn't recall as for his nose, it had become an enemy since the scent of blood made his body shiver as he tried to ignore that smell in vain. He covered his face and couldn't transform into his beast form to help him feel strong.

"Shirou?..." A voice called his name and he knew or at least thought he knew who it belonged to. But as he looked up he found a more calm version of himself in front of him with old clothes that didn't belong to this era. "Hey Shirou, it's been a long time since you saw me isn't it?"

Silence was the only thing that came out his throat as he stared at this ghost in front of him, that was a shirou he hadn't seen from before the humans had killed his kind in the past. With caution he raised an arm trying to touch the entity in front of him who reacted by kneeling down and holding his hand. "I'm real, you old bag of bones."

At the touch shirou closed his eyes as he pulled his arm away, taking deep breaths with his mouth while shaking his head. "No, no, you are not here and you are not me, you died and i was born you can't be here."

"Shirou, it is really me just" He tried to reach him once more but out of panic shirou finally transformed and roared aggressively until the figure disappeared in the air like mist. He then stared at the place where the other Shirou stood and looked around, there were no other scents but his, letting him know that the figure was in his mind even if it felt as he touched him. His body trembled, digging his nails in his own hands as he clenched his fist trying to use the pain to regain control over his body, totally ignoring how much blood he had lost. Then the door to the building was open and he tried to sniff the air to see who was there, he feared it was Michiru, he couldn't let her see him like this so doing his best he tried to drag his body over the floor to the wardrobe he once held the tanuki but he wasn't quick enough and as his door room was open he froze.

"Ogami!" The voice calling him wasn't Michiru's, but a male voice.

'what…'

"Hey! Ogami are you alive?!" Then someone picked him up, carefully placing his numb body on the desk while removing the few pieces of fabric on his chest. The wolf tried to resist since he didn't fully recognize who was there but thanks to his state he was easily overpowered by the figure.

"Shirou, its me Gabu, open your eyes and look at me." He stared and tried to focus his eyes and the dog was staring at him with Kuro over his head. "There, it's okay relax."

"W-what…? Why are you here?" He demanded to know trying to get up but once more was held down.

"As much as I enjoy being able to command you right now, you need to calm down or you will bleed more and I dunno if you can handle it. The bird brought me." This made him calm enough to let his body lay there, allowing Gabu to turn on the light and come back. "Dear god what happened here? Someone attacked you?"

With the lights on it seemed a bit like the scenario found in the tiger house but it was clear that shirou was the one to make this. Tho the injuries on his body seemed not made by him alone. There was a mark bleeding on his chest. He stared at his face which showed nothing more than pain but maybe a bit of fear, though it also made him understand that the wounds were made by the wolf itself.

"Do…do i let them heal like before?...They look…worse than a few hours later ..." Shirou, biting his lower lip till the point it bled, shook his head.

"I…kinda need help this time it's…" He turned on his side showing even more marks on his back, to which Gabu sighs and went to the nearby bathroom for some first aid items before coming back and beginning to patch up the wolf. Though it didn't go unnoticed that he would shiver at the touch of the man and seemed used to getting his skin stitched. The two remained in silence for a bit as the bigger cuts were close by the thread so once he finished and put some bandages to protect the injuries he left him on the couch, beginning to pick up the books that were scattered around the room. Taking a few peeks on the pages to try and find the place they belong but stop after the 5th, putting them on the desk. as to wait for the owner to enlight where they should be placed but he was only laying there as if he was lifeless.

"You didn't die on me had you?" He asks, trying to sound goofy but walking closer just in case.

"No…im…trying to regain control of my body" He stared at the ceiling before stare at his right hand. "It's been acting weird ... .At this time i can't feel ginrou, until now it felt like another person was walking next to me but now…after this…attacks i have been having its…like he is gone."

Gabu nodded as he continued getting close to sit on the chair but he stopped after his brain processed what he just heard, he stared at the wolf, frowning before opening his eyes in disbelief, that couldn't be true right? If ginrou was gone, Ginrou was the one keeping Shirou alive since he was deity. "Perhaps…that's the reason you are dying? Because ginrou is no longer here?"

