InuYasha Fan Fiction / Wolf's Rain Fan Fiction ❯ A Wolf's Cry ❯ Blue ( Chapter 15 )

“There is a Legend

 

that Speaks of Paradise on Earth…

 

But Only Wolves

 

Can Find It.”

 

 

 

A Wolf's Cry

 

Chapter Fifteen- Blue

 

 

`I will protect you.'

 

Those four words echoed around her head endlessly, over and over again. The words were strangely familiar to Kagome and they brought a sense of security and warmth into her being.

 

`Kagome…' came the voice again.

 

`Kiba?'

 

`I will' it sounded like Kiba's voice but what it changed into almost scared her, `protect you…'

 

An image flashed in front of her. `InuYasha?' Her voice was desperately pleading and the image came back again.

 

`I will protect you Kagome.'

 

“InuYasha!” The name was half yelled and it startled Kagome out of her slumber.

 

As she tried to slow down her breathing, she ran a hand against her forehead and grimaced when she felt the stickiness of her sweat. Wiping her hands on her pants she sat up and looked around.

 

 

She hadn't woken anyone up from what she could tell, and she was thankful. The last thing she wanted to do was explain who InuYasha was at the moment.

 

 

Smiling bitterly, Kagome dropped her head into her awaiting hands. Had she really forgotten that he had also made that promise to her? “Why cant I just forget about you already?” She could feel the tears burning to be released but she did not let them fall.

 

He had meant everything to her and yet…she was once again selfless and let him go. Being selfless was what she did best, wasn't it? Always have other people's feelings before hers.

 

Why couldn't she have been selfish for once and told him that she wanted them to stay together?

 

Because…because…”It wouldn't have been right.” She squeezed her eyes shut and massaged her temple. `He and Kikyo were meant for each other, living or dead.'

 

She knew deep down that she couldn't have changed anything even if she had tried. They were destined to stay together no matter what. At times she even wished to be in Kikyo's place or even for Kikyo's death. She had only thought of it once and had mentally beaten herself up about it since she knew she wasn't that kind of a person. Nor did she wish to become that kind of a person.

 

 

`I'm going to get passed this one way or another. I can't always be thinking about InuYasha. Besides, I have a new group I travel with, with new people to share these experiences with. Her gaze ran over the figures of her four other companions that she wished to never forget like the last group she traveled with. Cheza, Hige, Toboe, Tsume and Kiba looked out and cared for her. They were finding their own spots in her heart that was also shared with her old companions. They all were dear to her heart.

 

Laying back down back down, Kagome curled into a ball and let herself drift off into her own little dream world.

 

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It was midday and the group had already been walking for a few hours. The first thing she had woken up to was Toboe standing over her asking if she was alright and what had happened that previous night. She had answered him whole-heartedly and told him a little white lie about why she was away for so long. For the rest of the time, the group was silent. Everyone was always on their toes if any danger cam out of nowhere.

 

Both Kiba and Cheza were at the head of the group, followed by Tsume and Hige, leaving Toboe and Kagome to bring up the rear. The boy was always by her when they moved around and Kagome had to admit she sort of enjoyed it; it had been a long time since Shippou and she were together.

 

“Hey Kagome?” brought her out of her thoughts and she now gave Toboe her full attention.

 

“Yea Toboe?” he almost looked hesitant to ask for a few moments but he eventually overcame his fear and blurted, “Whose InuYasha?”

 

The question almost made Kagome trip over her own feet but luckily she caught herself. “InuYasha?” she questioned towards no one in particular but saw Toboe nod his head. “Did you hear me last night?”

 

Again he nodded.

 

“I'm sorry if I woke you Toboe. I thought I hadn't woken anyone up.”

 

“Its okay Kagome, it's hard for me to fall asleep sometimes and last night was one of them.” He smiled as he said this and Kagome couldn't help but return the affection.

