Protectors 3: Wolves

Part 6

I awoke to something wet, brush up against my hand.  I didn't like the feel of it. It felt slimy when it dripped off the skin, a little like the constant bleeding that went on earlier during the week. It ended up stopping a day ago, which was nice.  I still had to keep my leg wrapped because of the marks. Ruki didn't want me picking at it, which I had a bad habit of doing. But it didn't bring back any memories. A strange smell came from it, while I found myself starting to wake up a bit. It smelled a little bit like saliva. I didn't quite understand where it would come from, but I chose to ignore it. I moaned awake as I picked up my hand, again hearing panting.  "Woof" Kanato said as he brushed against the coutch.  I picked up my head, not really being sore, but seeing everything in black and white.  Kanato was lying next to me, shaking his butt like it had a tail attached to it."Hey boy" I said as I rubbed under his chin.  Kanato moaned as he scratched his side with his leg.  At this point, he still was acting like a dog.  I pushed myself off Subaru as I sat up, rubbing my head.  Kanato sat there panting, as he licked Subaru's hand.  Subaru moaned as he shifted a bit. "Why'd you wake me up Lilly?" he asked in a tired voice.  I yawned before speaking. "Cause, Kanato woke me up" I said with another yawn. Kanato crawled up to him as he licked Subaru in the eye.  Instantly, Subaru jolted awake as he rubbed his eye.  "Babe, you still there?" he asked, feeling the couch next to him.  "I'm in front of you, something wrong?" I asked him, seeing him continue to rub the sleep out of his eye.  He looked at me, still looking tired.  His eyes were all red from him rubbing them.  "Oh there you are. I didn't know where you went" he grumbled, as he looked at me.

Subaru looked over at Kanato as he huffed.  "You woke me up, Kanato" he said sternly, looking at him sitting on all fours. He was sounding a little mad at this point, but not mad enough to do anything. "Woof" Kanato barked as he shook his butt around like he was wagging a tail.  Ayato chuckled as he sat up.  "What is he doing?" he asked, his voice a little loud.   I shrugged as I looked around the room.  Everyone except Kanato, Kou, Subaru and I were still sleeping.  Ayato was now getting up slowly, but he still looked exhausted. Shifting happened from across the room. Kou sat up in his spot as he looked at the moonlight, through the hole above him.  He stayed silent as he continued to stare into the sky in silence. "Morning Kou" I said, loud enough for him to hear me.  Kou waved as he rubbed his eye.  I looked at kanato as I smiled.  "Kanato, go wake Kou up more" I said, hearing a slight chuckle from Subaru, still lying his head down on his jacket.  "Woof" Kanato said as he ran up to Kou, and jumped on him.  Instantly, he started licking Kou's nose in excitement.  Kou pushed Kanato away from him.  "Ok, that's enough" he said with a slight chuckle.  "Woof" Kanato said as he sat down. I chuckled a bit before speeking.  "Morning Kou" Subaru yelled as he made Kou jumped.  "Morning" he moaned, rubbing his eyes again.  

"Someone's tired" I teased, as he shook his head.  "I thought I was suppost to tease you" he said with a chuckle. "No, usually its the youngest that's the more annoying.  You just act like it."  I laughed as he shook his head.  "Hows your head?" he asked, in curiousity.  I smiled as I gave him a thumbs up.  Kanato ran back up to me, as he jumed on me, making me lie on my back.  Once I was down, he sat on me and started panting again.  "Seruously, Kanato?" I asked as I chuckled.  "Woof" he said as he started licking my face.  I pushed him back away from me, a little grossed out.  "Eww, Kanato off" I said, as I guided him off me.  After that, he ran away to wake more people up. Subaru chuckled sleepily.  "Your better, but he's not" he said, breaking the silence.  I nodded as I looked up, seeing more people moving in their beds.  I watched as Kanato jumped on Laito, grabbed his hat off his head and ran with the hat in his mouth.  Laito looked at him confused, not having any reaction to it.  At this point, everyone except Shu was up.

