A Tail of Romance & Friendship Ch 2: Will you help a friend?

Story by Kunar the Oracle on SoFurry

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##Razam##

I stumbled forward down the hill as I

sprinted and lept down the steep incline disregarding my own wellbeing, I

tripped over my own foot paw tumbling into rolling a down the hit hitting the

base with a face plant. I pulled myself up on all fours and leaped into a mad

dash towards the forest edge. I ran to a Wolverin I have never met and I did

not know why maybe I just needed to see him but again why? These are the

questions I asked myself as I ran to the wounded Wolverin.

##Two Figures in the Darkness##

I drop from the tree with a smile, I

watch the little Kamoray run off to save a Wolverin he has never meet and give

a light chuckle under my breath, I look up into the big oak tree. With a

chuckle in my voice I say "Hun, come on down and see this."

I look back to the Kamoray as he

approaches the forest's edge and I hear a rustle in the leaves as my love comes

down. I wait for him to say something. I get a pleasant surprise feeling a set

of strong arms wrap around my middle and in a deep calm voice in my ear

"Mmmm, now sweets it's not kind to

smile at someone's misfortune"

I frown as he rests his chin on my

shoulder and I spit back "I'm not, I'm just happy that he is getting help,

because of us. Do you think that Kamoray would help without a little nudge?"

I push back into him as he says "I

don't know, and I now never will. Love you act too fast, try to give them a

chance to do it on their own."

I give a light giggle as I feel my

cheek receive a light peck, and with a smile I say "Okay, you're right"

I hear a chuckle and him say "You know

I am, now I need to meet up with are friends that stayed in school, you don't

cause too much trouble while I'm gone. Okay?"

I laugh and go along with it "Aww but

it's so much fun Hun" I smile at the rhyme and turn back to him still in his

arms feeling safe and warm.

I hear a light laugh as he says

"Someone's naughty, I have to go now love you should have this covered, no

point starting to save someone and not finishing it" I feel his shoulders rise

in a shrug.

I feel him kiss the nape of my neck and

I give a slight shudder as he lets go of me. I don't bother to turn to say good

bye as I know he has already left. I give a smile and a light chuckle as I say

"What a tease" I hold my arm with one paw and cross my legs slightly and feel

the cold evening air drain the heat from my body. I frown and turn away from

the Kamoray as he tries to help the Wolverin sitting on the edge of death, and

sigh Time to get stuff done I head towards the village and towards a

certain Kamoray that may want to help.

##Nar-I##

BITCH! I take a cup from an

old dark furred man in a quick motion and walk back to the bar a furious then

stand and take a moment to calm down. I sigh wanting to tell him off but I know

that will make life harder and I'm almost okay with that. *He's are best

customer! Ya well if he grabs me one more time he will lose that paw,

best customer or not.* I was somewhat in a bad mood before Razam showed up,

now...now I'm just pissed off, not with Razam but with the hag I work for she

always needs to start something with him. *Is it so much to give a starving

person some food, even just scraps? Ha welllll fuck you I will anyways.*

I think for a moment about why I could

do that and not bitch smack the old creep. I sigh *because one everyone will

see and the other no one will...hopefully. I will have to do it before we leave

town.* I hear a creak of the front door I glance over my shoulder and see a

female Wolverin with a mixed fur pattern. It had a deep purple with red

highlights, her fur was well taken care of unlike most around here. But the

weird part was the fact that she was a Wolverin *what brings a Wolverin

here? They usually stay in or near the northern glacier*

I pour a glass for the old Kamoray

still thinking about the Wolverin of odd color and realize no one is paying her

mind. You would think that someone like her would have everyone gawking but no.

I walk over to the old man and place down the mug. Out of the corner of my eye

I could see her take a seat at the bar,*Good now I will be able to keep an

eye on her, we don't need trouble and I think it just came knocking* I

think as I turn from the old man and I feel someone grab the base of my tail.

And I turned to see the old creep with his arm out and I growled "THAT'S

IT! You are so dead" as I say this I grab an empty glass of the table

next to me.

"I would not do that if I were you" I

whip my head around to find the source of the voice. I look to the Wolverin and

I start to feel the roots and plant life around the village call to me as my

anger increases. I get snapped out of it at the sound of the glass cracking in

my paw. I look down to see my claws out and the cup covered in fractures and

then my rage returns two fold and I toss the glass at the wall it just grazes

over the Wolverines head. I see her put down her ears as it goes over and

smashes against the wooden wall.

The tavern had gone quiet with my anger

rising. I take a deep breath ^I'm so sick of this bull shit every fucking

day...it ends now. ^ I walk behind the bar and place my paws down on each

side of the Wolverin and glare to her. Still looking forward to my chest not

caring that I was there.

