Chapter 13: Hatred for a Kind

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The camp was somewhere on a hill and near a forest. Andrew hands were tied around the opposite side of the tree. Meanwhile, Yui was in front of him, sharping his knife was a rock. He would slowly sharpen it and end with a loud dinging sound. Andrew patience was wearing thin.

Andrew: "Do you mind?" He asks, annoyed.

Yui looked up at Andrew with a small cold stare, and went back to sharpening his knife. Andrew sighs.

Andrew: "Is this really necessary? I haven't done anything that would cause you not trust me."

Yui: "Maybe...but I don't have a reason to trust you at all. So yes, this is necessary." He said while sharpening his knife.

Andrew's head drops as he sighs. After moments of silence, Raven came back with a deer carcass.

Raven: "Alright, who's hungry?" Raven said with a proud smile.

Yui: "I would like some food."

Andrew sat in silence as he looked away. Raven looked at Andrew.

Raven: "What about you?"

Andrew looked at Raven.

Andrew: "Yeah, I'm hungry."

Raven nodded and looked at Yui.

Raven: "Yui, you know what to do."

Yui nods with a smirk as he dropped the rock and went to grab the deer. Raven sat next to Andrew.

Andrew: "So...you know how to hunt?"

Raven: "Yeah, my mother taught me. In our tribe, all the women hunt for food while the men cook. The woman also take care of house chores and stuff, while the men defend our home. It's a fair trade when you think about it."

Andrew: "That's very interesting. Speaking of your mother, I haven't seen her."

Raven looked away with a sad expression.

Raven: "She...died protecting me and Yui..."

Andrew eyes widened a bit.

Andrew: "Oh...I'm sorry, I feel like an idiot."

Raven: "It's ok, you didn't know...it's just something me and my brother don't like talking about."

Andrew watched as Yui began cooking with all sorts of ingredients. He had a small smile but not enough to consider to be pride or happiness.

Andrew: "...If I may ask, could you please untie me?"

Raven stared at Andrew a bit, showing that she didn't trust him much, but nodded and untied him. Andrew massaged his wrists and looked at Raven with a grateful smile.

Andrew: "Thank you."

After waiting for a few minutes, Yui finished making dinner. He came with the food with some other ingredients to add. Yui places a bowl on a small table while he gave one directly to Raven. Andrew had to go and get his bowl. After one bite of eating the food, his eyes widened.

Andrew: "Woah...it's so good!" He said surprised.

Yui: "Hmph...well don't get used to it. I only did it because Raven asked me to."

Andrew sighs.

Andrew: "Whatever...it still tastes good. Thank you for the meal."

Yui's eyes widened a bit, not expecting gratitude from him. He only nodded and left him.

Andrew: 'Why does that guy hate me so much..?' Andrew thought as he continued eating.

When night came, Andrew went in his own separate tent from Yui's and Raven's, since they shared the same tent. However, Andrew couldn't sleep so her went out to get some air. He looked at the moon but saw a silhouette. As he got closer, he saw Yui staring at the moon. He heard Andrew from behind and quickly grabbed his knife and pulled it up close to Andrew's neck, which let Andrew see a tear sliding from Yui's left eye. Yui then realized it was Andrew.

Yui: "What do you want?" He asked with a cold tone.

Andrew: "I just came out to get some fresh air." He said with his hands in the air.

Yui: "It seemed to me that you were trying to escape. So tell me, why should I not kill you now?" He says as he moved the knife closer to Andrew's neck, touching his skin.

Andrew quickly reacted by pushing away the arm with the knife and disarmed him with his free hand. As they both got their distance, Andrew dropped the knife behind him intentionally.

Andrew: "Because you can't. You don't have it in you."

Yui grit his teeth and pulled out another but smaller knife and charged at Andrew.

Yui: "Watch me!" He shouted.

Andrew dodged his attempt to stab him, and gained some distance.

Andrew: "What is wrong with you?" He asked confused.

Yui: "Just shut it, I've had enough of your talking."

Yui went and grabbed his other knife and charged at Andrew. As Andrew dodged his attacks, Yui managed to slash a small part of Andrew's cheek and shoulder. Andrew wiped away the blood from his cheek and curled up his hands into fists.

Yui: "We don't need you to complete our mission."

Andrew: "So why are you trying to kill me?!" Andrew shouts.

Yui responds by jumping at Andrew with his knives, but Andrew uses his momentum and tosses him over which sends him back against a tree. While he's on the ground and upside down, Andrew grabs him by the collar and sends him rolling down a hill, but Andrew didn't know is that Yui attached a rope to one of his knives and it wraps around Andrew's leg and pulls him down with him. By this time, Raven woke up to see Andrew get pulled.

