Prologue

     Darkness seeped everywhere. All I can see is darkness. Why is there so much darkness in this world? Why!? I can't feel my paws. They are frozen from the snow beneath them. Then how can I keep walking? Is there any light left in me? I'm not sure, and I won't ever know, because I'm surrounded by darkness. I don't know where it came from, but I know I need to keep walking, I need to get out, though, I know I won't. My brain is telling me to continue, my heart though, my heart is dying. Do I even have a heart? I must, because it still weakly pumps the little blood I have left through my body. With each heart beat, a painful searing rips through my chest. I guess I should have known this would happen. What, with my whole chest ripped open. It feels like I have no skin over my chest. Some areas I don't. Just large, gaping holes where bone, muscles and tissues are seen.
     It's almost over. My fight, my life. No! I will not give up. I need to live. I need to run through this darkness. I growl, and start to run, though with each step I stumble and gasp in pain. I can't give in. I just can't. This is my life, and I need to escape. I need to live up to my name.
     But is there any hope left? Is there any hope for me? Me. I don't deserve it. This darkness can't kill me. I'm already filled with darkness. Darkness that can't be destroyed.
     I fall to the ground, but I stop fighting.
     "My name is Avrix, the Kurotora!"
     The name echo's in my head, and then, a shadow falls across my heart.