A man with white/grayish hair was riding a red car and a woman was riding beside him. The man had on tight black leather shirt with the sleeves torn off. The sleeves were separate but were kept on his arms. He had an X scar on his chest and a Grey shirt underneath the leather shirt. He had on tight black leather pants and black shoes.

The woman next to him had a tight black long sleeve off-shoulder top that stops on top of her belly button, showing off your plain belly button ring. She also had on a pair of midnight blue jeans and black shoes. She had long midnight black that stops at her mid-back, chin length bangs that covers the right side of her face and two pieces of her hair over her shoulders, a pair of emerald eyes, and her skin was slightly tanned. They were riding next to a train. They shot at it and they started to shot back. The man avoided the shots all the while trying to keep the car on its wheels.

"Let's go." The man said. The guys who were in the back of the car started to shoot at the train but they got shot.

"Tsume, you sure this is gonna work?" The woman asked.

"Don't worry Esmeralda, we've done this before." Tsume said.

Tsume got closer to the train. One of the doors opened. Esmeralda got one box of dynamite, lit it and threw it at the door. It exploded. Tsume went in reverse and the got to a ledge were they can walk. The guys and Esmeralda got on the ledge but one kid got pushed and was hanging by the railing. One of the guys opened a door but it held a machine that shot bullets. It started to fire at anything moving and was about to shoot at the boy. The boy closed his eyes and Tsume and Esmeralda practically ripped it to shreds.

"Tsume, Esmeralda." The boy said.

"Esmeralda." Tsume said.

She nodded her head and dumped the machine. It exploded and one of the pieces got caught on the train so the train stopped. Tsume and the gang got the provisions inside the train and headed home. Then as they were celebrating a nobles ship came by. It was large and had these weird red markings. Esmeralda covered her ears.

"I hate that sound." Tsume said. Esmeralda nodded.

Tsume, Esmeralda, and the others were carrying provisions and kicking around cans. They were headed to their hideout when Tsume and Esmeralda stopped. Both of them looked at the wolf with the blue eyes. It started barking before Esmeralda and Tsume started to run.

"Hey Tsume, Esmeralda! Where's the fire? Can't we slow down a little? There's nobody following us." A guy shouted after they got some distance from that wolf.

"I know." Tsume said.

"Haven't we gotten enough already? I mean there's plenty to go around." One guy said.

"The provisions of the Nobles will be passing through the check point tomorrow." Esmeralda said.

"We're gonna hit 'em again?" A boy asked. Tsume glared at them and they flinched.

"Chen, Seto, you're in the advance squad." Tsume said.

"Why doesn't that surprise me?" Chen said.

"Yeah but...we messed up bad there last week. Security is gonna be even tighter now. We lost two of us today as it is." The boy said.

Tsume nodded at Esmeralda. She nodded back.

"Gehl, you're on standby. Anyone who isn't willing to fight should get out now." Esmeralda said before she and Tsume started to walk.

"It's a weird relationship those two have." Chen whispered.

"Why is it weird?" Gehl whispered back.

"Because Tsume doesn't let anyone get close to him besides her. They're always together and she's his right hand man. You can rule out the girlfriend thing because Tsume never seems interested in one but I wonder why Tsume can rely on her instead of us." Chen whispered.

"Maybe it's because ever since the gang started, she hasn't died or gotten a scratch once." Seto whispered. Gehl looked at Esmeralda's back and wondered why also.

They all gotten back and there was a crowd surrounding a tree's trunk.

"What is it?" Tsume demanded.

"It's a dog, but I don't think it's going to make it." One guy said.

Esmeralda and Tsume got closer. She gasped along with Tsume. 'It isn't a dog, it's a wolf!' Esmeralda thought. The wolf was white but had an extremely big gash on its thigh.

"Maybe it's worth something." One guy said.

"Maybe we can eat it." Another one said.

"I've never seen a dog this big. This sucker's huge!" Another guys said.

"That is not a dog." Everyone looked at Tsume. "Pull it out."

One of the guys hesitantly goes to pull it out. "Okay."

As he reaches the wolf awakes and suddenly attacks him. The wolf killed him. Another guy, who panics, get a modern crossbow and started to shoot at it.

The wolf avoided it, jumped and bit him on the neck. Gehl, who was standing nearby, looked at the wolf directly and started to shake. The wolf let go of the guy's neck and started to stare its golden eyes at Gehl. Esmeralda punched Gehl out of the way. The wolf looked at her as Tsume walked behind her.

"How interesting." Tsume said.

The wolf snarls at Tsume before Esmeralda and Tsume starts to back away and run with the wolf following them.

"You have a plan, Tsume?" Esmeralda asked as they were running up a pipe upwards.

"Yeah, instincts." Esmeralda stared at him, knowing what he meant.

They found a clear piece of building and both went into their wolf forms. Tsume was a gray wolf with a scar on his chest, Esmeralda was a midnight black wolf with white tips on the ears and tail. They let the wolf know they were wolves too. Tsume and Esmeralda turned back into their human forms.

"That was quite a stunt." Tsume said.

"I was protecting myself, that's all." The wolf said.

