The Road to Paradise - A Wolf's Rain RP (Remade - Accepting!) PG-13

[bignarutofan19]

(*Raises my hand* I shall do it! ^o^)

"Give that back you damn mutt!" a burly butcher shouted, brandishing a cleaver as he chased Daichi.

"Yer gonna have ta run faster than that if ya want ta catch me, old man!" he taunted even though he knew that the butcher couldn't understand him in his wolf form. Rounding a corner he ran a little while longer before he passed an alley and he skidded to a stop then backed up to it. It came to a dead-end but it had a few places to hide so he trotted into it and hid behind a trashcan and not a moment too soon since the butcher ran pass the alley a few seconds later.

"And humans call us stupid?" he snorted. He waited a few minutes to make sure the butcher wasn't coming back before he lied down and placed the steak he had taken from the butcher onto the ground. "Man, it's been a while since I've had fresh food," he said as he sniffed the steak. Licking his lips he went to take a bite out of it when the trashcan next to him suddenly rattled and he jumped up then backed away from it.

"Hello...?" he called uncertainly and when the trashcan rattled again he took a few cautious steps toward it. "Um, is anyone in there?" A few moments of silence passed and just as Daichi was starting to think it was just his imagination a weak whine came from inside the trashcan causing him to tilt his head, puzzled. What the heck was in there?

'Well, there's only one way ta find out,' he thought before he walked up to the trashcan and pushed it over with his nose. The trashcan hit the ground with a resounding clang which was followed by another weak whine. Still puzzled, Daichi walked to the front of the trashcan to peer inside and what he saw made his eyes widen in shock. A ball of black fur with big brown eyes was staring up at him, its eyes filled with fear. What was a pup doing inside of a trashcan?

"Hey, pup," he started. "Why are ya in there?" When the pup looked away and didn't say anything he frowned, but after a moment he replaced it with a friendly smile and said, "Listen, pup. I'm not gonna hurt ya," as his tail wagged.

The pup turned its head slightly and eyed him warily for a few moments. "How...how can I trust you?" it finally asked weakly and Daichi's smile widened into a grin.

"Come on, how can ya not trust this face?" he asked.

"Easily."

Ouch.

"If I couldn't even trust my owner then how could I trust a stranger like you?" the pup continued.

"Well, for one thing I'm not a human like yer owner. I'm a dog. Like ya. So, in a way we're like brothers-"

"I'm a girl..."

"Sisters! We're like sisters and brothers!" he corrected quickly.

"So?" The pup averted her eyes as sadness appeared in them. "You're still a stranger to me..."

Daichi let out a sigh as he sat down. "Listen, pup-"

"My name is Hana," she interjected.

"Hana? OK. Listen, Hana. Since ya don't trust humans anymore--not that I blame ya--and ya don't trust me then how about I take ya ta somebody that ya can trust?" he asked.

Hana looked up at him with a glint of hope in her eyes. "Who?"

The grin reappeared on his face. "Well, there's a dog who lives nearby that's like a surrogate mother ta all of the young strays. She'll take care of ya and raise ya until yer ready ta live on the streets on yer own."

"I don't know..." Hana said uncertainly. "Can she really be trusted?"

"Why don't ya be the judge of that?" he chuckled before he stood up. "Come on. I'll take ya to 'er."

Hana looked away. "I told you that I don't trust you, remember?"

Daichi resisted the urge to roll his eyes. "What are ya gonna do then?"

"Just give me the directions and I'll walk there myself," she said stubbornly as she got up on shaky legs.

"Yeah, right," he snorted. "It'll take ya hours ta get to 'er whereas it'll only take me minutes."

"Don't care," she replied curtly, sticking her nose into the air before she walked out of the trashcan and started heading out of the alley, but as she passed Daichi he picked her up by the scruff of her neck. "Hey! Let me go!" she yelled as she tried to wriggle out of his mouth.

"No-can-do," he drawled, enunciating each word. "Shorry Hana, but my chivalroush shide won't allow a young female pup shuch as yershelf ta go alone."

"I can take care of myself!" she retorted when he started walking out of the alley.

"Shure ya can."

"But...but..." she stammered, trying to come up with an excuse for him to let her go alone but failing. That is, until she noticed the steak on the ground and she got an idea. "What about your food?" she asked quickly.

"Huh?" Daichi stopped, his eyes shifting down to her before he turned his head to look back at the steak. "Oh! It'sh fine. I'll jusht come back for it later," he answered with a smile and continued walking.

