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Chemical Warfare Chapter

The still air caused Toshio to become uneasy, he wanted to move, but he was coiled inside thick parchment paper, he screamed out for help. The parchment paper continued suffocating him, pushing all the air out little by little. The parchment paper disappeared. It took him a while to put his mind back together. He wished he hadn't, he was filled with regret. The images of Erik and Adam flashed through his mind. He wanted so badly to receive a kiss from just one of them. He touched his lips and smiled, he was lowly being suffocated by his own emotions.

Suddenly he felt a tug on his chest, as if an invisible rope where tied around him, He allowed himself to be pulled upward, to come out of the suffocation and back into reality. Bright lights flashed, and ripples like water clouded his vision. "Toshio.......Toshio....Toshio!!!!" A short wolf was boxing him in the face, Toshio grabbed his paw and twisted it. The wolf yelped and pulled his paw away, "What the hell Mijikai!"

Mijikai was a short, tawny brown wolf. He was about 5'4" and goes to the same High school as his older brother. Miji (Mijikai's nickname) retorted scornfully, "Fine, but I'm not gonna wait for you, the bus is gonna be here in like....10 minutes." Toshio sprang upright and made a beeline to the bathroom, the door swung open and he pushed his dad out. His father still in his bathrobe yelled, "Next time warn me, I could've been naked or something!" Toshio started flinging toiletries around, brushing his teeth, brushing his tail. Toshio never touched his head fur except to wash it, it naturally flipped and spiked, his bangs jet slightly off in the front. Miji walks over sighing and whining, "Can you hurry up?! Damn where gonna be here forever.... Oh, by the way. Did you get drunk last night or something? Cuz you smell like Sake." Toshio turned and looked at him severely, "You know I don't get drunk, Sake calms my nerves." Miji laughed, "I wonder what dad would say if he knew you drank sake." Toshio's mother always knew, but after she passed he went to live with his dad.....What was he going to tell him? 'Hi dad I drink alcohol now'?

Toshio started speaking Japanese, which he did when he didn't want his father to hear, "Tell him anything and I'll tell the football team you think they're fags." Miji gasped, "You wouldn't.... They would kill me!" Toshio smirked, "Try me."

Toshio ran towards the bus, pushing himself faster and faster. It was an amazing feeling, and he hadn't sprinted in a long time. Miji ran past him on all fours. Toshio yelled after him, "I was going easy on you, but now that you've cheated..." Toshio sped up, faster and faster. Even in school, Toshio was the fastest player on the Baseball team, even the football team asked him to join. Toshio flew past his brother and onto the bus, even beat his brother by a good few seconds. Toshio went to the back seat as he normally did. Looks like today, he'll be sitting with Adam. He fell down next to him with and audible thud. His brother walked exhaustedly up to Toshio and cursed in Japanese, "Fuck, Huff....You" Miji sat down next to Gio and they began chatting with each other. "You okay Toshio?" Toshio turned surprised, "Hm, what do you mean?" Adam looked at him shocked, "You don't remember what happened last night?" Toshio tried to recall his memories, but....did he really want to? "Oh....yeah, I guess I just forgot." Adam conveyed the event that happened the night before, "You didn't want to do anything. Than you went to the bathroom and vomited..." Toshio looked surprised, "I did?"

Adam felt his head and answered, "Yeah, you just got up, and went home. I had to take your cake back to your place... we didn't even eat it." Toshio smiled and nodded (Toshio's gift made it so others couldn't lie....He was a master at lying.) "Oh yeah, sorry.... Well, looks like we'll be eating cake tonight." The bus stopped near Erik's house, which is strange because Erik always drove to school. (Toshio would drive to school if he could afford a car) Erik got on and all the kids stirred, Erik always intimidated others (No more than Toshio though). Erik made it to the back and sat in front of Toshio, "Hey." Toshio couldn't look him in the face, but continued with apologies for last night's events, "I'm really sorry about last night, I didn't mean to..." Erik cut him of, "I'm just sorry you got sick on your birthday." Just then some jocks got on the bus and Erik began chatting with them.

