Wolf\'s Blood

Grope 6: Leaving On Red Hill

Another thing that quickly killed off a flood of someone else’s lost and current memories was a great whopping helping of physical pain. She even heard her shoulder crack when it collided with the huge slab of rock. But not wasting anytime, she bit down on her lower lip to keep one part of her mind of the pain in her shoulder as she climbed up to the top of the rock.

“How’s the water?!” Hige shouted over to the panting witch who in turn answered with her middle and thumb extended up wards.

“That good?! Well, mind coming back to our side, Kibe’s needs some help!” He laughed even through he was completely serious.

They can’t do nothing without her. She painfully laughed as she leaped from the rock and landed next to the sandy teen who over towers her by a full five inches. He told her that the mother couldn’t stop saying ‘thank you’ and the kid was crying over a doll that was now lost in the river to be never seen again.

Seven looked over the brunet teen as he shook uncontrollable. For a minute or two, she absolute pity for him and wanted to find a way to ease his pain but knew that only time was the only cure. Then she spotted that damn pup who made her go into the only element of nature she hated the most. Not once but twice within two minutes. She rushed over and pulled up the now frighten boy by his collar.

“YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL PERSONALLY DEEP-FRIED YOUR SKINNY ASS!!” As she shook the poor boy before someone smacked her, hard enough to cause her to let go of the shaken Toboe and fall to the down.

Tsume glared down at her with a clear warning of his own and was about to give another slap to make sure she would remember if Kibe didn’t yell for him to stop.

They were both surprised to have him come to her rescue but was quickly over it when he grabbed her by her tank and pulled her way to have a very private conversation.

“What did you do to me?!” He hissed under his breath as the witch slipped on her scarf and black jacket.

“You did it to yourself by touching me with bare hands.” She hissed back, only from pain in her left shoulder as she straighten the black clothing and buttoned it all the way up to her neck. Hiding her light tan skin and glittering golden necklace.

“Surprise to see that you recover very quickly, maybe there’s hope for you yet.” She painted a half-hearted smirk on her face as she stood there with her arms folded, looking up still in pain serious blue eyes.

“Can the bullshit! I want answers!” He pushed the witch backwards into the tree with a hand resting on her tri-colored hair near her light tan face. Keeping her from slipping away.
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“Then what’s the question?” She sighed.
“Whose the girl with your eyes and the lilac hair and what is that flower that I smelled whenever you’re near?” He saw those light blood pools widen at his choice of questions. The brunet wasn’t about to let this chance for some answers slip up.

“Cheza. She was someone that you protect in the last life. She was my mother in a way..” It sometimes hurt to tell the truth but right now, she made the exception.

“And the flower is called the lunar flower, a flower that only resides in Paradise where there’s always a full moon shining overhead. My home and soon yours.” Now she felt better with that lie.

“The why leave it in the first place?” He leaned close, close to tell the difference between nose jewelry and blemishes. Too close for the girl.

“Why not? You left your well to do home.” That got him to stand back. Serious blue asked the silent question of how.

She gave her usually cocky smirk. “I have been watching you four for at least four mouths. You make me laugh that you think that you could escape your problems by running away.” That whole thing came out as cold as the Darkness but she had to make such that the former white wolf would stay far enough away.

It didn’t. He lean back in only to hiss out his next set of words in her mocking face.

“You don’t know anything and don’t try to, witch!”

She was about to retaliate when a bullet ran through a few thick strands of her hair and into the tree, missing her right ear by a few centimeters.

“Shit.” Both stared wide-eyed at the sudden attack. But Kibe recovered quickly and grabbed the witch by her black clad arm and took off towards the other. Seven looked back for only a second to see someone that she both didn’t and did expected to see. Quient Yaiden with a rifle aimed for somebody.

“Run! Now!” She cried out as soon the others came into view. Tsume grabbed Toboe by the wrist while Hige scooped up the fluffy white kitten and all started running, following the leader of the pack.

Bullets came whizzing past them, glazing only Hige’s blue hoodie and Toboe’s boots’ heels as the for of them kept running. Not daring to stop for one second till they hit the borders of a small-time town. Praying that the hunter wouldn’t dare fire upon them in here, they all intermingled into the crowds till entering a bad attempt of re-creating the fifties diner.

“Now what was that all about?” As soon the waitress that should never any type of clothing that was too short or too small or even in Barbie pink gave them menus and said that she would go back to get their drinks order.

“Twenty Thousands dollars.” Was her only answer.

“You owe someone with a rifle that much cash?” Hige scratched his temple as he sat there confused.

