Confined Concubine

Disclaimer: I do not own Wolf’s Rain or its characters. I do however own Charlie, Kai and Kimi who you will meet later on.





Tsume





He spent the day walking in front of us, isolating himself. I don’t know why. It annoyed me though; I wanted him with us, with me. But one good thing came out of it: I got a brilliant view of his arse. If only he wore leather like me.





When the Blue bitch started …well…bitching about Kiba’s attitude I just wanted to jump at her throat –ignoring the fact that I used to complain about the same thing- except like we had said, she was capable of throwing me off a building. When the argument had blown over, we were in the middle of the woods, following Kiba to a place where we could rest.





Kiba found a tree whose roots twisted into a circle, like a basket, at least Toboe will think it’s homely. Hige got himself settled before Blue snootily joined him. Toboe rested on their tails leaving just enough room for me or Kiba, I turn to him, ready to give up the place for the white wolf, our leader, my-





His human illusion faded and he turned and walked away, I sigh when the white tail disappears from view. All I could think about as I myself settled in for the night was about Kiba; he was all on his lonesome, again. I moved slightly closer to the other three wolves, warming up quickly, Kiba must be freezing. I rise from the ground, walking around the large tree trunk. When I got to the other side I see a pile of leaves, but no Kiba. I sniff the area, following the familiar scent.





As the smell grows stronger I hear a howl, it went to a familiar tune, Cheza’s melody. It whistled around me on the wind. I follow the cry to find Kiba. He was playing, in the moonlight. That was enough to startle me. I noticed his moon dance coming to an end, so quickly and quietly I made my way back to the rest. It was a good thing too as I heard the pattering of exhausted but steady paws behind me. I curl back into my spot without a moment to waste.





When Kiba emerged from the shrubbery instead of going back to his sleeping spot he came to check on us. He was always more of leader when Cheza wasn’t around, wasn’t distracting him, wasn’t getting all his attention. I have to force myself not to snarl as the canine gold gaze fell on me. He pads away and I hear the leaves crunch under his weight.





I fell asleep with wispy white wolves dancing across my vision.





Unfortunately I woke to;





“Hige! Please! Come on! If we go now they won’t realise we’re gone, and if we keep quiet they won’t know what we’re doing” Blue appeared to be in heat.





“While you were raised a house pet, we weren’t, so we’d hear and know what you’re doing, even if you didn’t wake us up with the suggestion” I hiss angrily, inching away from the mates towards Toboe. Pity he sleep waged, so any chance of going back to sleep became null and void as the red brown tail whipped my snout every few seconds. I sit up, human illusion being pulled into place, showing my prominent scowl. Hige smiled at me sheepishly, running a hand through his fluffy hair.





“My suggestion only woke you, and if you don’t mind, Hige, please?” she snapped quietly, turning to plead with Hige. It was odd, the chubby wolf was obsessed with food and females, they were his only essentials, yet here he was, the gate keeper of sex?





“Strangely enough you woke me too” I turn at the new voice. Kiba was leaning on the trunk of the tree, taking in the scene. His dark illusionary hair was ruffled as usual, he still seemed exhausted. He pulls his bomber jacket tighter around him, a small shiver running through his lithe form. The bright teal eyes seemed troubled. It made me uneasy. Now that I focused on our surroundings, the hair on the back of my heck rose. Something was watching us. My eyes flew to Kiba’s; he met mine steadily, giving a single sharp nod. I turn to the half hearted bickering Hige and the frustrated Blue, who still seemed unaware. Toboe was slowly rising into a sitting position a yawn stretching his smooth hairless face.





A whistling noise sounds around our small clearing. Kiba lurches forward his human hand moving up to his neck, where a small dart was implanted. The red feathers shocking against his pale skin. We all turn to face the woods, looking for the culprit. Kiba staggers but doesn’t go down. Numerous whistling noises cut through the air. Toboe yelps, dart in his shoulder. Blue screeches with one to the chest. Hige grunts as two breech his flank. Kiba drops the illusion, the powerful white wolf starts snarling and looking around wildly. I can’t see anything; the foliage was thick here in the centre of the woods. I feel a jab in my arm, looking down I see two darts submerged there. A cloud descends around my mind, everything’s spinning. Trying to take a step towards the others I drop to the ground. Whether it was my limbs feeling like lead or whether I misjudged my steps or whether it was both I don’t know. Three more of the now familiar whistling noises pierce the air, all landing along Kiba’s body. Our headstrong leader wouldn’t go down. I could see him putting all his energy into standing.





But, inevitably, like the rest of us he falls. We’re all in a pile; my body over Hige’s, my paw on Toboe’s, Kiba’s snout on my neck. At least we’re all in this together. As everything begins to fade into darkness, the crunching of branches reaches my ears, though it sounds so distant. Boots stomp in my vision before completely disappearing. The last thing I hear is Kiba’s low feeble growl as they approach.













“Where are we?”





“I dunno”





“Why are we here?”





“If I knew that, I’d probably know where we are”





“Oh… I just-”





“Yeah, I know Toboe”





“Hige, what’s going on?”





“Blue, I just went over this, I know as much as you do”





“That’s not saying much” I sneer. Opening my eyes, and after blinking a few times, I realise two things. The first and most obvious being that we were in a cell. With two bunk beds, one on each side of the small cubicle. They each had worn, musty blankets thrown haphazardly across the thin mattresses. Three walls were solid concrete, while the fourth was a row of thick black bars. With the dull lighting in the cell, I couldn’t see anything beyond them. The second thing was the smell. The smell of sweat and sex. Neither of these things made me more comfortable.





