Escape

"Hooooowwwwlll!"

The behemoth wolf towering over Jojo let out an intense roar. It's mouth is big enough for me to be able to fit my entire body inside with room to spare and it has two large tails. It's jaws are lined with dozens of razor sharp fangs, each one looks like the blade of the sword Jojo is carrying. The stench, the only thing I can compare it to from my world is a wet dog that bathed in skunk spray, and the beast managed to hide the smell until it wanted to make it's appearance.

"T-That shouldn't be possible.."

Charlotte mutters those words while tears filled the corners of her eyes. It's easy to see that we are in a lot more trouble then we originally thought. I'm scared shitless right now, I can't believe that a catgirl is finally in front of me for real and I'm unable to do anything to help her. My fear quickly transformed into hatred, hatred for myself. I was pissed at myself for being so useless, I'm finally in a situation that I've been dreaming of and I'm sitting here crying like a child. All I can do is wait here and hope Jojo can defend us. While I'm cursing myself I begin to feel a sensation begin in my right arm and it starts to move down my arm towards my hand.

"That thing is a twintail werewolf, it's the boss of the dungeon located in this forest. It's never been known to leave the last level though." she explained

What the fuck, why is a final boss attacking me on my first day in this world. The hatred born from my uselessness continues to grow as I watch Charlotte begin to cry. I turn my attention towards Jojo fighting the werewolf, and his power is astonishing. He is moving as a blur, and the werewolf is somehow able to keep up, even with it's monster size. 

"Haha, this is a pleasant surprise, to think something of your size can keep up with me in this state. Let's take it up a notch then shall we? Speed Boost Max!" Jojo yells

Jojo starts to move at a speed my eyes can no longer follow . The beast bites at the air narrowly missing Jojo who was moving past the left side of it's face, and he proceeds to create a deep gash that manifests along the side of it's body. Shortly after the cut appears blood erupts from the wound like a geyser, Jojo becomes visible again and is standing behind the wolf. The blood reeks like the rotting carcass of a raccoon on the side of the road, and Jojo is covered head to toe in it. The monster quickly turns to face him then Jojo instantly vanishes again to finish off the wolf with one more strike,  but the werewolf anticipates his attack and bites at what seems to be nothing and then,

"Uaaagggh" Jojo screams in anguish 

Then I can finally see that the wolf managed to land a bite on JoJo's left shoulder and tears his arm off, then proceeds to swallow it whole. Blood starts to gush out of JoJo's shoulder like water from a broken pipe. He collapses on the ground and the werewolf decides to ignore him and slowly makes it's way towards Charlotte and I. Charlotte starts to cry hysterically, I grit my teeth out of anger and I feel the sensation in my right hand again. At that point I decide to hop out of the wagon and slowly stumble towards the monster wolf. It feels like my hand is being weakly electrocuted now and I'm about ten feet in front of the wolf and all I can think about is killing this beast. Just then a white flash originates from my right hand and it temporarily blinds me and the monster. When my hand is visible again I'm holding what looks like a golden .50 caliber rifle. The weapon is weightless, transparent, and it's almost as if a yellow liquid is constantly evaporating from the surface of the gun. I have no idea what the hell is going on here but, it doesn't matter because the only thing I'm worried about is making sure this bitch dies. Before I can make a move the wolf dashes so quickly towards me it's as if it teleported, and swats me away with it's ginormous paw. It sends me flying across the forest and I skid along the dirt only to be stopped by a tree about 100 yards away. There's no way I would have survived such a hit in my old world, so when I conjured up this rifle I also must have raised my stats like in a game. As the dust settles I stared at the wolf with a sadistic grin as blood begins to run down my face from my forehead. I'm completely lost to my rage now, and the wolf begins to charge at me. 

"Alright you fucking oversized pooch, I have no mercy for anything that would make a catgirl cry!" I yell as I pulled the trigger. 

I managed to get the shot off  right before the wolf manages to crush me in-between it's jaws. After I pulled the trigger, I heard the expected gunshot followed by my weapon exploding in my hand. I'm thrown to my left because of the explosion and I look up at the wolf and notice that I managed to hit the wolf in the top of it's front left leg and send it flying backwards. I see where my shot landed but it doesn't seem to have done anything other than knock it back. I look at my right arm and everything past my elbow is gone.

I quickly come back to my senses after being blinded by my rage. Why the fuck am I so useless? I managed to attack this beast with some sort of awakened power, but all it did was cost me my right hand. I look back at the wolf with tear filled eyes waiting for it to come and kill me but it hasn't moved since it recovered from the shot. While staring at the wolf trying to understand why it hasn't killed me yet, I notice the bullet whole is larger than it was a second ago. I keep watching the wolf and it's body starts to be pulled into a black sphere where the bullet first hit. The wolf is being pulled apart piece by piece, and when the black orb fades away it creates an explosion of blood that stains the surrounding area red. I realize the only reason I was able to kill that thing was because of some bullshit Shonen power that God decided to give me. I visualize the face Charlotte had when Jojo went down and promise myself that I'll never let her feel that way again. 