Adam finally worked up the courage to talk to Joseph, he tapped him on the shoulder and Toshio swiveled to meet him, "What." Adam blushed and said, "Meet me in the library during English." Toshio gave a 'what the fuck' face, "Wait... My English or your English," Adam answered, "Yours." The bus rolled towards the school slowly until it stopped at the front door. The bus driver opened the door and the students filed out slowly (More like a blob than a line). Toshio banged on his locker and it opened. He began organizing his things by period, his favorite class is first today, Advanced Culinary Arts. The classroom was soon filled with 15 students (They would have more if the students weren't so intimidated by the teacher) Toshio made his way towards the back to collect his assignment, which had to refrigerate over night. "Toshio, present your assignment, please." The teacher's thick Italian accent reminded him of his father. He made his way to the front of the class and waited for other student's to collect their assignments from the fridge. "Hello and good morning, Today I made for you a Japanese desert, An Dango." The plate was past around and the students had a quick sample, One of the students raised their hands. Toshio waited for others to finish and picked him to speak, "What is in this, they're really good." Toshio answered, "Red bean paste, or Adzuki beans." The teacher asks what the method of cooking is and Toshio begins to explain. Ever since the first day, students have been fascinated with Toshio's melting pot culture. His Italian cooking was superb, and his Japanese cooking was unsurpassed. He loved his culture, being half Italian half Japanese was pretty cool to most people (Not to mention he's got a few girls following him from class to class, which all in all isn't so bad.)

Mijikai was sitting with his 9th ands 10th grade friends (He's just as popular to the lower grades as Toshio is to the higher.) They where chatting away at how Miji was setting up a Kendo club for the school. Toshio's friend Jacob jumped up, "That's so cool Miji! Does that mean we'll be hitting things with swords?" Everyone's enthusiasm caused Miji to blush, and the girl around his arm buried her head into his shoulder, "Oh, Miji. You're so sensitive." Suddenly a deep baritone voice cut over the crowd, "Hey Freshmen." The crowd was silenced instantly, Confusion set in as a big tiger came from the outer corridor, "Which one of you is Mijik....Miji...Mi..." Miji's tenor voice cut through, "It's Mijikai....what do you want." Miji held his ground as the tiger looked menacingly at him, "Tell your brother if he wants to live, he'll stop being friends with Erik." This sent him over the edge, "Oh...so you're one of those bigots. Listen, either you leave or I bash your fucking face in." The Tiger growled deeply and the freshman scattered, "Is that a threat asswipe... I'll say it one more time, tell your fag brother to..." Miji Dashed foreword and kicked him in she shin. The tiger reacted immediately, Cussing and swearing profanity. Miji began beating his face into the table, blood started to smear across it. "Now listen to me, BASTARD....Either you tell your Bigot ass friends to back the fuck off.... Or you won't wake up tomorrow." He screamed "I swear, let me go...please!!!

The senior left, holding his nose to staunch the bleeding, but blood continued to run from his face. All the freshman stormed and raved, they where glad to see a shift in power like that. The crowed suddenly became quiet, Miji's friend Sam yelled, "Teacher!" The teacher materialized from the far corridor, walking briskly, she took one look at him and signaled for him to follow her. The tiger hiding behind her back, was embarrassed, he didn't like this negative attention. Miji turned to him and mouthed , "You're dead" The Tiger nearly jumped out of his skin, his face struck dumb with cold fear. Miji felt no regret for what he did, and let's face it. He kicked a seniors ass

Toshio made his way to the back of the library. No students where around at this time because they where taking ACTs. Toshio didn't have to take it because he already passed it in 10th grade, as well as Adam and Gio. Adam was reading the Looking Glass Wars, a novel Toshio had shown to him a few days before. Toshio plopped down next to him and let out an audible yawn. Adam looked up and snickered, "You're such a Tsundere." Toshio looked up, surprised, "I am not!" Adam laughed again and answered, "Yes you are, you act so tough, like you don't care. But when it comes to your feelings, you get flustered." Toshio sulked, his cheeks puffed out, "I don't get flustered." Adam's face became serious. "I didn't get to give you you're birthday present." Toshio sat up, he became enlightened. He launched into a fast, hasty speech, "What is it, is it a Y?ma amulet? Or maybe a paper charm to banish away evil... Ooh... I know it's a." Toshio was cut off from conversation, His senses didn't register everything, The first thing he smelled where oranges, the taste of thousands of oranges danced across his taste buds. The softness of his lips, the smell of sake and plums matched this perfectly, making a harmonious feeling settle over the room... He was kissing him. His senses where causing him to become light headed, Adam gripping Toshio's shoulders, paws furling and unfurling with every move of his tongue. Adam broke the kiss and sighed, "You have no idea how long I've wanted to do that." Toshio was still dumbfounded, he smiled... "Wow, err... I hope you're not looking for a direct answer yet, because I'm still contemplating." Adam frowned, "Contemplating what exactly?" Toshio turned, heart thumping. He pulled out a small yellow bottle of pills out of his pocket. It was a ploy to get off the subject, but it brought light on something much worse, "Wh....where'd you get that?" Adam stammered. Toshio saw the unnerving look in Adam's Eyes. A loud bang sounded and a curse flew into the open, Toshio recognized it immediately... it was Erik's. Adam jumped up and made his way towards the exit, "I gotta go." Toshio stopped looking for Erik and grabbed Adam's shoulder. Adam yelled, "Let me go!" Toshio forced his shoulder outward to make him pivot and face him, "Not until you tell me what the hell is going on." there was a long silence, Toshio was about to give up when Adam answered, "It's called Zyprexa." Toshio always had wondered what that drug did to him. The pearly pills made Toshio shiver. Every time he saw Adam take one, he became repressive and indifferent. Adam took in a deep breath and said, "I have BPD." Toshio's eyes widened, he finally new why those pills frightened him... Zyprexa is an Anti Psychotic.