“No, Genius. Someone is looking for me and is willing to pay that much cash for my capture. “ Did it just get cold in here? She pulled her jean jacket on and wrapped herself tight inside to fight off the cold that was more internal then external.

“Let me guess.” Serious blue eyes looked down at the shriving ebony haired girl. “You pissed some one off so bad that they wanted revenge for whatever you did.” But she didn’t hear any of the insult.

The ice cold water was already coming for her. She could feel the ice stringing her body through her layers of clothing. Not now, when the others are watching. Out of fear, she quickly jumped to her feet and ran into the LADIES’ room.

While the four males were wondering what was going on, Blue had taken upon herself to investigate what else was wrong with their guide.

Light tan knuckles hidden under the black cloth turned stark white as they gripped the porcelain white sink as their owner was trying to beat away the much stronger force. The white kitten was mewing in great concern. But she wasn’t heard. She can’t hear anything. The Darkness didn’t have a voice nor a face, just the feel of drowning in ice cold water. One final look in the mirror to see the pale blue face starring back and the light crimson eyes turning amber on black before they rolled back into her head and she fell, hitting her head roughly on the sink on the way down. Blue wasted no time getting help…

It was scary to see the normally feisty older girl to just lay there, shriving like mad even though she had dozens of blankets wrapped tightly around her. Her purple lips trembling with quiets sobs while her eyes fidget under the almost blue lids. While everyone walked around the small-town out of boredom or so they couldn’t see her in this torturous state, Kibe sat there by her side just in case he would be needed.

He had bandaged the nasty scrape on the too cold cheek and carried the way too cold to be not dead girl till they had spotted an abandon mom and pop shop. For some reason, he thought that it his fault that she hasn’t woken up yet. And it has been five days since the white kitten nearly clawed Hige’s leg to a bloody stick in order to any of them to follow her into the girls’ restroom and finding the comatose tri-colored girl with a very nasty scrape on her right cheek and very cold.

The others just visited the stores nearby or just walked around till nightfall to only back to a worrisome brunet and a girl that should be dead to be that cold. Tsume gave the opinion that he did go somewhere but really just sat on the roof, looking over a town that seem to lost in a time warp. Hige hanged around the arcade trying to bummed off free games from challenging kids on games that he knew that he could win at. And Toboe stuck close like a good puppy.

He was always worried about the only big sister that he ever had but he tried not let the others know it since it would cause them to worry even more. Especially the eldest of the pack. The bronze man was always making sure that he was all right and stay close while he slept. He even taken to smoothing bad dreams away from the auburn runt when he woke up screaming. Usually on those nights, Seven rubbed his stomach and sang in soft whispers in his ear. Her songs always brought the good dreams and made him feel loved and protected. Tsume just cradle him in those strong arms and rubbed circles on his back till he fell asleep again. Toboe still felt loved and protected but the dreams were often weird and before long he had to go seek solitude in one of the back rooms, hoping to the Gods that no-one, especially Tsume can hear him.

Right now, Hige was beating some rap star wannabe at Street Fighter while Toboe walked around outside on the sidewalk. A guy with strak white hair with blue tips and roots in straight legged black jeans and red thin shirt with only one button at the above his navel button walked up to the young auburn teen. He was paler then Kibe but wasn’t as pale as Seven was at the moment.

“Hi, you looked out of place.” He smiled as he bend at the waist to be on the poor kid’s level.

“umm, I am just wanting till my friend’s done then we’re going to see a movie.” He tried so hard to lie. He looked back into the game room to hopingly see if the plump sand teen was about over. Nope, not by a long shot.

“Well, you really shouldn’t be out on your own. Those a lot of sickos that would love to have a young pretty boy like you.” It was the chilling smile that made Toboe wanted to go inside the arcade where there were a large group of people.

Some color came back to the dead like cheeks as the sobs stopped and the girl went into a peaceful slumber. Even pushed some of the blankets off and curled up. Just as a poor boy with flowing auburn hair was limping through the door being held by a sandy plump teen and followed by one pissed off bronze man with faded ‘x’ on his broad chest.

Kibe rushed to take the poor shaking boy into his arms and laid him next to the sleeping softly Seven. He asked what had happen to the poor guy when he saw the blood on the green army pants. Toboe felt the warm body laying next to him, almost shrink away till the gentle arms, the only arms that were soft and contain so much care and concern, wrapped themselves around him and pulled them into the embrace.

