My Paradise (Wolf's Rain Fan-Fic)

Chapter 46-2

Hub's P.O.V.

I wake up in a cell of some sort. What the hell? I raise myself up right and look around. Where am I? "You smell nice." an unfamiliar woman's voice says. "Huh?" I ask looking around. "Hello? Is there someone here or am I hearing things?" I ask. "How did you end up here stranger?" the voice again. "Huh? Well, if I started from the beginning it'd take too long to tell." I say. "Then make it short." the woman says. "Oh, well...I was brought her--" I am cut off by my usual sneeze. "Mm, oh, excuse me." I say. "I-uh, came from Darcia's keep." I say. "Darcia?" the woman asks. "What on earth are you doing in a place like this?" I ask. I look to the ground, and see not only dried blood, but bullet holes in the ground. My eyes widen. "I guess you could call it treason." she says. "What kind of treason? You mean against the Nobles?" I ask snapping out of my shock. "Jagara, has detested my kind for generations." she says. "What do you mean your kind?" I ask. "To her we've always been a terrible nuisance." she says. What is she talking about? "You can't be the only one here, where are the other captives?" I ask. "They've all been taken away. To Jagara's great hall." she says. "Great hall?" I ask. "And there, they're all put to death." she says. I gasp. "You don't have to worry about that, they'll just leave you here to rot.Though, my time is almost up." she says. "Why? Why would she do this?" I ask. "Tell me...why do you have such a lovely scent?" the woman asks changing the subject. "Hm? My scent? You must be smelling Cheza." I say after sniffing my hand. "Cheza?" she asks. "A Lunar Flower girl...I-I mean..." I sigh. "Then the Lunar Flower Maiden is here? The time has finally come." the woman says. I don't like the sound of that one bit.

Yuna's P.O.V.

As we ran to the others who had stopped and stared, Toboe and I notice even more bones, though these were whole, still connected to each other. The feeling of unease still clouded in my gut. Something is definitely wrong here... I continue to look around until we get close to the others. What are they looking at..? I step next to Tsume and peered out. My eyes widen again and I swallow. Many Skeletons of some kind of animal were piled into the path ahead. "Man, it's like a junkyard for bones." Hige says. "I knew something was wrong here." I think out loud. "Yuna, stay with me. I've got a bad feeling about this." Tsume says looking to me. I look up and nod after seeing his expression. He was serious this time. "That may be, but we still have to pass through it." Kiba says. "I kinda figured you'd say that. Hm? Toboe, what happened to your arm?" Hige asks. "Hm?" Toboe asks and looks to his arm in confusion. "Oh, I-uh must've bumped into something, it's just a scratch." he says and hides the cut. "Why don't we rest for a while." Kiba says. "Don't baby me, I said I was fine! Come on, daylight's wasting." Toboe says and runs past us. "If he's got that much energy, then he must be okay." Hige says. "But there's no telling what the smell of fresh blood will attract." Kiba says. "Look on the bright side, if something does show up, we can always eat it." Tsume says. "All the better if that something has a lot of Red meat on it." Hige says. Worry creeps into me and before I realize it, I'm running after Toboe. Tsume calls for me but I ignore him. I know I told Tsume I'd stay with him, but there is definitely something out there, I feel it. I can't ignore it anymore. If that something does try to attack, I'll fight with all I have before I let it get to Toboe. Mind made up, I get to Toboe, and stick to him like glue. "Toboe, please stay with me." I say with the strictness that my mother use to use on me. "Bu--" I cut him off. "I mean it Toboe." I say. He whines but agrees. Somehow, they all ended up getting in front of us again and Toboe trailing behind more and more. I was still right there with him, giving him a push when he needed it. The others had stopped up ahead and watched us as we came towards them. I see a few cracks up ahead, and let Toboe go first so that I had a constant eye on him. He jumps over one crack fine. Though, I heard something underneath the ice, in the water. Instinct was screaming at me to stay close to him. So I speed up to his side, jumping over at the same time he does. One more jump. This one was a bit spread out more than the others were. We make it over, but Toboe goes face first to the ground. I crouch down and look at him. "Toboe?" I ask. "Hey runt! You okay over there?" Hige calls back to us. "Thanks for asking, I'm just fine." Toboe says pouting almost. More noise underneath. "Toboe, I know you're tired, but we need to move. Get up." I say giving him a gentle push. He sighs and starts getting up and at the same time, something makes a loud banging noise, and at the same time, subtly shakes the ice we were on. I freeze, look to the others, and back to Toboe. "What's going on Yuna?" Tsume yells to me. Toboe was half up now, and looks around with confusion. "Huh? Yuna?" he asks me. I was looking around nervously, but trying not to show it too much. "You need to get up." I say and grab his arm to help him up the rest of the way, we're almost all the way up, when a louder, more violent shake takes place, making him fall to the ground on his butt, while I struggle to keep hold of him, while trying to stay upright. "What's happening back there?" Tsume calls out. "What the hell..." I hear Hige say. Once I regain my balance, I quickly start pulling Toboe up again. "Time to go." I say, practically pulling him up by myself, just as I almost have him up, something giant and Brown slams through the ice, and falls towards us. Both Toboe and I have no time to react as that thing makes us fall into the water, as it breaks the ice.