Toshio cleared his throat, "You think I'll stop being friends because you have Borderline... Well than I guess you don't know me." Adam looked up at him in shock, "W...w-what do you mean?" Toshio smiled, eyes tearing up, "Miji has multiple personality..." Adam was taken aback, it was all hard to digest. Toshio's little brother had a psychosis problem as well? This question flew back and fourth in his mind. Adam changed the subject back again, "What where you contemplating lately." Toshio laughed, this topic suddenly didn't seem so bad, "I'm just saying you might have some competition." Adam reacted almost immediately, "No I don't." Toshio looked surprised, "What do you mean by that?" Adam had regained his composure, "Erik wouldn't risk his straight reputation to fall in love with you, he feels to secure in his ego bubble." Toshio nodded in agreement, "Yeah, I guess you got a point..." Adam turned and gave a hand gesture, "I really do have to go, the bells about to ring." Toshio nodded," all right...but..." there was a long pause, "Do you wanna hold hands on the bus?" Adam blushed scarlet, "S-sure."

Toshio loved every moment of Erik's pain; it was payback for his spying on them. Adam and Toshio made the hand holding very discreet, the only ones who saw it where Adam and Erik. Erik was sitting in front of them. Erik's severe look was become more intense, so Toshio fought back. His eyes dropped and he leveled his head with Adam's shoulder. Adam turned bright red, as well as well as Erik. Erik interrupted his 'Sleep' with a question, "So...are you guys like, together now or some shit." Toshio gathered all the kindness in his heart, "Well... would that be a problem?" Toshio did his best to look uncomfortable, as to draw attention from everyone on the bus. All eyes where on Erik, Toshio succeeded in making Erik look like the bad guy. "Me...na."

Erik turned around, Toshio noticed his ear flicking in agitation...he was lying again. Toshio was tired of Erik's compulsive lying, tired of the ego he presented. Once the bus stopped, Toshio walked off as if in a daydream. He remembered some poem they had to read in English. It was something about red truths and blue truths, but he couldn't dig it from his cluttered mind.

"Hey Miji," Miji turned around, "Yeah?" Toshio took in a deep breath, "I promised to help Erik with his English homework, so I'll be home in an hour or so. Miji turned his face downward, "I don't think you should be seeing Erik anymore." Toshio looked puzzled, "Wha- Why?" Miji looked sorrowfully, "That tiger jock, well.... He stopped by me to say, 'Hello' today." Toshio cleared his throat, "W-what did he say." Miji smiled, "Don't worry, I beat the shit outta him. Now he's afraid of me." Toshio relaxed. He didn't condole what Miji did, but he was grateful that the tiger would no longer bother them.

"See ya Miji," Miji smiled, "Don't go easy on him...." Toshio smirked and snickered, "Don't worry, I won't."

Toshio banged on the door, "Open the door, dude." Toshio was getting pissed off, "Erik, open the damn door!" Toshio's ear flicked rapidly, the sound he was picking up was coming from the upper floor. Erik made no effort to cover his heavy footfall. Toshio remembered something; he smiled wickedly and dashed to the side of the house. A small door leading into the basement level stood. Toshio turned the knob and the door swung out noiselessly, the burglar alarm did not detect him because the side door was unlocked.

He made his way to the front door and unlocked it, Toshio laughed to himself again, "Well, he did say if the door was unlocked, come in whenever." he bounded up the stairs and into Erik's room. Noiselessly and full of guile, he stepped into the room and closed the door. The door made a loud echoing click; Toshio looked around the room, expecting to see Erik appear at any moment. Toshio dropped his guard to take in his surroundings. The room smelled like vanilla which surprised him. Whenever he was around Erik, he always reeked of sweat and pheromones. Everything looked pretty normal. TV, chair, Xbox, computer, laptop. But what caught him off guard where the reading glasses on a desk in the corner, "I didn't know Erik read." he walked over to the desk and looked through the glasses, "No way Erik needs these, there for nearsighted beasts." as far as he knew, Erik could read thing just fine without glasses. On the edge of the table was a black notebook with a blue fountain pen sitting on top. He took a deep breath and reached for the notebook. It didn't look like much, but as he flipped through the pages, his breath was taken. On every single page where Equations, not like any he had ever seen. Variables and signatures, signs and cosigns, this was College math material. Page after page was filled with equations.