"I fucking swear, I'll never be useless again and I will never watch another catgirl cry like that."

I stumble my way over to where Jojo is lying on the ground, the dirt path surrounding him is covered in a deep, crimson color. 

"Nice job kid (cough), you kicked it's ass. Looks like I was way too cocky."

Jojo congratulates me while coughing up blood, and I immediately try to give him a potion, but he stops me.

"It's too late for that, the only thing it would do now is ease the pain. You better use it on yourself that arm isn't gonna stop bleeding anytime soon without it."

When he mentions my arm I notice that blood is constantly flowing from it and I do as he says and start drinking some of the potion. As soon as I take a sip I hear Charlotte scream.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaahhh!"

Jojo then grabs me and pulls me closer

"Whatever it takes, make sure that girl gets outta here!" He demands

I silently nod, then grab his sword and drag it behind me as run as fast as I can back to the wagon. When I reach her, I see another one of those damn wolves. Just then the wolf leaps for Charlotte and without thinking I throw my body at it to try and protect her. I'm able to knock the wolf into a tree, stunning it for a moment and in that second I pick up JoJo's sword and drive it into the wolf's neck. I quickly jump into the back of the wagon to check on Charlotte, I was too late. The wolf managed to make contact with it's claws and there are three giant gashes across Charlotte's chest and she's out cold. I pull out the potion I started drinking and gave the rest to her, then I searched the wagon for anymore but, nothing. I don't know if what I gave her was enough but, it looks to have at least slowed the bleeding however she's still unconscious. I hear a rustling in the bushes nearby and turn around to see three more wolves pop out. Fuck, they just keep coming and I don't think I'll be able to beat anymore. I promised Jojo that I would get Charlotte out of here, so I won't stop until I win or die. As I'm about to hop out of the wagon Jojo stumbles into my vision.

"You grab the girl and just start running, I'll stop these fucks." He tells me

"You sure you can handle any more?" I ask

"Don't worry just go and don't look back, I should be able to finish up before I drop."

With teary eyes I obey to his orders, I pick up Charlotte and start running.

"I'm sorry Charlotte, and Jojo if I wasn't as shitty as I was in my old world, maybe I could have helped more and changed this outcome.

The sun is setting, I ran as long as I could but with all the blood loss and being in bad shape it wasn't very long. I probably only got about six miles away, stumbling for most of the way. I want to stop and take a rest but, there's no way I can do that with the condition Charlotte's in.

"Thank you Jojo, thanks for saving me and Charlotte I hope you can have your dream harem in heaven."

As I said that I looked into the orange sky, and above the clouds I could picture Jojo's smiling face. I finally made it out of the forest, now all I can see in front of me is a wide open grassy field, and what appears to be a town way in the distance. I should be there before morning if I can continue at this pace.

Hours into the night, I collapse to my knees from exhaustion. I guess I have to take a short break, but I can't give up yet. As I sit there trying to catch my breath, I watch as Charlotte opens her eyes.

"Oh, good you're finally awake." I say to her

"Huh. C-Chandler?" She mumbles as she sits up

"Yeah it's me. Are you okay?"

"I think so. What happened, and where are we?"

" We were attacked and Jojo allowed us to escape. I carried you out of the forest and I was headed for that town up ahead."

"What do you mean he allowed us to escape, where is he!?"

" He didn't make it, the injuries he suffered from that giant wolf were too severe..."

I stop as she suddenly hugs me and buries her face in my chest while beginning to cry. I just stay silent and wrap my arms around her. I don't know what their relationship was but, I sure it's heartbreaking news to her.

"Thank you. Thank you so much for helping Jojo and getting me out of there."

"I'm sorry I couldn't do more and.." she cuts me off and looks me in the eyes.

"No you didn't even know me and you were ready to die, you even lost your hand in the process"

She hugs me once more and thanks me again.

"Do you want to rest here, or do you think you can make it to the town?" she asks me

" We should try to make it to the town, I want to make sure you get the medicine you need." I respond

"B-Baka, would you quit worrying about me and care for yourself!" She yells while starting to blush slightly

"Alright" I say as I chuckle "Let's just get to town."

We make it to the town and rent a room at an inn for the night. When we get up to the room I sit on the bed and Charlotte starts to wrap my arm in a bandage. When she finishes, she stands up and gentle kisses me on the cheek.

"Thank you again, for everything."

My face turns a deep red and I'm at a loss for words. She smiles at me and I just fall back into the bed and pass out.