Well, so much for that.

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"Are we there yet?"

Daichi bit back a groan. "For the eighth time. Yesh, Hana. We're almosht there," he muttered. Was she like this all of the time? It would sure explain why her owner dumped her.

"Well, hurry up. All of these humans are making me uncomfortable..." she whined.

Daichi glanced down at her before looking around them. They -or technically just him- were currently walking through a crowd of people who were staring down at them with puzzled expressions on their faces. They had probably never seen a dog carrying a pup before.

"Ah, it'sh fine. Jusht ignore 'em," he said, eyes forward once again.

"Easy for you to say... You're bigger..." he heard her mumble.

"Then maybe ya should closhe yer eyesh," he suggested.

A few moments of silence passed and he thought she had taken his suggestion and closed her eyes. But then he heard her say, "But what if we pass something interesting? Then I won't be able to see it."

That's it.

Daichi stopped and was about to drop the little annoying fur-ball on her butt when he heard someone yell, "There's the thief!" and he whipped his head to the right to see a guy dressed in the same kind of clothes as the butcher who had been chasing him. He tensed when a larger guy showed up and he was about to make a run for it when the large guy hit the other one over the head and scolded, "Idiot! That's not the same dog! It was black and does that one look black to you?"

"No..." he whimpered, rubbing where the large guy had hit him.

"Moron," the large guy snapped before walking away and Daichi relaxed when the other one followed after him.

"Humans are scary..." Hana whimpered and Daichi glanced down at her before he continued walking silently. It was only after they had left the crowd of people and rounded a corner into an alley that went behind a bunch of different stores did he speak.

"They're not all bad. Shome of 'em have pure heartsh. In fact, in a lot of waysh they're like ush."

Hana looked up at him, surprised. "Really?"

"Yesh. I've met jusht ash many bad dogsh as I have humansh." He was lying, of course. He had met many more bad humans than dogs but there was no reason to tell her the truth since the only thing that would do is make her hate humans. Not that he's against hating humans since he hates them himself but being so young she would be more likely to snap at a human without thinking of what could happen afterwards.

Daichi couldn't help but inwardly snort. Yeah, just like he did to the man who was a part of the group that killed his family. Other dogs and wolves would call him a hypocrite, but if he could take it back he wouldn't since it was because of that man that he had become the tough wolf that he was today. However, he didn't want a sweet, innocent pup like Hana to live the way he had. She deserved to keep her innocence for as long as possible and besides, he had been lucky. Most humans would kill a dog that growls or snaps at them.

Gurgle, gurgle.

'Speaking of 'er...' Daichi's gaze lowered to the pup he had just been thinking about and he chuckled at the embarrassed look on her face. "We're almosht there."

"That's what you said before..." she grumbled.

"Yesh, and now I only have ta shay it shix more times before we're even," he quipped.

Hana tilted her head, confused, but then she understood what he meant and she gave him a dirty look which made him snicker.

"Daichi!" called a female voice from behind them and Hana could feel Daichi's mouth turn up in what probably was a grin as he turned his head to look at the source of the voice and her eyes widened in awe at the sight of a large, short haired tan/white dog with large ears that were erect and a bushy tail. But the females eyes looked really weird. Unlike the dogs Hana had seen which had brown or blue eyes the females eyes were a milky color and you couldn't see the pupils.

"Sharah," Daichi greeted before he turned and walked up to her. "How've ya been?"

"I've been marvelous," she replied with a smile, drawling the last word. "Lately there's been so many humans visiting the markets that I've been able to take food without them noticing. Most of the time, that is," she added with a chuckle.

"I'm glad to hear that," he chuckled.

"Why don't you take food from the marketplace instead of the butchers? It's a lot less dangerous and easier for you," she suggested.

He shrugged. "Nah, I enjoy the danger. It givesh me shomeshing ta look forward ta every day."

"You must have a pre-tty boring life then," she quipped with a smirk and Daichi was going to retort when Hana interrupted.

"What's wrong with your eyes?" she asked, causing Daichi's eyes to widen in horror.

"I'm sho shorry, Sharah! Forgive 'er! She shpeaks without thinking firsht!" he said quickly with a nervous smile.

"Hey!" Hana yelled.

Sarah giggled. "It's quite all right, Daichi." She lowered her head so it was level with Hana's. "What is your name, little one?" she asked with a kind smile.