“found him like this a few blocks away hiding behind a dumpster. “ Then Hige held out his arm which was bloody and torn as if it were bit by an animal. “When I tried to get him out, he shifted and bit me. “ Toboe started crying and even in her sleep, Seven nuzzled her nose in the auburn locks and began singing so low and soft.

She slowly woke up to find herself comforting the poor pup. Blue saw the puzzled light crimson orbs and quickly filled her in the current events. She nodded and slowly stood up with the sobbing boy still in her arms.

“Leave us.” The words were spoken so low that they were almost unheard.

“Go and take care of Hige’s arm. I need the privacy for what I am about to do.” Serious light crimson met serious blue.

Serious blue nodded and led the two others out and shut the door behind them. Till she show that she can’t be trusted, Kibe will always trust Seven.

The white kitten stayed and kept quiet and still in the far corner as the shaken pup whimper by the sudden absence of the warmth and care that he desired. The desired to know that what ’he’ wasn’t real and the pain that had invaded him was nothing but a bad dream. Seven pulled off her jacket and gloves as well Toboe’s dark purple shirt. It hurts to be touched, from a simple brush of skin to a iron grip of a hand. But Toboe was in a great deal of pain and this was one way to ease it, even it meant her own discomfort. And being in the icy cold pool for almost a week, she will be no doubt be drained for a while. But the safety of the males and the kitten overrides her own health and well-being.

“What?” Toboe sobbed as he was pulled back into an even tighter embrace.

“Shh, I’m going to make everything better. Make the bad dream go away.” She whispered just as the flow of the recent memories flowed from his little pale body and into hers.

The soft and scared amber eyes watered with tears that will never shed as they closed into a slumber. Seven tried hard not to let go, not to scream. She only succeed in not letting go. As she watched this, Blue would never doubt the tri-colored she-wolf’s intentions ever again.

Three head perked up as the blood-curding scream echoed from within the little shop. Hige kept the brunet from racing into the shop by holding on his hand that was wrapping the bandage around the bite that had stopped bleeding five minutes ago. Hige had beaten himself over and over again from letting the runt leave his sight and gotten hurt and by the angered glaze of the amber eyes, he wasn’t going to sleep for awhile or be left alone with the older male.

The screaming turned into breathless sobs as the memory of the rape reached its final stage. The boy in her jerky arms has long gone sleep and had wrapped his arms around the slender waist of his caregiver. When the memory has run its course, Seven fell back and panting out the sobs, taking a rest before going to action. Toboe’s innocence will be avenge even at half-strength. Gently, she pulled out of the soft grip and crawled away to let the boy lay upon the makeshift bed and tucked a blanket around his sleeping body. She even went as far to kiss his cheek before slipping on her jacket and gloves, wrapped her scarf around protectively around the boy’s neck. The black jacket was left unbutton as she limped towards the door, her body has also taken in the pain of the rape as well the memory of it. Blue mewed worryingly but Seven half-turned her head around to give a assuring smile and said that she’ll only be a minute.

Kibe rushed to the sudden serious girl to see if she was all right and to ask exactly where she was going.

“Hige.” She ignored the tall brunet. “Toboe’s asleep now. Try not to disturb him till I get back.” He nodded in understanding.

“Excuse me, but where are you going and what happen in there?” The white-haired man asked in a gruff voice.

“He has been raped by a mother fucking bastard, and I have the where and the who locked in my brain so if you don’t I like to rip off his balls and make him eat them before I passed out for another week.” For a minute, Tsume swore he saw one of the light crimson eyes turned amber on black as the glare echoed his own. It was scary and it reminded him of other that had an only one amber on black eye.

“I’m coming, I want a piece for myself.” They both shared a bloodthirsty smirk and nodded to each other.

Kibe stared at the silent agreement between the two and almost pity the poor bastard, yeah and Hige’s has size zero body. He also stated that he was coming and ordered the plump teen to watch over the fort till they get back.

It wasn’t a long walk for the store but for Seven’s over-exhausted body, it felt like a lifetime reaching the god-damn tavern where the bastard lived and stole Toboe’s innocence away. Kibe had to held her in order for her to walk the last block before leading her inside and to a chair.

“Hey, welcome-” A busty waitress in a short jean skit and pink tube top tried to greet the New patrons till the tri-colored snapped at her, demanding to know if ’Alec Kearns’ was in.

“Sure, he’s up in his room.” She thumbed up to the stairs that led to the loft, wondering by the murderous looks of the three people if that was a bad idea.

“Thanks, and don’t come if you hear screaming.” Tsume laughed while Seven stood up on her own and lead the way to revenge.