Toshio reached the middle of the book and stopped, on the page was a sketch of Toshio. It was uncanny how much it looked exactly like him. The fur, facial expressions, even got his bangs right. Next to this was an equation, Toshio couldn't read it if he tried, but the drawing made his heart beat out of his chest. Toshio turned, startled by the completely naked bear, headphones in his ears, ' Well no wonder he couldn't hear me' Toshio took in his naked form, but it didn't embarrass him at all.

Erik looked up, horrified. He ripped the Headphones off and yelled, "W-What the hell are you doing in here?!" Toshio couldn't help stifling the laugh, "The- mfggh- front door was unlocked." Erik looked dumbfounded, "But- I could have sworn I-" Toshio busted laughing, he tried so hard to keep himself under control, he tried to speak, "is- is this gonna be- a regular thing with you." Toshio continued laughing. Erik was scarlet; his embarrassment mixed with confusion, Toshio wasn't blushing.

Toshio stopped laughing and through a bathrobe at him from the top of the dresser, "Here, put this on." Erik slipped the robe on as fast as he could and motioned towards the door. "You need to go now." Toshio's giggling stopped immediately, "No" his voice became sharp, his glare piercing through Erik. Erik bellowed, "Yes!" Toshio got up and made his way toward Erik, "Not until you tell me why you where spying on us in the library." Erik turned scarlet again, "I-what? - look, I wasn't spying on you!" Erik's ear flicked once. Toshio made his way toward Erik and touched their two noses together. Toshio serene voice cut through the calamity, "Uso..." Erik looked confused, "wh- What?" Toshio backed off three feet and yelled, "Liar!!! Your a big liar! Your an Idiot wrapped up in your big ass ego, your afraid to admit your feelings!!!" Erik bellowed back, "Feelings?!" Erik laughed, "For what?!" Toshio's voice cut through "Your feelings for me." Erik was taken aback, "Feelings fo- I don't have feelings for you?!" Erik's ear flicked repeatedly, Toshio laughed, "Prove it, then!" Erik blushed, "how?" Toshio grinned wickedly, "Kiss me."

Erik was terrified at this point, "k-kiss you?" Toshio's smile remained, "Yeah, and if you don't like it, or you don't feel anything, just tell me and I'll leave it alone." Erik swallowed and walked slowly towards Toshio. His awkward walk almost made Toshio laugh again. Erik pressed his lips to Toshio's roughly, the action forced and pitiful. Toshio did something unexpected; he pried Erik's lips open and slipped his tongue inside. A shiver ran down Erik's spine, he was enjoying this; he wanted Toshio to hold him, take all his pain away. The taste of sake and plums was enticing, Erik wanted more. Something nagged at the back of his mind. He broke the kiss and nodded abruptly, "No. I-I can't. I just... I'm sorry, I can't do this." Toshio's heart collapsed in on itself. Erik looked up with sad eyes, "Look, let's just...forget it ever happened." This was the finishing blow to Toshio, he recalled what Miji said. "You're right Erik... in fact; let's just forget we ever met." Toshio got up and walked towards the door. Erik panicked; he hollered at Toshio, "Wait, I didn't mea-!" Toshio cut him off, "Fuck you." Erik was completely unnerved; Toshio had never used the F word. He cussed all manner of foul things at Erik, but never used the word fuck, it was symbolic of the hatred he now had for Erik.

Toshio wanted to get his mind on something else, anything else. He tried to remember the strange poem in English class. He remembered the teacher saying it was written by a Japanese philosopher.

He recalled what the poem said about red truth. Red truth was focused on changing reality, like making objects appear, or recalling moments of the past, the only rule was that red truth could not be used to kill another, He thought about this for a minute. He was so emotionally drained; all he wanted to do is see Adam again. Toshio thought about this 'Red truth' thing for a minute, he tried collecting what he knew about Adam. Past memories, facial expressions, body movement. Toshio took in a deep breath, "This maybe crazy, but." Toshio's eyes snapped open, the air vibrated with power and strain, "Adam is located at the Dicanello residence" he felt the words pulsate through his mind in crimson red. Toshio sprinted back towards his house, gaining speed, hoping with all his heart that it would work. The front porch came into view, Toshio stopped immediately. There sitting on the maple wood chair was Adam J. Klauss.