 

Clearing her throat she said, “I used to travel in a group and there was a boy named InuYasha that I had cared for” she paused for a moment and Toboe took the liberty to ask another question. “Was it a wolf pack?”

 

Kagome giggled at his curiosity. “I guess you could call it that.”

 

He smiled but his expression turned to a more questioningly one. “Why didn't you stay with that pack?”

 

The female wolf let out a sigh and raised her head high to try and collect what little warmth the sun gave since it was getting closer and closer to winter. Toboe had to squint his eyes to keep his sight on Kagome. “I guess when we completed our journey, there was no longer a reason to stay.”

 

So it wasn't they exact reason but if she told him everything it would take forever and he probably wouldn't be able to believe it either.

 

“When we reach Paradise, are you going to leave us?” the question was very sad and it made Kagome's heart lurch in her chest.

 

Her gaze dropped to the ground. “To tell you the truth Toboe, I'm not exactly sure myself.” She did not lie, in all honesty she really didn't know if she would or not. It all depended if they even got to Paradise. All Kagome knew was that they were being led to Paradise on pure instinct. Which could be a good or bad thing.

 

A loud gunshot instantly brought her out of her thoughts and the group was on their toes. All of them seemed to move until they were in a circle with Cheza in the middle.

 

“What the hell was that?!” Tsume asked no one in particular.

 

His question was ungratefully answered as soldiers appeared, surrounding them on all sides. “Dammit!” bit out the gray wolf.

 

“Where the hell did they all come from? And how come we weren't able to smell them?!” Hige said, frustration evident in his voice.

 

The groups' eyes' scanned all around them for an opening of any kind, but were met with guns. Their hearts began beating faster by the minute.

 

`How are we going to get out of this?' thought Kagome, looking for any kind of an opening. There had to be some-

 

“Kagome.”

 

Her eyes turned to Kiba. “What?”

 

His fists tightened, “Stay with Cheza until I find a way to get both you and her out of here safely.”

 

Kagome's eyes widened. “But I can fight too!”

 

“Kagome!” his eyes never faltered from the soldiers before him, “Someone needs to protect Cheza. So do as I say.”

 

Realizing he wouldn't change his mind, Kagome moved into the circle with Cheza and bent down so Cheza could situate herself comfortably on Kagome's back. Neither the soldiers nor the wolves moved, causing an eerie silence.

 

The guns were slowly taking aim and the male wolves quickly rushed at the soldiers with inhuman speed and killed them with no effort. It wasn't that easy though; other soldiers took aim at them and fired their guns non-stop.

 

Surprisingly none shot at Kagome or Cheza. Out of her peripheral vision Kagome saw a women with blonde hair staring at Cheza. An image of the group running past the same women flashed before Kagome's eyes. “It's…it's her.” Kagome whispered.

 

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Tsume killed the soldiers one after another with some effort. They just kept coming and coming. He could only imagine what the others were going through. He quickly slashed a soldier's throat before kicking another in the head. `All of this better be worth getting to Paradise.'

 

Glancing over he saw Kiba's jaws around a man's neck before releasing him. In that moment Tsume saw just how powerful and dangerous Kiba looked with the blood dripping from his mouth.

 

The soldiers near Kiba were all weary and none wanted to get close to him. Tsume turned his head just as Kiba lunged at the doomed humans.

 

Quickly elbowing the human that had thought could sneak up on him, Tsume turned and let his fist connect with the soldiers jaw. The hit instantly broke the man's jaw and he fell to the ground helplessly. Bending down unmercifully, Tsume snapped his neck in half with his iron like jaw.

 

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Hige and Toboe both worked as a team and while Toboe just liked to knock them out, Hige killed them. “Dirty humans” spit Hige as he relentlessly bit and clawed at the enemy. “You get what you deserve!” He quickly leapt into the air and came down seconds later, spilling the blood of three soldiers.

 

Without notice a soldier appeared behind Hige, but with a solid kick to the groin and head, was taken out by Toboe.

 

“Thanks squirt,” said Hige, nodding approvingly.

