Chapter 1: Gravity

'This life is a road we must follow

Always searching

When it rains

Or when the mist obscures our path

We must walk

We must walk on this road called life

Some don't find what they are looking for

Those who do find it, are running

Those who do are fortunate

Those who do are in love'

He put one foot in front of the other. Running came naturally to Kiba, having done it all his life. Whether it was running away or running towards. Running just for the sake of it. He had legs and he used them.

Now though he was running through a hospital his shoes squeaking on the clean floors. The smell of disinfectant was sharp to his senses. Slowing down he looked right and entered the ward. There was a row of beds lining each wall of the large room, most of them curtained. He checked with a nurse and headed to the second one on the right.

The sight that greeted him was one that made an eyebrow rise on his forehead. Hige was laying one leg in a cast, defying gravity, while the rest of him lay on a bed, a disgruntled expression lighting his face. Kiba noticed Tsume silently watching as well with a look of bemusement on his usually calm features as Hige complained.

"I so could have whipped him… I just lost my balance… see... I would have been fine but I fell... wait till I get out of here I will get that McFaul..."

Tsume only grunted in reply.

Kiba moved forward asking " Your feeling better? From the phone call I got you were apparently on your death bed?"

Hige looked up wincing " I just busted my leg… no biggy…" he grinned.

At that moment the doctor arrived with Hige's result's after briefly clarifying that Kiba and Tsume were Hige's roommates and that Hige had no other immediate family he told them the situation.

When he left Hige was no longer smiling.

"Two months in bed and a crutch for the next three? How will you survive?" Tsume asked.

Hige snorted "I'll sleep!" he announced folding his arms.

"Of course you'll miss all your classes…" Tsume continued arms folded and looked at Kiba who replied" We'll spit the days bringing them to him.

Tsume nodded.

"Aw man! I'm stuck here and I have to study!"

"Yes… not to mention Blue wont be too happy about this" Kiba added quietly.

Hige cringed as simultaneously a shout was heard.

"Where is the Idiot!?!"

Nurses hushed and the sound of running was heard. Blue came into view, black hair, red scarf and flashing azure eyes. Her expression had the ability to kill yet was underlined with worry. She was closely followed by her brother Toboe who in a worried voice asked

"Hige! Are you alright?"

"I'm-" began the invalid but was interrupted as Blue exploded.

"WHAT? Do you think you were doing?!? HOW? Did you let this happen?! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA! How worried I was?!?" she spoke very loudly and almost incoherently.

Tsume cut in as she stopped to suck in air.

"Blue would you like me to take Toboe home for you?" he asked in a very un-Tsume-like manner, before Blue could draw another breath he pulled Toboe away muttering to Kiba.

"You stay with him until he's moved to a more permanent spot"

Kiba blinked and they were gone, Toboe's questions ringing in his ears. Blue was bearing down a scared Hige.

"How could you put your self in such danger?!" She ranted.

"But I-" began Hige.

She smacked him on the head with a pillow, "No Buts"

He opened his mouth.

"No excuses!" she continued, " what you did was wrong and most of all Stupid!!"

Hige looked down guiltily and took here threats.

Kiba meanwhile smiling slightly backed out of the small curtained room and out into the ward. He looked around and spotted a small brown haired nurse. He approached her and opened his mouth to ask but she cut across him.

"The cafeteria is two floors down." She said with a smile. Kiba shut his mouth nodded and walked in the direction that she had pointed.

He walked but didn't really look where. Each white washed corridor was identical and stairs led to more stairs. His thoughts were on Hige and his foolish actions. Hige now had a broken leg because of a fight involving Russell McFaul. Russell was the Freeton College tough guy. No-one messed with some one like him. No-one but Hige, who had been impulsive enough to get into more than a nice argument, resulting in a fight and injury. Kiba himself had been provoked many times by Russell but a placid exterior prevented much friction.

Kiba looked around; he was in a completely unknown area with no sign of human activity anywhere. He entered the fist ward he saw. This was identical to the one Hige was in but there was no cheeky nurse at the desk, nor were any of the occupants awake. The room was painted a fading green color and beds lined each side of the room. Kiba saw twelve beds holding dozing patients of all ages.

A curios smell of flowers attracted him forward. At the end of the ward was a long window, with a window seat, looking out into a small garden out side the hospital building. Kiba looked out of this window at rows of flowers and a fountain, then side ways at an empty bed which looked like it had been vacated recently.

Kiba felt a chill slide down his back as the feeling of being watched overtook him. He Whirled around and looked into a pair of crimson eyes.

Yess!! I finally finished the fist chapter! This is my Wolf's rain Fanfic so please be nice though constructive critique is wholeheartedly welcomed! I know, I know cliffy.. hehe but I assured you if thing go as planned I shall have at least 2 updates per month and cha the chappies are gonna be quite long at times.

Disclaimer: Because I am forgetful this is a disclaimer for the whole fic! I DO NOT OWN WOLF"S RAIN! T-T KK!?!? Nor will I ever! If I did more would have gone on between Cheza and Kiba!