"Um, my name is H-Hana..." she answered meekly.

'Sure. Now she's all shy and sweet,' Daichi thought as he rolled his eyes.

"Nice to meet you Hana," Sarah greeted. "Now, to answer your question the reason my eyes look the way they do is because I am blind," she explained, causing Hana's eyes to widen in shock and when she realized just how rude her question had been she looked down in embarrassment.

"I-I'm so sorry for asking a question like that," she squeaked.

Sarah giggled. "There's no need to apologize, dear. You didn't know."

Hana looked up at her in awe. 'Wow... She's so nice.'

"Hey," Daichi whined. "How come ya didn't bite 'er like ya did ta me?"

"Because," Sarah started, raising her head to give him a deadpan look, "you were older than her and you also didn't ask it innocently like she did."

His ears flattened against his head as he averted his eyes, pouting. "Sho? Ya still didn't have ta bite me..." he grumbled, causing her to laugh which only made his pout deepen.

"You're still such a pup, Daichi," she said fondly once she had stopped laughing and then she continued, "So. I'm guessing the reason for you being on this side of town is because you were bringing Hana to me?"

"Ya guessed right. As always," he chuckled. He could never stay mad at her -or any females for that matter- for very long.

"Well, I'd be happy to take her in. That is, if she wants to stay with me," she said.

"Yes!" Hana yelled without any hesitation. "Yes, I'd love to stay with you Ms. Sarah!"

"Just Sarah is fine, Hana," she said, waving her paw dismissively with a smile.

Hana nodded her head slightly with a sheepish smile before Daichi put her down.

"Finally!" he sighed in relief. "My jaw was starting ta feel like it was gonna fall off."

"Considering how much you talk I'm surprised it hasn't already," Sarah joked which made Hana giggle.

"Ha, ha. Very funny," he grumbled, but his smile showed that he wasn't upset. "Listen, as much as I enjoy talkin' to ya I've gotta go. I left a juicy steak behind ta help this little runt-"

"Hey!" Hana yelled, but he ignored her and continued.

"-ta find a place to stay."

"I'm shocked," Sarah snickered. "You actually left behind food to help someone?" she teased.

"Man, what is this? 'Make fun of Daichi' day?" he whined.

"I'm sorry, Daichi. You make it too easy," she giggled.

He looked away and muttered, "Yeah, sure..." but then he looked back at her with a grin. "Ya two take care of yerselves, all right?"

"I will!" Hana exclaimed as she jumped up and down.

Sarah giggled at Hana's antics. "We will. You take care as well Daichi," she said with a warm smile that made his cheeks warm up. It was a good thing he wasn't in his human form.

He cleared his throat slightly and said, "I will," with a warm smile of his own before he turned and started to head back to the alley he had left the steak in, but then he got an idea that made him inwardly smirk and he called over his shoulder, "Watch yer back at night, Hana! Sarah gets super hungry and she might mistake ya for a snack!"

"What?!" she squeaked.

"Daichi!" Sarah scolded, which made him laugh and he picked up his pace so he was running and once he was out of the alley Sarah let out an irritated sigh but then her mouth turned up in a soft smile.

"Idiot."

[ShyShadie]

(( haha, I love that post. x3 ))


This place sure lives up to its name..
A young brunette woman walked along the side walk, hands in the pockets of her jacket as she glanced around at the few things that the city offered, ignoring and avoiding eye contact with the humans aside from an occasional "get lost" glare at the ogling boys. The chilling breeze brushed the skin exposed by the fraying tears in her black jeans; the scent of rain was in the air, but that wasn't all that she could smell..

Little did the people among her know, the woman was a wolfess. Luckily the skies in this dome were overcast so little to no shadow was cast of anyone, otherwise a canine's silhouette would be attached to her feet on the concrete.
Saya was her name, and she had just arrived in Freeze City the night before. Strange, she thought, that I haven't run into any others with that scent hanging on the wind. But it's better that way...

The wolf stopped upon her arrival at the center of the town. The street forked into a Y shape. There was an old, broken statue of some unknown man there in the middle, wielding a strange sword in his left hand while the other hand was clenched at his side. About a fourth of the top of his head was gone, and a long crack ran from his inner shoulder to where his heart would be if he were alive. To her, it looked as if he aimed the weapon at her as he glowered. And to her, his sword reminded her of a large fang.