Blue, Hige and Toboe were sitting on the floor in the centre of the ‘room’, taking up most of the space. I rise on heavy legs. Whatever they had sedated us with was wearing off, albeit slowly. Kiba was at the bars. Snout sticking through them, trying to get a look around. I fall onto the closest mattress. Kiba gives up trying to see, pulling on his human form to rub his hand down a bar, looking for a weak spot. After he does this three times to each pole, he walks over to us, obviously not finding any.





“What’s that smell?” Toboe asks, scrunching up his nose. His naivety astounds me sometimes. I share a look with Hige.





“You tell him”





“No, you tell him”





“You know all about it”





“You’re dressed for it!”





“If it makes you feel better, Toboe, I don’t know what it smells like either” I look away from Hige to see Kiba lower himself to Toboe’s level on the floor and put a comforting hand on his narrow shoulders. Oh how I’d like to show him what the smell is.





“It smells slightly familiar, it’s two smells combined, one is sweat but the other I’ve smelt before too! Near Tsume’s place in the city!” Toboe looked excited at the prospect of actually knowing something for once. Kiba sends me a questioning look. Sometimes I forget that he only knows about limited things.





“Its sweat alright, and there was a brothel near where I stayed, so take a wild guess what the other scent is” I roll my eyes for emphasis.





“What’s a brothel?” Toboe chirps, no longer caring where we are, he blinks puppy eyes up at me. Kiba looks even more confused.





“Ask Hige” I mutter. A few moments later I hear the cry of





“Granny said those places are evil and disgusting!”





“You’ll understand when you’re older Toboe” Hige grins. I look over at Kiba, wondering about his reaction. I can’t help it, I beam. His face was deadpanned as usual, he was trying to hide his reaction but he couldn’t stop the light flush that had risen up his neck to his cheeks. Teal eyes met my gold ones; he looked away quickly, his flush getting deeper. My grin widens. “Don’t be mean Tsume” Hige smiles, mistaking my amused grin as that of a mocking one.





Heavy footsteps echo around us. Toboe clutches onto Hige, who stands next to Blue, both standing defensively in human form. A stand next to them only a slight distance away. Kiba takes his place at my shoulder, in between Hige and I. More dim lights are turned on in the distance, getting closer. Then the low hanging globe outside our cell lights up like the rest. Six human men come to a halt in front of our small cell, five of which are carrying guns. Our legs bend slightly, readying ourselves, even though we knew there was no where to go.





“Finally awake then, aye?” The gun less one scoffed. The human was overly large and bulky with muscle, causing his dirty tan t-shirt and army vest to be ill fitted. He had dirty blonde hair spiked into a matted forest, his face was oily and covered in black heads and stubble grew all over his squarish jaw.





None of us comment, all too busy looking at the guns pointed at us, trying to find a way to avoid any oncoming bullets. The cell is too small to dodge and the mattresses are too thin to prevent a rampaging cockroach, let alone a bullet. “Not so talkative aye? Well that’s okay, we don’t want you for your voices” a sick sneer is sent our way. This snaps me out of my silence.





“Then what do you want us for?!” I shout angrily.



“Your bodies, actually, our clients want your bodies” my eyes widen; bodies plus clients plus the smell, add a cell and guns and what do we get? An illegal whorehouse.





“Huh?” Hige’s face contorts in confusion.





“Okay porky,” I let out a nervous snort “let me explain, we set up cameras although out this area, so when we saw five people trudging along we were just going to watch you closely to make sure you didn’t stumble upon our operation. ‘Cause it was plain as day that you weren’t one of our usual clients and we didn’t want to kill you straight out encase someone came lookin’ for ya. So upon looking closer at you, we realised that you’re the type of people who we usually have ‘working’ here, so we set up to take you like we usually do with possible employees” a smug grin stretches across his face. So everyone here wasn’t here by choice. It was sick. “Of course since we’re going to be getting a profit off you lot it doesn’t bother us so much if someone comes a looking. Two of you are already dressed for the occasion” a sly glance was sent to Blue and I “One of you looked so innocent, sure to take some of the heat off Kimi” Toboe got a look and hid behind Hige, who got a grimace from the disgusting human “And you…” His beady eyes move hungrily up Kiba’s body. “I think its self explanatory” subconsciously I side step, hiding Kiba from view. “Pity we can’t use all of you, tell em’ why, Kai”.





One of the gunslingers stepped forward obediently. At least this one didn’t look fowl, I think as my golden gaze moves over his slim body and long dark hair, pulled into a low pony tail, though perhaps that makes it worse. The young man’s sharp face is emotionless as he states “Most humans fight for the first few weeks, but eventually just except it. You, we noticed as you settled down for the night were wolves, which from experience we know would rather die and would find a way to kill yourselves. So with an incentive” his thin lips slant slightly downwards “We believe one of you will take on the job to keep the other four alive. If not –”





“We shoot you” the disgusting blonde sneers, breaking off the monotone voice “All of you”. He finds the whole thing amusing! I snap, lurching forward.





“Well, we would rather all die then sacrifice one of our own!” I snarl, bearing fangs. The guns raise slightly, safety off. Hige moves to my side, not looking pleased but agreeing with my statement all the same. Blue and Toboe step forward as well, a defeated looking coming to their faces. We stare at the guns barrels, willing fear away. A slow smirk moves onto the blonde’s face. It confuses me slightly. It wasn’t a smirk of amusement at our soon to be deaths, but of …satisfaction?





Kiba moves forward to my side, head bowed. “But one could willingly sacrifice himself” I whirl to face him, startled.





No.