My Paradise (Wolf's Rain Fan-Fic)

Chapter 21

Kiba's P.O.V.

Hige and Toboe come running from the east, stopping next to me. "Wow, that was rough." Hige says out of breath. "We're back." Toboe says. "You two sure took a long time, did Yuna find you?" I ask. "Yeah, but we lost her over in the south alley. I'm sure she'll be coming any minute now. The runt here kept wondering off, here, some food." Hige says tossing the brown paper bag over to me. "We picked up some other things too." Toboe says holding out a fur coat. "What the hell do you plan to do with that?" Tsume asks. "What do you think? It's a present." he says and places it on Cheza's shoulders. "Here." he says smiling. Cheza's eyes widen and a frown appears on her lips. "I guess, you don't like it." he says. "Sure looks that way." I say. "What I tell ya, now these are great." Hige says walking over with the Pink boots. "I wouldn't be too sure about that." Tsume says. Cheza's face lights up immediately and she puts the boots on. She stands, twirls, and giggles. "You like them huh?" Hige asks and laughs. She continues to twirl and giggle until she stops all of a sudden, with an odd expression on her face. "Cheza?" I ask and follow her stare. An old woman stood a few yards away, staring at us. Hige and Toboe's eyes widen. "Who are you?" Cheza asks. The old woman says nothing, and walks towards us. I step infront of Cheza as the old woman closes in. The old woman smiles. "You are wolves, same as that she-wolf." she says. "Old lady, who are you? How do you know about Yuna and us?" I ask. "What did you do to her?" Tsume asks stepping towards her. "Tsume, what are you saying?" Toboe asks. "Yuna's scent is all over her." he says angrilly. The old woman simply takes off her Black glasses and looks at us with the same eyes as Cheza's. My eyes widen. "What the hell?" Tsume asks. The scent of blood is carried through a small breeze. Cheza gasps. "Yuna..." is all she says. "Where is she?!" Tsume asks angrilly. The woman moves a little to the right, to reveal Yuna, who was grabbing onto her shoulder. Her hand was covered in blood, her face was pale from blood loss, but that didn't stop her from walking over to us. She gets a few feet away from us before she starts to fall, but she catches herself. "Damn hunter..." she mumbles. "Hunter?!" Toboe asks shocked as he runs over to her. He attempts to look at her wound but she hides it. "Yuna..." he says trailing off sadly. "It's fine, just a scratch. Don't worry kid." she says patting his head with her free hand. "But...there's so much blood...are you sure?" he asks. She nods and smiles kindly. I narrow my eyes slightly. Why do I have a feeling that isn't true? I look at Tsume, who's eyes were narrowed like me. He doesn't believe her either. "Looks worse than it actually is. Anyhow, this woman means no harm." she says looking to the rest of us. "Either way, she still hasn't told us who she is." I say. "The hanabito, is what they use to call us." the old woman says. "This one could tell by your scent. But you are not like this one?" Cheza says. "That is true, you are not like my kind. You are a perfect creation." the woman says. "Perfect creation?" I ask. "You must know, I have been waiting for you, for a long time." she says. "I guess she wasn't a ghost..." I hear Toboe whisper. "That stench." Hige speaks up, looking towards the path ahead. "It's them." I say.

Yuna's P.O.V.

"I got a feeling we shouldn't hang around here any longer." Tsume says. "Follow me." the old woman says. We look at eachother before shrugging and following the old woman. "Do you think it's safe to go with her?" Toboe asks while we ran. The old woman led us, Cheza was right after her, then Kiba, Hige, Toboe, Tsume, and myself. My vision went from blurry, to normal, to blurry, until finally I trip over something. I try to catch myself, but Tsume beats me to it. "I got you." he says picking me up and running again. My cheeks grow hot, so I focus on anywhere but him. Pull yourself together Yuna, jeesh. The woman led us to a cabin inside a large tree. Openning a door, she lets us run in first, before she followed soon after, closing the door, plunging us into darkness. All was silent except for everyone's breathing. "You alright?" Tsume whispers. "...yeah, I'm fine." I say. He gently puts me down. A sudden burst of light apeared, after sheilding our eyes, I see a small window. "Woah..." Toboe says. Cheza sits in a chair, which occupied the center of the small place. The old woman kneeled infront of Cheza. "I felt them within my body, the terrible events that occured, and those Hanabito who were unfortunate and imperfect ones, had no choice but to wither and die. I was fortunate enough to escape from the castle. In the forest at the foot of the mountain, I stayed in hiding. For a long, long time. Before I knew it, I was left all alone." she says. "Even if you know nothing about yourself, I do. I know you very well indeed." she finishes. "All this time, this one has been asleep and waiting, waiting just for you." Cheza says looking at Kiba. "The wolf seeks out the flower, and the flower seeks out the wolf, and yet, no matter how you feel, you must not go with them." the old woman says. I look at her shocked. What? "But...why?" Cheza asks. "It will only lead to destruction." the woman says. "What?!" I ask. "Are you crazy?!" Kiba asks. "I'm not talking to you." the woman says. Kiba narrows his eyes and looks at Cheza. "Come on Cheza, lets go." he says. Cheza looks at the floor sadly. "The faintest scent of a flower can offer, is all I have left now, and soon, it too will fade completely." the woman says. "What should this one do then?" Cheza asks. "You, have the ability to sustain the life of a hanabito. Stay here." the woman says. "Cheza don't listen to her." Kiba says. "Wolf, just what do you hope to accomplish by taking this precious girl with you?" the woman asks. "To get to paradise. We are going to paradise." Cheza says looking to each of us. Tsume hears something. "Shh, be quiet." he says walking to the window, same as Toboe, Hige, and myself. A young blonde woman was walking around, searching for something. "I smelt her back at the ruins. I know I've seen her before, but I don't know where." Hige says. "What now?" Tsume asks looking at Kiba. "Let's go. Cheza, let's go." Kiba says. Cheza looks up. "We need to distract her." Hige says. "Let's go." Tsume says, looking to Hige, Toboe, and myself before leaving. I follow, jumping onto a tree limb, along with the others, and wait for her to get close enough. Once she does, Tsume jumps down infront of her, making her take a step back from surprise. Then Hige jumps to one side of her, Toboe another, and me behind her. She looks to each of us wide eyed. "You're the people I saw. Who are you? What's going on here?!" She asks trying to sound tough. "Sorry, but that is none of your business, now is it?" I ask cocking my head slightly to the side. Kiba and Cheza come out from behind a tree hand-in-hand. The woman looks. "Cheza!" the woman says. Kiba and Cheza jump onto a ledge, not to far from the tree. Kiba landing as his wolf form. Both of them look back at her. The woman gasps before Kiba raises his human form back up and jumping again. By the time she looked back to where we were, we had already disapeared. We ran again, leaving the old woman and the blonde, alone once more. We headed for the city again. We stop once we're a few yards in, due to Cheza needing to catch her breath. "She's crying...she will wither away..." Cheza says shaking with unspilt tears. "Do you mean the old lady?" Kiba asks. She nods sadly. "Kiba...can this one...stay with you? Is it alright if this one stays with you?" she asks. "Cheza, you have to stay with us." he says. "Hige?" she asks. He laughs. "Sure, why not. When you're on a journey, the more the merrier." Hige says. "Toboe?" she asks. He simply laughs and shows his brightest smile yet. "Tsume? Yuna?" she asks. They all look at us. Tsume sighs loudly. "Fine, you can tag along, if it gets us to where we're going, I can put up with you." he says. I shake my head with a small smile on my lips. Cheza looks at me next. "Yuna?" she asks. "Eh, why not." I say with a smile.