Pack leader
Authors note: Please notice, this is a fan fiction and nothing more, I make no gains from this other then the satisfaction of knowing someone somewhere is enjoying this and I make no claims to own any characters here, Wolf's Rain does not belong to me by any standard, I am nothing but a rabid fan and this is nothing but my own rabid fan fiction, enjoy.
I remember it all like only yesterday, when Tsume suggested we eat the runt' andporky' I took it as a joke and moved on, and when Toboe asked who the pack leader was I tried to keep peace by saying there was no leader, now that I look back on that I regret it and wish only that I could have gone back and changed it to prevent what happened,
The wind howled in the frigid air blowing powder snow into the white wolf's eyes, he takes it all stoically as he always had and moves on sensing that if they only kept moving, if they just fought harder then maybe, just maybe they might find Cheza.
"What the hell is the hold up." Tsume growled nudging Kiba in the shoulder roughly "Sorry" Kiba replied a far away look in his eyes "I was just thinking abou-" he was cut off by a punch going directly into his face "I don't give a damn what you were thinking about, and even if I did I already know, Cheza as usual. Now get your head out of the clouds, the runt is starving, porky is twice that bad and I'm sick to shit of this pointless journey, we need rest Kiba"
the grey wolf snarled at the younger male, he was sick of Kiba's `we will find her' attitude that had forced them to walk about for weeks, deserts planes forests and now artic terrain all of which were a bloody hell in there own right, Tsume was going to do something about Kiba soon enough.
"Hey wait up!" Toboe yelled running after Hige who had just caught up to the older two "What you two fighting again" the blond sighed "You bicker like an old married couple, ya know that?" The only response he received from the other two were mutual glares, as much as Tsume and Kiba did not get along Hige's comedic help only fueled the flames.
"Guys I'm really tired can we please take a rest!" Toboe whimpered finally catching up "We have been walking non stop for three days, I'm hungry and really, really tired." The glares shifted from Hige to Toboe "Hey the runt is right, I'm starving and you two can't be all that content yourselves" Hige agreed if only to spare the youngest of the group from the wrath of the two eldest who seemed ready to kill just about anyone within a matter of minutes. "We keep going" Kiba insisted the feeling deep within him calling him onward, onward to Cheza. "No way in hell, look Kiba I don't know whats going on in your head but I'm saying we need to rest, your outnumbered three to one so we will rest." He paused a moment smirking at the other as if in open invitation to a fight "Unless you insist otherwise."
Silence, through the bitter cold wind and the raging snow storm the only thing the group heard was silence as Kiba and Tsume glared unbreakingly at one another for seven long seconds each seeming millennia upon themselves.
"Hey, no need to get grumpy, Tell ya what, the runt and I will go find food and you two can find shelter, with my nose we can find ya easy enough." Hige offered trying to break the horrid silence that threatened to bring forth bloodshed
"Fine" Kiba said at length finding no room for argument with the pack, he shrugged uninterested as he and Tsume went off to find a small shelter, after a few minutes of searching and more silence they found a large empty cave they could rest in for the night. The dreaded silence hung in the air like a blade at the two men's throats while they waited for the younger two to return
"What the hell is wrong with you?" Tsume asked finally breaking the long moment of nothingness "What do you mean?" Kiba inquired oblivious "What I mean is that you are running us ragged over some damn girl, some pathetic brat that supposedly will lead us to a place we don't even know really exists. You act like the leader but your not, no real leader would put there pack through all this bullshit" the eldest growled "Oh really, how would you know?" Kiba asked his eyes unchanging in challenge, ever since they met the two had fought in one way or another, and this was no exception "I know" Tsume responded his voice becoming stern and threatening, he did not like having to look back at his memories especially when he was dealing with punks like Kiba "Now pull your head out of your ass and fix it" "Or what"
That was the third time Tsume's words were responded to by simple questions, no more words were needed in the elders mind now, he lunged at Kiba only for the younger male to dodge and scratch at his flank on the way, the two turned to face one another the wolves growling at one another as they rushed at one another tackling and then trying to bite at one anothers necks.
The wolves were fighting and today a pack leader would finally be chosen, as the fight raged on both of them got a number of bites and scratches until at last Tsume being pinned shifted to his human form again "Damn it Kiba, you can't think of anyone but Cheza, the pack is only going to get hurt with you as its leader" he growled struggling to get free, he managed to flip to his back facing the white wolf before he was pinned again.
His arms were held down by the other wolf's paws and without response Kiba came closer to Tsume his muzzle inches from the other wolf's face, he growled opening his maw wide to flash brilliantly white fangs before lunging his head forward enveloping the elder up to his shoulders, Tsume roared in protest struggling but he was completely unable to move, Kiba swallowed working his muzzle around Tsume's shoulders slowly stretching his maw before finally getting over the hardest part, with the other male's arms pinned to his sides Kiba shifted his head up relinquishing his hold as he swallowed down again gravity aiding in the process as Tsume kicked at the air now upsidedown, as much as he struggled his kicks only seemed to assist to white wolf as he was now waist deep in the other wolf's muzzle.
"Damn it Kiba, Shoulda killed you the moment I met you" the older man lamented as he was forcing slowly into the stomach having to curl up to fit inside the gut as more and more of him slid inside, finally he was trapped within his rival completely.
"I'm doing this for the pack, and for Cheza" Kiba said sighing as he laid down and went to sleep. A few hours later he woke up to see Hige staring at him and Toboe asleep next to a pile of elk bones. "Hey wondered when you would get up, were is Tsume?" Hige asked standing over the older wolf "He couldn't handle it, he's gone now" Kiba replied giving Hige a blank stare "Well that sure sucks, oh well more food for me then" The gluttonous wolf shrugged not much caring but the sleeping runt seemed lonely now without his overheated guardian, the stoic leader sighed going back to sleep, he would rest a bit longer to digest his own meal then they would leave again.
Once awake Kiba led the other two once more in the search for Cheza and gave a mental lament.
I remember it all like only yesterday, when Tsume suggested we eat the runt' andporky' I took it as a joke and moved on, and when Toboe asked who the pack leader was I tried to keep peace by saying there was no leader, now that I look back on that I regret it and wish only that I could have gone back and changed it to prevent what happened,