Shirou didn't need to hear that, it was a weird feeling of course but, since meeting Michiru and after using his Ginrou form it began to fade away and now the fact that he was 'alone' was something that brought fear to his heart for a long time. Holding his chest he hyperventilate a little but was able to remain in control for now. "That…..is something that crossed my mind…i would have to….try to transform and see but….maybe i wasn't as immortal as i thought…"

"Maybe it's ... .like a flu or something, let's not forget the drug and all that has been happening recently. You had a pretty nasty fight with that tiger." Shirou only growled softly, staring at Gabu who knew what he needed without any words. "Fine, fine I won't tell michiru, she doesn't need to get worried about this after all, she has enough with the new job."

After cleaning some more and helping Shirou to lay down he had to go back and report what had happened, he just reported that Ogami wasn't feeling okay and he had been injured the last time he was on duty tho he didn't say a word. Tachiki hold the paper on his hands, reading one more time about Ogami and stared at the time he begin to act odd. It was nothing to worry at first but indeed since hiwatashi nazuna and Kagemori Michiru, he had always notice that the wolf wouldn't bother about his injuries and it appeared as if his injuries healed really fast, but since then he had been acting more like the hits and cuts really started to catch him. The panic attack, the rage attack, he fainting, this was something to worry about since they were pretty far away from the nirvasyl incident and everyone had return to be normal once more. Even Shirou had to be forced for a medical check in order to make sure he was already immune to the weird mutation.

"Perhaps it is not a mutation, perhaps he is sick of something else.''He said out loud and a cough made him look up in confusion. It was none other than Pinga itself.

"Ah, mister Pinga, i'm glad to see you are back to your regular check. Not getting into any weird situations are you?" He ask in a joke tone but serious on the words as even if Pinga helped them and save the major he was still a criminal due to what he tried on the past.

"Thankfully my feathers are as clean as you can tell by looking at them, now about what you mentioned, is there a new virus around or something like that?" A long silence followed this question, pinga tried to play it as a joke but more silence made his smile fade very slowly. "wait…this doesn't have to do with the weird drug that has been going around the city has it?"

Yuji nodded softly, of course Pinga would know it due to his connection and experience around the field, he only hope this was still not public information outside the city, if humans learned this the witch hunt that Sylvasta trieste to start would happen again. "I beg you, do not tell anyone outside the city about this, yes, i think it might be related to Ogami sickness but i'm not sure, perhaps i'll ask him to do a health check just to be sure. Flip and The family are trying to collect as much information as they can, since you were a militar it would help us to have you also on the field."

"Well if it's for Michiru I'm up to help yes, I'm in. But I work better on my way so i'll be contacting if i know anything." He stood up, walking to the door and just as he was leaving. "Just remember this, if Ogami falls…im not sure if the city would survive even a day.

After the report, Gabu kept going to shirou place to check on him and to bring him to the station, Michiru stayed with nazuna for a few days since it was closer to the office and his partners picked her up there. So she hadn't really seen the wolf for at least two weeks now and in those two weeks he had slowly gotten worse to the point he was visibly sick. The proud wolf refused any help or the request to go to the medic, until the major itself once more requested his presence at the sylvasta laboratory. Their doctor hattori was waiting for him next to the major.

"Ogami, oh my boy what happened to you? You look terrible, almost the twice as my age." The doctor hattori said, quickly running to hold the wolf who was about to collapse, was held from behind by gabu and with the help of he and the doctor was taken to an exploration table. "This is way worst that you mention Gabu, he looks like a corpse in life."

