Chapter Ten- Aftermath

"Did you hear? Three Obelisks were attacked by a wild animal."

"They're in the infirmary seriously hut, but they'll recover."

"They say it was a black wolf with red eyes and it could talk."

"Talk? No way."

Syrus heard the comments and looked at Jaden and Chumley in alarm. "Sy? Is it Chazz?" Jaden whispered.

Syrus nodded. "Chazz admitted that if he becomes angry outside of the full moon, he changes and stays that way until the following morning. He's been trying to stay calm to avoid changing out of anger."

"Well, it sounds like he lost his temper this time," Chumley commented.

"I'm going to look for him. If he's still mad, he won't attack me as I'm a werewolf too." At least I hope so, he added silently.

Syrus slipped into the woods as the sun began to set. He allowed his eyes to adjust before he began sniffing the air. He scented animals that a wolf would hunt and decided to follow them one at a time: Chazz would be hungry after changing and attacking. He followed the first one, but there was no wolf scent nearby. Wait a minute. I should be sniffing out Chazz's scent, not prey.

He resumed his search and continued to do so for the next hour with no success. He decided to head for the lake with the waterfall to consider his options. I wish I could change whenever I wanted, he thought. It would make finding Chazz a lot easier.

He emerged from the forest to see a black wolf lying beside the lake. He was in profile and he could see one red glowing eye. Chazz growled angrily as he lifted his head and looked at Syrus. He blinked and his eyes turned gold. "Sy?"

"Chazz, I've been looking for you. I heard about the attack and was worried about you." Syrus sat down beside his friend.

"You heard, huh? Look, I'm not proud over what I did, but I don't feel guilty either. I accidentally trespassed onto Obelisk territory and instead of letting me leave, reporting me to Crowler, or letting me duel for my leaving in peace, they decided to beat me up."

"Whoa. No wonder you got angry. Did they see you change?"

"No. I did speak to them, but my anger and the growling I was doing kind of distorted my voice, so they didn't know it was me. I'm still made about being attacked and I feel they got what they deserved."

"Chazz! They did not deserve to get attacked! That's your anger talking!"

"Sy, if you were beaten up, you would be angry too. Don't deny it!"

"Yes, I would be angry, but I probably would have passed out before changing."

"You probably would have. So…how badly hurt are they?"

"Pretty badly, but they'll recover. Word spread that they claimed a talking black wolf with glowing red eyes attacked them. Most people are dismissing the talking part."

Chazz laughed at that and then became serious. "People are going to be looking for me, if not tonight then tomorrow."

"If they start looking tonight, then you need to get to your room. Come on." Syrus stood as did Chazz. "Did you hunt earlier?" he asked as they headed toward Slifer.

"Yeah. I'm good. You know, I'm not mad anymore. I think talking to you helped calm me down."

"Well, you calmed me down when I was angry so it makes sense for me to do the same."

"True." The pair reached Chazz's room and as Syrus opened the door, Chazz added, "Night, Syrus and thanks."

"Night, Chazz. You're welcome." Syrus closed the door once Chazz went in nad headed upstairs. Chazz would be human in the morning and on the next full moon, they would be cautious as they hunted and frolicked under the moon's light.

The End