She wondered why the humans would erect a statue of such an mean-looking guy. Maybe that's why he's broken.
Everything else about the town square was like the rest of the place so far - run down like the people there, drab like the skies. An abandoned building was across the street to her right while a haggardly meat shop was across the street on her left. A man in white, blood-stained clothing stood outside, speaking with a figure that she would know anywhere - one of the authorities of the town. With her hearing, she could just barely make out their words above the murmuring of the rest of the people in the streets as she stood there. Curious, Saya started walking casually across the road to the left of the square to eavesdrop.

"So, you said it was a large, brown dog with a tan face that stole a steak?"
Her ears would have perked, had her human illusion been dropped.
"Yes, just a little while ago. He ran that way, but he's probably long gone by now."
Saya walked past them now, pretending to pay no attention to the two humans.
"Well, we'll keep an eye out for 'im. It seems like there have been more large dog reportings than usual these past few days." The police officer nodded to the butcher and began to turn away. "Please report any sightings."
"Thank you, Officer," replied the butcher as he sighed and walked back inside.
The wolf turned into an alley then, wanting to find a quiet place where she could let her human form go. She absolutely hated having to disguise herself as one of those beasts..
Large dog reportings and the scent of lunar flowers. How unusual, she thought with a bit of sarcasm. If those guys aren't more careful they'll end up dead.

Saya made her way through the back streets, staying in her human form for now. Strangely enough, she soon came to a point where a good smell - intoxicating, even - flowed out of an alleyway instead of the smell of more garbage, enticing her forward. She walked cautiously up to the entrance of the alley, sniffing quietly. It was fresh meat.
Yeah, she had just heard about that "dog", but why would it leave its food where it was vulnerable to be found by the cats, crows, rats, or even other canines? As much as she wanted to run in there and take off with the meat, she feared it was a trap set by the humans to capture them. Then again...
She sniffed the ground...
There was the smell of another canine. Another wolf. More than likely the one that stole the steak and still a good reason to high tail it outta there.
Glancing around to make sure no one was watching, she leaped up to the side of the building on her left, repeating the maneuver on each side until she reached the high roof. Then she ran across the top of the building, jumping from roof to roof for a while until she was a good distance away and jumped back into the back streets, hoping it didn't follow her scent.

Eventually the human voices were nothing but quiet whispers on the zephyrs as the dark blueish-gray she-wolf traveled further down the alleys away from the town center. She passed many a trash can along the way, as well as the gossiping crows that fought over the scraps of whatever rotten food they could forage from the smelly, metal barrels. A scrawny tan cat yowled nervously at her from atop a concrete fence as she passed by, but she didn't bother even turning her head in its direction. Now she was really in a bad part of town - most (if not all) of the buildings she passed were totally abandoned. Glass from the broken windows above and the old beer bottles of the homeless people littered a few places of the ground that wasn't buried in trash. But here it was safe to let her guard down for a bit, as she could not smell or hear any humans nearby. Although the wolf's instincts told her to search for the source of the flower scent, she was tired and needed rest. Then maybe some food.

[SoaringAway]

[ShyShadie]

(( @Soaring: I actually think the colorful language fits here. >> Maybe I should add PG-13 to the title..
Herp. I'm going against my own rules. xD
For someone who hasn't watched the show, I think you're doing well with imagery. c:

Well, here's our wolf hunter girl. She's still a WIP but I'm getting some ideas for her background. ))



Name: Jenica Rebane
Gender: Female
Age: 29

Personality: Cunning and sly as a fox. Jen likes to take it easy and have a good smoke when she can, though despite her laid-back ways she somehow gets her work done punctually. After the death of her husband, nothing seemed to matter to her any longer. She handles her grief silently.

History: Jen was once a scientist working in the lab of one of the most powerful nobles left on earth. The noble knew more of wolves and Paradise than most, and had ways of hunting down and finding supposedly extinct wolves (and other animals, but mostly wolves), which were then brought to the lab for studying and research. However, Jen spent so much time at work that she and her husband rarely got to spend time together. Later, her husband was killed in a terrible train accident, leaving her grief-stricken and remorseful that she had not spent enough time with him. The noble, too, was distraught, as Jen's husband was also the son of the noble. The noble woman, having gone insane with grief but knowing that wolves were the key to Paradise, wanted to eradicate wolves so that no one had happiness if she could not have it. After Jen told the noble of her own ways of grief (she wanted to kill the wolves for "stealing so much time" from her when she should have been with her husband), the noble decided to send her out as one of her own personal wolf hunters - which she created as a new secret-angent-type rank to her military - and they both got what they wanted.