"Sure, you were protecting yourself but you shouldn't kill here." Esmeralda said to him.

"What's wrong with killing?" The wolf asked.

"I don't know what mountain you cane down from, but you're in a city now. There are rules." Tsume said.

"Rules? Is running around in the city with a pack of idiots one of the rules?" The wolf asked.

"We're only using them." Esmeralda said.

"Your rules stink like this city. What's the point of living when you're throwing away your pride?" The wolf said.

"You've got a big mouth for someone whose half dead." Tsume said.

Tsume and Esmeralda went into their wolf forms and attacked the white wolf. Tsume and the white wolf went at each other first. Esmeralda went for his throat but he saw it coming and bit her back. Tsume then bit his tail to let go of her. They were nipping at each other and the white wolf kicked hard at Esmeralda so she fainted then aimed at Tsume but he head butted him in his human form.

Esmeralda woke up. She saw that Gehl tried to attack the white wolf. The white wolf went away before she went up towards Tsume.

"You alright?" She asked before she touched the wound on his head and he automatically grabbed her hand. "I'm fine." Tsume answered, letting go of her hand.

"Are you okay, Tsume? You're bleeding." Gehl went up to touch the wound.

"Don't touch me!" Tsume shouted before getting up." And stay out of my business." Tsume started to walk away with Esmeralda following him.

"I wanted to thank you." Tsume and Esmeralda stopped walking. "You saved my life back there. I always thought that maybe you didn't care if one of your friends got killed. I guess I thought that I'd never be one of your friends." Gehl said.

"We're not friends. It's just...we're not like you people." Tsume started to walk away. Esmeralda looked at Gehl before following Tsume.

After they got some distance away, Esmeralda started to talk. "You know Tsume, you didn't have to be so cold to the kid. He really looks up to us, mostly you." She said to him.

When Tsume didn't react, Esmeralda grabbed his shirt and pulled him down slightly (she goes up towards Tsume's chin).

"What the hell?" Tsume shouted.

Esmeralda took his face in her hands and got up really close to his face. He thought he was about to kiss him so he started to move forward but she moved up to his wound and licked his wound cleaned before let his face drop. He snarled at her.

"Your wound is healed...Tsume, don't go around breaking people's hearts." Esmeralda continued to walk, leaving a dumbfounded Tsume.

Everyone from Tsume's gang was there, surveying the check point. Everyone was armed.

"Hey Tsume, have you seen Gehl?" Esmeralda asked.

Tsume shook his head 'no'. Esmeralda hates it when Tsume's cold demeanor scares someone off. Tsume gave the signal to the others across from them to get ready. Esmeralda heard someone coming to them, so she turned around and saw Gehl.

"I'm coming with you guys. I wanna fight. I can help you; just tell me what to do." Gehl said.

"Tsume." Tsume looked at Esmeralda. "Alright, but don't die." He said. Gehl smiled and their raid began.

After the raid, the people found them. They ran on pipes that led them out of the Check Point. Tsume, Esmeralda, and Gehl all rushed out. Unfortunately Gehl was slow because of the gun shooting at him. Esmeralda saw that Gehl was lagging behind. Then a gunshot near his foot caused him to lose his balance.

Esmeralda gasps. "Tsume!" She shouted. Tsume turns and Esmeralda tossed her provisions to him before she went back for Gehl.

"Esmeralda!" Tsume yelled.

Esmeralda turned into a wolf to help him up but his yell caused her to let go. Gehl falls to his death, leaving Esmeralda paralyzed. Seeing Gehl fall to his death, painful memories of her clan flashed through her head. Tsume tossed the provisions and grabbed her arm. Both of them ran out of there.

Esmeralda and Tsume are in their room near the tree. Esmeralda hasn't spoken ever since Gehl fell to his death, causing Tsume to worry.

'Is this the first time she seen someone die? No, I don't think so. Some of our team mates always die in some of our mission.' Tsume thought.

Esmeralda leaned on one of the walls and slides down. 'This is getting out of hand.'

"Listen, if this is the first time you've seen someone die then-"

"His face..." Tsume looked at her.

She had her knees to her chest and was hugging them. "His face reminded me of my fellow comrades from my clan. I let him go, let him die. I hate it when I'm not strong enough to protect someone. Just hate it."

Tsume scoffs. He sat next to her. "There's something you have to understand. People are scared of things they don't understand. He was scared of you because you changed into a wolf. People haven't seen wolves in 2 centuries. You have to understand, this is life." Tsume said.

He had a chicken and torn it in half. He showed half of it to Esmeralda. "I'm not hungry." Esmeralda said before getting up and lied down on the floor, far from Tsume.

He looked at her. Like him, she was a mystery. The only part of her past he knows is that she was a leader of a powerful wolf clan and her clan died because of her mistake. He went to the window sill and sat on it.

He started to eat before staring at her. He knew so much how it feels to lose and give up on someone you love. He walked over to her and saw that she was asleep. He smiled before he cupped her cheek in his hand. He grabbed a small pillow and a sheet. 'What are these emotions that plague me?' He thought to himself before falling asleep next to Esmeralda.

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