Toshio collapsed next to Adam on the bench, he wanted to scream, and kick and bite his anger out. But instead he collapsed face first in Adam's lap. Adam awoke from his nap on the sunbathed porch, "Oh, Toshio! Are you alright?" Toshio spoke into Adam's jeans, "MMF-HDHHH-ERRRK-SSHLE!" Adam laughed, "W-what?!" Toshio pawed him in the face playfully, "I said Erik is a mother fuckin' asshole." Adam stiffened and stretched, "Why is he an asshole exactly... and when did you start using he F word to describe Erik?" Toshio grinned "Just today. I went over to his house and asked why he was spying on us in the library."

Adam turned scarlet in anger, "He's the one who was spying on us?!" Toshio nodded, "Yeah, but that's not the big issue, the issue is that he lied... but this time he did it to my face." Adam frowned, "So, your trust with him went down the toilet."

Toshio was about to cry out in anger, but he snuffed that out quickly, "He was so kind before, and so honest... he had to join the football team didn't he." Adam looked deep into Toshio's eyes, "Something else is bothering you, too." Toshio frowned, "Well...he kissed me and than retreated." Adam felt a twitch in his eye, "bastard..." Toshio's eyes became graven and empty, "He said 'lets just forget it ever happened' so I said 'Lets just forget we ever met'." Adam gritted his teeth, "Than he's not my competition anymore." Toshio became alerted, "Adam don't." he had enough, "No, that, that, that bastard is gonna take credit where credit is due!" Toshio calmed adam, "Adam, please." Adam looked down into toshio's eyes and he smoldered his anger. He leaned down and kissed Toshio. Toshio released it and fell into a deep sleep

Toshio threw his backpack at the foot of his bed, "Sit wherever guys." Gio, Miji, Adam, and sicily walked into the room. Sicily sat on the wooden chair, Adam took the bed, and Gio and Miji collapsed on the floor. Toshio flipped through a manga, "This is my favorite manga." He showed the manga to Gio, "Hmmm...Shakugan no shana huh, don't tell me what happens." Toshio smiled, "don't worry, I won't." Adam gave a 'What the fuck' face, "I thought they already released the latest issue." Gio smiled, "Toshio imports them." Adam jumped up. "No way, let me see!" pretty soon there where four people all squeezing in to read one manga. Sicily laughed, "You guys are hilarious." Toshio looked up from the manga and stopped translating. "Oh, I got that tsubasa chronicles you wanted." Sicily unleashed her wrath upon Toshio, "Where is it, tell me!" Toshio points to the dresser drawer, "Don't bite my head off," Adam scrambled through his backpack, "I made some drop cookies." Everyone turned towards him with hungry eyes, "What kind are they?" Toshio asked. "They're lemon." Everyone dashed towards the Tupperware container. "Hold on, hold on!" Adam laughed.

Toshio looked up, "These are delicious..." Toshio tasted something off about them, but he couldn't tell. Toshio looked up at him. "Don't worry, I gave some to Erik." Toshio smiled, "Thank you."

Erik walked to the mailbox leisurely. There was only a small Tupperware container inside, full of drop cookies. The drop cookies had an off smell to them, but he couldn't put his finger on it. He pulled the Tupperware container and made his way back to his house. Once inside he collapsed on the bed, the Tupperware container lying lazily on the side of his bed. He pulled the top off and grabbed one of the round cookies. The initials on the container where Adams, and as far as he knew Adam didn't have a problem with him. He popped one of the drop cookies into his mouth and chewed. Something stabbed into his gums. But he just took it as his wisdom teeth pinching again. Suddenly he screamed. His mouth cascaded with blood and saliva. He coughed and gagged bile and blood. He hacked out three needles, blood and bile spread across the hardwood floor. There was still one in there, piercing his esophagus. He risked shoving his paw to the back of his throat. Blood sticky and wet pouring out of his mouth, pain surged through his entire throat. He picked at the needle with his index and thumb. It loosened and he vomited more bile and blood, forcing the needle out of his mouth. He couldn't talk, his throat would rip itself apart if he did. He felt anger and betrayal, mind slipping from consciousness. He fell in his own bile and blood, smashing the ground with his paws. Turning his head back to the Tupperware container, he searched it inside out, throwing the drop cookies around the room. There on the bottom of the Tupperware container where Japanese characters. Erik translated the best he could, and the message sent fear and menace shooting through his body, 'I must not tell lies'.

This sent Erik reeling, he couldn't help but yell, "Adam, I'm gonna kill you!!" he hacked pieces of flesh and blood, his mind slipping into unconsciousness. He knew he couldn't fall asleep, if he did he might not wake up again. Stumbled upward, slipping in his own blood. He whispered a curse as he stepped on a needle. He made his way into the bathroom and pulled some drugs out of the drug cabinet, one of which is supposed to thicken your blood, he thought it might clot in his esophagus and stop the bleeding. Erik made his way to the shower and turned the head on, the water turned rose read to pearly pink swirls as his blood poured down the drain. The shower felt good on his skin and lured him into a heavy trance. All he could think about where ways he could kill Adam.

