"I can walk."She whined as she wiggled herself off of his back and landed on the floor. "Oof." Kira blinked and breathed easier a bit relieved,"Sorry. Guess I got caught up in the moment." She stood up and shook out her fur "Thank you." He blinked showing a bit of surprise. That's a first. I never get thank yous. Then again, i never risk my neck for someone i met several hours ago. The only response he could think to give was a small simple smirk followed by a shrug.
"Do you think Kaze got out with the maiden?" The she wolf asked. He had a nervous twitch while he paced his walk slowly," I hope so... If not, we may have to distract the noble longer." He felt a jolt of pain ride up his hind leg and winced in pain for the moment, accidentally letting out a short whine. "Are you okay?" She whined again, noticing his slow movements. Once he heard the comment, he stood up straight trying to walk the pain off. "Erm... yea." His gaze fell onto his paws,"It's not the first time my leg has been like this after a fight." He forced on a tinge of a grin, "You have no need to worry about me. We got out alive for now... Right?" "Again, Thank you for helping me." Her tail swayed slightly as the two continued on.
As they progessed on, Kira began to feel his pain lessen more and more. He couldn't tell if it was because the Accalia's conversation had distracted him, or if the wound was actually healing. It didn't really matter though. All they needed to do is locate the exit and the wolves were home free. "Do you think there's another way out?" the she wolf asked. He had opened his mouth to speak words of assurance that there was but Accalia answered her own question."There!"
To his amazement, she pointed with the top of her nose to a neon lime green sign that read 'Exit'. He couldn't believe it. Kira tailed Accalia as she rushed towards the door. Her excitement caused her to become reckless and stumble falling face first. Kira couldn't help but let out a mild snort of a laugh before proceeding up to here. "Ow..'' she grumbled. "Nice one..."[/color] He smirked sarcastically, gesturing her to stand again as she did.
"Let's get out of here." she whispered as she jumped up and placed her good paw on the push handle. It twisted sideways revealing the blistering cold outside. The snow blew past making the door hard for her to keep open. "Let's hurry." she said as she held the door open with her shoulder. Kira nodded and picked up his grandpa like pace as he rushed out the door.
His ears twitched hearing the familiarity of the city he dreamed of. The cars on the paved streets. The chatter of people walking mindlessly on the sidewalks and the brisk winter wind carrying the racket.. Even the police sirens he heard were music to his ears. "I've never been so glad to be outside in my life." The young wolf spoke his thought outloud. He lifted his gaze to the snow sprinkled sky as he breathed his last visible sigh of relief.
Once he was relaxed, he turned back to Accalia, something wandering through his mind. "So... We have this er... maiden, is it? I never actually heard what her importance is to us. I mean, i saw the witchcraft and everything, but it seems both you and Kaze know something I don't. What's so special about her that we risked our lives for her?" His ears flicked eagerly, waiting for some far fetch'd, supernatural explanation. But after all he had just witnessed, Kira could believe anything at this point.
