Title: The Arrival

Rating: PG

Pairings: None...or hint of Kiba/Tsume if you like.

Spoilers: None (Makes reference to first few episodes)

Warnings: None...done in Kiba's POV

Author's Notes: Drabble Challenge #4: Distractions. This was literally written on the fly and being posted up in pretty much the same manner. ^^ Hope you like!

 

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In a world of pitch darkness and bleak ideals, I trudge on, determined to fulfill my destiny. My body is weary, worn, bleeding and dying. Time passes, as days seem to melt into cold and miserable nights. Where one begins and the other ends, I do not know or care. I have long given up the task of keeping tabs on something so mundane.

 

The scent grows stronger. It's the flower of which I seek. I was told of a paradise from legend and I have made up my mind to find it no matter how long it takes. But, in this monotonous solitude that has surrounded me, I find myself in the land of the humans. Their stench is suffocating - a mixture of fear and death that assails my senses and makes me wary and on edge. But beneath the decay of the human, is the undeniable scent of my freedom from the confines of this earth. And so, like a mindless fool, I stumble blindly into it.

 

However, in my world of solitude - although reeking with human filth, his smell suddenly takes precedence and overwhelms me to the point of insanity. He has become one of the humans - at least he's almost there. But the fire in his eyes is one that I have longed to see since I began this lonesome journey. The thirst and lust for blood is but a welcome distraction from my blind destiny.

 

He beckons me and I find myself accepting the bait.

 

For a few precious moments, I forget my reason for coming to this human pit of misery. For a few moments, I am reminded of just who I truly am within and I relish it with every fiber of my being.

 

The scent of the flower can wait for now, for I long to reclaim my pride as a wolf once again.

 

~Owari~