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He cleaned the rest of his blood off the floor with bleach and other stain removers, lucky his floor was hardwood. He picked up the rug in the bathroom and stuffed in in a black garbage bin. The clock read three, if he didn't hurry he'd be late for football practice. Erik finished the cleaning, but the air was thick with the smell of pine sol and bleach. He opened the windows to the bathroom and main room, then sprayed the room down with air freshener. The smell of bleach wasn't as stagnant, but it was still strong. Erik made his way to the bottom of the stairs and pulled his cleats on.

He winced and pulled his footpaw out. Blood was dabbled on his foot, and pins and tacks littered them as well. It was tedious picking them out, and they didn't go in very deep, so the blood was easy to get rid of; but this only fuelled his hatred for Adam even more. Erik wiped the rest of the blood of with a rack and continued putting the cleats and the rest of his clothing on. The pad had nails in them, which dug into his shoulders, he began pulling the nails out. The kneepads had itching powder, which caused his skin to blister. He rinsed them out with hot water and dried them. Now Adam's death will be twice as painful. Once Erik was finished putting on his thongs. He ran out the door and into his car, (The truth is, Erik doesn't like being naked around other dudes, so he doesn't change at school.) and made a beeline for the school, 'Don't talk to anyone, just get this over with,' he thought to himself.

Opening his locker was easy enough, everyone was still too out of it to talk anyway. Erik pulled out a water bottle, and a paw towel. But his paw felt something strange, a round object with no edges. He stuck his head into the locker. A pungent, stinking fume released into his nose. He snorted and scratched his muzzle. He reached in, pulled the ball out and through it in the trash. He smiled to himself and thought, 'Is that all you got?'

The coach hollered at all of them, "Alright, 10 laps around, go." he blew his whistle and he began to jog his way around, if Erik was known for one thing on the football team, it was that he wasn't the fastest. But this was worse, his energy was depleting as if it had been thrown into the open air. His legs began to lag, they felt like lead. He started sweating more, but he hadn't even run one lap yet. He felt as If he where in a fever dream. His mind spun, he breathed heavily. Crimson liquid began to drip from his muzzle continuously. One of Erik's friends saw the blood pouring from his nose and ran back towards him. He saw the fear and shock in Erik's eyes. "Dude, your nose." Erik fumbled just lifting his hand up. He wiped it across his face and was taken aback, his paw was covered in crimson liquid. The German shepherd led him back towards the coach. "Don't worry, we'll get you to the nurse." Erik fumbled over his own footpaws. His friend puthis arm around him for leverage and support.

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Adam had walked into the nurses office, "Just in time" he told himself. He hollered at the nurse, "I've got permission from the hospital to use the drug!" the nurse gasped, "Oh, thank goodness." He took the needle over to Erik and smiled, "Don't worry, everything is fine." Erik was still in a fever dream state, but he knew better, "Get him away from me," he whispered, the nurse looked at him serenely, "Don't worry yourself, dear. You're just confused is all." The fever dream kept his arms and legs from moving. "Don't let him kill me." he whispered again. Adam pinned the needle into his arms and smiled, "Erik, everything is gonna be fine." he pushed the plunger down and Erik gasped, the cold liquid was coursing through his veins.

Erik regained consciousness, his throat felt better, his limbs once again had movement. It was as if the events had never happened. He looked over at Adam and shot out of the bed, "Don't let him near me!" he yelled. His throat was still raw, but the flesh was repairing very well. "Oh, hush." the nurse said, "All Adam did was give you a shot, apparently you have anemia." Erik look up dumbfounded, "W-what?" Adam sat up and smiled, "Yeah, most people can go their whole lives without knowing they have it." The nurse sat up in her chair and nodded in agreement, "Your fever was so bad you where starting to have fever dreams." Erik thought about this for a moment, could all of this have just been a dream? He fingered the hole in his gum and smirked, no it was all too real. Adam was his opponent, and he would just have to deal with him, permanently.

