Friday, January 28, 2005

News Round
Well, had an eventful day yesterday to say the least, where do I start, well, the beginning would be good wouldn’t it, prepare for a long post…

Well, started going to school, yes the heating was buggered, but it wasn’t even cold, I only learned about this last night, I am not getting my memo’s, lol, not really fair that the others got to have time off school, although I did make a bet with my Math’s teacher saying I could bare the cold, if I could, I would get our Math’s group of Homework tomorrow (Our Math’s teacher is also our Head of Year) But, it seemed to have worked, see if she is a woman of her word tomorrow.

I decided to leave school half day today as well, I didn’t fancy going to Ogden for a track in nature, after the weather we have been having recently, no thank you, I think I shall pass on that if you don’t mind, I told the teacher straight, she didn’t seem to mind, I think she agreed with me you know, lol, from what my friend told me when I rang up later, it was interesting, nearly lost a party member, Jessica on point, not a good thing -_-

Well, got home, had my dinner and made some more Wallpapers and Greetings for the MyO database, have a look if you get spare time, it is times like this I wish the Portfolio was on-line -_-, but, guess it cannot be helped I suppose, I still love my Cher and Hubb one, it is so beautiful.

Not much more happened really, did Finish my Fan Fic, so I will be able to put a full one up, I will continue to do a Chapter a day though, and then the question is after you have read the ending, would you be willing to read a sequel, I will only write one if I know people actually would want to read one (I lie, I Prolly will write one, but if no one wants to read, it, I prolly won’t post it -_-) but, we will deal with that when the time comes, it is about 13 chapters, including the Epilogue which I included especially.

I always find when I read an open ended story, I want to find the author and ask them ‘Yeah, that’s all well and good, but how did it go after?’, I know it is a weird thing with me, they leave it open for a reason, but, it is there story, do you know what I mean? But been my own writer I can decide, and you can when you read. I like to leave my stores, like most writers with that ‘O’ feeling at the end, let you take something away, may it be the experience, or a deeper Philosophical message (Which seems to always find away into my stories, and not on purpose too :P) But, lets leave that till we are there

Oh, one good thing of news, for the first time, yes, I am starting to get anime, I have ordered the Cowboy Be-Bop movie and the first 5 VOLUMES of Wolf’s Rain, my school finally paid my £100 pound bonus late from Christmas, but, I am not complaining, it is because it is this late I ma able to get the Wolf’s Rain series, I am so happy, the only sad fact is that the whole series is not out yet, so I will still have some wait -_-, but, I am finally able to start ordering, it is great, so I will have the sound track and the first half of the series, fantastic, should all be here within 7 days

Wow, that is a lot, I have written too much here :P, almost made me explode remembering it all, lol Hope it does not bore you, I will talk to you all later, have a good one, in the meantime, here is the next section of my story, enjoy

(Yes, this Chapter is short, but it is building up, bare with it please)

Chapter 4 – Journey

As he slept, he had a curious dream, he saw images in his head, these images seemed familiar, he had them before, but, like dreams past, he could not understand them, and only just remembered them as he woke, a girl with pink hair of some sort, suspended in a cage, flowers blooming below her. She speaks out to him, but he cannot hear her, he is not able to hear the words that she speaks, as he tried to hear her, she starts to drift away, the only work he ever seems able to catch is ‘Paradise’.

Waking in the morning, he felt a small weight upon his stomach, at first he thought h was just imagining it as he woke up, but, as he looked up, he saw a ‘White Mass’ sprawled along his lower torso, as he looked around a bit more, letting his eyes focus in the morning light he saw it was Kiba resting on his, in such a way like he was protecting him. Looking around the other 3 wolves rest in here also, resting themselves on different areas on the padding, all relatively close to him, encircling him.

Pushing himself up slightly, trying to get up fully, but also not wanting to wake Kiba, he was able to sit up, using his elbow as a prop, looking around the carriage light flooded in from the main door, and cascades of light came in through various other holes that were made in the old carriage. As he sat there, looking at these lights, following them, he felt Kiba move on him slightly, and as he turned, he got up on his legs slowly, Richard looked over to him, slipping his legs out from under him and sitting, crossing them beneath him, with some effort needed his torso still ached, along with his shoulder and arm, but, they had done a good job in bandaging them, it would take some time, but they would heal, hopefully.

It would seem that Kiba was awake, and after a short moment of his yawning, his teeth coning to bear, every single one of them white, and sharp as knifes. He looked to Richard immediately as he woke and turned around, giving him a simple nod of the head, which Richard returned, getting up slowly, slightly stuttering over his own feet as he still did not have the energy to hold himself up stably, and found himself limping tentatively across the carriage, sitting himself down at the entrance tentatively, giving the Wolves plenty of room.

As he sat there, he looked outside, it was indeed day, the fire that had burned so brightly in the oil drum, illuminating all around it had now extinguished, and all that was left were a few smoking embers that emanated from it, creating a steam of black smoke as it rose into the sky. Looking around the rest of the yard, he got a clear view of it now, it must have been indeed some kind of old train yard, but, it must have been disused for a long time, the trains seemed old and ancient, disused, like so much of the world.

Sitting there he heard the other Wolves wake up one by one, all talking amongst themselves, Richard caught bits of there conversation, not feeling it was his place to add to it, they seemed to be talking about where to go though, the wastelands seemed like the target from what Richard could hear, but, how would he survive out there, he had never been out of the dome himself, but from what he had heard it was baron, nothing could survive out in the snow, you would freeze before you got anywhere. He trusted Kiba though, and if they really were going to pass through the wastelands, then, he must have a good reason, and he wouldn’t let him die, he hoped.