 

The younger wolf smiled. “No problem!”

 

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Kagome stood watching them all fight desperately before her gaze turned towards the blonde haired women once again. The woman's mouth silently said something but Kagome wasn't able to hear it.

 

“Its her” came the voice of Cheza. “She..watched over this one a long time ago.”

 

“Kagome!” Hearing her name being called, Kagome ripped her eyes from the human and rested them on Kiba.

 

“Kagome, take Cheza this way and get out of here!” Kagome hesitated for a moment. Was it because of that woman that they were safe? That no one dared to fire at them?

 

“Kagome!”

 

Her gaze swept over the woman once more before she quickly began running in the direction where no soldier stood.

 

The bullets going off all around her made Kagome strive to go faster. As she reached the top of the hill, Kagome jumped into the air and heard Kiba yell, “Take care of her Kagome!”

 

She turned her head to look at him, air hitting her face as she and Cheza began to descent to the earth, and nodded. The land was clean and it surprisingly didn't slow Kagome down at all. She didn't stop until she came to the beginning of the more dense part of the forest. Only then did she catch her breath and look towards the direction she had come from.

 

`I hope they'll be alright…' She shook her head. `Of course they'll be alright!' She felt something wet and looked at Cheza.

 

Her eyes widened. She was…crying. “Cheza?” The flower maiden rested her head against the female wolves shoulder. “This one…is hurting. This one feels their pain.”

 

Her answer made Kagome's heart lurch in her chest. Should she go back and help? She made a motion to start walking back when she heard what Kiba had said run through her mind again. “Take care of her Kagome!”

 

It made her stop and watch sadly as red flames shot out from where she had been before. Not hiding in her disguise, she growled softly before jerking her body into the deep forest in a run. She would do as Kiba had asked and take care of Cheza. She put her faith in the rest of her group and hoped for their safe arrival back to her.

 

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“Son of a bitch! You bastard, you cut me!” yelled Hige as he held his now bleeding arm carefully against his side. I'll kill you!” and with that he spun, outstretching his claws and cut off the humans head. He was breathing heavily now, all of these fights were taking their toll and as he glanced around he noticed he wasn't the only one. Toboe was almost falling to the ground with exhaustion. He was worried about the young wolf until he saw Tsume appeared in front of Toboe to protect him. He glanced in the opposite direction and saw that Kiba was almost done with the soldiers that had been over there.

 

Hige also noticed the marks on Kiba's body as well as his heavy breathing. There only looked to be a handful left which made the collard wolf smile.

 

The sooner they were done, the sooner they could eat. His attention returned to what was now before him. He didn't know when but there was a blazing wall in front of him. Fire. It wasn't all around him but as he jumped to get away, he noticed a rather large black vehicle disappearing from sight.

 

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“We'll hopefully be somewhere safe soon Cheza, everything will be all right,” said Kagome as she kept running, weaving in and out between trees with somewhat grace. She turned to face Cheza, “I will protect you Cheza.”

 

And that was all Kagome said before she felt the sharp, skin penetrating grip around her neck as she slammed to the ground, Cheza being ripped from her back. The pain was nothing she had ever felt before. The restricting feeling around her neck wouldn't let her breathe and Kagome found herself desperately clawing at her attacker. It wouldn't let go until it threw her into the air and against a tree.

 

Kagome slumped over and struggled to get to legs as well as catch her breath. Her vision became blurry for a few seconds as she saw the deep red stain the ground beneath her. `What that…hell?'

 

The scent of Lunar Flowers was not far and Kagome searched for Cheza violently. The ear piercing scream helped Kagome find the Flower Maiden and to her horror, she was on the ground, crying. “Ch…Cheza?” She watched the flower maiden try to sit up but couldn't.

 

`What could have done this?' With great effort, Kagome found her way to her feet and limped over to Cheza, almost falling along the way. “Cheza-”

 

Before she could finish, something dug deep into her back and Kagome yelped. The sound was worse than what a dog made when its abusive owner kicked it.