Then she has the nerve to say "Are you

going to say something?" ^What a smug little bitch^

"O I will, like who the f-" I say before

she looks up to me and my anger turned to absolute fear. I could see her eyes,

One a light gold and the other, a Leviathans but deep blue, red with a little

green. I go pale and shuddered as she glares at me as if waiting for something.

And raises an ear to me.

"Pardon? I don't think I got that last

part?" she says leaning towards me with her ears still raised before saying

"Come one now what were you going to say"

I lower my paws in front of myself.

Like a cub that broke the cookie jar I say "Nothing... Sorry for my temper"

She smiles and nods "Now that's better.

Before we continue get me a drink Nar-I Minal Levin" I frown as I hear my full

name used and slowly turn back to the mugs and alcohol. With shaking paws I

pour a glass of vodka ^Now I have messed up bad...^ I take a deep breath

and turn back to face her. Placing the cup down I pull up a chair and take a

seat with my head down looking at my foot paws.

I watch her grab the glass and take a

long slow drink, it was as if she was trying to make me feel anxious, and it

worked. I watched her every movement, watching her like a mouse would a cat,

admiring its power but in fear, knowing it could kill it in the simplest

action. I was the mouse and I watching the cat drink. She placed the glass down

with a clink. Looking me in the eyes she said "Now sweets you need to work on

your temper" she scolded me like a mother she child ^Sit up straight clean

your fur wash behind your ears^ I remembered vividly my mother and how she

would say that she does it because she cares. Correcting my mistakes as always.

"Okay now let us get this over with. I

know you want to know why the hell I'm here right?"

I look to her and give a quick nod and

say "Yes, if I may know."

"Well I came to tell you friend is in

trouble" I watch her look down to her claws and check they are clean.

My eyes go wide as I think about who it

could be and with a shaky voice I get out "W-who?" I wait for a response as she

picks her nails cleaning them, keeping herself clean.

"Your friend Razam, He is running off

as we speak to help a Wolverin, little does he know that there are killers in

the woods" she glances up to me her mind elsewhere and my face pale in shock

"I need to go...please." I look begging

to leave so I can go save my friend "Please..."

"Go, I have other things to attend to

sweets" I jump up knocking over the chair as heard that

I head for the door and I grab the

handle throwing it open showing the night just through the door. I hear her say

from behind me "Don't break any hearts today please" that was the last thing I

heard before the door closed with a thud. I ran as fast as my paws could carry

me to Razam's house. Into the night into the dark on ^I'm coming...^

##--A friend of Jaw-raw's & a

little more from Nar---##

I walk down the street as the world had

descended into darkness. I always felt more comfortable in the shroud of night,

Easier to disappear, easier move with little to no trace. No way to find me

I sigh with my head down, my shoe kicks louse a pebble, I watch it skip along

the ground.

I look up from the ground and down the

dead road of night. Silent, empty, dead some call it eerie but I find it

peaceful an calming. I look at the buildings around me. I raised a paw to the

building and felt the wood the wood, worn from the time that erodes it. Time

the killer of all things. I sigh as I drag my paw along the wooden wall.

Scratching the top layer slightly.

I can feel a cold night breeze blow

through the village, through my home...the only one I have left. I watch the

sings sway as the wind blows against them. I feel it blow through my fur and

chill my skin. I can feel the nip in the damp cold night air but I smile *It's

nice* I walk forward with my tail swaying behind, I pull my hood back with

a smile on my face as I look to the moon as I try to find out what is making me

happy *Why can't I help but smile? Is it the empty streets? Or is it I feel

safe for once...could it be I don't need to hide anymore?* with my hood

down I bring my paw up. I pet back the fur on my head as it stood up *It's

been too long since I put my hood down. To long since I felt safe with whom I

was...*  

I smile up to the moon for almost five

minutes. Then bring my head down following the moon beams to the land I walk

on. I turn a corner and look forward to see the town square and its small pond.

I watch the wind disturb the calm water and see the moon light to cause it to

shimmer with life as I approach. I see a flicker of movement in the corner of

my eye, I quickly yank my hood over my head and face and try to hide from the

approcher.

"O come on now Kunar, I do not bite,

much" I hear a female chuckle with a smile in her voice that sounded like a

Kamoray like me. Who is she? How does she know my name?

"I would like to be left alone" I say

just getting to the point of it do not want her here who ever she was.

I hear a slight purr in her voice as

she says "Well too bad, I wish to speak with you" I hear her walk forward and

take up a spot behind me. I glance around from under my hood eyeing the exits *I

don't want to get in a fight now, too much to worry about*

I say with a stern tone "Please be on

your way, I want to be left in peace" even as I said it I realized she had no

intention of leaving me to myself and I give a light sigh as I turn to walk

away from the lady

.