Even Kibe didn’t expect for the older man to simply knocked the door to be asked to be let in. Tsume kicked the door, almost off its hinges and roughly asked if Alec Kearns was in. Seeing the white blue root and tipped haired man with only his black jeans on, sucking at the end of a half cigarette, laying sideways in a should have been tossed armchair in front of television that was playing a rerun of ’Xene’, he stomped inside and picked the guy up and hurled him to the wall.

Seven placed a hand on Kibe’s arm to keep him from entering the room.

“Let him play for awhile.” She smirked as she slid down to sat against the broken door to see the bastard getting his ass kicked as well the shit beaten out of him.

The serious blue eyes looked over the weaken Seven and wondered if they should have waited till she was a little bit better.

“How do you feel?” He asked as they heard the cracking of a bone or a rib when the poor fool was thrown onto the wall above the television.

“Had better days.” she shrugged. The Darkness was in a playful mood when it had taken her, even thrown in making her heavy as lead while she tried to swim to the surface. It finally decided that its boredom was cured and let her go. Till waking up to find a sobbing an auburn puppy in her arms, she was having a nice dream about her mothers.

The idiot even started pleading for mercy while the pissed off man had taken to pouching his handsome face. Seven smile and almost didn’t hear the next question.

“What did you do to Toboe when we left you alone?” This time she looked at him before looking at suddenly very interesting crack in the floor.

“I-I took his pain away and absorbed it. I never done it before since any close contact with anyone hurts almost like that.” She pointed at the scene of the merciless beating of Kearns.

“Oh, that’s why you wear so many layers.” And why you keep far enough way from everyone.

“And it hurts the idiot just as much.” Why did he feel hurt about that? He wasn’t looking for anything but the reason for going to Paradise from the girl.

“And open the gates to lost and forgotten memories, you know how many people had miserable and painful lives? I feel the pain of those memories.” She looked up, seeking for something if only for a moment then changed back into the cocky façade that she carefully created.

“No, no please stop!” Then followed by a growl made by a newly made gray wolf.

Seven stood up, and with her hands in her pockets walked over to the poor bloody mess that was Alec Kearns. She spotted the discord and forgotten cigarette and picked up to smoke for a minute or two.

“Tsume, stop for a minute.” after a puff of gray smoke vented after of her mouth.

The gray wolf gave her a pissed glare but did back away from the quivering mess of the human. She roughly grabbed the now bloody mess of white and blue hair, jerked the head up to blow some smoke at him.

“Now, you are probably wondering what the fuck is going on. Aren’t you?” He gave a sobbing nod, then she use the two fingers that held the almost gone death stick between them to point at the menacing wolf with the white ’x’ on his broad chest.

“See him?” She looked back at the pitiful man. “He is very upset that his little puppy was hurt, but not as upset as me. But unlike him, I have some control and am willing to let you choose your death.” She took a drag then blew another long puff of gray smoke in the man’s bloody broken face.

“But before I let you chose, I believe our puppy would like to let you know just how he liked being your fuck-toy for the day.” She stuck the stick between her teeth on the right side of her mouth and then with the other side of teeth, she pulled off her fingerless gloves and cupped the bloody face.

Flashes of the poor boy being pinned to the ground of the loft and almost having his pants and shirt torn off by Alec, then his ass roughly invaded filled his mind along with the pain. He began to sob even more and wished that he wasn’t feeling oh so playful earlier.

Seven jerked back her hand to take out the cigarette and burned it right into the cheek of the sobbing fool.

“Now your choices are; A: I let Fido over there-” Tsume growled when he was mention. “finish, B: I ripped off your entire reproductive organs, have you eat them for dinner and then let him finish or C:-” The tri-colored girl leaned to speak low in the nearly bitten off ear. Tsume and Kibe knew it had to be something so horrible when the poor man was screaming “Dear god, A. Please, I choose A.”

“Fine, A it is.” With that she let go, the face went ‘thunk’ on the hard floor and gave a thumbs-up for the happy gray wolf to finish what he had started as she walked out, followed by the brunet who wished not to see the ravage death of Alec Kearns.

Almost everyone’s eyes follow the pair closely in pure wonderment and wondered what was going on upstairs. Seven paid it no mind as she walked over to the bar, did a leap over the bar-table and had a look over of the many bottles before picking a fat base, long stem brown bottle and did a back-flip back over the bar-table.

“Mind putting it on Kearns’ tab?” The star stuck waitress gave a slow nod and Seven gave a “thanks” and walked out with Kibe in tow. Tsume came down in few minutes wiping some blood from his mouth and fists with a piece of a shirt that he had found laying around the apartment.