Suddenly, a call from behind got his attention, it was Kiba calling his name, slowly, he turned around pivoting his body, but more so his head, but it still hurt no matter which he turned, the pain spreading through the entire left side of his body, but, he heard Kiba then say to him, “Richard, Let me introduce you to the rest of the pack, this is Toboe as you already know” Toboe nodded and twitched his ear in acknowledgement to his name, “This is Hige”, the Large Brown dog cocked his head to the call of his name, Richard nodded to him, “, and last, but not least, this is Tsume” The Grey Wolf gave him a simple nod, Richard returning it. It would seem at least now he was introduced he knew who people were. After a short pause, he then heard Kiba continue to talk, directed to him, “We are going out into the wastelands, I want you to come with us, I do not know why, but, for some reason I want to”, Kiba looked to him with a determination, Richard himself could not continue why he would want him to be with them, but, he would not refuse the offer, he owed his life to Kiba, and he would re-pay that debt, so, softly he said,

“Ok then, It is not like I have much here, I hope I do not slow you down” Richard knew well he was no match for the speed of a Wolf, and they would be slowed down by him, he would not be able to run for as long, nor as fast as they could, but, Kiba seemed slightly amused by this comment, and said to him, a slight humor in his voice,

“No need to worry about that, we don’t mind” he moved over to the door with Richard at this point, staring out at it, looking up to the artificial sky, the other 3 following behind them al looking out of the door, as Kiba said to them, quite suddenly, “Right, lets go” and as quickly as he said this, he jumped from the carriage, the others following him slowly as he began to walk around the corner. Richard had to quickly follow them, jumping from the carriage and giving a limped run, he would not be able to keep that pace for long, but thankfully, they had awaited around the corner for him, and Kiba seemed to give a kind of bemused look, turning back to Richard he said, in an apologetic tone, “Sorry, I forgot”, Richard walked up from behind them, and stood next to him, saying as he did,

“It is ok, I told you I would only slow you down” he looked to the floor as he said this, he was going to be the burden on the group, he knew it, but, as he felt the sadness begin to creep upon him, a nudge came into his side, it was Kiba, who sad to him, softly, reassuringly,

“Don’t be like that, please, we do not mind, we shall walk, we’re in no rush” with this, he began to walk forward, Richard following on next to him, the other wolves following closely behind, Toboe on his left side, looking up at his occasionally, giving him some occasional budges as they walked, trying to be friendly. Richard smiled at these and patted him on the head, stroking him slightly as they walked.

They seemed to go on forever, walking through several old abandoned areas of the city, where the ruins of buildings once standing stood tall, but all that was left were a few fragments of foundation stones, and walls raising only slightly past the knee, this place was such a mess, the floors uneven, in dire need of maintenance, but no one available to do it, these cities were slowly becoming desolate. Looking around, they seemed to be avoiding the areas that were heavily populated, intentionally going through these areas of disrepair on purpose, but Richard could understand this, after the response he heard that most Humans he gave, they would want to keep there presence unseen, and at the moment, with his ripped clothes and such, it may look a bit suspicious.

Look ahead, they soon came to a large metal wall, Richard recognized this wall, It was the limits of the city, past here were the icy wastelands that expanded for miles, as far as the eye could see, reaching outwards, very few people left the safety of the dome for the freezing environment of the wastelands, although the wastelands were likely a lot safer than life in the Domes. Richard turned his head to look at Kiba at this point, who seemed to just be standing there, looking to the wall, he had to say something, and so, said the word, clearly, “Well, What now?”, he looked back to the wall as he said this, looking at it, seeing what maybe Kiba did, but all he saw was cold, hard steel sat in front of him, decaying away in the times, rust forming over several sections.

Kiba began to walk forward, he seemed to be looking forward and it was almost as if he had not heard Richard, but, just as Richard as about to ask again, standing rather uncomftably, he saw Kiba run and hit a section of the wall, falling straight through, a hole appeared in the old walls. A Cold wind immediately ran through him, a chill spreading over him, it was a t this point he realized how cold it actually was, and then, he realized his severe lack of clothing, it was ok for them, they had Fur, but, he was wearing the scattered remains of his clothing, he would freeze in no time. Not wanting to impede there journey which he was only a guest on; he said nothing to this, only shivered slightly, and tried to fight the cold off.

Kiba turned back to them, the snow slightly falling in through the hole, and he nodded to the group, they all understood this as an all clear sign, and made there way for the hole, each crawling on through it, Richard having to get on his hands and knees, been the last to go through, he had a bit of help as the Wolves pulled slightly on his clothing, helping him through the small hole, his hands freezing on the snow, spreading straight through him.

Kiba looked back at them as they all came up and stood just a small distance from the hole, he looked to Richard, he could see he had no where near the appropriate clothing, and said to him, as the cold winds blew through, lifting the snow up slightly, creating the barrier where the hole once was, “Will you be alright?”, he walked over to him, he could see he was shivering slightly, but, Richard tried to control it as much as he could, not wanting to look weak in front of them, not wanting to be more of a bother than he already was, he responded with a nod, and said,

“I’ll be fine”, he knew this was a lie, he knew that this weather would soon take him sooner or later, he only hoped he could last long enough until they reached there destination, he only hoped. Kiba looked back and nodded, tentatively, not sure if he should believe this, but, none the less, he began to walk forward, leaving faint traces in the snow, soon been covered by the heavy winds. The others followed soon behind this, there own traces disappearing, Richard following on, Toboe still next to him, keeping him company, Hige just in front.

(As a final note, we were supposed to be having lecturs tday, but due to no heater, they cancelled it -_-, so no afternoon off -_-)

EDIT

Panda, your Bishie break today, ROCKED, Kiba is so HOT!, lol
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