Raven: "What the?!" She said surprised.

As Andrew and Yui made it down hill, Yui threw his other knife and Andrew, only for him to miss and gets punched in the face as Andrew regained his balance. Yui then goes to kick Andrew but fakes it and lands a hard punch to Andrew's face, leaving a large bruise. His fangs started to grow longer and his claws started growing. He slashed at Yui's chest but not too deep.

Yui: "Gaah! You bastard!"

Yui and Andrew both charged at each other, but Raven got in between both of them and they both stopped in their place.

Raven: "Both of you, cut it out now!" She shouted In a demanding tone.

Yui gave a cold glare at Andrew as he was panting, and Andrew was growling at Yui.

Andrew: "Why do you hate me so much?! Huh?!" Andrew yelled as he was held against by Raven's hand.

Yui: "Because you took something very important to us, someone!" He said with more anger.

Andrew: "What are you talking about?! I've done nothing to cause you to hate me so much!"

Yui: "You may have not, buy you're kind has!"

Andrew raised an eyebrow in confusion.

Andrew: "My kind..?" Andrew slowly started seeing a connection.

Raven looked at Yui with a look, understanding what he was saying.

Raven: "Yui..." She said with her voiced raised.

Yui: "No Raven, you should know why I hate his kind...his kind murdered our mother! And stole the only thing that our village needed!"

Andrew: "What is he talking about..?" He asked as he looked at Raven for some answers.

Raven looked down before slowly looking up at Andrew.

Raven: "Several months ago, our mother went hunting with a several other hunters...me and Yui were out traveling outside the village, just to gather some ingredients...then..."

Raven hesitated to speak but continued.

Raven: "We were approached by two werewolves...the ones we sheltered and who took the Suvani Crystal...and besides that...our mother protected us from them as they wanted to kill us for fun...we tried to stay, but she insisted that we should go. We ran as fast as we could to gather all the available soldiers to aid us, but when we returned, there were wolves that were..."

Raven stopped as she started to tear up. Yui pushed past her and went up face to face to Andrew.

Yui: "Like I said, they tore her apart...there wasn't much left..." He said with anger and a hint of sadness.

Andrew was so shocked that even he started to tear up. He then growled even more as he yelled a great howl.

Andrew: "Those bastards...I'll kill them! I'll make them pay! It's not enough that they take whatever they want and get away, they don't care who they hurt! I'll tear them limb from limb!" He said with such anger and hatred towards them.

Both Yui and Raven were surprised to see him act this way. Andrew then ran into the forest shouting their names.

Andrew: "REN! COME OUT HERE NOW!"

Raven: "Andrew wait!"

Both Raven and Yui chased after Andrew, but they could barely keep up when Andrew went on all fours. As he kept running, his breathing sped up, his hair started growing larger and longer, his eyes began glowing in the darkness, his fangs and claws getting bigger.

Andrew: "REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNN! COME OUT OF HEEEEERRRREEE!!!" He said with a more deep a beastly voice.

Then, Andrew saw a pack of wolves. He opened his mouth and drool started pooling out. When Raven and Yui finally kept up to Andrew, the bodies of wolves were everywhere, it seemed quick and painless. Both Yui and Raven were really shocked when they saw Andrew on his knees, partially in his werewolf form while sobbing. You pulls his knives and gets into a battle stance.

Raven: "Wait." She says to Yui, who slowly puts down his knives.

Raven goes up to Andrew slowly and carefully as she went over some of the wolf carcasses. Raven places a hand on his bare shoulder and then he turned around, tears rolling down his face.

Andrew: "I-I didn't mean to...I...I wasn't...I killed them..."

Andrew then quickly hugged Raven out of no where, Raven was so surprised but slowly returned the hug out of instinct. Then Andrew let go quickly and got up to distance from Raven and Yui.

Andrew: "Please...would the two of you mind leaving me alone for a bit..."

Raven: "Of course."

Yui slowly nodded and they both headed back to camp. As Andrew stared at the bodies of the wolves, he started digging one big hole to put all the carcasses inside. By then, it was already morning. He buried them in calm and gentle manner. He then stood over their grave.

Andrew: "I'm sorry, please forgive me." He said paying respects to them.

He came back to camp looking at dirty and shirtless. Yui and Raven just stared at Andrew while saying nothing. Then, Yui decided to give him a new set of clothes.

Yui: "Here..."

Andrew stared at Yui with a sad expression, but takes the new set of clothes. Andrew nodded as a response to gratitude. Then, they set off to continue their mission. Raven would consistently glance over at Andrew as they walked only to see him staring at the ground while walking.

Raven: 'What kind of man are you, Andrew?' She thought to herself.

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