"Thanks doc, really needed to hear that at this moment" Shirou said and for a moment everyone thought it was a way for him to make a joke but after the clout and the shirt was remove it was clear he was serious, Gabu was horrified by the view but only the doctor and the major, both been scientist knew how serious this was. There where Gabu saw in the past claw marks, there was necrotic tissue growing from these cuts but the fur seemed to still be in place. With some gloves the doctor began to carefully inspect the skin, asking the wolf to return to his human form for this to be easier and with a loud groan Shirou did, revealing just how far this had gone, there was some more on his back too. "My god…Ogami this ... .this is necrotic skin this ... .its death skin, we need to see how deep this is going, this …"

There was no words, a normal person would be death by now, but here he was still holding out, there was no time to waste, they took a few samples of the necrotic skin, his blood and next some x-rays, the was some death matter on his lungs, stomach and even his heart. It was not surprise he was on so much pain all the time and how bad looking he was right now. This was a surprise for gabu but not for Shirou who apparently have already came to realize this as he mentioned before. While the mayor double checks the results, Gabu and shirou stand in front of one of the glass walls with the city under them.

"Look maybe…..it's not as bad as it says, here they can cure you"

"..."

"Maybe the blood of Michiru can cure you once more? it did on the past"

"Gabu….Ginro is gone…..i tried to transform once more…is….its not there anymore….you read it too….my body is a walking corpse now….the death tissue is even on my brain….that's why i had holes on my memory….i…am dying without a doubt." The fact that he himself said those words were more painful than anything, Gabu had Shirou as his hero, a figure to look out for, Ginro was their god and the guardian who was always there for the beastman but now it was gone and Shirou would be gone too. No, it can't be, it was not possible.

"Shirou look i…..Alan, alan can help you im sure, he must know about this, he is like a genius with our blood and all. He can save you i'm sure"

Shirou punched the glass, cracking it as the time he returned to his wolf form, he was angry to Gabu yes, but this was not a display of rage, he felt as if tears tried to leave his eyes and he refused to let this happens, not now. "Im dying Gabu….there os nothing to do…Even Ginro….fuck…no…"

He fell to his knees, this wasn't Shirou, nor Ginro, he couldn't let anyone see him like this, but there was no denying it. He was afraid now, afraid of dying, afraid of once more finding himself in that dark place. A hand on his shoulder made his body tense, it was him again.

"Why are you here ... .again ... .Abiyad" He looked at the young version of himself, among him there were others whose names he couldn't remember.

"Well, you have my body and well, let's just say you are unavailable right now."

Michiru who was currently leaving the station to make a patrol felt a heavy pressure on his chest, opening his eyes before looking around, not sure what he was looking for, but the name on his lips guided his eyes to the sylvasta pharmaceuticals building. "Shirou?..."

"Yea yeah very funny Michiru" Yoko said following her, but with a quick check she noticed michiru was nowhere near the patrol, turning his head to the girl who was slowly walking to the building, confused she tried to walk closer but the tanuki girl shifter to her beast form before begin to run.

"Shirou, shirou, shirou!" She begin to yell, panting, the feeling on his chest was similar to when he was crush by that rino or when he fought the tigger, he was badly injured, why? why it has to be shirou, she took the chance to put some distance between the two of them as to focus on her job and to see if the wolf look for her, but here she was once more running to him. She needed to see him, but the pain was increasing the more she run, it became like of someone was crushing his chest. "shirou please, why i have a bad feeling?!"

And we are back! HAPPY NEW YEAR 2024! Boy that was a long wait, i wanted to make this chapter a bit longer but i had been really busy at work, since you know, they keep throwing my work to the trash each time something doesnt looks good or if they get a new idea. Anyway, as a thanks for waiting im gonna list those who commented on this past year just as i did on the other site i have this story. So, i want to thank: Myster Ness, I-Love-Trunks1, ArashiNokitsune and to DdJ1804 tho they have no longer an account but i still want to give a shout out. As for the chapter i know its short but i wanted to already let you know what is happening with our wolf, this is not the last version, i am planning on polishing the charpter on the next few days but i felt like you needed SOMETHING for been with me even if my writing is not the best. Once more thank you all and stay tune for this is not over.