I hear a sigh from the lady before she

says "Nar-I is in danger" I stop in my tracks what...? I hear her

chuckle behind me before she says "There we go, now come back here so we can

talk"

I make a scowl as I say with power behind

my words "Where is she." I remain calm as turn around to the Kamoray with a

death wish before I look at her as I say "If you hurt her I will make your

death as painful as possible"

I hear her chuckle as I turn towards

her and hear her say "Kunar, love I would never." I look the smiling figure up

and down and see, a Kamoray with orange spotted fur, she was about medium

height. She held a drink of some sort in her left paw. Every so often she would

bring it up and take a sip of the golden yellow liquid. "Now will you listen

Hun?" as she said this I looked to her face. Then I saw them, her eyes. One of

silver and the other like a dragon, orange red and green.

As I see them I step forward and

apologize saying "Sorry for the disrespect my lady" I make a slight bow in

apology as I had now realize the disrespect I have shown. *What is a goddess

doing here?* "May I know how Nar-I is in danger? And where I may find her"

I look up to her for a response. A response I would kill for, but I keep my

cool, if I lost it, I would only achieve in making her angry. I could feel

myself get twitchier by the moment, my ear would flick at the slightest sound,

my tail would move around in jerky movements. Trying hardest to stay still and

to be patient.

She nods her head as the moon light

flows around her and she looks beautiful more beautiful than anything I have

seen before. I soon realized I was staring, her aura was strong pulling me in

its enchanting snare Dam...i-i need to focus I look back up to her

face and wait for her to continue.

"Better yet I will tell you how to save

her" she nods as she brings the cup up and takes a long drink before holding it

at her hip. With an emotionless face she says calmly "You kill those who going

to cause her harm. A true act of love I could not plan it better myself she

looks down to me with a nod bringing the glass up again.

I look to her with a shocked expression

eyes wide "But how?" I look up to her hoping that she did not mean what I think

she wanted me to do *I-I can't do that again...I-It was horrible... The, the

way he screamed...* images flashed in my mind as I recall the last time,

and the blood, everywhere.

She lowered her glass with a light sigh

and looks to me "Kunar... We both know how" she leans over me with her eye

brows a little angular, showing I had upset her slightly. One of the few things

you never do around a god is being rude, some will tolerate it but some will

not to any degree. That is what I was dealing with right now.

She pulled the neck of my shirt forward

slightly. You could see on my chest pitch black fur that was burned there. It

marks me for life, marks we for what I am, and what I will always be. I look up

to her wincing slightly not in pain but in fear pulling away only a little "We

both know what you are. We both know what you are capable of." she let go of my

shirt and I stumble back slightly and I land on my tail. I look up at the

towering goddess and hear her say "She is by the woods and there are a group of

bandits in the woods next to her" she raised the glass and takes a long drink

to finish it off. She then throws it to the side where it shatters against the

house next to us. She turns away and says over her shoulder "Now go" that was

the first time I meet the goddess and I hoped it would be the last but now, I

run.

#A wolf under the wood#

I let out a quiet moan in pain. My head

was pounding like a drum, my vision blurred. I could hear the rustle of the

leaves in the trees Ar- are they still there... I look down my snout

into the forest edge. I-I can't see them over the log... I turn my

head and my nose lands in the dirt. I let my eyes fall slightly *I-is this

the end..? To die a coward...* I could try and pull out from the tree, but

the tree wasn't the problem. It was a problem, but it might be the only reason

I'm still breathing.

I wince in pain as I tried to take a

breath of air. My breathing staggered, I could feel blood trickling from the

cut on my gut and down thru my deep brown chest and belly fur. The cut was bad

from what I felt but I could not remember what caused it *I-I was chased ... did

they stab me?* I could feel my blood pool slightly beneath me. The noise

started to fade with my vision the world now sounded wobbly like sounds under

water.

The world was going quite the only

thing I could hear was my own heartbeat as it pounded in my skull I give the

world one last look before I close my tear stained eyes and lay in the dark of

night, with only the wind for my company as I felt my end near. Then I hear

light thumping sound. I let out a breath I did not know I had, It gets louder I

lay still. It gets even louder, I can quite voices but they sounding like they

were a million miles away. Only whispers. As it got closer I could make out a

second set of foot steps

I turned my head slowly towards them as

they came close Well you did your job I'm already dying I closed my eyes

without hope knowing here, in this land it's only you, no one was going to help

without reason. I remember a deep voice saying to me long ago ^you're on your

own child^ the memory faded soon as hazy as my vision but the voice was

crystal. With my head in the dirt I could hear mumbled shouts from the

approaches.

I could only make out a few words as it

spoke "Y## ##, #an ##u ## m#! #ta# ### ##." I could feel a warm paw tap the

side of my muzzle lightly, smelling like alcohol. I let out a quiet moan with

my eyes closed Are... are they helping me... I heard one of them say

thru the fog of pain "Ra###! #e's al###!" I felt a slightly bigger paw run over

my chest and then a head pressed against it and I let out a louder moan. And I

could no longer hear them and the world went quiet. The sound of death... silence