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Erik walked out to the shed in his backyard at nightfall, the shed didn't consist of much. There was a riding lawn mower, a spade, and some blankets and boxes filled with painful memories, (not gonna find out what's in the till book 2). At the back of the shed was a lumberjacks axe. The axe belonged to his older brother, Tyler before he moved. His brother worked in the east wood twenty miles out of town. Erik picked up the axe and smile. He swung its long handle with ease, as if he where Toshio when he was practicing Kendo. Erik swung the blade in arches, the balance was perfect, he could easily wedge this in Adams skull. He walked calmly up the street and into the far alleyway, which took about 10 minutes. This ally was only used by thugs and drug salesmen, Erik had painful memories of this place as well. He flipped out his cell and sent a text message to Adam, "I need 2 talk 2 u, meet me in the bck allys." His fingers fumbled with the send button. He put the phone back in his pocket, and he readied his axe. The wind was strong, almost knocking his axe out of his paw. Phantoms filled the walls, making his heart race. He started seeing things he couldn't explain the wall around him began to melt, the smell of death and decay was pungent and stagnant. A shadow filled the dark alleyway and Adam came into view.

"Hey, you wanted to talk?" Adam pulled an innocent face. Erik snarled, "Don't condescend to me, you little piss ant!" Adam acted taken aback, "W-what do you mean." Erik snarled and spat his words, "Don't play with me, Dumbshit! I know it was you who put the needles in those cookies, and the smoke bomb in my locker!!" the air was silent and hollow at first, then Adam laughed insanely, "Hahahahaha!!! I didn't think you'd ever figure it out, I guess I overestimated you." The cackles stopped and Adam pulled a long white sheet behind his back, he pulled the handle and removed the blanketing sheet. What was inside made Erik's innards retch. A blood spattered machete came into view, Adam laughed some more and said, "I use this Machete to saw off body parts in the lab. But it will serve useful for PLUNGING INTO YOUR GUTS!" Erik stood frozen in horror at the blood stained machete, he could imagine his arms and legs being sawed off and put in a white bag. Adam continued his conversation, "It doesn't have to be this way, all you have to do is apologies to Toshio,"

Erik smirked, "Apologies, for what?!" Adam looked disappointed, "What? You mean you didn't get the note on the container?" Erik was taken aback, "But- I didn't mean to-" Adam became enraged, "It doesn't matter what you meant to do, dumbshit! You hurt Toshio..." Adams eyes where full of hatred and bloodlust, "and I can never forgive you for that!" Adam dashed toward him and arched the blade gracefully. Erik barely had time to react, he forced the axe clumsily forward. The sound of metal on metal was ear shattering. Erik careened the axe sideways and proceeded in a downward ark. Adam jumped backwards and the axe buried itself into the concrete. Erik pulled the blade out easily, Adam laughed, "This is fun, I might decide not to kill you," Erik spat out in hatred, "What the hell is that supposed to mean!" Adam laughed, "I can see the effects of my drug are already starting its effects on you." Erik remembered the shot in the nurses office, "What did you do to me?!" Adam cackled and snapped his head foreword, "You really think it was just a drug for anemia?!" Erik stuttered, "But- I thought- that the symptoms," Adam cut him off, "Made your throat heal, stop the bleeding, yes there was anemia drugs in the shot, but you should know why the symptoms started in the first place." Erik was terrified, "The ball of gas in my locker." Adam cackled again "Finally, god I swar your such a dumbass. Don't you get it, the gas imitates the symptoms of anemia." Erik was losing his grip on the situation, "But why go through all that trouble?" Adam laughed again, "God your slow. Okay, the drug I injected into you was actually mine that I chemically enhanced."

Erik was at a loss of words, Adam continued, "The drug I had invented releases a chemical imbalance in your brain, you now have the symptoms of psychosis."

Erik as infuriating, "What the hell is the point of all that?!" Adam snapped back, "So you could feel the ultimate torture. Don't you get it, I never wanted to kill you. I wanted to drive you insane, So insane that you push everyone around you away. You will begin to feel what I FEEL!, and than you'll be driven so far gone that you're suicide attempts no longer succeed!" Erik bowed his head, angry tears and hatred exploded from his mind, "No one will love you, you will be friendless, and you'll forever be known as the crazy kid across the street." an unearthly scream ripped from Erik's throat, he dashed at Adam, swinging his axe in large arks. Adam blocked and dodged as if they where nothing, he jabbed the machete into his upper shoulder. Blood sprayed from the open wound, Erik had lost all sense of reality, but the pain was not ignored. Erik screamed in pain, holding the pulsating wound.

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Adam ran down the street, cell phone in hand, just in case he got any more texts from Adam. So far all he knew was that Erik and Adam where going to have a chat in the back alleys, and Adam contacted Toshio for support. But Toshio knew well what anger could do to the bear. He needed something, just in case things got out of hand. He had already received news that Erik had become mentally unstable. The nurse had called his house earlier that evening to tell him the events in her office and on the football field. Toshio closed his eyes and tried to imagine a knife. A small knife, but enough to protect himself with if things had become violent. He tried speaking a red truth, just to see if it would work. "I need a knife for protection." He spoke with power and energy, the words flew from his moth like waves of energy. He stopped dumbfounded, there in front of him lying on the street was a cooking knife. He picked it up, fumbled to conceal it in his trouser pocket, and moved on. He bolted up the street and into the first ally. He swerved around the corner, leveraging himself with his paw, getting ready to make a mad dash.

