InuYasha Fan Fiction / Wolf's Rain Fan Fiction ❯ A Wolf's Cry ❯ Discovery ( Chapter 12 )

“There is a Legend

 

that Speaks of Paradise on Earth…

 

But Only Wolves

 

Can Find It.”

 

 

 

A Wolf's Cry

 

Chapter Twelve- Discovery

 

 

 

 

The gentle sway of the grass tickled Kiba's fur lightly as he lay on the ground. He and Kagome had roused maybe an hour ago and while she went off into the woods, Kiba rested, stretching his limbs out as he listened to the singing of the birds. Their melodies were quite soothing Kiba thought idly.

 

 

 

 

Opening his eyes he noticed the sun was about to rise and Kiba knew he and Kagome would return to the others soon. They were probably starting to worry about them, especially Toboe. He knew there was some sort of bond between the female and the wolf pup when they had met.

 

 

 

 

Straying away from his thoughts he focused on a bird that had landed not far from him. It hopped around, its head turning about, looking for danger and most likely watching if Kiba would move. It was a blue jay that chirped lightly before flying over to the water to bathe. Sighing softly he sat up, crossing his legs before rolling his head until he felt the familiar pop in his neck.

 

 

 

 

He stared off into the woods, deep in thought. He wondered what he would do when he got to paradise. He wondered if everyone would be there to meet him. He wondered if-

 

 

 

The sudden flapping of the bathing bird caught his attention. He watched in silence as it flew away before he turned his gaze in the direction of a familiar voice.

 

 

 

 

Kagome stood a few feet away from him, smiling. She was wearing a dark blue sweater with blue jeans and a fluffy black coat that went past her butt. “Hi,” Kagome said, happily walking over to him.

 

 

 

 

He looked her over twice before standing, “Shall we go?”

 

 

 

 

With a curt nod from the female they both headed off to the others.

 

 

 

 

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A figure groaned softly in the dark room before opening its eyes. “Where…am I?” The young women, Cher said to herself. She slowly stood up blinking her eyes repeatedly. She felt a little queasy and her head was throbbing. All she could remember was walking in the Graveyard of Lord Darcia before seeing a golden eye…that belonged to…

 

 

 

 

“Lord Darcia?” she asked helplessly into the pitch-black room. She held her hands out in front of her as she slowly took steps forward. Hopefully she wouldn't hit into anything she thought before her hands found a cold wall. If she could just find a light switch she would have one less thing to worry about.

 

 

 

 

The opening and closing of a door made her stand dead still. “L-Lord Darcia?” she called out shakily again. She pressed her whole body up against the wall, trying to control her erratic breathing. If she didn't make much sound, whatever came into the room might not find her.

 

 

 

 

“I see you're awake,” came a deep voice Cher -regrettably- recognized. Candles suddenly lighted up the room and Cher could see the outline of Lord Darcia getting closer until he was right in front of her.

 

 

 

 

“Lord Darcia, why am I here?” she asked, not looking into his eyes, afraid of what she might see.

 

 

 

He glared at her for a moment before turning to walk over to the other side of the room and pressed a button. A screen opened to reveal the night sky with the moon shining brightly in the middle.

 

 

 

 

“Are you not the scientist that was assigned to study Cheza?” he asked, turning to look at her. His gaze made her want to shrivel up and die.

 

 

 

 

“…Yes, but what does that have to do with me being here?”

 

 

 

 

His gaze went to the full moon in the deepening sky. “Lord Oakum took Cheza away from me just to show his power. I am guessing you are the scientist he put in charge of her research.” He paused for a moment, his expression unemotional. “What have you found out about Cheza?”

 

 

 

 

Cher sighed. “The only thing we know about her is that she was made from Lunar Flowers and she reacts to wolves blood…at least that was what we were told…but wolves have been extinct for hundreds of years and yet she somehow awoke one day…” she trailed off, not knowing what else to say, but she was telling the truth. The day Cheza had arrived at the lab, one of the guards had to them exactly what she told Darcia.

 

 

 

 

Coming out of her thoughts, she looked up and found Darcia staring at her and immediately stiffened. “Yes, Cheza does react to wolves blood, she is a flower maiden and has a link between them and herself. If a wolf feels pain, she feels it also. I know this because I created Cheza,” when he said this he pushed another button and suddenly a picture of Cheza and the data recorded about her appeared in the window.

 

 

 

 

“This…is all the information from start to end that I have recorded about Cheza. It surpasses the information you and your staff have found about her,” Cher winced as he bit out the last part before her eyes locked on the information, trying to read everything as fast as she could before it disappeared.

 

 

 

 

She reached out with a hand to touch the screen and yet another picture of Cheza appeared. The scientist had to admit that Cheza was a very pretty girl, aside from all of her uncommon features such as her pink hair and red eyes. As she studied the picture, Cher wondered how such a beautiful creature like Cheza could be made from Lunar Flowers.

 

 

 

 

Darcia watched the scientist as she read all the information she could before in scrolled away and decided to walk over and stand next to her. Soon the picture and all the information disappeared and they both stood, once again gazing up into the moon.

 

 

 

 

“When I lost Cheza for the second time, I sensed another, more powerful presence that felt very old but had pure energy, that like of Cheza's but in a way…not,” he paused for another time before he continued. “After I escaped the crash and came back here I looked in my families books to see if anything such as this had happened to one of them. I looked for days and nothing came up. I was plagued, thinking of what it could be...until I found it in a book, written hundreds of generations before myself.”

 

 

 

 

At this, Cher looked at him strangely. “One of my ancestors came across the same energy. It was that of a Lunar Wolf, he later described. As you can tell by the name, it is a mix of a Lunar Flower and a wolf that possesses strong powers. How this came to be is still unknown. Many of them roamed the earth maybe a thousand years ago, but became extinct because of constant poaching and peoples need for power. My ancestor also wrote, because of his constant observing, that the more powerful blood runs deeper in the females than the males. He guessed the reason for this is because the females needed to protect themselves as much as they needed to protect their young without any trouble,” he said, staring down at Cher. “But the most surprising tale that I've heard is that if a Lunar Wolf and Lunar Flower like Cheza come together, they can open the gates to an everlasting Paradise or a Noble's Paradise that would never go away and give us everlasting life.”

 

 

 

 

Cher gasped, remembering the Book of The Moon. “Noble's Paradise?”

 

 

 

 

Darcia's gaze rose to the moon again. “Yes, a place unlike this barren wasteland, for nobles of power. I must find Cheza and that energy again before its too late.”

 

 

 

 

What she had come to find out confused Cher to a point where she just wanted to scream. First Lunar flowers and now Lunar wolves? A Noble's Paradise? Lord Darcia sounded insane. Who could have this power? Her thoughts ran to the group that now had Cheza. They were all men except…for…

 

 

 

 

Her eyes widened in realization. She had forgotten that there was another girl in the group, someone she had never seen before. So that meant…

 

 

 

 

`I have to find her before Darcia does,' she thought with a new determination.

 

 

 

 

Her thoughts were interrupted though, when Darcia spoke again. “The life of a lunar wolf, is very long, but the life of a flower is very brief.” The female scientists eyes narrowed at him. “Lunar flowers are no exception. Moonlight will give her strength to survive for now, however, basking in the moon for only a few more times, Cheza's life will come to an end.”

 

 

 

 

 

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