Extra: Her hair is red instead of black.

[SoaringAway]

[[Aww, thank you c: . I was trying to look up Freeze City pictures..but it doesn't even exist on a wikia T_T ;' ]]
[[Also, lovely new hunter .^^ ]]

[ShyShadie]

(( No problem ^^
Huh, I'm surprised there's nothing in bing images.. I'll keep looking and post whatever I can find here for you. c:
And thanks! Jen's not actually the noble; she works for the noble, who is her mother-in-law. But I'll probably try and make something of the noble too. :3 ))

[SoaringAway]

[[ Oh! ..I know this is a dumb question but what's the difference between a noble and a human >u<? Are nobles like the shapeshfiters yet evil..? Or it's only a rank for humans..?]]

[ShyShadie]

(( Oops, sorry for not explaining this earlier: a noble is a human, they're just the richer ones that own the more advanced technology, such as aircraft, helmets that had goggles that could see through the wolves' human disguises, and really, really advanced computers (that's what I call them, anyway xD). One of the nobles even had some kind of life support system that kept his wife alive while she was sick; most of the cities that the wolves in the original series encountered were the cities built/run by the nobles. They lived in keeps while everyone else lived poorly.
I think that's all... Hope that helped ^^'
I should probably change that on the front page - I just referred to humans and nobles separately because "humans" can encompass anyone who isn't a noble, the normal humans. Being a noble in the anime seemed to really set you far apart from the rest of your race.
I'm not too good at explaining things. But I did find some pictures of Freeze City that might help:
What the city looks like from an outsider's point of view. The domes cover the entire towns and it isn't ever explained why, but I just assumed it's because they have air purifying systems under the domes because all of the trees are pretty much wiped off the face of the planet. I have no idea what those things are sticking out of the dome. Those weren't explained either.
Just an abandoned tower.. thing.. There were steps inside it. You can kinda see the other buildings of the city behind it.
Two of the main characters of the series standing on the roof of the abandoned tower thing.
More of the buildings.

[Galeforce]

((@Everyone: Sorry guys ^_^;; I can't usually get on the computer every day... So I'm a bit slower than everyone else. I share this computer with a lot of people, so please forgive me if I don't post right away, but I promise I won't take longer than two days if it can be helped.
@Shadow: Sure X3 but the image isn't mine, I got it offline so if it's ok to do that then you may make it silver :3
Now without further ado, my post!))

On the top of a tall building stood a lone figure, whose silver-blue eyes gazed upon the scenery of Freeze City, the snow falling lightly down around him. A slight, cool breeze blue through his short, spikey silver hair and he breathed it in slowly, then let it out as a cool misty frost blew out from his nose and mouth. He wore a long-sleeve, bluish white buttoned shirt that was rolled up at the elbows, and wore blue jeans and black boots. A chain dangled from a manacle around his right wrist, and the figure lifted his arm up to rub his chin. Yes, the scent still lingered very faintly in the air...

Aatto had only just arrived in this city only moments before. His keen nose had caught to scent of an unusual flower...and being around a lot he had never before scented such a thing. Any kind of flower was rare in this cold climate, it was probably impossible to have any such green beauty planted, so why had he scented such a thing? It was what he came to find out. To find the source of this scent and explain it's existence.

He knelt down on the ledge of the building, his cool gaze staring straight ahead, his mind deep in thought. The cold wind did not bother him as much as it would humans, since he was in fact a wolf, but it was still cold to him. He just didn't have a jacket, but this was one of the things Aatto had learned to endure out in the wild. He never really stayed long in cities, his heart and soul belonging to the wild, though the wild seemed very empty considering the destruction of this world. The 'scent' that had lead him here was stronger now, but he couldn't for the life of him figure out exactly where it was...

[bignarutofan19]

(*Reads all of your posts* My gosh... You guys put so much detail into your posts. My writing skills seem so inferior. XD

@ShyShadie: Oh, thank you very much! X'3 And I love our wolf hunter girl! I can see Daichi getting into trouble with her since he is so trusting. Especially of females. xP

@Draco: 'Tis all right Draco. We understand. ^^ To me, it's amazing that you're able to get on the computer once a week considering you're sharing it with a lot of people.)