Erik was doing good, but he was running out of energy. His movements where starting to slow, and his attacks had caused less of an effect as he would have wanted. He had successfully cleaved one of Adam's ears off, and grazed his right arm. But he had more damage done to himself, A gash across his stomach that never passed through the muscle wall, and the shoulder wound he had received.

Erik was not the only one whose power was starting to fail him. Blows from the heavy axe took its toll on Adam's muscles, Adam would soon have to rely on Toshio's arrival, and allow himself to look vulnerable and damaged. Erik saw a gap between each of his blocks where he left his tail wide open. He swung the axe foreword with a mighty downward ark. The tail was cleaved straight off. The Husky howled in pain, blood dripping from the tail that was twitching on the ground. Erik laughed at his success, but what happened next was all too horrifying.

A tenor shriek flew down the ally, "What did you do?!" Erik stumbled back, Adam leaning on the wall for support while also trying to stop the bleeding of his hind side. Toshio wanted to close his eyes, they where both battered and bloody. The dismembered tail, the gash in Erik's stomach and shoulders, Adam's missing ear, what the hell was going on here. Toshio felt fear and anger settle on Erik, "What the hell is your problem?! Erik's face became lined in shame, he had hurt Toshio indefinitely. Adam had had enough, he wanted the bear out of the picture. He waddled foreword, trying to keep his balance, he readied his Machete, aimed for Erik's opened back, Adam made a swift zigzag dash. "ERIK!!!" Toshio screamed. Erik Careened his stomach foreword, his paw tightened around the axe handle, ready to block, but it was too late. The was a sound that cut through the air, like a pair of scissors, ZZZZZTTT. The machete went straight through Erik's abdomen and through his spine and out his back. He pulled the blade out ass fast as it had entered and flicked the blood of the blade.

Erik's eyes didn't register right away, blood spattered every surface behind his back, some of it got on Toshio's face. The blade was turned vertically on impact. it left a sliver opening 2 inches wide, showing his intestines pouring and pumping blood, the walls of his inner stomach streamed blood to the opposite wall, making a bloody web inside the open cavity. Erik's eyes boggled before rolling in on themselves. Erik collapsed on the floor. Dead.

Adam stumbled over the body, dropping the machete. He trailed blood from his open wounds, making him look like something out of a horror story. He grabbed Toshio's hand and kissed him. Toshio's stomach lurched, he smelled of oranges and blood. This wasn't romantic, it wasn't right, Toshio had to resist vomiting into Adams mouth. Adam broke the kiss, trailing saliva with it. "It's over." Toshio collapsed into Adam's arms. Adam held him tightly, as if to never release him. Toshio dropped one of his hands unnoticing into the side of his jeans. He leaned his head to whisper in Adam's ear, "Adam?" and was crying, "Yeah?" Toshio's voice became sharp and powerful, but it kept its quietness, "Take credit where credit is due." Adam's mind reacted too late to this, he released his hold on Toshio, but not before he buried the knife into Adams neck. Toshio pulled the knife out as quickly as the shoved it in. The knife had pierced the jugular vein. Causing blood to squirt and careen down Adams face, he vomited fourth blood as if trying to speak, but inaudible gurgling took its place. The look in Adam's eyes where too much for Toshio to bear. His eyes glowed of mistrust and betrayal.

Adam collapsed and died, with little movement. Toshio dropped the knife and walked into the center of the dead bodies, he collapsed on his knees. He was too tired to cry, too tired to moan. He could hear police sirens closing in on the ally, he closed his eyes and thought for a moment, "No...I'm done, no more." he didn't realize he was speaking out loud and a red truth whisked through the air. Everything became hazy and dark, he blacked out and let the comfort of silence take him

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Toshio Sprang up from the bed, sweat tumbling down his fur, He turned to his clock on the bedside table and sighed, the clock read 6:50 am.

Toshio swiveled around to see Miji reading one of his manga's. Miji turned around and looked innocent, "What?" he said. Toshio through one of his pillows at him and laughed, "Get out, I have to get ready." Miji jumped up and sighed, "Alright, but just so you know, dad wants us to come down stairs and eat breakfast with us." Toshio smiled, "Alright, alright, go." Miji left the room and silence ensued. Toshio glanced town at his paws, no it must have been real. Toshio spied the grazing mark the knife left when he plunged it into Adam.