Her decision hadn’t come lightly. For close to a year she had toyed with the idea. It wasn’t easy to uproot and just leave. She had many friends that would get left behind. But they were also the reason she had to go. There was barely a night that passed where she didn’t curse the fact she was a half breed.

There was one person though that her mind could not pull itself away from. Growler had been with her for a long time. They had grown so close. Each time she wanted to give in and try living the ‘normal’ life with him she had quickly told herself it was not meant to be. If she let him get to close he would die. She was certain of it. Risking his life wasn’t a cost she was willing to pay. So she was leaving.

Mitchel had planned to leave quietly. If she didn’t make a fuss over it then no one could object. More importantly she didn’t wish to see his face by vocally dismissing his advances. Up until then there had been innocent flirting. Perhaps it was when it started to become more than that when she finalized her decision to leave. So why then, was he there, following her when that was precisely what she had wanted to avoid?

Unable to keep herself from a secret spot she had found, she returned there for a final farewell to it before going. The sunsets there were unmatched. The soft sand gave way beneath her boots and the water seemed so warm and inviting in the dusky sunlight. The breeze ghosted through her long chestnut locks and happier memories began to surface. If the pain in her broken heart didn’t kill her then certainly the nostalgia would. That was when she turned, that was when she had seen him. He was approaching her, a gentle smile splayed across his handsome face. Over the time they had spent together it was clear that expression was reserved only for her.

“When were you going to tell me about this place? It really is beautiful,” he said quietly.

“I meant to. It must have slipped my mind…” Not wishing to dwell on her previous thoughts she made her way forward, intending to pass him, and get away before she couldn’t stop herself.

Growler’s smile faltered as he watched the demoness before him start to move in his direction. Though as she grew near she tried to veer around him as though avoiding him. But why? Quickly he advanced, getting behind her and catching her arm lightly but firmly to stop her. “Why do I have the feeling that you’re leaving…and I won’t get to see you again?”

Her body stopped short upon hearing his words. At first her eyes grew wide and they felt as though the tears would well into them and spill down her face any moment. Several minutes passed and she didn’t respond. Her voice would betray her.

Finally, she swallowed the lump in her throat, free hand clenching as she tried to calm herself before speaking. “I can’t stay. And I need to leave. Now.”

Complete shock crossed his face and he instinctively tugged her closer. Where the hell was all this coming from? What did she mean she had to leave? Just when things were beginning to blossom between them she was just going to tear that all way? How? Why?! “Where is all this coming from all of a sudden? You never mentioned any time before this that you were going to leave.”

“Because I knew what you would say!” Spinning on him she tried to pull her wrist free but that only succeeded in having Growler pull her closer. No! She couldn’t get to near. Her will power was already teetering as it was.

Instead of being angry, or getting upset, the man merely smiled. With a tug he tried to close the gap between their forms, releasing her wrist when Mitchel was close enough. His right arm then wrapped behind the other’s back and kept her from stepping backward although she tried. His left hand closed in then and gently his fingers came to rest beneath her chin, wanting to tilt her head up to look at him, but she stubbornly refused. “If you knew, then I know you don’t really want to go.”

Feeling so torn Mitchel couldn’t think of anything for what felt like an eternity. She wanted to stay with him. But there was only one thing left to do...



Update: Yeah so I'm finally done! Yes! 8D

This was supposed to be bigger. But I ended up cropping it. The background also wasn't working out how I'd have liked. So despite the tutorials I tried to use I ended up winging the ocean and sunset and the beach all on my own. Compared to how it WOULD have looked I like this better.

This, as mentioned below, is a very belated birthday present for ~GoldenFox123187. I am so so so sorry this took so long. And I'm sorry this isn't as epic as you would have wanted. I hope you like this anyway...despite the flaws T_T

And I hope you like the story. It's To be continued!

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More lineart? Jeez don't you finish anything Remmie? D<

Sorry about the lineart and my crappy paintchat sketch thing (which is going to scraps after I post here).

This picture has been a long time in coming. This is for my friend Michelle a.k.a . She's been waiting on this for moooonths....agh We basically determined during our birthday's in December and drawing the amount of pics for each other equivalent to the age we're turning that year is getting to be too much. We'll be 22 this coming December and 22 pictures PLUS Christmas stuff is just too much for either of us to handle. So we've settled on doing just 10 pictures a piece, with the 10th one being a request.

I requested a Star Wars piccie of myself as Amidala and my lovely Keary as my Jedi Knight image found here: [link] In return she requested I do something of her couple Mitchel and Growler. Needless to say I happily agreed because she used to pair Mitch with Kurama from Yu Yu Hakusho and I rather like that she made an original pairing. :3 (I've been rooting for these two for yeeeeaaars...lol). Anyway Growler is a pokemon turned anthro/human. He's a Growlithe. Mitchel is a human/demon hybrid. In her demon form she's a Golden Fox. She's a pokemon Master as well.

I'm also supposed to write up a story for this pic as well, something to help her get a little more on track with getting her story all situated. The original story I based this picture off of was shot down by her. So I'm probably going to scrap the story and write up something else. Can't say I didn't try. >_>

Anyway I just wanted to post this to show her I AM working on this picture. I'm appeasing the beast so to speak. I'm ridiculously in love with the pose and my anatomy here. Growler was hard to get down on paper and somehow I prevailed. Something about Mitchel just seems so realistic to me. Not the usual crazy anime proportions I usually have in my work.

There WILL be a background to this. I'm merely posting the lines for now. This will be replaced when I post the final work. Feel free to comment and/or critique though I won't be fixing anything major.

Hope you like it so far Michelle. :3

Drawn with mechanical pencil, inked & colored with PS CS3 and a Bamboo Fun Wacom tablet. Do not use, redistribute, share, steal, copy, alter/manipulate this image AT ALL. Characters belong to ~GoldenFox123187 and Pokemon is copyright it's owners etc, artwork is copyrighted to me.