 

Kagome tried to grip onto something but realized that whatever had gotten her was stronger and would not let her go. She found herself once again in the air before quickly coming back down.

 

She hit the ground hard before rolling a few times. Only when she stopped did she hear that never forgettable growl. That same one she had heard a mere few months ago. She forced her eyes to open and focus on the familiar figure in front of her. Black fur and light blue eyes…it was her.

 

And in that moment Kagome's deep blue eyes turned pink and she growled deeply, bearing her fangs threateningly. She faintly heard Cheza's cries and Kiba's words once again came to her. “Take care of her Kagome!”

 

`I will.'

 

A sudden surge of power came to her and she forced herself to her feet, never once did she stop growling. In fact her growling increased as she looked at that demon in front of her. Her body began shaking with anger. “You killed my family...and now I will take your life.”

 

Her attacker crouched before leaping into the air above Kagome. Before the wolf could land on her, Kagome easily moved out of the way, turned and viciously locked onto her enemies tail and whipped the wolf into a tree. She watched, pleased as it slowly slid to the floor, blood smearing on the trees trunk and staining the grass around it.

 

Kagome leapt and found herself biting at her enemies neck unmercifully, trying to tear a huge chunk off while using her clawed paws to try and scratch her eyes out. The need to kill had overtaken her and she couldn't stop. Not when she saw that faces of her mother and brother, dead. Unconsciously she bit down harder but released before the other wolf could scratch her with its hind leg and jumped back. There was blood dripping from Kagome's mouth as she stood not too far from the hurt animal.

 

“Get up, I'm not done with you yet,” seethed Kagome uncharacteristically. Something had taken over her and it felt so good, Kagome didn't want it to end. She couldn't feel any pain.

 

The pink-eyed wolf watched the creature turn its head to look at her, growling as it tried to stand up. The action made Kagome's tail stand up straight and she began to flex her claws in the dirt.

 

“Get up you worthless dog!” The reaction Kagome got was perfect. It ran at her, thirsty for her blood and they both jumped into the air at the same time. They both collided, biting each other in the side before they fell to the ground.

 

When Kagome turned around a bullet managed to catch her right hind leg, causing Kagome to lose her balance and fall. A cry was heard and Kagome's gaze went to Cheza who had been up against a tree, tears still streaming down her face. Everything went blank, the only thing she could think of was getting to Cheza and she did, with much effort.

 

She felt the Flower Maiden's hands find their way into Kagome's fur, and an instant soothing feeling went through Kagome's body, causing her to shiver. “Cheza, are you okay?” When Cheza nodded, she felt at peace. “Good.”

 

She did not realize that her eyes turned back to blue, but she did feel the excruciating pain that surfaced. She cried out as she collapsed before Cheza. “I'm so sorry Cheza…” Kagome gasped when she tried to pick herself up again. The wound on her leg was seeping with blood and it became totally numb. She managed to turn around, lower half on the ground while her upper half was supported by her front legs and she was met with that same man.

 

That same old, vile, grungy and disgusting man. That man that held a shotgun to her family then as he now held it at her. She saw him bend down next to the semi-conscious animal, never taking his eyes off of her, to pat it on the head.

 

“Your going to be just find Blue.” She heard his gruff voice say. So that was its name…Blue.

 

He stood up again and put both hands on the gun and took aim at her.

 

`I'm going to die.' Instinctively she tried to black Cheza from his view and started to growl menacingly. She did not feel the tears sliding down her face; everything had become numb. `I'm so sorry mom, Souta. I couldn't protect you then and I cant even avenge your death.' She felt shaking hands go around her neck and warmth came to her aching bones. `I'm sorry…Cheza that I couldn't...I couldn't protect you. She saw an image of the group she came to love. One figure stood out though and the tears came faster.

 

`Please forgive me.'

 

And that was her last thought before she heard that gun go off.

 

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