Reiji looked at Shu as he slapped his foot.  "Shu, you up?" he asked, a little agrivated.  Shu opened his eyes as he turned and pulled out a ear bud.  "What did you say?" he moaned, in tiredness.  "No, I was just wondering if you were up" Reiji said as he turned around, stopping Kanato from jumping up on him.  "Kanato, go lay down" he said sternly as he looked up at me.  He walked over, looking a little angry at me. "How's your head, Lilly?" he asked, his voice now worried.  I looked at him, seeing him look down over the rim of his glasses. He creeped me out every time he did that. Finally, I nodded as I smiled.  "Good. I think sleep was all I needed" I said, now sitting with my feet over the couch.  Reiji stood up as he pushed his glasses up.  "Well that's good. Feel like moving on?" he asked once more.  I nodded as I got up and grabbed my coat.  It was getting cold down in the cave.    "Ok, let's head out" he yelled, to tell everyone that we were continuing on our way.  I walked next to Subaru, trailing behind Yuma as we exited.  Yuma turned around as he looked at me. "Are you sure your ok?" he asked worried. I could tell by the way he was acting that he was actually worried, and not just pretending. I nodded as we continued walking to the cars.

We got in the car, Yui rode with the Sakamaki's and I rode with my brothers.  I watched Kanato jump into their car as the rest of them followed.  Ruki tapped on my sholder, taking my attention off the group.  "You sure you want to continue?" he asked, the tone in his voice sounded worried.  He looked a little upset by the looks of it, but that also told me he cared and worried. I nodded as I smiled at him, then followed Kou into the car.  After everyone piled in, Yui knocked on the window, before Ruki shut the door.  "May I ride with you? Kanato is all over the place" she said in a shy voice. Yui was a little afraid of my brothers, and they told me why. But since I joined the family, she liked them a little more than she actually did. I think it was because I was around. Yuma looked past Ruki at her.  "Piggy's comming too?" he asked, a little suprized.  At this point, Yui was walking into the car, and sat next to me and Kou. Azusa sat next to her, as he lied his head on the back of the seat.  Finally, Ruki closed the door as both car engines roared and we took off, going back home.

I sighed as I looked out the window.  I was wondering about why Kanato was still acting the way he did, and why I became tired from it.  The car was now silent as everyone enjoyed the ride.  Ruki was reading his book in silence, like he always did.  Yuma was strangely watching me. I couldn't tell what he was feeling. Kou was trying to comfort Yui and Azusa was  looking tired, ready to take a nap.  I was looking out the window passed Yuma, feeling a little creep out by his staring.  He sighed as he prompted his head up with his hand, using the back of the seat for support.  I tried to ignore him, but nothing worked.  "Is there something wrong?" I asked him, feeling a little creeped out.  Yuma shrugged, looking frustrated. "I can't watch my baby sister to make sure she's ok?" he asked.  I looked at him in shock. That was the last thing I thought of a reasoning. "Oh alright" I said as I went back to looking out the window.  I took a deep breath as I strangely smelt a rabbit in the car.  The stench was strong, making the car smell like dirt and mud.  I sniffed a few times as I looked around.

Ruki's attention was pulled from his book as he focused it on me.  He stared at me in confusion.  "Lilly, what are you doing?" he asked, sounding frustrated.  I looked at him, giving him the same look.  "What? Nothing.  Hey, did any of you smell a rabbit?" I asked, confused.  Ruki looked up at me imedantly.  I looked at him directly towards him. His look gave me the feeling like he was going to punish me somehow.  He reminded me of when I was a kid.  He made punishments harsh to the point where you were afraid to mess up again. I looked at him confused.  "What?" I asked him, feeling weirded out by the situation.  Ruki cleared his voice as he spoke.  "Did you just say you smelt a rabbit?" he asked a little angry.  I nodded, feeling creeped out a bit.  "Yeah, I did.  Did we pass one?" I asked again, as I started looking out the car. At this point, the whole car was staring at me, confused.  "What?" I asked all of them. No one spoke.  The car was silent. They were starting to creep me out by the looks.  Ruki looked at me in shock, then shook his head.  "I'll bring that up to Reiji" he said as he went back to his book like nothing happened.  I looked at Yui as she looked at me in a mix of shock and fear, but went back to what she was doing.  We continued to drive home in silence, as the night continued.